Day: May 4, 2011

Statement by World Bank Group on New Report by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program

Washington—(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2011 – Andrew Steer, Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank Group today issued the following statement on the new report by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, the scientific arm of the eight-nation Arctic Council.  “The findings in the new report from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment[Read More…]

Presidential Proclamation–50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2011.  Fifty years ago, America was struggling to implement the ideals of justice and equality set forth in our founding.  The Freedom Rides, organized in the spring of 1961, were an interracial, nonviolent effort to protest the practice of segregation.  Setting out from Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, the[Read More…]

Preventing Injury and Illness During Flooding

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2011. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold is urging residents in and around flooded areas to take precautions to help prevent disease and stay safe. “It is important people in flood-affected areas avoid the water as much as possible in order to protect themselves[Read More…]

Durbin Statement on Southern Illinois Flood Control

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after being briefed by federal and state officials on the impact of yesterday’s decision by Major General Michael Walsh of the Army Corps of Engineers to intentionally breach the levee at Birds Point in order relieve[Read More…]

Virginia Soto, Jorge Martinez, Dianne Hill

Two PSC Students Named to Coca-Cola All-Academic Team

Chidinma Nwakanma, Park Forest (left) and Evan Rugen, Flossmoor. (PHOTOS SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two Prairie State College (PSC) students were named 2011 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Scholars through Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Chidinma Nwakanma, from Park Forest, was selected a gold scholar. Evan Rugen, from Flossmoor, was[Read More…]

Apply For Youth Committee Hosted By State Representative Al Riley

Olympia Fields, IL–(ENEWSPF)– State Representative Al Riley, D-Olympia Fields, is taking applications for his Youth Committee, “Faces of the Future,” established to develop high school students’ interest in the legislative process. Youth members will complete a project of lasting community significance and meet other legislative and political figures in the state[Read More…]

Secretary of State Services at GSU in May

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Secretary of State’s Mobile Service Unit will be at Governors State University on Tuesday, May 24, from 1:30 to 7 p.m., in the Hall of Governors. Services available at the mobile service unit include driver’s license renewal, replacement, and corrections; State ID card renewal, replacement, and corrections;[Read More…]

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