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Illinois Appellate Court Justice

Rena Van Tine addresses Jumpstart students at an Aug. 3 reception at Jones Day in Chicago. Van Tine was the first female Indian American judge in the nation to serve on a state court and the first to win a countywide election.

See story, page 6. Photo provided by Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism

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DeKalb updates city bus routes as ridership data shows trends

By MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – The city of DeKalb looked implement some changes to its public transit system in time for the start of the fall semester at Northern Illinois University.

Upgrades were expected to go into effect beginning Aug. 28 with an accompanying increase in transit service hours, officials said.

City Manager Bill Nicklas briefed the council at a recent meeting on why changes to the public transit system are needed.

The increased use of the city’s Route 12 line to Elburn amounting to 667, 577 and 441 total riders in May, June and July, respectively, compared with previous years indicates that interest is not limited to NIU students, data shows.

Mayor Cohen Barnes gave kudos to city staff for making the public transit system changes possible.

“I’m particularly excited about the routes out to south DeKalb,” Barnes said. “We’ve worked hard as a council to be able to provide more opportunities for our residents in the city of DeKalb, and that opportunity is manifesting itself or blowing up on the south side.

“There are so many wonderful good-paying jobs by world-renowned companies. I just think it’s awesome to know that we continue to bring those to our residents, and then those that don’t have the means to be able to get out there, that we continue to figure out different ways that we can give them access to those jobs.”

Transit Director Mike Neuenkirchen said the city’s Route 12 line to Elburn is on

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track to outpace last year’s ridership levels.

“Between Jan. 1 and July 31, 2023, Route 12 provided 4,398 passenger trips, with an average monthly ridership of 628,” Neuenkirchen said. “By comparison, we provided 2,148 passenger trips in the same seven-month time frame in 2022, for an increase of 105%.”

The council’s action allows for increased service runs to the Elburn Metra station from 10 trips on weekdays to 13. According to city documents, there will be additional evening services available to potential users as well.

The city, however, plans on removing the low-usage Route 12 stop in Cortland to streamline the service, officials said.

Nicklas said the changes may prove to be more effective, which is the city’s hope.

“We were doing a route that’s made regular stops in Cortland,” Nicklas said. “There were less than 30 riders in the past 12 months.”

Nicklas said the alternative the city has for Cortland residents is a dial-a-ride option.

“What we’ve set up and will be advertising so residents of Cortland know about it is, if they want to use a bus, and there’s a dial-a-ride,” Nicklas said. “You can call the day before. That would be better.”

City leaders have said they would use a push for increased public transit to help test the community’s interest in bringing a commuter rail service to DeKalb and DeKalb County.

A study commissioned by the city in 2019 aims to shed light on what city leaders said residents should expect if Metra commuter rail service were extended to DeKalb and DeKalb County. It indicated that in 2018, the Elburn Metra station saw

336 people boarding the train daily, data shows.

In 2021, there were 97 people boarding the commuter train daily from the Elburn Metra station, data shows. The study shows that in 2022, there were 184 people boarding the train daily from the Elburn Metra station.

Neuenkirchen said the city is expecting that ridership levels in 2023 will show that it has doubled for those looking to access the Elburn Metra station coming from DeKalb.

Elsewhere, the city intends to increase route times for Route 19 so it may operate 24/7 to better accommodate labor force demands on DeKalb’s south end.

Currently, the service runs only five days a week. But the city plans to eliminate two different variations of the route to help bring standardization to service times, and plans to drop service on Hillcrest Drive between Normal Road and North First Street because of low ridership and to bring consistency to service times, according to city documents.

Neuenkirchen said the Route 19 line saw 8,000 riders last year and is trending 20% ahead so far this year.

Nicklas urged the City Council to support changes to the public transit system.

The costs associated with upgrading the city’s public transit system are estimated at $380,000 annually, according to city documents. It will be funded using aid from the Federal Transit Authority and the state’s operating assistance grants.

The fares assessed to public transit riders will remain the same at 50 cents for a fixed route and $1 for paratransit and diala-ride users, officials said.

City leaders backed the series of upgrades at the city manager’s request.

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LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

Sandwich Fair’s annual souvenir sale set for Sept. 6

SANDWICH – The Sandwich Fair will host its 30th souvenir sale during the fair’s first day.

The souvenir sale begins at 9 a.m. Sept. 6 in the gazebo at the Sandwich Fair, 1401 Suydam Road, Sandwich, according to a news release.

Attendees can purchase custom-made items. Souvenirs offered for sale include ornaments, pins, train depot T-shirts, adult socks, wooden puzzles, Otto the Owl plush animals, plush animals from past fairs and custom-made pottery. Two new postcards will be sold. Note cards and tote bags will also return. Shortsleeve T-shirts are available in forest green for adults and navy blue for children. Light fleece navy blue jackets for adults will be on sale.

Souvenirs can be seen at the following locations:

• First National Bank, 100 W. Church St., Sandwich

• Leo’s Trophies, 36 E. Railroad St., Sandwich

• The Sandwich Fair Office, 1401 Suydam Road, Sandwich

• Sandwich Public Library, 925 S. Main St., Sandwich

• Somonauk Public Library, 700 E. Lasalle St., Somonauk

• Charles B. Phillips Library District, 6 N. Jackson St., Newark

• Resource Bank, 605 E. Market St. C, Somonauk

• Heartland Bank, 913 S. Fourth St., DeKalb

• Heartland Bank, 301 S. Union St., Newark

• Heartland Bank, 11500 U.S. Highway Route 34, Plano

• Heartland Bank, 200 E. Church St., Sandwich

• Heartland Bank, 128 S. Depot St., Somonauk

For information, visit sandwichfair.com.

