Neighbors in the News

Lucas Morrow, 16, of Carol Stream has completed his Eagle Scout project by organizing members of his Boy Scout Troop 98 to help him record and create CDs of storybooks for the guided classroom of special education students at Elsie Johnson School in Hanover Park.

Lucas' inspiration for the project was his younger sister Grace who is in the classroom. The students have mild to moderate cognitive challenges and are unable to read words but can use pictures. So Lucas obtained a donation from the Knights of Columbus at St. Isidore Church in Bloomingdale to purchase the 50 books. Then he organized members of Troop 98 to read the stories while he created the picture symbols to represent the text. He also obtained a donation from the Office Depot Foundation for the lamination and office supplies costs for the books. Lucas is a junior at Driscoll Catholic High School in Addison.

Brian J. Zawistowski, a 2008 Wheaton North High School graduate, has received several scholarships to attend De Paul University in Chicago. The son of Dwayne and Sherry Zawistowski received the IEA/NEA Education Scholarship, the Roger A Carson Masonic Scholarship and the American Legion Mucklestone Memorial Scholarship.

Michael Zeidlhack, the son of Don and Carol Zeidlhack and a 2008 graduate of Benet Academy, has received a Best Buy Scholarship to attend Northwestern University.

Allison L. Cornman, a Southern Illinois University junior from Bloomingdale, qualified for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's national championship show in Los Angeles. She is the daughter of Nick and Jill Muschong of Bloomingdale.

David Eisinger of Wheaton received Aurora University's 2008 Tony Olejnik Leadership Service Award. As the university's vice president of finance, he was honored for his leadership and commitment to the university and its students.