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County officials urge Ebola education Hospital in Dallas officials sent home a Liberian man, despite telling a nurse he had DeKALB – Kishwaukee recently traveled to the U.S. Hospital officials said they from Liberia. The man, Thomwill follow procedures handed as Eric Duncan, was the first down by the Centers for Dis- person ever to be diagnosed ease Control and Prevention with the disease in the United to ensure any person suspect- States. ed of being infected with the Kishwaukee Hospital staff deadly Ebola virus is not sent would not comment specificalback into the general popula- ly about the hospital’s procetion. dures, but spokeswoman TamThe CDC issued the new my Farrell issued a statement guidelines last week, after Tuesday assuring they are Texas Health Presbyterian closely monitoring the situa-
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tion. “Although KishHealth System has not seen any patients with Ebola, we have adopted the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and our local health departments to screen patients for this disease,” the statement reads. In the United States, health care providers are implementing many precautions – reviewing triage procedures, creating isolation units, and even sending actors with
mock symptoms into New York City’s public hospital emergency rooms to test reactions. “You never know when [an Ebola] patient’s going to walk in,” said Dr. Debra Spicehandler, an infectious disease expert at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York. “Education is key to controlling this – education of the public and of health care workers.” Under the new guidelines, hospital personnel examine
patients at the emergency room, sent there by a doctor or having surgery for a fever higher than 101.5 degrees. They also ask if the patient has traveled to one of four west African countries ravaged by the disease within 21 days of their symptoms showing. If hospital personnel suspected the patient had Ebola, hospital staff would place the patient in isolation before contacting state and local health
See EBOLA, page A8
Inside n Health officials in Spain rushed to contain the Ebola virus Tuesday after it got past Europe’s defenses. PAGE A2
More online The Centers for Disease Control said the risk of an outbreak of Ebola in the United States is “very low.” Learn more about the virus online at www.cdc. gov/vhf/ebola/index.html.
D-428 explores cooling system
DeKALB RESIDENTS QUESTION THE FUTURE OF AREA’S BOOK BUSINESS
Plan would outfit 3 schools with air conditioning By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com
Photos by Danielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com
The owner of Classic Books, Charles Sigwart, stands in front of a room filled with used books Thursday in his shop, which is in the garage of 115 First St. in DeKalb. Sigwart has leased the 800 square foot space since 2005 and on average has about 13,000 used books for sale at any given time.
Trading in tomes As chain retailers leave DeKalb, smaller booksellers try to fill niche A sign hangs in Classic Books amongst stacks of books while owner Charles Sigwart helps a customer Thursday in his shop.
By JESSI HAISH • jhaish@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Charles Sigwart thinks his business may pick up a little bit in the next year, even if his bookstore doesn’t carry the latest, hottest titles. Sigwart’s business, Classic Books, is located in a garage at 115 N. First St., and open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. It holds about 15,000 used and rare books, many of which Sigwart, who is retired, has read himself. Sigwart moved to the area from Michigan in 1988 and taught computer sci-
ence at Northern Illinois University until 1994. He opened Classic Books in 2005 in a garage he rents behind a house, across from Walgreens and on the corner of First Street and Lincoln Highway, which houses nonprofit organizations and businesses. He adds a personal touch to the book-buying experience, he said, by chatting and giving book recommendations, and the handful of regular customers he has makes it worth his time.
“On a nice day we might have six or seven people in here,” Sigwart said of his store. “If I was trying to make a living, I wouldn’t be here. But if someone wants to read an old classic, I’ve probably got a copy. You might say I’m in the book-recycling business.” Sigwart said he thinks fewer people are buying actual books, and he expects that trend to continue if the DeKalb Barnes & Noble store goes
See BOOKSELLERS, page A8
DeKALB – With their minds already on summer, DeKalb School District 428 leaders are thinking about spending more than $2.2 million to update three schools’ heating and air conditioning systems. During the District 428 board meeting Tuesday, school board members gave Director of Facility Operations Tammy Carson the goahead to craft bids for projects at Jefferson and Founders Elementary schools and Huntley Middle School. The projects will mean classroom spaces at all of the district’s schools will be air conditioned except for Lincoln and Malta elementary schools, although Carson promised those schools have not been forgotten. “Fingers crossed by 2019, we will be at 100 percent air conditioning in classrooms,” Carson said. She explained Jefferson has a steam boiler that is 57 years old and inefficient. She suggested replacing the boiler for $803,000. Adding a chiller system that would provide air condition would cost another $200,000. Board member Cohen Barnes questioned the decision to replace the boiler at Jefferson, but not the boiler at Lincoln Elementary School, which is equally as old. Carson explained the Lincoln boiler was repaired recently
Classic Books
See D-428, page A8
n WHERE: 115 N. First St., DeKalb, 815-748-3406 n WHEN: Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday
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