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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...
"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....
After back-to-back heartbreaking runner-up finishes at the IHSA state final the last two years, the Hinsdale Central boys golfers thought they'd come up just short again. Tied with Evanston for top honors at 12-over par 588 after the final hole Saturday of the two-day state tournament in Bloomington, the Red Devils knew their opponents' fifth-best score of the round - the typical tiebreaking protocol - was better than theirs. But state final rules call for a combination of...
HINSDALE RUNNERS IN MARATHON The following Hinsdale residents finished the Chicago Marathon Sunday. Brian Bower, 4:27.42 Jerrod Bush, 3:55.13 Will Bush, 3:58.38 Sara Donovan, 6:46.27 Tom Dunphy, 3:22.07 Nicholas Finnegan, 4:37.05 Beth Folkmann, 4:14.46 Wenlong Gong, 4:58.20 Xiadong Han, 4:03.58 Sean Hayden, 3:25.40 Joseph Hayes, 4:34.59 Benjamin Hergenroether, 4:28.41 Christy Hernandez, 4:56.37 Wenyang Hu, 3:14.02 Jodi Hummer, 3:19.35 Rachel Keele, 2:56.51 Kelly Konstant, 5:28.51 Greta Kumskis, 3:25.22 Anne Langguth, 4:22.52...
Members of the Hinsdale Central girls tennis team and two Nazareth Academy seniors will compete at the IHSA 2A state final Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 24-26, at Hersey High School. Representing Red Devil Nation will be senior Kotryna Tomas and junior Asha Sarai in singles, and the duos of senior Abigail Gambla/junior Sydney Shuster and junior Lauren Panveno/freshman Sophia Virmani in doubles. Nazareth Academy senior doubles players Margaret and Elisabeth Anos of Hinsdale finished third and fourth, respectively, at the...
Upgraded light fixtures in the school auditorium. A buzzer system for Scholastic Bowl quiz competitions. A Red Devil mascot costume to boost school spirit. An underwater speaker for enhanced training for the boys and girls swim and dive teams. All were paid for by the Hinsdale Central Boosters Club. And those items represent just a fraction of the $300,000 the club has invested in the school over the past five years. "My favorite grant to give is a grant where it's a newer...
Erik T. Carlson, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away Oct. 19, 2024. Erik, 48, was born in 1976 and graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in 1994. He was a multi-talented but shy man whose professional roles included Comcast producer/editor, DJ at Chicago clubs and Google product lead. His production team held a screening of their short comedy at Chicago's Music Box Theater. He was a fan of all genres of film and video, especially artistic films and animation. His love of...
ILMEA HONORS STUDENT MUSICIANS Several students from Clarendon Hills and Hinsdale middle schools were recognized by the Illinois Music Education Association and will be part of the association’s ensembles this year. CHMS Concert Band James Koziel, bassoon Evan Woods, trumpet Jazz Band Smith Barnum, trumpet Sachin Bhattacharyya, alto sax Ayden Chaudhry, trombone Radha Kaushal-Goel, guitar James Koziel, piano Tyler Shuster, trombone Josh Tenjiku, piano Evan Woods, trumpet Chorus Joshua Castro, baritone Isabella Chiedragchaa, a...
A little more than 90 days ago, Mike Lach officially took the helm as superintendent of Hinsdale High School District 86. His arrival was a long time coming. After former Superintendent Tammy Prentiss was put on paid administrative leave in 2023, the district was left without a full-time leader. Other members of the administrative team did their best until interim superintendents could be found. None of these situations was ideal. When Lach was first hired and in his early appearances as superintendent, he said the right thin...
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,"...
Shannon Beard, 55, of Belvidere, passed away unexpectedly Oct. 4, 2024. She was born in 1969 to Kenneth and Susan (Wells) Beard in Louisville, Ky. Shannon graduated from Hinsdale Central High School with the class of 1987 and completed her education, earning a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University. She worked for many years selling real estate. Shannon loved painting and spending time in nature photographing her adventures, especially by the water. Shannon had an incredible love of sand, whether on the beach reading or s...
Dr. Brian J. Moran, 64, died peacefully at his Hinsdale home on Oct. 13, 2024. He was born in 1960 to Dr. George and Nancy Moran, and was the seventh of nine children. Brian was born and raised and lived his entire life in Hinsdale. Brian said recently that "dying isn't so bad as long as you have the time to do it". That comment captures Brian's fearless spirit and attitude on life. He wasn't afraid of anything and got the most out of everything he did, including the process o...
As the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, Samrah Syed said she thought she knew quite a bit about her family's culture. As president of the South Asian Student Union at Hinsdale Central High School, she is learning just how much more there is to know. Like many members of SASU, Syed recently participated in the club's First Days Project, which aims to collect stories of immigrants' first few days in the United States. Syed interviewed her father, who traveled to the United...
Just what is the "right" college? Is it a highly selective school? One that specializes in a particular major? Large or small? Near or far? Hinsdale's Jonathan Hurley is beginning to think about those questions. In addition to taking several honors and AP classes, the Hinsdale Central junior has swim team practice, club meetings and activities, homework, trumpet practice and ACT prep tutoring. "Right now, it's just about building the resume. That's probably the most important...
