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2 contested county races emerge Candidate filing period for most DeKalb County offices ends Monday By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Three candidates have emerged for DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder two days into the filing period. Trent Taylor of DeKalb and Denise Ii of Sandwich are competing for the Democratic nomination for the seat, while Douglas J. Johnson of Sycamore was the only Republican candidate to file Monday. Johnson was appointed Sept. 18 to finish former County Clerk and Recorder John Ac-
Monday. The only exception is for regional superintendent, which has a filing period from Dec. 16 to 23. The later filing dates for regional superintendents are because of a new provision which will redraw district boundaries to reduce the number of regional superintendents statewide, Johnson said. There is no word yet on how many positions will be open, he said. Incumbent Sheriff Roger Scott filed a petition Tuesday seeking re-election, Johnson said. No one had filed for trea-
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ardo’s term when Acardo left to become human resources director at Kishwaukee College in Malta. The filing period for most county and local offices, including County Board, sheriff, treasurer and precinct committeemen, ends at 5 p.m.
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surer, but Johnson expects to receive petitions for that seat before the filing period ends. Taylor and Ii both filed their petitions at 8:30 a.m. Monday, so a lottery will be held to determine whose name appears first on the ballot, Johnson said. If no one successfully objects to these candidates’ petitions, they will appear on the ballot for the March 18 primary to receive their party’s nomination. The deadline to file an objection to candidates’
Local races take shape Democratic County Board candidates
Republican County Board candidates
n District 4: Joseph Bassett n District 5: Stephen Reid (I) n District 7: Marjorie Askins n District 9: Jim Luebke n District 10: Frank O’Barski (I)
n District 2: Maureen Little n District 3: Riley Oncken (I) n District 4: Anthony Cvek (I) n District 9: Samuel-Louis Bandy Jr., Craig J. Genteman n District 11: Daniel Cribben (I)
Incumbents are indicated with (I)
Source: DeKalb County Clerk and Records Doug Johnson
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Gitmo facility flipped detainees By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO The Associated Press WASHINGTON – In the early years after 9/11, the CIA turned some Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prisoners into double agents, then sent them home to help the U.S. kill terrorists, current and former U.S. officials said. The CIA promised the prisoners freedom, safety for their families and millions of dollars from the agency’s secret accounts. It was a risky gamble. Officials knew there was a chance that some prisoners might quickly spurn their deal and kill Americans. For the CIA, that was an acceptable risk in a dangerous business. For the American public, which was never told, the program was one of the many secret trade-offs the government made on its behalf. At the same time the government used the risk of terrorism to justify imprisoning people indefinitely, it was releasing dangerous people from prison to work for the CIA. The program was carried out in a secret facility built a few hundred yards from the administrative offices of the prison in Guantanamo Bay,
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DeKalb resident Raymond Richardson (center) is helped by volunteer Crystal Aveja as food baskets for the Thanksgiving holiday were distributed Tuesday at The Salvation Army in DeKalb.
DeKalb County Salvation Army distributes more than 800 Thanksgiving baskets By DEBBIE BEHRENDS dbehrends@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Bretne Alisio wouldn’t have Thanksgiving dinner without The Salvation Army’s holiday baskets. “We’ve been signed up for a cou-
ple of years now,” the DeKalb resident said. She already is signed up for Christmas assistance so her 8-year-old will have toys, clothes and a hearty meal. Salvation Army Capt. Michael Cho said 808 families had signed up, and several more arrived to sign up
late Tuesday during the distribution. The baskets included turkey, pumpkin pie, a shopping bag full of canned and boxed goods, and a crisp, red apple for each family member. “We don’t want to turn anyone away,” Cho said. The baskets also included infor-
mation on cooking a turkey and recipes for using the leftovers. “We don’t call them leftovers,” said Janelle Stein, with the University of Illinois Extension. “We call them overproduction.”
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