From The Print Section :: Page 559

• Why so many voters?

  By Megan BachmanMay 19, 2011

  In last week’s special election, 1,088 local voters went to the polls out of 3,462 total registered voters in Yellow Springs, a turnout of 31 percent. But according to the 2010 Census, the village has a total adult population of only 2,799. How can the village have more registered voters than adults eligible to vote?

• Efficiency program benefits businesses in many ways

  By Megan Bachman

  Local businesses looking to save money by cutting their fuel use now have an extra incentive to do so. Money that began as a fine against the Village for buying power from a polluting coal plant is coming home to help Yellow Springs businesses get energy-efficient.

• Seniors make meaning from tragedy

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The loss of a young life is always tragic, but two local young people hope to find meaning in that tragedy. The meaning sought by Elise Giardullo and Gabe Amrhein is their attempt to save other lives by educating young adults on the dangers of texting while driving.

• Teachers Winks, Lemkau look back

  By Lauren Heaton

  Yellow Springs High School teachers Shanna Winks and Phil Lemkau are retiring this year.

• Investing in YS, making beauty

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Call it the Miracle on Walnut Street. A dingy, dilapidated house — the eyesore of the neighborhood — is transformed into a stately, sleek modern home with a neighbor’s investment and a local couple’s vision.

• Village lawsuit to soon go to trial

  By Matt Minde

  After two years of discussion and official mediation, the legal dispute between the Village of Yellow Springs and a local property owner over the extension of Village water service to a property on Hyde Road has not been resolved.

• A magical ‘Aladdin’ at the Antioch School

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 18, 2011

  

  At the Antioch School, things get done a bit differently, and that includes the school musical. As befits a school that advocates a holistic approach to learning, the children are involved in all phases of the production, from choosing the play to picking their character, from designing their costume to decorating the set.

• Owens masterpiece, now available for sleepovers

  By Megan BachmanMay 12, 2011

  

  Erik and Deirdre Owen had looked for ways to support the local arts community as well as share their home, an Italian villa on an historic estate. By turning their spacious home into an “art bed and breakfast,” they believe they now have accomplished both.

• Henry Coles Sr.

  By YS News Staff

  Henry L. Coles Sr. died Friday, May 6 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton after a brief illness. He was 76.

• YS tree man keeps planting at 96

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Lloyd Kennedy wants to give credit where credit is due. For instance, he makes clear that he was not the one who floated the idea, almost three decades ago, of organizing a volunteer group to plant trees in the village.