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Basim Blunt has been named executive director of the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices in Yellow Springs. He began his role July 1. (Photo courtesy of basimblunt.com)

Basim Blunt named Eichelberger Center executive director

Basim Blunt — the host of WYSO’s weekly funk program “Behind the Groove” and a longtime radio producer at the station — was recently named the new executive director of the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO.

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Web Features

Free event to promote women’s health

The locally based Feminist Health Fund will host Women’s Health & Wellness Day on Saturday, Sept. 30, 1–4 p.m., at the Wellness Center, 240 E. South College St., on the Antioch College campus.
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Water colors

On Friday, Sept. 22, the News caught local artist and meter reader Travis Hotaling working on an unusual canvas: the Village recently tasked the painter with beautifying some of the downtown fire hydrants.
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Action, laughs and heart in ‘She Kills Monsters’

In the upcoming Yellow Springs High School production of “She Kills Monsters,” comedy and drama come together to examine loss through a unique — and for its main character, unexpected — lens: the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons.
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Arts (archives)

World House Choir to celebrate a decade of song, social justice
The World House Choir — a multicultural and intergenerational musical group whose decade-long repertoire has embraced songs that put forward messages of unity, solidarity and social justice — will perform its 10-year anniversary concerts Thursday–Saturday, Sept. 21–23, at the Foundry Theater.
New Little Art Theatre manager is old hand
Next time you go to the movies, you can join the longtime Yellow Springs resident Caleab Wyant in celebrating his new position at the Little Art if you greet him by his new title: Theater Manager.
40 years of Chamber Music in Yellow Springs
Chamber Music in Yellow Springs, or CMYS, will mark its 40th anniversary this season, which opens Sunday, Sept. 24. Established in 1983, CMYS was founded by a handful of devoted classical music lovers.

Village Schools (archives)

School board resumes facilities, levy talks
As the Nov. 7 election day approaches, the Board of Education last week resumed discussing an upcoming levy to address district school facilities.
Yellow Springs school board appoints Scott Fife
On Friday, Sept. 1, the Yellow Springs Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint local resident Scott Fife as a member of the board.
Yellow Springs Board of Education to pursue phone plan
The Board of Education returned to a discussion of phones in schools at its Aug. 10 regular meeting; the board originally discussed the issue at a July 6 meeting after receiving a letter from 16 district parents concerned about how phones affect school environments.

Economy (archives)

Community, tea at CommuniTEA
For local mother-daughter team Amy and Modjeska Chavez of CommuniTEA Love, the making and drinking of tea is itself the grand affair.
Fine lines at Studio Uncommon
True to its name, Studio Uncommon, Yellow Springs’ newest tattoo parlor, specializes in a unique and infrequent style. It’s located in Suite L at 305 N. Walnut St., in the Millworks business park.
Yellow Springs Home, Inc. awarded $1.5 million for senior housing
Yellow Springs Home, Inc. announced that the Ohio Housing Finance Agency has reserved approximately $1.5 million to fund a 32-unit senior rental housing unit slated to be built on 1.8 acres along Marshall and Herman streets.

Village Life (archives)

My Name Is Iden | Put aside your judgement
"Ignorance must be met with teaching, not preaching. Your right may be different from my right."
Villagers Beth Rubin, Catherine Roma to be inducted into Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame
Two local residents, Beth Rubin and Catherine Roma, have been named to this year’s roster of inductees to the Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame, or GCWHF. Since its establishment in 1981, the GCWHF has aimed to honor women living and working in Greene County.
Sunflower field to bloom next week
The Yellow Springs sunflower field planted each year by Sharon and David Neuhardt just north of the village, at 4627 U.S. 68, is anticipated to be in full bloom beginning Friday, Sept. 22, and lasting through at least the next weekend.

Government (archives)

Miami Township Trustees | Zoning hearing set, letter discussed
The BZA will consider a temporary-use permit to allow the Chamber of Commerce to sell bottled water and T-shirts at the sunflower field owned by local residents David and Sharen Neuhardt.
Village Council considers electrical grid improvements
"The Village is currently in 'good shape' in how it distributes power to its residents and businesses, but if Yellow Springs is to continue growing, the grid will need to be improved."
Planning Commission | Lumber Co. Market & Eatery project advances
The future business sited for that land, dubbed the Lumber Co. Market & Eatery, owned by Massies Creek Ventures, LLC, aims to have approximately 10 vendors selling prepared foods and goods in a newly renovated facility where a 1940s-era lumber yard once stood.

Obituaries (archives)

Carolyn Louise Bradford
Carolyn Louise Bradford peacefully passed away at 81 years young after battling lung cancer that was diagnosed earlier this year.
Jasiah H. Zinger-Mitchell
Jasiah H. Zinger-Mitchell, 21, of Yellow Springs, passed away Sept. 19, 2023, in Yellow Springs.
Martin Stromberg
Martin Stromberg, 70, of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully on Sept. 11, 2023, in Dayton, Ohio. He was born on April 17, 1953, to the late Fredrick and Marie (Wood) Stomberg in Broadstairs, England.
Marilyn Berryman
Marilyn Berryman passed away on July 26, 2023, due to natural causes after a fall.
Shoji ‘Sho’ Maruyama
Shoji “Sho” Maruyama, beloved father of Jeff, Benji, Drew and Mike Maruyama, passed away peacefully on Aug. 12, 2023. He was 96.

Higher Education (archives)

Two Antioch College buildings go up for sale
Antioch College announced last week that it has listed for sale two of its prominent campus buildings — the Sontag-Fels Building, located at 800 Livermore St., and the Charles F. Kettering Building, at 150 E. South College St.
Antioch College to sell, lease properties
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, Antioch College announced in a press release that it will list some of its land and buildings for lease or sale.
Building Community | McGruder brings expertise, experience to local orgs
Kevin McGruder, who has lived in Yellow Springs for 11 years, has spent his time in the village finding space for himself, and in turn, creating space for others.

Sports (archives)

Bulldog Sports Round-Up | Sept. 29, 2023
After a few losses, the varsity girls soccer team pulled out two at-home wins last week, besting Miami Valley School 6–2 on Tuesday, Sept. 19, and Belmont, 7–0, on Thursday, Sept. 21.
Bulldog Sports Round-Up | Sept. 8, 2023
With near perfect running weather, the Yellow Springs High School and McKinney Middle School cross-country teams performed admirably at the annual Fairborn Skyhawk Invitational on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Blunt gets 7th place at state track meet
Graduating senior Malcolm Blunt capped off his stellar track career by earning a medal with a seventh-place finish in the 200 meters at the Division III state track meet.