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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

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.
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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.

 EAST LANSING, MI – WKAR-TV will present a special, hour-long edition of Off the Record examining the crisis in Michigan’s K-12 education funding. Senior capitol correspondent Tim Skubick will anchor the special, airing Monday, May 21, at 7 p.m. on WKAR-TV and on many other public television stations at the following times:

DETAILS FOR DETROIT INTERNATIONAL RIVER DAYS ANNOUNCED, Councilperson Carol Wood Kicked off Council at Large Campaign, 

The Third Annual Sikh Day festivities brought about 2,000 people to Riverfront Park.  The Sikh’s wear saffron orange to represent allegiance to their flag which is also saffron orange. Photo TNCP.

The New Citizens Press will be doing a series of articles on healing, prayer and religion.
 

Students  “fine tune” their poetry, create an artful “book” for it, and perform a poem at a Nu Poet sponsored event at the  Reach Studio “café.”