Sketches by Jean Payne (click on image to enlarge)
Photos by Lisa Goldberg
According to the article, Pomeranz's father had emigrated from Israel to the United States, and her mother from Germany.
"They both became citizens in time to vote for (JFK) and it meant the world to them," Pomeranz told Murphy. "I felt compelled to be here. The spirit of the entire Kennedy clan to give so much to the public was epitomized in Ted."
"Pomeranz said the only time she saw her father cry was when Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed," Murphy wrote.
American Chronicle: Kennedy Mourners Felt 'Compelled to Be Here'
as Julia-Jean Child
The artist Olga Ziemska and her assistant Jen mixing the medium for casting the hands for her sculpture "Flock of Hands."
Michael Brown gets instruction on how to form his hand so that it will be part of shadow dove.
Brown immerses his hand in the goop from the gloppitta-gloppitta machine.
All that remains is to fill the mold with plaster.
This Model A truck parked in front of Tom's
Famed TV writer and one-time Yellow Springer Rod Serling has been commemorated with his image on a U.S. Postage stamp according to the Website FedSmith.com. The "Early Memories" stamp collection of 20 shows that were popular in the early days of television is now available at the YS Post Office.
Photo by Virgil Hervey
Found along Hyde Road last week.Email GEC for more information at gec@greenlink.orgI support the USEPA proposal to significantly reduce mercury emissions from Portland cement kilns, the 4th largest source of mercury air emissions in the U.S. The proposed standards would also set emissions limits for total hydrocarbons, hydrochloric acid, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and toxic organic pollutants such as benzene, from kilns of all sizes. In addition, the agency is strengthening the outdated standards for particulate matter to better control kilns' emissions of lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals. (Language courtesy of Earthjustice)
listen... (2003)
Gather a Group of Friends, Family or Co-workers for the 4th Annual WYSO Open Miniature Golf Tournament!!! Thursday, September, 3rd at 5:30 PM (Starting time: Golf - 6:30 PM) To be held at "Udders & Putters" Miniature Golf at Young's Jersey Dairy Registration is $10 per person by Monday, September 1st . . . . $12 per person after September, 1st Fee includes: * Picnic dinner at picnic shelter * Chance to win Prizes Prizes will be awarded for: * Hole in one (Hole #15) * Rowdiest Team * Highest team score & Lowest team score Deadline for registration is September 1, 2009!!! To Register & pay online... Click HERE If you need additional information, please, call Jacki at 937-769-1388. PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY REGISTRATION FORM |
For more information on the Jan 2009 Smart Growth meeting -http://www.yellowspringsohio.org/docs/Going_Local_in_Yellow_Springs_Summary_Report.pdf.
Have you noticed any Purple Coneflower heads (Echinacea purpurea) that are overturned on the stem and drooping head-down? The Women's Park volunteers have noticed these "clipped heads" for several years, but this year almost half the flowers suffered. After some careful examination and being tipped off by a walker that there was a weevil doing this, we found that the culprit was the adult sunflower head-clipping weevil (Haplorhynchites aeneus Boheman).This shiny black weevil can sometimes be seen under newly clipped heads. The female is responsible for feeding on the stem until the head overturns. At this point the male and female mate and the female lays eggs in the head. The dead heads fall off in the fall and the new insects burrow about 6 inches into the soil to wait for summer when they emerge as adults.
We don't use pesticides at the Women's Park so the volunteers are trying to interrupt the life cycle of the pest by removing the dead heads and either freezing them for a few days or "cooking" them in black plastic bags in the sun for a few weeks and then putting them into the trash. We double bag to be sure they can't escape. We hope to see much less damage next year. These insects also infest sunflowers and silphium varieties – compass plant, prairie dock, and cup plant. Their season is about finished but removing heads now may protect next year's blooms.
Macy Reynolds - Women's Park Volunteer
2009 Writers' Workshop participants chatting in the AUM lobbyAUM has the facilities and the desire to use them for collaborations with village programmers. According to Weisman, joint efforts with village nonprofits provide service learning opportunities for AUM students that are consistent with the school's mission of the application of education to the betterment of communities and society.
