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Emory is a beautiful tabby cat who is looking for her forever home, with kids of all ages. She's a sweet 1-year-old girl whose adoption fee is $75. 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) 323-5630 for an interview. Temporary adoption hours are noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday...
I've been playing a little game with fate lately. I'll accept that I couldn't be with my mom when she took her last breath because I had the chance to say goodbye to her the day before. I'll accept that Dan's cold prevented us from having an outdoor prayer service for her, as long as he doesn't have COVID-19. Guess what? He does. We were convinced he didn't. After all, I had the same cold - with the very same symptoms - the week before and I had tested negative. He received...
Stuffing the truck - Students at Hinsdale Central held a Stuff the Truck fundraiswer last week, collecting food and paper goods for the People's Resource Center in Westmont. Members of the National Honor Society and Business Professionals of America met the goal and filled the truck completely. PRC volunteer Ron Niemer along with Central students Yasmina Eshac and Matilde Camplone sort the donations. Please turn to Page 18 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff ph...
It didn't take very long for the Hinsdale Central students from the National Honor Society and the Business Professionals of America to fill a truck from the People's Resource Center in Westmont with donations of food and paper products. Central students Mateo Lopez and Alonso Guerrero move a bin with PRC's Ron Niemer. Grace Cole and Ava O'Hea bring their donations to the event. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Jacquelyn “Jackie” Kingsfield, nee Rapp, 80, a longtime resident of Hinsdale and Willowbrook, passed peacefully at Amita Hinsdale Hospital on Nov. 10, 2020, after a mighty fight against the COVID-19 virus. Jackie was born and raised in Hinsdale where her family owned Rapp’s Bakery in the 1940s and 50s. She graduated from Hinsdale High School in 1958 and then Fairleigh Dickinson College, earning a degree in dental hygiene. She dedicated much of her life to the family business Black Horse Golf Club in Westmont (1962-90), now G...
Mary Ann Fiala passed away Nov. 8, 2020, in Barrington. She was born in 1932 in Chicago to Mary and George Cervenka. Mary Ann was a young bride of 19 when she married Robert Fiala. They were married for over 55 years and Robert preceded her in death in 2007. Mary Ann was an avid golfer, reader and loved to cook, play cards and spend time with family and friends. She adored her Labrador canine companions, Quincy and Roady. She relished her grandbabies (who called her Nina), nat...
Lois Geiger Holmes of Winston-Salem, N.C., formerly of Hinsdale, died Nov. 11, 2020, at the home of her son, Robert. Lois, 88, was born in 1931 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. She and her husband, Bill, loved living in Hinsdale, and raised their four children there. She was a member of Union Church and sang in the choir for many years. In 1975 the family moved to Lubbock, Texas, and later to Peoria, where her husband headed departments of internal medicine. When Dr. Holmes was offered the position of chairman of medicine at University...
Kathleen Breuss, a former 34-year Hinsdale resident, passed away Nov. 8, 2020, in Downers Grove with her family by her side. Kathleen, was born in Chicago in 1935, to Henry and Margaret Weinberger. On April 14, 1956, she married the love of her life, Ralph Breuss, at St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church in Hinsdale. She was preceded in death by her sister, Marian (the late Richard) Zahora. She is survived by her children, Laura (Bob) Brown, Debra (the late Joe) Pomering, Gerald...
Hinsdale police released the following reports Nov. 18. Felony weapons arrest Dominique Shaquille Richards, 26, 172 Tecumseh Drive, Bolingbrook, was arrested on felony counts of unlawful possession of weapons by a convicted felony, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon/no FOID and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon/loaded weapon/no FOID along with misdemeanor counts of driving with a suspended license, disobeying a traffic control device and operating an uninsured motor vehicle at 2:45 a.m. Nov. 9 at Madison Street and Glendal...
The pandemic may have disrupted a lot of our regular routines, but it did not diminish Hinsdaleans’ commitment for giving back. We’ve documented that bounty of benevolence in our Good News section over the past year, and, as we approach Thanksgiving, wanted to highlight a few of them as an expression of gratitude for those gifts: • The 2020 Pillars Ball raised $242,000 for Pillars Community Health to support medical, dental, mental health and substance use disorder services along with domestic and sexual violence services to...
Sixty-eight Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 60 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported 8 new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 629, up from 561 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 28 confirmed COVID-19 patients and 20 patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported 20 new cases from Nov. 13-16, including 17...
For residents interested in running for the Hinsdale Public Library Board or the Community Consolidated District 181 Board in the April 2021 election, the library is offering virtual information sessions to highlight key dates and responsibilities of candidates and elected officials. Current members from both boards will be available for questions. The online sessions will be offered at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, and again at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24. Register at https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info/events to receive the online...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 https://d86.hinsdale86.or On the agenda: 2020 levy, comprehensive annual financial report, bond premium discussion, asbestos removal bid, award phase 2 bid packages, return to school update, approve 2020-21 program of studies, approve two administrator contracts...
