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Among the list of casualties of COVID-19 this year is my family's annual Spooky Dinner. For years, we've invited neighbors over to dine on dishes like mummy hot dogs, cheesy Crescent ghosts, pumpkin spice spread with bat wing dippers and chicken enchilada mummies. Last year I outdid myself, offering a menu featuring mashed potato snakes and "feetloaf." I knew the dinner was a success when our neighbor's son, 8 at the time, looked at the bloody bone (leek with tomato sauce)...
A federal jury has convicted two men on robbery and weapons offenses for stealing expensive watches and jewelry at gunpoint from Razny Jewelers in Hinsdale. After a six-day trial in federal court in Chicago, Tobias Diggs, 26, of Chicago, and Joshua McClellan, 31, of Oak Lawn, were convicted Oct. 22 of all counts against them, including conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, transportation of stolen goods, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the...
The Martin family at 218 E. Walnut St. decorated their house for Halloween for the first time last year. You wouldn't know it from looking at the yard, which is home to a host of inflatable figures - and a 12-foot skeleton. Chris and his wife, Erica, started looking for new decorations right after Labor Day. "We went into Home Depot and they were just starting to put out their Halloween stuff," Chris Martin said. "A week later when we came back we saw the giant skeletons there...
While Halloween celebrations may be different this year, many ghosts and ghouls will still be on the “haunt” for a frighteningly good time. Hinsdale police are reminding motorists of the importance of planning ahead before the scares start and keeping watch for little goblins walking along roads after dark. “Halloween is scary enough without adding impaired driving to the mix,” Deputy Chief Thomas Lillie said. “Because even one drink can impair your ability to make responsible decisions, we urge you to make a plan for a sob...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the draft agenda: approve Integrated Math Curriculum, 2020 tax levy, return to school update, five-year financial forecast, First Amendment presentation Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: approve 2020 property tax levy, second major adjustment to 111 S. Lincoln...
Thirteen Hinsdale residents have been diagnosed with a confirmed case of COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 13 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported no new cases. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in the village to 458, up from 445 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had eight confirmed COVID-19 patients and eight patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported nine new cases on Oct. 23 and 26....
A new pedestrian bridge will eventually span the Tri-State Tollway connecting Veeck Park in Hinsdale with Spring Rock Park in Western Springs. But it might not be the one Hinsdale officials wanted. The walkway linking the towns will be built by the Illinois Tollway as part of the Central Tri-State Tollway expansion project, replacing one that has long existed further to the north. This summer, the Tollway provided the villages with a few design options and asked them to agree...
The Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce along with the village of Hinsdale sponsored a first ever fall sidewalk sale in town Saturday. With sections of First and Washington streets closed off for the event, shoppers had plenty of room to roam in search of bargains. Aoife O'Reilly and Bridget Mogensen filled their baskets to the brim from My Sister Kate. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
In defiance of Gov. JB Pritzker’s guidance, the Illinois High School Association announced Wednesday that it will proceed with a winter season schedule for boys and girls basketball. In a statement, the IHSA Board of Directors said it based the decision on the recommendation of its Sport Medicine Advisory Committee, which requires masks to be worn by all players, coaches and officials during play. IHSA officials took issue with Pritzker’s announcement Tuesday that basketball had be reclassified as a high-risk sport ins...
Give us those nice bright colors - The Hinsdale Family Fall Fest - maintaining COVID restrictions - was a big hit with families across the village. The Hinsdalean was on hand and took more than 1,400 photos of the trick or treaters who enjoyed the windy day that included free pumpkins, a fall festival goodie bag, a costume contest and trick or treating in the central business district. Among the children photographed were Olivia Ander, Liam McNicholas, Poppy Huseth and Keegan...
What should people know about high blood pressure? The Halloween season brings blood-curdling sensory experiences aimed at momentarily spiking one's heart rate. High blood pressure, on the other hand, presents potential health fears of a lasting kind, according to cardiologist Duane Follman of AMITA Health Medical Group Heart & Vascular in Hinsdale. And it's quite prevalent. "Almost 45 percent of people have some level of hypertension," Follman remarked, using the other name...
Oliver is a handsome pit bull terrier mix who was rescued from Hurricane Laura and is looking for his forever home with kids 8 and older. He's a sweet 2-year-old Southern boy whose adoption fee was donated by a generous donor. 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)...
