Black History Month Events at Lansing Community College
Monday February 18, 2008, A&S 205b, 4:00pm-6:00pm
African-American music history discussion Great Black Music, Ancient to Future-session will include jazz artists such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, Dart Auditorium, 11:00am-1:00pm
Malcolm X Celebration featuring Shabazz Academy-students from Shabazz Academy will sing, recite poetry, and dance for this show.
Wednesday February 20, 2008, Dart Auditorium 11:00am-1:00pm
Kemba Smith-“Power of Women in Making Healthy Relationship Choices. And Not for Women Only”
Thursday, February 21, 2008, Kennedy Cafeteria 6:00pm-8:00pm
Poetry Slam featuring The Nu Poet Collective and William Evans.
Friday February 22, 2008, HCC Sunroom, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Brown bag book club discussion sessions- Coming of Age in Mississippi by Ann Moody will be discussed in group a group setting. Participants will have read said chapters prior to the discussion.
Monday, February 25, 2008, Kennedy Cafeteria 11:00am-2:00pm
Soul food Cookoff-Aramark will accept recipes from LCC faculty, staff, and students ahead of time and will choose some recipes to feature the day of event.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 West Campus 5:00pm-7:00pm
Community Soul Food Affair-Area soul food restaurants and vendors will sell food/merchandise. This event will have a market feel to it. A ceremony will be held to recognize community members who have contributed to the Lansing African-American community.
Thursday, February 28, 2008, A&S 205b, 1:00pm-3:00pm
African-American Music History discussion- A Change is Gonna Come-this session will trace the influences of such gospel and R&B artists as R.H. Harris and Sam Cooke in the 1950’s & 1960’s to Thelonius Monk and Miles Davis.
Friday, February 29, 2008, HCC Sunroom 12:00pm-1:00pm
Book club discussion sessions-Continuation Coming of Age in Mississippi by Ann Moody started on 2/22/08
All events are free and open to the public. There will be a voter registration drive & NAACP membership drive at all of the events.
New Era Canning Company Expands Nationwide Recall Risk of botulism from
additional canned vegetable products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers, food service operators, and food retailers that New Era Canning Company, New Era, Mich., is broadening its nationwide recall of canned vegetable
products for a third time because of the potential for its foods to be
contaminated with Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum).
C. botulinum produces the toxin that causes botulism and can cause life-threatening illness or death. The affected New Era products are large institutional-sized cans, weighing between six and seven pounds, of various types of beans, blackeye peas, and asparagus.
To date, no illnesses have been reported to the FDA. However, consumers
should not consume these products, even if they appear to be normal,
because of the potential serious risk to health. Consumers who have the
affected products, or who have used them in recipes, should immediately
throw the cans and food away.
The potentially contaminated products are marketed under ten different
brand names:
1. Classic Sysco
2. Code
3. Frosty Acres Restaurant’s Pride Preferred
4. GFS
5. Kitchen Essentials
6. Monarch Heritage
7. Necco
8. New Era
9. Nugget
10. Reliance Sysco
Processors other than New Era may be packing these brands. Only products
packed by New Era are subject to the recall, so individuals must check
the lot numbers on the bottom of the cans to determine if the product is
affected by the recall. A complete list of specific brands, products,
and lot codes subject to the New Era recalls can be found at
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/newera.html.
Symptoms of botulism poisoning in humans can begin from six hours to two
weeks after eating food that contains the toxin. Symptoms may include
double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, and muscle weakness that moves progressively down the body, affecting the shoulders first, then descending to the upper
arms, lower arms, thighs, and calves. Botulism poisoning also can cause
paralysis of the breathing muscles, which can result in death unless assistance with breathing (mechanical ventilation) is provided.
Individuals who have these symptoms and who may have recently eaten the
products under recall or other food products made with them should seek
immediate medical attention.
Any food that may contain the affected products should be disposed of carefully. Even tiny amounts of the C. botulinum toxin can cause serious
illness when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the eye or a break
in the skin. Skin contact should be avoided as much as possible, and
hands should be washed immediately after handling the food.
When disposing of these products, double-bag the cans in plastic bags.
Make sure the bags are tightly closed, then place in a trash receptacle for non-recyclable trash outside of the home. Restaurants and
institutions should ensure that such products are only placed in locked
receptacles that are not accessible to the public. Additional instructions for safe disposal may be found at
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/botulism_g.htm . Anyone with questions may call the FDA at 1-888-SAFEFOOD.
This recall is the most recent to result from an ongoing investigation
of New Era Canning’s processing plant by the FDA and the Michigan
Department of Agriculture. The FDA initiated an inspection of New Era Canning, along with inspections of other low acid canned food
manufacturers, following four cases of botulism in consumers who had
consumed canned, hot dog chili sauce in the summer of 2007.
