Two Lawrence County businesses are looking to establish alcohol sales and one is looking to sell on Sunday, according to options listed on the ballot for November.

Clark’s Pump-N-Shop at 132 County Road 450, in Sheridan, currently sells alcohol but is asking voters in Sheridan’s No. 2 precinct to vote in favor of allowing the business to sell wine and mixed beverages on Sundays from 10 a.m. to midnight.

“We are simply seeking to add Sunday sales because neighboring areas are doing it,” Brian Unrue, director of operations for Clark’s Pump-N-Shop, said. “It helps the community in regard to tax revenue and just generally helps everyone involved.”

Clark’s currently sells beer from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 6 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays. From Saturday at midnight until 6 a.m. Monday morning, all alcohol sales are prohibited.

“People are currently traveling out of state to Huntington and now Ashland to buy alcohol on Sundays,” Unrue said. “They are going a few miles and spending money in West Virginia and Kentucky. Being able to stay here in the community and spending that money here is a win-win for everyone.”

Unrue said the option being back on the ballot is strictly a business decision and Clark’s operates under a stringent ID policy, requiring anyone who appears under the age of 30 to show identification.

The option was also on the ballot in 2012.

Currently in Lawrence County, only stores within the corporation limits of the City of Ironton are permitted to sell alcohol on Sunday.

South Point sister stores Walmart and Sam’s Club have an option on the ballot that would establish the sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages. Neither store sells alcohol currently. That option lies with the voters in Burlington’s No. 1 precinct.

“As we continue to serve our South Point customers and members, many have requested the opportunity to purchase beer and wine,” Erica Jones, senior manager of communications, public affairs and government relations for Walmart, said. “If passed, this ballot initiative will allow us to meet those customer and member requests.”

Don Saunders, a resident of South Point in the Burlington No. 1 precinct, says he doesn’t see the need for alcohol sales at Sam’s and Walmart.

“I have lived here for 43 years and never have seen the need for alcohol sales here,” Saunders said. “It works out well that people who do consume alcohol don’t have to go very far to get it.”

Saunders stated although he lives in Burlington No. 1 his son, who lives two blocks away, is in another precinct.

“I can voice my opinion against it because I am in the precinct whose voters will decide on it,” he said. “My son actually lives closer to Sam’s and Walmart than I do, but he and his neighbors have no voice.”

Saunders says the area has been dry since the 1940s.

“The people and the companies who moved here knew it was dry,” he said. “I don’t see why they are wanting it any differently now.”