Councilwoman Joan Bauer Emerges from Crowded Primary Victorious


 

 

LANSING, MI —  There are about 70,000 registered voters in the 68th District. Only 14 % of Ingham County residents voted on August 8, 2006.

 

 

 

 

Photo: Joan Bauer won with almost 33% of the vote

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Wayman Tisdale takes a giant leap forward

Wayman Tisdale’s latest CD, “Way Up!”, represents his best work since his 1995 release of “Power Forward”.  In fact, I think it’s his best work period.

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You CAN Become a Better Person

Q: I’d like to change my life for the better but I don’t know how. I know I’m weak and need God’s help to do it, but how do I get that? Maybe you can point me in the right direction. – S.P.

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Thousands attend African American parade and festivities

LANSING, MI — Despite the numerous construction projects along the parade route, the African American Parade got underway on Saturday, August 5, 2006, with all the grandeur and good humor as in the past 7 years.

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Maybe You Never Cry Again by Bernie Mac

 

 

 

 

Maybe You Never Cry Again
By Bernie Mac
ISBN:  0-06-053473-7
Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers
Available:  At bookstores everywhere

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Back to school on a shoe string budget

JACKSON, MS — According to Dr. Stephen Jones, parents can save thousands of dollars by mapping out a back to school shoe string budget.

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Poetry Under Mystical Circumstances

It was beautiful.  I could only believe that we would be done before the rain.  The poetry finally came to an end but it was a performance by all that I will never forget.

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    Appreciate the Gift of Life

    Don’t be afraid to get old.  Learn to make the best of  each moment that we’ve been given on earth.  Look forward to those years you have yet to  experience, and don’t regret the young ones their youth.

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    The BWL Needs to Get Its House In Order

    The  Board of Water and Light raised electric and water rates 2001-2003 and 2005. Water rates just increased 6.5% on July 1. Now the board is proposing a 1.5% increase for electric rates in September in order to generate an additional $1.5 million in revenues. Why so many increases?

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