July 3, 2008

COMMUNITY CALENDAR and ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thurs

Reminders | Announcements

Thursday, July 3 (top)
• Bryan High School Alumni Association meeting, 10 a.m., Room A, Bryan Ctr.
• “Lunch Bugs,” 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m., library.
• South Town Farmers Market, 4–8 p.m., Dollar General parking lot.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
• Patient and caregiver support group meeting, 7 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Contra dance, 7–9 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• YSKP production of Frankenstein, 7:30 p.m., Antioch Amphitheater.
• Book discussion group, 7:45 p.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Jazz Arts Studio Septet concert, 8 p.m., MLS gym.
• Tracy Walker, 10 p.m., Peach’s Grill.

Friday, July 4 (top)
• Independence Day Parade, 3 p.m., Xenia Ave. to Bryan Ctr.
• Picnic/cookout, 6:30 p.m., UUF meetinghouse.
• Community Band concert, 8 p.m., Gaunt Park.
• Lions Club presents fireworks, dusk, Gaunt Park.
• W.G. Blues Unit, 10 p.m., Peach’s Grill.

Saturday, July 5 (top)
• Zen meditation, 7:30 a.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Farmers Market, 8 a.m., Kings Yard parking lot.
• Intro to yoga class, 8–8:45 a.m., Yoga Springs Studio.
• Wildflower walk, 9 a.m., 1075 St. Rte. 343.
• Tai chi practice, 9:30 a.m., Antioch Theater.
• Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 10 a.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.
• Havurah Shabbat, 10 a.m., Rockford Chapel.
• Musical Bake Sale, 10 a.m.–noon, Downings Do It Best Hardware.
• Aerobics, 10:15 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Umoja Iddi Bakari funeral mass, noon, St. Paul Catholic Church.
• Peace vigil, noon–1 p.m., Xenia Ave. and Limestone St.
• Monster Mash Bash Alumni Pre-show Cabaret, 5:30 p.m., Antioch Amphitheater.
• Grand Finale Concert, 7 p.m., Kings Yard.
• Narcotics Anonymous meeting, 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church.
• Hal Harris Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Clifton Opera House.
• YSKP production of Frankenstein, 7:30 p.m., Antioch Amphitheater.
• Rob Heiliger, 10 p.m., Peach’s Grill.

Sunday, July 6 (top)
• Vipassana meditation, 8 a.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Adult spiritual discussion group, 8:30 a.m., UUF meetinghouse.
• Course in Miracles, 9 a.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.
• “Collateral Damage — Emergency in Afghanistan” program, 10 a.m., Unitarian Fellowship meetinghouse.
• Open studio, noon–3 p.m., John Bryan Community Pottery.
• Awareness practice group, 7 p.m., 333 Union St.
• Visioning/Planning Task Force meeting, 7 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• YSKP production of Frankenstein, 7:30 p.m., Antioch Amphitheater.
• Al–Anon meeting, 8 p.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.

Monday, July 7 (top)
• Flexercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Drop-in playgroup, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Bryan Ctr. gym.
• Chair volleyball, 11:15 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Senior lunch, noon, Senior Ctr.
• Dominoes, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Resource Wars discussion, 2:30–4 p.m., Antioch McGregor multi-purpose room.
• Blood and Oil screening, discussion, 4 p.m., Antioch McGregor auditorium.
• Aerobics, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Village Council meeting, 7 p.m., Bryan Ctr. Also televised live on cable TV channel 5.
• Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet lecture, 7 p.m., Antioch McGregor auditorium.
• Miami Township Board of Trustees meeting, 7 p.m., Township offices.

Tuesday, July 8 (top)
• Sunrise meditation, 7:30 a.m., 215 Park Meadows.
• Weaving class, 9:30 a.m.–noon, Senior Ctr.
• Crazy Craft Day, 10:30–11:30 a.m., library.
• Party bridge, 1–3:30 p.m., Lawson Place community room.
• Youth pick-up baseball league, 6:30 p.m., Gaunt Park.
• Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.
• Miami Valley Weavers Guild meeting, 7 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.

Wednesday, July 9 (top)
• Wednesday School, 9:30 a.m.–noon, United Methodist Church.
• Drop-in play group, 10 a.m.–noon, Bryan Ctr. gym.
• Needlework group, 10 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Flexercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Chair volleyball, 11:15 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Senior lunch, noon, Senior Ctr.
• Dominoes, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Aerobics, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Senior outing to Two Gentlemen of Verona, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Duplicate bridge, 6:30–10 p.m., Lawson Place community room.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., Rockford Chapel.
• Village Cable Advisory Panel, 7 p.m., Bryan Ctr.

Thursday, July 10 (top)
• “Lunch Bugs,” 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m., library.
• Community food pantry open, 2–4 p.m., United Methodist Church.
• South Town Farmers Market, 4–8 p.m., Dollar General parking lot.
• Tennis clinic begins, 5–8 p.m., Antioch courts.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
• Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., Mills Lawn Graham conference room.
• Visioning/Planning Task Force meeting, 7 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Contra dance, 7–9 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Environmental Commission, 7:15 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Book discussion group, 7:45 p.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Owl program and release, 8 p.m., Horace Mann Meadow.

Reminders (top)

Alumni of Bryan High School to meet
The Bryan High School Alumni Association will meet Thursday, July 3, 10 a.m., in meeting room A at the Bryan Community Center for the mailing of the July newsletter.

