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Students who took the Illinois Chess Teachers chess camp at The Community House played both indoors and outdoors. While playing outdoors, teacher Paul Raso was able to dissect and teach the moves as two teams tried their best to capture their opponent's king. Charlotte Zhong, Taran Puri, Veronica Gartner and James Davis discuss their next move. Raso was able to use larger boards to give some additional instructions. The Illinois Chess Teachers have been teaching chess to...
It takes a village - Tom Krasnewich and Bob Cloud took matters into their own hands and opened up North Washington Street shortly after a "derecho" rolled through Hinsdale Monday afternoon. The storm, which spawned several tornadoes across northern Illinois, traveled almost 800 miles and did most of its damage in Hinsdale on the north side of the tracks between Ogden Avenue and Maple Street. Village crews worked until midnight on Monday to open the blocked roads. Crews are...
When a powerful "derecho" with winds exceeding 50 mph whipped through Hinsdale Monday afternoon, dozens of residents on the north side of town took to the streets immediately to clear fallen limbs. Luke and Juliana Norman work to open a path near Burns Field. Hinsdale firefighters answered more than 30 calls for activated alarms, blocked roads and downed power lines throughout town. Fortunately no injuries were reported. A huge pine tree stretched across Phillipa Street in...
Hinsdale Police Chief Brian King will be host an online forum on crime and community safety via Zoom at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17. Residents can watch Channel 6 or view livestream through a link on the village website at https://www.villageofhinsdale.org. A link is also available on the website for residents to ask questions and dialogue with the chief. To join the forum by phone, call (312) 626-6799 for webinar #836 9973 8039....
The Hinsdale Community Pool will operate under post-season hours Monday, Aug. 17, through the end of the season on Labor Day, Sept. 7. Lap swim hours are 5:15 to 7:05 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. The diving well and baby pool will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. weekdays. Weekend hours are 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., noon to 3 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. for lap lanes, the diving well and the baby pool. On Labor Day, the pool (lap lanes, diving well, baby pool) will be open from noon to 3 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Admission is $8 for...
Despite pleas from parents to reverse last week’s decision and return to a five-day in-person plan for reopening schools, District 181 will continue work to refine a hybrid model for the start of the 2020-21 school year. Educators have spent the last week working on a hybrid plan that ensures students can remain six feet from one another in the classroom, Superintendent Hector Garcia said. The goal is to maximize in-person core instruction and coverage of the core curriculum. The 28 elementary school staff members who were i...
Trying to find a new name that captures the essence of a 46-year-old organization and its mission is not easy to do — especially when some options already have been taken. A task force charged with finding a new name for the Robert Crown Center for Health Education first selected a name that already was in use, said Executive Director Barb Thayer. So they went back to an earlier list and settled on Candor Health Education. “It’s hard to find a name that everybody likes,” Thayer said. “It’s very, very hard.” She had liked the...
The village of Hinsdale closed off Washington and First streets this year to help merchants with their annual sidewalk sale. The sale held in late July was sponsored by the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Special delivery - The photo of this home at 137 N. Lincoln St. is from 1868. The picture appeared in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale." Bush was a real estate agent, merchant and early village postmaster. According to one theory it was Bush who named Hinsdale after Hinsdale, N.Y., where he was born. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd love to share it with our readers. Stop by our office at 7 W. First St. or email it to...
HOSPITALS HAVE NEW Chief officer Adam Maycock has been named the new president and chief executive officer of Amita Health Adventist Medical Centers in Hinsdale and La Grange. Maycock, who was serving as interim president and CEO, assumed the role permanently effective July 12. He succeeds Michael Murrill, who left the organization last month for a promotion within AdventHealth, a parent organization of Amita Health. Maycock joined Amita Health Adventist Hinsdale and La Grange in January 2017 as chief operating officer,...
The world's greatest inventions are born of necessity. For Hinsdale Central High School alum Sophia Karbowski, that need was for a quick and healthy snack. Karbowski was studying entrepreneurial management at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth when she became frustrated with the lack of dining options on campus. Coupling her entrepreneurial spirit with her need for nutrition, Rollin' n Bowlin' was born. Acai bowls - frozen puree made from acai berries topped with granola...
A total of 274 Hinsdale residents have confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of July 21, compared to 266 a week ago. The DuPage County Health Department reported 254 confirmed cases in Hinsdale and the Cook County Health Department reported 20 confirmed cases in the village. A total of 168 confirmed cases and 33 deaths are associated with ManorCare in Hinsdale, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Those numbers include residents and staff who might not be DuPage County residents. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had three...
