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Smith Seated in Office
Judge Adrienne Nelson officially swears in new Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith
(right) at Portland Community College’s Cascade Campus in north Portland. Smith, a long-time
representative of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden’s Portland office, was elected in November. Her inaugu
ration on Friday attracted 200 community members and public officials, including Mayor Sam
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The Oregon Liquor Control Com
mission Friday issued an immediate
suspension of the liquor license for
Club 915, a popular hip-hop dance
venue, downtown.
The suspension was supported
by the City of Portland and Police
Bureau which submitted a request
for an emergency suspension based
on a history of serious and persis
tent problems at the business, lo
cated at 915 S.W. Second Ave.
OLCC officials said 19 serious
incidents including shootings,
fights, altercations and drugs led to
the suspension. The most recent
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The Club 915 dance bar had its
liquor license suspended Friday
because of a fatal New Year's
shooting and earlier problems at
the downtown establishment.
incident involved a shooting early
New Year's Day resulting in the
death of Ruben Mata, a bouncer
who was working at the club.
“There's a pattern of people
getting hurt at this business,” said
Linda Ignowski, OLCC regulatory
services director. “We, along with
Portland Police, have w orked
closely with the owner to try to
increase the safety of customers,
employees and members of the pub
lic. Club 915 had a compliance plan
to address these problems, but was
not following the steps in the plan.
At this point, we believe that an
immediate suspension o f their li
quor license is necessary to keep
the public from further harm.”
The liquor license is held by Jin’s
International Entertainment, LLC;
Frank Chin is the managing member.
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Suspension
follows fatal
shooting
A police procession and memo
rial service for a police chief who
was shot and killed while investi
gating a car theft in the small town
of Rainier, northwest of Portland,
will make its way through the streets
of north Portland on Friday.
The funeral service for Chief
Ralph Painter is set to begin at 1 p.m. store. Painter struggled with the
on Friday, Jan. 14 at the Chiles Cen suspect, 21-year-old Daniel Butts,
ter on the University of Portland inside the business garage, until
Campus, 5(XX)N. Willamette Blvd. Butts disarmed Painter and fatally
The 55-year-old law enforcement shot him.
official was shot in the head while
Butts is in the Columbia County
responding to a report of an at Jail in St. Helens, facing charges of
tempted car theft at an auto stereo aggravated murder.