Month: September 2013

National Veterans Art Museum Joins Smithsonian Magazine’s Ninth Annual Museum Day Live!

Museums and Cultural Institutions Throughout the Country Offer Free Admission on September 28, 2013 Chicago, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2013 – The National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) will open its doors free of charge on Saturday, September 28, 2013, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s ninth annual Museum Day Live! A nationwide[Read More…]

Balloon man on stilts

In and Around Park Forest Week of September 2, 2013

From the realm of "there’s something you don’t see every day," the balloon man on stilts from this year’s Youth Day. For more pics, including a couple of this gentle giant walking to his car, go here, and join our growing online community on Facebook!. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest,[Read More…]

Syria: Samples Collected at Site of Alleged Chemical Weapons Use to be Sent to Labs Tomorrow – UN

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 September 2013 – Samples collected by the United Nations chemical weapons inspection team in Syria will begin to be transferred to laboratories tomorrow, according to a spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. “The whole process will be done strictly adhering to the highest established standards of verification recognized by[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Honors Illinois Workers by Fighting to Increase State’s Minimum Wage

Governor’s Key State of the State Priority Would Increase Minimum Wage from $8.25 to $10 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2013.  On this Labor Day holiday, Governor Pat Quinn today honored workers across Illinois by visiting Chicago’s historic Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church to continue his ongoing fight to raise Illinois’ minimum wage from[Read More…]

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