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As District 86 prepares for the arrival of the new year, I want to take this opportunity to celebrate some of the accolades and accomplishments from 2023 that helped us build upon our proud tradition of excellence. • Thirty of our seniors were named finalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. • More than 270 of our students were named Illinois State Scholars. • Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South were named to the Advanced Placement Program School Honor...
January is the perfect time to start a new fitness routine - or resuscitate and old one that was abandoned over the holidays. Winter weather makes outdoor exercise a challenge, but The Community House in Hinsdale offers a host of indoor classes to meet a variety of fitness needs. Many of these offerings have sessions that continue into the spring. All are offered at The Community House, 415 W. Eighth St. Some require in-person registration. Discounts are available for The...
How can you say no to that sweet face? One-year-old Kimchi is a total sweetheart who can't wait to be best friends with your dog! She has lived with cats and dogs in a foster home and will need a dog friend to help show her the world isn't so scary. Kimchi is a little shy around people she doesn't know, but she warms up quickly and loves to cuddle. She is spayed, microchipped, and fully vaccinated. Her adoption fee is $325. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet...
Before you know it, the New Year's ball will drop and January will begin. The carols will stop, the tree will be on the curb, the string lights will go dim and we will enter the deepest depths of winter. Maybe you can tell: Winter isn't really my thing. I love the promise of a new year and I can't wait to welcome 2024, but ... I wish I could do it without the letdown of the holidays ending and the Darkness pressing in upon me. The good news is, the Hinsdale Public Library is...
Spots in Hinsdale and nearby towns are offering a variety of ways to ring in the new year for all ages. • Seats are still available for the New Year's Eve performances of "Cinderella" at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace. All ages are sure to enjoy the classic Rodgers + Hammerstein adaptation of the beloved fairytale, featuring the songs "In My Own Little Corner," "Impossible/It's Possible" and "Ten Minutes Ago." New Year's Eve and multi-course dinner a...
How important is self care over winter break? The days surrounding Christmas and New Year's Day are called a break for a reason. Licensed clinical social worker and The Community House staff therapist Shannon Haut said taking time to care for oneself is the very best use of the days and even weeks between one semester and the next. She encourages students to take some time for themselves while class is out of session. "I say lean into that," said Haut, who works with young...
STATE SCHOLARS AT NAZARETH Five Hinsdale students at Nazareth Academy in LaGrange Park were named Illinois State Scholars. Ava Coghill, Matea Hewitt, Francesca De Fina Hillman, John Hughes and Faith Mouw, who earned places among the list of honorees, represent approximately the top 10 percent of high school seniors from across the state. They were selected for this honor based on their SAT and/or ACT test scores and sixth semester class rank. CENTRAL TEACHER LEADS WORKSHOP Arpan Chokshi, a social studies teacher at Hinsdale...
Kalpana Lall, 85, passed away peacefully at her home in Oak Brook on Dec. 18, 2023, after a long battle with heart failure. Kalpana was born in 1938 in Delhi, India. She was the second of five children and the eldest daughter. As a young girl in India, she excelled as a student, which sparked her passion for life-long learning. She earned a bachelor's in nursing from Delhi University and had a successful career as a registered nurse for more than 30 years. During her career...
Courtney Koranda Seaman passed away Dec. 14, 2023, in a fatal aviation accident, together with her devoted husband, Gregg, while returning to their San Diego home from the East Coast. Courtney, 48, was raised in Hinsdale and graduated from Hinsdale Central High School. She completed her studies at DePaul University with a degree in psychology. She worked in the real estate industry for several years before moving to San Diego, where she became a successful real estate agent...
I've been thinking about presents. It's the season to do so, right? I'm not talking about gifts, which can be intangible or abstract; for example, the gift of friendship, of good health or family, etc. Rather, I've been thinking about the physical things we give one another, the things we shop for and wrap, exchange, perhaps even return. What are the best presents you've been given? I'm sure we've all been given presents that have been amazingly thought out, beautifully...
For a dozen years, I've dedicated my final column of the year as a birthday message to my daughter. I hope Ainsley does not one day resent that her birthday letters were first conceived to fulfill a work assignment and instead chooses to appreciate her mother's functional approach to life. (And her mother's inability, after more than 30 years in the newspaper business, to write anything if she's not on deadline.) I once again will offer my apologies to those who are tired of...
Exercising more. Eating and drinking less. Spending less time on social media. Getting together more in person with friends. These are among the resolutions found on many lists as a new year approaches. Here at The Hinsdalean, we like to offer a different assortment of resolutions in our final issue of the year. So, as has become an annual practice, we offer our suggestions to local taxing bodies, agencies and residents for smooth sailing in 2024. • Take a time out If District 86 Board members hope to hire and keep a new s...
