News Spotlight: Help the Jaycees Stuff the Bus, bring Christmas cheer to local children
LANSING — Shoppers will have an opportunity to help spread holiday cheer next month at the Lansing Jaycees’ annual “Stuff the Bus” event, which this year aims to provide Christmas to 26 local children and their families.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
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Retire Smart: When to take Social Security benefits
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
In 2013, 37 million Americans will receive Social Security (SS) retirement benefits totaling $47.4 billion. Clearly, Americans have come to rely on Social Security retirement income, with more than half of married couples and nearly three-quarters of unmarried persons receiving 50 percent or more of their total income from the program.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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The Cloud Over Syria
Syria’s civil war is not understood by many. Here is on take on it. CIA Factbook
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Sunday, November 03, 2013
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Aboutthatcar.com: 2013 Ford Fusion
By Frank S. Washington
DETROIT, MI – Ford has done really well with the redesigned Fusion since it was introduced last year. Much of its success goes to the pragmatic and very functional way the midsize sedan operates.
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Sunday, November 03, 2013
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Interpersonal Edge: Is coworker a liar or just unrealistic?
By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
Q. I work with a person who was just promoted to lead. My problem is he always promises to get tasks I need done and then makes excuses. We just had someone quit, and I know he has a lot on his plate, but I am tired of him lying. Is there a way to get him to deliver what he promises?
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Sunday, November 03, 2013
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Lansing School District Fights Back to Curb School Suspensions
By Deborah M. Walker
How can a student learn in school if they are not there? The answer to this question is simple… they cannot. It is no wonder as the rate of school suspensions climb the rate of graduations decline. Students are being suspended at a rate of more than double that of thirty years ago. School expulsions have risen fifteen percent from 2002-2006. These rates are alarming and it seems this trend is only going to continue yet, local school officials are fighting back and new in-school programs are proving successful.
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Sunday, November 03, 2013
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The Kid's Doctor: Family routines can reduce childhood obesity
 By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
www.kidsdr.com
I just read an article published in the journal Pediatrics which once again validated the importance of family routines. In this study, researchers from Ohio State University looked at household routines as they related to childhood obesity, an ever-escalating problem.
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Sunday, November 03, 2013
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Reflections of Life
 Antonella Milagros Benavides and her father, Sean Paul Benavides celebrating her Sweet 16. Courtesy photo
By Sean Paul Benavides
While working at the Domino's Pizza store in East Lansing in 1985, Sundays were crazy as we would sell hundreds and hundreds of pizzas to Michigan State University (MSU) students. One particular day an older manager named Phil (name changed), would do the routing of the pizza deliveries which meant that he would send different orders on the same delivery with one driver.
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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Movie Review: Baggage Claim
 Studio: Fox Searchlight (96 minutes) Plot: A single flight attendant embarks on a thirty-thousand-mile expedition mission to find a potential suitor.
Cast: Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Boris Kodjoe, Adam Brody, Trey Songz
Rating: PG 13
Bottom Line: ****
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Excuse me, are you listening? 12-20
 Dear Readers,
Over the past year, I have learned about several experiences with people I care about having house fires. Please be very careful. When you read this letter, please make yourself a note to change the batteries in your fire detectors. Now is the time for us all to check and make sure that we inspect our homes for fire hazards before winter arrives. You may even need to hire someone to help you especially if your house is older.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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“Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul”: GAME DAY CHILI AND CORNBREAD
 Try It!
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Get Free Asthma Help on Saturday, October 26
The Mid-Michigan Asthma Coalition’s free asthma help event for area residents, “Not One More Life (NOML)” is Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church at 3500 West Holmes Road, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The NOML event was originally developed by Dr. LeRoy Graham of Atlanta, Georgia to help adults and children experiencing breathing difficulties gain the knowledge needed to make informed decisions about their health.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Your Other 8 Hours: 3 steps to prepare for the next disaster
 By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services
As a "sudden wealth" financial planner, I take great pride in helping others determine where they are going and how to get there. I consider myself an eternal optimist. In my mind, the glass is not half empty or half full -- it is well on its way to becoming full. People are generally good and do what is right. On the other hand, I'm also a realist, looking not only at the destination but rather at all of the things that can go wrong along the way.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Top 5 Ghost Towns
 Hashima Island (also called Gunkanjima) off the coast of Nagasaki Port in Japan. GUNKANJIMA Japan National Tourism Organizat Virtual Tourist
Halloween is synonymous with costumes, an abundance of bite-sized candy and adorable photos of children dressed as cartoon characters, superheroes and monstrous creatures. However, the spirit of Halloween can also influence your travels. Rather than focusing on haunted destinations, the members and editors of VirtualTourist.com have compiled a list of those places that have been abruptly abandoned by people, making them spooky and eerie. From an abandoned Greek village in Turkey to a former disaster site in the Ukraine, here are VirtualTourist's "Top 5 Ghost Towns."
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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My Michigan: Local Screen Writer Returns Home to Promote Debut Film
 Left: Jazmen Darnell Brown is a screenwriter born and raised in Lansing, MI with his mother, Dawn Brown at the screening of his feature film, “The Citizen”. Courtesy photos
By Deborah M. Walker
LANSING, MI -- For the past five years, Jazmen Darnell Brown a 2003 J.W. Sexton High School graduate had been waiting anxiously for what would be his inauguration into the world of feature film writing. Since 2008, Brown had been working on his project trying perilously to explain his cinema venture to friends and family who were perplexed as to the extent of his work. Brown tried countless times to clarify and the grand scale of his work and now he can finally reveal the result of his endeavor.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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The Kid's Doctor: Be truthful when explaining death to a child
 By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
The mother had been fortunate that no one in her own immediate family had died, and therefore she'd never really discussed death with her daughter. I could sense that she was dreading the discussion, just as much as some parents dread discussing sexuality with their children. Interestingly, both of these issues are "facts of life."
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Retire Smart: 401(k) Fee-asco
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
A Yale professor is providing a perfect follow-up to the PBS' "Frontline" episode "The Retirement Gamble" that aired earlier this year. The program detailed America's retirement crisis and how the financial services industry feasts on high fees inside of many employer-sponsored plans.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Interpersonal Edge: Just say no to hiring personality problems
 By Dr. Daneen Skube Tribune Media Services
Q. I recently hired a guy who is very smart, but I knew he was really self-absorbed and entitled. I thought his resume and skill set would be worth his demanding attitude. I'm finding that he is pawning projects off on coworkers, lying to me about what he has done, and blaming everyone but himself for problems. What can I do now, and how can I avoid this in the future?
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Aboutthatcar.com: 2013 Mazda CX-9
 By Frank S. Washington
DETROIT, MI – After a week-long test drive of a 2013 Mazda CX-9, a seven passenger crossover utility, it is easy to understand why this three-rowed vehicle became so popular so quickly.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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Will Handwriting Be A Dead Form?
 By Rick Garcia
Since the early dawn of mankind the origins of communication began with cave paintings. As civilization and progress had begun, so did the evolution of these pictographs which converted to Cuneiform, Runes, Hieroglyphic and ultimately Alphabetic writing.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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