Daily Archives: July 10, 2009

Indiana Restaurants, Package Stores Lag in Preventing Alcohol Sales to Minors

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A two-year survey by Indiana State Excise Police found that the state’s restaurants and liquor stores lagged behind other retail channels (.pdf) in preventing sales of alcohol to minors.

For the survey, 18-to-20-year-olds, watched over by undercover officers, tried to purchase alcohol at various establishments. Underage buyers succeeded in more than 44 percent of restaurants and more than 40 percent of liquor stores.

By contrast, fewer than 26 percent of grocery stores, and only about 21 percent of drug stores, allowed 18-to-20-year-olds to purchase alcohol.
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News & Notes: Illiana Expressway Report Delivered

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A new report on the proposed Illiana Expressway presents three options south of Crown Point.

Coster LLC is set to begin construction on a 12,000-square-foot jet hanger at Gary/Chicago International Airport.

Lake County needs to cut another $1.6 billion from its budget due to lower-than-projected tax collections.

Valparaiso is mulling a traffic roundabout at the intersection of Calumet, Roosevelt and Vale Park roads.

Alcoa Howmet, a LaPorte, IN-based subsidiary of Alcoa Power and Propulsion, laid off 18 Wednesday, citing a downturn in the aerospace market. The plant has laid off more than 140 people in the past four months.

The new Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka is nearing completion.

Proposed cuts in police and fire services are drawing criticism in South Bend.

Community Hospital Adds More Private Rooms

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Community Hospital in Munster has added 26 more private patient rooms on the second floor of the West Pavilion that opened Monday, July 6 to cardiac patients in need of specialized monitoring.

Following the relocation of oncology care in February to the fifth floor with private suites, the second floor has been renovated to accommodate a new cardiovascular-intermediate care unit (CV-IMCU). The new private rooms create a home-like atmosphere for patients and make family members more comfortable with amenities considered to be the latest, most advanced, state-of-the art technology.
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