The Hinsdale Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on McNaughton Development’s proposed community, Heather Highlands, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. The development proposed for 37 acres on the northeast corner of Ogden Avenue and Adams Street includes 46 homes and 23 acres of open space. McNaughton is seeking seek a special use permit for a planned development, with variances for lot size, building coverage and lot coverage, among others. After the plan commission holds a public hearing on the proposal, that group w...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, https://www.d181.org On the agenda: approval of the 2020-21 school reopening plan hybrid model Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13 https://www.d86.hinsdale86.org/virtual On the agenda: approve memo of understanding with HHSTA, approve additional staffing due to COVID-19 pandemic, return to school update, committee participation and meeting schedule update Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 Hinsdale...
Fuelfed, a group of classic car enthusiasts, held a recent gathering on Chicago Avenue near Burlington Park. The event, billed as Sunday Morning Coffee & Classics, featured several dozen vintage vehicles parked along Chicago Avenue for people to check out. Harrison Fichter road on father Paul's shoulders to get a great view of the classics. The group is planning to host another event Sept. 13. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale trustees have put to rest the idea of temporary ban on historic home teardowns. But village officials continue to explore ways to promote preservation of its vintage structures. At Tuesday night’s meeting, trustees voted 5-1 against the proposed 180-day moratorium, having previously expressed strong reservations about restricting property rights in the name of saving historic homes. Trustee Scott Banke cast the lone dissenting vote. The village’s plan commission last month recommended against the moratorium, a sug...
A bicycle built for one - This photo is from Sandy Williams book, "Images of America - Hinsdale." Sadie Noble is shown with her new bicycle in 1897. Residents across the village loved the form of transportation, and men, women and children all rode around town. During the week almost 100 bicycles were parked at the train station and nearly as many at churches on Sunday. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd love to share it with our readers. Stop by...
There are many lessons to be learned from seeing new places and welcoming new experiences. For the Kapcar family of Hinsdale, the first lesson of their epic 2016 journey to visit America's national parks occurred just seconds after leaving their driveway in their rented motorhome. "We were RV rookies. We didn't know how to do it at all," said Carissa Kapcar, wife of Chris and mother to Jack, Lucy and Vivian, then 12, 8 and 5 years old, of their Preparing the RV and stocking...
The Hinsdale Dance Academy held their eighth annual dance recital as a socially distanced drive-in theater in July. Through eight performances over two days the performers were kept apart on stage and off. Parents and friends watched from cars or on lawn chairs near the parking lot. Annie Gustafson dances to "White Swan Variation" and Harlow Abbott performs to "Come Fly with Me." Isaac Hummer gets a "balcony" seat thanks to his dad Ben. Valerie and Patrick Simon, with Sophie,...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board on Monday appointed Tamakia “TJ” Edwards to fill the board vacancy. Edwards is the founder of Inner-View Coaching and Consulting Services as well as the capital construction program manager and project executive for the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Public Buildings Service. The Darien resident and mother of three sons alao has served as a member of the special committee working in conjunction with the district’s facilities committee. She said that joining the board i...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, https://www.d181.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, https://www.hinsdale86.d86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org...
A total of 266 Hinsdale residents have confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of July 21, compared to 249 a week ago. The DuPage County Health Department reported 247 confirmed cases in Hinsdale and the Cook County Health Department reported 19 confirmed cases in the village. A total of 168 confirmed cases and 33 deaths are associated with ManorCare in Hinsdale, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Those numbers include residents and staff who might not be DuPage County residents. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had three...
With teachers and many families opposing a full, five-day return to school for students amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Consolidated School District 181 Board members Monday night approved both a hybrid in-person/remote model and a full remote learning option for the 2020-21 school year. "We need to listen and hear (our constituents) and work with them to come up with the safest plan possible," said Board President Margie Kleber following the 5-1 vote on the reopening pl...
The show must go on - The Hinsdale Dance Academy presented its eighth annual recital as a socially distanced drive-in theater on July 11 and 12. Eleanor Lancey takes her cues from Anne Marie Walsh as they danced to "Sunshine." Please turn to Page 7 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale and Golfview Hills were recorded in DuPage County from June 22 to July 17. 1. 935 N. Madison St., Samuel and Annette Cremin to Eileen and Charles Hiatt, June 22, $630,000 2. 410 W. Eighth Place, Naomi Sullivan to Mark and Amy Molepske, June 22, $650,000 3. 498 Old Surrey Road, Virginia and Mary Kula and the Donald J. Kula Trust to Naishilkumar Patel, June 25, $260,000 4. 510 Burr Oak Place, Sharon Zandell to Arjun Rangarajan and Sripriya Venkataraman, June 26, $405,500 5. 736 S....