Opening receptions upcoming for 2 NIU art exhibits

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois University Art Museum will host a public opening reception for two art exhibits, “Dialogue” and “The Remaining, Mourn...”

The reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at the NIU Art Museum in Altgeld Hall, according to a news release.

The reception will include informal gallery talks with “The Remaining, Mourn...” artists and exhibit curators

Millicent Kennedy and Michael Chambers.

“Dialogue” includes artwork from “Lines of Authority” by Alan Cohen, “Black Box” by Michael Coppage and “The Folded Map Project” by Tonika Lewis Johnson. The exhibit focuses on issue awareness and resolution through listening. The artists worked on lensbased projects organically grown and developed over time.

“The Remaining, Mourn…” features tactile artwork by nine different artists. The exhibit examines grief and collective and individual loss. The art features various techniques to capture holding objects in a moment. The artists include Selva Aparicio, Michael Chambers, April Dauscha, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Millicent Kennedy, Allen Moore, Monika Plioplyte, Nirmal Raja and Anne Wilson. The exhibits will run through Oct. 14. For information, visit go.niu.edu/ artmuseumevents.

DeKalb County History Center announces Smithsonian food exhibit selection

SYCAMORE – The DeKalb County History Center was selected to create an exhibit examining the influence of tradition, class, culture, ethnicity and landscape on food as part of a Smithsonian project.

The history center, 1730 N. Main St., Sycamore, will open the exhibit in spring 2024, according to a news release. Attendees can learn how Native and immigrant experiences, ingredient availability and food preparation technology shaped menus, recipes, ceremonies and etiquette. The exhibit features local historical images, video clips, oral histories, art and artifacts. Participants also will learn about the Smithsonian Museum on Main Street program’s exhibit development.

The history center will partner with more than 15 community groups, including libraries, historical societies, the DeKalb County Community Gardens and Hy-Vee.

The exhibit is accepting recipes and stories. To share a recipe, story or volunteer, call 815-895-5762 or email info@dekalbcountyhistory.org.

The MoMS, a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service program, works with state humanities councils to share cultural resources and create small rural community exhibits. SITES connects Americans to their cultural heritage through art, science and history exhibits.

For information, visit museumonmainstreet.org or sites.si.edu.

– Shaw Local News Network

NIU move-in day welcomes students to residence halls

By MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – New students moving into Northern Illinois University’s Patterson Hall were greeted Aug. 23 along with their family by upperclassmen who arrived on campus early to pitch in.

Among the many volunteers lending a hand was NIU sophomore Madden Hebert. He said he’s glad he decided to get involved with helping new students move in.

“It’s cool to see new kids,” Hebert said. “It’s exciting to see all the new freshmen. It’s definitely the start of what’s going to be a fun semester, I think. It all starts here.”

NIU’s move-in efforts continued Thursday. Officials have said the university’s residential halls are expected to welcome about 2,000 new students, 1,800 returning students and 200 transfers to campus this fall.

Hebert said it’s crucial that new students refer to the university’s packing list as they prepare to live on campus.

“I just would say make sure you go through that list, have all the essential

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Northern Illinois University student volunteers help new arrivals get their things moved into their rooms Aug. 23 during move-in day in front of the Fanny Ruth Patterson Complex at NIU in DeKalb. See NIU, page 5

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

Native Americans in media subject of next lecture in Ellwood House series

DeKALB – The September hybrid Brown Bag Lunch and Local Lore series at the Ellwood House Museum will feature a presentation on Native American media representation.

The program will be held at noon Sept. 7 at the Ellwood House Museum, 420 Linden Place, DeKalb, according to a news release.

Admission is free.

Road Scholar Ernest Whiteman III will discuss the representation of Native

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ones,” Hebert said. “There’s that basic stuff that you’ll always need. … It’s all there. [You] just want to make sure you look at the list.”

Hebert said the key to making the most of the college experience as a freshman is to get involved.

“Try and get involved in some kind of club or get involved whether it be like Greek Life,” he said. “I feel like it’s important to have passion, so what -

Americans in media. The program also explore how far back the depictions go and their influence on audiences’ Native people and issues perceptions.

Whiteman teaches “Native Americans in Media” at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. He also is the co-director of First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc., a nonprofit film festival for Native American directors.

The “No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media” program is part of the “Brown Bag Lunch/Local Lore,” a free lecture series offered in collaboration between the Ellwood House Museum

ever you can find that passion in, I think, get out there.”

NIU freshman Ashley Hawkins of Roselle said that moving into the residence hall brings her a mix of emotions.

“I’m a little stressed, but I’ll be excited when it’s done,” Hawkins said.

Hawkins said she started buying the things she needs in order to live on campus about a month ago.

“I’ve been prepared for three days,” Hawkins said. “I’m just nervous.”

Ashley’s mother, Jennifer Hawkins, said the drive to campus went

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and DeKalb County History Center. Registration is encouraged. To register, visit ellwoodhouse.org/lectures and scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Brown Bag Lunch and Local Lore is funded in part by the Mary E. Stevens Concert and Lecture Fund. For information, visit ellwoodhouse. org/lectures.

DeKalb library to host blood drive on Sept. 2

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library will partner with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive.

“pretty smooth.”

“We got here at 7:30 [a.m.],” Jennifer Hawkins said. “There’s no traffic. We live like 50 minutes away from here.”

Jennifer Hawkins said she enjoyed the process of helping send her daughter off to college.

“It was a lot of shopping, lots of preparing, lots of packing,” Jennifer Hawkins said.

NIU freshman Monay Jones of Springfield said she would rate how she feels about moving away from home and into Patterson Residence

The drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 2 in the library’s lower-level Yusunas Meeting Room, 309 Oak St., according to a news release.

Participants must show identification and answer health history questions.

Donors who give blood from Sept. 1 through Sept. 18 will receive a T-shirt. Appointments are required to donate. To schedule an appointment, call 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood. org.

