From the Saturday, May 21, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky It’s happened only once. And that was 110 years ago. But I’m still not quite ready for it to happen again. Back in 1906, the Chicago Cubs won 116 games to […]
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Friends of the Park should embrace lakefront, no isolate it
From the Saturday, May 14, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky I went exploring on Wednesday morning. Left my condo on Chicago’s North Side, headed down to the South Loop, hung a left and hoofed it over to the Museum Campus, where […]
It’s not a new mascot that Illinois needs
From the Saturday, May 7, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky So, the University of Illinois announced this week that it’s taking steps towards selecting the school’s first-ever mascot. Except that it’s not. That’s because Illinois has actually had a mascot before […]
A flood of fun events hit Chicago in May
From the Saturday, April 30, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky If April showers really do bring May flowers, then after this wet week we should get enough to fill the Chicago Botanical Garden twice over. Maybe three times. Now, I can’t […]
The NFL Draft is running back to Chicago next week
From the Saturday, April 23, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky It’s back. After spending more than five decades in New York City, the NFL Draft migrated west to Chicago last spring and was such a hit – drawing upwards of 200,000 […]