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Who let the dogs in? - Hinsdale's Park and Rec department held its annual Dog Days of Summer last weekend at the Hinsdale Community Pool. With smaller dogs taking the first shift and larger dogs on the second shift, the pools saw plenty of activity for the last official event of the season. Titus, a Labrador retriever, was all in on the fun. When he isn't frolicking in the water, Titus serves as a Therapaws therapy dog. Please turn to Page 36 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff...
After sitting out the past two election cycles, the Hinsdale Caucus is hoping to gear up for future village, school and library board elections. The caucus, which has been identifying, interviewing and endorsing candidates for local offices since 1934, was sidelined in 2019 due to a shortage of volunteers and in 2021 due to COVID-19. “During the pandemic and the last few years, we basically haven’t run the caucus,” said Nadine Gilbert, the group’s recording secretary. “We haven’t been able to interview candidates....
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board needs a special meeting with a single agenda item — to address future agenda items. At last count, the board had more than a dozen items on a list of potential future meeting topics. The “list” is actually an excel spreadsheet that identifies which board member requested the item and when, the date of the meeting at which it is set to be discussed and relevant details. Three board members’ names — Peggy James, Debbie Levinthal and Jeff Waters — are the only ones that appear in t...
Hinsdale police arrested three suspects in the Chicago shooting of a 12-year-old boy Tuesday night after a car chase through several suburbs. At the Chicago Police Department’s media briefing Wednesday morning, Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan reported that the boy was walking home from a west side store with his uncle just after 10:30 p.m. when he was shot in the head. A vehicle spotted by Chicago police near the scene of the shooting fled but was followed by a police helicopter. Assistance was requested from suburban l...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Sept. 13. DUI arrests • Christina E. Glass, 47, 1304 Old Dominion Road, Naperville, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lighting at 11:34 p.m. Sept. 7 in the 400 block of East 55th Street. She was charged and released to appear in court. • Javier Sotelo, 49, 1503 S. 58th Ave., Cicero, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to signal when required at 2:04 a.m. Sept. 4 at Ogden Avenue and Interstate 294. He was cha...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Among other business at their meeting Monday, board members: • voted unanimously to join the Lincoln Way Area Affiliation of Participating School District Cooperative to help control insurance costs for the 2023 calendar year. Despite an initial $300,000 cost to join and a $200,000 set aside to run out current claims and an increase in premiums, the move will save the district $100,000. • learned district enrollment this year is 3,608, down from 3,671 last year. Enrollment has...
A potential work stoppage by freight railroad workers beginning tomorrow, Sept. 16, has already led to curtailed Metra service tonight on the BNSF line. According to Metra, BNSF Railway, which operates the line, has canceled tonight’s inbound trains 1296, 1298, 1300 and 1302 (leaving Aurora) and tonight’s outbound trains 1289, 1291 1293 and 1295 (departing Chicago). If the work stoppage occurs, there will be no service Friday on the BNSF, Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West lines. In its sta...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 37 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 4,160, compared to 4,123 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 16.7 on Sept. 14, compared to 24.2 on Sept. 6. The community level remains at medium. District 181 reported five positive cases from Sept. 7-12, including three students,...
Hinsdale High School District 86 is on solid ground financially at present board members were told last week, but the path ahead is less clear. At the district’s Sept. 8 committee of the whole meeting, Chief Financial Officer Josh Stevenson gave updated numbers for the 2022-23 spending plan (excluding capital projects) of $129.3 million, with $129.4 in projected revenue, and a forecasted surplus of just under $200,000. Although revenues are projected to dip slightly from FY 2022, corporate replacement tax proceeds are e...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: changes to village parking ordinances, Historic Overlay District, holiday lighting and decorating contract, IGA with Tollway for stormwater detention Hinsdale Zoning Board of Appeals 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 Memorial Building, 19 E....
AdventHealth and the University of Chicago Medicine have signed a definitive agreement to enter into an affiliation that will increase access to a spectrum of services, treatment options and cutting-edge clinical trials for residents in Chicago's western suburbs. Under the proposed affiliation, UChicago Medicine will acquire a controlling interest in AdventHealth's Great Lakes Region - which includes its four Illinois hospitals in Hinsdale, La Grange, Bolingbrook and Glendale...
Hinsdale's Seventh-day Adventist Church hosts the Northern Illinois Food Bank's mobile food pantry twice a month. Volunteers from the church and AdventHealth Hinsdale and La Grange hospitals help distribute the food to clients. Kris Veenbaas arranges some fresh lettuce while Bob Forrer and Marcella Salado open up a large bag filled with smaller bags of carrots. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
At least 50 percent of Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 students show greater academic achievement than their peers in comparable districts, a report shows. “For the first time, we have all nine of our buildings in the high growth, high achievement quadrant for both reading and math,” Tracey Miller, director of assessment, instruction and evaluation, told board members at their Monday meeting. “We’re very, very excited about this.” The Similar Schools Insight Report provided by the Northwest Evaluatio...
