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HMS GIRLS CLINCH CONFERENCE TITLE The Hinsdale Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball team has clinched the West Suburban Middle School Athletic Conference Championship title. In a thrilling final match against Elmhurst’s Bryan Middle School, the talented young athletes secured a hard-fought 29-26 victory. This impressive win capped off an extraordinary season with a remarkable 14-1 record. “We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Coach Kelly Pelak and the entire team for their dedication, hard work, and out...
Gifts for Yanks Dec. 7 Hinsdale American Legion Post 250 will be collecting at various times and locations in Hinsdale and adjacent towns, on corners and in shopping areas. The American Legion state organization started this program 50 years ago. All funds collected are used to buy comfort gifts for veterans in local hospitals and nursing homes. Donations also may be mailed to Post 250 at PO Box 92, Hinsdale, IL 60522-0092. Toy Drive Drive Dec. 7 Burdi 24 W. Hinsdale Ave. Drive your toy and bring a toy to this fifth annual...
Holiday Magic Dec. 5-8, 12-15, 19-22 & 26-31 Brookfield Zoo 8400 31st St. www.brookfieldzoo.org/holidaymagic Visit this light festival featuring more than 2 million twinkling LED lights, giant illuminated animals, a dazzling tunnel show, Santa, captivating walk-through displays, more than 900 trees decorated by local community groups and new immersive displays. Some activities have additional fees. See website for hours and full schedule. Tickets: $20.95 to $34.95 plus parking. Illumination Dec. 5-Jan. 4 Morton Arboretum...
The winter sports season is under way at Hinsdale Central High School. The boys and girls wrestling teams faced their first opponents at meets Tuesday. The boys hockey club - whose season spans multiple seasons - has been playing since September. This is the first in a series of three winter sports previews. The next installments will run Dec. 5 and 12. Boys hockey First game: Sept. 15 vs. Cobras (V won 6-2) Head coach: Jim Brooks Seasons as head coach: 1st season as head...
n Pizza with Santa Nov. 30 KLM Park 5901 County Line Road www.villageofhinsdale.org/pr (630) 789-7090 Santa is making a last minute stop by The Lodge at KLM Park for a pizza lunch. Be sure to bring a camera. Time: noon to 1:30 p.m. Cost: $30. RR n Salt Creek Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 Hinsdale Central High School 5500 S. Grant St. www.saltcreekballet.org The ballet company will opens its holiday season with performances at Hinsdale Central. Take photos with Santa after the 7 p.m. performance Nov. 30 and enjoy...
The November wind had a bite to it Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Hinsdale Central High School. But the warm soul of service wouldn't be chilled as students "stuffed the trucks" with essential food and other items in an effort to provide neighbors in need with a happy and healthy holiday season. The Thanksgiving food drive, jointly organized by the school's National Honor Society and Business Professionals of America club, benefited FISH food pantry of Downers Grove....
Mike Lach has taken advantage of the superintendent report agenda item at Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meetings to focus on the goals he wants to accomplish and the progress being made. The Nov. 21 board meeting was no exception. One of this themes was working together. “We are a better community when we work together,” he said before announcing the formation of a small parent-student curriculum committee. “We’ll keep growing this committee as we need to,” he said. “We want to be able to hear from parents and...
Blanket Drive Until Dec. 1 Hinsdale Covenant Church 412 S. Garfield Ave. www.hinsdalecovenant.com (630) 323-2318 The church is collecting new and used blankets of any kind, lap throws, baby blankets, spreads, sheets and towels for needy families in the inner city. Pack ’n’ plays are also welcome. Donations should be left inside the main entrance on Garfield Avenue or placed by the front door on the benches; pickups are also available. Clothing and Winterwear Drive Dec. 2-17 Hinsdale Central 5500 S. Grant St. Donation gen...
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” — Cicero As we sit at the table on Thanksgiving, many will take time to list all the things for which they are grateful. In what has become an annual tradition at the paper, we dedicate this space today to name all the things for which we — and all Hinsdaleans — can be thankful, one for each day leading up to and including the holiday. Nov. 1 — the loved ones we’ve lost and remember today, All Saints’ Day Nov. 2 — anyone who had th...
Hinsdale Central's girls swimmers and divers began the season as nomads with the Don Watson Aquatic Center under repair. "We were displaced from our home pool, traveling all these different places," said head coach Bob Barber. Homelessness did not exempt the Red Devils from going up against the state's top programs like Rosary, New Trier and St. Charles North. "They clearly were the stronger teams but we were convinced that we were kind of the best of the rest," he said. The...
n Winter Holidays in the 1890s Nov. 21-Dec. 30 Kline Creek Farm 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago www.facebook.com/klinecreekfarm (630) 206-9576 Join a guided tour of the 1890s farm house focusing on winter holiday traditions. Learn how farm families decorated the tree, exchanged gifts, and prepared food for the holidays. All ages are welcome and registration is not required. No tours Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: Free, $5 suggested donation per...
n Clothing and Winterwear Drive Dec. 2-17 Hinsdale Central 5500 S. Grant St. Donation gently used clothes to USAGain in support of Repurposing for Ecology Club and to bring awareness for Homelessness Awareness Month for Habitat for Humanity Service Club. Drop donations in boxes at the circle drive or Grant Street entrance. n Mistletoe Medley Dec. 3 Drury Lane 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace www.oakbrookchapterinfantwelfare.org The Oak Brook chapter will hold its seasonal benefit to provide support to the Infant Welfare...
