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March 12, 2010

Dave Woods' Booze Beat: Big hearts a staple among ‘bar people’

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Fri Mar 12, 2010, 11:20 AM CST

I love working the Booze Beat because I love bar people. I’m bar people, and in the circles I run, that’s a badge of honor.

If I’ve learned anything in the last 25 years that I’ve served suds, shaken cocktails and sipped a few myself, it’s that bar people are a giving, caring and a little crazy breed of folks.

Jim Hodson, owner of Jim’s Place Bar and Grill, 325 East Fourth Street in Carthage, reminded me of this last week when he gave me a call. He had bad news.

Robert “Pooter” Strickland, a lifelong Carthage resident and Hodson’s customer, is facing a serious health challenge and needs a little help. Hodson said he — and a host of Strickland’s extended family and friends — are hosting a fundraiser to help him through a tough time. A friend in need brings out the best in bar people.

I met Strickland about ten years ago when I was working morning radio on MIX 95.1 — now MIKE-FM — and bartending part-time at Jim’s Place.

Hodson has known Strickland for almost fifty years and describes the smooth-talking man-about-town as an entrepreneur.

“He’s kind of a roving flea market,” he told me over a beer last weekend. “He’s sold something to just about everybody in town at some time or another.”

Hodson, who can’t remember ever doing a fundraiser like this at his bar before, said he didn’t think twice about supporting this event.

“I’m doing this because Pooter is a pretty good guy,” Hodson said. “He’s never said a bad thing about anybody and the community needs to support him.”

Hodson laughed when he said he can’t think of anybody who doesn’t like Pooter, who will love the day in the spotlight and enjoy the attention, Hodson said.

“If you’ve met him, you like him. He’s that kind of guy,” Hodson said. “He’s just happy that he’ll get to see everybody he knows. He’s a hell of a guy.”

Jim’s in Carthage isn’t the only area watering hole that takes pride in taking care of their own. Silverado Dance Club, 615 South Tyler in Joplin, last weekend hosted a celebration of life for Raymon “Pickle” Cooper.

I didn’t know Cooper, but from the stories I’ve heard, I would have. He was a regular face at Silverado and at its predecessor, Dana’s Bo-Peep. He was a good guy, I’m told.

Margaret Schell has tended bar around Joplin for a decade and at Silverado for five years. She knows why bar people are so big-hearted.

“People just want to help out someone they like,” she said. “People just like to help. It makes them feel good and it’s nice to see.”

Schell gets serious when she talks about her love of bartending and the customers, friends and family she serves. She loves bar people, too.

“They are just everyday people who want to drop in and have a beer and catch up on the gossip and relax,” she told me.

Schell said that while working in bars around town she’s seen a lot more good in people than bad.

“There are more people in bars willing to help out than most people will ever know,” she said. “Sometimes it’s somebody they just met. It’s like a family, kind of a crazy family, but, a family.”

Cheers!



Want to help?

Jim’s Place Bar & Grill will host a benefit on Saturday for Robert “Pooter” Strickland. Hank Rotten will emcee the live entertainment, which features The Woodpeckers, The Geritol 5, Motown with Tim Hill and Stacy’s Revenge. A silent auction starts at 1 p.m.

Details: 417-358-8549.



Dave Woods is new media editor at The Joplin Globe.

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