Lighting Up Lansing – One Smile at a Time

Lena is a spirited well loved German Shepard.  Her human, Joseph Lehning, wished The New Citizens Press a Happy New Year when he sent us her photo.

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Pet World: Age shouldn’t prevent senior from adopting older pet

Dear Cathy,

I need your help. I am over 70 years old and I recently lost my dog of over 10 years.  He was adopted along with the cat I had who also recently passed after 18 years with me. I have been looking to adopt now since the beginning of 2020.  I located a rescue group and after a home check was approved to adopt. At this point in my life, I do not want a puppy. I would like an older dog, something small to keep me and my husband company. A dog would also encourage us to walk more.

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Interpersonal Edge: Brighter days ahead

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Content Agency

Q: I feel so relieved that we actually have a vaccine and that it's coming our way to help us create herd immunity and get our work and lives back on track. Am I a fool for feeling and thinking optimistically that we have brighter days ahead?

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‘Bridgerton,’ Shondaland’s First Scripted Netflix Show, Is a Confectionary Treat of a Romance: TV Review

Shonda Rhimes attends the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 24, 2019 in Beverly Hills, CA.

Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/TNS

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Outside Looking In – Lansing Police Department’s Social Worker

 

  By Jan Bidwell

Lansing Police Department Social Worker
 
LANSING, MI — It’s 9:30 AM and I am scrolling through the Lansing Police Department (LPD) report system to see if any citizens have been found deceased in their homes by family or friends and take note of any who might need some support to handle the trauma they have undergone.
 
 
 

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The Plant Professionals: Winter Interest

 

 

Planting shrubs that hold their berries into winter can add a lot of color and help feed the birds . 

Photo by Sergey Okhrymenko

 By Kathy Valentine

 
What does your garden need to hold your visual interest once leaves come off the deciduous trees in the fall? Do you have strategically placed evergreens? From massive pine or spruce trees to yew or boxwood hedges, there are many options that hold their needles or leaves all year. There are even groundcovers and low accents like some euonymus and junipers that are evergreen.
 
 

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