Village Life Section :: Page 221

• School serves up wisdom, skills

  By YS News StaffOctober 16, 2008

  

  The Heart of Joy Folkschool, which has been quietly simmering on a back burner, is ready to be served. “It’s come from a lot of people,” said artist Carolion, one of the initial organizers of the school. “It’s been cooking and bubbling for months.”

• Fall Street Fair: festing in the fall

  By YS News StaffOctober 9, 2008

  This fall the Yellow Springs Street Fair will be held downtown on Saturday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., with the Music Festival and Beer Garden, at the Bryan Community Center, running from noon to 7 p.m.

• Chamber representatives visit Texas to court BRAC workers

  By Virgil HerveyOctober 2, 2008

  

  When Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karen Wintrow learned that the Dayton Development Coalition, or DDC, was considering a trip to San Antonio, Texas, to try to convince residents whose jobs were being moved to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to move to the region, she decided to get aggressive.

• For the Schwerners, life after YS, WYSO

  By Virgil HerveySeptember 25, 2008

  

  When he was a student at Antioch College, Steve Schwerner was sure to get co-ops that would bring him back to his hometown, New York City, so he could hang out in jazz clubs as much as possible.

• Wind wallops YS; villagers rally in aftermath

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 18, 2008

  

  Shortly after the lights came on in downtown Yellow Springs Tuesday noon, Mark DeLozier, sitting at the piano that had been dragged from inside the Emporium out to the sidewalk, launched into “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”

• Mitzi Manny, a heart lifted by music

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Mitzi Manny swipes her 15-pound accordion out of its tattered case as though it were a ragdoll and slips her arms through the straps like an old friend. She sways just slightly as the squeeze box sings out “When I Grow Too Old to Dream,” and the two look fit to be together.

• Dealing with the storm aftermath

  By YS News Staff

  Due to the unusually high volume of tree damage caused by Sunday’s high winds, the Village of Yellow Springs has expanded its efforts to collect branches and limbs in local neighborhoods.

• YSI contaminants still linger

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 11, 2008

  Several vigilant groups of environmentalists received satisfactory news last week when they met with the team leading the bioremediation of contaminants spilled at the YSI campus on Brannum Lane in the early 1990s.

• Women’s Threshold Choir sings for healing and for pleasure

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 21, 2008

  

  Their voices floated in with soothing softness and a power to calm the rumbles of anxiety. Sylvia sang as close as a mother to her baby, while Mary cooed her part and Theresa led the choral rounds from an arm’s length away.

• Teens wield tools for library mural

  By Susan GartnerAugust 14, 2008

  “Help create a teen space mural for the Yellow Springs Public Library. Make new friends! Wear fashionable safety glasses! Learn how to master a jigsaw, cutting intricate shapes out of wood with the blade only inches from your fingers! Amaze your friends! Worry your parents!