Zeff Davis started selling peanuts at the Hillsdale County Fair when he was 4 years old. “My grandmother had me hustling peanuts at the grandstand,” Davis said. “She always let me walk the fences and kept me close.” Davis, an Addison, Mich., native, comes from a long line of fair vendors. His family has been...
The last two weeks of the baseball season are going to be insane, with over half the MLB playoff spots still up in the air. The new Clint Eastwood film “Trouble with the Curve” tries to cash in on the fan fervor, much like 2011’s “Moneyball,” which came out exactly a year ago last weekend....
Eddie Money will perform his signature hits, including “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise,” at the Hillsdale County Fair on Sept. 29. Money, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native, began performing music in the late 1960s after a brief stint as a police officer; he’d played since high school. “You know, all the football players...
For Sophomore Anna Chuslo, the art of poi and fire spinning is more than just exotic entertainment. “When you think of a poi spinner, typically what you think of is the half-clad Hawaiian islander at a luau,” Chuslo said. “It’s graceful, it’s beautiful, and it’s controlled –– not to mention really, really fun.” Chuslo, who...
This week marks the 162nd Hillsdale County Fair. The fair features a variety of events: concerts by musicians Rodney Atkins and Eddie Money, horse pulls, bull riding, 4-H events, and a combine demolition derby. An event of this magnitude takes quite a bit of preparation to be successful and enjoyable for those who work and...