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DeKalb library fundraising on roll “That money has come in pretty much unsolicited,” Castle said. “We’re just getting into the asking stage.” Donations have jumped $475,000 since the July 26 groundbreaking for the project at 309 Oak St. Most have come from individual donors in amounts ranging from a few dollars to more than $150,000, Castle said. Donors can make sizable pledges payable over the next five years. In total, library leaders need to raise $3 million to
By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb Public Library leaders are almost halfway to their $3 million private fundraising goal to repay loans taken for the ongoing building expansion. Thus far, the library has received $1.3 million in cash and signed pledges, said John Castle, chairman of the Castle Bank Community Board and director of Castle Bank’s parent bank holding company, First National of Nebraska.
How to help Donations can be sent to the attention of Director Dee Coover at the DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., DeKalb. More information about donations, including pledge forms, is available at supportdkpl.org. repay loans taken out from three local banks to help fund the 46,000-square-foot expansion. Castle, who is leading the fundraising efforts along with National Bank and Trust
CEO Michael Cullen, has a much more ambitious goal. “We would really like to see this campaign end by the end of this year,” Castle said, adding he would like to raise more than $3 million. “We see this campaign now raising money for the basic construction cost, but we would like to be able to pay for things like furnishings and items to open the library.” Library leaders also want to make room for more people to donate $10,000 or more in exchange for having some-
thing in the addition named after them. Donors have a list of more than 50 locations that can bear their name in exchange for a large donation. Fitting, perhaps, considering the library’s formal name is Haish Memorial Library, after Jacob Haish, the benefactor who willed $150,000 to library officials for the building’s construction. “Many more people than we expected have grabbed on to that,” DeKalb Public Library Board President Clark Neher said. “So we authorized
Marc [Huber, the library development director] to add things that can have naming opportunities.” So far, donors have pledged a total of $850,000 for the naming rights for places such as the collaboration room, quiet room, and a large sitting area. One of 60 bookshelves carries the smallest required donation, at $10,000. Having the naming rights to the entire new addition will cost $5 million.
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David Butts, co-owner of Family Health Center in Sycamore, checks a vitamin on his shelves Tuesday. Butts and his sister and co-owner Susan Wallner are launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.com to update the store’s computer system and to be able to offer more services.
DeKalb County residents fund their dreams with donation websites By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – To fund his music career, Waterman resident and Christian artist Charlie Haley has worked 17-hour shifts, 10 days in a row during his job at 3M. He spent years saving up the $30,000 to produce his album, “Soul Searching,” working so much that he had to sign a waiver form at 3M that allowed him to work all those extra hours. In the meantime, he’s written more than 300 songs, saving them on his cellphone and dreaming of going on a radio tour. Soon, he’ll be asking oth-
ers to help him launch himself into full-time music career. Haley hopes to start an Indiegogo campaign in the next month to raise at least $15,000 so he can sign with a Nashville-based record label. As part of the deal, Haley will have to match a $15,000 offer from Lamon Records. “If [a record label is] willing to match you, that’s a great sign,” Haley said. “If you want that deal, you have to come up with half.” Haley is not the only DeKalb County resident relying on crowd-funding websites to raise money.
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Susan Wallner, co-owner of Family Health Center in Sycamore, helps a customer with a phone order Tuesday. The Family Health Center has been serving Sycamore for nine years.
FERGUSON, Mo. – Police on Friday identified the officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager and released documents alleging the young man had been suspected of stealing a $48.99 box of cigars from a convenience store in a “strong-arm” robbery shortly before he was killed. Police Chief Thomas Jackson said the officer did not know the teen was a robbery suspect at the time of the shooting and stopped Michael Brown and a companion “because they were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic.” Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old white officer, has patrolled suburban St. Louis for six years and had no previous complaints filed against him, Jackson said. Brown’s relatives said no robbery would justify shooting the teen af- Thomas ter he put his hands up. Family at- Jackson torneys said Brown’s parents were Ferguson blindsided by the allegations and the Police Chief release of a surveillance video from the convenience store. “It appears to be him,” attorney Daryl Parks said, referring to the footage, which he said was released without any advance notice from police. The police chief described Wilson as “a gentle, quiet man” who had been “an excellent officer.” He has been on the Ferguson force for four years and served prior to that in the neighboring community of Jennings. Wilson, who was placed on administrative leave after the Aug. 9 shooting, “never intended for any of this to happen,” Jackson said. According to police reports released Friday, authorities received a 911 call at 11:51 a.m. on the day of the shooting reporting a robbery at the Ferguson Market. An unidentified officer was dispatched to the store, arriving within three minutes. The officer interviewed an employee and customer, who gave a description of a man who stole the cigars and walked off with another man toward a QuikTrip store. Descriptions of the suspect were broadcast over the police radio. The officer did not find the suspects either on the street or at the QuikTrip, the reports said. The robber took a box of Swisher Sweets, a brand of small, inexpensive cigars. The suspects were
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