By YS News Staff
Philip Lee Miller, longtime resident of Yellow Springs, passed away on Friday, Jan. 22. He was 72 years young.
By YS News Staff
Shawn S. Paige, loving wife and mother of three, passed away on Jan. 23, 2021, after a heart attack. She was 68.
By YS News Staff
Rachel Brookshire McKinley passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, in the comfort of her own home, on Jan. 18, 2021.
By Carol Simmons
On Thursday, Jan. 14, board members unanimously approved a contract with SHP Leading Design, designating the Cincinnati-based firm as the “pre-bond architect” that will work with the district in developing a new master plan for Yellow Springs school facilities.
Rachel Brookshire McKinley passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, in the comfort of her own home, on Jan. 18, 2021. She was 63 years young.
Diagnosed a year ago with an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer, she was determined to hold on long enough to cast her vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in November 2020 and was thrilled to see their election confirmed in January 2021.
Rachel was born in Eugene, Ore., on Jan. 6, 1958, to Kenneth and Barbara Brookshire. Her father was working on his doctorate in psychology at the University of Oregon at the time and her mother was working as a nurse. The family moved to Canada for a brief spell and then to Lancaster, Penn., where she spent her childhood years while her father taught at Franklin and Marshall University. A sabbatical leave took the family to Turku, Finland, for a year, and they spent part of their time touring around Europe. This experience seeded Rachel’s lifelong zest for travel and getting to know and understan