When your grandparents were children, they probably saw an episode of NBC’s “Howdy Doody,” which ran from 1947 to 1960 and starred “Buffalo” Bob Smith and his puppet, Howdy Doody, a play on the Western greeting “howdy do.” Today, you can find the 70-year-old freckled cowboy puppet at Hog Creek Antiques in Allen, Michigan. It...
The summer before my freshman year at Hillsdale I felt like I was going nowhere. I couldn’t wrap my mind around why things hadn’t panned out with the girl I liked in high school, I worked three part-time jobs, and I was training for my first collegiate Cross Country season. I was constantly tired, irritable,...
Springtime in Hillsdale: The sidewalk ice thaws, the snow turns to sleet, then to rain, then to sunshine, and as the students begin bravely to venture out of doors, so too do the theatrical productions. On May 6 in Slayton Arboretum, the curtain will rise on Shakespeare in the Arb’s 14th annual performance: Elizabethan rom-com...
State Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, says requiring Amish residents to register their buggies would be his last resort in preserving Hillsdale County roads and keeping drivers safe. “Registration would take things too far at this point in the process,” Shirkey said. Since February, Shirkey has met with several Amish bishops in Hillsdale County to discuss...
After starting work as a switchboard operator in Central Hall in 1999 and later becoming an executive secretary and project manager for the administration, Sheila Butler will join her husband in retirement in June. Butler works under Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. Her job includes coordinating details of building renovations and capital projects with contractors...