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David Nelson Carstensen Sr., 91, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully at home Jan. 22, 2022, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. His final 14 years were spent with Joan Woehrmann by his side. He was born in 1930 in Clinton, Iowa, to Olivia C. and Detlef C. Carstensen. He grew up in Clinton and proudly attended the University of Iowa, where he met and married Joanne L. Thompson of Davenport. After graduating in 1952, he returned to Iowa to help his widowed mother run the family...
The pressure was on in the second round of "Chopped Casino Royale: Finale." Chef Grace Goudie, a Hinsdale native, had incorporated two of her basket ingredients into a spaetzle. But she couldn't get it to pass through the colander in order to cook it. "The judges are yelling at me to plate," she says on the episode. "This spaetzle isn't turning out the way that I cook spaetzle. I have to get something on the plate. The adrenaline is insane." She eventually does get the...
Audrey Lorraine Jackson Muschler, 93, passed away peacefully on Jan. 22, 2022. She was born in 1928 in New Britain, Conn., to Carolyn Low Jackson and Leonard (Buck) Marl Jackson. Audrey devoted her active life to family and community. As a teenager during World War II, she volunteered for spotting planes, preparing bandages and attending to wounded veterans. Following graduation from New Britain High School, she attended Edgewood College, New York, before moving to New York...
Millions of Americans follow some sort of heart-healthy diet. Whether it's the DASH Diet or the Mediterranean Diet , these programs all share a common foundation: plants. They may end with lean meats or fish, but they start with fruits, vegetables and whole grains. These types of diets attempt to lower the percentage of calories from fat and are certainly preferable to the Western pattern diet. But you can feel even stronger and more energetic if you shift to a 100 percent...
Koko is a gray and white cat who is ready to meet his new family. He would do well with kids of any age. He's a super snuggly and gentle 3-year-old whose adoption fee is $75. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center has re-opened to the public. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Capacity will be limited to about 20 visitors. Interested adopters are encouraged to...
HMS MUSICIANS CHOSEN TO PLAY The Hinsdale Middle School Chamber Strings Orchestra was asked to be the Middle School Lab Orchestra for the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Conference, which has been held annually in Chicago each December for the last 75 years. This is a great honor, as only one middle school group each year is asked. No audition takes place; rather, the board of directors makes recommendations based on feedback from performances at the state conference in January 2020. The orchestra performed Dec. 15...
What have you learned about performing improv? Improv actors have to be quick on their feet and possess at least a working knowledge across a broad range of topics. But occasionally they're stumped, like Hinsdale Central junior Hayley Cashman was while rehearsing for the school's ComedySportz Improv Show that runs tonight through Feb. 5 (see Page 18 for details). "We had to make puns about something, and the suggestion we had to make puns about was 'disc jockey,' " Cashman...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 Drug possession, DUI arrest Mario Gomez, 49, 4555 S. Spaulding Ave., Chicago, was arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance, driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident at 4:19 a.m. Jan. 29 at York Road and Ogden Avenue. He was in possession of a white powdery substance that field tested positive for cocaine. He was charged and taken to DuPage County Jail. Repeat license offender arrested Richard D....
Kudos to Rev. Pamela Rumancik for her recent comments in The Hinsdalean (Jan. 27 letter), in which she stated that “Hinsdale can take a leading role in making the world safer for everyone, upholding the worth and dignity of every child and adult, no matter their race, creed or color.” As a woman of various intersectional identities, I applaud her pro-life stance, especially as it pertains to the unborn, “no matter their race, creed or color.” Amen, Sister. All lives matter, from conception to natural death. — Mary O’Dowd, D...
In response to Rev. Pamela Rumancik (Jan. 27 letter), Valda Valbrun was not hired to tell us about Jesus. He either lives in your heart or he doesn’t. Carving out nearly $200,000 to pay someone to train our academic community on equity, anti-racism and diversity issues while publicly defiling those who she vehemently opposes based on their views or political affiliation eliminates any credibility she purportedly had. What would your congregation think of you spending a similar amount on someone who promotes a so-called o...
After two failed attempts, the D86 superintendent persists in pursuit of an equity consultant for the school district. The superintendent points to a strategic plan ratified by a prior school board in 2018. It says nothing about an equity consultant. In October 2025, regulations will require new teachers to have been trained in culturally responsive teaching and these govern training facilities, not high schools. Local school boards have no duty to implement these measures, ever. The superintendent tells us she is bound by...
Growing up, I didn't know a soul who was adopted. As an adult, I find the opposite is true. Adopted people are everywhere. At a 2020 Community Revue cast party, I learned that two of my castmates were also adopted and that all of us either had met or hoped to meet our birth parents. A fellow cast member came up and asked us what we were discussing so intently. "Finding our birth parents," one of us offered. She promptly turned around and headed back to the bar. One of the folk...
