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WEEK IN REVIEW DeKalb High proposal would add staffer to address truancy, safety and security

By MEGANN HORSTEAD

mhorstead@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A new employee proposed for DeKalb High School would help address truancy, safety and alleviate overburdened office staff if approved by the DeKalb School District 428 board, district officials said last week.

At the school board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1, school officials discussed a staffing request proposal for an office professional. The full-time employee would help the district improve student attendance by recording attendance records and mental health day absences, district documents show. The employee would also help enforce district requirements that students and staff wear identification cards.

The salary of the full-time position would be $58,107, documents show.

The board’s discussion comes as the leadership at DeKalb High School cites an increase in enrollment this school year over the prior.

DeKalb High School Principal Donna Larson said the need for the added office professional position is evident, especially as enrollment grows.

“Just this year with [an] increase of our plans to move forward to help with the truancy, attendance as well as help more restorative of our discipline, we have had a strong need to help support our current office staff,” Larson said.

“We’re staying later trying to help develop more or process the coding, the data and just making sure that everything is lined up.”

In 2022 so far, the high school enrolled

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“Just this year with [an] increase of our plans to move forward to help with the truancy, attendance as well as help more restorative of our discipline, we have had a strong need to help support our current office staff.”

Donna Larson DeKalb High School principal 2,143 students, according to school board documents. For the 2021-22 school year, the high school’s enrollment was 1,970 and 1,950 in 2020-21.

The district already has reported an increase in enrollment trends during the pandemic era. In 2021, additional classes were needed to accommodate what officials said was a “huge increase” in last-minute enrollees prior to the start of the 2021 fall semester. In September, the school board considered whether to reacquire Northern Illinois University’s former School of Nursing building, 1240 Normal Road in DeKalb, to help reduce class sizes and overcrowding in district buildings. The building was formerly owned by the district but sold to NIU in 1987.

The district is seeking to lower its class size threshold from 28 to 25 for grades K-5 and 35 to 30 for grades 6-12, according to school board documents.

Board member Jeromy Olson asked if an added employee position would

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decrease the amount of truancy in the building.

Larson said district leaders hope the employee will help be available to address student needs, and help record teacher restorative discipline referrals if filed about a specific student. The school already has one attendance and discipline secretary on staff, officials said.

“This person will be able to help when someone is out,” Larson said.

Amonaquenette Parker, district director of diversity, equity and inclusion, said that due to staff workloads during the day, DeKalb High School parents often would not find out that their child was not at school that day until 6 or 7 p.m.

According to board policy, staff will communicate with anyone eighth grade and lower within two hours of the start of the school day.

“That just doesn’t make a lot of sense,” Parker said. “We’re trying to standardize our communication with our families as well.”

The district is working closer with the county’s Regional Office of Education to address truancy, officials said.

Larson said that partnering with the regional office has been helpful.

“They’re coming in at least twice a week every month to reach out to more of our students that are even in-house truant that are just not attempting to go to class to see what we can do to further engage them to go to class, or if they’ve been out for some time on their truancy list, and we refer them to truancy,” Larson said.

A vote is expected on the new hire at a future school board meeting.

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Stage Coach Players is collecting food donations this month for the DeKalb Salvation Army Thanksgiving dinner boxes.

BRIEFS Stage Coach Players hosting food drive Nov. 8 and 15

DeKALB – Stage Coach Players and The Salvation Army will begin collecting items to create dinner boxes to provide local families a Thanksgiving meal.

Collections will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Nov. 8 and 15, in the back parking lot of the Stage Coach Players Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb.

Each Thanksgiving dinner box will include enough food to feed six to eight people and a $20 gift card for a turkey, as well as the following items: stuffing, turkey gravy, whole kernel corn, green beans, dry pinto beans, white rice, canned diced pears, cranberry sauce, hot chocolate and brownie mix. Participants also can donate $35 for a fully stocked food box.

The Stage Coach Players Outreach Committee will be in the theater’s back parking lot to accept donations. To make special arrangements for pickup, email info@stagecoachplayers.com.

For information, visit stagecoachplayers.com or the Stage Coach Players Facebook and Twitter pages.

Kishwaukee College plans Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 10

MALTA – Kishwaukee College will host a free Veterans Day ceremony for the public this month.

