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Pop Culture, Portland Style
Cheers go up outside the Rose Garden in Portland on Saturday as a group o f American Idol
contestants, out o f 7,000 people who showed up, make their way near the front o f the line to
audition. The hit TV show was making its first stop in Portland for new contestants. Mean
while, last season's American Idol finalists will be in Portland this Saturday, July 9 for a show
at the Rose Garden. See Arts & Entertainment, page 16.
Murder Charge Dropped;
OLCC Cracks Down on Bar
C lassifieds
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J uly C alendar
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M u rd er c h a rg e s a g ain st a
Vancouver man in connection with
the death of another man outside a
northeast Portland bar have been
dropped and the business where
the violence broke out has been
ordered to change the way it deals
with its customers.
Portland police said they received
new information regarding the death
of Leonard James ‘L. J.” Irving and
based on the information, asked the
M ultno m ah C o u n ty D istrict
Attorney’s office on Tuesday to
drop the charges against Isaiah Erick
Mandley Jr., 23, who had been ar
rested for Irving’s death just a few
days earlier.
Irving, 34, was killed June 26 after
being shot in the parking lot of
Seeznin ’ s Bar and Lounge on North
east 82nd Avenue.
Last week, the Oregon Liquor
Control Commission, issued seven
immediate restrictions on Seeznin’s
liquor license based on reports from
the City of Portland and Police Bu
reau claiming gang members were
permitted to fight inside Seeznin’s
on the night of the shooting death.
“Businesses need to hold the
safety of their customers, employ
ees and the general public para
mount. The violence at Seeznin’s is
unacceptable,” said Rudy Williams,
OLCC public safety program direc
tor. “These seven restrictions are
serious. We will work with Portland
Police to hold Seeznin’s to these
restrictions.”
The fight continued to the park
ing lot where gunfire almost immedi
ately erupted. Three customers of
the bar were shot, which caused the
death of Irving and left two other
individuals with serious injuries that
required hospitalization.
Some of the new OLCC require
ments for the business, include us-
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Correction:
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Fresh Exchange, a local nutrition incentive program, survives on funds from government grants,
donations from local businesses and individuals, and is run entirely by community volunteers. A
description of the group’s financial backers from a story in last week’s issue (Farmer’s Markets Break
Healthy Food Barriers) was wrong and we regret the error.