Dark Horse to lose liquor license
 
SUNNYSIDE (1-20-98)---The Sunnyside City Council has refused to approve a liquor license rewnewal to the Dark Horse Inn at 1400 Yakima Valley Highway.
 
Licensees are Rosendo and Bertha Magana, according to the state Liquor Control Board. Licenses are renewed annually.
 
Several citizens came down hard on the bar and dance hall during a council meeting Jan. 20. They said their complaints about the joint have in the past fallen on deaf ears.
 
One woman told councilmen and an overflow council audience that the Dark Horse's music andpatrons created a nightmarish "boom boom boom".
 
"We've got a padded toilet stool at home," she said. "We can sit on it and it vibrates in time with the music. We look out our window, and we can see patrons urinating in public. The whole town is loaded with places to get alcohol. Why do they have to choose a place near where people live?" she said.
 
Ken Allen, professional photographer, runs a business about 300 feet from the Dark Horse. "I operate a business in my home. When I got my license, the city said I would have to make concessions for my neighbors. The Dark Horse should follow those same concessions. They're not willing to get along with their neighbors," he said.
 
Another woman said she has called Sunnyside Police to complain about the Dark Horse.
 
"It had no effect," she said. "We could still hear them whooping it up until closing time. And when customers finally leave, there's a great screeching of tires."
 
Yet another angry resident told councilmen she called the police to complain about the Dark Horse.
 
"It took them two hours to get there," she said.
 
One man told councilmembers that Dark Horse patrons' cars often spill over onto No. 13th St. and Yakima Ave.
 
"We need to enforce (nuisance) laws around here," he said.
 
Another man said patrons' cars block his driveway. In the morning, he has to take the time to clean up the paper cups and other trash from the night before.
 
The city council noted the state liquor board "is receptive" to contests of renewal filed by the city.
 
They voted unanimously against Dark Horse's license renewal.
 
The council did grant license renewals to Dougles E. Pecheos, Blue Moon Bar and Grill, 624 E. Edison Ave.; Egleys, Inc., Egley's Sports Bar, 535 6th St.; Thrifty Payless, Inc., Mid-Valley Mall; Ran Y and Moo Sung Kang, STM Market, 309 Yakima Valley Hwy., and Wade and Sarah Clements, Wades' Pizza, 1600 Yakima Valley Highway.
 
In other business, the council: