This week the Hillsdale County Fair board announced music legend Vince Gill will perform at the 2013 Hillsdale County Fair. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Gill has recorded over 18 studio albums and received 20 grammy awards. The fair will be Sept. 22-28. Gill will be the final grandstand performance on...
Author: Alex Anderson (Alex Anderson)
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Q&A: Michael Pack
Michael Pack is the president of Manifold Productions an independent film and television production company which specializes in historical documentaries. Pack wrote, directed, and produced numerous award-winning nationally broadcasted documentaries, as well as corporate and educational films. On April 11 at 6:30 p.m., Pack will be screening his documentary “Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton” in Lane 124....
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GOAL Scavenger Hunt to raise money for Hillsdale Health Center
Hillsdale College’s Students Against Cancer will be holding a scavenger hunt on April 6 at 3 p.m. Student Coordinator senior Amelia Kerton explained that this fundraiser is an opportunity for the GOAL program to directly impact the Hillsdale community. “Since all proceeds from our Relay for Life event in the fall goes to the...
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An Arctic adventure
As his plane broke through the billowing clouds and he began his descent toward the 78 north latitude line, the first thought that came to Junior Zak Dombrowski’s mind was, “Zak, you might not make it.” Sharp escarpments separated a bottomless sea from the towering peak of Mt. Rasek. But this harshness of the Swedish...
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Book review: ‘Living with Guns’
I still remember the day my brother didn’t answer his cell phone. On February 14, 2008, a local Chicago radio station reported that a shooter had gunned down several students at Northern Illinois University, the school that my brother David was then attending. Thank God for Dave’s penchant for working out: he was at the...