JD's: Good, Bad, or Somewhere in Between?

It was college football practice, and the rains came. The coach saw nothing else to do but take the team inside and view some films. While screening a film on emergency first aid, the coach noticed a freshman fullback had fallen asleep.

Freezing the screen, the coach called out, "Wojohoski, what would you do if you had your nose broken in two places?'

Startled awake, the young footballer quickly answered, "Why, I'd stay outta those two places."

Many of our readers have related that they stay out of J.D.'s Glass in Sheffield. The club has been connected to two recent shootings, but neither took place on the club's premises. The cities of Muscle Shoals and Florence had the honors of cleaning up after these altercations.

The owners of the downtown Sheffield establishment have denied that the club is a menace. Perhaps one person's menace is another's entertainment? Judging from the Halloween Bash poster pictured, the entertainment might not be everyone's cup of tea...

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Lauderdale County resident Donnie Johnson and the Lauderdale County Commission are at odds over the ownership of land adjacent to County Road 458 at Center Hill. We have it on good authority that a land survey usually settles such disputes. We don't know who is right, but whoever is wrong will be, or at least should be, at least slightly embarrassed by the curb controversy. Another case of no good deed going unpunished?



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Revisiting Some Recent Blogs

We recently blogged on Martini's Bar and Lounge in Sheffield. We were given the information by authorities in Sheffield and found a Facebook page with this name. A reader has made us aware that the official name of the establishment is, or was, Celebrities Martini Bar and Lounge.

This prompts two questions: Did any celebrities ever frequent this watering hole? Did any patrons ever actually order and drink martinis? We're going to guess the answer to both questions is "no."

It's a moot point now since the bar is closed. No word on any new owners or names, but the odds would seem good that some will come along. The Sheffield club actually producing the two gun fights was JD's Glass in downtown Sheffield. You've now been warned.

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Another reader asked about the deleted comments on a blog mentioning alleged child abuser Ryan Anthony Allen. While we're happy to publish comments that disagree with us as long as they don't contain profanity, etc., we don't choose to give anyone a platform for child abuse. Neither do we choose to enable those who use private communications to make threats and vulgar language to enhance these threats.

It's probably pointless to try to engage in any rational debate with someone who lists their occupation as a mother you would love to f**k. Why is anyone surprised that those who have no morals or shame are usually the first ones to abuse a child--then make excuses for it?

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Still another reader asked about some questionable language we allowed in the comment section on a blog concerning a lawsuit against the City of Muscle Shoals. As a rule, we don't publish such comments, but the language in this case was borderline and came from someone wishing to answer a charge made against him.

We do ask for all commenters to proof their remarks. If you wouldn't say it in front of a judge, please don't say it here.

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Tomorrow we'll take another look at Jeremy Shane Hall and answer some questions concerning our previous blog on his misdemeanor conviction.



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