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  • Two ways to share in the holidays

    By Megan BachmanDecember 15, 2011

    Food pantry volunteers Jean Shook, Patti McAllister, Jackie Hammond, Don Rudolf and Don Fulton put away donated items this week at the Yellow Springs Community Food Pantry in the basement of the Methodist Church. Demand for food and household goods at the pantry rises during th holiday season, and so do community donations. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    While it took several hauntings for Ebenezer Scrooge to transform from a stingy miser to a charitable giver, villagers have already embodied the holiday spirit this season with generous donations of food and gifts to two long-time local projects.

  • A new toast to the Little Art

    By Megan Bachman

    Little Art Theatre executive director Jenny Cowperthwaite-Ruka, right, and her assistant, Margaret Morgan, held up the wine that will soon be offered at the theater. The nonprofit recently received a license to sell beer and wine and will begin pouring drinks at a special showing of the film Sideways at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Imagine settling in for a movie, sipping a glass of red wine with malted milk balls, a chilled white wine with a butter bar, a beer with a tub of popcorn,  or, on special occasions, a signature cocktail.

  • Dec. 15, 2011 Bulldog Sports Round-up

    By Megan Bachman

    Bulldogs center Angela Allen ripped the ball from an Emmanuel Christian player and took it for two points during the YSHS girls varsity team’s 33–26 loss this week. Allen notched a double-double the previous week against Bradford, with 13 points and 13 rebounds. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Dec. 15, 2011 Bulldog Sports Round-up

  • Bobbie Jordan

    By Matt Minde

    Bobbie Jeanette Duerson Jordan died Nov. 7. She was 61.

  • Antioch seeks local jobs for students

    By Diane Chiddister

    As leaders of a school that places work at the heart of its educational experience, Antioch leaders face a challenge: in this economic downturn, they aim to create local jobs for the college’s first class of students.

  • Bowling ball jewelry knocks ’em down

    By Sehvilla MannDecember 8, 2011

    New village resident Matt Cole makes jewelry from bowling balls, and sells his work at craft fairs. He and his family moved here recently from Bali. (Photo by Sehvilla Mann)

    Bowing balls distinguish themselves with bright, eye-catching patterns. Some may even find them reminiscent of semi-precious stones. Yet who takes this observation to the next logical step?

  • Goals to set 2012 priorities

    By Diane Chiddister

    At their Nov. 21 meeting, Village Council members held an initial discussion regarding Council’s principles and goals for 2012, a topic generally addressed prior to approving the budget as a way to set Council priorities.

  • Linda Simms

    By YS News Staff

    Linda Simms

    Linda Lee Simms of Yellow Springs died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. She was 64.

  • New store seeks to fill local need

    By Megan Bachman

    Village resident Valorie Claggett recently opened her store of vintage and retro furnishings, Modern Salvage, at 138 Dayton Street. Claggett, an architect, designer and historical preservationist, will stock the store with unique and simple modern items from estate sales, garage sales and thrift stores. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    What Valorie Claggett finds at garage sales, estate sales and thrift stores are not high-priced antiques, she says, but rather useful and affordable items for everyday life that happen to have that retro style.

  • Hollister gets environmental post

    By Megan Bachman

    Local resident and Yellow Springs native Don Hollister is the new executive director of the Ohio League of Conservation Voters, a Columbus-based bipartisan environmental organization. Hollister will draw on his local political experience as he leads the group in lobbying for environmental policy and electing pro-environmental candidates for state and local offices. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    All politics is local, the saying goes, and it’s also largely unpaid. Local resident and Yellow Springs native Don Hollister has found both to be true in his nearly 40 years in politics.

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