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In 2011 when I arrived in Hinsdale, I was struck by the strong sense of community endorsement of public education. As a certified educational planner and an independent educational consultantg who works with D86 teens, this was important to me. Over the last few years, I have been dismayed by the lack of vision and cohesiveness in D86. That is why I am supporting Asma Akhras, Kay Gallo and Catherine Greenspon for the D86 Board of Education elections on April 4. Asma is steeped in educational expertise and is a D86 parent,...
File this under things you never imagine happening next door. A person or investment group turning the unsold house next door into an unregulated hotel where up to four groups of people a week cycle through, leaving heaps of trash in their wake. Yes, Airbnb has come to Hinsdale and living next to one is uncomfortable at best and frightening at worst. I know short-term rentals are not allowed in residential districts, but the village needs to get more involved. I invite you to join me in urging the Village Board of Trustees an...
I wholeheartedly endorse Cat Greenspon for the D86 Board of Education. I have had the pleasure of working with Cat as part of the Hinsdale Central Music Parents Association for the past year and a half. In her role as president of the MPA she is engaged and organized. Her enthusiasm for the music program, and all students, is on full display. Coming out of the pandemic the organization had been largely dormant for over a year. With Cat’s leadership we have increased awareness and participation, improved fundraising, added f...
Hinsdale Central's Brody Marcet celebrates after anchoring the Red Devils' victorious 200-yard freestyle relay at the IHSA state final meet Saturday in Westmont. Marcet teamed with Andrew Gilbert, Vidar Carlbaum and Noah Priest in the second of the meet's three relays, all of which Central won in state record times. See the story on Page 38. (photo for The Hinsdalean by Joel Lerner Photography)...
Years ago, when I first moved to Hinsdale from Texas, I was curious to know what my new friends loved to eat. I would often ask people what they thought was best "Chicago food." The most popular answers were deep-dish pizza, Italian beef and hot dogs. But if I were to ask myself that question after living here for seven years, I would say that I love Chicago's family style Italian dishes. One of my favorites is chicken Vesuvio. I first tasted it a Paul Virant's Vistro and...
A dream came true Feb. 18 in Peoria for Hinsdale Central senior Tess McArdle. "I've been on the speech team since my freshman year. I've always dreamed of winning state, and so it was really a surreal moment for me." McArdle and her partner, junior Jackie Vogel, were the state champions in humorous duet acting at the state meet Feb. 17-18 at the IHSA state tournament in Peoria. The pair helped the team earn a fourth-place finish with 22 points. Wheaton-Warrenville South came...
How can meditation relieve stress? One of the biggest misconceptions about meditation, said Stephanie Frantz, is that you have to stop your thoughts. "We have anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 thoughts a day, so that's unlikely to happen," the meditation instructor said. "It's about turning your attention away from them." Frantz will lead a 50-minute workshop on mindfulness meditation and breathing techniques at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 at The Community House (see Page XX for...
COLLEGE STUDENTS MAKE DEAN’S LISTs These college students from Hinsdale were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester at their respective colleges and universities. • Caroline Bourjaily, John Carroll University • Jared Callaway, Columbia College • Samuel Cutinelli, College of Charleston* • Lucy Fischer, Kansas State University • Matthew Giacchetti, Emerson College • Regan Hultquist, University of Notre Dame • Taylor Hultquist, Villanova University • Susannah Melkus, DePauw University • Olivia Ostrowski, William &...
Mary Anne Shaver, née Bower, 82, formerly of Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills, passed away peacefully Feb. 14, 2023. Born in 1941, she grew up in Riverside and attended Ferry Hall in Lake Forest. She then attended Michigan State University and the University of Illinois, where she was a proud Kappa Kappa Gamma. Mary raised her family in Clarendon Hills, where she was very involved in her community, serving as chapter president of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago and as a...
Judy Jeanne Klusendorf, nee Engstrom, 83, passed away after a long struggle Feb. 16, 2023, in senior living at The Collier at Naples, Fla. Judy was born in LaPorte, Ind., to Charles and Doris (Dunham) Engstrom. She graduated from Lyons Township High School in La Grange in 1957 and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in education. She was a primary school teacher for many years and finished her career in 1990 teaching at the parent-child...
Jill Frances Bates, née Olson, 83, died Feb. 17, 2023, at her home in Glen Ellyn. Jill grew up in Illinois, California and Arizona and later returned to Illinois, where she attended Hinsdale Central High School. She married Otie Bates in 1956, and they began a family in Berwyn before moving to Golfview Hills in 1959 to raise their family of six children. Jill was an artist. One of her mediums was quilting and she was an active member of The Faithful Circle Quilt Guild for 48...
