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YPSILANTI, MI – Raymond G. Mullins, Esq. has been aggressively fighting for his clients for the last 31 years. Attorney Mullins has decided to expand his fight by running for presidency of the Michigan State Conference for the Advancement of Colored People (Michigan NAACP).
EAST LANSING, MI — From Alaska across to Georgia, and Japan by way of Canada, musical artists converge in East Lansing for the 2005 Great Lakes Folk Festival, Aug. 12-14.
The Michigan State University Museum presents the annual event celebrating culture, tradition and community. Music and dance stages – sponsored by the City of East Lansing – feature rhythms, sounds, stories and spectacular musicianship over the three-day festival.
E. LANSING, MI — Leroy Hunt was at Holden Hall on Michigan State University’s campus at 8:30 am waiting for the free unused food, laundry detergent and other items that students returning home for summer vacation donated to the Make a Difference Foundation’s food program.
LANSING, MI – The Ancestral Remains of eight Anishinaabek (American Indians) uncovered by a construction company in Novi have been returned to the ground. The Hannahville Potawatomi community, who has a historic presence in the area, deferred repatriation of the inadvertently discovered remains to the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation and Repatriation Alliance (MACPRA).
Left: Youngsters enjoying the see saw at Risdale Park on Lansing’s southside. Below: Georgetown Park on Lansing’s southside, which also has a neighborhood ballfield and a picnic area and shelter.
Featuring an internationally-acclaimed cast of some of the world’s greatest circus performers, Birdhouse Factory promises to be this year’s hottest ticket during the summer season. Bring the whole family! Don’t miss out on the fun, beauty and exuberant joy of Birdhouse Factory!
Leaders and Achievers™ Scholarship Program awards $1,328,000 in scholarship grants through The Comcast Foundation
LANSING, MI — The Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World, Silver Leaf Lodge #534/ Capitol City Temple #308, 5334 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lansing, Michigan traveled to Pontiac, Michigan for their Annual Michigan State Association Elks Convention, June 14, 2005-June 19, 2005.
Left: The Banyan Gallery at 1208 Turner St., Old Town, Lansing. Contemporary fine art. Painting, sculpture, glass,
photography and mixed media by Banyan’s twenty-two resident artists. Home and office décor. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tue.-Sun. and by appointment. (517) 371-4600.
Below: Artist, Noel Skiba captures the importance of the opening of the gallery on canvas.
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and tribal leaders signing accord to expand economic strength on both sides.