June 19, 2026

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Naturally Savvy: Gift Giving Made Healthy

Rina Risper06 mins

By Randy Boyer and Andrea Donsky
 
Finding the perfect holiday gift is a challenge, especially when your wish is to promote a healthy and environmentally-conscious lifestyle. This year, give the gift of health with these great ideas from www.NaturallySavvy.com:
 
GIFT BASKETS
 
Large or small, DIY gift baskets can be customized for each person and inspired by holiday events. Here are some suggestions:
 
Fruit and vegetable baskets. Many supermarkets prepare (and even deliver) gift baskets all year round, or just seasonally. Ask your local grocer about basket options, or buy a festive basket and put one together yourself.
 

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Bearded Sikh Finally Allowed to Work in California Prison

Rina Risper07 mins

Trilochan Singh Obero would not shave his beard due to his religion and was denied a job.  Courtesy photo
 
By Sunita Sohrabji
The New Citizens Press
 
Trilochan Singh Oberoi, a bearded Sikh American, will finally begin working at Folsom State Prison in California Nov. 1, after a contentious six-year battle to gain employment there.
 

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Your Other 8 Hours: Why You’re Not Thankful

Rina Risper08 mins

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
I could tell you all the reasons why you should be thankful this Thanksgiving — that you have a place to live and food to eat, that over half of the world’s population lives on less than $2 a day, that 20 percent of the people on this planet don’t have access to safe drinking water.
 

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Ask Tamara: My Husband Doesn’t Want Me to Cut My Hair!

Rina Risper06 mins

Dear Tamara:
 
My hair is to the middle of my back and I really want to get it cut short, but my husband doesn’t want me to. He says he prefers long hair and doesn’t think women look good with short hair.  On one hand, I want to be attractive to my husband, but on the other, I think he should be attracted to me for more than just my hair. I also don’t like the fact that he thinks I should consult him before changing hairstyles. My husband has changed his hair several times since we got married and he has yet to call me from the barber shop and ask me what I prefer. Should I even take his feelings into consideration?
Rapunzel
 

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A Piece of Lost Lansing

Rina Risper08 mins

The Davis estate on 1326 East Michigan Ave. in Lansing.  
Courtesy photo

 

A mansion that once stood on East Michigan Avenue in Lansing was the residence of two-term mayor Charles J. Davis. Davis had made his fortune in the gravel business. That was lucky since mayors during his tenure were paid a dollar a year! 

 

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Retire Smart: Couples Can Maximize Social Security Benefits by Understanding Spousal and Survivor Benefits

Rina Risper09 mins

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
 
I get a huge number of questions from readers about Social Security’s spousal and survivor benefits. Rightly so, because these very important features of Social Security can create powerful amplifying effects that boost lifetime benefits significantly.
 
  This week, I’ll answer some of the most frequently-asked questions on how Social Security works for married couples. However, Social Security’s rules are complicated; a visit to your local Social Security office is in order if you’re planning to file for spousal or survivor benefits. 
 

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Artist to Showcase: “The Magic of Michigan Seasons”

Rina Risper02 mins

Left: Roger Frye
 
LANSING, MI — Roger Frye, of Rayform Productions, will be showcasing his high dynamic range, or HDR photographs, mainly of Michigan, but also his travels though Eastern United States, including Canada, Niagara Falls and Cape Cod.  
 

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A ‘Dream’ remembered

Rina Risper017 mins

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project Foundation dedicated a monument in his honor on the National Mall on October 16, 2011. It took five years to make the memorial that honors Dr. King and his life and his legacy.

The vision of a memorial in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. is one that captures the essence of his message, a message in which he so eloquently affirms the commanding tenants of the American Dream — Freedom, Democracy and Opportunity for All.

As a national monument honoring Martin Luther King Jr. opens in Washington, D.C., a look back at his legacy and his star power

By Gregory Clay | McClatchy-Tribune News Service

During the turbulent decade of the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was about the gleam — in the eyes, that is. He was about the cadence in his speech intonations — a rapper of social consciousness before Kurtis Blow, before Public Enemy, before Queen Latifah, that is. He was about “The Dream” — the iconic speech at the Lincoln Memorial on that sweltering afternoon of Aug. 28, 1963, that is. He was about the rhythm of the civil rights movement — played to the spirit of Motown and the serenity of Burt Bacharach, that is.

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We Remember Diamond Ramona Luiz – March 15, 1999 to October 8, 2011

Rina Risper05 mins

LANSING, MI — Twelve-year-old Diamond Ramona Luiz was born on March 15, 1999 in Lansing, Michigan to LaTieshia Jackson and Roland Luiz.  Diamond was the third daughter of LaTieshia and the first born to Roland.

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Movie Review: “The Ides of March”

Rina Risper04 mins

Studio: Columbia (1 hr. 42 min.)
Plot:    An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
Cast:     Ryan Gossling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffery Wright
Rating:     R
Bottom Line:     ***

By  Jonathan McMillan

“The Ides of March” is a political drama starring Ryan Gossling (Fracture) as Stephen Myers, an ambitious but idealistic assistant campaign manager and how the politics of campaigning transforms his character.

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