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Location review set for October By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb Park District won’t establish a permanent dog park until next year, but officials have started scouting potential locations. DeKalb Park Board commissioners visited four parks last week to figure out if they would fit the needs for a Voice your permanent park. opinion They plan to review the potential Which DeKalb park locations during do you think would be their meeting in the best location for a October, although dog park? Vote online commissioners who visited the difat Daily-Chronicle. ferent parks said com. a couple locations are front-runners. Commissioners visited Hopkins Park, Brooks Park, Kiwanis Park and Katz Park. Katz Park is the location of the temporary dog park open since December, often lauded for how much residents use it. “Each has its pros and cons,” Park Board President Phil Young said. “But when you stack them all together, I think Katz Park is the one.” Young said of all the parks, Katz stood out because it has things such as water, lights and a parking lot already in place. Other locations, such as sites in Hopkins or Kiwanis parks, could require major work to shape into a canine-centered space. Park district leaders are considering a permanent dog park that would need to be three to four acres, with separate sections for large and small dogs. Young said he also wants the park to be accessible by trails and might like to see some wooded areas. Commissioner Keith Nyquist sees Katz and Brooks parks as the two with the most potential. Katz earned points for the existing infrastructure while Brooks made the list because of its location. Dog owner and dog park supporter John Tobias also went along on the
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Monarca Bakery owner Mario Ortiz stands Tuesday with his three kids, Kevin (left), 12, Naomy, 8, and Stephanie, 16, in front of his remodeled shop at 201 N. Sixth St. in DeKalb. A fire at the bakery on Oct. 22, about a month after the business opened, caused about $75,000 in damage. The family, seen here without wife/mother Laura Tavera, the driving force behind the relaunch of the family business, has been working tirelessly for the past 10 months to prepare for the bakery’s grand reopening sometime next month.
Monarca Bakery plans reopening year after devastating fire By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com
Mario Ortiz talks Tuesday with building owner Steve Beckler about the timeline for the remodeling of his bakery at 201 N. Sixth St. in DeKalb. A fire at the bakery on Oct. 22, 2013, caused about $75,000 in damage about a month after the business opened.
DeKALB – To motivate himself, Mario Alfredo “Freddy” Ortiz put a picture taken last year of a fire at his DeKalb bakery on his refrigerator. The Oct. 22 fire at Monarca Bakery, 201 N. Sixth St. in DeKalb, caused about $75,000 in damage about a month after the business opened. Since then Ortiz has spent thousands of dollars of his own money trying to reopen the bakery. “It’s been really hard for us to open again,” he said. “We were saving up money, but it wasn’t enough [at first]. It’s a new dream, and this time, I think we’re going to get it.” The fire’s cause still is undetermined. Ortiz has spent months
since the incident cleaning and remodeling the bakery, which will sell Hispanic baked goods such as flan and churros. Unlike before, Monarca Bakery also will sell produce and a deli area. Ortiz said he hopes to open in about three weeks, but he needs to pass a final inspection from the DeKalb County Health Department and the city of DeKalb. DeKalb Fire Chief Eric Hicks still remembers the damage that the fire caused. The fire began overnight Oct. 22 near the entrance of the business. Because of the damage, firefighters were unable to find a cause, although they ruled out foul play, Hicks said. Only occasionally does a fire’s cause remain undetermined,
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Obama: U.S. misjudged Iraqi army, militants’ threat By KEVIN FREKING The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama acknowledged that U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated the threat from Islamic State militants and overestimated the ability and will of Iraq’s army to fight. Questioning Obama’s
strategy to destroy the group, House Speaker John Boehner said the U.S. may have “no choice” but to send in American troops if the mix of U.S.-led airstrikes and a ground campaign reliant on Iraqi forces, Kurdish fighters and soon-tobe trained Syrian rebels fails to achieve that goal. Boehner, in an interview
broadcast Sunday, did agree with the White House that Obama had the power to order airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, but said he believes Congress should consider a resolution authorizing the use of force for this specific mission. Boehner, R-Ohio, said he would bring lawmakers back to Washington – they are not
set to return until after the Nov. 4 election – if Obama were to seek such a resolution. Obama described the U.S. intelligence assessments in response to a question during a CBS “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday night. He was asked about how Islamic State fighters had come to control so much territory in Syria
and Iraq and whether it was a surprise to him. The president said that during the Iraq war, U.S. military forces with the help of Iraq’s Sunni tribes were able to quash al-Qaida fighters, who went “back underground.” “During the chaos of the Syrian civil war, where essentially you have huge swaths of
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