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• Lawson gardens, fracking ban— Council reaches for authority

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 27, 2012

  Several Village Council members expressed regret during their meeting on Monday, Sept. 17, that they have not found a way to preserve all the gardens at the Lawson Place residences. Earlier in the month the Village had drafted an ordinance requiring a permit to remove the private landscaping that property owner Greene Metropolitan Housing Authority says must be removed by Oct. 1.

• Oh, the places they’ve gone!

  By Anisa Kline

  Rwanda, Lithuania, Panama, China. What do these countries have in common? They’re all places Yellow Springers visited this past summer, many taking trips that combined vacation with work or educational opportunities. The stories they returned with provide tiny windows on the world outside the village.

• Police chief search narrows

  By Lauren Heaton

  In its search for a permanent chief of police, the Village of Yellow Springs has narrowed its options to three candidates, including current Interim Chief Arthur Scott, Central State University Police Chief Anthony Pettiford, and John Milstead, security manager for Dayton Metro Libraries. The Village is currently scheduling visits to the village for each of the candidates and will host a public forum with each of the candidates on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Bryan Center.

• A weekend of Wellness awaits

  By Megan Bachman

  In the late 1800s, Yellow Springs was a mecca for health and wellness as far-flung visitors flocked to the village to soak in the mineral-rich waters of the Yellow Spring. With hopes of re-igniting regional interest in the town’s alternative therapies, holistic health practitioners and artists have teamed up to put on this weekend’s Wellness Experience.

• Healing with ancient ways

  By Megan Bachman

  Virgil Mayor Apostol tends to get on people’s nerves. The holistic health practitioner treats his patients’ nervous system using traditional Filipino healing techniques like pulling, stretching, pressure and joint mobilization, and in so doing can help them heal from injury, chronic pain or work-related impairments.

• Thomas Edwin Bingenheimer

  By YS News Staff

  

  Thomas Edwin Bingenheimer of Rosemont, Pa., an Antioch College graduate, died May 4 at the Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester, Pa. He was 65 years old.

• Jenkins honored for rehab work

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 20, 2012

  

  Alyce Earl Jenkins may have stumbled by accident into the nascent field of rehabilitation counseling in the mid-1960s, but it was no accident how much this longtime villager contributed to the discipline over a distinguished four-decade career. For that work, which focused on helping those with physical and mental disabilities find work, she will be inducted into the Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame this month.

• Barbara Knoth

  By YS News Staff

  

  Barbara E. Knoth of Yellow Springs died Saturday, Sept. 8. She was 75.

• Daniel Pearson

  By YS News Staff

  

  Daniel Pearson died Friday, Sept. 14, at his home at Lawson Place. He was 66.

• Jeanie Felker

  By YS News Staff

  

  Jeanie Felker, a teacher of young children and a fierce advocate of their right to learn in their own way, died on Wednesday, Sept. 12.