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Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other action April 23, board members: • listened to an update on cybersecurity from Keith Bockwoldt, chief information officer. He outlined steps the district has taken to improve security, including awareness training, the use of new storage infrastructure that is resistant to ransomware and regular password changes. The next steps for the district will be implementing a next-generation firewall, reviewing email security solutions and requiring two-factor authentication. ...
Birthday bash - Family and friends gathered April 5 to celebrate Gerrie "Gucci" Picchietti's 90th birthday. As she and her husband, Jack, sat in their Graue Mill driveway, many of her neighbors gathered to sing "Happy Birthday" and family members paraded past in decorated cars. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Overwhelming anxiety can have a marked impact on the quality of our lives - our overall functioning, our relationships, our work, our parenting abilities and our self-care. At the AMITA Health Behavioral Medicine Institute, we believe healthy strategies to manage anxiety are critical to our physical and mental health and general well-being. Managing one's reaction to stressors, such as COVID-19, is no easy task, especially when there is such a heightened level of anxiety and...
Fewer commitments and plentiful free time sound like the perfect ingredients for a good time. But mix in a stay-at-home order and social distancing precautions, and having fun is lot harder than it used to be. Favorite forms of entertainment - eating out, seeing a movie, getting together with friends - are simply not available right now. So Hinsdale residents are putting in a little work to make sure family and friends are finding ways to enjoy themselves. Katy Altemose...
Gerrie Picchietti celebrated her 90th birthday with a parade and neighborhood "party" in front of her home in Graue Mill. And while the wind prevented the lighting of the candles on her cake, it didn't stop the crowd from singing a rousing "Happy Birthday." Her niece, Karen Gron, with husband Henry and daughter Molly in the back seat, was part of the parade as was granddaughter Christine Picchietti. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
While businesses everywhere scramble to reinvent themselves in light of the COVID-19 lockdown, John Yurchak said it's pretty much business as usual at The Fruit Store in Hinsdale - and busier than ever. "We've always run a clean, tight ship," said Yurchak, co-owner of the family-owned business that has kept the people of Hinsdale supplied with fresh fruits and vegetables since 1982. He said delivering the best products with personal service has always been key. The result is a...
HOSPITAL GRATEFUL FOR SUPPORT Hinsdale Hospital Foundation has received several major donations from the community to support staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is clear, when there is a time of crisis, the residents, companies and community organizations, show their true values of generosity and faith,” said Mike Murrill, president and CEO of AMITA Health Hinsdale and La Grange. The Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club donated $19,200, the Hinsdale Assembly Board donated $15,000 and the Hinsdale Rotary donated $7,500 to help...
Gertrude Daley Moran, 99, passed away April 21, 2020, at her home in Hinsdale. Gertrude was born in Chicago in 1920 and raised in River Forest, where she attended St. Luke Elementary School and Trinity High School. She graduated from St. Mary’s College in South Bend, Ind., in 1942 with a degree in music. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Rock P. Moran Jr. in 2009; her son, J. Stewart (Peggy Moran and spouse Tim Sinclair); her grandson, Patrick Moran; and her siblings, Margaret Mary (the late George) M...
Dr. Jeannette Arlene Switzer, 66, of Hinsdale passed away April 20, 2020. Jeannette was a beautiful, warm and caring person who always had a great sense of humor. As a classically trained pianist, she loved music and enriched her children with an appreciation for and interest in music and literature. She staunchly supported Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She earned an undergraduate degree in music theory from the Southern Methodist University. She also received a Ph.D. in finance from the...
Ileana Catarama, a 30-year resident of Hinsdale, passed away April 24, 2020, at her home with her family by her side. Ileana, 92, was born in Romania. She was a homemaker and cherished mother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Valeriu Catarama. She is survived by her children, Dorel (Veronica) Catarama, Mimi Pop and Viorel Catarama; her grandchildren, Dragos (Ramona) Catarama, Razvan (Monica) Catarama, Michael (Shay) Catarama and Crystal Amanda Catarama; and her great-grandchildren, Caiden, Cayla and Ileana. Private...
Lawrence Dec, 66, of Hinsdale passed away unexpectedly April 13, 2020. Larry was born to Steven and Lorraine, nee Berg, Dec in 1954 while they were living in Crystal Lake. Next, he lived in Chicago and Oak Park, followed by a short time in Salt Lake City. At 13 he settled in Chicago with his mother. As a good Chicagoan, he was a loyal Cubs fan who followed all the hometown teams. He participated in the Chicago political scene and never missed an election. Always trying to be independent and to do a good job, Larry started as...
My husband and I own the Orland Bassett house on Sixth Street. We are restoring this incredible home after a terrible fire because we consider ourselves custodians of history and beauty as well as titleholders of a personal property. Owning and maintaining an older home obviously requires a special commitment of time and attention. However, we take seriously the responsibility of living in a historic district and felt an obligation to rebuild as one of many families that have stewarded the Bassett house through the decades....
