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pure honey — it’s an antibiotic, and can help with allergies as ine months ago, our Hinsdale Magazine staff Curry mentions. In the future, pick up a jar at Kramer Foods, or committed to serving our readers in Hinsdale, stop by Curry’s bee farm in Oak Brook for a natural and healthy Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills and Oak Brook with a necessity. “three-part series” on each respective town. In this issue, we complete the rotation with Hinsdale and In July, Oak Brook Polo marks its thunderous return with its history, which dates back to the late 1800s. exciting polo action on Sunday, July 12 at 700 Oak Brook Road in Oak Brook. Hinsdale Magazine is proud I was pleased to hear from readers that to publish this year’s Oak Brook Polo Club we offer balanced editorial on all towns as SCORE magazine, featuring interviews with we interviewed mayors, village presidents, Michael Butler and Oak Brook Polo captain historians and community leaders. In James Drury. You will see a preview of my this July issue, as in past three-part series, Michael Butler interview in this issue. Butler we begin with a historical perspective of will be arriving this summer on “International Hinsdale, as we take a peek into the past Day,” on Aug. 16, when India’s Delhi Polo and take a journey through the years to see Club competes. It will be one of six polo how far we have come as a village. I would matches this summer, which begins with Hat like to thank the Hinsdale Historical Society Day on July 12, in honor of the Oak Brook for allowing us to comb through hundreds auxiliary of the Infant Welfare Society and the of photographs from its archives, which were THE BUZZ ON HEALTHY EATING Oak Brook Women’s Club. helpful in telling the story. It’s interesting to CHEF AND BEEKEEPER SEAN CURRY If you haven’t experienced a polo see how the face of our town has changed HINSDALE match, purchase your tickets at www. in some ways, while the architecture of the FACEBOOK TO FAMILY OAK BROOK POLO CLUB oakbrookpoloclub.com to enjoy the thrill of buildings has remained relatively unchanged. this amazing sport that is rich in history and We thought it would be interesting to always an attraction for social gatherings. position them side by side for our readers Pick up a season pass today for your family or to enjoy. Did you know that more than company, and enjoy free shuttle service to and from the Drake 120 years ago, a Baptist church stood at what is now the newly Hotel across the street from the polo matches. constructed Garfield Crossing? Enjoy the feature by contributing editor Mike Ellis. For more information on the Oak Brook Polo Club or to On the cover, contributing writer Haleigh Monyek features see the entire digital magazine of Oak Brook Polo Club SCORE magazine, visit www.hinsdale60521.com, where you will also find beekeeper and Oak Brook Hills Resort chef Sean Curry. We all of your favorite editions of Hinsdale Magazine in page-flipping thought it would be a timely feature this summer to put a spotlight digital format. Hinsdale Magazine is dedicated to helping local on these little creatures that have provided life-giving pollination organizations and non-profits flourish in our communities. If you to one-third of the world’s food supply, according to Curry, who is enjoy the print and digital magazines, and would like to learn how raising colonies of bees at the hotel. He has taken healthy eating to we can help you, please drop me an e-mail. a new level by having the bees pollinate the produce he is growing, and using the honey as a natural sweetener. There have been many Our staff is working on the August issue, which will include the reports of the declining bee population, and this story emphasizes second part of our Hinsdale series that you won’t want to miss. In their importance in our world. We know many of the benefits of the meantime, enjoy the summer! PART I: EXPLORING HISTORIC DOWNTOWN CHRIS & PAULA MURPHY OF BURR RIDGE AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL BUTLER

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he Oak Brook Hills Resort is “buzzing” about chef Sean Curry’s innovative project. With the goal of bringing food from farm to fork, Curry is raising colonies of bees in an onsite sanctuary to pollinate his produce, and to harvest honey to be cooked in his kitchen at the hotel. “Some places use processed raw sugar; we are using honey as

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a natural sweetener the way God meant it to be,” Curry said. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Curry’s passion for the culinary arts sparked when he visited a local culinary school. His dream ripened to fruition when he worked in Chambray, France, and then back in the United States as a caterer on movie sets. “It was all pretty cool,” Curry said. “One of my favorite [catering] experiences was at Mansfield prison

(in Ohio), where a rock music video was filmed. It was the same prison filmed for Shawshank Redemption.” As a plan to stay busy, Curry worked at the Marriott for 13 years. Fascinated with this venture, he arrived at the Oak Brook Hills Resort this past July with a revolutionary vision. “I have been a beekeeper for six years and an executive chef for eight years,” he said, attributing his inspiration for beekeeping to his

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CHEF SEAN CURRY is a state-certified beekeeper. He has established a colony of bees that is playing a part not only in sustaining the local environment, but enhancing the Oak Brook Hills Resort’s culinary offerings as well.

children. “Bees pollinate one-third of the world’s food supply. If bees keep dying, there’s one-third less food in the world.” Curry said he plans to create “feel-good” initiatives with the bees and make them profitable. He said this forward-thinking idea will be completed by creating relationships with local farms. “I am giving you the best product I possibly can,” Curry said. “I want my zucchini to come from local farms.” The bees hail from a group that travels around the country with hives and sells them as they go. “They pollinated trees in California, then came here (to the Oak Brook Hills Resort),” Curry said. The bees are a northern Italian

breed. Compared to bothersome yellow jackets and wasps, northern Italians are honeybees that are more docile and less aggressive. To keep their guests from testing these peaceful creatures, signs around the sanctuaries read, “Bees hard at work!” Honeybees produce a substantial amount of honey, which Curry incorporates into a cheese program and in desserts and pastries. “Local honey has an antibiotic and helps with allergies,” he said. Over the past year, the bees built their homes. To ensure the survival of the bees during the

winter, Curry used bee stacks to insulate the hives, while also wrapping tar paper around the hive. Chef Curry foresees many different ways to mix his honey. He said he plans to partner with a local brewery to combine his honey to craft a signature beer. Baking will be transformed through his creation of signature flavors for wedding cakes. When guests drive onto the property, sanctuaries are located on the side of the golf course by the pond and garden. With the assistance of a supportive staff, Curry is forging relationships between the hotel and local farms, while reinvigorating his customers’ relationships with their plates. n

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AT HOME | BURR RIDGE

FROM FACEBOOK TO FAMILY by Haleigh Monyek | Photography by Karen Hood

any individuals raised in the Midwest find their way back to their roots. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Chris and Paula Murphy moved to Los Angeles before returning to the Midwest, similarly to many families in our community. Making a home for their two kids, Parker, 10, and Finn, 7, in Burr Ridge, Chris and Paula set their hearts on raising their children with solid, midwestern values. The family moved to the Chicago suburb in May 2012 after Chris—an original Facebook employee—retired at age 40. “We had been talking about where we have been going over the past few years,

and talked about new beginnings for us,” he said. “For me personally, I just wrapped up this career at Facebook, running Facebook from a spare bedroom in my house into this insanely huge company. It felt like the ‘American Dream.’ ” After completing an accomplished career, Chris and his wife Paula switched gears to focus on family, beginning a search to find a neighborhood that was close-knit and oozed community values. “We had a blast out in L.A. for 10 years, but once we started having kids, we decided we wanted to raise a family with good, midwestern roots,” Paula said. “The community here is so vibrant, so special; and even within Chicago, I don’t think there is another community like it.”

Paula and Chris met in college at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. After graduation, Chris attended a youth leadership program, and probed the minds of some of the top entrepreneurs, American leaders and recent graduates from around the country. His entrepreneurial bug was hatched at a lecture presented by the president of the University of Michigan in 1993, who predicted that the Internet would be the next big phenomenon. “While all my friends were getting jobs, I wrote and spent the next nine months making a business plan,” he said. Chris developed a plan that was comparable to placing newspaper classifieds online. “Back then, there wasn’t Cars.com, and Continued on page 14

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none of the newspapers were even doing anything online,” he said. “I started my own company.” His endeavor was successful for several years, until automotive retailers and newspapers began to duplicate the concept. Although his business shut down, Chris rallied to put himself on the path that led him to Mark Zuckerberg. The couple moved to California when Chris’ company started going under. The timing was on point with Paula beginning her graduate career at the University of Southern California and Chris accepting a new position with the Los Angeles Times. With the addition of daughter Parker to the family in 2004, Paula became a stay-athome mother. That was when an idea hit her: out and about in the blazing California sunshine, baby Parker did not wear sunglasses—because no one had invented sunglasses for babies. Inspired to put her own entrepreneurial skills to the test, Paula crafted her solution. “I took the little beanie hats that babies wear, and I wrapped fabric around them and attached the lens to the hats so she could pull them down,” she said. “You could put your hat on the baby’s head, and it wouldn’t touch their skin.” This invention, Goo Goo Goggles, quickly