The ceremony will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 10, in the college’s Student Center, 21193 Malta Road, according to a news release.

The ceremony will include a welcome

by Kishwaukee College President Laurie Borowicz; the national anthem, performed

by Kish student Ethan Rutten; recognition of military members and a moment of silence; a reading of the winning entry in Kishwaukee College’s Veterans Day Essay Contest; a musical performance by the DeKalb High School Varsity Treble Choir; and remarks shared by local veteran Michael Embrey, followed by Embrey’s performance of taps.

Refreshments will be provided during and after the ceremony. The event also will be recorded and livestreamed on the college’s social media platforms.

For information, visit kish.edu/veterans.

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RAMP conference on diversity, equity and inclusion set for Nov. 16

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clazenby@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A conference hosted by an area nonprofit that advocates for people with disabilities will focus on diversity, equity and inclusion this month in DeKalb.

RAMP’s E3 Conference on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for disabled individuals will take place Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in downtown DeKalb.

The event will feature Antoinette P. Taylor as its signature speaker, according to a news release.

RAMP, which has an office in the city of DeKalb, is a nonprofit, nonresidential independent-living center that uses independent-living philosophy to build an inclusive community for individuals with disabilities.

The one-day conference will seek to educate, empower and elevate attendees by creating a discussion on how disabilities play a part in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Taylor will speak from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

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After Taylor’s presentation, there will be an hourlong training session on ableism. Ableism is unfair treatment of or negative attitudes toward disabled people, according to Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries.

The conference will wrap up with an 11-person panel discussion featuring Northern Illinois University’s Joseph Flynn, Jason Klein and Monique Bernoudy.

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SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES Sycamore veterans who served in World War II and Korea speak out

By CAMDEN LAZENBY

clazenby@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – It’s been more than seven decades since Jim Tull, Ken Cooper and Richard Korleski served their country in World Ward II and Korea, respectively.

Now residents of Grand Victorian of Sycamore, an independent senior living facility, they’re sharing their experiences from their time in the U.S. military ahead of Veterans Day this year.

Cooper, 96, was a soldier for the U.S. Army in the summer of 1945 and served in the Pacific theater. He said he volunteered when he was 18 because he “was ready” and “wanted to get into it.” When the first atomic bomb was dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima, Japan, Cooper was on a ship anchored near the Hawaiian Islands.

By the time he made it to the Philippines, the war was over.

Although he never saw the combat he’d prepared for when he enlisted, Cooper said his relief at the war’s end was present.

“Well I was glad the war was over because we knew what was next,” Cooper said. “’Cause the Battle of Okinawa was over then so we knew what the next battle was going to be.”

Cooper left the army in November 1946, however, so his service in east Asia didn’t happen as he expected.

However, his Grand Victorian neighbor, Tull, found heavy combat during his service in Korea 3½ years later.

A medic in the Second Division of the U.S. Army, Tull spent 15 months in Korea after the U.S. draft enlisted him in 1950. After undergoing basic training with four other men, Tull was entered in a drawing to see where they’d be stationed.

“Three went to Europe and two went to Korea, and I was one of the lucky ones that went to Korea,” said Tull, 91.

When asked what made him lucky, Tull smiled, and responded that his fellow servicemen went off to Europe and “had fun.” Meanwhile, he went to Korea and was the target of gunfire.

At times, Tull said, there wasn’t much happening, but other times he and the unit would be frequently shot at. One experience involved a 2-mile road between a couple of U.S. Army camps that wasn’t drivable because of its close range to the Korean army’s artillery fire.

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LEFT: On Friday, Nov. 4, Jim Tull talks about his experience as a medic for the U.S. Army during the Korean War. RIGHT: Ken Cooper, a veteran of World War II, talks about his experience as a soldier on Friday, Nov. 4.

“They could hit that jeep from 2 miles away,” Tull said. “No matter how fast or slow you went, they could hit it.”

A new road was eventually built between the two camps. That didn’t end what Tull endured, however.

During the three-year war, Tull said his unit was overrun by Korean soldiers a couple of times.

“They came charging in and went through us and even then at that time the cooks and everybody had rifles,” Tull said. “We lost some men and they lost quite a few men, twice.”

