HEC/News: UI, state officials plan strict enforcement for 2009 Unofficial (The News-Gazette)

HEC/News
Thursday, February 19, 2009

UI, state officials plan strict enforcement for 2009 Unofficial
The News-Gazette (IL) February 15, 2009
By Steve Bauer

"Local and state officials again plan to do everything they can to
discourage misbehavior at what has become an annual daylong drinking
binge."

"The event, known as Unofficial St. Patrick's Day since it was developed
as a promotion by a local bar owner in 1996 to capture business lost
when students left town for spring break, has grown to attract young
people from other campuses and communities..."

"City, county and state officials have met in recent weeks to plan
strategies to prevent or reduce problems this year..."

"Plans this year call for a temporary mandatory bar entry age of 21 for
all Champaign bars between State and Wright streets and Chalmers and
Washington streets..."

Full article available at
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/02/15/ui_state_officials_pla
n_strict_enforcement_for_2009_unofficial

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