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Plan looks into Dekalb’s future Parking structure, shuttle service among ideas to develop downtown By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A new parking structure and a university-to-city shuttle service could be coming to downtown DeKalb sometime in the future. DeKalb aldermen will weigh in on the revitalization
of downtown DeKalb with a new comprehensive plan at their meeting tonight. The plan, which was devised by city officials and local business owners, details different ways to develop an area that stretches from the Kiswaukee River to Seventh Street, and goes north past Locust Street and south to Franklin Street.
The DeKalb City Council’s discussion tonight will focus around the plan. However the vote will not approve the various construction projects or programs detailed in the plan. “It’s basically taking a look at the 2007 redevelopment plan for downtown and updating it with current market condi-
tions,” said Derek Hiland, the city’s principal planner. “Establishing a new path to move forward. A new vision.” The plan is light on specifics, such as when to begin studying the city’s supply of parking lots or creating a shuttle that connects Northern Illinois University and the downtown city center. No spe-
cific costs are listed either, although Interim City Manager Rudy Espiritu estimated them to be in the millions. “What we would try to do is develop partnerships with private business, the university ... to help develop those plans,” Espiritu said.
If you go n What: DeKalb City Council meeting n When: Monday – Committee of the Whole at 6 p.m.; City Council at 7 p.m. n Where: DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St.
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Snowden to seek asylum in Ecuador By PHILIP ELLIOTT The Associated Press
How to help Drop off gift cards from Walmart, Target, Lowes and Home Depot before July 1 at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb. The church will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday. For information, call Scoutmaster Cliff Golden at 815-7530343.
RIGHT: Nathan Overmann, 17, turns over a polish hot dog at a fundraiser held by Boy Scout Troop 33 on Sunday in DeKalb ABOVE: Overmann sprinkles powdered sugar on a funnel cake Photos by Erik Anderson for Shaw Media
DeKalb Boy Scouts plan to help tornado victims By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com DeKALB – No disaster is too far for the Boy Scouts Troop 33 to provide aid and help. In the past two decades, the Boy Scouts have traveled to storm-devastated areas in Mississippi, Louisiana and New Jersey to help people who lost loved ones and their homes. Now the Boy Scouts will travel more than 800 miles to help citizens in Moore, Okla. A powerful tornado May 20 left 24 people dead and 377 injured. Travis deOliveira, a threeyear Boy Scout who will attend DeKalb High School in the fall, said the scouts will bring school supplies and food to Moore citizens. “It would make a difference,” deOliveira said. However, they’ll need about $2,000 for the trip. Seven out of 43 Boy Scouts going on the trip will contribute $150 to cover the
Michele Gray of DeKalb piles barbecue pulled pork on a bun for a customer Sunday at a Boy Scout Troop 33 fundraiser. cost, while the rest was raised at their Oklahoma fundraiser during the weekend. Scoutmaster Cliff Golden said he’s hoping another $1,000 will be raised for the trip. Area residents can contribute
by dropping off gift cards from Walmart, Target, Lowes and Home Depot before July 1 at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb. The church will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Fridays. On Saturday and Sunday, the Boy Scouts and parent volunteers set up shop at a parking lot at 1926 Sycamore Road, DeKalb. They sold funnel cakes, pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs and drinks to anyone who was hungry to fill their stomachs and give to a good cause. The Boy Scouts and Golden plan to arrive in Moore by July 1 and stay for six days. The place they will stay at is about three miles south of where the tornado hit, Golden said. Once there, they’ll work at a distribution center connected to Journey Church and help remove debris, Golden said. They also will offer safety equipment and first aid equipment to residents. Baby formula and diapers will be handed out as they are critical items that are always in short supply, he said.
See SCOUTS, page A8
WASHINGTON – Admitted leaker Edward Snowden took flight Sunday in evasion of U.S. authorities, seeking asylum in Ecuador and leaving the Obama administration scrambling to determine its next step in what became a game of diplomatic cat-and-mouse. The former National Security Agency contractor and CIA technician fled Hong Kong and arrived at the Moscow airport, where he planned to spend the night before boarding an Aeroflot flight to Cuba. Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said his government received an asylum request from Snowden, and the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said it would help him. “He goes to the very countries that have, at best, very tense relationships with the United States,” said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., adding that she feared Snowden would trade more U.S. secrets for asylum. “This is not going to play out well for the national security interests of the United States.” The move left the U.S. with limited options as Snowden’s itinerary took him on a tour of what many see as anti-American capitals. Ecuador in particular has rejected the United States’ previous efforts at cooperation, and has been helping WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, avoid prosecution by allowing him to stay at its embassy in London. Snowden helped The Guardian and The Washington Post disclose U.S. surveillance programs that collects vast amounts of phone records and online data in the name of foreign intelligence, but often sweeping up information on American citizens. Officials have the ability to collect phone and Internet information broadly but need a warrant to examine specific cases where they believe terrorism is involved. Snowden has been in hiding for several weeks in Hong Kong, a former British colony with a high degree of autonomy from mainland China. The United States formally sought Snowden’s extradition from Hong Kong but was rebuffed; Hong Kong officials said the U.S. request did not fully comply with their laws.
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A TV screen Sunday shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs at a shopping mall in Hong Kong.
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