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Luke Adams had seen enough of this year's Major League Baseball draft. The Hinsdale resident and recently graduated Red Devil star player had watched the draft's 11th round livestream on July 19 - the third and final day - with disappointing results. "After my name didn't get picked, I turned it off," Luke said. About 20 minutes later he received a phone call from a Milwaukee Brewers scout, who informed him he was the team's 12th-round selection. "I tried to find it online...
Red Devil Nation and Hinsdale once again will be well represented among the freshmen on collegiate rosters this coming year. As these members of Hinsdale Central and Nazareth Academy's class of 2022 prepare for campus life, they've offered both poignant reflections on their high school experiences and anticipatory visions for the journey ahead. This is the first of a two-part feature on this group of standout athletes, with the second installment to appear in next week's...
Justine is an outgoing and fun-loving cat who is ready to find a forever home. She loves playing with her toys and snuggling. Justine likes to be the star of the show, so she'd prefer to be the only pet in the house. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Interested adopters are encouraged to fill out an online...
Hundreds of basketball players are expected to test their skills, challenge their opponents and have some fun at the 3-on-3 tournament at The Community House in Hinsdale Saturday, Aug. 13. The annual event raises money to support youth programming at The Community House while offering basketball players and their fans a fun way to spend a Saturday. "It's really a fun atmosphere," said Amy Velco, whose sons Hayden and Hunter will be on the courts for this year's tournament. The...
After college Alison Brothen was having trouble reconciling her accounting degree with a job opportunity. One day, while manning a fitness club front desk in the interim, Brothen shared her struggle with one of the regular members. "He goes, 'I have my own accounting firm. Give me your resumé,' " she recounted. "I did, and I started working for him." It was another fortuitous connection early in her career that ultimately would help bring Brothen to Hinsdale, where she...
Jane Dahl Sakala, 97, of Hinsdale, died peacefully on July 22, 2022, her grandchildren holding her hands. Jane was born in Cleveland in 1925 to John "Bud" and Clara Pedlar Dahl. Bud relocated the family to La Grange, after finding good work during the Great Depression. Janie had a spunk and sass about her that was the perfect complement to the sweetness of her beloved big sister Jean. While Jean was learning to drive Jane insisted she could walk faster and hopped out of the ca...
Marilyn Joy Millar, nee Strubel, 92, passed away peacefully July 28, 2022. Marilyn and her husband, Bill, owned Millar Foods in Hinsdale for 16 years. She was born in 1930, in Chicago to Bernard and Loretto Strubel. Her mother was an Oak Forest Hospital nurse and her father worked for the WPA during the Great Depression. She grew up in the Blue Island area and graduated from Blessed Sacrament School and Blue Island Community High School, class of 1948, where she loved singing...
Katherine "Kay" J. Grabos, nee Williams, 75, of Hinsdale died July 29, 2022. She is survived by her husband, Daniel F. Grabos; her children, Megan Grabos and Daniel F. Grabos Jr.; her grandchildren, Luna and Jack Grabos; her siblings, Peggy (John) Hommel, Thomas (Kelly Quinn) Williams and Patricia (Fred) Seeholzer; and her nieces and nephews, Eliza, Graham, Molly, Ryan and Patrick. Kay was a longtime administrative assistant to the CEO and president of Ravinia Festival. A...
Life is best lived with the confidence of a 6-year-old in a princess costume. Let me explain. My oldest daughter Gabriella has always been one for costumes, crowns and princesses. Born with an imaginative mind, she is an expert in magical thinking and storytelling. However, there was a time when I began to worry that her zealous love of princesses might have become too much. A few years ago, she brought home a "what I want to be when I grow up" project. As we began to work on...
Periodically we get emails identifying the best and worst cities and states pertaining to a variety of categories — biking, hiking, driving, taxes, etc. One recent missive identified the best states for pioneer women, as if there were tons of females across the country wondering where they should move to grow their own crops, herd their own cattle and heat their bath water on a stove. (In case you are one of those rare women, you should move to Texas and steer clear of Rhode Island.) Another recent email identified the b...
