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Northern Illinois schools secure $3M in mental health funding

By MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com

Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, and schools in Bureau, Will and La Salle counties recently were awarded $3 million in federal funding to support mental health and youth crisis care services in a bid supported by U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville.

Funding will come from multiple grant assistance programs, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Mental Health Awareness and Training program, according to a news release from Underwood’s office. Aid also was granted through the U.S. Department of Public Health’s Mental Health Pro-

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Ash Wednesday services set at St. Paul’s in DeKalb

DeKALB – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will host two Ash Wednesday services to begin its upcoming Lenten season.

The church, 900 Normal Road, DeKalb, will host the services at noon and 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, according to a news release.

The first service will be held in the church’s sanctuary. The second service is being combined with the weekly Grace Place Campus Ministry service. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Barbara A.T. Wilson, followed by a soup supper prepared

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fessionals Demonstration and School-Based Mental Health Services Programs.

“Every young person deserves access to the very best mental health care and resources that we can provide,” Underwood said in a news release.

“As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I worked to secure this funding for schools in northern Illinois to train first aid responders, increase the number of schoolbased mental health providers and, most importantly, address our youth mental health crisis. As I begin my third term in

by church members. The church is handicap accessible.

Grace Place is an effort by the Northern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, and Westminster Presbyterian Church in DeKalb.

St. Paul’s holds services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays, which are also livestreamed.

For information, call 815-756-4888 or visit stpaulsdekalb.org.

Hampshire church to hold Ash Wednesday service Feb. 22

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Congress, I’m committed to strengthening mental health resources for students, schools and communities.”

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded NIU $238,961 to train school personnel, emergency first responders, law enforcement and others on how to appropriately and safely respond to people with mental health challenges and disorders, according to the release.

NIU also was awarded $961,629 from the U.S. Department of Education to support and train school-based mental health providers. At NIU, officials intend to use funding to train 24 licensed school psychologists over the next five years, according to the release.

of Christ will begin its Lenten season with an Ash Wednesday service.

The church, 11821 E. Grant Highway, Hampshire, will hold the service at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, according to a news release.

The service will feature a combined soup and bread supper and a worship service with communion. The Rev. Dave Bateman will follow the liturgy for his sermon titles.

For information, call 815-923-4263, visit stjohnsuccharmony.org, or visit the St. John’s United Church of Christ Facebook page.

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ON THE COVER

Northern Illinois University graduate student and Project FLEX research assistant Izaiah Webb helped lead a panel discussion Thursday, Feb. 16, about the impact Project FLEX has had those incarcerated at Illinois youth centers.

See story, page 6.

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‘It’s always with us’

NIU community, victims’ families seek healing, reflection 15 years after shooting

By MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – Laurel Dubowski, whose 20-year-old daughter, Gayle Dubowski, was killed in a 2008 mass shooting on Northern Illinois University’s campus, said Tuesday, Feb. 14, that she felt determined to return to DeKalb for an annual memorial despite how difficult memories of the day remain 15 years later.

University and DeKalb-area community members joined family and friends of the five students killed in the Feb. 14, 2008, mass shooting Tuesday to pay their respects, honor the lives lost and move forward together.

“[I wanted] to be in the last place our daughter was alive and to share this time with close family and friends, and give strength and faith and love,” Dubowski said as she stood in front of the Reflection Wall in the Memorial Garden joined by family members of other victims.

Catalina Garcia, 20; Daniel Parmenter, 20; Ryanne Mace, 19; and Julianna Gehant, 32, also were killed in the shooting by a lone gunman and former NIU graduate student who fired almost 50 rounds into a lecture room inside Cole Hall shortly after 3 p.m. that day. Dozens more were injured.

Bells chimed outside at 3:06 p.m., once for each of the five victims. A

moment of silence followed.

Dubowski said one thing that keeps her going, despite how tough it is not having her daughter, who was a sophomore anthropology major, around any longer is easy to pinpoint.

“Your faith and your church and family and knowing that God is in control,” Dubowski said.

Attendees took time to lay flowers near the memorial outside Cole Hall in memory of the students. University officials joined the somber gathering. Others embraced. Some victims’ family members greeted each other, giving homage to their harrowing shared experience. Some student passersby could be heard asking others what happened.

The day brought with it grim reminders of the reality of deadly school shootings across the country. NIU marked 15 years in the wake of fresh tragedy that took place about 280 miles north.

On Monday, Feb. 13, three students were shot to death and five others wounded in a campus shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, by a lone gunman who police said later turned the gun on himself.

In a Twitter post Feb. 14, Gov. JB Pritzker marked the somber occasion

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Linda Greer, mother of shooting victim Dan Parmenter, and her husband Robert Greer pay their respects Tuesday, Feb. 14, during a remembrance ceremony at the memorial outside Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University for the victims of the mass shooting in 2008. This is the 15th anniversary of the shooting that killed five students.

“It’s always been just a way to help emotional support, therapy dog kind of thing. All of the families have gotten to know and expect the Missions. We always reunite at this point every year. It’s been wonderful just to have a dog to lean on, something comfortable to distract, whatever they need in that time. We make the Missions available to them and, of course, the rest of the NIU community that’s here.”

