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Hunt in friend’s memory raises $2K Cortland man killed self in June; funds will go to scholarship, suicide help By JESSI HAISH jhaish@shawmedia.com
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Rich Boone, of Wichita Falls, Texas, unloads his luggage from his plane July 29 at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport. Boone chose to park his plane at DeKalb while he attended business meetings in Chicago.
DeKalb weighs seeking regional support for Taylor Municipal By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Airport manager Tom Cleveland knows the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport benefits the entire county, which is why he wonders if more than just the city of DeKalb should support the agency. Some DeKalb leaders are renewing their questions about making the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport into a regional airport authority, which would make the agency its own taxing body. City officials could have an answer by early next summer through a feasibility study. “We’re getting all the pieces of the puzzle together,” Cleveland said. “The city of DeKalb’s paying for it, but the whole county’s benefiting from it.” The airport creates about $10.7 million in economic activity and 81 jobs for the local area, according to a 2012 report from the Illinois Department of Trans-
port, tollway and rail lines – that appeals to businesses looking at DeKalb County. “It’s a major asset to the county and the city,” Borek said. “It’s instrumental when you can bring corporate officials and site selectors right to your community.” It also appeals to private pilots like Rick Boone, of Wichita Falls, Texas, who flew into DeKalb before taking a rental car to a business meeting in Chicago. “It’s got good runways, good approaches,” Boone said. “Really it’s got everything you need. If I come back to Chicago, why wouldn’t I land here?” Arnold Seligman of Indiana checks his plane and listens to a weather report As valued as the airport is, the on his phone at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport before boarding and city struggles to make it a profitable venture. heading to an air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. City budgets show airport portation. The airport’s two run- on the list of benefits offered expenses have ranged from $1.3 ways host some 30,000 flights a on the DeKalb County Econom- million to a projected $3.3 milyear, Cleveland said, for corpo- ic Development Corporation’s lion in the past four years, with rate, cargo and recreational op- website, said Executive Director revenues fluctuating between erations. Paul Borek. DeKalb County has It’s not a coincidence trans- a transportation trifecta – the See AIRPORT, page A8 portation takes the first spot DeKalb Taylor Municipal Air-
DeKALB – Chris Nesemeier spent his weekend doing things Seth Bartosik loved to do, like thinking outside the box, dancing with strangers and dressing up. Nesemeier met Bartosik more than a year ago through mutual friends, and Nesemeier recalled taking him to a gas station so he could try his favorite flavor of tea: cherry limeade. Kyle Segura spent much of his childhood skateboarding around town with Bartosik. Dustin Lambert sat with Bartosik at lunch. This weekend, each worked to complete tasks and find items that made up a list of more than 300 activities, the Sethtastic Scavenger Hunt, to honor Bartosik, 20, of Cortland, who took his How to own life June 26. get help More than 30 participants spent Friday through Call Suicide early Sunday morning doing Prevention things like milking a cow, Services at playing Red Rover, doing 800-273-8255. yoga in a fast-food restaurant or ordering a Happy Meal with “extra happy.” Many of the activities were posted on a Facebook page for the event. “Seth would have loved everything,” Nesemeier said. “Seth’s the type of guy to try to do everything on this list. Without question he would have done it, so I did it. I think he’d be really happy.” Participants and family members gathered Sunday afternoon at the River Heights Golf Course clubhouse in DeKalb to share videos and photos of their adventures, as well as memories. More than $2,000 was raised through the event, which will fund a scholarship in Bartosik’s honor. The amount was matched by Bartosik’s parents, Brett and Laura Bartosik, to be donated to Suicide Prevention Services. People can still make donations through the gofundme.com site, which can be found by searching the
See SCAVENGER HUNT, page A8
California debates ‘yes means yes’ sex assault law By JULIE WATSON The Associated Press SAN DIEGO – College students have heard a similar refrain for years in campaigns to stop sexual assault: No means no. Now, as universities around the country that are facing pressure over the handling of rape allegations adopt policies to define consensual sex, California is poised to take it a step further.
Lawmakers are considering what would be the first-in-the-nation measure requiring all colleges that receive public funds to set a standard for when “yes means yes.” Defining consensual sex is a growing trend by universities in an effort to do more to protect victims. From the University of California system to Yale, schools have been adopting standards to distinguish when consent was
given for a sexual activity and when it was not. Legislation passed by California’s state Senate in May and coming before the Assembly this month would require all schools that receive public funds for student financial assistance to set a so-called “affirmative consent standard” that could be used in investigating and adjudicating sexual assault allegations. That would be defined as “an affirma-
tive, unambiguous and conscious decision” by each party to engage in sexual activity. Silence or lack of resistance does not constitute consent. The legislation says it’s also not consent if the person is drunk, drugged, unconscious or asleep. Lawmakers say consent can be nonverbal, and universities with similar policies have outlined
See SEXUAL ASSAULT, page A8
Jessi Haish – jhaish@shawmedia.com
Participants in the inaugural Sethtastic Scavenger Hunt watch photos and videos from their weekend of scavenger hunt activities Sunday in DeKalb. The scavenger hunt was held to honor Seth Bartosik, 20, of Cortland, who took his own life June 26.
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