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Week of July 8 to 14, 2012

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  • The Dietzig family opened the Chick'n Shack in Sycamore June 12. They specialize in chicken, ribs and seafood. Pictured are owners Veronica and Cordel Dietzig with their daughter, Caitlynne, 8. Co-owner Mike Davis is not pictured. By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com

    The Dietzig family opened the Chick'n Shack in Sycamore June 12. They specialize in chicken, ribs and seafood. Pictured are owners Veronica and Cordel Dietzig with their daughter, Caitlynne, 8. Co-owner Mike Davis is not pictured. By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Members of La Roca Church in Monterrey, Mexico help paint the exterior of Cornerstone Christian Academy in Sycamore Tuesday afternoon. In past years members from Cornerstone went on missions to Monterrey, however with the recent violence there members of La Roca Church decided to head north to help those that have helped them in the past.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Members of La Roca Church in Monterrey, Mexico help paint the exterior of Cornerstone Christian Academy in Sycamore Tuesday afternoon. In past years members from Cornerstone went on missions to Monterrey, however with the recent violence there members of La Roca Church decided to head north to help those that have helped them in the past.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Erasmo Oviedo of Monterrey, Mexico helps paint the exterior of Cornerstone Christian Academy in Sycamore Tuesday afternoon. In past years members from Cornerstone went on missions to Monterrey, however with the recent violence there members of La Roca Church decided to head north to help those that have helped them in the past.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Erasmo Oviedo of Monterrey, Mexico helps paint the exterior of Cornerstone Christian Academy in Sycamore Tuesday afternoon. In past years members from Cornerstone went on missions to Monterrey, however with the recent violence there members of La Roca Church decided to head north to help those that have helped them in the past.

  • Jackson Feil, 10, (left) and Tristen Griesmann, 10, both members of Cub Scout Pack 345 in Sandwich, help wash tables at Sunday's seventh-annual pancake breakfast in Sandwich, which is hosted by the Cub Scouts. By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com

