Fremd student attends leadership gathering on health care

Ethan Ross attended the 2008 Congressional Student Leadership Conference on Medicine and Healthcare at DePaul University in Chicago.

The conference, a 10-day leadership program sponsored by LeadAmerica, was designed in cooperation with the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which gave students access to the school's facilities and laboratories. The program allowed students to take on the roles of health care professionals, learning case management and health care decision making based on medical facts and circumstances.

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Ross, a junior at William Fremd High School, Palatine, worked with cutting-edge robotic simulators that looked and responded like real patients. He also participated in a patient simulation where medical actors played the roles of patients with unidentified illnesses.

• Barbara Adrianopoli, Extension Services director of the Schaumburg Township District Library, represented the library at the American Library Association's Diversity and Outreach Fair, sponsored by Demco and the association's office for Literacy and Outreach. Adrianopoli's display highlighted the library's outreach to Schaumburg Township's multicultural community with the title "Having Fun Learning the More We're Different, the More We're the Same," and included photos from the library's adult literacy group and multicultural groups served by the Youth and Extension Services departments. Also displayed were library brochures and newsletters. The exhibit won second place and the library received a certificate, a red ribbon and a $200 Demco gift certificate.

• Congratulations to Sean Thomas Keenan on his recent advancement to Eagle Scout. Keenan, who turned 18 on Aug. 14, has been a dedicated Scout. He hopes to continue the same sense of community obligation that led him to an Eagle during his time in the Illinois Air National Guard.

• Donna Grzegorek received national recognition as an American Dental Hygienists Association "Hygienist Hero" during the opening ceremonies of the association's annual session in Albuquerque, N.M. Grzegorek, who practices full time clinical hygiene for Dr. Gregory S. Tehle and Dr. John R. Napolitano, both in Barrington, is also a hygiene educator and speaker for OraPharma Pharmaceuticals, as well as an educational consultant and presenter for LED Technology, VELscope. She received the honor for her 28-year tenure as a dental hygienist who champions community activities raising awareness of the benefits of oral health care.