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Jack Orbell's service with Hinsdale American Legion Post 250 began six years ago when he said yes - grudgingly - to one simple request. "They needed some walkers for a Memorial Day parade one year and my uncle dragged me over, and I kind of stayed," he said. Orbell not only stayed, he's starting his second year as post commander. His family's lineage of post members includes his uncle and his great-uncle. The grandfather and uncle of Orbell's son-in-law have been active in...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 plans to spend just a little more than $1 million more on operating expenses in fiscal year 2019-20 than it did last year. The school board voted 6-0 Monday to approve the budget, which shows operating revenues at almost $69.6 million and operating expenses at almost $65 million. Property taxes make up about 90 percent of the district's revenues, coming in at $62.9 million. "The lifeline for our school district is the local...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board has given the green light for a 10-lane pool at Hinsdale Central, following administrators’ recommendation but departing from a pre-referendum pledge to build a six-lane swimming facility to match the one at Hinsdale South. A majority of board members voiced support for moving ahead with designs for a larger Central pool, saying it made sense from both a programmatic and economic standpoint. Board member Kathleen Hirsman described how her position shifted from initially opposing a n...
Hinsdale trustees Tuesday signaled unified support for prohibiting recreational cannabis-related businesses within the village. During a first read discussion of an ordinance to ban such establishments, trustees said the village should opt out of allowing dispensaries under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law in June. “This is not a way that the village should be pursuing a revenue-generating opportunity,” Trustee Scott Banke remarked. “This is just not what this commu...
The Hinsdale Community Pool needs extensive repairs, experts say, at a cost of more than $1.4 million. Village officials say they have a multi-year plan to get it fixed. Parks and recreation commissioners heard a report at their Sept. 10 meeting on the issues raised by a pool audit conducted by Williams Architects in April. “The lap pool is experiencing significant deterioration problems that need to be addressed in order to provide a safe environment for patrons and to eliminate further deterioration,” the audit reads, spe...
Hinsdale Central senior Sydney Thayer has been thinking about Homecoming since last spring. She hasn't been dreaming of the perfect date or the perfect dress. As co-president of Varsity Club, she's been involved in the nitty gritty details of making this week a success. The club's executive board chose the theme, "Let's Get Fired Up," in the spring. But much of the work was still to be done when classes resumed in August. "We really only have five weeks with our full club at...
Hinsdale Central has changed the start time of Friday night's varsity football game again. Kickoff now is set for noon today, Saturday at Dickinson Field....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets On the agenda: public hearing and approval of FY 2020 budget, report of the Sept. 20 joint special and facilities committee meeting, Sterigenics update Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: commercial filming, parking deck update,...
Those were the days - Some of these kindergartners who attended The Lane School in 1967 will be in town to celebrate their 50th reunion this weekend as members of the Hinsdale Central Class of 1969. For more information on Central's Homecoming and other alumnae who are returning, turn to Pages 5 and 7. (photo submitted by Patty Van Eynde Dolan)...
The Ethan Bell band closed the Hinsdale Chamber's 17th season of Uniquely Thursdays on Aug. 22. The concert series held in Burlington Park opened June 13 and featured 10 concerts during the summer. Parker Peluso and Audrey Wilson enjoyed their slushies while their families enjoyed the music. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
A time for toddlers — Marty Quirk gets a quick snuggle from a playful puppet puppy dog during Toddler Time at the Hinsdale Public Library. About a dozen toddlers enjoyed the books, along with the visit from a playful puppy and kitty and letter games and songs during the class. Patty Lawley, a youth services librarian, also read several books to the kids. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
The National Football League is back in action, and Hinsdale is well-represented. Among the local products competing are former Hinsdale Central standouts and teammates Ian Bunting and Thomas Ives. The tight end and wide receiver, respectively, joined the Chicago Bears as undrafted free agents for the preseason training and game schedule. As a result of their performances, the Bears kept Ives on its 10-member practice squad while the New York Jets signed Bunting to theirs. In...
You’ve come a long way — The Hinsdale Humane Society has roots back to 1953 when six Hinsdale women were not happy with the condition of the local dog pound. The “shack” had no hot water, a single light hanging from the ceiling and was in general disreapair. In 1958 the society built a new dog pound at a cost of $25,000. That’s a far cry today’s multi-million dollar facility, which offers the finest of care and shelter for its guests. (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • voted to amend the school calendar to move the March 6 teacher institute day to Feb. 28 to coordinate with professional development offered by the DuPage County Regional Office of Education. That means students will have school on March 6 and will be off Feb. 28. • learned sixth-day enrollment for the 2019-20 school year is 3,778, just one student higher than the sixth-day enrollment last year • listened to an update from facil...
