The first thing you notice when you step into Mary Dankowski’s office is that desk littered with papers, reports, file folders, three or four copies of the 500-plus pages of the latest annual budget of the Village of Park Forest, and even an oversized cup crammed with some 30 or so pencils, pens and one or two letter openers.
Besides the workaday stuff, there are personal items; the little trinkets from her travels and a small University of Nebraska figurine. That’s where Holly, the youngest of three Dankowski daughters, goes to school…Please click here to read Jerry Shnay’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.