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Seven vie for 3 seats on DeKalb City Council
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By BRETT ROWLAND browland@shawmedia.com
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John Sprinkle and fiancée Gretchen Ahrens listen to the Gospel reading during the Good Friday Tenebrae service at Immanuel Lutheran Church and Student Center in DeKalb.
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By BRETT ROWLAND browland@shawmedia.com DeKALB – After the solemn services of Good Friday, local pastors have messages of hope for the crowds that will pack into area churches for Easter Masses on Sunday. Throughout DeKalb County, Christians will commemorate Easter with ceremonies marking the end of the Lenten season and the start of a season focused on resurrection and new life. The story of Jesus Christ’s birth at Christmas also fills pews, but the celebration of his resurrection on Easter packs a theological punch that gets right to the crux of the Christian faith. “Easter is the big one,” said the Rev. Marty Marks, senior pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church and Student Center in DeKalb. “Easter is what makes everything come together.” Immanuel Lutheran expects to have 250 to 300 people at its Easter services this year. Marks, a Northern Illinois University graduate and father of four, plans to speak about the Gospel of John, the image of the empty tomb and how Jesus reveals himself.
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The Rev. Ray Krueger recites the first Gospel reading of The Lord’s Supper during the Good Friday Tenebrae service at Immanuel Lutheran Church and Student Center in DeKalb. “Jesus coming back to life from the dead is the watershed in human history,” Marks said. “It’s a message of love.” The Rev. Martin Jones, lead pastor at Crossview EFCA Church in DeKalb, said he will focus on John 11:25, which in the New International Version of the Bible that reads, “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will
live, even though they die.’ ” “That’s what I’m going to unpack,” he said. “It’s a message of hope – death is not the end for us.” Jones said he prepares his Easter sermon with both regular attendees and newcomers in mind. Easter gives him an opportunity to share God’s message with a larger crowd. “There are two times a year – Christmas and Easter – where
I can maximize what I can do to show people the relevance of God in their lives,” he said. “Christmas is the means to the end. Easter is the pinnacle of our entire Christian faith – the hope that the Christian faith rests on.” The Rev. Dean Russell, pastor at St. Mary Catholic Church in DeKalb, will deliver “a message of hope and confirmation of faith” on Easter. “Our communion with God brings joy and it brings peace, even on this Earth,” he said. “God will see us through our trials.” At Sycamore United Methodist Church, the Rev. GaHyung Kim, senior pastor, will delve into Mark 16:1-8. Her message will be “what appears to be the end is not the end.” “Like the first followers of Jesus, we are quick to turn to despair,” she said. “Every day can be Easter Sunday. There is hope in even the most difficult situations.”
DeKALB – Candidates in the three contested races for DeKalb City Council all want to spur economic development in the city, but have different ideas about how to attract and retain businesses. Incumbent Alderman David Jacobson is running unopposed in the city’s 1st Ward, and incumbent Alderman Monica O’Leary is seeking re-election in the 7th Ward. But the election is sure to bring new faces to the council from the 3rd and 5th wards, where a total of five newcomers are vying for spots on a council that oversees a budget of $79.4 million and provides services for 44,000 people. Michael Marquardt, the office manager at DeKalb’s Kishwaukee Country Club, and Steve Kapitan, a scan coordinator at Jewel-Osco in DeKalb, are seeking the open seat in the 3rd Ward. Election In the 5th Ward, Central Cameron Zelaya, an in-person counselor 2015 at the DeKalb County Health Department; Keep up with all of the Kate Noreiko, a reelection coverage at tired human resources director; and Michael http://www.daiHaji-Sheikh, an as- ly-chronicle.com/elecsociate engineering tion-central/index.xml. professor at Northern Illinois University, are in a three-way race for the spot Ron Naylor is leaving. O’Leary, an auto repair shop owner, is trying to retain her seat in the 7th Ward in a twoway race with challenger Craig Roman, a sales director for an insurance company. Bringing new jobs and businesses to DeKalb has been a key focus at campaign events. All of the candidates provided written answers to questions sent to them by the Daily Chronicle in March. Their answers are excerpted here, with all of the candidates’ answers viewable online at www.daily-chronicle.com/election-central/. Marquardt said his goal is to revitalize the city to lure new businesses and keep existing ones. “My top priority would be to improve our city’s ability to retain and attract businesses,” Marquardt said. “Not only does the city lose sales tax revenue, but residents lose jobs with each closing.” Dangling incentives might be one way to bring new commerce to town, Marquardt said. “I think the city should assist companies and individuals as much as [it] can,” he said. “[But] the city also needs to balance that with the fiscal responsibility of what the budget constraints are and what the payoff will be.” Rather than using financial incentives, opponent Kapitan said the city should use tax increment financing to invest in infrastructure and blight removal.
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Nuclear deal with Iran leaves major questions unresolved By BRADLEY KLAPPER The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The framework nuclear deal sealed by world powers and Iran leaves major questions: Could Iran cheat? Possibly. Would the U.S. or anyone else be able to respond in time? In theory, yes. Are they prepared to use military force? Questionable. Would a final deal settle global fears about Iran’s intentions? Almost surely, no. But the surprisingly detailed fact sheet released by the United States after Thursday’s
diplomatic breakthrough in Switzerland provides President Barack Obama significant ammunition for the fight he’ll face selling an agreement to skeptical U.S. lawmakers and Middle East allies. That is, if negotiators can get to that point over the next three months. As Obama said from the White House, “Their work, our work, is not yet done, and success is not guaranteed.” And the parameters for a comprehensive accord by June 30 still include big holes for Washington and its negotiating
partners. The limits are vague on Iran’s research and development of advanced technology that could be used for producing nuclear weapons. Inspectors still might not be able to enter Iranian military sites where nuclear work previously took place. The Americans and Iranians already are bickering over how fast economic sanctions on Iran would be relaxed. And Obama’s assertion that the penalties could always be snapped back into force is undermined by the U.S. fact sheet describing a “dispute resolu-
tion process” enshrined in the agreement. But the biggest issue may be one U.S. officials have emphasized above all others: the “breakout time” Iran would need to surreptitiously produce a nuclear weapon. The framework imposes a combination of restrictions that would leave Iran needing to work for at least a year to accomplish that goal, rather than the two-tothree months currently. Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have cited the
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (right), who is also Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, speaks with media, as head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, (center) and deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi listen upon their arrival Friday at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, from Lausanne, Switzerland.
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