Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, July 06, 2011, Page 13, Image 13

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    July 6. 2011
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Retired Officer Builds Interest in Jazz Club
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A retired career m ilitary officer
from P ortland is m aking plans to
bring a grow ing, classy and a m a­
ture crow d to the P ortland night life.
“ M y vision for returning hom e is
to bring som ething new , fun and
exciting to P ortland by opening a
Jazz old school club restaurant fea­
turing live m usic,” said Russell Dizer,
a form er Portland resident w ho is
returning hom e after 28 years in the
military.
D izer describes his future club as
one that has an “A m erican B and
stand/Soul Train feel w here I in ter­
view m usical guests w hen they com e
and perform and hopefully later on
broadcast it on cab le.”
H e w ill be arriving hom e to P o rt­
land on S aturday July 9, and then
host a party to kick o ff his vision on
F r id a y , J u ly 15 fro m 9 p .m . to 2
a .m . at th e A d ria n n a B a llro o m ,
9 1 8 S .W . Y a m h ill, 2 n d F lo o r.
G e n e ra l a d m is s io n tic k e ts a re
$ 3 0 w ith d in n e r a n d V IP tic k e ts
a re $ 5 0 w ith d in n e r , th re e $5
d rin k tic k e ts , a n d a c c e s s to p r i ­
v a te b a r. A fre e H e in e k e n k e g
w ill be p ro v id e d . D o o rs w ill o p e n
at 8 :3 0 p .m .
D iz e r jo in e d th e m ilita r y in
1 980. H is c a r e e r f ie ld w a s m ili­
ta ry in te llig e n c e a n d he ro s e up
th e ra n k s to b e c o m e a s e n io r
n o n - c o m m is s io n o ff ic e r.
H is a s s i g n m e n t s i n c l u d e
w o rk in th e A rm y I n te llig e n c e
A g e n c y , I n te llig e n c e S e c u rity
C o m m a n d , N a tio n a l S e c u r ity
A g e n c y , P e n ta g o n , D e fe n s e I n ­
te llig e n c e A g e n c y a n d a fe w
o th e r p la c e s he w o u ld c a re n o t
to m e n tio n .
H e sa id he m o v e d to Ft. L e w is,
W a s h ., in th e la te r p a rt o f h is
m ilita r y c a r e e r , w h e re he c o u ld
be c lo s e to h is m o th e r in P o r t­
la n d , w h o h a d c a n c e r , a n d s h a re
in th e r e s p o n s ib ilitie s w ith h is
s is te r to ta k e c a r e o f h e r.
“ A fte r m y m o th e r p a sse d I had
a h a rd tim e a d ju stin g , I re a liz e d I
n e e d e d d is c ip lin e b a ck in m y life
a n d th e re w ere ju s t no jo b s in
P o rtla n d fo r a to p se c re t in te lli­
g e n c e a n a ly s t, so I m o v e d b a ck to
Ft. L e w is an d d id w h at c am e b e st
w o rk in g fo r th e m ilita ry , an d s u p ­
p o rtin g th e c a m p a ig n fo r “ O p e ra ­
tio n E n d u rin g F re e d o m ” an d O p ­
e ra tio n Iraqi F re e d o m ,” he said .
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Russell Dizer outside a brew pub and restaurant in Germany. The retired military
intelligence officer's goal is to open a jazz club and restaurant in Portland.
Former Portland resident Russell Dizer with
his son around 1983.
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