Governor Kate Brown & Rep. Knute Buehler both offer support for effort OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2017 Submitted by: Mike Marshall, Oregon Recovers A pile of nearly 1000 shoes was created last week in Shemanski Park as a crowd of over 1000 turned out to protest Oregon’s lack of support for addiction[Read More…]
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At Last, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to be Launched Spring 2019
Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- At long last, NASA is planning to launch the James Webb Space Telescope between March and June 2019 from the northeastern tip of South America, French Guiana. First, there will be an assessment of the remaining integration and test activities, according to NASA. A launch window for the Webb (commonly[Read More…]
Two Injured In Shooting On Minocqua Street
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A shooting took place in the 300 block of Minocqua Street on Saturday night, according to a statement by Park Forest police. Two residents of the Village of Park Forest suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Police do not believe the shooting was random. The incident took[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest for the Week of October 1, 2017
≡ Village A & E PF Library Learn Green Health Etc. Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) —On Saturday, October 7, the smell of pancakes and sausage will fill the air when the Kiwanis Club of Park Forest holds its 66th Annual Pancake Day. The event will take place at Rich East High[Read More…]
Soldier Credits Adaptive Sports for Recovery, Medal Wins at Invictus Games
TORONTO—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2017 By: Shannon Collins Army Spc. Stephanie Morris added a gold medal in discus, a silver in shot put and a bronze in hand cycle in the women’s track and field competition in her disability category here at the 2017 Invictus Games this week. More than 550 wounded,[Read More…]
U.S. Army Veteran Cycles to Recovery, Runs to Gold at Invictus Games
TORONTO—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2017 By: Robert A. Whetstone, Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs For U.S. Army veteran Sean Johnson, his first Invictus Games have been nothing short of awesome. “It’s like Warrior Games (DoD) at a whole different level,” said Johnson. “This is really athletes at their best.” Johnson, who[Read More…]
UChicago Launches Commemoration of Landmark Discovery with Oct. 1 Event on New Nuclear Landscape
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017. The University of Chicago’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction will begin Oct. 1, with a conversation on the new nuclear landscape and its implications for international security. The event at Mandel Hall will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Taking[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Duckworth Press AG Secretary To Quickly Provide Puerto Rico With Food Aid
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2017 By: Office of Senator Dick Durbin U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and five additional colleagues in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to request that he use all available resources to swiftly provide[Read More…]
Report: The Marijuana ‘Gateway’ Theory Is A Fallacy
New Paltz, NY—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Scientific evidence does not support claims that marijuana experimentation often serves as a ‘gateway’ to the use of other substances, particularly cocaine and heroin, according to a report issued by the Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives at SUNY[Read More…]
UN Agency Provides ‘Badly Battered’ Dominica with Critical Food Supplies, Telecom Support
DOMINICA—(ENEWSPF)–29 September 2017 – Emergency supplies from the United Nations food relief agency are being delivered to Dominica as people face “huge challenges in their lives” in the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, which ripped through the small Caribbean island last week. “Dominica has been badly battered[Read More…]