Anna Rose Howard, 81, of Willowbrook, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away Oct. 20, 2020. Anna was born to Alta, née Dickerson, and Finis Blankenship in Huntingdon, Tenn., and was raised in Akron, Ohio, where she graduated from Garfield High School. Anna loved life and lived it to the fullest. She always had a gift with fashion and started a modeling school in Akron. Anna moved to Hinsdale in 1976 and raised her three sons here. She worked in financial management at Morgan Stanley, Lunn Partners and Kidder Peabody. She loved...
D181 STAFF EARN ISBE AWARDS Four staff members in Community Consolidated District 181 were honored among some 100 educators statewide recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education in its 2021 Teacher of the Year and Those Who Excel categories. Classroom teacher Carrie Fitzgerald earned a meritorious service award. She is an early childhood education teacher for the special education class in the D181 Neighborhood Preschool. Lisa Hendrix received an award of excellence for administrators. She is a pupil service administr...
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...
Patti Conner, 66, formerly of Clarendon Hills and Westmont, died Oct. 16, 2020, with her family by her side at Anthem Memory Care Harvester Place in Burr Ridge after a 10-year struggle with early onset Alzheimer's and progressive aphasia. Patti was an engaged community member through her service at the Clarendon Hills Presbyterian Church and Stan's Village Cleaners family dry-cleaning business, which she co-owned. She was also involved in the sports and activities of her...
Freda Belle Nordstrom, 98, of Willowbrook, passed away from natural causes Oct. 8, 2020, after a long life well-lived. Freda was born in Ozawkie, Kansas, in 1921 to Sherman and Bertha (nee Anderson) Michael, and was the fourth of six children. In addition to helping out on the farm, Freda liked quilting and played on her high school basketball team. The day after Freda graduated from high school at the age of 17, she boarded a bus with $50 in her pocket and moved to...
It seemed like 2020 just couldn't stop dishing out nasty surprises, so this summer I went rogue and took a 1,400-hundred mile road trip to Arizona with the kids and the dog. I'd not driven across country since I was maybe 12, but there I was, toting teenaged children and a stubborn, 70-pound (shedding!) Basset hound through six different states during a global pandemic. Long car trips were a summer staple for my family in the '70s and early '80s. Airplane rides were strictly f...
It takes a village. We would like to profess our love and appreciation for our town! Having grown up here, I’ve benefited from many aspects of Hinsdale, and cherish wonderful memories like: buying candy at Jimmy’s, French fries at Picadilly, making jewelry with Lavinia at Eye on Design, weighing ourselves on the big scale with the fortune at Barth’s, mining for gold in the basement of the old bank building, buying chocolate doughnuts at Burtons, hardware at Soukup’s, ribbons in the basement of Olsen’s, 25 cent ice cream at...
It’s hard to imagine 2020 could get any scarier than it already is. But the never-ending pandemic will not deter us from our annual Halloween tradition of imagining a Hinsdale that is significantly more frightening than the one we know and love. So, with Oct. 31 just two days away, we share our visions of events we would be scared to see in town. • the U.S. Department of Education discontinues the National Blue Ribbon School program before all nine schools in Community Consolidated District 181 are able to earn the honor (th...
Julie Curran has never considered herself an artist. But she knows and appreciates the important role that art in all forms has on people, families and communities. That's why she's been part of the DuPage Foundation's Arts DuPage Advisory Committee since it was established nearly five years ago. 'It's one of the things I like about living in Hinsdale and about living in DuPage County," Curran said of the area's vast and varied opportunities to enjoy art in its many forms....
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Oct. 20 & 28. Driver arrested with loaded gun Daniel O. Soetan, 23, 1415 W. Pratt Blvd., No. 304, Chicago, was arrested for felony aggravated unlawful use of weapon, speeding, operating an uninsured vehicle and possession of open alcohol by a driver at 1:05 a.m. Oct. 25 in the 10 block of East Ogden Avenue. The suspect was stopped for speeding, at which time police found a loaded firearm under a passenger seat and an open bottle of alcohol in the vehicle. He was charged and...
Monica Rincon was one who always wanted to gather friends together to celebrate someone's birthday or achievement. So when her friends got the call July 6 from her husband, Chris Dooley, that Monica had passed away at age 49, they knew they had to do something for her. "When we got the news from Chris that Monica had passed, I think that the first thought for so many of us was, 'We have to get the ribbons up,' because that was what Monica would have done and that is what we...
This old house - Sandy Williams, in her book "Images of America - Hinsdale," wrote about the home at 231 E. Third St. "An excellent example of Prairie School design, this home was designed by noted architect E.E. Roberts. Built for lumber executive A. W. True in 1908, the home features a low-pitched roof with broad eaves and bands of windows characteristic of the Prairie style." In 2014 Rob and Amanda Miller completely remodeled the home's interior while keeping the home's...
