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THURSDAY | JANUARY 17, 2013
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T R N Y E A R GE A B New statistics showing activity of minors in bars sparks interest ALEX RASH
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The stats have been compiled, and thus begins the seven-month long discussion regarding raising Maryville’s bar entry age to 21. Maryville’s City Council continued the daunting task of researching and discussing what the future holds for the proposed ordinance change as it sifted through information compiled by Maryville Public Safety. “I think each community is unique, but we always try to compare ourselves statistically to other communities that have a similar makeup and places like Kirksville and Warrensburg come to mind, largely university-based and with that makeup of a population,” City Manager Greg McDanel said. Warrensburg, the home of the University of Central Missouri, changed its city ordinance to a 21
and older bar entry age in 2007. Prior to the change, Warrensburg Public Safety reported hundreds of alcohol-related violations and hundreds of fights along Pine Street, the location of multiple bars. Maryville has not experienced comparable violations. Public Safety’s research showed that Maryville had 1,235 liquor law violations since 2007, more than 600 shy of Warrensburg, which totaled 1,929 violations. Keith Wood, Maryville public safety director, credits consistent bar monitoring for the decrease in violations. “I think bar patrol has increased over that same period of years, and we have acquired grants since 2008, which pays us for those events as well,” Wood said. MPS also studied Maryville bar incidents over the last four years, which showed an increase in minor in possession charges, jumping from 41 incidents in 2011 to 71 incidents in 2012. However, the data also showed that since 2009, there were only a total of SEE BAR AGE | A5
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