Village Life Section :: Page 179

• Coast-to-coast walkers come to the village

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 9, 2012

  

  Kait and John Seyal visited Yellow Springs last weekend with their rescue dogs on their walk across the country.

• The village’s own Rocket Man

  By Megan BachmanMay 3, 2012

  

  Jake Freeman’s work is not rocket science — but it comes pretty close. The local aerospace engineer designs experiments to work in microgravity some 200 miles above the Earth.

• Pitstick land purchased for agricultural use

  By Lauren Heaton

  The 100 acres of farmland just north of the Center for Business and Education sold last month to the area farmers who had been farming it. While the local farm does not have a conservation easement on it, its use for agricultural purposes is likely to remain stable for now.

• Teacher Lasater draws yoga practitioners to village

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 27, 2012

  

  Internationally known yoga teacher Judith Lasater will teach a five-day workshop in Yellow Springs beginning Saturday, April 28.

• Bounty of village Earth Day events

  By Megan BachmanApril 26, 2012

  To commemorate the 42nd annual Earth Day this weekend, a mix of fun and education are on hand as an environmentally conscious village steps up to raise awareness about the beauty, and fragility, of the global ecosystem.

• Health aide admits to theft

  By Lauren Heaton

  After a three week investigation, Yellow Springs police arrested Fairborn resident LaRhonda Phillips for stealing and forging checks from an elderly resident in Yellow Springs.

• YS a bright star on yoga map

  By Matt MindeApril 25, 2012

  About 100 yoga practitioners from all over the country and other countries as well are descending on Yellow Springs to study yoga with Judith Lasater, a California-based and internationally-known yoga teacher.

• Ice cream and ukuleles beckon early summer

  By Lauren HeatonApril 23, 2012

  

  Ukulele lessons at Corner Cone on Friday afternoon drew a crowd.

• Donate clothes to women for work

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 21, 2012

  

  The First Presbyterian Church in the village is serving as a drop-off point for “Clothes That Work.” Clothes may be dropped off at the church this week Monday through Friday, April 23-27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Oil and water— Drilling stirs new concerns

  By Megan BachmanApril 19, 2012

  

  In the late 1800s northwestern Ohio was at the center of an oil boom, and Ohio became the world’s largest oil producer. Soon drilling moved to eastern and central Ohio, which is today at the center of another fossil fuel boom