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Archive for December, 2012
Just the facts! A lack of diversity in Minnesota sports
Dec. 26 | I hope you had a great Christmas. This time of year grips me like you cannot imagine. It’s a time of joy and reflection. I have taken to social media at FitzBeatSr., my Twitter handle. No Facebook for me. Again I had the suspicion that hatred is...
Park Center-Osseo rivalry showcases b-ball talent
Dec. 26 | Quinton Hooker (Park Center) shoots over Bridge Tusler (Osseso).Photo by Mitchell Palmer McDonald Last year in late December a friend of mine, former Minneapolis North and University of Minnesota women’s basketball player ELLEN HEBERT, suggested...
This culture of violence is tearing us apart
Dec. 26 | Once again the African American is being told he is not human…during the recent acts of murder of 20 innocent children and eight adults in the state of Connecticut. All of a sudden the White majority is outraged because they see themselves as the...
Encore careers: They’re not just for seniors anymore
Dec. 26 | Upon entering my 40th year, I decided that I needed a mid-life career change. I knew that it would be something drastically different from the course that I had embarked on in 1988 as a bright-eyed, newly graduated genetics student. My growing concern...
Cook to enchant yourself and your loved ones
Dec. 26 | While sifting through the daily array of political comments, announcements, advertisements, and bundles of self-promoting rants and web links, something on Twitter caught my attention — a tweet from someone in my circle that said: “How you get...
Norovirus: the holiday ‘gift’ nobody wants, but many get
Dec. 26 | ‘Tis the season of giving, but too many Minnesotans this time of year are giving and receiving something nobody wants: norovirus infection and the nasty illness that comes with it. Noroviruses are a group of viruses that can cause inflammation of...
Submit an obituary for publication
Dec. 20 | You can publish an obituary for $50.00.(200-word max, $.50 each additional word) + $15.00 photo charge. For more information, call 612-827-4021 or email [email protected]
Fiscal cliff most threatening for Blacks, other communities of color
Dec. 19 | Effects would add more hurt to Great Recession’s impact By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Low- and moderate-income people will immediately be adversely affected if the country plunges over “the fiscal cliff” at the beginning...
‘Study of people’ leads to advising corporations, hosting talk radio
Dec. 19 | By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer CulTives & Associates CEO/Founder Verona Mitchell’s success at impacting community is no surprise. It stems from a passion for exploring culture and empowering communication. This passion goes...
