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…]
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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…]
Obama Administration Announces Streamlined College Aid Application
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2009. The Obama Administration today announced a shorter, simpler, and more user friendly Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that will make it easier to apply for college financial aid. The changes—some of which are already in place while others will be phased in over the[Read More…]
Child Advocacy Groups Urge Florida Appeals Court To Strike Gay Adoption Ban
MIAMI–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2009. The most respected Florida and national children’s health, welfare and legal advocacy groups filed seven friend-of-the-court briefs before a Florida appeals court Monday urging the court to strike down a Florida law barring lesbians and gay men from adopting. The briefs were filed in support of an[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…]
Secretary Duncan Urges Charters to Turn Around Schools, Improve Accountability
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2009. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today called on charter school leaders to become active players in the national effort to turn around low-performing schools and to take aggressive actions to ensure their schools are held accountable for student results. “We need everyone who cares about public[Read More…]
Farewell, Justice Souter, Defender of Mr. Jefferson’s Wall
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar If you believe with Thomas Jefferson that the First Amendment builds “a high wall of separation between Church & State,” then you will sorely miss Justice David H. Souter when he retires from the U.S. Supreme[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…]