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SPRING 2021 ELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Margaret Kleber Attendance area: The Lane School Years in district: 30 Age: 59 Education: Bachelor of Arts Occupation: Project Manager, Healthcare Industry Community service: Union Church of Hinsdale, Early Childhood Parent program, held several leadership roles over the course of eight years. The Lane School PTO; HCHS Track & Field parent group; Village of Hinsdale Caucus Board experience: Member, Board of Education, CCSD 181, 2017 – present (Vice President & Facilities Committee C...
SPRING 2021 ELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Christine Dannhausen-Brun, MPH Attendance area: Oak (but children attend Madison) and HMS - current 5th grader and 7th grader plus 4 children who have graduated out of the District Years in district: Lived in District 20 years, children in district for 18 years Age: 52 Education: Bachelors in Psychology - University of Chicago; Masters of Public Health - University of Illinois at Chicago; post-baccalaureate science courses at Loyola University of Chicago Occupation: Current:...
SPRING 2021 ELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Kristin McDaniel Years in village: 12 (born and lived in Village 3 years, lived in village 2 years while attending grad school, and have been back for 7 years) Age: --- Education: MS from Northwestern University in Marketing Occupation: Marketing Executive Community service: HMS PTO VP of Communications, active parishioner at SIJ, member of the Families Helping Families committee for the Hinsdale Central PTO Board experience: 2 years on the Board of the American Fraternal Alliance...
SPRING 2019 ELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Richard (Dick) Munson Years in village: 9 Age: 70 Education: BA in History at University of California, Santa Barbara MA in History at University of Michigan Occupation: Writer; had been senior director at Environmental Defense Fund Community service: Food bank contributions Board experience: Have served on numerous non-profit environmental and health-care boards of directors. Why are you running for this particular seat at this particular time? I recently retired from my day-job and...
SPRING 2020 ELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Amy Glynn Years in village: 7 Age: Education: B.A. in Marketing and Communications Occupation: Director of Total Rewards – Baker McKenzie Community service: • Westport Women’s Club – Chair of Fundraising • Dress for Success – Volunteer Job Coach • Reading Tutor – Literacy Volunteers of Southern Connecticut Board experience: • Hinsdale Public Library – Board Member – 2017 – 2021 • Community Presbyterian Church – Chair of Finance and member of the Stewardship Committee Why are you runni...
SPRING 2021 ELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Mary Bock Years in village: 34 years Age: 67 Education: Combined Degree. Liberal Arts and Education Wayne State University–Detroit, MI 1976 Occupation: Retired Community service: Hinsdale Library, Board of Trustees, June 2017 to May 2021 Board experience: Same Why are you running for this particular seat at this particular time? I am completing my first term on the board in May. I have found the experience rewarding and have enjoyed working with other board members in developing g...
Village crews did their best over the past couple of months to keep the ice in tip top shape at Burns Field. On the coldest days, water was sprayed to create new layers of ice with a perfect finish. Hinsdale Public Works employees Eric Kasperski and Logan Albanese added the last coat just a couple weeks ago. Today the rink is more like a pond, and with temperatures staying above freezing, it looks like ice skating season is over. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Work to replace the 98-year-old, 12-inch water main under West Chicago Avenue from Washington Street to Stough Street will begin later this month. Trustees Tuesday awarded the $1.7 million contract for Phase 2 of the project to John Neri Construction Co., whose bid came in $515,000 under budget. Work is tentatively set to start March 15. Before that project begins, ComEd has construction work to complete on Chicago Avenue from Vine Street to Washington Street. “If you’ve been down Chicago Avenue in the last couple of days, yo...
Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale and Golfview Hills were recorded in DuPage County from Jan. 19 to Feb. 4. 1. 615 N. Grant St., Elizabeth W. Buczkowski Revocable Trust to Charles and Margaret VanSlambrouck and the VanSlambrouck Family Trust, Jan. 19, $1,100,000 2. 1401 Burr Oak Road, Katherine Brebner and the Thomas J. and Virginia H. Kenny Revocable Living trusts to O Properties Inc., Jan. 20, $315,000 3. 427 S. Thurlow St., Mark and Laurie Thomson to Michael O’Gorman and Meeli Patel, Jan. 20, $1,175,000 4. 2...
Many Hinsdale Central students who said they wanted to attend classes two days a week in person haven't been showing up. "There are a good portion of students, who even though they're in the hybrid, are actually not coming to the hybrid on a regular basis," Chris Covino, assistant superintendent for instruction, said at the Feb. 23 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting. "Given those trends, we want to talk about a change." Under the district's new "fill every seat"...
Eleven Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 10 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported one new case. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,341, up from 1,330 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had no confirmed COVID-19 patients and had two patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported one new cases from Feb. 24 to March 1, which was a...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 8 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: COVID-19 update, math/ELA/ACE placement approval appeals process, winter MAP update, administrator contracts, capital improvement projects award, dismiss and non-renew probationary teacher(s) Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 11 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien, https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Parks and...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday night, trustees: • indicated support for converting the two-way stop at Maple and Washington streets to a four-way stop. The item will be on the consent agenda at the March 16 village board meeting. • heard Mark Margason ask them to revise the policy regarding memorial ribbons on trees to give it more teeth. He said he and other residents in his group would like ribbons to be tied only on trees at the Memorial Building. They also believe residents should have to fill out...
Green thumb – Sandy Williams, in her book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," writes about Englishman Fred Morris. "Morris established Morris Florists in 1894. Shown about 1907 in the greenhouse near his home at Hickory and Grant Streets, Morris produced shrubs, vegetables and herbs as well as flowers. When the government encouraged victory gardens during the war, Morris volunteered to teach residents proper planting methods." Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 y...
What could be better than creating art with a helping of cookies on the side? Gabrielle Tufano teaches several painting techniques in her monthly Cookies and Canvas class at The Community House. Dahlia Raad adds some paint to her work. Parents are offered the opportunity to enroll with their children, and Melissa took the class with her daughter, Caroline Brown. Each month Tufano teaches a new technique to the students. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Just for kicks - Daniel Boucwell takes a shot on goal Friday afternoon at The Community House. He was taking part in a Mini Soccer class taught by Sports Kids that offers an introduction to soccer for kids ages 3 to 6. Basic soccer skills such as running, kicking passing and game play are covered in the class. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
CENTRAL WRITERS EARN AWARDS Several Hinsdale Central students were recognized recently by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers in conjunction with its Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. • Amy Dong — Gold Key, Silver Key and an honorable mention, painting; Silver Key, mixed media • Yanning Jiao — Gold Key, two Silver Keys and an honorable mention, drawing and illustration • Samara Jaquez — Gold Key and Silver Key, drawing and illustration • Mara Severts — Gold Key, painting • Cadence Parker-Briones — Gold Key, painting...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business at their meeting Tuesday, board members • heard an update on attendance for hybrid students and learned that district families will receive a survey this week asking students to choose hybrid or remote for the rest of the school year starting March 8. The district will offer a four-day schedule if numbers allow. Hybrid students who have three unexcused absences after March 8 will be moved to full remote. • listened to finance committee Chairman Erik Held provide a bri...
Sixteen Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 15 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported one new case. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,330, up from 1,314 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating two confirmed COVID-19 patients and had one patient awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported eight new cases from Feb. 17 to 23, all of...
Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: discuss Phase 1 & 2 reconstruction of Hinsdale Community Pool, intergovernmental agreement with Metra to fund repairs at Highland Train Station; approve new stop signs, amendment to agreement with HPTA, contracts for Chicago Avenue water main improvement project and 2021 road maintenance...
Back in the day - From Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," this photo shows the west side of Washington Street taken about 1895. "From right to left, the 1891 corner building remains, although remodeled; the two adjacent Joliet limestone storefronts both built in 1894, also stand today. Barely visible at the south end of the block is the familiar round oriel bay window of the corner building." Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd...