    Jackson Feil, 10, (left) and Tristen Griesmann, 10, both members of Cub Scout Pack 345 in Sandwich, help wash tables at Sunday's seventh-annual pancake breakfast in Sandwich, which is hosted by the Cub Scouts. By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Jenny Cleveland of Kingston hugs her brother Master Sgt. Matthew Ruchti of the U.S. Air Force during a welcome home celebration at the Genoa Veterans Home Saturday. Ruchti served for 24 years and had tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq before retiring recently.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Jenny Cleveland of Kingston hugs her brother Master Sgt. Matthew Ruchti of the U.S. Air Force during a welcome home celebration at the Genoa Veterans Home Saturday. Ruchti served for 24 years and had tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq before retiring recently.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Master Sgt. Matthew Ruchti of the U.S. Air Force smiles as a crowd of family and friends welcome him home during a celebration at the Genoa Veterans Home Saturday. Ruchti served for 24 years and had tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq before retiring recently.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Master Sgt. Matthew Ruchti of the U.S. Air Force smiles as a crowd of family and friends welcome him home during a celebration at the Genoa Veterans Home Saturday. Ruchti served for 24 years and had tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq before retiring recently.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Master Sgt. Matthew Ruchti of the U.S. Air Force hugs his aunt Barbara Ruchti of Maple Park during a welcome home celebration at the Genoa Veterans Home Saturday. Ruchti served for 24 years and had tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq before retiring recently.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Master Sgt. Matthew Ruchti of the U.S. Air Force hugs his aunt Barbara Ruchti of Maple Park during a welcome home celebration at the Genoa Veterans Home Saturday. Ruchti served for 24 years and had tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq before retiring recently.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com DeKalb firefighters spray down a gas leak on the 1000-block of West Lincoln Highway on Monday, July 9, 2012.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com DeKalb firefighters spray down a gas leak on the 1000-block of West Lincoln Highway on Monday, July 9, 2012.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Frank Paciga, 86, spent three years during World War II as a combat photographer for the United States. Paciga is seen here in his Kingston home with one of his cameras and several photos from his collection spread out on the table. Taken Thursday, July 5, 2012.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Frank Paciga, 86, spent three years during World War II as a combat photographer for the United States. Paciga is seen here in his Kingston home with one of his cameras and several photos from his collection spread out on the table. Taken Thursday, July 5, 2012.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Carl Bradley, a professor in the crop sciences department at the University of Illinois, talks to a group at the Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center in Shabbona about corn disease on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Carl Bradley, a professor in the crop sciences department at the University of Illinois, talks to a group at the Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center in Shabbona about corn disease on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com District 427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman, who took over Sycamore schools' top position this month, discusses staffing with Director of Special Education Jan Benson (right) and Director of Curriculum Kris Webster (top right) in Countryman's office on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. The roses on the table were sent on Monday by Countryman's husband to celebrate beginning her new position.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com District 427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman, who took over Sycamore schools' top position this month, discusses staffing with Director of Special Education Jan Benson (right) and Director of Curriculum Kris Webster (top right) in Countryman's office on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. The roses on the table were sent on Monday by Countryman's husband to celebrate beginning her new position.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com District 427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman, who took over Sycamore schools' top position this month, discusses staffing with Director of Special Education Jan Benson (left) and Director of Curriculum Kris Webster (not pictured) in Countryman's office on Tuesday, July 10, 2012.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com District 427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman, who took over Sycamore schools' top position this month, discusses staffing with Director of Special Education Jan Benson (left) and Director of Curriculum Kris Webster (not pictured) in Countryman's office on Tuesday, July 10, 2012.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Detective Angel Reyes of the DeKalb Police Department scans the ditch along Peace Road, north of Barber Greene Road, with a metal detector on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Detective Angel Reyes of the DeKalb Police Department scans the ditch along Peace Road, north of Barber Greene Road, with a metal detector on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com William Moon (left), 9, and Kenneth Weeks, 8, take turns reading a book outside Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday evening. The two were participating in a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com William Moon (left), 9, and Kenneth Weeks, 8, take turns reading a book outside Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday evening. The two were participating in a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com A DeKalb Firefighter leaves a wooded area near Breezy's Discount Storage in DeKalb after controlling a fire Wednesday afternoon.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com A DeKalb Firefighter leaves a wooded area near Breezy's Discount Storage in DeKalb after controlling a fire Wednesday afternoon.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Kasey Jones, 6, helps paint a mural with a group of children outside Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday night. The group of children were participating in a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Kasey Jones, 6, helps paint a mural with a group of children outside Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday night. The group of children were participating in a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com (From left to right) Marcella Solis, 10, Reem Eltayeb, 8, and Mohamad Eltayeb, 3, examine owl pellets outside the Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday evening as part of a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com (From left to right) Marcella Solis, 10, Reem Eltayeb, 8, and Mohamad Eltayeb, 3, examine owl pellets outside the Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday evening as part of a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Volunteer Tracy Minnihan reads to a group of children in a courtyard outside Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday evening as part of a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Volunteer Tracy Minnihan reads to a group of children in a courtyard outside Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday evening as part of a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Kasey Jones, 6, and a group of children try to figure out the sound of an animal at the start of a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House outside the Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Kasey Jones, 6, and a group of children try to figure out the sound of an animal at the start of a free summer reading vacation program presented by Neighbors' House outside the Gideon Court Apartments in DeKalb Tuesday.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com A group of kids at Trinity Lutheran Church's Vacation Bible School pet Samson, a service dog from Faith Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, who came with other service dogs from Lutheran Churches in Illinois to visit kids at the Genoa church on Thursday, July 12, 2012.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com A group of kids at Trinity Lutheran Church's Vacation Bible School pet Samson, a service dog from Faith Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, who came with other service dogs from Lutheran Churches in Illinois to visit kids at the Genoa church on Thursday, July 12, 2012.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Jane Pierce, 7, from Genoa, interacts with Samson, a service dog from Faith Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights that came, along with 4 other golden retrievers from Lutheran churches in the region to visit with the children at Trinity Lutheran Church's Vacation Bible School in Genoa, Ill. on Thursday, July 12, 2012.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Jane Pierce, 7, from Genoa, interacts with Samson, a service dog from Faith Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights that came, along with 4 other golden retrievers from Lutheran churches in the region to visit with the children at Trinity Lutheran Church's Vacation Bible School in Genoa, Ill. on Thursday, July 12, 2012.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com A Grant Hall North dormitory (center) on the Northern Illinois campus in DeKalb is seen under construction Wednesday afternoon.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com A Grant Hall North dormitory (center) on the Northern Illinois campus in DeKalb is seen under construction Wednesday afternoon.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com The site of the new Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center remains untouched as of Wednesday afternoon.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com The site of the new Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center remains untouched as of Wednesday afternoon.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com During Vacation Bible School at Trinity Lutheran Church in Genoa, Chase Vogt, 9, hugs Kye, a service dog from Immanuel Lutheran in Belvidere on Thursday, July 12, 2012. Kye and 4 other trained golden retrievers came to visit with the children.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com During Vacation Bible School at Trinity Lutheran Church in Genoa, Chase Vogt, 9, hugs Kye, a service dog from Immanuel Lutheran in Belvidere on Thursday, July 12, 2012. Kye and 4 other trained golden retrievers came to visit with the children.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Construction continues on the new Northern Illinois University dormitory complex just north of Lincoln Hall on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Construction continues on the new Northern Illinois University dormitory complex just north of Lincoln Hall on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Construction continues on the new Northern Illinois University dormitory complex just north of Lincoln Hall on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Construction continues on the new Northern Illinois University dormitory complex just north of Lincoln Hall on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Phlebotomists Joan Falkenhan (from left to right) and Odie Hernandez work on locating a vein on Axay Doshi's arm during an American Red Cross blood drive outside the Castle Bank on Greenwood Avenue in DeKalb Thursday afternoon.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Phlebotomists Joan Falkenhan (from left to right) and Odie Hernandez work on locating a vein on Axay Doshi's arm during an American Red Cross blood drive outside the Castle Bank on Greenwood Avenue in DeKalb Thursday afternoon.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Phlebotomist Joan Falkenhan shakes a blood donation bag to prevent clotting during an American Red Cross blood drive outside the Castle Bank on Greenwood Avenue in DeKalb Thursday afternoon.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Phlebotomist Joan Falkenhan shakes a blood donation bag to prevent clotting during an American Red Cross blood drive outside the Castle Bank on Greenwood Avenue in DeKalb Thursday afternoon.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Sue Schafer donates blood within an American Red Cross mobile blood drive vehicle which was parked outside the Castle Bank on Greenwood Avenue in DeKalb Thursday afternoon. This was Schafer's first time donating blood.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Sue Schafer donates blood within an American Red Cross mobile blood drive vehicle which was parked outside the Castle Bank on Greenwood Avenue in DeKalb Thursday afternoon. This was Schafer's first time donating blood.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Andrew Russo, 11, a participant in the 'Out of School Care and Recreation' program celebrates as it appears his team's boat made out of recycled and natural materials will win a race in the river at Sycamore Park on Friday, July 13, 2012.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Andrew Russo, 11, a participant in the 'Out of School Care and Recreation' program celebrates as it appears his team's boat made out of recycled and natural materials will win a race in the river at Sycamore Park on Friday, July 13, 2012.