U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Korleski, 93, also lives in the Sycamore facility, and served in the Korean war.

Korleski enlisted before the Korean War began. Korleski said he was increasingly hearing talk of war while he was living in Sycamore in 1949, so he decided to enlist to give himself a better chance of doing a role he wanted to do.

For Korleski, that meant being an ordnanceman on a P2V Neptune, a reconnaissance aircraft that regularly flew over the Bering Sea in the northern Pacific. His role put him in charge of the aircraft’s ammunitions.

Korleski said sometimes, if his air-

craft went across the international date line, Russian fighters would intercept him and the eight other people on the plane he flew with.

“You would never think there’s another aircraft in the world up there, but all of the sudden there’d be two or three jets right on your tail,” Korleski said. “And so help me, sometimes they [get] up close enough to where we could look into their windshield and they’d be going, shaking your finger at us like ‘You shouldn’t be here,’ you know.”

It’s been 69 years since the Korean War ended, and Korleski said he doesn’t do anything special to observe Veterans Day. Tull, who saw the most combat of the three veterans, said he also no longer does much to commemorate Veterans Day. “Well we used to have parades,” Tull said. “They’d have parades for the veterans to go out to the cemetery and different activities but now it doesn’t seem like there’s much of anything going on.

“Nowadays it doesn’t seem like, well you know, everybody says

‘Thanks for your service’ but it’s pretty well meaningless,” Tull said.

On the contrary, Cooper said he thinks the country does a good job of appreciating World War II and Korean War veterans – although he does think veterans of the Vietnam War haven’t been afforded the same respect he was.

“I think the country as a whole is trying to keep World War II veterans in mind, I think they’re appreciated,” Cooper said. “I get a lot of people saying thank you for your service, like that, and the same with Korea. It’s the Vietnam veterans that I feel sorry for because they don’t, they didn’t get a lot of respect.”

Tull said he doesn’t know how the public can do a better job of supporting and giving thanks to veterans because he thinks Veterans Day is looked at like any other holiday.

“Happy Halloween, no happy Veterans Day, it’s all the same. The people really don’t seem to, they don’t really care. I mean there’s a lot of talking but it’s meaningless. We had a lot of parades and activities and stuff years ago but now it’s just another day,” Tull said.

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Grand opening of Fannie May celebrated in DeKalb

By MEGANN HORSTEAD

mhorstead@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Fannie May, the confections brand widely known for its chocolates, has found a home in DeKalb.

On Friday, Oct. 28, Fannie May store team members, brand leadership and DeKalb city officials held a grand opening to celebrate the new location, 2215 Sycamore Road.

“It’s always exciting to have a grand opening of a Fannie May store,” said Richard Fossali, Fannie May Confections vice president and general manager. “This is our 51st store and obviously the newest. This is our second new store this year.”

Fossali said the new location in DeKalb makes sense on many levels for Fannie May. “Having lived in the Geneva area for the last 16 years knowing how this area has grown up over here between DeKalb and Sycamore, I’ve always kept my eye on it and always wanted to watch for our opportunity to be here,” Fossali said.

“Being here in the Brookview Center is an opportunity for us to grow our brand out here in DeKalb County. We’re really excited to be here.”

Fannie May also operates locations for the brand in Aurora, Batavia, Joliet,

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A ribbon-cutting is seen Friday, Oct. 28, at Fannie May’s new store, located at 2215 Sycamore Road in DeKalb.

Plainfield and Naperville.

According to its website, Fannie May has been serving patrons with confectionery treats for more than 100 years.

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Tarvin was laid yesterday on Maple Street in Sycamore and the big sprinkler is at work again today. The heavy crushed stone has been laid and Tarvin is being laid over that, as a penetrator.

Another covering of stone chips will be put over the crushed rock and Tarvin, which will fill all crevices and make the foundation more lasting. The road will then be opened for the public until next spring when crushed granite will be put on as the final touch.

Work on the Peterson elevator in Malta is rapidly nearing completion, the men are now pouring cement for the roofs of the four tanks. This is quite a task as the tanks are 80 feet high and material has to be hauled to the top for the finishing touches.

Tearing the vines down at the Sycamore fire station is the main work that is being done by the men there today. The vines which were so beautiful in the spring and summer when they would climb on the side of the building and fence along the side of the station, have all been cut down now that winter is coming on and the first frost is here.

