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Newman is open to” the suggestion of setting up
a job symposium at Do llege orice gam-
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uniquenes riverboats ggghat i it's not a nine to
five operation. It’s te to two aim, every day,
seven days a wéek..As.aresult, we could work very,
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installing period lampposts as well as other anti
decorations. In addition, they plan to build a i gle

ring along the length of the boardwalk to
shelter people from the rain.

“We will be transforming the waterfront into a
place of beauty. But more than that, we will be
putting visually stunning, tourist-generating
riverboats that people will come down to just to
have a cruise. People will be able to board and go
on a cruise on, an old, honest-to-gosh, massive

says Newman.

A local arts group, the ‘Ray 0
Art, Sogiety, will also benefit from. theeasino
aser Riverboat Corporation agrees to
olumbia Theatre on Columbia Street,
a fraternal hall, for a price tag of one
dollars. The corporation will then donate
the property to the society, provided that gambling, and increased tourism,
licenses are granted to the corporation.
“We did that simply because we wanted to show
that we were giving something to the community,”

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The casino operator also wishes to be a good
corporate citizen. An estimated one thousand jobs

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