Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* BAGHDAD, Jul 23 (IPS) – Welcomed at first after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, most NGOs have run into scepticism and mistrust. Few remain to help. Hundreds of local and foreign NGOs became active in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in[Read More…]
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Tall Grass Presents ‘this good earth’ Starting Friday
Tall Grass Arts Association presents this good earth beginning Friday. (Collage: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Tall Grass Arts Association will present this good earth, an exhibit of landscape images, from August 8 through September 27, 2008. The exhibit, curated by Claudia Craemer and Richard Schmidt, will include nine artists who[Read More…]
Drums and Jamaican Music on the Green Tonight
Photo Gallery: Cold Blooded Creatures and Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The entertainment continues this evening on Main Street in Park Forest with Kpani Addy & Kolomashi and Waterhouse. Kpani Addy is a third generation master drummer. He is accompanied by his American dance troupe. Waterhouse Experience[Read More…]
Coyote Activity by EJ & E
We got so much conversation going on deer, I thought I would put out a mention of coyote activity. The past few nights we have noticed the coyotes lliving near the EJ & E tracks off Wildwood in Park Forest have really been howlling and barking at night. Maybe they[Read More…]
Entrepreneurship Program Being Offered to Veterans with Disabilities
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UCLA Anderson School of Management will join a select group of business schools around the nation to offer the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), an innovative program designed to provide specialized entrepreneurship training for post-9/11 military personnel injured in the line of duty. The nine-day bootcamp,[Read More…]
1950s Museum On the Web and in the News
The 1950s Park Forest House Museum once again is covered in a great news story. Alan Petrillo of Cotton & Quail Antiques Gazette has a July 3 story running on the Antique Trader website. It includes some really great photos of the new museum. If you have not visited since[Read More…]
1950s Museum–Cultural Amenity
Hello Park Forest! Like me, you probably just received your Village of Park Forest "Resident Handbook". Do the Park Forest Historical Society and yourselves a favor. Turn to Page 11 in your handbook, and ink in the 1950s Park Forest House Museum at 141 Forest Blvd, open 1-3 on Saturdays.[Read More…]
Fallujah Braces for Another Assault
Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, Jul 21 (IPS) – U.S. and Iraqi forces are preparing another siege of Fallujah under the pretext of combating "terror", residents and officials say. Located 69 km west of Baghdad, the city that suffered two devastating U.S. attacks in 2004[Read More…]
Fire Department Welcomes New Wheels
The interior of the new ambulance. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Fire Chief Rober Wilcox and members of the Park Forest Fire Department showcased the Village’s new fire engine and ambulance prior to the July 14 board meeting. The engine holds 400 gallons of water, enough to put out[Read More…]
Police Execute Sunrise Search Warrant on Lester
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police discovered drugs and cash when executing a search warrant on Lester Street one day last week just before dawn. Two men were arrested. On Thursday, July 17, 2008, at approximately 5:21 a.m., members of the South Suburban Emergency Response Team (SSERT) executed a search warrant at[Read More…]
