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During the opening day of Dominic Sanders’ trial on charges he killed a Hinsdale woman in a 2017 home invasion, prosecutors and the defense agreed Wednesday on just two things: the defendant was in Hinsdale that day and he took two family-heirloom rings from the home. Sanders, 32, of University Park, faces charges of first-degree murder, home invasion, armed robbery and residential burglary stemming from the May 4, 2017, slaying of 50-year-old Andrea Urban. The charges allege Sanders stabbed Urban to death during a daytime b...
When I moved my household from Washington, D.C. into storage, I got rid of about 100 books. Some were obvious choices, like the global trade textbook that was required for a class I took in 1989 but irrelevant both to me and the current study of economics. Some gave me pause, like the novel "London" by Edward Rutherford. It's an informative history of the city wrapped up in a gripping 2,000-year narrative, but it comes in at 829 pages and weighs a ton. As I went through this...
Stage Door Fine Arts' production of "Shrek the Musical" opens at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at The Community House, with additional shows Saturday and Sunday as well as next week, Thursday through Sunday (see Page 28 for details). The triple-cast spectacular involves an impressive roster of student performers ranging from those in the early grades to high schoolers. The Hinsdalean talked with three of the cast members hailing from Hinsdale to get their insight on their particular part...
Betty Joyce Stange, nee Katz, a longtime Hinsdale resident, passed away Jan. 1, 2020, surrounded by her family. Betty, 77, was born in Oak Park to the Robert and Janet Katz and raised in LaGrange Park. She attended Forest Road School and graduated from Lyons Township High School in 1960. She went on to graduate from Southern Illinois University, where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She taught at LaGrange Highlands Elementary School. On July 18, 1965, Betty mar...
What danger do coyotes present to people and pets? Even if you haven't seen one, chances are there are coyotes living in your neighborhood. Dan Thompson, ecologist with the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, said he believes a majority of the Chicago area's coyote population lives not in protected places like the forest preserve, but in suburban and urban areas. "Just because you've never seen them doesn't mean they aren't there," he said. Coyote sightings and even encoun...
Richard A. Carr, 84, of Clarendon Hills died Jan. 5, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Betty Carr, née Blue; his children, Bradley (Kathy) Carr, Kimberly (Jim) Carmignani and Jeff Carr; his grandchildren, Jason and Ryan (Shannon) Carr, Elizabeth Carmignani, Katie (Dan) Webster, Allie (Aaron) Biskie and Brittany, Jack and Elena Carr. Visitation is at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan, 18, at Sullivan Funeral Home, 60 S. Grant St., Hinsdale. Prayers will be said at 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment is private. In lieu of flowers,...
Karen A. Greasel, née Turnbull, 77, a 20-year resident of Oak Brook, died Jan. 13, 2020. She was born in 1942 in Pittsburgh. She is survived by her husband, Thomas P. Greasel; and her siblings, Susan (Richard) Graham, Thomas W. (Patricia) and David (Audrey) Turnbull. Interment is at Melrose Cemetery in Bridgeville, Penn. Sullivan Funeral Home in Hinsdale handled the arrangements....
John Edward Molloy, 73, a 21-year Hinsdale resident, died Jan. 10, 2020. John died the way he lived: he wrote his own rules, he pushed passed authority and paved his own way, and if you said he couldn’t do it, he would make sure he could. Ladies’ man, successful business outlaw, snappy dresser and social bon vivant, John told his last inappropriate joke at the hospital (sorry, the joke cannot be reprinted here) the day he died. Up until the end, John would defy his doctor’s orders by creating his own culin...
Lisa Kovach, 63, of Hinsdale passed away unexpectedly Jan. 9, 2020, at Amita Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale. She was born in 1957 in Chicago to Wayne and Nadene Vondruska Lisa will be dearly missed by her friends and her coworkers at Mariano's. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Kovach; and her mother, Nadene. A graveside prayer service was held Jan. 14, at Queen of Heaven Cemetery Interment Chapel in Hillside. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to...
Curlie Ann Engdahl, nee Flowers, 94, of Elmhurst, formerly of Villa Park, passed away peacefully Dec. 25, 2019. She was born in 1925 in Paris, Tenn., to Mary D. (Fryer) and Walter Crawford Flowers. Following training in Nashville, she moved to San Bernardino, Calif., to work in an aircraft factory. On a blind date in 1944 she met Lt. Robert E. Engdahl of Chicago. They married May 23, 1945, just before he left for Guam. Following the war, they lived in Chicago. Next was a relocation to Neenah, Wis., in 1949, where their three...
Thomas Charles Halm, a 41-year resident of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully at his home on Dec. 31, 2019. He was 78. Born in 1941 to Philip and Frances Halm, Thomas was raised in Summit and Brookfield. After graduating from Lyons Township High School in 1959, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Once a Marine, always a Marine. Upon discharge, he was employed by Oak Park Federal Savings and Loan, and in 1967 joined Standard Federal Savings and Loan, retiring as senior vice...
