Real Deal: Former DeKalb resident competes to be Andy Dick's personal assistant on MTV reality show

A former DeKalb resident who starred in a reality TV show designed to find a personal assistant for actor Andy Dick was eliminated Monday night after outlasting nearly all of the competition to become one of the final three contestants. Tanika Kennedy, a former Kaneland High School student who later graduated from Freeport High School, in 1998, wasn't sure what to expect when she signed up to be on MTV's "The Assistant." "I thought it sounded like a good idea," she said. Following high school, Kennedy moved to DeKalb and started taking classes at Kishwaukee College in Malta. Her family runs Sugar Momma's, a candy store at 901 Lucinda Ave., underneath the Village Commons Bookstore near Northern Illinois University. Besides taking classes at