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Name: Caroline Kloblach Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When was your first gymnastics class? I started doing gymnastics when I was 2 years old, but I only started high school last year. Third grade I started competing in club, but I was doing younger classes before then. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I just really enjoy the tumbling aspect of it and just being able to flip around. What is your favorite event? Either floor or bars. What is your most challenging...
I love Christmas, but I'm not sure I could survive 12 months of shopping, wrapping, baking, mailing cards and hosting gatherings at a holiday pace. And while I'm ready to embark on a new year, I'm not quite ready to give up all that filled the holiday season with wonder and joy. So, in lieu of resolutions, I offer the following ways in which I hope to keep the holiday spirit with me this year. • Keep in touch My refrigerator is covered with pictures of friends beaming from h...
A growing economy and a shortened holiday season, with six days fewer between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year than in 2018, contributed to healthy retail sales in December. Hinsdale merchants reported strong sales as well. "The season went really well. We had a great year," said Sweet William owner Kristi Smith. "We were feeling pretty fortunate. We have so many great loyal customers in town that want to shop local and try to stay away from e-commerce and the malls."...
I love traditions — especially at this time of year — and one of my favorites has been penning my annual birthday letter to Ainsley. I wrote my first in December 2011, just before she turned 3, and have continued every year since. Ainsley still seems to like seeing her name in the paper and readers still tell me they enjoy hearing about her. (I realize both of these may change at any moment!) So, today, I offer the 2019 installment. Dear Ainsley, In exactly one week you wil...
The Korza family started 2019 living 4,700 miles away. Then in June, Kasia and Andrzej packed up baby Adam and his two older siblings (Alexandra has just finished eighth grade and Ignacy had just finished kindergarten) and left Poland to start a new life in the United States. They chose Hinsdale because it is home to Kasia's uncle and a great school system. Kasia's two sisters and her parents live nearby as well. "We had a very nice life there, but decided to join our...
August 2020 will mark the 30th anniversary of Jeannie Cella's first day at Wellness House. But she won't be there to celebrate it. Cella announced in January that she would retire at the end of this year. She said she wants to leave while she still is passionate about the work she has been doing since she joined the staff as a student intern in 1990. "I love Monday mornings. That is so true," she said. "I think that is one of the things I'm worried about. I have to find a...
Evening and weekend games. Calls with recruiters. Early morning and after school practices. Emails to and from parents. Coaching a team at Hinsdale Central High School requires a lot of hours - and a lot of dedication. For coaches who are married and have kids, the schedule affects their families as well. The Hinsdalean talked to the spouses of three Central coaches about how the job has impacted their families. Here are their stories. New baby, new coaching job Kelly and...
Mike Murrill feels connected to Hinsdale - and to Amita Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale - in a unique way. Murrill, who became president and CEO of the hospital in May, was born in its labor and delivery unit. His dad worked there as an accountant, and his uncle is a former hospital HR director. Even Murrill's grandfather was affiliated with health centers, running a mission hospital. "Hearing stories of his and his experiences inspired me," said Murrill, who also is...
A group of Hinsdale High School District 86 residents said their Constitutional rights were violated when they were not allowed to speak during the district’s board meeting Dec. 12. The controversy arose during audience communication when Meeta Patel, a Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 board member, started to read a letter sent to the full board by Hinsdale resident Dan Levinthal that referenced Carol Baker, the district’s assistant superintendent for academics. Board President Nancy Pollak interrupted Patel at...
I should have taken more nutcrackers. My mother-in-law wanted me to take more. She wanted us to take lots of things as she and my father-in-law were clearing out the Western Springs house they had lived in for almost 50 years. Sandra had struggled with rheumatoid arthritis and other ailments for years, and eventually the stairs proved too much for her. She and my father-in-law, John, were moving into a condo at Lake Hinsdale Village, where everything would be on one floor and...
Dick Burridge Sr. lives life as an adventure. The former Hinsdalean, who will turn 91 in March, has a zest for life lacking in many half his age. He still enjoys going into the office several days a week at RMB Capital Management, a firm founded by his son, Dick. Jr. "I go to work anywhere from two to four days a week - when the market needs support. When the market can carry on on its own, I can stay home," he said, his sense of humor shining through. He points to his father...
The 6,650-square-foot space was home to 50 actors, 22 crew members and 300 audience members for the final performance of this year's musical, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at Hinsdale Middle School Saturday night. Less than 48 hours later, more than 700 kids ate lunch in the same space during a two-hour period on Monday. Such is life at the HMS cafetorium, a multipurpose room designed for day-to-day functionality and special occasions. On a daily basis, the...
Carrie Thangamani, owner of CHT Orthodontics, has lived and worked in Hinsdale since 2011. (That spring she bought the practice in March, moved here in April and had her first child in May.) She's also a friend of Hinsdale Economic Development Commission Chair Jill Sunderson, who recently invited her to join the group. "I think me being a business owner in town, personally and professionally, I think it was a natural fit for her," Thangamani said. The mom of two, 7-year-old...
