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The Hinsdale Central girls swim and dive team's fifth-place finish at the IHSA state finals last weekend at FNC Natatorium in Westmont doesn't truly reflect all the girls accomplished. "It was perfect," varsity head coach Bob Barber said. "I think the girls swam really well." Senior Burley Bokos broke two school records at the meet. Her time of 2:03.12 in the preliminaries for the 200-yard individual medley beat the record held by the late Kendall Pickering. Bokos also broke...
ATHLETES COMMIT TO COLLEGE TEAMS Several Hinsdale Central students and Hinsdale students who attend private schools signed letters of intent to continue their high school athletic careers on Nov. 8, National Letter of Intent Signing Day. Hinsdale Central • Aden Bandukwala, cross country/track, Duke University • Nate Harris, swimming, University of Wisconsin-Madison, • Aidan Hernandez, tennis, Davidson College • Jeffrey Hou, swimming, University of Pennsylvania • Elizabeth Lahmann, swimming, University of Massachus...
Monroe School held an assembly Friday to honor veterans. The program featured songs, photos and an introduction of members of Hinsdale's American Legion Post 250. Post members Jay Sedivy and Joe Craig salute during the National Anthem. Anna Eberfeld, Isabella Favia and Eloise Goar sing along during the anthem as well. Members of the Post presented the colors to kick off the program. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
n Operation Christmas Child Through Nov. 20 Hope Church 5707 Wolf Road, LaGrange Highlands www.samaritanspurse.org Fill a shoe box with toys, hygiene items and school supples to help The Samaritan’s Purse deliver millions of shoe boxes to boys and girls in more than 100 countries this year. Find directions on the “How to Pack a Shoebox” link on the website listed above and then drop off donations at the church. Cash donations also can be made on the website. n Blood drive Nov. 22 American Legion Post 1941 900 S. La Grang...
Winter is coming, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a lovely garden year round! Meet Garden, a gregarious 3-year-old who wants to be everyone’s best friend. Garden is a big girl who doesn’t quite know her own strength, so she would do best with older kids and/or adults. She is fully vaccinated, spayed and microchipped and her adoption fee has been donated. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays to Fridays and 10 a.m. to...
With students well into a new school year and exploring the excitement of new learning opportunities, friendships and extra curriculars, it is inevitable that at some point, they will hit a bump in the road and experience a setback or failure. As human beings, especially kids, we sometimes tie self-worth or our value to these outcomes. As parents, guardians and teachers, we have a terrific opportunity to help our kids look at mistakes as learning opportunities and reframe how...
