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For three and a half years, plastic cups in the fence on the 47th Street bridge have reminded many of the courage young Brooks Tonn of Hinsdale displayed in his fight against cancer. The cups spell out two words: "Brooks Strong." Now Brooks, who passed away in December 2017 after a year-long battle with rhabdomyosarcoma, will be remembered in a more permanent way. The Illinois House of Representatives voted 118-0 May 12 to name the bridge the Brooks Edwin Tonn Memorial Bridge....
Pomp, circumstance and celebration — While the battle against COVID-19 isn’t over, the Red Devils claimed victory Monday evening on Dickinson Field as the Hinsdale Central Class of 2021 was able to hold a graduation ceremony with families and friends in person. Seniors Lexi Klein, Cayden Torsberg, Jamie Pecilunas and Kobe Turrentine were among the 672 who celebrated the victory. Please turn to Page 32 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Baseball May 18 @ Downers North V loses 3-5 May 13 @ LT V wins 8-2 J. Adams, 2 RBIs, 2 runs Mulvihill, 2 RBIs Costello, RBI, run Edmonds, RBI, run Jurack, RBI run Oosterbaan, RBI Chatterjee, 2 runs Montesantos, 2 runs, win, 10 strikeouts Gymnastics, boys May 15 @ IHSA state meet Vault Cihlar, 10th, 8.8 All-around CIhlar, 13th, 50.5 Lacrosse, boys May 15 @ OP-RF V wins 19-13 Little, 7 goals Murphy, 4 goals, 3 assists Joy, 3 goals, 2 assists Salerno, 3 goals, assist Pyle, goal Webster, goal Kearney, 2 assists Lacrosse, girls...
Name: Isa Hitchens Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What's it's like competing in your final track season? It's pretty crazy to think about. It seems like yesterday was my first track practice. What events do you compete in? I run the 400, 200 and 100 meters. This season I'm really focused on the 4x400-meter relay and the 400-meter solo, because I think that's what I have the most potential in and I have the most fun in. What's your goal for the season? To win a state title in...
ART CAMPS 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 Drawing from Life June 14-17 The Community House 415 W. Eighth St., Hinsdale...
As the COVID-19 pandemic winds down, the Hinsdale Central Class of 2021 was the victor on Dickinson Field Monday night, with graduation being held in person. Gianna Dugan (top left), student body president, opened the ceremonies and also introduced this year's group of students who have committed to the armed forces. They are Daniel Konopka, Ryan Keck, David Suarez, Marco Grande, Jack Fendon and Ethan Austermann. Katrina Geiersbach (top right) was the senior orator and the...
Jean Valjean is a buff and white cat who is looking for his forever home. He would do well with kids 13 years and older. He's a chill and gentle 3-year-old whose adoption fee is $75. 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...
The Community House is holding its 14th annual Walk the Walk for Mental Health on Sunday to raise awareness and financial support for mental health services to individuals and families in DuPage County who do not have equitable access. Dan Janowick, executive director of The Community House, said the agency's Counseling Center wants to continue chipping away at the stigma surrounding mental health. "The goal of what we're trying to do is start a community conversation around...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board seems willing to spend $870,000 to fill in the old pool at Hinsdale Central to create a flexible space, if the project can be paid for out of surplus operating funds. At a finance committee meeting in April, Josh Stephenson, chief financial officer, suggested using Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds for the project. That idea met with some resistance when the full board met April 22. Another look at the budget, however, indicates those funds will not be needed,...
As part of a biennial process, the Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board is seeking parent and community representatives to join its Finance and Facilities Committee and Academic Success Committee. The Finance and Facilities Committee provides input on major revenues, expenses, investment practices and policies related to the management of district finances. The Academic Success Committee, consisting of two board members, District 181 leadership and community-appointed members, discusses, reviews and provides...
Years before she would earn the title of doctor, Kristin Tvrdik found the career she was looking for at the Hinsdale Humane Society. While working at the shelter as a summer intern, Tvrdik discovered her professional path. "After that experience, I knew for sure I wanted to go to veterinary school," said Tvrdik. More specifically, the experience convinced her to focus on shelter medicine. As medical director at Hinsdale Humane Society, she's seen that plan come to fruition....
Henry L. "Hank" Soukup, 91, of Hinsdale and Naples, Fla., passed away May 6, 2021, in Lexington, Ken. Hank was born in 1929 to Raymond and Alyda Soukup in Elmhurst. He graduated from Hinsdale Township High School in 1948 and went on to study at DePauw University and completed his bachelor's in business administration at the University of Michigan. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Hank served in the U.S. Army from 1952-54. He returned to co-manage Soukup's True Value Hardware...
The Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 boards have approved committee member and liaison assignments following their reorganization meetings this month. District 181 Academic Success Committee — Bill Cotter (chair), Grace Shin (co-chair) Finance Committee — Sinead Duffy (chair), Michael Martin (co-chair) Facilities Committee — Sarah Jakobsen (chair), Margie Kleber (co-chair) PTO Liaison — Duffy (chair), Shin (alternate) Foundation Liaison — Sheetal Rao (chair), Jakobsen...
Gertrude Brigham, 96, passed away peacefully May 14, 2021, at Oak Crest in DeKalb. She was a spectacular wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt. She touched the lives of everyone she came into contact with and made them better. Simply put, she loved people. She was born in 1925 in Hinsdale to Rose and Cameron Fish, the second youngest of four girls. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a housewife, but eventually she became a travel agent after Gertrude’s father passed away when she was 18 years old. S...
W.B. Martin Gross, 84, a lifelong resident of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2021, surrounded by his family. Martin was born to Fay Martin Gross and Lawrence Morell Gross of Hinsdale in 1936. After graduating from Hinsdale Township High School, Martin received a bachelor's degree cum laude from Amherst College in 1958 and a legum baccalaureus degree from Harvard Law School in 1961. Following graduation from law school, Martin joined the firm of Martin, Craig,...
Having the Art Institute of Chicago nearby was a definite bonus of growing up in Hinsdale. Thanks to a steady cadence of visits that included Oak School class trips and the obligatory tour for out-of-town visitors, the Art Institute provided me with a world-class early education in the visual arts. "Nighthawks," "A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte" and all the Monets entranced me, every time. It has been such a joy to encounter "Water Lilies" not just in my "home town" but...
“We’re near the end.” Those were the words of Village President Tom Cauley at Tuesday’s night Hinsdale Village Board meeting — the first to be held in person since the pandemic hit in 2020. There’s a lot of good news when it comes to COVID-19. Illinois has entered the “Bridge” phase, and if current trends continue, authorities expect the state to open fully June 11. Here in town, eateries are welcoming diners to their establishments — with seating indoors and outdoors — for Hinsdale Restaurant Week. Instead of watching a virt...
Sarah Barclay and her family moved into the circa turn-of-the-century home at 433 E. Third St. in September of 2019. By this September, they hope their extensive renovation work will have become a memory and to be writing a new chapter in a house that has stood the test of time. "This was a long process," Barclay said while standing on the handsome wraparound front porch that provides an elevated street view. "When you're upstairs, you feel like you're in a tree house," she...
George Bull fell in love with the great outdoors as a 12-year-old summer camper, backpacking the Grand Tetons of Wyoming. So much so that the Hinsdale native and recent University of Vermont graduate has returned to that same western wonderland for his second summer as a backpacking trip leader at the Teton Valley Ranch Camp, guiding kids ages 12-15 into the wild. "My hope is that one of the campers I'm leading will find a passion for the outdoors like I did," Bull said from...
Raising money to support an organization is one thing. Seeing the looks of joy and appreciation on the faces of people the nonprofit helps is something altogether different. "For me the most meaningful experience has been this event that we do - it's called 'See Santa,' " said Kelsey Condon, president of the Infant Welfare Society Junior Board. The event is held at the Angel Harvey Center in Chicago. Junior board members accompany adult members of the Hinsdale Chapter of the...
Twenty Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 19 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported one new case. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,793, up from 1,773 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had eight confirmed COVID-19 patients and one patient awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokesman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported two new cases from May 12-18, both of which involved...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, May 24 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: D181 Foundation celebration and presentation, approve new assistant superintendent of human resources Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 26 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at Tuesday’s meeting, trustees: • agreed to postpone a discussion on a revised proposal from McNaughton Development for Heather Highlands because the Zoom link printed on the meeting agenda was incorrect. Trustees will hold a special meeting on the 26-home, 19.4-acre plan proposed for the IBLP site on Ogden Avenue on May 26. • unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Tollway Authority and the village of Western Springs for the construction, maint...
The Hinsdale Township High School boys golf team won its first state championship 75 years ago Tuesday, May 18. Team members included Ben "Connie" Creed (from left), team captain Henry Heinly, Sam Stout, all of Hinsdale, and Walter Poswilko of Westmont. The team won every dual meet, along with the district and conference meets on the way to state title, according to Poswilko's son, Thomas. Coach Russell Poppenhager led teams to two more state titles in 1954 and 1961. It would...
Break-ins at two luxury Hinsdale car dealerships early Monday morning could have ended in tragedy, Police Chief Brian King said. Police responded to an activated alarm at Continental Motor Sports, 420 E. Ogden Ave., shortly after 2:20 a.m. and pinned the suspects' vehicle against the building with two squad cars. Three suspects then exited the vehicle and fled on foot. "The third is a 16-year-old juvenile that is holding the hand gun with a 30-round extended magazine clip," Ki...
