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For Illinois Democrats, lagging in fundraising could spell trouble because already saddled with the political baggage of local scandals like the ouster for former Gov.Rod Blagojevich and the national funk over the Victoria DeFrancesco assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University. The biggest race with a wide money spread is the battle over old Senate seat. Republican Mark Kirk raised about $2.3 million in the quarter that ended in June compared to about $900,000 for Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Both had to deal with controversy.Giannoulias, state to weather the failure of his Chicago bank in April. congressman from suburban Chicago and a Naval Reserve he had embellished his military record.

has about four times as much money on hand with nearly $4 million in the bank compared to $1 million for Giannoulias.The Green LeAlan Jones said he raised less than $5,000 last quarter. from individuals in this economy is very has pledged not to accept money from corporate PACS or federal lobbyists. Like ocrats in other races where Republicans had the financial edge last quarter are down playing the significance. Halvorson raised $302,220 last quarter, slightly less than her Republican opponent Adam collected about $325,000 and bragged about it in a press release. Republicans want back the seat that had been represented by GOP Rep.

Jerry Weller until he retired amid ethics questions after seven terms in the 11th District, which stretches west from the suburban sprawl south of Chicago and includes a swath of central Illinois. Dig uncovers ancient settlement BYMAGGIE BORMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERSEYVILLE South of U.S. Route team of state and volunteers excavating about four acres of land has found evidence of a Native American settlement. have found about 40 very large storage one bell- shaped pit that appears to have had hundreds of tons of limestone hauled in and has a flagstone David Illinois Field Station coordinator for the Illinois State Archaeological at the site Tuesday. Working with the Illinois Department of Transportation before completion of the section of Corridor 67 south of Jerseyville that eventually will be a four- lane highway from the Quad Cities to crews have been toiling to complete their are on schedule.

began the first of April and should be done in about one Illinois Field Station assistant at the site Tuesday. Nolan said they evaluated the site south of Jerseyville last fall (they prefer not to define the exact location of the site) and were eager to get started excavating the site, which is located on IDOT right-of-way for Corridor 67. have three sites two sites on the west side of U.S.67 and another site on the east of the present a quarter- mile south of this Nolan said. The archaeologists believe they have a village dating back to about A.D. well as archaeological deposits going back 4,000 to 5,000 years; also, on the east side of the archaeologists are conducting a more current excavation dating to the 1830s or 1840s.

excavations on the west side are yielding very well-preserved bone well as pottery appears this was a large communal may not have been used year- round.Our later analysis of our data will have to tell us Some of the pits on the west side excavations are smaller; some are storage some were trash pits.Two appear to have been kiln pits.To have not found any evidence of homes, because they discovered any post pits.The large bell-shaped storage pit with the flagstone flooring is shaped such that it easily could have been sealed with a clay plug to keep rodents and other small animals out of the goods stored inside. On the east side are finding ample amounts of glass and pottery pieces dating to the 1830s and 1840s. While a much later time is one that is not well-documented archae- ologically.At that have found what appears to be an old cistern and an area that was known more to be a construction method of the French. know the family whose property this was, and know the history a good way we are interested in what our state historian has to he is to be here Nolan said. The materials gathered from the excavations will be sent back to the Jacksonville Field Station to be and analyzed.

There is 90 years of archaeological experience among and State Archaeologist Bob was busy at the site on the east side of the highway. is my first experience with actual I love it; I never want to do anything Alexis Alton, said on site Tuesday. soon will be graduating from Lewis and Clark Community College in the granddaughter of the family that owned the land from which IDOT purchased the right- of-way for the expansion of U.S.67 along that stretch of the proposed Corridor 67. was at my since I am nosy and taking archaeology along with other subjects, came over to the site and talked to Rob (Hickson) to see what I had to do to be a part of the crew.He said, out a Volner I actually started last week.I love It had rained early the crew had to pump out the pits to work in work they did. They all described the work as muddy and rewarding.

is it is important to get excavations this site will be gone in a couple a new road will be said. real work begins of understanding what the data and artifacts have to teach us about the people that lived AP Archaeologist Lauren Fitts (right) and lab director Rose Smith excavate pits Tuesday near they have found evidence of a Native American settlement. The Illinois State Archaeological Society is performing the dig. Republicans out-raise Democrats in key races.