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for NIU. The governor also issued condolences for the deadliest high school shooting in American history that occurred five years ago, when a 19-year-old gunman murdered 17 and injured more than a dozen on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburb of Parkland, Florida.

“No parent should send their kid to school worried for their life,” Pritzker wrote. “No child should have to run, hide, and fight. It’s past time we act on this uniquely American epidemic.”

Among those on hand for NIU’s ceremony were NIU President Lisa Freeman, NIU Police Chief Darren Mitchell and DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd.

Matt Swan, instructor in NIU’s Communications Department, stood solemnly after the ceremony visibly moved observing the memorial with his wife, Judie Santacaterina.

“It always brings it back,” Swan

said. “It’s always just so surprising that this happened. It’s so traumatic and heartbreaking.”

Swan said he can’t help but think about the tragic day that transpired at NIU on Feb. 14, 2008.

“I think about it every time I walk past the memorial,” Swan said. “It’s always with us.”

Lisa Boland, trainer for Mission III – the newest NIU Huskie mascot –stood observing the memorial. She said Mission is always a welcome presence at the Feb. 14 vigil, providing support and needed comfort for the gathered grieving.

“It’s always been just a way to help emotional support, therapy dog kind of thing,” Boland said. “All of the families have gotten to know and expect the Missions. We always reunite at this point every year. It’s been wonderful just to have a dog to lean on, something comfortable to distract, whatever they need in that time. We make the Missions available to them and, of course, the rest of the NIU community that’s here.”

Friends and families of the victims pay their respects during a remembrance ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the memorial outside Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University for the victims of the mass shooting in 2008. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the campus shooting that killed five students.

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Sally Stevens Players Theatre Stevens Building

Directed by Kay Martinovich and Emily Vitrano

Feb. 23 NIU Wind Ensemble, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 Concert Band Festival, 10 a.m. hosted by Phantom Regiment

March 1 NIU Wind Symphony, 7 p.m.

March 3 International Guitar Series, 7 p.m.

Marija Temo and Kerensa DeMars

March 5 NIU Choirs Concert, 3 p.m.

March 8 NIU Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble, 7 p.m.

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Lisa Boland trainer for Mission III – the newest NIU Huskie mascot

D-427 names new high school principal for coming year

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SYCAMORE – Sycamore High School will welcome a familiar face into its principal role starting in July, after a Tuesday, Feb. 14, Sycamore School District 427 board vote approved Brian Swanson, the school’s assistant principal, for the position.

Swanson is expected to take over as principal July 1 upon the retirement of longtime Sycamore High School Principal Tim Carlson, according to the school district.

Carlson has held various positions in Sycamore schools for 31 years, officials said.

For the past year, Swanson worked as assistant principal at Sycamore High School. His appointment came after district officials reviewed a pool of can-

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Medicare workshop to be held Feb. 25 at DeKalb library

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., will host a Medicare workshop at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in the

didates who were also interviewed by high school staff, parents and district administrators, according to a district news release.

the greater Sycamore community.

With a bachelor’s degree in education from Illinois State University and a master’s degree in educational administration and foundations, Swanson has teaching experience in several other school districts, according to the district.

Brian Swanson

“As SHS principal, I look forward to fostering connections that will support all students,” Swanson said in the release. “I envision our students embracing opportunities provided by Sycamore High School that will best prepare them for the next phase in their journey.”

Swanson said his goals include fostering a supportive environment for teachers and staff, and developing relationships with students, parents and

library’s lower-level Zimmerman Meeting Room.

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Swanson has worked as a physical education and health teacher and as athletic and activities director for South Pekin Grade School in South Pekin School District 127.

He also worked as a special education teacher at Lexington Jr. and Sr. High School in Lexington District 7. Swanson also served as assistant principal for Belvidere High School in Belvidere School District 100.

“We’re especially fortunate that [Swanson] had the last year to serve in

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the assistant principal role, so the transition will be very smooth,” Sycamore Superintendent Steve Wilder said in the release. “He brings a fresh perspective that will help us continue to move the high school, and our district forward. Mr. Swanson has worked hard to gain experiences that have helped shape the leader he is today, and we will reap the benefit of that dedication. He is student-centered, focused on continuous improvement, very approachable and committed to our community.”

Swanson lives in Sycamore with his wife, Ashley, a physical therapist.

The pair have two children, Elsie and Boyd, who attend district preschools. The couple is expecting their third child this summer, according to the release.

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FINDING THE RIGHT PATH COVER STORY

NIU helped pilot program at Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles in 2018, it since has expanded to Chicago and Warrenville

By CAMDEN LAZENBY clazenby@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – Five years ago, Northern Illinois University graduates helped pilot a program to empower incarcerated youth to find better pathways through sports.

Now, the program has expanded into facilities in Chicago and Warrenville in DuPage County, and some who’ve gone through Project FLEX –which stands for fitness, leadership, experience – are heralding its efforts to improve their future.