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became a national trend. Good Morning America hosted Paula, and gushed that this was one of the hot summer trends of 2004. While Paula was leading her sunglasses campaign, Chris dabbled in the online business while working for the Los Angeles Times. Still quivering with the entrepreneurial bug, Chris was hired by Microsoft. While tracking businesses, Chris remembers watching one company making a splash on the college scene. “I had never seen anything like it,” he said. “I called up Mark Zuckerberg and said, ‘Let me come talk to you.’ ” On a mission to convince Zuckerberg to open an office in the Midwest, Chris persuaded the Facebook founder to let him run the operations out of his home. Chris started at Facebook in 2007, the year after he and his family relocated from Los Angeles to Chicago. Four years later, he had already retired, having been a part of the company’s exponential transformation into a worldwide social media platform. But despite the financial success he enjoyed, Chris said he didn’t feel altogether in the right place in his life when he retired. “I retired at 40, and things weren’t where they should be,” he said. “I weighed 265 pounds, and I was burnt out. Paula was the one—she is the superstar. “She said that it is time to raise the bar for this family. You can’t just be retired at 40, and just live unhealthy and wait for the end.” Chris realized he needed to make a change after reflecting on an afternoon in which his son, Finn, wanted to play soccer, but Chris did not think he could keep up. In order to help, Paula introduced a plantbased diet to enable Chris to become a more active father. Starting with a cleanse, Paula systematically cut out meat, dairy, and grains over the course of several weeks. “You are pretty much just on vegetables and fruits,” she said. “He felt remarkably better.” The pounds began to melt as Chris persevered through the program, implemented an exercise regiment, and watched documentaries about food. This organic experiment served as an impetus

for Paula to create healthy meals. After attending a raw foods cooking class, Paula said she was eager to share what she had learned with her friends. “I was so excited about it (raw food); I had a big lunch for all my friends,” she said. “I made spaghetti and meatballs—except the pasta was made with zucchini, and the meatballs were made with nuts and herbs and healthy oils.” With a cashew crust and coconut oil, Paula whips up guilt-free desserts. “When you are doing raw foods and you use honey and coconut oil and really yummy flavors, you don’t have to give up your sweets,” she said. “You can still have [them]. It helps you to stay in the diet, rather than give up.” “I’ve become a better parent, because she has helped me get into better shape,” Chris said. Chris and Paula have been staunch supporters of their children’s ambitions. Parker, a music aficionado, blossoms with talent as a singer-songwriter and guitarist. “I think you can tell when you listen to her music, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert are her biggest role models,” Paula said. “She is a Nashville girl.” Finn punches and kicks at Taekwondo, ranking as a “Deputy 2,” only three belts away from black. He also plays drums at School of Rock in Hinsdale, and competes in Little League baseball. Motivated to increase her impact in the community, Paula ran for and was elected to the post of village trustee in Burr Ridge this past spring. “I wanted to try and make Burr Ridge a better place for not only my family, but also the other families in town,” she said. It was the ups and downs, the successes and failures, that molded the Murphy family into who they are today. Chris believes in the importance of taking chances within reason. “Go with your gut,” he said. “I remember that I told [that to] Paula and my parents, and I remember them being like, ‘What are you doing? You have kids now. What is “the Facebook?” Are you crazy?’ I couldn’t really tell them more; it felt like the right mixture. ... “If I wouldn’t have started that [online] company, then I wouldn’t have failed at it, and I would never have gotten the job with the Los Angeles Times. That wouldn’t have led me to Microsoft, then Facebook. “It ended up being the best thing I ever did. Don’t be afraid of failure.” n

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PART I: TOUR OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN

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EARLY DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OF HINSDALE A view looking north on Washington Street circa 1939.

ashington, Lincoln, Grant, Garfield. These are the names of streets in Hinsdale, as well as four U.S. Presidents: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and James Garfield. It may not have occurred to you, but many of the names streets in Hinsdale bear are not only the names of former presidents and other prominent American political figures, but figures that were contemporaneous with

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the original settlement of Hinsdale. 1865 marked the conclusion of the Civil Warâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a war between two opposing regions that racked up more casualties than any other in our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. The aforementioned Grant was present at Appomattox Court House in Appomattox, Va., for the signing of a treaty that restored peace and unity to the country; Lincoln, who had just been elected to a second term, was infamously assassinated shortly thereafter in the same year.

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1865 was also the year William Robbins, “the father of Hinsdale,” purchased land along what is now known as County Line Road, and called the new subdivision the “Town of Hinsdale.” The original railroad station, which was located slightly to the west of Washington Street, dates to 1864, while the first building constructed in what is now identified as downtown Hinsdale was completed in 1866, on the southeast corner of Washington Street and Hinsdale Ave. (This property is now home to Starbucks, although the original building has long since been demolished.) So, it is quite accurate to say that on the bustling streets many of our readers walk on a daily basis, development commenced a year after the Civil War. For the past century and a half, Hinsdale has continued to grow and evolve—but always with a view to historical appreciation and preservation, which has allowed it to maintain a unique charm and integrity for generations.

EARLY DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT

Only vestiges of knowledge can really be gleaned from the earliest years of development in the downtown area. In 1993, the late John T. Ziegweid, a lifelong resident of Hinsdale, compiled a remarkable amount of data concerning downtown properties which he shared in the form of a book—Historic Downtown Hinsdale—that provides an historical account of nearly every property that exists in the downtown area. According to Ziegweid, the building that stood on the Starbucks site was not the only one constructed prior to the town’s incorporation in 1873. This structure was built for a man named Lewis Morley, who Ziegweid relates was the first merchant and postmaster in Hinsdale. Morley ran a general store on the property with one William Evernden until 1869, when he sold it. “The train station at that time was at Washington; it was a block to the west,” said Sandy Williams, a longtime Hinsdale resident and the author of Hinsdale and

A Walking Tour of Downtown Hinsdale. “So, it made sense that that store would be directly in line with the downtown area.” While some may think of Garfield as the village’s main street, circuitously connecting York Road to Hinsdale, it appears that Washington was originally conceived as the town’s main north-south road. Not only is the street Hinsdale’s primary meridian, dividing west from east, but the original development of downtown Hinsdale occurred along Washington between Hinsdale Ave. and First Street during the 1870s. As is the case with the downtown’s original edifice, none of the properties built in the 1870s are now extant; but there is one building dating to 1881 at 47 S. Washington that still stands today. According to Ziegweid and Williams, this is the oldest existing building in the downtown area, which many of our readers probably know better as Phillips Flowers—a Hinsdale mainstay itself since around 1970.

TURNING THE CENTURY

The turn of the century saw development extend along First Street on both sides of Washington, as well as along Hinsdale Ave. At this time, two properties that would be among the village’s most significant for decades were erected: a bank building on the southeast corner of First and Washington, and the Hinsdale Club clubhouse on the southwest corner of Garfield and First. Constructed in 1901, the bank building served as home to the Hinsdale State Bank, the village’s first bank. This original edifice was then demolished in 1927 to make way for the more stately structure that still stands on the corner today. Many residents may remember the corner bank building as First National Bank, which formed after a merger between the Hinsdale State Bank and the Hinsdale Trust and Savings Bank around the Great Depression, and preceded the property’s most recent tenant, The Gap, by many years. Today, the property is untenanted, effectively an architectural monument in the historic downtown until

WASHINGTON & FIRST STREETS While tenants have changed through the years, the building at the southwest corner of First and Washington dates to the turn of the century.

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DOWNTOWN HINSDALE Overhanging signs were a feature of the past along Hinsdale Ave.

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the vacancy is filled. About a block to the east, the aforementioned Hinsdale Club clubhouse was built in 1899, serving as what Williams called “the social center of the town for decades.” This clubhouse hosted parties, lectures and dances—and was even the site of The Community House

from 1942 until it was razed in 1954. Williams said she believes development was always naturally restricted by the school located at Garfield and Third Streets. Now Hinsdale Middle School, this property was the site of Hinsdale’s original school and later, Hinsdale Township High School (now Hinsdale Central). “The downtown was hemmed in somewhat, (which worked to its advantage,) by the school at Third and Garfield,” she said. In these days, Williams said the types of businesses in the downtown area reflected the needs of consumers, ranging from small grocery stores, dry goods stores and drugstores, to blacksmith shops, bakeries and hardware stores. “[The downtown] provided the needs for the community—the groceries, the dry goods, the post office, things that were necessary to a new town,” she said. “It’s interesting to see the evolution of the downtown from an overview, as it did progress.”

As for the residential population, Williams said Hinsdale has always been a predominantly upper-class suburb, but featured more “diversity” in its early years. “It was always fairly upscale, but [there was a greater] diversity in population,” she said. “The shoemaker and the blacksmith also lived here, perhaps side-by-side with the bankers and the merchants who commuted to the city. It was established as a commuter suburb, and meant to be one of the finest commuter suburbs in Chicago.”

TWO DEALERSHIPS AND A THEATER

One aspect of downtown Hinsdale that may surprise residents both young and old is that about 100 years ago, there were two car dealerships in town: a Ford dealership and a Chevrolet dealership. The Ford dealership, located at 40 E. Hinsdale Ave., opened in 1917, and according to Ziegweid, was supposed to have been visited by Henry Ford himself about the same time. Down the street at 24 W. Hinsdale Ave.—now home to Hartley’s Cycle Shoppe—, a Hinsdale resident named Ed Fleck built a Chevy dealership in 1923. Ziegweid relates that Fleck later sold Dodges and Plymouths at the same dealership. “Those buildings are fairly identifiable by the elliptical roofs,” Williams said. Continued on page 22

THE HINSDALE THEATER Dating to 1925, the theater building still stands in downtown Hinsdale today, having been refurbished as Cine, a Mexican restaurant.

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About the same time, Hinsdale’s first movie theater opened adjacent to the bank building in a structure that was erected in 1915. Ten years later, the theater moved across the street to its more well-known location at 27-31 E. First Street in the building that has since been refurbished as Cine, a Mexican restaurant.

