Four-time winners of the Endowment Golf Classic’s optional 9-Hole Scramble are: Mario Minotti ’05, Patrick Hanifin ’03, Ryan Noth ’03, and David Meyers ’03. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Endowment Scholarship Fund now surpasses $2M Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– With one of the most perfect days of the summer as the backdrop, the 21st[Read More…]
Day: September 3, 2010
Good Taste Noodle MFG Recalls ‘Egg Noodles and Wonton Skins’ Because Of Possible Health Risk
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2010. Good Taste Noodle MFG. is recalling its “EGG NOODLES and WONTON SKINS, labeled with production date from June 19, 2010 to August 19, 2010”, because they have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young[Read More…]
Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan Announce National Coalition to Enroll Uninsured Kids in Health Care
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2010. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan today highlighted the Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge to enroll five million children in Medicaid and CHIP within five years. Since Sebelius announced the Challenge last February, the Centers[Read More…]
Haiti: UN Mission Launches Projects to Provide Jobs and Cut Violence
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 September 2010 – The United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has unveiled three drainage and canal rehabilitation projects that it hopes will boost employment and reduce violence in troubled neighbourhoods of a major city. The projects will benefit the districts of Goya, Petite Anse and Ti Riviere in[Read More…]
Audubon: Another Gulf Fire—Another Reason to Demand Safety
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2010 – – Statement of Mike Daulton, Audubon Public Policy Director, following the September 2 fire at an offshore oil platform 90 miles off Vermillion Bay. “For the second time in less than six months, we’re reminded that off-shore energy extraction can have tragic consequences for people,[Read More…]
BP Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, September 3, 2010
GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2010. BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. BP continues to work with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander and the leadership and direction of the federal government. Subsea Source[Read More…]
NOAA Reopens More than 3,000 Square Miles in the Gulf to Fishing, September 3, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2010. Today NOAA reopened 3,114 square miles of Gulf waters offshore of the western Florida panhandle to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states. Trajectory models show[Read More…]
Southtown Star: Mayor Lopez Will Be ‘Eternal Ray of Light’
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From Casey Toner at the Southtown Star: Friends, family, coworkers and politicians filled the pews of St. Agnes Church in Chicago Heights on Thursday for a funeral service honoring the late mayor Alex Lopez. The balcony and every aisle were filled, with rows of people 10-deep in[Read More…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, September 2, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Capping Stack Successfully Removed National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen released the following statement on the successful removal of the capping stack: “Under the direction of the federal science team and U.S. government engineers, BP has completed the capping stack removal procedure – an[Read More…]