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WEEK IN REVIEW Library expansion debt debated in DeKalb

By KELSEY RETTKE

krettke@shawmedia.com DeKALB – As DeKalb municipal leaders look to set how much homeowners will have to pay on their 2021 property tax bills next year, some aldermen are questioning who’s responsible for debt attached to the DeKalb Public Library’s 2013 expansion.

In response, library officials said the debt repayment plan was established years ago and follows a precedent set in 2013: That the city of DeKalb earmark $495,000 annually to pay off a 20-year loan.

The debt was taken out by the former City Council in 2013 to help pay for the $25.3 million library expansion.

“At the time, the council thought it was important to help with the construction of the [library] addition,” said City Manager Bill Nicklas, who was not with the city of DeKalb in 2013. “We’re obligated to pay

that. Practically speaking ... the city has more sources of general revenue [than the library].”

The topic came up during a recent DeKalb City Council meeting, when council members discussed plans for the city’s 2022 tax levy. The levy is how the city collects revenue when DeKalb homeowners pay their 2021 property tax bills. The city budget was scheduled to be discussed again Nov. 15 during a joint City Council meeting with the city’s Finance Advisory Committee at the DeKalb Public Library.

City officials said the numbers offer a stark contrast between city government and public library. The city plans to levy an amount that will save DeKalb homeowners about $65 on the city portion of a 2021 property tax bill. The library’s amount could see a homeowner increase of between $3 to $4.

Emily Faulkner, executive director of the DeKalb Public Library since 2017, said

she understands the proposed library levy numbers “can look shocking.” However, the rate the library plans to levy for hasn’t changed since last year. She said the library board held four public meetings on the topic in recent months.

According to library documents, the library plans to collect $2,700,708 in property tax revenue for 2022, at a rate of 0.38%. That’s an increase of 14.13% in dollars collected over last year, although the rate is the same.

Since the pool of property tax revenue for local governments to collect from is larger, if entities such as the library keep rates the same, more money can be collected.

That does come at the expense of the taxpayer, Faulkner said, about $4 more for the average DeKalb homeowner on their library portion of their bill.

“The main thing to keep in mind is the library is keeping the same rate,” Faulkner said.

District 428 working to address bus driver shortages

By SHANE TAYLOR

Staylor@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb School District 428 still is looking for a solution from bus provider First Student on how to get students to school on a consistent basis.

“It has been very difficult for all the families,” said Cynthia Carpenter, district director of business at the Nov. 16 school board meeting. “Things are looking better, but we are still looking at some creative ways to get our kids to school.”

The conversation came after the DeKalb school board earlier this month approved a plan to reimburse families

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some money from needing to drive their children to school in lieu of buses. The reimbursement plan will be based on mileage and number of children in each family. Details for the plan were still being finalized as of last board meeting, officials said.

“We are optimistic, but we still have a long way to go,” said Ladel Cass, area general manager of First Student.

Cass has been working with Carpenter and others in the district to bring some consistency for all of their schools but is struggling to lock down a solution that will bring relief, she said.

The lack of bus drivers has been an ongoing issue nationwide since the start

of the school year, forcing Illinois schools to reconfigure bus routes, rely on parent or guardian transportation and get creative to fill the need. In district documents, officials said that “due to bus driver staffing shortages” at the district’s bus driver provider, First Student, “some buses have been canceled.”

School board members discussed the issue Nov. 16 and directed staff to continue to brainstorm ways to address the ongoing problem.

“We are writing checks and our kids are not getting to school,” board member Jeromy Olson said. “Come back with some more options and things you all can do to get our kids to school.”

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Tickets available for DHS Madrigals THE MIDWEEK The DeKalb High School music department’s annual Madrigal dinners will be Dec. 10 and 11 at Northern Illinois University’s Altgeld Hall.

Seating will start at 6 p.m. and the processional begins at 6:30 p.m.

A Madrigal dinner is an American form of dinner theater often performed

by schools, universities and church groups during the holiday season. It is set in the Middle Ages or Renaissance Period, and generally is comedic in nature. The meal is divided into courses, each of which is heralded with a traditional song. A play is performed between the courses, and a concert of choral music concludes the festivities.