Cow-Punchers Punch in Germany – The latest German sport is horseback boxing. The “chaps” the cowboys wear are inspired by American movie pictures.

A literal translation of the word cowpuncher possibly suggested the latest sport.

According to all reports from hunters, the rabbits are very plentiful this year, at least in this vicinity. Those going hunting say it is no trouble finding the creatures, who bound up in front of a person almost anywhere in a field or woodland.

Many licenses are being given out this week to hunters who are eager to get started on the trail for the cottontails.

Every morning early hunters may be seen plodding along the roads to fields after rabbits and other game.

Percy Viets and the family of McGirr are going to move to Chase to take charge of the store and elevator there.

Much interest is being shown in the ox shoe which is on display in the window of George Miller’s music store. The shoe is one which was popular in the olden days when shoes of that kind and material were worn. It is only one half

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Demolition of the former Sycamore Junior High on East State Street began on Sept. 15, 1986.

Built as the Sycamore High School, the building became the junior high school when the current high school was built.

shoe on account of the split hoof, which is causing considerable curiosity by passersby.

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Eighteen young farm men and women, high scorers in district talkfests, who can jump to their feet and talk on any subject quicker than you can say extemporaneous, will meet in the state talkfest to be held in St. Louis on Nov. 18.

Among the topnotch talkers are Walter Lambert and Edward Heyer of DeKalb County.

Just before 3 o’clock yesterday the DeKalb Community fire truck was called to the old Gurler Road southwest of DeKalb near the farm owned by Ben McNeely where the branch was blown off a tree carrying with it the high line and the pole on which the transformer was connected. The tree was set on fire and the oil in the transformer blazed, resulting in the call for the fire department. The firemen had their first chilly ride of the season and upon arrival a Pyrene extinguisher was used to put out the blaze.

Ducks, which have been staying around the north in the mild weather, have started south. During the night and early this morning flocks were going south and it is expected the flight will continue today and tomorrow. One hunter, who picked up his limit this

morning, expects the flight to be heavy, but short, and will probably be completed by Monday. Most of the ducks flying today are mallards.

Pembroke, England – Ronald James was charged today with shooting at his wife because she “smoked on the sly” while he could not afford cigarettes, now 68 cents a pack in Britain.

Wednesday morning the juniors at Sycamore High School finished that yearly unpleasantness known as the junior tests. It is really the examination by the state of Illinois into the students’ general abilities. To the pupils, it is just a vicious plot to confuse them.

Preparations are already underway by the Elgin area of the State Highway Department for the annual winter battle against ice and snow. Eight counties, including DeKalb, are included in the Elgin area. Abrasives, such as cinders, sand and limestone, are being placed at key points for use at icy grade crossings, curves and intersections and approximately 75 miles of snow fences are being erected before the arrival of winter weather.

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A strange series of events on DeKalb’s north side Wednesday afternoon resulted in five women being trapped in an elevator for about a half hour at the DeKalb County Nursing Home after a truck smashed into a pole about a half-mile away. The first step toward the unusual set of events was caused by a truck hauling wet and slippery clay back and forth on a service road between

DeKalb County Sheriff’s police, acting on a tip, arrested Dennis Colling of Sycamore as he fled from Laseman’s Pharmacy in Waterman, which he had allegedly attempted to burglarize. Sheriff’s police had surrounded the pharmacy early Tuesday morning and could hear someone hacking at the roof of the building, where he gained entrance.

While inside, he tripped a burglar alarm, came back out through the roof and fled on foot.

President Nixon, polling more votes than any presidential candidate in history, crushed George S. McGovern in a near-record landslide that solidified his personal leadership.

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A group of downtown DeKalb business owners are cautiously optimistic about a new plan to revitalize downtown DeKalb. But they say they will need a serious commitment from the downtown stakeholders and the rest of the community to succeed.

The village of Kirkland has approved an agreement for the flood relief buyout program of the Congress Lake Estates mobile home park which will be in about $2 million of federal funding. A little more than 15 months ago the devastating flood left hundreds of the trailer park residents homeless. Within the next 10 months, the Congress Lake Estates property will become open green space, a park area to be forever owned by the village.