Camden Markowitz' birth in July not only added a third son to Sara and Andy's active Hinsdale brood, it also tipped the gender scales among the offspring of Sara and her five siblings. "He broke the boy-girl tie of grandkids for my mom and dad," Sara reported. "We've got four girls and five boys now." That's unlikely the source of Camden's joy, but his big smile garnered him the mantle of The Hinsdalean's happiest baby for 2023 and a spot on the cover. He timed his arrival to...
Six-month-old Camden Markowitz was getting ready to celebrate Christmas during the photo shoot for this cover, which he earned a spot on when The Hinsdalean selected him as Hinsdale’s happiest baby of 2023. The youngest of three boys, Camden lives in Hinsdale with his parents, Andy and Sara, and his au pair, Caren Campo (pictured with family on Page 9). Turn to Page 6 to see the winning pic his mom sent in. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale residents who are 60 and older or individuals with disabilities are invited to register for the village’s snow shoveling program. People can fill out the online request form at www.villageofhinsdale.org/snowshovelprogram or print, complete and mail a paper request. Once registered for the program, participants will receive contact information for participating volunteers. The resident is responsible for contacting the volunteer and scheduling a time for shoveling. Those interested in volunteering for the 2023-24 w...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Dec. 27. DUI arrests • Paula A. Sledzik, 45, 1071 W. 15th St., Chicago, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and illegal stopping, standing or parking at 9:46 a.m. Dec. 20 in the 500 block of South Lincoln Street. Police observed her asleep at the wheel of a parked vehicle that was running. She was charged and released to appear in court. • Michael V. Serpico, 42, 1700 Riverwoods Drive, Melrose Park, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and...
Imagine a cross between a room-sized safe deposit box and the corner of a basement. That's "the vault" at Hinsdale Village Hall. Part storage area for village documents and part holding area for items that need to be thrown away (think village vehicle stickers from 2017), the vault is located inside the administrative wing of the Memorial Building. Village offices originally were in the center part of the building, where there were three vaults, said Jim Piontkowski, building...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 expects to borrow $26.4 million to pay for construction to allow the district to offer full-day kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year. Numbers in that figure were transposed in a Dec. 21 article....
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business Dec. 18, board members • held a public hearing on and adopted the 2023 property tax levy of $76.7 million for operating funds. The board plans to abate about $2 million of that total and will finalize that number in February. • listened to a report on Illinois Assessment of Readiness and Illinois Science Assessment results that showed D181 students significantly outperformed the state average in reading, math and science and demonstrated growth exceeding the sta...
This is the photo of Camden Markowitz (submitted by mom Sara) that won him the title of Hinsdale's happiest baby for 2023. He appears on the front cover of today's issue, and his family is featured in the 60 Seconds on Page 9....
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of Jan. 1-5....
As the final bell rings on the 2023-24 calendar year, District 181 celebrates a year of remarkable achievements and success. Over the past year, I have seen our students grow and shine in various areas, from the stage to the classroom and everything in between. I’m immensely proud of our students, staff, and those who have joined us in making District 181 a premier learning environment. We are proud of our continuous efforts of finding new ways of enhancing our students’ lea...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, a Hinsdale Central graduate, moved to Hinsdale in 1971 and spent many years here in his youth. Having spent more than 40 years with the village, there isn't a lot about Hinsdale he doesn't know or hasn't photographed. This photo from 1979 is of Breen's Cleaners on the south side of First Street, just west of Garfield Avenue, which is now home to a large multipurpose retail and office building. Do...
A group of migrants took the train into Chicago Friday night after arriving in Hinsdale, reportedly from Texas. After the busload of travelers was unloaded at First Street and Garfield Avenue, they walked to the Hinsdale train station. Buses have been dropping off migrants near train stations in several suburbs. After press time Wednesday night, the Clarendon Hills Village Board considered adopting an ordinance regarding charter buses and unscheduled stops. (Jim Slonoff...
Hinsdale's Heather Kartsounes was appointed to the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Dec. 21, filling the vacancy left when Kay Gallo abruptly stepped down Oct. 26. The announcement came, however, after the board accepted the sudden resignation of Interim Superintendent Linda Yonke. Yonke and co-Interim Superintendent Ray Lechner were both hired in July to serve 120 days as caretaker administrators for $1,300 a day after the board and former Superintendent Tammy Prentiss...
