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ROTARY HELPS FUND polio fight The Hinsdale Rotary Club marked World Polio Day on Oct. 24 by donating $2,000 to the Pioneers for Polio campaign being run by Rotary International. With matching dollars being offered by The Rotary Club of Chicago, Hinsdale’s $2,000 turns into $4,000. With a further 2:1 match from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Hinsdale Rotary will end up contributing $12,000 total to the campaign. When Rotary and its partners launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, there were 350,000 c...
While it would be easy to list all of the disappointments and frustrating moments of the past year, I want to focus on the amazing contributions of hundreds of individuals who were instrumental in making the first semester a success for our students under some of the most difficult circumstances. As we head into the holiday season, I hope that you join me in acknowledging and celebrating our D181 team and school community. I want to begin by showing my deep appreciation for our teachers, who continue to provide a high-quality...
In January, we published the first edition of our “D86 Moving Forward” print newsletter. In my introduction for the publication, I reflected on our accomplishments from first semester and expressed optimism for a fantastic finish to our school year. Then the unexpected happened in the form of COVID-19, and our lives changed in ways we never could have imagined. While I am incredibly proud of how we responded to the pandemic during the past nine months, what has impressed me most is the way our students and staff have han...
Checking in with the big guy — Students from the Union Church Early Childhood Education Program were surprised to see Santa Claus waiting to chat with them as they left school last week. Sienna Abraham, Amelia Van Slambrouck, Camille Reo, Charlie Laux, Tess Hillier and James Wilkinson were among the students who got the chance to check in. By the way, it has been confirmed that Santa Claus has received his COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Anthony Fauci personally and has been c...
With so many holiday events canceled this year, The Hinsdalean decided to share some favorite December covers from the past few years. Logan O'Connor picked up her poinsettia order from the Monroe School sale in 2017 (clockwise from bottom left), Samantha Warman had a successful visit to The Lane School PTO holiday gift shop in 2017, Gwyneth Cook anxiously awaited her autograph from Raleigh Benn of the Salt Creek Ballet production of "The Nutcracker" in 2018, Emersyn Bradford...
For the staff and trustees of the Hinsdale Public Library — as for all of you — 2020 wasn’t the year we expected. But HPL continued working to serve the community by opening doors — albeit in new ways. A year ago, I wrote about the engaging programs and special events that had given so many Hinsdaleans a reason to come to the library. We had to flip that in 2020. In response to the pandemic, the library building was closed from March through early July, and again beginning in November. Although the building has been closed,...
Forty-six Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 36 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported 10 new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 943, up from 897 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 15 confirmed COVID-19 patients and had seven patients awaiting test results on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported seven new cases from Dec. 16-18, including...
Due to the pandemic, Hinsdale’s revenues declined by $1.9 million in 2020. Sales tax, food and beverage tax and parking permit revenues all declined dramatically. Fortunately, years of prudent financial management paid off in 2020. Despite the $1.9 million revenue decline, we maintained the same level of police, fire and public works services residents have come to expect. Moreover, we will end 2020 with a reserve balance of $8.2 million, which represents 43 percent of the village’s annual operating expenses. In other wor...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Dec. 17, board members: • approved the 2020 tax levy in the amount of $87.8 million for the district’s capped funds. This amount does not include debt service levies on existing bonds totaling about $12.1 million. • listened to administrators update the district’s return to school plan, including the expectation that students be on-screen when they are learning from home unless given special dispensation and announcing the formation of a task force to help plan an...
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of Dec. 28 to Jan. 1....
All aboard! - In Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," she mentions the train station in town used to be on the north side of the tracks. "Hinsdale's first railroad station was built in 1864 on the north side of the tracks between Washington and Lincoln streets. The station was used for town meetings, social events and church services until other venues were built. The current depot on Hinsdale Avenue replaced this station in 1899."...
The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department held its first handmade ornament contest this year. More than 50 ornaments were received and now hang from several trees in Burlington Park. Heather Brereckis and Sammy Hanzel spent time in the park recently hanging the creations for all to see. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
To address surging demand for Transition Center services, Hinsdale High School District 86 is poised to spend $3.8 million to lease and remodel an additional 11,500 square feet of space to accommodate students next school year and beyond. At their Dec. 17 meeting, board members discussed an administration recommendation to rent two suites at 361 Frontage Road in Burr Ridge to ease overcrowding at the district’s Transition Center across from Hinsdale South High School in Darien. The center provides life and vocational skills i...
