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Park Forest Bark District Opens Saturday

Volunteers help create a wood chip path to the Park Forest Bark District. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The dog days of summer have arrived. Saturday is the official opening of the Park Forest Bark District. A ribbon cutting ceremony for the Bark District is scheduled for this Saturday, June[Read More…]

Phish Reunion Tour Does Not Disappoint – Concert Review

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 25, 2009. The Vermont quartet Phish (Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell, and Jon Fishman) finished the initial leg of their first tour in almost 5 years this past weekend with three sold-out shows in Noblesville, Indiana (6/19) and Alpine Valley Music Center in East Troy, Wisconsin[Read More…]

Statement by Secretary Duncan on the Role of Charter Schools in Turnaround Business

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2009. Following up on his remarks earlier this week at the National Charter Schools Conference in Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today issued the following statement urging states to work with charter school operators to turn around struggling schools and provide innovation and choice[Read More…]

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Kicks Off Department’s Summer Reading Initiative: Read to the Top!

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2009. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today kicked off the Department’s summer reading campaign–“Read to the Top!” –with the children’s classic books “Clifford the Big Red Dog” and “Where the Wild Things Are.” The Secretary read to young children, including his own, on the plaza of[Read More…]

Illinois Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2009 – International Meat Co., Inc., a Chicago, Ill., establishment is recalling approximately 6,152 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: “5-pound, plastic[Read More…]

Riley, Demuzio Team Up to Create Cancer Screening Program

Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)– State Rep. Al Riley (D-Olympia Fields) and state Sen. Deanna Demuzio (D-Carlinville) passed legislation out of both chambers of the General Assembly this session to create the Colorectal Cancer Screening and Treatment Pilot Program in parts of the state with the highest number of deaths due to colon[Read More…]

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