Village Life Section :: Page 110

• Cool kids

  By Suzanne SzempruchJuly 27, 2017

  

  Some villagers found relief from the heat last week at the Gaunt Park pool, although abundant rain and several storms made swimming iffy.

• A muddlicious time at T-ball

  By Jimmy ChesireJuly 20, 2017

  

  I love the mud balls and mud puddles. In fact, I yearn for the days before the Village put in drainage pipes, which drain the field after a good rain, forever eliminating the great six-foot-diameter, 28 square feet of water puddles of yesteryear.

• Tom’s Market Pirates top Minor League

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  The Tom’s Market Pirates continued their late season rally last week with three victories and won the overall 2017 Minor League regular season championship by just a half-game over the Peach’s Dodgers.

• Preserving vital local black history

  By Aaron Maurice Saari

  

  John Gudgel has had family in Yellow Springs since the 1890s; Kevin McGruder came to the village via Antioch College only five years ago. Together, these two historians are trying to preserve some vital local history that is in danger of being lost.

• Annual Vintage Truck Show to return

  By YS News StaffJuly 10, 2017

  

  Vintage Truck magazine will host its 16th annual Vintage Truck Show on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Tick talk: biting insects abound this summer

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanJuly 6, 2017

  

  As the summer gets into full swing, one of the biggest irritations is the profusion of mosquitoes and ticks.

• Focus on racial incidents at Yellow Springs schools

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Yellow Springs school district leaders were urged to hire more people of color and provide more racial sensitivity training for school staff and students at a meeting Monday, June 26, at First Baptist Church.

• July 4th in my hometown

  By Guest Contributor

  

  For many years—though my parents live a block from downtown, where the parade takes place—I didn’t go to it. I’m not a big parade person.

• T-Ball: Blasting Coach and other adventures

  By Jimmy ChesireJuly 3, 2017

  

  Why don’t you come on out and let our kids throw some baseballs at you, Friday nights, 6:30 at Gaunt Park? You might like it. Then again, you might not.

• NAACP board member to speak at Antioch College

  By YS News Staff

  

  Derrick Johnson, vice chair of the NAACP National Board of Directors, will give an address on Friday, July 14 in the Wellness Center at Antioch College.