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L R TO THE PRIMARY( CARE CENTER FROM ST. L.UCIE, WHICH HAS THE EXTRA BAR HOUR, TO 483 ADMITTED FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, AND NOTED THAT TAKING CARE OF THESE PEOPLE COSTS THE TAXPAYERS A GREAT DEAL. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PROBLEM LAW ENFORCEMENT IS FACING IS THAT IF THE BARS ARE ALLOWED TO STAY OPEN AN EXTRA HOUR, IT TAKES THE PEOPLE LEAVING ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET SETTLED AND GET HOME,.AND THAT EXTRA 1-1/2 HOURS WILL COST THE TAXPAYERS ABOUT $1,000 A WEEK. THE SHERIFF CONTINUED THAT AS LONG AS THERE IS A LIGHT ON, DRINKERS WILL KEEP ON DRINKING, AND HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE THIS EXTENSION OF HOURS COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO ADJACENT RESI- DENTIAL AREAS. HE THEN SPOKE ABOUT THE MONEY THE BOARD ALLOCATES FOR THE MYERS ACT, WHICH IS RELATED TO PROBLEM DRINKING, AND STATED HE FELT THE MONEY THE BAR OWNERS WILL MAKE IN, AN EXTRA HOUR WILL NOT COVER THE MISERY. AND PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE FACED WITH. SHERIFF JOYCE CONTINUED THAT HE FEELS THE COUNTY MUST GUARD AGAINST GETTING INTO THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE GROWN UP IN PLACES SUCH AS FORT LAUDERDALE. HE SPOKE OF MURDER AS RELATED TO ALCOHOL AND POINTED OUT THAT HOURS SPENT IN BAR SURVEILLANCE TAKE POLICE PROTECTION AWAY FROM OTHER AREAS. REVEREND DICK STEVENS, DIRECTOR OF LIFE FOR YOUTH RANCH, IN- FORMED THE BOARD THAT HE CAME IN BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN TO OPPOSE ANY EXTENSION OF THE BAR HOURS. HE STATED THAT YOU CAN'T LOOK AT JUST ONE HOUR, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PROBLEM, AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE MONEY MADE WILL IN ANY WAY MAKE UP FOR WHAT IT WILL COST THE COUNTY. HE THEN TOLD THE BOARD ACTUAL INCIDENCES OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE TO COPE WITH DRUNKEN PARENTS AND URGED THEM NOT TO EXTEND THE BAR HOURS. RICK .JOHNSON, OWNER OF RICK'S DUG -OUT, SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE 1 EXTRA HOUR, STATING THAT IT WOULD MEAN ABOUT $100.00 A DAY TO THEM, WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT $30,000 A YEAR AND BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EX- ISTING AND NOT EXISTING. HE FELT DRINKING PROBLEMS START OTHER PLACES I THAN IN THE LOUNGES AND POINTED OUT THAT IF THEY SHOULD SERVE ANYONE i WHO IS INTOXICATED, THEY COULD BE SHUT DOWN. HE NOTED THAT IF THE I BARS ARE PRICED OUT OF BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE A DRY TOWN, MANY BUSINESSES WILL BE HURT. RHEA WARE OF ROSELAND SPOKE IN OPPOSITION CITING BROKEN HOMES AND SAFETY PROBLEMS. I f NOV 171977 BOOK PAGE �,5