Jerry Shnay – Page 22

Shnay: Rich Township School Dist. 227 board members often divided

July 22, 2019 at 5:35 p.m.

Last May, less than one month after the new Rich Township School District 227 board was installed, and after listening to nearly 90 minutes of bickering, squabbling, intrusions and interruptions,...

A crowd of more than 100 people pack an auditorium on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at Rich East High School in Park Forest to offer public feedback on proposals by District 227 to address declining enrollment and facility needs.

Shnay: Residents don’t want shoe to drop on Rich East

July 10, 2019 at 10:10 a.m.

In a time when people lived in crowded cookie-cutter apartments, often with a bedroom over another, at night the upstairs resident taking off a shoe might drop it with a...

Shnay: Dist. 227 high schools in jeopardy because of financial problems

June 24, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Time changes everything. In 1951, Park Forest's early residents overwhelmingly approved a $1.2 million bond issue to build a high school in their community. Two years later, the doors of...

Shnay: Bad spring ends on high note

June 11, 2019 at 8:13 a.m.

This has been a dreary spring. For days, it seemed as if the constant rain helped destroy the promise of the season. There never seemed to be enough time or...

Shnay: New thoughts about Memorial Day

May 24, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

I have no fondness for Memorial Day. Even though I join with others in the annual commemoration and recite the same Pledge of Allegiance, sing the same national anthem, and...

Shnay: Park Forest welcomes a new mayor for just the 11th time as several pressing issues loom

May 13, 2019 at 2:16 p.m.

Another page was turned in the history of Park Forest when Jon Vanderbilt was sworn in as the eleventh mayor of the village last week. It marked the first time...

Trinity Lutheran Pastor Chris Wogaman carries the church's cross Sunday as he moves to another church accompanied Barb Zahn (left) and Sanjay Kansara.(center)

Shnay: Park Forest church closes doors, shares space with another house of worship

April 29, 2019 at 3:39 p.m.

The last hymn was sung, the final sermon was spoken and the concluding blessing to the congregation was given. For the 60 or so members who attended last Sunday's service...

Shnay: Passover celebrates freedom

April 18, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

Hovering over my Park Forest home desk is a large poster of a page from a 14th Century Spanish Haggadah. The Haggadah is a book read by Jews during Passover....

Shnay: Park Forest Hall of Fame to honor 5 people, group

April 1, 2019 at 3:04 p.m.

Park Forest has been our home for the last 55 years. It is where we share memories and fellowship with friends and family. This is where we saw the community...

Shnay: Park Forest Officer Tim Jones defies odds

March 18, 2019 at 7:36 p.m.

Three years ago March 19, Park Forest police Officer Tim Jones was shot, when, along with two other police officers he responded to an alleged break-in at a vacant home...

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