From The Print Section :: Page 432

• A rehab for the rehab

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 27, 2014

  

  The large cages for Glen Helen’s 30 permanent avian residents have served the Raptor Center for over 30 years. But the wire and wood are aging and have not met current regulation for some time.

• AUM president at home at Midwest

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  When Karen Schuster Webb became president of Antioch University Midwest in January, she had been here for less than two months. But she had a pretty good idea what she was getting into.

• Joel Hayden Jr.

  By YS News Staff

  

  Joel Babcock Hayden Jr., who taught history and Russian at Antioch College in the mid-1950s, died Saturday, March 22, at Orchard Park Rehabilitation & Living Center in Farmington, Maine. He was 92. A native of Cleveland, he earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Oberlin College before going on to get a Ph.D. in history, […]

• Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Pirates’— It’s the very model of a YSHS musical

  By Megan BachmanMarch 20, 2014

  

  For a generation raised on the “Pirates of the Caribbean” action films, the Victorian-era comic opera “Pirates of Penzance” might seem out of date.
  With operatic music, jokes that landed before the turn of the 20th century and more dance numbers than sword fights, “Pirates of Penzance” is a different kind of pirate production for these local teens.

• Battle comes home, with clarinet

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Yellow Springs native and one-time Yellow Springs News paper carrier Mark Battle will return to town with his clarinet in tow next week to perform a house concert with colleague and friend, pianist George Lopez.

• Village economy: good, bad news

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs government hasn’t generally involved itself in the local economy, but over the past 10 years, the Village has gotten increasingly active in supporting the local business community.

• Concert series celbrates 30 years— CMYS built on Antioch’s shoulders

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The local First Presbyterian Church sanctuary is quite lovely, but ever thought of comparing it to, say, Carnegie Hall? The same small string, wind and vocal ensembles that play under the big lights in New York City, Paris and Tokyo, also play in this little Ohio town, the improbable seat of a world-class chamber music series known as Chamber Music Yellow Springs.

• Water rate hike approved by Council

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  At their March 3 meeting, Village Council members unanimously approved a 15 percent rate hike for Village water fees, to be effective April 1. Villagers will feel the hike as an additional $4.20 monthly charge, or $50.40 per year, for an average use of 6,000 gallons.

• Manager search elicits robust response

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  The Village has received a robust response in its search for a new Village manager, according to Council member Brian Housh, who, with Council member Gerry Simms, is overseeing the effort. According to the consulting firm Management Partners, which is conducting the search, 59 applicants responded by the March 7 deadline.

• Yellow Springs burglaries affect cars and homes

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Toward the end of last week and over the weekend, several home and vehicle burglaries occurred in various locations around the village. Yellow Springs Police this week issued a warning to all villagers to keep their homes and vehicles locked at all times.