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transitions
Gregg Ruffin
Gregg Ruffin, a bartender at Boxxes depicting the Columbia Gorge and roses,
for 21 years, died Thursday, August 11. as well as a whimsical collection of pig
Boxxes (1035 SW Stark St.) will host a figurines.
Remembrance of Life at 7 p.m. Saturday,
For the last five years, Mark invited
August 27. The public is welcome. Pick his mom, sisters and sisters-in-law to an
up the September 2 issue of Ju st Out for annual beach retreat. He was well known
a full Transition.
and loved for his kind and generous na
ture, and a great sense of humor.
Family meant the world to him. Mark
is survived by his mother, 4 siblings and
Mark Alan Rupprecht
their spouses, 13 nieces and nephews and
March 13, 1958-August 5, 2011
17 great-nieces and great-nephews. His
Mark was a 1976 graduate of Parkrose father predeceased him.
High School and lived
Mark will be missed by
most of his life in Portland,
his many loving nieces,
aside from a few years in
nephews and friends in
Lincoln, Neb. and Dallas,
the community.
Texas in his twenties. He
Memorial contribu
completed some college
tions can be made to the
courses at Mount Hood
Trauma
Intervention
Community College.
Program of Portland/
Mark enjoyed camping,
Vancouver (tipnw.org).
biking, photography, quilt
Arrangements are be
ing, playing games and
ing made under the di
spending time with his
rection of Gateway Little
friends. He had an exten
Chapel of the Chimes in
sive collection of photos
Portland, Ore.
MARTY DAVIS
AUGUST 19. 2011
Charges Dropped Against Dar
cene Following OLCC Scuffle
Charges of misdemeanor harassment were
dropped less than one day after pioneering Port
land drag star Darcelle— real name Walter
Cole—was arrested at his Old Town club, Dar
celle XV Showplace. Cole posted $3,000 bail and
was freed early Friday, August 12, but his case
was scheduled for a hearing later that day. Upon
arriving to the Justice Center in downtown Port
land, Cole was informed that the charges by the
district attorney had been dropped, and no hear
ing took place.
The trouble started the evening of Thtirsday,
August 11, when the Oregon Liquor Control
Commission (OLCC) conducted a routine mi
nor sales check with the Portland Police Bureau
at Darcelle XV Showplace. Christie Scott,
OLCC public affairs specialist, says a PPB ca
det—a minor—was sent to see if he could obtain
entry, and also purchase alcohol. Scott reported
that because no one was at the door checking
identification, the cadet was granted access to
the bar, where he then bought a beer. Two
OLCC inspectors were then summoned to the
club to identify themselves, and the violation, to
the owners or manager on duty. But with no one
at the door, they had no one to identify them
selves to.
Darcelle was in the middle of a performance
on stage and noticed the commotion caused by
the entry of the OLCC officers, approaching
them. Unaware they were OLCC officers—al
though Scott said they attempted repeatedly to
identify themselves—Darcelle, along with her
partner Roc “Roxy” Neuhardt, grabbed and
pushed the officers, telling them to leave!
“At this point, [the OLCC officers are] in plain
clothes—jeans and a button-up shirt, I think,”
Scott explained. “They thought Darcelle was go
ing to include them in part of his act. But that’s
not what happened.”
Following the ejection of the'inspectors, Dar
celle finished his performance, but was then ar
rested. As of press time, Cole declined to com
ment further on the incident, although Scott
confirmed that once Cole realized whom he’d
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