News For, By and About People
By Mark Miller
East Lansing’s dance competition proves to be a success for local area dancers and businesses. Courtesy photo
Photo: Rosemarie Wilson, author of “One Single Rose . . . Poetry Blossomed from a Rose Core” accepting the New & Upcoming Poet of the Year Award at the 2010 National Poetry Award Ceremony in Raleigh, North Carolina on August 22, 2010.
Wilson’s “Eyes Back to Basics” also wins 1st Place in the Detroit Writers’ Guild 2010 Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry Contest.
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LANSING, MI — Victoria Rowell is a New York Times Bestselling author, Award-winning actress and lecturer. Rowell will be at Schuler Books & Music, 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., on Monday, November 1.
LANSING, MI — On Friday, August 13, 2010, the Lansing for Cesar E. Chavez Committee and the Old Town Commercial Association announced the street re-naming to Cesar E. Chavez Avenue.
Artist Theresa Rosado painted this mural for a parade celebrating the creation of Cesar E. Chavez honorarium street and the renaming of Lot 56. Courtesy photo
Dirty Fingers
Sunday, November 7, 2010
2 p.m. at the Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing
The Uplift Our Youth Foundation, 6th Annual Grant Award and Fundraising Dinner will be held on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at the University Club of Michigan State University 3435 Forest Road, Lansing MI 48911. Rufus Gladney Vice-President of Consumers Energy and the chairman of the event announced that the evening begins with a reception at 5:30 PM and dinner at 6:45. This year’s speaker will be William Mayes, Executive Director of the Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA).
Apollo Theater Exterior, 2008
Danica Teresa Harris, 7 1/2 months old, enjoying a Honey Crisp Apple at The Country Mill in Potterville, MI. Her mother, Dalia Luera-Harris, said it was her first apple and she loved it! Courtesy photo
By Joanne Capano, Naturally Savvy
Science continues to unveil the health benefits of following a whole foods diet that includes more fruits and vegetables. Indeed, it seems as if we’re always reading or hearing about a new study that links the reduction of certain health risks, such as heart disease and cancer, to the nutrient compounds found in fruit and vegetables.