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School days - Dick Burridge of Florida sends us this class picture from his days at Oak School. Dick is the cousin of Dick Burridge, who was a longtime Hinsdale resident. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd love to share it with our readers. Stop by our office at 7 W. First St. or email it to [email protected]....
The temperature is dropping and many sporting activities, like basketball and soccer, are shifting inside. But residents who like the cold can take advantage of several opportunities to stay fit this season, including these programs. Pickleball programs • Join other pickleball enthusiasts of all ages at the Fall Rally & Rendezvous social event from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at The Community House, 415 W. Eighth St. Meet, mingle and learn about the sport from Community H...
Cross country, boys Nov. 2 @ IHSA Sectional V places 8th with 238 points Miller, 32nd, 14:55.35 Gamboa, 39th, 15:03.9 Revord, 49th, 15:19.89 Krueger, 67th, 15:32.64 Kotleba, 68th, 15:33.57 Tarasi, 82nd, 15:42.38 Rogers, 97th, 16:04.42 Cross country, girls Nov. 2 @ IHSA Sectional V places 6th with 183 points Hodneland, 15th, 17:53.6 Satre, 16th, 17:54.84 Kohn, 34th, 18:22.03 Skay, 64th, 19:06.45 Krogstie, 74th, 19:19.2 Gruber, 92nd, 19:45.89 Soccer, boys Nov. 5 @ IHSA Super-sectional vs. Lockport V wins 2-1 Szurgot, goal...
The Hinsdale Central girls cross country and boys soccer teams will compete at their respective IHSA State Finals this weekend. Representing Red Devil Nation at the girls cross country state meet Saturday at Detweiller Park in Peoria are juniors Grace Gruber, Lily Hodneland and Addie Krogstie, and sophomores Morgan Kohn, Ella Satre and Evelyn Skay. The boys soccer team will take on Hersey in a semifinal game at 6 p.m. Friday at Hoffman Estates High School. Central will then play on Saturday in either the third-place game at...
Falcons 9U Gold Falls Just Short The Hinsdale Falcons 9U Gold team finished up an amazing season with an overtime 14-6 loss in the Bill George Youth Football League semifinals to the Bartlett Raiders. In what would prove to be an epic defensive battle, the two teams traded possessions throughout much of the first half. The Falcons eventually landed the first blow late in the second quarter when Connor Pauley connected on a slant pass to Bryce Lee, whose nifty moves evaded several defenders on his 64-yard route to the...
In our house holiday pies are never an afterthought. They are an event in and of themselves. My daughter Gabriella likes to remind me that her stomach has a special division devoted exclusively to dessert. She's a girl after my own heart, because I know exactly how she feels. So, with Thanks-giving right around the corner, I am already thinking about pie. Last year our family went apple picking and got a little carried away. Thus, with an abundance of apples on hand, I was...
Candy has been with Hinsdale Humane Society since December and she is still waiting for a home of her own! She is 3 years old and already has a full-time job of running around the room and playing with every toy in sight. She loves to jump, run through tunnels and climb her cat trees. With Candy in your home for entertainment, you wouldn't even need a TV! Candy is spayed, vaccinated, microchipped and her adoption fee has been generously donated. For more information, stop by...
Hinsdale Central High School senior Sophie DiPasquale isn't a member of the Red Devil Service Club, the flag football team or the Civics Club. But that didn't stop her from being part of this year's seventh annual Day of Service presented by the Red Devil Service Club on Oct. 26. "I volunteer a lot," said DiPasquale, one of hundreds of students and community members who participated in the Day of Service. While other participants were part of Central organizations...
Florence Tornquist Tuthill passed away Nov. 4, 2024. She was 96 years old and surrounded by her three children, her daughter-in-law, and a bunch of grandchildren. It was exactly what she wanted. Florrie Tuthill was warm, elegant, thoughtful. She was one of a kind. Florrie met her husband Jim when she accepted an invitation from her college roommate, Jim's sister Joan, to join the Tuthill family for Christmas 1947 in Chicago. Florrie had already nicknamed Jim "Grumpy Gus"...
Dr. Carlos Emilio Torres, 80, passed away peacefully in his Oak Brook home on Oct. 28, 2024. Born in 1944 in Potosi, Bolivia, Carlos' life was marked by his dedication, compassion and sense of humor. Dr. Torres began his career in medicine at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres Facultad de Medicina, graduating in 1970. He was one of only a few students from his medical class to move to the United States, where he went on to practice medicine for 45 years. He continued his...
Agnes Pagano, née Turcato, 99, of Burr Ridge died Feb. 29, 2024. Agnes was born in the province of Lorraine, France, in 1925. She spent her pre-teen and teenage years with her sister, cared for by local families in Nazi-occupied France in the vineyards around Bordeaux. Following World War II, she reunited with her family in Lorraine. There she married Antoine Pagano in a double wedding with Antoine's sister, Lucie, and Phil D'Agostino, an American GI from Chicago. Their...
