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King celebrated for global ideas Memorial service held for internationally respected NIU scholar By BRITTANY KEEPERMAN bkeeperman@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Dwight Yost King was a soft-spoken, peaceful man who inspired big change in Indonesia’s political climate, mourners said Sunday at a memorial service held for the man at First Congregational United Church of Christ. King, 72, was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, and died in DeKalb on Sept. 10 after a decades-long career that focused on Indonesia. He was a
retired Northern Illinois University professor and internationally respected scholar and author. His work and expertise had become known to leaders around the world, said Clark Neher, a personal friend and close colleague. “He knew more about that country than almost anyone in the world,” Neher said. “He spoke Bahasa Indonesia fluently and taught in a number of the county’s most influential universities. His scholarship was known international-
ly because of both his writing and because he educated so many of Indonesia’s leaders.” His books and journal articles educated not only his students, but also academic and political leaders. “Dwight served as Jimmy Carter’s senior adviser when Carter monitored national elections in Indonesia,” Neher said. “Dwight had much to do with the democratization that has taken place in Indonesia.” In 2012, King was honored by the Indonesian Ambassador to the United States with
an award of distinction for his contributions toward understanding Indonesia. On Sunday, Indonesian ambassador representative and consul general Andriana Supandy called King’s death an immeasurable loss. “Professor King was a dear and important friend to Indonesia,” she said. “His work influenced the transformation of the Indonesian political system. … He has changed the Photo provided by Northern Illinois University lives of many students who Dwight King, an expert in Indonesia, collected numerous artifacts
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from the country over the course of his career, including Indonesian puppets.
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CELEBRATING AUTUMN VIA AGRITORISM
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A group of teenagers enters the “zombie quarantine” during Jonamac Orchard’s haunted corn maze Saturday in Malta. The orchard’s haunted maze opened Friday and will run through Halloween.
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By KATIE SMITH ksmith@shawmedia.com MALTA – Even the the most confident of groups that enter Jonamac Orchard’s haunted corn maze usually come out whimpering, Andrea Slade said. As Halloween inches nearer, DeKalb County is alive with the undead as local farms and orchards open their crops to the public for seasonal attractions such as the orchard’s haunted maze, which Slade has helped run for the past 10 years. “Another [funny scare] is when you get the cutesy college or high school couple, and they’re so in love, and then he throws her at the chainsaw and takes off running,” Slade said. “It happens every year.” Farms are a versatile business and help bring tourists to DeKalb County during the fall, DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Debbie Armstrong said. “It always draws people in
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A group of teenagers gathers together for a photo while visiting Jonamac Orchard’s haunted corn maze Saturday in Malta. to this area. Our agritourism is one of the most successful niches we have for tourism here,” Armstrong said. “In the fall, we have lots of people out to pick apples, go to the [Sycamore] Pumpkin Festival, to go through mazes. Many times, it’s a tradition, so
people are making many trips, annual trips.” Larger-scale corn mazes and orchards attract anywhere between 30,000 to 40,000 people annually, Armstrong said. But even smaller operations, such as Johnson’s Pumpkin Stand and Corn
Maze, off Route 64 in Sycamore, find the Halloween season profitable. “We’re trying to maximize what we can with it. We don’t have as many acres as we used to. We’re less than 40 acres in size,” owner Dean Johnson said. “We try to maximize what we grow. We try to utilize what we have here on the farm.” Although farm-based attractions draw outsiders to DeKalb County, the Johnsons also want to provide a family-friendly activity for the community, Johnson said. “It’s been good for us. We’re
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CHICAGO – Assistance for battered women and children statewide is dwindling because of Illinois’ budget impasse, and it could have long-lasting consequences, according to state-funded organizations that help domestic violence victims. A southern Illinois shelter offering protection to families in emergencies has closed its doors. The head of a Chicago group that provides counseling is working without pay, a strategy that directors at a Centralia organization also have used. Other nonprofits are laying off employees, blowing through reserves or borrowing money to keep up with rent, payroll and utilities as the state enters its fourth month without an approved spending plan. For most nonprofit groups and agencies – the backbone of Illinois’ social services network – late payments for services and budget cuts have become business as usual. But veteran advocates say the pure uncertainty of the current situation is unprecedented and hits rural areas particularly hard. There’s no sign legislative Democrats and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner are close to a deal, and hardly anyone knows what a new budget would look like for the cashstrapped state. “We’re just hanging on,” said Tolleyene Ray, a director of People Against Violent Environments in Centralia. The southeastern Illinois organization, which offers front-line services such as legal assistance for protective orders in five counties, shut its doors for two months. It later was paid for services provided last year and now operates on a limited basis to stretch dollars. Ray takes crisis hotline calls at home. Much of her time has been unpaid. Attention to the budget’s ripple effects spiked Thursday with rallies in Chicago and Springfield, where advocates called for a solution. Democrats want Rauner to sign off on tax increases, because the state is billions of dollars in debt, but Rauner first wants pro-business reforms.
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Advocates for victims of domestic abuse protest Thursday outside of state offices in downtown Chicago. They said the state budget impasse has diminished services, including shelters that have closed. They brought small shoes to symbolize children who will be affected.
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