A runner at the three mile mark with his wife. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Labor Day in Park Forest saw the 33rd annual running of a race through town. The Scenic 5 and More kicked off at 8 a.m. with just over 300 runners registered for the race.[Read More…]
Day: September 7, 2010
Step2® Recalls Children’s Transportation Station Toys Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a[Read More…]
NIH to Launch Gulf Oil Spill Health Study
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2010. The National Institutes of Health will launch a multi-year study this fall to look at the potential health effects from the oil spill in the Gulf region. The Gulf Worker Study, announced by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., in June, is in response to[Read More…]
No Dead Zones Observed or Expected as Part of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2010. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a report today that showed dissolved oxygen levels have dropped by about 20 percent from their long-term average in the Gulf of Mexico[Read More…]
Researchers Debunk the Gateway Theory … Again
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2010. For decades, prohibitionists have claimed that marijuana is a “gateway drug” that inevitably leads to use of harder substances like heroin and cocaine — despite the fact that every objective study ever done on the gateway theory has determined that it’s absolute crap. Last week, researchers[Read More…]
An Era Ends: Mayor Daley Will Not Seek Another Term
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Daley era in Chicago politics will come to an end as Mayor Daley announced today that hewill not seek another term. From the Chicago Sun-Times: A public official has to know when it’s time to move on, Daley said during a press conference at City Hall. "For[Read More…]
All Operational Hard Boom Removed from Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle
MOBILE, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 7, 2010. All of the hard (containment) boom deployed as part of the federal-led response but now potentially posing more risk than it offers protection for vital shorelines in Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle has now been recovered. The Incident Command Post (ICP) at Mobile announced that[Read More…]
Subwoofer Speakers Recalled by Paradigm Electronics Due to Fire Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Photographs from the 2010 Park Forest Scenic 5 and More
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– eNews Park Forest presents the following photo galleries from the Park Forest Scenic 5 and More on its Facebook page. Photographs by Gary Kopycinski and Susan Brazzale. Scenic 5 and More – The Race Park Forest Scenic 5 and More – I Scenic 5 and More Volunteers[Read More…]
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:
Most Viewed
What A Former Roller Rink is Now at SD 162
6298 views