I read a weekly email called “3-2-1” Thursdays” by James Clear, the author of “Atomic Habits.” And I usually agree with his personal writings and the poems and literature he shares, under a focused theme, from other authors. However, one week in late 2021, I disagreed with what he wrote on the topic of resilience and growth. “Growth demands a temporary surrender of security,” he wrote. “It may mean a giving up of familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, relationships t...
Preparing for battle - Charlotte Sunderson helps her friend Lucy Rogero adjust her head gear at Hinsdale Middle School Friday evening. The seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball teams were both playing for their conference championships. The seventh-grade team defeated CHMS and the eighth-grade team defeated Bryan to bring home the titles. Please turn to Page 36 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Racism isn’t always blatant. Sometimes it’s very subtle. The perpetuation of stereotypes about physical traits associated with certain ethnicities. A repeatedly mispronounced name. Slight differences in treatment. An assumption about where a person of color lives. This type of racism still exists in the world and, from everything we’ve heard, in Hinsdale High School District 86. Dozens of stories on Hinsdale’s Black Lives Matter webpage offer examples. And at last week’s school board meeting, one brave mom stood up and share...
Jui Khankari was used to people mispronouncing her name. But when her mother's phone followed suit, she decided to do something about it. After just a few tweaks, Khankari had taught Siri the correct pronunciation of her name, and Siri had introduced Khankari to the world of artificial intelligence. Several years later, Khankari's study of AI as a tool to detect ischemic stroke garnered the country's most prestigious science award for high school seniors - the Regeneron...
Eighty-one Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 77 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported four new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,458, compared to 3,377 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had six confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported eight positive cases, 11 in isolation and one in...
The temporary ice rink in Burns Field Park, 320 N. Vine St., is officially open. The warming house is open on Saturdays and Sundays for supervised hours. Stop by for free hot chocolate, a cozy fire and a place to escape the cold. Masks are required inside the warming house. Check the barricades located at the rink to see if it is safe to skate. Green signs indicate the rink is open, red signs mean it is closed. The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department will offer rink status updates online at https://ww...
The Lincoln Street railroad crossing will be closed from 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, through 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, for work by BNSF Railway. Detour signs will be placed directing traffic east to the Washington Street crossing. Motorists can also use the Monroe crossing to the west....
Hinsdale High School District 86 residents filled the Hinsdale South library at last week’s school board meeting, angry with the handling of the withdrawal of an anti-racism consultant a couple of weeks earlier. Much of the speakers’ ire was directed toward Superintendent Tammy Prentiss. Prentiss was repeatedly criticized for reading the withdrawal letter from North Carolina-based Valbrun Consulting at the Jan. 13 board meeting. In it, owner Valda Valbrun wrote “(I) really think Hinsdale is a dangerous place and would not b...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10 Hinsdale South High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: KLM park bench donation, Hinsdale Swim Club license renewal, pool concessions contract renewal Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearings on special use permit for 5837 S. Madison...
Pre-potholes - Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," describes the difficulty traveling Hinsdale's first streets. "Hinsdale early dirt roads were difficult to travel. Wet weather buried wheels in mud, dry spells produced clouds of dust and ruts were a year-round problem. This photograph shows a car stuck on muddy Hinsdale Avenue. The village began paving Hinsdale streets in 1892, using brick or wood blocks."...
When Alisa Messana was a sophomore at Elmhurst College, she got a call she never expected to receive. The woman on the phone identified herself as a volunteer for Truth Seekers in Adoption and asked Alisa her full name and to confirm that she was born Jan. 2 at Swedish Covenant Hospital. "She proceeded to tell me my birth parents had married, had two other children of their own and were interested in having a relationship with me if I was interested," Messana said. Messana...
As of early morning Wednesday, reports indicated more than 8 inches of snow had blanketed Hinsdale. By the end of the day another 4 or more inches were expected. Village crews began deploying trucks at 3 a.m. and already had made several passes across many streets in town. A bobcat with a brush attached was at work at the train station clearing off the platform. Not many stores were open Wednesday morning. This lone pedestrian crosses First Street and Bob Wood makes his first...
In response to residents’ complaints about increased airplane noise, Hinsdale has joined with other communities in proximity to Chicago’s airports to find ways to address the nuisance. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, Hinsdale trustees approved intergovernmental agreements with the city of Chicago to participate in the advisory noise compatibility commissions for both Midway and O’Hare airports. “Most of the noise complaints we’ve gotten are related to Midway, right?” Village President Tom Cauley asked of village staff. Vi...