Summer tennis clinic planned
Tennis professional Stephen M. Wilson will hold a weekly tennis clinic open to all skill levels, starting Thursday, July 10, at the Antioch tennis courts. Times of the clinics are beginners, 5–6 p.m.; intermediate, 6–7 p.m.; and advanced, 7– 8 p.m. There are no contracts; pay as you play at $10 per session.

ANNOUNCEMENTS (top)

July 4th parade, concert, fireworks
The annual Yellow Springs Independence Day Parade will take place on Friday, July 4th, at 3 p.m.

The parade route is the same as last year, starting from the Wright State Family Health Clinic on Xenia Avenue and ending at the Bryan Center. Participants should line up beginning at 2 p.m.

Slots for additional marchers are still available and anyone who wants to participate is encouraged to do so. Needed are floats, antique cars, trucks, tractors and groups of any kind — anything with wheels, hooves or feet may march in the parade. Those not in the parade are invited to come out and watch.

The route will be north on Xenia Avenue, west on Corry Street, north on Dayton Street and into the Bryan Community Center parking lot. Questions may be directed to Dave Triplett at 767-2012.

As is traditional, the Yellow Springs Community Band will play marches and patriotic songs before the fireworks on Friday, July 4, at Gaunt Park. The Lion’s Club will offer cold drinks and popcorn for sale, to help defray the cost of the fireworks display.

Fireworks, sponsored by the Yellow Springs Lions Club, will begin at dusk. The rain date is Saturday, July 5. The fireworks are supported by donations from village merchants and businesses as well as the donations collected at the event itself from the crowd at Gaunt Park. The approximate cost to hold the fireworks is $6,000. The Lions and other volunteers will be at the park soliciting from the crowd and all donations will be greatly appreciated.

No t-ball play on July 4
There will be no Perry League t-ball game on Friday, July 4, due to the Fourth of July celebration at Gaunt Park.

Visioning meeting set
The next meeting of the Visioning/Planning Task Force will be on July 10, 7 p.m., at the Bryan Community Center in Council chambers. Contact Len Kramer, 767-2324 or 572-4840, for more information.

AUM to host talks, film in eco series
Antioch University McGregor will host Michael T. Klare on Monday, July 7, for the following free and open to the public events:

2:30–4 p.m., open discussion about Klare’s book Resource Wars (multi-purpose room) as part of the MIIND series;

4 p.m., a showing of the film Blood and Oil based on Klare’s book by the same title (auditorium);

5–5:30 p.m., discussion of Blood and Oil (auditorium);

7 p.m., lecture on Klare’s new book Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (Metropolitan Books).

Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, in Amherst, Mass. He is the author of the recently published book Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (Metropolitan Books). His other books include Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict; and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan).

YSKP’s ‘Monster Mash Bash’ July 5
YS Kids Playhouse will continue with a final week of performances of Frankenstein, or the Difficulty of Changing One’s Mind, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, July 3, 5 and 6, at 7:30 p.m., in the Antioch Amphitheater. There will be no performance on July 4.

The community is invited to join in the Monster Mash Bash on Saturday, July 5, featuring the alumni pre-show cabaret, 5:30–7:15 p.m. YSKP alums will perform fire juggling, stand-up comedy, short sketches and singing. Picnic plates will be available for purchase or attendees may bring their own. YSKP alumni are invited to see the show at no charge on Saturday and after the performance there will be a talk back with current and past YSKP company members. A Frankenstein cast party will take place at Young’s Jersey Dairy after the show.

All shows and the pre-show will be performed rain or shine.

Summer Strings 45th ‘Finale’ set
The location and children may have changed over the years but the the Summer Strings and Band program still serves the community well. The three-week music camp closes with the “Grande Finale Concert” on Saturday, July 5, 7 p.m., in Kings Yard (Mills Lawn if it rains). There will be music, cake from Current Cuisine, balloons galore from Mr. Fubs, and “Cherokee Chief” to close the annual program. The village is invited to attend.

The Summer Strings and Band program is sponsored by the Yellow Springs Youth Orchestra Association, the Community Council and United Way with the support from the Yellow Springs public schools.

Downings to hold ‘Musical Bake Sale’
The equally long-lived “Musical Bake Sale” will take place Saturday, July 5, at Downings Do It Best Hardware, from 10 a.m. to noon, while students play in groups throughout the village. Donations are appreciated and are used for scholarships.

YSHS reunions
Many graduates of Yellow Springs High School have planned reunions over the 4th of July holiday weekend. Following are the classes that have scheduled events:

•The YSHS Class of 1978 will hold a reunion from 4–7 p.m., on Friday, the Fourth of July, at the John Bryan Park, lower shelter. Cost of the event is $5. Attendees should bring a dish to share. Contact Onica Evans Nakakura at nakakura@fuse.net for more information.

• The YSHS Class of 1965 (and friends) will hold its yearly get-together beginning at 5 p.m., on Saturday, July 5, at the home of Mark and Diana Partee, 3654 Snively Road. A light supper will be provided. Those planning to attend should RSVP by calling Mark at 767-5971, and bring chairs.

• The YSHS Class of 1968 has scheduled its 40th reunion for Saturday, July 5, from 5 to 10 p.m., in the Glen Helen Building. The event will include a potluck dinner. Attendees should bring an entree or side dish to share, and they are welcome to furnish their own alcoholic beverages.