The theater featured a single screen and an organ, which accompanied the motion pictures in its earlier years. For Williams, who remembers utilizing the theater in some of its later years in the late 1970s and 1980s, it was a “beautiful addition to the downtown” that was “very popular for years and years.”

“It was wonderful,” she said. “On days off from school, the theater would run special children’s movies so you could take the kids down.” Williams said she is glad that despite the fact that theater closed its doors after more than seven decades of operation around the year 2000, the structure remains intact today. “Hinsdale should be very happy that it still stands—that someone did renovate and retain the facade and portions of the interior,” she said.

THE MODERN ERA

By the end of the 1920s, most of downtown Hinsdale was developed as it is today. The current corner property at 53 S. Washington, now J. McLaughlin, was finished in 1927. The first floor of this structure was the longtime home of Walgreen’s, which opened at this site in 1934, and remained a mainstay in the heart of downtown through the 1960s. During the same era, Jewel also operated a store at the corner of Garfield and First, which succeeded the former Hinsdale Club clubhouse in the 1950s. Over the years, downtown Hinsdale has continued to evolve, and has housed familiar stores and shops like Soukup’s Hardware (now Fuller’s Home & Hardware), the Picadilly Restaurant, C. Foster Toys, Schoen’s, Theidel Cleaners and a host of others. Longtime residents may recognize all of the aforementioned names, while those newer to the community may only be aware of the businesses that they frequent today. But regardless of the amount of time one has resided in Hinsdale or surrounding west suburban communities, because the architectural uniqueness of the downtown has been preserved, its “quaintness” and “charm” can be appreciated by all who visit it. In 2006, the business district was named to the National Register of Historic Places. Continued on page 24

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FASCINATING FACTS The southwest corner of Garfield and First Streets has been employed for a variety of uses through the years. Originally, it was the site of a large Baptist church constructed around 1870 that burnt down in 1895.

The one-time home of the Picadilly Restaurant, local historian John T. Ziegweid relates that the property at 18 to 20 E. First Street was originally constructed for one John C.F. Merrill of Hinsdale, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, who also served as an advisor to President Herbert Hoover.

The first movie shown at the original Hinsdale Theater adjacent to the bank building was “The Hoosier Schoolmaster,” a silent film that was produced in 1914.

The southeast corner of Washington Street and Hinsdale Ave. was the site of downtown Hinsdale’s first store, built in 1866. The original structure was replaced by the current building in 1900, and this building remained under the ownership of the Froscher family for more than 90 years.

Best recognized as the site of the Hinsdale News Agency, the second floor of the building at 24 E. Hinsdale Ave. was once known as the Hinsdale Hotel during the 1930s.

According to Ziegweid, in the late 1930s, the upper floors of the property at 13 to 15 W. First Street served as residences to many prominent teachers in and around Hinsdale, including Martha Christensen, superintendent of Hinsdale public schools, and Margaret Thackaberry, principal of the Clarendon Hills schools.

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“I think that’s what so charming about it—that some of these buildings are 100 years old,” said Mary Beth Copeland, owner of Sass-n-Class, an invitations and stationery shop on First Street. Jim Phillip of Phillip’s Flowers, a longtime Hinsdale resident, said he thinks the uniqueness of the downtown consists not only in its architecture, but also in the types of businesses to which shoppers are exposed, which he described as “unique, local businesses owned by local residents that know their customers well.” “I think that’s attractive to people,” Phillip said, “because we’re all exposed to so much sameness with the big box stores.” Today, perhaps the most prevalent trend in the composition of downtown Hinsdale is the addition of restaurants. From chains like Corner Bakery and Einstein’s, to original, locally-owned concepts like Nabuki, Vistro and the newly-minted Fuller House, visitors to the downtown now have a variety of food choices to complement their local shopping experiences. Williams said she believes trends and changes like this are driven predominantly by the “desires of the residents.” “Today, I do think there is much more of a demand for restaurants,” she said. “People love to eat out, and I think that is certainly reflected in what is happening today.” Later this summer, the newest structure in downtown Hinsdale, Garfield Crossing, will open its doors just north of Hinsdale Middle School along First Street. A two-story brick development, Garfield Crossing will consist of both retail and office tenants, and is designed

THE BANK BUILDING The stately bank building has been a landmark in downtown Hinsdale since 1927.

to fit contextually with adjacent and surrounding properties. As time progresses, residents can expect the evolution of downtown Hinsdale to continue, but in a manner respectful to a history that dates to the culmination of the Civil War. “Hinsdale still has a lot of that unique charm that attracts people,” Phillip said, “and it’s still a hard place to find a parking space in.” n Hinsdale Magazine is greatly indebted to the late John T. Ziegweid for his book, Historic Downtown Hinsdale, which was a vital resource for the procurement of many of the facts and details in the preceding article. We would also like to thank the Hinsdale Historical Society for access and permission to use the historic photos in the above article. Be sure to look for next month’s issue for the second of our three-part series on Hinsdale.

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by Scott Jonlich | Photograph provided by the Oak Brook Polo Club six chukkers of pure excitement. There were several spills, though not serious, including one in which Prince Charles was run down by one of his teammates. The final score of the game was 12-10, in favor of the prince and his team. We talked with Michael Butler, who now resides in Woodland Hills, Calif., to discuss that royal polo weekend and more. With your family’s history in Oak Brook and polo, you made many political connections with the likes of the Kennedy family and Mayor Richard J. Daley. Can you talk to us about that? Well, it came about when I was getting ready to run for the U.S. Senate. The governor (Otto Kerner) and Mayor of Chicago, Richard [J.] Daley, both were quite fond of me, and I was quite fond of them. I ran for state senate in DuPage County. I was not elected, but I got more votes than Kennedy or Douglas or anybody—but I still didn’t make it, because they don’t elect democrats in DuPage County. [Sen. Robert] Kennedy asked me to help Otto Kerner to get reelected governor of Illinois, so I wound up becoming a manager of his campaign. He was re-elected.

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ak Brook’s royal polo weekend in 1986 started out as a personal invitation from Oak Brook Polo Club chairman Michael Butler to his friend, Prince Charles, England’s Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne. This event would mark the first

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time the Prince of Wales would play with an English team on American soil. The U.S. team included Butler, Adam Butler, Stuart MacKenzie and Geoffrey J.W. Kent, while Prince Charles’s team members included Andrew Seavill, Martin Brown and Oliver Ellis. Once the game got underway, it was

So, you knew Bobby Kennedy. Did you meet JFK as well? My real connection was with JFK. I did a lot of work for him when he was a senator and I was an advisor in the Middle East. I was doing commercial work in the Middle East. My job was to be a part of certain things military and commercial, and what was going on in the Middle East. Bobby and I had never been that close, but when [JFK] died,

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Bobby changed quite a bit, and Bobby was the one who got me into politics. What was it like to be around JFK and Bobby Kennedy? It was terrific. I really loved Jack, and wound up the same way with Bobby. Bobby and I didn’t get along too well while Jack was running, because Bobby was sort of the bulldog of the whole operation—even though I was [providing] planes to JFK, like this very famous photograph [that] was sent me by the editor-in-chief of Time [magazine] that shows Jack in front of Butler Aviation reading a newspaper at night. I never did politics with Jack, except to help him. My job with Jack was strictly to report what was going on in the Middle East. When I visualize the 1970s and ‘80s with Oak Brook on the international stage for polo, that must have been an amazing time. Can you take us back and tell us what it was like in those days? It’s astonishing how much the village [of Oak Brook] has ignored that history. That’s one of the great things that any country or city could have this kind of history. At that time, from 1954 to 1979, it was the largest polo club in the world, and there were people coming from all over the world. We had 13 polo grounds and an air-strip, so we would have people coming in with planes all the time to land and play polo. The Beverage family from Detroit came in a four-engine plane, and I’ll never forget that day as long as I live. You had people like the Maharajah of Jaipur, Baron de Rothschild, all sorts of famous Americans—and of course, Prince Charles. When did you first meet Prince Charles? I’ve known him quite well before [Oak Brook Polo]. I got to know Prince Charles very well when I moved to England, which was in the ‘70s. What was that relationship like, and do you still keep in touch with him? We’re friends and have a very good relationship. Besides my relationship

with him, he played on the Rolex Team, which was run by my sister and brotherin-law. [He] played a lot of polo; polo was in [his] family. I gave him polo ponies to play at California and on several other occasions. We played at Oak Brook in 1986. Originally, it had quite a to-do with Ralph Lauren. My relationship with Ralph sort of fell apart, because he didn’t realize there was a big battle going on in the U.S. Polo Association (USPA). I wanted the USPA to work with Ralph Lauren; there were people in the polo association who did not want to have him. Because of that, Ralph and I sort of didn’t have communication anymore. The idea of Prince Charles playing originally came from him; and so I wound up going to Marshall Field, and wound up sponsoring him. It took a lot of money for charity to get him in. I am picturing a night at the Saddle Club in Oak Brook. Was that the gathering place after the match? There were two gathering places; one was the polo club itself, and every Sunday night after playing, we would change into our black ties and be joined by the ladies, and there would be a dance. The other place was called the Saddle Club, and that was casual and informal. It was loved by all and greatly missed. It was run by Phil Zapata, and he did a wonderful job. When did the Saddle Club cease to exist? I started the Saddle Club about 1960, before I started to play polo. I didn’t start polo until about 1963 or 1964. I played for about 30 years. I had a bad right arm when I was seven [from] an accident with a pony, so they said I could never play. I did a lot of show-jumping and a lot of fox-hunting, so I was very active with the horses; but I couldn’t play polo, which was really my life’s desire. One day, [my] father [Paul Butler] and I were walking to the stable around 1962, and he said, “Maharajah Prem Singh wasn’t going to come to Oak Brook this summer; why don’t you take his ponies and start playing?” I was just in seventh heaven, so I wound up playing on my father’s team. Jackie Murphy, who was

