HOLIDAY HOURS An The News will be INDEPENDENT closed Dec. 30–31. JOURNAL of NEWS Papers will arrive and OPINION as usual. YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS SINCE 1880 YELLOW SPRINGS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010 VOLUME 131, NUMBER 52 PRICE: $1.25 Roosevelt ready to lead, and sink roots into community By Megan Bachman instructor, has an interest in wellness, which also makes Yellow Springs a good To some of Mark Roosevelt’s col- fit. The couple recently bought a home on leagues, leaving a job as superintendent Hyde Road. of the 30,000-pupil Pittsburgh school dis- Though Mark Roosevelt plans to take trict to lead a reopened small-town college in his share of local chamber music and hoping for 25 students next fall did not hit the tennis courts (he is an avid tennis seem wise. But Roosevelt said he could player), his focus has been firmly on the not pass up the chance to become the first college since arriving Dec. 9. And though president of a revived Antioch College. he said he does not believe the vision Even though he has never been a col- for the college should come from him lege administrator, Roosevelt has focused alone, Roosevelt is already full of ideas for much of his career on reforming educa- Antioch’s rebirth. tion, which he sees as one of America’s “I don’t think it’s an institution where greatest failures, and said he believes he one person articulates the vision,” he has the skills to lead Antioch through this said, adding that he will work with critical period. board and faculty to build on Antioch’s “I’ve been a non-traditional applicant for strengths, like its co-op program, and every job I’ve applied for,” Roosevelt said address its weaknesses, such as student in an interview last week. Particularly retention, which nationally is only around attractive about the post at Antioch was 50 percent and has historically been a “an incredible history and opportunity to problem at the college. To keep students, re-think the role of faculty, role of co-op Roosevelt is starting to look at ways to and basic questions around foundational better mentor students with academic curriculum.” and co-op advising. “It’s not about the numbers [of stu- “We make several transitions in life dents],” Roosevelt said. “It’s the ideas harder than they need to be,” Roosevelt that help the college come to life, grow said. “Antioch is uniquely positioned to and prosper.” speak to a better transition between high The allure of small town life and the school to college and college to work.” vibrant arts and culture of Yellow Springs Roosevelt also brings a self-described also drew Roosevelt to the position, which obsession with American history to his he begins Saturday. Having grown up in new job, having recently taught classes Washington, D.C. and living most of his on the historical roots of public discourse life in Boston, Roosevelt, 55, along with at Carnegie Mellon University and his wife, Dorothy, 44, wanted a close-knit Brandeis University. He said he hopes community in which to raise their four- that all Antioch students graduate with an year-old daughter, Juliana. historical understanding of the different Yellow Springs had all of the ameni- viewpoints in this nation, as well as what ties the couple was looking for — arts, it means to be an American. Roosevelt PHOTO BY LAUREN HEATON music, good coffee, good food and lots admits to being a “total Lincoln fanatic,” New Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt and his family recently moved to town with his wife, Dorothy, son, Matthew, of recreation — and they felt the poten- who has already adorned his South Hall and daughter, Juliana. Roosevelt said he and his family are looking forward to putting down roots in the Yellow Springs tial to develop roots in the community. Plus, Dorothy Roosevelt, a former yoga community. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 YELLOW SPRINGS 2010: THE YEAR IN REVIEW ANTIOCH COLLEGE VILLAGE COUNCIL Dogs, energy, housing and fluoride

A dog park, fluoridation and sustainable over the summer due to the need for more Economic development steps energy were three of the topics that kept research and a desire to sponsor a com- In January Council approved the creation of Yellow Springs Village Council very busy munity forum to present both sides of the a new Economic Sustainability Commission, in 2010. While the dog park plan was even- issue. charged with promoting economic devel- tually postponed, by the end of the year the The issue seemed to lose steam over opment with a focus on localization efforts. Village had moved ahead with finding alter- the months, and about 30 people attended The new board was one aspect of a new focus native energy sources for electrical needs. a November community forum on fluo- on economic development, with another Below are a few of the highlights of ridation. An expert on each side of the aspect the recent hiring of Sarah Wildman, Council’s year. fluoridation question presented their case, the new economic sustainability coordinator. and questions followed, with some villagers During the year the Center for Business Dog park controversy suggesting compromise solutions. and Education, or CBE, moved ahead, In January, Yellow Springs High School At the end of the year, Council had not and in August its developer, Community students Lucas Donnell and Marlee Layh yet addressed its fluoridation policy, but Resources, held a public meeting to update approached Council with a proposal to cre- said it would do so at the beginning of the the public on progress. In development ate a dog park at Ellis Park, a project the coming year. since 2004, the CBE has been held up by two students hoped would fulfill their com- More alternative energy options complications around federal grants, but munity service requirement at the school. those difficulties have passed, CR leaders In 2010 Council moved ahead in its While the 150-foot by 300-foot park would said. The project recently completed its goal of finding new sources of alternative cost $7,500, the two young people planned first design phase and will move ahead in energy for electrical use, after voting the to raise the money, with the Village being the spring of 2011 with infrastructure con- PHOTO BY MEGAN BACHMAN previous year against signing on to a new asked to contribute maintenance. struction. Organizers hope the park will be AMP coal plant. Antioch College Interim President Matthew Derr earned a standing ovation from Antioch Soon, however, villagers who value open for business in 2012. Due to cost overrides, the AMP coal College employees at a reception in his honor in December. Derr, who co-led the effort Ellis Park as a natural area complained, and Village staff sought alternative plant was canceled, and AMP, a municipal Affordable housing moves ahead to gain independence for the college, served as interim president for a year. He recently power cooperative, focused more on alter- moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he will work for the Great Lakes College Assocation. locations, identifying the Gaunt Park In June Council co-sponsored, along with hill as the best option. However, Talus native energy sources. In May, the Village Home, Inc., a community presentation on Drive residents, who live immediately signed on to several new AMP hydro proj- community land trusts, presented by land behind the park, gathered 76 names on ects on the Ohio River, and in September, trust pioneer John Davis of Burlington, Vt. Working toward reopening a petition opposing the plan. Council Council subscribed to an AMP solar energy Council President Judith Hempfling then went back to the initial Ellis Park project. While Council also stated its inter- and Vice-President Lori Askeland in In 2010 Antioch College continued on its University sanctioned est in finding a solar site in Yellow Springs, new path as an independent liberal arts col- plan, although Council President Judith October made a proposal for a small In June the American Association of Uni- Hempfling opposed the change, citing by the end of the year AMP had not found a affordable housing project on Cemetery lege, getting ready to welcome its first class versity Professors, or AAUP, announced sanc- site in the village. of new students in the fall of 2011. the opposition of the Yellow Springs Tree Street, using the land trust model to tions against Antioch University for infrac- Committee, which has planted more than In July Council created the Village make four single-family homes perma- In January the new staff of the college, tions related to AAUP governance standards. Energy Board, making permanent the headed by Interim President Matthew Derr, 130 trees at the location. Still, the Ellis nently affordable. Council approved In its report, the group also concluded that the Park plan passed 4–1, with only Hemp- previously-named Energy Use Task Force. moving ahead with the first step of the moved their offices to the renovated South closing of the college had been unnecessary The new board was charged with helping Hall, which was rededicated in a special fling voting against, at a March meeting and not warranted by the college’s financial that drew 70 citizens. the Village reduce its carbon footprint. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 ceremony. The move to newly refurbished problems at the time. offices followed by four months the college’s However, in April a petition with 126 signa- successful tranformation from one of five Bequest enhances town/gown tures by those opposed to the Ellis Park plan was presented to Council, with many villagers campuses of Antioch University to a free- At the college’s annual June reunions, standing liberal arts college, after a two-year speaking about the value of the park as a natu- college leaders announced a $3 million ral habitat. Council members Rick Walkey, struggle by alumni to gain independence bequest from former faculty Nolan Miller from the university. The university had closed John Booth and Lori Askeland changed their and his brother Dick Miller that will allow minds on the issue and Council voted 4–0–1 the 150-year-old college in 2008. Antioch College students to work in Yellow Also in January, the college announced to rescind the previous decision, with Karen Springs nonprofits. The bequest, which Wintrow, the mother of Donnell, abstaining. the hiring of Thomas Brookey as the will be administered by the Yellow Springs director of finance and operations. Brookey Council members agreed that they would Community Foundation, was cited as an consider re-opening the dog park issue in had worked for 15 years as an assistant opportunity for an enhanced town/gown dean at Wright State University. 2011, perhaps in the context of an overall relationship. Village parks plan. In April college leaders invited the Yellow College alumni and Yellow Springs sup- Springs community to a town-hall meeting porters also converged on the campus dur- Fluoridation questioned to report on progress. About 150 people ing Founder’s Day celebratory events in packed the Presbyterian Church’s West- Another controversy was sparked by the October. Hundreds of people from the vil- April recommendation by the Village Envi- minster Hall to hear reports from Derr and lage showed up for a community potluck. John Feinberg, the alum who is overseeing ronmental Commission that the Village stop campus renovations. The event included First year progress fluoridating local water, a practice that has both thanks from the community to col- been followed for more than 50 years. Com- In a News interview about the revived mission members cited concerns about lege leaders for their efforts to save the college’s first year, Derr stated that lead- college, and tough questions about how the health and the safety of fluoridation use as ers have been pleasantly surprised to find the impetus for their recommendation. revived college would succeed. Critical to that renovations of the campus’ historic its success, according to Derr, is that now The topic prompted many letters to buildings will not be quite as expensive PHOTO BY MEGAN BACHMAN the college has a structure that will allow the News, with some parents and local as expected. He also clarified that the col- physicians promoting fluoridation use it to succeed, referring to its independent lege’s new curriculum, originally planned Local attorney Carl Bryan was one of the more than 300 villagers who took part in the pro tem board of trustees, its own president as important for sound dental health for Yellow Springs/Miami Township visioning process, which ended in spring 2010. The children, and opponents citing health con- and its own mission. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 year-long effort yielded goals, principles and action steps selected by participants. cerns. Council chose to postpone the issue

