Beck Diefenbach  -  bdiefenbach@daily-chronicle.com<br />
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Jim Olesen, of DeKalb, collects cardboard and paper for recycling while volunteering at Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, Ill., on Monday Oct. 12, 2009. Olesen began volunteering at the hospital after he lost his job in September of 2008.