May 5, 2026

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Rina Risper

Reflections of Life

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Antonella Milagros Benavides and her father, Sean Paul Benavides celebrating her Sweet 16.   Courtesy photo

 

By Sean Paul Benavides

While working at the Domino’s Pizza store in East Lansing in 1985, Sundays were crazy as we would sell hundreds and hundreds of pizzas to  Michigan State University (MSU) students. One particular day an older manager named Phil (name changed), would do the routing of the pizza deliveries which meant that he would send different orders on the same delivery with one driver. 

 

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News Spotlight: Lansing Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is presenting “White Christmas”

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 Lansing Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is presenting “White Christmas”, a Gala Night at the Riverwalk Theatre, Tuesday, December 3, beginning at 6:00 pm.


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Movie Review: Baggage Claim

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Studio:     Fox Searchlight (96 minutes)
Plot:     A single flight attendant embarks on a thirty-thousand-mile expedition mission to find a potential suitor.
Cast:     Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Boris Kodjoe, Adam Brody, Trey Songz
Rating:     PG 13
Bottom Line:     ****
 

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Excuse me, are you listening? 12-20

Rina Risper08 mins

Dear Readers,
 
Over the past year, I have learned about several experiences with people I care about having house fires.  Please be very careful.  When you read this letter, please make yourself a note to change the batteries in your fire detectors.   Now is the time for us all to check and make sure that we inspect our homes for fire hazards before winter arrives.  You may even need to hire someone to help you especially if your house is older. 

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Get Free Asthma Help on Saturday, October 26

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The Mid-Michigan Asthma Coalition’s free asthma help event for area residents, “Not One More Life (NOML)” is Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church at 3500 West Holmes Road, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The NOML event was originally developed by Dr. LeRoy Graham of Atlanta, Georgia to help adults and children experiencing breathing difficulties gain the knowledge needed to make informed decisions about their health.

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Your Other 8 Hours: 3 steps to prepare for the next disaster

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By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
As a “sudden wealth” financial planner, I take great pride in helping others determine where they are going and how to get there. I consider myself an eternal optimist. In my mind, the glass is not half empty or half full — it is well on its way to becoming full. People are generally good and do what is right. On the other hand, I’m also a realist, looking not only at the destination but rather at all of the things that can go wrong along the way.

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Top 5 Ghost Towns

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Hashima Island (also called Gunkanjima) off the coast of Nagasaki Port in Japan.
GUNKANJIMA Japan National Tourism Organizat Virtual Tourist

 
 
Halloween is synonymous with costumes, an abundance of bite-sized candy and adorable photos of children dressed as cartoon characters, superheroes and monstrous creatures. However, the spirit of Halloween can also influence your travels. Rather than focusing on haunted destinations, the members and editors of VirtualTourist.com have compiled a list of those places that have been abruptly abandoned by people, making them spooky and eerie. From an abandoned Greek village in Turkey to a former disaster site in the Ukraine, here are VirtualTourist’s “Top 5 Ghost Towns.”

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My Michigan: Local Screen Writer Returns Home to Promote Debut Film

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Left:  Jazmen Darnell Brown is a screenwriter born and raised in Lansing, MI with his mother, Dawn Brown at the screening of his feature film, “The Citizen”.    Courtesy photos
 
By Deborah M. Walker
 
LANSING, MI — For the past five years, Jazmen Darnell Brown a 2003 J.W. Sexton High School graduate had been waiting anxiously for what would be his inauguration into the world of feature film writing. Since 2008, Brown had been working on his project trying perilously to explain his cinema venture to friends and family who were perplexed as to the extent of his work. Brown tried countless times to clarify and the grand scale of his work and now he can finally reveal the result of his endeavor. 

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The Kid’s Doctor: Be truthful when explaining death to a child

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By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
 
 The mother had been fortunate that no one in her own immediate family had died, and therefore she’d never really discussed death with her daughter. I could sense that she was dreading the discussion, just as much as some parents dread discussing sexuality with their children. Interestingly, both of these issues are “facts of life.”

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