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• 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.

• Abundant happiness at Friday T-ball

  By YS News StaffJuly 1, 2022

  

  If you happened to be at Gaunt Park just before 6:30 p.m you would have been watching nearly 20 children running circles in the sand while waiting for another game of Yellow Springs Perry League T-ball.

• Perry League T-ball | A village affair

  By YS News StaffJune 27, 2022

  

  Here in the Village of Yellow Springs, a unique marker has signified the arrival of summer to generations of children raised in the village: Perry League T-ball.

• Perry League T-ball | All smiles on the diamond

  By YS News StaffJune 22, 2022

  

  It was a perfect and beautiful evening for opening day at T-ball. Those present, including approximately 60 players and an equal or greater number of spectators, enjoyed an hour and a half of chaos and fun.

• Zackey settles in at YS Community Children’s Center

  By Lauren ShowsJune 17, 2022

  

  Though she’s only been at the helm of the YS Community Children’s Center for about three weeks, new Director Dana Zackey told the News this week that she’s settling in at the 75-year-old village school and making it feel like home.

• Director Malissa Doster bids farewell to Children’s Center

  By Jessica ThomasMay 29, 2022

  

  After nearly five years of meeting goals and setting new ones, Doster has stepped down as the director of the center, or YSCCC.

• Perry League — Bright-eyed and back at the tee

  By YS News StaffJuly 15, 2021

  

  Tie-dyed T-shirts and joyfully shrieking kids can only mean one thing: Perry League T-ball, with Coach Jimmy, is back again after a year’s absence.

• Yellow Springs Children’s Center earns five stars

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 19, 2020

  

  The five-star label is the highest possible rating assigned by Step Up to Quality, a statewide quality rating and improvement system administered jointly by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

• ‘Awesome’ local youth center

  By Audrey HackettMarch 5, 2020

  

  Open Mondays through Fridays from 3 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m., the local drop-in youth center is free and open to all kids ages 10 to 18.