For information, email chelsear@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 1700. –Shaw Local News Network

Hall an 8 out of 10. She said she’s never had a roommate before, but she’s not worried.

Monay’s mom, Latasha Jones, said the process of preparing to send her daughter off to college has been enjoyable.

“It was fun,” Latasha Jones said. “She did a lot of shopping.”

Latasha Jones said the most challenging part about move-in day was having to leave her daughter and trust that she’ll be all right.

“My baby leaving me,” Latasha Jones said. “She’s growing up.”

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Natural gas is a colorless and odorless fuel. For safety reasons, a chemical odorant called mercaptan is added for easy detection of a suspected natural gas leak. This odorant has a distinctive “rotten egg” type odor. Natural gas odors should be reported immediately.

¿Hay olor a gas? ¡Actué rápido! El gas natural es un combustible incoloro e inodoro. Por razones de seguridad, se le agrega un aromatizante químico llamado mercaptano para que se pueda detectar fácilmente. Este aromatizante tiene un olor característico a “huevo podrido.” Los olores a gas natural deben informarse de inmediato.

If you detect even a small amount of this odor in the air:

Si detecta este olor en el aire, por mínimo que sea:

• Do not try to locate the source of the smell. No intente localizar la fuente del olor.

• Leave the area immediately and alert others. Abandone el área inmediatamente y alerte a los demás.

• Avoid using any sources of ignition, such as cell phones, cigarettes, matches, flashlights, electronic devices, motorized vehicles, light switches or landlines. Evite usar cualquier fuente de ignición, por ejemplo, teléfonos celulares, cigarrillos, fósforos, linternas, aparatos electrónicos, vehículos a motor, interruptores de luz o teléfonos fijos.

• Call Nicor Gas at 888.Nicor4U (642.6748) or 911 once you are out of the area and in a safe place. Llame a Nicor Gas at 888.Nicor4U (642.6748) o al 911 una vez que esté fuera del área y en un lugar seguro.

Pre-law prep

State program aids 16 NIU law school students ahead of semester

By CAMDEN LAZENBY clazenby@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – Jonathan Guzman, a 36-year-old Chicago police officer entering Northern Illinois University’s College of Law this fall said he’s feeling more confident after his first class with tools he collected recently through a state program meant to empower pre-law students.

“I just completed my first class today,” Guzman said Aug. 22. “So it’s went well. I was able to collaborate and contribute to the class effectively, so definitely my anxiousness has gone away.”

Some of that anxiousness was aided in part after Guzman recently participated in a program organized by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. The program gave 16 first-year, first-generation NIU law students an opportunity to prepare to begin law school. NIU’s students were joined by 75 others from eight Illinois law schools for Jumpstart 2023, a prelaw prep program that serves students from communities that are historically underrepresented in the legal profession, according to the Commission on Professionalism.

Guzman said he didn’t need convincing when offered a spot in the group.

“I obviously jumped at the chance just to kind of get myself started on the right track – meeting and networking with all of the people that were going to be incoming law students, as well as getting some really great perspectives from some of the senior law students, faculty members,” Guzman said. “And then, just getting to hear about some of the life experiences from the different types of people that were invited to speak,” Guzman said.

Young Lee, a 53-year-old who is originally from South Korea, was one of the NIU law students who attended Jumpstart. Lee, a resident of DeKalb, said “it was an honor” to be invited to attend the Jumpstart program.

“The information that I got is very

useful, and helped me understand what it’s like in law school on my first week, or first day,” Lee said.

Federal and Illinois judges, law clerks, Jumpstart alumni and other law school professionals took part in the three-day, partially virtual program.

Students also heard from Illinois First District Appellate Court Justice Rena Van Tine, Chair of the Commission on Professionalism Martin Sinclair, Commission Executive Director Erika Harold and partner at global law firm Jones Day Elsa Andrianifahanana during the program’s in-person reception earlier this month.

Julia Roundtree Livingston, diversity equity and inclusion manager with the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism coordinated the event. She said while the program helps prepare students, it also alleviates their anxieties.

“I think it’s very advantageous for them that they get into a room with other people who are at the same point in life that they are,” Livingston said. “They come in with a lot of fears, excitements and anxieties. And sometimes before that moment of Jumpstart they feel like they might be the only one’s experiencing those emotions. And the reality is, when they get to step in the room with 90 other law students from across Illinois, the reality is that they share a lot of very similar anxieties and excitements about law school.”

On Aug. 22, the second day of NIU Law’s fall semester, Lee said he was feeling a mix of anxiety and excitement, but thinks Jumpstart has enabled him to start classes with a strong footing.

“Jumpstart was a really great tool, and a great help for a person like me. I didn’t know anything about law school – I had no idea, I’m a first generation,” Lee said. “But Jumpstart, the school, NIU, recommended that I should join the Jumpstart program, so I did. And it definitely gave me the picture of how law school

is going to be, and that makes me comfortable.”

Photo provided by Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism

Northern Illinois University Law students Young Lee, Janai Crumbley and Kyle Toledo pose at a Jumpstart reception on Aug. 3 at Jones Day in Chicago.

I just completed my first class today, so it’s went well. I was able to collaborate and contribute to the class effectively, so definitely my anxiousness has gone away.”

Jonathan Guzman, student at Northern Illinois University’s College of Law

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

Story time event set for Sept. 3 at Glidden Homestead

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library will host the next of its “Annie’s Storytime” events with the Glidden Homestead on Sept. 3.

Story time will begin at 1 p.m. on the back lawn of the Glidden Homestead, 921 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, according to a news release. The event is free and open to the public.

The event will feature interactive stories with songs and movement. A craft activity will be provided. In the event of inclement weather, the storytime will be held in the homestead. Parking is available at Glidden Florist. No registration is required.

