News Spotlight: Double Murder and Suicide Stuns Community
Three people were found dead at a Lansing home yesterday evening, December 5. Police believe it to be a double-murder and suicide.
Toy Village is Closing its Doors Forever
Toy Village sign shown here touting one of its many sales to bring customers in. Going out of business will be bittersweet for many.Courtesy photo
By Deborah Walker
For over 50 years Toy Village, located at 3105 West Saginaw, Lansing, Michigan has provided quality collectable toys for children and adults of all ages. Selling antique dolls, bears, games, puzzles and a slew of other toys Toy Village has provided its customers access to toys that cannot be found any place else, but that is all due to end.
Excuse me, are you listening? 12-23
On May 11, TNCP CAN was featured on “Lansing Online Radio” at WLNZ 89.7 Lansing Community College radio. Nacho Bermudez, father of Ignacio “Notch” Bermudez; Vivian Bodiford, mother of James Edward Jones III; Karen Chicky Scott, TNCP CAN volunteer and Lori Black, mother of Shayla Johnson. Bermudez, Bodiford and Black all spoke about their murdered loved one.TNCP photo
Dear Readers,
This year has been a really good year. The newspaper is about to go in another direction. I have gone in another direction as well. Resigning from my position as the President of Walnut Neighborhood Organization after 3 years was one of the best decisions that I could have made.
Republican Party Introduces State Director and Michigan Black Advisory Board
Wayne Bradley has been hired as the Michigan State Director of African-American Engagement for the Republican Party.Photo courtesy of RNC
Michigan Black Advisory Council: Terry Johnson (Farmington Hills), Blake Edmonds (Grand Rapids), Kerry Jackson (Farmington Hills), Eunice Myles Jeffries (Detroit/Farmington Hills), Kelly Mitchell (Grand Rapids), Jessica Ann Tyson (Grand Rapids), RNC Chairman Reince Priebus (at the podium) Linda Lee Tarver (Lansing), Bishop Ira Combs (Jackson), Wayne Bradley (Michigan State Director of African-American Engagement) and Michigan Republican Party Chairman Bobby Schostak. Not in photo: Jerome Barney (Detroit), Bill Brooks (Detroit), Jimmy Greene (Saginaw), Dr. Phillip Johnson (Saginaw) and Pastor Phillip Smith (Grand Rapids).The Gales of November
By Rick Garcia
When I think of November in Michigan, I instantly picture a dark, angry air of tumultuous weather as Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” continuously plays in my head. “November Witch” is the name that sailors have used for years to refer to the unexpected and wickedly violent storms on the Great Lakes. There are many stories and legends coming out of the large fresh water body that shaped our great State into a sailing enigma.
4 Good Business Tax Resources
By A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.
Operating a small business can be tough. There is plenty of work to complete.
Generally, one aspect of the business that is easily mismanaged is taxes and accounting. Many small business owners gather documents at the end of the year for taxes. Gathering documents at the end of the year can be time consuming and inefficient. The following are IRS resources to help you categorize expenses and identify business expenses throughout the year.
(Forms and Publications can be downloaded online at www.IRS.gov or our website
www.ALGTaxSolutions.com in the Resources section).
News Spotlight: Help the Jaycees Stuff the Bus, bring Christmas cheer to local children
LANSING — Shoppers will have an opportunity to help spread holiday cheer next month at the Lansing Jaycees’ annual “Stuff the Bus” event, which this year aims to provide Christmas to 26 local children and their families.
Cancer Survivor Finishes Her First Five Mile Race
Jessica Fox has a story of perseverance.However, she continues to highlight what is so
magnificent about being true to yourself and
making positive things
happen.
Courtesy photo
By Deborah M. Walker
A college graduate with hopes of law school Jessica Fox thought it could never happen to her. “I was shocked,” said Fox. “I don’t understand how this could have happened to me.”
Movie Review: 12 Years A Slave
By Samantha Ofole-PrinceJust when you thought you had seen all the historical films about slavery, along comes “12 Years a Slave.”
Try It!