SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2010. Hunters are encouraged to sign up this summer for a free Illinois Hunter Safety Education Course coordinated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), or take one of the web-based hunter safety study course/field day options that are available to earn a hunter safety certificate.[Read More…]
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Administration Announces New Affordable Care Act Measures to Protect Consumers and Put Patients Back in Charge of Their Care
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2010. Today, the Obama Administration is announcing both new regulations to empower consumers to appeal decisions made by their health plans or insurance companies and the availability of resources that will be used to help give consumers more control of their health care decisions. These provisions of the[Read More…]
Montana Same-Sex Couples Sue State For Legal Protections For Their Families
HELENA, MT–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2010. Seven committed same-sex couples today filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana for failing to provide legal protections to same-sex couples and their families in violation of the Montana Constitution’s rights of privacy, dignity and the pursuit of life’s basic necessities and its guarantees of[Read More…]
Dave Rudolf Entertains Park Forest with ‘Shake, Shake Senora,’ at Main Street Nights (Video)
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Enjoy the sights and sounds of Dave Rudolf and Company as they perform "Shake, Shake Senora" on July 21, 2010. Children young and old form a conga line through the Village Green. Rudolf’s performance at Main Street Nights is an annual favorite. (Video: ENEWSPF)
Mississippi School Agrees To Revise Policy And Pay Damages To Lesbian Teenager Denied Chance To Attend Prom
ABERDEEN, MS–(ENEWSPF)–July 20, 2010. Itawamba County School District officials agreed to have a judgment entered against them in the case of a recent high school graduate who sued her school for canceling the prom rather than let her attend with her girlfriend. The agreement ends a precedent-setting lawsuit brought by[Read More…]
Annual Psychology and Counseling Awards at GSU
Vilma Matthews of Hazel Crest, Jessica Specht of Country Club Hills, Dr. Shannon Dermer, Chair of the Division of Psychology, Dr. Shea Dunham, assistant professor and Counseling Lab Coordinator, and Counseling Greg Severin of Lansing. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Division of Psychology and Counseling at Governors State University recently awarded[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on UN Accreditation of the ILGHRC
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2010. I welcome this important step forward for human rights, as the International Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Commission (ILGHRC) will take its rightful seat at the table of the United Nations. The UN was founded on the premise that only through mutual respect, diversity, and dialogue[Read More…]
Neil Goodman Sculptures Come to Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park
Neil Goodman’s Four Corners. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Five dramatic sculptures by Chicago artist Neil Goodman are on display at the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park (NMSP) at Governors State University. Neil Goodman in the Park, located at the east entrance of GSU’s main campus in University Park, is a[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of July 19, 2010
Ken Schultz, the Flying Fool, Entertains during last Wednesday’s Main Street Nights. See video here and video of Creole Stomp here. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Updated July 19, 2010 at 8:45 p.m. with additional information regarding July 24 movie screening at the Holiday Star Theater. Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 18, 2010. With[Read More…]
Jay Shafer: Living Small, Real Small (Video)
Ten years ago, Jay Shafer downsized to an 89-square-foot house and reinvented both his lifestyle and career in the process.
