Village Life Section :: Page 127

• At 83, she’s no longer invisible

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 9, 2016

  

  For her 60th birthday, Joan Champie jumped out of a plane. “I grinned all the way down,” she said of her first tandem parachute jump.

• Cascading Leaves – A sea of green

  By Aaron ZaremskyJune 2, 2016

  

  The swimming green leaves of late spring provide an oeuvre of color.

• Cutting Bee to kick off annual Strawberry Festival

  By YS News StaffJune 1, 2016

  

  The annual Strawberry Festival will return this year on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11, at the First Presbyterian Church. Volunteers are needed to help prepare strawberries at a Cutting Bee on Thursday, June 9.

• Senior Center presents third annual flash mob

  By YS News StaffMay 28, 2016

  

  On Wednesday, May 26, the YS Senior Center presented its third annual flash mob performance in recognition of National Senior Health and Fitness Day. Click for photos and video of the event.

• Breast cancer screening in village— Mobile mammogram coming

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 26, 2016

  

  Yellow Springs women have the opportunity to obtain two critical health screenings locally when the OhioHealth mobile mammography and bone density unit visits Yellow Springs on Friday, May 27.

• A Yellow Springs man’s quest for a kidney

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  David Spyridon’s nights are spent in a recliner. Sleep comes a little harder that way, but the position aids the work of his dialysis machine.

• Rebirth of a garden center

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Gardens are lessons in rebirth, and a local garden center is exemplifying this truth in more than the usual ways.

• Free CFL bulbs offered to local seniors

  By YS News StaffMay 23, 2016

  

  Village of Yellow Springs electric customers who participate in programming from the Yellow Springs Senior Center can receive five free CFL bulbs through the Yellow Springs Senior Center and Efficiency Smart.

• Guerilla Poultry – A study in backyard farming

  By Aaron ZaremskyMay 19, 2016

  

  There is a burgeoning flock of backyard farmers in Yellow Springs who have set out to raise chickens for eggs. Obstacles to the project include ravaging predators and a few neighbors who don’t share the enthusiasm. All in all though, the hens are well contained and healthy and the “guerilla” farmers are enthusiastic about their birds.

• Addressing LGBTQ health

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  A longtime area HIV/AIDS resource, Equitas Health, is expanding its mission to serve the full spectrum of health needs in the LGBTQ community.