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City Council to take up proposed plans at Dec. 9 meeting By DEBBIE BEHRENDS dbehrends@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Too many unanswered questions and too little feedback from neighbors prompted DeKalb aldermen to postpone the decision to allow a bar in the Glidden Crossing shopping center. “This is just a public hearing. We not asking for any
action tonight,” city attorney Dean Frieders told the City Council at Monday’s meeting. He told aldermen, however, that they have the opportunity to draft narrowly-tailored language in an amendment to the annexation agreement. “It was necessary to have a proposed amendment to have
the public hearing,” Frieders said, adding that there’s no legal requirement to notify the neighbors. Only one resident, Tom Specht, spoke during the public hearing, expressing his displeasure at the lack of notice to the neighbors. “There’s no way we could get residents to respond on such short notice,” he said.
“I understand things change. If this change was for the betterment of the people, that’s fine, but it doesn’t sound like this is in the best interest of the city of DeKalb,” Specht said. “You open the door a little bit and you don’t know what you’re going to end up with. I prefer you deny the whole thing.” Representatives of the
“I understand things change. If this change was for the betterment of the people, that’s fine, but it doesn’t sound like this is in the best interest of the city of DeKalb.”
developer, Glidden Station LLC, said there is an unnamed potential tenant who wants to serve food and alcohol and make video gambling available in a store on the property. The shopping center, at 975 S. Annie Glidden Road south of the intersection of Annie Glidden and
Tom Specht, DeKalb resident
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Obama responds to critics on Iran
DeKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
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‘Cannot close the door on diplomacy’ By JULIE PACE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Pushing back hard, President Barack Obama forcefully defended the temporary agreement to freeze Iran’s disputed nuclear program on Monday, declaring that the United States “cannot close the door on diplomacy.” The president’s remarks followed skepticism of the historic accord expressed by some U.S. allies abroad as well as by members of Congress at home, including fellow Democrats. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the fiercest opponents of the six-month deal, called it a “historic mistake” and announced he would be dispatching a top envoy to Washington to try to President toughen the fi- Barack nal agreement Obama negotiators will soon begin hammering out. O b a m a , without naming names, swiped at those Benjamin who have ques- Netanyahu tioned the wis- Israeli prime dom of engag- minister ing with Iran. “Tough talk and bluster may be the easy thing to do politically, but it’s not the right thing to do for our security,” he said during an event in San Francisco. The weekend agreement between Iran and six world powers – the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany – is to temporarily halt parts of Tehran’s disputed nuclear program and allow for more intrusive international monitoring. In exchange, Iran gains some modest relief from stiff economic sanctions and a pledge from Obama that no new penalties will be levied during the six months. Despite the fanfare surrounding the agreement,
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Dan Templin (from left) and Becky Zantout listen as Anita Zurbrugg speaks as members of the DeKalb County Community Foundation gathered for a meeting Thursday in Sycamore. BELOW: The Sycamore train depot is now home to the DeKalb County Community Foundation. By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com
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SYCAMORE – Anita Zurbrugg is a lifelong DeKalb County resident, but she still is learning about the nonprofit organizations that exist around her. As the program director for the DeKalb County Community Foundation, Zurbrugg helps award grants to nonprofit organizations throughout the county. The foundation, which is the seventh largest in the state in asset size, awarded more than $1.1 million in grants and distributions this year. “It’s pretty humbling to work in a community where you see so many people doing so many wonderful things through their organizations and individually,” Zurbrugg said. The foundation’s work began two decades ago. The DeKalb County Community Foundation has awarded more than $15 million in grants to more than 400 organizations in the past 20 years. As its leaders celebrate this important anniversary, they are creating an online application process and considering a new community indicators program. Executive Director Daniel Templin
Grants, scholarships and agency fund distributions by year: 2013
$1,155,402 2012
$793,151 2011
$934,784 2010 said the foundation is part of the legacy of Charles and Mary Roberts, who had the vision and made an initial $3.6 million investment in 1993. They brought together key leaders in the community to help establish the foundation, he said. “I think there’s quite a significance there and it reflects the spirit
of philanthropy in DeKalb County,” he said. Another asset of the foundation is its 21 board members, who come from all corners of the county and connect with donors who help build the funds within the foundation, Templin said.
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$997,849 2009
$1,229,713 Source: 2012 Annual Report, DeKalb County Community Foundation
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