Diamonds were this girl’s best friend
Lisle resident recalls her days with women’s baseball league
March 28, 2008
By Eva McKendrick

Just ask Lois Balchunas, who in 1949 played for the Chicago Colleens, an exhibition team with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Sliding into base is no big deal for your average ballplayer. [...]

The Book Nook in Lisle is one of Mere’s favorite places to go. During her Kindergarten and First Grade years Mere and Grandma often stopped after school (beign that it was on the way home). It was where she learned to go in by herself and conduct her own transactions. She was [...]