one of my best friends, played position 2, and Cecil Smith, who was the world’s ranking player in those days, was playing 3. I played back, 4. It was an incredible experience. How did King Hussein of Jordan’s visit come about? He came the first time to this country with his entire entourage, and it was because of my work in the Middle East with the Hejaz Railway, which Lawrence and the Arabians destroyed in World War I. Part of that railroad was in Jordan. I got to know the king, and I invited him to come to America, so he called me and told me he’d never been to America. So, his first trip was to Oak Brook. He was a fan of Hugh O’Brien, so [I] invited Hugh. I want to go back to the Saddle Club. I’m trying to visualize that scene with the Hollywood celebrities: William Devane, Tyrone Powers, Stephanie Powers and others who came to watch polo matches in Oak Brook. Stephanie Powers, William Devane, Granger Hines, the authors of Hair— the Saddle Club was a very informal and causal place. We used to have food fights there, and things like that. You couldn’t do that in the polo club; it was completely different. Do you feel that Oak Brook missed an opportunity? Yes, I definitely think so. They took one of the best polo fields in the world, and turned it over to a range on the golf course. It was torn up, and now we have to try and put it together again. I don’t think people understood or cared about what a fabulous piece of history it was. Now you have a government in Oak Brook which has an interest in this. I keep telling them the most important thing in the world is to use every PR device possible;—otherwise what’s Oak Brook known for? It’s a very interesting sport. It has its biggest worldwide resurgence now. Chicago used to be the center with Oak Brook. Everybody’s very excited about it, because it’s an opportunity we’ve never had. n

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HAT DAY Sunday, July 12th Honoring the members of the Oak Brook Infant Welfare and Oak Brook Women’s Club. Invite friends & family to participate in our Hat Day parade.

DON’T MISS IT, BE A PART OF IT! PLEASE JOIN US AS THE 2015 SEASON CELEBRATES THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF POLO IN OAK BROOK.

CLASSIC CAR DAY Sunday, July 19th A stable of classics you won’t believe! Automobiles from yesteryear and classics of today.

OAK BROOK POLO IS A UNIQUE EVENT THAT IS TIGHTLY WOVEN INTO OUR COMMUNITY’S HISTORY, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENT SUPPORT OF THE VILLAGE, OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ENJOY THE RENAISSANCE OF POLO— THE OLDEST TEAM SPORT IN THE WORLD.

LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL DAY Sunday, August 9th The Oak Brook Polo Club proudly welcomes the members of Lion’s Club International

INTERNATIONAL POLO DAY Sunday, August 16th at 1pm Welcoming the Delhi Polo Club from India! Plans are for a four chukker match with the Oak Brook Polo Club, led by team captain James Drury.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME AT THIS YEAR’S POLO MATCHES AND EVENTS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE 2015 SEASON A SUCCESS!

Event details are available at WWW.OAKBROOKPOLOCLUB.COM

FAMILY DAY

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Sunday, August 23rd

Bring the kids for a fun-filled day with a special appearance from Ronald McDonald. Activities include face painting, balloon art and magic.!

A special event honoring the English Speaking Union of Chicago. Try the famous PIMMS Chukker drink— another Polo tradition from the Brits!

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2015. The fundraiser will be held at the Oak Brook Golf Club, located at 2606 York Road in Oak Brook. Proceeds will benefit the Bohne Foundation. The Bohne Foundation is dedicated to comforting the destitute, encouraging the hopeless and aiding the neediest members of our global community.

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO PARTICIPATE w Dinner Sponsorship $5,000 SOLD w Drink Sponsorship $3,500 w Lunch Sponsorship $2,000 SOLD w Breakfast Sponsorship $1,500 w Cigar Sponsorship $1,500 w Hole Sponsorship $1,000 w Entertainment Sponsorship $1,200 SOLD LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE w Golf Foursome HURRY! $1,500 w Single Golfer $400 w Dinner Tickets $150

REGISTRATION 11:00 A.M. SHOTGUN START 12:00 P.M. COCKTAIL RECEPTION 5:00 P.M. – 6 P.M. DINNER, PROGRAM, AWARDS & PRIZES 6:15 P.M. – 8 P.M. WHO WE’VE SERVED Oklahoma Disaster Relief Effort • Muscular Dystrophy SOS Village • Local underprivileged schools • Peacemakers League of Chicago • Africa Children’s Home • Youth Camps Crisis Center of South Suburbia • American Brain Tumor Assoc.

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2 GROWING FRIENDSHIPS GARDEN CLUB OF HINSDALE by Haleigh Monyek Photography by Rick Dahl

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he sweet aroma of fresh flowers gusted onto guests as they entered the host’s home for the Garden Club of Hinsdale’s biennial Flower Show. The Flower Show takes place every other year in May, and members build flower arrangements that are commented on by judges. Hosted by member Julie Diermeier, the flower arrangements ranged from freeflowing bouquets to assortments completed with vegetables. “Members do the arrangements, and judges come and score the arrangements,” Diermeier said, adding that she adored seeing her home filled with flowers bouquets on every surface. About 80 women dressed in bright, spring outfits perused through the different rooms of Diermeier’s home. Flower bouquets were placed throughout the house in living rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms. Women nibbled on appetizers, and mingled with the other guests.

3 “It’s in an extraordinary home, the food is spectacular, and the arrangements are beautiful,” member O.J. Mavon said. Member Casey Wasniewski not only enjoyed admiring the beautiful floral arrangements, but said she also welcomed the opportunity to meet new people. Celebrating its 95th anniversary next year, the Garden Club of Hinsdale is the oldest registered club in Hinsdale, and is involved in beautification projects such as taking care of two gardens on both sides of the train station. Its fundraisers support civic responsibilities and scholarships for students at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South. “I love gardening and being outside and getting my hands dirty,” said club president Elodie Cassidy, a ten-year member. At regular monthly meetings from September to May, everyone is invited to participate, including active, associate, lifetime and honorary members. There are speakers, hands-on projects and presentations on plant care, beekeeping

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and organic gardening. “We learn about what type of soil and fertilizers turn a hydrangea blue or bloom pink,” member Mary Kay Trilla said. Featuring a mix of age groups, gardeners can bond over a shared passion for flowers. Members said the club is part sociable and part learning. Member Kim Kosanoick said she appreciates incorporating how to use flowers in her home and yard, and enjoys the club’s fun activities and field trips. Reflecting on one of her favorite memories, Diermeier relished a field trip to a garden in fall, and fell for the crisp leaves and changing colors of the landscape. Flower enthusiast Jane Aruist said she appreciated the aesthetics of the arrangements.

[1] Andrea Vaughan, Beth Brace, Lisa Kelly and Stacey Kruchko; [2] Renee Cooper, Julie Diermeier and Colleen Wilcox; [3] Elodie Cassidy; [4] Heather Concklin and Kim Morris; [5] Bouquet of flowers; [6] Linda Sweeney and Linda Robinson; [7] Appetizers shared by all guests.

“It’s fun to see who made which arrangement, and see their personalities shine through,” Aruist said.

fashioned one with her daughter, Loren Musgrove. “It’s so much fun to see everyone’s creativity,” Trilla said. Past president Linda Sweeney said she appreciates the uniqueness of the flower show. “It’s nice to see how the flowers change the room,” Sweeney said. “It’s fun to create things and create art in the homes. Every home is different.” As a member since 2001, Sweeney welcomes the fact that the club is equally a social and a gardening one. To learn more about the Garden Club of Hinsdale, visit www.gardenhinsdale.com.

I love gardening, meeting great people, and being involved in interesting programs. — O.J. MAVON

Member Jody Boak was among those who designed arrangements. “It’s an all-white arrangement with some ginger spray, orchids, hydrangeas and tulips,” Boak said. Members can work together with partners when designing bouquets. Boak

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by Kerrie Kennedy | Photography by Jim Prisching

Crabmeat avocado with a dirty martini at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in Oak Brook

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Steak In the sizzling world of Chicago steakhouses, Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse has long been synonymous with old-school cool, high-rollers and above all—big, fat, juicy steaks. Its Oak Brook location, with autographed pictures of celebrities on the walls and Frank on the sound system, continues that tradition, while adding a twist all its own. “In Oak Brook, we have a beautiful outdoor patio that’s almost

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resort-like,” said Anna Kamilis, director of business development for Gibsons. “Compared to the city, it’s a little more serene here.” The perfect spot for a summer lunch (with a lunch menu that offers surprisingly good value), the Gibsons patio really heats up in the evenings, featuring a full menu of martinis, wines by the glass, nightly drink specials and a DJ Thursday through Saturday nights. “Our outdoor bar is gorgeous,” Kamilis said. “All that’s missing is a pool.” Instead, you’ll want to dive right

into Gibsons steaks, which include a variety of classic cuts, from a filet mignon to a bone-in filet, a New York sirloin to a T-bone, a Porterhouse to the W.R. Chicago-cut, a bone-in rib-eye named after former Chicago Tribune food critic and Gibsons regular William “Bill” Rice. The only restaurant in the country to be awarded its own USDA Prime certification, Gibsons’ beef is bredspecific Black Angus from sustainable Midwest farms, corn-fed for 120 days, and then aged for 40 days for flavor and tenderness.