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NIU Percussion Holiday Concert, 7 p.m.

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Piano Trios of Shostakovich and Brahms, 7 p.m.

23rd Annual Holiday Choral Concert, 3 p.m.

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dents, and $15 for children age 10 and younger. The meal will be provided by NIU Catering. Reservations must be made by Dec. 1.

Vegetarian and children’s meals are available upon request.

Contact Angel Smith at the DHS music department at 815-754-2120 or angelsmith@d428.org to inquire about the menu and to make reservations.

DeKALB – DeKalb resident Gary Mullis will hold his 52nd annual Country Music Show on Dec. 5 to benefit Toys for Tots.

Admission for the concert, set for 1:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 5 at Taylor Street High Rise, 507 E. Taylor St. in DeKalb, is a new toy. Toys will be collected and donated to children for the holidays through the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army, according to a news release.

Masks are required for participants.

Those who wish to attend should park on the north side of Taylor Street and enter through the second glass door on the west side of the building.

Those interested in performing are also welcome, either bands or singers. Performers will showcases country, bluegrass, gospel and Christmas music.

For information, call Gary Mullis at 815-762-5589.

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The DeKalb High School Madrigals dinner will be held Dec. 10-11, 2021, at Northern Illinois University’s Altgeld Hall.

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ON THE RECORD ... with Brendan Wilson Who would you like to see go on the record? Let us know at readit@midweeknews.com SYCAMORE – While serving in the U.S. Army in Baghdad, Brendan Wilson was awakened one night as he slept in a reinforced bunker by a loud alarm and a warning about incoming fire. He heard two thumps and then silence.

His experience is the basis for the opening scene of his first novel, “The Achilles Battle Fleet.” The first part of the trilogy, “Book One: Mei-Ling Lee,” was published earlier this year. The book is independently published by Literate Ape Press and can be purchased online via Amazon.

Following 25 years of military service as a U.S. Army ranger and paratrooper, Wilson retired as a lieutenant colonel and then joined NATO where he served as a defense planner and diplomat for the next 15 years. During the course of his 40 years of work as a soldier and diplomat, he served in war-torn Libya, Ukraine, Kosovo, Bosnia and Iraq. A former coach and team captain for a military martial arts competition team, he holds master ranking (8th Dan) in three martial arts, and won the silver medal in the 2009 U.S. Open for Taekwondo.

In retirement, Wilson turned his efforts to filmmaking. He wrote and

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From Prison” starring SNL’s Chris Redd. Moved by seeing human lives upended in war-torn areas, Wilson is earning his law degree and, once qualified as an attorney, plans to volunteer to help refugees. He is the father of two adult children.

Wilson spoke to MidWeek reporter

Katrina Milton about his newly published book.

Milton: What the novel is about?

Wilson: It’s a science fiction novel. The storyline is about a ragtag group of starships caught in a convoy in a contested area and it’s ambushed. The command group is killed, many of the vessels are destroyed and an old admiral, Jay Chambers, is the senior officer and takes charge of the surviving. The enemy is unknown, and they have a vastly superior technology. There is also a young commander, Mei-Ling Lee, who is a naval academy martial artist, and throughout the book, [the characters] go through a series of conflicts with the enemy. At the same time, there is a thematic element of sci-fi, a speculative interpretation of quantum field theory to describe what the enemy is doing.

Milton: Is the book completely fictional?

Wilson: Although it’s fiction, the story is really about the people and the stress they’re under, which forces them to work together. I had sort of an image of the initial battle in my brain, and I drew upon some of my experience in the military. I began writing the book when I was working as a defense planner. I had late hours, lots of travel and wrote it when I could.

The story was in my brain, I just had to write it down. Once I started writing, the characters took off from there.

I don’t usually consider myself a sci-fi enthusiast. I think most people are surprised when they learn that I wrote a book in that genre.

Milton: Would you describe the book as a typical science fiction novel?

Wilson: It’s more than a sci-fi story.

