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the nation’s blood required the elimination of
the weakest and most defenseless, the cost of
whose well-being placed too high a burden on
the German people.”
S tarky ’ s C hanges H ands
tarky’s Restaurant and Bar will bid adieu
Aug. 29 to longtime owners Carl Smith and
Telesforo "Archie" Archuleta. The public
invited to a going-away party with a free buffet
from 4 to 8 p.m. at 2913 S.E. Stark St.
According to Starky’s head chef Dan Lytsell,
Smith and Archuleta are moving to Albu
querque, N.M., to be near Archuleta’s family
and to start a new restaurant.
“They’re at that time in their life where
they’re kxtking for a change,” says Lytsell of the
50-something couple. “They want to strike out
and try something new.”
Starky’s is a fixture in its Southeast Portland
neighborhood, drawing a loyal clientele of
queer and straight diners. Lytsell says it has
maintained a steady customer base because of its
friendly, familiar atmosphere.
“People want to go to a place.. .where they can
see their friends," the 34-year-oid told Just Out.
Lytsell has worked at the restaurant for 10
years. He will stay on under the new management.
Smith and Archuleta sold the business to
their friends Jex? Waldroff and Greg Simshaw.
Waldroff has worked at the Fox &. Hounds for
the past eight years. Prior to that he worked for
seven years at Starky’s.
Waldroff says Smith and Archuleta came to
him and made it possible financially for the
change in ownership to happen. He says the
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with the gay commu
nity,” Spencer told Just
Out. “We were doing
so well until the econ
omy turned three years
ago." He has watched
as many customers lost
their jobs or moved
away, a trend that has
not reversed.
Additionally, the
is
increase in availability
of gay bcxiks and videos
in mainstream outlets
as well as a downward
trend in the economy
in recent years proved
fatal to the store. In
particular, Spencer says
the advent of Netflix
t(X)k a big hit on his
business.
Spencer, who re
Telesforo “Archie” Archuleta (left) and Carl Smith are selling Starky’s
cently took a job in
owners were most concerned that they pass
his former profession as a claims analyst, says
along the restaurant to someone they liked and
he’s “just as disappointed as everyone” at the
who they felt deserved it. Waldroff is thrilled.
closing of the store.
“They’ve been so gtxxl to work with on this,”
All merchandise will be discounted by 50
he says. “1 never thought I’d have the opportu percent to 75 percent through Aug. 28. Gai-
nity to have my own place.”
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newspapers that accept same-sex wedding or
union announcements has climbed to 504, a
more than seven-fold increase since 2002.
Seven of the newspapers are located in Ore
gon: The Oregonian and Willamette Week in Port
land, Statesman Journal in Salem, Argus Observer
in Ontario, Albany Democrat-Herald, Ashland
Daily Tidings, Beaverton Valley Times, Tigard Times
and Tualatin Times.
Initially launched as a one-year campaign to
double the number of papers that accept same-
sex wedding announcements, the project
achieved that goal in less than five weeks. It has
since evolved into an ongoing effort to expand
awareness of gay and lesbian relationships by
encouraging greater visibility of same-sex unions
in newspapers across the country.
Among the statistics marking the project’s
two-year anniversary:
• All of the nation’s top 25 media markets,
48 of the top 50 and 87 of the top 100 are home
to at least one newspaper with an inclusive
announcements policy.
• An estimated one-half of all newspaper
readers read a paper that accepts same-sex union
announcements.
• 49 of 50 states have at least one inclusive
newspaper. Only the state of Mississippi does not.
• 74 percent of the newspapers that accept
same-sex union announcements are in states
with laws banning same-sex marriage.
• The New York Times, with a circulation of
approximately 1.7 million, is the largest news
paper in the nation that prints same-sex union
announcements. The Daily Guide in Way
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