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NM Cafe. Beat the heat with a day of shopping at Neiman Marcus, followed by an NM salad tasting at NM Café, featuring a trio of Neiman Marcus’s legendary chicken salad, tuna pecan salad and petite Greek salad. Salads are served, of course, with a signature cup of delicious chicken broth and a pretty popover with strawberry butter. 6 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, 630-586-3150, neimanmarcus.com

W.R. Chicago cut steak with a double baked potato offered at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in Oak Brook

For non-beef-eaters, there’s a wide variety of fish (grilled shrimp, seared Ahi tuna, herb-crusted salmon, Chilean sea bass, Cajun Talapia, blackened Mahi Mahi, Alaskan King Crab and colossal fresh lobsters), as well as salads (lobster cobb, tuna, steak, Caprese, loaded wedge salad and the popular “garbage salad”). Sides—double-baked potatoes, creamed spinach, hand-cut fries, broccoli with hollandaise, asparagus, mushrooms, crab mac-and-chesse— are huge, and served family-style to encourage sharing. Similarly, one

dessert is large enough to feed an entire table (and then some), but the macademia turtle pie and seasonal strawberry shortcake should not be missed. Celebrating its five-year anniversary this summer, Gibsons will be offering its famous filet sliders at Taste of Oak Brook early this month. Kamilis said the patio will be the place to see and be seen this summer. 2105 S. Spring Road, Oak Brook, 630-954-0000, gibsonssteakhouse.com

Nabuki. When swimsuit season calls for some serious calorie reduction, head over to Nabuki for some sushi, along with a marinated sweet-vinegar seawood salad, tossed with fresh cucumber and toasted sesame seeds. 18 E. First Street, Hinsdale, 630-654-8880, nabukihinsdale.com Bakersfield. The four farmers salad, featuring grilled chicken, goat cheese, avocado, candied hazelnuts, cornbread croutons, dates and champagne vinaigrette, is hearty enough for dinner, and big enough for two to split. 330 Ogden Ave., Westmont, 630-568-3615, bakersfieldrestaurant.com Seasons 52. A classic summer salad, the sesame grilled salmon salad at Seasons 52 is tossed with pineapple, mango, jicama, lemongrass sauce and toasted sesame dressing, all for a grand total that’s never more than 475 calories.—Now that’s something to celebrate. 3 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, 630-571-4752, seasons52.com

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onroe Elementary held its annual Family Fun Fest on May 29. The weather held for an outdoor event that produced a record

turnout. “We were so fortunate to have a great evening and strong support from the Monroe community,” fun fest co-chair Jamie Chiarito said. “This self-funded event actually raised additional funds for the PTO, and we are thrilled that our months of work have helped the school.” Activities included a pirate ship carnival ride, an obstacle course and moon jumps, a giant three-lane slide, face-painter, balloon artist, cake walk, carnival games with raffle prizes, and a dunk tank with teachers and principal Justin Horne. Pizza from local vendor Baldinelli’s was served, along with popcorn, popsicles and other snacks. Fun fest co-chair Mistie Lucht said she was proud to donate additional proceeds to Hinsdale Central’s Habitat for Humanity group. “Every year, they send about 20 volunteers to assist in all areas of the event,” Lucht said, “allowing parents to enjoy the fest with their kids.” To learn more about Hinsdale Central’s Habitat for Humanity, visit www.hchshabitat.weebly.com.

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6 [1] Candyce McLaughlin, Tracy Wheeler, Maureen Rogero and co-chair Mistie Lucht; [2] Children enjoyed the giant slide at the Monroe Family Fun Fest; [3] Lana and Emma Chiarito; [4] Principal Justin Horne prepares to get dunked; [5] The Regnery family enjoys the festival; [6] Fifth-grade boys Sam Malitz, Vincent Arnold, Sam Chioda, Mark Joy, Jack Bilenko and Jackson Kearney

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undreds of area residents beat the rain to enjoy the opening night of Uniquely Thursdays in Burlington Park in downtown Hinsdale on June 11. Hosted by the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce, Uniquely Thursdays is Hinsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer concert series, held on Thursday evenings for ten consecutive weeks during the summer. Heartache Tonight, a Chicago-based Eagles tribute band, performed on the main stage. Despite portentous skies, families still enjoyed musical entertainment, refreshments, and games and activities at sponsor booths that aligned Chicago Ave. Sponsors included Hinsdale Bank & Trust and Normandy Remodeling. Children also delighted in playing and running on the large hill between the street and the Hinsdale Memorial Building. After the skies opened, some attendees departed, while others remained to take in a concert in the rain. Uniquely Thursdays continues through Aug. 13, and runs from 6 to 9 p.m.

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THIS FAMILYFRIENDLY RANCH HOME designed by Hinsdale architect Dennis Parsons offers a open floor-plan with soaring ceilings, mahogany millwork, statement fireplace and oversized windows.

insdale architect Dennis Parsons has been designing custom homes in the Southwest Suburbs for more than 25 years, and the vast majority of them have been the enormous, well-appointed dream homes you’d expect—French Country estates, shinglestyle Nantucket homes and traditional Colonials that say, “I’ve arrived.” But lately, Parsons has noticed a growing demand for a new kind of home— one that is significantly smaller (3,000 square feet as opposed to 6,000-plus), more functional (no museum rooms), and appreciably more environmentallyconscious than the monstrous homes that have commanded the landscape for decades. Not surprisingly, aging Baby Boomers are the force behind this change. “People want to be able to stay in their houses—and neighborhoods—as long as they can, so they’re building houses that will allow them to do that,” Parsons said. “Essentially, these are ranch homes with a couple extra bedrooms and baths for the kids and grandkids in the rooflines or on the lower level.” The defining feature, he says, is a firstfloor master suite. However, not all buyers of these new, smaller homes are concerned about climbing stairs to get to their bedrooms just yet. Some of them, like Janne and Tony Dombrowski, are simply looking for homes that can accommodate standardsized lots, while offering family-friendly layouts. With two young children and a busy working husband, Janne wanted a home that was open, yet compact enough for her to keep an eye on her children while cooking and entertaining. “A ranch property really suited

our style,” Janne Dombrowski said. The couple enlisted Parsons to design their home, a prairie-esque ranch with soaring ceilings, mahogany millwork throughout, a massive statement fireplace, oversized windows and a walkout lower level with an extra 1,200 square feet of space. The nearly-3,700square-foot home is large enough to meet the family’s needs without overwhelming with its own demands. “A lot of people don’t want to be slaves to giant houses anymore,” Parsons said. “Big homes can be big hassles.” While building a smaller home won’t necessarily save you money—figure $250 per square foot, not including the lot—, the savings kick in after you move in. “When you downgrade the size of the envelope, your heating, cooling, cleaning and other costs, including taxes, go way down,” Parsons said. Taking advantage of the latest energy-efficient technology helps the pocketbook as well as the environment, and has become another big draw for many homeowners. “Less is more—we didn’t need a huge house,” Janne Dombrowski said. And yet, the Dombrowskis didn’t exactly hold back when it came to finishes. They splurged on radiant heat flooring, top-of-the-line windows and high-end materials throughout the house. “If you’re only using 100 square feet of

a material, it doesn’t really matter what it costs,” Parsons said. “With a smaller home, there’s not that much of a difference between getting something really high-end, versus something mid-range.” The Dombrowskis’ home also features a luxurious covered patio with ceiling fan and skylight. According to Parsons, all of the smaller homes he designs incorporate some sort of outdoor living space, often a screened-in porch. “This is essentially a summer home for many of my [smaller-home] clients,” he said. “They’ll usually spend the winter somewhere else, so they want to really enjoy summer fully when they’re here.” But luxury aside, perhaps the biggest benefit of a smaller home is the fact that life is lived together. “People don’t go off into their own corners of the home,” Parsons said. “You get to actually live with the people you live with.” For the Dombrowskis, it is truly a home to grow old in. n

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GIVING BACK

FIFTY YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP OAK BROOK WOMEN’S CLUB CELEBRATES by Haleigh Monyek | Photo archive provided by the Oak Brook Women’s Club

OAK BROOK WOMEN’S CLUB 2015

insdale was established in 1873, and Clarendon Hills was incorporated in 1924. But Oak Brook sprung to life more recently in 1958. With a number of new families moving to the region, a few women developed the idea to create a “welcome wagon”-style club to acquaint the ladies in the neighborhood with each other. This club, formerly known as the Newcomers’ Club of Oak Brook, is now recognized as the Oak Brook Women’s Club (OBWC). 4 “There wasn’t any other town around here that was new like Oak Brook,” longtime member Barbara Nasharr said. “People came from all over. A lot of people moved from the South Side at that time.” Flashing back 50 years, York Woods and Ginger Creek were Oak Brook’s first subdivisions. Many women belonging to Hinsdale’s Welcome Wagon club eventually split from that organization and formed their own: the Newcomers’ Club of Oak Brook. This blossoming organization set out to personally reach out to each woman in Oak Brook. With a whopping annual membership fee of $3, members gathered at Christmas party cookie exchanges, dinner parties, activity groups and monthly meetings. The club swelled from 24 members to more than 100 within its first year. During that first year, the organization changed its name to Oak Brook Women’s Club.

