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Name: Lauren Borhani Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing volleyball? I started playing in the fourth grade at New Wave and I've been playing ever since. A lot of my friends had older sisters who played, so that influenced me to start playing. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I just love competing and I love how fast-paced the game is. One of my favorite things is also that it is very team-oriented. I love being out on the court with my teammates....
Hinsdale Hospital’s commitment to quality and patient care will remain unaltered following a change in corporate ownership, said Adam Maycock, president and chief executive officer of Hinsdale and La Grange Medical Centers. News broke last week that the two national chains that joined to form Amita Health would split up. Hinsdale Hospital will remain part of AdventHealth, based in Altamonte Springs, Fla.. The company has 45 hospital campuses in 10 states and serves more than 4.5 million patients each year. Adventist M...
The big day is almost here! With Halloween falling on Sunday, there are just a few events on the schedule this weekend to help get you in the mood. The fright factor varies for each, but all are sure to be a good time. The darkness calls Enjoy a spooky atmosphere while taking a nighttime tractor-drawn wagon ride through a forest preserve from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at St. James Farm Forest Preserve, 2S541 Winfield Road, Wheaton. The program is for ages 8 and up;...
I have mixed feelings about Facebook, but sometimes I can't help sharing the memories that pop up in my news feed. Just this week, Facebook presented a photo of Ainsley dressed as a Precious Pink Wabbit for her first Halloween. I couldn't help but share it. A lot has changed since Ainsley's first Halloween. Most importantly, I am no longer in charge of her costumes. This year, she is going as John Lennon (she can pull that off easier than her favorite Beatle, Paul McCartney)....
The amount of time and energy Falcon Football's Jay Novatney devoted during his 10 years of leading the program easily could be underestimated, friend and fellow board member Kay Sharples said. "Watching Jay is kind of like seeing the top of an iceberg," she said. "You go to a game and you see the players and cheerleaders and scorekeepers and officials and you think you've seen it all. People have not idea what is going on under the surface of water." Novatney joined the board...
I’ve been very interested in Buddhism of late. I blame this on Teri Goudie. She turned me onto Dan Harris after I complained that Eckhart Tolle’s book, “A New Earth,” was a bit too esoteric for me. Harris’ book, “10% Happier,” offered a more pragmatic approach, she told me. So I read the book, started listening to his podcast and got hooked. Buddhists like lists, and so do I. I especially like the Buddha’s first list, the Four Noble Truths. They are, as translated by H...
A District 181 family reportedly has agreed to join a lawsuit filed by attorney Tom Devore regarding the state’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 protocols. Kristen Engle of the Hinsdale-Burr Ridge Chapter of Awake Illinois posted the news Oct. 9 on the D181 community page on Facebook. The group also raised $5,300 in 24 hours to put toward the family’s legal expenses, she wrote in a post. Engle invited families from Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 to get involved just a day e...
The framework for offering tangible incentives to homeowners interested in historic preservation is beginning to take shape. Hinsdale trustees met with historic preservation commissioners Tuesday to discuss the process. The first step is to make sure the zoning code includes solid definitions of frequently used terms, said village attorney Michael Mars, who is working with village planner Bethany Salmon on the proposed text amendments. Those definitions would be sent to the Hinsdale Plan Commission for a public hearing and th...
Ainsley and I took advantage of having Columbus Day off to do some back-to-school shopping. We headed to Yorktown, primarily motivated by the bubble tea store there. (We had visited the same spot Sunday, but misguided ordering had left Ainsley with a thick, sludgy drink rather than one filled with tiny bubbles that burst when you bite them. She wanted a make good.) A neighbor who also is the mom of a tall girl had given me some recommendations on stores we might visit. At our...
Empathy is a powerful tool that helps people work together, cooperate, connect and ultimately thrive, said Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. “So far this is great news,” he said during the first Community Speaker Series webinar of the year Oct. 5. “If we, as the most empathic species on the planet, have taken it over, we must be living in a golden age of empathy and togetherness. “But, of course, we’re not,” he added. “Empathy is important but...
Name: Abhi Reddy Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you first start running? Beginning of sophomore year. I had a good two mile in soccer for tryouts, so I decided to try out and see how it goes. What has kept you involved? My teammates have been really supportive through quarantine and everything else. We had a good mindset and kept each other motivated through Zoom calls and training schedules and that kind of thing that kept me motivated. What do you enjoy most about...
Water hazards and blocked lines of sight challenged the golfers on a recent afternoon at the Prospect Country Club. At the where? Prospect Country Club is the name PE teacher Stephanie Kaegebein and her colleagues gave to the field outside of Prospect School that was transformed into a disc golf course for a new unit for Clarendon Hills Middle School students. Hunter Kauffman, Jack Gerrard and Surav Gupta, all 11-year-olds from Clarendon Hills, were golfing together during a...
