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Name: Lindsey Theoharous Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What's your earliest memory of playing water polo? I stater playing for my country club team when I was around 12 because I knew the coach. In the summers I would play with my friends, not competitively but just for fun What do enjoy about it? I just liked how it was a different way to enjoy swimming, with more teamwork. How have your improved since freshman year? I've really learned the rules of the game more, learning...
Name: Jacob Marquez Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills How is it playing soccer in the spring? It's definitely different. I think the majority sentiment on the team is that we're just happy we have a season. Has the postponement had any benefits? I think it allowed us to get better. We did have a lot of contact days in November and that helped build up our team chemistry. How has your game developed since freshman year? I've gotten a lot more confident on the ball and...
Earth Day is Thursday, April 22, but globe-loving programs are taking place all month in the area to encourage ecological stewardship at home. May these help sow the seeds of nurturing nature. • Residents are invited to register with Hinsdale's parks and recreation department for Park Clean-Up Day on Thursday, April 22. Individuals of all ages, Scout groups, churches, businesses and service organizations can give back by helping spruce up the village's parks from 4 p.m. to d...
Several years ago Hinsdale's Christine Marzullo was at Robbins Park, taking pictures of her then-2-year-old son as he spun with delight as only a toddler can. A close look at her shots revealed a stunning image. "My dad's picture, that we had used with his funeral, was in the sun's rays," Marzullo related. It was a sign, she believed, that the village should play host to an event helping people process their bereavement. Years later that vision has materialized as the Memory...
The pandemic has tested people's normal modes of operation, money management included as many faced sudden unemployment or a business' bottomed-out bottom line. Children ages 3-9 can get the tools for fiscal fortitude at the Piggy Bank Pageant via Zoom on April 13, sponsored by the Economic Awareness Council in partnership with the Hinsdale Public Library and Hinsdale Bank and Trust in observance of Financial Literacy Month. (Please see listing in Calendar for information.)...
Thanks to the pandemic, the spring sports season has gotten a temporary (hopefully) makeover with transplanted stalwart fall programs boys soccer and girls volleyball playing their deferred schedules. Boys gymnastics is also happy to be back in action after being grounded last spring. The teams' coaches offer thoughts on their squads below as competitions begin. The previews of the football and boys and girls water polo teams ran in the March 25 issue. Boys gymnastics First...
Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South campuses are in the process of getting long deferred improvements. Now the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board wants to change out deteriorating equipment like drivers education simulators and snow removal vehicles for more functional models. Board members approved the purchase of replacement capital equipment totaling $2.35 million at their March 25 meeting. Chief Financial Officer Josh Stephenson said the time is right for such action — particularly with the budget savings related t...
The state is moving toward relaxed restrictions on capacity limits for restaurants and other indoor facilities as well as outdoor settings as more Illinoisans are vaccinated. At a March 18 news conference, Gov. JB Pritzker said all regions of the state will move to a so-called "bridge phase" when 70 percent of seniors 65 years of age and older have received at least their first dose of the vaccine. As of Tuesday morning, 66 percent of seniors had gotten at least one dose....
By Ken Knutson [email protected] Water usage in Hinsdale has been decreasing for a number of years, which means less revenue for the village to pay for needed and expensive system upgrades, projected to cost $3.1 million in the next four years. At a March 16 joint committee of the whole meeting, trustees and members of the village’s finance commission discussed a two-pronged solution of raising the water and sewer rate and implementing a fixed infrastructure maintenance and improvement fee (IMIF) to provide a s...
Just like other areas of society, museums are reopening to the public - and just in time for spring break. Check out these options for out-of-the-ordinary experiences that are just a short trip from home. - by Ken Knutson Field Museum Hear the voices of warriors who are fearless in battle, powerful women who are keepers of war shields, beaders, artists, mothers, two-spirited people and many others in the Field Museum's exhibit "Apsáalooke Women and Warriors." Learn about the...
A most unusual high school winter sports season has concluded, only about a month after the first competitions were held for some programs. Despite the abbreviated schedule - with no postseason - and the COVID-19 protocols mandating masks and barring fans, coaches and senior players say they were happy to have a season at all (see season-ending results on Page 46). Boys basketball senior member Charlie Herbst said adapting to wearing a mask during play was a challenge. And so...
For the first time in more than a year, Hinsdale High School District 86 is poised to welcome students back to regular five-day in-person instruction on April 5, the day after spring break. At the March 11 board meeting, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss reported that the Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Department of Public Health last week revised social distancing parameters to 3 to 6 feet in classrooms when everyone is masked and the teacher is fully vaccinated....
