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Rina Risper5 years ago4 years ago011 mins

By Jay Bobbin

Tribune Content Agency

Ratings for each film begin with a “star’’ rating — one star meaning “poor,’’ four meaning “excellent’’ — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.

“THE OUTSIDER: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON’’: It might seem impossible for someone to be in two places at the same time — including a murder scene — unless Stephen King is involved.

America’s Test Kitchen Recipe: Thai Beef Salad

Rina Risper5 years ago4 years ago08 mins

This bright, balanced Thai grilled-beef salad will be your new favorite summer salad.

By America’s Test Kitchen, Tribune Content Agency

America’s Test Kitchen

SELF CARE = SELF LOVE

Rina Risper5 years ago4 years ago07 mins

Taking deep breaths help you relax.

Photo by Oluremi Adebayo

By Jennifer Benson

How do we self care these days when 2020 has changed our lives? Let me count the ways….

The Plant Professionals: I am bringing my plants in from outside. Is there anything I should be doing?

Rina Risper5 years ago4 years ago06 mins

By Kathy Valentine

As summer fades and fall approaches, many an indoor plant collector begins thinking about the process of acclimating plants back into the lower light of indoors. All those lovely bright green specimens that have been out on the deck or under the pergola must come indoors before the temperatures swoop down into the frost zone. A little preparation will make the transition successful.

Jill on Money: Halftime for pandemic recovery

Rina Risper5 years ago4 years ago06 mins

By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Content Agency

COVID-19 started as a health pandemic and then became a financial pandemic — now the two are intertwined. Let’s start with the big picture on where things stand and then we can get to your action plan for the second half of the year.

Interpersonal Edge: Dealing with change burn out

Rina Risper5 years ago4 years ago06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Content Agency

Q: I’m dragging myself through my home work day lately, fantasizing about beach vacations, and generally exhausted. I’ve been tired before but this is different. I’m burnt out worrying about COVID-19, the protests, finances, government, and the economy. Why am I so tired, am I just a change wimp, and how can I handle my burn out better?

Action Needed for Social Security Beneficiaries with Dependents and Who Do Not File Tax Returns to Receive $500 Per Child Payment

Rina Risper5 years ago4 years ago03 mins

“Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who don’t file tax returns will start receiving their automatic Economic Impact Payments directly from the Treasury Department soon. People receiving benefits who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes, and have qualifying children under age 17, however, should not wait for their automatic $1,200 individual payment.

Science and Christianity – Explore the connection!

Rina Risper6 years ago4 years ago04 mins

International speaker, Mary Alice Rose

Poets Roundtable Offers Day of Free Workshops

Rina Risper6 years ago4 years ago04 mins

On Saturday, January 18, 2020, local writers are invited to attend “The Poets Roundtable” — a day of free writing workshops, plus an Open Mic and Authors' Alley in which local authors display recent publications. The “Roundtable,” a production of the Lansing Poetry Club, will run from 10:30 AM to 5 PM at the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing.

County treasurers work to avoid foreclosure

Rina Risper6 years ago4 years ago06 mins

By Bob Robinson

Eaton County, MI Treasurer

Helping families and property owners avoid tax foreclosure is a primary objective for me as Eaton County Treasurer, and for treasurers across the state.