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ELECTION 2014 | GOVERNOR’S RACE
Hopefuls vie for black vote Both preach their message at churches Sunday CHICAGO (AP) – The two candidates in the tight race for Illinois governor spent Sunday courting parishioners at African-American churches as they battle for every vote in the final stretch of the campaign. Republican Bruce Rauner spoke Sunday at New Beginnings Church of Christ on Chicago’s South Side, as he pledged his commitment to black communities. Democratic Gov. Pat
Quinn appeared at Community Covenant Church in suburban Calumet Park, where he continued to call for raising the state’s minimum wage. With African-American turnout considered key to Quinn’s narrow victory over Republican Bill Brady in 2010, both sides have made courting the demographic a key focus in recent weeks. President Barack Obama headlined
a get-out-the-vote rally for Quinn last Sunday, largely attended by blacks and featuring several other leading African-American politicians. Rauner has drawn together a contingent of black ministers and businessmen who say the Democratic governor failed to deliver on promises over the last 4 years. BLACK VOTE CONTINUED ON A4
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Bruce Rauner Republican challenger quotes Bible at church on Chicago’s South Side
Candidates differ on how much blame Republican Bruce Rauner should shoulder for failures by his firm, GTCR.
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Two teens killed in rollover Pronounced dead at scene after car flipped into ditch, caught fire BY JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5525
Photos by Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Prezil Nave, 1, of Dixon eats a sausage while sitting on the lap of her mother, Kali Nave, at the Monster Pancakes breakfast Saturday morning at the Lee County Senior Center. The event was hosted by Dixon Main Street and Lee County Council on Aging. Those in costume got a dollar off their breakfast.
ERIE – A rollover crash left two Erie teenagers dead Saturday night after the vehicle they were in flipped and landed in a drainage ditch. Samantha Stablein and Ashley Wunderlich, both 16, were southbound about 10:30 p.m. Saturday when Wunderlich lost control of the vehicle on Sand Road, north of Cordova Road in rural Erie, according to a news release from the Whiteside County Sheriff’s department. The vehicle slid into a bridge end and flipped over, landing upsidedown in a drainage ditch before it caught fire. Both girls were pronounced dead at the scene just before 11:30 p.m., according to Whiteside County Coroner Joe McDonald. “We are still investigating the cause of the accident,” said Sgt. Kristopher Schmidt of the Whiteside County Sheriff s department. Crews from Erie Fire and Ambulance were called to the scene to assist in extricating the victims. No further information was available Sunday evening.
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ABOVE: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael – his friends and family call him Tyler Schumaker, 3, of Dixon – eats a pancake at the Monster Pancakes breakfast at the Lee County Senior Center.
Michael Krabbenhoeft/ mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com
Sue Stonitsch (left) runs the ball for Team Jess while Teresa Urrutia, of the Sterling Smashers, tries to grab one of Stonitsch’s flags Saturday during Touchdown for TaTas fundraiser at Sterling Chevrolet Field. See more photos of the event on A3.
RIGHT: Alorya Dempsey, 1, of Dixon eats a piece of a pancake while sitting on the lap of her father, Mark Dempsey. Many of the youngsters quickly burned off their breakfast by marching in the Noon Lions Halloween Parade in downtown Dixon. See photos of the parade on A12.
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COMICS ............... A9 CROSSWORD....B12 DEAR ABBY ......... A7
LIFESTYLE ........... A7 LOTTERY ............. A2 NATION/WORLD .. A8
OBITUARIES ........ A4 OPINION .............. A6 SPORTS ...............B1
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