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Voters will find three contested local races when they head to the polls Tuesday, April 6. Two are vying for a two-year term on the Community Consolidated District 181 Board, five are seeking four seats on the Hinsdale Public Library Board and 10 are competing for four spots on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. Those who are elected will have a full agenda, especially as the area continues to contend with the COVID-19 pandemic. District 181 In District 181,...
Voters will head to the polls Tuesday, April 6, to choose new board members for Community Consolidated District 181, Hinsdale High School District 86 and the Hinsdale Public Library. To help them make their decisions, The Hinsdalean reached out to current board members to ask them to describe what the job entails. District 181 Sarah Jakobsen said she didn’t have a true sense for the complexity of school district finances before her election to the District 181 Board in 2019. She does now. “I was not as engaged as a cit...
Hinsdale Central's winter athletic programs are back in action with seven varsity Red Devil teams competing this season. That includes the boys and girls basketball teams as well as the badminton team (normally a spring sport that was rescheduled), which are previewed below. Previews of the boys and girls bowling teams, the gymnastics squad and the boys swimming and diving team ran in the Feb. 11 issue. Badminton First meet: Feb. 10 @ OP-RF (V won 15-0) Last year: season was...
A divided Community Consolidated District 181 Board on Monday gave the green light to return to full in-person instruction starting April 5. Four of the seven board members voted to move ahead with the administration’s plan to implement a full in-person/full remote learning model when the students return from spring break. The majority sided with those in the community who have argued that the current hybrid model is inadequate for students’ academic needs and that COVID-19 transmission risk can be managed with mit...
Name: Gavin Chami Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale How does it feel to be playing again? It feels great. I feel like athletics at Hinsdale Central are back in big way. When did bowling become a pursuit of yours? I really only started bowling in high school. I had a neighbor across the street, and he would tell me about what a great after-school sport bowling was, going to practice to throw a few balls and hang out with the guys. You also play soccer. How do the sports differ? S...
February is Black History Month, and there are plenty of ways to observe the occasion from the comfort of one's home. Hinsdale Public Library staff members have recommended the following book titles as ones that will provide insight into the Black experience. • "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration" by Isabel Wilkerson In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great unt...
Laurie McMahon never had a dog growing up. Neither had her husband, Bob. But they decided in 2007 that their Hinsdale household was ready for a four-legged addition. "Bob did the research to find a breed that had a good disposition with families," said McMahon, whose three children are now grown. "He recommended a Welsh springer spaniel." Sadly, Bob passed away in 2013. Now Ranger, the Welsh springer spaniel, is 12, and McMahon is thankful they took the pet plunge. "Ranger...
High school winter sports have emerged from their COVID-19 hibernation. Yesterday's boys varsity bowling match between Hinsdale Central and LT was the first Red Devil competition since early November, with other programs scheduled to start in the days and weeks ahead. Central athletic director Dan Jones said the return to play is a source of joy. "I'm really excited for our athletes and our coaches for them to get a chance to have a season and compete," he said on Tuesday. In...
What's the status of the COVID-19 vaccine in DuPage? The COVID-19 vaccine is here. But exactly where is it? And when will it be widely available? Karen Ayala, executive director of the DuPage County Health Department, said the vaccine is in limited supply as residents 65 and older and frontline essential workers are inoculated under Phase 1b of the state's guidelines. Vaccinating the nearly 270,000 DuPage residents who meet Phase 1b criteria could take another 12 weeks based...
By Pamela Lannom [email protected] Hinsdale Central teachers who want to receive a COVID-19 vaccination can do so today through Saturday, right on campus. “I’m happy to announce tonight that we have formed a partnership with Osco to vaccinate all our 1b employees in District 86 plus all our feeder districts plus our LADSE cooperative,” Hinsdale High School District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss told board members at their Jan. 28 board meeting. The district has secured 1,800 doses, a number expected to cover teach...
By Ken Knutson [email protected] Availability of a cost-free rapid antigen test could play a role in enabling Community Consolidated District 181 return to full in-person instruction, officials said. At Monday’s district board meeting, Superintendent Hector Garcia reported that a nasal swab COVID-19 test, known as BinaxNOW, could possibly be procured in quantities large enough for district use in helping identify asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic individuals — and at no cost. “You can understand why we are going...
While Feb. 14 is for demonstrating and embracing affection with another, the day preceding has become an occasion for loving the one in the mirror. Feb. 13 is Self-Love Day, and Hinsdale's Cheryl Postrozny is inviting others to mark it with a full-day "virtual retreat for inner peace." "The whole purpose of this day is just to give everyone an outlet to self-reflect, to learn about different ways of self care and mindfulness," Postrozny said. The free event, which runs from...
Compiling a high school yearbook against a backdrop of limited in-person instruction and extracurricular activities thanks to a pandemic takes some artfulness, to say the least. Erin Palmer, Hinsdale Central teacher and advisor of its yearbook, The Diablo, said the staff has risen to the challenge. "We had to rethink how we do yearbook this year. We had to rethink the process and revamp the curriculum in many ways," Palmer said. "It took a great deal of time and thought to...
