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NEW FIREWORKS VANTAGE POINT • THE NEW MALCOLM W. MARTIN MEMORIAL PARK IN EAST ST. LOUIS, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE GATEWAY ARCH WILL BE OPEN FROM 5 TO 10 P.M. TODAY AND FROM NOON TO 10 P.M. SATURDAY. ALL BAGS, BACKPACKS, COOLERS, CONTAINERS AND PURSES WILL BE SEARCHED UPON ENTRY. NO ALCOHOL, FIREWORKS OR SPARKLERS OF ANY KIND, GLASS CONTAINERS, GRILLS OR OPEN FIRES. ONLY SERVICE ANIMALS ARE PERMITTED. OPERATION DRY WATER • THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS REMINDING BOATERS ABOUT THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF PLAYING IT SAFE WHEN OUT ON THE WATER. THE DEPARTMENT'S CONSERVATION POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS THEY EXTEND OPERATION DRY WATER THROUGH THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. BEACHES REOPEN • JUST IN TIME FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY, BOTH PUBLIC BEACHES AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS PARK ARE OPEN. THE TWO SWIMMING BEACHES HAD BEEN CLOSED IN EARLY JUNE AFTER TESTS FOUND HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF E-COLI. ONE BEACH REOPENED LAST WEEK AND THE SECOND BEACH WAS REOPENED WEDNESDAY. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SPOKESWOMAN SUSANNE MEDLEY SAID THE AGENCY HAD ASKED THAT THE TESTS BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO PARK OFFICIALS WOULD KNOW IF THE BEACHES COULD BE OPEN DURING THE JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY. ROADWORK AHEAD • THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL BE CLOSING ILLINOIS ROUTE 161 FROM NOLTINGS ROAD TO HARTING DRIVE IN CLINTON COUNTY AT 8 A.M. MONDAY. THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL 3:30 P.M. JULY 10. THE CLOSURE IS NEEDED FOR CREWS TO REPLACE A CULVERT UNDER ROUTE 161.