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Opening night is in less than two weeks, and the cast of "Artificial Hinstelligence" is rehearsing at The Community House. Bags of high-heeled shoes, pairs of sequined gloves and a sack of Santa outfits are strewn about the room, raising some questions about what crazy plot twists this year's show will take. Choreographer Amanda Snooks is leading a group through a dance number on stage while Hinsdale's Tim Fowler works through an Elton John song with help from music director G...
Leave no doubt. That was the mantra driving the Hinsdale Central boys varsity swim and dive team into last weekend's IHSA state final. The Red Devils, the defending state champions and a prohibitive favorite to repeat, were not interested in coasting on their substantial laurels. "The pressure was on," said head coach Bob Barber. "The expectation was that we would win and that we'd have the ability to win by a lot." Any doubt was submerged as the Red Devils unleashed their...
Hinsdale Central's Kasra Mikaili tries to maintain an edge on his St. Ignatius counterpart during a relay race while track and field teammate Jeffrey Collier follows through on his shot put hurl at the Red Devil Invite Feb. 16 (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Mark Ortiz Clarendon Hills How did you get involved in track? I did shot put for a little bit and discus in middle school before COVID, and then I had to stop because of COVID. My freshman year of high school, I didn't do it because we had football during the spring, also because of COVID. After that, I remembered I liked it a lot, so I started up my sophomore year and I've done it ever since. How do you train? I throw just about every day and then after throwing the first...
Swimming, boys Feb. 23 & 24 @ IHSA state championships V places 1st with 337.5 points 200-yard medley relay Bey, M. Vatev, Hou, Marcet, 1st, 1:29.13 200-yard freestyle Harris, 3rd, 1:37.54 L. Vatev, 8th, 1:39.28 200-yard IM Bey, 1st, 1:44.89 Hou, 2nd, 1:45.75 50-yard freestyle Bertulis, 7th, 20.64 Marcet, 14th (tie), 21.08 1-meter diving Brown, 20th, 300.6 100-yard butterfly Hou, 2nd, 47.45 Guo, 4th, 47.94 100-yard freestyle Harris, 7th, 45.48 Bertulis, 8th, 45.54 500-yard freestyle L. Vatev, 4th, 4:27.9 Pelinkovic, 11th,...
Meet Rusty, a sweet 5-year-old boy who just wants to hang out and have his belly rubbed. He is a little shy around strangers, but warms up quickly if you give him pets. Rusty is sensitive to loud noises, so he would do best in a quiet home. He gets along well with other calm and gentle cats. Rusty is neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. His adoption fee is $75 and he is ready to go home today. For more information, stop by the Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet...
COLLEGE STUDENTS ON DEAN’S LISTS The following Hinsdale students earned a spot on the dean’s list or equivalent at their respective colleges and universities for the fall 2023 semester. • Patrick Boyle, College of the Holy Cross • Quinn Cain, Tufts University • Kate Hughes, University of Georgia* • Sarah Lotsoff, Tufts University • Sofia Masood, Elmhurst College • Olivia Ostrowski, College of William & Mary • Karina Patel, University of Minnesota Rochester • James Regas, Elmhurst College • Lia Reichmann, Drake Univ...
What's so cool about birding? It's prime time to spot birds in their Hinsdale-area habitats, according to Steve Constantelos of the DuPage Birding Club. "At end of winter and early spring, there are more birds around, and they're singing because it's breeding season," he explained. "This is sort of the best time of year because the leaves aren't coming out yet and the birds will be all geared up for spring." Residents are invited to flock together on a Contantelos-led Winter...
Carolyn Winifred Stein Stillman of Clarendon Hills, a former longtime Hinsdale resident, passed away peacefully Feb. 18, 2024. Anyone who has met Carolyn, even for just a short time, knows how her passionate presence and genuine ability to connect with people has left a beautiful and lasting impact on the world. Carolyn was born in Chicago in 1926 to Aletta and Herman Stein, along with her brother, Herman Jr. While the world has changed significantly in the past century,...
Hinsdale vehicle sticker and animal tags will go on sale Friday, March 1. Applications will arrive in the mailboxes of previously registered Hinsdale residents in early March. Stickers and tags must be displayed by May 1, or a $25 late fee will be imposed. All vehicles registered in the state of Illinois with a Hinsdale address must also be registered with the village through the purchase of a vehicle sticker. Residents have the option to purchase vehicle stickers online using the pre-filled mailed application. There is no...
As I began to write this column, I realized it would be published on Feb. 29, a leap day. Now as everybody knows, leap years only come once every four years, making them a special and somewhat rare occasion. However, for me at least, and I'm sure for many, they aren't very significant. And I don't mean to be rude to the lucky (or perhaps unlucky) few who get to have their birthday only once every four years. I wish you all a very happy birthday. Anyway, as I was pondering the...