Robert Pickering, 59, and his daughter, Kendall, 15, of Hinsdale were killed in a one-car crash Tuesday evening on Interstate 85 in North Carolina. The crash occurred at 6:49 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-85 about 2 miles south of Kannapolis, said Trooper Ned Moultrie of the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The vehicle veered off the road to the right, struck a drainage ditch, then traveled down an embankment and struck a tree, Moultrie said. The driver and passenger were...
Representatives from Hinsdale High School District 86 and the Hinsdale High School Teachers Association met again Monday in at attempt to reach a new deal for the association’s some 365 members. Both sides have spent the past two years working on a new contract to replace the last four-year agreement, which expired in June. “While this work has been slowed at times this year due to COVID-19, the bargaining team — which is composed of eight HHSTA members, three board of education members and three administrators — has been ab...
Reading buddies - Sienna Chansey has the full attention of her furry friend "Linka" as she reads to her at the Hinsdale Humane Society Dec. 2. Sienna is a member of the Compassionate Kids Corps program, which focuses on teaching kids about commitment, hard work, dedication and animal welfare as they volunteer at the shelter. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale police have arrested a 23-year old man for a midday auto theft that occurred last month in the village. Deshun Williams was arrested Dec. 4 at Homan Avenue and Madison Street in Chicago and charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle. The location of the arrest was a few blocks from where Hinsdale detectives had located and recovered the victim’s auto, a 2018 Navy Blue Audi Q5, which had been stolen from the 100 block of South Vine Street at 2:06 p.m. Nov. 15. The victim was reportedly unloading items from t...
Hinsdale police have released the results of the Thanksgiving enforcement initiative from Nov. 20-30. Police made three impaired driving arrests during the effort. They also made one felony arrest, in which a motorist was charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding, unlawful use of a weapon by a convicted felon, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and driving under the influence of alcohol. A loaded semi-automatic firearm was recovered from a motorist’s vehicle. Police issued four citations to drivers with a suspended or r...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesdays, trustees: • passed a resolution pausing the processing of applications to construct small wireless facilities related to 5G due to the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Village officials reported that no permit applications have yet been received to build 5G facilities but said the action was needed to avoid burdening a short-handed village staff. • approved the use of $995,000 in motor fuel tax funds for the reconstruction of Eighth Street from Gar...
Seventy Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 63 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported seven new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 897, up from 827 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 23 confirmed COVID-19 patients and three patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported nine new cases from Dec. 9-15, including four...
Amita Medical Center Hinsdale was expecting delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, with hopes of administering inoculations to its frontline healthcare staff Wednesday or Thursday. The first injections vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were given in Illinois on Tuesday. Phase 1A of the state’s distribution plan prioritizes health care workers and long-term care facility residents. Speaking on Tuesday, Adam Maycock, president and CEO of AMITA’s hospitals in Hinsdale and La Grange, said per...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: adopt 2020 levy, transition center capacity update, Phase 2 bid period 3 project awards, COVID return to school update...
In the spirit of "the show must go on," staff and members of the Salt Creek Ballet did not let a pandemic stop their annual presentation of "The Nutcracker." The dancers were filmed on stage wearing masks and the ballet was presented as a drive-in movie in Salt Creek's Westmont parking lot. From their cars, Diane and Emma Crites; Emma, Catherine, Aeris and Erik Keefner; and Grace Nolan, Camille Hendrie and Ava Nolan settle in for the screening. (Jim Slonoff...
First residents - According to Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," Rev. Charles Barnes was the first to purchase property in Hinsdale when the town was first proposed. He lived in this house at Second and Washington streets. As a sales promotion William Robbins offered a free lot to the first boy born in Hinsdale. Barnes and his wife collected in May 1866 when their son was born. To honor the founder, they named him William Robbins Barnes. Later William grew...
Rob Johnson enjoys Christmas shopping - especially the trips he and son Jaden take in town to buy an outfit for wife (and mom) Stacy each Christmas. "I have a good eye for stuff like that and I like doing it," he said. The former TV news anchor appreciates good-looking and comfortable clothes for himself, as well, and is hoping to find some Lululemon pieces under the tree this year along with a pair of dark red winter boots he spotted Dave Chappelle wearing on David...
