PHOTO GALLERY
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My boys helped me file my petitions for the 2012 Election for the Tazewell County Board, District Three. Note the plaque behind us for the dedication of the McKenzie Building includes the names of my grandfather and his cousin when they where County Board Members. Robert Ackerman (my grandfather) represented Deer Creek and his cousin Clyde H. Ackerman represented Morton. 2011
Ribbon Cutting for Summit Drive
From L to R: Tazewell County Board Member Mel Stanford, Washington City Alderman Carol Moss, Washington City Alderman Jim Gee, State Representative Keith Sommer, Washington Mayor Gary Manier, East Peoria Mayor Dave Mingus, East Peoria City Council Member Dan Decker, Tazewell County Board Member Russ Crawford, Tazewell County Board Chairman Dave Zimmerman, Tazewell County Board Member Mike Harris, State Senator Dave Koehler, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman and family. Nov. 15, 2011
Photo by Philip Lasseigne and the East Peoria Times-Courier
The Ackerman Family: L to R; Christian, John, Maria and Dimitrios. 2011
Christian, Maria and John Ackerman celebrate the 4th of July 2011 at Busch Stadium.
Maria, Christian and John Ackerman at Postville Courthouse in Lincoln, Illinois. 2011
L-R: Bryan Rudolph (Aid to Congressman Aaron Schock), District 50 Teacher Scott Allison, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman and retiring District 50 Teacher Joann Simkins. John and Scott along with four other local community leaders recognized Joann Simkins with a flag that was flown over the US Capital from Congressman Aaron Schock for Mrs. Simkins 45 years of teaching at District 50. 2011
Ackerman Family (John, Maria and Christian) in Glen Oak Park in Peoria in March of 2011.
Happy Holidays from the Ackermans! 2010
John, Christian, Maria and Theodore Ackerman in front of the Campaign Signs in their yard. They are proud supporters of John Vespa and Bill Brady! 2010
John & Maria at Busch Stadium standing by the statue of a true American Hero and one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Stan 'the Man' Musial. 2010
John & Maria at the top of the Arch in St. Louis. 2010
John at the Bill Brady Fundraiser at Mackinaw Valley Vineyard. 2010 Photo by: Matthew Behnke
John at a Bill Brady Fundraiser in Mackinaw. 2010 Photo by: Paul D. Wilkinson
John at a Bill Brady Fundraiser in Mackinaw. 2010 Photo by: Paul D. Wilkinson
(L-R) Donna List, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Mrs. and Dr. Raymond Heyde, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate and Illinois State Senator Bill Brady, Owner of Mackinaw Valley Vineyard Diane Hahn, Owner of Mackinaw Valley Vineyard and Tazewell County Board Member Paul Hahn, National Republican Committeewoman Demetra DeMonte, Dr. Anthony DeMonte, Tazewell County Board Member and Bill Brady Regional Director Melvin Stanford and Morton Village Board Member Ginger Hermann at a Bill Brady Fundraiser at Mackinaw Valley Vineyard. 2010 Photo by: Paul D Wilkinson
Christian and John at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield in front of the World Famous Butter Cow. 2010
Theodore, Maria, John and Christian Ackerman in Glen Oak Park. Maria and I had some of our wedding photos taken at this same pagoda. 2010
John, Christian and Maria Ackerman at a Bill Brady Fundraiser in Metamora. 2010 Photo by: Paul D Wilkinson
John and Christian Ackerman at a Bill Brady Fundraiser in Metamora. This was Christian's second political fundraiser!. 2010 Photo by: Paul D Wilkinson
Harry and William Canterbury talking with John and Maria Ackerman at a Bill Brady Fundraiser in Metamora. The Canterbury's were John's honored guest at this event as William had just returned from service as a Marine in Afghanistan. 2010 Photo by: Paul D Wilkinson
From Left to Right: John C. Ackerman, Christian John Ackerman and Illinois State Senator and Republican Candidate for Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford. This fundraiser for Dan Rutherford's Campaign was Christian's first political event! 2010 Photo by: Don Pyles
From Left to Right: Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady, Nancy Brady and McLean County Board Member Jim Soeldner in front of the new Bill Brady Campaign Bus. 2010
John, Maria and Christian Ackerman with Father John Sardis at Christian's 40 day ceremony at All Saints Greek Orthodox Church. 2010
John and Maria Ackerman at the 2010 American Red Cross Evening of Stars Fundraiser in Normal, Illinois. John and Maria where invited as guest of Executive Director Lyn Hruska of the American Red Cross of the Heartland.
