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The scoops on Sunday did not keep the doctors, nurses, administrators and village residents away from Burlington Park. The Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Junior Board hosted the 69th annual ice cream social, which hasn't seen scooped ice cream since 2020 when the board pivoted and passed out ice cream bars to maintain social distancing. That practice went on for three years. Charley Prendergast and Ellie and Lucy Rozum take a break in the shade to enjoy their ice cream. Please...
8U WINS FIRST CONTEST The 8U Hinsdale Falcons opened the season in convincing fashion with a 31-0 victory over the Naperville Saints 8U White. The Falcons got things going on the first series after Cole Sherwood scampered for 50 yards on third and 10 and the Falcons never looked back. Connor Pauley capped off the first drive with a 20-yard touchdown run — his first of two on the day. Sherwood also scored two touchdowns, running one in and catching one from Luke Schroeder. Schroeder was also responsible for scrambling for a 40...
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Golf, boys Aug. 28 @ Conway Farms Invite V places 1st with 217 strokes Swoyer, 67 Devata, 72 Mulligan, 73 Rasmussen, 77 Wesolowski, 77 Aug. 26 @ St. Viator Invite V places 1st with 289 strokes Golf, girls Aug. 29 vs. OP-RF V wins 147-192 Owens, 33 Abdullah, 35 Han. 39 Bhatt, 40 Soccer, boys Aug. 29 vs. Downers South V wins 5-1 Davies, 3 goals Montoya, goal, assist B. Zamalaitis, goal, assist Rocque, assist Tingler, assist Aug. 26 @ Timothy Christian V wins 3-0 Aug. 25 @ Whitney Young V loses 0-4 Swimming, girls Aug. 26 @ Kend...
Carter Contreras Hinsdale What are you feeling as the football season begins? Obviously I'm super excited. The most important thing for me as a senior and team captain is leading my team. How do you try and lead as captain? I think it's important to teach the younger guys and the guys who haven't played in big games how to keep yourself calm and controlled in tense situations. I looked up to my team captains, and they definitely helped me push through the challenges and that...
For the first installment in our preview series of Hinsdale Central's fall sports squads, we look at the boys and girls cross country squads and the football teams. Both running programs are relying on younger team members to pick up the pace to continue their state-level success. The Red Devil gridiron gang, meanwhile, eyes a return to the playoffs after missing out last season. The series will continue in the Sept. 7 and 14 issues. Here's what each of the head coaches had...
Vincent and Kelsey arrived as very timid kittens and have since blossomed into beautiful young adults. They are still a little shy around strangers, but they are sweet and cuddly with people they know, and Kelsey especially loves to be held. They are 8 months old, microchipped and fully vaccinated. Their adoption fee is $200, and they must go home together. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, noon...
As kids, we learn to associate fall with changes. We change our routine, meet new classmates and learn new things about the world. That tradition doesn't need to end when we graduate (or, for those of us still in school, after that last bell rings). This year, your library is embracing the spirit of change that autumn brings with new opportunities to meet your neighbors and new twists on classic offerings. Everyone should set aside time this fall to make new friends before...
Summer has flown by once again! It seems we just presented a list of activities for a Memorial Day roundup, and Labor Day is already here. If you're looking for something fun to day, we've got some ideas for you. • Kick off the weekend with a trip "Back to Dogwarts" from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at The Community House, 415 W. Eighth St. Families can bring kids for a fun night of playing with the adoptable pups in attendance at their first day of school. Each will be s...
What's important to know about senior living? "Most of us don't want to admit that we need help," said Mary Ferguson, community outreach director for The Birches assisted living and memory care in Clarendon Hills. And the subject of moving into senior living can be a fraught one for adult children to broach with their parents. But better to address it earlier than too late, Ferguson advised. "You do not want to start looking at senior living when you have a crisis," she said....
CENTRAL GRAD IN TIMES SQUARE Jeremiah Adams, a Hinsdale Central graduate, will appear in the bright lights of Broadway on Saturday, Sept. 9, as part of the annual National Down Syndrome Society Times Square Video presentation. The one-hour video of roughly 500 photographs includes children, teens and adults with Down syndrome from all 50 states. These collective images promote the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome in a very visible way. The photo of Jeremiah was selected from more than 2,400...
An adult pinewood derby fundraiser was held Aug. 19 in front of Fuller House in downtown Hinsdale. A small group gathered to watch and cheer on their designated cars. Jackson, Lucy and Michael Hibner were quick to root on any car in any race. Proceeds benefited the Boy Scouts of American Pathway to Adventure Council. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
You'd be hard pressed to find Buncombe, Illinois, on a map. Buncombe is a five-hour drive straight south from Hinsdale as the crow flies, as my dad would say. I dreaded visiting Buncombe as a kid. In the early 1970s there was nothing there. Miles and miles of farmland interrupted by old farmhouses and grain silos. Maybe an occasional Stuckey's along the way. My paternal grandfather grew up near Buncombe before he made his way to Chicago in 1920. However, a few distant...
