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Test Your Noodles
By Tashmica Torok
Test Your Noodles
I do not enjoy doing dishes. In the ranking of household chores, it is at the bottom with other futile tasks like laundry, cleaning the toilet (did I mention I have three sons?) and emptying the litter box.
By Billy Graham
Tribune Media Services
Q: My neighbor isn’t religious, and whenever I try to talk with him about my faith he just shrugs and says that he doesn’t believe what the Bible says. How can I convince him the Bible is true, and that he needs to give his life to Jesus? – M.F.
By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
The word retirement needs reinvention, especially in our post-crash economy.
For the huge generation of baby boomers now approaching the traditional retirement years, achieving security will depend on working longer-often in new careers. We’ll also need to reexamine our traditional notions about investing and spending.
By TOM LAGANA
from “Serving Productive Time”
Almost everyone I meet receives a hug-a hug coupon, that is. My unique calling cards not only provide information about our business but are also redeemable for a hug, a smile, or an act of kindness.
Sidebar: Magnolia Cafe
1920 S. Congress Avenue
Austin, TX
Price Range: From $4.75 – $11.00
Casual dining atmosphere with great customer service
By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services
Your Other 8 Hours
I was once an addict. Not to drugs or alcohol but to the quick fix. I’ve tried just about everything out there in the other eight hours that promised to instantly and effortlessly make me better, richer, stronger, smarter, healthier, etc. I’ve purchased books, tapes, CDs, DVDs, MP3s, teleseminars, webinars, seminars, pills, liquids, powders, courses, bracelets, calendars and more.
By Tashmica Torok
Every once in a while, I will stand in the children’s section of a book store and browse the selections. I will pick up unknown books with beautiful illustrations and catchy titles to flip through the new pages. Sometimes my hands are drawn to the classics of my own childhood. I love when a story gives me chills. Those are usually the stories I end up carrying home to read to my children.
Publisher & President, Rina Risper, shares her thoughts for the new year! Photo by Sheron Shappell
By Rina Risper
President & Publisher
LANSING, MI — I have decided that being Publisher of The New Citizens Press is exactly what I want to continue doing in the future. I am here for the long run. I am sure that you have noticed plenty of changes in the newspaper over the past 10 years. In 2010, we started to let our actions speak louder than words when we began to focus on a mission of enhancing your experience with us. We offer a unique perspective but we publish every two weeks.
Mighty Medicine is continuing to build a reputation for making great music that is healing and uplifting. Photo by David Smith
LANSING, MI — Mighty Medicine, soul rock duo, is helping to organize a benefit concert Saturday, January 8th from 4pm-10pm at Everybody Reads Bookstore located at 2019 East Michigan Avenue in Lansing, MI. The proceeds from this concert will support the Bucoseh Orphanage and school in Haiti. Mighty Medicine is guitarist and folk instrumentalist, Larry Neuhardt and vocalist and percussionist, DeShaun Sparkle Snead.
By Lisa Tsakos
Naturally Savvy
The holiday season is a time of excess — overspending, overindulging in unhealthy food and alcohol, more socializing than usual, and more stress on the body, mind, and wallet. Keep your budget and your waistline under control this season with these suggestions: