From The Print Section :: Page 52

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Getting busy, getting happy

  By Guest ContributorJune 7, 2023

  

  “I have to work just as hard, but I’m doing something I love, and on top of that, I have stuff to do. I’m getting busy. It’s a wonderful thing.”

• Yellow Springs Development Corporation gains traction

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  Since its establishment in 2020, the Yellow Springs Development Corporation, or YSDC, has had a clear mission: “Support, incentivize and attract economic development in Yellow Springs and Miami Township.”

• Haze hangs over Ohio Valley

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Air quality in the Ohio Valley has plummeted in recent days as smoke from widespread Canadian wildfires continues to drift into the U.S.

• Yellow Springs News hosts South African journalists

  By Lauren ShowsJune 6, 2023

  

  Andile Nomabhunga, of Matatiele, in the Eastern Cape Province, and Dunisani Ntsanwisi, of Giyani, in Limpopo Province, spent the week working with the News as part of a three-week fact-finding project investigating ways to boost the sustainability of South Africa’s community media.

• Choreography in color

  By Reilly DixonJune 5, 2023

  

  In celebration of National Senior Health and Fitness Day, the YS Senior Center held its annual flash mob dance Wednesday, May 31, on Short Street.

• Village electric crew gets the ‘gold’

  By Jessica ThomasJune 2, 2023

  

  Reliability, safety, workforce development and system improvement — those are the four areas in which the Yellow Springs Electric Department was evaluated in order to receive an RP3 “Gold” designation from the American Public Power Association, or APPA.

• Senior Malcolm Blunt heads to state track meet

  By Jessica Thomas

  

  Malcolm Blunt, a senior member of the YS track team, will be competing in two events — the 200 meter dash and the long jump — at the 2023 OHSAA state track meet at Jesse Owens Stadium on Friday, June 2.

• Yellow Springs High School 2023 Graduation

  By YS News Staff

  

  The 61 graduates of the Class of 2023 officially said “farewell” to Yellow Springs High School on Thursday, May 25, as they graduated in the school’s gym.

• Yellow Springs Board of Education to adopt ‘C7’ plan

  By Lauren ShowsJune 1, 2023

  

  The regular meeting of the Board of Education on Monday, May 22, ended in applause from community members who were present: After more than a year of work and discussion, the board voted unanimously to select a plan for facilities upgrades to place on the ballot this fall.

• Emergent Verse | Song of Herself

  By Ed DavisMay 31, 2023

  

  I wonder whether Walt Whitman’s timeless lines above from “Song of Myself” were stewing in Nancy Mellon’s mind, or unconscious, when she composed her poem.