Hinsdale Finance Commission special meeting 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: discussion of budget assumptions for the 2020 annual budget Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets...
Friends and family gathered at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood Friday for a final salute to one of Hinsdale’s most beloved World War II veterans. George Hogrewe was born and raised in Hinsdale and attended Madison School. It was at Madison that he became known fondly as Mr. George, one of the school’s senior readers. He also returned each Veteran’s Day to take part in the school’s special program. He would recite “In Flanders Field” there and at the Memorial Bu...
About a dozen toddlers attended Toddler Time last week at the Hinsdale Public Library. Patty Lawley a youth services librarian, reads the book "Bark, George" by Jules Feiffer to the group. Blake Steele enjoyed listening to George's attempts to bark like a dog. Anna Apostolev and Aspen and Maya Wilensky keep time to the beat....
STUDENTS NAMED SEMIFINALISTS Fifteen Hinsdale Central High School students have been named semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Chelsea Biala, Thomas Clark, Catherine Collins, Lucy Fischer, Jessy Huang, Kevin Jin, Alyssa Lee, Daniel Leung, Nicholas Lynch, Selena Ren, Max Schwalb, Ava Severts, Daniel Skora, Jackson Stermer and Lauren Witt. They and the other 16,000 students who have been named semifinalists now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National...
If dogs could fly - Cash, a golden doodle, came close to flight Saturday morning at the Hinsdale Pool. While many dogs enjoyed a quick dip, Cash was all in as he lept and bounced around the pool with endless energy. The Dog Days of Summer event sponsored by the Hinsdale Park and Recreation department allows dogs to have the last dip in either the kiddie pool or the large pool at the end of the season. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures....
Scouts honor - Members of Hinsdale's Boy and Girl Scout troops gathered on the steps of the Memorial Building for this group portrait in 1942 or 1943. 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 [email protected]. (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...
A home for recovering alcoholics and addicts at 111 N. Grant St. violates Hinsdale’s zoning code, contends Village President Tom Cauley, and is the subject of a complaint in DuPage County Circuit Court. The R-4 residential district in which Trinity Sober House is located stipulates that no more than three unrelated people can live in one home. “It’s meant for families,” Cauley told The Hinsdalean last week. “While they don’t have more than three now, or at least the last ti...
The annual 3-on-3 tournament was held at The Community House last month. The tournament drew almost 300 players from 12 nearby communities, who competed on 71 teams and played in 122 games. Katherine Skinner of Fuego Furioso passes the ball as Alli Linke of the Giannis puts on the pressure. Cameron Kasper from the Spartans makes his way around an opponent. Billy Tierney, Tommy Majchrowicz and Sean Hubeny from the PB Fam team watch some friends compete. (Jim Slonoff...
Sean Casten and his wife, Kara, have spent the past couple of weeks helping their daughters - Gwen, a high school sophomore, and Audrey, a sixth-grader - acclimate to the new school year. Gwen has a full calendar as a member of the Downers Grove North High School marching band and JV tennis team. "I'm not sure which of us has the busier schedule - Gwen or me," Casten quipped. That's saying something, as Casten was pretty busy himself, traveling the 6th District before he...
Advance work began last week on work to rebuild the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Bridge over Interstate 294 as part of the Central Tri-State Tollway widening project. The Illinois Tollway is reconstructing the bridge, which carries the triple-track railroad over I-294 between Hinsdale and Western Springs, to accommodate the reconstruction and widening of the Central Tri-State Tollway. The new bridge will be a longer, wider, two-span steel beam structure that will accommodate four tracks, with the fourth track to be...
FINAL TENNIS FUN FEST A SUCCESS The Tiernan Kelly 14th annual Tennis Fun Fest held at Hinsdale Racquet Club Aug. 10 raised more than $9,000 for the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation. The foundation has 55 locations in 19 states and serves more than 13,000 children per month who are going through cancer, providing each with a small toy to distract them from their pain. For 14 years the Kelly kids have been hosting the event, which was started by Croston when he was 8. He then passed the baton to Mattigan, who later...
