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January 2007 -- District Attorney Jim Epstein Says He Will Not Run for Re-election. Lets pray that the citizens of Mercer County will vote in a new DA who will vigorously enforce the bottle club law.
October 27, 2005 -- Undercover Greenville/West Salem Police discover alcohol being available in the Headliners Club -- in direct violation of the bottle club referendum that overwhelmingly passed in May 2003. The strip club is closed down for the evening. A citation is to be issued!
October 7, 2005-- informational meeting of the newly formed Mercer County Coalition Against Pornography.
September 2005 -- We are still waiting!!
August 2005 -- Mercer County DA says he has referred complaints to the Greenville/West Salem Police Chief. The Police Chief says that as soon as he gets an okay from the West Salem Township supervisors he will issue citations to the Headliners Club.
July 2005 -- AFA of PA sends another letter to the Mercer County DA advising him of The Headliners Club's continued advertising as a BYOB. There seems to be some misunderstanding with the new Greenville/West Salem Police Chief about the Headliners Club being grandfathered in when it comes to the bottle club law. The AFA of PA provides him with a copy of the legal opinion of the Chief Counsel for Representative Jerry Birmelin, the primary sponsor of the bill that would become the bottle club law -- there is no grandfather provision!
January 2005 -- The Headliners Club continues to advertise in the New Castle News Bridal Section as a BYOB. This has been illegal activity since July 2003. Where is the Mercer County DA?
September 2004 -- No area golf courses are interested in allowing another Skinvitational on their property!!
August 11, 2004 -- The PA Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal by Eric Boron, owner of Adultland XXX in Pulaski Township, Lawrence County. Their ordinance stands and the business must comply! News Release
April 2004 -- Sugar Grove Township, Mercer County successfully passes a Bottle Club Referendum -- now the Mercer County DA has double trouble!
The Headliners Club is no longer advertising as a BYOB in most area newspapers! (However the New Castle News continues to advertise it as a BYOB. ) Has the Headliners finally gotten the idea that it is illegal for them to operate as a BYOB since the residents voted "NO" to bottle clubs in May 2003?
Christmas Eve 2003 -- two police cars sitting in front of the Headliners Club door?? New Year's Eve -- no activity at the Headliners Club???? What is happening?
Contact AFA of PA to find out how your municipality can take the same steps West Salem Township and Dalton Borough have taken to protect their families.
September 2003 -- Tanglewood Golf Course in Pulaski Township hosts 'First Annual Skinvitational' to benefit the Headliners Club.
July 26, 2003 -- Bottle Club law goes into effect in West Salem Township, Mercer County -- what will the DA do? In a phone conversation several days ago with AFA of PA director Diane Gramley, Mercer County DA vows to uphold the law!
July 17, 2003 -- Courts uphold Pulaski Township's licensing ordinance. Under public pressure the township put a licensing ordinance in place to regulate SOBs, in particular Adultland XXX. This adult book store opened for business in February 2000, under public pressure the township passed a licensing ordinance in May 2000. Today the PA courts find their licensing ordinance, which requires police background checks among other things, to be constitutional -- even though it went into effect three months after the bookstore opened its doors! The Headliners Club and Adultland XXX apparently are owned by the same man.
May 20, 2003 -- Both West Salem Township, Mercer County and Dalton Borough, Lackawanna County successfully pass a Bottle Club Referendum!! According to the law, thirty days from certification of the vote no bottle clubs can legally operate in either municipality!!
March 2003 -- West Salem Township, Mercer County concerned citizens make history! They have successfully collected enough signatures to force a bottle club referendum on the May 20 primary ballot. The following question will appear on the ballot: "Do you favor the prohibition of the operation of establishments, commonly referred to as bottle clubs in West Salem Township?" As we have researched, the best that we can tell they are the FIRST municipality to successfully force such a referendum on the ballot!! Congratulations citizens of West Salem for being concerned enough to get involved and make a statement!
Dalton Borough, Lackawanna County will have an identical referendum question on their May 20 primary ballot. A combination of concerned citizens and concerned borough council members placed the question on the ballot as well as passed zoning and licensing ordinances to prevent a sexually oriented business from moving into the borough! They are a good example of how elected officials and citizens can work hand in hand to protect their communities.
January 2003 -- NEW CASTLE NEWS IS ADVERTISING THE HEADLINERS CLUB. In the Bridal Section! Headliners Club - "Your Bachelor Party Headquarters!" Contact them to let them know your thoughts on a community newspaper advertising a business that has such a negative effect on the families in Lawrence County. E-mail the newspaper.
'THE FREE PRESS' IS NOW ADVERTISING THE HEADLINERS CLUB--HOW MUCH LOWER CAN YOU GET?
Today (May 20) we can add "The Free Press" to the list of printed media that is advertising The Headliners Club. They just don't get it!!
The Mercer County Edition of the Free Press serves Clark, Clarks Mills, Fredonia, Greenville, Hermitage, Hadley, Jackson Center, Mercer, Sandy Lake, Sharpsville, Sheakleyville, Stoneboro, and the Transfer/Reynolds area.
Write to express your surprise and dismay that they would stoop to accepting ads from a sexually oriented business.
Their address is 1887 St. Hwy. 285 Espyville, PA l6424.
THE AREA SHOPPER AND SEX BUSINESSES
The last several issues of the shopper's guide The Area Shopper have advertised "The Headliners Club" in Greenville and the most recent issue is also advertising "Skip's" in Mercer. For more details on the Headliner's Club click on the link on the sidebar. Skip's offers exotic dancers, videos, games, novelties, etc. If you don't feel it is appropriate for a shopper's guide to advertise "businesses" that teardown families, please contact them:
Phone: 1.814.425.7272 FAX: 1.814.425.7311 or mail at The Area Shopper, 4177 Rt. 19 Perry Hwy., Cochranton, PA 1631
HEADLINERS CLUB:
Does the Headliners Club in Greenville affect the property value of surrounding areas? Ask area residents and see what they think.
Click here for pictures of the Headliners Club. Do you want this type business in your community? If not, contact your local elected officials and ask them to pass zoning and licensing ordinances regulating sexually oriented businesses to protect you, your family and your neighbors from "businesses" such as the Headliners Club.
-- logo of The Derrick and The News Herald online
The News Herald (Franklin), and The Derrick (Oil City) are advertising this "club."
If you don't think it is appropriate for community newspapers to advertise a sexually oriented business (SOB), contact Ned Cowart at (814) 676-7444 or newsroom@usachoice.net Both the News Herald and The Derrick are owned by Venango Newspapers.
The Erie Times News is also advertising the Headliners Club.
If you know of any other newspapers advertising this "business," please send us a copy of the entire newspaper.
If your church advertises on the "Church Page" in a newspaper that accepts ads from SOBs, please encourage your pastor and board to reconsider how they are spending their advertising dollars.
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