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Fourth enters mayoral race

By Sylvia Phillips | January 23, 1989

A fourth candidate has entered the race for DeKalb mayor.

Ed Stapleton, no address available, filed a petition for mayor with the DeKalb City Clerk's office Friday.

Other mayoral candidates - DeKalb Major Greg Sparrow, 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell and businessman Adolph Miller - have submitted petitions and are officially in the mayoral race.

Meanwhile, the DeKalb City Council will decide tonight whether to award an $88,000 base contract to a consulting firm to conduct a development plan for the city similar to the Sasaki and Associates study of the NIU campus.

DeKalb City Manager Mark Stevens said in a Friday press conference that he recommends that the council hire Campbell Design Group of St. Louis, Mo., to prepare a Comprehensive Plan and Comprehensive Development Ordinance for DeKalb. The firm recently was chosen to conduct a planning and development ordinance of DeKalb County.

DeKalb's Comprehensive Plan will be a one-year process that will include gathering and analyzing data, making goals and objectives and formalizing a plan for future development, said Jim Hogue, DeKalb's acting planning director. The plan serves as a tool for guiding further growth, he said.

"It takes a snapshot of where we are and tries to determine where we want to go," Stevens said.

If a contract between DeKalb and Campbell Design Group is approved by the council, the consultants would be authorized to to begin immediately.

Parents’ burial wishes bring scary realization

By Dave Kirkpatrick | January 23, 1989

I really didn't think my New Year's celebration would leave me sober. Instead, I imagined the itchy teeth, twisting intestines and red-hot pipes that so commonly accompany my bouts with post-consumption blues. I wasn't hung over for the first time in...

County to hear bids on project

By Dan O’Shea | January 23, 1989

Two DeKalb County road improvement projects, holding a total price tag of about $550,000, are scheduled to receive bids Feb. 3, said Rep. John Countryman (R_DeKalb). The first project proposed by the Illinois Department of Transportation involves the...

SA to address voting districts, group funds

By Holly Schubert | January 23, 1989

A change in Student Association senate voting districts, administrative decisions involving student groups and group funding are some major issues the SA senate will discuss this semester. SA Vice President Gregg Bliss said redistricting will be debated...

Commonwealth Edison patrons to get refunds

By James Danca | January 20, 1989

Consumers of Commonwealth Edison Co. are due to receive refunds of summer rate overcharges that could amount to up to 20 percent of their total electric bill for the last seven months, according to an analysis conducted by the Citizens Utility Board....

Student fee hike to top discussion

By Elizabeth M. Behland | January 20, 1989

NIU President LaTourette's Fee Study Committee will meet Monday to begin discussion on a proposed student fee increase to provide revenue for the Northern Star for the fiscal year 1989. The meeting wll begin at 7:45 p.m. in the Lowden Hall Conference...

Higher education funding remains same

By Diane Buerger | January 20, 1989

The December balances in the State of Illinois General Funds are up to $71 million from the previous year. However, available funds for higher education remain about the same, despite a cash flow problem experienced last year. igher education funding...

Judges honor NIU senior for Choreographic piece

By Chris Lind | January 20, 1989

NIU senior Sandra Kaufmann was honored last week at the American College Dance Festival at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa by being chosen as one of the finalist to perform a choreographic work at the festival's gala performance. Alan Bernstein, a...

We’re kinder, gentler and more extravagant

By Marianne Renner | January 20, 1989

I've always learned that you can't put a price tag on concepts like friendship, kindness, and gentleness. I seem to have been wrong. Today's the day. This is the beginning of a kinder, gentler nation. Only it's costing about $25 million, give or take...

Letter discusses Neptune parking

By Stephanie Bradley | January 20, 1989

The Parking Committee discussed a letter at their meeting Thursday from a student concerned about the number of parking spaces available to Neptune Hall residents. Written by Neptune Steven Sanders, the letter stated that parking lot D, located directly...

Students petition to fill vacant SA seats

By Tammy Sholer | January 20, 1989

Seventeen students filed petitions by Thursday's 4:30 p.m. deadline to fill the seven vacant Student Association Senate seats. Ten students filed petitions for five openings of the 32 off-campus senate seats. There are two vacancies in the 16 on-campus...

Funds approved to correct inadequate lighting problem

By Joel Guggenheim | January 20, 1989

NIU President John LaTourette approved funds this month to correct inadequate lighting problems that campus administrators and student leaders identified during a walking tour of the campus last semester. Intended to identify dimly-lit campus areas requiring...

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