Mary A. Ozog, née Betinec, 96, formerly of Hinsdale, died Aug. 28, 2023. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Walter Ozog; and her sister, Lillian Lasek. She is survived by her children, Edward J. (Jean) Ozog, Linda (John) Crookshank and Marten (Regina) Ozog; her grandchildren, Suzanne Crookshank, Nicholas (Kara) Ozog, Charles Crookshank, Katherine (Richard Brandon) Lester, Casey (Rachel) Ozog and Conor Ozog; and her great-grandchildren, Zachary and Avery Ozog...
Were it not for my summer sabbatical from column writing, each one of these probably would have been its own column. Instead, I offer an abbreviated look at summer 2023. Since June, I ... • saw my birth mom and birth dad reunite for the first time in more than 50 years when they traveled here for Ainsley’s eighth-grade graduation. Not long after I connected with them in 2020, someone asked me if I ever thought they would meet. “I hope not!” I replied, thinking it would b...
As students get acclimated to their class schedules, locker combinations and homework, adults also have some adjusting to do now that school is back in session. Traffic patterns have changed dramatically since the first day at Hinsdale Central Aug. 21 and District 181 schools Aug. 22. More students are heading to and from school on foot or on their bikes — or getting a ride from mom or dad or even a classmate. They might not be paying as much attention as they should be, so drivers need to be extra vigilant. To that end, w...
Jennifer Cave could barely hear the voice on the other end of the line when she got the call that she had been named the 2023 Volunteer of the Year at The Community House. "When they called it was over the summer and I literally was at Disney World," she said. "It was so loud in the background." The Magic Kingdom was the perfect place to learn she had received the Katharine Van Duysen Sylvester Service Award for her work to "empower and support adolescents as they navigate...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Aug. 29. Battery arrest Amy E. Colomb, 56, 10S320 Jamie Lane, Willowbrook, was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated battery for making contact in an insulting and provoking nature with a victim at 1:09 p.m. Aug. 25 in the 10 block of East Hinsdale Avenue. She was charged and taken to DuPage County Jail. Arrest for suspended license Victor A. Flores, 22, 7214 S. Wood St., Chicago, was arrested for driving with a suspended license and operating an uninsured motor vehicle...
Almost a century ago, Hinsdale residents came together and raised almost $150,000 in a single week to pay for a new building to honor those who fought in the first World War. Village leaders hope residents will do the same this year to fund improvements to the Memorial Building in honor of the village's 150th anniversary. "They had a committee 100 years ago for how to create a memorial and they wanted it to be something lasting and something that would serve the community...
Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearing on properties to include on Historically Significant Structures Property List (round 5); public meetings on preservation incentives for 24 E. Eighth St., 132 E. Fifth St. and 136 N. Washington St.; signs for 22 W. First St. (Images Med Spa) Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission...
The Hinsdale Central Booster Club has announced its proposed executive board slate for the 2023-24 school year. The board is still seeking to fill the position of vice president. Anyone interested in the open position or in joining the club should attend the meeting or email Rob Tonn at [email protected]. President: Rob Tonn Vice president: Open Treasurer: Julie Boruff Secretary: Courtney Stach Membership: Beth Bielarz Communications: Tania Kuropas Fundraising: Kim Anderson Spirit wear: Jody Collins Concessions:...
The Kids Open Art Studio at The Community House - which encourages kids to avoid screens and engage in creative endeavors - was a hit with participants this summer. Offering a different set of materials for students to work with each day, the studio provides a perfect place to practice art of all kinds. Teddy Kocoras (clockwise from top), Claire Cundiff and Charlie Hipskind work on their projects. (Photos for The Hinsdalean by Sam Wheeler)...
Open forums, focus groups and an online survey are tools the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board will employ over the next several weeks at it seeks community input in the search for a new superintendent. At the Aug. 24 meeting, representatives from search firm School Exec Connect laid out the timeline for hiring a top district administrator by the end of the year. The first phase, slated for late September, will involve two open forums — one for the public and another for school staff — and more targeted focus group ses...
The patio outside The Community House was a cloud of pink Saturday night, as friends and family gathered to celebrate Hinsdale teenager Savannah Wood and her victory over osteosarcoma. Clad in all shades of Savannah's signature color, the crowd feasted on 13-year-old Savannah's favorite food and danced to her favorite music, all under a canopy of pink lights. Party planner Susan Cordogan, a Hinsdale resident and owner of Big City Events, decided the day before the event that...
All aboard - Hinsdale's Sean Chaudhry came across a box of old photos tucked in a corner of his store's basement. These photos, which back to 1939, show the crossing that use to be at Vine (top) and the Monroe Street crossing (bottom). 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]....