While we have been dealing with a worldwide pandemic, Verizon has been busy moving forward with their plans to install 4G/5G towers throughout Hinsdale. In a March letter to the village of Hinsdale, Verizon announced that they will begin submitting permit applications for new antenna towers. Although the new 5G technology may sound great, it is certainly not worth being a test community and having our front yard parkways filled with almost 150 unsightly cell towers soaring up to 45 feet tall with a refrigerator-sized power...
I was at the grocery store last week picking up a few things and was wearing a disposable mask. I noticed most customers were wearing masks as well and wiping down their carts. The checkout line had horizontal lines taped to the floor indicating where each customer should stand while they wait. It became my turn to put my items on the conveyor belt and as I started to, the woman in front of me, wearing a medical-grade N-95 mask, ordered me briskly to wait back and not place...
First responders. Docs. Nurses. Grocery store workers. Food delivery drivers. They've all been thanked - in press conferences, TV commercials and Facebook posts. They all deserve our gratitude, to be sure. A talk I had with a good friend of mine who's nurse at a Chicago hospital really brought that home for me. I also was touched by videos of nurses that aired during the April 18 "One World: Together at Home" coronavirus special. Their faces were bruised from so many hours of...
Stay the course. Whether that phrase brings to mind horse racing (its first use in 1885), sailing or past Republican presidents (Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43), it’s what we all need to do right now. We recognize this past week has been a tough one. Friday we learned Gov. JB Pritzker would extend the stay-at-home order for the state through May 30. A week before that, students — and their parents — heard the official ruling that schools would be closed for the rest of the year. That doesn’t mean there is no good news for May...
When the mid-March wedding of a Trinity Presbyterian Church couple had to be postponed due to COVID-19, fellow congregant and Hinsdale resident Tyra Bone felt the planned bridal shower must go on. But with shelter-in-place rules also prohibiting that event - which had been scheduled for last Sunday - Bone and other church women began collecting money and gifts to furnish the newlyweds' marital home. "We said we'll still gather gifts because they were still going to go forward...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports April 28. Driver arrested for fleeing, DUI Samuel B. Jackson, 38, 1113 Colgate Court, Naperville, was arrested on felony charges of fleeing and eluding a police officer and driving with a revoked license, as well as for driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an uninsured vehicle, aggravated speeding in a construction zone and improper lane use at 3:23 a.m. April 20 after a chase that began at Ogden Avenue and Washington Street. Police attempted to stop the suspect...
Dr. Herb Zerth is fortunate he's not working under the same conditions as his colleagues back East. "I feel for the providers in New York who are just completely overwhelmed," said Zerth, medical director of the emergency department at Amita Hinsdale Hospital. The staff in the Hinsdale ER is healthy, and they have access to the personal protective equipment they need, he said. With the stay-at-home order in place, the 26-bed department has not been overwhelmed with its usual...
A total of 65 Hinsdale residents have confirmed cases of COVID-19. The DuPage County Health Department reported 56 confirmed cases and the Cook County Health Department reported nine confirmed cases in Hinsdale as of April 28. DuPage County has a total of 2,739 confirmed cases, including 138 deaths, according to the health department’s website. A week ago Hinsdale had 33 confirmed cases, with 1,861 confirmed cases across the county, including 99 deaths. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 17 cases and one d...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, May 4 https//:www.d181.org Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org...
After a bit of delay due to COVID-19 hurdles, consideration of moratorium on demolitions of historic homes in Hinsdale is moving ahead. The village's plan commission is slated to schedule a public hearing on the matter at its meeting Thursday, May 13, with the hearing expected to be held at the group's June 10 meeting. The proposed six-month ban on demolition permits applies to homes within the Robbins Park Historic District and Central Business District properties as well as...
House calls - Taking a break from their Nazareth Academy online classes, Caroline Kelly's (far right) friends, Emma Francis and Diana Anos, set up social distancing space in front of Caroline's house to catch up. If you have a photo showing how you or your friends or neighbors are coping these days, email it to Jim Slonoff at [email protected]....
Luke Murray waits for his brother, Camden, to get a head start before he joins him on a quick bike ride around the block while taking a break from their studies. The landscape looked a lot different late last month when this photo was taken. And with rain predicted to continue today, our April showers will no doubt bring May flowers tomorrow. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
It’s official. The new pool at Hinsdale Central High School will be named The Don Watson Aquatics Center following a unanimous vote April 23 by the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. Watson coached the Central varsity boys swim team to 12 consecutive titles and developed 167 high school All-Americans and four Olympic swimmers from 1965-78. He passed away at age 87 in November 2017. The request received the endorsement of the policy committee. Kathleen Hirsman, committee chair, said her group spent significant time discus...
