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Peru to fix Centennial Park bathroom destroyed by tree · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Peru to fix Centennial Park bathroom destroyed by tree. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Tom Collins, This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. A rotting or
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  Speaker 1: disease tree fell on a restroom at Centennial Park in Peru.
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  Speaker 1: It'll cost twenty one thousand dollars to fix it. That's
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  Speaker 1: what city officials are hoping anyway. On Monday, the Peru
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  Speaker 1: City Council approved a proposal from Augustiniak Construction LLC for
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  Speaker 1: twenty one two hundred and eighty nine dollars in bathroom repairs,
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  Speaker 1: but Alderman Jason Edgecombe cautioned that it's only an estimate.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody is sure what else awaits contractors once they get inside.
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  Speaker 1: The damage is mainly on the roof, Edgecombe said, but
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  Speaker 1: they won't know until they get the roof off and
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  Speaker 1: make sure everything else is still good. Mayor ken Kolowski
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  Speaker 1: said he'd make sure the restroom would be completely secured
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  Speaker 1: before the Taste of the Illinois Valley. The outbuilding was
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  Speaker 1: damaged on April twenty six when a large tree fell abruptly.
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  Speaker 1: No one was hurt and the tree has been removed.
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  Speaker 1: There was virtually no wind that day, so city officials
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  Speaker 1: immediately expected internal rot resulting from tree disease. Peru Fire
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  Speaker 1: Chief Jeff King said Monday and assessment of the remaining
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  Speaker 1: trees in Centennial Park with on site inspections targeted for
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  Speaker 1: autumn