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THURSDAY, DEC. 30 Friends meeting, 8:30 a.m., Rockford Acoustic ecology listening series, 7–9 Senior outing to Dayton Peace Museum, Chapel. p.m., Glen Helen Auditorium. ������ 10:30 a.m., Bryan Center parking lot. Course in Miracles, 9 a.m., Friends Care Open mic, 7–10 p.m., Peach’s. ������������ Gentle yoga, 11 a.m., Senior Ctr. Assisted Living. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., United ���������� Youth New Year’s Eve party, noon–4 p.m., Friends Sunday school for children, 10 Methodist Church. ������������������ Bryan Ctr. game room. a.m., Rockford Chapel. DJ Clean Gene, 8 p.m.–12:30 a.m., Dayton ������������������������ ������������� Bid whist/hearts, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr. “A Parable,” 10 a.m., Rockford Chapel. Street Gulch. Caregiving group, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr. art “Out of the Darkness,” 10 a.m., UUF. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5 ������������� First Sunday guided meditation, 10–11 Friends Meeting for Worship, 7 a.m., gallery. a.m., ArtSpace. Rockford Chapel. Heartstrings, 1:30–2:30 p.m., Emporium. ��������������������������������� �������� Friends meeting, 11 a.m., Rockford Needlework group, 10 a.m., Senior Ctr. Qi Gong, 2:30 p.m., Senior Ctr. Chapel. Flexibility exercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Ctr. Awana, 6:30–8 p.m., First Baptist Friends potluck lunch, noon, Rockford Chair volleyball, 11:15 a.m., Senior Ctr. ��������������������� Church. Chapel. Senior lunch, noon, Senior Ctr. Alcoholics Anonymous mtg., 7 p.m., First Friends meeting for business, 1 p.m., Dominoes, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr. �������� Presbyterian Church. Rockford Chapel. DJ Clean Gene, 5–9 p.m., Peach’s Grill. “Messiah” sing-along, 7 p.m., United Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 8 p.m., Aerobic exercise, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr. Methodist Church. First Presbyterian Church. Great Books group mtg., 6:30 p.m., �������������� FRIDAY, DEC. 31 — NEW YEAR’S EVE Al–Anon meeting, 8 p.m., Friends Care library. Peace meditation gathering, 7–8 p.m., Assisted Living. Duplicate bridge, 6:30–10 p.m., Senior Ctr. MONDAY, JAN. 3 Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., ������������������������������������� Dharma Ctr. The Ark Band, 10 p.m., Peach’s. Flexibility exercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Rockford Chapel. Ctr. Friends silent candlelight worship, Green Environmental Coalition, 7 p.m., Chair volleyball, 11:15 a.m., Senior Ctr. ����������������������������������������������������� 10:30–11:30 p.m., Rockford Chapel. Union Schoolhouse. Senior lunch, noon, Senior Ctr. New Year’s Eve ball drop, 11:45 p.m., inter- Intro to meditation class, 7:45–9 p.m., ��������������������������������������������������� Dominoes, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr. section of Short St. and Xenia Ave. Dharma Ctr. ��������������������������������������� Console Game Madness, 3–4:30 p.m., Trivia with Todd, 9:30 p.m., Peach’s Grill. SATURDAY, JAN. 1 — NEW YEAR’S DAY library. THURSDAY, JAN. 6 Zen meditation, 7:30 a.m., Dharma Ctr. Aerobic exercise, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr. Gentle yoga, 11 a.m., Senior Ctr. New Year’s Day birding, 9–11 a.m., Trail- Village Council mtg., 7 p.m., Bryan Ctr. Bid whist/hearts, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr. side Museum. Miami Township Board of Trustees mtg., Caregiving group, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr. art Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., 7 p.m., Township offices. gallery. Friends Assisted Living. Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., United Baby and toddler play time, 2–2:45 p.m., ��������������������������������������� Trailside reptile feeding program, 11 a.m, Methodist Church. library. Trailside Museum. TUESDAY, JAN. 4 Qi Gong, 2:30 p.m., Senior Ctr. Sunrise meditation, 7:30 a.m., 215 Park �������������������������� �������������������� Community yoga practice and schol- Classical guitarist Kevin Mulhall, 6:30– �� arship fundraiser, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Meadows. 7:45 p.m., library. Yoga Springs. Weaving class, 9:30 a.m.–noon, Senior Ctr. Awana, 6:30–8 p.m., First Baptist Church. Qi Gong, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr. Peace vigil, noon–1 p.m., corner of Xenia Patient and caregiver support group mtg., Party bridge, 1–3:30 p.m., Lawson Ave. and Limestone St. 7 p.m., Senior Ctr. Place. Alcoholics Anonymous mtg., 7 p.m., First SUNDAY, JAN. 2 Intermediate yoga, 4 p.m., Senior Ctr. Presbyterian Church. Vipassana meditation, 8 a.m., Dharma Ctr. Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., Book discussion group, 7:45 p.m., Spiritual discussion, 8:30 a.m., UUF. Friends Assisted Living Ctr. Dharma Center

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Sing Messiah The Yellow Springs Community Chorus will hold its semi-annual “Messiah” Sing- along for the community on Thursday, Dec. 30, 7 p.m., in the Methodist Church sanctuary. For more information, contact YSCC Music Director James Johnston at [email protected] or Bruce Bradt- Happy ewYear miller or Carol Cottom at 767-1458. N ! Bryan Center closed ������� The John Bryan Community Center, including the administrative offices, will be closed on Friday, Dec. 31, in observance of the holiday. The Youth Center will be open Thursday, Dec. 30, noon–9 p.m. Trash pick up will not be affected by the holidays. 2011 New Year welcomed Yellow Springs Friends Meeting will hold ���������������������������������! a silent candlelight worship at Rockford �������������������������������������������� Chapel on the Antioch College campus on ���������������������������������� New Year’s Eve. All are welcome to join in between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. ��������������������������������������������������������� Yoga Springs raises funds On Jan. 1, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Yoga Springs ���������������������������������������������� Studio will offer a community practice ses- ������������������������������������������ sion and scholarship fundraiser. Suggested donation is $25, and all proceeds go to the Yoga Springs scholarship fund, which is ������������������������������������� available to anyone. For more information, � �������������������������������������� visit www.yogasprings.com. ��� ���������������������������������� ��������������������������� Book group starts ������������������������������� ������ The Yellow Springs Dharma Center book �������������������������������������������� discussion group will discuss Wherever �������������� �������������������������� You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn, ������������������������������������������ beginning Thursday, Jan. 6, from 7:45 p.m. ����� to 9 p.m. The group will meet each Thurs- ����������������������������������������� day at the same time through March 17. ������� ������������������������������������������������ The reading for the first meeting is pages �������������������������������������������������� 3–28, and the reading schedule will be �������� ������������������������������������������������� posted on www.ysdharma.org. Everyone 2011WINTER ����������� ���������������������������������������� is invited. For more information, call Mary ������������������������������������������������� Donahoe at 767-2918 or Diane Chiddister at CLASS OFFERINGS 767-1031. ��� ����������������������������������������������� INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION � ������������� �������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� Meditate for peace �������������������������������������������������� All are invited to join the Dharma Center, ���������������������������������������������� located at 502 Livermore Street, in a medi- tation for peace on Friday, Dec. 31, 7–8 p.m. 4INSTRUMENT-MAKING ����������� There will be silent sitting from 7–7:40 p.m., followed by guided, short peace medita- ��������������������������������������� tions and chants. There will be chairs and 4HIP HOP 1 cushions to sit on. Experienced and inexpe- rienced meditators are welcome. ������������������������������������� 4HIP HOP 2 Great Books group meets ������������������������������������������� Rumpke Holiday Service Notice The next meeting of the Great Books group will be held Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6:30 p.m. 4BEGINNING DANCE / PRE-BALLET in the library. Beth Crandall will lead the ��������������������������������������� Rumpke trash and recycling service will group in a discusssion of a selection from chapter 14 of Democracy in America by 4BALLET 1 not be delayed this Holiday Season. Alexis de Tocqueville. ���������������������������������������� Service will occur on Christmas Eve 4CREATIVE MOVEMENT 1 and New Year’s Eve. Celebrate with ball drop ��������������������������������������� The community is invited to meet at 11:45 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, for the annual 4CREATIVE MOVEMENT 2 New Year’s Eve ball drop. It will be held at ������������������������������������������� the intersection of Short Street and Xenia Avenue to help usher in 2011. ALSO FOR ADULTS! Youth celebrate new year 4INTRODUCTORY BALLROOM A New Year’s Eve party for village youth ���������������������������������������������� ages 11–19 will be held Dec. 30, noon–4 4ADVANCED BALLROOM p.m. in the Bryan Center game room. Youth are invited to come dressed in a ���������������������������������������������� favorite pair of pajamas and celebrate with crafts, movies, food and games. YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS IN AND AROUND YELLOW SPRINGS • MORE THIS WEEK DECEMBER 30, 2010 PAGE 3

IN AND AROUND YELLOW SPRINGS S P I R I T U A L ����� EVENTS � ��������� Celebrate the new year Friends will observe the arrival of the new ����������������� year on Friday, Dec. 31, 10:30–11:30 p.m. at Rockford Chapel. All are welcome. ������� UUF celebrates light On Sunday, Jan. 2, the topic of the 10 ���������� ��� ���� a.m. service at the Unitarian Univer- ���������� salist Fellowship will be, “Out of the Darkness.” This favorite annual service provides an opportunity to welcome back ����������� the light of the sun. The fellowship will ������������ use drums and noisemakers to drive out regrets and sorrows and turn toward ��������������������������� hopes and aspirations. Those attending ������������������������������� may bring noisemakers, or borrow from the fellowship. A potluck luncheon will �������������������������� follow the service. The spiritual discussion group meets at ������������������������������� PHOTO BY STEVEN BOGNAR 8:30 a.m. Neenah Ellis will begin teaching at Yoga Child care for children up to age 6 is ����������������������� Springs Studio on Wednesday, Jan. 5. Ellis available from 9:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. will teach Introduction to Anusara Yoga on ������������ Quakers meet for worship Former village resident Mark Melecki University, escorted Liz down the aisle. Wednesdays, 6–7:15 p.m. ������������������������ and Elizabeth Gee were married in the Alex Melecki, now of Washington, D. C., Ellis began her teacher training in At 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 2, Heather chapel of Unity Church of Portland on was the best man, and Devinne Melecki, Takoma Park, Md., at Willow Street Yoga Snediker-Morscheck will lead youth and Saturday, Dec. 18, in an intimate ceremony. who is a senior at Guilford College in Center, the largest Anusara yoga studio in adults in “Godly Play,” a First Day School The wedding ceremony was performed by Greensboro, N.C., was the bridesmaid. A the country, and finished this fall at Shine curriculum based on the Montessori ��������������� Rev. Billie Blaine, formerly of Unity of traditional nine-course Chinese banquet fol- Yoga in , where she studied with Method, at Rockford Chapel. The topic for Dayton. Both Mark and Liz’s children were lowed the ceremony. Mark is now a physi- Sianna Sherman. She moved to Yellow Jan. 2 will be “A Parable.” ������������������������ present. Lauren Doege, a junior at Oregon cal therapist with the Vancouver Clinic in Springs in 2009 to become general man- Friends Meeting for Worship follows at 11 �������������� State University, was the maid of honor. Washington, and Liz is a self-employed ager of WYSO. a.m., and there will be a potluck lunch at noon. Aidan Doege, a freshman at Oregon State software developer. “My yoga practice has brought so much A meeting for business will be held at 1 p.m. ������������������������������� joy to my life, I can’t wait to start teaching * * * and share what I’ve learned,” she says. “I’m ����������������������� grateful to Monica Hasek for giving me �������� the chance. ��� �� �������������������������������

� � �� � � � � � � ���������������������� � � Little �������� M U S I C ❤ ��������������������� T H I S W E E K Art ��������� Theatre ����������������������������������� Heartstrings at Emporium ���������������������������� The local group Heartstrings will per- form at the Emporium on Thursday, Dec. ���������� �������������� 30, 1:30–2:30 p.m. There will be no wine tasting on Friday, ������������������������������������ Dec. 31, in observance of the holiday. ������������������������������� Roots and reggae at Peach’s ��������������������������� The Ark Band will perform roots rock � and reggae on Friday, Dec. 31, at Peach’s, beginning at 10 p.m. Admission is $5. �������������������� �������������������������������������������� ����������������� � ���������������������� �������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ IN THE GLEN ����������������������������������� Francis Leighty and Judy Crivello were �� �� �� �� �� �� �� in the same kindergarten class in 1946 at St. New Year’s Day birding Mary’s School in Alton, Ill. They became ����� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� A bird walk in Glen Helen will be held ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� high school sweethearts at Marquette High Kathryn Hitchcock recently traveled Saturday, Jan. 1, 9–11 a.m., departing from ���� ���� ���� � ���� � � School. Judy gave him the nickname “Fritz” to Raleigh, N.C., to see her granddaugh- Trailside Museum. ���� � � � � � � ter, Reese Layh, dance the role of Clara and, true to stereotype, she was captain of in The Nutcracker. It was the first perfor- the cheerleaders and he was co-captain of 4�������������� �������� mance for which Reese had auditioned the football team in 1958. They were mar- YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS, USPS No. and won a part. Her younger sister, ried on Dec. 31, 1960, in the middle of his 695820, periodicals postage paid at Yellow ��������������� ���� Ashton Sadie Layh, made two appear- sophomore year at Illinois State at St. Peter Springs, Ohio 45387. Published weekly at �������������� ���������������������������

and Paul Cathedral in Alton. They will cel- 2531⁄2 Xenia Ave., Yellow Springs, Ohio ������ ��� � � ��� � � � �� �� � � � � �� ����� ances as reindeer, bringing down the � ��������������� -������ house with her perfect prancing. Their ebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on 45387. Subscription rate: $45/year (higher outside Yellow Springs). father, Brian Layh, spent his formative Friday, Dec. 31. The couple have to their POSTMASTER: Please send address years in the village. Reese and Ashton’s credit three wonderful children, four beau- changes to: Yellow Springs News, P.O. Box proud grandfather, Michael Hitchcock, tiful grandchildren and three fantastic great- 187, Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387. great uncle, Jack Layh and two great grandchildren, with another on the way. aunts, Donna Sorrell and Beth Lackey, ����������� currently reside in the village. A T T H E ������������������������������ ��������������� LIBRARY � ������������������������������ 28 South Limestone Street, Downtown Springfield Story times and play times ������������������������� � � � ������������������������ www.seasonsbistroandgrille.com 937.521.1200 A baby and toddler play time will be held Thursday, Jan. 6, 2–2:45 p.m. Babies and ��������������������������� toddlers can play with toys, music, board ��������������������� books and friends. A preschool story time ��������������������� ● ��������� will be held Friday, Jan. 7, 10:30–11:15 a.m. ��������������������� �������������������������� ��������������������������� �������������������������� �������������� ������������������������������������ �������������������������� ������������������ ����������������������� ��������������������� ���������������������������������� � ����������������������������������������� ��������������������������� ������������������� ������������������ ������������������� ������������������������������ Thank You ����������������������������������� ������������������������ �������������������������������������� ���� � �������� ���������������������������� ������������ �������������� Sam, Miriam, Sarah, �������������������Nicole & Polo ��������������� ����� ������������������������������������� � and � the ������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������ Eddie Eckenrode ��������������������������������������������������� gallery ����������������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������� ������������� ������������������������������������������� �������������� ������������� ������������������������ ���������������� ������������� �� �������������� � ������������� ����������������������������������������������� ��������������������� ������������������������������ ���������������������������� ������������������ ������������ ������������������������ ������������������������������������������� www.lindstrom-sprague.com ���������������� ������������������������ 24 937-372-1221 ������������������������������������������������ ��� ��������������� ������������������ � � ������� 937-767-1221 24 hr. emergency service ������������@��������� ��������������������������������������� PAGE 4 DECEMBER 30, 2010 COMMUNITY FORUM YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS EDITORIAL Land trust protects farms On Nov. 4, a dream came true for Har- conservation programs. She moved back We’re grateful to our contributors mony Township native Barbara McNally. to the old farmhouse and has invested in It’s always a pleasure to write our annual year-end editorial thanking our Richard Lapedes Diana L. Riggs She signed an easement that day to perma- restoring it. Now that the easement is on contributors because it reminds us what a vibrant village we live in, and how Moira Laughlin Christine O. nently preserve the 150-acre farm that had the land, Barbara says, “I can’t explain the Ellen M. Roberts been in her family since her great-great- feeling you get after knowing your land is many villagers engage with their newspaper. The names listed below are grandfather purchased it in 1843. When saved forever.” Lauricella Jeff Robertson those who submitted letters, reviews or columns to the News in 2010; there Barbara and her brother inherited the land Now that this easement is closed, the Marlee Layh are many more not listed who submitted news items. We appreciate all these Jalyn Q. Roe they didn’t see eye to eye about what to do McNally property will not only be forever Fritz Leighty contributions, and believe that your opinions — whether reasoned or pas- Jim Rose with it. She went to Tecumseh Land Trust to available for farming the tillable ground, but Kate LeVesconte sionate, mainstream or quirky, funny or earnest or some combination of the Liana Rothman learn more about her options. She learned the woods and creek will protect important Anita Levy that the farm’s stretch of the Lisbon Fork, above — are what keeps the Yellow Springs News interesting and unique. Moriel Rothman wildlife habitat and water resources for Joseph E. Lewis Linda Rudawski its hydric soils and 33 acres of woods made future generations. Leslie Lippert the property a candidate for a combination And it’s a good time to re-state our letters policy. Overall, we publish all Libby Rudolf The Tecumseh Land Trust is a nonprofit Donna Lipsitt of conservation funding — from the Clean land preservation organization that works submitted letters (word limits are 350 for letters, 750 for “Other Voices”) as Denise Runyon Harry Lipsitt Ohio Open Space program and the federal with landowners, like Barbara, who want to long as the writer either lives here or has a connection with Yellow Springs. Jack Runyon Farm and Ranchland Protection Program. Molly Lunde preserve their prime farmland and natural We accept all opinions, regardless of whether or not we agree. Our only JT Russell Much of the tillable ground lies atop prime lands. This easement is the 11th for the Elizabeth Lutz soils, making the soils another important exception to this policy is when a writer disrespects another individual, and Maureen Lynch Lisa Russell land trust in Harmony Township, total- resource to protect. ing 1,820 acres. In total, TLT holds over in that case we return that letter with the request that the writer remove the Marianne Julie Sangster Barbara says she wanted to preserve 100 easements comprising almost 19,000 personal attack before the letter can be published. Not surprisingly, letters MacQueen Jane Scott the farm because “there is so much devel- containing personal attacks are rare, since most letter writers are careful to Emily Seibel acres in Clark and Greene Counties. You Krista Magaw opment on farmland right now.” This land can contact our office at 937-767-9490 for Debra Shaw state their concerns, however passionate, in a respectful and civil manner. Carl C. Maneri is particularly important to her because more information about conservation ease- Barbara Mann Jennifer her grandmother and her children grew With the revival of Antioch College, 2010 was a very good year in Yellow ments. Benji Maruyama Sherwood up on the farm. She took out a loan to buy the entire property from her brother —Michele Burns Springs, and we’re looking for 2011 to be just as hopeful. Whether the issue Sho Maruyama Tim Sherwood and worked closely with the land trust to Associate director is local, national or global, we encourage you to share your thoughts with Bill Short Mark Meister make the best possible applications for the Tecumseh Land Trust other News readers. We’re eager to hear from you. Cheryl Meyer Ron Siemer —Diane Chiddister Vick Mickunas Wally Sikes Carmen Milano Colby Silvert Lisa Abel Becky Brunsman Ed Dressler Vickie Hennessy Adriane Miller Jeff Simons Concerns about YS sports Michael Miller Amy Achor Michele Burns Ellen Newton Gillian Hill Mary Sims About seven years ago when I coached a problem finding practice times for the Joan Ackerman Marsha Bush Duell Joe Hill Edith Minde Roger Smith Bulldog sixth-grade basketball, I recall the younger kids due to so many teams being Jim Agna Michael Cannon Steven Duffy Doug Hinkley Stefan Minde Mark Solomon kids having fun. That group of kids happens formed. Mary Agna Meg Carver John Eastman Kathryn Jeff Mohlman Pat Stempfly to be this year’s senior class. They had fun If I were a youngster in Yellow Springs Marilan Moir and at the same time they won games and I would have second thoughts about how Randy Allen Nora Chalfont Wilberta Hitchcock Susan Stiles Mary M. Morgan got to be kids, participating in plays, art, the much investment I put into athletics. For Roberta Allen Ted Chapman Eastman Jane Brian Strawn Tex Allen Joan Chappelle Scott Edwards Hockensmith- Bomani Moyenda band and all of the other things that make the past five years, there has been at least Autumn Tomas Yellow Springs schools and the community one basketball player, sometimes as many Carol Allin Connie Crockett Katie Egart Reich Caroline Mullin Susan Tower in general what it is. I can still picture Sam as three or four, brought into the school Kathy Austin Gertrude Helen Eier Anna Hogarty Bill Mullins Carolyn Lovering making his first basket as a bas- system to prop up the basketball team for Joe Ayres Chasens Laura Ann Ellison Don Hollister Shirley Mullins Treadway ketball player. Or Keida Johnson grabbing the purposes of winning. I would have to Douglas Bailey Jimmy Chesire Stephanie Elsass Bill Hooper Alison Murie Dave Triplett a rebound for a putback and Elliot Cromer assume that if I knew as a youngster that Jane Baker Sherry Cross Melissa English Joan Horn Martin Murie getting a steal against Catholic Central in my fate was to be replaced by someone Larry Turyn Harden Ballantine Jason Clark Anne Erickson Matt Housh Jack Myers the Cedarville University tournament. I from a neighboring community by the Jeanne Ballantine Mary Kay Clark James Entler Bill Houston David Nibert Margrit don’t know who was more excited: the kids, 11th or 12th grade, I would pursue other Rubin Battino Suzanne Clauser Naomi Alex Howie Becky O’Brien Tydings-Petrie the mothers or the team. interests, too. Corrine Abigail Cobb Ewald-Orme Chris Hudson Babette O’Reilly Liz Urquhart You see, there was a time when athlet- It was not long ago that Yellow Springs ics at Yellow Springs schools was not just basketball won with their own home-grown Bayraktaroglu Shelley Colbert Mary Jennie Hudson Patricia Olds Kathryn Van der Harvey Paige Heiden about winning; it was about teaching the talent. When I coached this year’s senior Christine Beard Pam Conine Fahrenbruck Lisa Hunt youngsters the fundamentals of a sport: class in the sixth and seventh grades, Jerry Papania Jane Visbal Don Beard Steve Conn Betty Felder Richard Hunt good form, how to be competitive, how to we all were of the understanding that we Bill Bebko Susan Conner James Felder Jeff Huntington Judy Parker Watso possess good sportsmanship, how to par- were preparing the players for the future Paul Beck Joe Cook Charlie Fenimore Eli Hurwitz Robert Parks Ted Weatherup ticipate in a “team” sport and, most impor- opportunity to carry