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The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board awarded more than $5 million in bids last week for the final phase of the $140 million renovation project voters approved in an April 2019 referendum. The bids include most of the work to renovate and upgrade 89 classrooms at Hinsdale Central next summer. The nine bids awarded at the Nov. 17 meeting are for • electrical work, $2.8 million • flooring, $519,000 • general trades, $396,500 • demolition, $355,225 • acoustical ceiling, $306,475 • drywall and rough carpentry, $264,000 ...
Oak School dad Geoff Klein scooped up daughters Marie and Gretta when the music played during the annual Daughters Dance at Oak School Nov. 11. With a DJ and photo booth and bounce house along with plenty of treats, the girls had a wonderful evening with their dads. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
nHinsdale Holiday Trees Ornament making & contest Dec. 2 deadline Village Hall 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org/pr (630) 789-7090 Help decorate the Hinsdale holiday trees in Burlington Park by making a homemade ornament, which can be entered in a contest to win a prize. Ornaments should be made of weatherproof material and should not have sharp edges, pointy ends or heavy materials. A 10- to 12-inch string or twine should be attached for hanging. Submissions should not contain content that promotes foul language...
One thing unites people of any age, with different backgrounds and from all walks of life: food! Each November, many of us come together with those we love to celebrate our bonds over a delicious meal. Every family has their own traditions that are passed on to the new generation, and with the addition of young, smiling faces comes the birth of bright new ideas. As they say, the way to win a heart is through the stomach, and cooking something new for someone you cherish is...
Sadie is a beautiful 2-year-old black and white cat who is very laid back, content to snooze in her bed most of the day and is adoptable to families with children 10 years and older. She has been spayed and is up to date on her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is covered by our Match Me Up Cat Campaign. Please consider adoption. There are so many animals in the animal welfare system right now who need help! Thank you to all of the adopters who have come forward to get the...
Pizza is pizza. It's not nearly as complicated as the chocolate mousse cake chef Mick Weisz had to make for the final of his baking class in culinary school. Or many of the other dishes on the menu at Giuliano's, which Weisz owns with his wife, Cathy. But it is delicious - especially when topped with roasted garlic paste, homemade tomato sauce, mozzarella, sliced tomatoes, goat cheese crumbles and basil, Weisz' version of a pizza margherita. It's my favorite pizza on...
The Oak School daughters dance was filled with activities, food and fun. Marco Piemonte and his daughter, Alexa, take a selfie. Cecilia Nixon and dad Glen took a cupcake break. Dustin Locatelli shines a little light on daughter Dana's manicure. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
What's involved in planning a church's 100th anniversary? While gathering materials for Hinsdale's Redeemer Lutheran Church's centennial, anniversary committee Co-chairs Marilyn Lindberg and Marge Chapello came across a compelling video clip. "Ralph Klein (former Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago professor) was the speaker at our 75th anniversary event, and he was trying to think ahead to our 100th, how life would be," related Lindberg, whose husband found the footage....
Eleanor Moculeski, 97, a longtime Hinsdale resident, passed away Nov. 15, 2022. She was born on in 1925 in Philadelphia, Penn. Eleanor was a grade school teacher in the 1960s at St. Isaac Jogues School and later was a resource teacher at Madison School. She always enjoyed running into former students who fondly remembered her encouraging teaching style. Eleanor spent many hours as a volunteer with the St. Isaac Jogues Parish, helping out at 5 o'clock mass and as an Ecumenical...
Jerold Kenneth McCoy, 89, formerly of Hinsdale, died Nov. 16, 2021. He was born in 1932 to Olive and Buel McCoy in Tipton, Iowa. His father was away for five years during the Second World War, Pacific theater. Unfortunately, Buel died of viral meningitis when Jerry was 16 years old. Jerry was a good student and a hard worker. He enjoyed working on his grandfather’s farm and had a paper route. He graduated from Coe College where he earned a bachelor’s in economics and business administration, with later graduate work at Uni...
Elvira "Ellie" Lober, 88, died peacefully Oct. 23, 2022, while in hospice care in Annapolis, Md. Elvira was born in Chicago and met her future husband Richard at age 7 in the German American Jugendchor. Elvira and Richard lived for many years in Clarendon Hills and loved travel, music and entertaining. Elvira was active in the Hinsdale United Methodist Church for many years and was a member of PEO International, a charitable organization that promotes the education and...
Melissa M. Hands, 33, of Clarendon Hills died Nov. 19, 2022. Melissa was a born actress, performing for venues small (the dinner table) and large (with SEASPAR as well as with her sister, Christine, at the Going Dutch Festival). She was a comedian and loved nothing more than to make people laugh. Melissa spent her life defying expectations. She had a bold temperament and a free spirit and made friends wherever she went. Melissa grew up in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills,...
