30 września 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Governor Blagojevich Urges Notification of Voting Rights to Illinoisans Displaced by Foreclosure została wyłączona
Letter sent to IllinoisState Board of Elections, urges action and public notice to residents who have filed for a change of address
CHICAGO – In a push to make sure no citizen loses their vote in November, Governor Rod Blagojevich today urged the Illinois Board of Elections to seek out and notify eligible Illinoisans of their voting rights if they have lost their homes through foreclosure.According to the New York Times more than one million Americans have lost their homes through foreclosure in the last two years, and many of them are still registered to vote at the address of their previous home.
“The foreclosure crisis in our state has many devastating consequences, which is why we need to do everything possible to lessen and ease the impact on families.Proactive steps are needed, such as informing these Illinoisans of their options with respect to voting,” wrote Gov. Blagojevich.“I urge the Board of Elections take appropriate, but quick, steps to ensure that those Illinoisans who have regrettably been uprooted due to a foreclosure action on their homes be apprised of their voting rights, and advised on the steps they should step to make sure they can vote in the upcoming election.”
30 września 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Skokie Public Library to Receive National Medal for Museum and Library Service at White House Ceremony została wyłączona
Skokie, IL – First Lady Laura Bush will award Skokie Public Library the 2008 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor for museums and libraries, at a White House ceremony on October 7. Each year, the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in coordination with the White House, awards the national medal to five libraries and five museums that have helped make their communities better places to live. Each winner also receives a $10,000 award.
Skokie Public Library received the medal for:
– Founding and continuing cosponsor ship of the annual Skokie Festival of Cultures, which provides two days of ethnic foods, music, dance, crafts, fun cultural activities for kids, and a chance for integral community development
– The Library’s multilingual Web site and reading, visual, and audio materials
– Presenting the Young Steinway Concert Series, now in its 27th year, which provides valuable performing experience for exceptionally talented youth and free concerts for the community
30 września 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Chicago Public Library Celebrates Polish American Heritage Month with Free Programs and Events została wyłączona
The Chicago Public Library’s “Celebrating Diversity” campaign continues with the observance of Polish American Heritage Heritage Month, October 1 to October 31, 2008. Throughout the month, the Chicago Public Library will feature a variety of programs that focus on Polish culture, traditions and the contributions Polish people have made to society.
The Chicago Public Library’s opening program for Polish American Heritage Month will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., at the
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, struck a surprisingly conciliatory tone during talks in Warsaw, but reiterated the Kremlin’s opposition to plans for a US missile defence system on Polish soil.
The visit, the first to an EU member state by a senior Russian official since Russia’s war with Georgia in August, comes on top of growing tension over Warsaw’s deal with Washington for 10 interceptor missiles in the north of the country. “We don’t see any threat from Poland,” Lavrov told reporters after meeting with his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivered a shock pledge this week that the country would adopt the euro by the end of 2011, sending the zloty soaring against the euro and opening the door to what may be a major political and diplomatic battle.
“Our goal is 2011 – it’s a goal of our government,” Tusk said during opening remarks at the Economic Forum in Krynica. “It’s a difficult task, but it’s possible,” he added. Polish governments have over the past few years avoided a clear declaration on the date of the adoption of the euro, even though a pledge to adopt the single currency is included in Poland’s treaty of accession to the European Union.
26 września 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Obchody 400. rocznicy przybycia pierwszych Polaków do Ameryki została wyłączona
Komunikat Konsulatu Generalnego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Chicago w związku z obchodami 400. rocznicy przybycia pierwszych Polaków do Ameryki oraz 90. rocznicy odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości.
Uprzejmie informujemy, iż w ramach chicagowskich obchodów 400-lecia obecności Polaków w Ameryce oraz 90. rocznicy odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości, w sobotę 4 października 2008 roku, w Rosemont Theatre (5400 N. River Road, Rosemont) odbędą się dwa wielkie, multimedialne spektakle „Pieśni Wolności – Songs of Freedom”, które przygotowane zostały przez The Paderewski Symphony Orchestra of Chicago (PaSO), we współpracy z Konsulatem Generalnym RP w Chicago.
26 września 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Rep. Lipinski hails passage of landmark bill to help fund Metra and Amtrak improvements and increase safety została wyłączona
[Washington, DC] Today Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3), northern Illinois’ only member of the powerful House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, helped pass H.R. 2095, the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The landmark legislation is the first major update to federal laws on rail safety and Amtrak for over a decade. It includes a number of new grant programs requested by Congressman Lipinski that could benefit Illinois.
23 września 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Duma Deputies Applaud Proposal to Restore Dzerzhinsky Statue to Lubyanka Square została wyłączona
By Paul Goble
Vienna, September 19 – The removal of the statue of Feliks Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Soviet secret police, from in front of KGB headquarters in Moscow was an iconic moment in the collapse of communism there in 1991, a step that many saw as a guarantee that the kind of repression he sponsored would never return.
But yesterday, members of a Duma committee applauded a proposal by the country’s former deputy procurator general to restore the statue of the first Chekist to its former place of honor, yet another indication of the way in which the political pendulum is swinging in the Russian Federation at the present time.
And even the possibility that Dzerzhinsky will again stand in Moscow gives especial urgency to a proposal by the Czech government this week to set up a Europe-wide center for the study of totalitarianism and its victims so that nothing will be forgotten lest the kind of historical revisionism Russia is now engaging in open the way for new horrors.
23 września 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Chicago Artist Tadeusz Seidel Supports Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Chicago Chapter Benefit została wyłączona
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) Tadeusz Seidel, Chicago fine artist, announced his donation of a painting to the silent auction during Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation’s Chicago Chapter Benefit.
This benefit celebrates the launch of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation’s Chicago Chapter and all proceeds from the event will go towards fulfilling the Reeve Foundation’s mission. In addition to Chelsea Handler’s comedic performance, the event will also feature a buffet dinner, premium bar, a silent auction, and a brief update on the state of spinal cord injury research.
Four hundred years ago on October 1, 1608, the first Poles set foot in the New World in Jamestown, Virginia. These Polish craftsmen, skilled in the production of glass, tar, pitch and wood, arrived at the invitation of Captain John Smith, who had encountered them in Europe and knew of their skills and industry. They started the movement of Poles who left their homeland in search of opportunity and freedom and were directly responsible for the success of the Jamestown Colony.
In 1619, they laid the foundation for the labor movement in the U.S. Precluded from voting by the Governor of Virginia, they successfully led the first strike for equal rights. They said, “no vote, no work.” Such was their value to the colony that they were granted the right to vote. The Polish American Congress invites you to participate in the 400th anniversary commemoration to honor the first Poles’ arrival and their invaluable contributions to the New World on Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia.
