You’ve evaluated living options and found the ideal place to live out the next chapter of your life. Now what to do with all that stuff that’s accumulated over the years? Here are eight downsizing tips to help you downsize before your move. 1. Make a plan Downsizing is a process that involves different days of high productivity, with some space to reflect in between. … [Read more...] about Eight downsizing tips before you move into a senior living community
Grid Iron Eats: Food for Your Sunday Football Feast
Cheese Boat Total: 50 min Active: 20 min Yield: 10 servings Level: Easy Ingredients 1 loaf French or Italian bread Two 8-ounce packages cream cheese, at room temperature 10 ounces sharp Cheddar, grated (about 2 1/2 cups) 6 ounces corned beef, such as Carl Buddig, finely chopped 1 bunch green onions, finely chopped 1 medium tomato, finely chopped 1/2 red bell … [Read more...] about Grid Iron Eats: Food for Your Sunday Football Feast
Milwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue September 27, 2018
Senior Deacons honored at gala recognition night
On Saturday, September 15, 2018, the General Baptist State Laymen and the Wisconsin General Baptist State Laymen presented their annual Senior Deacons Recognition Night at the Best Western Plus, 5101 South Howell Ave. The theme was " Let My Works Speak For Me," and the keynote speaker was Bishop John Pierre James. The event honored more than forty-six deacons from eighteen … [Read more...] about Senior Deacons honored at gala recognition night
Nefertari African Dance Company celebrates 50th Anniversary
On Sunday, September 15 and 16, 2018, the Nefertari African Dance Company (NADC) hosted its 50th Year Anniversary at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society, 2620 W. Center St. The weekend events included multi-cultural dance workshops, and a gala event. The Nefertari Dance Company was founded in 1968 at the North Division High School by teacher and coach the late Sarah Lee … [Read more...] about Nefertari African Dance Company celebrates 50th Anniversary
Police probing “suspicious death” of student pledging Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
University of California Riverside student "suddenly collapsed" during fraternity hiking trip The family of a 20-yearold student who was pledging a fraternity at the University of California, Riverside, wants to know whether hazing led to his death, CBS Los Angeles reports. As of Monday, September 17, 2018, police were awaiting results of the autopsy and were calling it a … [Read more...] about Police probing “suspicious death” of student pledging Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
Boston Store plans to open new Milwaukee-area stores by Christmas
Not a joke, nor a hoax. The Indiana company that purchased the rights to Boston Store and other former Bon-Ton brands plans to open three brick and mortar locations in the Milwaukee area before the start of the holiday shopping season. Fred Hulls, a representative from Boston Store’s public relations department, made the announcement Monday, September 17, 2018, on WISN 12 … [Read more...] about Boston Store plans to open new Milwaukee-area stores by Christmas
Today’s youth
Being Frank By: Frank James Special to the Milwaukee Times It is easy for someone to say that African American youth are out of control in 2018. That statement is true in many instances in the USA. How did this situation come to be, though? How did African Americans lose control of their children? These questions are the ones that have to be answered in order to understand … [Read more...] about Today’s youth
The test of our progress
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” These words are from President Franklin Roosevelt’s second inaugural address given January 20, 1937. The President was speaking to a nation crawling out of the Great Depression. Progress had been made but President … [Read more...] about The test of our progress
Fall is coming! #ANewSeason: Week4 – eat healthy! (cont’d)
The Counseling Corner By Rev. Judith T. Lester, B.Min. M.Th “Somewhere along the way, I realized that the new year doesn’t begin for me in January. The new and fresh has always come for me in the Fall. Ironically, as leaves are falling like rain, crunching beneath my feet with finality, I am vibrating with the excitement of birth and new beginnings…My year begins in … [Read more...] about Fall is coming! #ANewSeason: Week4 – eat healthy! (cont’d)