Diasee Scott, 24, of Chicago said before he joined Project FLEX, he considered himself a troublemaker at the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles, where he was incarcerated. Scott said he initially didn’t do anything inside except sleep, eat and work out, counting the days until the end of his sentence. When he started Project FLEX, however, he began to think about the future.

“That was another day out of my time, but then, when you get into the program, now they ask you what you want to do before I go outside,” Scott said. “This is an experience, so I feel like it helped me very much.”

The project was the topic of a panel held Feb. 16 at NIU’s Holmes Student Center, which brought some program graduates, staff and two young people currently incarcerated to DeKalb to talk about their experience.

The panel discussion, titled “Beyond the Ball: Reimagining the Role of Sport in Juvenile Justice,” focused on how Project FLEX has leveraged the power of sports to help incarcerated youth in Illinois.

The program sees 10 NIU graduate students regularly visit youth centers and work and offer sports programing, such as basketball, pickleball and boxing – sometimes on NIU’s campus. The graduates meet with incarcerated youth in each of the three facilities between three to five days per week to engage with them and build positive relationships.

A musician and studio engineer with ambitions of owning his own studio someday, Scott was one of the early beneficiaries of the program that started five years ago through the initiative of two NIU professors.

In 2018, Jenn Jacobs, associate pro-

fessor of sport and exercise psychology, and Zach Wahl-Alexander, associate professor of physical education and teacher education, said they wanted to find a way to aid youth in the transition from incarceration back to life outside.

According to the Project FLEX website, 93% of incarcerated youth in Illinois return to an internment facility within five years of the end of their original sentence.

“We believe juvenile facilities are not equipped to provide holistic programming that creates pathways out of the prison pipeline,” according to the website.

Jacobs said they understood incarcerated youth are often released and can struggle with separating themselves from the systemic and societal problems that may have contributed to landing them behind bars.

The professor duo began cold calling northern Illinois Youth Centers to see how they could help. When they asked what programs the St. Charles Youth Center was running for youth transitioning out of the facility, they said they were told no such programs existed.

Wahl-Alexander, who has worked with incarcerated women through a University of Alabama graduate program, and Jacobs, who used to work with

gang-affiliated youth in the south and west sides of Chicago, were not deterred.

“So they really had no extracurricular programs at that time,” Jacobs said. “So we sat in a room and put our heads together and figured out what sport it would be, what we bring as expertise and then we would incorporate life skills into all the programs.”

In its infancy, Project FLEX brought in another to help grow the program. St. Anthony Lloyd, director of leisure time activity at the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles, works directly with Project Flex and NIU graduate students who visit the facility’s youth to run programming.

Jacobs said Lloyd’s idea to include extracurricular opportunities for the facility’s youth – who also have opportunities for schooling, tutoring, employment and credit recovery through the centers – helped make Project FLEX what it is today.

Lloyd said the program offers opportunities for participants to engage in activities they might not have access to otherwise, and set ambitious goals for themselves.

“They’re coming in and building these friendships, these partnerships with these youth, they’re trying to give them an experience when they bring them to NIU, when they take them to

play pickleball,” Lloyd said. “And let’s be honest, ain’t no pickleball courts in the hoods ... So they’re teaching them something that’s outside of their realm to give them that experience that they can learn from, and I think that’s powerful.”

With only five youth centers throughout the state, Jacobs said she hopes the program expands statewide by partnering with another university in Illinois, closer to the state’s two other centers in Joliet and Elburn.

Lloyd attributed at least some of Project FLEX’s success to the tenacity of the graduate students leading the program for the youth. He likened their efforts to what’s necessary to keep a garden in the city clean after the community continually litters on it.

“Well, eventually that trash builds up,” Lloyd said. “Everybody is walking around with trash in their garden but the fact that you’re able to come back every day, continue to come back every day – some days you pick up a little bit of trash and throw it away, some people come back twice a week, some people come back once a week, some people come back once a month, but you continue to build and take trash off that garden and before you know it you see something beautiful. And that’s a reflection of what you see today.”

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Malcom Turner (left) and Diasee Scott sit Thursday, Feb. 16, at a table in the Sky Room of Northern Illinois University’s Holmes Student Center as St. Anthony Lloyd (right) talks during a panel discussion about how Project FLEX transforms the mindsets of incarcerated youth in Illinois.

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FVCS annual Draw Down event to be held March 8

SANDWICH – Fox Valley Community Services is selling tickets for its annual Draw Down event.

The draw down will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, at the Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich, according to a news release.

Proceeds will support FVCS services.

FVCS will sell 250 tickets for $40 per ticket. There is one $1,000 grand prize, one $300 winner, one $100 winner and 12 $50 winners.

Hors d’oeuvres will be served. Rich Robinson and auctioneer Craig Elliott will assist in the drawing. The winner does not to be present to win.

FVCS serves seniors in DeKalb, Kane, Kendall and LaSalle counties in active adult activities at the Senior Center, adult day service and home services. For information, call 815-786-9404.

Sycamore Education Foundation to host trivia night Feb. 24

SYCAMORE – The Sycamore Education Foundation will host its third annual SEF Trivia Night fundraiser to support the foundation.

