Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain has set Dec. 21 as the date for new elections in Catalonia after the Catalan Parliament declared independence on Oct. 27. After Catalonia declared independence, chaos erupted. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont left for Brussels before he could be arrested and charged with acts of rebellion and sedition. The...
In middle school, my friend Danny Cannon told me a story about race. As a 3-year-old, his younger brother had embarrassed his mother in a Safeway. While she was scanning junk food, he was studying the guy bagging the groceries. This man happened to be black. Danny’s brother had never seen a black person before,...
Demolition work began at 115 E. Carlton Road this week for the new location of H.J. Gelzer & Son Hardware Inc. The hardware and sporting good company in downtown Hillsdale will move just a couple of blocks for a larger and more open space, more room for parking, and the opportunity for further expansion. In...
What are your events? I’m in the mid-distance sprints, so normally I do the 100m, 200m, and the 4×4, and sometimes I’ll do a 60m indoor, but primarily the 200m and 4×4. I came in to Hillsdale in that group, and I thought about moving into the short sprint’s group, nothing longer than a 200m,...
When our parents said “go,” my three brothers and I raced downstairs into the living room. We tugged our stockings off the mantle, treasuring each chocolate goodie from Santa and eyeing his empty cookie plate and half-drunk milk glass. By turns, we shucked gold and green-wrapped presents with festive tags marked “from Santa.” Overjoyed by...