Among the categories of essential workers exempted from Gov. JB Pritzker's shelter-in-place order last March were those in construction and building trades. That was good news for Linda Ritter, owner of Hinsdale's Tiburon Homes. But would the market have an appetite for projects during a pandemic? The answer was "Yes." "We've actually found that our business has gotten even busier in the past 12 months," Ritter said. That's due in part to a continued - and perhaps accelerated...
As the new year begins, The Hinsdalean traditionally reaches out to the leaders of the village’s seven nonprofit agencies, inviting them to offer a recap of the previous year and to share one wish for the new year. This is the second of two installments. A Jan. 7 article featured Community Memorial Foundation, Hinsdale Humane Society and The Community House. Candor Health Education On March 14, the day after Gov. Pritzker announced all Illinois schools would be closed due to the pandemic, Candor Health Education held its s...
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which marks the birthday of the man whose name is synonymous with the fight against systemic racism and championing for equal rights for all citizens. Although the usual in-person MLK Day events are not being held, several local and regional programs are offered virtually to help residents observe the occasion. Musical inspiration Hinsdale-based Acoustic Renaissance Concerts will present a virtual performance from the vocal group Sweet...
As a longtime Hinsdalean, Bob Lassandrello knew little about the food pantry operating out of the village's Memorial Building, Then five years ago his neighbor, an HCS Family Services board member, invited him to get involved in stewarding the organization behind it. "I had no idea the extent to which HCS was doing what they were doing," Lassandrello said of his subsequent education after joining the board. Currently chair of HCS' board of directors, he now tries to spread...
Several new or modified liquor license requests have been submitted by local businesses recently, and trustees discussed the applications at their Tuesday night meeting. Revealing that Baldinelli, 114 S. Washington St., is poised to be sold next month, village officials said the prospective new owner, who would keep it as a pizza restaurant, has requested a license to sell packaged beer, wine and liquor. The eatery currently has a license to sell beer and wine for in-house consumption only. Toni Patisserie & Cafe, 51 S....
Mike Johnson's final campaign as a member of the Army football program was cloaked in uncertainty when training camp began last June. How many games would the pandemic allow? Would there even be a season? The season not only went on, but it produced a legion of memorable exploits for both the Black Knights and their starting left guard. "We just had a kind of mindset that we were going to prepare and plan, do our workouts and if ever anything were going to come up, we were jus...
To make the most of Hinsdale’s prime and precious commercial property, village officials are keen to embrace businesses that contribute to the sales tax coffers. Firms like Lakeside Bank, which has applied for a special use permit to open a branch at 222 E. Ogden Ave., do not get the welcome mat treatment in an effort to protect the high-traffic Ogden corridor for retail merchants rich in revenue. At the Dec. 8 village board meeting, trustees discussed both the bank’s application and the overarching desire to rewrite the zon...
To address surging demand for Transition Center services, Hinsdale High School District 86 is poised to spend $3.8 million to lease and remodel an additional 11,500 square feet of space to accommodate students next school year and beyond. At their Dec. 17 meeting, board members discussed an administration recommendation to rent two suites at 361 Frontage Road in Burr Ridge to ease overcrowding at the district’s Transition Center across from Hinsdale South High School in Darien. The center provides life and vocational skills i...
Staging its annual Christmas Eve indoor live nativity program has always been a significant undertaking for Hinsdale Covenant Church. But orchestrating it during a pandemic? Not even the wise men could wrangle that. "There's absolutely no way to do what we were doing safely," said the church's lead pastor, Lars Stromberg. So the decision was made to relocate the manger and all of its entourage outside. "We're going to take our live experience that people love and appreciate...
Amita Medical Center Hinsdale was expecting delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, with hopes of administering inoculations to its frontline healthcare staff Wednesday or Thursday. The first injections vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were given in Illinois on Tuesday. Phase 1A of the state’s distribution plan prioritizes health care workers and long-term care facility residents. Speaking on Tuesday, Adam Maycock, president and CEO of AMITA’s hospitals in Hinsdale and La Grange, said per...
Hinsdale's Jackelyn Kastanis spent a year helping care for childhood best friend Brooke Bolley in their native Detroit area until Bolley succumbed to cancer in 2011 at the age of 27. Kastanis moved to Chicago for work, but her desire to provide comfort remained deep within. "Every time I would pass all these hospitals downtown, I kept wanting to go inside," she said. In 2014, she launched Simply from the Heart, a nonprofit that honors Bolley and her cosmetology/hair styling...
Rich red poinsettias, stylish wintery tableaus, twinkling trees of varying sizes - both green and flocked - welcome December visitors to Phillip's Flowers & Gifts in downtown Hinsdale. The store has been decking its halls for a half-century of holiday seasons, much to the surprise of Jim Phillip, third-generation partner in the family business. "We opened this shop in 1970, and I just realized that this is our 50th anniversary in Hinsdale," he said. Longevity requires...
