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Neighbors upset downstate school has been converted to strip club
Quote : | "Nancy Ward isn't happy about what's become of Pioneer School, which served for more than 50 years as both a place of learning and a community center where people gathered to sing hymns, attend 4-H meetings and sell homemade pies.
About six months ago, the vacant elementary school bordered by homes on a rural highway was converted into a strip club called The School House. Downstate residents are still fuming.
"It's a whorehouse," said Ward, co-owner of a nearby garden center where she and her husband live. "I honestly don't feel as safe here as what I did. And the name they gave it — that is unbelievable. There's nobody in there learning anything, I guarantee you."
The school about 60 miles south of Champaign was sold by the Neoga school district in 2002 for $36,800. Now, three nights a week, as many as 10 topless dancers perform in the former cafeteria on a small stage with a mirrored backdrop set that includes two stripper poles under black lights.
The teachers lounge has been converted into a VIP room where lap dances go for $20, an ATM installed outside. The walls are hung with multiplication tables, chalkboard, a history of U.S. presidents and a poster titled "Class Rules" that reads "Keep hands off dancers." One entrance has been fenced off for a smoking area, and a sign near the back door reads "No Hard Liquor."
"Myself, I wished it was gone and the hell out of here," said Frank Enloe, 74, a former sheriff's deputy who has lived about 300 feet north of the school since 1965. Now he doesn't feel comfortable hosting late-night cookouts on his patio and wakes each night as the club lets out around 2 a.m. "It bothers us — we put all five of our children through here."
"It just makes us sick," said Marian Lindley, a former teacher at the school.
But to Bob Kearney, a union electrician who runs the club with business partner Travis Funneman, The School House is a legal business that has been a small bright spot for the county's economy.
It doesn't serve alcohol and has never been cited by authorities, and only one person has been arrested there — for damaging club property. For those seeking such entertainment, the other nearest venues are more than an hour away.
"This building was falling apart — we totally renovated it," said Kearney, who has a one-year lease on the former school. "Nobody cared about this building until we moved in. You show me another business in Cumberland County that has created 30 jobs for people." |
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-20/news/ct-met-school-house-strip-club-20100520_1_strip-club-teachers-lounge-downstate5/21/2010 11:21:22 AM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
hahaha that's awesome 5/21/2010 11:24:34 AM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Myself, I wished it was gone and the hell out of here. 5/21/2010 11:27:12 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
I hate stupid people; how is this impacting these peoples' lives? 5/21/2010 11:27:34 AM |
Wolfood98 All American 2684 Posts user info edit post |
As long as the club owner is taking care of his employees, making sure his dancers are not on any type of drugs, and keeps the place sanitary, who cares. he is employing 30 folks in 'Cumberland Co", its not like the job market is huge there anyway!
Who cares! 5/21/2010 11:27:49 AM |
bassjunkie All American 3093 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "making sure his dancers are not on any type of drugs" |
lulz5/21/2010 11:31:48 AM |
ParksNrec All American 8742 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "And the name they gave it — that is unbelievable. There's nobody in there learning anything, I guarantee you." |
L O L5/21/2010 11:32:06 AM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
rofl 5/21/2010 11:32:17 AM |
Sweden All American 12288 Posts user info edit post |
that place looks entirely too well lit for a strip club. 5/21/2010 11:32:31 AM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
that pic looks like it was taken during the day 5/21/2010 11:48:10 AM |
Skack All American 31140 Posts user info edit post |
I hereby vow that if Braswell Elementary in Rocky Mount, NC ever becomes a strip club I will gather my best friends and party there. It's in the ghetto though, so it's probably not the kind of place you actually want to go, ever, even for school. 5/21/2010 11:50:05 AM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
5/21/2010 11:52:03 AM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
There was a porno store and strip club directly across the street from our high school 5/21/2010 11:53:21 AM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
it would in fact be a mind fuck to get a lap dance in your elementary cafeteria
that kind of shit happens in my dreams 5/21/2010 11:53:52 AM |
m52ncsu Suspended 1606 Posts user info edit post |
that looks like a terrible floor plan for a strip club 5/21/2010 1:10:20 PM |
Lumex All American 3666 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I hate stupid people; how is this impacting these peoples' lives" |
Are you serious?5/21/2010 1:35:42 PM |
LeonIsPro All American 5021 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Is this Nazi Germany? Are they the Taliban? It's OK to break the laws as long as it's in the views of my religion?" | Protesting strip club opening at old school building <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Killing 6 million Jews.
