The agency views 81% compliance as positive.
(YAMHILL, Ore.) - 43 of 53 businesses in Yamhill County passed an Oregon Liquor Control Commission minor sales check on March 21st by refusing to sell alcohol to a minor.
The 81 percent passing rate is above the statewide average of 78 percent. The commission performs the minor sales checks in an effort to reduce drinking by minors, which is a serious problem throughout the state. The OLCC tests about 1,300 licensed liquor businesses each year.
"We always hope for 100 percent, but 81 percent is terrific," said James Lynch, OLCC Salem Regional Manager. "Our job is to let businesses know that providing alcohol to a minor is serious. Refusing to sell to someone under 21 not only protects minors from intoxication, but it also safeguards the employees and owners from liabilities of alcohol-related incidences."
The following licensees passed the compliance check: Amity Marketin AmityBarb's Only Placein Amity, Hall's Chevronin AmityRuby's Mart & Tobaccoin McMinnvilleGrocery Outlet of McMinnvillein McMinnvilleEl Primo Mexican Restaurantin YamhillScotte's Imbiberyin McMinnville3rd Street Pizzain McMinnvilleBig Apple Marketin McMinnvilleElks Lodge #1283in McMinnvilleGolden Valley Brewery & Pubin McMinnvilleHotel Oregon McMenaminsin McMinnvilleLa Zacatecanain McMinnvillePlaid Pantry #46in McMinnvilleRoth's Friendly Foodlinerin McMinnvilleSweet Milk's Groceryin McMinnvilleWalnut City Lanesin McMinnvillePeople's Marketin Lafayette, Roadhouse Pub in LafayetteBill's Marketin LafayetteMartha's Tacos & Morein LafayetteKin's Bar & Grillin LafayetteMain St. Marketin WarrentonPied Piper Pubin CarltonThe Horse Radishin CarltonThe Tin Roofin CarltonT&E General Storein YamhillArco AM/PM #6602in DundeeB&S Marketin DundeeCity Center Food Martin DundeeLa Sierra Mexican Grillin DundeeDavid OK Marketin DundeeJ's Restaurant & Loungein Newberg9th Street Groceryin NewbergNewberg Food Martin NewbergEverybody's Marketin NewbergAbby's Legendary Pizza of Newbergin NewbergNewberg Chevron in NewbergLago De Chapala Mexican Restaurantin NewbergRoadrunner IIin NewbergFirst Street Pubin NewbergPanaderia Y Taqueria Gonzalezin Newberg Quick Stop Market & Deliin Newberg.The following licensees failed the compliance check:Jacksons #537in NewbergIxtapa Restaurantin NewbergNewberg Texacoin NewbergRoadrunnersin McMinnvilleBlue Moonin McMinnvilleCarniceria Abastosin LafayetteRoberts Shellin LafayetteDaBoy's Carlton Marketin CarltonZippy's Pizzain YamhillTrask Mountain Outpostin Yamhill
During the checks, a minor volunteer attempts to purchase alcohol from a licensed business to see if staff are checking ID's correctly and refusing to sell alcohol to anyone under 21. Commission inspectors or other law officers supervise the minor volunteers. The volunteers carry their own legal ID and do not disguise their age or encourage the sale of alcohol. The businesses involved in the checks are selected at random by computer or have been targeted due to prior alcohol sales to minors.
Servers, bartenders and licensees whose employees sell alcohol to the minor or do not verify the minor's age, are subject to OLCC administrative penalties including fines or suspensions. Store clerks who sell can be cited with criminal charges and a minimum $350 fine.
The OLCC offers a free training course on how to check ID's. Participants learn how to identify false identification and the laws regarding minors and alcohol. Additional training opportunities are available including classes for store clerks and service permit holders. Interested persons can call the local OLCC office to schedule a training session.
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