It’s an adventure story about people and what happens to them when they’re forced to work together and make difficult decisions with no perfect solution that doesn’t have risk or potential for adverse circumstances. They have to make those decisions and work together, and over time, it changes their personality. They ask themselves, “Is this the person that I want to be, the person I was meant to be?”

Milton: Who is the character the first book is named after?

Wilson: Mei-Ling Lee is the captain of the martial arts team at the Naval Academy. I worked the idea that life is a struggle, it’s not meant to go your way, into her character. I added a little of my own martial arts and military background into her character. Later

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in the story, she’s given the chance to teach and train the fleet’s Marine commandos. I did something similar to that when I was in the military, in NATO in Belgium.

Milton: Have you studied martial arts?

Wilson: I studied martial arts for many years. At 16, I was cut from the varsity baseball team, and I joined martial arts. That was about 47 years ago, and martial arts has been near and dear to my heart ever since. I was an assistant professor of military science and military history at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I included some of my martial arts knowledge, as well as military history in the novel. History buffs will recognize some of the thematic aspects in the story from the history of Alexander the Great, Admiral Lord Nelson and the Peloponnesian War. The attack at the beginning of the book takes place on the 600th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Milton: Are you originally from the DeKalb area?

Wilson: I was born in Virginia, moved all over the place, went to high school and college in Virginia, and then moved all over the place. I was an Army brat, so I moved a lot when I was a child.

After I finished college, went into the Army for 25 years. I was a paratrooper,

army ranger, artillery officer, public affairs officer, strategic planner at NATO headquarters and a military officer for seven years. I retired in 2004 and took a job as a defense planner and did that for 15 years. In 2018, I was diagnosed with PTSD because I had been to Iraq 12 times. I was sent back to the U.S. for treatment. I originally traveled to Tallahassee, Florida. I called my daughter and she told me to come to Illinois, because there are plenty of facilities here. I did that, and she moved from Lisle to the Chicago area, so I started looking for a smaller town and hit upon Sycamore, sort of by accident. I volunteered to be an evaluator at [Northern Illinois University] for the regional history center, and the person I was matched with was a woman I had dated in high school in Virginia. It’s a really small world. We reconnected and have since married.

Milton: What are your plans for the future?

Wilson: Well, the book is a series, a trilogy, and I’m planning on writing two other books in the series. When I returned in 2018, I had two goals: I wanted to finish the novel and I wanted to finish law school. I picked up studying law again, and I’m now in my fourth and final year of law school.

I’m supposed to finish law school in May, and I will write the second novel after that. I hope to use my law degree to help people in need, especially refugees. I really want to help people in need once I’m qualified to do that.

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THANKFUL THIS THANKSGIVING

Residents grateful for life, friends, family and new opportunities

By KATRINA J.E. MILTON kmilton@shawmedia.com

Members of the community have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving – here are a few of their stories.

Nick Thielk: Thankful for Life Without receiving a heart transplant through Northwestern Medicine, 30-year-old Nick Thielk of DeKalb would probably not be alive this Thanksgiving.

Thielk was first diagnosed with heart failure due to a genetic condition in July 2015, when he was 23.

For the past eight years, he lived an almost normal life: He worked as a hotel services coordinator at ALE Solutions in St. Charles, married his wife, Katie, bought a house, and spent time with his two dogs, Maggie and Nala. In 2016, he had a pacemaker put in and had a cardiac ablation to help with rhythm issues in 2018.

In April, Thielk began suffering what he thought was a stomach or gastrointestinal issue. He was often short of breath and had lower stomach pain.

At the end of June, his doctors at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital told him he would need a heart transplant. In July, he was placed on a transplant list, and on Aug. 6, he was notified a heart had been found.

Thielk’s heart transplant surgery took nine hours on Aug. 6.

“They removed my old heart completely, sent it to pathology, put the donor’s heart in, and connected the arteries,” Thielk said. “I woke up after the surgery with a breathing tube down my throat.

The tube came out three hours post surgery. I couldn’t talk or open my eyes at first. I just remember being thirsty and I requested orange juice.”

Since the surgery, Thielk attends cardio therapy at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital. He said after the surgery and therapy, he has “learned what it’s like to feel normal.”

