Village Life Section :: Page 89

• Diversity, inclusion efforts at the Village— Understanding implicit bias

  By Megan BachmanMarch 21, 2019

  

  Over the last six months, employees of the Village attended trainings to create a more inclusive and diverse work environment and improve cultural competency at the Village.

• Flu ramps up in the area

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Those who think flu season is just about over are wrong, according to Ohio Department of Health Assistant Director of Communications J. C. Benton this week.

• Local agriculture conference — A growing green movement

  By Megan BachmanMarch 14, 2019

  

  Unless new farming practices are adopted, the world has only 60 years of harvests left, the United Nations announced a few years ago. 

• International Women’s Day — Celebrating women’s lives

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Honoring and celebrating both the commonalities as well as the different life experiences of women is at the heart of a local event planned Friday, March 8, in recognition of International Women’s Day.

• Full house: Yellow Springs Celebrates International Women’s Day

  By YS News Staff

  

  “Yellow Springs Celebrates International Women’s Day” was held Friday, March 8, at a Yellow Springs residence.

• John Bryan Youth Center closed due to widespread illness

  By YS News StaffMarch 7, 2019

  

  John Bryan Youth Center closed due to widespread illness. It will reopen on Monday, March 11 for regular hours.

• Alyce Earl Jenkins— Recognized for service, teaching

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  “Sometimes when I’m feeling down, I come in here and think, well, I did make a contribution to different communities at different times,” Alyce Earl Jenkins said in an interview last week. That’s quite an understatement.

• School event to welcome Rwandan educators

  By YS News StaffMarch 2, 2019

  

  Brother Straton Malisaba and Brother Crescent Karerangabo, of the Catholic boarding school Ecole des Sciences, in Byimana, Rwanda, will be guests Tuesday, March 5, at a “Mini French Cafe,” hosted by the French classes at Yellow Springs High School.

• Velocity raptor

  By YS News StaffFebruary 28, 2019

  

  While the Raptor Center rehabilitates injured falcons, hawks and owls, with hopes of eventual rerelease into the wild, it continues to house those unable to survive on their own.

• Villager to take plastics for a ride—Recycling program slated

  By Lauren Shows

  

  If you’ve ever lamented the amount of recyclable plastics that end up in your trash every week, take heart: One of Yellow Springs’ own is coming to the rescue.