May 3, 2026

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Rina Risper

    Waiter

    Rina Risper011 mins

    I am a waiter. It is not really by choice that I have this job. It is a necessity for me so I can make my car payment and other bills that are not covered by my moderately paying day job. It is a pretty good day job for not having a college degree. I am lucky. I live alone with a mortgage, car payment, insurance, and maintenance of everything that I own. I do not have any credit card debt and I do not want to begin to have any now, especially to pay things like utilities. I am not crying the blues, and I do not want you to feel sorry for me. For the most part I do not mind being a waiter.

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    Breaking the Silence: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    Rina Risper05 mins

     

    Domestic violence homicide victims’ names from calendar year 2006 are listed alphabetically along with a synopsis of the circumstances surrounding each murder as described in newspaper articles. We cannot be certain that we have included all of the domestic homicides in the state. Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board (MDVPTB) contracts with a clipping service that provides newspaper stories reporting on domestic violence homicides printed in newspapers throughout Michigan.  The stories are then put into synopsis form for the purpose of creating this document.

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    Shabazz Students Present the Power of Poetry

    Rina Risper04 mins

    Left: Jeronte Jasper smiling while reciting the words to the children’s song “The Wheels on the Bus”.  The kindergarten students were immediately engaged and began to sing along.  Below:  The gym was packed with students and parents.

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    October is Small Business Month

    Rina Risper017 mins

    How to Successfully Navigate Your Business through an Economic Downturn

    An economic downturn is a phase of the business cycle in which the economy as a whole is in decline.  This phase basically marks the end of the period of growth in the business cycle. Economic downturns are characterized by decreased levels of consumer purchases (especially of durable goods) and, subsequently, reduced levels of production by businesses.

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    JURORS DISCUSS O.J.’S GUILTY VERDICT

    Rina Risper05 mins

     Panelists say decision  influenced heavily by secret audio tapes

    Seven jurors from the O.J. Simpson trial say their guilty verdict was influenced more by secret audio tapes and surveillance video than eyewitness accounts, reports the Associated Press.

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    Local Sorority Observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October

    Rina Risper01 mins

     

    The Women of the Lansing Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
    will be observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Tuesday, October 28, 2008.
    The theme is "Knowledge to Save Lives" to be held in the Banquet Hall at the Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Rd. East Lansing MI 48823 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

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    Democrats’ Hands Aren’t Clean in the Financial Mess

    Rina Risper09 mins

    The normally expansive Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but that when she was asked if the Democrats should get some of the blame for the Wall Street financial mess. Pelosi answered with a terse “no.” But Pelosi quickly got expansive when she finger pointed Bush and the Republicans for creating the mess. This is the standard Pelosi line.

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      Nu Resolution 7-19

      Rina Risper05 mins

      “Will you ever make change if you’re always coining the same attitude?”

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        Plain Talk 7-19

        Rina Risper04 mins

        Run for your lives the sky is falling. The sky is falling! That’s what Mr. Bush would have us to believe. Gloom and doom that’s just what we need to hear from our leader or is it?

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        Book Reveiw 7-19

        Rina Risper05 mins

         

         

         

         

         

        Shopgirl
        By Steve Martin
        ISBN:  1-4013-0827-9
        Publisher:  Hyperion
        Available:  Bookstores everywhere
         

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