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Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools will remain open, despite a recommendation from administrators that the schools close for a two-week “adaptive pause.” Hinsdale Central Principal Bill Walsh told board members Nov. 19 that the last two weeks under the hybrid learning model have been “extremely stressful” as the number of positive COVID-19 cases has increased and large numbers of students are going remote. “They are struggling mentally, they are struggling emotionally,” he said. “Students want to be with their...
By Pamela Lannom [email protected] The Hinsdalean’s annual gift ideas series always begins with a shopping trip around town between yours truly and a willing volunteer. I’ve been shopping with my co-workers, leaders of Hinsdale’s nonprofit agencies and members of the village’s economic development commission. This year, however, with COVID-19 infection rates climbing, spending an hour or two visiting a dozen stores with a different person each week didn’t seem to be th...
Mary Lou Rauh, a 65-year resident of Hinsdale, passed away Nov. 20, 2020. She was born in 1928 to Emily and Arthur Sjoholm in South Chicago Heights, the second of three girls. She earned a bachelor's in chemistry in 1950 and worked as a chemist at Argonne National Lab. There she met her future husband, Everett, a lifelong resident of Hinsdale. They were married 53 years until his death in 2007. Soon after marriage, the happy chemists had three daughters very close in age....
Genevieve B. Cesario, nee Stachnik, 81, of Elmhurst, died Nov. 18, 2020. She was a former teacher and librarian at Immaculate Conception Grade School, a real estate agent with Schiller Real Estate and director of Chicago Contract Bridge Association and a graduate of Fontbonne College and Rosary College. Her husband practiced as an attorney in Hinsdale for more than 40 years. She is survived by her husband, Joseph T.; her children, Joseph R. (Ellen), Andrew (Diane), Katie...
George Francis Dempsey, 86, a longtime resident of Hinsdale, passed away on Nov. 23, 2020, at his home in Western Springs in the loving care of family and caregivers. George was born to John "Jack" F. and Margaret "Marge" F. Dempsey in 1934 in Chicago, where he attended grade school at Christ the King and Visitation and graduated from Leo High School in 1952. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1957 where he was 1956 Brigade Boxing Champion and 1957 Brigade...
James Robert Kolzow, 78, of Clarendon Hills passed away Nov. 10, 2020. Jim was born in 1942 to John and Margaret Kolzow. He was raised in Hinsdale and was a graduate of Hinsdale Central High School. He graduated from Colorado State College in Greeley with a bachelor's degree in education. He began his career teaching biology and coaching football and wrestling in Scottsbluff, Neb. Jim returned to Illinois to teach biology and AP biology at Hinsdale Central High School. He was...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - Two workman from Holiglo, with the help of a hydraulic lift, work 50 feet above South Quincy Street Saturday afternoon hanging Christmas lights. With a mild autumn and perhaps pent up frustration from COVID-19, it seems like more homes than ever across the village are coming alive with the look of Christmas. To see how the tree turned out, please turn to Page 3. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Football, turkey, pumpkin pie and Macy's parade. For many Americans, that constitutes the Thanksgiving celebration. "Thanksgiving certainly is secular in the sense that everybody has this opportunity to look around their own lives and see what they have to be thankful for," said Pastor Jay Klein of Zion Lutheran Church in Hinsdale. "Yo...
With politics dominating the headlines, I am consciously - but maybe not subconsciously - steering well clear of any partisan chatter. You'll get your share of that during Thanksgiving with the crazy relative who's convinced there is still a path to victory in a race already declared lost. Instead, this commentary is on a fall decluttering project. Recently, I elected to make a change and began a task of discarding things that I desperately wanted gone from the House. Back in...
Last Monday I was supposed to start the week with a 90-minute gratitude walk at Mayslake Forest Preserve. Instead, I was home in quarantine while my COVID-19 positive husband was upstairs in isolation. I know that the best antidote to focusing too much on my troubles is to think about the things for which I am grateful. And so - without the benefit of the gratitude walk - I embarked on a list. Despite all the reasons I had to complain, I found plenty to be grateful for. • B...
