Big Change at St.Viator, National Apple Week & Student Honors Military Through Art

See our featured Local Voices today on Arlington Heights Patch:

St. Viator Begins to Test All Students for Alcohol
Saint Viator's drug policy has been in place since 2007. At the beginning of the school year, each student is tested for the presence of drugs with a hair sample. After that, a computer selects 15 students each week for random testing. This year, the list of illegal drugs has a major addition: alcohol. 

Did You Know It's National Apple Week? 
Everything apple attracts me. My first 45-rpm record (remember those?) “Hey Jude,” bore an Apple label. I loved the day I finally got to see Sir Paul sing it in person, although I could have done without the audience participation part he likes to insert into the song....

RMU Student Artist Honors American Military
Anastasia Khabirova Musick grew up learning how to paint, as her father taught her from the time she was old enough to hold a brush.  His work took the family to many different countries, but, as Anastasia explains, “the one thing that always remained constant was me watching my father paint.”

Would You Like to Become a Community Organizer?
Northwest Suburbs Organizing for Action (NWSOFA) is looking for a few people to join OFA's Fall Fellows program. OFA Fall Fellows will be part of a three-month volunteer program where they'll learn and apply their organizing skills.

Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth Holds Exporter Forum in Schaumburg
Congresswoman Duckworth met with business leaders to discuss the benefits of exporting manufacturing goods abroad.