Night courts, overcrowding and insufficient storage space are terms often heard in Cook and DuPage counties. Now it is DeKalb County facing a spatial crunch. The county needs additional space for record storage, County Board meetings, court services and ordinary office space. Within the next two years, there will be a demand for at least an additional 10,000 square feet. The problem is getting so bad that the state’s attorney’s office may be forced out of the courthouse. Furthermore, another court room is said to be needed.

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BRIEFS DeKALB – Stage Coach Players has set auditions for its upcoming production of “All Shook Up,” directed by Jan Kuntz with musical direction by John Feken.

All those auditioning must be vaccinated against COVID-19.

“All Shook Up” is a jukebox musical based on the songs of Elvis Presley with a story loosely based on William Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night.”

Auditions will be held from 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sunday, Nov. 13, and from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb. Callbacks are from 6 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15.

Kuntz will be looking to cast men, women, and teens ages 16 and older.

Those auditioning should come prepared to sing a minimum of 16 to 32 bars of memorized music, do a cold read and complete a dance audition using dance shoes. An accompanist will be provided.

They also must bring two copies of their prepared music.

Rehearsals begin Sunday, Jan. 15, with production dates running March 16 through 26.

For information about the auditions, visit stagecoachplayers.com.

Veterans stories sought to be showcased at State Capitol

SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Cherry Valley, is asking constituents to submit photos and stories of their loved ones who served in the military for the display on the first floor of

the State Capitol.

The “Honoring All Who Served” Veterans Day Display is part of a tribute to the men and women who served in the country’s military. The display is scheduled to run Nov. 10 through 28.

Families are asked to submit a photo and a written story with the following information: name, military branch and conflict served. Military photos are preferred but not necessary. Stories must be submitted by Thursday, Nov. 10, to be included in the display. Submissions will be accepted through Monday, Nov. 28.

The display will be updated daily to include new entries. A maximum of 250 words per story will be allowed.

Submissions can be emailed to veteransday@sgop.ilga.gov or mailed to Veterans Day Wall, 108 Statehouse, Springfield, IL 62706.

For information, call 217-782-0956.

DIY fall garland workshop being held Nov. 12 at the DeKalb library DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library will host a DIY fall garland workshop at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, in the library’s lower-level Zimmerman Meeting Room.

The workshop is intended for adults only. Patrons can make their own creative fall garland using autumn leaves, book pages, and other craft materials.

All craft materials will be provided by the library. Because of limited supplies, the workshop is first come, first served.

For information, email graces@dkpl. org, call 815-756-9568, ext. 2110, or email irise@dkpl.org.

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Among the newest Fannie May confectionary products rolled out this year are Pumpkin Pie Spice Pixie and Rocky Road Chocolatier’s Mix. Fossali said people commonly speak highly of Fannie May and its products.

“They love the quality. They love their favorites,” he said. “They love that they can come to the store and create their own one-pound or two-pound box.

They can get what they want when they want it. It could be for somebody’s birthday, anniversary, special event. We’ve

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This is a really big time for us this time of year because this is when people remember the family part of Fannie May and taking it home and sharing it with their loved ones.”

Fossali said the key to the brand’s continued ability to standout from the competition is its commitment to providing quality products and personalized experiences. The company makes its confections from original recipes, he said.

“The confections that we make are many of them the original recipes still made from handcrafting in our plant,” he said. “The quality that we’ve got, the people that we have in our stores that create the type of experience for our customers that want to have an elevated gifting or personal experience with Fannie May confections, many of them – especially people that have grown in the Chicagoland area and northern Illinois – have known Fannie May since they were little kids.”

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$1.4M in federal COVID-19 relief funds earmarked Project plans so far

By CAMDEN LAZENBY

clazenby@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – The DeKalb County Board recently approved a plan to distribute $1.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act federal funds to the county’s 14 municipalities for infrastructure improvement projects.

Each municipality will still have to apply for its $100,000 share, according to county documents, though eight have already submitted applications.

The funds will go toward reimbursing or helping pay for existing infrastructure projects throughout the county such as for completed water, sewer and broadband work. The efforts are part of the county’s Water, Sewer and Broadband Infrastructure ARPA Transfer Program, which allows the county government to request federal funding and then authorize dispersement throughout local municipalities.

