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• Frank Isamu Kakoi

  By YS News StaffJanuary 29, 2015

  

  Frank Isamu Kakoi passed away peacefully at Friends Care Community Center on Jan. 22 at the wondrous age of 94. Frank was born to his mother, Yeda Kakoi, and father, Zentaro Kakoi, in Los Angeles, Calif. He was the middle of five children. He was preceded in death by his siblings, George, Mary and Alice. […]

• Bulldog sports round-up

  By Megan Bachman

  

  BASKETBALL Boys win nail-biter at home The YSHS boys varsity basketball team is now 12-3 after an unexpected 38–36 hiccup at Middletown Christian early in the week and a heart-pounding 47–46 victory over Division 1 Stebbins on Saturday night. The Bulldogs led by as many as 14 in the Stebbins home game, but the Indians […]

• School crisis options eyed

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  A desire to put resources into preventive mental health initiatives emerged as a theme last Thursday at a community meeting on school safety measures attended by about 35 school district parents, teachers and staff.

• Coach resigned under pressure

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Nearly a year after Vince Peters resigned as a coach for Yellow Springs schools in March 2014, a local complaint has made public the circumstances of his departure.

• Liz Visick

  By YS News Staff

  

  Elizabeth Visick, age 70, of Yellow Springs, died on Jan. 22 at her home, surrounded by family. She was born on Aug. 20, 1944, in Wales, and raised in Eastbourne, Sussex, by the late Hedley and Doreen Visick. In late 1962, Liz took a job as a student worker in a German castle in the […]

• He delivers in town, on a bike

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Craving lo mein but stuck in the house? Forgot the cilantro in your recipe with company on the way? Sick on the couch and in need of a pack of cold medicine?

• Glen adds to protected land

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  There are many attractive qualities to Camp Greene, the former Girl Scout camp that Glen Helen acquired last week. The 30 acres between the Little Miami River and Grinnell Road are well preserved and topographically interesting, with an upland of rolling hills and a flood plain along the lower third of the property. The secluded […]

• Margaritas on hold, for now

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 22, 2015

  

  A new Mexican restaurant hopes to open its doors on the south side of town later this winter, but the county health department believes the process could take longer.

• Council swears in new chief

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  At Village Council’s Jan. 5 meeting, new Police Chief Dave Hale was sworn in by Village Manager Patti Bates, and Council unanimously passed a resolution approving Hale’s contract.

• Robert Murphy Jr.

  By YS News Staff

  

  Mr. Robert Murphy Jr., was born in Detroit, Mich. on April 20, 1931. He resided in Greene County for 52 years. He departed this life early on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 15, at Greene Memorial Hospital. Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Sr., and Ruth Hazel (Posey) Murphy, and two brothers, […]