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Village Life Section :: Page 87

  • Pastor Joel Miller to discuss sanctuary in the village

    By YS News StaffOctober 15, 2018

    Edith Espinal and her son, Brandow Gonzalez, at the Columbus Mennonite Church. Espinal sought sanctuary there under threat of deportation in September of 2017. (Photo from themennonite.org)

    Guest speaker Joel Miller, pastor at the Columbus Mennonite Church, will speak at Rockford Chapel. on Saturday, Oct. 20, beginning at 7 p.m. The church has made a home for Edith Espinal, an undocumented mother who sought refuge in the U.S. more than a decade ago and is working to stay united with her family in Columbus.

  • Wright State shuts down Fels study

    By Diane ChiddisterOctober 11, 2018

    An unidentified Fels Longitudinal Study doctor is shown here circa the 1950s examining a young participant. The longest and largest longitudinal health study in the world, the Fels study, for many years based in Yellow Springs, still has more than 1,000 participants in the area, who had yearly appointments beginning in childhood to gather information on body composition. Last month Wright State closed down data collection for the Fels study, which would have turned 90 next year. (Photo courtesy of Antiochiana, Antioch College)

    The Fels Longitudinal Study, the world’s longest and largest longitudinal human growth study, has recently come to a close due to actions by Wright State University, which for decades has housed the study.

  • An inside look at Cresco Labs

    By Megan BachmanOctober 9, 2018

    Yesterday Cresco Labs of Yellow Springs opened its doors to a small group of local media and public officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tour of the medical marijuana grower.

  • Street Fair this weekend

    By YS News StaffOctober 8, 2018

    Fall Street Fair will return this Saturday, Oct. 13.

    Street Fair returns to the village on Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. in downtown Yellow Springs.

  • Fitness class keeps seniors moving

    By Megan BachmanOctober 4, 2018

    Jane Blakelock, center, stretched during a Sit Strong senior fitness class at the John Bryan Community Center this week. From the stage, fitness instructor Lynn Hardman called out and modeled the next move. Hardman, who is passionate about senior wellness, is starting a new workshop in the village focused on balance. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Two years ago, Jane Blakelock struggled to navigate subway stairs and keep up on long walks on a visit to her daughter in New York City. But multiple classes each week of Lynn Hardman’s Sit Strong changed everything.

  • A partnership for Wilberforce and Antioch

    By Megan Bachman

    Antioch College and Wilberforce University are both small, private liberal arts colleges in Greene County. They were both founded in the 1850s. And in recent years they’ve both been trying to bounce back from financial and accreditation woes.

  • Annual Apple Cutting Bee slated

    By YS News StaffOctober 1, 2018

    Volunteers are needed for the annual Apple Cutting Bee on Oct. 12.

    First Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Apple Cutting Bee on Friday, Oct. 12, ahead of the annual Apple Fest, to be held the next day during Street Fair.

  • Writer on Huffman Prairie to speak at Glen Helen

    By YS News StaffSeptember 29, 2018

    Naturalist David Nolin will speak about his new book at Glen Helen event.

  • Glen Helen’s own superheroes

    By Guest ContributorSeptember 20, 2018

    From left, Glen Helen Ranger Susan Smith picked up litter and cleaned graffiti in the nature preserve with volunteers Dean Alkire, Dave Alkire and Brad Arledge on one Saturday this summer. The weekly cleanup crew, known as Guardians of Glen, assembles every Saturday from 1–3 p.m., meeting at Trailside Museum. It is open to all, and gloves are recommended. (Photo by Nakia Angelique)

    A group of three volunteers arrived one recent rainy Saturday afternoon to help Glen Helen Ranger Susan Smith clean up litter and graffiti in the nature preserve.

  • Festival celebrates music, kindness

    By Guest Contributor

    Sharon Lane, an organizer of this weekend’s Fancy Fest music festival just outside of Yellow Springs, played a blues number in the Emporium this week. Lane, a singer-songwriter, is also one of the event’s featured performers. (Photo by Tracy Perkins-Schmittler)

    A two-day, low-key, family-friendly, good-vibing music festival, Fancy Fest is taking place this weekend in a private wooded area just outside of Yellow Springs on Jacoby Road.

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