Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Matt Jordan emerges from a women's restroom after the DeKalb County Drug/DUI court faculty brought him there for his final drug test before the court's graduation ceremony in Kishwaukee Community Hospital on Friday, June 8, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Matt Jordan cracks a smile after talking with one of his supporters following the DeKalb County Drug/DUI court graduation ceremony in a conference room in Kishwaukee Community Hospital on Friday, June 8, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert, the judge for the DeKalb County Drug/DUI court, watches the court's graduation ceremony from the side of a conference room in Kishwaukee Community Hospital on Friday, June 8, 2012.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Travis Jensen (left) and Steve Talsma of Hitman Rockband entertain a crowd Saturday afternoon during the annual Malta Days Festival.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com (From left to right) Siblings Daniel Hayward, 11, D.J. Hayward, 7, D'laney Hayward, 7, and their cousin Kayla Carpenter, 12, take a spin on the Tilt-A-Whirl ride during the annual Malta Days Festival Saturday.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Matt Jordan (left) and fellow DeKalb County Drug/DUI court graduate Mike Riley watch a slideshow at their graduation ceremony in a conference room at Kishwaukee Community Hospital on Friday, June 8, 2012.
Jeff Engelhardt – jengelhardt@shawmedia.com Special Olympic athlete David Roberts carries the torch to Hopkins Park Sunday during the annual Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com DeKalb's Brian Sisler is the Daily Chronicle's male athlete of the year for 2011-12. The senior started at quarterback, point guard and shortstop for the Barbs this year and will continue to play baseball as a student at Northern Illinois. Photographed at DeKalb High School on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Mike Sherry (left) and Ted Stockwell, both 2012 NIU graduates in geology, practice taking water samples from a bridge on campus as part of a Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training course in DeKalb, Ill. on Monday, June 11, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Baldo Reyes of Proven Winners walks to the back of the truck to unload another of the 40 planters being placed throughout DeKalb and the Northern Illinois University campus on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Esteban Rarmos (left) and Baldo Reyes of Proven Winners unload one of the planters from their truck to place in front of the Human Resources and Document Services building at Northern Illinois University on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Baldo Reyes (left) and Marshall Dirks of Proven Winners position a planter in front of the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The planter was one of 40 to be placed on campus and around DeKalb.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com One of the 40 new planters placed throughout DeKalb and the NIU campus is seen on Lincoln Highway on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Jason Kain uses his makeup artistry skills to put the finishing touches on the fake wound on Zachary Bohn, the two employees of the NIU school of nursing were helping out with the Rural Health Careers Camp taking place on campus on Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Emma Fillmore (center), 16 from DeKalb, and Sydney McCaslin, 17 from Sterling, react as DeKalb firefighter/paramedic Bob Terry answers their question with a story about an emergency he responded to. Terry and three other members of the DeKalb Fire Department were at NIU for the Rural Health Careers Camp on Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Morgan McCannon (left), from Paw Paw, and Kayleigh Kozlowski, from DeKalb practice doing CPR compressions on a dummy with camp counselor Katie Paige (right), a University of Illinois-Champaign graduate student, looks on during the Rural Health Careers Camp held at NIU on Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Wade Kuiper, co-owner of Kuipers Family Farm, talks to a guest about the various locations the farm can take credit cards as payment during the 2012 Summer Horticulture Field Day on Thursday, June 14, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Kim Kuiper, co-owner of Kuipers Family Farm, explains some of their business practices to guests getting a behind-the-scenes look at their bakery operation during the 2012 Summer Horticulture Field Day on Thursday, June 14, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com A train runs around the inside of one of the buildings in the Kuipers Family Farm as guests at the the 2012 Summer Horticulture Field Day look around on Thursday, June 14, 2012.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com DeKalb County Liners catcher Anthony Foulk looks toward the field from the dugout before a game in Sycamore Friday, June 8, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Eva Rey (left) and Tarryn Thaden, president and vice president of the DeKalb Kiwanis Club respectively, discuss plans for an upcoming meeting where they will present scholarships to some DeKalb High School students. Taken on Monday, June 11, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com DeKalb Kiwanis Club Vice President Tarryn Thaden addresses the club as fellow member Adam Katz (back left) listens in during a meeting on Monday, June 11, 2012,
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com DeKalb County Liners catcher Anthony Foulk heads back to the dugout after a team meeting in left field before a game in Sycamore Friday, June 8, 2012.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com DeKalb County Liners catcher Anthony Foulk touches the center field fence while warming up before a game in Sycamore Friday, June 8, 2012.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Former Northern Illinois basketball player Jessie Wilcox (right) works with Kayla Emory during practice Tuesday in Aurora. Wilcox is the new varsity basketball coach at Rosary High School.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Athletic trainer Nate Viland works with the DeKalb football team during practice Wednesday afternoon.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Rosary High School's new varsity basketball coach Jessie Wilcox (left) talks with Siobhan Midgley before practice Tuesday in Aurora. Wilcox is played for the Northern Illinois basketball team from 2004 to 2009.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Jonathan Bell (front) works on back-pedaling during a DeKalb High School football practice Wednesday afternoon.
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Joe Diedrich works out in the weight room of DeKalb High School during practice Wednesday afternoon.