Hallmark movies are big business. Just take a quick peek at the merchandise available and the list of stars appearing on the channel this month. They're also a source of entertainment - especially at our office, where we love to tease the two people who watch them most often: Jim and Ken. Ken does a great plot narrative, highlighting the same events that take place in all of the movies, including Christmas versions. He is a kindred spirit of cartoonist John Atkinson, who...
The season is under way for the boys and girls basketball teams at Hinsdale Central High School, with each team amassing a 2-2 record in its first four games. Boys head coach Nick Latorre is looking to get his novice back court in shape, while girls coach Karen Persinger faces the task of melding five returning players with six new team members. This is the second in a series of three winter sports previews. The first appeared Nov. 21, and the final one will run Dec. 12....
Vishnu Srinivasan has lived in Hinsdale for only two years, but he's no stranger to the area. He grew up in Oak Brook and graduated from Hinsdale Central before going on to earn his degree in finance from the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from Harvard Business School. Joining the Hinsdale Economic Development Commission was a no-brainer for Srinivasan. "I've always been interested in business, and I like living in a community where there is a vibrant retail offering...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board is poised to pass a $85.3 million property tax levy at its Dec. 12 board meeting. Josh Stephenson, the district’s chief financial officer, presented the proposed 2019 levy at the Nov. 14 meeting, and board members approved it Nov. 25. “We are not required to have a Truth in Taxation hearing,” Stephenson noted, since the amount does not exceed 105 percent of the 2018 property tax extension. “Year over year, we’re looking at a 2.8 percent increase.” Board member Marty Turek asked...
When the parade has been watched and the turkey has been eaten and everyone's gotten a good night's sleep, what's next? A plethora of activities exists for keeping family members, friends, even out-of-town guests busy over the long weekend. Many of these ideas - from taking in a performance of "The Nutcracker" at Hinsdale Central to visiting Holiday Magic at Brookfield Zoo - are listed in Holiday Happenings, which starts on Page 30. For those who are looking to venture a...
I’ve always been a rule follower. You’d think this would have delighted my mother when I was a child. Unfortunately, as I had no siblings, she had no comparative yardstick with which to measure my behavior. As a result, she saw my very infrequent lapses as major transgressions. Anyway, I unfortunately carried this mindset with me into adulthood. I’ve worked diligently to break some of the “rules” I learned growing up, such as “All the laundry must be put away immediately...
Seventeen-year-old Akane Rincon said she's always wanted to be exposed to life outside of her hometown of Chiapas, Mexico. And so she's thrilled to be spending this school year living with a Hinsdale family and studying at Hinsdale Central High School as part of a Rotary Club exchange program. "It is a great opportunity to be here and know more than my culture," she said. Rincon is staying with Rotary Club of Hinsdale member Ahsan Karim, his wife Silvia, and their two...
Jill Sunderson loves to shop in Hinsdale. But her appreciation for the village's retail stores isn't her only qualification for serving as chairman of the Hinsdale Economic Development Commission. She's also got a bachelor's in economics from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She's staying home right now raising the three children she has with husband Jason - Owen, a fifth-grader; Kate, a second-grader; and Charlotte, a kindergartner. Sunderson took...
HCS Family Services' annual turkey dinner distribution might be one of the most well-known Thanksgiving outreach efforts in Hinsdale, but it's certainly not the only one. Several churches also are involved in helping those in need this season. Families at Hinsdale United Methodist Church packed up 25 boxes of food and 25 hams Saturday to bring to the Olivet United Methodist Church in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. The relationship with the Chicago church...
Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green been casserole, pumpkin pie. These are the dishes that will grace tables throughout Hinsdale and around the country on Thanksgiving Day. Thanks to the efforts of HCS Family Services, families who can't afford a special holiday dinner still will be able to enjoy one. "We opened early because we had 20 people waiting in line," HCS Executive Director Stan Cook said Saturday morning at the Memorial Building, where 150 dinners were...
Caregiving requires individuals to employ a number of skills in a variety of roles - and to do so with a great degree of flexibility. "In many ways caregiving requires that you become ready for anything," said Ellen Nieman, an oncology social work navigator at Wellness House in Hinsdale. She and Cassandra Waliczek, a licensed clinical social worker with Amita Adventist St. Thomas Hospice, discussed the topic Nov. 13 at the Hinsdale Public Library. The Poetry of Caregiving...
Teachers in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 have a new four-year contract that raises salaries an average of 2.55 percent over the four years. The District 181 Board approved the contract unanimously Monday night, with the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Teachers Association ratifying it Nov. 1. The previous three-year contract expired in June, and negotiating teams began meeting months before that. “It’s been a year,” school board President Bill Merchantz said. “It’s been a long and winding road, and I think the resu...
