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Meef the, area's "newest people0 on Community page 6. Omr(Q)niiii(sn 1 Sactton 12PogM 350nh Stow IhlKwW 04, CotM 1991 VolwMll2NufnlMr9e DdCdbSyccmora, Governor vetoes remap By Dennis Conrad Associated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) Republican' Gov. Jim Edgar vetoed a Democratic-drafted legislative redistricting plan for the Illinois General Assembly, giving the task of drawing a remap to a bipartisan commission. Edgar vetoed the measure prepared junder the leadership of Democratic Senate President Philip Rock and House Speaker Michael Madigan late Sunday, hours after the plan was approved on largely partisan roll calls.

In his brief veto message, Edgar said the map was "not politically fair" and failed to comply with the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. The veto means a Legislative Redistricting Commission must be formed by the bipartisan leadership of the General Assembly by July 10. The commission must' draw new boundaries for House and Senate districts in Illinois based on the 1990 census. The eight-member commission must file a redistricting plan approved by at least five members no later than Aug.

10. If there is no agreement, a ninth commission member will be chosen in a drawing conducted by the secretary of state from the two nominees one 'Republican and one Democrat suggested by the state Supreme Court Its report would be due Oct. 5. During the legislative debate. Republicans criticized the Democratic proposal, for being unfair to suburbanites, blacks and Hispanics.

Sen. Penny Severns, D-Decatur, challenged the GOP lawmakers to offer their own redistricting plan. She noted that House and Senate Republicans have appropriated a total of $1 million over the past two years to help prepare their own maps the seme amount Democrats got Senate GOP Leader James "Pate" Philio said Republicans didn't offer a map because it wouldn't be passed. "(House GOP Leader Lee) Daniels and I have not agreed on a map at this point" he added. "We will have a map for the commission We'll have a better map than they have." Philip predicted the remap work would ultimately be handled by the federal courts.

ft' Signs stall new parking plan; DeKalb waiting to implement 180,000 gallons of water that was transported to the scene from a creek during the training event sponsored by the Rocbelle Fire Department (Chronicle photo by Doug Merwin) Darren G. Graf, silhouetted above, joined about 160 firefighters from DeKalb, Ogle and Lee counties Sunday night daring a practice ran at dousing a grain elevator fire ia Steward. The 22 fire departments used 30 fire vehicles and an estimated plan is the increase in 12-hour parking spaces from 123 to 234, Stevens said. This wjll allow more parking for people who work downtown or for some other reason need longer times to park their cars in the area. Stevens said he believes this change will reduce the demand for permit parking.

Because this plan cannot go into effect today, the contingent plan of reducing "license to hunt" parking Hinkle hunt ends bittersweet By Kathy Guyer Staff writer DeKalb's new downtown parking plan that was scheduled to begin' today has been stalled with no date yet known as to when it will become effective. The reason for the delay is that an outside company that has been contracted to make the new signs has not delivered, said City Manager Mark Stevens. The signs must be in place to designate new parking restrictions before the plan can go into effect Stevens said. Therefore, the old system will remain in effect until the signs are received and installed. It is as yet unknown when the signs will be received, Stevens said.

The main difference in the new permits from 150 to 60 will also be postponed, Stevens said. "License to hunt" permits allow a person to park for 12 hours in any available spot Current permits that were scheduled to become invalid today have been extended until the signs, are in place, he said. However, once the signs are in place the number of permits will be reduced. If more permits are applied for than there are spaces available, a lottery will be held, said DeKalb Police Chief Donald Berke. Applications for the lottery must be received by 8 ajn.

on Thursday, July 1 1. To further complicate the parking issue is the controversy over the price of a reserved downtown parking space. -Inside Local dbMt. OtxtuariM. Community ClnEod.

-9-10-11 NIU prepares to watch Eclipse to only shadow area leads after the story aired. While most led to dead ends, one indirectly led them to Martha. A woman in California, who was searching for her mother's birth family and thought Hinkle's missing sister was connected, told Reynolds that while searching the extensive genealogical library of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), she came across the name of Meeks, who the Hinkles knew took Martha out of the orphanage. Reynolds, who is a member of a club that specializes in finding lost relatives, followed the lead and eventually was able to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. Jo Hinkle said Charles Herman Meeks and Lida Meeks divorced and Martha went with her father.

She was eventually adopted by friends of her father named Jackson. Martha spent her childhood in Meeks, Ga. She married a man named James Thomas, moved to Savannah, and raised four sons. The search for Martha, Al Hinkle said, was complicated by several factors: stringent privacy laws, the fact the Meeks' adoption was never finalized and the limited records kept by the orphanage on Martha. He added that Charles Meeks was a patient at a Georgia veteran's hospital, which lost its records in a fire, while her mother Lida Meeks was staying in a boarding house, which accounts for no traceable utility or postal records.

