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Rummels' mayoral election petition signatures challenged
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Paula Rummels is facing a challenge to her candidacy for mayor of Rock Island that could knock her off the ballot. The city's electoral board will convene at 6 p.m. today for a hearing on a challenge by Ronald Day that alleges some of the signatures presented by Ms. Rummels were not from Rock Island residents. Ms. Rummels is one of four candidates for Rock Island mayor next spring. Others include incumbent Dennis Pauley and challengers Rick Cassini and David Levin. Candidates were required to collect 322 signatures of Rock Island residents by Nov. 26 to get on the April 9 ballot. Mr. Day, who is retired, alleges some signatures presented by Ms. Rummels had Iowa addresses which would make them ineligible. He said he supports Mr. Levin's candidacy. Mr. Levin said he had no role in Mr. Day's challenge to Ms. Rummels' petitions. Ms. Rummels, assistant director of admissions at Brown Mackie College - Quad Cities, said she will attend the electoral board meeting with her attorney. She's also a member of the Rock Island-Milan School Board. Ms. Rummels said others helped her collect 325 signatures. If enough signatures are disqualified to lower the number of eligible signatures on her petition below 322, she could be removed from the April 9 ballot. The electoral board will meet in the city council's chambers at Rock Island City Hall, 1528 3rd Ave. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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