Village Life Section :: Page 92

• Survivors of suicide find solace

  By Morgan BeardAugust 2, 2018

  

  It is estimated that 85 percent of Americans know someone personally who has died of suicide, according to a 2012 study titled Suicide Bereavement and Complicated Grief. 

• Glen Helen to host Ohio scenic rivers documentary screening

  By YS News StaffJuly 28, 2018

  

  Continuing a year-long celebration of the Little Miami River and its regional impact, Glen Helen Nature Preserve will host a screening of the hour-long documentary “Call of the Scenic River: An Ohio Journey,” from 2–3 p.m. Sunday, July 29.

• Grounding vision of resilience at Agraria

  By Megan BachmanJuly 26, 2018

  

  On the property Community Solutions purchased last year, the 75-year-old local nonprofit wants to model regenerative agriculture as part of its mission to create resilient communities in the face of climate change.

• AFS seeks host families in Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffJuly 14, 2018

  

  The Dayton Area American Field Service Council, or AFS, is looking for families in Yellow Springs interested in sharing their homes and culture with a foreign exchange student during the 2018–19 school year.

• Yellow Springs’ own Woodstock returns

  By Guest ContributorJuly 12, 2018

  

  For the third year, Yellow Springs is going to celebrate its own version of Woodstock or Lollapalooza with Springsfest, a 12-hour music festival.

• Celebrate 50 years of scenic rivers

  By YS News StaffJuly 11, 2018

  

  A special screening of the documentary “Call of the Scenic River” will be featured at the Clifton Opera House on Friday, July 13, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ohio being the first state to pass Scenic River Protection legislation.

• Downtown tree removed, to be replaced by native species

  By Morgan BeardJuly 10, 2018

  

  The tree, which stood in front of Subway, was a member of an invasive species called the Bradford Pear, the same species which used to border village sidewalks until they were removed and replaced with native trees in 2013.

• Reaching out to save a life

  By Megan BachmanJuly 5, 2018

  

  In the depths of depression, a young Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to his law partner in 1841 that hinted at possible suicidal intentions.

• Yellow Springs shows its pride colors

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Downtown Yellow Springs is awash in rainbows. The annual local celebration — YS Pride — will be celebrated this Saturday, June 30, with a free festival and march through downtown.

• Taming a wild horse Funderburg’s latest challenge

  By Guest Contributor

  

  Funderburg has been training horses for 15 years, and it is evident that the learning is a two-way street. Horses are very straightforward, she said; they are what they are: the animal becomes a mirror.