The event will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at the Regale Center, 124 ½ S. California St., Sycamore, according to a news release. The event is open to the public.

Participants will compete in teams of four to 10 players answering various trivia questions. The winning team will receive a cash prize.

Registration is required to attend.

Tickets cost $35, which includes

team fees, an appetizer bar and one drink ticket.

To register, visit sycamoresef.org/ trivia-night-registration.

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Kingston kindergarten registration begins March 7

KINGSTON – Genoa-Kingston School District 424 will hold open registration for families to enroll their children in kindergarten classes at Kingston Elementary School.

Registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, and Thursday, March 9, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Kingston Elementary School, 100 School St., according to a news release.

For information, call 815-784-5246.

NAPA AutoCare Centers donate to Kishwaukee Family YMCA

DeKALB – The NAPA AutoCare Centers of DeKalb County recently awarded a $1,000 check to the Kishwaukee Family YMCA.

The money will help fund youth financial assistance scholarships, according to news release.

The NAPA AutoCare group donates 10% of the proceeds from oil changes to charities every month. Participating shops include Barb City Automotive, Bockman’s Auto Care, Bockman’s Truck and Fleet, 3-D Auto Repair, Archer Alignment, Motor Works and University Shell.

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Photo provided by Fox Valley Community Services Sandwich Alderman Rich Robinson (left) and Fox Valley Community Services board member Craig Elliott will assist in the annual FVCS Draw Down on March 8.

Meet ‘Annie Glidden’ at Feb. 26 Glidden Homestead program

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DeKALB – The J.F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center’s next Soup-er Sunday program will feature a meet and mingle program with Cheryl Johnson portraying Annie Glidden.

The homestead, 921 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, will host the program at noon Sunday, Feb. 26, according to a news release.

Admission to the program is free for homestead members and $5 for nonmembers.

Johnson will bring Annie Glidden to to life to explain her role in area history. Johnson has portrayed Glidden family members for almost 20 years at field trips, school programs and local organizations. Soup will be served during the program.

Glidden was born on a farm west of Annie Glidden Road in 1865. She acted as a hostess for her uncle Joseph Glidden’s Glidden House Hotel from 1895

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Children’s engineering event set for Feb. 25 at DeKalb library

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., will host a children’s electrical engineering event at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25, in the library’s Story and Activity Room.

The event is free and intended for children in second through fifth grade. Patrons can explore the various facets of electrical engineering with experiments. The event will be led by Society

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until his death in 1906. Glidden attended Illinois State Normal School in Bloomington and studied agriculture at Cornell University. She became an agricultural innovator, producing high award-winning crop yields including corn, soybeans, alfalfa, raspberries and asparagus. Glidden was part of the DeKalb Women’s Club, the DeKalb Garden Club and the Library Whist Club.

Proceeds from the program will support the homestead.

The Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center is a nonprofit organization working to preserve the home and barn while providing educational opportunities to the public. The homestead is open from noon to 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of the month.

For information, call 815-756-7904, visit gliddenhomestead.org or visit the J.F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center’s Facebook page.

of Women Engineers volunteers. Facilitators include tech support manager Sahara Becker, data scientist Michael Cha and Society of Women Engineers member Rosana Fernandez.

Kindergarten and first grade students can attend if accompanied by a parent. Because of limited space, the event is first come, first served.

For information, email theresaw@ dkpl.org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 3350.

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Proceeds benefit the Genoa- Kingston Fire Department Tickets available from a department member or at the door

Photo provided by J.F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center The J.F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center’s next Soup-er Sunday program will feature a meet and mingle program with Cheryl Johnson portraying Annie Glidden. It will take place Feb. 26.

LOOKING BACK

1923 – 100 YEARS AGO

Farmers driving in from the country are experiencing much trouble these days when the roads are so slippery and in some places covered with ice. Those driving horses say the going is very slow and several times an animal would slip and fall, oftentimes damaging the harness. Even in town there were places where the road is such that teams find it hard work to plod along over the ice and pull a heavy wagon. With the ice melting now it is hoped that the roads will become so that traffic of all kinds will not be hampered.

Fire, believed to have started from an over-heated furnace today, destroyed the Hinckley Methodist church and the adjoining parsonage. When the first call arrived in DeKalb this noon it was thought the entire town of Hinckley would be destroyed as the fire, which was discovered at 11:45, was then out of control and spreading fast to the parsonage and adjoining buildings. Calls were sent to the fire departments of Aurora, DeKalb, Waterman, and Plano, and within half an hour after the call was received, the Aurora department had a chemical truck on the scene. It is estimated that over 70 firemen worked to control the fire. It was only through the concentrated effort of the firemen that the town of Hinckley was saved from utter ruin.

Legion men of Sycamore are wearing a smile today, now that their new sign has arrived that they have waited so long for. The new emblem was ordered about two months ago, and was expected to arrive a week or so after it was ordered, but owing to some misunderstanding, it did not arrive until yesterday. The sign is one of the latest and most up-to-date electrically lighted signs there is made and Legionnaires are very proud of it. It is about 20 inches and has the emblem of the American Legion in outstanding prominence.

