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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Kevin Ballantine's family including his father Dave Ballantine (from left to right), mother Diane DeMers, sister Pooja Ballantine and brother Keerti Ballantine are seen in their DeKalb home on Saturday afternoon. Kevin Ballantine, 23, died in January after a long battle with leukemia. Before he passed away, family and friends wrote letters to Ballantine that expressed how he touched their lives, which his mother Diane collected and placed them in a red binder with the words "Be The Change You Wish To See In The World" on the cover.
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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Kevin Ballantine's family including his father Dave Ballantine (from left to right), mother Diane DeMers, sister Pooja Ballantine and brother Keerti Ballantine are seen in their DeKalb home on Saturday afternoon. Kevin Ballantine, 23, died in January after a long battle with leukemia. Before he passed away, family and friends wrote letters to Ballantine that expressed how he touched their lives, which his mother Diane collected and placed them in a red binder with the words "Be The Change You Wish To See In The World" on the cover.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Kevin Ballantine's family including his father Dave Ballantine (from left to right), mother Diane DeMers, sister Pooja Ballantine and brother Keerti Ballantine are seen in their DeKalb home on Saturday afternoon. Kevin Ballantine, 23, died in January after a long battle with leukemia. Before he passed away, family and friends wrote letters to Ballantine that expressed how he touched their lives, which his mother Diane collected and placed them in a red binder with the words "Be The Change You Wish To See In The World" on the cover.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A table filled with photographs of Kevin Ballantine and his family is seen inside the Ballatine's DeKalb home on Saturday afternoon.
  • Nikkita Carrington, student service coordinator at Northern Illinois University's Student Financial Aid Office, helps freshman Ulises Pico fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid during FAFSA Friday's.<br /> <br /> By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A letter from Emi Day, originally from DeKalb, is seen inside the binder put together by Kevin Ballantine's mother, Diane DeMers, at the Ballatine's home in DeKalb on Saturday. Day's letter is about the time she spent with Ballantine after the two learned of the Northern Illinois University campus shooting on Feb. 14, 2008, while they both were attending Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Day and Ballantine were classmates at both DeKalb High School and Cornell University.
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  • Athletes do a timed cycle Sunday at the Kishwaukee Family YMCA in Sycamore during the seventh annual Indoor Triathlon. Swimming and running were also part of the triathlon.<br /> <br /> By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Chief Bruce Harrison who began working for the DeKalb Fire Department in 1981 and then chief in 2009 will become the fire chief at the University of Nortre Dame beginning in March. <br /> <br /> DeKalb, Ill.<br /> Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Founders Elementary School students Iain Skaret (left), 8, and Nick Glover, 9, watch their robot that they helped create with Legos as it conducts a task during a presentation at the Students Involved with Technology Conference on Saturday afternoon at DeKalb High School. SIT is a conference presented by school districts that provide a forum where kids in grades three to twelve can demonstrate technology tools they have learned in school or that they are interested in.<br /> <br /> Iain Skaret and Nick Glover (sp)<br /> DeKalb, Ill.<br /> Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Chief Bruce Harrison who began working for the DeKalb Fire Department in 1981 and then chief in 2009 will become the fire chief at the University of Nortre Dame beginning in March. <br /> <br /> DeKalb, Ill.<br /> Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012
  • Keith Barnes, coordinator of Diverse Student Services and Transfer Center at Kishwaukee College, answers questions Monday during his Transfer 101 session – one of several sessions offered during the college's open house.<br /> <br /> By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Cortland Elementary School student Trevor Yaeger, 10, removes a t-shirt from a dryer that he made during a screen printing session at the Students Involved with Technology Conference on Saturday afternoon at DeKalb High School. SIT is a conference presented by school districts that provide a forum where kids in grades three to twelve can demonstrate technology tools they have learned in school or that they are interested in.<br /> <br /> Yaeger (sp)<br /> DeKalb, Ill.<br /> Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Argueta Ezequias (front) and Cartagena Emerson, both of Cicero, look over the electronics at Goodwill in DeKalb on Saturday morning. With the state's new electronic waste law in place, many people are having trouble finding places to recycle their old electronics now that it's illegal to throw them in the trash. Recently Goodwill has received many unwanted electronics.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Numerous used telephones collect on a shelf at the Goodwill in DeKalb on Saturday morning. Goodwill has received many unwanted electronics due to the state's new electronic waste law.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A television priced at $4.99 sits atop a dresser at the Goodwill in DeKalb on Saturday morning. Recently Goodwill has received many unwanted televisions due to the state's new electronic waste law.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Fifth grade students including Kaylee DuMont (front) and Briana Foster play the french horn during band practice at Sycamore Middle School on Tuesday.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Ken Goodman leads a group of fifth graders during band practice at Sycamore Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Trumpet player James Cerny pauses for a moment during band practice at Sycamore Middle School on Tuesday.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Fifth grader Hannah Hanks plays the flute during band practice at Sycamore Middle School on Tuesday.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> John Kirk, a senior majoring in marketing and sales at NIU, looks over a list of employers at the internship fair held in the Convocation Center on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Courtney Olson (front) and Laura Erickson work together making frozen treats at Ollie's Frozen Custard in Sycamore on Wednesday afternoon. Ollie's opens the last Wednesday in February every year.
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