If you are a local music fan of a certain age, then you are aware of the recent passing of WXRT DJ Lin Brehmer. Sadly, Lin died of prostate cancer this past January at the age of 68. I have to tell you, this hit me quite hard. I have been a fan of XRT since my high school days, and Lin has been there almost the entire time. I didn't really know him personally, although he was a friend of my sister's, so I had the good fortune of meeting him a few times at concerts. Jovial, hea...
Hinsdale’s first international celebrity just happened to be a woman. Loie Fuller, born in 1862 in the midst of a bitterly cold January, did not take long to discover her love of being on stage. “After Loie was able to walk, her parents took her with them to several presentations of the Chicago Progressive Lyceum, that early movement toward culture which few of the living still can remember,” Hugh Dugan wrote in “Village on the County Line.” “On one of these occasions, when Loie was two and a half, she slipped away from h...
Every year in grad school when we taught the short story "The Yellow Wall-paper" to our freshman writing classes, my friend David would use the opportunity to include a quick lesson on modern-day feminism. He'd ask his students to raise their hands if they were feminists. Few did. Then he would ask them a series of questions - should women be allowed to hold any job they wanted, should they earn the same pay as men for the same job, etc. - and asked the students to raise...
Long before she ever set foot in the village, Shilpa Upadhye knew she would one day live in Hinsdale. While studying at the University of Michigan, she became friends with a fellow student who raved about her hometown in the western suburbs of Chicago. "I just heard her talk about Hinsdale all the time," Upadhye said. But she would move many times and live in many states and two countries before realizing her dream of residing in the town that her college friend described as...
A woman found the $15,200 watch she told Hinsdale police was missing from her center console after she went to Fuller’s for a car wash Feb. 13. After she made the report, she contacted to police and said she had found the watch inside the car....
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports March 1. DUI arrest • Michael J. Ciamprone, 31, 9916 58th St., Countryside, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding and illegal transportation or possession of alcohol by a driver at 1:15 a.m. Feb. 19 in the 600 block of West Ogden Avenue. He was charged and released to appear in court. • Curry O. Christy, 42, 212 E. Chicago Ave., Hinsdale, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on the wrong side of the road at 1 a.m. Feb...
Although some current residents might beg to differ, the village's "Elegant Era" took place in the early days of the village, from the 1870s to 1890s. At least that's the conclusion of Hugh Dugan, author of "Village on the County Line." And while he makes a point of noting that 13 pages of "The Elegant Era" chapter are designed to spotlight historic Hinsdale homes, it is his descriptions of the homeowners, along with their occupations and pastimes, that are most entertaining...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their Feb. 23 meeting, board members: • listened to Superintendent Tammy Prentiss present a strategic plan milestone report, highlighting the district’s accomplishments and steps that remain. In the fourth year of the five-year plan, the district has achieved 96 specific accomplishments in eight goal areas. • approved the purchased of $1.05 million worth of classroom furniture for renovated spaces at Hinsdale Central, down from the $1.5 million anticipated expen...
March 6 Independent Voters for D86 is holding a candidate forum at 7 p.m. at the Harvester Park park district office, 15W400 Harvester Drive, Burr Ridge. The event has been organized to provide an opportunity for voters to hear candidates in Hinsdale High School District 86 discuss issues of importance. Community members can submit written questions via private message on the group’s Facebook page or email them to [email protected]. Prevalent themes in community submissions will provide the basis for m...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/boardofeducation Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public meeting on 11 Salt Creek Lane (MedProperties), sign permit review for 5837 S. Madison (Hinsdale Discount Tires and Automotive) and findings and recommendations on 2 Salt Creek Lane (Mouse Automotive) and 218 W. Ogden Ave. (Karimi...
One look at this home at the southwest corner of Walnut and Lincoln offers a clue as to its first occupant. William Gates was president of the American Terra Cotta Co. He and his home have been well-documented in village annals, including Hugh Dugan's "Village on the County Line." See Page 7 for more coverage. (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...
Members of Hinsdale Central's Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club decorated cookies to celebrate Valentine's Day last month. Macy Lowe (right), Paolo Tobiano and Toral Bhatt (top left) and Zahra Ghadeer work on their creations. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
A Hinsdale High School District 86 Board member is calling for a policy review after the district’s law firm helped underwrite a trip Superintendent Tammy Prentiss and board member Terri Walker took to the Dominican Republic last October through the Illinois Association of School Administrators. The IASA Global Service Project trip has come under scrutiny after it was learned the district’s law firm, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn, was one of the three sponsors of the nearly $4,000-per-person trip. As a res...
