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Growing up I wish my mother had taken the onus of having certain conversations with me rather than leaning on my older siblings to navigate those "talks." As a parent who happens to be rather versed in sex education, I feel confident and comfortable with the conversations I now have with my own two children. In this lies the difference between my mother and me. I believe she really did want to have those conversations with me, she just didn't feel confident or comfortable...
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Gerda W. Hoover, 92, of Lombard, died Aug. 8, 2019, at her home. Gerda was born in 1927 to Erich and Maria Wolff, landowners in East Prussia, Provice of Germany. An only child, Gerda grew up at a peaceful time in a beautiful farming area she described as a land of dark forests and crystal-like lakes, home to elk and the famous Trakehner pure breed horses. At the end of World War II in the winter of 1945, she and her mother fled from advancing Russian troops. Her father had been called to dig ditches to stop the Soviet tanks....
George Hogrewe, 95, a longtime Hinsdale resident, died Sept. 1, 2019, in Naperville. George was born in 1923 at his family’s home on Clay Street in Hinsdale. He was a radioman in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving in the Pacific campaign. He reminisced about being in Tokyo Bay at the time of the Japanese surrender and about sailing in the rough waters of the Bering Sea on the light cruiser the USS Detroit. After the war, he worked for Automatic Electric/GTE in Northlake for almost 40 years. In retirement, he r...
This is the third and final installment in our series previewing Hinsdale Central High School's fall sports teams. The boys and girls golf teams and football squad and were featured in the Aug. 22 issue, and girls cross country, boys soccer and girls tennis were spotlighted Aug. 29. Those articles are available online at https://www.thehinsdalean.com. Boys cross country First meet: Aug. 27 Red Devil Tri (vs. Benet & Fenwick) Last year: 4th in regional, 5th in sectional, 11th...
Grayson Contreras made a couple of quick moves herself on Dickinson Field Friday night - after the game that is. She was the first one to run into brother Braden's arms. With only two minutes left in the fourth quarter, Braden grabbed an unexpected 57-yard scoring pass from quarterback Michael Brescia. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Golf, boys Aug. 30 & 31 @ Antigua National High School Golf Invite (Ariz.) V places 14th with 614 strokes Golf, girls Aug. 28 @ Addison Trail V wins 161-222 Thornton, 39 Joy, 40 Ascher, 41 Larson, 42 Soccer, boys Sept. 3 vs. Downers South V wins 4-1 Gambia, two goals Morris, goal White, goal Aug. 30 & 31 @ The Tradition Classic (DePauw University) vs. Peoria Notre Dame V loses 1-4 Becker, goal vs. North Central (Ind.) V wins 3-2 Becker, goal St. John, goal White, goal Swimming, girls Aug. 30 vs. St. Charles North V wins...
Name: Jessica Joy Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start golfing? I picked up golf a few weeks before freshman year tryouts. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I like the fact that you can see improvement. Your score itself is pretty direct feedback of all the work you put into it, so you can see the improvement pretty quickly. What is your greatest strength? I approach the game of golf as an athlete having played different sports growing up other than golf...
1U GOLD BEATS OSWEGO The 10U Gold Falcons played a fantastic game against Oswego, winning 24-6. The team started out quickly going up 8-0 on the first series after an amazing 50-yard touchdown run on fourth and 12 by Charles Calhoun and two-point pass conversion by Brian O’Malley. On the next series, Oswego scored in six plays to make it 8-6. The coaches called a strategic time out to put in a new defensive formation to block the extra point and were successful. Coach Mershon decided to kick the ball long with Orestas B...
