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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (31164)	6/4/2010 6:30:28 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

nytimes.com only in the state of the idiot odumba NEOGA, Ill. — Signs on the wall at the old Pioneer School here seem not to have not changed much since the ’80s. A multiplication table hangs on one wall, a copy of the Constitution on another. But near the entrance to the cafeteria, where generations from this central Illinois farming community took their school lunches, one sign reveals just how dramatically the yellow brick building’s role has shifted: “Our dancers are entertainers not prostitutes so don’t ask!!!” The building, sold by the school district in 2002, recently reopened as a strip club, shocking Cumberland County residents — many of whom walked its halls as youngsters and discovered its new use one week before it opened. Some who want it shut down protest regularly. Praying for its patrons to see the error of their ways, they illuminate a small cross and display a sign that reads: “Does your family know where you are? Jesus does.” “We don’t want this kind of filth in our county,” said Bill Moran, 70, who lives across the road. “What you get out of a place like this is rape, venereal diseases and a lot of divorces.” Others, including the owners, say it is a legitimate business that has benefited the community by creating jobs. “I really don’t think it’s that bad a place if it’s helping money-wise,” said Danny Reed, 25, an electrician who said he had never been to the club. “It’s a small town. If you don’t work at a gas station you pretty much don’t have a job.” Located about four miles outside of town, the club, called the School House, trades heavily on the building’s pedigree. Portraits of presidents hang alongside a copy of the Pledge of Allegiance, and club owners have converted a teachers’ lounge into a private room for parties. The former cafeteria now houses a small stage with two brass poles.