Jerry Shnay – Page 10

Column: The invisible chair and plate at the Thanksgiving table calls us to remember those who do without

November 20, 2023 at 11:29 a.m.

The people who live in the south suburbs; those who calmly mingle race and religion without much distress, those who live in posh homes just miles from some of the...

U.S. flags along the sidewalk outside Freedom Hall in Park Forest before Saturday's veterans celebration.

Column: Park Forest veterans celebration honors medical personnel

March 12, 2024 at 11:52 a.m.

Never let it be said Park Forest does not honor its history of being a G.I. town; a community primarily built for veterans returning home after World War II and...

Philip Klutznick and Ethel Klutznick stand with President Jimmy Carter in 1980 during a ceremony in which he was sworn in as commerce secretary.

Column: Park Forest founder Philip Klutznick had role in creation of Israeli port city Ashdod near Gaza

October 23, 2023 at 1:26 p.m.

Google informs us the distance from Park Forest to the embattled Israel city of Ashdod is 6,180 miles, but the two communities are closely linked through the vision of the...

Column: Park Forest to host ‘Oscars’ for 75th anniversary

October 9, 2023 at 2:13 p.m.

As we mentioned before, Park Forest will celebrate its 75th anniversary as a community next year. There are plans on the village's drawing board for a plethora of plans and parties...

A gushing fountain highlights the pond at the redeveloped Somonauk Park.

Column: Park Forest celebrates updated Somonauk Park, village history

March 12, 2024 at 11:55 a.m.

Both a tribute to the past and a celebration of the future take place this weekend in Park Forest as the village celebrates the "official" opening of a remodeled Somonauk...

The Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, Sept. 20, 2022.

Column: Civil rights ally encountered on Colorado vacation shares memories of Selma march

September 11, 2023 at 11:08 a.m.

The man in a battered Indiana Jones fedora reading a New York newspaper in a Colorado coffee shop looked at us at the next table, then folding the paper, offered...

People inspect model homes June 8, 1952, in Park Forest, after reading about them in the newspaper.

Column: Travel is enjoyable, but returning home to Park Forest brings memories

August 28, 2023 at 11:05 a.m.

In March 1964, two days after a late winter snowstorm, Penny and myself, along with our 3-year-old son, our 2-month-old daughter and our dog were able to shoehorn ourselves into...

Longtime Park Forest residents Jan Marcotte, from left, Janet Whitson Markus and Bill O'Neill.

Column: Park Forest residents of 70 years share stories of settling where ‘everyone came from somewhere else’

August 14, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

For the 140-plus who last week attended two observances of Park Forest's salute to its early citizens, memories were the flavor of the day. You bite down on the years...

Wren chicks in the gourd outside the Shnay home in Park Forest.

Column: Snicker at Richton Park’s stadium bid for the Chicago Bears, but the economic need is real

July 31, 2023 at 10:46 a.m.

Our smarter-than-smart friends from Chicago must have giggled at the thought of little Richton Park, with a population of about 13,000, trying to get the big-city Chicago Bears to locate...

Donations in a basement room at Park Forest Village Hall for people displaced by June 16 condominium fire on Indianwood Boulevard.

Column: Victory Christian church steps up to assist those displaced in Park Forest condominium fire

July 17, 2023 at 11:14 a.m.

We need to pay it forward. One day in June, we walked across the street to meet our new neighbors. We do this because once we were strangers on the...

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