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For the third time in four years and the 27th time in history, the Hinsdale Central boys tennis team won the state title Saturday. The team garnered 49 out of 52 possible points at the IHSA meet May 26-28 in Arlington Heights, easily beating second-place New Trier, which had 29 points. "In the end, the team did perform as they had all season, which is dominant," coach John Naisbitt said. "(You're) one turned ankle, one flu, one COVID diagnosis away from things changing. You...
Members of the Hinsdale Central boys tennis and boys track teams will compete at their respective IHSA state finals this weekend. Representing Red Devil Nation at the tennis state tournament May 26-28 at Hersey High School will be seniors Mujtaba Ali-Khan and Noah Hernandez in singles, and the tandems of seniors Jai Vallurupalli/Anthony Lipari and junior James Theriault/sophomore Alex Kotarski in doubles. Representing Red Devil Nation at the boys track state meet May 26-28 at Eastern Illinois University will be junior Daniel...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 52 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 3,618, compared to 3,566 last week. The Cook County Health Department is no longer reporting on cases specific to Hinsdale. Hinsdale High School District 86 reported 32 positive cases as of May 20, including nine staff members, 16 students at Central and seven students at South. Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 reported 34 cases from...
STUDENTS WIN AWARDS AT STATE Several Hinsdale Central students won awards during the recent Family, Career and Community Leaders of America’s state competition. • Toral Bhatt, gold, apparel construction casual category • Chloe Chang, gold and most outstanding, child care provider category • Zuzanna Sokolowski, gold, apparel construction semi-formal category Faculty sponsors are Dawn Oler and Elizabeth Meersman. TEAM MEMBERS RECOGNIZED Nine students from Hinsdale Central’s Model U.N. team earned the Diplomacy Award during th...
The Hinsdale Central boys gymnastics team placed seventh in the state this weekend earning 145.25 points, and senior Matthew Cihlar ended his career by earning three top-10 finishes in individual events and placing 11th in the all-around competition. Palatine captured the championship with 164.85 points. Cihlar said he went to the state meet Friday and Saturday at Hoffman Estates High School with an open mind. "I knew that I was in a pretty good position based off of my...
I'm often impressed by the young people I interview, whether they're elementary school students moderating a presentation by a NASA engineer or high school athletes recommended by their coaches for our weekly profile. I had the opportunity last week to witness the culmination of a semester's worth of work by local high school students in Community Memorial Foundation's Young Community Changemakers - or YC2 - program. Sixty teens were divided into two teams and given $15,000...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business Monday night, board members: • approved a tentative budget for fiscal year 2023 to be placed on public display. The spending plan anticipates $80 million in revenue and almost $81.7 million in expenses, with the difference to be made up from the district’s fund balance of about $44 million. The biggest source of revenue, at almost $75.5 million, is local property taxes, with salary and benefits at almost $55.6 million as the largest expense. Anticipated costs inc...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 53 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 3,566, compared to 3,513 last week. The Cook County Health Department is no longer reporting on cases specific to Hinsdale. Hinsdale High School District 86 reported 42 positive cases as of May 13, including nine staff members, 28 students at Central, three students at South and two at the transition center. Community Consolidated School District...
YOUTH AWARD $30,000 IN GRANTS Sixty students participating in Community Memorial Foundation’s youth philanthropy program have awarded $30,000 in grant funding to four local nonprofit organizations working to meet people’s basic needs in the Western Suburbs. The program, known as YC2 (Young Community Changemakers), unites students from Hinsdale Central, Lyons Township, Nazareth Academy and Riverside-Brookfield high schools in a semester-long effort dedicated to understanding the important roles of the philanthropic and non...
Mark Everette, 64, of Hinsdale died peacefully in his sleep May 4, 2022, at his childhood home in Champaign. Mark was born in 1957 to Jack and Mary Ann Everette. Growing up in Champaign, Mark was an avid baseball player and Eagle Scout. He attended Champaign Central High School and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting science and passed his CPA exam. While at the U of I, Mark was an active member...
Hinsdale Central senior Maurice Tobiano's transition to high school was complicated by transition to a new home in a new community. "I only knew like a couple people from swimming," she said. "I went in blind. It was a little scary at first." Tobiano soon discovered that Red Devil Nation was a welcoming place comprised of broader ethnic representation than she had previously experienced. "I just remember being very impressed by the diversity," she related. "I was one of, I...
The Hinsdale Central girls badminton team will compete at the IHSA state final Thursday to Saturday, May 12-14, at Hinsdale South High School. Representing Red Devil Nation will be junior Jessica Han and sophomore Maria Jiao in singles, and the pairs of senior Aishvarya Godla/junior Ivy Shen and freshmen Tiffany Tu/Hannah Fang in doubles. The Hinsdale Central boys gymnastics team will compete at the IHSA state final Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, at Hoffman Estates High School. Seniors Sojum Banerjee, Matthew Cihlar, Chris...