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.

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

Sondra King Memorial CROP Hunger Walk set for Sept. 24

SYCAMORE – The annual Sondra King Memorial CROP Hunger Walk to benefit DeKalb County organizations and the Church World Service will be held Sept. 24 at the Sycamore Forest Preserve.

The walk will begin at 2 p.m. at the preserve located at 955 E. State St., according to a news release.

Attendees can participate as individuals or as a team. The walk is stroller-and handicapped-accessible. Participants are encouraged to attend a program at 1:45 p.m.

Registration is required; visit crophungerwalk.org/2023/event/dekalbil.

Applications to receive funds are available. Organizations that have not received funds will be given priority. To apply, email sondrakingcropdekalb@ gmail.com.

For information, email sondrakingcropdekalb@gmail.com.

Parkinson’s support group launched in DeKalb

DeKALB – A newly formed Parkinson’s support group will hold its first meeting Sept. 6 at First Lutheran Church. The meeting for Parkinson’s patients and their caregivers will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. at the church located at 324 N. Third St. in DeKalb, according to a news release.

The meeting will include a Zentangle lesson from art teacher Chris Perkovich. The art technique promotes creativity and brain growth. Attendees must bring a Sanford Sharpie ultra-fine-point marker.

For information, email dmaak@aol.com or snak974@comcast.net.

Retired teachers group to meet Sept. 12 in DeKalb

DeKALB – The DeKalb County Retired Teachers’ Association will host a meeting for retired DeKalb County teachers on Sept. 12.

The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. at Lincoln Inn at Faranda’s, 302 Grove St., DeKalb, according to a news release.

Joel Ankrom, Kishwaukee Family YMCA membership experience director, will be the featured guest speaker. He will discuss available programs.

Retired teachers are encouraged to attend. Reservations are required by Sept. 1. To RSVP, call 815-895-5494.

– Shaw Local News Network

Photo provided by the J.F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center

The DeKalb Public Library will host the next of its “Annie’s Storytime” events with the Glidden Homestead on Sept. 3.

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

NIU radio station receives journalism awards

DeKALB – WNIJ 89.5 is the recipient of three awards from the Public Media Journalists Association.

The association annually recognizes the best of local public radio news in various categories, according to a news release.

Joseph Flynn won first place in commentary for his “Racial Groundhog Day” perspective. Flynn discusses the cycle of white supremacist mass violence. He is an associate professor of curriculum and instruction and associate director for academic affairs for Northern Illinois University’s Center for Black Studies. Flynn also contributes regularly to WNIJ’s Perspective series.

WNIJ’s Under Rocks podcast earned second place in produced podcast for its “Good Curling!” episode. Dan Libman, Susan Stephens and Spencer Tritt learn about news director Jenna Dooley and her family’s curling obsession. They also try curling at Illinois’ Waltham Curling Club. Tritt, Stephens and Libman talk to the club’s membership director and historian about curling and the club’s history. Under Rock explores Illinois anomalies, oddities and little-known histories.

WNIJ Hola won second place in photojournalism for “Northern Illinois Soccer League Proves It’s More Than Just a Game.” Spencer Tritt and Maria Gardner Lara document semi-final matches between team Durango and team Yecuatla. They also explore matches between the Sycamore Rovers and Deportivo Toluca. Lara examines the family ties, community and Mexican roots of the Sycamore-DeKalb soccer league.

WNIJ 89.5 FM is one of two noncommercial public broadcasting stations by Northern Public Radio, the broadcast arm of NIU, and provides local, national, international and independent news.

Produce Shop or Swap program set for Sept. 2 at DeKalb library

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library will host a Produce Shop or Swap program on Sept. 2.

The event will be held at 2 p.m. in the library’s lower-level Zimmerman Meeting Room, 309 Oak St.

The program is free and intended for adults and seniors.

Attendees can shop for produce or bring in produce to swap for another piece. The produce will be available for free. Participants may only take one large item or a few small items. Produce of all kinds is allowed.

The program is first come, first served. For information, email graces@dkpl.org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 2110.

Tai chi lesson taking place Sept. 5 at the DeKalb library

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library will offer patrons a tai chi lesson as part of a monthly series.

The lesson will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 5 in the library’s Story and Activity Room, 309 Oak St., according to a news release. The program is free and is intended for adults and teens.

Attendees can practice and learn about tai chi. The lesson includes step-by-step instructions provide by Erica Bough, a fourth-degree martial arts black belt and certified tai chi instructor.

Because of limited space, the lesson is first come, first served.

For information, email brittak@dkpl.org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 2100.

NIU radio station golf outing set for Sept. 22

SYCAMORE – Northern Illinois University’s WNIJ radio will host a “Hola in One” golf outing fundraiser for Northern Public Radio’s Hola digital community.

The outing will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 22, at the Sycamore Golf Club, 940 E. State St., according to a news release. The outing is open to the public.

The fee is $95 for individuals and $380 for groups of four.

Registration is required; visit northernpublicradio.org/holainone.

Sponsorships are being accepted. To sponsor the outing, visit northernpublicradio.org/holainone.

WNIJ.org/hola is a digital community part of Northern Public Radio, the broadcast arm of NIU, that shares news, resources, opinions and events with northern Illinois Spanish speakers.

For information, visit northernpublicradio.org/holainone.

– Shaw Local News Network

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LOOKING BACK

1923 – 100 YEARS AGO

Fisk Avenue, formerly North Street, will have its formal “grand opening” this evening, when the DeKalb Military Band, assisted by the ladies of the neighborhood who will serve ice cream and cake, will give a program, commencing at eight o’clock. The proceeds from the entertainment will go to the band.

