Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Roommates Brandi Gordon and Brandee Ross (right) react as Ross arrives on the scene of a fire that started in a neighboring apartment in their building at 1057 Ridge Road in DeKalb, Ill. on Monday, May 21, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com DeKalb firefighters work to open up a hole in the roof of 1057 Ridge Drive in DeKalb, Ill. to extinguish a fire on Monday, May 21, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Todd Busch (in Feed'em Soup shirt) helps his daughter Tessa, 4, mix up the ingredients for 'monster cookies' on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 to be served at the Feed'em Soup meal the next day. On Tuesday nights prior to meals, Smith leads a program called 'Baking with Chef Alex' where groups come and learn about working in the kitchen while helping produce baked goods for the meals.