Your Other 8 Hours: Hate Your Job? 3 Ways to Find a Better Job

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services

What to do when you hate your job? You definitely can’t talk about it. Your spouse may commiserate with you but will ultimately tell you that you have to keep earning a living. Your friends will tell you to suck it up and to be happy you even have a job. 

 

 

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Local Physicians Group Offers Free Cervical Cancer Screening

 

 

By Deana M. Newman, M.A., C.C.P.

EAST LANSING, MI – Women are often referred to as the “gate-keepers” of health for their children and families, as well as themselves, through providing nutritional meals, gathering health-related information and arranging regular medical check-ups to stay healthy. Unfortunately, the current economy has made this task challenging for millions of uninsured women.

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Retire Smart: File and suspend

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services

  In honor of the 77th anniversary of Social Security, in the last edition, I covered the basic variables that go into any decision on when to claim benefits. in this edition, I’ll cover a Social Security strategy that can help married couples, which is called “file and suspend.” 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Burned Out? Here’s a Plan!

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
Q. I started out young and idealistic, but I am finding I have had so many disappointments that I just don’t care about much anyone. How do you keep caring about your job when retirement is far away and you are burned out?

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Fall Walking Tour at Historic Cemeteries

The Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries will host its sixth annual Fall Walking Tour at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lansing on Sunday, Sept. 30 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.

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CADL-More Than Just Books

By Allie McLary
 
As a community’s hub for information, a library offers more than just books, storytimes and the summer reading incentives. In fact, these staples, found at every branch in the Capital Area District Libraries’ system, make up only a fraction of the services available. 

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BluesFest Weekend Set

Twyla Birdsong is a hometown favorite.  She is shown above during a recent performance.  She will be on hand  along with Mike Eyia  to jumpstart the weekend festivities.
 
On her reverbnation site, Twyla states, “I enjoy performing because it brings me joy and I want people to feel and share in that. I want to uplift their spirits to help them make it to their next stage in the game.”
 
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Movie Review: “Somebody’s Child”

Mikhail Avraham, Lynn Whitfield and Michael Jai White star in “Somebody’s Child.” GMC

 

Studio:     SwirlFilms

Plot:     A divine twist of fate causes Constance Rivers and her son Douglas to open their hearts to ex-convict, Benjamin Sparks. While on the brink of losing her battle with kidney failure, Constance’s near death confession instantly collides her past with her present.

Cast:     Michael Jai White, Lynn Whitfield, Nadine Ellis, Byron Minns, Clifton Powell

Rating:     N/A
Bottom Line:     ***

 

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Cultivating Life: Preserving Summer’s Garden Bounty For Cold Days Ahead

Drying herbs at summer’s end allows you to enjoy them through fall and winter.
Stock image/TMS
 
By Sean Conway
 
Some years, it seems that the nicest weather arrives in late summer and early fall. Warm days are followed by cool nights, and humidity levels drop into comfortable ranges.

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