Workmen are busy on the roof of the new Sawyer building in DeKalb putting the last touches to it and giving attention to other parts of the building before it is finally completed. The new garage will make a vast difference to the east section of the city when it is finally opened and put into use by the Sawyer Brothers. With the Jackman building, the Paulson garage, Sawyer’s oil station, the Seventh Street garage, Quanstrom’s building and several other places in that part of the city, it begins to appear that the east end is picking up considerably along commercial and industrial lines.

Residents in the northwest part of DeKalb report that on Wednesday and Saturday nights especially and other nights also, a party of young people make it a practice to park their machines in front of their house and remain for some time making noise and disturbing the peace generally. This has been happening quite regularly on North First Street the last few weeks. People who live in those houses are in many ways put out and state that a repetition will mean arrest. Young Lochinvars should find a more appropriate place to do their courting than on the street and in front of homes. From now a watch will be kept and the young people may find the court room an ideal place to spoon.

Gossip in road-building circles over in Kane County is that Kane is coming soon to DeKalb, with a proposition for a stretch of concrete pavement to connect the strip that is now in process of construction from Big Rock to Aurora with the proposed construction of Route 23, or even a mile further into Waterman. This would give a direct concrete connection between DeKalb and Aurora and although the Kane County proposal will be intended to attract DeKalb county business to Aurora, it will furnish DeKalb an opportunity to get down into the Hinckley territory and draw business this way, as well as giving Hinckley merchants and those from Waterman an opportunity to tap good territories.

1948 – 75 YEARS AGO

During the heat wave of the past few days the swimming pool at Hopkins Park was a most popular spot and yesterday the largest crowd of the year used the pool facilities. Charles Dayton, pool manager, stated that there were 1,147 in the pool yesterday with the peak crowd at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon when thermometers hovered around the 100-degree mark. The pool remained open until 9:30 o’clock last evening when the rain and a cool breeze broke the heat wave, at least for a time.

Work preparatory to the eventual blacktopping of unpaved streets in DeKalb has been started by the Stahl Construction Company of Somonauk, which was

awarded a contract for this work by the city several weeks ago. Grading has been started on some of the streets and gravel base is being laid. This base will be allowed to pack down during the winter months and the blacktopping will be done in the spring. Most, if not all, of the preliminary work should be completed within a few weeks.

County Clerk Earle W. Joiner has received and already placed in operation part of the expensive Addressograph machine which the Board of Supervisors ordered for him last June. The new gadget is called a graphotype and it is the machine which cuts or stamps out the metal stencils which then are fed through the addressograph in order to compile a list. The graphotype looks like a small model linotype machine and has a typewriter keyboard. When the keys are punched, the corresponding letter is punched out on a tiny strip of metal which is in turn attached to a metal blank of the proper size to feed through the stamping machine.

Yielding to the trend, America’s Girl Scouts will don smart new uniforms in the fall. Newly approved designs are the work of fashion designer Mainbocher. They are of green cotton covert with buttons down the front. Caps are also new.

1973 – 50 YEARS AGO

The crew of America’s first manned Skylab mission will give a space age lift-off to NIU’s 75th anniversary celebration, it was announced today. Making their first visit as a team to Illinois, the three Skylab 1 astronauts will be the featured speakers at the opening ceremonies of Northern’ s anniversary year Sept. 12.

The White House has raised the possibility that President Nixon might ignore, rather than appeal, a federal court order to make the Watergate tapes available to the court. Presidential aides said Wednesday that Nixon “will not comply with the order” by U. S.

Judge John J. Sirica to make the tape recordings available to him for a decision on their use by a grand jury. Sirica’s ruling was the first major step in an historic test of presidential powers and represented a sharp defeat for Nixon. White House lawyers argued the President is beyond the reach of the courts.

An Ordinance to lower the liquor drinking age from 21 to 19 in DeKalb received its first reading before the City Council Monday night, but several aldermen cast doubts on the final disposition of the bill. To become city law, the bill must pass again at a second council meeting.

1998 – 25 YEARS AGO

Due to a decline of service utilization and an inability to recruit and maintain an adequate number of obstetric nurses, Rochelle Community Hospital will close its obstetrics department as of Oct. 1. The decision comes after extensive scrutiny of staffing requirements that have become increasingly difficult to fulfill in recent years.

This weekend the streets of downtown DeKalb should be packed with people eating and drinking from a hundred different vendors and listening to live music from a myriad of bands. And there will be corn, lots and lots of corn.

City officials hope a fountain and a gazebo will improve the appearance of downtown DeKalb, but they are leery of the project’s price tag of $166,000. The gazebo, a replica of the band shelter that was in DeKalb’s Huntley Park 150 years ago, has already been built and placed in DeKalb Square Park, at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Route 23.

A new law passed by the DeKalb City Council requires landlords to inform potential tenants if the building they’ll be renting is in the floodplain.

– Compiled by Sue Breese

Photo provided by DeKalb County History Center

Lincoln School students in Johanna Benson’s first grade class in DeKalb are seen learning spelling on the first day of school in August 1986.

DeKalb, Ogle county 4-H horse show winners named

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MALTA – Residents from DeKalb and Ogle counties were recently awarded 4-H wins at the University of Illinois Extensions’ sixth multi-county 4-H horse show.

The show was held July 8 at Amber Sun Acres, 19819 University Road, Malta, according to a news release.

The horse show featured 16 4-H members from DeKalb and Ogle counties. The participants demonstrated various horsemanship skills.

