Mikey 23 Foundation Gets a New Building
Michael “Mikey” McKissic II’s family stands outside of the newly painted building on Kalamazoo Avenue in Lansing, MI.
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Lighting Up Lansing – One Smile at a Time 20-6
Gizelle Marcella Jones is in the 3rd grade. She enjoys singing and creating artistic projects through video and drawing.
She reads to her mother, Alita Jones, every night and loves her older brother, Savon. She has two dogs she dotes on.
She is reading “I Believe I Can” by Grace Byers.
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We Remember: Alvin (Al) Dwayne Crudup
Regina Crudup was married to Alvin (Al) Dwayne Crudup for 40 years.
She says she has good days and bad days since he passed away.
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Interpersonal Edge: A Spring of hope!
By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Content Agency
Q: People seem to be in two camps right now; vaccinated and hopeful, and unable to find vaccines and despairing. How do you think the vaccine process is going to impact our workplaces? Do you think we have a reason to be hopeful or is this virus just going to throw us another rotten curveball?
General Rules for Happily Ever After
By Landis Lain
Cinderella’s stepmother was not wicked. She had no skills, no job, no prospects, and two daughters to support. She married a man who died and left her with an extra child who learned all the stuff stepmother did not. Girlfriend was disappointed.
Jill On Money: Women working 5 to 9
By Jill Schlesinger
A year of COVID-19 has devastated the US labor market. Despite recouping more than half of the 22 million jobs that vanished during the past twelve months–and a better-than-expected February report, the country still has 9.5 million fewer jobs (6.2%) than the pre-pandemic level a year ago.
How ‘Coming 2 America’ Landed a Megan Thee Stallion Song and Cameos by En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa and Gladys Knight
Wesley Snipes with Teyana Taylor in “Coming 2 America.” By Quantrell D. Colbert /Amazon Studios/TNS By Jazz Tangcay Variety Like…
A new spin on a weeknight favorite – Salmon for tonight’s dinner
By America's Test Kitchen
Piccata sauce is a simple but powerful mix of lemon, capers, white wine and butter. This tangy, bold sauce is a great match (and foil) for salmon's rich, full flavor.
Flashback: 2011 Excuse me, are you listening?
Rina Risper, President & Publisher of The New Citizens Press (Pandemic photo 2020)
Dear Readers,
It is interesting reading articles from ten years ago. I feel like they are still very relevant today. Here is another flashback from 2011.
It is printed in its entirety:
Stephen Alexander: Family Man, Firearms Expert, Latin Dance Instructor and More
Stephen Alexander participating in a solo skydive jump for
Father's Day at Tecumseh Skydive in 2015.
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