Village Life Section :: Page 85

• Little Free Pantry seeks donations

  By YS News StaffJune 29, 2019

  

  The Little Free Pantry on Walnut street is in need of donations.

• Heartbeat Learning Gardens — Eat local, heal local

  By Megan BachmanJune 27, 2019

  

  While harvest day at Heartbeat Learning Gardens always has an air of celebration, last week’s was “bittersweet,” in the words of longtime volunteer MJ Gentile.

• Perry League — A vibrant gang of children

  By Jimmy Chesire

  

  Fiona Garcia, 5, came to bat without her Perry League cap. “She doesn’t want to wear it,” Laura Byrnes said. “It musses her hair too much.” “I feel the same way,” I said, and noticed, as if for the first time, Fiona’s fabulous head of hair.

• Pirates, Orioles still lead

  By Tim Sherwood

  

  Rain continued to create challenges last week for local rec baseball teams, with the Minor and Major Leagues each postponing a pair of games. 

• Celebrate Pride this weekend

  By YS News StaffJune 25, 2019

  

  The 8th annual YS Pride Celebration will be held Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, June 27, 29 and 30, in various locations around the village.

• ‘Horse Sense for Challenging Times’ workshop this weekend

  By YS News StaffJune 24, 2019

  

  Equine-facilitated learning pioneer Linda Kohanov will lead “The Power Behind Nonviolence: Horse Sense for Challenging Times,” in Yellow Springs this Friday–Sunday, June 28–30.

• Donations needed for fireworks display

  By Lauren ShowsJune 20, 2019

  

  The Odd Fellows depend on donations from the community to help cover the roughly $7,700 cost of the event.

• Heaving a ball at Agraria

  By YS News Staff

  

  Two weeks ago, 36 educators from public schools in Yellow Springs, Xenia, Fairborn, Springfield, and Dayton attended a two-day workshop at Agraria.

• Juneteenth in Yellow Springs — A tribute to emancipation

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The first of the two Juneteenth celebrations will be held Saturday, June 15, 2–5 p.m., at Mills Park Hotel. The celebration is coordinated by villager Carmen Lee through her event planning business, Yokel.

• Good green, bad green

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Not all green is “green.” That’s the message from local land managers who are combating a host of non-native invasive plant species that menace locally preserved and reclaimed lands.