DuPage County briefs
Wheaton Rotary offers scholarships:
The Rotary Club of Wheaton is offering scholarships to Wheaton area college students who can show financial need to complete their junior and senior years. The scholarship is for two years, $3,250 each year, for Wheaton residents who have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or above on a scale of 4.0. The application deadline is June 19. Application forms are available at www.wheatonrotary.org.
Foundation CEO retiring:
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) David L. Grange will retire as chief executive officer of the McCormick Foundation on June 30. His successor will be named later. Grange joined the McCormick Foundation in 1999 as executive vice president and chief operating officer after serving 30 years in the U.S. Army. His accomplishments since becoming the foundation's president and chief executive officer in 2005 include overseeing major expansion and improvements at Cantigny Park near Wheaton.
Pace hearings in Lisle:
Pace suburban bus system will hold a public hearing, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Lisle village hall, 925 Burlington Ave., concerning a proposal to eliminate evening service on several Lisle routes. The proposed changes would impact bus routes 820, 822, 824, 825, 826 and 827. Anyone unable to attend the hearing are encouraged to submit comments to Pace online at pacebus.com. You also can write to Pace Government Affairs, 550 West Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, or call (847) 364-PACE (7223).
Firefighters win scholarships:
Lombard firefighter/paramedics Michael Heimbecker and Michael Ringa recently received scholarships from the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association. Heimbecker was chosen to receive the Gary Michalek Memorial Scholarship and will use the $1,000 award for studies at Oklahoma State University. Ringa received the $500 Roy P. and Bernice Weiss Memorial Scholarship, which he will use for studies at College of DuPage.
Librarian wins top award:
Karen Dunford, adult services supervisor at Nichols Library, one of three branches of the Naperville Public Library, has been named "Librarian of the Year" by the DuPage Library System. Dunford will receive the award Monday, May 18, during a luncheon at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. Other honorees include Meredith Meder, president, and Lynn Hippensteel, vice president of Friends of the Villa Park Public Library, who will receive the "Friends of the Library Award." Deborah Buschman, document delivery specialist, BP Central Research Library, Naperville, will receive the "Support Staff Award."