News Spotlight: BWL to co-sponsor 2nd Annual Recycle Rama on April 9
The Lansing Board of Water & Light will co-sponsor
the second annual Recycle Rama to assist Ingham County
residents in recycling a wide range of household materials.
News Spotlight: Ingham County Treasurer Announces Community Forums
Mason) The Ingham County Treasurer announces a series of Community
Forums designed to provide information on the tax foreclosure process,
the Ingham County Land Bank and property taxes.
Community Resource Connection
By Latasha A. McWright
TNCP Guest Writer
This month of March, many of us are in the middle of our New Year’s weight loss resolutions and summer is right around the corner! Healthy eating habits have to become a priority for the whole family! This is not only good for your weight loss goals, but also your general health and wellness. We’ve located a few programs in our community that can help improve your health, diet, as well as managing your meals on a budget!
Are You Too Stressed?
By Karla L. Robinson, MDIt is no secret that African American men have the shortest life span in the U.S. as compared to any other group. It is estimated that the life span at birth of the average black boy is only 69 years. This is almost ten years less than the national average. While this disparity is certainly multifactorial, is stress one of the major players?
Retire Smart: Rising Number of Reverse Mortgage Borrowers Facing Foreclosure
By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
Reverse mortgages were created to help seniors stay in their homes by tapping the equity built up over the years. Now, a small but growing number of reverse mortgage borrowers find themselves at risk of losing their homes anyway.
Interpersonal EDGE: Thawing Cold War with Coworker
By Dr. Daneen SkubeTribune Media Services
Q. I have a coworker who gets quiet and withdraws whenever I ask a question. I think she feels criticized. Should I ask her why she is behaving like this?
Letter from Fukushima: A Vietnamese-Japanese Police Officer’s Account
On March 11, 2011, the strongest earthquake hit Japan and one of the top five largest earthquakes in the world since seismological record-keeping began. A tsunami followed with waves of up to 33 ft. The disaster left thousands dead and inflicted extensive material damage to buildings and infrastructure that led to significant accidents at two major nuclear power stations.
East Lansing Ministry Brings Humanitarian Help to Rural Ghana
Dr. Mona Reide in Ghana during one of her many visits to impoverished areas in the world.
ACCRA, GHANA — Dr. Mona Reide is the senior pastor of Grace International Outreach Church, located in East Lansing, MI. The church and the pastor are members of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW). As church member Ishmael Odamtten often says “we are small but powerful.”
Your Other 8 Hours: The Quickest Way to Radically Improve Your Life: Use Radical Change
By Robert Pagliarini,
Tribune Media Services
What do the iPad, the band Nirvana and the Fosbury Flop have to do with your professional and personal well-being? They certainly don’t represent anything just a little different or just a little better. They all represented radical change — they operated, sounded and looked completely different than anything that came before them. Their creators didn’t settle for incremental change — slow, steady improvement — but instead radically changed the rules. It wasn’t about doing a few things better.