Drownings draw more talk of dam, spillway safety measures

CHAMPAIGN (AP) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says it is considering flashing buoys and other new safety measures to guard against accidents at lake dams and spillways like the one that killed three members of a family last week on Clinton Lake. Some discussion had started before the accident, driven in part by a series of drownings on Illinois rivers last summer, said Gary Shaw, director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' Office of Water Resources. But the deaths of 59-year-old Richard Hunter, his 29-year-old son, Jason Hunter, and 8-year-old grandson, Kalin Hunter - after their boat drifted over the Clinton Lake spillway March 14 - have added to the sense of urgency. "Is there something we can and should do f