Signs provide us with all kinds of information. "Slow, children playing" lets us know kids reside on a particular block. (Since kids live on many blocks that don't have such signs, these warnings also might indicate worried parents live on the block as well.) Signs indicating downtown Hinsdale and the Robbins Park subdivision are on the National Register of Historic Places demonstrate the importance of the village's past to Hinsdaleans - or at least to those who are...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board lifted the pause on social studies curriculum work last week. But the hiatus clearly hasn’t healed board divisions over how and what courses are implemented. By unanimous vote, the board voted to allow staff to resume crafting a social studies program for both Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South campuses to follow in pursuit of the goal to align offerings at the schools. “The social studies department has not worked on curricular alignment work” since June 8, said board Presi...
We all know there are 365 days in a year, right? Well, not exactly. It takes the Earth 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 56 seconds to orbit the Sun. We account for those extra hours every four years by adding an extra day to the end of February. For the first time in The Hinsdalean’s history, Leap Day is also publication day! To celebrate, we’ve compiled this list of little known facts to provide both education and cocktail party conversation for the weekend. Happy Leap Day! • The Julian calendar, which Julius Caesar intr...
Hinsdale Central senior Brody Marcet plunges in the FMC Natatorium pool in Westmont with the IHSA boys swimming and diving championship trophy on Saturday. Central captured back-to-back state titles for the first time since the school won three straight from 1987-89. For the full story and more photos, turn to Page 38. (Photo for The Hinsdalean by Joel Lerner)...
Grace Episcopal Church of Hinsdale was a part of Sara Clary's life long before she moved to the village in 2012. Grace was her grandmother's church of choice, and visits to her grandmother often included visits to the church, Clary said. "It just seemed like the logical place to continue going," Clary said. Today, Clary serves as senior warden at the church. Together with junior warden Sarah Tims, she helps interim rector Rev. Tom Crittenden make everything at the church run...
Greg DiDomenico of Community Memorial Foundation hopes a report detailing the growing Latino community in the western suburbs will help nonprofit organizations and policymakers better understand the needs of the region. “We always, as a foundation, have been working to understand the communities that we serve,” said DiDomenico, president and chief executive officer. “We’ve done demographic studies in the past. Given the recent census, it was a great opportunity to work with the expertise of the Great Cities Institu...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Feb. 27. Obstructing justice arrest Gabriel N. Lewis, 36, 12820 S. Wood St., Blue Island, was arrested for giving obstructing identification, driving with a suspended license, stopping/standing/parking where prohibited, transportation of open alcohol by driver and driving an uninsured vehicle at 8:16 a.m. Feb. 25 on Route 83 near 55th Street after being found parked on the side of the road asleep at the wheel. She was also found to have two active arrest warrants out of...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Feb. 22, board members: • tabled an administration recommendation to consolidate student fees, including text books, course fees, course supplies, academic field trips, student ID, PE uniforms, graduation and technology fees, into one comprehensive registration fee of $475 for the 2024-25. Board President Cat Greenspon said board members still had questions about the proposal that needed to be answered before taking a vote. At the Feb. 8 committee of the whole meeting, b...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public hearing on properties for inclusion on Historically Significant Structures Property List Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org...
The village's approach to managing insects, disease and weeds, which focuses on environmentally sensitive and economically sound practices, is working well. That was the message of John Finnell, forestry and parks superintendent, at the Feb. 20 Hinsdale Village Board meeting, in his annual integrated pest management report. "Every year we get this - just like we go to the dentist," Village President Tom Cauley joked before the presentation. "Hopefully it's not quite as painful...
The owner of a home in the 9300 block of Jefferson in Brookfield is not entitled to reimbursement for a garage door that was damaged while Hinsdale police were serving a warrant Oct. 23, Chief Brian King told The Hinsdalean last week. The owner of the property, which is rented to tenants, spoke at the Feb. 20 Hinsdale Village Board meeting, asking trustees for the $450 he spent to repair his garage door. King disputed his account that the renters provided police with a key one time and refused to do so a second time when poli...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. At the time the Hinsdale Barber Shop was located at 8 W. Hinsdale Ave. A few years ago it moved a little farther west to 20 W. Hinsdale Ave. Today County Line Audio Video occupies 8 W. Hinsdale Ave. 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 to jslo...
Hinsdale Central softball coaches and team members and alumni hosted a softball clinic earlier this month for fourth through eighth graders. Brittany Wolski, Central's softball coach, and Andrea Richards, former Red Devil and current member of Lewis University's team, address the players. Gabby Trejo hauls in a catch. The clinic covered all the essential skills needed for success for the players. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
