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supervisor Clarence Baldwin, representative from the district that includes the Community Center, acknowledged that he’d been told by three other persons, including John Burke and Ray Pullen, that they could hear noise from the Center at their residences.

“Nobody wants to close the place down...But I have the right to lay down in my own house and rest,” Smoot insisted, asking for controls on bands that play at the Center and people who hang around outside t^builc^ing.

Buntin noted that Ed Bailey and Bill Starks, members of the civic organization that, owns the property, repeatedly check the Center when activities are held there.

Eastham suggested that Smoot apply for a writ from the circuit court, requiring that “peace be kept” at the Center. “But first you must prove to the judge that they’re creating a disturbance,” he said, adding that violators of a breach of peace writ can be held in contempt of court.

The board seconded the suggestion that Smoot pursue his problem through a private attorney. “There are laws to take care of this kind of situation,” Supervisor and former sheriff Charles Estes noted.

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