Village Life Section :: Page 173

• Pumpkins soar above the fields

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 25, 2011

  

  Young’s Jersey Dairy hosted the first Midwest Pumpkin Chuck on Saturday.

• Voters to decide on healthcare

  By Megan BachmanOctober 20, 2011

  Health insurance reform in Ohio and the quality of local healthcare services will be affected by the outcome of two election issues on the Nov. 8 ballot.

• Barr project concept OKd

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 13, 2011

  At their Oct. 3 meeting, Village Council members voted unanimously to approve the first stage of the Home, Inc./Buckeye Community Hope Foundation proposal for affordable senior housing on the Barr property downtown.

• DIY Judaism in the village

  By Megan Bachman

  When Randi Rothman suggested last weekend that the Yellow Springs Havurah read a book called Empowered Judaism, members at the well-attended Shabbat service agreed it sounded a lot like the collaborative spiritual community already here in Yellow Springs.

• Nonstop to sponsor African American film series

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Nonstop Institute will host a film series this month looking at the portrayal of African Americans in the movies.

• Tecumseh Land Trust presents Food Power

  By YS News StaffOctober 12, 2011

  

  Food Power, a conference organized by Tecumseh Land Trust, will feature Will Allen, noted urban farmer and Michelle Obama’s White House garden coach.

• Local woman launches superfood product

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 7, 2011

  

  Villager Wendy Copper and her business partner, Doug Siegel of Bloomington, Ind., have launched Vigilant Eats, a new business that produces nutritional food products. Their first product, Organic Superfood Oat-based Cereal, is now available at the Emporium.

• Students cultivate strong voices

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 6, 2011

  

  Yellow Springs High School students have been learning how to give voice to those who want it and to help students and adults share their views with each other.

• Tiny heads home

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 30, 2011

  

  Tiny, the juvenile turkey vulture who hung out downtown last week and this, has returned to his previous home at the Raptor Center.

• New group backs progressive issues

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 29, 2011

  Yellow Springs may be a hotbed for progressive ideas, but coordinated action to advance a progressive agenda in state and federal politics is lacking here, according to organizers of a new group in town.