August 27, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Retire Smart: Giving the gift of education

Rina Risper08 mins

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services

 

 Between the presidential election, Washington gridlock over the fiscal cliff and plenty of market gyrations in between, 2012 was a long year. Here are the year’s financial winners and losers, as I see them: 

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Interpersonal Edge: Secrets to succeeding at New Year’s resolutions

Rina Risper06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
Q.  Seems like January is always a good time to evaluate my habits and attempt to set up better goals. I’d like to work on everything from keeping my desk cleaner to not saying snarky things in meetings. Seems by February every year, all my good intentions have faded. How can I actually succeed at keeping my New Year’s resolutions?

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News Spotlight: Cat Owners should “Beat the Heat” Before Spring with the Capital Area Humane Society’s Spay/Neuter Promotion

Rina Risper06 mins

LANSING, MI—Warmer weather may still  be months away, but the Capital Area Humane Society wants you to “beat the heat” by “fixing” your cat in advance of her heat cycle and preventing unwanted litters from being born this Spring.   

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Dropping Pounds: Local Woman Loses 100 and Inspires Many

Rina Risper013 mins

A new lifestyle takes a lot of weight off of her shoulders.
 
Jessica Hull is featured in both photos.  In the left photo she is a 100 pounds less than she was a year ago.  
 
She says that she uses the picture to the right as her motivation to 
continue to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
 
Courtesy photos

 

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N.C. Governor Grants Pardons to Members of Wilmington Ten

Rina Risper013 mins

By Cash Michaels
RALEIGH, NC — In what civil rights leaders across the nation are calling a “significant” moment in the civil rights movement, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue has granted individual pardons of actual innocence to members of the Wilmington Ten.
 

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The Power of a Plan

Rina Risper07 mins

By Marvin Cato
 
Do you have a plan for your life? This is the time of year that we think about New Year resolutions and all the changes we want to make in our lives. How many times have you made a resolution and didn’t follow through? 

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An Answer to a Cry for Help: Mental Health First Aid

Rina Risper05 mins

A helpful training is available for those who want to learn how to deal with a possible mental health crisis.

 

 Mental Health First Aid Training (MHFAT) is twelve hours of training for anyone in the community whether it is a family member, an employer, a Senator, a pastor, or a neighbor who would like to understand and be prepared when they see a possible crisis coming on or hear the cry for help.

 

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