November 11, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Financial Focus – 9-3 – Edward Jones – A Year After Market Low, How Should You Invest?

Rina Risper06 mins

 
It’s been about a year since stock prices hit their low point during the long bear market. Since then, of course, we’ve seen a big rally, but some of the decisions you made when the market was at its lowest point may still be affecting your portfolio’s performance and prospects. So now that we’ve reached the one-year anniversary of the market bottom, it’s a good time to see where you are today and how you can prepare for tomorrow.

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Blackflix.com – “Edge of Darkness” 9-3

Rina Risper07 mins

“Edge of Darkness”

 
Studio:     Warner Bros. (1 hr. 56 min.)
Plot:   A homicide detective investigates the death of his activist daughter, and uncovers her secret life, a corporate cover-up and government
Cast:     Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
Rating:     R
Bottom Line:     ***

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Excuse me? Are you Listening? 9-3

Rina Risper012 mins

Dear Readers,

 
It was a snow day and a day off for the Risper children, Anissa, 8 and Amir, 7.  Usually on snow days, along with old fashioned shoveling, I get this feeling that I just want to dig through my cabinets and find some thing to whip up in the kitchen from scratch.  I just want to go back to a time when things were simple when it is snowing.

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As I See It – A Sign of the Times – 9-3

Rina Risper05 mins

By David R. Breuhan 

 
Michigan boasts the longest coastline in the United States, has more than 12,000 inland lakes, hundreds of golf courses, state parks, camping facilities, snowmobile and hiking trails, wonderful towns and cities and a great human capital base. We enjoy four seasons and a temperate climate, and have very few natural disasters: no hurricanes, mudslides, earthquakes, wildfires. Our road system, power grid and access to unlimited supplies of fresh water are superb — all critical elements for business expansion. Our universities compete head to head with other institutions in the United States and attract students from all over the world.

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me2u – Reverse – 9-3

Rina Risper09 mins

 Have you seen or experienced a pull that has moved you in ways you were not aware of at first but then find yourself going completely against your norm?

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Congratulations Willard K. Walker Recipient of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award

Rina Risper08 mins

 

“It’s not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship”     – a Proverb

 

Former City of Lansing Human Relations and Community Services department director and State of Michigan executive, Willard Walker, is a senior policy consultant at Public Policy Associates (PPA), Incorporated, a national research and development firm.  

 
 

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News Spotlight: Want a Stress Free Life: Just Breathe!!

Rina Risper06 mins

 What if someone told you to “breathe” your stresses away – would you believe them? There is a very powerful secret to the breath, that can help you achieve the calm, centered mind that most people are looking for.

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News Spotlight: Two Area Law Enforcement Leaders Get Statewide “Crime Fighter Awards”

Rina Risper03 mins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Michigan – a statewide crime prevention nonprofit organization led by more than 400 of Michigan’s best-known police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors and crime survivors – honored two of its members with Fight Crime’s prestigious “Crime Fighter Award”.   Chief Milton L. Scales, Jr., (left) Director, Office of Criminal Investigation, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and to Chief Martin J. Underhill, (right) Chief of Police, City of Grand Ledge. 

 

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