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2 objections filed in County Board races By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
and FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – County officials likely will hold a hearing Friday on DeKalb County Board member Riley Oncken’s attempt to knock opponent Clay Campbell off the Re-
publican primary ballot. Oncken filed an objection Monday afternoon challenging Campbell’s candidacy in District 3 over the address Campbell listed on his voter registration. DeKalb County Clerk Douglas Johnson said he also received an objection to Republican Laurie Emmer’s petition for County Board District 4 alleging one
of the 19 required signatures on her petition is from someone outside the district. Johnson plans to convene an Electoral Board made up of himself, DeKalb County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack and DeKalb County Circuit Clerk Maureen Josh, although Josh and Schmack can send someone from their office in their stead. The law
requires the Electoral Board to hold a hearing within three to five days of receiving the objection, so Johnson is trying to hold both hearings Friday. “Both sides will be allowed to present their case, or points,” Johnson said. “And the board will make a decision.” In his petition, Oncken claims the address listed on
Campbell’s voter registration is not within District 3, which Oncken claims is required by law. “It is unfortunate that Mr. Campbell failed to update his voter registration when he moved,” Oncken wrote in the news release. “As a former State’s Attorney and candidate several times before, he should have known better. You can’t run for an office in
an area where you aren’t registered to vote.” Campbell acknowledged he had not updated his voter registration, but said that didn’t disqualify him. Campbell stressed he has been a resident of District 3 for almost two years and a resident of the county since 1988.
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DeKalb City Council puts bar plan on hold again NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch headed to New York for trophy ceremony
Staff to discuss possible concessions with business By DEBBIE BEHRENDS dbehrends@shawmedia.com
By ROSS JACOBSON – rjacobson@shawmedia.com
MAC’S HEISMAN HISTORY HIGHEST MAC/NIU HEISMAN FINISHES 1997 - Randy Moss, WR, Marshall - 4th 1999 - Chad Pennington, QB, Marshall - 5th 1993 - LeShon Johnson, RB, NIU - 6th 2002 - Byron Leftwich, QB, Marshall - 6th 2012 - Jordan Lynch, QB, NIU - 7th 2008 - Nate Davis, QB, Ball State - 8th 1971 - Chuck Ealey, QB, Toledo - 8th 2003 - Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Miami (OH) - 9th 1975 - Gene Swick, QB, Toledo - 10th 2006 - Garrett Wolfe, RB, NIU - 11th 2003 - Michael Turner, NIU - 18th place 1990 - Stacey Robinson - 38th place
Jordan Lynch can’t wait to head to New York. The Northern Illinois senior quarterback was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy award Monday. He will join Auburn running back Tre Mason, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and Boston College running back Andre Williams. It is the first time since 1994 that more than five finalists have been chosen to attend the Heisman’s presentation ceremony, which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square. “It’s a great honor and a great accomplishment, but I couldn’t do it without my coaches, teammates, family and the support staff,” Lynch said. “It’s hard [to be selected from a nonautomatic-qualifier school]. One of the biggest things is you have to win games, have a winning team and your stats have to separate you from the For an bigger schools. I knew if I had a chance to get there, it would be a look at in-depth Jord good individual season, and I knew it would take a great year as a Lynch's an NIU team for us.” and the career late Heisman st Lynch led the Huskies to a 12-1 record this season and a berth in T coverag rophy the Poinsettia Bowl. He broke his single-season record for rushing e, visit d aily-chron yards by an FBS quarterback with 1,881 yards and has accounted for icle lynch-he .com/ a school-record 46 touchdowns this season. isman. For a sto Lynch finished seventh in the voting last year after leading the othe ry on the Huskies to their first Bowl Championship Series bowl rH candida eisman game in program history where they lost to Florida State, tes see P AGE B1. 31-10, in the Orange Bowl. “This is a great honor for him and it recognizes the great career he has had,” NIU coach Rod Carey said in a news release. “It is so well-deserved that he gets to go to New York. I’m also very happy for NIU, that along with Jordan’s accomplishments, our team and our university WINNER THAT YEAR will be put on center stage in New York.” Charles Woodson, WR/DB, Michigan Lynch becomes the first player in NIU history to Ron Dayne, RB, Wisconsin be named a finalist for the Heisman. The HusCharlie Ward, QB, Florida St. kies have had standout players in the past, Carson Palmer, QB, USC but none of them made it to New York. RunJohnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M ning back LeShon Johnson finished sixth in Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma 1993 despite leading the nation in rushPat Sullivan, QB, Auburn ing and Michael Turner failed to crack Jason White, QB, Oklahoma the top 10 during NIU’s 10-2 season Archie Griffin, RB, Ohio St. in 2003. Troy Smith, QB, Ohio State Jason White, QB, Oklahoma Ty Detmer, QB, BYU
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Big tech companies lash out at government snooping By MARCY GORDON and MICHAEL LIEDTKE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Silicon Valley is escalating pressure on President Barack Obama to curb the U.S. government surveillance programs that vacuum personal information off the Internet and threaten the technology industry’s financial livelihood. A coalition that includes Google, Apple, Yahoo, Facebook and Microsoft lashed out in an open letter printed Monday in major newspapers and a new website, reformgovernmentsurveillance. com.
The crusade united eight companies that often compete fiercely against each other, but now find themselves banding together to limit the potential damage from revelations about the National Security Agency’s snooping on Web surfers. Twitter Inc., LinkedIn Corp. and AOL Inc. joined Google Inc., Apple Inc., Yahoo Inc., Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the push for tighter controls over electronic espionage. The group is immersed in the lives of just about everyone who uses the Internet or a computing device.
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Hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the computer servers into a cooling unit to be recirculated at a Google data center in Mayes County, Okla.
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DeKALB – The proposed restaurant, bar and video gambling establishment in Glidden Crossing has been put on hold by the DeKalb City Council to allow city staff to determine what concessions might be agreeable to the restaurant group. Mike Thiessen of Blackhawk Restaurant Group discussed Penny’s, the business he proposes to open in the shopping center at Annie Glidden and Malta roads. “We do not intend to serve hard liquor; we serve beer and wine only and we have a three drink maximum,” Thiessen said. “We’ll have three video gaming machines, and gaming will be about 32 percent of our net revenue,” he said. “In any other community, we would be opening a restaurant. In DeKalb, we need to apply for a bar or tavern license to have the video gaming,” Thiessen said. He said the company’s business model receives the largest percentage of its income from food sales, then coffee and soft drinks, gaming and finally alcohol. The 2,000-square-foot storefront is located between Goodwill and Davita Dialysis. Several residents expressed their displeasure at the potential amendment to the 2006 annexation agreement. Concerns were voiced about video gambling, alcohol sales, hours of operation and patrons smoking outside the establishment. “We think you would be voting to lower your own standards for tenants on that property,” said Greg Prater, a resident of Overlook Pointe, the residential subdivision that abuts the shopping center. He presented petitions signed by about 60 residents of the area asking that the council deny the request to amend the annexation agreement. Sixth Ward Alderman Dave Baker said he understands that the initial agreement did not allow for alcohol sales, but at the time, video gambling also was not a consideration. Third Ward Alderwoman Kristen Lash said video gambling is the sticking point for her. After Mayor John Rey closed the hour-long public hearing, City Attorney Dean Frieders suggested that staff talk with the applicant to determine what restrictions they would be willing to accept. With no potential action on the agenda, Frieders suggested, “Because of the detailed feedback we received tonight, maybe if we come back with more of a menu of options, or if they decide they don’t want to pursue the site, it might better serve the council.”
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