New York, NY (PRWEB) August 19, 2008 — If reading were an Olympic sport, it would be the women holding all the gold medals and world records – not the men. In fact, the women are not just passing their male counterparts when it comes to reading, they are lapping[Read More…]
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Park Forest FOCUS Newsflash
ANNUAL PICNIC AT LOGAN PARK SUNDAY AUGUST 31, 2008 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. $7 per person with a dish to share (appetizer, salad, side dish, dessert) $10 per person without a dish to share All-you-can-eat Brats, hotdogs, hamburgers Come out for food, friendship, and fun And as always, lots of[Read More…]
Sew Much Comfort Coming to Grace United
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Sew Much Comfort, an organization which provides adaptive clothing to injured service members, is coming to Grace United Protestant Church. The organization distributes over 1,200 clothing items and comfort accessories each month to over 100 combat medical units, hospital wards, clinics, and military medical facilities in the[Read More…]
End of Summer Tax Tips: Day Camp, Stimulus Checks
Tax Tips By: Shelia Whorton Tax Credit for Day Camp Did you know that parents may qualify for a tax credit for sending their children to day camp? During the summer, many working parents arranged for the care of their children under the age of 13 by enrolling them in[Read More…]
School Security a Major Concern for Parents of Children in Grades K-8
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As millions of students start a new school year, results of a new survey indicate that nearly half of the parents of kindergartners to eighth graders are concerned about school security. Details of the “ADT National Back-to-School Security Survey” were announced today during a news conference at an elementary[Read More…]
Slow Down, Stay Alert as Kids Head Back to School
AURORA, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fifty-six million children across the country begin heading back to school this month, and AAA is urging motorists to slow down and stay alert in neighborhoods and school zones with its 75th annual School’s Open—Drive Carefully campaign. Unsafe driving in school zones AAA’s School’s Open—Drive Carefully campaign hopes[Read More…]
Nation’s Top School Principals Offer Insight on Educating Students in Poverty
Reston, VA (Vocus) August 18, 2008 — The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is pleased to announce the release of six podcasts from some of the nation’s top principals. The six finalists in the 2009 Metlife/National Association of Secondary School Principals National Middle Level and High School Principal[Read More…]
Taco Bell Shift Manager Charged with Felony Theft
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Shift Manager at the Taco Bell on Sauk Trail in Park Forest was arrested last week and charged with stealing over $11,000 from the business. Taco Bell District Manager Elizabeth Brewer reported the alleged theft to Commander Green of the Park Forest Police Department on August[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Report – August 18, 2008
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
IRAQ: Students Fail, Like So Much Else
Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (IPS) – Living from one crisis to another, without electricity or freedom to move under a collapse of security, massive numbers of Iraqi students are failing their exams. "It is a natural result of what is going on[Read More…]