As a 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 on...

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...

Tom's been writing about religion – broadly defined – for years in the Journal. Tom's experience as a retired minister and his curiosity about matters of faith will make for an always insightful exploration of these topics....

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...

Graham Johnston is manager of Internet and technology at OakPark.com. If you ever ask Graham about his job the first thing he'll tell you is that he's worked at the same company since he was 10 years old. Then, he'll hold out his arm and...

Helen Kossler loves reading aloud to her grandchildren and is not ashamed to admit that she almost always likes the book better than the movie. She has been buying, borrowing, begging and stealing (well—not stealing on purpose, more like...

Oak Park Public Library enhances the quality of life in our diverse community by providing the resources and services for lifelong learning and enjoyment, the space and opportunities to gather and connect, and by fostering a love of...

Deb Quantock McCarey is a freelance writer who has worked with Wednesday Journal Inc. since 1995. She is also a person with a rare form of juvenile macular degeneration, which over time has caused her to lose her central vision, and ability to...