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-8- <br /> "now that ' s settled" , and walked out- with. his friends . The remaining <br /> man apologized to the bartender and left as well. Mr.. Stahl insisted <br /> • he has never seen a brawl with. a pool..cue in Chick 's and said it is his <br /> Job to keep minors out of the place when they aren 't supposed to be <br /> there. <br /> Mr. Schillinger, who lives at 240 Rice Creek Boulevard, identified him- <br /> self as a. parent of a college-age son who enjoys playing pool at <br /> Chick 's . He has been in Chick's himself and, from his own observations , <br /> and from.What liis son!%has reported wabout�- the;; b,ar, can see no resemblance <br /> with the activities warned about by Harold Hill in the Music Man, but <br /> rather has gotten nothing but a good impression of the establishment. <br /> Mr. Gehan said he .would not respond to the St. Anthony residents ' <br /> objections in legalistic terms but would rather appeal to their <br /> "fundamental sense of fair play" . He believes phrases like "people <br /> like that. . . " and "businesses like that." are not fair to .his client <br /> and he strenuously objected to the reference to "forged references" . <br /> The attorney said "Mr. Springfield has already spent $50,000 on his <br /> St. Anthony establishment and, now, you want to pull the rug out from <br /> under him" . <br /> Mrs . Kieffer doesn 't believe it is possible to keep liquor away from <br /> kids in a billiards . hall since she knows they get liquor in the City <br /> liquor stores . She doesn' t believe St.. Anthony "needs another place <br /> like this one to draw the kids after the places on Central Avenue have <br /> closed" . Mr. Springfield explained his policy regarding carding <br /> customers and assured her, "if a customer doesn' t have a driver 's <br /> • license, he doesn' t get a beer, and, if a minor tries to buy a beer, <br /> he doesn' t get back in .my place, and .neither does any of-age friend <br /> who tries to buy one for him" . <br /> Mr. Kuharski responded to the references to the residents ' prejudices <br /> against pool by saying "the problem is not 'with the pool per se , but, <br /> rather, that the homeowners believe they should be able to decide what <br /> types of businesses go into their back yards" . She told Mr. Springfield <br /> the "Chick of the Month" pictures in his Coon "Rapids bar "don't .do much <br /> to create a family oriented image .for his operation" . - She indicated <br /> she believes the parents .have a right to be concerned for their children <br /> and to make decisions. as to what they will be exposed to. She also <br /> asked "what about people who want to sleep at night, do they have <br /> rights?" . <br /> The St. Anthony resident believes the residents ' fears are substantiated <br /> by recent incidents where a housewife was .shot and killed in her own <br /> home by youthful joyriders , and the .fact that, after a .man was shot in <br /> Riverside Park early in the morning, the Minneapolis police indicated <br /> they have a problem with people who congregate in the city parks after <br /> the bars close . She foresees there ,might be "many .of the same type of <br /> people who will be dropped into our neighborhood after the St. Anthony <br /> and Central Avenue bars are closed" . <br /> Mrs . Joe Donna, 2351 N.E. Harding Str.eet, expressed her concerns as <br /> • to who would protect her home and those of her neighbors , or will <br /> regulate the increase in traffic from the pool hall. Mr. Kozlak told <br /> Mr. Gehan he and his family have been in the restaurant and bar business - <br />