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The Daily Egyptian

Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian

Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian

Memo Perez and Romario Perez, father and son, perform during the end of the first show of the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus on Sunday in De Soto. Romario said the act he and his father perform goes by two names: the “Wheel of Death” and the “Wheel of Destiny.” Romario has been involved with the circus his whole life and travels in the circus with his father, mother and sister. He said he likes travelling and meeting new people. — April 10, 2016, De Soto, Ill.