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Gabrielle Pastiak couldn't have an in-person discussion about the economy Tuesday with her fourth-graders at Oak School. So she posted a photo on Padlet and asked her students a simple question: "What's going on in this picture?" Their responses appear as sticky notes around the photo (see art). Other assignments on Tuesday involved calculating the volume of irregular shapes, reading a Newsela article on healthy otters and writing a response to a previous reading assignment...
As a member of the global pandemic executive team for Tate & Lyle, a UK-based food ingredients/solutions company, Tim Fowler spends most of his weekday mornings hearing how COVID-19 is affecting 180 different countries around the world. "Even though we're here, I almost feel more globally aware," he said. "As a part of the food chain, we're an essential business, so it's really important that we keep running, do it safely." On a Saturday night, he might be portraying Charles...
Messages of hope - While walking around Hinsdale these days, residents are liable to come across a message written on a small stone or even a brick. The colorful hand-painted stones often are placed at the base of trees. In this case a brick was placed on top of the Robbins Park sign. Under a nearby park bench, the brick just has the word "Hope" painted on it. Whether written on a small stone or a brick, the messages display the community's spirit. (Jim Slonoff...
Cafe la Fortuna owner Angela Lavelli said she didn't think her Hinsdale business would be able to continue operations when Illinois eateries were ordered to cease dine-in service last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "I was thinking that I was going to be closing down," she said, noting the coffee house doesn't carry many food items. One month later, she's still brewing up a storm at her 46 Village Place shop. "I am really thankful," she said. "(Customers) from Hinsdale,...
Johnson is an incredibly regal and dashing male cat, who at 4 years old, has found himself in need of a new home. He weighs 11 pounds and is as handsome as he looks in his photo. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is closed to the public, but anyone who is interested in adopting a pet can fill out an online application at https://www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org and then call (630)-323-5630 for an interview. (photo provided...
Anxiety and stress can be normal and healthy responses but are often vilified, psychotherapist and best-selling author Lisa Damour said Tuesday night. "This is something that has definitely gotten lost," she said. Damour presented a special webinar edition of The Community Speaker Series presented by the District 181 Foundation to discuss the challenges of parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anxiety works like an alarm system to keep us safe. It becomes unhealthy only in...
D181 DONATES FACE SHIELDS Community Consolidated District 181 donated 425 medical face shields to local health care professionals April 3 after D181 families volunteered to assemble the shields. The shields, critical for health professionals as they care for those affected by COVID-19, were donated to Amita Health Adventist Medical Center and two nursing homes, ManorCare Health Services in Hinsdale and Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willowbrook. With social distancing guidelines in place, D181 families gathered...
Republic Services has delayed the start of yard waste collection in Hinsdale from April 1 until Monday, April 20. Republic told the village that residents can take large quantities of landscape waste to one of three waste transfer stations in DuPage County. They are • AK Mulch & Firewood, 631 E. Wildwood Ave., Villa Park, (630) 530-6900 • Anderson Landscape Supply, 787 S. Route 83, Elmhurst, (630) 833-1251 • DuPage Yard Waste/Midwest Compost, 1195 W. Washington St., West Chicago, (630) 876-8900 For smaller quantities, Repub...
Delores Marks Ruth, 83, née Delores Faye Allen, a longtime Hinsdale resident, died April 10, 2020. Delores was a graduate of the College of DuPage, DePaul University and George Williams College. She was the proud proprietor of Hattie Allen Antiques. For many years, Delores was a member of the Union Church of Hinsdale. She also was a fond friend to many at the Graue Mill Condominiums. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Samuel I. Marks Jr. and Charles E. Ruth. She is...
Billy Johnston Jr., former Hinsdale resident, died March 27, 2020 at his Ocean Reef, Key Largo, Fla., home with his wife, Jane, and son, John, by his side. He was raised in Jacksonville, Fla., graduated from the University of Miami in 1957 and went on to serve in the United States Coast Guard from 1957-61. Billy met Jane in 1957 and married her in 1958 in El Paso, Texas. They raised their three children, Duke, John, and Heather in Hinsdale and Burr Ridge. Billy had a longtime...
Diane Fahey, nee Haig, of Oak Brook passed away peacefully April 14, 2020. Diane, 76, loved life, spending every day with a smile on her face and never having a bad day. She is survived by her husband, Thomas L. Fahey; her children, Barbara (Patrick) McCarthy, Richard Parrillo Jr., Michael (Tracey) Parrillo and Beau Parrillo; her stepchildren, Lisa (Jack) Hlustik and Michelle (Charles) Annella; her grandchildren, Patrick Jr., Hugh and Morgan McCarthy, Richard Parrillo III,...
I would like to thank the children of Hinsdale for their artistic expressions. As I walk or run (at a socially responsible distance) through town, I see your efforts: the chalk drawings and mosaics on the driveway or sidewalk, the painted ‘kindness’ rocks you left at the base of trees with positive messages or the drawings you put up in your windows. All of these have made me smile. Thank you for brightening my day and the whole town; your efforts have not gone un-noticed. Please keep up the good work. We all need this rig...
