Shnay: Voters have no say in Crete school bond issue
One sure way to know where you are in Park Forest is to drive along Monee Road in the south tip of town. For most of its path through the...
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Shnay: Park Forest’s first settlers made their mark 70 years ago
There were no picnics last week. No banners. No fireworks. No parades with marching bands, and except for one mention on Facebook by local historian Jane Nicoll, no mention of...
Shnay: Vacations can be fun but there’s no place like home
Every so often, the routine things of life can surprise us. The two-day, 1,000-mile drive to — and later from Colorado — seemed no different than the other 18 trips...
Shnay: Park Forest hosts monthly jazz sessions at Dining on the Green
If you play jazz, they will come. More than one year ago, someone; maybe it was Prairie State College music professor Valerie Nicholson; or perhaps it was her husband, Lewis...
Shnay: Community supports Southland youth battling cancer
The hardest battles are those waged in the stillness of time against an unwavering adversary. The Ryan Roberts family of Channahon understands this all too well. Cancer is their resolute...
Shnay: Interfaith group works for open dialogue to all
About 16 years ago, students in a Frankfort religious school started a holiday food drive. They were encouraged by their teacher, who quoted a passage that said people should serve...
Park Forest health department closes its doors
Sometime Wednesday afternoon, after all hands have been shaken, after all the pages of all the scrapbooks have been turned and after all the memories have been shared, someone will...
Shnay: June brings colorful birds to my yard
It doesn’t take long to notice the different eating habits of birds if you have feeders in your back yard. Starlings, the bullies of the bird world, take what they...
Shnay: Fire destroys son’s home, but hope remains
The phone rang just before 6 a.m. May 17. The trying-to-be-calm voice at the other end was Beth Brecher, our daughter-in-law. “We had a fire at our house,” she said....
Shnay: Dozens of Crete homes made from Sears kits
Once you turn off the main roads in Crete, you leave time in the rear-view mirror. Gone are store front shops, the big brewery and the large pizza restaurant. Travel...