We had control of the game but a few turnovers let them sneak back into it. We called timeouts to set up a few plays and when the play doesn't get executed, that's costly.

Gun regulation is a place where local control is possible.

If we do not make an attempt to bring local control of a local resource back to the local citizens, then what we have done is shot the future of this city right in the foot.

Our goal from the start was to get the finances back under control and to make the civic center an asset to Benton and all of Southern Illinois. It looks like we are on the right road for both.

I kind of like the private club aspect of it. I kind of like the idea you can control your clientele. You don't have to serve every Tom, Dick and Harry.

There are line items that we have no control over,