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To spread the word about this organization, Nasharr wrote a social column. “I would call the welcome-wagon lady every week about who moved in this week,” she said. “She would give me the name and phone number, and I would call them. ... I would write these articles about their families.” Through activity groups, Oak Brook women spent time engaging in hobbies they enjoyed, while connecting with new friends. Members could join as many of the activities as they wished, including bowling, gardening, horseback riding, bridge and gourmet groups. There are several branches of the gourmet groups. Starting out as a way for members to entertain in their new homes by cooking, this activity group would craft a menu and hand out the recipes. Now many of the women frequent local restaurants to gather. “Our gourmet group has been together all this time,” OBWC historian Linda Gonnella said. “We have been to weddings, and all the grandkids know each other. They are all very tight-knit, and [have] enjoyed themselves after all these years.” Members could also dabble in philanthropy work. “We do a little philanthropy, but that’s not what we are about,” Nasharr said. “Nevertheless, the philanthropy we do stays right here in Oak Brook.” This organization’s purpose is to serve as a social gathering for women of the community. When the club raises funds, the donations stay in Oak Brook, and are granted to local organizations like the library, police department and Little League. “We have gotten scuba equipment for the fire department swim rescue,” Gonnella said. “There have been some huge, tremendous things we have done over the years.” One aspect that has not changed throughout the past five

OAK BROOK WOMEN’S CLUB 1970 Newcomers Tea - June Volkman, Stephanie Gravelle and Evelyn Nystom

decades is the commitment to friendship. “Some of our best fiends we have met through the activity groups,” Nasharr said. At one point, the club had more than 800 members, and there are currently about 350 members. “The Village of Oak Brook is working to get younger people into the community,” Gonnella said. “The problem is that we don’t want to leave.” Nasharr reminisced about the horse shows the town would put on during the community’s younger years, complete with jumping events and dressage. “It was such a great community, because it was new,” she said. “Between polo and the horse show, it was a wonderful little town. Even at polo games, we would help out with some of that too.” “When we started in 1965, we had polo horse shows at the Sports Core,” president Minnie Sandstedt said. “We had maybe 60 to 70 divisions, and Morgan horses and racehorses. A gentleman had an idea for everyone to have a job: drinks, refreshments, sell tickets, be the clown. “They got down to me, and said, ‘You (the OBWC) all can take care of cleaning out the stables.’ I stood up and I said, ‘We are not. We do this at home, thank you very much!’ “They gave us the job of handing out the awards. We would walk out, and there were horses around us. We had our hats on, and we [were] walking through all the mud and muck in the rain to take the awards to the winners. It was so much fun.” Nasharr also recalled OBWC volunteers’ role in the first Ch. 11 televised auction. “We were on the first Ch. 11 auction,” Nasharr said. “A lot of us offered to be volunteers with that, so we helped out downtown on the phones, and collected items for the auction.” Nasharr said her favorite aspects of the organization are the activities and meeting friends. She said she still regularly gets lunch with friends she met in the club 40 and 50 years ago. “I think the important thing was, because Oak Brook was a new town, and people were moving in from all over the Chicagoland area or outside, people were anxious to meet each other,” Nasharr said. “You can never repeat that kind of a community again.” n

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ABOVE AND BEYOND THE COMMUNITY HOUSE HONORS STUDENT VOLUNTEER by Haleigh Monyek

COMMUNITY HOUSE AWARD CEREMONY Luke Koznarek stands next to his parents and receives the Katharine Van Dusen Sylvester Volunteer Service Award. Friends and classmates join Luke in the celebration of his volunteering feats.

minute volunteering is never a second wasted. It enriches one’s mind and body, and brings fulfillment to one’s life. To celebrate those who volunteer, The Community House (TCH) hosts a cocktail reception to honor those who give their time to serve in the community. The annual appreciation reception was held last November to recognize TCH’s many volunteers. For

“I was inspired to volunteer when I was in eighth grade.” –LUKE KOZNAREK roughly the past 25 years, one outstanding volunteer has been granted the Katharine Van Dusen Sylvester Volunteer Service Award.

“The award is presented to a volunteer whose service to The Community House has gone above and beyond,” said Marcie McGonagle, director of volunteer services for TCH. “Named after Kathy Sylvester, a current life trustee, the award ‘honors volunteers who exemplify her spirit of uniting service and leadership for the betterment of the community through services provided by The Community House.’ ” This year’s recipient is Luke Koznarek, a recent graduate of Hinsdale Central. Sylvester presented the award to Koznarek at the reception in front of 80 guests, including his family, friends and teachers. The evening was complete with a speech by McGonagle, along with speeches by those who nominated Koznarek for the award: former TCH recreation supervisor Chad Griffin and current Continued on page 50

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recreation supervisor Brian McManaman. Koznarek’s involvement at The Community House began in first grade through his participation in an after-school program. He continued with this program throughout grade school. “I was inspired to volunteer when I was in eighth grade and met my summer day camp counselor, Kevin,” Koznarek said. “I noticed how he worked hard, and I wanted to do that too.”

“I want to keep volunteering while I am in college.” –LUKE KOZNAREK

Koznarek’s camp counselor was a positive influence in his life, and whet his appetite to follow in his footsteps. Koznarek began his TCH volunteering career at a day camp. He later began donating his time at an after-school program, before volunteering in the flag football and Jodie Harrison basketball programs. In high school, Koznarek volunteered for the summer and after-school programs, and was then promoted to join as a paid staff member. “I wanted to get a job eventually at The Community House, and prove that I am a strong worker,” he said. In his free time, Koznarek is passionate about sports. He is entertained by cheering on his favorite professional sports teams, including the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bulls and New York Yankees. Supported by his two older siblings, Koznarek savors spending time with them. He enjoys going to Hinsdale Central games with his sister, and

talking about technology with his brother. Koznarek joined TCH’s Junior Board at the beginning of his senior year. “It is a group of sophomores, juniors and seniors who volunteer their time to help with giving ideas to help with programs such as Walk the Walk for Autism,” he said. Excited to continue his involvement with TCH this summer, Koznarek said he is looking forward to working part-time with the maintenance staff. Next fall, Koznarek plans to begin studying education at the College of DuPage. He will focus on elementary education with the hopes of becoming a teacher’s aide or a math or reading specialist. “I want to keep volunteering while I am in college, and make sure that I have time to do it and help out with the Junior Board,” Koznarek said. “I still want to be a part of [The Community House].” McGonagle said TCH has appreciated Koznarek’s strong work ethic. “All staff members have been impressed with Luke’s reliability, punctuality, amazing work ethic, positive attitude, dedication to his assignments and caring spirit,” she said. “He illustrates an exceptional gentleman of our community. His heartfelt work genuinely highlights his passion of serving, and he demonstrates a positive role model to the children of the community about the virtues of giving back.” n To learn more about The Community House, visit www. thecommunityhouse.org.

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he greater Hinsdale area is filled with many generous individuals that donate money and time to supporting causes near and dear to their hearts. From the Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Oak Brook chapters of the Infant Welfare Society, which raise money for a Chicago clinic that provides medical care for uninsured and underinsured women and children, to the Hinsdale auxiliary of Children’s Home + Aid, which supports the non-profit of the same name that offers foster care for underprivileged children in Illinois, there are many causes and charities with which one can get involved. But Tracy Frizzell of Hinsdale, a mother of three, is not only involved with a non-profit organization—she co-founded one, and serves as its executive director. In 2003, after spending the first part of her career in human resources, Frizzell launched the Economic Awareness Council (EAC) with husband Brian and several other business and educational professionals. The EAC provides financial, economic and entrepreneurial education to kids, focusing primarily on low-income youth in low- to moderate-income areas in Chicago. Although the council does work throughout the state and even outside of Illinois, Frizzell said most of its efforts are focused on Cook and DuPage Counties. “This was a perfect fit for me, because I get to work with youth on a topic that I think is really interesting—how you manage your money,” she said. Frizzell said her previous experience working with struggling kids from prekindergarten through community college, coupled with her upbringing, motivated her to embark on the non-profit. Frizzell grew up in Champaign, attending the University of Illinois, where her dad worked as a professor. “[My dad’s] parents were very entrepreneurial,” she said. “They were farmers that started with not a lot, and they taught me a lot as a kid about saving. Growing up in the Depression, I think there was a lot of value at that time [placed on] being frugal and being fiscally responsible.” Continued on page 54

