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20120831 Week of August 26 to September 1, 2012

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Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Erin Hilligoss-Volkmann, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, prepares to give her creation made of household materials, an emergency landing device to help save astronauts (represented by marshmallows), a test run by dropping it.<br /> The activity was part of the “Boosting Girls’ Interest in Engineering” seminar in the Holmes Student Center on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.
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Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

Erin Hilligoss-Volkmann, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, prepares to give her creation made of household materials, an emergency landing device to help save astronauts (represented by marshmallows), a test run by dropping it.
The activity was part of the “Boosting Girls’ Interest in Engineering” seminar in the Holmes Student Center on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A Maple Park firefighter uses a hose to stop the spread of flames while responding to a barn fire located on West Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Ill., Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Firefighters contain a barn fire located on West Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Ill., Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Peggy Keiner, the instructional technology coach with the Oak Lawn-Hometown school district, rips off some tape while using household materials to create an emergency landing device for her 'astronauts' made of marshmallows, an activity in the “Boosting Girls’ Interest in Engineering” seminar in the Holmes Student Center on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Erin Hilligoss-Volkmann, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, prepares to give her creation made of household materials, an emergency landing device to help save astronauts (represented by marshmallows), a test run by dropping it.<br /> The activity was part of the “Boosting Girls’ Interest in Engineering” seminar in the Holmes Student Center on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A woman works on building an emergency landing device for her 'astronauts' made of marshmallows, an activity in the “Boosting Girls’ Interest in Engineering” seminar in the Holmes Student Center on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Sara Smith (left), a girl scout leader in Belvidere, and Penny Lauritzen, of Illinois Agri-Women, work on creating an emergency landing device for 'astronauts' made of marshmallows, an activity in the “Boosting Girls’ Interest in Engineering” seminar in the Holmes Student Center on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Paw Lickin' Good owner Jody Meerdink removes a pan of cooked granola from an oven in the kitchen area of her business in Sycamore Thursday afternoon.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Owner Jody Meerdink of Paw Lickin' Good in Sycamore uses a knife to spread a yogurt frosting on a dog birthday cake at her business Thursday afternoon.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Dog treats in the shape of ice cream cones are seen cooling off in the kitchen area of Paw Lickin' Good in Sycamore Thursday afternoon.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Kara Christensen, an NIU student, works with a table of first-graders including Alaina Bowman (left) on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. North Grove and NIU have partnered to increase the length and responsibilities of their student teaching program, placing aspiring teachers, like Christensen, in a classroom for a full academic year.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> North Grove Elementary teacher Kim Payne (right) and NIU student and 'teacher candidate' Kara Christensen lead their first grade class gets to gym on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. North Grove and NIU have partnered to increase the length and responsibilities of their student teaching program, placing aspiring teachers, like Christensen, in a classroom for a full academic year.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> North Grove Elementary teacher Kim Payne (right) and NIU student and 'teacher candidate' Kara Christensen raise their hands when polling the class<br /> on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. North Grove and NIU have partnered to increase the length and responsibilities of their student teaching program, placing aspiring teachers, like Christensen, in a classroom for a full academic year.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> DeKalb High School students Eriq Torrey (facing away, left), Rudy Lopez (center) and Josh Cochran (bottom right) joke around during their lunch period on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.<br /> <br /> ***Note to desk: Eriq with a Q is the correct spelling****
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> New DeKalb principal Tamra Ropeter (right) and Detective Aaron Lockhart, the school resource officer, discuss a matter near the school's front entrance on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> New DeKalb Principal Tamra Ropeter shares a laugh with humanities teacher Fred Heuschel (left) while watching over a lunch period on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Paul Naugle, Kirkland's public works superintendent, mows the lawn outside a foreclosed home on the corner of Cottonwood Boulevard and Kennedy Drive on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Weeds grow up through the deck and a grill sits abandoned at a foreclosed home on the corner of Cottonwood Boulevard and Kennedy Drive in Kirkland on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
  • Beck Diefenbach – bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish (12)celebrates the defeat of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday Sept. 19, 2009
  • Beck Diefenbach – bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish (12) leads the Huskies in celebrating the defeat of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday Sept. 19, 2009
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Doris Sernovitz holds a toy that belonged to her miniature schnauzer Lilly. Sernovitz was walking Lilly in her neighborhood on August 16 when a pit bull attacked and killed Lilly and bit Sernovitz. She refers to the toy as Lilly and said she spend a few weeks sleeping with it to comfort her following the attack.<br /> <br /> Photographed on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
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