Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Works of art created by talented students from five local high schools are on display at Prairie State College’s juried art exhibition. The annual exhibit, titled "Verge," features young artists from schools across PSC’s district, including Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Marian Catholic High School, Bloom Township High School,[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
District 163 Adult Tech Classes Get Rave Reviews
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A number of residents of Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 have become more facile with technology and comfortable with its use thanks to the Adult Technology Literacy courses that the school district recently offered to its community residents. “I really felt illiterate about technology,” said Ira[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Dedication of the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2011 – 5:19 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Everybody, please be seated. I am so grateful to be here in this beautiful space. Let me begin by thanking the Brown family for making me a part of this celebration. I want to thank President Clinton[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Mark C. Toner, March 29, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton in London / Press Conference Before She Departs / Bilat with Libyan Transitional National Council Representative/ Foreign Secretary William Hague / Prime Minister Cameron IRAN U.S. Increases Pressure on Iran / Strategy Focuses on Iran’s Oil and Gas[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Dean Foods Settlement to Benefit Milk Consumers
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Wisconsin and Michigan in filing a proposed consent decree requiring Dean Foods to sell its milk processing plant in Waukesha, Wis. The proposed settlement is the result of a federal lawsuit filed last year challenging Dean[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, March 29, 2011 (6:30 PM EDT)
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 6:30 P.M. EDT.Tokyo Electric Power Co. said that cooling water is being added to the spent storage fuel pools at reactors 2 and 3. Reactor 2 was using a temporary motor-driven pump and reactor 3 was using a truck to pump the freshwater[Read More…]
The Adult Learning Exchange (T.A.L.E.) Announces Its Spring 2011 Schedule
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2011. The Adult Learning Exchange (T.A.L.E.) announces its Spring 2011 Schedule. Five classes will be given on Fridays, April 8th—May 27th (8-week session) at Governors State University, 1 University Parkway, University Park, IL.
Côte d’Ivoire: UN Condemns Firing at Helicopter and Killing of Civilians
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 March 2011 – The United Nations peacekeeping force in Côte d’Ivoire reported today that one of its helicopters was shot at by forces loyal to the country’s President and denounced the killing of a dozen civilians in the commercial capital, Abidjan, by another armed group. “Elements of the[Read More…]
UN Secretary General Ban Outlines Need for Long-term Transitional Arrangements in Libya
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–29 March 2011 – Swift and decisive action by the international community has stopped a humanitarian disaster from emerging so far in Libya, but the country’s transition to genuine democracy will take time and require concerted global support, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today. “For now, we have prevented a humanitarian[Read More…]
Dirty Coal Industry Influence is Clear as Weak Proposed Rule Would Do Nothing to Protect Waterways
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2011. Late Monday Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson proposed a weak new rule that would do almost nothing to conserve the billions of gallons of water wasted or protect the billions of fish shredded by power plant cooling systems nationwide. The new proposed guidelines, which[Read More…]
