News For, By and About People
2305 East 7th StreetBy Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
If you’ve spent hours analyzing the investment strategies of the mutual funds in your retirement portfolio, here’s some bad news: You could have saved a lot of time just focusing on the fees.
Shakara Tyler is a Penn State University senior majoring in Agricultural Sciences with two minors in Agricultural Communications and Law and Liberal Arts. During the summer of 2010 she was a research scholar at Michigan State University in the Summer Research Opportunities Program.
She writes about the plight of minorities in agriculture.
LANSING, MI – A little rain could not dampen the spirit of those in attendance at Que’n with Kids on Saturday, August 21. The event was actually a gathering for peace in many of the attendees minds. Standing in the damp drizzle of the afternoon rain over 30 people shared a belief that our community can no long tolerate violence and the destruction that it causes. This unique local event invited the community to join together for a day of food, fellowship and a renewed commitment to alternatives to violence. It was especially geared towards youth, teenagers and their families.
QUESTION
Flat abs and bulging biceps are improvements brought on by exercise. Less visible but more significant are the structural improvements aerobic exercise make to your heart — improvements that can take you from feeling like a junker car to purring like a Ferrari.
Chris Holman speaks with Maria Luz Arambula from
Ballet Maria Luz Grupo Folklorico and Gena Hiltz from Career Quest Learning Center, Inc. at the first mo za’ ik.
Photo by Bob Chaphalka
Lansing Jaycees Monster Mayhem Haunted House Rises Again and Clinton County Sustainable Business Fair
COPING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS
By Reference Librarian Eunice Borrelli
At some point in their lives, everyone experiences grief of one kind or another. Grief is a response to the loss of something or someone, and even when it’s expected, it can knock us off our feet. Recently, there have been some violent events-shootings, vehicle accidents, stabbings-that have led to grief and loss for us as a community. Ongoing sources for grief include job loss, divorce and home foreclosure.
By Wolfgang Puck
Tribune Media Services
It’s easy to pick out the true tomato lovers among us at this time of year. In spite of the late-summer heat, they look bright and happy. They know that it’s the moment sun-ripened tomatoes grown in the garden or on the farm are reaching their peak.