We Remember: Emily Perez – First Female Former West Point Cadet to Die in Iraq

We Remember: Emily Perez – First Female West Point Cadet to Die in Iraq
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We Remember: Emily Perez – First Female West Point Cadet to Die in Iraq
China is rushing to get ready for the 2008 Summer Olympics. But for millions of Chinese in the interior of the country, far away from Beijing and the other cities on the east coast, the Olympics will have little relevance to their lives. Changsha in Hunan province is the birthplace of Mao’s revolution but as NAM contributor Rian Dundon finds out, the Olympics seem very distant from Changsha.
CHANGSHA, Hunan – Mao launched his revolution from Changsha, but from this provincial capital of 2 million the Olympics seem very distant. Beijing and other cities are frenziedly transforming themselves into showcase cities for the 2008 Olympics, but in China’s interior, where 60 percent of the population lives, the Olympics are just something you watch on television.
Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Olympics is on Friday, August 8, 2008
 The Closing Ceremony is on Sunday, August 24, 2008
   
The most popular way for families to reward themselves for months and months of hard work is a nice family vacation
Currently, daylight time begins in the United States on the first Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October.
Mid-Michigan healthcare providers teamed up to sponsor lead testing.
LANSING, MI – A Lansing Eastern High School student has won the Greater Lansing United Nations (UN) Association’s 2006 Craig B. Stuttman Outstanding Student in Global Education Award.
LANSING, MI — The many covered doorways of the Central United Methodist Church located at 215 North Capitol Avenue in Lansing, on the northeast corner of Capitol and Ottawa have become shelter for the homeless on any given day.
Pros and cons weighed over loss of cultural identity.

 
We Will Always Remember Kyle Nyron Powell "K.P."May 24, 1970 – October 3, 2006 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith… II Timothy 4:7
LANSING, MI — Kyle Nyron Powell "KP" was born May 24, 1970 in Lansing, Michigan. K.P., who dedicated his life and work to enriching Greater Lansing Community went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 3, 2006.