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What percentage of the day are you with people of your own gender/race/class/age/belief system? What are the last five books you read or programs you watched? When traveling through different communities, do you notice different housing patterns or density? Do those differences seem to have any correlation to race or class? These are a few of the perspective-stirring questions posed by Hinsdale Central's Students Organized for Anti-Racism (SOAR) club as part of their 14-day...
Virtual rotary run keeps pace The Virtual Rotary Run Charity Classic netted $80,000, almost as much as last year’s successful race. “Our goal this year, as always, is to positively impact the lives of many area residents,” said Tom Norton, president of the Hinsdale Rotary Club. Proceeds benefited leading community charities: The Community House, District 181 Foundation, Hinsdale Hospital Foundation, Rotary Club of Hinsdale Foundation and Ray Graham Association-Hanson Center. More than 200 individuals participated in the 2...
How can people learn more about artificial intelligence? What does a high school student do when she can't find adequate resources to fuel her interest in artificial intelligence? She starts her own international educational nonprofit, of course. After attending a summer camp at Stanford University as a high school freshman, Hinsdale Central junior Jui Khankari was left with a hunger to learn more about artificial intelligence and its potential, specifically in medicine. "I...
The village’s leaf pick-up program, which offers free, unlimited, weekly curbside collection of leaves in kraft paper yard waste bags, begins next week. Bagged leaves should be placed in the parkway in front of the home, along the curb. Do not place bags in the street. Pick-up will run for six weeks at the time of regularly-scheduled weekly yard waste pick-up, starting the week of Oct. 26 and ending the week of Nov. 30. Leaves will be picked up by the village’s waste hauler, Republic Services. Leaves also may be kept on the...
Delores Laverne Seligmann, 90, passed away peacefully Oct. 16, 2020, with her son at her side in Hinsdale. Delores was born in 1930 in Chicago, where she grew up and graduated from Kelvyn Park High School. She raised her family in Mount Prospect and Arlington Heights. She is survived by her sons, Randal (Karen); Ronald, MD; Robert; and Rodney (Debra) of Hinsdale; her 10 grandchildren; and her two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years,...
Burt J. Rot, 90, of Darien, former longtime Hinsdale resident, died Oct. 19, 2020, at Seasons Hospice in Naperville. He was born in 1929 in Oak Lawn to John and Gertrude Rot. He was a graduate of Northeastern University and served in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He worked as a corporate accountant for Ball Corp Realtor. He was a long-term board member of Sawmill Creek Association and participating member of Willow Creek Church for 10 years. Very musically talented, Burt...
Dick Pabst, 71, of Willowbrook, formerly of Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills, passed away Oct. 19, 2020, at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village. He was born in 1949 in Baltimore. A graduate of Loyola College of Baltimore with a degree in business, Dick served as a captain in the U.S. Army where he met his wife, Mary. He continued his education, receiving a master's of business administration from the Loyola College of Baltimore. Dick spent his career in health...
Dr. James Norman Young, 94, a former longtime Hinsdale resident, passed away Oct. 13, 2020 at the home of his son, Dr. Scott Young, in Little Rock, Ark. He was born in 1926 to Regina and Dr. Alexander James Young in Omaha, Neb. At 6 months, he accompanied his parents back to Scotland for his father's HEENT Fellowship in Glasgow, then returned to Nebraska and was raised there as the youngest of three sons. At the age of 9, Norman Young had a newspaper route, and when his...
Raymond Lawrence "Ray" Jacobs, 94, of Hinsdale died Sept. 30, 2020. He was born in 1926 and was a veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife of more than 50 years, Jane; his children, Jill (Larry) Jacobs Reynolds and Jay Ray Jacobs; his grandchildren, Reagan Rae (David) Glover, Scott (Elizabeth) Tindall, Jeremy (Lindsey) Jacobs and Charles "Charlie" Jacobs; and his great-grandchildren, Dylan Ray Tindall, Addison "Addie" Rae Jacobs, Sadie Grace Jacobs, Grady Ray...
I have frequently observed people playing “chicken” with vehicles on our Hinsdale streets, trying to be first to get around other parked vehicles. We have congestion due to landscape, construction and repair trucks serving our community. We also have parents lining up to transport students to and from school. Illinois Rules of The Road, Chapter 4, Page 29, states regarding lane usage that vehicles must stay in the right lane and cannot cross over to the left lane until they yield to oncoming traffic. Clearly, this has not...
Funny how a pandemic can mess with a person's sense of time. It seems like those days in mid-March were last week and also 10 years ago. I have a close friend who said that now "every day is Tuesday": not days to be anticipated like weekend days, nor days to be dreaded like Mondays. Every day indistinct enough to be a Tuesday. Time confusion isn't unique to 2020 though. Those of us with children have always known about the time warp known as parenthood. When our kids were...
