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Easter Egg Hunt at the Clarendon Hills Park District

Nearly 200 children gathered at Prospect Park on Saturday, April 16 for the Clarendon Hills Park District's annual Easter Egg Hunt.  This special event was sponsored by Park Partner PNC Bank.  Boys and girls enjoyed searching for colorful plastic eggs, with many of the eggs containing prizes hidden…

Accomplishments

Chill medicine: Adventist Hinsdale Hospital uses hypothermia to treat patients

Innovative cooling procedure results in remarkable recovery from cardiac arrest Hinsdale – Normally it’s not safe when your body temperature drops to 91 degrees. But for sudden cardiac arrest survivor Rita West, of Hinsdale, rapidly cooling her body is the reason she is alive today. West was …

Accomplishments

Longtime Adventist Hinsdale Hospital volunteers honored for service

Hinsdale – In 1976, when Nancy Powers’ son faced open heart surgery, Powers realized she had to crush her fear of hospitals for his sake.   “I was really petrified and wondered, ‘How am I going to handle his surgery?’” said Powers, a Western Springs resident. “So I went to Hinsdale Hospital to …

Government

New Parking Pay-Box At West Highland Train Station

  • Apr 20, 2011

On Wednesday, April 27th, a parking pay-box will be installed at the West Highland Train Station commuter parking lot.  Parking pay-boxes are currently being utilized at two other commuter parking lots (Chestnut Street Lot and Hillgrove Commuter Lot) as well as for shoppers in the Washington Street…

Social Notes

Walker School Choir performs at The Birches

Nearly 50 fourth and fifth graders from Clarendon Hills’s Walker Elementary School will present a concert for the residents at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at The Birches Assisted Living. Walker School music teacher Jaime Sciaccotta will conduct the students.   “These singers are just wonderful,” …

Social Services

Come hear the flugelhorn at The Birches

Playing the trumpet, flugelhorn, drums and guitar, Voytek Falendysz will grace the stage at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at The Birches Assisted Living. “Voytek,” which is Falendysz’s stage name, has an influential vocal style that complements his instrumental abilities. Graduated from Millikin …

Social Services

Memories rekindled at the senior’s Senior Prom

The annual Senior Prom for Encore residents and their families will take place from 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at The Birches Assisted Living. Encore is a specialized, secure neighborhood of 32 apartments within the Birches community. It’s dedicated to providing services for residents with …

Accomplishments

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital hires director of operational excellence

Hinsdale – Adventist Hinsdale Hospital has appointed Steve Brown as director of operational excellence, a new position that will focus on improving processes and operations in order to provide better patient care. Brown, 47, has an extensive background in process improvement and 16 years in …

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Adventist Hinsdale Hospital nurse’s tenure spans generations

Patty Janicek, of Downers Grove, has impacted the lives of new moms for 30 years Hinsdale – When little Colin Richard Klara made his entrance into the world at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital on March 10, 2011, assisting the birth was the same nurse who delivered his mother almost 29 years earlier. …

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