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Making the shot - Steve Aziz and Colin Parry work on their outside shooting during the Hoop Dreams Camp held in July. The camp was hosted by several varsity players from the Hinsdale Central basketball team. The first hour of camp was basketball drills and scrimmages and the second was in the pool to cool off. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Ever hear of Alexander Hamilton? Most likely - thanks to Broadway or Disney Plus - the answer is yes. But folks probably know little about what life was like in the 18th century when Hamilton and the country's founders were working to set the colonies free from British rule. The Revolutionary War Reenactment set for Sept. 10-11 at Cantigny Park will give visitors the chance to learn about camp life, witness a battle and find out what people did for food and entertainment more...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Aug. 31. Jewelry taken from home A jewelry box and its contents, valued at $3,550, was taken from a drawer in the bedroom of a home in the 400 block of Pamela Circle between 9 and 11 a.m. Aug. 25. Workers were in the home during the time frame of the theft. Cell phone a fake A victim who met someone in the Whole Foods parking lot, 500 E. Ogden Ave., to purchase a cell phone advertised on social media discovered it was not a genuine Apple iPhone after the suspect left. The...
Hinsdale High School District 86 has launched a free mobile app so students, staff and families can quickly and easily access important school and district information. Information on the app includes news and announcements calendars, staff directories, bell schedules, details about athletics and activities and links to resources such as attendance lines, Infinite Campus, Canvas and the Tip Line. The district chose to include these items based on feedback received from students and parents/guardians during website focus...
Jake Trainer, Emerson Eck and Evan Phillips, Hinsdale Central varsity basketball players, held a one-day basketball/swim camp in July to help first- through eighth-graders sharpen their playing skills. The two-hour camp ended with an hour in the pool to cool off. All proceeds from the camp were donated to the Brooks Strong Foundation. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members voted 4-3 Monday to approve new performance goals and indicators for Superintendent Tammy Prentiss. The goals cover five different areas — student growth and achievement, learning environment, work environment, family and community connections, and resources — with three to four objectives (some with multiple parts) listed under each. The first student growth and achievement goal calls for Prentiss to continue the curriculum ali...
No one was injured in a bus-car collision Aug. 25 near Hinsdale Central High School, but some Hinsdale Middle School students on the bus left the scene, creating anxiety for parents. The bus was clipped by a car at 55th and Grant streets, according to Nick Shepkowski, communications director for Community Consolidated Elementary District 181. Police and fire personnel were already on the scene when district administrators arrived, he said. They were given a list of names of...
Ana Rosa Giebel, 101, passed away at her Oak Brook home Aug. 24, 2022. She was born in 1920 in Sauce, Corrientes, Argentina to Duncan and Filomena McFarlane. Raised in a cattle and sheep-rearing town, her life was transformed after marrying the love of her life, U.S. Merchant Marine Capt. George William Giebel, who preceded her in death in 2002. Known as “China” or “Mami China,” a rough translation of the Scottish name “Sheena,” she was the eldest of 10 and the last surviving McFarlane sister. In 1967, she left Argentina,...
By Ken Knutson [email protected] Even a house of tomorrow needs some present-day rehabbing. Over the last two years, Cynthia Curry and her husband, Carl, have restored a mid-century jewel tucked into Hinsdale's Woodlands neighborhood. The home, built by the well-known modernist architectural firm Keck & Keck in 1958, features an inventive ventilation method and storage placement, among other avant-garde touches of the era. "It's a significant house," Curry said,...
ARTIST’S WORK ON DISPLAY A painting by artist William Blake of Hinsdale is part of the University of Illinois Springfield’s physical and digital art exhibit titled “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies.” Over the past year, Blake and 19 other Illinois artists have been in a virtual residency with the UIS Center for Lincoln Studies to create 20 original artworks on Lincoln’s Legacies. Blake’s painting of reenactor Hugh Goffinet portraying a soldier of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade at Fort Stevens outside of Wa...
What is the Fox Valley Music & Storytelling Festival? Hinsdale is going unplugged this weekend - musically speaking - when it plays host to one of the largest folk music events in the Midwest. The 46th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival is strumming its way to the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale from Saturday to Monday, Sept. 3-5. Normally the event is staged some 20 miles to the west at Island Park in Geneva, according to festival co-producer Cheryl Joyal. The...
Theodore C. “Ted” Doege, 93, a longtime Hinsdale resident passed away Aug. 22, 2022. Ted was born in 1928 in Lincoln, Neb., to Arthur and Erna Doege. Ted received a scholarship to Oberlin College. Because of his interest in trains, following graduation in 1950 he was briefly a railroad gandy dancer. Drafted into the Army in late 1952, he became a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne (the first time he flew in a plane, he jumped out of it). After, he enrolled as a medical student at the University of Rochester School of Med...
