Fishing from my stream of consciousness: n TV: For those battling Time Warner on the WTTW issue, I say “Welcome to the club.”

I have been going back and forth with the cable giant on channel issues for years. While the WTTW supporters are fighting to get the Chicago public television station restored in Kenosha, I am usually badgering Time Warner to add channels.

A few times, TWC has pleased me. The additions of the Big Ten Network and WMLW have increased the quality of my TV-viewing life.

More times than not, though, TWC has let me down. Kenosha still doesn’t have the NFL Network, CLTV or WCIU, depriving the town of many big national games and relevant regional contests.

Thursday, Kenosha will be confronted with one of the great TV frustrations of our era. TWC subscribers will NOT be able to watch the Bears’ game at San Francisco because that clash will only be shown by the NFL Network.

On one issue, TWC has just confounded me. I have never gotten a straight answer on why Chicago Bulls games on Comcast are blacked out in Kenosha.

I am sure it has something to do with the Milwaukee Bucks and their exclusivity in our market but TWC or the Bucks have never confirmed that for me.

I wish the WTTW crusaders luck in their cause, and I will help any way I can. I have long been a fan of that channel and the cerebral look at sports it offers on “Chicago Tonight.”

Based on my track record with TWC, I fear WTTW is gone forever and we will never really know why. n RIP: The Kenosha News Sports Department mourns the death of Bill Harris, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 62.

Harris was a true soldier for bowling in this town. Bill was the founder of the Junior Adult Scholarship Tournament. He was also a member of the Kenosha Bowling Association for 15 years and received the ultimate local honor was he was inducted into the Kenosha Bowling Hall of Fame in 2004.

Bill was a great friend to the Sports Department, too.

He was a tremendous source, constantly keeping News readers updated on the progress of the Scholarship Tournament and the KBA Hall of Fame.

Like the rest of the bowling community, we will miss Bill. n Kudos: Congratulations to Bob Lee, who will be presented with the Ray Schuster Lifetime Achievement Award at the Old Time Ballplayers of Wisconsin Hall of Fame Banquet Nov. 8 in Milwaukee.

No one deserves this honor more than the former Kenosha Twins president who has dedicated much of his life to making this town better through baseball.

David Marran is Sports Editor of the Kenosha News. Contact him at dmarran@kenoshanews.com