Butterfly House at Michigan State University

Pre-school students, from Ms. Tricia Bransford’s class at Shabazz Academy, have no problem attracting the butterflies on a recent trip to the Butterfly House

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Local Sorority Digs Deep to Help Garden Project

Planting Seeds: Katie Olender, Food Systems Project Coordinator, NorthWest Initiative; Health Committee Chairman of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Chi Epsilon Omega Chapter, Mrs. Harriette Coleman Gillum, a retired registered nurse; Mark Eitrem, Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy Superintendent and Deana M. Newman, President of the Chi Epsilon Omega Chapter.
TNCP Photo.

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    News Briefs 6-8

    Annual Oratorical Contest and Beauty & Talent Pageant, May is National Foster Care Month, Michigan Children’s Case to Move Forward – Motion to Dismiss Denied Judge Rejects State’s Attempt to Dismiss Case to Reform State Foster Care System,

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    Care Free Medical Gives Free Primary Care to Hundreds of Area’s Underinsursed

    LANSING, MI — When Conrad Smith of Lansing was laid off from a 20-year dry walling career last December, he never dreamed the next few months would bring a diagnosis of Stage 2 prostate cancer from a team of volunteer doctors and an opportunity to volunteer his skills to give the gift of health to someone else.

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    Unity in the Community Q&A

     What is prayer, and what results do you expect from it?

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    Excuse Me… 6-8

          As it is Mother’s Day, I thought why not write about being a mother.  It’s a time to give thanks and to recognize that the gift is primarily found in the ones who you have brought into the world.

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    Do you have an opinion? 6-8

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      Nu Resolution 6-8

      New Resolution #9: At 11, watch Sportscenter or The Fresh Prince instead.

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      As I See It… 6-8

      As summer break approaches, parenting columnist Dana Williams explains that efforts to teach tolerance must go beyond the school year – and beyond the classroom.
       

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