CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the Seventeenth Annual Summer Speech Camp, Monday, July 6, through Thursday, July 16. The camp meets from 1:15 to 5:15 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights, and is intended[Read More…]
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Expansive Visions: Encaustic Works by FUSEDChicago Opening at PSC Christopher Art Gallery June 1
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. The Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College is hosting “Expansive Visions: encaustic works by FUSEDChicago,” June 1 through July 9, in the gallery, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. An artists’ reception is scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 11,[Read More…]
State Policies On Alcohol Can Lower Youth Drinking
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among teens, and accounts for more than 4,300 deaths annually among people under age 21. In a study, “Youth Drinking in the United States: Relationships With Alcohol Policies and Adult Drinking,” published in the July 2015 Pediatrics[Read More…]
Medical Legal Strategy Can Improve Healthcare of Low-Income Parents of Newborns
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. In the U.S., roughly 45 percent of children are born into poor or low-income families, and children’s health suffers when basic needs such as food, housing and utilities are not met. A new approach to health care for low-income families of newborns that addresses[Read More…]
Study Examines Strategies to Improve Physician Counseling on Vaccines
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. Physicians are highly influential in parental vaccine decision making, but sometimes feel unprepared in addressing parents’ concerns about vaccines. When vaccine hesitancy leads to delaying or refusing vaccines, outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases may occur. A July 2015 Pediatrics study, “Physician Communication Training and Parental[Read More…]
Suburban Man Indicted For International Parental Kidnapping
CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. A Skokie man was indicted last week for international parental kidnapping of his three children and traveling with them to Turkey without their mother’s consent, permission or knowledge. MURTAZA ALI, 44, of Skokie, was charged with one count of international parental kidnapping by a federal grand[Read More…]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Congratulates Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 “Chicagoans could not be more proud of our Blackhawks and the resilience they showed during this incredible NHL playoff series. I want to congratulate the Anaheim Ducks on their outstanding performance and a competitive series. But most importantly, I congratulate our Chicago Blackhawks on another conference championship[Read More…]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Congratulates Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 “Chicagoans could not be more proud of our Blackhawks and the resilience they showed during this incredible NHL playoff series. I want to congratulate the Anaheim Ducks on their outstanding performance and a competitive series. But most importantly, I congratulate our Chicago Blackhawks on another conference championship[Read More…]
‘Give Young People Decent Jobs and They Will Create a Better Future’ – UN Chief
Young people are poised to transform Côte d’Ivoire’s future, but to do so, they must be empowered, educated and employed. Photo: UNFPA Cote d’Ivoire NEw YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 June 2015 – When young people have decent jobs, political weight, negotiating muscle and real influence in the world, they will create a better[Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Possession of Adderall-in-a-Sock Does Not Trigger Deportation
With 40,000 People Getting Deported for Drug Law Violations Annually, Pressure Mounts for Humane Reforms WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. The United States Supreme Court ruled today in Mellouli v. Lynch, Attorney General that an immigrant could not be deported for possession of a sock, which under Kansas state law counts[Read More…]
