The
final attendance for the 2010 North American International
Auto Show was 715,000 people. That is up by 65,000 from last
year's attendance of about 650,000 people in 2009. About 5,000
journalists attended the auto show from 61 countries. In 2009,
there was 5,500 reporters from 48 countries. The 2010 show
was significantly better than last year with bigger displays,
more automakers and a brand-new electric avenue. Attendees
could see that the auto industry was turning around by attending
the show. [2.8.10]
A
self-styled “Northern Hillbilly,” Greg Hanna is
indisputably from the North — specifically, from eastern
Ontario, Canada. But he’s also as Country as they come,
having been raised on a dairy farm near Finch, a community
of around 400 neighbors and friends. Family values were central
to his upbringing; so was a willingness to work hard and,
in Hanna’s case, a talent for writing and playing Country
songs. After lofting “Ain’t No Justice in Love”
into the Canadian Top 10 in 1999, Hanna moved down to Nashville
the following year. [2.7.10]