Briana Zitkevicius has spent more time studying hip hop and ballroom dancing than ballet. But the Hinsdale resident and Hinsdale Central sophomore is excited to be performing for the second year in Salt Creek Ballet's "The Nutcracker." She made the switch to ballet three years ago. "I was watching other girls do it at my old studio and I just thought it was so beautiful and I really wanted to try it," she said. "Now I really love it and I think it was a good decision." Making...
What is P.A.S.S.? As a Hinsdale Central sophomore student-athlete, Aryan Bansal could detect the struggle some of his teammates were having balancing schoolwork with the demands of pursuing high school sports. "Kids were saying in the locker room, 'I've got three tests tomorrow and practice doesn't end until 6:30 p.m.' " recounted Bansal, now a junior. "There's no time to get to teacher office hours when you have to get to practice." A two-sport athlete himself, Bansal underst...
"Though she be but little, she be fierce!" Hinsdale Central's Helena Ault relishes this line she utters in the school's upcoming production of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream." "My character may be small but she's strong," Ault says of Hermia, who's caught in a romantic entanglement because of her love for one man, Lysander, while being courted by Demetrius, whom she is trying to shed. "Women were not treated well at that time, and I think it's cool how Shakespeare made...
James R. Lindon, of Downers Grove, a former longtime Hinsdale resident, passed away Nov. 9, 2024. Jim was born in Chicago and spent his later childhood and adolescence in Hinsdale, where he attended local public schools. Jim graduated in 1958 from Illinois State University, where he majored in English and history. He taught both disciplines during his career at Hinsdale Central High School and earned a master's degree in writing from DePaul University in Chicago. Rhetoric, exp...
UCHICAGO MEDICINE honors its mission UChicago Medicine AdventHealth hosted A Night of Wholeness and Thanksgiving at the Hinsdale Seventh-day Adventist Church Nov. 1. More than 120 employees, church members and community members gathered to celebrate the mission and purpose that drives the organization. Through stories, music and inspiring testimonials, the evening highlighted the profound impact UChicago Medicine AdventHealth has on the lives of patients and families. “Gratitude can reshape how you speak and what makes you f...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: tax levy presentation and resolution, fall MAP and school report card presentation, disposition of surplus property, math/ELA/ACE placement approval, superintendent succession plan, fund balance strategy Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6...
The Hinsdale Central girls cross country and boys soccer teams will compete at their respective IHSA State Finals this weekend. Representing Red Devil Nation at the girls cross country state meet Saturday at Detweiller Park in Peoria are juniors Grace Gruber, Lily Hodneland and Addie Krogstie, and sophomores Morgan Kohn, Ella Satre and Evelyn Skay. The boys soccer team will take on Hersey in a semifinal game at 6 p.m. Friday at Hoffman Estates High School. Central will then play on Saturday in either the third-place game at...
Hinsdale Central High School senior Sophie DiPasquale isn't a member of the Red Devil Service Club, the flag football team or the Civics Club. But that didn't stop her from being part of this year's seventh annual Day of Service presented by the Red Devil Service Club on Oct. 26. "I volunteer a lot," said DiPasquale, one of hundreds of students and community members who participated in the Day of Service. While other participants were part of Central organizations...
The 2024 Illinois Report Cards were released last week, and administrators already are examining the data and considering how to use it to help students. Community Consolidated Ele-mentary District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 continue to perform well, according to standards set by the Illinois State Board of Education, which issues the report cards. Six District 181 schools and Hinsdale Central were ranked as exemplary for performing in the top 10 percent of...
When Aaron Myall enlisted in the service after graduating from high school, he knew he didn't want to spend another four years in classrooms. What he didn't know was that he would spend the next 20 years in the service and become a member of the elite Green Beret special forces unit. "I knew that I wasn't ready to go straight to college and I wouldn't have been successful, so I joined the Army as an infantryman," he said. After completing basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., i...
Hinsdale Central varsity girls tennis coach Shawna Zsinko was feeling pretty good about her team's chances at the IHSA state tournament Oct. 25-26 at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights. After all, the team had won conference and sectionals. Then her perspective changed. "When the draws initially came out on Tuesday (Oct. 22), I was a little taken aback," Zsinko said. "Only one of my teams was even seeded - and seeded a little lower than I would have thought. My initial...
Drew Allan Parsons, 69, passed away from natural causes Oct. 20, 2024. He was born at Hinsdale Hospital. He attended Hinsdale Central High School, class of 1973, and went on to earn his MBA from the University of Utah. He was an avid skier, fly fisherman and loved the outdoors. He had a long career in human resources for FMC, Kraft, PepsiCo, the University of New Mexico and lastly with Sandia Labs in Albuquerque. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Vita Parsons....
Summer break can be a time to relax, to travel or even to catch up on things that didn't get done the semester before. Or, it can be a time to immerse yourself in something completely new. In summer 2024, Hinsdale Central High School senior Kaan Turkyilmaz chose the latter. Inspired by his mother's stories of the research she performed during her medical residency, Turkyilmaz set out to find a laboratory in which to spend his summer. "I basically cold emailed them,"...
