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Sally Spiller Barnard, 81, of Hinsdale, passed away Oct. 7, 2021, at home surrounded by loved ones. Born in Rock Island in 1940 to Clifford and Harriette Spiller, Sally, and her sister, Susan, grew up in Riverside. Sally graduated from Michigan State University as a proud Kappa Kappa Gamma in 1962. She became a fashion coordinator at Marshall Field's in Chicago. Sally married the love of her life, Bill Barnard, in 1972. A passionate and talented gardener and an avid cook, Sall...
Finding the sweet spot - Clarendon Hills Middle School seventh-grader Surav Gupta makes a putt on the "Prospect Country Club" course late last month during a new unit on disc golf. For more information and photos, see the story on Page 5. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
At a time when people of all ages continue to struggle with the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the anti-drug message of Red Ribbon Week is more important than ever. The weeklong campaign, which runs Oct. 23-31, has a different focus each year. The 2021 theme is “Drug Free Looks Like Me.” The week provides an opportunity for people to show their support for a drug-free America and to talk to children about making healthy choices. Red Ribbon Week was created after the death of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a speci...
Empathy is a powerful tool that helps people work together, cooperate, connect and ultimately thrive, said Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. “So far this is great news,” he said during the first Community Speaker Series webinar of the year Oct. 5. “If we, as the most empathic species on the planet, have taken it over, we must be living in a golden age of empathy and togetherness. “But, of course, we’re not,” he added. “Empathy is important but...
ENGLISH TEACHERS TO PRESENT Two members of Hinsdale Central’s English department have been invited to speak at upcoming conferences. Teacher Jared Friebel will give a presentation titled “Honoring Our Students’ Work: IATE’s Young Writers Poetry & Prose Contest” at the Illinois Association of Teachers of English Conference in October. Department Chairman David Lange will be part of a group that will give a presentation titled “Creating Balance of Professional Development Between Your Staff and Yourself” at the Council on En...
Daniel Francis McGarry Jr., 83, of Hinsdale died Oct. 6, 2021. Dan was born in 1937 in Chicago to Dan and Ann McGarry, nee Walsh. He grew up on the South Side, the third of seven children. He attended Christ the King and then St. Rita's High School in 1951. His family moved to Daytona Beach. Fla., in 1952. He was a proud alumnus of Basilica School of St Paul High School in Daytona Beach (Class of 1956) and Siena College in Albany, N.Y., (Class of 1961), where he earned a degre...
Patrick M. Fitzgerald, 68, of Hinsdale, passed away Oct. 6, 2021. Pat was born in 1953 in Chicago to John and Sandra Fitzgerald. He grew up on the South Side, the fourth of seven children. He was a proud alumnus of Marist High School (Class of 1971) and Quincy University (Class of 1975). Pat was president of Fitzgerald Marketing & Communications, a company he founded. Passionate about giving back to others, Pat was past chairman of the Butterfield Scholarship Program, an...
Cymala Nitschmann Gibson, 77, died Oct. 8, 2021, at her home in Hinsdale. Cymala was born in 1944 near Stuttgart, Germany. She immigrated to the United States in the early 1960s and landed first in Springfield, where she graduated high school at Ursuline Academy. She moved to Chicago, where she lived in Outer Drive East until moving to Oak Brook, with her husband, Thomas M. Gibson. They married in 1974 and later moved to Graue Mill in Hinsdale. The Gibsons also had homes at various times in Vail, Colo.; and Wellington and...
Students and parents across Community Consolidated School District 181 participated in the Walk to School Day Oct. 6. It began in 1997 as a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries where students walk and bike to school on the same day. Members of the Hinsdale Fire and Police departments were stationed at each school to welcome the students. At The Lane School, PTO members handed out stickers and pencils to the children. (Jim Slonoff...
The Memorial Hall board room was standing room only Tuesday night as KLM Park users turned out to urge village officials not to replace the open space they and their off-leash dogs enjoy with a much smaller fenced facility. The special meeting of the parks and recreation commission served as an opportunity for commissioners to hear public opinion on a plan revealed last month to create a 3.35-acre fenced area in the southwest corner of the 52-acre park at 5901 S. County Line Road. Dogs are currently free to roam 13.5 acres...
Ten Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported nine new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported one new case. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 2,071, compared to 2,061 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had three confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School, reported one positive case, 16 in isolation and one in...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: fund balance strategy review, investment firm strategy, FY22 update, similar schools update, insurance rate renewal, Prospect School Blue Ribbon celebration Hinsdale Police Pension Fund Board 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19 Hinsdale Public Library 20...
