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Fireworks may become fall fixture Sycamore Park District board gives go-ahead for 2014 show By CHRIS BURROWS cburrows@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – The late-summer fireworks show the Sycamore Park District staged this month could become an annual tradition. Park board members, encouraged by the turnout and public response to the display they staged Sept. 14 in honor of the park district’s 90th anniversary, have voted to pursue holding a
similar display next year. “Everybody in attendance at the meeting repeated the same basic stories about how the attendees were so complimentary,” board President Ted Strack said Wednesday. “It was just very positive. There were no negative comments at all.” Park board members voted Tuesday to give the go-ahead to hold the show in 2014. National Bank & Trust sponsored this year’s fireworks with
a donation of about $9,000. The park district will be searching for a similar sponsor to get next year’s fireworks off the Ted Strack ground. Sycamore “Certainly we’d Park District like to offer them board the opportunity to president continue in that role if they’d like to,” Strack said. “If not, we think
someone else will step up.” This year’s display at the Sycamore Sports Complex lasted about 25 minutes and attracted about 2,500 people. The show was preceded by some musical acts, including the Sycamore High School marching band. A benefit of having the display in the fall – as opposed to July 4 – is that the sun sets earlier, allowing the show to begin before 8 p.m., which is a boon for families with young children.
Sycamore’s industrial roots Stories shared in book, ‘Why Sycamore Works: An Oral History’
“I had people tell me that the time of year was perfect,” said Daniel Gibble, the park district’s executive director. Strack said that although an exact date hadn’t been set yet for the 2014 celebration, it likely would again take place sometime in mid- to late September, and that the board hopes it will continue on in the future. “I think the anticipation is that it’s going to be an annual event,” Strack said.
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Robert Glover, author of “Why Sycamore Works: An Oral History,” asks questions to a panel at a book release event Wednesday in Sycamore. The panel included some Sycamore business leaders who contributed recollections to Glover’s book. By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – If there’s one place where people work together to get things done, it’s Sycamore for Dean Copple. Copple worked for Anaconda Wire and Cable in the 1940s and then for DuPlex Products Inc. in the 1950s. When he made the transition to DuPlex, he was told by one person the company would go bankrupt in a matter of months. But the National Bank and Trust gave the company the resources it
needed to grow. “National Bank and Trust was the salvation of DuPlex in those days,” he said. Copple, along with Robert Boey and Clint Gittleson, came together Wednesday at the DeKalb County Community Foundation in Sycamore to share their stories about the growth of manufacturing businesses in the city from the 1950s and 1980s. Boey led the engineering department with Anaconda Wire and Cable Co. and Gittleson worked for the same company until he be-
came plant manager for Ideal Industries. All three men were featured in an oral history of the era written by Robert Glover, volunteer archivist for the Sycamore History Museum, that was published this year. The book, “Why Sycamore Works: An Oral History,” was written to tie into an exhibit the museum previously featured on manufacturing in Sycamore. Glover said when researching
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The idea was to get an understanding of their experiences, which couldn’t be found in the artifacts.
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Robert Glover
author of “Why Sycamore Works: An Oral History”
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CHICAGO – The brand name of Illinois’ new health insurance marketplace does something that other states’ names don’t. “Get Covered Illinois” tells the 1.8 million uninsured residents what they need to do. Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration unveiled the name Wednesday, less than a week ahead of the launch of the online marketplace where people can comparison-shop for the coverage required under President Barack Obama’s health care law. The sunny orange logo, which also features the outline of the state, is meant to remind Illinois residents that it’s the “dawn of a new day,” said Brian Gorman, outreach director for the marketplace. The name and logo were selected with input from focus groups, Gorman told a meeting of the governor’s Health Care Reform Implementation Council on Wednesday in Chicago. The brand and logo are part of a multimillion-dollar ad campaign that begins Tuesday and will build through the fall and winter. Uninsured Illinois residents have until the end of March to buy health insurance through Get Covered Illinois. TV ads are scheduled to begin in mid-October and run through December. Consumers have until Dec. 15 to sign up if they want their coverage to start Jan. 1. The campaign will emphasize that Dec. 15 date, Gorman said.
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About Illinois program n “Get Covered Illinois” launches Tuesday. n Uninsured Illinois residents have until the end of March to buy health insurance through Get Covered Illinois. n Consumers have until Dec. 15 to sign up if they want their coverage to start Jan. 1.
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