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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> DeKalb's Parker Stratton (top) controls Ottawa's Joey Morello in a 106-pound match during the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament in Sycamore, Ill., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Stratton won with a pin of Morello.
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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

DeKalb's Parker Stratton (top) controls Ottawa's Joey Morello in a 106-pound match during the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament in Sycamore, Ill., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Stratton won with a pin of Morello.

  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Firefighters inspect a box truck that was involved in an accident near the intersection of Route 23 and Lloyd Road south of Genoa on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Midwest Museum of Natural History Director Molly Trickey cleans glass surfaces around the Sycamore museum on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 in preparation for their Groundhog Gala fundraiser on Saturday Jan. 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. The event will feature seven live exhibitors, food and live music. Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $30 for a single ticket or $50 for two.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A truck is seen in a ditch on the west side of Route 23 just south of Lloyd Road outside of Genoa Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Fred Busse, director of Sycamore Public Works, points to some of the wastewater treatment plant's digesters and aerator tanks in Sycamore, Ill. on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. The existing tanks are about 35 years old and additional tanks are coming in the renovations for the plant.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> The older blowers, which push air into the tanks in Sycamore's wastewater treatment plant, are seen on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Some newer models have been added in another part of the plant during an earlier phase of the renovations.
  • ***could put a headline or text in the water on the design***<br /> <br /> Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Some of the wastewater treatment plant's digesters and aerator tanks in Sycamore, Ill. on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. The existing tanks are about 35 years old and new tanks are coming in the renovations for the plant.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Rebar is exposed in some of the more worn areas around the Sycamore wastewater treatment plant's digesters and aerator tanks. The tanks are about 35 years old and time and weather has worn them down in some areas. Additional tanks are coming in the renovations for the plant.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Clear water flows through one last leg of Sycamore's wastewater treatment plant before flowing off into the Kishwaukee River on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Fred Busse, director of Sycamore Public Works, explains some of the extraction of biosolids in a storage area for those biosolids in the city's wastewater treatment plant on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. The biosolids, also known as sludge, are stored until city employees take the materials to a nearby farm that accepts them after crop harvests. The plant's renovations include plans for a centrifuge that will be able to de-water the sludge at a rate of 22%, an improvement over the 10% rate of the rotary fan press they currently use and also uses less chemical polymers.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Beth and Richard Willey, recipients of the Clifford Danielson Outstanding Citizen Award exchange a glance before each making a speech at the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce's 98th annual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Rose Treml, executive director for the Sycamore Chamber, speaks about the young professionals who completed the chamber's leadership academy at the chamber's 98th annual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> People talk over lunch at the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce's 98th annual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Janae Heegaard, 9, runs around the track at the Chick Evans Field House during practice for the Northern Illinois Athletics track team in DeKalb, Ill. on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Doctors found a Wilms' tumor in Janae's kidney when she was five years old. As a result of the chemotherapy, one of Janae's kidneys was removed and she also developed neuropathy, which led to some stunted growth in her legs and Achilles tendon. Her parents were told that Janae would recover about 90 to 95% but would probably not be able to play on a competitive level in sports that required heavy use of the legs.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Frank Heegaard demonstrates a stability exercise for his 9-year-old daughter Janae to do at Moose (L)-Up in Sycamore, Ill. on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Doctors found a Wilms' tumor in Janae's kidney when she was five years old. As a result of the chemotherapy, one of Janae's kidneys was removed and she also developed neuropathy, which led to some stunted growth in her legs and Achilles tendon. Her parents were told that Janae would recover about 90 to 95% but would probably not be able to play on a competitive level in sports that required heavy use of the legs.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Janae Heegaard swings on a rope to knock down a punching bag with her feet at Moose (L)-Up in Sycamore, Ill. on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Janae recently started going to Moose (L)-Up with her whole family, she works on her stability exercises and then has some time to climb on other equipment while the rest of her family also works out and with the trainers. Doctors found a Wilms' tumor in Janae's kidney when she was five years old. As a result of the chemotherapy, one of Janae's kidneys was removed and she also developed neuropathy, which led to some stunted growth in her legs and Achilles tendon. Her parents were told that Janae would recover about 90 to 95% but would probably not be able to play on a competitive level in sports that required heavy use of the legs.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Janae Heegaard, 9, stands on one foot atop a balancing platform, one of her exercises to work on her stability at Moose (L)-Up in Sycamore, Ill. on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Doctors found a Wilms' tumor in Janae's kidney when she was five years old. As a result of the chemotherapy, one of Janae's kidneys was removed and she also developed neuropathy, which led to some stunted growth in her legs and Achilles tendon. Her parents were told that Janae would recover about 90 to 95% but would probably not be able to play on a competitive level in sports that required heavy use of the legs.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois Athletics volunteer coach Dave Wester talks to Janae Heegaard as he holds down her feet with his while she does pushups at the Chick Evans Field House in DeKalb, Ill. on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Doctors found a Wilms' tumor in Janae's kidney when she was five years old. As a result of the chemotherapy, one of Janae's kidneys was removed and she also developed neuropathy, which led to some stunted growth in her legs and Achilles tendon. Her parents were told that Janae would recover about 90 to 95% but would probably not be able to play on a competitive level in sports that required heavy use of the legs.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> DeKalb's Doug Johnson (top) controls Yorkville's Gabe Polhill in a 132-pound match during the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament in Sycamore, Ill., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Johnson won by technical fall.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> DeKalb's Parker Stratton (top) controls Ottawa's Joey Morello in a 106-pound match during the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament in Sycamore, Ill., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Stratton won with a pin of Morello.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Rochelle's Ben Eggleston (left) is taken to the mat by Kaneland's Dan Goress in a 145-pound match during the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament in Sycamore, Ill., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.
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