1948 – 75 YEARS AGO

A DeKalb business man found recently that it costs more to deliver a lawn mower than it does to keep it. Having sold the mower for five bucks, he decided to load it into his car and deliver it. Finding that it would not fit into the rear seat of his auto, this gentleman placed it in the trunk with the handle sticking out. All of this took place in the garage. He then got into the car and backed out, forgetting that he had left the rear door open. The car was one of those that the rear door opens toward the front. The door caught on the garage. Damage, $75 to deliver a $5 lawn mower.

Yesterday afternoon the city street crew was busy flushing the Lincoln Highway from First to Seventh Street but the activity has been halted by the sudden drop in the temperature. With most of the stores closed on Thursday afternoon and but few cars in the business district, the flushing work was started early in the afternoon and the crew started at First and worked east to Seventh with both the sidewalks and pavement being flushed. While the crews were at work a gale from the west arrived blowing leaves and dirt on the heels of the workers engaged in the cleanup activity. Some of the stores entrances this

morning were piled with leaves. In spite of this, the main street took on a much fresher appearance this morning.

Thanks to the generosity of one of the city’s pioneer residents, DeKalb has one of the most beautiful and stately library buildings in the state of Illinois. The magnificent stone structure called the Haish Memorial Building and which is the home of the DeKalb Public Library was a gift of Jacob Haish, one of the city fathers and one of the men who helped conquer the greatest American prairies by developing barbed wire, the inexpensive fencing long known as the “farmer’s friend.” The building was completed 17 years ago in 1931 and was erected at a cost of $150,000. Haish died at the age of 99 years before he could carry out an often expressed desire to establish a trust fund to fill its shelves with books and periodicals.

There is to be no more parking in front of the driveway to the fire station in Shabbona. When an alarm was sounded the other night a large truck was found parked and locked in front of the firehouse and the boys had a hard time to get the fire truck out. The department is a volunteer one.

1973 – 50 YEARS AGO

DeKalb Councilman Francis Cliffe, Fourth Ward, claims there’s room for improvement in several DeKalb municipal offices, particularly the police and fire departments, which he says are becoming too impersonal. He calls the urban renewal office a “big waste of money” and says among reasons he isn’t seeking reelection in April is the lack of cooperation between the city manager and the City Council.

At the Monday night meeting of Hinckley-Big Rock Unit Dist. 429 Board of Education, a resolution was adopted by the board registering its objection to a pro-

posed airplane landing strip to be established at the east of the Big Rock school playground. The objection was based on the hazard it posed to the play area.

This is National FFA week, and to commemorate the occasion, the Hiawatha FFA Chapter will again hold its annual Farm Zoo. One of the purposes of the Farm Zoo is to give city as well as country residents an opportunity to see several types of farm animals such as a sow and her litter, beef and dairy calves, sheep and lambs, a goat, ponies, rabbits and many others.

1998 – 25 YEARS AGO

Thanks to a donation from a local couple, a community building is serving the community once again. Built by the Finnish Americans of DeKalb in 1917, the Finnish Temperance Hall, 1021 State St., was once a place for the men who worked in DeKalb’s industrial district to eat and sleep. Now that Howard and Milly Eychaner handed over the deed to the property, it is the new DeKalb Area Women’s Center.

The Afton Forest Preserve will remain alcohol free despite a small fraction of County Board members who believe beer and wine could be safely consumed at the county owned park. The ordinance unanimously passed by the Forest Preserve Committee earlier, but those members helped to vote down the ordinance when it came before the full board.

A local radio station’s wish to be heard better in DeKalb County is not sitting well with a group of Pierce Township residents. WSQR, AM-1560, has proposed placing four 170-foot radio transmission towers on the west side of Lynch Road in Pierce Township. With the new towers, the owners hope the station’s waves can be picked up by listeners with greater frequency throughout the DeKalb-Sycamore region.

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Photo provided by Morry Drury

Daily Chronicle carriers are lined up to take a bus trip to watch the Cubs play in 1949. DeKalb resident Morry Drury, who is seen in the photo, said the Cubs were playing the Brooklyn Dodgers that day and the boys got to see baseball legend Jackie Robinson.

Aurora marks 4th anniversary of Pratt Co. shooting

B y SUSAN SARKAUSKAS ssarkauskas@dailyherald.com

For the first time, Ted Beyer attended the annual memorial ceremony the city of Aurora conducted Wednesday, Feb. 15, for his son, Russell, and the four other men killed Feb. 15, 2019, at Henry Pratt Co.

And he made sure U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, who spoke at the event, knew what he thought about Foster’s speech and the shooting.

“It’s easy [for politicians] to do talk. Sit down and do something” about workplace violence and guns, Beyer said, when reporters asked him afterward about the conversation.

“Look what hatred and bitterness got us. ... Look what it cost them,” he said, pointing to the victims’ photos.

“I’ve got a lot of resentment. I’ve been carrying this,” Beyer said.

The ceremony at the David L. Pierce Art and History Center featured speeches by the mayor, the police chief, Foster, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood and former Pratt worker Anita Lewis.

They stood next to the five memorial crosses that first were erected at the business.