on a legacy of winning Gerry Bello Dana Cooney Jannirose Sarah Husk Judith Parson Shirley Wexler tantly, how to have fun in what you choose sectional titles and taking on district and Greg Bernhardt Paul R. Cooper Fenimore Bob Huston Linda Parsons Mary White to do. I coached those boys in their sixth- regional crowns. When the fun is taken Dan Beverly Carol Cottom Susan Finster Carl D. Hyde Suzanne David Whitesell grade season as well as their seventh-grade out of sports and it becomes more like season the following year before going on homework, the players migrate to other Bob Jenny Joy Fishbain David E. Hyde Patterson Kori Lewis Bingenheimer Cowperthwaite John Fleming Susan Hyde Dennis Peer to be a varisty assistant the next two years. activities. Whitaker I have been concerned the past couple Athletics prepares kids for the “real Wes Bishop Amy Crawford Conrad Frederick Eric Johnson Corinne Pelzl Carly Wiener of years as I have noticed some dramatic world’s” competitive drive. It reinforces Rose Pelzl Aurelia Blake Sean Creighton Jack Gaffney John W. Johnson Michael Wiggins changes in what used to be known as Yel- that you get out of something what you John Blakelock Patti Dallas Carol Gasho Iveta Jusova Gerard Poortinga Jay Williams low Springs athletics. Yellow Springs has put into it. Also, it teaches that if you enjoy Susan Praeger Sonja Bond-Clark Tony Dallas Dorothy Gish Lindie Keaton Ben Williamson always had a “no-cut” policy for sports. what you are doing, chances are you will be Mary Beth Maureen Dawn Charlotte Gorden Thomas Kellar Nancy Purdin Jaimie Wilke When I was involved in the basketball more successful at it. Burkholder Dick Davis Terry Graham Lloyd Kennedy Linden Qualls program there were some years that this I hope this year’s varsity basketball team Diane Wilson Jerome Borchers Luwanna E. Cammy Grote Ann Kent Vanessa Query became difficult as we had as many as 18 members can enjoy themselves enough Jo Wilson Nick Boutis Delaney John Grote Anna Cèline Anne Randolph kids come out for the team one year. The that they stay with it until the end of the Mary Alice Bruce Bradtmiller Al Denman John Gudgel Kârling Khan Janeal T. Ravndal problem is no longer the “no-cut” policy, it season. There used to be an excitement on Wilson is instead the “no kids” policy. Not enough game day as the gym became packed with Carole Braun Matthew Derr Jenny Haack Phil King Bronwyn Reece kids coming out has led to not enough supportive local fans. Whoever takes over Beth Bridgeman Laurie Dewey Libby Hammond Douglas Jeff Reich Tammie Wilson Eric Wolf teams. the reins of this once proud program needs Angela James Dickerson Steve Hammond Kirkpatrick Kay Reimers It is my understanding that there are no the courage and support of the local com- Harold Wright Brintlinger Mary Donahoe Jocelyn Hardman Anisa Kline Dan Reyes fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth and junior varsity munity to make it an environment that sup- Orlando Brown Rick Donahoe Lynn Hardman Leonard Kramer Roger Reynolds Nicklas Wright teams this year. What a stark contrast to a ports what the local community stands for. Jane Brown Lucas Donnell Nan Harshaw Dee Krieg Gary Rhoades Brandon Zappin time just a few years ago when there was —Jeff Mohlman Anita Brown Aaron Mark Heise Gretchen Juanity Stephanie Zinger Patricia Brown Dora-Laskey Judith Hempfling Cady Kuhn Richardson Pride in Little Art Stop these wars As the Little Art Theatre concludes its The Christians cannot celebrate Christ- first full year as a nonprofit, we findour- mas Eve in Baghdad. A YELLOW SPRINGS ALMANACK BY BILL FELKER selves very grateful to so many people. We Let’s get out of Iraq and Afghanistan. asked for your support and the response we Will we go to war with North Korea and received — both in encouraging words and Pakistan? Or Yemen? DECEMBER 31, 2010 – As this moon waxes and wanes, the jes- as snow (a 40 percent chance or better) on financial donations — has been humbling. If the Muslims treat their women as JANUARY 6, 2011 samine vine produces its yellow flowers the 10th, 14th, 22nd, 24th and 30th. Thank you for supporting the Little Art equals, we can have peace on Earth. as it wanders through the undergrowth and our mission to provide affordable, —Shirley Wexler As Earth revolves around the sun, it teaches high-quality cinema for Yellow Springs and one of the simplest mysteries of circles: the end all across the South, announcing the start DECEMBER 31 of the journey of spring from the Gulf to Sunrise/set: 7:57/5:20 the greater Miami Valley community. is always the beginning. All the sounds and the We also want to share with you a recent shapes to come are those of the new cycle. The Yellow Springs. Rising in the morning Record hi/lo: 67 (1951)/–6 (1976) SUBMIT A LETTER and setting in the afternoon, the moon will Average hi/lo: 36/21 comment made on Facebook: message of our galactic position is that noth- “Talk about a Currier and Ives Moment TO THE EDITOR ing is ever really over. The resurrection of the be overhead in the middle of the day this Moonrise/set: 4:24 a.m./ 2:08 p.m. week. Age of Moon/Year: 27 days/365 days — went to the Little Art Theatre yesterday The News welcomes letters from sun each year dispels our disbelief, conditions for the very first time. Fell in love with it. Tidal lunar forces have been shown to be JANUARY 1 us to believe in the impossible and the absurd. How appropriate for YS to have such a readers on topics of current interest. greater at full moon and new moon times. Sunrise/set: 7:57/5:22 —Bradford Townsend theater.” In submitting them, please observe You might, therefore, expect more trouble Record hi/lo: 61 (1952)/–8 (1968) It’s words like these that inspire us to NOTES FOR THE FIRST WEEK with your chickens, flock, herd, children or Average hi/lo: 35/21 the following guidelines: continue thinking creatively on behalf of OF DEEP WINTER in-laws on or about January 4 and 19. Moonrise/set: 5:30 a.m./2:57 p.m. our community. • Letters must be signed On the other hand, the new Jessamine Age of Moon/Year: 28 days/ 1 day We are eager to share our ideas, pro- and include a daytime The Sixth Week of the Natural Year Moon will favor the seeding of bedding JANUARY 2 plants under lights, especially in Capricorn grams and membership campaigns to keep phone number and an Sunrise/set: 7:57/5:22 the theatre going, and appreciate all of you The Orchid Moon wanes through its on January 3 and 4. Record hi/lo: 61 (1916/–6 (1887) address for verification. final quarter this week, becoming the first who have so generously helped the Little On January 3, Yellow Springs reaches Average hi/lo: 35/20 moon of 2011, the Jessamine Moon on Janu- Art in its new nonprofit form. We look for- • The deadline for submis- perihelion, its position closest to the sun, Moonrise/set: 6:29 a.m./ 3:53 p.m. ary 4 at 4:03 a.m. ward to working together in 2011. Happy at 2:00 p.m. (EST). Although sunrise time Age of Moon/Year: 29 days/2 days sions is 5 p.m. Monday. remains stable for another week, days start New Year! JANUARY 3 —Jenny Cowperthwaite, To submit a letter, e-mail the News YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS to lengthen at the rate of about 60 seconds Sunrise/set: 7:57/5:23 every twenty-four hours — thanks to sunset executive director at [email protected], mail it to P.O. Box An Independent Community Newspaper Record hi/lo: 65 (1897)/–17 (1904) occurring a minute later almost every day. —Maureen Lynch, chair 187, Yellow Springs, OH 45387, or drop it Average hi/lo: 35/20 2531⁄2 Xenia Ave., P.O. Box 187 January’s shooting stars are the Qua- Little Art Theatre Association Moonrise/set: 7:21 a.m./4:54 p.m. off at our office located at 2531⁄2 Xenia Ave. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 drantids. Look for them after midnight in Board of Trustees Age of Moon/Year: 30 days/3 days (937) 767-7373 the eastern sky near Arcturus, especially e-mail: [email protected] on the mornings of the 3rd through the JANUARY 4 Sunrise/set: 7:57/5:24 Web: www.ysnews.com 5th. The dark moon should help you find Record hi/lo: these meteors. 63 (1897)/–18 (1904) Diane Chiddister...... Editor Average hi/lo: 35/20 “There is no such thing as Lauren Heaton ...... Associate Editor Venus begins the year as the morning star in Ophiuchus, rising in the east well Moonrise/set: 8:05 a.m./ 5:57 p.m. Robert Hasek...... Advertising Manager Age of Moon/Year: 1 day/4 days Lauren Shows...... Village Desk Editor before dawn. Mars follows Venus in Capri- public opinion. There is only JANUARY 5 Kathryn Hitchcock...... Display Advertising corn about an hour before daylight. Jupiter Sunrise/set: 7:57/5:25 Doug Hinkley...... Business Manager is the evening star this month, in the far published opinion.” Record hi/lo: 62 (1939)/–22 (1884) Megan Bachman ...... Reporter west in Pisces after sundown. Saturn is in Average hi/lo: 35/20 Matt Minde...... Production/Layout Virgo, rising after midnight and reaching — WINSTON CHURCHILL Keren Cohen ...... Production/Layout the middle of the heavens by sunrise. Moonrise/set: 8:42 a.m./ 7:00 p.m. Amy Achor ...... Proofreader Weather systems cross the Mississippi Age of Moon/Year: 2 days/5 days Kitty Jensen...... Proofreader near the following dates: January 1, 5, 10, JANUARY 6 Suzanne Patterson ...... Proofreader 15, 19, 25 and 31. Major storms are most Sunrise/set: 7:57/5:26 Shane Creepingbear ...... Circulation likely to occur within the following periods: Record hi/lo: 66 (1946)/–22 (1884) Peg Champney ...... Bookkeeping January 1–3, 8–12, 19–24. The January days Average hi/lo: 35/20 Moonrise/set: 9:13 a.m./ 8:01 p.m. Let your opinion be a published one. Editor Emeritus: with the highest frequency of precipitation Age of Moon/Year: 3 days/6 days Kieth A. Howard, 1946–1976 (better than 50 percent) in the Lower Mid- west are the 8th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS Publisher Emeritus: 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 30th. The Follow the new year in Bill Felker’s Ken Champney, publisher 1950–1992 P.O. Box 187, Yellow Springs, OH 45387 driest days, those with about 20 percent Poor Will’s Almanack for 2011, available at • • Printed on www.ysnews.com [email protected] 937-767-7373 recycled newsprint chance for rain or snow, are the 18th, 27th stores throughout Yellow Springs and from and 28th. Precipitation is most likely to fall www.poorwillsalmanack.com. YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS FROM THE FRONT PAGE • 2010: THE YEAR IN REVIEW DECEMBER 30, 2010 PAGE 5 2010: THE YEAR IN REVIEW Jackson Lytle & Lewis A N T I O C H L O C A L N E W S COLLEGE Funeral Homes Help for Haitians School levy passes Fundraisers to help those affected by a A Yellow Springs school renewal levy FROM THE FRONT PAGE major earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12 were passed about 3–1 in the May 4 primary � Exceeding Expectations � as a three-year degree model, has been held at the First Presbyterian and United election. Also in the primary, villager revised to the more traditional four-year Methodist churches in early February. Nurse Connie Crockett was elected as the 10th 322 Xenia Ave 767-7310 www.jacksonlytle.com model. The new curriculum emphasizes midwife Cindy Farley spent a week in March Senate District female representative to the engagement with global issues of food, volunteering her services in the Haitian capi- Democratic State Central Committee. tal, Port-au-Prince. A group of local women water, energy and governance. Bike Month �������������������������������������� organized by Libby Rudolf sold socks to ������������������������������������������ Roosevelt new president raise funds to send local midwives and for an Yellow Springs and Miami Township cel- In October Mark Roosevelt, the then- orphanage. Curves of Yellow Springs owner ebrated National Bike Month in May with a �������������������������� Pittsburgh school superintendent, came Lynn Hardman ordered 50 special Haiti Bike to Worship Weekend, National Bike to to campus as the only official finalist after relief t-shirts. In April, The Super Spectacular Work Week, Mountain Bike Day, Bike and � �������� a six-month search for a new president. Extraordinarily Energized Yellow Springs Shop Day, Family Bike Day, safe riding les- � About 50 villagers attended a community Skarstic Festival, organized by high school sons and Grand Prix and Tour of the Town- ��������������� forum to hear Roosevelt speak and ask seniors Nancy Epling and Conor Stratton, also ship races. ������������������������ questions. raised money for Haitian relief. Public school At the end of the Founder’s Day Week- students and staff also raised over $1,400 to New Methodist pastor ������������������������ end, Roosevelt was named the college’s support the work of Doctors Without Borders Sherri Blackwell became pastor of United ������������������� new president, to begin his job at the in Haiti. Methodist Church in June, replacing Charles beginning of January. Hill, who had been pastor for eight years. In late December Interim President MLK Day Blackwell grew up in Yellow Springs. Derr left his position to move to Ann Several hundred villagers marched Senior housing canceled Arbor, Mich., where he will work as a through village streets then gathered at � fellow for the Great Lakes College Asso- Central Chapel A.M.E. Church to honor After a couple years of discussions and � � � ���������������� ciation, or GLCA. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 18. planning, the Friends Care Community ������� � � New Antioch College President Mark At the church, nearly $1,100 was raised for Board of Trustees in June withdrew a Roosevelt and his family moved to town in the International Red Cross’ Haitian earth- proposal for a three-story senior apartment � December. quake relief. building at the corner of Xenia Avenue and ���������������� East Limestone Street. It was to have been Former faculty controversy Land trust celebrates the first commercial building in the country � � Tensions around the college’s rela- The Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, cel- to meet an energy-efficient standard known tionship with and obligations to former ebrated its 20th anniversary with a series as “passive house.” Board president Mary �� �� tenured faculty heightened in November, of public events featuring stories about land White said the facility would not generate ��������������� ��������������� when the college announced that it was preservation. As the year began, TLT held enough rent to meet costs and that the ��� ��� launching searches for its first six tenure- preservation agreements on 17,000 acres, board would focus for now on improving FCC’s campus on East Herman Street. ������� ������� track positions, out of which former fac- mostly in Clark and Greene Counties, �������� �������� ulty were qualified to apply for only two with a goal of 50,000 acres in each county. In November, FCC broke ground for a positions. A group of 14 former tenured Another 2,000 acres were preserved by 14,000-square-foot wing to house rehabilita- �������� �������� faculty expressed concern that they were year’s end. tion services. ���� ���� not being asked to participate in the search process, which is usually run by faculty, Vernay buys Rabbit Run WYSO awards and that they were being shut out of the Vernay Laboratories, Inc. purchased WYSO won 10 awards, more than any ��������������������� other public radio station in Ohio this year, launch of the new college. Rabbit Run Farm on Dayton Street in Feb- ���������������� ���������� Hundreds of college alumni signed an ruary. The property is adjacent to Vernay’s from the Ohio Associated Press Broadcast- online petition in support of the college former industrial site to the west. Years ers Association in June. The awards were ����������������������������������������� for best documentary or series, best use of giving priority to hiring former faculty, and earlier, Vernay had capped the farm’s well �������������������������������������������������������������� in an open letter, the AAUP urged the col- and dug monitoring wells to trace chemi- sound, best feature reporting, best investi- lege to reinstate former tenured faculty for cal contamination from the industrial site. gative reporting, best enterprise reporting positions for which they are qualified. In August, Miami Township Fire-Rescue and best reporter. burned down the property’s house in a Juneteenth observed ������ training exercise. Juneteenth — which observes the day ������ V I L L A G E McKee Founders award Union soldiers enforced the Emancipa- � � � � � � � � � � ���������� ������ tion Proclamation and freed all remaining The James A. McKee Group gave its ��������������� ��� COUNCIL 2010 2009 Founders Award for Distinguished slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865 — was cel- Community Service to Al Denman. ebrated in Yellow Springs June18–20 with ����������� FROM THE FRONT PAGE music, dancing, prayer and a sweet potato ������������� Telephone scam pie baking contest. project, which is developing a plan in col- ������� Telephone callers from Jamaica promised � � � � � � � � � � laboration with Home, Inc. Subsequent Gala for Little Art ���������� at least two villagers $90,000 deposits in a local � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ✁ steps will be deciding whether to move The Little Art Theatre, which had become N bank account for a processing fee of just $500, O ahead and, if so, choosing a developer for nonprofit the previous fall, surpassed its �������������������� P ���� ����� Village police said. The calls were a scam. U � ��������������������� O ����������� the project. $20,000 goal at “Clooney at the Movies,” an C auction gala at Antioch University Midwest on ������������������������������ Domestic partnership �������������������������������� ������� Visioning results Carmen Milano and Bronwyn Reece June 25. The event, which also celebrated the ������������������������� ������������� In the spring the Yellow Springs/Miami celebrated their 14th anniversary on April theater’s 80th anniversary, featured television host and author Nick Clooney. ������������������������������������ ��������������������� Township Visioning project completed 1 by becoming the first couple to register �������������������������� its third and final phase, during which as domestic partners under a Village ordi- GHA golden anniversary ������� ��� � � �� ���������������������� participants were asked to identify their nance that acknowledges unmarried but ��������������������� The Glen Helen Association celebrated its �������������������������� ����������������������������� preferred action steps toward local goals. committed adults. 50th anniversary July 2–4 with a juried art �������������������� In June Jamie Green of the Columbus firm exhibition, nature hikes, a film at the Little Art �������������������������������������� ACP Visioning+Planning, which oversaw Community gardens Theatre, a “meet and greet” with former Glen � � � � � � � � � � the yearlong process, presented the three The Environmental Commission, or EC, ���������� ������������������������ director Ralph Ramey and a talk by ornitholo- �������������� action steps that received the most votes launched a neighborhood garden program, in ����������������� which villagers could plant their own gardens gist Stephen Kress, who had founded the from participants, which were creating Glen Helen Raptor Center 40 years earlier. affordable housing, developing an eco- on community-owned land. The EC had iden- nomic development plan, and creating a tified seven potential garden sites. A parade through town health fitness center. Drug bust Villagers lined Xenia Avenue for the Those results were presented in a some- annual Fourth of July parade, sponsored On April 20, police officers “swept” Glen by the Odd Fellows, as it traveled from what revised version in the fall by visioning Helen and arrested 10 people, all from out Friends Care Community through down- co-chair Fred Bartenstein, who identified of town, whom they charged with drug town to Bryan Community Center. the biggest vote-getters among action steps and/or drug paraphernalia possession. as conducting and implementing a housing plan, creating an economic development Green Fair at Glen CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 plan, encouraging more local food con- Over 200 people visited the second sumption and developing a green energy annual Green Fair at the Glen Helen Build- Electric and waste reduction program. ing on April 24. Service Roosevelt ready to lead, sink roots Company He said he views education failures as one ����������������� FROM THE FRONT PAGE of America’s massive systemic challenges office with five portraits of the Civil War that has had implications for the nation’s ���������������������������� president. economic competitiveness. �������������� After serving five years as superintendent Dorothy Roosevelt also has a passion for in Pittsburgh, where he spearheaded an education, having worked at Project Zero, unprecedented five-year contract with the an educational research group at Harvard ������������������� teacher’s union incorporating performance- University, where Mark Roosevelt received �������� based pay and raised millions for college his bachelors and law degrees. The couple scholarships for students, Roosevelt said met 10 years ago when Roosevelt’s niece, he is prepared again to work to bring dif- who was taking a yoga class with Dorothy, ferent groups together for the best interest introduced them. of students. Roosevelt said he will continue Their daughter, Juliana, who was adopted a student-centered approach, along with a from Guatemala, will attend preschool at focus on workforce morale, in addition to the Antioch School, Roosevelt said. He also helping Antioch raise the millions of dollars has a 25-year-old adopted son, Matthew, needed to achieve a new vision. from a previous marriage. “The college has a history of poverty, For Roosevelt, his tenure at Antioch is which is a morale- and opportunity- a new opportunity to pursue educational depleter,” he said. “This is not an insig- reform, and his time in Yellow Springs is a nificant challenge.” chance for small-town life. Educational reform has been Roosevelt’s “We’re thrilled to be here,” he said of driving force since he guided passage Yellow Springs. “We’re very much look- of an education reform bill through the ing forward to sinking roots down and

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The club planted a white oak tree on val on July 16, featuring a parade, dance, Community Goodwill to In August, the Greene County Tran- the Antioch University Midwest campus. theater, live music, poetry, clowns, contor- Children’s Center sit Board, along with regional partners, tionists and more. Children launched Flex-Service Route 49, a one-day- Fatal accident Southtown Heating and Cooling, a Moraine- 767-7236 a-week transportation service from Yellow Eben Wildman, of South Charleston, died based company, held an open house at its new 320 Corry Street Everywhere Springs to nearby towns. in a one-car accident on State Route 343 on branch at 108 Cliff Street on Aug. 2. www.childrens-center.com Oct. 16. He was a son of Sarah Wildman, the In late August, New Liberty Farms started Affordable housing award Village economic sustainability coordinator. selling the first free-range chickens raised at Ilse Tebbetts received the second annual its operation on Mosier Road, north of town. Tony Bent award from Yellow Springs Soccer celebration Brenda Stone Browder held a grand Home, Inc., on Aug. 15 for her contribu- Yellow Springs Soccer, Inc, celebrated opening for the new Rolling Pen Book Cafe tions to affordable housing in Yellow over 45 years of organized recreational on Corry Street in September. We’ve Got Boots! Springs/Miami Township. soccer in the village with a community Yellow Springs Renewable Energy, a joint Novelty Socks! Holiday potluck Nov. 6. Duke Conrad and Shirley venture of Lindstrom-Sprague Mechani- New Senior Center director Kristensen were honored for contributions cal Services and Hytek Energy Solutions, socks are 2 for $5! David Scott became director of the Senior to women’s soccer in Yellow Springs. began operation. Center in August, replacing Rodney Bean, Akhilesh and Pratibha Nigam opened the who had retired in May after 11 years. The Republicans win elections Indian Food Corner at the Corner Cone �������������������������� Center’s annual budget grew from $65,000 The vast majority of Yellow Springs on Dayton and Walnut Streets in October, to $230,000 during Bean’s tenure. voters were on the losing side in the serving freshly made Indian food Wednes- ������������������� November election. They cast their ballots days–Sundays. First Presbyterian celebrates for the Democrats but the Republicans won Mr. Fub’s Party, now in its fourth decade ����� ���� �� � � �� �� � � � �� ��� �� �� �� ������ � � The First Presbyterian Church cele- all the state and national offices. In Yellow at 252 Xenia Avenue, was one of 500 inde- ������� ����� ���������������� brated its 150th anniversary with a commu- Springs and county-wide, voters passed pendent toy stores nationwide to celebrate nity party on Sept. 3. Later in the month, the levies for the Combined Health District and Neighborhood Toy Store Day Nov. 13. church exhibited “The Shower of Stoles,” a county bridge repair. Eco-mental, at 257 Xenia Avenue, had an 4�������������� national exhibit of liturgical stoles, many New officers open house November 19 to celebrate its ����������� from clergy members excluded from third anniversary. serving their churches because of sexual Andrew Gault and David Meister, who The Soap Bar, a soap shop and studio, 4������������������ orientation. had been part-timers, accepted full-time opened in Kings Yard. officer positions with the Police Depart- Villager Bob Baldwin purchased part 4���������������� � Worst summer in years