Nope not equal to Nazi Germany.5/21/2010 1:50:42 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Myself, I wished it was gone and the hell out of here. 5/21/2010 3:07:11 PM |
tchenku midshipman 18579 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "It doesn't serve alcohol" |
wtf5/22/2010 9:13:22 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "There's nobody in there learning anything" |
I beg to differ.
Quote : | "The walls are hung with multiplication tables, chalkboard, a history of U.S. presidents" |
Sounds like people can learn plenty while also learning biology.5/22/2010 9:18:09 AM |
slingblade All American 12133 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Myself, I wished it was gone and the hell out of here." |
5/22/2010 9:20:41 AM |
Kickstand All American 11546 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "There's nobody in there learning anything, I guarantee you." |
Lots of lonely men doing some soul searching and learning about themselves, I guarantee you.5/22/2010 11:37:04 AM |
kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
Myself, I wished it was gone and the hell out of here. 5/22/2010 12:09:13 PM |
Kurtis636 All American 14984 Posts user info edit post |
I wonder if I could get a free or reduced lap dance. 5/22/2010 12:10:12 PM |
Byrn Stuff backpacker 19058 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "There's nobody in there learning anything, I guarantee you."" |
Anatomy?5/22/2010 12:20:48 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
I can see how this might be a nuisance considering the MASSIVE windows on the walls that the entire neighborhood can just look into. If those are covered at night then there's less to complain about, only the noise perhaps.
Quote : | "that looks like a terrible floor plan for a strip club" |
Yep, no stage since the celieng is only 10 feet tall, only the people on the first row can really see. Doesn't look like there's much in the way of stage lighting either. Also those are the cheapest chairs ever.
If they really wanted to do it right they would put in school desks, but the big ones that adults can sit in, and have the waitresses dress in skimpy schoolgirl outfits (also they would serve alcohol).5/22/2010 12:33:40 PM |
ScHpEnXeL Suspended 32613 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "hahaha that's awesome
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5/22/2010 12:37:16 PM |
begonias warning: not serious 19578 Posts user info edit post |
Is that a shirtless man/woman/blow up doll on the far right?
5/22/2010 12:43:23 PM |
Netstorm All American 7547 Posts user info edit post |
Is it common practice to fill up a strip club with blacklights?
I... can't imagine how that helps. 5/22/2010 1:00:11 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
a strip club without alcohol, wtf 5/22/2010 1:00:41 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52766 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "There was a porno store and strip club directly across the street from our high school" |
I was about to say "Hey, there's one of those in Havelock"...but then I saw that you're from Havelock.5/22/2010 1:11:57 PM |
m52ncsu Suspended 1606 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "a strip club without alcohol, wtf" |
maybe its byob where you buy back the alcohol you brought5/22/2010 1:14:20 PM |
Solinari All American 16957 Posts user info edit post |
i'm pretty sure that most all-nude strip clubs are alcohol free... I take it this one is all nude also? 5/22/2010 1:15:56 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148255 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Is it common practice to fill up a strip club with blacklights?" |
yes
Quote : | "I wonder if I could get a free or reduced lap dance." |
hahaha Kurtis ftw5/22/2010 1:17:38 PM |
Kris All American 36908 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Is it common practice to fill up a strip club with blacklights?
I... can't imagine how that helps." |
Makes me moar comfortable as semen can be easily spotted.5/22/2010 1:17:45 PM |
Solinari All American 16957 Posts user info edit post |
girlcum too 5/22/2010 1:18:11 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "There's nobody in there learning anything, I guarantee you." |
Stripclubs are full of life lessons that you won't find in any textbook.
Quote : | "Is it common practice to fill up a strip club with blacklights?" |
Yes. I was driving from Montana to Boston years ago and wanted to stop at a strip club in Chicago. I ended up scrubbing that idea as I'd been wearing the same pair of jeans for about 2 weeks and was scared of what they would look like under black light.5/22/2010 1:33:19 PM |
Byrn Stuff backpacker 19058 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I can see how this might be a nuisance considering the MASSIVE windows on the walls that the entire neighborhood can just look into. If those are covered at night then there's less to complain about, only the noise perhaps." |
I've never seen one without covered windows, and I'm pretty sure there'd be laws against it. I mean, if they didn't, any minor could get a free show; furthermore, what would be the point of paying to get inside? Just window shop.5/22/2010 1:47:36 PM |
JBaz All American 16764 Posts user info edit post |
yeah seriously on the no alcohol policy... Do you bring your own in then? 5/22/2010 1:54:31 PM |
Netstorm All American 7547 Posts user info edit post |
^I would assume so, but that would be pretty lame. 5/22/2010 3:56:22 PM |