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DeKalb ahead in 1st quarter Despite positive budget numbers, City Council remains leery of hiring By BRITTANY KEEPERMAN bkeeperman@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The city drew in more revenue than anticipated in its first quarter, but DeKalb City Council members aren’t quite on board with plans to start hiring. General fund expenses in the city’s first quarter are at about 23 percent and the revenue is at about 26 percent, said Cathy Haley, the city’s finance director. Typically, those num-
bers would be at 25 percent to reflect the quarter. “Several departments are at around 22 to 23 percent, but some are significantly lower,” Haley said. “Human resources and public works still have two high-level positions yet to be filled which is why they are trending so low.” During the budget process, the staff members proposed the addition of a Human Resource director, but council
members requested a hiring freeze. Two interns were also proposed as new additions to city staff. The lack of a state budget is cause for some council members concern. “My personal preference is to hold off until the state has a budget,” 4th Ward Alderman Bob Snow said. Snow said that while he might favor one-time purchases, which staff members are
prepared to move forward on, he doesn’t want to see hiring yet because of its continual obligation. Anything that costs more than $20,000 still needs to come before the council for approval, Haley said. The city manager can OK purchases under $20,000. Second Ward Alderman Bill Finucane said he was worried that the state’s budget impasse might result in loss of MAP
grants for Northern Illinois On the Web University students. Potential student loss could impact sales tax in DeKalb, he said. To see a video “We should forestall some from the DeKalb of those positions at this time City Council meetbecause of that uncertainty,” ing, visit Daily-Chronicle.com. Finucane said. But filling a high-level position can take months, so some Inside favored moving forward on Seventh Ward Alderwoman Monica the recruitment phase.
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O’Leary has officially resigned from her City Council seat, see PAGE A5.
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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
By CATHERINE LUCEY and KEN THOMAS The Associated Press
more, said. Chilson, who has run the Illinois chapter of nonprofit Positively Pink Packages since 2011, puts together care packages for women who have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. This year, she has put together about 30 to be sent out to women in
DES MOINES, Iowa – Stuck far behind Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Martin O’Malley needs a breakout moment in the party’s first debate to catch up to the front-runners. And he knows it. “This will really be the first time that nationally voters see that there’s more than one alternative to this year’s inevitable front-runner, Secretary Clinton,” O’Malley said. “It’s a very, very important opportunity for me to not only Martin present my vision for where the O’Malley country should head, but also 15 years of executive experience, actually accomplishing the progressive things some of the other candidates can only talk about,” he said. The former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore got Jim Webb into the race at the end of May, after telegraphing for some time his plans to seek the White House in 2016. The entries of the two others who will be onstage Tuesday night in Las Vegas, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb and former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Lincoln were surprises to most. But all three have one thing in Chafee common — an inability so far to generate any of the enthusiasm among voters that has pushed Sanders into and kept Clinton at the top of the field. All three poll in low single digits in early preference surveys, well below even Vice President Joe Biden, who has yet to say if he’ll make a late entry into the race. O’Malley has been openly critical of the Democratic National Committee and the decision to hold six primary debates, with four scheduled in early primary states before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. He has mounted a push for the party to expand the number, even encouraging protests in front of Democratic Party headquarters. The party hasn’t budged, but O’Malley is undaunted. He has campaigned aggressively in Iowa and New Hampshire, far more than Webb or Chafee. He is critical of Clinton for her recent shifts on policy issues, among them her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which he calls a “reversal.” O’Malley also touts his executive experience in dealing with issues such as gun control, in which Sanders’ record matches more with his largely rural home state than his place in the race as a liberal firebrand promising political revolution. “We have to draw contrasts,” O’Malley said.
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Connie Palmer of South Elgin (right), her niece Payton, 10, of Addison and Laurie Zawadzki (center) of Hoffman Estates depart on the Walk With The Angels fundraiser 5K on Oct. 3 in Sycamore. The event by the Sycamore Angels Rebekah Lodge 106 benefits Ameican Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer program.
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By BRITTANY KEEPERMAN bkeeperman@shawmedia.com DeKALB – After undergoing breast cancer treatment in 2005, Jane Stiles wanted to make sure women took proactive measures against breast cancer. “I was diagnosed very early through a mammogram,” she said. “So, I am a big believer in promoting that women get their mammograms. If I hadn’t done that, who knows what could have happened.” Stiles belongs to the Sycamore Angels Rebekah Lodge 106, which holds a breast cancer awareness 5K walk and fundraiser annually. One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lives, according to the National Cancer Institute. October is breast cancer awareness month and Stiles embraces the opportunity for more open dialogue. “At least in October, it is recognized,” she said. “I do think it should be an everyday thing, too. I wish that women, when they go get a mammogram, would tell their
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For information Contact registered nurse Jodi Diehl: 815-756-1521, ext: 153738 Contact Cheryl Chilson at Positively Pink Packages: 815-501-3297 or visit .positivelypinkpackages.org/illinois_ chapter.html “For me, it’s a year-round Event organizer Jane Stiles thanks participants in the Walk With The Angels event,” Cheryl Chilson, of Sycafundraiser 5K on Oct. 3 in Sycamore. friends so that might at least trigger something in someone else’s mind.” Fundraising events like the 5K are good for increasing awareness and funding a good cause, Stiles said. “We try to make it bigger and better each year, and we have been able to achieve that,” she said.
The first walk raised about $1,000, Stiles said. This year donations increased to about $4,000. Funds go to cancer organizations such as the American Cancer Society for its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer program. Some DeKalb County awareness and assistance organizations keep running beyond October.
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