Village Life Section :: Page 160

• From cats to cows, answers on air

  By Anisa KlineMarch 7, 2013

  For three years now, Brett Ellis has been hosting a call-in radio show on Joe Mullins’ radio station, WBZI. During his 15-minute segment on Thursdays, Brett “the Vet” answers people’s questions and concerns about their domestic animals, be they pets or livestock.

• Wasp named for ‘lord of the flies’

  By Megan Bachman

  

  In the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, a parasitic extraterrestrial bursts out of an astronaut’s chest, killing him, in the film’s iconic scene. The lifecycle of parasitic insects is not much different, according to Wright State entomologist and Yellow Springs resident John Stireman.

• Living tiny in the village

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 5, 2013

  

  Alex Melamed and Allison Paul live in what’s perhaps the village’s tiniest house on Walnut Street.

• Guns and games— Links to real violence unclear

  By Chad StilesFebruary 28, 2013

  A 2008 Pew Research study found 97 percent of teens in America play video games, with two-thirds playing games that include violent content. Yet in the context of the Newtown shooting and the ongoing debate on national gun violence and culture, many have cited the possible effects of media violence on youth — with particular attention paid to violent video games.

• Easement to protect Glen for good

  By Matt Minde

  With the support of a resounding 10 nonprofit, state and local government agencies, as well as $1.6 million in secured funding, the Glen has taken its first step into the protective fold of a permanent conservation easement.

• Film ‘Escape Fire’ seeks healthcare transformation

  By Matt Minde

  

  The American health care system is so broken that fixing it requires a major conceptual transformation.

• Use the Sidedoor for a new cut and style

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 21, 2013

  Once, after Andrea Rhodes got a really good haircut, she was walking down the street when someone leaned out a car window and yelled, “Great haircut!” Rhodes aims to give that sort of cut to her customers.

• Planners limit tiny homes

  By Diane Chiddister

  In response to the question, “how small can a house be in Yellow Springs?” Village Planning Commission on Monday night chose to split the difference between those who favor and those who oppose allowing tiny houses in the village.

• Being black in Yellow Springs

  By Diane Chiddister

  Young people who grew up in Yellow Springs during the 1960s were in a “racial, social and economic bubble” where kids had little awareness of race, class or economic level, according to Yellow Springs natives who will speak soon on the topic, “Being Black in Yellow Springs: The Sixties Experience.”

• Preparing in life for one’s death

  By Lauren Heaton

  Few people know just when they will die, but those who want to can decide how they leave the world, according to Jane Brown, who worked for many years as a hospital chaplain and then a Hospice care provider.