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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Gregg Waitkus became the police chief in Hinckley Aug. 1 after retiring as a commander from the Naperville Police Department in July after 26 years.<br /> <br /> Hinckley, Ill.<br /> Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012
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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Gregg Waitkus became the police chief in Hinckley Aug. 1 after retiring as a commander from the Naperville Police Department in July after 26 years.

Hinckley, Ill.
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012

  • Cassie Popcorn Stand, now located at the corner of State and Maple streets in Sycamore, is expanding to DeKalb, where it will open Sept. 15 at the Frank Van Buer Plaza.<br /> <br /> Photo provided
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Members of the Rockford-area band Desolation Row including Jarrett Finley (from left to right), 19, Alex Spors, 19, Jared Hoey, 17, and Jacob Hoey, 16, practice at Spors' home in Rockford, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. The band recently won the Sycamore Park District's Battle of the Bands competition and will perform at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> The Marlyn Majorettes founder Marlyn Burkart (right) and other original members including Marilyn Hubbard pose for photographs during their annual picnic at Sycamore Community Park Saturday afternoon.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> (From left to right) Maxine Maness, Marilyn Hubbard, Sara McCormick and Mary McCormick, all members of the original Marlyn Majorettes, reminisce during their annual picnic at Sycamore Community Park Saturday afternoon.
  • Jeff Engelhardt – jengelhardt@shawmedia.com<br /> Liberty Gould and Tyler Benton help fill backpacks with school supplies for children in need at The Federated Church of Sycamore Sunday.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Desolation Row band member Jacob Hoey, 16, plays bass during band practice in Rockford, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. The band recently won the Sycamore Park District's Battle of the Bands competition and will perform at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Members of the Rockford-area band Desolation Row including Alex Spors (left), 19, and Jacob Hoey, 16, practice at Spors' home in Rockford, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. The band recently won the Sycamore Park District's Battle of the Bands competition and will perform at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Chamo Capellan works on putting the final touches to the base of one of the structures in the food court area of the center building of the new residential complex at Northern Illinois University on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois University President John Peters moves around talking to guests in the center building of the new residential complex at Northern Illinois University prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> The new residential hall at Northern Illinois University has a sand volleyball court, a basketball hoop and a patio area.<br /> <br /> Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> One of the private bedrooms in the new residential hall at Northern Illinois University, decorated by staff to show what it might look like when someone is living in it.<br /> <br /> Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> DeKalb farmer Jamie Walter shows an ear of corn with incomplete pollination from one of his fields on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> DeKalb farmer Jamie Walter, who is 5 feet 9 inches tall, stands well above the corn in a nearby field on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The hot and dry weather has left local corn crops shorter than they would be under favorable weather.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Gregg Waitkus became the police chief in Hinckley Aug. 1 after retiring as a commander from the Naperville Police Department in July after 26 years.<br /> <br /> Hinckley, Ill.<br /> Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Dr. Jeffrey Frank of Spex Expressions adjusts the phoropter while finding a prescription for T.J. McNeal, of Kirkland, on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Five-year-old T.J. starts kindergarten at Immanuel Lutheran School in Belvidere, Ill. on Thursday.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Dr. Jeffrey Frank of Spex Expressions uses an instrument to check the retina of T.J. McNeal, of Kirkland, for various retinal diseases on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Five-year-old T.J. starts kindergarten at Immanuel Lutheran School in Belvidere, Ill. on Thursday.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Kirkland mayor Les Bellah (front) sings and plays the guitar with his band, The Patchwork Volunteer Band, during the 4th annual Pickin' in the Park at Franklin Township Park to help raise for the Joe McGuan Scholarship fund, which provides assistance for the education of children and grandchildren of veterans.<br /> <br /> ***The other members behind Bellah are Dave Guzzardo (middle) and Jeff Dover. They aren't in focus so I left their names out, but if you think they should be added then please do so. Kirkland, Ill.<br /> Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012***
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Volunteer Justin Roscelli, 19, and Salvation Army co-captain Alisha Cho load school supplies into a shopping cart to move into the building. Roscelli and other volunteers would then load the supplies into backpacks that were distributed to families on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Reyman Solis of Hiawatha heads a ball during a drill at practice in Kirkland, Ill., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Geoff Akins of Bubble Wonders creates a chain of white bubbles during a show at the Sycamore Public Library on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.
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