Why did you want to work for Penny’s? I wanted to work with people I like. My friends are the managers there, and it was a job. How often do you work there? I work about four times a week, in the afternoon or evening. What is your favorite drink? I really like...
At the edge of Hillsdale County’s city limits, Sarah Maier’s backyard is a luscious, green lawn divided into sections for her farm animals and flower garden, faintly smelling of the manure nourishing her plants. Her garden is filled with many different species of flowers. Needing money to purchase a car, Maier was 14 years old...
After 19 years of ownership, Prapai Ringenberg is ready to step down from management and sell the Coffee Cup Diner. “I work more than full time,” Ringenberg said. “My groin, lower back, and legs hurt and at my age it’s quite a bit.” Ringenberg has been in the restaurant industry for 50 years and she...
Consumed by memories, Anna gazes blankly over the edge of a cliff. Memories rush through her head, speeding away just like the vehicle in the accident. She remembers her son’s stuffed bunny lying lifelessly on the asphalt road, covered with smears of dirt and waiting for the boy’s return. “Into the Plains,” a short film...