News Spotlight: Parents Reminded to Follow Food Safety Tips When Packing School Lunches

    All across Michigan, students are heading back to school, and many families will choose to pack lunches for their kids to make sure they are making healthy food choices.

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    News Spotlight: Woman Sexually Assaulted Downtown Lansing

    On August 31, 2011, at 4:00 p.m., a 51 yr old female was attacked in the North Grand Parking ramp in the downtown area of the City of Lansing.

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    News Spotlight: AAHHE proudly announces the NEW 2012 AAHHE/USDA-NIFA/TAMUCC Outstanding Thesis Competition!

     The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) competition is open to any Hispanic who has completed a thesis that focuses on Food and the Agricultural Sciences, between December 2010 and August 30, 2011.  Theses are eligible if they are in domains related to the USDA priority areas, including Food Safety, Climate Change, Sustainable Energy, and Childhood Obesity.

     

     

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    Interpersonal EDGE: Tired of Bad Luck? Read This!

    By Dr. Daneen Skube
    Tribune Media Services
     
    Q. I am feeling demoralized and depressed about the way my career has gone for the last five years. It seems like every time I get a break, it turns out to be disappointing in the end. Why does work (and life) need to be so hard? Other people seem to have it easy. What am I doing wrong?

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    Retire Smart: What a New Inflation Formula Would Mean for Social Security Recipients

    By Mark Miller
    Tribune Media Services
     
    “Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools.” – Aretha Franklin 
     
    Aretha was singing about a cruel lover. But her complaint applies equally well to another kind of foolish chain that’s become a household word during this summer of federal budget battles: the “chained CPI.”
     

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    Naturally Savvy: Keep Lunchboxes Interesting and Healthy

    By Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer
     
    For most parents, having school-aged children means you’re on lunch duty for 10 months. So how do you keep kids interested in eating lunches that are relatively healthy instead of ditching them for the alluring fast- or junk food they see the other scarfing down? The answer is in a little creativity and variety on a daily basis, with an emphasis on serving real food.
     
    Most school lunches revolve around the traditional sandwich because it’s easy to make and kids can eat it with their hands. And sandwiches are, indeed, fine to include in lunches, but it’s wise to move beyond this obvious choice at least some of the time.
     

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    Men Making A Difference

    Summertime is a great time for M.M.A.D.:  Bobby Wilson (former Spartan and Washington Redskins Defensive Tackle), Lansing Warriors Coach Mireles,  Lansing Warrior T. Ashley, Lansing Warriors Coach Rendon (orange shirt), Micajah Reynolds (MSU Spartan Nose Tackle), Lansing Warrior C. Ashley and Andrew Brewer, President and founder of M.M.A.D. Local youth football team the Lansing Warriors came to support the event. 
     
    Below: Monica Burrell and her grandson, Nate Norris enjoying the 
    entertainment and festivities of the day!
     
    LANSING, MI — When Andrew Brewer had a picnic three years ago it slowly evolved into a movement that is committed to providing an outlet for youth, especially young men of color.  Brewer saw that the picnic impacted families so much that he became committed to bring success and an outlet for youth. So he gathered a group of men and women together and created Men Making A Difference (M.M.A.D.).

     

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    ‘HOMETOWN IDOL’ Finalists Named

    Junior finalists in the Hometown Idol contest were, from left: Allyson Hartley West, Deasia Davis and Sophia Matheson.

     

    DEWITT, MI — Three juniors, three teens and three adults were finalists in the Hometown Idol singing talent showcase held Aug. 20, 2011, at the DeWitt Ox roast in downtown DeWitt.

     

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    Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    Studio: 20th Century Fox (1hr. 50 minutes)
    Plot:   A genetic experiment results in the development of intelligence apes who declare war on the human race.
    Cast:  James Franco, David Oyelowo, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, John Lithgow 
    Rating: PG-13
    Bottom Line:  ****
     
    By Samantha Ofole-Prince
     
    He’s a chimpanzee called Caesar that inherited a deeper intellect from his mother ‘Bright Eyes,’ who was used as a test subject for a drug intended to cure Alzheimer’s.

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