Lacey McKenzie adjusts a timepiece available for sale at Poppyseed Primitives. The store recently opened in its new DeKalb location. McKenzie said she sometimes helps owner Sandy Spier with the store.
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Representatives Joe Sosnowski (left) and Tom Demmer (right) listen as Bob Pritchard (center)] promotes a bill to make college tuition more affordable for in-state middle class families at the Northern Illinois University Sky Room in DeKalb, Ill., Wednesday, June 26, 2013.](https://photos.smugmug.com/PhotoStore/2013-Archive/June-2013/20130628-Week-of-June-23-to-29/i-MNGPRdT/0/6ec8c066/Ti/dnews_0627_afford_college_01-Ti.jpg)