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• May 1, 2014 Bulldog sports round up

  By Megan BachmanMay 1, 2014

  

  May 1, 2014 Bulldog sports round up

• Fixing the fixtures at YSHS

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Yellow Springs High School freshman Lorien Chavez happened to be in the girls bathroom at the high school last year when some cheerleaders from another school walked in. Not realizing she was there, they began commenting on how gross and unkempt the school’s main bathroom was.
  “When I came out of the stall I looked at them and was like, “oh, I know, we don’t like it either,’” Chavez said. “I was really embarrassed.”

• Water sidebar — Reduce water use

  By YS News Staff

  

  The Village’s request that local residents voluntarily cut back on water usage will remain in effect for several weeks and perhaps longer, according to Interim Manager Kent Bristol at the April 21 Council meeting.

• Oh, hoppy day!

  By Megan BachmanApril 24, 2014

  

  Warm and sunny spring weather brought out around 40 local toddlers and young children to scramble for eggs at the annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 19, sponsored by Central Chapel AME Church. Click below to see the photos larger.

• Bulldog sport round-up

  By Megan Bachman

  

  TENNIS Tennis starts its season 2–4 The Yellow Springs High School varsity co-ed tennis team opened play this season losing against three tough opponents at home before winning two of their last three matches last week. The highlight from the team’s first week of play was a first singles two-set win by freshman Augie Knemeyer […]

• Chinese food within reach again

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  When Zhi You Gao and his son-in-law, Ken Yang, worked as chefs in Fujian Province on the southeast coast of China, they cooked in the Min style using ingredients such as crab, abalone, mountain mushrooms and fresh bamboo shoots.

• School calendar adds delays

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  All students who attend Yellow Springs schools next year will start two hours late on 14 Wednesdays to make dedicated time for teacher professional development. The school board approved the 2014–15 calendar, including this pilot late start, at its meeting on Thursday, April 10. Other calendar changes included the addition of three calamity days to the end of the current school year, and fewer waiver day Fridays.

• Village Council side bar— Less green space funds

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  At their April 7 meeting, Village Council members voted 3–2 to add $25,000 for green space to the 2014 capital project budget. Karen Wintrow, Lori Askeland and Brian Housh voted for the funding, and Marianne MacQueen and Gerry Simms voted against. Council will vote on the capital fund legislation at its April 21 meeting.

• Barry Heermann’s Deep Currents— Course looks deeply into work, self

  By Megan Bachman

  

  If someone is unsatisfied in their job or career, there’s probably an online quiz they can take to find a better fit. But to find one’s true calling, or bring more awareness to one’s work life, a deeper, more introspective process may be called for.

• Activism and art at Antioch

  By Megan Bachman

  

  When is activism also art?
  For example, Women on Waves, a ship that performs medical abortions outside of the territorial waters of countries where it is illegal, or Project Row Houses, a low-income housing development in Houston where the houses are sometimes canvases for artistic expression.