Jerry Shnay – Page 12

Candidates for Park Forest village trustee Tiffani Graham, from left, Andy Gladstone, John Moore and Joshua Travis take questions at a candidate forum March 19.

Column: Park Forest trustee candidates face questions on involving younger people, uses for shuttered Rich East

March 27, 2023 at 8:43 a.m.

The 30 people that appear to attend every Park Forest trustee candidate forum were again on hand in Village Hall last week for the final discussion of issues before next...

Candidates for the Park Forest-Chicago Heights Elementary District 163 Board Herbert Ferguson, from left, Kim Elmore-Perkins, Christina Dupee and Margaret McDannel discuss issues at Sunday's forum.

Column: Park Forest-Chicago Heights District 163 candidates discuss teacher retention, misuse of funds

March 13, 2023 at 10:01 a.m.

During the election season, three vastly different candidate forums are held in Park Forest. Those running for a six-year seat on the Park Forest Public Library Board hold one meeting...

Candidates for Rich Township High School District 227 Board Andrea Bonds, from left, Randy Alexander, Mason Newell, Lamekia Davis, Shagmond Lowery and Keith White at a recent forum.

Column: High School District 227 Board candidates discuss what to do with vacated Rich East building

February 27, 2023 at 1:09 p.m.

Once there was a high school in Park Forest for which more than 99% of the town's residents voted to tax themselves so their children could attend a nearby school...

Column: Crime, public safety top issues for Park Forest trustee candidates

February 21, 2023 at 9:03 a.m.

Four of the five contenders for a seat on the Park Forest Village Board were on hand Sunday at the second village candidate forum, answering written questions from a large...

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Nichole Patton administers the oath of office to Park Forest Mayor Jon Vanderbilt as he holds his son Lucas, 4, during a May 2019 ceremony at Village Hall. (Park Forest photo)

Park Forest Mayor Jon Vanderbilt drops bid for reelection

February 16, 2023 at 10:16 p.m.

Park Forest Mayor Jon Vanderbilt has withdrawn his name as a candidate for reelection in April, allowing Village Trustee Joe Woods a clear field to the election. Vanderbilt took himself...

Alicia Rodman McCray at her 2013 induction into the Park Forest Hall of Fame.

Column: Park Forest’s Alicia Rodman McCray had a passion for progress

February 13, 2023 at 9:07 a.m.

When Alicia Rodman McCray was selected to the Park Forest Hall of Fame in 2013, she was lauded as "the embodiment of the term public citizen." Truer words were never...

Park Forest Village Hall (Daily Southtown file photo)

Column: Park Forest mayoral candidate makes case as incumbent misses first forum

January 30, 2023 at 12:35 p.m.

Question: What do you do when candidates for political office do not show up for discussions with the voters? Answer: You keep on going. What was originally billed Sunday as...

Different varieties of tomato plants were part of the backyard garden for Jerry and Penny Shnay in Park Forest in 2021.

Column: Dreaming of a lush garden, but knowing plants have a mind of their own

January 16, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

In the midst of a sunless winter day, the bleak season was brightened with the arrival of a seed and plant catalog; its colorful pages glowing with wordless promises of...

Column: New year brings a fresh start and Park Forest elections

January 2, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

Village elections are as much about personality as politics and often become more combative than convivial. These odd-year choices by the people manage to stir voters and, in recent years,...

Column: Keeping faith, even if it might be a scam

December 19, 2022 at 5:30 a.m.

One chilly day last week, I tried to start our 12-year-old car which has survived an encounter with a deer, a big hole in a construction zone, a tree, a...

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