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Kyle Doorhy Senior Westmont What got you hooked on cross country? My older brother Ryan ran and we'd always go to his meets when I was a kid. I thought, "I can run and be successful as well." What do you love about the sport? I really like the team aspect and running with the same people everyday and developing close bonds with my teammates. How does the sport challenge you? It's definitely one of the most mentally demanding sports, in my opinion. It's more of a fight against...
The Red Devils are off and running (and passing, shooting, etc.). The fall season of high school sports has begun, and to begin our three-part series on Hinsdale Central's teams we, ask coaches of boys and girls cross country and boys soccer to assess their squads. The series will continue in the Sept. 8 and 15 issues. Boys cross country First meet: Aug. 26 vs. Red Devil Tri (non-scoring meet) Last year: 2nd at IHSA regionals, state runner-up Head coach: Jim Westphal Years as...
By Ken Knutson [email protected] Even a house of tomorrow needs some present-day rehabbing. Over the last two years, Cynthia Curry and her husband, Carl, have restored a mid-century jewel tucked into Hinsdale's Woodlands neighborhood. The home, built by the well-known modernist architectural firm Keck & Keck in 1958, features an inventive ventilation method and storage placement, among other avant-garde touches of the era. "It's a significant house," Curry said,...
What is the Fox Valley Music & Storytelling Festival? Hinsdale is going unplugged this weekend - musically speaking - when it plays host to one of the largest folk music events in the Midwest. The 46th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival is strumming its way to the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale from Saturday to Monday, Sept. 3-5. Normally the event is staged some 20 miles to the west at Island Park in Geneva, according to festival co-producer Cheryl Joyal. The...
A residential neighbor of an East Ogden Avenue commercial building being redeveloped are pressing the site’s owners to install landscaping to protect their privacy. At the Aug. 17 meeting of Hinsdale’s zoning board of appeals, resident Kelly Staver told board members she expects adequate screening between the rear of Dr. Cara VanWormer-Hartman’s new chiropractic clinic at 110 E. Ogden Ave. and her home on Fuller Road to the south. “(VanWormer) said there would be a wall of arbor vitae planted thick enough where you will no...
The curtain soon will open on a new slate of productions lined up by area theaters aimed at tantalizing drama enthusiasts. Here are the offerings to lead off the season, and the time to enjoy and support live performances has never been so captivating. A nostalgic comedy The Theatre of Western Springs presents "Brighton Beach Memoirs," Neil Simon's masterpiece about baseball, girls and coming-of-age in Depression-era Brooklyn. Considered the first play in Simon's...
This summer, Mr. Gust went to Washington. Hinsdale native and Duke University junior David Gust cut his policy-shaping teeth in the Beltway as one of nine college students selected for a DeJoy-Wos Family Foundation Scholarship to attend eight weeks of programs with The Fund for American Studies. The double major in economics and public policy also interned at the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank. "I like the idea that you can change the world through...
Student and staff safety is a top priority as the 2022-23 school year kicks off Monday, according to Community Consolidated School District 181 officials, both in terms of building security and personal health. At Monday’s regular meeting at Hinsdale Middle School, District 181 board members were given an overview by Superintendent Hector Garcia on of steps taken to provide a safe learning environment. Those include safety vestibules and secure office areas as lines of defense against potential threats. “We really have spe...
Hinsdale trustees Tuesday approved the concept plan and special use permits for Vine Street Station, a proposed age-targeted housing development in the old Zion Lutheran School. The project from developer Holladay Properties Services Midwest aims to convert the 107-year-old two-story school building at 125 S. Vine St. into 12 lifestyle condo units — two three-bedroom units and 10 two-bedroom units — with underground parking and an elevator. Village board members previously expressed support for the plan as both a nice add...
Luke Adams had seen enough of this year's Major League Baseball draft. The Hinsdale resident and recently graduated Red Devil star player had watched the draft's 11th round livestream on July 19 - the third and final day - with disappointing results. "After my name didn't get picked, I turned it off," Luke said. About 20 minutes later he received a phone call from a Milwaukee Brewers scout, who informed him he was the team's 12th-round selection. "I tried to find it online...
Red Devil Nation and Hinsdale once again will be well represented among the freshmen on collegiate rosters this coming year. As these members of Hinsdale Central and Nazareth Academy's class of 2022 prepare for campus life, they've offered both poignant reflections on their high school experiences and anticipatory visions for the journey ahead. This is the first of a two-part feature on this group of standout athletes, with the second installment to appear in next week's...
After college Alison Brothen was having trouble reconciling her accounting degree with a job opportunity. One day, while manning a fitness club front desk in the interim, Brothen shared her struggle with one of the regular members. "He goes, 'I have my own accounting firm. Give me your resumé,' " she recounted. "I did, and I started working for him." It was another fortuitous connection early in her career that ultimately would help bring Brothen to Hinsdale, where she...
In the aftermath of World War II, Chicago's suburbs boomed as families sought more spacious environs. But the desire for an urban-like fine arts scene gave rise to groups to meet that demand, groups like the West Suburban Symphony Orchestra. Next month marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of WSSO. Originally established in 1947 through the former West Suburban YMCA in LaGrange Park at the request local residents, the Hinsdale-based organization now boasts a chorus, a...