The Aurora Historical Society has

kept them, plus some of the stuffed animals, candles and other tribute items people left at the crosses.

Mayor Richard Irvin said he often prays for the victims’ families.

“I also think it is important that we

never forget,” Irvin said.

Foster urged passing common-sense gun-safety laws saying, “we cannot wait for the next tragedy.”

Underwood agreed.

“I refuse to accept the frequency of

these tragedies as routine,” she said.

Beyer worked at the Pratt factory for about 40 years and was a union steward.

He said he knew the shooter and that his son, the union chairman, was trying to help the shooter that day.

The shooter had been called to a disciplinary meeting and brought a handgun, according to a lawsuit a survivor filed.

When told he was fired, the man shot Russell Beyer, Josh Pinkard, Clayton Parks, Trevor Wehner and another man, then left and shot co-worker Vicente Juarez.

Beyer, Pinkard, Parks, Wehner and Juarez were killed.

The shooter also shot at Aurora police officers, injuring six of them.

Police killed the shooter.

Beyer said he blames Pratt for the shooting, saying he told company officials they were treating employees badly and that resentment was building that could lead to violence.

“They [the five killed] were put in harm’s way by the company,” Beyer said.

In her speech, Lewis recalled working on time cards in the office building

See AURORA SHOOTING, page 11

Brian Hill – bhill@dailyherald.com

Family members reflect on the fourth anniversary of the shooting at Henry Pratt Co. during a memorial service Wednesday at David L. Pierce Art and History Center in Aurora.

NEWS BRIEFS

Genoa church fish fry begins Feb. 24

GENOA – St. Catherine of Genoa Church will host a weekly drive-thru only fish fry during Lent.

The church, 340 S. Stott St., Genoa, will host the meal from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 24 through March 31, in the church’s lower parking lot pavilion, according to a news release.

A freewill offering will be accepted.

The dinner includes deep-fried wildcaught Alaskan pollack seasoned with homemade breading, homemade coleslaw, oven-baked potatoes, dinner roll, butter, sour cream, tartar sauce and lemon juice.

DIY craft gnomes workshop planned Feb. 25 at library

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., will host a DIY plush gnomes craft workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in the library’s lower-level Yusunas Meeting Room.

The workshop is free and intended for families.

Participants can create their own plush gnome and decorate it in their own style. Crafting materials will be provided by the library.

Because of limited space, the workshop is first come, first served. For information, email graces@dkpl. org, email irise@dkpl.org, or call 815756-9568, ext. 2110.

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next to the warehouse where the shooting took place.

She knew the shooter and the victims, except for Wehner, a Northern Illinois University college student who just started an internship at Pratt that day.

A co-worker ran in to her office, saying “[The shooter] is across the street shooting people.”

“I miss them all,” Lewis said. The company closed the Aurora plant in March 2022.

Several of the speakers also mentioned the shooting that took place Feb. 13 at Michigan State University.

Several members of Juarez’ family,

Lego Club returns Feb. 23 to the DeKalb library

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library’s, 309 Oak St., Lego Club will return at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the library’s Story and Activity Room.

The club is free and intended for children ages 5 to 14.

Attendees can explore their creativity using Legos. Patrons can participate in monthly themed builds or build their own creations.

Lego creations may be put on display in the Children’s Department. The club will meet on the fourth Thursday of the month. No registration is.

For information, email stormye@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 3350.

Dance event scheduled Feb. 25 at DeKalb library

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., will host a baila conmigo dance event at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in the library’s lower-level Yusunas Meeting Room.

The dance event is free and open to the public

Attendees will receive a short history lesson about the popular Latin dance music, Bachata. Patrons can learn how to dance Bachata using easy-to-follow step after the history lesson. No prior dance experience is needed.

For information, email irise@dkpl.org. –ShawLocalNewsNetwork

including a son and grandchildren, who attended wore memorial sweatshirts reading, “Juarez blood runs through my veins.”

Tom Wehner, Trevor Wehner’s father, also attended the ceremony. Wehner was a senior set to graduate that spring from NIU’s School of Business and had just secured an internship at Henry Pratt Co. in human relations.

Wehner, 21, of Sheridan was killed on the first day of his internship at the Henry Pratt plant, a post-college gig he’d landed with help from Clayton Parks, 32, a 2014 NIU graduate.

“I just wish more could be done,” Tom Wehner said after Wednesday’s ceremony. “We really need to get down to the issues of why this [mass shootings] is happening in this country.”

“I just wish more could be done. We really need to get down to the issues of why this [mass shootings] is happening in this country.”

Tom Wehner father of shooting victim Trevor Wehner

community needs grant to

NEWS BRIEFS

IVVC receives grant from DeKalb County Community Foundation

SANDWICH – The Indian Valley Vocational Center was awarded a $9,500 community needs grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

The grant will be used to buy MIG welders for students who are enrolled in the IVVC Welding and Fabrication program, according to a news release.

The IVVC is a center for surrounding school districts to send students looking to hone their technical skills by providing classes on practical skills so they can enter the workforce or prepare for college.

For information, visit ivvc.net.