We would like to thank everyone that supported the just1mike foundation’s sudden cardiac arrest fundraiser. We had set out raise $2,100 in honor of Michael Brindley’s 21st birthday, but we far exceeded our goal due to the generosity of our community. We raised a grand total of $9,700. Your generous donations will allow the foundation to provide in school cardiac screening. In addition, we want to thank the The Hinsdalean for publishing the article spotlighting Michael, his family and the just1mike Foundation. We know tha...
No matter what challenges we’ve faced this year as individuals, family members, business owners and community members, we still have countless reasons to be thankful. Here’s our list — one for each day of the month leading up to and including Thanksgiving. Nov. 1 — the health care workers whose professional and personal lives have been so much more difficult since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March Nov. 2 — Sammy Hanzel and Heather Bereckis, the creative minds at the village’s parks and recreation department,...
To Kristen Laakso, rooms are filled with much more than furniture and buildings are made of more than wood and steel. For this lifelong student of art and architecture, rooms are full of questions and buildings tell a story. As president of the Hinsdale Historical Society, Laakso hopes to share the stories and answer the questions hidden within the village's oldest and most interesting buildings. "This town has a story to tell," said Laakso, who moved to Hinsdale in 2012 with...
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. 30 to Dec. 4....
Forty-eight Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 45 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported 3 new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 677, up from 629 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 36 confirmed COVID-19 patients and 24 patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported 13 new cases from Nov. 17-22, including 11...
The village’s leaf pick-up program, which offers free, unlimited, weekly curbside collection of leaves in kraft paper yard waste bags, will be offered through the week of Nov. 30. Bagged leaves should be placed in the parkway in front of the home, along the curb. Do not place bags in the street. Pick-up will run at the time of regularly-scheduled weekly yard waste pick-up and will be done by the village’s waste hauler, Republic Services. Leaves also may be kept on the property to be composted for use as mul...
Cars wrapped around the corner of Maple and Washington streets early Saturday morning, then further back on Hinsdale Avenue all the way to Garfield Avenue, queued up to receive a Thanksgiving dinner kit from HCS Family Services. So many cars so early that Amy Wickstrom, executive director of HCS, moved up the distribution start time for traffic safety. "We were almost around the whole block. I was like, 'We've got to go!' " she said. The lengthening line illustrated how the...
ROTARY HELPS FUND polio fight The Hinsdale Rotary Club marked World Polio Day on Oct. 24 by donating $2,000 to the Pioneers for Polio campaign being run by Rotary International. With matching dollars being offered by The Rotary Club of Chicago, Hinsdale’s $2,000 turns into $4,000. With a further 2:1 match from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Hinsdale Rotary will end up contributing $12,000 total to the campaign. When Rotary and its partners launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, there were 350,000 c...
Three years ago, the Hinsdale Public Library was thrilled to be selected as local author Cristina Henriquez’s favorite place. The New Yorker Radio Hour visited the library on a late October afternoon with Cristina to record a segment for their podcast, which aired in December 2017. As she toured her favorite library haunts, Cristina took a turn down the fiction aisle including authors whose last names start with “H” to find her book, “The Book of Unknown Americans,” on HPL’s shelves. We were delighted to be acknowledge...
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. Illumination: Tree Lights Nov. 20-Jan. 3 Morton Arboretum 4100 Route 53, Lisle https://www.mortonarb.org/illumination The arboretum’s annual holiday event has been reimagined as driving experience featuring new displays and returning favorites. Guests will remain in their cars and tune to a s...
Vince is a handsome hound mix who is looking for his forever home with kids 8 and older. He's a sweet, 2-year-old guy whose adoption fee is $250. 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...
How can young people champion social justice? Youth is no obstacle to activism, as demonstrated by Aminah Ahmed. The Hinsdale Central junior and first-generation Indian-American was inspired to advocate for justice by reports of women-led peaceful protests in India that began last December in response to the government's passage of the Citizenship Act. The act provided a pathway to citizenship for illegal migrants, but specifically excluded those of Muslim faith. The months...
Jack of all trades - According to Sandy Williams' in her book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," Anson Ayers had a wide-ranging background of teaching, farming, carriage building, hardware, harness making and operating a sawmill. She goes on to say, "He bought 80 acres and this home on the northwest side and perhaps did some gentleman farming before subdividing the property, his initial goal."...
Several workers, several days, one hydraulic lift and more than 25,000 lights turned this home in the 700 block of South Quincy Street into a Christmas wonderland. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
