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• Old symbols fly, burn on 4th of July

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 16, 2015

  

  As American flags waved all around town on Saturday, July 4, one Confederate flag, a former symbol of the American South, burned as a reminder of the lack of freedom many black citizens have suffered since the Civil War and before.

• Yellow Springs Village Council plans policing talk

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Village Council members had a tough time at their meeting this week settling on a format for their local policing discussion, scheduled to take place Monday, July 20.

• Out on a high note

  By Matt Minde

  

  Students and teachers alike performed last Friday, July 10, in the Yellow Springs Summer Music Camp orchestra.

• Few newcomers in fall election races

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  With only a month to go before the filing deadline, several incumbents and only two newcomers have shown interest in November’s election for Village Council, Yellow Springs Board of Education and Miami Township Trustees.

• Faith in change on climate

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  As a member of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, Marionist Sister Leanne Jablonski hopes to unite faith groups in environmental awareness and responsibility.

• T-ball keeps ‘em coming back

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  Our Perry League t-ball program is for all children ages 2–9 regardless of race, color or creed, sexual orientation, ethnicity, spiritual inclination, ability or disability. We’re at Gaunt Park every Friday night from 6:30–8 p.m.

• Minor League baseball— Winds still favor Indians

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  Mother Nature served up a bit of a break last week, with conditions that resulted in four of five scheduled Minor League rec baseball games being played.

• Howard Storer “Doc” Smith, D.V.M.

  By YS News Staff

  

  Howard Storer “Doc” Smith, D.V.M., 93, of Fairborn, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2015, in Hospice of Dayton.

• YSKP’s animals to save the farm

  By Megan Bachman

  

  YSKP’s 21st original musical, “The Farm,” is inspired by the events of the Whitehall Farm auction and George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” The play asks the question — can the wild animals, farm animals and human kids work together to save their beloved farm from developers?

• Tom Gray of Tom’s Market — 50 years in the grocery trade

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Tom Gray was a high school freshman when he got his first job, as a bag boy at Luttrell’s, the grocery store on Xenia Avenue. In 2001, Gray purchased the grocery, which is now Tom’s Market.