When senior Zelda Gilbert gave her name for a restaurant order, the cashier thought she wasn’t telling the truth. “I ordered at Chick-Fil-A one time and they asked me what my name was,” Gilbert said. “I said, ‘Zelda,’ and the woman was like, ‘You’re lying.’ I offered to show her my passport.” Gilbert is one...
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Footwear fills centuries-old tree
Old running shoes are thrown to their final resting place. Courtesy | Anna Roberts It was early spring when junior Ted Fehringer first saw the shoe tree. “It’s creepy as hell,” Fehringer said. “I feel like all those shoes belong to dead people.” Out for a run on Half Moon Lake Road a few miles...
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SAAC hosts annual Trunk-or-Treat event
Iris Litley and her father, Ryan, dressed as Ghostbusters: Courtesy | James Joski Fiction came to life as a long procession of children dressed in costumes ranging from the Eye of Sauron to Patrick Star opened their candy bags wide to students and athletes cloaked in the likenesses of Barney, Ronald McDonald, and everything in...
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Historic steam train returns to Hillsdale
Alex Bertram (left) and Tim Stockdale (right) with the train. Courtesy | Scot Bertram People waited by the tracks for the rare sound of an old, roaring train whistle. For a moment, time reversed as the 1944 locomotive No. 795 chugged into view. Families waved from its cars, and attendees snapped photos. The historic train...
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Last senior art exhibit shows in Daughtery gallery
(Left to right) Cecelia Cummins, Abby Davis, and Katie Lannon pose next to their work. COURTESY | James Joski Senior Cecelia Cummins singled out her favorite painting at her art show: a portrait of Julio Suarez called “He Taught Me How to Do This.” Suarez, chairman and associate professor of art, has taught Cummins since...