Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– eNews Park Forest is pleased to welcome Celebration Ministries to our permanent listing of clubs and organizations. Celebration Ministries is a brand new ministry in Park Forest. It is a place where God’s love is Celebrated, people are Connected, Cared for and live out their Calling. What[Read More…]
Month: September 2009
Celebration Ministries News
Childcare in Park Forest Never Looked so Good! Roots & Wings Early Learning Center Infant-Preschool Roots & Wings Before & After School Enrichment Make mornings a whole lot easier. Park your car once and put your children in safe and loving hands. Transportation to/from Area Schools[Read More…]
Rich East Students Pray at the Flag Pole
Rich East students Sean Helton, Samaya Chambers, Samaya Chambers, Pierre Armstrong and Joshua Harvey take a moment to pray silently and individually at Wednesday’s See You at the Pole Ceremony is Park Forest. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Students at Rich East High School gather for a student-led See You[Read More…]
Big Lots Stores, Inc. Recalls to Repair Bunk Beds Due to Collapse and Fall Hazards
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2009. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Wooden Bunk Beds Units: About 20,000 Importer: Big Lots Stores,[Read More…]
Grand Trunk Recalls Parachute Hammocks Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2009. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Single and Double “Parachute” Hammocks Units: About 2,500 Manufacturer: Travel[Read More…]
Seal the New Deal, President Obama: Invite Paul Krugman to an Economic Summit, and Listen to Him
Top left: The Tennessee Valley Authority, part of the New Deal, being signed into law in 1933. Top right: FDR (President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) was responsible for the New Deal.Bottom left: A public mural from one of the artists employed by the New Deal’s WPA program. Bottom right: President Barack[Read More…]
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Issues Statement on Report on High School Dropout and Completion Rates
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. “President Obama says, ‘When you drop out of school, you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country’. We need to educate our way to a better economy, and we won’t be able to do that if one in four kids who enter high[Read More…]
Students Urge Passage of DREAM Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. Today thousands of immigrant students held over 120 events in 28 states to support legislation that would allow talented DREAM students who view this country as their own to attend college, serve their nation, and earn a path to U.S. citizenship. In support of the National[Read More…]
House Hears Testimony On Landmark Employment Non-Discrimination Act
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. The House Education and Labor Committee heard testimony today on H.R. 3017, a bill that would finally end workplace discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. There is also a version of that bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), pending in the Senate. Currently, it remains[Read More…]
Vice President Biden, Secretary Sebelius Issue New Report on Seniors and Health Insurance Reform
SILVER SPRING, MD–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today hosted a town hall meeting with seniors in Silver Spring, MD and released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Medicare: Making Medicare Stronger for America’s Seniors. The report, authored by[Read More…]