schaumburg review 12 22 05 Library buys Cook miniature for branch BY KAREN SHOFFNER STAFF WRITER A bit of Schaumburg Township history preserved in miniature will hang in a local library. The Schaumburg Township District Library bought an original miniature painting of the Wilkening farm, which was on the east side of Roselle Road just south of the Northwest Tollway. Library Board member Anita Forte-Scott said the painting by Ed Cook of Hoffman Estates will hang in the Hoffman Estates branch library. The library spent $2,500 from its Art Fund to buy the painting. Forte-Scott said getting art by local artists into the township libraries is good for the community. "I just felt it was important to have local artists' work represented instead of always going outside the state or the community," she said. She added that Cook's painting will be hung in the Hoffman Estates branch because that is the library he frequents most. "Everybody knows him there. It's like on 'Cheers.' One time I was there and when he walked in and they said, 'Ed!'" said Forte-Scott. Cook's work has painted miniatures of other historic township places, including the Bierman Farm in Hoffman Estates. The Village of Hoffman Estates has sold Christmas tree ornaments with local farm scenes painted by Cook for several years.