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• Willis memorial held

  By YS News StaffAugust 1, 2013

  A gathering of family and friends in memory of David Willis will be held Friday, Aug. 2, 5–9 p.m. at the Clifton Lodge.

• Three new police officers hired

  By Lauren Heaton

  The three newcomers join officers Patrick Roegner, Naomi Penrod, David Meister, Brian Carlson and Tom Sexton. Part-time officers include retired veterans Dennis Nipper, Al Pierce and Doug Andrus (who is currently on leave), with occasional support from Tom Knickerbocker.

• Elsie Hevelin

  By YS News Staff

  Elsie Owen Hevelin of Yellow Springs passed away Friday, July 19, at Friends Care Community. She was 90.

• Minor League Indians’ major win

  By Tim Sherwood

  The Minor League Indians finished out the season last week as league champions with a 12–0 undefeated record, and then just held off a surging Pirates team to also take the post-season tournament championship on Sunday evening.

• Villager arrested for making threat

  By Lauren Heaton

  Police arrested Stanley (Steve) Hetzler, Yellow Springs, on Tuesday, July 23, after he uttered a threat to harm the Village Council.

• T-ball: all business, all fun

  By Geneva Gano

  After the rains this summer, the Gaunt Park diamond where we play every Friday night became kind of hard. In fact, it was a little bit like concrete. But this last Friday night we played in glorious, beautiful, perfect dusty-dirt.

• Each week, a little t-ball miracle

  By Geneva GanoJuly 25, 2013

  While I am a newcomer to reporting on t-ball, I’m pretty sure that a t-ball miracle happens every time we play.

• MTFR seeks new facility; WSU land is preferred option

  By Matt Minde

  At its July 15 meeting Village Council approved a letter of support for Miami Township Fire-Rescue’s proposal to acquire the former site of Wright State Family Clinic for a new fire station and Township administration building.

• Vigil over vigilantism

  By Megan Bachman

  

  White and black neighbors came together for a silent candlelight vigil on Sunday night for Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old African-American victim of a fatal shooting in Florida.

• Pastor Derrick Weston to leave— Social justice voice to move on

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Pastor Derrick Weston will soon leave the First Presbyterian Church, which he has led since January 2012, to work towards just that cause as he becomes the director of a non-profit community development organization that empowers inner-city youth in Pittsburgh.