Carbondale park district officials say if people want to see the summer sunset concert tradition continue they had better improve their behavior.

Sandy Bartelsmeyer, president of the Park District Board of Commissioners, said last Thursday’s 5,000-plus crowd was fairly well behaved, but improvement is needed.

In general, it was a very well behaved crowd, but it only takes a few people to ruin it for everyone, Bartelsmeyer said.

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Bartelsmeyer said the board has not made any decisions yet, but will decide the future of Turley Park after the concerts are over.

Bartelsmeyer said the some of the problems at the sunset concerts are underage drinking, public urination and pets.

Cindy Gimse, who lives a block away from Turley Park, said she stopped attending the concerts because of the large amount of underage drinking, littering, public urination and public display of affection she has seen in recent

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