Neighbors in the news
• For his long-standing membership and support of the arts, Gerd Renner was honored Tuesday, Sept. 8, by the Des Plaines Art Guild during its monthly meeting.
Gerd, a charter member, joined the Guild in 1953 and served as its president from 1970-71. He currently serves on the board of governors and acts as liaison between the Guild and the Des Plaines Arts Council. He works in watercolor and in pen and ink, designing the current membership directory cover.
• Boy Scout Troop 34, Arlington Heights, had five young men earn the rank of Eagle Scout: Patrick Riley of Marquette University; Zakk Cohodes, Blake Seagraves, and John Ziegenhorn of John Hersey High School; and Billy Bradley of Buffalo Grove High School.
Troop 34 scouts, friends and family were led by these Eagle Scouts in five community service projects that included collecting, purchasing and distributing care packages for veterans at Hines Veterans Hospital, books for a under funded school library near Waukegan and emergency preparedness supplies and kits for seniors in the Arlington Heights area; and collecting materials and supplies used to renovate the outdoor area at the Arlington Heights Senior Center and an outdoor area at a local synagogue.
• The Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk committee announced that Mary Anderson was named Grand Marshal for the 27th anniversary of this event that raises funds for people in need in local communities and around the world. Anderson, who has lived in Barrington with her husband, Bob, since 1982, was a member of the annual CROP Walk organizing committee for 24 years and served three times as community chairman.
She is a founding member of Northwest Suburban PADS and founder and site director for PADS at Lutheran Church of the Atonement. In her 24 years of involvement with Church Women United of the Barrington Area, she has held several offices, chaired the CWU Barrington Food Pantry and was co-chair of the Barrington Giving Day.
• Katarzyna Mitera, class of 2009 at Elk Grove High School, was selected this past summer as one of 30 outstanding student artists featured in a National Advanced Placement (A.P.) Art Show. From a field of over 35,000 portfolios, 30 works were chosen to comprise the exhibit.
A group of high school and college art educators with extensive experience in the A.P. Studio Art program were the adjudicators. Each work represents the high level of commitment, accomplishment, and rigorous effort exerted by AP Studio Art students.
The show will be in Chicago at Gallery 37, 66 East Randolph Street, in November. The show will also tour, making stops in Princeton, N.J., Lake Wales, Fla., Dallas, Texas, and
Baltimore, Md.