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OPPOSING THE EXTENSION OF THE HOURS TO 2:00 A.M. AND A LETTER FROM <br />THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY YOUTH COORDINATOR STATING THAT SHE DID NOT <br />SEE HOW .SUCH AN EXTENSION COULD BENEFIT THE YOUTH OF THE COUNTY. <br />MR. DEAN THEN DISPLAYED A DRAWING REPRESENTING AN ICEBERG, <br />SHOWING THE TIP OF THE PYRAMID AS BEING THE SOLUTION TO THE ECONOMIC <br />^CFLEMS OF THE BARS AND LOUNGES, AND THE EVER WIDENING BASE OF THE <br />PRYAMID (THE UNDERWATER AND UNSEEN PART OF THE ICEBERG) AS THE <br />DISASTROUS RESULTS OF EXTENDING THE HOURS. THIS DRAWING IS ON FILE <br />IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. HE NOTED THAT ALCOHOL IS THE NUMBER ONE <br />HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY, IS INVOLVED IN A MAJORITY OF FATAL <br />ACCIDENTS, AND DRAINS THE U.S. ECONOMY OF AN ESTIMATED 25 BILLION <br />DOLLARS EACH YEAR IN LOST MAN HOURS, COST OF REHABILITATION, ETC. <br />GENE COBB OF ROSELAND, A TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND <br />PRESIDENT OF THE GOSPEL BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, FELT THAT ANY TIME <br />WE MAKE IT EASIER TO GET ALCOHOL, IT IS A MORAL ISSUE. HE ESPECIALLY <br />EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY, NOTING THAT HE <br />WORKS WITH THE BOYS' SCHOOL IN OKEECHOBEE AND SPEAKS FROM EXPERIENCE. <br />HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT NOW WE HAVE MANY ALCOHOLICS AT THE AGES OF <br />14 AND IS AND URGED THE BOARD NOT TO EXTEND THE BAR HOURS. <br />PASTOR BOB FOSTER OF TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT HE HAD BROUGHT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH HIM WHO WISH TO <br />DEMONSTRATE THEIR OPPOSITION AND ASKED THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO STAND <br />AND BE COUNTED. TWENTY-THREE PERSONS STOOD TO EVIDENCE THEIR OPPOSITION. <br />REVEREND CHALMES HOLMES OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SPOKE AS <br />A PRIVATE CITIZEN RATHER THAN AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS CONGREGATION. <br />HE NOTED THAT HE HAS NO PARANOIA ABOUT LOUNGES AND LOUNGE OPERATORS AND <br />DOES'NOT QUESTION THEIR INTEGRITY, BUT FELT IF WE ARE.GOING TO DISCUSS <br />THE MORAL ISSUE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE ANY <br />.LOUNGES AT ALL. HE CONTINUED THAT WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY OF REGULATIONS <br />AND HE IS SYMPATHETIC WITH BUSINESSMEN WHO OPERATE ON A NARROW MARGIN, <br />AS NOBODY OPERATES ON A NARROWER MARGIN THAN CHURCHES DO, BUT HE FEELS <br />THIS COUNTY IS UNIQUE AND -HE DOES NOT CARE WHAT NEIGHBORING COUNTIES <br />DO. REVEREND HOLMES FELT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER BESIDES <br />TOURISM AND NOTED THAT PEOPLE STAYING OUT UNTIL 2:00 A.M. AFFECTS THE <br />WORK FORCE ADVERSELY. HE STATED THAT HE WISHED TO VOTE AGAINST THE <br />EXTENSION OF HOURS. <br />6 <br />NOV 17197'7 <br />ROOK 32 PAF 164 <br />