“We talked to each community and they’re in various stages,” DeKalb County Administrator Brian Gregory said of the projects. “Some are at the point of preparing to use the funds and others are still putting together their project. And in one case it’s, I believe it’s a larger project, and so we’re not ready to move forward [with the

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An aerial drone image of the DeKalb Sanitary District water treatment facility at 303 Hollister Ave. in DeKalb is seen May 13, 2021. municipal project] quite yet.”

Each DeKalb County municipality needs to submit an American Rescue Plan Act Transferee Program application to receive the funding. As of Oct. 12, eight communities had already submitted an application, county officials said. The costs of the projects that will use the funds from the program must be incurred by Dec. 31, 2024, and then

all work on those projects must be completed by Dec. 31, 2026.

The County Board, when it approved the transferee program, wanted to make sure the county government was sharing its ARPA funding with other municipal governments, Gregory said.

Gregory said the idea was for the federal dollars to serve as many DeKalb County residents as possible.

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According to county documents, Cortland plans to use the funds for wastewater treatment plant improvements that will help remove phosphorus and ensure Illinois Environmental Protection Agency regulations are met.

To do that, new aerators will facilitate a chemical feed to precipitate the phosphorous out of suspension in the water. The county’s American Rescue Plan Act Transferee Program will finance the majority of the project.

The city of DeKalb’s application indicates it plans to utilize the funds as part of its Lead Service Replacement Assistance Program – a program that aims to incentivize DeKalb homeowners to remove residential lead services.

The City has replaced 40 lead service lines totaling over $350,000, according to DeKalb County documents.

The village of Hinckley requested to put the funds toward the replacement of two lift stations in the municipal sewer system, according to county documents. Work on the replacement of the lift stations is expected to begin this year and be completed in late 2024.

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Elks clubs to serve veterans complimentary meals Nov. 11

DeKALB – The DeKalb and Sycamore Elks Clubs will host a drive-thru dinner on Friday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. Local veterans can receive a complimentary meal by calling to reserve one in advance.

Proceeds from the event will pay for the veterans’ meals.

The drive-thru will run from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at Lincoln Inn at Faranda’s, 302 Grove St. Dinners cost $17 and include roast pork, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy and sweet corn.

For information or to reserve a meal, call 815-756-2345.

DeKalb Library to host a Holocaust program Nov. 12

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., will host a program about the Holocaust at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, in the library’s lower-level Yusunas Meeting Room.

The program is intended for mature teens and adults.

Participants can learn about the Holocaust through the choices and consequences of three German youths: Anne Frank, Alfons Heck and Simone Arnold.

Gaye Flowers, a docent from the Illinois Holocaust Museum, will lead the program, discussing the lives of these youths and how their decisions impacted others during that time.

For information, email brittak@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 2100.

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Continued from page 12 the village of Kirkland seeks to use the funds to update water and sewer valves, as well as a manholes prior to the repaving of Illinois Route 72. The transferee program will cover the majority of the project’s expenses.

The village of Malta is, according to county documents, utilizing the funds to connect to the Kishwaukee Water Reclamation District for the treatment of wastewater. The funds will be used to offset a portion of Malta’s share of the project.

The city of Sandwich used its transferee program application to request funds for a master water works system plan. According to county documents, the master plan includes a sustainable water service assessment, a water system evaluation, distribution system modeling, water system cast estimates, lead service line replacement

DeKalb Mental Health Board sets movie screening Nov. 15

DeKALB – The DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board and iNDIEFLIX Group Inc. will host a documentary screening to help open up a mental dialogue between local families, community leaders, and experts.

The documentary, “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety,” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb, according to a news release.

The documentary focuses on the difference between “being anxious” and having an anxiety disorder and aspects of society’s most common mental health challenges. A panel discussion will be held following the screening.

The documentary features: • Interviews with kids and teens to discuss their anxiety, its impacts on their lives and relationships, and how they’ve found solutions and hope.

• Expert perspectives from institutions such as Stanford University and Child Mind Institute to discuss the causes of anxiety and its sociological effects and resources to help.

• Tips, tricks and strategies to help reset thinking patterns, push back against anxiety, and support others.

