Photo courtesy of the city of DearbornDearborn Mayor John O’Reilly Jr. joined with the Dearborn Community Arts Council to co-host the annual Mayor’s Arts Awards on Feb. 10 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center. Many community members were honored for their contributions to the arts, including Wendy Sample, Dearborn Public Schools art resource teacher, who was presented with the Mayor’s Award. Shown are Mike Kalasz (left), Arts Educator Award; Roy Karcher, Arts Patron Award; Sample, Mayor’s Award; O’Reilly; Gordon Moseley, Arts Volunteer Award; Marsha Koet of the Dearborn Senior Services Division, Organization Award; Steve Gautreau, DCAC Bravo Award; and Mike Mosallam, Artist/Performer Award. For more on the Mayor’s Arts Awards, please see Sue Suchyta’s “From The Front Row” column on Page 1-B.
