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m ission has issued an im m ediate
liquor license suspension to The
Table R estaurant and Lounge, 6815
N .E. K illingsw orth, for alleged un
lawful cocaine and m etham phet
am ine sales.
The o rd er w as issued Friday
under an O regon law that allow s
the closure o f liquor businesses
consid ered a serio u s d an g er to
public health and safety.
R ichardJ. Ballantine, the restau
rant ow ner, w as ordered to stop
selling alcoholic beverages at the
facility until further notice. The
Table holds a full on-prem ises li
cense for the sale ofd isti lied spirits,
beer and w ine.
T h eO L C C 's im m ediate suspen
sion w as requested in a M ay 9 letter
from Portland Police C h ie f M ark
Kroeker.
“ W e put an im m ediate stop to
liquor sales at T he T able because
w e d o n ’t allow licensees to perm it
illegal activity at th eir prem ises,”
said, Karen G regory, O LC C interim
director. “ Police reported m any in
stances o f unlaw ful drug sales at
the restaurant.”
A ccording to the O LC C suspen
sion notice, the licensee perm itted
repeated illegal drug activity at the
site. The O LC C also alleged that on
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The Table R e s ta u r a n t a n d L o u n g e a t 6 8 1 5 N.E. K illin g sw o rth s t a n d s c lo s e d T u e sd a y a fte r b e in g
s h u t d o w n for c o m p la in ts o f c o c a in e a n d m e th a m p h e ta m in e s a le s .
seven d ifferen t o ccasio n s from
March through M ay 8, Ballantine
was aware o f metham phetam ine and
cocaine sales by em ployees, but
"failed to take im m ediate and effec
tive action to prevent drug sales or
use on the licensed prem ises.”
O L C C s ta ff m em bers said they
counseled The T able em ployees
regarding the illegal drug activity the restaurant m anager and cook,
on several occasions, m ost recently participated in the unlaw ful drug
M arch 20.
activity.”
“T hese effo rts to assist the lic
U nder O regon law, the licensee
ensee have failed to prevent un law is responsible for illegal acts com
ful drug activity at T heT able, which m itted by em ployees.
has becom e a haven for illegal drug
T he T able has the right to an
activ ity ,” the O L C C notice said. adm inistrative hearing on the sus
"A t least tw oem p lo y ees, including pension.
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"Complete Full Service"
Campaign Launched to Honor King
Halle Berry and
A1 Roker Support
National Mall
Memorial
(A P) —; H alle B erry is escorted
to a “colored section " at the back o f
a restaurant and TV w eatherm an A1
R oker c a n ’t find a treadm ill that
isn ’t m arked “w hite guests only” in
a new ad cam paign to raise m oney
for a m em orial to the Rev. M artin
L uther King Jr.
The public service ads using
m odern celebrities to portray times
past were unveiled last W ednesday.
They are part o f an effort over the
next year and a h a lf to raise $40
million needed to break ground on
the national m em orial to the civil
rights leader. The advertisem ents
w illbeplacedonradioandT V asw ell
as in new spapers and magazines.
The m em orial “w ill highlight for
people o f all ages and from all back
grounds the struggle and sacrifice
o f Dr. K ing and so m any others
from the civil rights m ovem ent,”
said H arry Johnson, president o f
the M artin Luther K ing Jr. National
M em o rial P ro je c t F o u n d a tio n .
The foundation hopes to raise $ 100
m illion to com plete the project,
Johnson said, and already has $20
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President
W atson, D -C alif., have introduced
legislation that w ould gi ve the foun
dation three m ore years to raise
money.
A n a r t is t 's m o d e l s h o w s th e p r o p o s e d R ev. M a rtin L u th e r K ing
Jr. M em o ria l o n th e s h o r e o f W a sh in g to n . D.C. 's Tidal B a sin .
m illion to $25 m illion in co n trib u
tions o r com m itm ents.
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The time has come
for Dr. King to take his
rightful place on our
National Mall
alongside so many
other great Americans.
- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist,
R-Tenn.
T h e la n d s c a p e d m e m o ria l
w o u ld c o v e r a fo u r-a c re tria n g le
on th e sh o re o f W a s h in g to n ’s
T id al B asin , b etw een th e L in co lr
and Jefferso n M em o rials and nexi
to th e F ran k lin D. R o o sev elt M e
morial.
"T he tim e has com e for Dr. King
to take his rightful place on our
N ational Mall alongside so many
o th er g reat A m ericans,” said S en
ate M ajority L eader Bill Frist, R-
Tenn. K ing w as assassinated in
1968.
Jo h n so n said the fo u n d atio n
hopes to break ground in late 2004
— a y e a ra fte rth e original deadline
set by C ongress w hen it approved
a K ing m em orial in 1998. Sen. Paul
Sarbanes. D -M d.. and Rep. D iane
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