Village Life Section :: Page 57

• Little Thunders— Speaking Indian

  By YS News StaffNovember 16, 2020

  

  Whenever I hear an Elder speak our traditional Ojibwe language, known as anishinaabemowin, my eyes fill with tears. I become overwhelmed with emotion. I’m told that tears are the ancestors coming to visit and wash my vision to help me heal from historical trauma.

• New state order: businesses must enforce mask wearing

  By Audrey HackettNovember 11, 2020

  

  The governor on Nov. 11 issued a revised mask order for businesses in Ohio with a penalty for non-compliance, as well as indicating that the state would shut down restaurants, bars and fitness centers if COVID-19 spread doesn’t improve by the end of next week.

• Community Solutions to host restorative conference

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  This year’s conference, the organization’s 66th, is titled “Pathways to Regeneration: Restoration, Resiliency and Reciprocity,” with a particular focus on food growing and preservation. It will be conducted online this weekend, Friday through Sunday, Nov. 6–8.

• COVID-19 update— ‘There is no place to hide’ in Ohio

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  October brought a whirlwind of bad news about COVID-19 spread in Ohio. New cases soared statewide, hospitalizations increased and more counties than ever flipped to “red” on the state’s COVID-19 heat map.

• A path to progress on race?

  By Audrey HackettNovember 9, 2020

  

  This is fourth in a series on the impacts of racism in Yellow Springs and local anti-racist efforts and approaches.

• News from the Past

  By YS News StaffNovember 7, 2020

  

  Contributing writer Don Hollister compiles some of the more compelling headlines that occurred in past Septembers and Octobers in last week’s “News from the Past” column.

• The Briar Patch— Did we ask permission?

  By YS News StaffNovember 2, 2020

  

  Community development — in all its forms — is an imperative question for the governance of our village.

• Yellow Springs Halloween amid COVID-19

  By Lauren Shows

  

  In late September, the Village of Yellow Springs announced that the usual community Halloween activities — bonfires and trick or treating — would be canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

• Indoor visitation suspended at Friends Care Community

  By YS News StaffOctober 29, 2020

  

  Indoor visitation is suspended at Friends Care Community until further notice due to COVID-19 increases in Greene County.

• New tiles at Women’s Park

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 28, 2020

  

  Though the flowers in the Women’s Park on Corry Street have begun to wither as fall deepens, something new has just bloomed there: in early October, a collection of 124 new tiles bearing the names of local women emerged.