Typing up obituaries was part of my very first reporting gig in 1989. The way things were structured at the time, the new reporter in The Doings newsroom inherited the responsibility — and kept it until the next new reporter was hired. The person who preceded me, if I remember correctly, had to type up obits for about a month. I did it for a full year and was oh so happy to let the assignment go. But life in so many ways is circular, and when Jim Slonoff and I started The H...
Each summer the Bank of America Student Leaders program chooses 300 high school juniors and seniors from across the country to gain leadership experience and develop skills while working with a nonprofit organization close to home. This summer, Sahan Sahgal of Hinsdale was among those 300 and one of five Chicago-area teens to embark on the eight-week endeavor. "I'm committed to helping out and giving back to my community," said Sahgal, who was introduced to the program by a...
The Garfield Avenue railroad crossing is closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic today, Aug. 4, as crews work on emergency repairs. The work to replace a portion of rail is expected to be finished early tomorrow morning, Aug. 5, according to village officials....
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Aug. 2. Drug, warrant arrest James M. Meyer, 36, 434 S. Lincoln St., Hinsdale, was arrested on a warrant out of DuPage County at 11:42 p.m. July 26 at York Road and Minneola Street. Police conducted a consensual pedestrian stop on the sidewalk and discovered the suspect in possession of a white powdery substance in plastic baggies that field tested positive for Fentanyl. He was taken to DuPage County Jail for warrant service, with additional charges pending the results of the...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 27 new cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale over the past week, bringing the total number of cases in the DuPage County portion of Hinsdale to 3,990, compared to 3,963 last week. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage was 35.7 on Aug. 2, compared to 45.1 on July 26. The community level remains high....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 D86 Transition Center 16W361 S. Frontage Road, Suite 126 https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearings on text amendments to Title 14 to establish historic overlay district and to 101 W. Chestnut St. (special use permit and changes to existing building), public meetings on 36 E. Hinsdale Ave. (wall sign) and 36 S. Washington St./4 W. Hinsdale Ave....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their July 28 meeting, board members: • listened as Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said a preliminary look at recently released AP scores shows significant improvement in the district after a dip of about 10 percent last year. The district saw an 8-percent increase in the passing rate for a return to 2018 levels. A full report will be presented in October. • voted unanimously to put the fiscal year 2023 tentative budget on display on the district website and at...
Without realizing it, Olivia Ostrowski has been preparing for her summer job at the Hinsdale Public Library since childhood. "I spent a lot of time at the library as a little kid," Ostrowski said, taking part in the summer program that she helped to plan and run this year as youth services summer assistant. This wasn't the first library job for Ostrowski. Before graduating from Hinsdale Central High School in 2021, she worked at the library as a page. The job involved...
Green acres - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," shows Walker's farm. "Located where today's Ayres Avenue meets Garfield Avenue, Walker's farm stretched to the county line. There were no houses to the south for 8 miles, only prairie and a lone grove of trees. The street, 'The Lane,' was actually the lane that cows used to reach the barn. Years later, the barn's foundation was broken down and used in paving Ravine Road....
The Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce and the village of Hinsdale hosted another successful sidewalk sale July 22-23. Merchants and shoppers had to dodge a few sprinkles Saturday during the annual summer two-day sale, but it didn't dampen shoppers' spirits and the sale was a success. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
A series of 4-3 votes on normally routine business at the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting July 28 revealed the division that persists between the first-term board members and the rest of the board. The most significant of the votes involved a 1.4-percent increase for Superintendent Tammy Prentiss, bringing her salary to $264,258 for the 2022-23 school year. Board members Jeff Waters called for the item to be pulled from the consent agenda. “I’m not sure how much we can discuss without being in closed,” he sa...
Unplugged and playing in Hinsdale - Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department summer intern David Herrrera takes on worthy opponent in Hugh Danford during July 19's Giant Family Game Night at Robbins Park. As part of the National Parks and Recreation Month, the department celebrated by challenging residents to unplug, get away from screens and play outdoors. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