Wayne Clarence Bryan, 88 of North Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Hinsdale, passed away Aug. 27, 2022 Wayne was born in a Chicago home near Midway Airport in 1934 to Clarence and Lillie Bryan. He attended public schools. Wayne was the salutatorian of Calumet High School Class of 1952. He then went on to Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago on full scholarship. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture and city planning with distinction in 1957. Wayne met the...
Picture a hammock: blue, suspended between two maples. From the end of the hammock protrude two feet. They are well-tanned and have not seen a shoe in days. Sunlight glistens through the swaying pine branches beyond, dancing across the lake on a million tiny waves. The Internet scarcely touches this part of Wisconsin's northwoods; even the most urgent email is powerless to penetrate the pines. Oh Outlook, where is thy ping? It's family week here for four parents, three...
This is my first letter to the editor, which I wrote as soon as I arrived at my office downtown this morning. I am a longtime Hinsdale resident and commuter. I was running late this morning (Aug. 29) for the 7:52 and missed it, standing behind the east pedestrian gate on the north side of the tracks at Washington. As a few fellow late commuters and I watched the train stopped on the other side, my heart stopped as I noticed two young girls, perhaps 15 and 10, crossing the tracks, behind the stopped train from the south side....
Despite the appearance of pumpkin spice coffee and baking mixes in the grocery store and the start of "meteorological fall" today, I continue to mark the beginning of my favorite season with the autumnal equinox (Sept. 22 this year). That said, I appreciate the fact that the kids are back in school (unless they go to Hinsdale Central) and that Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer. With those facts in mind, it seems appropriate to reflect on the highlights of summer 2022....
Labor Day traditionally marks the unofficial end of summer. Vacations have been taken, the kids have gone back to school (unless there’s an extended summer construction schedule) and life gets back to normal. This year, some employers hope that mindset will help them convince remote workers to return to the office, according to a New York Times article. “Each pandemic fall has brought with it employers’ hopes of a broad-scale return to the office,” Emma Goldberg writes in “The office’s last stand.” “Last year’s plans we...
There's hardly a football field, baseball diamond or basketball court in or around Hinsdale where Craig Cassell hasn't coached a game. Supporting kids is important to Cassell, and not only his own. The father of three is one of 13 people from across the country to serve on the SEAL Family Foundation Board, leaders of a nonprofit that supports U.S. Navy SEALs and their families through training, service, deployment and beyond. "We are the primary funder of SEALKIDS," Cassell...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale over the past week, bringing the total number of cases in the DuPage County portion of Hinsdale to 4,078, compared to 4,062 last week. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage was 24.4 on Aug. 30, compared to 27 on Aug. 23. The community level remains at medium. District 181 reported 33 positive cases from Aug. 22-30, including 27 students, three...
In last week’s 60 Seconds feature, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell should have been identified by his current role as Senate minority leader....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public meetings on 36 S. Washington St. & 4 W. Hinsdale Ave. (Airoom facade improvements and sign permit), 18 E. Hinsdale Ave. (Zazu second floor window replacement) and 35 E. First St. (Fuller House facade improvements); sign permit review for 28 E. First...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Aug. 25, board members • learned that the same COVID-19 mitigations that were in place at the end of the 2021-22 school year will be in effect when school resumes next week. The district will continue to have Northshore Clinical Labs onsite to conduct rapid antigen and PCR tests for any students and employees who want to participate. Employees who are not vaccinated will be required to test weekly. • heard Superintendent Tammy Prentiss offer an update on changes to...
This old home - The book "Images of America - Hinsdale," by Sandra Williams features this image of a home built in 1912, an impressive Classical Revival at 419 S. Oak St. that sat on five acres of land. "This c. 1920 photograph was taken about the time it was purchased by Philip R. Clarke, prominent Chicago Banker. Clarke served tirelessly for charitable and public projects, raising an estimated $2 billion over his lifetime. In Hinsdale, he led the campaign for the Memorial...
Wajde Dabah of Hinsdale helps his daughter, Isla, eat her ice cream during the 68th Annual Ice Cream Social Sunday at Burlington Park in Hinsdale. Vesna Aboagye of Hinsdale plays on an inflatable while Lino Hernandez of Hinsdale plays a game of bags. The event was sponsored by the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Junior Board. (photos by Steve Johnston for The Hinsdalean)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 could see energy prices double when its current contracts expire next year. The district now pays a pass-through rate of .031 per kilowatt hour for electricity, with a total annual cost of about $247,695. When the current contract expires in May 2023, prices are expected to jump in a new three-year contract to .060 per kilowatt hour with a total annual cost of $480,368. That rate could go up to as much as .066 by the time the contract is finalized, energy consultant Becky Thompson of Nania Ene...
