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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 2006
Page
1
Firefighters from nearly a dozen departments joined the De Soto Daze water fight at the park. Competitors pushed a metal jug across a boardwalk using high pressure hoses. Some heats ended quickly, others reached the 90 second limit as about 100 spectators cheered. The celebration also featured inflatable rides for kids and softball games.
The FDA maintains the 1975 ban on selling hatchling turtles under four inches, citing salmonella risk. Dr. Joseph Paige notes many misperceptions and warns violators face up to 1000 dollars fine and one year in prison per offense. An Illinois FDA office will investigate Southern Illinois sales and Texas sources.
A federal study finds upgrading levees along the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers would cost more than 8 billion dollars to guard against 500 year floods and about 3.7 billion for 100 year floods. The Army Corps of Engineers notes most of the 1100 river miles north of Cape Girardeau already hold up, with some sections showing varying structural integrity.
In 2000 Isle of Capri Casinos pitched a Kimmswick casino claiming a $199 million local economic boost. An economist from Nebraska later suggested the project would yield only a small gain for Jefferson County and a loss for Kimmswick, illustrating the uncertain economics of gambling expansion. The region anticipates over $1 billion in gambling investment in coming years, while casino backers often inflate economic benefits.
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