Village Life Section :: Page 190

• Center seeks input on new vision

  By Megan BachmanAugust 11, 2011

  

  While riding on the bike path one weekend, out-of-town architect Doug Gallow and his gerontologist wife, Ellen, who specialize in designing senior centers, just happened to pass the Yellow Springs Senior Center and stop in.

• Block parties next weekend

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Neighborhood block parties, sponsored by the Village Human Relations Commission, will take place next weekend, Aug. 19–21, with most taking place from 5–8 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21. Many neighborhoods are already organized for parties, but some are not; interested villagers should contact Joan Chappelle at 767-7056.

• A kind of meals on wheels, but Indian, and local

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 6, 2011

  

  A local offering of food in the spirit of sharing could turn a gift into a community of givers.

• Semler dairy preserved in Jacoby

  By Megan BachmanAugust 5, 2011

  

  The 171-acre Semler farm on Snypp Road is the first land in the Jacoby Creek watershed preserved with Village funds and one of four remaining dairies in Greene County.

• Maybe we didn’t win, but we’re fun

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 27, 2011

  

  Glenwood Springs, Colo., won the “most fun” town honor as part of this summer’s Rand McNally “Best of the Road” contest. As one of six finalist towns for the “most fun” category, Yellow Springs was visited in late June by two traveling judges and fun was had by all.

• Cooling spots available for villagers

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 21, 2011

  

  During this week’s heat wave, villagers can go to the John Bryan Community Center, the Senior Center or the Yellow Springs Library if they have no air conditioning and need to get out of the heat.

• New wells for Vernay clean up

  By Lauren Heaton

  The two new capture wells that appeared at the Vernay Laboratories site on Dayton Street this summer are adding to the forces aimed at cleaning up the industrial contamination at the site.

• Exotic plants take root on US 68

  By Megan Bachman

  

  When a group of plant enthusiasts took over the Village property on U.S. 68 North that was formerly the home of Stutzman’s Nursery, the weeds were so high that the property’s dozen greenhouses were barely visible above them.

• Psychics see YS as healing center

  By Megan Bachman

  A Colorado couple — an astrologer and a clairvoyant — used tarot cards to confirm that the village was the right place to practice divination and healing.

• Yellow Springs quite the Experience

  By Aaron ZaremskyJuly 16, 2011

  

  The Cirque Carnival was a colorful spectacle of Yellow Springs creativity.