Articles from the September 29, 2022 edition


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  • Updated Sep 28, 2022

  • Hinsdale Falcons

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    9U GOLD TEAM FALLS IN OT The battle of two 4-0 teams lived up to all its hype. The Falcons’ defense came out with a vengeance when Sebastian Christensen and Marco Oliverio forced a fumble, recovered by Soren Carlson. On the next defensive series, Ben Murphy forced a fumble recovered by Lucas Zayed. The offense did not want to be outshined and on the ensuing drive. Key blocks by Nate Thangamani, Carter Cox, Ivan Burt and Jacob Zager sprung Topher Allanson for a 65-yard touchdown run. The defense closed out the first half s...

  • Homecoming weekend lives up to expectations

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    With a Friday night last-second victory at the football game and a cool, rain-free Saturday morning parade, Hinsdale Central celebrated homecoming weekend in style. The parade led off with the Hinsdale Central Marching Band, and was followed up by dozens of Central teams and clubs that delighted spectators. (Jim Slonoff photos)...

  • Pet pic of the week

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Mimi and Mini Mimi are a mother-daughter pair of blue cream cats who are ready to meet their new family. They would do well with kids of any age. They're 3 years and 3 months old, like to play and snuggle, and their adoption fee is $175. 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...

  • This week's cover

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Full support - Ellianna Lambert, Madeleine Woodbury and Kaylee Colderchant cheer on the Hinsdale Central pommers during Friday night's homecoming football game at Dickinson Field. The Red Devils came from behind in the last 30 seconds of the game to win 22-19 against Oak Park-River Forest. More homecoming pictures are on Page 28; football results are in End Zone on Page 36. (Jim Slonoff photo)...

  • First attempt at making sushi a success

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 28, 2022

    After trying numerous types of cuisine - French, Italian, Chinese - a teenage Juan Perez decided he would dedicate his career to making sushi. "I noticed that between the chef and customer is only three, four feet away," Perez said. "You see the reactions of people when you are making the food." The chef and partner at Nabuki in Hinsdale has been preparing sushi for more than 30 years, making him the perfect person to teach this curious reporter how to do it. Perez doesn't...

  • Good news

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    SEPPANEN RECEIVES VOLUNTEER AWARD Hinsdale’s Stephanie Seppanen received the 2022 Katharine Van Dusen Sylvester Service Award from The Community House earlier this month. Seppanen’s involvement with The Community House began with her first performance in the Community Revue “Addicted to Hinsdale” after moving to town in 2011. Seppanen connected with many long-time TCH trustees while rekindling a childhood passion for musical theater. Since then, Seppanen has been in four more Revues and makes mental notes on Hinsdale life to...

  • Ask an expert - BRIAN STANTON, MARATHON RUNNER

    Ken Knutson|Updated Sep 28, 2022

    How do you prepare for a marathon? When Brian Stanton moved to Hinsdale last year from Charlotte, N.C., the avid distance runner was unfamiliar with the area's best training routes. So Stanton, a senior vice president with Bank of America, created his own with a pass-by tour of bank branches. "I thought, 'Why not try something a little different?' On one my longer runs, I ran past five of them," he said, namely the Hinsdale, La Grange, Woodridge, Willowbrook and Westmont...

  • New COVID case count holds steady

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    The DuPage County Health Department reported 20 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 4,199, compared to 4,179 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 13.8 on Sept. 28, compared to 15.4 on Sept. 20. The community level has dropped to low. District 181 reported five positive cases from Sept. 21-26, including three students...

  • James E. Haviland

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    James E. Haviland, 77, of Downers Grove, formerly of Hinsdale, died Sept. 13, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mickey Clark Haviland; his parents, Thomas E. and Louise Lorenz Haviland; and his siblings, Nick, Katherine and Thomas. He is survived by his children, Colleen (Jesse) Sullivan and Jamie (Kristin) Haviland; his grandchildren, Madeline, Emily, Ryan, Tyler, Quincy and Shannon; his sisters, Martha and Hope; and many nieces and nephews. A celebration of life...

  • Reports of gunshot were unfounded

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Although some people who were in the vicinity of Fourth and Garfield about 5:40 p.m. Sept. 24 reported they heard gun shots, no guns were fired, according to Hinsdale police. Police were responding to a report of a man having a mental health crisis, Chief Brian King reported in an email to The Hinsdalean. “The subject was combative with officers and a Bolo Wrap restraint device was utilized to safely take him into custody,” King wrote. “The police department does not normally report on mental health calls for service; howev...

  • Beginnings and endings

    Lisa Seplak|Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Several weeks ago, a friend was lamenting summer’s end as we drank margaritas on her deck. We chatted and watched the western sky glow. “Summer’s the best. Every year it’s a different story,” she said. “I hate to say it, but I’m glad it’s over,” I replied. It’s autumn now. I hope your summer was a magical story. Like following ribbons of roads on cross-country adventures. Hots dogs, sun and too much beer in the bleachers. Sleeping with the windows open, the invisible tree...

