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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...
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...
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...
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...
The temporary ice rink in Burns Field Park, 320 N. Vine St., is officially open. The warming house is open on Saturdays and Sundays for supervised hours. Stop by for free hot chocolate, a cozy fire and a place to escape the cold. Masks are required inside the warming house. Check the barricades located at the rink to see if it is safe to skate. Green signs indicate the rink is open, red signs mean it is closed. The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department will offer rink status updates online at https://ww...
The Lincoln Street railroad crossing will be closed from 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, through 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, for work by BNSF Railway. Detour signs will be placed directing traffic east to the Washington Street crossing. Motorists can also use the Monroe crossing to the west....
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...
The more the merrier - With a shortage of white stuff so far this winter, the weekend's snowfall was a welcome relief to kids across the village. And the Madison School hill is one of the places where they turned out in droves to take advantage of the snow. Graham Marnell, Charlie Sutton, James Wasson and Max Judge made the best of their snow tubes by doubling up. Please turn to Page 16 for more photos. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 is not an environment in which Valda Valbrun of Valbrun Consulting wants to work. Superintendent Tammy Prentiss read a letter at the Jan. 13 school board meeting from Valbrun, indicating she was withdrawing her firm’s name from consideration. Valbrun had been recommended by the district’s Culture and Equity in Leadership Team, which seeks to hire a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant to work in the district. In her statement, Valbrun cites her treatment when she came to Hinsdale for...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss is seeking current District 86 students and current or future District 86 parents/guardians who are interested in helping advance the work of the district’s strategic plan by serving on a steering committee. One committee will be charged with developing the profile of a District 86 graduate. This profile will feature the qualities and characteristics students should possess when they leave the district. It also will guide the district’s efforts to ensure stu...
Whether Hinsdale High School District 86 ultimately will hire a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant and how much it might spend to do so are unclear following the Jan. 13 school board meeting. The firm recommended by the Culture and Equity in Leadership Team, Valbrun Consulting, withdrew from consideration (see accompanying story). After reading a statement Valda Valbrun sent to the district, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said the CELT committee will meet in February to discuss the next steps. Several audience members...
Hinsdale Central’s director of counseling and social work Jen Regnier said her department has processed almost 6,000 college applications from among the school’s roughly 650 seniors. That’s higher than a typical year, and she suspects the current test-optional policy that a majority of U.S. colleges and universities have adopted during the pandemic is a big reason. “It does seem like some kids are applying to more schools than normal,” said Regnier. “It’s allowed kids to reach for more schools that maybe they wouldn’t have...
The kids had a blast Tuesday morning at Tot Rock at the Clarendon Hills Community Center, co-sponsored by the Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department and the Clarendon Hills Park District. With music and movement at its core, the class gives everyone a chance to sing, dance and play. Sammie Booth along with nanny Evelyn Lambrou, Keagan Bolotin with mom Joy and Rosemary Rowland with nanny Augusta McNeary all love the class. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
BPA STUDENTS HEADED TO STATE The following Hinsdale Central students earned top five finishes in the regional competition hosted by the Business Professionals of America. Next up for the group is the state competition, which will be held Feb. 24-26. First place Financial Analyst Team: Chris Cavero, Samuel Chung, Jack Erickson, Ani Girish Economic Research Individual: Aadit Bhavsar Intermediate Word Processing: Megan Nash Integrated Office Applications: Priya Dhananjaya Legal Office Procedures: Vanessa Ivanov Administrative...
Hinsdale President Tom Cauley said last week he wanted to make public a 36-page report completed more than a year ago on the investigation into the death of Nicole Hladik, a 25-year-old village firefighter/paramedic candidate who took her own life in July of 2020. But Hladik’s family and friends made clear at the Jan. 18 village board meeting they don’t accept the legitimacy of the village-led investigation, which Cauley said found that “nothing inappropriate happened” against Hladik, the sole female firefighter on the for...
