Breaking the boredom - 2004-01-05
As a cure for their boredom, some Lakeland Continuing Care Center residents planned to burglarize a local bank.

The money would fund their trip to a casino.

"I'm tired of living in a nursing home and thought we needed some excitement, so we planned a robbery," said 88-year-old Clara Fletcher.

She was only acting, of course, with the others in the Continuing Care Players' production of "The Happy Heisters."
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Travis, 4 former state officials back casino gambling - 2004-01-05
A state official and four past state officials have joined a group that supports casino gambling at DeJope Bingo Hall.

State Rep. David Travis, D-Madison, and former Democratic Gov. Tony Earl are among those who joined the Coalition for the Fair Indian Gambling and Revenue Sharing Agreements, which is sponsored by the Ho-Chunk Nation.

The new casino boosters were announced Monday. The pro-casino group is pushing for a "yes" vote on a Feb. 17 referendum, which will ask Dane County voters if they want expanded gambling - including blackjack, roulette and poker - at the bingo hall on Madison's Southeast Side.
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