He added that the Meeks claimed Martha was adopted from a North Carolina orphanage and that in Meeks' home town, Charles often went by the name of Herm or Herman which clouded the search even more. Al said Martha's sons have told him their mother never attempted to search for her twin sister or her brothers and sisters. The Hinkles are planning to meet Martha's sons and their families during a reunion this year. By Mike Crase Staff writer For 70-year-old Al Hinkle of Sycamore the search is over. His 35-year search for one of his twin sisters separated when he was four came to an end in May when he received word that his sister had been found.

However the news was bittersweet. The object of his search, Martha Lois Hinkle Meeks Jackson Thomas, had died April IS. "We were disappointed that we didn't get to meet her and that she died so shortly before we found her," said Jo Hinkle, Al's wife. "I think we all feel a little relieved that it's over and you're not still thinking and searching." "All through our lives, we (his family) would get together and be talking and wondering what kind of life she had, where she's at, if she's looking for us," Al said with some sadness in his voice. "Now we know." The search for Hinkle's missing sister also involved Hinkle! niece Jackie Reynolds, in Tennessee, her detective-like skills, and the use of network television.

The story starts in 1924 when Hinkle, who was at the time the youngest of the nine siblings who stayed together, saw his father take his baby sisters to a local orphanage in Tennessee, following the death of Al's mother. There they were soon separated and adopted. 1955, following the death pf his father, Al started his search. The following year, he tracked down one sister, Mary Carter, who lives in West Virginia. The trail for the other twin turned stone cold after that, and it was another 34 years until Hinkle's hopes of finding the remaining sister brightened.

In October 1990. the NBC show "Unsolved Mysteries" aired the story about his search. Hinkle explained the family received a number of projection behind the building. The image will be projected through a telescope and onto a movie screen, Munday said. Or a make-shift projector can be set up at home, Munday said.

You punch a tiny hole in a piece of paper, and hold it above another piece of paper. The sunlight comes through the pinhole in the first piece of paper and creates an image on the piece below. The distance between the two pieces must be adjusted to get the right image, similar to focus- mg a camera. The eclipse will be visible to 500 million people, more than any other eclipse. In DeKalb, it will start at 3:28 pjn.

on July 11 and last until 5:01 pjn. The eclipse will peak at 4:16 pjn. when about 12 percent of the sun will be blocked by the moon, Munday said. The total eclipse will not be visible in the United States, but there will be vivid effects in Hawaii and the southernmost, part of the country. By Fred Ludwig Staff writer It is among nature's most breathtaking spectacles.

The all-powerful sun is unable to fill the sky with its light simply by its alignment The solar eclipse that will occur on the afternoon of July 11 will bring sudden temperature drops and eerie daytime darkness to parts of the country. DeKalb lies on the edge of the path of the eclipse, so the effect will be less dramatic. In fact if you don't know about the eclipse, which starts at about 3:30 pjn. here, you may not even notice it But an eclipse, even a partial one, is a fantastic curiosity. Despite its beauty, an eclipse can also be dangerous.

Looking at it directly, even while wearing sunglasses, can cause permanent eye damage in a matter of seconds. Visible sunlight is blocked by the moon, but rays that the human eye cannot detect still seep through, said Dave Munday, Northern Dlinois University Astronomical Society member. "There's lots and lots of ultraviolet radiation and infrared radiation that conies through," Munday said. "It does more damage than light in the visible spectrum. The ultraviolet rays are pretty nasty." Munday said people who want to see the eclipse can go to NIU's Davis Hall where the Astronomical Society will offer an enlarged Sheriff's police dog helps sniff out burglary suspect in DeKalb Hawaii Crdar aHinea nntt Partial eclipse only WVNI WWWWW 1 (longest totality) Partial eclipse only V.

the sheriff's department, said DeKalbPolice Sgt. Rick Probasco. When police arrived al the scene They saw Petties nearby but did not as yet know the details of the incident so they did not pursue him, said DeKalb Police Lt Richard Moudy. Upon investigation of the incident in which a television, VCR, cable box and purse were allegedly taken, Petties was identified as a suspect, Moudy said. The goods and suspect were tracked down with the assistance of Sheriffs Deputy Todd Merritt and his dog.

Max, said Sheriff Roger Scott. The dog picked up the scent behind the building where DeKalb police said they thought the suspect had exited, Scott said. The dog followed the scent about one block. Some of the items were found under trees and bushes, Moudy said. However, itj is unknown 1 if the suspect was attempting to hide the merchandise to recover at a later time or planned to leave it there.

Moudy said that the sheriffs K-9 unit is a tool used by the department and it was not unusual to call the unit in to help in tracking a suspect ByKathyGuyer Staff writer DeKalb Police arrested a Chicago man for residential burglary after he was sniffed out by a member of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department K-9 unit early this morning. Forrest Petties. 25, was apprehended on foot in the area near where the burglary occurred in the 800 block of Russell Road. Residents of the apartment were sleeping at the time of the alleged burglary. They were awakened round 12:30 a.m.

and called 'DeKalb police who then contacted -c tv -il-v The solar eclipse ou July 11 win be at least partially visible throughout the continental United States, except for aortheni New England. The total eclipse will begin over Hawaii and end at sunset over Braxfl..