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The Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission last week recommended local landmark status for the historic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Bagley House. At their April 5 meeting, commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the landmark designation application from Lucas Ruecker and Safina Uberoi, owners of the 1894-built Dutch Colonial residence at 121 S. County Line Road. The vote followed a public hearing presentation from Jean Follett, former Hinsdalean and professional preservationist, who is serving as a consultant on the pr...
Coaches from SportsKids Inc. were on hand at The Community House last week teaching a baseball Spring Break Pitcher, Catcher and Infielder Skills Camp. Before the camp began, the coaches led the kids through a series of warm ups. With Ronnie Demir watching, Ramona Fenev throws a strike. Jackson Hivner also works on his pitching during camp. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Bunny Breakfasts n Breakfast with the Bunny April 15-16 Morton Arboretum 4100 Route 53, Lisle (630) 725-2066 https://www.mortonarb.org Enjoy a tasty springtime buffet and a visit from the Easter Bunny, who will pose for photos and pass out an Easter treat. Time: 9 to 11 a.m. Cost: $45 adults, $36 children ages 3-12, free for children 2 and younger. RR, MD n Breakfast with the Easter Bunny April 16 The Community House 415 W. Eighth St. (630) 323-7500 https://www.thecommunityhouse.org Hop in for a delicious hot breakfast and...
From the first note to the last, the kids taking Roberta Wentling's Tiny Toes Music class at The Community House don't miss a beat. In addition to singing and dancing, the children had a chance to use instruments during class. Among the participants - Joey Giammanco, Felix Parton, Adelina DeLisle and Stevie Kouba laugh, dance and sing the time away last month. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
While other children his age were busy with Little League games and trips to the swimming pool, fourth-grader John Coyner of Hinsdale was researching and discussing how to confront violent extremist groups in the Middle East as a delegate at the Model United Nations and Debate Camp held each year at The Community House. Nearly eight years later, Coyner is a high school senior and a member of the National Model UN Championship team. Coyner, fellow Hinsdalean Annika Geiersbach...
You don’t need to venture far for spring break fun. Attractions are plentiful in Hinsdale and neighboring towns for amusement and enrichment. Here are a few to check out. Stop by the library The library is offer a spring break scavenger hunt from Monday to Friday of spring break. Find the hidden pictures, solve the puzzle and win a prize. Read a story in March and April while strolling in the Youth Services Department to receive a special prize. Enjoy virtual programs from the comfort of home, with Chinese nursery rhymes from...
Sue Boutin was ready to enter a more philanthropic phase of her life after her retirement three years ago. She wanted a role that would help serve the needs of others and give her a sense of purpose. Boutin found Assistance League Chicagoland West, and this publication is proud to have assisted, albeit unwittingly. "I started looking around and actually saw an article in The Hinsdalean on ALCW," remarked the 25-year Hinsdale resident. "I went, 'OK, that's local. I'll go to tha...
'One man's trash is another man's treasure' - One person's recycling is another person's art seems to be a more fitting saying for the art work created at the Open Art Studio held at The Community House last month. Using dozens of different types of recyclables, students created dozens of different pieces of art. Charlotte Bower worked on making a castle for the "Little Guy" character she also created to live in. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Xitlali Garcia was hunched over a light table Monday morning, painstakingly peeling off pieces of a transfer sheet that later would be pressed onto a St. Patrick's Day T-shirt. Garcia doesn't mind the attention to detail required. She enjoys working for Threads, a micro business that is part of the new District 86 Transition Center. She is one of about 80 to 90 Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South graduates who attend the new center, which is tucked into an office building on...
Hinsdale Historic Preservation commissioners expressed anger during a public hearing March 2 on the application to demolish the 1927-built Italianate residence at 720 S. Elm St. and build a new house, having learned that the home's previous owner had held a pre-demo sale, illegally stripping it of items such as a furnace and flooring and rendering it uninhabitable days before it sold last summer. "It does not sit well with this commission when we're charged with trying to...
Loren Williams joined The Community House as director of social impact late last year, but her work toward the organization's mission began more than a decade before. As a volunteer with the Community Consolidated District 180 Saturday reading program and later as a part-time clinician at The Community House, Williams has shared the organization's goal to provide social services throughout Hinsdale and the surrounding communities. When the search for a director of social...
Tomorrow night is opening night. I am certain I can speak for all of the cast of "Hinsdale Unmasked" - the 2022 Community Revue - when I say we can't wait to perform for an audience. We've had our fill of applauding for each other and laughing at our own jokes and are ready to share this hilarious show with you, dear residents of Hinsdale. Before I proceed, I should let you know that all of us have been SWORN TO SECRECY about the show's contents. I wrote a column 18 years ago...