ment in November. � ������������� of the Kings Yard retail complex on Xenia The National Weather Service concluded Thanksgiving feast Avenue downtown in early December from 4��������������� � in early September that “it could be argued owner Cathy Christian, who retained the � ��������� that summer 2010 was the most uncomfort- About 300 villagers gathered at the First rest of the property. ����������������������� 4������������������� able in the last 73 years in terms of com- Presbyterian Church for a community bined heat/humidity.” Thanksgiving Day dinner. Antioch College ��������������������������� ��������� ��������� Events at Antioch College during the New mediation director Villager sentenced �������������������������������������������� year included: Lisa Kreeger became Village Mediation A county court judge sentenced villager A celebration of alumna Coretta Scott ������������������������������������������ Program coordinator in September. She Elizabeth Stardancer to a six-month jail term King’s birthday on April 27. ������������������������������������������������������ said she planned to expand the 21-year-old and $25,000 restitution on December 6 after In July and August, a series of events, program’s services. she pled guilty to using a New Carlisle client’s including readings and films, exploring the money to pay for her Corry Street business, legacy of Freedom Summer 1964. Career Center upgrade Dragon Tree Tattoo and Gifts. A forum called “Antioch College Commu- The Greene County Career Center Officer honored nity: What to keep, what to add, what to put completed a $6.1 million energy upgrade. out on the curb?” on Aug. 20. Dec. 23 was “Dennis Nipper Day” in Villager Ted Donnell was the project’s lead In the fall, the film series “Outing the Past” Yellow Springs, honoring the police officer design architect. Witnessing the Struggle for GLBT Rights.” for his 38 years of service before his retire- A “Resurrection Party” on Oct. 29, featur- ment from full-time service at month’s end. Clinic still closed ing music, dancing and costumes. In late September, the dean of the Wright Kwanzaa celebrated State University Boonshoft School of Medi- Antioch University Midwest AACW sponsored a Kwaanza celebration cine said the school was unlikely to rebuild Michael Fishbein, after almost a year at the Bryan Center on Dec. 26. its Family Health Center in Yellow Springs. on the job, was inaugurated president of The clinic had closed a year earlier. Its Antioch University McGregor on June 12. building was razed in the spring. B U S I N E S S At the ceremony, he announced that as Dunevant honored of July 1, the school would be known as NEWS Antioch University Midwest. The American Water Works Asso- Also at AUM during the year: ciation in September honored water plant A group of former Antioch Company In a class called Human Services Sys- operator Ted Dunevant for 25 years of employees filed suit on Dec. 23, 2009, in tems, AUM students chose three nonprofit dedicated service to the village. Also, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, charging company organizations to aid with both their time and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and leaders with placing their own interests grants from the Pay-it-Forward program, a Prevention recognized the Village’s 50 before the company’s welfare, leading to federal grant through the Ohio Campus years of consistent and accurate fluorida- bankruptcy and employees’ loss of more Compact, a coalition of 46 colleges. The tion of village water, for which Dunevant than $20 million in retirement funds. AUM students were the first in the state to is responsible. Former CEO Lee Morgan said the allega- complete the program. Record crowd tions were false. AUM began developing a new under- Members of the Yellow Springs Bar Asso- graduate degree in sustainability, which it On October 8, the Fall Street Fair drew ciation volunteered to help with local home hoped to implement in 2011. what Police Chief John Grote said was foreclosure threats through the statewide AUM hosted a forum called “Muslims probably the street fair’s largest turn- “Save the Dream” program. in America and the Principle of Religious out ever. As many as 20,000 might have The United Methodist Church began Freedom” on Sept. 26. attended. Traffic west of the village on hosting an indoor winter farmers market AUM began a new nine-month course train- Dayton-Yellow Springs Road backed up to in January for growers and vendors within ing health care professionals in consumer I-675 in Fairborn. Your choice. Your future. 100 miles of Yellow Springs. advocacy, leading to certification in the field. Climate change party YSI Incorporated announced that it had created 19 new jobs at its San Diego Nonstop Institute The Ten Percent Club held one of 7,348 The Nonstop Institute launched the CUSTOMIZED work parties around the world on Oct. 10 as and Logan, Utah, divisions with the help of federal stimulus funds. The company exhibit “Open Village/Open Spaces” on SOFTWARE also added about 10 new positions at its Jan. 23 with a fundraiser and performances Yellow Springs operation in 2009. After YSI at its space on N. Walnut Street. The exhibit TRAINING received a $1.1 million Ohio Third Frontier featured the works of three Columbus art- Grant in the spring, CEO Rick Omlor said ists who had been in residency at Nonstop and more the company hoped the award would lead for six weeks. to more jobs over the next year or two. In April, Nonstop presented “On the State of for businesses In April, Glenda Prado opened a new the Humanities Today.” May events included shop, Botanica Pusanga, at 108 Dayton “Higher Education and the Low-Wage and organizations Nation” and in June “On the Multitude and 100 Corry Street 767-2823 Street, featuring South American oils and herbs and spiritual readings. the Common.” In July and August, Nonstop ������������������������� Also in April, a group of health practitioners offered a workshop in revolutionary film. �������������������� opened EdenWorld at 253 Xenia Avenue, In September, Nonstop hosted “Local Stories: An Oral History Project,” with ������������������������������� offering relaxation, creativity and healing. Urban Handmade celebrated its first installations by Dennie Eagleson, Ryan ���������������� birthday in its Xenia shop with an all-day Agnew and Jonny No and John Hempfling. � ���������� barbecue on May 29. 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Villagers Carl Moore and Jim Zehner The Yellow Springs Arts Council joined ���������� opened CJ’s Southern Cooking in late June nearly 20 other groups to launch the Yellow at the former KFC location, offering “’Bama Springs Experience in July, 10 days of edu- ������������� Food” from Moore’s Alabama childhood. cational and cultural workshops and events. ��������� A new business, 2 For 1 Energy, started a It coincided with the Yellow Springs Kids pilot program to audit and retrofit 12 homes, Playhouse production of The Conference of ��������������������������������� most of them local, for energy efficiency. the Birds and the Antioch Writers’ Work- A group of merchants formed the Dayton shop, and began with a party at the Arts Street Alliance to encourage cooperation and networking among the Dayton Street CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 ��������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������� ������������������������������� ������������������ ����� ������������������������ ������������������������������������ ��������������� ��������������������������������� ������������� ����������������������������� ����������� �������������������������������� ��������������������� �������������������������������� ��������������� ������������� ������������������������������� �������������������� ����������������������������������� ������������������������������ ��������������������������� ����������������������������� �������������������������� ������������������������������������� ���������������������������������� ������������������������������ �������������������������������������� ������������ ��������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ����������������������������������� �������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������ ������������������ ���������������������� ������������������������� �������� ��������������������������������� �������������������� YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS 2010: THE YEAR IN REVIEW DECEMBER 30, 2010 PAGE 7

V I L L A G E SENIOR EVENTS THE YEAR IN REVIEW POLICE REPORT Council’s new home in the Oten Gallery on Miami Valley firefighters was dedicated at For Theaters, Communities and Teachers. Holiday closures Xenia Avenue on July 9. The Experience the Stubbs Memorial Park in Centerville. Dark Star Books and Super-Fly Comics According to police records: The Senior Center will be closed on Fri- included more than 80 events. The John Bryan Community Pottery com- and Games sponsored the 30th annual On Tuesday, Dec. 21, police assisted day, Dec. 31, and Saturday, Jan. 1, in obser- The Arts Council continued its celebration pleted a new wood-fired kiln at the studio Yellow Springs Bookfair on Mills Lawn on the Miami Township Fire-Rescue squad vance of the New Year. and promotion of the arts in Yellow Springs behind Bryan Community Center in the fall. Aug. 21, featuring more than 30 vendors. on a medical call to a Shawnee Drive with an “Artoberfest” weekend in October, “Eddie Eckenrode: Selected Works” “Book Nook,” local host Vick Mickunas’ address. Visit the Peace Museum which coincided with the fall Art Stroll, held opened in the newly-rededicated Eddie radio show featuring local and national On Wednesday, Dec. 22, police stopped The Senior Center will sponsor an in honor of the late Eddie Eckenrode, who Eckenrode Gallery at Sam and Eddie’s authors talking about their books, returned Lloyd Allen, Yellow Springs, for failure to outing to the Dayton Peace Museum on helped organize the first Art Strolls in town, Open Books on Oct. 15. to WYSO radio on Sept. 17. use a turn signal before turning on West Thursday, Dec. 30. The current special and with the annual Artists Studio Tour. The 2010 Yellow Springs Artist Studio An open house at the Senior Center on North College Street. During the stop exhibit at the museum is “Promoting Tour took place Oct. 16–17. Sept. 19 celebrated the newly-published police found that Allen was also driving Peace Through Books — Not Bombs,” Music Photographs by Axel Bahnsen, a collabora- while intoxicated with an illegal blood which highlights the work of Greg The Amelia Piano Trio performed in a Film tion of the Historical Society. alcohol level of .187. Mortenson, who has worked to build Chamber Music Yellow Springs concert The Last Truck, Steve Bognar and Julia Ralph Keyes published Euphemania: Our On Dec. 22 police stopped Anthony more than 160 schools in two countries at the First Presbyterian Church on Feb. Reichert’s film about the 2008 closing of Love Affair with Euphemisms in November. Blanks, Dayton, for failing to maintain rea- where the options for girls are extremely 28. The Corigliano String Quartet played a the Moraine GM plant, was nominated for a sonable control on Kahoe Drive and found Mozart work and pieces by their namesake, Best Short Documentary Academy Award. limited. that he was also driving without proper John Corigliano, on March 21. The Vinca The Little Art Theatre hosted a Short The group will depart from the Bryan PRESENTATIONS license plate lights while intoxicated with a String Quartet and the Terzetto Piano Trio Film Festival Feb. 21 and 27, organized by Center at 10:30 a.m. Those attending blood alcohol level of .101. Police cited him performed in the 25th annual Competition for filmmaker Vanessa Query. AND FESTIVALS should bring a lunch, snack and drink for for the offenses. Emerging Professionals on May 2. Terzetto The Elaine Comegys Black Film Festi- the ride home. On Dec. 22 police stopped Erika King, won. The Escher String Quartet played works val and the 365 Project presented the film The 31st annual Women’s Voices Out Springfield, for speeding on Xenia Avenue by Haydn, Beethoven and Bela Bartok on What’s Race Got To Do With It? at the Little Loud was presented at the Bryan Center and found that she was also driving under Sept. 26. The early music ensemble Red Priest Art on March 13. on March 13. suspension. presented the Oct. 31 concert. Local filmmaker Joanne Caputo screened African American Cross-Cultural Works At 11 p.m. on Dec. 22 police stopped a �������� The Community Chorus featured a Bach her documentary “Cutting Loose” at the and the Tecumseh Land Trust (TLT) joined motet and a Mozart choral work in its May 9 Little Art on March 19. to present Roots Fest, an evening of per- driver on Fairfield Pike and issued a verbal concert at First Presbyterian Church. In Octo- Films by Jennifer Sharp, Joseph Lurie formances and readings in which villagers warning for open container. �������� ber, after 31 years, Ruth