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DeKalb’s B-17 a special highlight for veterans

By Dee Garay and Orientation & First-Year Experience | August 26, 2010

What at excellent piece by Dan Martynowicz! I felt like I experienced that B-17 ride, too. I thoroughly enjoyed his writing style and personal account of this experience. Next year I’m there in that B-17!  My dad was in the nursing home (off of Annie...

Visitors at the DeKalb Cornfest inspect a B-17 aircraft brought to the fest by the Arizona branch of the Commemorative Air Force Saturday Aug. 21 at the DeKalb Municipal Airport.

Flying high above DeKalb: A first-hand account of a ride in a B-17 bomber

By Dan Martynowicz | August 23, 2010

As a child, one of my favorite games to play was running around the house with my model B-17 bomber, pretending to be the lead bomber over Nazi-occupied France. On Aug. 16, I was given the opportunity to fly in a B-17 over DeKalb and Northern Illinois...

Three-year-old Livi Brennan from Plano enjoys corn on the cob at the annual DeKalb Corn Fest Saturday.

DeKalb is all ears for Corn Fest weekend

By Dan Martynowicz | August 23, 2010

DeKalb's 33rd annual Corn Fest took place this past weekend at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, 3232 Pleasant St. The free music and corn festival is planned, maintained and executed by a volunteer staff every year, according to the event's website. Some...