“I felt so bad for so long, I didn’t know how sluggish and without energy I was,” he said. “I feel like I’m 16 years old again. It feels like I turned back the clock. Every day I feel great. It’s like I have a whole new body, even though I’m still recovering. Every day is just wonderful.”

In addition to his new heart, Thielk said he also has a new outlook on life.

“Anything bad that happens is a small thing now,” he said. “If an appliance breaks or I stub my toe, it’s not a big deal. Everything now has a different perspective, and it’s a great perspective to have.”

Thielk said he is looking forward to the future and spending time with his wife, dogs, family and friends.

He’s excited about golfing, exercising more, playing basketball and riding his bicycle in the spring.

“I want to do the simple things,” he said.

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Nick Thielk, 30, works out on a treadmill Friday, Nov. 19, in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Gym at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb. Thielk received a heart transplant in August.

Betty Dombroski is thankful to have moved this year into Barb City Manor in DeKalb, where she has made new friends and enjoys activities and programs.

“There’s nothing really crazy that I want to do. … It just feels like a dark cloud has been lifted. Everything is a positive experience. Due to COVID, it’s probably just going to be a scaled-down Thanksgiving with just immediate family, but it’s going to be a really special holiday season this year.”

Thielk said that this year he is most grateful for the gift of life.

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have the heart, or I’d be close to dying, waiting in the hospital for one,” he said. “We were hoping to be home by Thanksgiving with a new heart if we were lucky.

Now I’m home and healthy. I wouldn’t be here without my medical team at Northwestern Medicine or the heart donation. … If you have your health, you have everything. Don’t take it for granted. Every single day I’m grateful.”

to stores or doctor appointments.”

One big difference Dombroski noticed is that at Barb City Manor, she’s never alone.

“I’ve met so many people and am making friends,” she said. “I’m happy I’m not alone. It’s nice having people I can talk to. I don’t even have to venture out of the building, everyone and everything is here.”

Dombroski’s family visits her, bringing snacks and gifts. In total, she has six children, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She has sisters that live overseas in her native England.

“I have my own room, with my own furniture, and I like having company,” she said. “It’s just like being at home, but it’s also almost like a vacation.

We even have people that stop in to do our hair and nails.”

Dombroski said that she is happy to have moved into Barb City Manor.

“I have everything to be grateful for,” she said.

“I’m very thankful.”

Betty Dombroski: Thankful for Friends Earlier this year, 86-year-old Betty Dombroski fell and fractured her hip. She moved in with her daughter, but her daughter worked all day, and Dombroski was left home alone.

“I was sitting in my room, feeling sorry for myself, and I was home by myself often,” she said.

In August, Dombroski moved to Barb City Manor in DeKalb, where she has kept busy with activities, movie nights, bingo and chatting with new friends over coffee.

“I love it here,” she said. “There’s always something going on and something to do. There are three meals a day and a menu to choose from. I never have to do laundry. There’s a van that can take you

Tynisha Clegg: Thankful for Family Tynisha Clegg, executive director Family Service Agency of DeKalb County, usually spends her day helping others in the community.

FSA’s mission statement is that it “exists to strengthen people and communities through hope, healing, empowerment and engagement.” The multi-service organization offers programming for young children to older adults.

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“Our overall vision is to meet the needs of individuals and their families within DeKalb County with a particular focus on those who are most vulnerable and under-sourced,” Clegg said.

“We want to help people change their lives and help them through that.”

This holiday season, the mission of Clegg’s job has hit a little closer to home: Clegg and her husband, Cary, are going through the process of

adopting two foster siblings in their care. Together, the couple also has three biological children, ages 15, 17 and 22, and they live in Byron.

“I personally never thought about adoption before, but then we helped foster a family member for approximately 18 months,” she said. “It definitely gave additional experience with the system.”

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At the time, the family thought it would be a temporary situation.

“It was definitely a change to have babies in the house again,” she said.

“We took them in and now, here we are, starting the adoption process with them. It’s been two and a half years we’ve been blessed to have them in our family. They have really made our home cheerful. We have little giggles and laughs in the house again.”

