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  • Student athlete profile - Luke Jurack

    Jim Slonoff|Updated Mar 6, 2024

    Luke Jurack Hinsdale What are you looking forward to in your senior baseball season? A lot more people will be looking up to me now for guidance. It will definitely be a change of pace. It's pretty good to be in this role now and help shape the team and win some games. How have you grown as a player? I was more focused on myself and my recruiting process as a freshman. Now I put the team first and just try to help the team out in any way possible. When do feel the greatest rew...

  • Sticks and stones aren't only things that hurt

    Jim Slonoff|Updated Aug 24, 2022

    When I was a child, growing up on Chicago's northwest side, there was a saying that went something like this: "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me." At least that's how I remember it. Unfortunately, this childhood saying doesn't reflect the truth. Flash forward to today, and I'm still learning words can hurt. Deeply. Even with unintentional meaning. They open up wounds that haven't healed, regardless of who made the initial cut and who later...

  • This week's cover

    Jim Slonoff|Updated Aug 14, 2019

    A splash in time - Colin Hwan got the best of his sister, Taylor, by hiding the spray of one of the water jets in the wading pool inside his shirt until she came over. Then - just like magic - she got a surprise splash. The Hinsdale Pool has begun winding down its hours for the season as the first day of school looms just around the corner. Post-season hours are will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, Aug. 12-16 and 19-23. The pool will be Aug. 26 through Aug. 30 and...

  • If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands (and jump on a chair)

    Jim Slonoff|Updated Aug 7, 2019

    Students from Stage Door Fine Arts summer class work on a routine Aug. 1 at The Community House. The class was open for kids in sixth through 12th grade and offered a week of singing, acting and dancing with a final show for participants' families. The show featured numbers from "Matilda," "Waitress," "James & The Giant Peach" and "The Greatest Showman." Next week Stage Door is holding a camp for first- through fifth-graders. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures and Page...