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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016
Former employee sues embattled Portland foster care provider
Felix Cabrera La Rosa, 65,
and Eva Diaz Palomino claim
that when Holden requested
the loan, she hid information
that she and Give Us This Day
were under investigation for
allegedly misspending state
money allocated for foster
kids, according to the com-
plaint.
“They have known Mary
for years,” said James Tschudy,
an attorney with Portland law
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ing the couple. “They thought
they were helping to further
the mission of the charities
and like many others were de-
ceived and are trying to recov-
er as best they can.”
Holden approached Cabre-
ra and his wife in March 2014
to request an initial loan of
$120,000, the complaint indi-
cates.
“They were told it was
needed to keep the charities go-
Suit claims
breach of
contract, fraud
and abuse over
loans
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Problems con-
tinue to mount for Mary Hold-
en, the former executive di-
rector of the troubled Portland
foster care provider Give Us
This Day.
A former employee and
his wife have sued Holden for
breach of contract, fraud and
abuse of a vulnerable person
in connection with $155,000 in
loans they gave Holden to keep
Give Us This Day and two oth-
er charities in operation.
positions in Oregon nonprof-
its. She refused to sign an
agreement that also would
have shuttered another non-
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Yaun Child Care Centers, ac-
cording to the complaint.
That same month, she
worked with associates to try
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poration, Trinity of Oregon,
based out of a property owned
by the Alfred Yaun Child Care
Centers. The house on North-
east Rodney Avenue in Port-
land had previously served as
a group home for foster kids
placed with Give Us This Day.
That month, Holden also
Shut down in
asked Cabrera for another
September
loan of $35,000 to help avoid
Give Us This Day shut a tax foreclosure on the Rod-
down in September under a ney property scheduled for
settlement agreement with the next day, according to the
the Department of Justice in complaint.
which Holden also was barred
A promissory note be-
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ing,” Tschudy said. “Knowing
Mary for so long, they didn’t
ask too many questions. They
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According to the complaint,
Holden told them that the sale
of another property on Alberta
Street in north Portland was
pending and offered to pay the
couple back the loan principal,
plus 10 percent, when the sale
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Portland property was sold at a
tax auction in May 2014. Hold-
en made only three payments
on the loan, equaling $30,000,
in April, May and June of
2015, the lawsuit states.
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A vulnerable adult
Cabrera was 65 at the time
of the second loan and there-
fore, is considered a vulnera-
ble adult under Oregon stat-
ute, Tschudy said.
The Department of Justice
began investigating allega-
tions of child neglect and mis-
use of funds at Give Us This
Day in 2012, according to a
report by The Oregonian. The
foster care provider is accused
of spending $2 million in state
money on travel, luxury items
and services, paying off debt
on Holden’s personal home
and other items, Willamette
Week reported.
Emails released by the Or-
egon Department of Human
Services in December show
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about problems at Give Us
This Day as early as 2009.
The department released the
emails in response to a public
records request by state Sen.
Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis.
The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services’
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investigating whether the De-
partment of Human Services
submitted false or improper
claims for payment under a
federal grant in connection
with Give Us This Day.
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OBITUARIES
Gregg Elliott Cruzan
Corvallis
March 3, 1934 — Dec. 22, 2015
Gregg E. Cruzan, 81, of Albany, went to be
Gregg was a member of the Albany United
with the Lord on Dec. 22 at Good Samaritan Presbyterian Church, American Legion Post
Regional Medical Center in Corvallis after a 10, Albany Eagles Aerie 2255, and the Mid
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Chapter J).
ny, Oregon to Herschel and Lois (El-
He is survived by his wife of 28
liott) Cruzan, Gregg graduated from
years, Billie Jo Cruzan, whom he
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loved with all of his heart; his broth-
in 1952.
er Kenton (Kay) Cruzan of Astoria;
He proudly served as a submarine
two daughters, Karen (Bob) Chan-
radio man in the U.S. Navy, on the
dler of Albany and Carol Swan-
USS Bugara and USS Tang during
son of Bothell; two stepchildren,
the Korean War. After his service
Rob (Kathie) Robinson of Portland
he attended Oregon State University
and Elaine Pratt of Denver. He had
and received a bachelor’s degree in
nine grandchildren: Lauren, Bobby,
education. Gregg chose a career with
Chad, Brady, Zander, Kylie, Keegan,
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Gregg Elliott
Colin, and Camden; great-grandson,
worked in Coos Bay, Sweet Home,
Cruzan
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Astoria, and Albany. During his time
in Astoria he was a member of the Astoria raine, Judy, Cheryl and Charlotte.
Gregg was preceded in death by his father
Clowns, and loved to entertain during parades
or events. He returned to Albany in 1978 and and mother, Herschel and Lois Cruzan as well
as his son, David Jamieson Cruzan.
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A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m.
Gregg married the love of his life, Billie Jo,
on Feb. 14, 1987. He stayed active through his Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at the Albany United
retirement until his passing. He had great pas- Presbyterian Church, followed by a reception.
sion for riding motorcycles and snowmobiles, Gregg will be laid to rest in the Willamette Me-
chasing hot air balloons, delivering printing morial Park Mausoleum the following week.
Memorial donations can be made to Doer-
and/or cars, operating the Christmas Story-
book Land G-Train, and of course his garden nbecher Children’s Hospital at Oregon Health
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railroad!
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the church choir or at coffee he could be found org. Donations can also be made to the Albany
singing. His love of music stayed with him up American Legion Post 10 www.legion post10.
until his passing. Gregg loved life to the very VKXWWHUÀ\FRP RU WKH$PHULFDQ &DQFHU 6RFL
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and wouldn’t trade it in for anything.”
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Yaun Child Care Centers
granted power of sale over the
Rodney property to Cabre-
ra if the loan was not repaid
by Oct. 30, 2016, the lawsuit
states.
The second loan went
toward paying off about
$50,000 in delinquent taxes
on the Rodney house, accord-
ing to the lawsuit.
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