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Nick Brown, 8, a participant in the 'Out of School Care and Recreation' program launches a ball as he leaps backwards in to the pool at Sycamore Park on Friday, July 13, 2012.

    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Nick Brown, 8, a participant in the 'Out of School Care and Recreation' program launches a ball as he leaps backwards in to the pool at Sycamore Park on Friday, July 13, 2012.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Silas Henderson, 4 of Sycamore, checks out some Lego toys at Home Town Storage during the community-wide garage sales event in Genoa Friday afternoon.

    Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Silas Henderson, 4 of Sycamore, checks out some Lego toys at Home Town Storage during the community-wide garage sales event in Genoa Friday afternoon.

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    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com District 427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman, who took over Sycamore schools' top position this month, discusses staffing with Director of Special Education Jan Benson (right) and Director of Curriculum Kris Webster (top right) in Countryman's office on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. The roses on the table were sent on Monday by Countryman's husband to celebrate beginning her new position.
    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com District 427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman, who took over Sycamore schools' top position this month, discusses staffing with Director of Special Education Jan Benson (left) and Director of Curriculum Kris Webster (not pictured) in Countryman's office on Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
    Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Detective Angel Reyes of the DeKalb Police Department scans the ditch along Peace Road, north of Barber Greene Road, with a metal detector on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.