I oppose the proposed D86 integrated math proposal that the D86 board of education will approve on Oct. 29. For me, the primary reason is lack of data. As board member Turek knows, since he served with me on the D181 BOE that approved the failed Learning for All math plan, data matters. The D181 BOE relied on the administrators’ and teachers’ representation that “raising the floor” by accelerating every student one year in math would “raise the ceiling” and improve math outcomes for all students. There was no data to sup...
If you're lucky, you have a great pic of your kids in their Halloween costumes taken by Jim Slonoff at one of Hinsdale's Fall Family Fests. My favorite one of Ainsley is from 2009, when she was just 10 months old and dressed as an adorable pink bunny. She's sitting by a pint-sized pumpkin with her cloth carrot resting in her lap and one of her silly little half smiles on her face. She's had some great costumes over the years - Minnie Mouse, a witch, Cinderella and Laura Ingall...
The Nov. 3 election is less than two weeks away. Of course, many reading this have joined with millions across the country in already casting ballots. The unprecedented number of early voters suggests the possibility of a record turnout this year. Perhaps an exhortation to vote in 2020 comes off more like preaching to the choir than in years past. But we believe that advocating for citizens to exercise their Constitutional right to select their government representatives is never superfluous. We have provided charts...
A virtual networking tool brought to Jacqui Wooldridge's attention a very real need earlier this year. The Hinsdale resident saw a call for helpers to join a group of Downers Grove women's outreach to the dozen or so homeless citizens that gather near that village's downtown train station. It was an invitation her servant-hearted spirit couldn't refuse. "I felt like (God) opened a door for me to help here," said the deeply faith-driven Wooldridge. Once a week since June, she...
Hinsdale police released the following reports Oct. 13 and 21. DUI arrest Acadio Quiroz-Ramirez, 37, 4 S. Oltendorf, Streamwood, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content higher than .08, improper lane use and six counts of child restraint violations at 1:41 a.m. Oct. 18 in the 10 block of East Ogden Avenue. Six children were observed not properly restrained in child seats or with seat belts. He was charged and released to appear in court. Open burning violation Harrison C....
Alex Trebek’s name was misspelled in the Oct. 15 issue....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 https://d86.hinsdale86.org...
Twenty-three Hinsdale residents have been diagnosed with a confirmed case of COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 19 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported four new cases. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in the village to 445. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had five confirmed COVID-19 patients and four patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. As of Friday, Community Consolidated District 181 had three new cases, all staff members. One...
Indoor dining will be on hiatus in Hinsdale starting at 11 p.m. Friday. Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that indoor service at restaurants and bars will be prohibited in DuPage County starting Friday. The restrictions also apply to Kane, Will and Kankakee counties. Vistro owner Paul Virant, a Hinsdale resident, had just met with his staff Wednesday morning to begin planning for the change. "We have that tent that has forced air heat. We'll at least be able to have dining...
The division over the tax amendment to the state constitution Illinois voters will see on the Tuesday, Nov. 3, ballot is evident from the way supporters and opponents refer to the proposal. Supporters of the amendment, which is expected to bring in $3.4 billion a year, call it the “Fair Tax” proposal. The proposed progressive tax will address the inequity in the tax burden, said Kim Savage of Darien, chairman of the Downers Grove Township Democratic Organization. At the lowest income levels, people pay 12 to 14 percent of...
Devil in the details - Myrta Holmes, the former wife of serial killer H.H. Holmes, rented various homes throughout the village, including this one at 212 N. Lincoln St. in 1912. She moved to Hinsdale with her daughter in 1896, the year her estranged husband was executed. According to Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," Holmes taught third and fourth grades at least 15 years in the Hinsdale Public School system. H.H. Holmes was featured in Erik Larson's book...
The Salt Creek Medical Campus is under new ownership. The set of four outpatient medical office buildings on Hinsdale's north end, containing a total of 156,600 square feet of office space, was sold on Sept. 4 for $50.9 million to Remedy Medical Properties by MedProperties Group. Jay Heald of MedProperties said the medical office property has long been a favorite target for investors and that market has become particularly sought after in recent years. "Health care has always...
Elm goes blue - In celebration of Elm School earning its 2020 Blue Ribbon Award status, students, teachers and parents celebrated last week with several events. The week started with "Elm Blooms as a Blue Ribbon School" and closed with "Elm's Brilliant Minds Think Blue." The activities included everything from planning a blue ribbon garden to a schoolwide collaborative art project. Malik Chaar along with her fellow first-graders had a chance to celebrate outside during the...
