Washington – One week after the launch of Let’s Move! in Indian Country (LMIC), and as part of the regular seasonal harvest, Mrs. Obama and American Indian children began the process of planting the “three sisters”– corn, beans and squash – in the White House kitchen garden. This traditional Native[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
State Department Briefing by Mark C. Toner, June 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Twenty-Second Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell’s Travel to China, Mongolia, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea, June 5-10 YEMEN Attack on Presidential Compound GCC Proposal Charts the Best Way Forward / President Saleh Should Sign All U.S.[Read More…]
Durbin: Fighting Hunger Must Remain a Priority
DECATUR, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. As the economy in Decatur continues to struggle, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) visited a local Summer Food Service Program site to discuss hunger and the rising demand for food pantry services with area food bank and food pantry representatives. “The struggling economy has put a[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, June 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011 – Update as of 2:30 P.M. EDT. Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has reported that more than 100,000 tons of contaminated water has leaked from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors. Given concerns over the spreading of contamination during the rainy season, the company is[Read More…]
Meet the Furgasons, First Met at the Park Forest Aqua Center, Chat with Gabe Adams (Video/Story)
Greg, Julie and 9-month-old Nigel Furgason, just before Nigel entered the waters for the first time. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Greg and Julie Furgason first met at the Park Forest Aqua Center in the summer of 2000. Both worked at the PFAC, Greg since 1997, Julie began in[Read More…]
Deadly E. Coli Outbreak Caused by Rare Strain of Bacterium, UN Confirms
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 June 2011. The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the E. coli infection that has claimed the lives of 17 people in Germany and made more than 1,800 others in Europe sick is a rare strain of the bacterium. “The strain of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated[Read More…]
Statement of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on May Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the May 2011 Employment Situation report released today: “Our nation’s labor market continued to add jobs in the month of May. Nonfarm payroll employment added 54,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate registered at 9.1 percent. “While[Read More…]
NOAA, Partners to Search for Ships Lost in World War II off North Carolina
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. NOAA will lead a summer research expedition to locate and study World War II shipwrecks sunk in 1942 off North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically the Battle of Convoy KS-520. The shipwrecks are located in an area known as the “Graveyard of the[Read More…]
LGBT Workplace Discrimination and Support for Federal Protections
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011. Today, a new poll, commissioned by the Center for American Progress, shows that the American public strongly supports workplace nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, at a time when new research shows just how much discrimination and harassment this population faces on the job. The[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama to Chrysler Workers in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2011 – 1:21 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Please have a seat. It is good to be back in Toledo. (Applause.) It is good to be with all of you. Now, for those of[Read More…]