The family hopes to make the adoption official within the coming months.

“We’re looking forward to adopting them and officially making them a part of our family,” Clegg said.

The family plans on having three upcoming celebrations with their extended family: a large Thanksgiving meal with two turkeys, a festive Christmas gathering and a party once the adoptions have been finalized.

“We’ll have our whole family over, with kids playing and everyone eating and getting together,” Clegg said. “A lot of amazing, exciting things going on in our family, and we’re looking forward to celebrating all of those things.”

In addition to expanding the family, Clegg is looking forward to her daughter’s high school graduation and her son learning to drive.

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“With two young children in the house, we’re not starting over, we’re continuing on,” she said. “We’re able to give two children the life they deserve and create a different future for them.”

Daveyon Bradley: Thankful for New Opportunities When asked what he’s most thankful for this year, Daveyon Bradley of DeKalb said it was the opportunity to watch his son, Daveyon Bradley Jr., play football.

“It’s my son’s first year in high school, and he plays football and basketball,” he said. “It’s amazing to see his commitment to sports, and I love to see him play, to prosper with sports.”

Growing up, Bradley said his father never attended his sporting events. He was 27 when his dad first saw him play.

“It’s just cool to be there and fill the gap that my dad didn’t,” he said.

“I’m able to give [my son] lessons my dad wasn’t able to give me. It’s been a tough year, and even through the hard moments, I’ve been able to be there for him and mentor him through that.”

On a scale from one to 10, Bradley says that family is a 12.

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“I want to make time for my family collectively and independently,” he said. “I want them to know individually that I care about them.”

The family also plans three vacations a year: together as a family, a couples vacation and individually. In December, they will travel on an extended family trip to Jamaica. Over the next 10 to 20 years, the family’s goal is to visit all 50 U.S. states.

When counting his blessings from this past year, Bradley also included his new job. He was hired in April as Sundog IT’s business developer, working on outside sales.

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At the meeting of the board of directors of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce held last evening, it was voted unanimously to ask all the business houses of the city to close all day tomorrow if practical and in any event to close between the hours of 10 and 11 when the annual Thanksgiving services are being held.

Little Bobbie McCann, son of Mrs. Mabel McCann, while at play yesterday, was struck in the face by a tin can, inflecting a deep gash. The little fellow bled somewhat and it required the services of a surgeon who took a few stitches to close the wound. The little fellow is at play today although making it a point to keep out of the way of tin cans.

John Duff sent a complaint to the police department last night about some schoolboys throwing stones and snowballs at his house and creating a disturbance. The matter was investigated by the police and it is probable that unless the practice ceases, some of the boys will be before Judge V. A. Glidden.

Altering the building next to the News Stand, recently purchased by B. C. Knodle, started in earnest this morning when carpenters and structural iron workers went to work. The new front for the building is on the scene, and the first task of the men was to erect an enclosure for the front of the building to eliminate all possibility of accidents. Work is going on as rapidly in the rear of the building as on the Lincoln Highway side and Mr. Knodle hopes to be able to announce the opening of his new store the first of the year or a few days later.

Edward Conlin, according to a report on the police book today, lost his overcoat while attending the dance party at the Odd Fellows hall Saturday night. The police department was given an accurate description of the coat and efforts will be made to locate it. Conlin is of the opinion that the coat was stolen, as no other garment was left in its place.

Alonzo Maginnis, formerly of Sandwich, now living with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McGinnis at Rochelle, was the subject of much favorable comment in the papers of the Ogle County city this week. Maginnis has been a wireless bug for many years, and at an outlay of considerable expense, has fitted up a first class radio station which allows him to hear other operators from all over the United States. The Rochelle papers devote nearly a column to the former DeKalb County lad.

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With all that has been done of late and what is now being done in the building of housing facilities, some have wondered whether DeKalb might be overbuilding.

This question has been asked of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce quite often of late and a survey of the housing needs reveals that there is no danger of overbuilding DeKalb.

The community of Clare extended sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Anderson whose household goods,

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President McKinley at the Northwestern train station, DeKalb, circa 1896.

clothing and canned fruit were destroyed in the fire.

