Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2018 Should streets in Park Forest named after people who fought for or represented the Confederacy be renamed, or rededicated? A Village Board committee originally charged with exploring renaming them now seeks to rededicate them. And the committee, called, simply, Committee A, seeks input from the[Read More…]
Month: April 2018
American Academy of Pediatrics Statement on Gun Violence Prevention Research in Federal Spending Bill
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2018 By: Colleen Kraft, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics “This morning, Congress passed a comprehensive spending bill to fund the federal government. The bill includes several notable victories for children’s health championed by the Academy—increased funding for emergency medical services for children, pediatric[Read More…]
UChicago Big Brains Podcast Examines Truths and Myths About U.S. Health Care System
Health economist Katherine Baicker discusses her groundbreaking research on Medicaid CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2018 By: Andrew Bauld Editor’s note: Big Brains is a new University of Chicago podcast in which some of the pioneering minds from across UChicago discuss their groundbreaking ideas and the stories behind them. In 2008, when Oregon[Read More…]
Unity in Security Council was Key to Recent Easing of Tensions on Korean Peninsula – UN Chief
SWEDEN—(ENEWSPF)—23 April 2018 The unity within the Security Council played an essential role in creating the positive momentum that led to a decision by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to suspend nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the United Nations chief said Monday, noting however that[Read More…]
Prairie State College Awarded Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2018 Prairie State College (PSC) recently was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (CAFR) by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The award was presented to members of the PSC Finance and Administration Department by Rita Kruse,[Read More…]
asha bandele: Prince Could Still Be Alive Today if America Didn’t Shame People for Using Drugs
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2018 By Anthony Smith On the second anniversary of Prince’s tragic death, asha bandele wants us to celebrate his life. “Prince meant freedom for me as a young woman coming of age in the late 1980s and 1990s,” bandele, senior director at the Drug Policy Alliance, said in[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group to Discuss Will County Truck Traffic at May Meeting
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2018 By: Patrick Coffey The next meeting of the Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group will be on Monday, May 14th, at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. in Frankfort at 7:15 pm. This will be our last meeting until we meet again in September. Sierra Club’s Will County Conservation Organizer Ann Baskerville[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest for the Week of April 22, 2018
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Attention all Park Forest procrastinators. Just a reminder that your 2018-19 Village of Park Forest vehicle stickers must be purchased and properly displayed on all vehicles registered in the Village of Park Forest by the end of the business day on April 30, 2018 to avoid late fees[Read More…]
Park Forest Commission on Human Relations to Host Lecture Series on Race Beginning April 22
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations will host its first in a series of lectures on race on Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m. at Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Boulevard. The first lecture will feature a conversation on the reality of[Read More…]
Two UChicago Undergraduates Recognized for Academic Excellence in STEM Fields
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2018 By: Danika Kmetz Adel Rahman and Naomi Sweeting, third-years in the College, have been awarded Barry Goldwater Scholarships, awarded annually based on academic merit in natural sciences, mathematics, computer science and engineering. The two students were nominated by the College and are among 211 scholars selected from[Read More…]
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