The Village Board is scheduled to meet with the Board of Education of School District 163 Monday at 6:30 p.m. in Village Hall. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– School District 163 Meeting – August 24 The Village Board will meet jointly with the School Board for School District 163 on[Read More…]
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In and Around Park Forest Week of August 24, 2009
The lush Park Forest Central Park Wetlands, home to over 100 species of birds. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Many events are taking place in Park Forest this week and in the near future. It’s never too soon to start making your plans. Send information concerning your community activities or[Read More…]
ESPN: Cowboys Videoboard in Way of Play
From ESPN: Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher was firm in his stance Saturday that the jumbo videoboard at Cowboys Stadium presents “a lot of issues” and the NFL’s competition committee that he co-chairs is expected to have a conference call in the near future to discuss the problem. Titans backup[Read More…]
Socialized Medicine? Not At All. 5 Myths About Health Care Around the World
Blog Commentary. From T.R. Reid at the Washington Post: As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system, we’ve overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the rest of the world. All the other industrialized democracies have faced problems like ours, yet they’ve found ways to[Read More…]
eNews Park Forest Health Care Reform Resources
Analysis By Rosemary Piser Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The time has come for comprehensive health care reform that will put the United States on a path to the delivery of high performance health care for all its citizens. According to data published by the Department of Health and Human Services, in[Read More…]
Human Rights Campaign Statement on Lutheran Church Opening Doors to Lesbian and Gay Ministers in Committed Relationships
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, issued the following statement on today’s historic decision by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s (ELCA) to lift its ban on noncelibate lesbian and gay pastors and to allow for those in committed[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for August 24, 2009
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…]
Jon Stewart Smacks Down Healthcare Reform Opponent Betsy McCaughey
Commentary From Salon.com: Back in the early 1990’s, Betsy McCaughey wrote “No Exit,” an article for The New Republic on the Clinton administration’s healthcare reform plan. The piece was filled with falsehoods — so many, in fact, that the magazine later disowned it. But by then, it was too late;[Read More…]
Health Care Mobs = Swift Boat Vets. And the Press Plays Dumb, Again
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Here we go again. During August’s summer daze, right-wing mini-mobs (egged on by corporate interests) have run wild at town hall meetings, propagating all kinds of smears and misinformation in an effort to derail an important Democratic campaign. Yet the mini-mob members have been treated as[Read More…]
Betsy Mccaughey Resigns from Medical Company Board Over ‘Conflict Of Interest’ Concerns
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Washington Independent highlights Betsy McCaughey’s resignation from the board of directors of Cantel Medical Corp., a medical products company, to “avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest.” McCaughey’s resignation coincides with her attempt to revive her false end-of-life counseling smears on The Daily Show. According to[Read More…]
