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SUMMER GOLF SERIES: PART III
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Railroad ‘We made series a nod it out to Glidden If you go n What: Presentation on railroads in the DeKalb area n When: Noon to 4 p.m. July 28 n Where: Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center, 921 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. n Information: 815-7567904 or www. gliddenhomestead.org.
By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com DeKALB – While Joseph Glidden may have made barbed wire a signature patent for DeKalb, he also helped the area prosper by allowing a railroad to pass through. In 1853, Glidden allowed the Galena and Chicago Union railroad to have the right of way through his nearly 800acre property, said Marcia Wilson, executive director of the Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center. The railroad tracks then became an important development for the burgeoning city. “If there was a small settlement or community that had started and the railroad ended up coming up a couple of miles away, then that town died out and another town grew up around the railroad,” Wilson said. “Glidden knew the importance.” As part of the 200th anniversary of Glidden’s birth, the Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center is holding a series of programs on the railroads in the DeKalb and greater Illinois area. The center displayed a
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Barbed Wire Betties’ Rattle Lynn Bones, lead jammer for this particular bout, squeezes out of a blockade of players to gain points during a jam against the Aurora 88s on Saturday. The Betties lost, 128-94. TOP: Barbed Wire Betties’ Ballbarian Buster takes a fall. BELOW: Betties’ Strawberry Short-Temper, pulls herself up off the ground.
DeKalb County roller derby team has irst bout against Aurora
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George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter by a jury in Sanford, Fla.
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department said Sunday it is looking into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin to determine whether federal prosecutors will file criminal civil rights charges now that George Zimmerman has been acquitted in the state case. The department opened an investigation into Martin’s death last year but stepped aside to allow the state prosecution to proceed. In a statement, the Justice Department said the criminal section of its civil rights division, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Middle District of Florida are continuing to evaluate the evidence generated during the federal probe, in addition to the evidence and testimony from the state trial. “Experienced federal
By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com AURORA – Bri Kness may be a stay-at-home mom but on the skating rink, she’s Brawl Burner. The Sycamore resident joined 14 other players on the DeKalb County women’s roller derby team known as the Barbed Wire Betties for their first bout. The team was created only a year ago and achieved their goal of competing against another team within that time. “This has been a year in the making,” Kness said. The Barbed Wire Betties faced off against the Aurora 88s on Saturday at the
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Aurora Skate Center. The players strapped on their helmets and roller skates for an evening of speeding around a hardwood floor and shouldering their way through a pack of players determined to fend them off. The amount of work the team put into training for the bout was immense, said Andrea Drott, the team’s
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