me2u – 9-9 – Choices

I liked the color purple before there was a movie, a book or some guy prancing around on stage. I like rap, country, classical, jazz and rock-n-roll. I read non-fiction. I am attracted to women with curves. I like my steak medium-rare.

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Smith withdraws from Governor’s race

YPSILANTI, MI – State Representative Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem) today announced that she has ended her campaign to be Michigan’s next Governor.

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Local Organization Readies Students to Vote

 Teresa Tran, National Honor Society student at Eastern High School volunteered to help classmates register to vote.  Deedre Williams, member of A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), a non-profit “Get-Out-The-Vote” voter education organization, facilitated the registration and Bruce Utter from the City of Lansing’s Clerks Office assisted with questions about the voting machines.

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As I See It – 9-8 – QP Voices: Enquiring Minds Wanted to Know

 

 
By Mary Sanchez
Tribune Media Services
 
It’s a pity to say, but the reporters who worked on one of the most explosive journalistic investigations this year don’t have a ghost of a chance for recognition by the Pulitzer Prize committee. Why? Because they work for the National Enquirer.

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Festivities Continue in Eaton County

 By Bob Robinson

 
If you didn’t make the Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival last weekend, you missed a great opportunity to learn about the rich agricultural heritage of my hometown of Vermontville, Michigan.

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MoJo’s Table-for-Two Reviews – 9-8

Geno’s  Pizzeria

 
208 S. Washington Square
517-580-7124
Price Range: From $2.50/slice – $19.00 (for a pie)
Casual atmosphere with excellent customer service

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Your Other 8 Hours: Discover Your Passion: What’s Your Highest and Best Use?

By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services

 
Live your passion. Do what you love and the money will follow. If you love what you do, it doesn’t feel like work. You’ve heard this cute advice a hundred times, but what if you have no idea what your passion is? It’s time you find out …
 

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me2u – Said – 9-8

My momma said the phone works both ways. I am terrible at making phone calls. I sometimes am struck with extreme anxiety when I have to phone someone that I do not know well. It could take a week for me to work up enough nerve. If I make an effort to call someone and they do not call me back, as I get older it is getting easier to erase that person from my contact list.

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Excuse me, Are You Listening? – 9-8

Dear Readers,

 
I want you to read this article by Dante Lee who is an award-winning entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is in Ohio, we are in Michigan. The same issues impact all of us. It is always amazing to me how we can talk about what is going on all over the nation but can’t talk about what is going on in our own city.  

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