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Paperback Grotto now has display in window Fellow DeKalb store owner: ‘It’s tasteful’ By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com
Photos by Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com
Ian Burns (left) and Robert March react to a foul in the USA versus Germany World Cup soccer match at Fatty’s in DeKalb on Thursday.
Local enthusiasm on display for World Cup action By JESSI HAISH
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jhaish@shawmedia.com DeKALB – David Haas expects some family rivalry in his home if the United States takes on Argentina in the World Cup. “My wife is from Argentina,” said Haas, 31, of Schaumburg. “Our family is diehard. If they play we may have to watch in separate homes.” If the United States and Argentina win their respective games on Tuesday, Haas and his wife’s rivalry could go head to head July 5. Haas, who works for the Northern Illinois University Alumni Association, spent his lunch break Thursday watching the United States take on Germany in the World Cup on multiple
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TVs at Fatty’s Pub & Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway, along with at least 50 other soccer fans. Germany won, 1-0, but fans weren’t
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Jake Cinfio (center) and other patrons cheer for the outcome of the Portugal versus Ghana game Thursday as they watch the U.S. play Germany in a World Cup soccer match at Fatty’s in DeKalb. Although the U.S. lost to Germany, 1-0, they will advance because Portugal defeated Ghana.
DeKALB – Tim Himmelmann doesn’t want the Paperback Grotto to be known as a dirty bookstore. That’s why he decided to give people walking through downtown DeKalb a glimpse of what the store offers. The Paperback Grotto, 157 E. Lincoln Highway, recently replaced the black filter that covered the store’s window for years with a lingerie display. Two half-mannequins wearing lingerie and a sign for Lover’s Playground, Paperback Grotto’s parent company, hang from a display wall. An assortment of personal massage oils and lotions and scattered rose petals line the front of the window. Himmelmann, who’s been the store supervisor for nine years, said he’s been thinking about taking down the window covering for a couple years because the items the store offers – lingerie, couples’ toys, pornography and games, to name a few – have become more mainstream. He also thought having a window display would make the store look more like its neighbors. “We want to fit in more and make it more boutique-like,” Himmelmann said. “We want people to come in and be comfortable.” Paperback Grotto exists in downtown DeKalb because it was grandfathered in following the adoption of the city’s unified development ordinance in 1993. An adult store couldn’t open in downtown DeKalb under the current zoning regulations. Among fellow downtown business owners is Vickie Obermiller, who has owned maternity and children’s resale boutique Kid Stuff two doors down from the Paperback Grotto for seven years. She knew to expect some lingerie and other items in the store window because Grotto staff told her before they made the display, she said. “It’s tasteful,” Obermiller said. “It’s not anything different than anything you’d see in a mall.” Mayor John Rey reacted less favorably. “I have to say I was a lot more
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Iraqi Shiites pushing for al-Maliki’s removal The Associated Press BAGHDAD – Prominent Shiite leaders pushed Thursday for the removal of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as parliament prepared to start work next week on putting together a new government, under intense U.S. pressure to rapidly form a united front against an unrelenting Sunni insurgent onslaught. Increasingly, the Shiite al-Maliki’s former allies be-
lieve he cannot lead an inclusive government that can draw minority Sunnis away from support for the fighters who have swept over a large swath of Iraq as they head toward the capital, Baghdad. In a further sign of Iraq’s unraveling along sectarian lines, a bombing on Thursday killed 12 people in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad that houses a revered shrine, and police found the bullet-riddled bodies of eight Sunnis south of the capital. Most crucially, though,
backing for al-Maliki is weakening with his most important ally, neighboring Iran. A senior Iranian general who met with Shiite politicians in Iraq during a 10-day visit this month returned home with a list of potential prime minister candidates for Iran’s leadership to consider, several senior Iraqi Shiite politicians who have knowledge of the general’s meetings told The Associated Press. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wants al-Maliki to remain in his post,
at least for now, the politicians said, but Iran’s moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, believes al-Maliki must go or else Iraq will fragment. Khamenei holds final say in all state matters in Iran, but the politicians expressed doubt he would insist on al-Maliki against overwhelming rejection of him by Iraq’s Shiite parties. The general, Ghasem Soleimani, is expected to return within days to inform Iraqi politicians of Tehran’s
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Iraqis who fled their villages gather near a Kurdish checkpoint in the Khazer area Thursday between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq. Hundreds of villagers fleeing advances by Sunni militants crowded under the morning sun to try to enter Iraqi Kurdish-controlled territory.
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