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady address the Peoria Area Media as State Representative Keith Sommer, State Representative Don Moffitt, Peoria County Republican Chairman Rudy Lewis and Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman look on. 2010 Photo by: Diane Vespa
From left to right: John C. Ackerman, Mel Stanford, Carroll Imig, David Zimmerman, Aaron Schock, Demetra Demonte, Bill Brady, Mary Burress, Jason Plummer, John Vespa, Keith Sommer, Mike Risinger, Matt Hoppock and Mike Unes. 2010
From left to right: Theodore Roosevelt 'Teddy' Ackerman, John C. Ackerman, my nephew Michael, and Tim Ackerman take on Joos Hill. 2010
Mr. Lincoln, aka Fritz Klein, visits with the students of Tremont and Dee-Mack Schools. John was one of the sponsors of this visit. 2010 Photo by: Don Pyles
Tazewell County Board Members and Event Sponsors Carroll Imig and John C. Ackerman with Abraham Lincoln, aka Fritz Klein, and several of the 5th Grade Students of Tremont Jr. High. 2010
From left to right: Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Tazewell County Board Member Carol Imig, Tazewell County Board Chairmen Jim Unsicker, Senator & Gubernatorial Candidate Bill & Nancy Brady, State Representative Keith Sommer, Tazewell County Board Member Paul & Diane Hahn, & Tazewell County Board Member Mel Stanford. 2010
From left to right: Tazewell County Sheriff Robert Huston, Event Host Mark Rossi, Former Tazewell County Sheriff Jim Donahue, Tazewell County Board Member Paul Hahn, Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady and his wife, Nancy Brady, Tazewell County Coroner Dennis Conover, Tazewell County Board Member Jan Donahue and Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman. 2010
From left to right: Darin LaHood, Peoria County Republican Chairman Rudy Lewis, Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, City of Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis and State Representative Keith Sommer. 2010
From left to right: Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Judicial Candidate Mike Risinger and Judicial Candidate John Vespa. 2009
From left to right: Village of Mackinaw President Craig Friend receives a check for $200 from the Tree City USA Fundraiser Event organizers Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Garden Gate Floral Owner Beth Wiegand and Village of Mackinaw Trustee Lynn Rudin. Not pictured is event organizer and Tazewell County Board Member Mel Stanford. 2009
Judicial Candidate Kate Gorman, Judicial Candidate John Vespa, City of Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, City of Peoria Councilman George Jacob, Candidate for Illinois State Treasurer and Current Illinois State Senator Dan Rutherford, Illinois State Representative Dave Leitch, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman and Judicial Candidate Mike Risinger at a fundraiser for Dan Rutherford's State Treasurer Campaign. 2009
Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Tazewell County Veterans Assistance Commission Director Steve Saal, this year’s keynote speaker Dr. Norman Standish who is a Korean War Veteran and a direct descendant of Miles Standish, and Regional Superintendent of Schools Rob Houchin. 2009
Dr. Norman Standish of LaNark, Illinois, was the keynote speaker at the Community Veterans Recognition Programs that John co-organized. Dr. Standish was a civilian worker for the military during World War II, a veteran of the Korean War and is a direct descendant of Miles Standish, the military official on the Mayflower. 2009
John & Maria Ackerman with Pekin native and Atlantis Shuttle Commander Scott Altman and his mother & father, Fred & Sharon Altman of Pekin, at a Tribute Dinner Fundraiser in Honor of Scott Altman for the Tazewell County Museum & Education Center. You may also know Scott Altman as one of the pilots flying for Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun. 2009
From Left to Right: Tazewell County Board Member Melvin Stanford, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, State Republican Central Committee Member Jerry Clarke, State Senator and Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady, McLean County Board Member George Wendt, McLean County Republican Chairmen John Parrott and State Representative Shane Cultra. 2009
From left to right: Diane Vespa, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman and 10th Circuit Court Judicial Candidate John Vespa. 2009
John with the board members and volunteers of the Tazewell County Museum and Educational Center. 2009
From left to right: Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Don Lowery, Republican Judicial Candidate Michael Risinger, and newly announced Tazewell County District Three Candidate Matthew Hoppock at the Morton Pumpkin Festival Parade. 2009
Down the street we go at the Morton Pumpkin Festival Parade. See Maria behind the walkers in the black Ford Mustang provided by Gary Uftring. 2009
Teddy’ stealing the show during the Morton Pumpkin Festival Parade. 2009
From left to right: Village of Morton Trustee Ginger Hermann, Maria Ackerman and Illinois Republican Candidate for Lt. Governor Randy White at the Woodford County Republican Party Picnic in Eureka. Maria and I enjoyed visiting with our friends in Woodford County. 2009
Illinois State Representative Keith Sommer speaks to the crowd of his support for Illinois State Senator Bill Brady’s Gubernatorial Campaign at the Woodford County Republican Party Picnic in Eureka, Illinois. 2009
