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As a member of the global pandemic executive team for Tate & Lyle, a UK-based food ingredients/solutions company, Tim Fowler spends most of his weekday mornings hearing how COVID-19 is affecting 180 different countries around the world. "Even though we're here, I almost feel more globally aware," he said. "As a part of the food chain, we're an essential business, so it's really important that we keep running, do it safely." On a Saturday night, he might be portraying Charles...
COVID-19 has certainly disrupted regular school rhythms, but the absence of students has meant an early start to campus improvement work. At the April 9 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting, Chief Financial Officer Josh Stephenson updated board members on the construction timeline for Future Ready Facilities plans at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South. Stephenson said the district has obtained necessary permits from the DuPage Regional Office of Education. “That allows us to commence any construction projects w...
DEPAUW SENIOR EARNS FELLOWSHIP Natalie Brunini of Hinsdale is one of five seniors at DePauw University who has received an Orr Fellowships. The fellowships place students after graduation in jobs in Indianapolis for two years. Brunini will work for DemandJump, a marketing company. She is earning a major in communication and minor in film studies. Fellows typically begin work in mid-June of their graduating year. Hannah Scifres, the public relations coordinator for the Gov. Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship, said...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other action at their meeting Tuesday, trustees: • agreed to waive a first reading and voted 6-0 to extend the purchase date for animal and vehicle licenses to June 15, which means no late fees will be charged until June 16. • listened as Village President Tom Cauley offered assurances that the village has enough cash on hand to operate during this economic downturn, even if it lasts another month or two. The village has kept a close eye on expenses over the years, he noted. “As a result of that,...
COVID-19 Relief Group has procured personal protective equipment with donations raised through crowdsourcing and is distributing them to health care professionals living or working in the community. Please fill out a form at https://forms.gle/p851yAvNCcwp2Sqt7 to request a free care pack of 20 KN95 masks and 10 droplet-proof isolation gowns. The group is made up of Hinsdale Central High School students led by Dov Chen. To make a donation, visit https://www.facebook.com/c19refliefgroup....
Dealing with the loss of a high school coach would be difficult for students at any time. The Hinsdale Central varsity volleyball players who are mourning the loss of coach Tracey Marshall are finding it even more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marshall passed away unexpectedly at home April 2, according to a brief obituary posted online by the McCauley-Sullivan Funeral Home in Bolingbrook. She was 42. "It's a difficult time to pass away," said senior Natalie...
AMITA EARNS RECOGNITION Amita Health Adventist Medical Centers Hinsdale and La Grange have achieved Magnet recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Fewer than 10 percent of U.S. health care organizations receive the prestigious honor, which represents the pinnacle of nursing achievement, according to Mary Murphy, vice president and chief nursing officer, Amita Health Hinsdale and La Grange, and regional chief nursing officer for Amita’s South Region. Amita Health Hinsdale earned M...
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” — John Wesley Is this ever a time to do good. Normally we would extol the virtues of altruism in this space the first week of April because it’s National Volunteer Month. But helping others is even more important as we face the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In some ways, it’s also more difficult. The volunteers who were busy organizing spring and summer fu...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their virtual meeting Thursday, board members: • voted 6-1 to set the staffing level at 375.4 full-time equivalents for Hinsdale Central, Hinsdale South, the Transition Center and HAVEN for the 2020-21 school year, a increase of 3.9 FTE from this school year. An “ideal” plan the board reviewed at its March 19 meeting called for an increase of 9.3 FTEs, which would have provided lower class sizes across the board. Many requests in that plan were addressed in the r...
Randall J. Woods, 71, of Hinsdale passed away March 16, 2020, at the University of Chicago Hospital. Randy was born in 1948 in Chicago to Stanley J. and M. Eileene Woods. As a young boy, he lived in Chicago and Oak Park. His family moved to Hinsdale in 1960, where he attended St. Isaac Jogues School and Hinsdale (Central) High School, where he set the high hurdles record, was the president of the National Honor Society and met the love of his life, Carol Ann Kresse, whom he...
Talk about an ending with a twist. E-learning without classmates is certainly not the way Hinsdale Central senior Lillian Niemeyer saw her final semester in high school unfolding. But she said the experience is equipping her with some useful life skills. "It's very easy to procrastinate, for sure. I'm having to schedule my own times to study and find some tools I can use, like a planner, to help me," Niemeyer related. "I think that this is definitely going to benefit me when...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets https://www.d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: construction bids, staffing for 2020-21 school year, agreement with The Community House for social work and therapy services, new instructional materials Note: Residents are encouraged to stay home and watch the livestream of the meeting at the website listed above. To submit public comment, fill out the Google Form at https://forms.gle/sSeKxUC1BD96tWcf8 by 6...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Monday, trustees: • referred to the plan commission a request for a public hearing on a temporary moratorium on issuing demolition permits for homes within the Robbins Park Historic District and Central Business District as well as any landmarked or historically significant homes villagewide. The move comes in the wake of the razing or imminent teardowns of several historic properties in Robbins Park for redevelopment, raising concerns that the neighborhood is losing the c...
The race to stop COVID-19 has meant unfortunate halts to many normal rhythms in society, with sports disruptions being among the more high-profile. Locally, Hinsdale student-athletes competing at the college level have seen their seasons abruptly ended, while Hinsdale Central spring athletes remain in limbo. Village-based leagues have also had to make significant adjustments. Central graduate Mia Chiappe was preparing to swim with her Denison University teammates at the NCAA...
Faith Drescher had only been in school a couple of years when she decided that's where she wanted to be for the rest of her life. Since second grade, Drescher has known that her future is in education. But it wasn't until she was selected for the Illinois State Board of Education's Student Advisory Council that she realized education doesn't take place only in the classroom. As a freshman at Hinsdale Central, Drescher was encouraged by a teacher to apply for membership on the...
Hinsdale High School District 86 was scheduled to conduct a second pilot day of e-learning this spring. Now students at Hinsdale Central and those in Community Consolidated District 181 are relying on digital learning every day while schools are closed to help close the spread of COVID-19. Schools in both districts will be re-open April 6 at the earliest. Dave Lapetino, instructional innovation coordinator and architect of the e-learning plan in District 86, said he's glad...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 23 District office 115 W. 55th St., Clarendon Hills https://www.d181.org On the agenda: update on e-learning progress, award of oak roofing project contract, placement appeals process, summer bridge recommendation, middle school scheduling Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets https://www.d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: preliminary certified staffing recommendation for...
Spring is just around the corner, much to the delight of athletes on 13 teams at Hinsdale Central High School. Swimmers on the boys and girls water polo teams face their first competition this week, and the boys and girls track teams will finish up their indoor season this month before heading outdoors in April. Other Red Devil teams will be featured in the March 19, March 26 and April 2 issues. Boys track First meet: Feb. 14 indoor, April 7 outdoor Last year: 8th at...
HINSDALE CENTRAL HONOR ROLL Hinsdale Central High School has released the names of students who earned a place on the dean’s list and honor roll for the first semester of the 2019-20 school year. Dean’s list Seniors Ayesha Abbasi, Baharsadat Abtahi, Reem Abu-Ghazalah, Manvit Adusumilli, Sachin Advani, Daisy Agne, Hannah Ahdab, Carolyn Ahn, Zayd Alamuddin, Kasey Albert, Emily Alden, Noor Alghafeer, Yaman Alghafeer, Emily Ali, Saba Ali, Ahmad Alkadri, Lamis Alnatafgi, Mohamed Alnatafgi, Kiran Amegadjie, Maiwen Ameg...
It has become the biggest news story for the last month. Every social media platform and news outlet has had its eyes trained on the latest information, constantly updating their systems, as it seems that more and more dire news has surfaced about the viral coronavirus. What started out as a normal strain of the flu has reached a global pandemic of more than 100,000 confirmed cases worldwide. Schools have been shut down in places like China, Japan and Italy. Travel plans have...
The village of Hinsdale and local school districts report that they are closely monitoring developments regarding the coronavirus. Brad Bloom, assistant village manager and director of public safety, said Wednesday that village manager Kathleen Gargano has been participating in COVID-19 informational conference calls at the state, county and regional levels. No village events or meetings had been canceled due to the pandemic, but that crews hired to clean its facilities were asked to provide additional cleaning sessions, he...
“From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation. Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contribution went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built American was as vital as that of the men whose name we know so well.” — President Jimmy Carter With those words, our nation’s 39th president designated March 2-8, 1980, as National Women’s History W...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 12 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: exterior appearance and site plan review for 420 E. Ogden Ave. (Continental AutoSports), sign permit reviews for 14 W. Hinsdale Ave. (Guaranteed Rate) and 35 S. Washington St. (Berkshire Hathaway), findings and recommendations for 5901 S. County Line Road (paddle tennis warming hut) and 110 E. Ogden...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board of Education has awarded the second set of bids as part of the $145 million Future Ready Facilities project. At its meeting Feb. 26, board members approved 24 bids totaling about $47 million in work at both Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools. The construction to improve both campuses was approved by voter referendum last spring. In his remarks to board members, project director Marty Platten of Pepper Construction characterized the bidding period as successful. “We had...