Charles "Bud" Cushing Jr. slipped the surly bonds of earth and peacefully flew west Oct. 17, 2024, surrounded by family. He was born in 1930 in Oak Park to Charles Walter Cushing and Lois Bolton Cushing. The family moved to Hinsdale, where Bud graduated from Hinsdale High School. Bud attended the University of New Mexico on a Naval ROTC scholarship and was a proud member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. While at UNM, he met and married the love of his life, Patsy Morrow of Raton,...
The heart is traditionally regarded as the wellspring of compassion. For professional caregiver Teresa Phillips, real TLC starts with open ears. "Listening and understanding," said the lead caregiver and 12-year employee of Home Helpers Home Care of Hinsdale. "I believe that if you put yourself in (your client's) shoes, you can understand what they're going through." Phillips' commitment to soul-nurturing service earned her a spot among the finalists for the Home Care...
*sigh* What a big week. This column was written three weeks ago back in October. It’s challenging to prepare something for a future date, especially for a week which will have been historic, and without knowing where we, as a society, will be at that moment. At the time of writing, nothing is certain except that at the time of publication, it is likely that half of us feel relieved and excited about the outcome of election events earlier this week — and half of us feel dev...
Police want to remind parents that certain e-bikes are prohibited in Hinsdale. The Hinsdale Village Board passed an ordinance earlier this year prohibiting bikes powered by more than 750 watts and regulating the use of low-powered bikes, scooters and other devices in the village. Since that time, police have issued more than 60 warnings and citations to riders who have violated state law and village regulations. Deputy Chief Tom Lillie said that number doesn't surprise him....
The 2024 Illinois Report Cards were released last week, and administrators already are examining the data and considering how to use it to help students. Community Consolidated Ele-mentary District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 continue to perform well, according to standards set by the Illinois State Board of Education, which issues the report cards. Six District 181 schools and Hinsdale Central were ranked as exemplary for performing in the top 10 percent of...
Hinsdale’s Richard Munson has authored a long list of books on seemingly disparate topics — from biographies on Jacques Cousteau and Nikola Tesla to examinations of the $210 billion electric industry and how technology is changing the food we eat. But if you look closely, there’s a thread that ties them all together. “I’m just quite fascinated with innovators, people who bring new ideas to life,” he told me last week. The latest innovator who captured his interest is one of ou...
This Veterans Day issue marks the 10th year in a row we’ve honored veterans in a special section. We started with 72 individuals in 2015. This year, we’re running information on three times as many — 216 — men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, breaking last year’s record of 207. We have space to include only a limited amount of information about these brave men and women — when and where they served, any honors they received and their connection to Hinsdale. Many are residents or former residents....
When Aaron Myall enlisted in the service after graduating from high school, he knew he didn't want to spend another four years in classrooms. What he didn't know was that he would spend the next 20 years in the service and become a member of the elite Green Beret special forces unit. "I knew that I wasn't ready to go straight to college and I wouldn't have been successful, so I joined the Army as an infantryman," he said. After completing basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., i...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Nov. 6. Vehicle stolen Someone was observed stealing a white 2025 Genesis at 4:40 a.m. Nov. 5 from a driveway in the 900 block of South Park Avenue. Vehicles burglarized Unlocked vehicles were entered and rummaged through between 11 p.m. Nov. 4 and 10:36 a.m. Nov. 5 in the 10 block of Charleston Road, 5600 block of South Park Avenue and 500 block of Princeton Road. Property vandalized • Unknown suspects were observed on surveillance video breaking a window on a building in t...
Two Georgia men are in custody, one on a gun charge, after leading Hinsdale police on a chase last month. According to the police department, at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 23 a Hinsdale detective unit observed two subjects acting suspiciously near the Chase Bank ATM at 400 E. Ogden Ave. After the pair left in a vehicle with Georgia plates, officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The suspects then allegedly led police on a pursuit that eventually ended in the parking garage of the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont. The two...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Oct. 24, board members: • removed from the consent agenda a $131,770.97 bill for legal services from law firm Robbins Schwartz. Several board members expressed dismay at the large amount, and the board directed administrators to review the accuracy of billed items within their departments prior to board approval of the payment. Robbins Schwartz no longer represents the board, which is in the process of hiring a new law firm. • learned that the district received nine...
The Hinsdale Police Department partnered with the Illinois Department of Transportation and law enforcement across the state for the fall traffic safety enforcement campaign. From Oct. 18 through Nov. 1, the department issued one citation for driving without a license, one citation for distracted driving, 37 citations for speeding and five citations for other violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code. This statewide effort was designed to save lives by removing impaired drivers from the roads and ensuring more drivers and...
Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: sign permit review for 11 Salt Creek Lane (UChicago Medicine), schedule public hearing on special-use permit for 777. N. York Road (KBarre Hinsdale Inc.), continue public hearing on lighting standard text amendment to Dec. 11 Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave....
Sometimes a classic English cottage can have too much of a wood thing. The dark-paneled walls work in the masculine-leaning library at 100-year-old 4 E. Fifth St. In the dining room, however, they projected "austere castle" more than "inviting gathering space." Endeavoring to revitalize yet preserve the home's core character, Mimi Collins turned to interior designer Amelia Canham Eaton for a solution. Once found - an antiqued wallpaper with a green leafy motif - Eaton tried...