The village’s website proudly declares that it is “strongly committed to the preservation of its community character and historic past.” The historic Dean house begs to differ. It is slated to be torn down with little more than a collective yawn from the village board. Another local developer, when complimented on her recent purchase of a historically significant home, declared, “This one is going down.” In the 15 years since the New York Times deemed Hinsdale the epicenter of the teardown trend, all that we have to show f...
"Will the Corona virus be over tomorrow?" my two young daughters asked. "When will we be able to go somewhere again?" I struggle to find an answer that satisfies my inquisitive 5-year-old. As the weeks stretch on, I yearn for a sense of normal. When will we go to back the office and school? Will grocery shopping ever feel ordinary again? So much about our lives has suddenly changed. It's habit. We tend to define our days by what we have going on and where we are going. So,...
Grocery shopping before a holiday always causes me a bit of angst as I try to find the perfect time when everything on my list will be on the shelves and the fewest number of customers will be in the store. My anxiety was exacerbated last week with social distancing on my mind. When would most people head out to buy food for Easter dinner? Good Friday? Saturday? Should I go early? Late? I settled on Thursday after work. I had two hours before our church's Maundy Thursday Zoom...
Perhaps you had planned to participate in the villagewide clean-up of parks on April 24 to commemorate Earth Day. Or you might have had other activities scheduled to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Now, with all of us sheltering in place, those plans have been canceled. Once again, technology is coming to the rescue. “On April 22, Earth Day goes digital,” the Earth Day Network announced at https://www.earthday.org. The site includes a wealth of information about Earth Day — including a calendar listi...
For Carol Burck, spring cleaning doesn't just mean washing windows and cleaning out closets. As a master gardener, the promise of warmer weather takes her outdoors. Burck has spent spring's sunniest days cleaning and preparing her garden for this year's growing season and looking forward to the day when her Hinsdale yard is once again filled with delicious vegetables and beautiful flowers. Now semi-retired from a career in cancer research, the molecular biologist said she has...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports April 14. Domestic battery arrest A 39-year-old Hinsdale man was arrested April 10 for making contact of an insulting or provoking nature with a family member. He was charged and taken to DuPage County Jail. Driver arrested for drug DUI Hesham A. Almontesar, 21, 6201 Appoline St., Dearborn, Mich., was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs, speeding at least 35 miles per hour over the speed limit, unlawful use of cannabis by a driver and stopping, parking or...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board elected new officers at its April 9 meeting. Kevin Camden will replace Nancy Pollak as president. Pollak enthusiastically endorsed her successor. “Yes, yes, a thousand times yes,” she said during the roll call vote. “Thank you all,” Camden said. “I look forward to serving in the role.” Keith Chval will take over for Camden as vice president, and Kathleen Hirsman will remain the board secretary for the 2020-21 school year....
The DuPage County Health Department reported 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale as of 11 a.m. April 14. The county has a total of 1,313 confirmed cases, including 60 deaths, according to a map on the health department’s website. A week ago Hinsdale had 15 confirmed cases, with 780 confirmed cases across the county, including 26 deaths. Among the county cases, 54 of them, including 10 deaths, are associated with a long-term care facility in Willowbrook, which news reports have identified as Chateau Nursing home. Twenty...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business at their April 6 meeting, board members: • awarded the contract for Oak School roof replacement to DCG Roofing Solutions Inc. for $433,015 • approved a three-year contract for new iPads for students and staff for $342,908. The plan includes the purchase of 900 Apple iPad seventh generation devices for new third-graders, elementary staff and instructional aides. Thirty will be given to each middle school for student use with STEAM and multimedia con...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board livestreamed meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, April 23, https://www.d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Public Library Board Zoom meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: emergency personnel plan, circulation policy Hinsdale Village Board livestreamed meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: Chicago drainage corridor bids, joint purchase of winter de-icing salt...
Open for business - The "Little Library" on the corner of Garfield Avenue and Sixth Street has set up a new line of goods available and has rebranded itself to the "Little Free Food Pantry". If you have a photo showing how you or your friends or neighbors are coping these days, email it to [email protected]....
With annual Easter Egg hunt put on hold this year, the Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department and The Community House teamed up to chauffeur the bunny around town to make some house calls. One of his first stops was visiting Kennedy and Madison DeLacey, along with parents Jeff and Rebecca. A short hop away, he dropped in on Duke Jelinek and his parents, David and Brittany. We're happy to report that the bunny was able to comply with social distancing guidelines. (Jim...
COVID-19 has certainly disrupted regular school rhythms, but the absence of students has meant an early start to campus improvement work. At the April 9 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting, Chief Financial Officer Josh Stephenson updated board members on the construction timeline for Future Ready Facilities plans at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South. Stephenson said the district has obtained necessary permits from the DuPage Regional Office of Education. “That allows us to commence any construction projects w...
