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In his second game as starting left back with Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls on April 25, Hinsdale's Andrew Gutman was in Los Angeles for a nationally televised contest. About 26 minutes in, Gutman worked his way into the opposing penalty area, took a pass from teammate Brian White and unleashed a left footed shot past the Galaxy goalkeeper and into the bottom right corner of the goal. It was Gutman's first MLS goal. "That was an amazing feeling," said the 24-year-ol...
How can we stay healthy this flu season? The 2020-21 seasonal flu season was among the most mild ever thanks to COVID-19 safety protocols and a population primed to get flu shots. But as people's defenses slip after 18 months of pandemic prevention, medical professionals like Dr. Nishi Sahgal, director for infectious disease at AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale, warn this flu season, with COVID-19 still circulating, could be much worse. "It can certainly happen,"...
Hinsdale’s Katherine Legge Memorial Park may soon become home to the village’s first dedicated dog park. At a special parks and recreation commission meeting Sept. 14, commissioners heard a plan to create a 3.35-acre fenced area in the southwest corner of KLM for dogs and their owners. Users would need to register to enter the gated space, but the facility would be available during park hours instead of just the limited morning and evening hours off-leash dogs are currently allowed in the park, village officials said. “It...
Hinsdale's Roseann Coyner was driving her daughter to her new job in Seattle in mid-August when they passed through North Ogden, Utah. In 2018, North Ogden's mayor Brent Taylor was killed in Afghanistan while serving as major with the Utah Army National Guard. In tribute, a nearly 12,000-square-foot flag was hung over North Ogden Canyon. "When we drove past, I saw the flag," Coyner recounted. "A significant number of people from the town carried this mammoth flag up to the...
An early Frank Lloyd Wright design on County Line Road in Hinsdale was saved from potential demolition after being purchased last week by preservationists. The 1894-built Frederick Bagley House at 121 S. County Line Road was bought, as announced in a press release from the Chicago-based Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, by Conservancy board member Safina Uberoi and her husband, Lukas Ruecker. They intend to restore the Dutch Colonial as a specimen of the early years of...
Central varsity boys varsity golf coach Jess Krueger recalled a standout Hinsdale Central golfer years ago boasting in the team van about his superior shot-making skills. Krueger, who was at the wheel, looked in the rearview mirror. "I said, 'How many state tournaments do you play in as an individual?' " Krueger recounted. "None" was the answer. The player and his cohorts got to play only when the team qualified. The message landed. "That kind of permeated through, the idea...
What does the American Legion do for vets? Last weekend's 20th anniversary 9/11 commemorations reminded Americans both of the tremendous loss suffered and the stirring acts of heroism exhibited in the face of unimaginable terror, an occasion now observed as Patriots Day. Today, Sept. 16, is also a tribute to patriots. American Legion Day marks the 1919 birth of the oldest veterans organization in the U.S. Hinsdale American Legion Post 250 was among the first chapters, then...
When Hinsdale native Andrea Kopp decided to pursue nursing as a livelihood, she never expected to launch her career in the middle of pandemic. Now, almost two months into her nurse residency program in the intensive care unit of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., the Hinsdale Central 2017 alum said her work, while intense, is what she has long felt called to do. "I've always wanted to help people in some sort of health aspect," Kopp said late last...
Name: Libby Larson Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing golf? Golf has always been in my life since a very young age because both my brother and father loved to play the game. I would say I started getting serious about playing golf when I was in middle school. What do you enjoy most about the sport? Being able to play it individually but then come together as a team to play it during the school year. As individual as the sport is, the best part of it to...
Do you remember where you were 20 years ago this Saturday? The events of Sept. 11, 2001, are seared into our collective memory. Disbelief, horror, anguish and fear suddenly ruled our emotions as the world we knew was forever altered. For many the recollections of the hijacked airplanes flying into New York City's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field are too fresh to accept that two decades have already passed. Hinsdaleans lost their neighbors Jeff...
As part of an ongoing exploration of ways to protect the town’s historic homes, Hinsdale officials are considering initiatives to give restoration an edge over demolition. Speaking at a joint meeting of the village trustees and village preservation commissioners Tuesday night, village planner Bethany Salmon discussed incentives such as a historic preservation fund and historic facade improvement rebate program. The preservation fund could provide grant funding for exterior improvements to historic buildings, Salmon e...
British ex-pat John Baderman operated lighting and sound for community theaters back in his native London, including for his uncle's troupe, which performed shows in a synagogue. After his wife's career brought them to Chicago and they settled in Hinsdale, Baderman was introduced to the Theatre of Western Springs, complete with its own building and stable of accomplished actors. "It's almost professional theater," said Baderman, a set construction volunteer at the theater for...
Why is weather fascinating? With New Orleans and the Louisiana coast picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ida's devastating blow, severe weather events are top of mind for many. September is National Preparedness Month, a federal government designation to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time. To mark the occasion, Paul Sirvatka, meteorology professor at College of DuPage, will present the virtual...
