aying hits, improvisation, and original songs at the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds during the “Most Popular Fair on Earth.” On Sept. 23, five students and one faculty member serenaded the fairgoers with a live jazz performance. The group is composed of seniors Sam McKnight on guitar and Seth Hendrickson on drums, juniors Victoria Cooney on vocals and Trent Meyer on trombone,...
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A nutty legacy
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 selling fudge, hot dogs, corn...
Heartwarming baseball film undertakes too many genres
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. But unlike “Moneyball,” this movie...
‘Two tickets to paradise’: music legend comes to Hillsdale
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 were getting the chicks,” he...
