Today's Feature

Commission Approved
Cabaret Restrictions.

The Jasper County Commission last week approved an ordinance regulating adult cabarets. A company had previously applied for a permit to open a trucker’s lounge and juice bar in the county southeast of Carthage. A number of citizens and those living near the proposed location for the juice bar came forward to oppose the opening of such a business.

Jasper County Presiding Commissioner John Bartosh said in a recent interview with the Mornin’ Mail that the County can’t ban anybody from putting in such an establishment, however, Bartosh added that due to the citizen complaints the Commission agreed to impose more strict rules and regulations for anyone wanting to open an adult cabaret.

"Nobody wants that in their back yard," said Bartosh. "We don’t have the population to support it."

The ordinance has twenty sections in total, each one representing a different restriction or requirement for adult cabarets and adult cabaret employees.

One requirement is that all employees of an adult cabaret must have a background check and be entered into the Sheriff’s Office Iris Scan system. Employees will also need to obtain an "Adult Cabaret" card from the Sheriff’s department, prior to which they must show proof from the Jasper County Health Department that they are HIV negative. The cost for the card is $100. It must be renewed every year at that cost, which covers the processing of the background check, photography and application processing.

The ordinance also requires that no one under twenty-one years of age may enter the adult cabaret and that three security guards with the same training as Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputies must be present at all hours of operation.

The ordinance also includes location restrictions, citing that the cabaret must be two thousand feet from any business with an alcohol license and two thousand feet from any church, school, park or residence.

Mornin’

I was pretty excited ‘bout my first bicycle. Lookin’ back, it wasn’t much. It had hard rubber tires, no coaster brake or brakes at all. It was direct drive and no real pedals, just pins stickin’ out where pedals used ta be.

It wasn’t new by any means when I took possession. In fact, it had handle bars taken from a much larger bike and a seat welded on it to make it fit.

The learnin’ process consumed nearly a full day, from sun up to sun down. In the commercials, they always have smooth sidewalks, no hills and plenty of shrubbery to land in.

My neighborhood had giant cracks in the sidewalk, seems I was always goin’ up hill and the only thing green was the grass growin’ up in the gravel roads. It was an eventful day for me.

I went directly to bed without mendin’ scrapes and bruises or even eatin’ supper that night. Slept mighty good as I recall.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’

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