“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 America was as vital as that of the men whose names 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...
When life deals a pandemic, you can be sure The Community House Players will tease the humor out of it. The veteran troupe is back with its 2022 Community Revue, "Hinsdale Unmasked," on stage at 6:45 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, March 4-5 and 11-12 at The Community House, 415 W. Eighth St. The musical parody of the village's vagaries and hot-button local issues may be just the tonic people need after a crazy two years of hardship and polarization, according to producer and...
Noah Trainor works his way toward the basket during a recent training session at The Community House. Former collegiate and professional players led the campers in improving skills from dribbling to shooting to ball handling. Children from first through eighth grade were able to participate. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Music maker - Grace Blank was all in during her Tiny Toes Music class at The Community House earlier this month. With Roberta Wentling leading the children, they were quick to join in on both singing and dancing the morning away. The musical instrument part of the class was a big hit as well. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Giving is central to the Valentine’s Day spirit, and so at this time each year The Hinsdalean recognizes those who give their time and energy through community organizations committed to making this corner of the world a better place through their diverse missions. Here are the 2022 “Valentine” recipients as recommended by the leaders of the agencies they serve. • Joan Chiaviello and Susann Oakum have been the steadfast greeters for clients arriving at each HCS Family Services pantry distribution — even throughout the pande...
As an enterprising undergrad at Arizona State University, J. Ford Sunderland was a quick study recognizing he could leverage his background working in his father's jewelry business to help cash-strapped co-eds obtain funds. "I would buy from students that needed money for the weekend," Sunderland related. "And I also sold jewelry to sororities and at flea markets during the Christmas season." Today, the Hinsdale resident operates the Sterling & Knight Jewelry and Pawn store ch...
Audrey Lorraine Jackson Muschler, 93, passed away peacefully on Jan. 22, 2022. She was born in 1928 in New Britain, Conn., to Carolyn Low Jackson and Leonard (Buck) Marl Jackson. Audrey devoted her active life to family and community. As a teenager during World War II, she volunteered for spotting planes, preparing bandages and attending to wounded veterans. Following graduation from New Britain High School, she attended Edgewood College, New York, before moving to New York...
HMS MUSICIANS CHOSEN TO PLAY The Hinsdale Middle School Chamber Strings Orchestra was asked to be the Middle School Lab Orchestra for the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Conference, which has been held annually in Chicago each December for the last 75 years. This is a great honor, as only one middle school group each year is asked. No audition takes place; rather, the board of directors makes recommendations based on feedback from performances at the state conference in January 2020. The orchestra performed Dec. 15...
Growing up in New Jersey, Jay Moody started playing lacrosse before he was in kindergarten. "I was always an East Coast guy before I was transferred out here to Chicago," the Hinsdale resident said. "I thought lacrosse was going to be bigger out here than it was." The father of three boys was disappointed that the only acknowledgment he saw of his favorite sport were signs saying, "No throwing lacrosse balls" at the elementary schools. So Moody, a former Brown University...
In 2019, Sarah Prisby had a small part in Stage Door Fine Arts' production of "Newsies." The experience left a big impression. "Even though it was just a tiny little role, everyone worked together as hard as possible. It was fantastic," the Hinsdale teen said. Prisby continued to put in her own work, and now, three years later, has a considerably larger role in Stage Door's "All Shook Up" the next two weekends at The Community House (see Page 34 for details). Inspired by...
A sure sign of success is when your brand becomes a verb. Whether it's Xeroxing a form, Ubering to a meeting or Googling an answer, some services become synonymous with how they are used. The video platform Zoom is one of the latest companies to earn its place in this lexicon. As we've searched for new ways to engage, entertain, and inform community members over the past two years, the Hinsdale Public Library has invited you to Zoom storytimes, tech and travel programs, and au...
At first, 8-year-old Elise Allison noticed she was feeling tired and getting bruises on her legs. When she turned very pale after running in the Madison School Dash & Bash at the end of September 2019, her mom, Maggie, knew something was wrong. A trip to the doctor confirmed every parent's worst fear. Elise had cancer. Leukemia. After receiving the devastating news, Maggie and Matt had to figure out how to deliver it to their daughter. "That night when we came home, my mom...
Trevor Lorek, a senior at Elmhurst University, introduced a group of boys to T-ball last month as part of a winter break multi-sport camp offered at The Community House. In addition to working on throwing and hitting, he taught the kids how to run to first base. (photos by Jon Langham/for The Hinsdalean)...