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Just before moving to Hinsdale, Frizzell launched the EAC, while she was still residing in Lake County. “It was an all-volunteer, very small organization,” she said, adding that in its nascent stages, the council only served about 50 people. Eventually, Frizzell said the EAC connected with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, which conducts a program called “money smart week” during the spring. Through that program, she said the council became acquainted with the Museum of Science and Industry, which greatly helped to increase its service scope. “That was great, because they TRACY FRIZZELL PRACTICES FINANCIAL SKILLS WITH A CHILD. had a huge population that they wanted us to serve,” Frizzell said. “We grew from serving 50 youth a year to serving like 3,000 or score of 89 percent on the final assessment. 4,000 youth a year really quickly.” “The youth, we often find, are hesitant Because many schools do not require at first, just because it’s something that finance or economics courses, Frizzell said they’re not familiar with,” she said. “As it is “exciting” to share information with soon as they find out that there are real kids that they might not otherwise receive opportunities for them where they can in school. She said the youth the EAC actually get started and they can start serves “really need a lot of assistance.” saving...then they’re always very excited.” “The educational environment in the Frizzell said the objective is for kids communities we serve is very different to leave the programs practicing financial than it is here in Hinsdale and Clarendon skills such as budgeting and banking, “and Hills,” Frizzell said. that they have a concrete, individual plan When enrolled in an EAC program, for themselves.” participating kids are given a pretest and “Our goal for each individual is to posttest to assess their financial knowledge. really motivate that they can achieve in Frizzell said many struggle with the pretest, terms of their financial goals, and to point often erring on points like whether a bank out specifically how they can do that,” she or payday loan is more costly, or not said. “With the youth that we’re working understanding that you can avoid check- with more extensively, our goals are always cashing fees by depositing funds in a bank. to make sure that they not only learn “What we find is, unfortunately, what they need to do, but they’re able to that they know very little about how to actually practice it in the classroom or at manage their money,” she said. “These their youth employer.” are primarily youth that are in low- to moderate-income communities, where ON THE MONEY there’s a high percentage of unbanked After getting connected with the families. They generally only score about Museum of Science and Industry, the a 50 to 60 percent correct on the basic EAC continued to expand its services pretest for financial literacy.” by partnering with a number of city and But after working with EAC staff suburban organizations, including HCS members, which include both financial Family Services, Children’s Home + Aid, professionals and individuals with People’s Resource Center and Willowbrook backgrounds in education, Frizzell said Corner, operated by The Community scores generally improve, with an average House. Through adding more partners

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and developing a relationship with Chicago Public Schools, Frizzell said the council now serves more than 20,000 youth per year—a 400-fold increase from where it started in 2003. For roughly the past eight years, the EAC has also been offering the opportunity for its college-bound youth to run its biannual magazine, On the Money. The magazine, which Frizzell said has a circulation of 8,000 and is distributed once per semester, is sent to every Chicago public school and public library, widening its potential reach and exposure level. While on staff, she said kids run the magazine business, selecting one of three departments in which to work: marketing, finance or production. They write articles on entrepreneurship and personal finance, gaining business experience at a young age, while providing peers with useful information and knowledge concerning financial matters. “It’s a wonderful experience for them,” Frizzell said. “They not only write the articles for the magazine, [but] they [also] meet a different entrepreneur every month, and make their own business plan.” Frizzell said the EAC is currently in the process of launching an On the Money St. Louis version, as the organization continues to expand its reach outside of Chicago and Illinois. “We’re definitely expanding beyond the state, in addition to having a statewide presence,” she said. She said right now, the council, which has about five regular staff members, is looking for more volunteers to participate in its one-on-one mentorship program, as well as career volunteers to work with kids at Willowbrook Corner among other locations. n For local families that are interested in learning more about the EAC and the programs it offers for kids, Frizzell encouraged visiting the organization’s Web site, www.econcouncil.org.

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undreds of area ladies spent an afternoon driving around Hinsdale and touring five magnificent homes during the annual Hinsdale Cooks! Kitchen Walk, benefiting the Hinsdale Historical Society, on May 8. The homes on the walk included the Boruff residence (313 N. Washington Street), the Galassi home (610 W. Hickory Street), the Fuller residence (540 N. Elm Street), the Pjesky home (555 Dalewood Lane), and the Bingham home (717 S. Lincoln Street). Alexis Braden and Megan Hickman, who co-chaired the kitchen walk for the Hinsdale Historical Society Women’s Board, said they strove to feature homes of various styles and eras on the walk. “We tried to get a variety of different homes and different kitchens,” Hickman said. “We liked the larger homes, we liked the smaller homes.” Braden thanked the homeowners for making the kitchen walk possible. “They were the biggest asset in all of this,” she said. “Obviously, we couldn’t have raised money without them. They spent countless hours staging their homes, bringing in florists and landscapers.” Many ladies began the day at the Fuller House, a new restaurant in downtown Hinsdale, as they waited for one of four “VIP Top Chef Trolleys” to arrive to take them on the walk. The trolleys, provided by local realtor Julie Sutton, were a new feature on this year’s kitchen walk, which Braden and Hickman said added to the experience. All proceeds from the kitchen walk will benefit the Hinsdale Historical Society, which maintains historical structures throughout Hinsdale, including Immanuel Hall and the R. Harold Zook home at Katherine Legge Memorial Park. Hosted by the historical society women’s board, the kitchen walk contributes a large portion of the society’s budget each year. Hickman said the goal was to raise $40,000, and “we think we’ve surpassed that.” For more information about the Hinsdale Historical Society, visit www.hinsdalehistory.org.

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ick your spot—backyard (yours or a neighbor’s), a golf course or even a polo match. Have you been to a polo match over in Oak Brook? If not, you should; they are a blast. I’ve been going since the days when Paul Butler would come by our house and drop off tickets. For polo-style drinks, one needs to consider a classic bottle of Pimms No. 1 Cup. An old-school liqueur created in a London bar in the mid-1800s, Pimm’s No.1 is gin-based, and infused with a secret blend of herbs and spices that go incredibly well with lemonade, ginger beer, fruit and the like. My favorite is the Pimms No.1 and ginger beer—just a high-ball glass of ice, one-third Pimms, two-thirds ginger beer and a lime wedge. It’s a fantastic summer refresher. Pimms No.1 and lemonade is another favorite around here—again, start with a high-ball glass filled with ice, add onethird Pimms No. 1, two-thirds lemonade and a splash of soda water. It’s another perfect drink for a warm day. Moving from London to Italy, an often overlooked bottle is Campari. You need to like a little bitterness in the flavor, but I find it hard to not enjoy a Campari and soda with a nice wedge of orange on a summer night before dinner.

According to the Campari Web site, Campari was created in 1860 by Gaspare Campari in Novara, Italy, and is an infusion of herbs, aromatic plants and fruit in alcohol and water. It is a classic aperitif, and sets the stage for a great meal or a relaxing moment later in the evening. Maybe Pimms No.1 or Campari is just not what we are looking for. If you are like my wife, you prefer the gin without all of the extra Pimms No.1 spices or Campari bitterness. Gin is an amazing base to many summer cocktails. Of course, there is gin and tonic, gin and soda, gin and juice, but my wife came up with a warm weather recipe that is just fantastic. She was bumping around Standard Market, and found these little bottles of mixers from Quince & Apple. Her favorite is the cucumber lime, which she mixes over ice in equal parts with gin and tops with La Croix coconut-flavored water. It’s summer in a glass (or use the entire bottle and make a pitcher for you and your guests on the deck). We tend to like Hendrick’s, which is a new gin, relatively speaking, as it was created in 1999 by drinks giant William Grant and Sons in Scotland. We like the more subtle flavors in this gin that include whispers of cucumber and rose petal woven into the juniper. It is a clean, refreshing gin that avoids the sometimes

PIMMS NO. 1 Enjoy this delicious and tasty gin-based liqueur infused with a secret blend of herbs and spices.

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medicinal or extremely herbal quality that I find in some others. We do not totally forget wines this time of year. My wife and I just got back from a quick trip out to Napa Valley for a friend’s wedding, and instead of drinking all the big cabernets or even the lighter pinot noirs and chardonnays that are so prevalent in Napa, we ended sipping quite a bit of rose. I rattled through a list of favorites in a Thanksgiving article months ago, but wanted to remind you of what fantastic wines they are for summer. French is the way to go, and after having a carafe or two over a long lunch at Bouchon in Yountville, I can tell you that the 2013 Domaine de Triennes, a Cinsault from Provence, is our current favorite. We also make sure plenty of beer is always available in the garage refrigerator. Our current selections include Half Acre Pony Pilsner, Two Brothers Ebel’s Weiss Tall Boys (great with a lemon wedge), and Surly Hell Lager from Surly Brewing. All are fresh, light enough for summer, and do not have the heavy hoppy flavors and alcohol found in many of today’s microbrews. The folks at Sav-Way on York can point you the right way. They have a solid beer department with a couple of guys that know their stuff, and can steer you through the hundreds of selections until you find the flavor profile you enjoy. If you are in for the marathon instead of the sprint—like a day spent cooking a pork shoulder for ten or 12 hours—, you can always fall back on good old Coors Light, as I do from time to time. When it is 90 degrees outside, I have even been spotted throwing a can over a little ice! Summer in Chicagoland is always too short, so make sure you enjoy it. Relax, kick back and enjoy some of my favorites with your friends and family. And (as long as you are being responsible), then enjoy another. Jim Doehring of Hinsdale is a wine enthusiast with more than a decade of experience working in the wine industry.

