DeBacker is the director of Alpha Omega Women’s Care Center, a life-affirming pregnancy resource center on Howell Street in Hillsdale, Mich. The center held a fundraiser called “Spice of Life” Oct. 19 at Hillsdale United Brethren Church with speaker Kirk Walden. How did you personally get involved with Alpha Omega? I was a young...
Year: 2012
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Professors, residents voice opposition to income tax
This fall, residents of Hillsdale will vote on a new income tax that will affect both residents and non-residents who work in the city. Though supporters of the tax claim revenue is needed to fix Hillsdale’s roads, opponents of the tax consider it wrong. “It’s grotesquely unjust,” said Paul Rahe, professor of history. “People living...
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2012: Worst apple shortage in six decades
Ninety percent of Michigan’s apple crop was destroyed in 2012 due to temperature fluctuations in the spring, bringing difficulty to orchards around the state and in the Hillsdale area. “We’re used to fluctuations in the weather,” Damon Glei, partial owner at Glei’s Orchards and Greenhouses, said. “But this is the most extreme case that we...
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Halloween in Hillsdale
All across town, shops and schools are gearing up for Halloween. Restaurants are rolling out fall-themed specials, and stores are bringing in truckloads of candy, all for the holiday. “When I’m done running candy, I hurt everywhere,” a Jonesville Walmart employee said. Walmart imports approximately 60 pallets of candy in preparation for the Halloween season....
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Weight Watchers to shape up campus
In an effort to promote health and wellness, the Weight Watchers program is returning to Hillsdale College’s campus starting this fall. An informational meeting for those interested in learning more about Weight Watchers will be on Oct. 31 and the program will start the following week. The program will last 12 weeks and the registration...