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O ctober 17. 2012
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A landmark bar and restaurant for the African-American community is closing its doors on Oct. 31.
The decision by LaVon Van, owner o f LV’sTwelve-22 on North Vancouver Avenue, came this week
after he withdrew his appeal for the termination o f his business permit to sell alcohol.
Landmark Bar to Close
Violations doom
LV’s Twelve 22
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n e ig h b o r h o o d r e s ta u r a n t a n d
lounge w ill close its doors for the
last tim e on O ct. 31, but not w ithout
a celebration looking back on the
O ne o f Portland’s last rem aining c lu b ’s com m unity history from past
black bars isclo sin g .L V ’sT w elve 22 to present.
ow ner LaV on Van has announced
N orm an S ylvester B and hosts a
the closing o f his landm ark North “ B ack T hen and N ow C eleb ratio n ”
V ancouver A venue establishm ent on Friday, Oct. 19 at L V ’s Tw elve 22
after w ithdraw ing an appeal to a num at 9 to 11 p.m.
ber o f drug-related violations the
W hen V an bought the nightclub,
nightclub faced during an ongoing formerly the Royal Esquire, he im ple
police investigation this past year.
m ented several changes in attem pts
In late Septem ber, the O regon to m ake the b ar an inclusive n eig h
L iquor C ontrol C om m ission served b o rh o o d b u sin ess and b arb eq u e
Van a notice to rescind LV ’ s T w elve restau ran t.
2 2 ’s liquor license for violations that
B ut changing the m usic, lifting
included one club em p lo y ee’s u n the age o f patrons, enforcing non
law ful attem pt to d eliver crack c o gang clothing attire, and adding a
caine on the b a r’s prem ises.
fence around the parking lot did not
V an told the P ortland O bserver seem to k eep out the n o to rio u s
T uesday that the historical black stream o f drug activity adjacent the
restaurant and near the intersection
o f N ortheast F rem ont S tr e e t.
V an refu ted O L C C charges that
he w as aw are his em ployee, a part-
tim e g ro u n d sk eep er at the n ight
club, w as attem pting to sell drugs
outside his restaurant and said w hen
he finally go t w ind o f his activities
in late July, he fired him .
“ I am alw ays w illing to press
ch arg es against anyone doing ille
gal activities in my clu b ,” he told a
rep o rter fo r O regon M usic N ew s in
a related article on O ct. 5.
V an signed a trespass agreem ent
w ith the P ortland Police a few years
ago. A pparently, ongoing police
in v estig atio n s lead the O L C C to
present the n ightclub o w n er w ith a
list o f six drug-related offenses com
m itted on o r near L V ’s T w elve 2 2 ’s
prem ises.
Dialogue on Justice Issues
Community to tackle
oppressive patterns
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A com m unity dialogue to prom ote social ju stice
and open up possibilities for co m m u n ity solutions
w ill take place Friday and Saturday, O ct. 19-20 at the
Friends o f the C hildren, 65 N .E. Stanton St.
T he L iberation-B ased H ealing C onference is b e
ing org an ized by the C en ter for C om m u n ity E ngage
m ent at the Lew is & C lark G raduate School o f Educa-
tion and C ounseling. C o -sp o n so rs include Friends o f
the C hildren; A ffinity C o u n selin g G roup; T he Institute
fo r Fam ily Services; O regon C oalition A gainst Sexual
and D om estic V iolence; Portland State U niversity and
C o n co rd ia U niversity.
O n Friday, therapists, ed u cato rs, spiritual leaders
and com m unity activists w ill describe program s that
have been created in their ow n co m m u n ities to prom ote
equity and access fo r all.
O n Saturday, there will be a com m unity dialogue, free
and open to the public, to ex p lo re o p portunities to form
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