Local & State

By Robert Pagliarini, 

Tribune Media Services

 

Let’s just get this out of the way now: You can’t get rid of fear or pain but you can minimize it, control it and even use it to create your best life possible with a little practice. If you are in perpetual fear or are avoiding the one thing that terrifies you, there is relief. The solution, however, is counter to what you probably have been doing.

By Rick Garcia

 

With economic recovery e?orts mostly focused on job development, there is a tendency for education to get lost in discussions about the future of the state.  Fortunately, Governor Snyder has emphasized education as one of the key areas in his proposed roadmap to Michigan’s recovery.

 

2013 GREAT LAKES FOLK 

FESTIVAL SET FOR 

AUGUST 9-11 

 

The MSU Museum’s Great Lakes Folk Festival has always been known as an eclectic exhibition of music, dance, arts and culture from across America and around the world, and the 2013 program is shaping up to be one of the most diverse in the event’s history. 

Martha Thomas

 

LANSING, MI — Organizers of the annual Lansing JazzFest announced Tuesday the exciting lineup of performers for the 2013 outdoor music festival, including the Rodney Whitaker Quartet, Terell Stafford and Mardra Thomas. The three have decades of performing experience between them, and will play before crowds of thousands at mid-Michigan’s premier free outdoor jazz event of the summer.

 

By Kara Hope

Ingham County Commissioner, District 7

 

You might already know that Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero recently signed a deal to let a private company run the Kenneth A. Hope Soccer Complex. Maybe you thought, “So what?” After all, outside the soccer community, did anyone even know that Ingham County ran the facility for the past 15 years? Does anyone outside the soccer community care who runs the place?

Urges Lansing’s Sister City St. Petersburg, Russia to condemn and resist enforcing the new law.

 

“Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.” – Khalil Gibran

 

LANSING, MI — Chong-Anna Canfora, candidate for Lansing City Council’s 4th Ward issued the following statement about the recent events in Lansing’s Sister City, St. Petersburg, Russia:  

 

Lansing showed real leadership and showed who we are in 2006 by passing a human rights ordinance designed to protect the rights of all residents from discrimination on personal attributes, including the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. 

By Rick Garcia

 

 

One cold January, Debra Nelson decided to drop in for a quick visit to her only son.  Using her key to enter his apartment, the place was eerily silent.  She called out for him with no response.  She approached the bathroom and found him unconscious, lying face down on the floor.  She called 911 but by the time paramedics arrived, he was already dead.

By Robert Pagliarini, 

Tribune Media Services

 

Whether you’ve been unemployed for six weeks, six months or a year, the emotional drain on your mental health and well-being may have you at the end of your rope. You’ve bought the suit, polished your resume and printed out business cards branding you as an expert in your field.