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The Hinsdale Central Hall of Fame will induct four new members tonight, Sept. 22, at its dinner at Ruth Lake Country Club. The annual event has taken place every year since the inaugural class was inducted in 1997. The Class of 2022 inductees are as follows. Douglas Newby The 1970 graduate credits his upbringing in Hinsdale for stoking his interest in community involvement and his high school friends and mentors for instilling confidence and vision to venture into uncharted territory with new ideas and initiatives. Newby play...
Who let the dogs in? - Hinsdale's Park and Rec department held its annual Dog Days of Summer last weekend at the Hinsdale Community Pool. With smaller dogs taking the first shift and larger dogs on the second shift, the pools saw plenty of activity for the last official event of the season. Titus, a Labrador retriever, was all in on the fun. When he isn't frolicking in the water, Titus serves as a Therapaws therapy dog. Please turn to Page 36 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff...
CENTRAL TEENS ARE SEMIFINALISTS The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, including several from Hinsdale Central. Central’s Merit Semifinalists are Sebastian Attlan, Analise Budziak, Alexander Burt, Natalie Chang, Jiming Chen, Luke Chung, Samuel Chung, Cole Clawson, Rohan Devulapally, Priya Dhananjaya, Annaka Freve, Sherry Gong, Rebecca Guan, Jessica Han, Jacob Haverkos, Nicole Hu, Nicole Catherine Huber, Andrew...
Hinsdale Central senior Adriana Olaguez experienced some culture shock after transferring from East Leyden midway through high school. "(East Leyden) is more than 50 percent Latinos," said Olaguez, who is of Mexican heritage. "The transition to Central, I felt, was a big difference." The Hispanic Student Association at Central helped ease the acclimation process. "I found a lot of kids that had similar backgrounds, so it was easy to connect with people," she related. Now...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 19 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 4,179, compared to 4,160 last week. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage was 15.4 on Sept. 20, compared to 16.7 on Sept. 14. The community level remains at medium. District 181 reported eight positive cases from Sept. 13-20, including seven students...
State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-47, Elmhurst) and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick will host a discussion of the SAFE-T Act, which goes into effect Jan. 1, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, at the Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E. Maple St. During the event, which is being held in partnership with the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce, Mendrick will provide safety tips and advice for residents and business owners. For more information visit https://www.repmazzochi.com....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: FY23 budget public hearing and adoption, access to district public records policy, fund transfers, school maintenance grant program, memo of understanding with HTHSSSA regarding retention bonus Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27 Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E. Maple St. https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: audit presentation and...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their Tuesday meeting, trustees: • discussed parking changes at several locations in the village. Daily rates of $3 to $3.50 will be offered in the village lot, Highlands station, West Hinsdale and Chestnut. Commuter permits will no longer be limited to Hinsdale residents in main commuter lot. These and other changes will be up for a vote at the board’s Oct. 4 meeting. • expressed support for Mouse Motors to open a McLaren Dealership at 2 Salt Creek Lane. The company would need...
Organizers hope this year's Hinsdale Central Homecoming is bigger and better than ever. After homecoming was canceled two years ago due to COVID-19 and the outdoor dance planned for last year had to be moved inside, it's time to boost school spirit and get back to an epic experience, the juniors planning this year's event said. "This year we're trying to go all out because we want students to get involved again," said Emma Gayton, one of three Varsity Club members serving as...
A neat retreat - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," shows the lodge at KLM. "The Katherine Legge Memorial Lodge, a dining and recreation hall for the women's retreat, was built in 1926. It was designed by Hinsdale architect R. Harold Zook based on an earlier plan for the Legge home intended for the site. A dormitory followed, along with tennis courts, swimming pool and a convalescent cottage. In December 1973, International Harvester donated the retreat property to Hinsdale for use by the...
After sitting out the past two election cycles, the Hinsdale Caucus is hoping to gear up for future village, school and library board elections. The caucus, which has been identifying, interviewing and endorsing candidates for local offices since 1934, was sidelined in 2019 due to a shortage of volunteers and in 2021 due to COVID-19. “During the pandemic and the last few years, we basically haven’t run the caucus,” said Nadine Gilbert, the group’s recording secretary. “We haven’t been able to interview candidates....
