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Village Life Section :: Page 111

  • Beloved Community aim is inclusion

    By Carol SimmonsApril 13, 2017

    The Beloved Community Project seeks to address issues of poverty, hunger, racism, discrimination, inclusion, justice and peace within Yellow Springs. The next community event is planned Wednesday, April 19, beginning at 6 p.m. with a free meal, at the Presbyterian Church. Pictured at a recent gathering are Miriam Eckenrode Saari, Sommer McGuire and Beloved Community organizer the Rev. Aaron Saari. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    A group of Yellow Springs residents have launched The Beloved Community Project, with which they hope to address issues of poverty, hunger, racism, discrimination, inclusion, justice and peace within the village.

  • Shred personal documents on Earth Day

    By YS News StaffApril 10, 2017

    "Shred-It Yellow Springs" will be held Saturday, April 22.

    The YS Chamber will sponsor “Shred It Yellow Springs” on Saturday, April 22, in conjunction with the Glen Helen Earth Day Celebration, to help villagers protect against identity theft by safely disposing of paperwork.

  • The Red Book cometh…

    By YS News StaffApril 8, 2017

    When you start hearing and reading about the red book, you know spring will be here soon!

    The Red Book will be available beginning Thursday, April 13.

  • Reflections on the final note

    By Dylan Taylor-LehmanApril 6, 2017

    Wright State Universtiy psychology professor and Yellow Springs resident Cheryl Meyer sat with the collection of suicide notes that formed the backbone of a recent study of suicide. With three colleagues, she published the results of her research in a book called “Explaining Suicide.” The unusually large collection of notes provided data that allowed researchers to pursue aspects of the phenomenon that hadn’t yet been studied. (Photo by Dylan Taylor-Lehman)

    While suicide notes only exist because of the most sorrowful of circumstances, the epistles nonetheless provide significant insight into the psychology of committing the final act, and therefore what might be able to be done to prevent it.

  • Celebrating Persia’s new year

    By Carol Simmons

    Nacim Sabaji, left, was the organizing force behind a celebration of the traditional Persian holiday Nowruz on Saturday evening, March 25, at the Presbyterian Church. About 150 people, including many from the area’s Iranian-American community and the local Baha’i membership, ate traditional Persian foods, learned about the secular holiday’s customs and closed out the fete with dancing. The joyful gathering stood as a testament against negative depictions of people from Iran as well as travel ban efforts that include Iran among the targeted countries. (Photos by Carol Simmons)

    The joy of family, the joy of community, the joy of spring all filled the social hall at First Presbyterian Church last Saturday as nearly 150 people of all ages gathered to celebrate the Persian holiday of Nowruz.

  • Merrick brothers indicted for murder of Brown, Mendenhall

    By Diane ChiddisterMarch 30, 2017

    A Greene County Grand Jury has indicted brothers Dustin and Bret Merrick for the murders of Skip Brown and Sherri Mendenhall.

  • Virginia in Ohio

    By Diane Chiddister

    Standing with Virginia Hamilton's Ohio Historical marker is Hamilton’s husband, Arnold Adoff; her son, Jaime Adoff; and granddaughter, Anaya Adoff. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    A crowd of local students and community members converged on the Yellow Springs library last Wednesday, March 22, for the dedication of a historical marker for renowned author Virginia Hamilton, who grew up and lived most of her life in Yellow Springs.

  • Local nonprofits to clean up bike trails

    By YS News StaffMarch 27, 2017

    (Photo by Jamie Holly, courtesy wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.0)

    On April 1, “Local Nonprofit Community Give Back Day,” village nonprofit groups will gather to clean up the bike path.

  • Forgotten Springs, vol. 2 – Emilys’ Garden

    By YS News StaffMarch 24, 2017

    When we went to check out what was described as an overgrown statue garden on the Antioch campus, I was expecting another crumbling relic that held a quirky story. Far from being a quirky tale, the place recalls an event Yellow Springers will never be able to talk about with detachment.

  • Joan Horn: life as a doer, teacher and friend

    By Audrey HackettMarch 23, 2017

    Villager Joan Horn has lived in Yellow Springs for more than 60 years, contributing to the community as a volunteer, teacher, civic-minded citizen and friend. Her Spillan Avenue home, filled with books and art, is always open to friends from Yellow Springs and around the world. (Photo by Audrey Hackett)

    Joan Horn, 83, has lived in Yellow Springs for over 60 years, first coming to the village as a student at Antioch College in the early 1950s. Her contributions to the community are legion.

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