Lorene Brown Scholarship available for G-K students

GENOA – Applications are available for scholarships through the Lorene Brown Scholarship Foundation.

The scholarships are available for the 2023-24 academic year, according to a news release.

The scholarships are open to

Genoa-Kingston High School graduates who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment as full-time students in the undergraduate or graduate programs at Northern Illinois University or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Applications for scholarship are available through the G-K High School guidance office. All completed application materials and supporting documents must be mailed or dropped off no later than Monday, May 15, to Old National Bank, 230 W. State St., Sycamore.

The Lorene Brown Scholarship Foundation was created by Lorene Brown, a resident of Genoa and 1920 graduate of the University of Illinois. The foundation has awarded a total of $261,919 in scholarships since 1993. Old National Bank is the foundation’s trustee and administers the scholarship through its offices.

For information, visit the G-K High School guidance office or write to the Lorene Brown Scholarship Foundation c/o Old National Bank.

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Photo provided by Indian Valley Vocational Center DeKalb County Community Foundation board member Justin Wegener (left) presents a $9,500

welding students at Indian Valley Vocational Center.

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First marijuana dispensary a go in downtown DeKalb

Excelleaf expected to be open by Corn Fest

By MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – The city of DeKalb is turning over a new leaf and taking its first steps into the marijuana industry by approving the city’s first recreational and medicinal dispensary to open downtown.

The City Council voted unanimously this week to grant a special use permit to Canndid Spirit Too LLC, the company that operates the marijuana dispensary, Excelleaf, which will be majority women-led.

Project leaders said the marijuana dispensary is expected to be open for business just in time for Corn Fest.

Mayor Cohen Barnes gave thanks to project leaders for making an investment in DeKalb.

“It has been a long time we’ve been talking about this,” Barnes said. “I couldn’t be more excited about having you all coming to our community starting a new business. I just wish you absolutely all the best of luck. But I have a feeling you’re going to just crush it.”

Nakia McAdoo, a founding partner for Canndid Spirit Too LLC, appeared before the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission earlier this month and said her partners chose DeKalb for its business-friendly atmosphere.

The managers behind the shop also would include Crystal Anderson, Brian Garner and Maria Davis, city documents show. The business owners are former health care workers.

The building, which will soon be home to the dispensary at 305 E. Locust St. downtown, has been vacant since July 2021, officials said. It used to house the DeKalb County Credit Union and,

more recently, Vibrant Credit Union.

City officials said they estimate that the cannabis dispensary will generate about $200,000 per year.

The council’s decision was largely supported by those who spoke out during its quest for a city permit.

DeKalb resident Duane Brown said he’s long been anticipating this development since Illinois first legalized medical use of cannabis in 2014 and recreational use in 2020.

“We now have the opportunity to open [a dispensary] for the long-suffering medical users and the anticipated recreational users of it,” Brown said.

Fifth Ward Alderman Scott McAdams referenced a line from the Grateful Dead, saying “What a long strange trip it’s been for DeKalb trying to get a dispensary.”

“I know the 5th Ward welcomes you,” McAdams said. “I am looking forward to allowing a prosperous relationship.”

Excelleaf owners already have obtained a conditional permit from the state to operate the dispensary, which City Planner Dan Olson said remains active until July 2023.

City Council approval is contingent upon two conditions: no on-site consumption of cannabis will be allowed and a safety plan must be approved with DeKalb police, city documents show.

No one younger than age 21 – including any dispensary employees – will be allowed on the premises, according to city documents.

Requirements set forth in the city’s unified development ordinance stipulate that cannabis dispensaries must also adhere to a 250 feet setback from nursery school, pre-school, primary or secondary school, day care center, day care home, or an academic building or residence hall of a state university.

See DISPENSARY, page 17

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Pickled Herring .................................1 lb. $549

Creamed Herring ..............................1 lb. $549

Smoked Herring ................................1 lb. $999

Malones Head Cheese ..................... 1 lb. $1499

Icelandic Cod .................................. 1 lb. $1269 Tilapia ...............................................1 lb. $669 80/20 Ground Beef ...........................1 lb. $449

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Mark Busch – mbusch@shawmedia.com

The building at 305 E. Locust St. in DeKalb is the proposed location of DeKalb County’s first medicinal and recreational marijuana dispensary.

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Indian Valley Theatre begins rehearsals for ‘The Secret Garden’

Shaw Local News Network

SANDWICH – Indian Valley Theatre members have begun rehearsing for their upcoming musical production of “The Secret Garden.”

Based on the book by Frances Hodgkin Burnett with lyrics by Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon, “The Secret Garden” tells the story of Mary Lennox, a sour and disagreeable 10-year-old, who is orphaned in India and sent to live with her reclusive uncle in England. Mary must acclimate to her new environment. While there, she is introduced to the walls of the garden and a friendly Robin who likes humans. With the Robin’s help, she discovers the secret regarding the closed-off garden.