Readers of Scary Mommy and the Today Show parenting blogs know Christie Cuthbert as a contributor. Texans know her as a writer for San Antonio Woman Magazine and Alamo City Moms. Hinsdaleans remember her as a former neighbor, fellow parishioner, Juniors member - and associate editor of The Hinsdalean. Now she's also the author of a new book. "Mom! I Farted in Church," which she officially released at a launch party Jan. 9. I caught up with her over the phone Tuesday to talk...
There’s a reason why January is designated National Blood Donor Month. During the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s, about 500 fewer blood drives were hosted by volunteer sponsor groups than required to meet patient needs, according to the American Red Cross. Groups postpone blood drives during the winter holidays to avoid conflicts with travel and other seasonal activities. Life-threatening events and emergency medical procedures, however, never take a holiday. “Declines in donations can affect patient care. That’s why the...
Living in southern California the last several years for college, and now for work, has left Hinsdale's Gabrielle Roberts ill-equipped for winter visits to her hometown. "Definitely my blood has thinned out. I come home just in my sweatshirt from L.A. and immediately my parents have to give me a giant puffy jacket," Roberts joked. Later this year, she'll be adjusting to an entirely new culture when she heads to Tsighua University in Beijing for a yearlong fellowship as a...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Jan. 14. DUI arrests • John L. Sullivan, 54, 18 E. Eighth St., Hinsdale, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content higher than .08 and squealing or screeching tires at 7:53 p.m. Jan. 8 in the 10 block of East First Street. Police were called for a report of an intoxicated subject causing a disturbance at Nabuki and observed the suspect accelerate quickly and heard tires squealing while he left the parking lot. He was charged...
A Hinsdale man has been charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy he met through the internet, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Mark Sadlowski, 26, 532 W. North St., was charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a class 2 felony, for allegedly sexually abusing the boy Nov. 1, 2019, after meeting through an online dating site. An arrest warrant was issued for Sadlowski Jan. 8, and he was taken into custody the following day. Circuit Judge Liam Brennan set his bond at $15...
A Hinsdale resident has admitted to misappropriating more than $65 million from individuals and financial institutions, according to a plea agreement filed Jan. 10 with District Judge Andrea Wood and provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. Sultan Issa, 46, pled guilty to wire fraud affecting a financial institution for perpetrating a scheme from 2010-17 “to defraud clients and financial institutions, and to obtain money and property from those clients and financial ins...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • voted 6-0 to approve advanced and accelerated math criteria, ELA/ACE criteria and the math trajectory to guide placement decisions in grades three to eight for fall 2020. Parents soon will be able to review slides with a voiceover explanation detailing the criteria for each grade and level, said Kathy Robinson, assistant superintendent of learning. The district is adding more bridge classes to make sure students who are moving i...
0-lane pool at Hinsdale Central into funding for the project has nearly reached its goal, according to leaders of the campaign. A group of Central alums and district residents have been working over the last several months to raise $1.6 million to cover the cost difference between building an eight-lane and a 10-lane facility at Central. A 10-lane pool was approved by the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board in September as part of the $139 million referendum for school...
Carol Baker, who has served as assistant superintendent for academics/chief academic officer in District 86 since Aug. 1, 2018, will be out of a job on June 30. The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board voted unanimously last week not to renew her contract, for reasons other than a reduction in staff, board President Nancy Pollak said in her report after the Jan. 9 vote. “It’s a personnel matter,” Pollak said. “We are not at liberty to provide any information additionally above and beyond what is included in the resolut...
What's old is new again - Friday afternoon in the central business district hasn't changed much in the past 100 years for Hinsdale students. Back in 1920, it was students from HTHS (Hinsdale Township High School) and today it's the students from HMS (Hinsdale Middle School) who flock to the downtown when the weather cooperates. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd love to share it with our readers. Stop by our office at 7 W. First St. or email it...
The Hinsdale Public Library provided the perfect place for entertainment Sunday afternoon to brighten a cloudy day. "Little Miss Ann" - who is actually Ann Torrabla - had the full house of children and their moms and dads singing and dancing to her music. Stephanie Freda and her daughter, Grace, work on their dance moves. Emma McMonagle jumps to the beat and Aisling Gray and her daughter, Beth, get into the swing of things. The event was cosponsored by the Hinsdale Community...
A mild winter has allowed crews to continue to work this month on the village-owned parking deck near Hinsdale Middle School. “The parking deck is going very well,” said Brad Bloom, assistant village manager. “I’m really pleased with how it’s coming together. The precast looks good.” Precast concrete delivery began the week of Dec. 9, and all 215 pieces have been assembled. “It was something to watch,” Bloom said. “The majority of the structure is up. Now it’s just the smaller parts — adding the electrical, adding th...
Bravo, bravo! - Lucy Parry was on hand Friday afternoon to watch her brothers sing in the Oak School multicultural holiday assembly. After the Oak School Chorus sang to the assembled students and their families, each grade also had a chance to sing a song to celebrate the event. To see a video of the closing number, visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/thehinsdalean. Please turn to Page 7 for more pictures....
