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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1981)
Fake IDs buy trouble, not beer By ALAN WRIGHT Of*w EnwraM “Can I see some I D ?" It’s a question that causes some people to start stammer ing and back red-faced out the door Others assume bored ex pressions and dig for wallets Store clerks check the birth date on a driver s license, and check if the picture matches the customer's face Then they check one more thing — is it a fake? Bogus identification cards have become so common that "not a day goes by that someone doesn’t try to use a fake I D ," says Jerry Swartz, part-owner of Hilyard Street Market A large percentage of the of fenders are underage University students trying to buy alcohol. Devoted underage drinkers have devised very creative fakes, Swartz says. A common fabrication reads “Official State License " “If it says official, it's always fake,” he says Some place their photo on another’s I D and then re t- ' Hour, 11:00-6:00 “The Best Fries In Town” FREE on Wednesday vsith purchase of SI.75 Hot Dog Order or $2.00 Hamburger order. Wall Come On Now! Sax you heard it in the Emerald Jeb’s 1350 Alder J V laminate it Sometimes it works Bob Rice, owner of Tom's Market, says he can spot these immediately. Some pseudo-Oregon drivers licenses look terrible. Rice says He displays twQ false Oregon identification cards he confis cated that are so different in color they look like they were issued from different states Swartz recalls one underage customer who tried to use a Canadian identification card with an American social security number on it Dale Turbin, manager of McKay's Market says he is afraid that a local fake iden tification mill exists to meet the demand Claims by store clerks back up Turbin’s fears and keep the Oregon Liquor Control Com mission on the lookout Founded in 1933 following prohibition, the "hard-nosed” OLCC looks for minor of fenders, as it regulates the pur chase and sale of alcohol and investigates liquor license ap plications If a store clerk does sell beer to a minor, a fine might cost the store $500 or a revoked liquor license ‘‘If you lose your liquor license, you are out of busi ness,'' Turbin says OLCC inspectors use a varie ty of techniques to investigate stores that may not be verifying liquor customer's ages They check people as they come out of the store, but that's mostly a "hit and miss situa tion." says OLCC inspector James Miller Investigators also work in plain clothes and watch for em ployees who fail to check iden tification Not surprisingly, store owners object to OLCC's covert prac tices Planning a Party Soon? 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Swartz says "If we do get a ticket, then we ll pro secute the minor that caused us all the problems ” Underage drinkers who try to buy alcohol themselves “jeopardize my livelihood when there are so many people around to buy it for them,' Rice says The OLCC instructs most stores to confiscate the fake identification and turn them in The OLCC then tries to find the alleged violators The organization doesn't prosecute minors but issues ci tations for them to appear in circuit court if they are 18 years old or over, or in juvenile court if they are under 18 If a falsehood isn't obvious, but a store clerk still questions the identification's authenticity, the customer must fill out a sta tement-of-age form, which charges the signer with a fine of up to $250 or 30 days imprison ment for misrepresentation, Rice says The primary defense against false proof of age is to educate the store and tavern owners about how to detect fakes. Miller says “The one way to stop minors is education it is a better policy than trying to catch them in the act." Miller says That's not always easy — ex cept for some clerks “One sure sign is if they look young and buy Schlitz Malt Liquor,“ says Swartz "They must think it's strong, but it's just such a sure sign I can't believe it " Swartz has developed a keen eye for the under-21 set "If they get nervous or act strange or get mad if you don't sell it to them, then it's definitely a fake." Atiyeh may call extra session to cut Oregon budget next year SALEM, Ore (AP) — Gov Vic Atiyeh said Tuesday there is a reasonable chance he will call a special session of the Legislature next year to cut the state budget "The whole thing amounts to how much (the budget deficit is) as to whether there will be a special session," Atiyeh told reporters at a news conference “I would say the chances are rea sonable there might be one I'm not yet prepared there will be one " The governor said he was disappointed in state protections that predict the Oregon econ omic problems will be worse than had been anticipated in 1982-83 The governor has the power to cut state budgets across the board, but he said if the shortfall reaches the $70 million to $100 million range, he may be forced to call a special session of the Legislature to make selective budget cuts Asked if the state can absorb more budget cuts, the governor said. 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