Mrs. Anderson is a teacher in the district school and was dismissed for two days while Mrs. Anderson could assist in searching for clothing and new living quarters.

When the car of Wilbur Althauf, resident of Paw Paw, backfired while repair work was being done, a fire was started in the repair department of the Floyd Nevins Service station here that destroyed the car and building.

The accident happened this morning. The repair work on the Althauf car has been practically completed and mechanics were running the motor in its final tests when the backfire and resulting blaze occurred. Efforts to halt the flames were without success and the fire departments of Paw Paw, Compton, West Brooklyn and Mendota were summoned to protect other buildings.

The Community of Somonauk is to have a special election on whether to approve a bond issue for the blacktopping of the road from Somonauk to the U.P. church and also the road from the village edge to the George Raspiller farm, a total of about eight miles.

Dr. J. C. Ellis reported to the police yesterday that 10 one-quarter grains of morphine had been stolen from his auto and that he thought the theft had been committed on Monday of this week. He is the third DeKalb physician to have reported the theft of narcotics from medical kits left in their autos. Dr. E. W.Telford and Dr. Paul Carney had narcotics stolen from their cars Monday morning while the autos were parked in front of the St. Mary’s Hospital. Two medical bags were stolen from the Telford auto, the thief throwing the bags away alongside a highway. The bags were picked up by a farmer and Dr. Telford recovered them later in the day.

1971 – 50 YEARS AGO

That first Thanksgiving dinner 350 years ago was little more than a “men only” get together, no Indian squaws and little more for the Pilgrim women than kitchen chores. Indians outnumbered their Pilgrim

hosts by about two-to-one during the three-day “harvest festival” of Thanksgiving.

Mrs. Ada Hallaron of Sycamore is once again getting into the Christmas spirit. As chairman of a one-woman servicemen’s card committee of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 99, Mrs. Hallaron is busy phoning parents of servicemen to get an updated mailing list for her Christmas cards. Each year on Christmas, Easter and Valentine’s Day, Mrs. Hallaron sends cards to all servicemen from Sycamore. She also sends a greeting card to each man as he enters the service.

Hoping to begin converting the former airport property to recreational use, the Sycamore Park Board last night deferred a decision on renewing the lease held by Thomas Sheahan. Sheahan currently uses the property for corn planting and desires to continue to do so. The board did grant a six-month extension on the lease of two former airport buildings as a research facility.

1996 – 25 YEARS AGO

The DeKalb Landmark Commission has given its preliminary approval for a proposed historic district near the university, acting on a petition signed by 37 percent of the area’s property owners. All of the property owners within the boundaries of the proposed “5th Ward North Historic District” will have the opportunity to approve or disapprove of the designation and a public hearing has been scheduled for February.

Tuesday night at Malta High School was surely like no other in the school’s history. A record crowd gathered in the gym for the girls’ basketball game against Genoa-Kingston. Emotions ran high, but not for the usual reasons associated with the opening game of a season. The night belonged to Becky Parker, a pixie-faced, curly-haired basketball enthusiast who always wore a smile, and whose life was cut short by the one thing that ended up being stronger than herself.

– Compiled by Sue Breese

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Garden donates 3,500 pounds of produce to pantry THE MIDWEEK A group of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners in DeKalb County are celebrating the conclusion of their season of harvesting vegetables for the DeKalb Salvation Army food pantry.

To date the Engh Farm Garden (as it is fondly known), located at the DeKalb County History Center on North Main Street in Sycamore, has yielded more than 3,500 pounds of garden produce.

That 1 1/2 tons of vegetables represents a more than three-fold increase over the 900 pounds produced in 2020.

This increased production was due in large part to the Engh Farm Garden receiving funding from a multi-disciplinary special project during 2021. The Growing Together Illinois program, which is affiliated with the multi-state “Growing Together” initiative, is funded through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education and works in partnership with the Illinois Master Gardener and 4-H Youth programs.

