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By Larry Atseff In the 1960s the Johnston family began vacationing at Green Lake, Wisconsin. In the late 1970s, Tom and Edie Johnston of Hinsdale, his brother and father and her mother purchased land on the lake. The extended family together built a home where the family gathers every year and where now even great-grandchildren…

Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club By Mike Ellis Several dozen Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club (HJWC) members celebrated the conclusion of a record breaking fundraising year at the club’s annual “It’s a Wrap” party at the new Compass Arena in Willowbrook on May 20. The HJWC benefit committee announced that it raised more than $305,000 through its…

By Hinsdale Magazine staff In this unprecedented, volatile housing market, it continues to be difficult to make the best decisions for either building or remodeling. Because so much is at stake that will be life changing, extremely expensive and time consuming to completion, you want to make the smartest best decisions. Couple those concerns with…

By Emma Wolf Now that the world is returning to some sense of normalcy after spending over a year in “Pandemic mode”, there is lots to be done in DuPage County! Whether you’re looking for a new activity or a new favorite restaurant, there is something for every reader. If you’re looking to explore your…

Delivers Life Saving Oxygen Fighting Covid-19 and its Variants Raging Over His Homeland India By Scott Jonlich Hinsdale resident Sudhir Ravi is racing against time to deliver life-saving oxygen to pandemic victims on a very large scale to various cities across India, as dangerous Covid-19 and its variants ravage the population. The Major Problems When…

Dads Unite for Youth Football By Larry Atseff Every year, thousands of families across the western suburbs enroll their boys in youth tackle football as part of the Bill George Youth Football League. They are taught by their Dads who have played college and even pro football, as well as other Dads and other members…

Jeff Waters Joins District 86 School Board By Larry Atseff Wait a minute. You already may know Jeff. He may have knocked on your door urging you to Vote Yes on the D-86 facilities referendum in 2019. You listened, and the referendum ultimately passed. Or, you may have seen him on a YouTube video during…

Tom Van Winkle Leads Hinsdale Humane Society By Larry Atseff From working in corporate America to leading a nonprofit organization, Tom Van Winkle, CEO/Executive Director of Hinsdale Humane Society (HHS), has followed his passion into animal welfare, and he’s not stopping until the “harder to adopt” animals have all been helped. His parents, a colleague,…

By Kristi Smith In honoring Dads who were not only great Dads, but were influential beyond their family, we want you to know about Joe Lizzadro. He arrived in the United States from his native Italy in the early 1900s. He traveled with his father, a shoemaker, who set up a cobbler’s shop in Chicago,…

Dave McGowan Guides The DuPage Foundation By Larry Atseff ommunity foundations like DuPage Foundation are defined as grantmaking public charities that improve lives of people in defined geographic areas by connecting donors with effective nonprofits. Dave McGowan, for 23 years, has led DuPage Foundation to become one of the most productive links between donors and…