• An interview with mental health advocate and Olympic athlete Michael Phelps. iNDIEFLIX Group Inc. is a global education and streaming service that promotes and supports social impact films to create positive change in the world.

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and a water rate study.

According to county documents, the village of Somonauk requested funds for a new sanitary pump lift station and a force main extension to the existing wastewater treatment plant.

The project will require up to $2 million in funding, $100,000 of which is expected to be financed through the American Rescue Act Transferee Program.

The city of Sycamore, according to county documents, requested its transferee program funds to be spent toward a $2.6 million water main replacement project along Route 64.

Gregory said those eight municipalities “have already applied [for the program] or completed a project.”

The villages of Lee, Kingston, Maple Park, Shabbona and Waterman, and the city of Genoa have yet to submit a transferee program application.

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Funeral service holiday memorials continue tradition born out of pandemic

BY CAMDEN LAZENBY

clazenby@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Keeping with a tradition born out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Olson Funeral and Cremation Services will hold its third annual Luminaria walk Nov. 27 at Olson Quiram Chapel in Sycamore.

The candle-lighting ceremony is held in late November as a way to help grieving families prepare for the holidays and “keep the good memories alive,” said Clay Kloster, a director at Olson Funeral and Cremation Services.

“It’s a very family oriented time getting into the holidays, and when you lose a loved one, you know, it’s hard to see that empty chair sitting there,” Kloster said.

The Luminaria walk at Olson Quiram Chapel in Sycamore will take place from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Nov. 27. A similar display at the Nicholas Conservatory in Rockford will be held Nov. 25.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered the world in early 2020, Olson Funeral and Cremation Services would hold an inside candlelight service for families who’d held a funeral through

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The candle-lighting ceremony is held as a way to help grieving families prepare for the holidays and “keep the good memories alive,” said Clay Kloster, a director at Olson Funeral and Cremation Services. the company during the preceding year.

“Obviously during the pandemic we couldn’t handle a hundred some people in the building so we decided to go with this and we had a really good turnout during those years so we decided to keep it going,” Kloster said.

The public is invited to drive by the chapel to see the illuminated lanterns.

The event, however, is meant to give the families of the deceased specifically an opportunity to mourn with others in the

community who’ve also lost loved ones over the past year.

The names and pictures of all the people who had services with Olson Funeral and Cremation Services over the past year will be printed on paper bags and placed along the Somonauk Street sidewalk. Families will be able to visit the chapel to pick up their loved one’s luminaria after the event.

Luminarias, sometimes called farolito, are traditionally used as Christmas decorations and are often seen in New Mexico. Olson Funeral and Cremation Services have taken that custom and spun it into a new tradition.

“It’s something to keep them in mind and thought and spirit as you’re getting ready for the holiday season,” Kloster said.

Olson Funeral and Cremation Services held indoor remembrance services before the pandemic. After pivoting to the outdoor format in 2020, the funeral company received positive feedback from families and opted to keep the format moving forward.

“Most families that have come have been very appreciative of this,” Kloster said.

BRIEFS Kishwaukee Family YMCA announces art contest

DeKALB – The Kishwaukee Family YMCA will host its first art contest for DeKalb County children.

The deadline for entries is Tuesday, Nov. 15. They can be submitted to the Kishwaukee Family YMCA, 2500 Bethany Road, Sycamore, according to a news release.

The art contest is open to children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Artwork submissions should be two-dimensional paintings, photos, drawings, digital art or other art pieces. The artwork must be no smaller than 8 by 10 inches and no larger than 16 by 20 inches.

The YMCA will select three winners from each grade level. The winning artwork will be on display at the YMCA for one year. The winners also will receive a free threemonth family membership at the YMCA. A gala honoring the winners will be held at the YMCA on Friday, Jan. 13.

For information, email mmarion@kishymca.org.

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Finance workshops planned Nov. 15 at the DeKalb library DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., will host two behavioral finance workshop sessions at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the library’s Bilder Family Meeting Room.

The workshops are intended for adults.

Participants can learn about the factors that make up four of the most common behavioral biases and the ways those biases can creep into their financial plans. Participants also will learn about the different ways that they can protect themselves from their biases’ negative effects.

No registration is required to attend.

For information, email brittak@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 2100.

