The Daily Chronicle from De Kalb, Illinois • Page 11

DAILY CHRONICLE, Online at NIsite.com and Monday, October 22, 2001 A9 Thought for Today. "Money often costs too much." Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet and philosopher (1803-1882) Cindy DiDonna, Lifestyles Editor Phone: (815) 756-4841, Ext. 227 E-mail: New Rochelle business expands to DeKalb area Another Year iu.J. 1 1 A i 'i William Karr The Hub Capsule in Thomas Jamie Vargas Age 1, Malta Birthday: Oct. 22 Parents: Javier and Melissa Vargas Grandparents: Thomas and Mary Folowell, Malta Great-grandparents: Marillyn Melton, DeKalb; Thomas and JoAnn Folowell, Sycamore; Mr.

and Mrs. Jamie Vargas, Chicago After nearly a decade without it, DeKalb residents gained cab service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Even though DeKalb is a much larger town than Jlochelle thanks to university students, faculty members and employees for several large firms, the cab company is a small, family operation with big city ideas. Owner Ted Brown has a sales and marketing back-. ground: He and his family moved to the Hub City from South Dakota for better health care.

A Cruiser's Taxi drives over the streets of DeKalb while receiving its calls from the Rochelle office. Customers can call toll free to get a ride. The number is (800) 366-9006. "Within 5 to 10 minutes after the caU, DeKalb customers cart expect a cab at their door." Our drivers get out of the cab, open the passenger door, and if they pick someone lap at a food store, drivers will carry a cus-tomer's bags. We did demo- graphic research in Rochelle to discover about 40 percent of our business are senior, citizens, but 60 percent are people who take us back and forth to work every day.

It was a surprise to learn the large number of Rochelle residents who have no Other method of transportation," Brown said. Based on the same type of research for DeKalb, Brown expects to transport 15 to 20 people per hour. He points out most of the major stores in DeKalb are on the north side of town, so if a south side resident wants to information necessary for the DeKalb expansion. Brown uses comfortable cars with six-cylinder" engines so one tank of gas is consumed during a Rochelle business day. He established a repair agreement in the Hub City for regular vehicle service.

Despite the fact Brown's health prevents him from driving regularly, he personally worked with the city council in each town to qualify for separate operating licenses. These arrangements make it' possible for individual DeKalb passengers to hire Cruiser's for a trip to OTIare. Brown's favorite service passenger story involves a trucker who called from Rochelle at 4:40 p.m. The passenger held a bus ticket from DeKalb to Chicago, and he expected to arrive at the bus by 5 p.m. A Cruiser cab made it in time, but the bus arrived and left at 4:45 p.m.

The cab transported the trucker to his home on Chicago's south side. A vital function Cruiser's provides in both DeKalb and Rochelle is a safe way to get home if passengers have had too much to drink. Brown said agreements between his company and area restaurants and bars have not been profitable, but he added, The biggest job we have in the community is to get people to think about taking a cab after a party. Our most important job is to keep people off the roads when they should not be driving. Even if the fare is $5 each way, it is better than being charged with DWI by policed 5' it 0 yc It- '-m Kish College hosts College Night shop at night, Cruiser's Taxi is the safest answer.

After opening in April, Cruiser's has provided more than two rides per hour in Rochelle thanks to agreements made with community groups. For example, one of Brown's two sons drives the cab back and forth to the Petro Truck Plaza carrying over-the-road drivers to Hub City businesses. These businesses lost trucker patronage before Cruiser's came to town because of parking problems for rigs on city streets, Flagg Township offers ride discounts to seniors and people coping with disabilities thanks to an agreement. Job seekers travel to the Rochelle WE A program due to a second arrangement. Brown hopes to negotiate similar pacts with DeKalb community organizations.

Large companies contract with Cruiser's to transport machinery repair specialists to and from airports. Another corporate account relies on Cruiser's to trans-. port truck drivers while their rigs undergo major repairs. To provide this type of service in DeKalb, drivers submitted to a background check by police, and the single cab underwent a police inspection. The Rochelle experience Cruiser's has had gave solid i of the Dead' Studio Series at the Corner Theatre on the Northern Illinois University campus on Thursday.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead" was written by Padmasambhava, one of Tibet's earliest teachers of Buddhism, in the 8th century A.D. According to the Book, we start at the top and descend progressively down until we are born again. It is a manual to be read by a friend or spiritual teacher to the dying or the dead. The Tibetan Book of the Dead" is not just for the dying though. It is also for the liv tion-vocal major, was chosen by audition and will sing soprano I.

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Kayla Close Age 5, Sycamore Birthday: Oct. 31 Parents: Heath and Tara Close Grandparents: Clyde King Jean White, Gary and Peggy Close Reed Kousoulas Age 1, Sycamore Birthday: Oct. 21 Parents: Chris and TilTany Kousuulas, sister Kiyas Grandparents: Linda and Ron llammes. Sycamore; Ken and Marcia Kingston; Peg Kousoulas, Sycamore; Nick and Vicky Kousoulas, Schaumburg s. Jordan Haka Age 10, Sycamore Birthday: Oct.