The cast includes Elizabeth Stevenson as Lilly, Lydia Stevenson as Mary Lennox, Karen Leifheit as Mrs. Medlock, Dylan Woodraska as Dr. Neville Craven, Leah Martin as Martha, Jacob Roller as Archibald Craven, Abi Munar as Dickon, Logan Hane as Colin Craven, Sarah Stathis as Mrs. Win-

throp, Nancy Discher Amaya as Rose Lennox, Darren Whaley as Captain Albert Lennox, Jen Ketchum as Alice, Lucas Sus as Lieutenant Wright, Gregory Peterson as Lieutenant Shaw, Victoria Schultz as Mrs. Shelley, Kyle Carr as Major Holmes, Jessica Sus as Claire Holmes, Nicholas Bantz-Beaty as Fakir, Kate Yun as Ayah, Jim Steadman as Ben, and Charlotte Wheatley as Jane. Other cast members include Clara Snyder, Adeline Galles, Lleigh Nickels, Scarlett Ferguson, and Sophia Swanson.

Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18, at the Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. There also is a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19.

Tickets for “The Secret Garden” cost $21 for adults and $18 for children ages 18 and younger. Tickets are on sale online at indianvalleytheatre.com. For information, email info@indianvalleytheatre.com, or send a message on the Indian Valley Theatre Facebook page.

Photo provided by Indian Valley Theatre Indian Valley Theatre cast members Lydia Stevenson (left) and Elizabeth Stevenson rehearse a scene from their upcoming production of “The Secret Garden.”

Sycamore Chamber to honor Thomas C. Doty

Shaw Local News Network

SYCAMORE – The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce has named Sycamore resident Thomas C. Doty the 2023 Clifford Danielson Outstanding Citizen Award recipient.

Doty is a lifelong Sycamore resident, vice president of Doty and Sons Concrete Products, and is a third-generation business owner following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father.

Doty’s award will be presented at the 106th annual meeting of the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 2 at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St. in Sycamore. Tickets cost $45 and can be reserved by calling the chamber at 815-895-3456.

“This award honors individuals who have dedicated their time and energy for our community in a meaningful way, and Tom Doty clearly has done that,” Sycamore Chamber Executive Director Rose Treml said in a news release.

Doty’s service to Sycamore includes an outdoor classroom at Sycamore

High School, and his major role as a board member with Goodfellows, an area organization that provides

DeKalb County children with new clothing every Christmas season.

Doty and Sons will celebrate 75

years of business in Sycamore this year. The company provides products to states across the country but remain staunch contributors for area jobs, the local economy and community.

Chamber officials said Doty’s vision is clear in his community service and Sycamore spirit, the release states.

The award is named after Cliff Danielson, who was president and chairman of The National Bank and Trust Co. and was active in the community for almost 70 years, according to the release. Nominees must be Sycamore residents or people who have enhanced life in Sycamore and have 10 years of leadership in civic activities.

Some recipients of the award include: Herold “Red” Johnson, Hays Knodle, Bob Wildenradt, Joe Bussone, Peter Johnson, David Juday, Max Brantner, Marjorie Danielson, Dr. John Ovitz, Michael Cullen, Dean Copple, Marlyn Burkhart, Robert Hammon, Russ and Berni Schelkopf, John Kroos, Yvonne Johnson, John Boies, Bill Nicklas, Tom and Joan Fenstermaker, Ken Mundy and Kathy Countryman.

Dr. Z has been in the area for 29 years

Minutes West of Somo nauk

Mark Busch file photo – mbusch@shawmedia.com

The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce named Thomas C. Doty the 2023 Clifford Danielson Outstanding Citizen Award recipient. Doty will receive the award March 2 at the Chamber’s 106th annual meeting.

Photo provided by Sycamore Middle School Sycamore Middle School has named its Students of the Month for January. The sixth grade students are Makenna Curtis, Venard Britt, Nora Frerichs and Sebastian Rathbun. The seventh grade students are Taylor Peabody, Cohen Jennings, Graycabella Gluck and Zayden Smith. The eighth grade students are Maryn Surwillo, James McConkie, Brady Snodgrass and Owen Grollemond.

AMUSEMENTS

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

TRUIST BANK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS.

LI LIA N CALD ERON; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANT S. NO 22 FC 000118

507 GEORJEAN COURT SYCAMORE, IL 60178

JUDGE

PRESIDING JUDGE

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU,

Li lia N Calderon

Unknown Owners and Non-Record Cl aimants

defendants, th at this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit:

LOT 151 IN FOURTH

ADDITION TO SOMONAUK

MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI PAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF

RECORDED SEPTEMBER 14, 1971 AS DOCUM ENT NO. 361025 IN PLAT BOOK

"P" OF PLATS, PAGE 63 AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED DECEMBER 30 1971 AS DOCUMENT NO. 363016, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as: 507 Georjean Court Sycamore, IL 60178 and which said Mortgage was made by, Li lia N Calderon Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First Centennial Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb Co unty, Illinois, as Document No 2009011447; and for ot her relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before March 10, 2023,

A JUDGM ENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT.

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PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTI CES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1 N. Dearborn St Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph (312) 346-9088

Fi le No 22-13573IL-868273

I3213148

(Published in The MidWeek, February 8, 15, 22, 2023)

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