October 16, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Excuse Me, are you listening? 13-20

Rina Risper010 mins

  Dear Readers,

 
As adults, we may get caught in a rut of doing the same things over and over.  When that happens our children and others around us get caught in the same rut.  If you have not noticed we have been printing stories about travel.  Some places are as far away as China and others are close like Royal Oak, MI.  We have a responsibility to ourselves and those around us to encourage travel and broadening of the mind.

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Farmington High School Student Wins 14 Scholarships Including the Detroit Rainbow PUSH Excel/ GM Scholarship

Rina Risper07 mins

 

Left:  Aubrey Perry, high school senior at Farmington High School in Farmington, Michigan

 Aubrey Perry was pretty much like any other high school kid. She loved to have fun, laugh a lot, go to the mall and the movies with her friends, listen to music and her favorite pastime – tweeting and texting her friends.

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College: Market Yourself in the Job Market

Rina Risper06 mins

 BPRW-  If you are a future college graduate, you face a challenging job market, but you are not alone. In fact, you will likely be competing with hundreds of your peers also fresh out of school and willing to do whatever it takes to slide through that narrow opening of corporate America.

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The Kid’s Doctor: Enterovirus continues to spread

Rina Risper05 mins

The typical symptoms with a D-68 infection are upper respiratory with sore throat, runny nose and a cough. 

Photo by Fotolia 

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

 
 

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Jill on Money: Procrastination nation

Rina Risper08 mins

 

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
Last month, I had the privilege of interviewing productivity guru David Allen, who wrote a seminal work on the topic called “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”. At the Financial Planning Association’s Annual Conference, David captivated 1,800 CFP(r) professionals with a terrific explanation of how easily we can be distracted and the best way to find focus and vision.
 

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Interpersonal Edge: Politeness in workplace doesn’t cost, it pays

Rina Risper08 mins

  By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Content Agency
 
   Q. I’m told I’m gruff and perceived as difficult at work. The truth is I focus on getting the job done. I watched a news show yesterday about how people at work sabotage you when they don’t like you. In the show, the baristas at coffee shops even gave customers decaf rather than caffeine when the customer was rude. Do you think people go out of their way to undermine you if they think you are impolite?

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Kiplinger on Travel: A new tax on the sharing economy

Rina Risper02 mins

  By Sandra Block

Kiplinger
 
 Kathleen O’Malley first used Airbnb in the summer of 2013, when she traveled through Washington State and British Columbia with her fiance. After that, “we were hooked,” says O’Malley of Portland, Oregon. The couple used Airbnb to book a cottage in Sonoma for their honeymoon in September.

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Top 10 homes of literary history

Rina Risper016 mins

 

Left:  Hans Christian Andersen Birthplace,  Odense, Denmark

 

 By VirtualTourist.com

 
History and literary buffs will rejoice as VirtualTourist members uncover the list of the “Top 10 Historical Homes From Literature.”
 

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Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Partners with Michigan 211 to Centralize Veteran Resources

Rina Risper05 mins

                                                                                        

Above:  MVAA Director Jeff Barnes recently announced the launch of the Michigan Veteran Resource Service Center. (L-R): Nate Cross, Trayse Fowler, Gov. Rick Snyder, MVAA Director Jeff Barnes, Michigan Association of United Ways President/CEO Scott Dzurka, Jason Wentworth, Randy Calloway and Lisa Castro.

 
Photo courtesy of MVAA

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