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D-427 keeps eye on finances By JEff ENGELHARDt
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Ronald Holden, 22, does squats Wednesday at the Kishwaukee family YMCA in Sycamore. Holden, who works out to stay healthy, said one of his goals is to increase his bench press to 315 pounds by June.
Locals offer tips on maintaining New Year’s resolutions By ANDREA AZZO
news@daily-chronicle.com YMCA fitness instructor Jessica Carls sees the cycle every January. People resolve to get healthy in the new year and start a new exercise regime ... that only lasts two or three weeks. Carls, who also is a personal trainer and wellness center coordinator for the Kishwaukee Family YMCA, 2500 W. Bethany Road, Sycamore, recommends exercising in groups to defeat this problem. “If someone is relying on someone to be there, you’re more willing to not skip out on it,” she said. Carls and other DeKalb County professionals have some advice for residents who resolved to really keep their resolutions this year. If someone wants to start working out for the first time, Carls said they should exercise two days a week using a full-body workout with weights. That way, the per-
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Lee Parrish does a dumbbell bench press Wednesday at the Kishwaukee family YMCA in Sycamore. Parrish, a 17-year-old senior at DeKalb High School, said one of his goals is to increase his strength, especially his leg strength, for the upcoming track season. son does not get overwhelmed. “[Otherwise] they’re not gonna want to do it anymore,” Carls said. “It’s enough to scare some people away.”
People who have stopped working out for only a couple of months can simply get back into their regular routine, Carls said. Exercising is only half the
battle, however. FitWorkz owner Ray Binkowski has lost more than 60 pounds, and he tells some of his clients they are working out too much without getting the results they want. FitWorkz is located at 1690 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. Last year, Binkowski noticed a young woman doing cardiovascular workouts seven days a week. He approached her to tell her what she was doing was going to frustrate her. Since Binkowski talked to her, the woman has lost 60 pounds. She now works out only three days a week and follows Binkowski’s book, “Eat By Color.” He said the woman now eats more than before. The book teaches people that diets don’t work. “It’s not about counting calories. It’s not about eliminating total food groups,” Binkowski said. “It’s a long-term approach.”
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SYCAMORE – After seven years under the leadership of Superintendent Wayne Riesen, Sycamore School District 427 tapped a former elementary school principal to lead the district in 2012 and beyond. All Kathy Countryman had to do in her first year was help craft a budget with only $800,000 in new revenue, replace a pair of top administrators and deal with an unexpected computer system failure that prevented students and teachers from completing basic work and major projects. But the early challenges in Countryman’s tenure have not dampened her optimism and have prepared her for 2013, which could see more dropoffs in state funding, less local property tax revenue, tough decisions on potential cuts to programs and staff and the start of a multimillion dollar HVAC project. “Challenges are opportunities, and 2013 is going to be a year of opportunities,” Countryman said. “We have great kids and a fabulous staff, so we just want to move forward and provide an environment where student achievement can continue to increase.” Part of Countryman’s staff includes Jan Benson, a 30-plus year employee of District 427, who took over as director of special education, and Kristine Webster, who was selected as director of curriculum. Both previous directors retired at the end of the 2011 school year. Donald Clayberg, an eight-year veteran of the Sycamore school board, said the new administrators were a highlight of 2012 and credited Webster for playing an important role in implementing the Common Core curriculum and Rising Star program.
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Manzullo ends 20-year tenure in Congress By JEff ENGELHARDt
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Democrats delayed a Senate vote Thursday on legislation to make the state the 10th in the nation to legalize gay marriage, but the sponsor expressed confidence there would be enough votes to pass it soon. After two days of snags in moving the issue, state Sen. Heather Steans finally won committee approval by an 8-5 vote Thursday evening, sending the measure next to the full chamber. But when supporters would get a crack at the divisive issue there remained unclear. Democrats called off a full Senate vote earlier Thursday after Steans said two supportive Democrats and a Republican weren’t present for the General Assembly’s lame-
Should state legislators legalize samesex marriage in Illinois this week? Let us know at Daily-Chronicle.com duck session. But the Chicago Democrat said the delay merely raised “a question of when, not if” Illinois would approve same-sex marriage and would only push a roll-call into next week or, at the latest, soon after the new Legislature is sworn in Wednesday. “As people vote,” Steans said, “they should be thinking about where we want to be in history on this.”
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A supporter for same-sex marriage wears a sticker on her jacket before attending a Senate Executive Committee hearing thursday at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. the Illinois Senate is expected to consider a measure that would remove a state prohibition on marriage between two people of the same gender.
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Don Manzullo’s last second representing Illinois’ 16th Congressional District was a second before noon Thursday. A second after noon, he had a new job. “I had a two-second break,” he said. Manzullo, the 68-year-old former Republican congressman, will draw upon his experience as the new president and CEO of the Korea Economic Institute of America. Manzullo described KEIA as a Don Manzullo not-for-profit policy institute that will “bring the countries together on economic and political issues.”
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