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• Tecumseh Land Trust and Dharma Center sponsor walking toward mindfulness

  By Megan BachmanAugust 29, 2013

  

  If you think the only way to meditate is sitting cross-legged with eyes closed, think again. A walking meditation in the great outdoors can open up a whole new world of sights, sounds, sensations and smells — all while re-wiring the brain to be more aware in everyday life.

• Antioch College students stretch in co-op jobs

  By Anisa Kline

  

  What do toilets and politics have in common? Potential metaphors aside, they both figured prominently in the recent co-op placements of Antioch’s first-year students, who returned just a few weeks ago from their first Antioch co-op experience.

• Yellow Springs feature photo: Playing in the street

  By Anisa Kline

  

  Eleven block party gatherings, sponsored by the Human Relations Commission,were held in the streets of Yellow Springs over the Aug. 18 weekend.

• Charges filed in Glen Helen ‘gunman’ scare

  By Diane Chiddister

  Cody Buffenbarger, 22, of Springboro, was charged last week with falsification, a first-degree misdemeanor, for fabricating a story on June 27 about a man with a gun near Ecocamp cabins in Glen Helen.

• Antioch College skill-sharing workshop­ — From herbal tea to art from trash

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Everyone has something to learn, and everyone has something to teach. That’s the idea behind skill-sharing, a type of education described as community-based, non-competitive and intergenerational.

• Mills Lawn school reopens — Students to practice inclusion, service

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Project-based learning (PBL) is at the fore this year at Yellow Springs schools, and Mills Lawn is no exception. But the school also has other goals for the year.

• Laura Curliss to leave Village Manager position

  By Diane Chiddister

  At Village Council’s Aug. 19 meeting, Council unanimously approved a resolution that allows the Village and Village Manager Laura Curliss to enter into a settlement agreement that releases Curliss from her contract with the Village.

• Robust field for local races

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 22, 2013

  In the past several weeks, several additional villagers have thrown their hats in the ring for local elective offices, making this year’s election season especially robust. Eight people are running for the three open seats on Village Council, seven seek the three seats on the Yellow Springs Board of Education and seven are running for […]

• Art to wear in “Bling” show

  By Megan Bachman

  Jewelry has adorned the human body for 100,000 years as a way to ward off evil spirits, signify religious affiliation and more. It’s also wearable art, and since walking around with an armful of paintings can be cumbersome, donning jewelry is a better way to show off one’s artwork in public. That’s one reason Yellow […]

• YSHS/McKinney to open­— New staff, new way of learning

  By Megan Bachman

  This school year students at Yellow Springs High School/McKinney School will plan for the zombie apocalypse, make documentaries, build roller coasters, erect a sculpture trail and work in agriculture as part of the new project-based learning, or PBL, curriculum that begins the 2013–14 school year. Implementing the district-wide mandate will be difficult, but the educational […]