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JACK HART, PASTOR OF THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF -GOD: <br />SPOKE IN OPPOSITION, CONTENDING THAT THIS SITUATION MUST STOP SOMEWHERE, <br />AND HE FEELS IT SHOULD STOP NOW, <br />VICTOR SMITH OF WABASSO SPOKE AS A FORMER DRUG ADDICT AND <br />ALCOHOLIC, NOTING THAT HE HAS BEEN IN COURT TWICE AND BOTH INSTANCES <br />RELATED BACK TO A BAR. HE STATED THAT THERE ARE MORE DRUGS SOLD IN BARS <br />THAN IN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE COUNTY AND TO GIVE THEM AN EXTRA HOUR TO <br />DO THIS IS NOT BENEFICIAL TO ANYONE IN ANYWAY. HE, THEREFORE, WOULD <br />LIKE TO SEE THE CLOSING HOURS REVERT BACK TO MIDNIGHT INSTEAD OF AN <br />ADDITIONAL WUR BEING GRANTED. <br />GREGORY GODFREY, PASTOR OF THE FIRST FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS ONLY BEEN IN THE COUNTY A FEW MONTHS, BUT <br />HE IS TOTALLY OPPOSED TO ANY EXTENSION OF BAR HOURS. HE CITED THE <br />PROBLEM OF CHILDREN IN BROKEN HOMES AND MADE ORPHANS BY ACCIDENTS CAUSED <br />BY DRUNKEN DRIVERS. <br />BOB FOSTER, PASTOR OF TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, REMINDED THE <br />BOARD THAT AT THE LAST MEETING A GROUP FROM HIS CHURCH APPEARED TO EVI- <br />DENCE THEIR OPPOSITION, AND ANOTHER GROUP IS HERE TODAY. HE STATED THEY <br />ARE STILL OPPOSED AND ALWAYS WILL BE. <br />HARVEY DODSON OF 905 23RD AVENUE, A BUSINESSMAN WITH AN INSUR- <br />ANCE AGENCY, POINTED OUT THAT AN EXTENSION OF BAR HOURS WOULD NOT TEND TO <br />REDUCE INSURANCE RATES. HE ALSO SPOKE IN OPPOSITION AS A PARENT AND FELT <br />THE FACT THAT NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES HAVE LATER HOURS SHOULD NOT INFLU- <br />ENCE THIS COUNTY. <br />CARL LANGLEY OF SEBASTIAN STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL ANY PERSON <br />CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT EXTENDING THE BAR HOURS ONE HOUR WILL HELP ANYONE <br />PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, MORALLY, OR SPIRITUALLY, AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE <br />IT WILL HELP THE BAR OWNERS FINANCIALLY EITHER. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />SERIOUS DRINKING USUALLY STARTS FROM C:GG P.M. AND EXTENDS TO 1:00 A.M. <br />IF IT IS EXTENDED ONE HOUR, IT WILL BE INCREASED 14%, AND -EVEN INFLATION <br />DOESNIT JUMP THAT FAST. <br />REVEREND DICK STEVENS OF LIFE FOR YOUTH RANCH APPEARED ON BEHALF <br />OF THE CHILDREN OF THE RANCH AND STATED THEY ARE AGAINST THE EXTENSION. <br />HE FELT IF THE BAR OWNERS ARE GRANTED AN EXTRA HOUR, THEY SHOULD BE MADE <br />RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE LIABILITIES IT MAY CAUSE - DETOX EXPENSES, ACCI- <br />DENTS, ETC. <br />m <br />■1 <br />I <br />DEC 2 01977 " � 5 <br />