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State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-47, Elmhurst) is hosting a webinar on COVID-19 and how to move beyond it at 6 tonight, Feb. 17. “COVID is going to become a part of everyday life,” Mazzochi said. “I want to arm people with knowledge to help people return to a sense of normalcy.” Mazzochi will be joined by immunologist Dr. Mia Taormina, CEO Kurt Jose of IndiviDx labs, DuPage County Public Health Emergency Response Supervisor Kristen Lundeen and Dr. Rashmi Chugh of the DuPage County Health Department. The panelists will discuss...
Neil Thomas is a cardiac surgeon. His occupation was listed incorrectly at the top of the “Ask an expert” feature in the Feb. 10 issue....
Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • approved a $6.1 million abatement of bond and interest funds for the 2021 tax levy year to reduce the debt service portion of the community’s tax bills. The move follows the board’s abatement strategy that any amount in fund balances over 50 percent of operating expenses should either be restricted for district approval and/or be abated. • approved awarding contracts for summer projects totaling nearly $1.35 million, $304,000 of which w...
Forty-seven Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 47 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported no new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,565, compared to 3,518 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had six confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported two positive cases, 12 in isolation and no one in qu...
When Jackie Pyle of Hinsdale began searching for her birth mother in 1989, the only clue she had was her full maiden name. Resources like ancestry.com and 23andme were yet to be developed. She joined a west suburban chapter of ALMA, the Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association, and began to do the tedious work of piecing together her past. "We lived at the Newberry library," she said, noting her husband Ken, who died in 1995, was a huge help. "Any adoptee could be a private...
Mary Catalano still has "The Chosen Baby" book her parents gave her for Christmas in 1966 to help her understand adoption. "To our chosen baby, precious Mary Margaret. All our love, Mommy + Daddy," its inscription reads. "I've known ever since I was born," Catalano said. "I've always known I was adopted so it was nothing new. I was always open talking about it. It wasn't something I tried to hide." Growing up in Gwynedd Valley, Pa., Catalano didn't have a desire to find her bi...
A disconcerting mammogram reading prompted Julie McGue to search for her birth family, with the hopes of learning her medical history. The five-year search process generated much more than information about her genetic predispositions. McGue found and established a relationship with her birth mother and other relatives, chronicling the experience in her memoir, "Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family and Belonging." "From the very get-go I was journaling about what I...
Community Consolidated District 181 students returned to in-person learning on Tuesday without a mask requirement following an emergency virtual closed session of the school board Monday night. The meeting was held to determine the district’s response to a judge’s Feb. 4 temporary restraining order halting Gov. JB Pritzker’s mask mandate in the roughly 170 schools named in the suit, including District 181, as well as the quarantining of asymptomatic close contacts. Monday was declared an emergency remote instruction day t...
As Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members plan to discuss COVID-19 mitigations at tonight's meeting, parents are upset with the way district leaders have responded to a court's temporary restraining order invalidating the mask and vaccine mandates for public schools. Parents and staff received an email Sunday from Superintendent Tammy Prentiss and board President Terri Walker in response to Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow's decision on the suit, which names some...
To mask or not to mask - The answer for the 150 or so people who gathered outside District 181 headquarters Monday in Clarendon Hills was not to mask. With District 181 holding a remote learning day, many children were available to participate in the civics lesson. The demonstration was in support of a Friday decision by a Sangamon County judge that Gov. JB Pritzker's administration overstepped its bounds by issuing mask and vaccine mandates through emergency rules. Please...
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...
Sixty Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 58 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported two new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,518, compared to 3,458 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had nine confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported six positive cases, 12 in isolation and two in...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: property tax abatement amount, increasing substitute pay, FY 2022 update, 2022-23 and 2023-24 school calendars, five-year forecasting Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: Restaurant Week 2022, spring business highlights Hinsdale High School Dist...
Were it not for his daughter, Bill Lewis might never have found his birth family. Four years ago, when she was a senior in high school, Mary Claire came to her father with a simple request. Well, more of a demand. "She is a triple Type A and tells me she wants me to do one of those DNA things so she can find out if I'm a minority," Lewis, a Hinsdale resident, said. Her goal? To get into a better college. After initially refusing, Lewis eventually agrees and submits a sample...
COLLEGE STUDENTS ON DEAN’S LISTS Several college students from Hinsdale have earned a place on the dean’s list or the equivalent for the fall 2021 semester at their respective colleges and universities. • Max Aziz, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Cary Bone, Wheaton College • Caroline Booras, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Catcher Brown, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Olivia Campbell, Minnesota State University-Manketo • Gabi Conidi, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Shea Draddy, University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Wooden walks - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," mentions the village sidewalk system - or lack of one - in the early days of the village. "Before Hinsdale was incorporated, sidewalks were private projects. If a homeowner wanted one, he had to build the wooden walk himself. After the 1873 incorporation, walks were a popular public improvement; in 1878, the village's largest expense was for sidewalk nails."...
Preparing for battle - Charlotte Sunderson helps her friend Lucy Rogero adjust her head gear at Hinsdale Middle School Friday evening. The seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball teams were both playing for their conference championships. The seventh-grade team defeated CHMS and the eighth-grade team defeated Bryan to bring home the titles. Please turn to Page 36 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Eighty-one Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 77 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported four new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,458, compared to 3,377 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had six confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported eight positive cases, 11 in isolation and one in...
Hinsdale High School District 86 residents filled the Hinsdale South library at last week’s school board meeting, angry with the handling of the withdrawal of an anti-racism consultant a couple of weeks earlier. Much of the speakers’ ire was directed toward Superintendent Tammy Prentiss. Prentiss was repeatedly criticized for reading the withdrawal letter from North Carolina-based Valbrun Consulting at the Jan. 13 board meeting. In it, owner Valda Valbrun wrote “(I) really think Hinsdale is a dangerous place and would not b...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10 Hinsdale South High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: KLM park bench donation, Hinsdale Swim Club license renewal, pool concessions contract renewal Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearings on special use permit for 5837 S. Madison...
Pre-potholes - Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," describes the difficulty traveling Hinsdale's first streets. "Hinsdale early dirt roads were difficult to travel. Wet weather buried wheels in mud, dry spells produced clouds of dust and ruts were a year-round problem. This photograph shows a car stuck on muddy Hinsdale Avenue. The village began paving Hinsdale streets in 1892, using brick or wood blocks."...
When Alisa Messana was a sophomore at Elmhurst College, she got a call she never expected to receive. The woman on the phone identified herself as a volunteer for Truth Seekers in Adoption and asked Alisa her full name and to confirm that she was born Jan. 2 at Swedish Covenant Hospital. "She proceeded to tell me my birth parents had married, had two other children of their own and were interested in having a relationship with me if I was interested," Messana said. Messana...
As of early morning Wednesday, reports indicated more than 8 inches of snow had blanketed Hinsdale. By the end of the day another 4 or more inches were expected. Village crews began deploying trucks at 3 a.m. and already had made several passes across many streets in town. A bobcat with a brush attached was at work at the train station clearing off the platform. Not many stores were open Wednesday morning. This lone pedestrian crosses First Street and Bob Wood makes his first...
In response to residents’ complaints about increased airplane noise, Hinsdale has joined with other communities in proximity to Chicago’s airports to find ways to address the nuisance. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, Hinsdale trustees approved intergovernmental agreements with the city of Chicago to participate in the advisory noise compatibility commissions for both Midway and O’Hare airports. “Most of the noise complaints we’ve gotten are related to Midway, right?” Village President Tom Cauley asked of village staff. Vi...