Hinsdale police arrested three suspects in the Chicago shooting of a 12-year-old boy Tuesday night after a car chase through several suburbs. At the Chicago Police Department’s media briefing Wednesday morning, Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan reported that the boy was walking home from a west side store with his uncle just after 10:30 p.m. when he was shot in the head. A vehicle spotted by Chicago police near the scene of the shooting fled but was followed by a police helicopter. Assistance was requested from suburban l...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Among other business at their meeting Monday, board members: • voted unanimously to join the Lincoln Way Area Affiliation of Participating School District Cooperative to help control insurance costs for the 2023 calendar year. Despite an initial $300,000 cost to join and a $200,000 set aside to run out current claims and an increase in premiums, the move will save the district $100,000. • learned district enrollment this year is 3,608, down from 3,671 last year. Enrollment has...
A potential work stoppage by freight railroad workers beginning tomorrow, Sept. 16, has already led to curtailed Metra service tonight on the BNSF line. According to Metra, BNSF Railway, which operates the line, has canceled tonight’s inbound trains 1296, 1298, 1300 and 1302 (leaving Aurora) and tonight’s outbound trains 1289, 1291 1293 and 1295 (departing Chicago). If the work stoppage occurs, there will be no service Friday on the BNSF, Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West lines. In its sta...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 37 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 4,160, compared to 4,123 last week. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage was 16.7 on Sept. 14, compared to 24.2 on Sept. 6. The community level remains at medium. District 181 reported five positive cases from Sept. 7-12, including three students,...
Hinsdale High School District 86 is on solid ground financially at present board members were told last week, but the path ahead is less clear. At the district’s Sept. 8 committee of the whole meeting, Chief Financial Officer Josh Stevenson gave updated numbers for the 2022-23 spending plan (excluding capital projects) of $129.3 million, with $129.4 in projected revenue, and a forecasted surplus of just under $200,000. Although revenues are projected to dip slightly from FY 2022, corporate replacement tax proceeds are e...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: changes to village parking ordinances, Historic Overlay District, holiday lighting and decorating contract, IGA with Tollway for stormwater detention Hinsdale Zoning Board of Appeals 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 Memorial Building, 19 E....
AdventHealth and the University of Chicago Medicine have signed a definitive agreement to enter into an affiliation that will increase access to a spectrum of services, treatment options and cutting-edge clinical trials for residents in Chicago's western suburbs. Under the proposed affiliation, UChicago Medicine will acquire a controlling interest in AdventHealth's Great Lakes Region - which includes its four Illinois hospitals in Hinsdale, La Grange, Bolingbrook and Glendale...
Hinsdale's Seventh-day Adventist Church hosts the Northern Illinois Food Bank's mobile food pantry twice a month. Volunteers from the church and AdventHealth Hinsdale and La Grange hospitals help distribute the food to clients. Kris Veenbaas arranges some fresh lettuce while Bob Forrer and Marcella Salado open up a large bag filled with smaller bags of carrots. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
At least 50 percent of Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 students show greater academic achievement than their peers in comparable districts, a report shows. “For the first time, we have all nine of our buildings in the high growth, high achievement quadrant for both reading and math,” Tracey Miller, director of assessment, instruction and evaluation, told board members at their Monday meeting. “We’re very, very excited about this.” The Similar Schools Insight Report provided by the Northwest Evaluatio...
First park - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the plans for Burns Field. "Burns Field, designed by Edson Nott and local architect R. Harold Zook, was built with few changes from this 1932 plan, the first Hinsdale park with recreational facilities. Public Works Administration funds and Works Progress Administration labor were used for its completion with local men hired for the work."...
Up on a roof - Hinsdale's Brian Williams of Boy Scout Troop 52 led a team of volunteers this summer on an Eagle Scout project to do a clean up and fix up of Ehret Park. His team spent hundreds of hours on the project, replacing floorboards and benches, reroofing and painting the gazebo and weeding and restoring the butterfly garden. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
In response to significantly lower demand for Metra commuter parking as a result of the pandemic, Hinsdale officials are considering changes to regulations to attract lot users and boost revenue. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, Village President Tom Cauley unveiled several staff recommendations prompted by his request for an assessment of village lot use at the Aug. 18 meeting. Village staff reported that commuter permit sales are just 25 percent of the level a couple of years ago and proposed allowing non-Hinsdale r...