On a rainy April Friday, students at Hinsdale Central High School were digging holes to plant seeds and perennials near the rain gardens along 55th Street. The hope is that this summer, the plants will help sustain monarch butterflies and other pollinators. The initiative is part of the Rotary Club of Hinsdale's Operation Pollination, and the planting was the inaugural event of the club's Executive Junior Board. They got some help from friends in the school's Ecology Club....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business April 28, board members: • decided against pulling the public Freedom of Information Act request log, which includes documents supplied in response to those requests, off the district’s website. District attorney Steve Richart had recommended the board release documents only to the individuals who had made the FOIA request rather than posting them online to reduce the district’s liability. He said District 86 is the only district he is aware of who posts all respo...
It takes a number of skills and talents to conduct an orchestra. The most important quality, according to Hinsdale Central High School junior Alex Olguin, is focus. There's no place for distraction when leading dozens of musicians in a performance. "The conductor is the anchor of the orchestra," said Olguin, who began directing the Hinsdale Central orchestra ensembles as a sophomore, under the tutelage of orchestra director Serge Penksik. A cello player, Olguin said he now...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 77 new cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale over the past week. That brings the total number of cases in the DuPage County portion of Hinsdale to 3,513, compared to 3,436 last week. The Cook County Health Department is no longer reporting on cases specific to Hinsdale. Hinsdale High School District 86 reported 82 positive cases as of May 6, including 18 staff members, 55 students at Central, six students at South and three at the transition center. Community Consolidated School District...
Seven years ago Pat Hughes worked with Top Tier to put together a travel baseball team to give his son and other young athletes in the area a chance to play with their friends and be coached by their dads in a high-level program. He said he knew even then that some of the boys had the potential to play baseball at the Division I level. Six of his players already have committed, including two sophomores. They are Hinsdale Central senior Luke Adams, Central junior Ben...
Minutes before students were about to gather for prom, sirens signaling a tornado warning went off, forcing organizers into the hallways at Hinsdale Central. Then the skies opened up with a heavy downpour. A few minutes later, the sun broke through the clouds and the 670 prom-goers began to gather at the school. With construction and COVID-19 concerns, organizers opted out of the annual red carpet gathering before students boarded buses to head down to the Field Museum. Post p...
Carmela Martini, 62, died April 15, 2022. Carmela grew up in Clarendon Hills and graduated from Hinsdale Central High School. She went on to earn degrees in marketing and journalism from Southern Methodist University. She was a collegiate and alumnae officer with the Delta Gamma Women’s Fraternity and served on their National Council as vice president of membership and vice president of communications. This was followed by over a decade of service on the National Panhellenic Council. Carmela is survived by her sister, Maryann...
Fifteen early release Wednesdays for the 2022-23 school year would be too many, according to Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members, who asked instead to see a plan with no more than 12. Administrators came to the board in March with a plan to have students released early almost every Wednesday, which was not well-received, and then cut that number to 15. The days would be used instead of late start days and some flex days to give teachers time to collaborate — especially across the district, said Chris Covino, a...
Fifty-three Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 44 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported nine new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,819, compared to 3,766 last week. AdventHealth Hinsdale is no longer reporting on cases. Hinsdale High School District 86 reported 17 positive cases as of April 29, including five staff members, seven students at Central and five students at South....
The Hinsdale Central Boosters Club has announced its proposed board slate for the 2022-23 school year. The executive board is seeking to fill two positions, vice president and Secretary. Anyone interested in these positions or joining the club should contact Rob Tonn at [email protected] and/or attend our final meeting of the year at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at Grill 89, 800 East Ogden Ave., Westmont. Proposed Board Slate Executive Board President — Rob Tonn Vice president — open Secretary — open Treasurer — Julie B...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, May 2 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: retirement celebrations, personnel items Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: attorney’s report on processing FOIA requests, formation of board academic committee, review proposed three-year calendar and early release schedule for 2022-23 s...
Cameron Price Creed, 65, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully April 11, 2022, after a long illness. Cameron graduated with the class of 1975 from Hinsdale Central High School. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina and her master's in education from the University of Texas in Austin, where she was a longtime resident and teacher. Cameron loved a good joke and kept her great sense of humor until the end of her life. She was loved and...
CENTRAL STAFF EARN RECOGNITION • Matthias Austin, assistant coach of the speech and debate team at Hinsdale Central High School, was named Assistant Coach of the Year for the Illinois District. He has been coaching speech at Central since 2011 and working as a full-time administrative assistant since February 2021. • Sally Phillip, activities director at Hinsdale Central, was named the District Administrator of the Year by the Illinois District of the National Speech and Debate Association. She was nominated by speech coa...
