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• Cultivating global green thumbs

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 26, 2012

  

  For many, yard work can be a chore. For Nadia Malarkey, the care and cultivation of her backyard labyrinth of trees, vines and plants is perennially a joy. At their best, gardens can be places of respite, connection and, above all, environmental stewardship.

• Council hires interim manager

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Village Council last week came to a contract agreement with Wilmington attorney Laura Curliss, who will soon start her position as the Village interim manager.

• New chair for board

  By Diane Chiddister

  The Antioch College Board of Trustees this week appointed Frances Degen Horowitz, ’54, as board chair, replacing Lee Morgan, ’66. Morgan will remain on the board as vice-chair, according to a press release, but will focus on fundraising.

• Lucille Gardner

  By YS News Staff

  

  Lucille Mae Gardner died peacefully on Jan. 11, while under the care of Hospice of Dayton in Jamestown. She was 90.

• More sun in the Springs (Motel)

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The latest update to the Springs Motel isn’t in the rooms but on the roof, where 20 solar photovoltaic panels now power the televisions, hair dryers and air conditioners of motel guests.

• Local kale for the K–12 crowd? Lessons in fresh food service

  By Megan Bachman

  Three years into the Columbus-area school’s local food initiative, its cafeteria regularly serves up healthy meals prepared on-site using raw, organic ingredients, about 40 percent of which are sourced from within 125 miles of the school.

• Morgan grant for housing

  By Lauren Heaton

  The senior apartment development proposed for the Barr property received a boost last week when the Morgan Family Foundation committed $250,000 to help finance some of the units.

• Eagleson new creative director at college

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Former longtime Antioch College faculty member Dennie Eagleson has returned to the college in the new half-time position of creative director, the college announced earlier this month.

• The revelation of being a painter

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  From January until mid-February, painter Patricia Cole will be artist-in-residence at Antioch College.

• Courageous conversation at Antioch

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  A common theme emerged during the Antioch College MLK Day panel on diversity issues at the college. The panelists related similar stories of the stress and isolation of being a minority student. However, they also agreed that the college taught them critical skills that they see as unique to the Antioch experience.