Jerry Shnay – Page 21

EMTs care for casualties in simulated "high risk" drill last week in Park Forest.

Shnay: Fictional test in Park Forest showcases the volatile world we now inhabit

November 25, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

The following story never happened. It was only a test. * * * Naomi Fell, the Freedom Hall Rental Sales manager was manning the box office during a jazz concert,...

Shnay: Harold Brown’s lasting legacy was his devotion to Park Forest

November 11, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

I will tell you this about Harold Brown. He always wanted to make a difference. For more than a half century, Brown played a vital role in the communal life...

Shnay: Time takes its toll on all of us, and our institutions as well; ‘I wish Rich East could be saved’

October 28, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

When the mice held a public meeting they agreed their biggest concern was the cat who silently hunted them. They discussed their options and some thought the best plan was...

Jamair Atkins, far right, president of the Rich East Booster Club, leads a group of demonstrators holding hands and chanting, "Save our school," on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, outside the school along Sauk Trail in Park Forest. Rich Township High School District 227 officials are considering closing one or more of the district's three schools due to declining enrollment and aging facilities.

Shnay: Rich Township school board navigating icy waters with infighting, decision on whether or not to close Rich East High School

October 14, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

Those residents who have demanded the School District 227 Board of Education keep Rich East High School from closing must feel like the iceberg officer aboard the Titanic. The inevitability...

Shnay: Park Forest residents rally to save school

September 16, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

I don't know what will happen at the District 227 board meeting Tuesday night at Rich Central High School. But I know the place will be packed with Park Forest...

Shnay: Divided Rich Township 227 board changes its president

September 2, 2019 at 1:40 p.m.

It was evident at last month's meeting of the Rich Township District 227 school board that angry residents do not want to move students out of the three high schools...

Rich Township District 227 officials are considering as an option having students attend the closed Lincoln-Way North High School.

Shnay: Dist. 227 parents visit Lincoln-Way North

August 19, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

When it was built, Lincoln-Way North High School was seen as a golden palace of learning — a 412,000 square-foot structure where nothing was left undone. It had an auditorium...

Shnay: It is time to stop the killings

August 5, 2019 at 6:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh. Poway. El Paso. It never seems to end. Sometimes our innocent are murdered because, just because. Nearly every day and almost every way, we seem to be at each...

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...

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