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Friday night lights - Victory was sweeter last Friday night as the Hinsdale Central Red Devils defeated the Glenbard West Hilltoppers 28-7. As tradition dictates, the team gathered on the sidelines to sing their alma mater. The last time Central defeated Glenbard was 2016. This season, there are only six games instead of the usual nine. The Devils are 5-0, with one game left at LT this Friday night, April 23. There are no state playoffs scheduled. Central leads the West...
High school athletics has looked much different this school year, with COVID-19 restrictions moving sports from one season to another, limiting spectators and reducing the number of competitions. That trend continues as 10 Hinsdale Central teams begin this year's "summer" sports season. Five of those teams will have the opportunity to compete in state finals in June - baseball, softball, girls lacrosse, and boys and girls track and field. This is the first in a three-part...
Team captain Matthew Cihlar competes in floor exercise Friday as the Red Devils took on the York Dukes. He placed first in three events - floor still rings and vault - and came in third in pommel horse to win the all-around competition. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Baseball April 17 @ OP-RF V loses 8-14 Gymnastics, boys April 16 vs. York V loses 134.8-136.7 All-around Matthew Cihlar, 1st, 52.1 Floor exercise Matthew Cihlar, 1st, 9.4 Kassir, 5th, 8.2 Marc Cihlar, 6th, 7.9 Pommel horse Matthew Cihlar, 3rd, 8 Biala, 4th, 6.6 Theotikos, 5th, 6.3 Still rings Matthew Cihlar, 1st, 8.5 Banerjee, 3rd, 7.4 Marc Cihlar, 6th, 6.7 Vault Matthew Cihlar, 1st, 9.3 Kassir, 5th, 7.6 Marc Cihlar, 6th, 7.4 Parallel bars Matthew Cihlar, 1st, 9.1 Schwarz, 5th, 6.9 March Cihlar, 6th, 6.7 Horizontal bar...
Name: Koby Turrentine Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills When did you start in gymnastics? I did it for a little while when I was 5 or 6. But I started really doing gymnastics my freshman year. What attracted you to it? My friend did it his freshman year and always had fun. I tried it and I just fell in love with it. What do you enjoy about it? I think it's the feeling of being able to do things that aren't normal and that I think are really cool and really hard to do. I...
ART CAMPS n Mixed Media Art June 14-17 Tianto Art 941 S. Monroe St., Hinsdale (630) 363-884 https://www.tiantoart.com Students will participate in drawing and printmaking and create a mask and a kite in this outdoor summer art camp run by Hinsdale resident Chun Ye. An art show and reception will be held in October at the Hinsdale Public Library. Groups will be limited to four to six students. All materials are included. Time: 9 to 11 a.m. Cost: $185 n Drawing from Life June 14-17 The Community House 415 W. Eighth St.,...
The cover of the book was bumpy and grainy. A closer look revealed grains of sand. I smiled and ran a hand over the surface, imagining the reader laying the book on a beach towel, somewhere warm, while sand gathered at the edges and found its way under the cellophane cover. When items leave the Hinsdale Public Library, especially in summer, we consider their travel plans. Items collected for car trips will be on a journey to visit family, National Parks or historic sites....
What do you get when you put a Gen Xer and a Gen Z member in a room with a couple of microphones? A pretty engaging podcast, as it turns out. Last month, Hinsdale father and son Ash and Aidan ElDifrawi launched their "Hold Me Back" podcast to discuss and debate their often divergent views on hot topics. Four episodes in and they've already tackled swearing, youth sports and smart device usage. "I like to have a good debate, and I take a lot of joy in just talking through...
Several stations were set up for participants who walked the Memory Mile in Robbins Park earlier this month. Sophia Marzullo takes a minute to write a message to her late grandfather. Michael, the Rev. Lindsey and J.J. Bona read a passage from the informational brochure as they stop at one of the stations. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
What about poetry inspires you? Ellie Pena's lifelong love of poetry began with a gift from her grandmother. "My mom would read it to me before bed," Pena said of Caroline Kennedy's anthology of children's poems. It wasn't long before Pena began penning her own poetry - at age 8. "They were just simple verses," she said, but even then, her subject matter was focused on change. Pena's first poem was about the slaughter of wild horses in the mountains of Wyoming. Awareness of...
PRENTISS EARNS MERIT AWARD Tammy Prentiss, superintendent of Hinsdale High School District 86, has earned an Award of Merit in the Administrator category as part of the 2021 Distinguished Service Awards Program sponsored by the Illinois Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association. These awards recognize those who make a difference in their school communities by helping to promote public education and enhance its programs and services. Nominees are evaluated on their ability to support or improve understanding...
