Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2012. The Area J Cooperative Townhomes, 294 Lakewood Boulevard, Park Forest, will hold an Open House on Saturday, September 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Membership applications are available at the Area J office. For additional information about the Open House or about Cooperative living[Read More…]
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Big Money Up For Grabs, Park Forest Baseball Hopes To Get Its Share
Park Forest Baseball players hope for part of the grant. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Foreset, IL-(ENEWSPF)- For fifteen youth sports organizations demonstrating their commitment to responsibility on and off the baseball field, Liberty Mutual Insurance will soon make a very memorable contribution, in the amount of a $2,500 Responsible Sports™ Community[Read More…]
ACLU Trial to End Alabama’s HIV Segregation Policies in Prisons Begins
Alabama One of Just Two States that Still Practices this Form of Systematic Discrimination MONTGOMERY, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Opening arguments began today in a suit by the American Civil Liberties Union that seeks to end an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) policy to segregate all prisoners living with HIV. The[Read More…]
Video: Mitt Romney Gets Slammed By A Gay Vietnam Veteran
From ABC News: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks to Bob Garon during a campaign stop at the Chez Vachon Restaurant, Dec. 12, 2011 in Manchester, N.H. Mr. Garon effectively puts Romney in his place.
Southern Poverty Law Center, Human Rights Groups Urge Public Officials Not to Attend Values Voter Summit, Avoid Legitimizing Anti-LGBT Extremism
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and a coalition of human rights groups are calling on public officials not to attend the upcoming Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., because its host, the Family Research Council, has spread demonizing lies about the LGBT community, and because one[Read More…]
Kiwanis Club of Park Forest to Host 61st Annual Pancake Day on September 22
Tickets Now On Sale Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 14, 2012. The Kiwanis Club of Park Forest is launching its 61st Annual Pancake Day emphasizing personalized services in a new indoor format in the dining facilities at Celebration Ministries (formerly Hope Lutheran Church) at 424 Indianwood Blvd., on Saturday, September 22, from[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, September 14, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. On the Campaign Trail, Medicare Continues to be Central Topic With the Democratic and Republican conventions over, Medicare continues to garner attention. Launching a two-day campaign swing in Florida, former President Bill Clinton pushed back in Miami on Tuesday against what he described as Republican scare[Read More…]
Video: LGBT Inclusion at the Democratic Convention
LGBT issues had tremendous prominence at the Democratic Convention.
Park Forest Historical Society’s Annual Meeting Program to Discuss the ‘History of the 1950s Park Forest House Museum’
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2012. How the 1950s Park Forest House Museum began and the history of its first fourteen years will be presented in an illustrated talk by volunteer Museum Director Jane Nicoll at the Annual Meeting of the Park Forest Historical Society on Sunday September 23. The program[Read More…]
‘Hacking Democracy’ to be Screened at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church on Saturday, September 22
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)–On Saturday, September 22 at 7 p.m., the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will screen the documentary ‘Hacking Democracy.’ A discussion will follow the movie. Electronic voting machines count about 87% of the votes cast in America today. But are they reliable and safe[Read More…]
