Book Reveiw 7-18
Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket
By Barbara Park
ISBN: 978-0-375-80040-5
Publisher: Random House
Available: Bookstores everywhere
GLUNA Revisits Why the USA is at War
Some young men and women currently going as soldiers into the Bush Iraqi war were born during the first Iraqi war and now old enough to vote. Iraq had marched its army into Kuwait stealing a huge oil field. George Bush, Sr., an experienced diplomat, rallied support though the United Nations for a swift and decisive counter-attack driving the Iraqi army back into Iraq.
Wellness News 7-18
Winning the Obesity War – Part 3 of 3
“Beverages & Calories at a Glance”
SOOH Symposium: Health for You
LANSING, MI — To many who attended The State of Our Health: Through the Voices of Our People symposium, the day was filled with informative and engaging speakers and vendor tables.
Ask the Business Librarian 7-18
Q: I’ve been encouraged to write a business plan for my new business idea and have no clue what to do. Does the library have any books that can help me?
SOOH: The Symposium Was A Success!!
LANSING, MI — With a lot of pressing issues facing us in today’s world, health has always been at the top of the list, especially for African Americans and low-income people.
Left :Christine Johnson, speaker; Rina Risper, coordinator of the SOOH event; Monica Jahner from the NorthWest Initiative’s ARRO program and Jolinda Wade, speaker.
Photo by Michael Jennings
Left: Jerry Cullen, owner of Salem Medical provided foot exams for attendees. Dr. Peter B. Wollschlaeger and Dr. Maher Al-Sheikh discuss their talking points for the diabetes panel. Photo by Michael Jennings
WILL SMITH EYES PHAROAH ROLE: Columbia drama set in ancient Egypt; penned by ‘Braveheart’ writer
Will Smith has his sights set on the lead role in "The Last Pharoah," a Columbia drama to be penned by "Braveheart" writer Randall Wallace and produced by Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment.
Michigan families grapple with lower incomes, more poverty
Census release shows more are without health insurance
Michigan’s families continued to struggle with falling wages and rising poverty in 2007 as income fell sharply below the national median income and the poverty rate jumped, according to Census Bureau data released today.
Books Can Open Doors When ‘Everybody Reads’
LANSING, MI — Capital City Community Action Network (CCCAN) and The New Citizens Press joined forces with Everybody Reads Bookstore located at 2019 E. Michigan Avenue (Next to Gone Wired) and just completed a month long book drive for prisoners.
Alanah Durfee gives books to Everybody Reads Proprietor Scott Harris for the prison book drive. Harris’ bookstore is located at 2019 E. Michigan Avenue. TNCP photo
Me2U column
There are so many types of relationships. I thought about trying to list examples. However the variety seemed almost infinite. Of course I could categorize them simply by saying there are family, friends, romantic, and professional relationships. When I look at the words it seems pretty black and white but when I think about how many different ways they can overlap it seems almost daunting to sort it all out. I did not even mention those relations that are developed through the World Wide Web. Technology sure has changed things extraordinarily hasn’t it? I am beginning to wonder if that is for our benefit.