Bent ceded director- and Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert were used the arts to share their stories, at the At 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 23, a �������������� ship of the chorus to James Johnston. featured in the second annual Dayton Film Bryan Center March 27. At the Coretta Peach’s Grill employee reported that Scott King Center at Antioch College on an unwanted person was trespassing The Community Band offered free summer Festival in May. �������������������� concerts on May 14, July 4 and Aug. 1. A Portrait of Yellow Springs, Through the April 10, TLT presented an evening of story- and refused to leave when asked. When The Summer Strings Program presented Eyes of Our Elders, produced by villager Patti tellers with tales honoring the land. police responded they found William ��������� its 47th annual Grande Finale Concert in Dallas, was shown at the Little Art Theatre, as Chappelle, Yellow Springs, across the ������������������������� Kings Yard on July 3. a benefit to the theater, on July 24. street at Subway, harassing a group of ���������������������� PASSAGES local juveniles. Police cited Chappelle The Friends Music Camp held its fifth ����� ������� ����� ������� ��� ���� annual benefit concert for the Glen Helen Theater with criminal trespass, disorderly con- ��������������������������������� Association on July 31 at Mills Lawn. The YS Kids Playhouse held workshops Births duct and public indecency, and trans- AACW staged its 13th annual Blues and on “Building a Character” and “speaking ported him to Greene County Jail. ���� ���������� ����� ���������� Heron Ila Brucke Kaase. Paige Dorothy Shakespeare” for youth and adults in Febru- On Dec. 23 police stopped Katherine ��������������������������������� Jazz Fest Sept. 11–16. Clark. Célia Paige Aregao Petrie. Elise ary. YSKP kicked off its 16th summer season Heaney, Yellow Springs, for crossing ����������� ����������������������� The Dayton Mandolin Orchestra and the Evelyn Bongorno. Lian Thomas Holtgrave. with The Conference of the Birds, a new jazz marked lanes and found that she was also Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra Forest James Moulton. Robert Jacob Klein- ���� ������ ��� ��������� ���������� musical by artistic director John Fleming, driving under suspension. gave a joint concert in the Herndon Gallery holt. Sierra Laural Sundell-Turner. Adeline �������������������������� with music by Neal Kirkwood, in the Antioch On Saturday, Dec. 25, a caller reported on Nov. 7. Virginia Lee. Lucy Annadeen Shows-Fife. College Amphitheater July 8–18. The season that a deer was struck on Xenia Avenue Visual arts and mixed media Mox Brayton Scott. Cohen Cathcart Scott. ���������������� continued with Oceans of Notions (Lakes of near Cemetery Street, and police referred ����������� Migiwa Orimo’s yearlong Telephone Mistakes), a new play by Louise Smith, per- Deaths the call to the Ohio State Patrol. Booth Public Art Project at Dayton and formed under a big top tent at Youngs Dairy. On Sunday, Dec. 26, police assisted the ����������������������������� Harold Hamilton Sr. (Dec. 2009). Jennifer ������������������������������ Walnut Streets continued. The Yellow Springs Theatre Project, Freckman (Dec. 2009). Kay Corbin. Bertha Miami Township Fire-Rescue squad on a ��������������������� The Dayton Art Institute had “Katherine under the direction of Sandra Crews, pre- Roberts. Joseph Waddle. Georganne Free- medical call to a Corry Street address. Kadish: Seasons” on exhibit Jan. 30–April 11. miered with 20%, “a dramatic expose about man. Virley Derricott. Sydney Welton. Jo Ann On Monday, Dec. 27, police stopped ����������������������������� Exhibits at The Emporium during the women in the military,” in the Antioch Col- Molk. Michael McCann. Cecil Hasser. Ethel Fredrick Seals, Springfield, for driving ���������������������������� year included: “Village People,” Dennie lege South Gym May 7–8. Beatty. Ellie Ridinger. Jason Winskie. Hellen with inoperable license plate lights on ����������������������� Eagleson’s close portraits of villagers over Bruce Cromer performed the one-man Allen Street and during the stop found that O’Neal McCray. David McLellan. Don McAl- ��������� two decades; Chris Glaser’s paintings in play Underneath the Lintel, by Glen Berger, lister. Rickey Godwin Sr. Charlotte Jordan. he was also driving with fictitious plates. ����������������������������� “Paradigm Shift” in May; “Prayers from at the Glen Helen Building on July 9 as part Ann Grote. Jason Bingenheimer. Paul Hull Police cited him for the offenses. Ohio: Healing and Place,” new work by of the Yellow Springs Experience. Sr. Eddie Eckenrode. Norman Legge. Mitzi On Dec. 27 police assisted the squad ��������������������������� Krista Magaw, in August and September; Free Shakespeare! presented free perfor- Manny. Reba Gordon. Jim Parker. Frank on calls regarding a fall at a Wright Street ��������������������� Travis Tarbox Hotaling’s portraits, murals mances of Hamlet July 23–25 in the Antioch Betcher. Barbara Preis. Naida Gillespie. Ruth address and a medical case at a Fairfield ����������������������� and illustrations in October; Shari Phillips’ College Amphitheater. Bean. Jean Huston. Joseph Brown. Sonja Pike address. ������������������������������ fabric art in December. The Yellow Springs Corner Cone Soft Reed. John Magee. Hannah Goldberg. Helen Citations—for speeding: Stephen King, ����������������������� Libby Rudolf’s “Watercolors at The Serve Playhouse presented “The 10- Springfield; Dominique Johnson, Nehez. Eben Wildman. Malcolm Gillespie. ����������������������������� Winds” was displayed at The Winds in Minute Play Festival: Compact Theater for Meredith Dallas. Ralph Heaton. Andy Ben- Reynoldsburg. June. New paintings by Lee Funderburg the Easily Distracted,” on the outdoor stage ning. Charles Mundy. Esther Haynes. Irwin ������������������������������ were on display in August. “Ocufoils,” wall at Corner Cone on Aug. 14. Abrams. Norman Thomas. ���������������������������� sculptures by wood artist Tom Hawley, The Faux-Real Theatre Company per- ����������������� ������������������������ were exhibited in September. Paul Baker formed Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex with an ����������������������� exhibited paintings and drawings in Octo- all-male cast in the Antioch Amphitheatre ���������������� ������������������� ber. Oil pastel drawings and wool pieces Aug. 20–22. ����������������� by Paula Womacks were on display in ������������ December. Dance ��������������������� An artists’ reception for “Land Marks,” The annual Yellow Springs Community ����������������������� the inaugural art exhibit at the Herndon Dance Concert, organized by Yellow Springs ������������ ��������������������� Gallery at Antioch College, was held Dance, was presented in the South Gym at �� ����� ��� ���� ��������� ��������� �������������������������������� March 6. Other Herndon exhibits this year Antioch College on April 16–17. On October ��������������������������������������� ������� included “A Devoted Sense of Place,” pho- 23, Yellow Springs Dance sponsored the local �������� ����� ���� ������ ���������� tographs by Robert Whitmore, and “Emerg- “Thrill the World” event at Bryan Center, as Hit any key to continue… �������� ������� ����������� ��� ������������ ing Visions: Antiochians Make Art.” local “zombies” gathered to join people all over ������������������������������������ or call Carlos, 767-1787, anytime. ����������������������������� An exhibit of villager Jim Albright’s bird the world in dancing to Michael Jackson’s �������� ��� ���������� ���� ���������� ��� ������������ ���� ���� ������� �������� carvings and oil paintings opened March “Thriller.” The dance was repeated outdoors ����������������� 19–20 at “would you, could you” In a Frame. downtown on Oct. 30. ��������� �������� ������� ��������� ������������������������������������� The gallery also had a show of Ann Gayek’s ������������������������������ ����������������� ���������� ������� �������� ��������� work in April and hosted a reception for Letters ������������������������� ������ ��� ���� ������ ������� �������� Karren K. Brito’s opera shawl exhibit on Robert Freeman Wexler read from his ������������������ �������������������� ���������������������������������� May 7. “Stitch Gasp!,” by Corrine Bayrak- novel The Painting and the City at the ���� ���������� ��� ���� ����� ������ taroglu, opened on Oct. 15. “The Polaroid Emporium on Jan. 9. ���������������������� ��������������������������������� Project,” Liz Zaff’s paintings on cardboard, Harold Wright published A Story of Japanese ����������������� ������������������������� ������������������������������ had an opening Nov. 19. Poetry: 1300 Years of Japanese Poetry, which ������������������������ ��������������������������� he called “a summary of my life’s story.” Visual artist and educator Nevin Mercede ������ ���������� ���� �������������� exhibited “20 degrees North, 50 degrees For the second year in a row, the Antioch ���������������������������������� ������������������������ East” at the Arts Council ArtSpace in April. Review was named a finalist for the National �������������������������������� “Works in Progress: Artwork of the Human Magazine Award. In November, the Review ����������������� ����������������������������������� ������������������������������� Form,” curated by Beth Holyoke and Margrit hosted Katherine Vaz, author of Our Lady of ����� ��� ��������� ������ ��� ����� ������ ������������������������������������� Tydings-Petrie, was in the ArtSpace in May the Artichokes and Other Portuguese-Ameri- can Stories, in the Herndon Gallery. �� ������� �������� ����� ��� ����� ��� �������������������������������� and June. “Passage Familiar: Paintings by ���� ������� ��������� ��� ���� ������� Deborah Housh” was also there in June. “Life Ed Davis and Terrilynn Meece read Specializing in ���� �������� �������� ��� ������ some of their poems at a Nonstop Sunday �������� ��������� �������� ������� Kitchen & Bathroom Makeovers Paintings by Buck Truitt” were on display ������������������������������������ ������ ������������ ���� ������� Salon on March 28. in July. Abstract mixed media artist Martin �������������������������������������� (937) 767-2319 or (937) 768-5450 cell ���������� �� ����������� �������� Barbara Cunliff Singleton won a “silver” Harold Benedict Borchers made his public ������������������� ���������������������������������� debut at the ArtSpace with an exhibit Sept. for Best Travel Writing 2010, a Solas Award, Todd Kreeger Free Estimates �������� ������� ��� ��������� ��� 17–26. sponsored by Traveler’s Tales Books. ����� �������� ����� ��� ����� ��� ���� Owner Fast & Friendly ���������������������������������� Yellow Springs Local Service �������������� The JafaGirls organized a spring project Jeanne Lemkau published a memoir, Lost ���� ������ ������� �������� ������� to decorate poles and benches on Dayton and Found in Cuba: A Tale of Midlife Rebellion. ������������������ and Corry Streets downtown with hand- Pat Murphy of Community Solutions made flowers. released his new book, Spinning Our ��������������������������������� Potter Geno Luketic and wood carver Wheels, in July. ������������������������� Tom Hawley had pieces in the Ohio Craft The 25th annual Antioch Writers’ Work- Museum’s “Best of 2010” show. shop was held July 10–16. Village Artisans hosted the annual “Art Michael Fleishman released a new book on the Lawn” juried show at Mills Lawn on in July, Drawing Inspiration: Visual Artists ��������� Aug. 14. at Work. Among the 188 international art- Sarah Strong displayed some of her art- ists in the book are Yellow Springs artists ����������� works at Brother Bear’s in June. In Septem- Corrine Bayraktaroglu and Diane Fitch. ber, Atira leMond exhibited “How Does the Also in July, YSKP founder and artistic ������� Song Go?” at Brother Bear’s. director John Fleming published The Jon Hudson’s sculpture honoring fallen Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse Handbook ������������������������������ ������������������������������� �������������������������������� ��������������������������� ������������������������������ ������������������������������� ������������������������������������� ��������������������������������� �������������������������� �������������������������� ���������������

