The unused ticket to the Memorial Stadium dedication game on Oct. 18, 1924, was passed to him by his late father, who cheered Red Grange and the Illini on to
Lots of history in this week s mailbag including the beautifully restored Solon House in Champaign, the beloved Wheats Steak House in Urbana, a totem pole in Homer and an addition to the venerable Red Lion in Campustown.
Also, a lot of information about the University of Illinois plans to expand its quick, inexpensive COVID testing program; the new county treasurer s plans to fix problems in the office; recycling in Mahomet; programming a weather station and some Champaign street issues.
Red Lion project Last week I drove past The Red Lion on Green Street and saw that someone was doing soil borings on the site. People don t tend to go to that expense unless they have a pending project. Does the owner plan to redevelop the property?