NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 4 – The American Civil Liberties Union today sent a letter to the Library of Congress and the Congressional Research Service (CRS) on behalf of Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor for the Guantánamo military commissions, who was terminated from his job at CRS because of opinion[Read More…]
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Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Slim-Fast® Ready-to-Drink Products in Cans Due to Possible Health Risk
Englewood Cliffs, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2009 – Unilever United States, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of all Slim-Fast® ready-to-drink (RTD) products in cans, due to the possibility of contamination with Bacillus cereus, a micro-organism, which may cause diarrhea and[Read More…]
Rich East to Use Grant Money to Offer Saturday Community Classes
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Looking for something to do on Saturday’s as the chill of winter sets in? Then perhaps fun and informative classes at Rich East High School may be just the remedy for your winter chills. As part of its receiving a $232,000 School Improvement Grant from the Illinois[Read More…]
PSC Speech Team Continues Winning Season
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Prairie State College (PSC) speech team captured six individual medals and placed sixth overall at a recent tournament held at Kishwaukee College in Malta, Ill. Individual winners are as follows: Nadia Crawley, of Park Forest, tournament champion in Informative Speaking; Etta Oben, of Matteson, third place[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Power Down Fridays
Members of Generation Green include (kneeling l-r): Paul Jenkins ’11 (Country Club Hills), Johnathon Brodeur ’12 (Steger), Kyela Wilson ’12 (South Holland), Summer Fields ’12 (Richton Park), Dareon West ’13 (Harvey), and Harrison Sherman ’11 (Chicago Heights). (Standing l-r): Alex Jackson ’11 (Dolton), Amanda Dickman ’11 (Park Forest), Katie Lentes[Read More…]
Holiday Cheer at Prairie State College
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College’s (PSC) sixth annual Holiday Cheer Events are underway and continue through Thursday, December 10. The college welcomes community participation in many of the events. Currently a drive is underway collecting items for the Jones Center in Chicago Heights. Items needed include new toys, clothes,[Read More…]
Ten Rich East Students Among Illinois State Scholar Honorees
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has recognized ten Rich East students from among more than 19,000 students from across the state as 2010 “Illinois State Scholars.” The Rocket Illinois State Scholar are: Doris Arevalo, Alexia Caulker, Rebecca Curl, Sara Fiorenzo, Amy Okichich, Andrew Phillips, Matthew Phillips,[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Open House This Sunday, December 6
Buddhist speaker Allen Martin speaks to Mr. Gary Kopycinski’s World Religions class Wednesday at Marian Catholic High School. Martin will be teaching and studying in India for six months beginning in January. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School will open its doors to prospective students and families[Read More…]
Senator Sanders Offers Medicare-for-All Amendment in Senate
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2009. Challenging head-on the powerful private insurance and pharmaceutical industries, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment to the Senate health reform bill Wednesday that would replace the bulk of the Senate bill’s language with provisions establishing a single-payer, Medicare-for-All program. Joining with Sanders, I-Vt., in co-sponsoring the measure,[Read More…]
Protecting Consumers from Fraudulent Phone Bill Charges
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2009. Today, State Representative Anthony DeLuca (D-Chicago Heights) called attention to the signing of legislation he backed in the Illinois House of Representatives that will help protect consumers from having charges unfairly added to their phone bills. “All too often, families of the Southland are forced to[Read More…]