The horse show results include:

• Champion Junior Showmanship: Addison Yordy of Ogle County

• Reserve Champion Junior Showmanship: Addison Diehl of Ogle County

• Champion Senior Showmanship: Molly Ziegler of Ogle County

• Reserve Champion Senior Showmanship: Hannah Treme of DeKalb County

• Grand Champion Horse at Halter: Adalyn Bocker of Ogle County

• Reserve Champion Horse at Halter: Lily Hongsermeier of Ogle County

• Junior Grand Champion Performance Horse: Adalyn Bocker of Ogle County

• Reserve Junior Grand Champion Performance Horse: Addison Yordy of Ogle County

• Senior Grand Champion Performance Horse: Molly Ziegler of Ogle County

• Junior Grand Champion Horsemanship: Addison Diehl of Ogle County

• Reserve Junior Grand Champion Horsemanship: Adalyn Bocker of Ogle County

• Senior Grand Champion Horsemanship: Molly Ziegler of Ogle County

• Junior Equine Sportsmanship Award: Alyse Roger of Ogle County

• Reserve Junior Equine Sportsman-

ship Award: Piper Johnson of Ogle County

• Senior Equine Sportsmanship Award: Hannah Treme of DeKalb County

• Reserve Senior Equine Sportsmanship Award: Molly Ziegler of Ogle County

• Junior Performance High Point Award: Addison Yordy of Ogle County

• Reserve Junior Performance High Point Award: Brynjar Huss of DeKalb County and Alyse Roger of Ogle County

• Senior Performance High Point

Award: Molly Ziegler of Ogle County

• Reserve Senior Performance High Point Award: Hannah Treme and Lexi Suddeth of DeKalb County

• Junior Horse Speed Award: Addison Yordy of Ogle County

• Reserve Junior Horse Speed Award: Tessa Bruns of Ogle County

• Senior Horse Speed Award: Lexi Suddeth of DeKalb County

• Reserve Senior Horse Speed Award: Hannah Treme of DeKalb County and Molly Ziegler of Ogle County

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Hannah Treme and Brynjar Huss pose for undated photos on their horses at the University of Illinois Extensions’ sixth multi-county 4-H horse show.

Down Home in Downtown DeKalb

NIU Homecoming Coloring Contest

Deadline to drop off at the DeKalb or Sycamore Library is Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. For details visit: go.niu.edu/homecoming

Expression of Huskie Pride

Presented by

first and last name, grade and school, and parent/guardian phone number.

Architect hired for potential new Sycamore fire station

By CAMDEN LAZENBY clazenby@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE – A new fire station could be headed to Sycamore after the City Council voted last week to appoint an architecture firm to lead the project.

The new station would replace the city’s increasingly dilapidated Fire Station 1, which has sat at 535 DeKalb Ave. for almost 70 years. The council voted 8-0 to approve the contract.

The plan could remedy a scenario that Sycamore Fire Chief Bart Gilmore said threatens to bring down the building’s electrical system. In that event, the department would knockout air conditioning units that firefighters use to cool their second-floor living quarters.

“We’ve developed a plan that, if electrical fails, these guys are going to go sleep in the basement on air mattresses,” Gilmore said. “So I’m all about doing things the most efficient way, but we need our building to a standard.”

The 66-year-old building is not compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act regulations, contains asbestos and is heated by a boiler as old as the building, city officials have said.

Gilmore has said firefighters manning the station slept in the cold three times during the winter when the boiler went down, and he is worried electricity problems during the recent heat wave could force firefighters to sleep in the station’s basement.

City Manager Michael Hall said considering a new fire station is a question of “what do we need and not what we want.”

“It’s not a want. We don’t want a new fire station, but I think it’s because of all these factors that we need it,” Hall said. “So engaging the public is more just informing them, having them be a part of the process, and luckily this is going to be a big, huge project because Ideal [Industries] has gotten in this as well. They are donating the land to us.”

The location of the property that Hall said Ideal Industries Inc. will give to the city has not yet been finalized. There’s hope that the collaboration could lessen the cost of the project by eliminating the need for the city to buy land for the station, city officials said.

During a May 15 council meeting, Kluber Architects told city officials that they estimate it would cost between $11.4 million and $13.6 million to build a new station at a different

location than the city’s current Fire Station 1.

Last week, Hall said Kluber’s numbers were preliminary, and the resolution that was passed authorizes him to enter the city into an agreement with Oak Brook-based FGM Architects for the preliminary design and concept plan of a new Fire Station 1.

“These are big block ideas. We’re not really refined in our study of this, so these costs are very loose approximations,” Hall said of the estimated costs Kluber provided earlier in the year. “They are very, – for a lack of a better word – kind of a gooshy number because we don’t really know what it’s supposed to look like.”

Ted Strack, a Sycamore Park District Board representative on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, spoke largely against the city spending funds on a new fire station during the Aug. 7 City Council meeting.

He suggested the council seek more input from the public before moving forward.

On Aug. 21, 4th Ward Alderperson Ben Bumpus asked whether the council should heed Strack’s advice.

Sycamore Mayor Steve Braser said he’s had conversations with U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, and

state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Cherry Valley, about getting grant funding for the project but was told more concrete plans need to be drawn up before money can be procured.

“Before we can get any money, we have to have a plan, so they’re both very willing to work with us,” Braser said. “They said Sycamore has asked for nothing for a long time on anything. A lot of other communities have gotten stuff, and they’re very much in tune with working with us and very open to conversation, but we’ve got to have the plan before they can join the conversation.”

Hall said he thinks having the city’s emergency operations center – a headquarters for police and fire department staff – “confined to one location is not the best practice.”

“Meaning that most of the police and fire department are both in one location,” Hall said.

“If a tornado were to come through, we would take out our entire emergency operations all in one fell swoop. And having those separate, best practices would be to have two EOC centers in different locations – police department here, fire department in another location – in case something tragic were to happen.”

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DeKalb Library offering social work information meetings

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library will partner with the University of Michigan to host a social work intern to offer public information sessions and resource references for those in need. The sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Saturdays in the library’s Nancy D. Castle Collaboration Studio, 309 Oak St., according to a news release. The sessions are free and open to the public.

