Articles from the September 28, 2012 edition

THERE WILL BE NO PONEMAH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THURSDAY AND FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 27TH AND 28TH, 2012) Club will resume back to normal on Monday!! THANK YOU PONEMAH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB STAFF...

Sep 28, 2012

Friday Night Mixed Doubles - Week 3 of 31 - 9/21/12...

Alexis Taylor, AFRO|Sep 28, 2012

BALTIMORE, Md.--Any day now a Fanny Mae representative could padlock Sharon Marie Smith out of the house she’s called home for 37 years. Smith, 67, has become frazzled at the thought of having to move off the property on Winston Avenue in Baltimore, which also happens to be the last place she shared with her late husband, Charles James Smith. The 80-year-old died on Feb. 17, 2011, leaving behind his wife, two children from a previous relationship. And he took with him the deed to the house Smith said she alone paid “cash money” for almos...

Sep 28, 2012

WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced more than 200 grants to more than 110 American Indian and Alaska Native nations. The grants will provide more than $101 million to enhance law enforcement practices, and sustain crime prevention and intervention efforts in 10 purpose areas including public safety and community policing; justice systems planning; alcohol and substance abuse; corrections and correctional alternatives; violence against women; elder abuse; juvenile justice; and tribal youth programs. "Over the last several...

Sep 28, 2012

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota schools are hiring more people, following a couple years of job losses....

Sep 28, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Get in line, Medicare and Social Security. Seniors, like just about everyone else, have money on their minds....

Sep 28, 2012

Joseph W. Hough, 80, of Cass Lake, MN, died Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at his home from a long illness. According to his wishes, no services are planned. Arrangements are with the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji. He was born on August 8, 1932,the fifth child of Homer and Nellie Waldrop Hough. He was married almost 60 years to Florence Morris Houghs. He was very proud of his 5 daughters: Charlotte, Carla, Cornell, Casey, and Cherie, 10 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He enjoyed the outdoors spending time gardening, fishing,...

“NIGHTSCREAMS” The Historic Big Winnie Store and Resort will be hosting NIGHTSCREAMS…A haunted attraction for guests 10 years of age and older. Two weekends in a row, Oct. 19th & 20th, 26th & 27th. Also Halloween night from 7pm-11pm. NIGHTSCREAMS is a benefit for the Leech Lake Homelessness Program. $5 admission and a GREAT price of only $2, with a donation of (2) non perishable food items or (2) Personal hygiene products. NIGHTSCREAMS Haunted Attraction...Located behind the Big Winnie Store And Resort, 1510 US HWY 2 NE, Bena MN “Tell me, dea...

Sep 28, 2012

BEMIDJI – The committee raising funds to commission a new Chief Bemidji statue is hoping to meet its goal of $70,000 by the end of the year....

Sep 28, 2012

Minnesota has some of the most extreme examples of racial and ethnic change -- and changelessness -- in the nation, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday....

Sep 28, 2012

American Indians and Alaska Natives don’t count. Oh, sure, after Election Day, in a few counties, states and regions, there will be accounts about how Native American voters tipped the balance. A good story. Accurate. One I have written. Many times. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/09/27/elections-2012-invisible-in-the-polls-%e2%80%93-why-indians-dont-count-136189 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/09/27/elections-2012-invisible-in-the-polls-%e2%80%93-why-indians-dont-count-136189#ixzz27lT...