Resource Bank awards $10,000 to Kick-Off for Kash winner DeKALB – Resource Bank presented a $10,000 check to Colleen Fitzpatrick during a recent DeKalb High School football game.

Fitzpatrick won Resource Bank’s KickOff for Kash contest during the last game of DeKalb’s 2021 football season.

The program is offered at DeKalb, Sycamore, Genoa-Kingston, Hiawatha and Hampshire high schools.

For information, call 815-756-6321.

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DeKalb’s Toriano Tate returned the second-half opening kickoff for a touchdown.

Resource Bank has sponsored the Kick-Off For Kash program since 2007 as a way to support local high school programs. Each school offers tickets for sale

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DeKALB – The Epilepsy Support Group will host its next meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., in the library’s Story and Activity Room.

The meeting is open to people with epilepsy or other seizure disorders and their caregivers, family and siblings.

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Densberger has become a bit of a celebrity at Clinton Rosette Middle School. It is there that students call him “Officer Cheese.”

“They come to me for fun stuff,” Densberger said. “They come to me when they have questions. They come to me when they have problems. I’m approachable. The door’s open.”

Densberger said the secret to connecting with students is simple. “[It’s] not being too serious,” Densberger said. “There’s a time and a place.”

At DeKalb High School, School Resource Officer Josef Gordon said he is known to greet students when they enter the building at the start of the day.

Gordon said his favorite part of the job is easy to pinpoint.

“Being here and getting to see kids be kids,” Gordon said. “You know, thinking back to those times when you were a teenager and how do you see adults in our lives and being able to have that impact from this side of it.”

Gordon said he’s faced his share of challenges in his first few months on the job as a school resource officer. But he said he’s managed to overcome them.

“I don’t think there is any challenges that have come about that are any different than being on the street,” Gordon said. “A lot of remediating. Sometimes kids are emotional. … They get angry. So, there’s a lot of remediating is what we do. We try to help between the school handling it on their end and us just being there to remediate the situation.”

By MEGANN HORSTEAD

mhorstead@shawmedia.com DeKALB – School resource officers in DeKalb School District 428 say that while a typical workday may vary, their job isn’t just about keeping students and staff safe.

School Resource Officer Tony Densberger, who works with sixth, seventh and eighth grade students, said interacting with students is another big part of the job.

“I spend the lunch periods out there with the staff because that’s when I wander around to see my kids,” Densberger said. “I like to talk to the kids who are kind of alone. … There are some kids with … behavioral issues sometimes, so I check on them regularly. [I’m] just available in case staff needs me.”

District 428 officials began drafting a plan earlier this spring to enlist two new school resource officers. The efforts, district officials said, were meant to bolster safety of students and staff and address a rise in behavioral issues reported in school buildings.

Densberger and Officer Chris Sullivan were hired in August after the DeKalb City Council in June approved a contract with the school district to add two more resource officers hired through the DeKalb Police Department.

Densberger said a large part of his job includes being visible for the district community.

“I walk the building,” Densberger said. “I know my primary role, like I’m security for the schools. It’s a safe environment number one, so that’s always.

I’ve got my patrol radio, so I can hear what’s going on around the whole area, but a typical day I’m visible in schools and available for the kids.”

Last school year, District 428 parents and community members raised con-

Megann Horstead – mhorstead@shawmedia.com

School Resource Officer Tony Densberger (left) is seen Oct. 20 with Keniyah Stevenson and Briana Elion (right) at Clinton Rosette Middle School in DeKalb.

“They come to me when they have questions. They come to me when they have problems. I’m approachable. The door’s open.”

Tony Densberger school resource officer cerns about school safety and lobbying for the school board to take action.

The two new hires make five fulltime school resource officers split between District 428 buildings.

The school district previously had one resource officer stationed at DeKalb High School, one split between its two middle schools and a third split between its eight elementary schools. The school district has an intergovernmental agreement with the DeKalb Police Department to share costs of their salaries and benefits at a rate of 75% of their

contract, according to the documents.

Tammy Carson, the district’s facilities operations and safety director, said that bolstering support for the district’s school resource officer program was paramount for student and staff safety.

She said the hires will help the district be proactive in its efforts to support student success.

“Our school resource officers are very important in that effort and in their work to create and build relationships with students from grade school through high school,” Carson said in a

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