Fake IDs buy trouble, not beer
By ALAN WRIGHT
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“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
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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
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"They always pick on us to
help them." Swartz says. "They
don't make our lives easy The
OLCC likes us to be their long
arm of the law ”
Most stores selling alcoholic
beverages will now only accept
an Oregon drivers license an
Oregon identification card or an
OLCC card
"Seems kind of hard-nosed,
but we've had two tickets for
$500 already and we don't want
anymore." 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. "If you don't have the
money, you can’t operate at a deficit We have no
alternative "
The governor said he would not ask the
Legislature to raise taxes because the lawmakers
had a negative response to such a suggestion
during the 1980 session
"If I read the mood of the legislature, they'll
be disinclined to raise any more revenue," Atiyeh
said "It's not my intention to ask for any "
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