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Dear Readers,
It has been an amazing October already. It is cold outside and we are going to be gearing up for winter.
If you are aware that you may be unable to keep up with your utilities bill, please contact your gas provider now. They may be able to set you up on a plan so that you will be able to have affordable payments.
The Josephine Brown Women’s Missionary Society Observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October
As Barack and Michelle Obama get ready to celebrate their 17th anniversary–their first as President and First Lady–on October 3rd, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen claims they are “the most real, down-to-earth, quintessentially American First Couple we’ve ever had in the White House. Whatever your politics, it’s almost impossible not to admire them on a personal level.”
It’s time to head back to school for many students and your local Better Business Bureau is warning consumers against online programs that offer fast and easy high school diplomas or college degrees.
Students paid for Jefferson High School’s online test for a high school diploma but they didn’t receive valid credentials.
Children from households whose income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free and reduced price meals.
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Filmmaker goes all the way there in latest e-mail blast to promote ‘Precious.’
Left: Former Detroit Lions Wide Receiver Freddie Scott was once in action and focused on the endzone. He is now focused on the fight for early detection of prostate cancer. He recently spoke at New Hope Church of God In Christ in Lansing.
Courtesy photo
October starts the beginning of Small Business Month. On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the height of the lunch hour rush, I will be working (volunteering) at Steve’s Sandwich Shop inside the C.A.T.A. bus station dowtown. I am again elated that the Greater Lansing Labor Council chose to endorse my candidacy for City Council At Large.
Plaxico Burress, the former New York Giants wide receiver who accidentally shot himself in the leg at a nightclub last year, was sentenced September 22, 2009 to two years in prison on various gun charges.
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster
Released: September 22, 2009
ISBN: 781439158906