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PEAK PERFORMANCE

Jim Fannin

Be a kid again

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Why did you learn more from birth to • You could focus long periods of time five years old than in the rest of your life on simple things like cartoons— combined? What prompted this super watching an ant carry food—listening learning? My research from 1974 to 1979 to the rain on your bedroom window. with over 250,000 children ages three to six • You played a lot every day. years old revealed the following: • You exercised daily. • You looked out for No. 1. “Those are • Your imagination was at an all-time my toys; give them to me.” high. You acted the part of cowboys, • You said what you felt, and you were Indians, princesses and TV heroes. honest to a fault. “Mr. Johnson, why • You never thought about the past are you so fat?” unless an adult forced you. “I told you • You felt no racism or prejudice. not to do that.” • When you played, you never thought • You learned from the past through trial about technique; you just played the and error, but you didn’t dwell on it. game. • Your future thoughts were very short- term. “We’ll get an ice cream later.” • You normally went to bed happy and woke up happy. • You had very few expectations placed on you. Mistakes were no big deal. • You exercised free will every day. • You trusted people without thinking about innuendos, rumor, gossip and/or assumptions. • You were inquisitive without concern of embarrassment or shame. “Where do babies come from?” “Why is your skin different?” • You did not worry. • You lived the majority of your day in the now. • You had confidence, because you felt secure and protected. • You believed adults. • You could vent your displeasure openly. • Clocks and watches never mattered. “Yuck; this tastes bad.” • The phone was interesting, but not • You always expressed your negative really important. feelings. “I don’t like you.” • You had no bills. • You didn’t mind being alone. • Your body was relaxed most of the • You took nothing for granted “Are we time. still going to the park? Yes. Five • You thought you could do anything; minutes later: “Are we still going to everything was possible. the park?” “I said, Yes.’ ” Ten minutes • You had deep sleeps. Alarm clocks were later: “Are we still going to the park?” for adults. “Not if you keep bothering me.” • You could nap anywhere if needed— “Okay, but are we still going?” floors, backseats of cars, closets. • You were a risk-taker. Water, heights, • You didn’t like baths, but when you speed—no problem! took them, you made the most of it.

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How relaxing and fun! Showers were for adults in a hurry. • You could always entertain yourself. • Visualization was a major part of your life. • Getting dirty was cool. • Making mistakes never bothered you until the adults made a big deal out of them. • Competition was natural—not something that was expected. • You believed promises. • You hugged a lot. • You were always yourself, unless you were acting out a fantasy. • Who, what, where, when, how much and why were your favorite words. • You played a lot with your family. • You saw life through different glasses. • You noticed everything in a room. • You loved the outdoors. • You loved rolling down a hill—making a snow angel—going up the slide— singing out loud—laughing—milk moustaches--dressing up and playing make-believe—birthdays—parades— puppies—seeing your cousins— learning to whistle. • You genuinely loved yourself, family and life. Basically, you lived in or near the Zone purposeful calm mindset where everything seemed possible. Isn’t it time to be a kid again? I promised myself that when I departed this earth a kid would die in my old body. Rekindle super-learning. Increase your daily performances and remember to: Be a kid again! Burr Ridge resident Jim Fannin is a worldclass thought leader and coach with 42 years of experience in life, business and sports. To learn about his latest thoughtmanagement program, go to 90secondrule. com, or visit jimfannin.com.

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SPIRITUAL INSIGHT

Dan Meyer

Keepers of the spring

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THE MOUNTAIN SPRING Once upon a time, a village grew up at the base of a great mountain stream. The stream supplied the main irrigation that fed the growth of the community’s crops. The babbling brook inspired the laughter and play of the village’s children. It was in this faithful cascade that young and old alike were washed clean each morning, and refreshed again at the end of a long day’s labor. This stream was deemed so crucial to the continuing life of the village that the first villagers wisely hired an individual to venture up the mountain each day to keep watch over the source of the flow. It was the task of the “keeper of the spring” to keep the stream from becoming clogged by debris. Thus, the spring and therefore, the village continued to prosper for decade upon decade. In time, however, a new wave of thinking began to arise in the little village. “Why do we need this daily dependency on the spring?” someone asked. “Why not find a way to collect the water in one place, so that we will have better control of it?” The idea struck a resonant chord. Within the year, a great reservoir was built a mile upstream, and underground pipes were run into every home. No longer did people have to listen to the sound of the stream running through town, or change their course in order to cross over or around it. Now the citizens of the village could simply turn a spigot whenever they wanted water, and then turn it off again when they preferred to focus on other things. A few years later, when additional technological improvements created a village budget crunch, some enlightened soul suggested that a few dollars could be saved by laying off the keeper of the spring. After all, the reservoir was plenty full, so why waste good money on such a dated convention? After the layoff, life in the village continued as usual for quite some time. In fact, it was not until many years later

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that strange things began to happen. One morning, the mayor went to take a shower, only to find that what came out was slightly green and brackish. “No matter,” he thought, “must just be some rusty pipes,” and so he got used to going to work a little less clean than before; but then the same was increasingly true of many in the town. As the years went by, hardly anyone noticed that not only the water quality, but also the water pressure around town was gradually diminishing. Juvenile delinquency steadily climbed. Violence and tension between neighbors rose. Deceit in the marketplace and abuses of power were on the rise, but none thought to connect those things with the fact that sometimes the water people drank was downright bad. Sure, family conflicts seemed to be rising, and the local economy was slowly fading, but no one thought to connect that trend with the fact that the fresh water supply had almost dried up. Some said the problems were merely technological: “We just need to genetically engineer crops that don’t need so much water.” Others suggested the issue was simply commercial: “Nothing that a good supply of bottled beer or soda couldn’t fix.” Still others said the solution to the village’s woes lay in better education of the youth, or in more police and prisons to contain the criminals, or in more government programs to turn back the apparent drought of character that had strangely beset the village. Those who saw a different way were mostly laughed at as narrow-minded or oldfashioned or as fantasizers—or all three. “Only one thing will really help,” one old-timer said with a light in his eyes. “We must go up the mountain, clear away the silt we have allowed to clog the flow, and stoop to drink from the source again.” AMERICAN AMNESIA? It’s a curious little fairy-tale, but does it, to any of us, also have the ring of truth? From time to time, the course of human history drives a nation to affirm again

the particular Source from which its real health and life pour. The celebration of the anniversary of our country’s independence this month offers us such an opportunity. It can’t have escaped our attention that life in the village we call America is not what we might like it to be. The solutions being proposed or practiced by many of our experts seem to offer only a few drops of shallow hope at best. Writing some 150 years ago, one public servant suggested a reason for this decline that echoes the lesson of the parable of the spring. That observer wrote that the problem is that “we have forgotten the gracious Hand which has preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.” It isn’t fashionable for politicians to talk like that, but then Abraham Lincoln was no ordinary politician, and certainly not one bound by fashion. What Lincoln understood is that there was no more hope for an America cut off from a deep reliance upon God than there is for a plant or a person cut off from water. Perhaps John Adams stated it best when he wrote in 1798, “We have no government capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. ... Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people...[and] is wholly inadequate for the government of any other. ... It is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which Freedom can securely stand.” The Founders wisely sought to prevent the fusion of State and any particular religious institution. As we’ve seen what ISIS can do, they had seen what a state church was capable of wreaking. But I believe they would be appalled by the way the doctrine of the separation of Church and State has been used to sever and silence almost altogether the essential conversation about the life-giving role of spirituality and morality in public and private life. The Founders knew that without a humble and continual drawing upon the Divine Wellspring, it would only be a matter of time before America became a severely parched society. The presidential primary battles will soon become our national obsession again. But maybe it’s time to devote more attention and energy into recovering our connection to the Spring. Dr. Dan Meyer is the senior pastor at Christ Church of Oak Brook.

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HINSDALE JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB CONCLUDES ITS 2014-15 CLUB SEASON

[1] Shazia Sultan, Nicki Hutter, Megan Hickman, Kirsten Douglass, Beth Nordby and Kelly Lim; [2] Shazia Sultan and Kirsten Douglass; [3] The HJWC presented a check in the amount of $200,000 to Bridge Communities; [4] Elizabeth Dziedzic, Janice D’Arco, Tim MacKenzie, Bridge Communities staff, Michelle Buchanan and Anna Fiascone; [5] Kelly Lim and Jaclyn Cantore

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he Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club (HJWC) concluded its 2014-15 club season and presented a check to its primary beneficiary at its annual “It’s a Wrap” meeting in Clarendon Hills on May 7. Elizabeth Dziedzic, Janice D’Arco and Michelle Buchanan, who served as co-chairs of the HJWC’s annual benefit, “A Masquerade Affair,” this past February, presented a check in the amount of $200,000 to the club’s primary beneficiary, Bridge Communities. Based in Glen Ellyn, Bridge Communities is a non-profit organization that provides support to homeless families throughout DuPage County. “What a worthwhile journey it has been,” Buchanan said. “As I reflected back over the year, it was glaringly apparent that HJWC was an exceptional force for good. It’s been exciting to watch the club mobilize and produce phenomenal results that will surely benefit our philanthropy.”

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Buchanan said they and their fellow 23 benefit committee members developed a relationship with Bridge while working closely with the organization. Each year, Bridge Communities serves about 100 families in its mission to tackle homelessness across the county. Over the course of two years in the organization’s transitional housing program, the goal is for program families to become completely self-sufficient. It’s a Wrap also served as an opportunity for outgoing club president Anna Fiascone to discuss the highlights of the 2014-15 year, while also recognizing specific members for outstanding contributions to the club. “I’m glad to see we are ending on a year just as strong as the night we started last September—just as good of a turnout,” Fiascone said. “What a year this has been.” Fiascone also spoke about the HJWC’s tremendous growth since it was founded in 1949. She said in 1956, the

club raised $732 to purchase a school bus that it donated to a school that was in need. Almost 60 years later, the HJWC is comprised of roughly 250 members that reside in Hinsdale and surrounding west suburban towns. “HJWC has come a long way,” Fiascone said. “I like to think of all the women who have come before us through the years. “Did they know how huge this club would become—how many lives this club would change for the better?” To conclude the meeting, outgoing executive board members passed the proverbial torch to their successors. Kirsten Douglass was installed as 201516 HJWC president, while Megan Hickman became first vice president, and will serve as president in the 2016-17 club year. To learn more about the Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club, visit www.hjwc.us.

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