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• Perry League | Magical T-ball season starts anew

  By Guest ContributorJune 17, 2023

  

  About five dozen children responded to the 6 p.m. whistle. You could sense the magic in the children’s faces as they anticipated play. I remembered just how fun and worthwhile these games can be in those first few moments while children line up and wait.

• Perry League T-ball season nears

  By YS News StaffMay 22, 2023

  

  As the school year winds down, and the summer months near, Perry League T-Ball is preparing for its 53rd season. The beloved local program remains an all-volunteer undertaking, with play taking place this year every Friday evening in June and July, 6–7:30 p.m., at Gaunt Park.

• Letting babies lead at Open Air Studio

  By Lauren ShowsMay 13, 2023

  

  At Open Air Studio, a downtown education center that opened last summer, it’s all about letting babies safely learn about how to live in the world, and about who they are within it.

• Antioch School celebrates a century

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 19, 2022

  

  Last year, The Antioch School — oft-billed as the nation’s “oldest democratic school” — turned 100 years old. The school is hosting a three-day celebratory reunion from Thursday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 22, which will include music, workshops, art projects, skits, the long-loved Harvest Supper Potluck — and plenty of memories.

• Village Impact Project changes hands

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 10, 2022

  

  The Village Impact Project was recently acquired by the National Conference for Community & Justice of Greater Dayton.

• Perry League | T-ball season brings growth

  By YS News StaffAugust 10, 2022

  

  Time most certainly flies. Perry League Summer 2022 is a wrap! Although the final game on July 29 was abbreviated due to the annual cookout picnic, there was plenty of action on the T-ball field.

• Perry League | T-ball season ends with smiles

  By YS News StaffAugust 9, 2022

  

  Time most certainly flies. Perry League Summer 2022 is a wrap! Although the final game on July 29 was abbreviated due to the annual cookout picnic, there was plenty of action on the T-ball field.

• Mud rules the Perry League field

  By YS News StaffJuly 25, 2022

  

  “The wet weather early in the week, in addition to a rain-soaked Friday, created a new field medium for the children to play in — MUD, lots of slippy, sloppy, slimy mud!”

• A night of many Perry League firsts

  By Guest ContributorJuly 17, 2022

  

  Our all-volunteer program is noncompetitive, free, and open to children aged 2–9, regardless of their race, color, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, spiritual inclination or practice, ability or disability.

• Perry League T-ball | T-ball sluggers find joy in the dirt

  By YS News StaffJuly 11, 2022

  

  Although hitting, chasing and fielding baseballs are the primary activities for the participants, playing in the dirt ranks a close second.