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Elizabethtown residents, who have been anything but happy with the reputation at least two of the community's taverns have given the area in recent months, might have scored a major victory at the Tuesday, Aug. 15 meeting of Whitewater Township Trustees. The attention of trustees Floyd Young, Joseph Spraul and Bill Baird apparently was captured by petitions containing the signatures of over 200 Elizabethtown area citizens. After the petitions were presented to the trustees, they unanimously adopted two nearly identical resolu tions opposing the renewal of beer and liquor licenses to both Winter Gardens and Crossroads Tavern, located in Elizabethtown. The resolutions adopted by the trustees officially contest renewal of the two taverns’ licenses. Floyd Youn made the motion to adopt both resolutions and each time Baird made the second. Now the resolutions will be sent to the Ohio Liquor Control Board. “I don’t know how much weight we carry,” Young, trustees’ president, told Elizabeth for area residents attend ing the meeting, “but we'll see what we can do for you.” If the Ohio Liquor Control Board does support the trustees’ recommen dations, both Winter Gardens and Crossroads Tavern would be forced to close. It’s believed the recent stabbin death of Aurora area resident Ric Clark, a part-time bartender at the Crossroads, was the “straw that broke the camel’s back” as far as Elizabeth town residents are concerned. Park, who was off duty at the time of his death the night of July 13, was fatally stabbed outside the Crossroads after an argument started in the tavern over a parked car which was blocking the tavern’s “drive-thru” lane. The petitions pesented the trustees state Elizabethtown residents “feel the se of Crossroads Tavern and Inter Garden contribute to the decline of rights of the residents of Elizabethtown. No longer do the residents feel safe or can we enjoy our evenings.” The petition signers stated the rowdy behavior of tavern patrons and the alledged sale of drugs in the areas of the taverns are the primary things which concern them. In other action at the trustees meeting, complaints over the condition of the dump on Bond Road were voiced by several residents of the area. They said the road leading to the BFI dump is in bad shape because trucks have been spilling refuse on their way to the facility. One man said he called the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department but stated the authorities don’t seem to be able to do anything. Another man who travels the’ road regularly said it’s almost impossible to es the road in the shape it’s in now. Young gave the crowd of about 60 persons some good news when he noted roads and streets throughout the township are in the process of being repaved. But he cautioned township residents not to expect all roads and streets in need of resurfacing to be paved this year.
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The Record
Harrison, Ohio, US
Wed, Aug 23, 1978
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