Irma Ida Schneider, nee Fritsch, passed away April 12, 2021, two weeks shy of her 93rd birthday. She lived a long life that was, at times, extraordinary. At age 11, during World War II, Irma and her family were forced to flee their home in Poland, crossing the border into Germany on foot. In 1951, at age 23, Irma made the tough decision to leave financially-ravaged, post-war Germany in hopes of finding steady employment. She bravely sailed the Atlantic for America alone in...
I don't remember the last movie I saw in a theater. Do you? Ooh, wait - I do. I saw "Frozen 2" on March 8 of last year - the day after I was out much too late at the cast party for "Hinsdolopy," the 2020 Community Revue. (I discovered after the previous revue that watching a movie in a reclined seat with some snacks helps with post-show/post-party recovery.) Since then, I've seen "Troop Zero," "Onward" and "Soul" from the comfort of my family room, where the seats don't...
Bill Coates, 90, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2021. Bill graduated from New Trier High School and received his degree in actuarial science from the University of Michigan. After working many years in corporate insurance, he started his own company, Daniels-Head Insurance. Bill and Mary Sue lived in Elgin prior to moving to Hinsdale, where they lived for 44 years. He served 11 years as a volunteer firefighter for the Hinsdale Fire Department, and spent his free time creating beautiful gardens, complete with a pond,...
I opened my car windows on a recent warm spring day, and, as I drove, the fresh air hit my cheeks and whipped my hair into happy knots. U2's song "40" played on the radio, and Bono's voice led the concert audience as they sang in unison, "How long to sing this song?" As I sang along, I thought about how the song fits what we're all experiencing right now - it's about a person who is suffering and praying repeatedly to be rescued. These past months, I've found myself looking...
April is National Donate Life Month, established in 2003 as annual occasion to encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. In Illinois, Secretary of State Jesse White’s office has been running an ad campaign featuring former White Sox pitcher and longtime radio voice of the team, Ed Farmer, who passed away last year from kidney disease. In the public service announcement, Farmer makes his pitch for donating organs. “I always say, ‘He...
Stewart Seman was stuck in rush hour traffic on Route 83 one day while driving from the northern suburbs back to his Calumet City home. That's when he got his first view of Hinsdale from the roadway's bridge and was instantly charmed. "I could look down into Stough Park. There was the train station and the park and the kids running around," he recounted. "It was like in a dream, seeing this beautiful place." Shortly thereafter, Seman and wife Mary relocated to the village...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports April 20. DUI arrests • Zaki Anwar, 56, 8403 Oak Knoll Drive, Burr Ridge, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content higher than .08, failure to give information after striking an unattended vehicle, failure to report an accident and failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash at 11 p.m. April 14 in the 10 block of South Thurlow Street. He was charged and released to appear in court. • Tella Johnson, 43, 1328 N. Lockwood Ave...
The Community House is a place Hinsdale's Camryn Saltzman has grown up with - from preschool camps to Jodie Harrison basketball to Fortnightly. "In middle school I participated in the volunteer camp here," said Saltzman, a senior at Hinsdale Central. "I became a camp counselor for that after a few years of being a camper." Through that experience she got to know Marcie McGonagle, the former volunteer coordinator at The Community House, who talked to her about joining the...
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet in open session the week of April 26-30....
Thirty-five Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 29 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported six new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,688, up from 1,653 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had 10 confirmed COVID-19 patients and four patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported eight new cases from April 14-20, all of which...
Memory Mile 2021 was held at Robbins Park April 11. The Memory Mile walk was organized by Hinsdale's Christine Marzullo. Participants paused at different reflection stops along the course, with prompts like "birth" and "life." Among the attendees were several friends of Kendall Pickering, who died unexpectedly in December at age 15, including Kit Schneider and Lindsey Drumm. The teens wrote messages on balloons for the "peace release" portion of the walk. By the time they...
Hinsdale trustees Tuesday discussed a proposed pay plan for part-time employees to help bring the compensation structure in line with comparable communities. The recommendation to shift the village from its current open range pay plan to one with steps is also aimed at implementing a more orderly progression through the wage range based on years of service and acceptable performance. The village presently has 15 employees working in part-time, non-seasonal roles, such as the positions of parking enforcement officer, fire and...
Old school - Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America Hinsdale," includes a photo of the high school gymnasium, which was built in 1921 on Washington Street north of the high school. "Spectator seating for 500 was accommodated on a second-floor gallery that surrounded the court below. Beneath the stands, on the first floor, were the locker rooms and storage. The building was razed in 1976 along with the adjacent school to make room for the current Hinsdale Middle School."...
Shookums is a black and white cat who is looking for her forever home. She would do well with kids 8 years and older. She's a playful and funny 9-month-old whose adoption fee is $100. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is currently 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. Temporary adoption...