Parent Coach/Educator

As a parent coach and OakPark.com blogger, it's my intention to support parents as they do the most important job ever - PARENTING! Whether it's a new perspective, a personal story, a community event for kids, parents, or families - I plan...

Health Blogger

We all know what to do, and many of us resolve to do it every year: eat better, exercise more, lose weight and reduce stress. We may have many demands on our time and energy, and not a lot of cash to spare for health clubs and organic produce. It...

Shopping & Business Blogger

Sarah has lived in Oak Park all her life and feels a bit of nostalgia for certain businesses. She has two young children, a 6 year old and 2 year old. Sarah belongs to the YMCA, sings in a church choir, bakes cakes and loves business. She has...

Rough Edges

I have been a horticulturist for thirty years working in the Chicago area and beyond. I have lived in Oak Park for over thirteen years. My writing has recently appeared in the journal Ecological Restoration and I was a contributor to The Field Guide...

Blogger

Doug Deuchler has been reviewing local theater and delving into our history for Wednesday Journal for decades. He is alsoa retired teacher and school librarian who is also a stand-up comic, tour guide/docent and author of several books about Oak...

Photo Editor

J.Geil became the lone staff photographer for all six Wednesday Journal Inc. newspapers in 2009. People often ask him these two questions: 1. What is your schedule? (A: It changes by the hour.) 2. Is it J, Jay or Jason? (A: Doesn't matter one...

Editor and Publisher

Dan Haley is editor and publisher of the Journal and has been since its first issue on July 31, 1980. He remembers those early days – the excitement and the hardships – but no one wants to hear about it. Maybe he'll write a book....

David Hammond, a corporate communications consultant and food journalist living in Oak Park, Illinois, is a founder and moderator of LTHForum.com, the 8,500 member Chicago-based culinary chat site. David is a regular contributor of restaurant...

John is an Indiana native who moved to Oak Park in 1976. He served on the District 97 school board, coached youth sports and, more recently, retired from the law. That left him time to become a Wednesday Journal columnist and now a blogger. John has...