Donna L. Watkins, 74, died unexpectedly Sept. 5, 2022, near her home in southern Indiana. The daughter of Frank W. and Ada B. (Ennes) Watkins was born in 1948. She graduated from Indiana University and taught Latin and English in Wabash, Ind., before coming to Hinsdale Central High school. At Central she taught Latin and etymology and became world languages department chair. She was a legend in the annual Illinois High School Association Latin Tournament, with a student of...
Louis Franklin Umsted Jr., 93, of Savannah, Ga., formerly of Hinsdale, died peacefully on Sept. 12, 2022. Lou was born in 1928 in Philadelphia, the son of Louis and Alyce Rutherford Umsted. He was educated in Philadelphia and moved to Seattle, graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in business. He participated and lettered in several sports and was president of his fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi. In 1951, Lou reported to Pensacola, Fla., to earn his Navy...
Craig Laurence Kruse, 50, of Clarendon Hills passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sept. 9, 2022. The son of Ron and Roxanna Kruse, he was born in Belleville in 1972. He was raised in Herscher, where he discovered his passion for athletics. This included him helping secure a runner up state championship title in football during the 1988-89 season at Herscher High School and competing in shot put at state his senior year. He continued his athletic career at...
Gwendolyn M. Stoldt, 95, a lifelong resident of Hinsdale, died Aug. 14, 2022, at Oak Trace in Downers Grove. She is survived by her brother, Jack (Evelyn) Rodesiler; her children, Phillip (Karen) Goers and Mary (William) Myers; her step-children, Mark (Cathy) Stoldt and David Stoldt; her grandchildren, Christian (Nicole) Goers, Sarah (Kyle) Johnson, Kimberly (Matthew) Boyer and Jenna Myers; her step-grandchildren, Conner (Elena) Stoldt, Emerson Stoldt and Camerin Stoldt; her...
9U SILVER CRUISES TO WIN Sunday morning’s downpour was the worst weather for a Falcons game in 14 years, according to the game scribe. A heavy steady downpour and two lightening delays greeted both teams at HCHS. The inclement weather forced Coach Tom Ouimette to cover his good luck salmon pink sweatshirt. However, with all the distractions the Falcons stayed focused on the task at hand and cruised to 20-0 victory over the Park Ridge Falcons. The Falcons got on the board on the second play of the game as Teddy Ouimette d...
What should people know about genealogy research? Genealogy specialist Debra Dudek was enlisted to help a woman find where her late father was buried. "There had been a divorce and she didn't know what happened to him," related Dudek, head of adult and teen services for Bolingbrook's Fountaindale Public Library District. A project she thought would take a matter of weeks stretched into a couple of years, with the woman eventually learning she had seven half-siblings. "That...
I didn't know Craig Kruse. Craig passed away on Sept. 9 from brain cancer. He was 50 years old, six years younger than me. He left behind a wife and three children, many family members and an untold number of friends. Until recently, what I knew of Craig came from previous news articles and his obituary. A resident of Clarendon Hills, he served as a trainer and strength and conditioning coach at Hinsdale Central High School. His myriad personal and professional accomplishments...
Beginning next Tuesday, Sept. 20, residents interested in running for the D181 Board of Education may begin circulating signature petitions for the consolidated election to be held April 4, 2023. Candidates can file their signature petitions and other candidate documents beginning Dec. 12. The board plays an important governance role for D181, promoting academic excellence for our 3,600-plus students, maintaining our status as an employer of choice for educators and supporting staff, and investing D181 taxpayer funds...
A sermon delivered in church one Sunday stuck with Mark Wanless for years. The message was about the importance of volunteering one's time, when and if that time becomes available. As the father of four saw his children begin to make their way through high school and on to college, he found himself with time to give to his community through his involvement in the Rotary Club of Hinsdale. "Rotary is an organization I've always been intrigued with," said Wanless, a resident of...
First park - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the plans for Burns Field. "Burns Field, designed by Edson Nott and local architect R. Harold Zook, was built with few changes from this 1932 plan, the first Hinsdale park with recreational facilities. Public Works Administration funds and Works Progress Administration labor were used for its completion with local men hired for the work."...
Great cooking feeds the soul. There is nothing like hearing the sizzle of a skillet, watching a biscuit rise, smelling the spicy aroma of gingerbread or tasting a spoonful of buttery mashed potatoes. As I learned from my mother, cooking is all about love. One of life's greatest luxuries is sharing a meal that is so good that you want to linger at the table with the people you love - laughing and sharing stories. I believe in the power of a home-cooked meal and its unique...
Tuesday is a black cat who is ready to meet her new family. She would do well with kids 8 years and older. She's a cute 3-year-old who likes to snuggle and tell you all about her day, when you ask. Her adoption fee is $75. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Interested adopters are encouraged to fill out an...