Martha Phillip doesn't know what it's like to lose a child. But she has witnessed people close to her mourn that loss. "I lost my brother two weeks before his 16th birthday, suddenly," she said, noting she was 13 at the time. "I watched my parents grieve this." While her parents had support from their church and friends, they lacked resources specifically designed to help parents after the death of a child. So when friends Rebecca and Andy Wells lost their son, Ian, two years...
The first year junior Tessa Barber swam at Hinsdale Central High School, she wasn't sure how to address her coach. After all, he was her dad. "My freshman year, I used to avoid calling anything," she said. "I used to raise my hand in the pool my freshmen year. We call him 'Pop' at home, so I just started calling him that at practice." Other than that glitch, Tessa and her sister, Vija, generally appreciate the opportunity to have their dad, Bob, at practice and their coach at...
This week is National Newspaper Week. Surprisingly, I don't receive flowers or cards from friends and relatives. Just kidding. Most people probably aren't even aware of the week, but it's important to us. The theme of this, the 81st annual National Newspaper Week, is "Community Forum," and it's connected to The Relevance Project, a national effort intended to speed the resurgence of community newspapers in North America. We are fortunate that since we launched The Hinsdalean...
Celebrity does not seem to have changed Tomi Adeyemi. Sitting in the home of junior high school friend Shannon Ruge, Adeyemi does not come across as the author of two New York Times best-sellers who has a movie deal on her first book, was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People and has appeared on TV news and talk shows. The 28-year-old who returned to her hometown to be inducted into the Hinsdale Central Hall of Fame is first and foremost a student,...
Name: Emma Biegansky Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you first start playing tennis? I started playing tennis when I was around 7, pretty young. My older brother Ryan always played club tennis, too. What do you enjoy about playing doubles? I think that there's a big difference between singles and doubles. There are a lot of different strategies you can use in doubles. Once you find a good partner and get that chemistry going, it can be really fun. Do you have any...
Topping the silver anniversary of an event can be tough to do - especially if a global pandemic strikes. After a successful 25th Rotary Run Charity Classic in 2019, organizers had to move to a virtual event in 2020 due to COVID-19. The run is back in person this year, and organizers aren't the only ones who are excited. "When we really began working on the marketing back in March, we've noticed a tremendous desire to get back to whatever normal is," said Tom Norton, Rotary...
I still remember the first day I had to wear my poms uniform to high school my junior year. We had special briefs on under our skirts, but I was still very self-conscious about how short the skirt was - especially while taking off the sweatpants I wore to walk to school. By the time I was a senior, we had new uniforms with slightly longer skirts. And I had adjusted what some might have described as my overzealous modesty. Under a new state law, I could have worn leggings...
Hinsdale Central Homecoming 2021 is simultaneously celebrating the past and looking to the future. Homecoming week, whose theme is "Dancing through the Decades," features a number of firsts, including an outdoor pep rally Monday afternoon on Dickinson Field. "I thought it worked really well," said Maurice Tobiano, co-president of Varsity Club, which plans the event. "It was a little hot, obviously, but I thought it worked well because it allowed students to be comfortable...
The Windhover - the blue metal sculpture outside Hinsdale Middle School - has caused more than one raised eyebrow as passersby wondered what it was and where it came from. HMS Principal Ruben Peña knew the sculpture was a gift from the community, but he didn't pay it much attention until talks began several years ago about building a new school - and a question arose. "What are we going to do with that thing?" he said. "And then the magic started to happen." He brought a...
The student section is in a frenzy on a recent Friday night at Dickinson Field. As the marching band finishes its pre-game songs and files past the bleachers to take up its post in the end zone, the fans express their appreciation. Loudly. The drummers stop in front of their classmates, and one solo really accelerates the tempo in the crowd. Whole blocks of kids are jumping up and down in unison. Others are waving poms or playing air drums. The cheers are deafening - and the...
Today I have the privilege of introducing you to our new contributing columnists. We have quite a big group this year, so I will keep my opening comments brief. Before I jump in, however, I want to express our gratitude to the writers whose terms have ended: Jack Fredrickson, Gabriela Garcia, Susan O'Byrne, Amy McCauley, Beth Smits, Alegra Waverly and Carol Wittemann. They have made me laugh, made me think and occasionally brought a tear to my eye with their columns over the...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 spent more than $2 million over the summer making improvements to its facilities. “The work has been very swift and has had a huge impact on the schools,” board member Sarah Jakobsen said. “The flooring at CHMS has been great. The library at Prospect, night and day. “It’s all very impressive,” she added. The flooring replacement at Clarendon Hills Middle School was the most expensive of the projects, coming in at about $665,000. The project originally was planned for last year,...