In the wake of Gov. JB Pritzker's indoor mask mandate that took effect Monday to address rising COVID-19 cases, Hinsdale businesses say the impact has been minimal. Ryan Moore, manager of Fuller House, said the restaurant had one of its busiest lunch crowds in recent weeks on Tuesday. "If the reopen, shutdown, reopen, showed us anything, it's that the people of Hinsdale are more than willing to come out and enjoy themselves still," Moore said. Having ample outdoor dining space...
Pepper knew there was a treat in the hand that was moving past the left side of her head. Tracking it all the way around wasn't the dog's inclination at first. But after a couple attempts, the nearly 2-year-old rescue was making the rotation - and getting rewarded. "Good girl!" exclaimed Hinsdale Humane Society animal trainer Jamie Merlo. Using prizes instead of punishment makes the behavior modification process more enjoyable, Merlo said. "We use positive reinforcement to...
"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time. They just have the heart." That quote hangs in the mudroom of the Anderson family's Hinsdale home. The words resonate keenly with mom Kim Anderson. "I don't sleep enough, and I'm super overcommitted," she said. "But it's kind of what drives me, and it makes me happy to be able to balance things between my family and my work life and volunteering." Anderson has been committed to the Hinsdale Central Boosters board for eight years,...
More than 2 miles of roadway have been resurfaced — with a half-mile fully reconstructed — and 5,864 feet of water main replaced in Hinsdale this construction season. Those are the figures reported by village engineer Dan Deeter, who said the annual roster of Master Infrastructure Plan projects has gone relatively smoothly. “We feel good,” he said. On Monday, crews will begin work to resurface Chicago Avenue between Garfield and Stough streets. Deeter said motorists may encounter delays and partial street closures during...
Ensure in-person learning and adhere to safety measures to limit COVID-19-related interruptions. Those are primary 2021-22 school-year goals for Community Consolidated School District 181, according to Superintendent Hector Garcia, as schools prepare to welcome back students Monday, Aug. 23, to full-time in-person instruction. “We know how difficult it is for a student to be in person and then have to be online,” Garcia said at Monday’s board of education meeting. “We’re going to do everything possible to ensure that they...
The north end of Hinsdale felt more rural than suburban when Virginia Feller and her husband, Bernie, moved there in the 1950s. "This was like a country town then," said the 102-year-old Feller. "The Salt Creek Club was a meadow." The village could boast at having three grocery stores, three drug stores, a bank "and reasonably priced clothing stores with nice merchandise," she noted. Just as today, one just had to make sure not to exceed the downtown parking limit. "They had...
Rino Burdi said 24 W. Hinsdale Ave. is the perfect fit for Burdi Clothing shop. "It's like my man cave," he said with a smile. Burdi started in the menswear business with his father at the flagship shop in Chicago. He said the Hinsdale space, which opened last September, is three times the size of the downtown store but has just half the merchandise. "This is just meant to be a little more relaxed and easy. Not in your face," Burdi remarked. Open is the feeling of the store,...
John Naisbitt took over as Hinsdale Central head boys varsity tennis coach in 2010, shepherding the program to runner-up and fifth-place state meet finishes his first two seasons. Impressive, right? Not by the Red Devil standard, which prescribed adding to the three straight titles captured from 2007 to 2009. "We came in second, and it was very disappointing, with a bunch (of players) that had won three titles," Naisbitt said of the 2010 outcome, "That was the real reality...
At the time of the infamous Brown's Chicken Massacre in Palatine in early 1993, Hinsdale Police Chief Brian King was a detective with the Wilmette Police Department. The horrific incident, in which seven restaurant employees were killed by two robbers, led to groundbreaking interjursidictional collaboration to solving murder cases - and a new opportunity for King. "I was lucky enough to get on a start-up task force that supervised homicide investigations for the towns just nor...
Hinsdale's downtown parking deck marked one year of operation last month, and its inaugural performance review seems favorable. "It's served the intended purpose, and that was to relieve some of the parking demand in the downtown area," Brad Bloom, Hinsdale's assistant village manager, said of the 319-space facility. "I certainly think it's worked very well and surpassed our expectations." The main expectation - and hope - was that employees of downtown businesses would avail...
Hinsdale High School District 86 students will have some latitude in choosing science classes starting in the 2022-23 school year under a compromise plan. After more than two hours of discussion on the contentious issue of science sequencing at the July 22 meeting, board members came to consensus. They directed administrators to plan to offer the previously approved physics-chemistry-biology model while also allowing students to take the newly developed courses in the traditional biology-first order. “I want to see students a...
Singer Patricia Hurd had just returned to Chicago from a multi-year working tour of Europe in the late 1980s. She needed to earn some money before pursuing a new opportunity across the Atlantic. Then Hurd got word auditions were being held for the runaway Broadway hit "Phantom of the Opera." "It was like 'Hamilton' was the first year. You couldn't get tickets to save your life," Hurd remarked. She gave it a shot. "I went in literally 36 hours after I'd gotten back from...
