$1.00
Breaking news at Dai-
Serving DeKalb County since 1879
Bryan Fowler
CCT CAMP • A&E, C1
Thursday, June 26, 2014
NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL CLUB U18
Teens cut loose in production of ‘Footloose’
Local club soccer prepares for regional competition Sports, B1
Enterprise zone process explored County municipalities weigh applying for business incentive designation By JESSI HAISH jhaish@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Municipalities in DeKalb County are showing interest in a possible enterprise zone to see how it could benefit the county economically. The DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation held an informa-
tional meeting for county municipalities Wednesday to inform them about the enterprise zone application the economic development corporation and the County Board have been considering. An enterprise zone offers businesses tax breaks to move or expand within its boundaries. The County Board hired Craig Coil, principal at The De-
velopment Consortium, as the consultant for the county’s efforts to apply for an enterprise zone. There are currently 97 enterprise zones throughout the state, and DeKalb County has never had one. Roger Hopkins, economic development consultant for DeKalb, said there have been missed opportunities because of this. “This is a tremendous op-
portunity,” Hopkins said. “We’ve lost projects to other enterprise zones. [Having an enterprise zone] gives us the opportunity to pursue small, medium and large business opportunities.” Hopkins said enterprise zones could attract industrial development and possibly shopping center buildings. He said he will soon report to
DeKalb’s city manager and city staff and see what he can do to gain the city’s endorsement of a designation for an enterprise zone. Coil said the next steps in applying to be an enterprise zone include holding a public hearing to gather input. The hearing would provide a transcript of information as part of the application process. He
Visitors welcome, wanted
said designating ordinances would need to be passed, to legally define areas as an enterprise zone, and an intergovernmental agreement with all involved entities would need to be approved. Paul Borek, executive director of the DeKalb County Economic Development
See ENTERPRISE, page A6
Justices: Warrants needed for cellphones By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press
daily trek out of love. “She needs someone to feed her,” he said. “The CNAs do that when there’s no family, but I like to do that myself when I can. I try to talk to her. She likes [getting] her shoulders massaged.” Multiple studies have shown that social interaction is beneficial to the well-being of elderly people, but because of potential visitors’ busy work
WASHINGTON – In an emphatic defense of privacy in the digital age, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police generally may not search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants. Cellphones are unlike anything else police may find on someone they arrest, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court. They are “not just another technological convenience,” he said, but ubiquitous, increasingly powerful computers that contain vast quantities of personal, sensitive information. “With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans the privacies of life,” Roberts declared. So the message to police about what they should do before rummaging through a cellphone’s contents following an arrest is simple: “Get a warrant.” The chief justice acknowledged that barring searches would affect law enforcement, but he said: “Privacy comes at a cost.” By ruling as it did, the court chose not to extend earlier decisions from the 1970s – when cellphone technology was not yet available – that allow police to empty a suspect’s pockets and examine whatever they find to ensure officers’ safety and prevent the destruction of evidence. The Obama administration and the state of California, defending cellphone searches, said the phones should have no greater protection from a search than anything else police find. But the defendants in the current cases, backed by civil libertarians, librarians and news media groups, argued that cellphones, especially smartphones, can store troves of sensitive personal information. “By recognizing that the digital revolution has transformed our expectations of privacy, today’s decision is itself revolutionary and will help to protect the privacy rights of all Americans,” said American Civil Liberties Union legal director Steven Shapiro. Under the Constitution’s Fourth
See VISITORS, page A6
See WARRANTS, page A6
Photos by Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com
Karen Whaley (right) works on a jigsaw puzzle with her sister, Phyllis Bowman (center), at Pine Acres Rehabilitation Center on Friday. Phyllis is recovering from a stroke and heart attack and is partially paralyzed on her left side. Whaley visits Bowman and their mother, who also lives at Pine Acres, once or twice a week.
Loved ones in nursing homes thrive on interaction By ANDREA AZZO
Voice your opinion
aazzo@shawmedia.com
When was the last time you visited a nursing home? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com.
Inside today’s Daily Chronicle Lottery Local news Obituaries
A2 A3-4 A4
National and world news Opinions Sports
Weather A2, A6 A7 B1-4
Advice Comics Classified
C6 C5 D1-4
C H EV Y ’ S D AY S O F S U M M E R $
8,1 8 1 00 TOTAL SAVINGS
2014 CHEVY SILVERADO DOUBLE CAB V-8 ALL-STAR EDITION
NORTH AMERICAN TRUCK OF THE YEAR 2014 Silverado Double Cab 4WD 5.3L V-8 All-Star Edition. MSRP plus destination freight charge $44,345. $4,250 Total Cash Allowance plus $3,100 Price Discount off MSRP plus $750 Option Package Discount for a $8,100 Total Savings. Tax, title, license, documentary fees and option equipment extra. Price not available with special lease or finance offers. Offer ends 6/30/14. See dealer for details.
High:
79
Low:
62
IT’S ALL ABOUT DRIVE ENDS JUNE 30th adno=0274749
Karen Whaley (left) and sister Phyllis Bowman eat vanilla ice cream with caramel topping at Pine Acres Rehabilitation Center.
DeKALB – Don Remington drives about an hour almost every day from Woodstock to DeKalb to see his wife, Jacqueline Johnson, who now lives in a nursing home. Johnson has Parkinson’s disease and it has progressed; she no longer has use of her arms and legs. She needs assistance with daily tasks such as showering and getting out of bed. She has been living in Pine Acres, 1212 S. Second St., DeKalb, since January. Although her condition restricts her communication to only saying a couple of words at a time, Remington, who is retired from an accounting job he held for 35 years, still makes the