Danville official taking time off to help out Obama

DANVILLE – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be receiving some local help this week when Danville Neighborhood Development Manager John Dreher leaves on vacation Wednesday.

Dreher, 53, plans to spend the week in Dayton, Ohio, campaigning for the Illinois senator before the primary election there on March 4.

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