Youth Section :: Page 9

• YS Kids Playhouse spotlights Bond, parkour movement

  By Brooke BryanJuly 9, 2009

  YS Kids Playhouse kicks off its summer programming beginning Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with the opening show of A Price to Pay: Before Bond Became 007. Running for two consecutive weeks, Thursday through Sunday, the production, written by YSKP alum Daniel Malarkey, tells the story of the teenage James Bond and how he earned his lucky 007.

• The Great Strike of ’09

  By YS News StaffJune 25, 2009

  

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• YSHS computer guru powers down

  By Brooke BryanJune 11, 2009

  

  In an unseasonably warm third-floor classroom humming with rows of PC computers and hulking monitors, veteran teacher James Ventling surveyed the space, occasionally forced to peer around bundled groups of wires fed down from the ceiling. On the walls were maps of constellations, renderings of virtual landscapes and examples of graphic design.

• Commencement conviviality

  By YS News Staff

  

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• Run, walk for kids’ center

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 4, 2009

  

  Most daycare centers raise their rates from 3 to 5 percent a year, according to Marlin Newell, director of the Community Children’s Center of Yellow Springs. But even in these trying economic times, the Children’s Center, which has raised rates only twice in the past five years, has decided against increasing fees.

• Pam Conine retires—A lifelong learner, lifelong teacher

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  One of Pam Conine’s favorite sayings is that, if you find a career you love, you never have to work a day in your life. By that standard, Conine figures she’s spent almost no time in her adult life actually working. By most standards, though, Conine has worked long and hard.

• YSHS 2009 valedictorian, salutatorian—Village nurtured YSHS scholars

  By Lauren HeatonMay 14, 2009

  Growing up in Yellow Springs was easy and carefree, Olivia Chen said this week. Not having to worry about others labeling her or questioning her identity, she was able to focus on things that were more important and more fun, such as playing tennis, performing theater and developing a deep sense of curiosity about the natural sciences and cultural diversity.

• YSKP, the whole year ’round

  By Susan GartnerMay 7, 2009

  

  Even with the loss of its Antioch Theater space last year, YS Kids Playhouse continues to build community through contemporary theater. Displaying its characteristic “the show must go on!” spirit and resourcefulness, the local arts organization has every intention to fulfill its mission of not only providing theater arts and arts education opportunities for Yellow Springs and surrounding communities, but to expand its programming year-round.

• That’s some long hare

  By YS News StaffApril 16, 2009

  

• Board, not bored

  By YS News StaffApril 9, 2009

  

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