Column: Animals and plants, and some merchants, herald the change of seasons
The other morning our furnace clicked on. The same day, as we were picking the last large crop of tomatoes in our garden, we observed a flight of nearly 100...
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Column: Saga of Park Forest’s latest grocery store hope reflected in sour endings for other regional Jet Foods
There was a time in the common life of Park Forest when the village actively sought a grocery store for its residents; a retailer who could help feed the community...
Column: Park Forest politics takes on new look with early fundraising
As of Sept. 4, the next mayoral election in Park Forest will be 19 months or some 579 days away, but politics being what it is these days, the election campaign...
Column: Road trip shows return to human interaction and highway repairs
It has been 27 months since we took our last road trip to visit our daughter and her family in Colorado and our two-day journey was, pardon the contradiction, both...
Column: Success of polio vaccine rollout shows we learn nothing from history
A history teacher once told me that the only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. In the summer of 1952, this nation's last great...
Column: Oak Lawn 1971 basketball team reunites to remember their ‘almost’ championship
It takes a long time to turn bitter wounds of defeat into treasured memories. Saturday night, the 1971 Oak Lawn High School basketball team and its storied coach gathered to...
Column: Demolition ends saga of Park Forest’s ‘house on the hill’
The large house atop a low rise on Monee Road in Park Forest was finally demolished last week. All that remains of the once majestic home are heaps of broken...
Column: Future president campaigned in Park Forest in marathon Fourth of July
The morning of July 4, 2003, an Illinois state senator with an unusual name who was running for the U.S. Senate began a personal marathon of Independence Day parades throughout...
Column: Seed catalogs, neighbor recommendations fill suburban gardens
The joke goes like this: If you have a backyard garden and do not grow tomatoes, there is a chance you could get deported. A home garden without a tomato...
Column: Are unwritten rules of white privilege behind a lack of goods and services in many south suburbs?
Nothing comes easy if you live in the south suburbs. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health there are 13 Level 1 trauma centers in the Chicago area, none...