20 Parents: Jane and John Tallitsch, Justin' Haka Grandparents: Jacqueline Vancil, Loren Vancil, Jay Haka, all of Sycamore Great-grandmothers: Mary Mabel, Elaine Soen, both of Sycamore IVasuiii's IlaUcr lIoliciuiiMi I tuck SaucrhraUcii l'iiitikiii Iic tfifcidt fystaurant 121 9, Second- 756 4749 nr'M' 'grfriiii i TRAINING DAY MON-THUR: 4 30. 7:00, 9:30 THE LAST CASTLE MON-THUR 415, 7:00. 9:40 BANDITS (Ps is MON-THUH- 4:30 7 1 5. 9 45 CORKY ROMANO MON-THUR' 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 HEARTS IN ATLANTIS to in MON-THUR: 9-45 MAX KEEBLE'S BIG MOVE MON-THUR: 5:30. 7:30 FROM HELL 7:15.

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(OH Samantha Crespo Age 11, DeKalb Birthday: Oct. 22 Parents: Michelle Marshall and Rolando Crespo Grandparents: Margie and Ed Foshe; Marciano and Haydee Crespo Elliott Thomas Pritchett Age 4 Birthday: Oct. 23 Parents: Tom and Sandy Pritchett Grandparents: Jim and Wanda Alsup, Sycamore; Frank and Carol Engel, Hampshire Great-grandmother: Florence Martens, DeKalb Alevis Hiles-Teagus Age 3, DeKalb Birthday: Oct. 18 Parents: Chris Hiles and EricTeagus Grandparents: Char and Sonny Sepaniak; Helen and Jessie Teagus Erica Hiles-Teagus Age 1, DeKalb Birthday: Oct. 12 Parents: Chris Hiles and Eric Teagus Grandparents: Char and Sonny Sepaniak; Helen and Jessie Teagus i 1 ti 4- 1 'T'' I IIIIIHIiLUllllLJL.

S'' will have access to representatives 47 Illinois schools as well as out-of-state institutions from Iowa, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin. Night's most coveted perks aid presentation with a ques-tion-and-answer session with Kishwaukee of Financial Aid Pam aid presentation has been the presentation at College Night in leaving standing-room-only in This year, the College's Media will again broadcast the question-and-answer session to a via television to ensure wants the financial aid information to it. enrolled in the Kishwaukee Consortium, a program designed about six area high school occupational courses for college KC, will learn how the credits lead to further educational about College Night is calling Wilma Nance at (815) 249. MALTA Choosing a college can be one of the most exhilarating, exciting and stressful life decisions most of us ever make. Anyone thinking about college these days probably has a lot of questions: What sort of college is right for me? How much will it cost? What types of financial assistance are To answer these and other questions for.

prospective college students, parents and district residents, Kishwaukee College is hosting its annual College Night from p.m. Nov. 7 in the college gymnasium with a spe-cial presentation on financing a college education at 7 p.m. in the Each year, the college partners with area high schools to bring this one-stop shopping opportunity to the community to give prospective students a chance to comparison shop while gathering information on academic programs, admissions requirements and financial aid for several schools at once. At this year's event, representatives from 76 institutions including colleges, universities, military programs and trade schools will be on hand to provide informational materials, applications and answer questions.

The event also is recommended for Kishwaukee College students who are in a position to move on to a two-or four-year Jeremy Rogers Age 6, DeKalb Birthday: Nov. 10 Parents: Lauri and Gary Rogers Grandparents: Raymond and Josephine McAdams Allison Faivre Age 5, DeKalb Birthday: Oct. 23 Parents: Aaron and Diane Faivre, brother Louie Grandparents: LaVerne Faivre, DeKalb; Harold Moeller; Darrell and Vicki Potter, Iowa Seasonal Alert They are making peanut brittle at The Conleclionary again. And it's not Ux shabby cither. SIIOWTIMFS IM9 TIIR11Q35 BANDITS 6:50, 2:00, 4:20, 6:50, Sim: 200, 4:20, 6:50, Won.

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead" runs from Thursday through Sunday in the Corner Theatre in the Stevens Building, just behind McDonald's. Studio Series productions start at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $3 at the door.

performs classical choral literature from five centuries of music. Benad is a graduate of DeKalb High School. 'Tibetan Book DeKALB "If we recognize the clear white light of universal mind as our own fully awakened nature, we may merge with it." This statement by play- wright Jean-Claude van Itallie underlies his play "The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or How Not to Do It Again," which is based on translations of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual guide "The Book of the Dead." Just in time for Sycamore's Pumpkin Fest and Halloween, this play about death and resurrection opens the School of Theatre and Dance 2001-2002 On Campus Wendy Benad of DeKalb was selected as a member of Millikin University's University Women's Choir for the 2001-2002 season. Benad, a music educa.