Community Consolidated School District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • approved the summer 2020 facilities master plan projects with an estimated total of about $2.6 million. Projects include moisture mitigation and flooring replacement at Clarendon Hills Middle School for $925,915; sitework at The Lane School for $352,000; Taraflex gym flooring replacement at Madison, Prospect, The Lane, Monroe and Oak schools for $288,500; LED retrofit/conversion work at Elm, Madison and Oak schools for $270,000: and t...
Less than 24 hours after a fire destroyed most of their 119-year-old home at 329 E. Sixth Street in Hinsdale two years ago, the Reenans were getting ready to rebuild. Jennifer Reenan's first call after the April 11, 2018, fire was to David Post at EIS Group to handle mitigation. Her next call was to Michael Abraham, an architect who had worked with previous owners on renovations to the home. He and Reenan did their first walk through the day after the fire. "Everywhere you...
Indoor dining at restaurants is prohibited. Learning for many is moving from in-person to remote. And people are being urged to avoid gathering for a high-profile holiday. That was the situation back early spring, and November has ushered in a strong sense of déjà vu as difficult COVID-19 measures are being reinstituted to combat spiking case numbers in Illinois and around the country. On Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker announced the entire state would enter Tier 3 of his m...
Ben Murphy, Juliet Delheimer and Stella Condotti hone their skills in a Jodie Harrison Basketball preseason clinic for second- and third-graders Monday afternoon at The Community House. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Customized retaining walls for the entrance to the proposed pedestrian bridge would cost Hinsdale about $25,000, or so village trustees thought. At Tuesday night’s village board meeting via Zoom, board members learned that patterning the walls after those that flank the Oak Street bridge spanning the BNSF Railroad came with an estimated $38,400 price tag due to the need for special form liners and a premium for the village’s desired stain color. The bridge, to be constructed along the north side of 47th Street between Hin...
Elizabeth “Libby” Scott Melvin and James Sterling MacVicar were married the weekend of July 25, 2020, at Christ Church of Oak Brook and Cathedral Hall at The University Club of Chicago. Libby is the daughter of Elizabeth Whitsell and David Lloyd Melvin of Hinsdale. The groom is the son of Cheryl Nozicka of Battle Creek, Mich., and of Neil MacVicar of Holt, Mich. The wedding party included Mackenzie Melvin, Courtney Melvin, Kate Melvin, Caroline Shlackman, Stephanie Wis...
Tree of Remembrance Nov. 22-Dec. 25 Lincoln and First streets, Hinsdale (630) 856-6993 Amita St. Thomas Hospice once again will decorate its Tree of Remembrance outside of BMO Harris Bank. Community members are able to make a donation and have a loved one’s name listed on the boards beside the tree. Envelopes will be available next to the tree. Questions? Call the number listed above or send an email to [email protected]. Honor Central Teachers Through Dec. 11 https://www.hinsdalecentralfoundation.org During t...
Shop Hinsdale for the Holidays Ongoing https://villageofhinsdale.org To encourage people to shop locally, a secret Santa will surprise shoppers in Hinsdale stores with a $25 gift card valid at any Hinsdale retailer, spa or restaurant. Hinsdale Holiday Trees Ornament making & contest Through Nov. 25 Village Hall 19 E. Chicago Ave. (630) 789-7090 https://villageofhinsdale.org Help decorate the Hinsdale holiday trees in Burlington Park by making a homemade ornament and entering it in the contest to win a prize. Ornaments should...
How do controlled burns help Mother Nature? To some, the days leading up to Thanksgiving are for hunting. For others, it's a time to prepare for the holidays ahead. For Erik Neidy, director of natural resources for the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, it's burn season. "There's really about a 10-window in the fall and a 10-day window in the spring," Neidy said. That's when conditions tend to be right for a slow, controlled burn of forest preserve land." The ideal time...
The happy frenzy of the holiday cooking season is coming. It would seem that Thanksgiving is all about the traditional turkey, but in our house I know better. Everything I make is just a lead-in to arguably the best part of our holiday meal - pie! Every year I make multiple pies for just four people, because choosing one pie is far too difficult. It's a delicious dilemma because there are so many wonderful possibilities. Last year, our usual holiday plans were suddenly...
"The best beloved of all things in my sight is Justice." These are the words of Bahá'u'lláh, the 19th-century founder of the Bahá'í Faith, which emphasizes the value of all religions and the oneness of humanity. It's a belief system that Hinsdale's Gordon Coates found compelling as a young man and which he now supports professionally as a correspondence coordinator for the Baha'i National Center in Evanston. "We assist Bahá'í communities through the United States in applying B...
Thumbs down - From Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," the photo of east First Street is from the early 1920s. "The bank's vault annex is shown as well as the four store retail block built in 1912. Included here is Hinsdale's first movie theater (now home to Il Poggiolo) boasting a seating capacity of 300. To appease concerns over new 'moving picture exhibitions,' residents were notified that 'no picture will be shown until approved by a committee of...