"We have a built-in volunteer pool," Weisman said.
In a Blog interview in May with new AUM President Michael Fishbein, who at the time had not yet officially started in that position, he seemed predisposed to promoting these kinds of joint efforts. At a chance meeting at this year's keynote address, after he had a chance to get his feet on the ground, he indicated that he was very pleased with the way things were working out with the Workshop.
From its inception and throughout the 1990s, the Writers' Workshop was held entirely on the Antioch College campus, including the use of dormitory rooms to lodge participants. In 2001 and 2002, when the college was unwilling to commit its facilities far enough in advance for AWW scheduling, the Workshop was moved into the village as a whole, with Center Stage as ground zero for operations, morning lectures and evening programs, and whatever space could be conjured up around the village for the afternoon intensive sessions. The keynote was held on campus in Kelly Hall and the college's dining facilities were available for participants. A village host program was started to provide lodging. Starting in 2003, and for the next five years, the Glen Helen Building was AWW ground zero and the site of the open-to-the-public evening programs. What might have been perceived as an inconvenience to participants, their being scattered around the village in the afternoons, turned out to be part of the Workshop's charm, according to participant surveys. So, it has been retained as part of the program to this day.
With the closing of the Antioch campus, for its 2007 and 2008 programs, AWW turned to McGregor for the use of its large lecture hall to hold its keynote address. AUM had already underwritten the keynote speech for the past five years. Ground zero, however, continued to be the Glen Helen Building. This year all morning activities and the evening programs were moved to the AUM building. According to Short, whose involvement with the workshop started in 1990 as a participant and continued on and off as a speaker and faculty member to her present position as Director, this year's evening programs were more popular with the public than ever before.
"We were concerned about the distance from downtown," Short said of participants shuttling back and forth for their afternoon seminars. "But, as it turned out, it was not an issue."
In 2003, the position of AWW Director was expanded to a year-round job. Prior to that, it had been seasonal. Jordis Ruhl was the first full-time director. She served in the capacity for one year. Thereafter, villager Laura Carlson was the director for the next five years. Even though the position was full-time, it had no permanent office. The director worked from home. This year, for the first time, AWW has a year-round office in the McGregor building.
Other perks to AWW from its alliance with AUM include the opportunity to provide breakfast for its participants in the all purpose room, space for early morning meditation, and meeting rooms for one-on-one sessions between participants and agents, editors and faculty.
What's in it for McGregor? According to Weisman, who has been at AUM both on the faculty and as a Dean for the past 11 years, the AUM faculty had been talking about how to collaborate with AWW for some 18 months before this year's effort. The arrangement is mutually beneficial, Weisman said, pointing to such things as joint programming, marketing, and book sales at the McGregor book store. AUM creative writing students, both graduate and undergraduate, participated in this year's workshop for partial credit in an arrangement where Workshop and AUM tuition fees were prorated. There were seven undergraduate and two graduate students out of 70 participants overall.
"It was seamless for the [AWW] participants, and no extra effort for the [AWW] faculty," Weisman said. "The AUM students will continue their work post workshop on-line with faculty member Rebecca Kuder"
"The fact that there were those who participated for personal development along with students who were there for credit, only enriched the discussion," Short said.
AWW Director Sharon Short (L) with
AUM Dean and AWW Trustee Iris Weisman
"We already have the infrastructure for weekend learning," Weisman said of the possibility of additional off-season programs.
Weisman was happy to be invited to join the AWW Board this year, she said. There were three aspects of Yellow Springs that attracted her to take a position at McGregor in the first place: Antioch College; AUM's commitment to life-long learning; and the fact that the Antioch Writers' Workshop was here.
As an example of AUM's commitment to working with AWW, Weisman pointed out that they rescheduled this year's AUM graduation by a week, because it conflicted with the Workshop schedule.
"It was phenomenal how successful this was," Weisman said.
"…especially, since both Iris and I were new at our jobs," Short added.
"We would love to be the 'official site' of the Antioch Writers' Workshop," Weisman said.
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Disclosure: The writer served as Assistant Director of the Antioch Writers' Workshop during its Center Stage years (2001 - 2002). During that time, Mindy Carpenter was the director.
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