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Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Chauncey Watson watches as area firefighters attempt to extinguish the flames which destroyed his family's home in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010. The Watson home was over 150 years old and had housed six generations of the family.
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Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com

Chauncey Watson watches as area firefighters attempt to extinguish the flames which destroyed his family's home in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010. The Watson home was over 150 years old and had housed six generations of the family.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Volunteers including James Bork (from front to back), Brian Hale and Tyler Bork, 15, all of Sycamore, help dig holes for the planting of native trees and shrubs at the Afton Forest Preserve in DeKalb, Ill. on Saturday April 17, 2010.
  • Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Karen Watson talks with firefighters as her family's home is destroyed by fire in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010.
  • Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Chauncey Watson (second from right) is comforted by his sister-in-law Becky Bend as his home is destroyed by fire in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010.
  • Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Burnt hair and skin is seen on Chauncey Watson's face after his home exploded in flames, blowing him several feet in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010.
  • Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Chauncey Watson a friend's glasses to view his home as it destroyed by fire in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010. Watson's glasses were lose when he was blown several feet after his home exploded.
  • Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> The son of the household, Chauncey Watson waits with family members as area firefighters battle the blaze which destroyed his home in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010. "Just amazing how fast my home could get destroyed," Watson said. As of Friday evening, one of Chauncey's dogs, Fluffy, could not be located.
  • Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Tim McPartland looks on at the Watson home burns in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010.
  • Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> From left, Kevin Kullman, John Seraphine, Chauncey Watson, Tom ward and Courtney Modaff watch as the Watson home is destroyed by fire in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010. "[The Watsons] are the greatest people," family friend Kullman said. "They'll give you the shirt off their back."
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> During a simulation, Clayton Peterson (back) looks at the wreckage of a two vehicle collision as Erica Arends lays on the hood of one of the vehicles at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona, Ill. on Friday April 30, 2010.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> During an accident simulation at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona, Ill. on Friday April 30, 2010, junior David Drendel is helped by Shabbona firefighters after being removed from a vehicle.
  • Beck Diefenbach - bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Chauncey Watson watches as area firefighters attempt to extinguish the flames which destroyed his family's home in rural DeKalb, Ill., on Friday April 30, 2010. The Watson home was over 150 years old and had housed six generations of the family.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Junior Clayton Peterson pretends to be drunk for a sobriety test during a simulated accident at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona, Ill. on Friday April 30, 2010.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Allison Kidd-Probst, of Shabbona, is carried away from the scene of a simulated accident by Waterman firefighters at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona, Ill. on Friday April 30, 2010.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> The organ at St. John's Lutheran Church in Creston, Ill. on Wednesday April 28, 2010.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> The organ at St. John's Lutheran Church in Creston, Ill. on Wednesday April 28, 2010.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> The organ at St. John's Lutheran Church in Creston, Ill. on Wednesday April 28, 2010.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> The organ at St. John's Lutheran Church in Creston, Ill. on Wednesday April 28, 2010.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> The organ at St. John's Lutheran Church in Creston, Ill. on Wednesday April 28, 2010.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Michelle Christensen (from left to right), Al Brinkman, and Amanda Christensen, all of DeKalb, hold up a red blanket against child abuse during the Hands Around the Courthouse event on Thursday April 29, 2010. This annual event at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore, Ill. hopes to bring awareness to child abuse.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@rwinner@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Pinwheels were placed around the flower garden in front of the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore, Ill. for Hands Around the Courthouse on Thursday April 29, 2010. The pinwheels stood for turning change.
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