(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The leadership of the Marian Catholic High School Student Council facilitated a “dress down day” to raise money for victims of the recent earthquakes in Haiti. With nearly 100% participation of students and staff, over $5,300 was collected and distributed to The American Red Cross[Read More…]
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Community Classes at Rich East Return to Rich East January 30
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Rich East High School, 300 Sauk Trail, Park Forest, will be hosting the second in a series of community classes from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30. This series includes computer skills, culinary arts, wellness, line dancing, legacy initiative, careers that work, math made[Read More…]
Toni Preckwinkle for Cook County Board President
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski, Editor and Publisher, Rosemary Piser, Associate Editor, eNews Park Forest The entire Chicagoland area needs the Cook County Board to work, and the fact is, for the past several years, it hasn’t. Besides the serious ethical questions it raises, political patronage is a horribly inefficient and[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of January 25, 2010
LeRoy Sims (left) and chess Grandmaster Len Weber match wits Saturday at Dining on the Green. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2010. Last week President Obama invited Americans to nominate candidates for the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second highest civilian award. For over 40 years, the Presidential[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for January 25, 2010
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local[Read More…]
Haiti: Greenpeace Donates Use of Ship to Doctors Without Borders
HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2010. The environmental organization Greenpeace generously donated the use of its ship, Esperanza, to assist Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with its emergency response in Haiti. This donation enabled MSF to transport it’s most urgent life-saving medical supplies as quickly as possible by air, while Esperanza made[Read More…]
Priest Who Tried To Kill Himself Could Be Deported
From the Chicago Sun-Times: A priest accused of sexually assaulting a St. Charles boy could face deportation if convicted on the charges, according to Kane County prosecutors. The Rev. Alejandro Flores, who until recently served at Holy Family Church in Shorewood, had his first appearance in Kane County Court on[Read More…]
Two Die In Sugar Grove Plane Crash
From the Chicago Tribune: Two men were killed tonight when a small plane crashed in a subdivision near Waubonsee Community College in the far west suburb of Sugar Grove. The two fatalities — both men — were in the plane, said Kane County Sheriff’s spokesman Pat Gengler. Gengler said at[Read More…]
Haiti: Doctors Without Borders Going Beyond Emergency Care
HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2010. In the immediate aftermath of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) focused on emergency surgery and life-saving interventions. Now, though, some MSF teams are seeing more patients who need care for pre-existing conditions and for infections or complications affecting wounds they[Read More…]
UN Emergency Food Agency Reaches 2 Million Haitians With Meals
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–23 January 2010 – An estimated 2 million people received meals yesterday courtesy of WFP, up from 1.2 million the day before.WFP has been coordinating its relief effort with the UN peacekeeping mission (known as MINUSTAH), the Haitian Government and other aid partners, including the United States and the[Read More…]