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Employment Instruction (cont.) COMMUNITY CHILDREN’S CENTER NEW SILVER SNEAKERS CO-ED exer- CLASSIFIEDS � is now accepting applications for on-call cise class —- Tuesdays and Thursdays, substitutes. HS diploma, background ����� � � � � � � � � � 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Curves. Call 767-3700 for CLASSIFIED RATES: $6 for up to First time customers must prepay. checks. EOE. Call 767-7236 or e-mail more information. 20 words, and 10¢ per word [email protected]. BILLING CHARGE: �������������������� thereafter, with a $1 discount for ���������������������� NEW YEAR’S DAY community practice $1 charge each time an ad is and scholarship fundraiser at Yoga Springs subsequent insertions without copy �������������������� � �������� � ����������� Instruction billed. Classified ads are billed Studio, Saturday, Jan. 1, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. changes. Placement on the Web WINTER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS ���������������� Please register by calling 937-767-9300 or will be billed at $1 per week. one week after the first insertion are coming soon! The Children’s Center www.yogasprings.com. if payment has not been made. �������� After School Program will offer four TO PLACE AN AD, PLEASE PROVIDE ������������� affordable and fun programs for chil- Bills are sent at two-week intervals Miscellaneous • complete billing address thereafter. dren K–6. These classes are in urban • the number of weeks ad will run contemporary art with London Lee, a COPY DEADLINE: 5 p.m., Monday. winter warm-your-soul cooking class with SPECIAL HOLIDAY PRICE: $10 for Two • whether you want ad on the Web Bianca Stone, yoga with Gail Litchenfels Hundred Years of Yellow Springs, including Visit www.ysnews.com the legacy of Antioch College, in this book Phone 767-7373, stop in at the and chess club with Omar Durrani. 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2010 YEAR IN REVIEW: VILLAGE SCHOOLS Budget, 10-year plan on board plate New administrators hired • Appliance repair The district began the year knowing that the district treasurer, district superin- • TV/DVD/VCR installation tendent, and the principals of Mills Lawn and Yellow Springs High School/McKinney • iPod repair School needed to be replaced by the end of the school year, since longtime Treasurer David Turner Joy Kitzmiller, Interim Superintendent Tony Armocida, Interim Mills Lawn Prin- 767-7849 cipal Ray Combs and longtime Yellow Springs High School Principal John Gudgel I Fix Things had all announced their intentions to leave, with Kitzmiller leaving in February and the others at the end of the school year. GLASER In March, the district hired Dawn Weller to replace Kitzmiller. Weller had worked for CONSTRUCTION 13 years as district treasurer in the Gree- • New Homes non District. In April three candidates for the position • Additions/Remodeling of school district superintendent visited; • Quality Work Tammy Carnahan of Greenon, Richard • Artistic Design Spindler of Berne and Mario Basora of Cincinnati. After meetings with the public, • Timely Completion Basora was hired as the new superin- • 30 years experience tendent, beginning his job in July. PHOTOS BY BROOKE BRYAN (LEFT) AND MEGAN BACHMAN In April the district announced that A new leadership team swept into the village schools this year with new Superintendent Mario Basora (pictured with wife Alice and CHRISTOPHER GLASER Yellow Springs resident Matt Housh, a children Carina and Mateo), Yellow Springs High School/McKinney Principal Tim Krier (left), and Mills Lawn Principal Matt Housh. principal in Huber Heights, would be the 767-1241 • cell 623-3618 new Mills Lawn principal and Tim Krier of Columbus would take over the Yellow Fiscal problems deepen business tax payment, was keeping the Schools get top rating Springs High School position, with both For the first time in recent years, the district in the black despite the deficit In August the Yellow Springs School Dis- starting in the fall. school district anticipated a deficit at the spending, but the surplus was projected to trict learned that its students had achieved A 30-year veteran of local schools, first as end of the school year of about $600,000, run out in 2013. the highest ranking possible, Excellent teacher, then counselor, then high school due to static revenues and rising expenses. In December, Basora urged the school with Distinction, on last year’s Ohio �������������������������� principal, Gudgel was feted at a series School income tax, which is a significant board to begin addressing the fiscal crisis, Achievement Tests. The ranking was an ����������� �������� of events. He announced his intention part of the district budget, was expected suggesting several areas in which budget improvement over recent years, when the to return to the district in the fall as the to decline about 20 percent this year com- cuts could be made: reductions in the district received an Excellent ranking. interim Mills Lawn counselor. pared to last. District leaders forecast a workforce, incentives for early retirement, Students celebrated with a special larger deficit for next year if significant cuts reviewing the current educational services assembly in the high school gym, which � �� contract, sharing educational services with ���� Levy passes easily were not made. In June, the board held a included music and dancing. � nearby districts and offering more online In May the school district 8.7 mills Committee of the Whole meeting, attended ������� ��� renewal levy passed handily, with 75 by about 50 teachers and community mem- and flexible credit options. While Basora 2020 Initiative launched percent of local voters saying yes to the bers, to address the issue. stated that staff reductions should be a In December the first stage of the Class ����� last resort, he estimated that two to four ��� ✃ renewal. The levy, which generates about In the October five-year forecast, of 2020 Initiative was launched with two �������� $1 million yearly, or 13 percent of the dis- Weller said the schools were losing about employees may need to be cut. workshops, one for district teachers and trict budget, was established in 2000 and $500,000 a year. A budget surplus, accu- A Jan. 19, 2011, special meeting on the one for the community. About 40 villagers ��������������������� renewed three times since. mulated several years ago from a one-time fiscal situation was planned. attended the community forum. ��������������� ��������������������������� www.YSNEWS.com YOUTH AND SCHOOL NOTES

Film and photography works by Colby boys, Ryan Newsome was MBC player of the Lauren Westendorf, Nicky Sontag, Shelley ���������������� Silvert, Nicky Sontag, Sadie Rehm, Kelly year and first team, District 15 and Southwest Murphy, Adam Zaremsky, Lucas Donnell, �������������������� Miller and Eliot Cromer were selected District first team and all-state honorable Megan Miller and Philip Kellog. ������������������������ from among those of students at 150 mention. Will Ripley was MBC first team John Michael Malone was valedictorian participating high schools for the South- and Southwest District honorable mention. and Dylan Amlin salutatorian for the YSHS ������������������������������������ western Ohio/Northern Kentucky 2010 Ryan Phillips and Ian Wimberly were MBC Class of 2010, which graduated 56 mem- Scholastic Art Exhibition. second team and Davone Freeman won the bers on June 3. Jacob Kintner attained the rank of Eagle MBC sportsmanship award. In the spring YSHS junior Mario Cosey placed fifth in Wishing you a PEACEFUL Scout with the Boy Scouts of America in in tennis, doubles players Nicky Sontag and the 100-yard dash at the state Division III February. Aaron Fletcher became an Eagle Will Turner were named first team MBC and track meet at Ohio State on June 5. Scout in April. singles players Addison Pettiford and Carl Mills Lawn students Jade Miller, Sheki- and PROSPEROUS New Year! The McKinney seventh grade boys Wiener second team. Savita Bathija received nah Williams and Lake Miller attended the ��������������������� basketball team won the Metro Buckeye the All League Coaches Award. Junior National Young Leaders Conference Conference title in February. Members of the YSHS Class of 2010 took in Washington, D.C., in July. YSHS sophomore Erika Chick won bronze their senior trip to New Orleans April 5–11 Aman Ngqakayi went undefeated for the medals in the 200- and 500-meter freestyle at The Children’s Center hosted a dance Yellow Springs Sea Dogs in the season- ���������������������������������� the Ohio High School state swim meet in Feb- party at the Bryan Center on April 10. ending Miami Valley Swim Association ruary. In December, as a junior, she broke the YSHS presented Urinetown: The Musi- Championship in Wilmington July 23–24. ������������������������������� Wittenberg University pool record in the 500 cal April 23–May 2 and The Importance of He broke the meet record for the 50-meter at the Kenton Ridge Invitational. Being Earnest Nov. 12–24. breaststroke for boys 11–12 and also won Fiber artist Amy Rich was an Ohio Arts The YSHS girls finished first and the the 50 and 100 freestyle races. Charlotte �������������������������������������������������� Council artist-in-residence at the Antioch boys second at the Bulldog Invitational Walkey, David Walker, Fisher Lewis, School in March. Track and Field Meet on May 7. Rachel Meyer and Zoey McKinley each

����������������������� YSHS boys basketball team finished The Antioch School Younger Group held won five ribbons. with a 17–4 season when it bowed in the a circus at the school on April 30. On May Nicole Fulton was elected president and sectional finals, 40–37, to Franklin Monroe 7–8, Antioch School students performed The Austin Pence vice-president of the Dream on March 3. Wizard of Oz at the Clifton Opera House. Catchers, a new 4-H club in the Yellow A play by Philip Kellogg and one co-writ- John Michael Malone and Molly Turner- Springs area, when it formed in the spring. BENTINO’S�BENTINO’S � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ten by Shirlisa Scott and Stefany Lewis Craft were king and queen of the 2010 prom YSHS canceled the fall football program were among six student plays chosen for on May 8 in the Glen Helen Building. because of too few players to field a team. The ����� “Changed for Good: A Wicked Ten Minute The YSHS Planting Peace group traveled program had last been canceled in 1993. Playwriting Festival,” presented at the to on May 14 to hear the 14th Donovan Berends and Hannah Kumbusky �������������� ����� Schuster Center in Dayton March 5–7. Dalai Lama of Tibet speak on “Facing Chal- were named Homecoming king and queen ���������������������� The YSHS team won a mock trial com- lenges with Compassion and Wisdom.” at the YSHS boys soccer game Sept. 23. ���������������������� petition sponsored by the Ohio Center for The Sundog 7 Film Festival, a regional Mills Lawn teacher Ben Trumbull was Law Related Education against East Colum- event that drew 82 submissions from 14 one of 1,100 teachers nationwide in Octo- ������������������������� bus and Hilliard on March 12. schools in the Columbus, Dayton and ber to win $1,000 in classroom supplies ����������������������� Mills Lawn sixth grader Alex Oliver won Cincinnati areas, was held at the Little Art from a local Office Max store. second place in the Greene-Montgomery Theatre on May 15. The YSHS boys cross country team won ������������������������� ����������������������� Special Olympics Basketball Tourney on McKinney eighth grader Naomi Guth the Metro Buckeye Conference champi- March 20 at Wayne High School. Later in the earned a runner-up award in poetry at the onships on Oct. 16 for the sixth time in spring, Charlie Fenimore took second place 2010 state Power of the Pen tournament at seven years. The girls team placed third. in the 100-meter run at the regional Special Wooster College May 20–21. The YSHS boys soccer team finished Olympics at Central State University. Inducted into the YSHS National Honor second in post-season district tournament Several YSHS basketball players were hon- Society were Nichole Fulton, Kelsey play, losing the title game Oct. 28 to Cincin- ored at season’s end. For the girls Maryah Cundiff, Megan Hammond, Louisa Rich, nati Summit Country Day, 2–0. After a 1–5 Martin was named to the Metro Buckeye Hannah Kumbusky, Aprile Doubt, Tif- start, the team finished 7–8–3. � � � � � � �� Conference second team, Alex Beer won the fany Wilson, Lizzy Gonder, Sadie Rehm, YSHS seniors Megan Hammond, Philip � � � � � � � MBC sportsmanship award, and Ronique Quinn Leventhal, Barbara Jewell, Jake Kellogg and Lauren Westendorf were Cobb received the Bulldog Award. For the Kintner, Kelly Miller, Mitchell Brickson, named National Merit Commended Stu- dents. Porter Fitch, a senior at Miami Valley School, was named a National Merit ����������������� Semifinalist. ���������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������� ����� ������� ������������������� ��������� ��������������������������� �������� �������������������� ����������������������������������������������������� ������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������� ������������������� �� ������������������������ ���������������������������������������� �� �������� �������������������������������������������� �� ������������������ ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �� ���������������������� ������������������������ ��������������� ����������������� ������������������ ��������������������