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HELEN BOONE OF SEBASTIAN SPOKE IN OPPOSITION NOTING THAT SHE <br />L -IVES BY A BAR WHICH IS NOT KEPT UNDER GOOD CONTROL AND POINTED OUT <br />THAT THE,EXTENSION OF HOURS WOULD AFFECT THE LITTLE BARS ALL OVER THE <br />COUNTY AS WELL AS THE BIGGER ONES WHERE BETTER ORDER IS KEPT. <br />FAYE COBB MADE AN EMOTIONAL APPEAL TO THE BOARD STRONGLY <br />URGING THEY OPPOSE ANY EXTENSION OF HOURS, WHICH SHE LIKENED TO A SMALL <br />FIRE THAT GETS OUT OF CONTROL. <br />BERNICE HALL INFORMED THE"BOARD THAT AS AN EX -BARTENDER SHE <br />hAS HIGH REGARD FOR THE BAR OWNERS AND OPERATORS BUT MUST SPEAK IN <br />OPPOSITION AS SHE HAS JUST LEFT HER ZZ -YEAR OLD SON IN AN ALCOHOLIC <br />REHABILITATION CENTER. SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CAUSED <br />IN THE BARS, HOWEVER, AS MOST TEEN-AGERS GET THEIR ALCOHOL IN CONVENI- <br />ENCE STORES. <br />MR. MANCINI STATED THAT HE DEEPLY SYMPATHIZES'WITH THESE <br />PEOPLE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE BARS DON T CREATE THE PROBLEM DRINKERS <br />HE STATED THAT HE OPERATES HIS BUSINESS IN AN HONORABLE MANNER AND <br />WISHES TO MAKE A PROFIT JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />HE BARELY SURVIVED LAST YEAR, AND THE EXTRA HOUR WOULD MEAN A PROFIT <br />RATHER THAN A LOSS. <br />ATTORNEY BLOCK ALSO SPOKE IN REBUTTAL, NOTING THAT THE INDUSTRY <br />IS NOT ASKING FOR AN OPEN-DOOR SITUATION, BUT ONLY ONE EXTRA HOUR WHICH <br />THEY FEEL IS REASONABLE. HE FELT THAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO TRUSTING <br />THIS INDUSTRY AND APPEALED TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ALL SIDES OF THE <br />ISSUE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ANNOUNCED THAT ALL PETITIONS, LETTERS, MAPS, <br />DRAWINGS, ETC., SUBMITTED WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD, <br />COMMISSIONER L.OY ASKED THAT A STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY LAURA <br />STENBERG BE MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES, AND ALSO AN OFFICIAL LETTER <br />FORM THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY REAFFIRMING THEIR STAND <br />IN OPPOSITION AS IN 1970, WHICH SHE ALSO FELT SHOULD BE A PART OF THE <br />MINUTES. SHE ALSO SUBMITTED LETTERS RECEIVED FROM MARY ALDENDORF, <br />DICK LONG, FRANK LUNDY AND .JULIE LONG. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON SUBMITTED LETTERS AND A PETITION SIGNED <br />BY APPROXIMATELY 110 PEOPLE OPPOSING THE EXTENSION. <br />lul <br />NV 171977 J <br />ROOK FAGF <br />