The funding provided garden equipment and tools as well as tomato cages, rolls of mulch matting, mushroom compost, seed-starting materials, plants and much more that contributed to the garden’s success. Blain’s Farm

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DeKalb Master Gardener Richard Dreier prepares to deliver an average weekly harvest to the DeKalb Salvation Army food pantry. and Fleet donated unsold seeds from the previous gardening season. The City of Sycamore provided water that was necessary during the drought conditions of the summer.

Tomatoes, summer squash, green beans, kale, zucchini, peppers and raspberries were mainstay items during 2021. Some of the produce

grown at the site included items specifically requested by the DeKalb Salvation Army food pantry. Substantially increased amounts of collards, chard and cucumbers were grown this year as compared to previous years in response to feedback from the food pantry. One of the Master Gardeners’ goals has been to keep the utilization of

produce high, and the amount of discarded produce low, at the pantry site.

An over-arching goal of this garden is to be a self-sustaining source of fresh food that the Salvation Army can distribute during its regular operation of the food pantry for years to come. To obtain this goal, the Master Gardeners need to attract more volunteers to assist with regular gardening tasks and stable funding sources.

Individuals or organizations that might be interested in volunteering with the garden or know of potential funding opportunities are encouraged to contact Connie Handel, Extension program coordinator, at 815-758-8194 or cahandel@illinois.edu for more information.

Individuals who need food can call the DeKalb Salvation Army at 815-7564308 for eligibility guidelines and hours of operation of the food pantry. Those not residing close enough to use this food pantry are encouraged to use the Find Food IL community food map to locate food pantries in your area at go.illinois.edu/FindFoodIL. Information includes links to websites for applying for SNAP benefits, finding a local WIC office, and locating grocery stores in your area that accept SNAP and WIC benefits.

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DeKalb County Presiding Judge Bradley Waller echoed the praise.

“Judge Pedersen has been an Judge Joseph exceptional judge Pedersen and is eminently qualified to assume this new role,” Waller said in a statement.

According to a joint statement, Waller and Palmer said the retirement of Matekaitis “creates a large void, as he has been a dedicated proponent for the judicial system and the people of DeKalb County throughout his long career as a public servant.”

Pedersen was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court at the recommendation of Justice Michael Burke, the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District, which includes DeKalb County, according to the release.

Circuit court judges are elected to a six-year term. Pedersen will run for a full term in 2022, according to the release.

THE MIDWEEK SYCAMORE – A DeKalb County associate judge has been appointed to fill the 23rd judicial court vacancy expected in the new year when Circuit Court Judge Ronald Matekaitis retires.

According to a news release, the appointment of Judge Joseph Pedersen will be effective Jan. 3. Pedersen is serving as an associate judge and will be appointed to the judicial circuit role.

Pedersen has served as an associate judge in DeKalb County since August 2019 and was previously an assistant state’s attorney in DeKalb County. He’s been practicing law since November 1995, and prior to taking the bench served as assistant U.S. attorney in the Rockford office of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern Illinois District.

There, he focused on criminal and civil prosecutions, according to the release.

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Our Savior’s live nativity planned for Dec. 4 Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Sandwich will present a live Nativity at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4.

Everyone is invited to join the journey to Bethlehem’s stable. All of this will take place outdoors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health guidelines will be followed.

More information is available at our-saviors.com or email oursaviorssandwich@gmail.com. The church is at 2465 W. Sandwich Road in Sandwich.

St. Paul’s to host free COVID-19 vaccination clinic DeKALB – DeKalb community members as young as 5 will get another chance to grab a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine during two free clinics hosted by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in DeKalb.

The clinics are being held through a partnership with the Illinois Department of Public Health, according to a news release, and will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 17 at St. Paul’s,

900 Normal Road in DeKalb.

The events are being held as outreach to the community, according to a news release.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be used and is authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for those as young as 5.

People will be able to get first and/or second doses of the vaccine, or a booster shot, during the clinics, according to the release.

“This clinic will hopefully be a resource for our neighbors to get vaccinated and an opportunity to get the booster shots now available,” the Rev. Barbara A.T. Wilson, rector at St. Paul’s, said in the release.

Appointments can be scheduled by calling the church at 815-756-4888.