The intern will offer confidential referrals and consultations to community resources. The sessions may include internet searches and phone calls. Referral areas include child care, job help, housing, food, mental health care access, and signing up for benefits. The intern’s services do not provide counseling, psychiatric care or medical advice.

A free mobile “mini pantry” of nonperishable food and personal care items will also be available. Children ages 12 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

No registration is required. For information, email hayleyd@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 1211.

DCCG lists September Grow Mobile food pantry dates

DeKALB – The DeKalb County Community Gardens released a list of September locations for the Grow Mobile, a mobile food pantry that offers free food and household items to all who visit, no

requirements necessary.

The DCCG is working to ensure the well-being of residents, staff and volunteers. Organizers ask that people practice good hand hygiene and stay home if they are ill.

To receive Grow Mobile alerts, text FreeGroceries to 844-727-2012.

Grow Mobile dates in September:

• 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Clinton Township Community Building, 160 W. Lincoln Highway, Waterman.

• 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at University Village Apartments, 722 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb.

• 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Cortland Lions Club Shelter, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road, Cortland.

• 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sept. 12 at Family Service Agency, 1325 Sycamore Road, DeKalb.

• 11 a.m. to noon Sept. 14 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb.

• 8:30 to 10 a.m. Sept. 16 at Kingston Friendship Center, 120 Main St., Kingston.

• 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 19 at University Village Apartments, 722 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb.

• 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Malta Historical Society, 127 N. Third St., Malta.

• 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 26 at St. Paul the Apostle Parish, 340 W. Arnold Road, Sandwich.

• 11 a.m. to noon Sept. 28 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb.

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Resource Bank names ’23 Centennial Service Award recipients

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DeKALB – Resource Bank recently awarded its 2023 Centennial Service Award to 11 DeKalb County area high school graduates.

The scholarship recipients are selected based on a commitment to their communities through participation in civic and volunteer activities through high school, according to a news release. Resource Bank has awarded each of the students $1,000 toward their continued education.

The 11 students, chosen from more than 90 applicants, awarded this year are:

• Alexa Anderson, Indian Creek High School, was vice president of FFA and started a program to engage elementary school students in FFA topics and the agriculture community. She taught topics including seeds, dairy production, and farm animals and equipment. Anderson volunteered for the Community Concern for Children Auction, setting the event up and carrying auctions items.

• Makayla Barsotti, Kaneland High School, volunteered as an overnight counselor for Special Camps, a summer camp for individuals with intellectual disabilities. She assisted at West Chicago Elementary School during their family reading night and Thanksgiving meal drop-off. Barsotti also participated in the Kaneville Family Movie Night, Lions Club Special Needs Carnival and Northwestern Marianjoy Rehabilitation Center.

• Bailey Botterman, Genoa-Kingston High School, was a member and president of FFA. She volunteered for the Genoa Community Gardens, Route 27 roadside cleanup, the Genoa Community Thanksgiving Meal, the Genoa Harvest Festival and the Genoa-Kingston FFA pumpkin plot. Botterman was also a National Honor Society member, part of her local 4-H, and a Genoa-Kingston High School student ambassador.

• Grace Harris, Hampshire High School, served as a student ambassador, participating in freshman orientations, student tours and “chalk the walk” to aid the student body. She was a National Honor Society member, volunteering at local charity drives, grade school events, fundraisers, the Elgin Food Pantry

and the D303 Food Pantry.

• Elizabeth Kleckner, Sycamore High School, served as Youth Engaged in Philanthropy’s executive team grant chair. She assisted with Hope Have Meal Prep, parent-teacher conferences, Cocoa for Caring, Mut Strut, Awareness Night and 50 Men Who Cook. Kleckner earned over 115 hours as a Key Club volunteer, facilitating meetings, assisting events and creating sign-up sheets.

• Zalak Patel, Rochelle High School, volunteered for four years at the Hope Chest thrift store, supporting HOPE, a domestic violence agency. She tutored math students and assisted a foreign exchange student. Patel volunteered as a library monitor for Rochelle Township High School Library, answering student questions and delivering and checking in and out books. She was also a volunteer for the Rochelle Public Library and “All About Me,” a cancer program that raises money to provide patients “care bags.”

• Cody Peterson, Sandwich High School, served as vice president of FFA, organizing and operating a community leaf pick-up service and picking up garbage along Route 34. He has also tended to the FFA’s pumpkin patch plot, planting pumpkin seeds, picking weeds, and carrying, washing and presenting pumpkins at the Sandwich Fair.

• Rocco Rosati, Kaneland High School, volunteered at the Hesed House homeless shelter, running its convenience store and cooking and serving meals. He participated in the Elburn Days Fair and Hughes Road cleanups with Boy Scout Troop 7. Rosati also volunteered for his church’s Vacation Bible School, the Lazarus House homeless shelter and Feed My Starving Children.

• Emilee Schultz, Kaneland High School, volunteered for over 250 hours

at Fox Valley Hands of Hope, the Epilepsy Foundation of G.C., and the Sugar Grove Corn Boil. She also spent 300 hours as a Sugar Grove Public Library volunteer, providing free community computer classes such as a Python and 3D modeling course.

• Luke Templin, Sycamore High School, volunteered for Meals on Wheels, Spartan Food Pantry, Feed My Starving Children, Walnut Grove Vocational Farm, Christ Community Church, and the Salvation Army Food Pantry. He played cello at A Note to Remember, The Ellwood House Holiday event, and at Sycamore Elementary School holiday events. He also

performed at Oak Crest Retirement Home, Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Kishwaukee Hospital, Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra pre-concerts and Christ Community Church.

