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NIU may start flying out of DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport officials want athletes to travel locally By DEBBIE BEHRENDS dbehrends@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Continuing the spirit of partnership between the city and Northern Illinois University, officials from DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport want to fly athletes local-
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ly rather than forcing them to leave the area to catch a plane. Airport manager Tom Cleveland said he has been working for several years toward obtaining a partial 139 limited commercial certification from the Federal
proper certification for passenger planes.” Cleveland said the facility probably would be limited to 12 to 14 flights a year, but said that number seemed to work for the NIU Athletics Department. He indicated the 7,025-foot
Aviation Administration. He expects to have that certification by August. “This is a hometown airport in a university community. It will be great to take care of more people,” Cleveland said. “We can handle 737s and DC-9s now, we just need the
runway is longer than that of Midway International Airport in Chicago. “Our runway is longer, we just don’t have the weight-bearing capacity,” Cleveland said.
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Tom Cleveland Manager of DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport
John Rey Mayor of DeKalb
CHILDREN AND TECHNOLOGY
Proposes more spying scrutiny The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – A presidential advisory panel has recommended sweeping changes to government surveillance programs, including limiting the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records by stripping the National Security Agency of its ability to store that data in its own facilities. Court orders would be required before the information could be searched. In a 300-page report released Wednesday, the five-member panel also proposed greater scrutiny of decisions to spy on friendly foreign leaders, a practice that has outraged U.S. allies around the world. While the panel’s 46 recommendations broadly call for more oversight of the government’s vast spying network, few programs would be ended. There’s also no guarantee that the most stringent recommendations will be adopted by President Barack Obama, who authorized the panel but is not obligated to implement its findings. The task force said it sought to balance the nation’s security with the public’s privacy rights and insisted the country would not be put at risk if more oversight was put in place. “We’re not saying the struggle against terrorism is over or that we can dismantle the mechanisms
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TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING? Experts warn excessive media use can cause learning, health problems Story by ANDREA AZZO – aazzo@shawmedia.com • Photo Illustration by ROB WINNER – rwinner@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Former waitress Jackie DeCleene still remembers serving a grandfather whose four grandchildren who were all pecking away at their phones for the entire meal. DeCleene, a Sycamore resident and a mother of a 7-year-old daughter, said she’ll never forget the sad look the grandpa had on his face. It was in that moment that DeCleene vowed to monitor her child’s exposure to technology. DeCleene’s daughter gets about five hours a week of
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technology exposure, she said. “I remember that moment,” she said. “It’s embedded in my memory.” Studies show DeCleene’s daughter may be in the minority. According to a 2010 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, children ages 8 to 18 years old spend more than 7 hours a day using entertainment media. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, studies have shown that excessive media use can lead
to attention problems, sleep and eating disorders, school difficulties and obesity. The statistics are troubling for Brent E. Wholeben, Northern Illinois University’s director of the Office of Research, Evaluation and Policy Studies at the College of Education. Wholeben said those who are heavy users of technology can have diminished social skills, especially when it comes to cyberbullying. According to DoSomething. org, the nation’s largest nonprofit for young people,
nearly 43 percent of children say they have been bullied online. “They don’t think about the other person and don’t see the face of the other person,” Wholeben said. “These kids have not developed intellectual identity and ethical structure.” Wholeben has done research on good ways to use technology, such as computer-assisted instruction. Although he thinks the positives of technology use
Technology guidelines The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children younger than 2 years old should not use iPads and other technology, while older children should be limited to an hour or two a day.
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You would not allow your child to go out in the middle of night. For some reason, [some parents] don’t [monitor their children] in that context with electronics.” – Brent E. Wholeben, Northern Illinois University’s director of the Office of Research, Evaluation and Policy Studies at the College of Education
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