How can we clear the clutter from our lives? Living more simply may sound appealing. But permanently stripping away the excess requires sincere soul searching, according to decluttering expert Jessica Louie. "We start with clarifying," Louie said of her process with clients. "What is your ideal lifestyle? What are your core values? Why do you get up in the morning?" Without such answers, the act of detaching from the physical is likely to be a fleeting exercise. Louie will...
The Hinsdale Village Board is moving forward in its partnership with the Hinsdale Platform Tennis Association, including the rehab of the platform tennis hut at Katherine Legge Memorial Park. At their meeting Tuesday night, trustees gave a first read to a contract to renovate the facility for $351,800. The bid from Red Feather Group was below the $400,000 budgeted for the project as well as the lowest of two bids, the other coming in at $542,313. Plans for the project were approved a year ago, according to a staff memo, but...
Name: Angelia Berti Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What was the feeling last year when the season was canceled? I was extremely disappointed because I only play one sport, and when you train for something all year and then for it to get canceled, it just feels like you wasted a lot of time. Does this season have more significance? In a way because it's my last year, and I think I have to do my best. My goal is to win a state medal with my doubles partner Lily (McCain). What g...
The COVID-19 shutdown fell last March, just as local communities and businesses were readying for their St. Patrick's Day celebrations. While life is not back to normal yet, many are feeling lucky to be able to once again welcome people to participate in the Irish fun. Here are opportunities near Hinsdale to go green: • Shamrock Fest March 12-14 & 17 Palmer Place 56 S. La Grange Road, La Grange (708) 482-7127 https://www.palmerslagrange.com Palmer Place will hold its 38th a...
Last Friday was shaping up to be a big day for the Fussaro family. "We're actually getting a puppy today," mom Tracy Fussaro revealed during a conversation with The Hinsdalean that morning. "We're getting a chocolate Lab puppy. "Let's add to the craziness!" she added with a smile, speculating as to the level of house dog-proofing required. With her flexible schedule as a real estate agent and her husband Tom working from home, she envisions lots of neighborhood walks with...
March has roared onto the scene as the 2021 calendar seems to quicken its gait. The awakening from our winter hibernation has many of us eager to shed those winter layers and get some exercise. The organized opportunities to do so are plentiful in the area, whether through competing in a sport or communing with nature. Here are a few activities to consider. Pick up pickleball Two pickleball programs are being offered by The Community House, 415 W. Eighth St., to help aspiring...
How can parents prepare children for adulthood? Working as a dean at Stanford University, Julie Lythcott-Haims was dismayed both by the basic life-skill deficiencies she observed in many first-year students and the frequent parent interventions to try to ease their near-adult children's burdens. Then she looked in the proverbial mirror. "My 'Aha!' moment was when I came home one night, sat down at the dinner table, leaned over my 10-year-old's plate and began cutting his...
The proposed rezoning of a prominent residential property could mean the eventual redevelopment of the sprawling site, a vestige from Hinsdale's early days, but also possibly aid in its preservation. In a pre-hearing discussion at Hinsdale's zoning board of appeals Feb. 17 via Zoom, board members were presented with variance requests for 505 S. County Line Road as part of the estate planning for the four-parcel site. The property is bordered by Woodside Avenue on the north and...
Among its many sobering revelations, the pandemic has shone a light on the importance - and vulnerability - of the nation's economy. Hinsdale Central junior Paton Mehrhoff wants to help youth bone up on the topic. "I kind of thought it would be helpful for younger kids to understand principles of economics before starting middle school and high school," she said. Mehrhoff is finalizing plans for a summer program for kids in second through fifth grade to impart foundational...
Hinsdale Central senior and speech team member Sophie Biancalana said the season started out with her filming herself delivering motivational talks in her basement for competitions. "It was definitely weird to not have audiences," she said of the asynchronous format due to COVID-19 protocols. "It's definitely a lot harder. Usually I feed off the reactions of other people. I kind of just had to imagine what the reaction would be a go off my own energy." Thankfully, officials...
What is the Black History Month bulletin board? High schoolers are used to learning facts. But when Hinsdale Central teacher David Lange was approached about creating a bulletin board at the school with information of notable Black figures to celebrate Black History Month, he saw an opportunity for deeper student engagement. "I liked the idea, but I wanted to make sure that it was more than just the traditional fact sheets," said Lange, chairman of the English department and 2...
Ribbon-tying on village trees has become a customary tribute in the wake of a resident’s passing whose loss is widely felt. But some in the community say the colorful homage deteriorates into an eyesore and a nuisance when left to languish for months. At Tuesday’s Hinsdale Village Board meeting, trustees agreed to institute a policy encouraging people to remove the ribbons after two weeks, after which village crews would take them down. Village President Tom Cauley raised the issue during his president’s comments, sayin...