Walk-ins also are welcome.

Those interested should come to the breezeway door from Normal Road, Door 8.

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The event will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the DeKalb Township Garage, 2323 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb.

Participants will be limited to three boxes or paper bags of documents. Only paper materials will be accepted, staples do not need to be removed. Volunteers will remove items from vehicles.

Used eyeglasses, hearing aids, keys/ key fobs, ink jet cartridges and tabs from aluminum cans will be accepted and donated to the Lions of Illinois Foundation. Cellphones and chargers, tablets and iPads and chargers, prepaid calling cards (domestic and international) will also be accepted for the Cellphones for Soldiers Program. No land-based phones or other electronics will be accepted.

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Turning Back Time raised over $10K for charities THE MIDWEEK SYCAMORE – This year’s Turning Back Time Car Show raised more than $10,000 to benefit local charities, according to a news release.

Car Club President Madeline DeVito described the event as “so much more than a car show.”

“This event has become a community celebration, an opportunity for generations to come together with the purpose of appreciating times past,” she said. “Thank you for letting us show thousands every year how ‘Life Offers More in Sycamore.’ ” The show, held July 25 in downtown Sycamore, included nearly 40 volunteers, quadrupling past volunteer numbers, organizers said.

During the show, thousands of spectators of all ages came to view the nearly 800 cars, trucks and motorcycles. Those cars, trucks and motorcycles spanned the last 100 years, from a 1920 Model T to modern muscle cars, custom street rods, chop tops, low riders, fantasy, hot rods, chrome beauties, pony cars, foreign sports, semi-trucks and dozens of police cars, fire trucks and the Eddie Munster “Munster Coach.”

Kelly Kuhn and Karen DeVito led other volunteers at the registration

uty Police Chief Steve Cook, the Sycamore Police Department and the Sycamore Public Works Department coordinated and directed local planning.

About 100 local and regional businesses helped sponsor the event, including food trucks, organized by Trenton DeVito, according to the release. Ellie Rains of the Midwest Women Riders coordinated the nearly 40 motorcycles present.

Because of the financial success of this year’s car show, the Car Club Board approved the following grants: Chuck Criswell Scholarship; Karyn Peterson Scrub Run; Disabled Veterans Trans; Elder Care Services; Radio Watch; Freezin for Food; TransVac; Sycamore Park District; Safe Passage; YMCA Summer Camp Scholarship; Photo provided Barn on Baseline; Midwest Women Thousands of people gathered in downtown Sycamore Sunday, July 25, to view more than Riders Kinder Bikes; and a new Turn600 cars and about 60 motorcycles during the 21st Fizz Ehrler Memorial Turning Back Time ing Back Time Car Club Scholarship of $2,730.

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155 M.O.L. acres in Kendall County This property includes 145 M.O.L. highly productive tillable acres, consisting principally of Drummer & Elburn soils types mixed with class A & B. currently with no improvements.

The property is located in the Big Grove Township Section 18, Kendall County commonly located at the intersection of Fern Dell Road & County Line Road, Newark IL. 60541. 1150' of Black top road frontage running along the west side of County Line Road with easement to access the east portion of the farm from Fennel Road. Additionally, the property offers two (2) Kendall County buildable permits.

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Terms: 10% of the successful bid price down day of sale with the balance at closing which shall be on or before January 25th 2022. Farm ready for immediate Possession. Closing shall be in the usual manner with Real Estate Tax prorated at closing. Title will be evidenced by a commitment for title Insurance, subject to usual conditions and exceptions which will be furnished by sellers in the amount of the selling price. Successful buyer will be required to enter into a contract for Real Estate Purchase and submit the required down payment upon sellers' acceptance of the finial bid on the day of sale. Sellers have the right to reject or accept any and all bids. A current survey will be furnished by seller prior to closing. For matters related to Title, Contract Agreement or other legal matters contact the attorney here in listed. The property is being sold in “as is” condition and with NO CONTINGENCY. Potential Buyers, should have financial arrangements made prior to the sale day.

ESTATE OF WILLIAM DAVIS, deceased

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