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20120824 Week of August 19 to 25, 2012

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Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> North Grove Elementary first-grader Adrian Comiskey takes his first trip of the new school year down one of the playground's slides in Sycamore, Ill. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.
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Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

North Grove Elementary first-grader Adrian Comiskey takes his first trip of the new school year down one of the playground's slides in Sycamore, Ill. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Jen Conley, a music therapist and licensed professional counselor with DeKalb County Hospice, shares some of her experiences using music with patients after playing her harp for members of the on-call chaplain program at a luncheon for the group in Kishwaukee Community Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012.
  • Jeff Engelhardt – jengelhardt@shawmedia.com<br /> Jim Herrmann, facilities management employee, shows off a new dehumidifier unit in the DeKalb County Community Outreach Building, which was recently awarded Energy Star certification.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Pastor Joseph Mitchell, of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church and one of the volunteers in Kishwaukee Community Hospital's on-call chaplain program, reacts as he listens to a guest speaker at one of the program's luncheons in the hospital's conference room on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> John Tolliver, of DeKalb, tosses an axe at a target during the Boy Scout Troop 33 Living History event at Kiwanis Park in DeKalb Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> DeKalb resident Steve Lekkas holds his son Niko Lekkas, 21 months, as they get a close look at a horse named Shyann during the Boy Scout Troop 33 Living History event at Kiwanis Park in DeKalb Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Owen Brown, 8, of Genoa, hops off the wing of Steve Doonan's (right) Piper Cherokee 6 after a Young Eagles flight on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport in DeKalb, Ill.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Twins Claire (left) and Kendall Hutchison, 3, of Sycamore, beat on a pow-wow drum during the Boy Scout Troop 33 Living History event at Kiwanis Park in DeKalb Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Kaylee Skeens (left), 4, of Cortland, and Ava Wilkins, 3, of Sycamore, play together inside a hangar at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport while their siblings participate in a Young Eagles flight on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, in DeKalb, Ill.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois University junior Ryan Riddel prepares his autonomous sonic car before a test run within a lab at the Engineering Building Friday afternoon. Riddel, with the help of local businesses, plans to launch a competitive robotics club at NIU.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A robot created for a mechatronics class is seen within the vibrations and acoustics lab at the Engineering Building at Northern Illinois University. Ryan Riddel, with the help of local businesses, is planning to launch a competitive robotics club at NIU.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> DeKalb resident Julia Dwyer holds her four-month-old daughter, Misty Jade, near the corner of Oak and 10th streets which is the site of a proposed vehicle scrap yard as seen on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. Dwyer, who lives on the 1100 block of Oak Street, does not want the scrap yard built across from her home.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois University junior Ryan Riddel works on his autonomous sonic car before a test run within a lab at the Engineering Building Friday afternoon. Riddel, with the help of local businesses, plans to launch a competitive robotics club at NIU.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A fenced lot on the 1000 block of Oak Street in DeKalb as seen on Saturday afternoon may become a vehicle scrap yard.<br /> <br /> **please check the story for more information for this cutline please. At this point I haven't talked much with David about his story and the photo request only had a little information. -Rob**
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> New teachers to District 428, including Karissa Foelske, a special education teacher at Huntley Middle School (third from right, holding mic), go down the line and introduce themselves at a luncheon at DeKalb High School on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Dylan Lisner and Juliana Retuerto work on organizing and putting away their school supplies on their first day in Mrs. Tifanny Ryan's second grade class at North Grove Elementary on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.<br /> ****NOTE Tifanny spells her name w/ one F, two N's*****
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> North Grove Elementary first-grader Adrian Comiskey takes his first trip of the new school year down one of the playground's slides in Sycamore, Ill. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Julie Vassilogambros, an incoming fourth grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary, talks with community member Bob Hadley during a luncheon for new teachers at DeKalb High School on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> North Grove first-graders Ben Larry (center) and Elija Herra (right) enviously glance to the playground where they can see another grade enjoying recess while waiting in line to practice the procedure for selecting their lunches with Tritan Melton (left) and the rest of Kelly Wright's class on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> On the first day of school Tami Burgess helps her daughter Bella, 6, work on a drawing of something she did over the summer. Bella drew about her trip to SeaWorld to share with the rest of Kelly Wright's first grade class at North Grove Elementary in Sycamore, Ill. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Angela Versluis waves her OneCard by the keypad to her cluster, after which she has to also promptly type in a code to enter, then use a key to get into her shared bathroom and private room.
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