• Audrey Witte, Indian Creek High School, sewed and distributed over 1,000 masks during the pandemic. She purchased materials and reached out for community donations to make the masks. Witte also volunteered for the Liberia Children’s Library Mission, Indian Creek Middle School volleyball program, DeKalb Community Grow Mobile, The Special Olympics, Neighbors in Christ Ecumenical, and Child Care FCCLA.

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Elizabeth Kleckner (from left), Luke Templin, Alexa Anderson, Audrey Witte, Baily Botterman, Rocco Rosati and Cody Peterson

Makayla Barsotti

Grace Harris

Zalak Patel

DeKalb schools welcome 3 new school administrators

B y MEGANN HORSTEAD mhorstead@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – A new school year brings new roles for three school administrators in DeKalb.

DeKalb School District 428 has named Sherry Dority as principal of Tyler Elementary School, Ben Erickson as assistant principal of Tyler Elementary School and Amy Sayed as assistant principal of Huntley Middle School, according to a news release.

Dority has been employed by the district since 2022 and previously served as assistant principal at Tyler. She is assuming a position left vacant by Jennice Turner, who resigned in March. Dority’s first day as principal was July 31.

Dority holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Bradley University and a master’s degree in early childhood education and curriculum from Chicago State University and in Educational Leadership from the American College of Leadership.

She also is a National Board Certified teacher in reading and language arts, according to the release. In the past, she worked for Chicago Public Schools as a teacher and assistant

principal for 17 years and several years in the south suburbs of Chicago in various educational roles.

Dority said she is hoping to build on relationships she’s formed with those in her building to positively impact student achievement.

“I am excited to begin my role as principal of Tyler Elementary because I will be able to have a direct impact on student learning,” Dority said in the release. “Working together with teachers and students, our focus will be on setting goals to improve the educational environment and instructional content, which leads to improved learning outcomes for our school.”

Erickson graduated from Illinois State University in 2006 and went on to start his teaching career a short time later as a second grade teacher in Bloomington. Since 2018, he’s been a fourth grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.

Erickson has been involved with the district outside of teaching serving

on the curriculum council, English and language arts curriculum team, school improvement, positive behavior interventions and supports green and yellow teams. In the past, he also was a representative of the Parent Teacher Association, a building mentor and a cooperating teacher. In 2021, Erickson was honored with the Wirtz Award for Excellence in Education. He also earned his master’s degree in educational administration from Northern Illinois University.

“I’m excited to become the Assistant Principal at Tyler Elementary and join a great team that is eager to make a positive impact this school year,” Erickson said in the release. “I’m also very community-minded and look forward to establishing a strong relationship with the Tyler families. My wife and I have three daughters who attend three different schools in D-428 [Lincoln, Huntley and DHS]. We love the DeKalb community and are glad to call it our home!”

Sayed holds a bachelor’s of science degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and another degree in secondary English education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

She holds prior experience working in education and the mental health industry. Sayed earned a Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership from Aurora University. She is in the middle of her 19th year in education.

This is Sayed’s third year working for DeKalb schools.

“I am extremely excited about my new path as an assistant principal for Huntley Middle School,” Sayed said in the release. “I aspire to promote the district’s mission to meet the needs of all of our students, and I look forward to working with our families and developing lasting relationships. I also look forward to promoting staff growth and development while modeling teamwork and cooperation.”

Sherry Dority Ben Erickson Amy Sayed

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Excessive heat grips DeKalb County

By MARK BUSCH mbusch@shawmedia.com

DeKalb County residents tried to stay cool Aug. 23 as temperatures climbed well into the 90s.

Some went to splash pads, others

stayed in the air conditioning, and still others had to work in the outside heat.

A heat index of 111 degrees was recorded Aug. 23 by the National Weather Service at DeKalb Municipal Airport.

Photos by Mark Busch – mbusch@shawmedia.com

Tillie Arrecis of Sycamore tries to fill her bucket Aug. 23 at the Sycamore Park District Splash Fountain splash pad.

Boyd Swanson, 3, of Sycamore races through the sprinklers Aug. 23 at the Sycamore Park District Splash Fountain splash pad.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALBSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Planet Home Lending, LLC

Plaintiff, vs Kathy L. Ehr; Brian K. Hausler; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants, 22 FC 96

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause the Sheriff of DeKalb County will on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at the hour of 1:00 p.m., DeKalb County Pu blic Safety Building, 150 North Main Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 19-26-277-003.

Commonly known as 939 N. Wolfe St., Sandwich, IL 60548

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common inte rest community, the

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALBSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Planet Home Lending, LLC

Plaintiff, vs Kathy L. Ehr; Brian K. Hausler; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants

Defendants, 22 FC 96

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause the Sheriff of DeKalb County will on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., DeKalb County Pu blic Safety Building, 150 North Main Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 19-26-277-003.

Commonly known as 939 N. Wolfe St., Sandwich, IL 60548

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common inte rest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 ho urs, by certified funds No refunds The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr James P. Palazzolo at Plaintiff's Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 223 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (248) 853-4400 ext 1200

I3227430

Published in The MidWeek, August 30, 2023 September 6, 13, 2023

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALBSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Planet Home Lending LLC

Plaintiff, vs Kathy L. Ehr; Brian K. Hausler; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants

Defendants, 22 FC 96 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause the Sheriff of DeKalb County will on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., DeKalb County Pu blic Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore Illinois 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: THE EAST HALF OF LOTS 5 AND 6 IN BLOCK 2 OF CHAMPLIN'S AND HOTTE'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANDWICH, DEKALB COUNTY ILLINOIS.

P.I.N. 19-26-277-003.

Commonly known as 939 N. Wolfe St., Sandwich, IL 60548

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common inte rest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 ho urs, by certified funds No refunds The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr James P. Palazzolo at Plaintiff's Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 223 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (248) 853-4400 ext 1200 I3227430