I was scrubbing potatoes one evening when I asked my husband if he thinks dogs can get their feelings hurt. "Are you talking about Sasha?" "No," I reply, "just generally." "Sure, if their owners yell at them or whack them with a newspaper." He thinks he's being funny. He knows how I feel about animals and about violence. "I mean, can dogs hurt other dog's feelings?" I ask. "No, you're being ridiculous." I don't think I am. I was asking because we've got a mean girl in our...
My cell phone rang at 4:50 p.m. Saturday. It was Slonoff. “It’s a little early,” I thought to myself. “But this has gotta be a call about Thanksgiving.” I was right. Jim was searching for frozen cranberry juice cocktail to make his cranberry sauce — which is actually my cranberry sauce — for Thanksgiving dinner. Then on Monday I heard this snippet of conversation: “I make a sauce of brown sugar, vanilla and butter and then I pour that over the sweet potatoes,” Jim...
“Tradition” is a word we find ourselves using a lot during the holiday season. One of our favorite traditions at this time of year is our taking time to reflect on one thing we are thankful for each day of November. Nov. 1 — big, fat turkeys — not the kind you put on the table, but the inflatable birds decorating lawns all over town. There’s even one on North York Road getting ready to dig in to a piece of pumpkin pie. We smile every time we see one. Nov. 2 — the readers and advertisers who continue to support us year in and...
Jaclyn McNamara rose to the ranks of president of the Hinsdale Junior Woman's Club quickly. She said that's partially due to her inability to say no, but mostly because of her commitment to the good that's accomplished by the organization's 271 members. McNamara was new to the community when she joined the 73-year-old organization in 2017. She said she joined as a way to meet her neighbors and stayed to make a difference in the lives of neighbors in need. "You don't think the...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Nov. 22. DUI arrest Stephen F. Gutgsell, 46, 2458 S. Seventh Ave., Riverside, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content higher than .08, illegal stopping/standing/parking, improper lane use and transportation or possession of open alcohol by a driver at 1:16 a.m. Nov. 22 at York and Spring roads. He was charged and released to appear in court. Motorist caught with revoked license Dominic O’Neill, 53, 31520 County Line R...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale over the past week, bringing the total number of cases in the DuPage County portion of Hinsdale to 4,282, compared to 4,271 last week. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage was 14.1 on Nov. 21, compared to 13.3 on Nov. 16. The community level has dropped to low. District 181 reported five new positive cases from Nov. 16-19, including three...
Hinsdale’s 150th anniversary is coming up and a group of village staffers and community members have some big ideas on how to celebrate it. The village was incorporated on April 1, 1873, and members of the 150th Anniversary Committee hope to commemorate the event in a variety of ways. One option is to create a new patio on the south side of the Memorial Building, facing Chicago Avenue and Burlington Park. “We want to reconstruct the plaza, rededicate the plaza as something memorable for the community and also provide opp...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board: Among other business Nov. 17, board members: • voted 7-0 to approve a resolution estimating the 2022 corporate and special purposes property tax levy at $94.9 million, a 5.8 percent increase over last year. The board will hold a public hearing on the levy at its Thursday, Dec. 15, meeting. • had a first look at the staffing framework for the 2023-24 school year from Cheryl Moore, assistant superintendent of human resources. The district has been notified that 39 teachers are pla...
The village’s annual fall leaf pick-up program continues through Dec. 5. The program is designed to keep village streets cleaner and safer and to help keep leaves out of sewers and storm drains. The village provides free, unlimited weekly curbside collected of leaves in kraft paper yard waste bags. Plastic bags will not be picked up. Pick-up runs for a total of six weeks in conjunction with regularly-scheduled weekly yard waste pick-up by Republic Services. Leaf pick-up is complimentary; other yard waste will require a y...
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of Nov. 26-30....
Hinsdale's Jim Prisby relishes raising his own brood in the community where he grew up. The village native is husband to Lisa and dad to Andrew, pursuing a career in medicine; Christopher, studying construction management at Purdue University; and Sarah, a senior at Nazareth Academy. He's also kept his professional life close to home, operating Caprio Prisby Architectural Design firm with his partner right in the downtown. Jim also serves as a historic preservation...
Preferred provider - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the Beckwith estate. "Troubled by chronic war wounds, Civil War veteran Charles Kimball was a patient of Dr. David Paulson, a Chicago physician associated with Michigan's Battle Creek Sanitarium. Kimball persuaded Paulson to open a branch of the sanitarium in Hinsdale on the former Beckwith estate. Located north of the railroad tracks near Oak Street, the 10-acre property was...
The National Honor Society at Hinsdale Central sponsored its annual Stuff the Truck event Friday. Food and personal items were collected for the People's Resource Center. Central students Josh Krames and Caroline Kavanagh helped sort donations during the event. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