Why is earth science important? Years ago Hinsdale Middle School science teacher Katie Garvey was at her childhood Orland Park home when she felt the structure sway from a passing train. Except there was no train. "I didn't think it was an earthquake at the time. It was really little," she said. As denizens of the Midwest, Hinsdaleans can be thankful that major seismic activity and tsunamis do not rank among natural disaster threats. But the unpredictable nature of the...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Oct. 13. Recycling can swiped A recycling can, valued at $50, was stolen between 9 a.m. Oct. 6 and 6:45 a.m. Oct. 7 from the curb in the 10 block of South Stough Street. Fraud incident reported A resident of the 500 block of Mills Street sent $2,100 using electronic payment to an unknown suspect after receiving a fraudulent investment opportunity through an acquaintance’s social media account, which had been hacked. The incident occurred between Sept. 28 and Oct. 4. Check c...
The village of Hinsdale’s annual fall leaf pickup program will begin the week of Nov. 1. The program is designed to keep village streets cleaner and safer and to help keep leaves out of sewers and storm drains. The most important thing to remember is that leaves cannot be placed in the street for removal. The village will provide free, unlimited, weekly curbside collection of leaves in kraft paper yard waste bags. Plastic bags will not be picked up. Residents should place bagged leaves in the parkway in front of their h...
Water hazards and blocked lines of sight challenged the golfers on a recent afternoon at the Prospect Country Club. At the where? Prospect Country Club is the name PE teacher Stephanie Kaegebein and her colleagues gave to the field outside of Prospect School that was transformed into a disc golf course for a new unit for Clarendon Hills Middle School students. Hunter Kauffman, Jack Gerrard and Surav Gupta, all 11-year-olds from Clarendon Hills, were golfing together during a...
HCS Family Services will be moving to larger and less disjointed environs pending Hinsdale Village Board approval of the agency’s relocation from the Memorial Building to the village-owned building at 22 E. Elm St. At their Oct. 5 meeting, trustees held a first read discussion of a proposed 10-year lease agreement with HCS to provide rent-free use of the one-floor, 5,550-square-foot facility. The new space would double the agency’s current footprint, which is spread across three levels. “This new lease will allow HCS to move...
Parents and children flocked to the annual Hinsdale Fire and Police departments' open house Saturday. With several demonstrations and exhibits, the annual event was a big hit. Zane Barakat gets a lesson in finger print dusting from detective Carter Sward while CJ DiNardo checks out the fit of his souvenir Hinsdale firefighter helmet. After strapping in Crystal Plomer and her daughters, Mia and Max, firefighter/paramedic Andy Smith raises the ladder. Firefighter/paramedic Nick...
Benny is a tabby cat who is ready to meet his new family. He would do well with kids of any age. He's a sweet and gentle 13-year-old who loves to hangout for a calm night in and whose adoption fee is waived by our Match Me Up campaign. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center has re-opened to the public. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays and 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Capacity will be limited to about 20 visitors. Interested...
Clarendon Hills Fire Department has yard signs throughout their town (“We Need Our Own To Save Our Own”) which are supporting the purchase of a new ladder/pumper truck to replace their old truck. I now hear that Hinsdale is considering sharing their older ladder truck with Clarendon Hills in an effort to save money for both villages. Is sharing a truck a wise idea? Things to consider: The truck might be housed in Clarendon Hills half of the time. This could cause a potential delay in response time when the truck isn’t house...
Thank you to all of our wonderful friends and neighbors. Claire, Michael and I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our friends and neighbors who took time to wrap and unwrap the trees with orange ribbons, placed the hundreds of luminaries all along our street, driveway and walkway, attended Joanne’s visitation and service and are now involved in the “meal train.” The ribbons and luminaries were a wonderful reminder of how our neighborhood gathers together to help each other and a beautiful sign of suppo...
I never expected to be where I am now. And I am everything I expected I would be now. I never thought I would be a single mom now. And I know I am a better parent because of that now. I never thought I would still not be in the career I want at age 45, right now. And I know that every day I keep learning, especially now. These seem like complete contradictions. Since I last wrote for The Hinsdalean, so much has changed, and these statements are completely true and in juxtaposi...
Ken Knutson’s recent article “D86 Board: Grading plan misses mark” got it correct in referring to “unveiling” the superintendent’s Learning Leadership Team grading plan, which potentially masqueraded under the purview of COVID-19 executive order practices. Knutson’s reporting disregarded the take-home assignment, however: motivation, self-esteem and anxiety are all at risk when summative tests prevail or dominate academic settings. He further omitted the acknowledgment from Dr. Chris Covino that there was, unfortunately, no d...
Martha Phillip doesn't know what it's like to lose a child. But she has witnessed people close to her mourn that loss. "I lost my brother two weeks before his 16th birthday, suddenly," she said, noting she was 13 at the time. "I watched my parents grieve this." While her parents had support from their church and friends, they lacked resources specifically designed to help parents after the death of a child. So when friends Rebecca and Andy Wells lost their son, Ian, two years...
Social network - Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," mentions that in 1872, O.J. Stough built a building at 11 N. Lincoln St. that had a school on the first floor and a meeting hall upstairs. "Until surpassed by the Hinsdale Club, Stough's Hall was the social and civic center of Hinsdale. The photograph was taken after 1904 when the building was purchased by the Swedish Baptist church."...
