I think what distinguishes this fair is the fact that everybody is involved -- city fathers, township trustees and the city workers even.

I'm getting a lot of stick because my character in 'Young Dracula' wanted to be vampire, so now that I am a vampire, everyone's like, 'You finally did it!' But it's cool and I loved doing 'Young Dracula.' That show's finished and I don't know why it ended, so it was brilliant to go into 'Being Human,' which is like the adult version of it.

The way this seems to be working, it's not explosive, it's smoldering. A case here, a case there. It's not a cause for alarm. It's something we're certainly worried about, something we're tracking and following. We're hopeful that the additional cases that will show up eventually will be minimal.

It's a fun event -- way wet. It's one of those firefighter challenger things that grew into a sport.

If there are just a few seed heads out, then forget it. Manage it like you normally do. But if your field is full of seed heads, then mow it. If it rains in May or June, the new growth will be leafy and less toxic than the fields not mowed.

We actually had a lot of requests to bring them back. Rick K. does just about everything as far as all types of music. I call him a cruise ship entertainer. It's a high-energy type of show. ... New Odyssey, they play like 30 different instruments among the three of them. They're a very talented group.