  • Career, volunteer jobs equip woman to open business

    Sandy Illian Bosch|Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Kathleen Hanley's transition from working professional to mom also marked the start of her journey into a brand new career. "After my third child, I worked part time," said Hanley, who spent 15 years researching and developing hospital products after earning a degree in biomedical engineering from Marquette University. As she stepped away from full-time work, Hanley said she found herself getting more involved with her community. A resident of Glen Ellyn at the time, she...

  • Daily Herald wrong target for 'newspaper' critics

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 28, 2022

    So let me get this straight. A group called Local Government Information Services - linked to conservative Republican Dan Proft - decides to print what is essentially campaign advertisements disguised as a newspaper. The Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, whose press does commercial jobs in addition to printing its own paper, prints the piece. And now the Daily Herald and its owner, Paddock Publications, are the bad guys? What? Let me be clear. I am not a fan of what I would...

  • Talking about suicide is key to prevention

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Students at Hinsdale Central High School might have noticed some interesting things this week. Footprints placed in the hallway led to the school’s new student services area, where teens can learn more about depression and how to get help in times of crisis. “Lighthouses” placed throughout the school identified people who are serving as a “Beacon of Hope” to help someone in need. On Monday, students were reminded during daily announcements of the number 988, the new Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, to contact for help with ment...

  • Police beat

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Sept. 20 and 27. Home burglarized A house in the 800 block of Justina Street was forcibly entered, and a closet and bedroom dresser drawers inside were ransacked between 11:33 and 11:47 a.m. Sept. 20. A surveillance camera was taken from the house. Dog bite reported A person was bitten in the thigh by a dog while walking on the street at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at 57th Street and County Line Road. The dog was on a leash and the owner continued walking away. Identity thefts • S...

  • Central closes campus for potential threat

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Hinsdale police were called to Hinsdale Central High School Wednesday after graffiti was discovered in one of the bathrooms that morning. “It presented no credible threat, in the police department’s opinion,” Chief Brian King told The Hinsdalean. “The school asked for additional police officers to be assigned to the building throughout the rest of the day.” A email sent to parents (and shared with The Hinsdalean) from Central Principal Bill Walsh indicated a student alerted administrators to a “potential threat” wri...

  • Father, husband lived his life with joy

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Don't live with regrets. Be nice to people. Do it today, not tomorrow. Don't stop learning. These are some of the tips for living a good life that Tom McCleary passed along to his kids just days before he died March 12 at the age of 63. "He just rattled off all these things about how to get a good life," his wife, Megan McCleary said. "My son had typed them up in his phone in his notes." He shared the advice shortly after learning there was nothing else doctors could do to tre...

  • Officials: SAFE-T Act not about safety

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    The Safety Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today act, which goes into effect Jan. 1, has an inaccurate acronym, in Hinsdale Police Chief Brian King’s opinion. “I think the name SAFE-T Act is a complete misnomer,” King said. “It’s reform legislation for criminal justice.” Some provisions in the law, such as the requirement that officers wear body cameras, have been beneficial to the community and law enforcement, King said. “There are also parts of that legislation that are deeply problematic from a public safety standp...

  • Weekly agenda

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public meeting on certificate of appropriateness for 241 E. First St., sign permit review for Peak Lifestyle (45 S. Washington St.), Robbins Park Historic District Gateway Signs, Title 14 amendments status update Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday,...

  • Meeting roundup

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Sept. 22, board members: • adopted the budget for fiscal year 2022-23 following a public hearing. The board approved an operational spending plan of $129.3 million against projected revenues of $129.4 million, • approved a memorandum of understanding with the Hinsdale Township High School Support Staff Association regarding the creation and implementation of a retention bonus for the 2022-23 school year. This bonus, from a pool capped at $210,000, is available to paraprofe...

  • Correction

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Douglas Newby, Hinsdale Central Hall of Fame 2022 inductee, created the Dallas Restoration House of the Year Award, the first residential restoration house of the year award in the country. An article in the Sept. 22 issue incorrectly said he received the award....

  • D86 debates saving texts for FOIAs

    Ken Knutson|Updated Sep 28, 2022

    The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members last week discussed text messages as public records under the state’s Freedom of Information Act and how best to preserve them. “What’s the most efficient solution that we can have to make sure that everything is compliant (and) protected, and we’re being as responsive as we can and conservative in our practice?” board President Eric Held asked at the Sept. 22 meeting. Under district policy, electronic communications are among those that must be preserved when they pertain t...

  • Crash flips car on its roof at Fourth and Bodin

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Hinsdale police and firefighters responded to the scene of a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon at Fourth and Bodin Streets. Firefighters remained on the scene until the car was flipped right-side-up by a tow truck operator and to clean up debris. The intersection has yield signs on north- and southbound Bodin. The driver of the black Nissan was cited for failing to yield at a yield intersection, police said. No injuries were reported. (Jim Slonoff photo)...

  • Once upon a time

    Updated Sep 28, 2022

    Early merchants - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," shows Walgreens on the northeast corner of First and Washington streets. "Dr. Merrick's and Evernden's original 1872 drug store changed ownership and locations twice before Walgreens bought the business in 1935. It remained at the First and Washington Street location until closing in 1973. It was not until 1986 that Walgreens again had a presence in Hinsdale."...

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