Hinsdale's Alison Kozlow is a busy working mom of two preschoolers. Activism was not on her to-do list. But when seven people were gunned down and dozens more injured while watching the Highland Park Fourth of July parade earlier this month, she became a woman on a mission. Kozlow joined the March Fourth movement to galvanize public support and lobby Congress for stiffer gun control measures. "What we're trying to do with the March Fourth movement is ban assault weapons federa...
Mary Elaine Shouvlin was known by many attributes: witty, stylish, loyal, cat lover, social justice champion. To her childhood best friend in Hinsdale, she was simply "Mares." "We spent all of our summers together," Cyndy Travis said. "She was very smart, always willing to try things and do things." And Mary adored her hometown, maintaining a residence in Hinsdale even as a new love named Raphael Shouvlin meant frequent trips to Florida, where he wanted to retire. She kept...
Competing against the nation's best at the 2022 Special Olympic USA Games June 5-12 in Orlando, Fla., Danny Baker, to borrow a phrase, stuck the landing. The Hinsdale native brought home four gold medals, one silver and two bronzes in his debut at the quadrennial event representing Team Illinois. "You know what makes me happy? Gold!," asserted Danny, speaking at his home earlier this month. Danny, 32, was selected to be part of the state's 67-member contingent for the Games....
Words from a nun's lips to Al Diaz' ear cast the vision that would guide his professional life. "I had a high school physics teacher - Sister Ellen, one of the few nuns that taught me at Nazareth Academy - and she pulled me aside and said, 'You know, you're a really good problem solver. Have you ever thought of civil engineering as a career?' " Diaz related. He thought about it and then pursued it academically at Bradley University, foundational steps on a journey that would...
The combination of sun, warmth and inviting natural areas in close proximity to Hinsdale is the perfect mix for outdoor fun. The DuPage County and Cook County forest preserve districts as well as the Morton Arboretum are great resources to help you head out and soak in nature's splendor. Check out one or more of these programs available in the weeks ahead. Wild kingdom • Learn about the monarch butterfly at the Monarchs Pop-Up at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, at the Sagawau E...
The sedate suburbs couldn't compare with the daily unpredictability that U.S. Army Reservists and inseparable buddies Bob Allen and Brad Drake had faced on a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan. Despite their exhausting, unrelenting assignment helping run the Bagram Theater Internment Facility as military police in 2003-04, the two Hinsdale South graduates had grown to love the grind. From going on middle-of-the-night helicopter "ring routes" to collect enemy detainees to a harrowing evacuation of prisoners when the jail...
As Hinsdale officials structure ways to keep vintage residences from being torn down, they also want to install signage to draw attention to the village’s most heritage-rich neighborhood. At their July 6 meeting, historic preservation commissioners discussed location preferences for new Robbins Park Historic District gateway signs. “We are trying to put some general parameters together about the locations and general design ideas so that we can then put out a bid to request some proposals from sign contractors,” repor...
Stephanie Dolehide was on a mission. The 2018 Hinsdale Central graduate, a state tennis champion with the Red Devils and key player for Army's Black Knights, was determined to conquer the U.S. Military Academy's indoor obstacle course that had been a driving factor in her post-secondary selection. The IOCT was the culmination of the Military Movement class focusing on tumbling, strength and balance. "I started taking (Military Movement) my plebe year - my first year - and I wa...
As a young firefighter with the Hinsdale Fire Department nearly a quarter-century ago, Jon Carlson responded to a warehouse fire in Lombard. "I remember how dark it was from the smoke and how hard it was to operate in that environment," Carlson said of his first large-scale incident. But he also recalled the spirit of camaraderie and purpose that fueled his group's efforts. "(I had) the feeling of being able to make a small difference in the outcome and being able to go in...
Nathan Obryon said his outreach work with those trying to start afresh after prison or life on the streets has revealed yearnings we all share. "At the end of the day, we all have the same need for relationships, the same need for people in our lives who care," said the Golfview Hills resident. "We desire to be loved and be known." Through his church, Trinity Presbyterian in Hinsdale, Obryon volunteers quarterly at The Bridge, a Chicago ministry helping ex-offenders, former ga...
Last week’s Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting ended abruptly after three board members walked out in protest, leaving the body without a quorum. Board members Peggy James, Debbie Levinthal and Jeff Waters left the June 23 meeting at the Transition Center before a vote to approve closed session minutes from February, which had been pulled from the consent agenda by board President Erik Held, who was participating remotely. Earlier in the meeting, James, who had composed the minutes as then-board secretary, used t...
What should we know about Loie Fuller? Loie Fuller was born before Hinsdale was, on a chilly January night in 1862 at the Castle Inn near what is now the village intersection of Ogden Avenue and York Road. Her uncle was Ben Fuller, the area's most prominent settler. But it was Loie who would earn worldwide fame as a groundbreaking dancer and visionary, mesmerizing audiences by incorporating electric lights into her performances. In her book, "Radiant: The Dancer, The...
