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IL environmental contest

Illinois EPA Announces Annual Environmental Education Competition for Fifth & Sixth Grade Students

2018 Program Encourages Youth Creativity to Protect Environment and Honoring the State’s Bicentennial SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017 By: Kristi Morris, Environmental Education Coordinator for the Illinois EPA Fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois are invited to compete in this year’s Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest sponsored by[Read More…]

Jerusalem Protests

Hundreds of Chicagoland Palestinians & Supporters to Protest Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement on Thursday, December 7

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017 By: Hatem Abudayyeh  and Deanna Othman In the wake of Trump’s announcement yesterday declaring U.S. support for Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the moving of the U.S. embassy there, the Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine (CJP) is calling for a protest today, Thursday,[Read More…]

Sothland College Prep at Notre Dame

Southland College Prep Visits University of Notre Dame

Hosts Scores of Top College and University Admissions Representatives RICHTON PARK, ILL—(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2017 By: Richard Barry   For members of Southland College Prep Charter High School’s junior class the charter bus ride to South Bend, Indiana wasn’t your typical high school field trip. “Annually, our entire junior class has the[Read More…]

Surface Design Association

Surface Design Association – Illinois to Meet at Union Street Gallery on Saturday, Dec. 9

CHICAGO Heights—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser The Surface Design Association – Illinois will meet at Union Street Gallery (USG) on Saturday, December 9 from noon to 3 p.m. USG is located at 1527 Otto Boulevard in Chicago Heights. Fiber artists or those curious about fiber arts are encouraged to[Read More…]

PSC Trustees Scholarship winners

Prairie State College Board of Trustee Full-Tuition Scholarship Recipients Announced

Jamie L. Flores, Samuel Alexander Tijerina and Haoran Zhang of Park Forest among recipients of PSC Board of Trustees Scholarship CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2017 Recipients of the fall 2017 Prairie State College (PSC) Board of Trustees Scholarship were recognized at a recent Board of Trustees meeting held at the college’s[Read More…]

Poinsettias

Village of Park Forest to Hold Free Seminar on How to Keep Poinsettias Alive, Saturday, Dec. 16

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2017 Thinking of getting more into the holiday spirit by adding some poinsettias around the house? Learn how to keep them alive longer at this free seminar on Saturday, December 16 beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Wetlands Discovery Center (inside the Park Forest Aqua Center)[Read More…]

Pyrotechnic artwork

University of Chicago’s Pyrotechnic Artwork Commemorates 75th Anniversary of First Nuclear Reaction

Cai Guo-Qiang’s work part of two days of events at UChicago CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2017 By: Andrew Bauld and Louise Lerner The pyrotechnic, multicolored display lasted less than a minute against the blue afternoon sky on Dec. 2, but created an indelible reminder of the power unlocked by the first nuclear[Read More…]

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