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20121005 Week of September 30 to October 6, 2012

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Qiana Hardy, of Sycamore, and her son, Imtihaan Hardy, 4, search for fossils at the Vulcan Materials Company Saturday in Sycamore.<br /> <br /> By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com
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Qiana Hardy, of Sycamore, and her son, Imtihaan Hardy, 4, search for fossils at the Vulcan Materials Company Saturday in Sycamore.

By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Chris Puentes, owner of Soft Water City, rebuilds a control valve for a commercial water conditioner on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012.
  • Gregory Losiniecki, 6, and his mom, Nikki Losiniecki of Cortland, look for fossils Saturday at the Vulcan Materials Company quarry in Sycamore.<br /> <br /> By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com
  • Jeff Engelhardt – jengelhardt@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Dr. Stanley Brandon signs copies of his book "A Long, Long Time Ago When Grandpa Was A Little Boy" Monday at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau after his presentation on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
  • Qiana Hardy, of Sycamore, and her son, Imtihaan Hardy, 4, search for fossils at the Vulcan Materials Company Saturday in Sycamore.<br /> <br /> By Nicole Weskerna - nweskerna@shawmedia.com
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Tom Cleveland, manager of the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, is the first recipient of the Roger Marquardt award.<br /> <br /> Photographed in DeKalb, Ill. on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Tom Cleveland, manager of the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, is the first recipient of the Roger Marquardt award.<br /> <br /> Photographed in DeKalb, Ill. on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Several children, with help from a couple adults read 'Children Learn What They Live' by Dorothy Law Nolte on stage at Safe Passage's annual domestic violence vigil at the DeKalb Area Women's Center on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. A butterfly ornament hangs overhead representing the theme of the vigil this year which was "My New Wings: Renewed Sense of Hope."
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Amy Howe (right) and Kelsey Vazquez hand out candles to attendees at Safe Passage's annual domestic violence vigil just outside the DeKalb Area Women's Center on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. The two NIU students were volunteers through the Student Nurses' Organization.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Genoa Police Officer Ryan Calligan follows along with a sheet of lyrics as a survivor and members of the audience sing 'Family Portrait' by Pink during Safe Passage's annual domestic violence vigil at the DeKalb Area Women's Center on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A candle in a cup is lit at Safe Passage's annual domestic violence vigil just outside the DeKalb Area Women's Center on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Rick "Spider" Kramer, owner of Spider Tattooz in Sycamore, works on a tattoo for fellow artist Ryan Fleetwood on Thursday afternoon. On Sunday, Kramer and three other artists raised funds to help his family friend Caleb Medley, who is in a coma after being shot during the Aurora, Colo., shootings. A larger fundraiser is set for this weekend at Moose Lodge with a dinner and auction.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Rick "Spider" Kramer, owner of Spider Tattooz in Sycamore, works on a tattoo for fellow artist Ryan Fleetwood on Thursday afternoon. On Sunday, Kramer and three other artists raised funds to help his family friend Caleb Medley, who is in a coma after being shot during the Aurora, Colo., shootings. A larger fundraiser is set for this weekend at Moose Lodge with a dinner and auction.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> On Sunday at Spider Tattooz in Sycamore, tattoo artists Spider Kramer, Michael T. Figueroa, Ryan Fleetwood and Carol Lingman participated in a fundraiser to benefit Caleb Medley, who is in a coma after being shot during the Aurora, Colo., shootings. 80% of the sales of super hero theme tattoos went directly to Medley and his family.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Rick "Spider" Kramer, owner of Spider Tattooz in Sycamore, works on a tattoo for fellow artist Ryan Fleetwood on Thursday afternoon. On Sunday, Kramer and three other artists raised funds to help his family friend Caleb Medley, who is in a coma after being shot during the Aurora, Colo., shootings. A larger fundraiser is set for this weekend at Moose Lodge with a dinner and auction.
  • Jeff Engelhardt – jengelhardt@shawmedia.com<br /> Firefighters enter the house at 1311 Everett St. in Sycamore after responding to a fire at 12:55 p.m. Tuesday. Sycamore Assistant Fire Chief Marc Doty said there was a first floor fire that took roughly 10 minutes to contain. Sycamore was assisted by DeKalb, Cortland and Genoa-Kingston fire crews and Sycamore police. Doty said he did not know how much damage was done and the cause of the fire was still under investigation. While there was not much visible structure damage, firefighters were working inside the house for more than an hour after extinguishing the blaze.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Jeanette Edwards shows her grandson Connor McPartlin, 5, that a piece of scrap paper he cut while working on a project resembles a mustache during grandparent day at Malta Elementary on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
  • Jeff Engelhardt – jengelhardt@shawmedia.com<br /> Emergency responders pull the driver of a vehicle that was struck by a cement truck onto a stretcher Wednesday in the parking lot of the Northern Illinois University Visitor and Alumni Center. At around 3:55 p.m. Wednesday, a sedan traveling north on Annie Glidden Road was struck from behind by a cement truck after the sedan reportedly changed lanes in front of the truck and stopped abruptly to make a left turn, said Jeff McMaster, battalion chief for DeKalb Fire Department. <br /> All four people in the sedan were transported to Kishwaukee Community Hopsital. Three had minor injuries and one had more serious injuries, McMaster said. The crash occured near the intersection of Annie Glidden Road and Stadium Drive.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Lisa Oller and John Mulvey (right), both Famous Footwear employees and NIU students, dump donated shoes onto their pile outside the Holmes Student Center for the annual Day Without Shoes put on by NIU's Engineers Without Borders club on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> During lunchtime at Malta Elementary's grandparent day, third-graders Peyton Manis (left) and Dylan Schmitt (center) picnic with Manis' grandmother Sherry Vogel (back left) and Dylan's mother Maura Schmitt (right) on the grass outside the school on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Malta Elementary kindergartner Alissa Kocjan uses the large card she made, a face with long arms, to give her grandfather Ed Kocjan a hug during the school's grandparent day on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
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