Judicial Candidate Mike Risinger (in the red shirt) and his supporters along with fellow Tazewell County Board Member and Tazewell County Treasurer Candidate Russ Crawford (in the black shirt with sign) with Maria, ‘Teddy’ and I before the Pekin Marigold Festival. 2009
Maria rides like a queen during the Pekin Marigold Festival Parade. 2009
Friends and Family march down Broadway in Pekin during the Marigold Festival Parade. 2009
Somehow along the way we added a member of Festival Royalty. 2009
John with Illinois State Representative Bill Mitchell in the background and John's family and supporters in the front with the new parade banner at the Delavan Fall Festival Parade. 2009
John and 'Teddy' in the Delavan Fall Festival Parade 2009
John and 'Teddy' in the Delavan Fall Festival Parade 2009
From left to right: Blake Otto of Woodford County, Tazewell County Board Member Mel “Dutch” Stanford, Sangamon County Board Member Jen Dillman, Illinois State Senator and Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Maria Ackerman, Illinois State Senator Dale Risinger, Village of Morton Trustee Ginger Hermann, and McLean County Board Member James Soeldner at the Bill Brady Day Fundraiser at the Peoria Chiefs Baseball. 2009
Maria's Godparents, Father Anthony and Filia Tzortzis of Springfield, with John and Maria at her Godparent's Greek Food Booth in Ethnic Village at the Illinois State Fair. John offered all subscribers to his newsletter free Baklava from the food stand during the State Fair. 2009
John and Maria with John's dad, Donald C. Ackerman, standing in front of the US Army Corps of Engineers Motor Vessel Mississippi at it's visit to Peoria. Donald C. Ackerman is member of the Peoria Coast Guard Auxiliary. The Motor Vessel Mississippi is the largest diesel powered towboat ever built in the United States and is powered by 3 Caterpillar 3606 Diesel engines and 3 Caterpillar 3408 Diesel Generators. 2009
From left to right: John, Village of Hopedale Mayor August "Ace" Eilts, Tazewell County Zoning Board of Appeals Chairmen Loren Toevs, Illinois State Senator and Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady, Tazewell County Board Member Mel Stanford, Tazewell County Farm Bureau Manager Doug Godke and Former Tazewell County Board Chairman Jim Unsicker at the Dedication of the Rail Splitter Wind Farm in Southern Tazewell County and Northern Logan County. 2009
John and Maria in the dugout while playing with their Peoria Park District Summer Co-Rec Softball Team, Free Agents. They ended the year with a record of 6-6. 2009
John and Maria with Country Music Recording Artist Aaron Tippen. John and Maria were given VIP Tickets to the show in Clinton, Iowa, over the 4th of July, 2009
From left to right: my brother-in-law Michael, mother-in-law Dimitra Randitsas, sister-in-law Patricia, goddaughter Alexis, nephew Nicholas, my wife Maria, 'Teddy' and me shortly before the Hopedale 4th of July Parade. It was a wet parade this year. 2009
John visiting with constituents along the parade route at the Hopedale 4th of July Parade. 2009
Maria and John with parents, Don and Wanda Ackerman, and nephew Michael at the First Farm Credit Services Night with the Peoria Chiefs Baseball. 2009
John and 'Teddy' at the 2009 Tremont Turkey Festival. Look for John and 'Teddy' this summer in local parades.
John and 'Teddy' at the 2009 Tremont Turkey Festival.
From left to right: Maria Ackerman, Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Former Tazewell County Board Member Ron Rainson, State Representative Keith Sommer, Joan Ruppman, Walter Ruppman and Mrs. Ron Rainson at a Keith Sommer fundraiser at the Historic Ruppman Mansion in Washington. 2009
From Left to Right: Tazewell County Board Member John C. Ackerman, Tazewell County Republican Party Chairmen Lowell Schroeder, Tazewell County Board Member Carol Imig, State Senator and Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady, Tazewell County Board Member Mel Stanford and State Representative Keith Sommer at the Tazewell County Republican Breakfast in Mackinaw. 2009
John with Tazewell County Board Member Mel Stanford and the Teachers, Staff and 3rd Grade Students of Dee- Mack Primary School. John sponsored a Community Volunteer Project / Fundraiser with the students to support the Village of Mackinaw's Tree City USA efforts. 2009
John with Auctioneer Dean Hild of Roth Auction Services and Terry Richards of the Greater Peoria Rose Society. 2009
John, Illinois State Senator & Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady and County Board Member Mel Stanford at a rally to support Brady's Campaign. 2009
John with Out Back Water Garden owner Dave Owen in one of the company's fish ponds. 2009
Board Member Mel Stanford, State Senator and Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hahn, John & Maria, Jim Newman, Board Member Carol Imig and Former Washington Mayor Don Gronewald. Gathering to support Bill Brady's Gubernatorial Campaign at the Mackinaw Valley Vineyard. 2009
John & Maria on Anna Maria Island Beach in Florida 2008
John & Maria at Saint John Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa, Florida 2008
East Peoria Street Supervisor Ric Semonski, John and Kathy Perhay of the Sunnyland Business Association review IDOT's plans for Illinois Route 8. 2008
Ackerman Family Reunion at Freedom Hall in Morton 2008
John & Maria at Bok Tower Gardens in Florida 2008
John & Maria Ackerman 2008
