Helen J. Anderson

Locker room cheer: A bad day on Hinsdale Golf Club's course in Clarendon Hills gets a whole lot better when players catch a glimpse of the fanciful posters created by...

A visit to Hudson's Ice Cream Emporium in La Grange is like a trip back to the best days of the '30s and '40s. Mike and Michele Foran opened Hudson's,...

A bio to brag about: When Laurie Anderson graduated from Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, she had eight lines of academic honors and activities listed in the Class...

Healthy pockets, healthy elms: Well-wooded Hinsdale doesn't have a tree protection program for its elegant, elderly American elms, so when altruistic homeowners on one northwest side block said they would...

How's that for openers?: Nora Hanlon, Deborah Phillips, Keeley Johnson, Laura Thompson, Levia Block and Jean Burnett of Burr Ridge and unincorporated Hinsdale are spending this weekend in Indianapolis competing...

Rummaging around: There'll be no efficiency experts entering Ann Baanb's Hinsdale home to help rid her basement of stuff. For years, she has offered it as temporary storage space for...

Driven to build: Hinsdale resident Pete Dalton collects autographs, but not the celebrity kind. His are short, informal notes of appreciation from neighborhood youngsters who show up in his basement...

It's in the Jones genes: One Tony Jones hails from Wales, the other grew up in Wheaton. Art-smart gentlemen, they have lots in common besides their name. Both are artists,...

Big fish story becomes big bird story: After winning the '94 Musky Marathon in Vilas County, Wis., by landing a 47-pound muskellunge, Hinsdale dentist Michael Novak found himself in demand...

One of Shelley Young's basic beliefs is that food is a catalyst for friendship. She promotes that philosophy with intimate classes and a low-key atmosphere at The Chopping Block (1324...