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(AP) - The city ’ s $ 1 billion effort to
rebuild its sewers may have helped
cut the amount o f bacteria found in
the W illamette River by about half in
the past decade.
“It’s very good news,” City Com
missioner Dan Saltzman said. “This
bacteria is the W illam ette’s canary in
the coal mine. It’s an indicator that we
are doing a better job.”
The city already has spent $280
million to rebuild sewers to keep raw
sewage from being flushed into the
W illamette and Columbia rivers after
rainstorms.
The sewage problem occurs be
cause the sewer system, which car
ries raw sewage from homes and busi
nesses to the city’s sewage treatment
plant, is linked to its stormwater sewer
system.
That system carries rain or snow
melt from roads and pavement di
rectly into the Willamette and Colum
bia rivers.
A fter a heavy rainfall, millions of
gallons o f sew age-laced rainw ater
can be discharged directly into the
rivers. Last year, that happened 50
times.
City officials said they have re
duced sewage overflows into the riv
ers by 53 percent in the past 11 years
— from about 6 billion gallons a year
to about 3 billion gallons a year.
They have promised that when the
$1 billion program is completed in
2011, sew age o v erflo w s to the
Willamette River will be reduced by 94
percent.
T e stin g last y e a r found that
W illam ette River samples exceeded
state bacteria standards 4 percent
of the time. From 1993 through 1996,
sam ples violated state standards
an average o f 9.75 percent o f the
time.
The city is about to begin three big
sewage projects on the west side,
including a 14-foot-diameter tunnel
that will run parallel to the Willamette
River for about four miles before div
ing under the river to a pumping sta
tion on Swan Island.
Tri-Met Summer
Passes on Sale
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Tri-M et makes it easy for kids 18
or under to get around this sum m er
by o f f e r in g d is c o u n te d y o u th
p asses by th e m onth o r th ree-
m onths.
“O ffering youth passes on both
a m onthly and sum m er-long basis
gives fam ilies m ore cho ices,” said
Fred Hansen, Tri-M et General M an
ager. “They can opt for the conve
nience o f buying one pass for the
w hole sum m er or the flexibility of
buying one each m onth.”
A single three-m onth pass costs
$48 and is good for unlim ited rides
during
June, July and A ugust. A one-
m onth pass costs $16 and provides
unlim ited use for a single month in
June, July or A ugust.
The passes are also god for the
Portland Streetcar and carry special
discounts from pass sponsors such
as M cD onald’s, Oaks Park, the Port
land Beavers baseball team and
T im bers soccer team .
The sum m er passes go on sale
M ay 20 at the usual Tri-M et outlets,
including Fred
M e y e r,
S a few ay ,
m o st
A lb ertso n 's stores and online at
www.tri-met.org.
African American
Advisory Council
A m eeting by the African A m eri
can A dvisory C ouncil will be held
on T hursday, M ay 16, from 5:30
p.m. -7 :3 0 p .m . at the King Facility,
4815 N.E. 7“'. A presentation will be
given about a new pam phlet, w rit
ten by Roy Pittm an, inform ing
youths about how to com m uni
cate with the police if suspected o f
a crime. Call 503-823-0000.
Educational Health Chats
Learn how blood pressure affects
your life and discover relaxation
techniques that can help tame your
hypertension at a free health chat
that will be held on W ednesday,
M ay 8 at the W e stm o re la n d 's
Union M anor, 6404 S.E. 23rd, from
10:30a.m .-11:30 a.m. Call 503-494-
0060.
OHSU on Women's Health
Roosevelt High School students take a break from a Career Day experience with Priscilla Hulin, the director of
marketing at the Ramada Inn and Suites Portland Airport.
P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Students Focus on Careers
More than a dozen students from
Roosevelt High School got a first hand
look at the many jobs in the hospitality
industry by spending Career Day last
week at the Ramada Inn and Suites Port
land Airport.
“This hotel prides itself on the diver-
sity o f its em ployees and w elcom es the
stu dents o f R oosevelt H ig h ,” said
Priscilla H ulin, the h o te l's director o f
marketing.
Hulin took die junior and senior stu
dents on a tour of the facility. They learned
about the industry’s jobs during conver-
sations with the hotel' s general manager,
director of catering, front desk employ
ees, restaurant staff and head of house
keeping.
“The opportunity for us to share our
knowledge with youth and theirs with us
is a privilege and an honor,” Hulin said.
The O regon H ealth & Science
U niversity’s C enter for W om en’s
H ealth is sponsoring a brown bag
discussion series on health care
issues. The next one will be given
by faculty m em ber Anne Nedrow,
M.D. She will be speaking on health
problem s that can be diagnosed
and treated w ith both co n v e n
tional and alternative forms of medi
cine. The talk w ill be given on
T hursday, M ay 23, 1 p.m at the
OH SU Hospital, Room 8B-60. Call
503-494-0515.
Hair Design Tour
Get a free hair consultation at the
G am ier Experts Express Tour. May
,6 - 18 at the Portland M etropoli-
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Ocean Resort is Playground for Adults
Chinook Winds lures fans with games, entertainers and big-ticket fights
by D avid P i . echi .
T he P ortland O bserver
Where do Portlanders go when they
absolutely have to get away? Some travel
south to the Chinook W inds Casino and
Convention Center on the coast in Lin
coln City.
"Portland is our biggest market,” said
Martin Wheeler, the casino's regional
sales executive.
W heeler estimates that up to 40 per
cent of his customers are coming from
Portland.
The casino is owned and operated by
the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
The resort is built on land that was ancient
aboriginal land o f the ancestors of the
Siletz.
Since the casino opened in 1996, it has
been a big draw for Portlanders.
W heeler describes it as "a big play
ground for adults.”
The casino offers almost 1,300 slots,
priced from one penny to $ 100.
“We have all the table games that one
would see in Las Vegas,” W heeler said.
The 157,000 square foot facility and
20,000 square foot convention center has
found its niche as an “event casino” in
recent years.
“W e’ve got everything from Wayne
Newton to Grand Funk," W heeler said.
Big names scheduled for the upcom
ing summer and fall seasons, include
Loretta Lynn, Rita Coolidge, Smokey
Robinson and The Beach Boys.
This month, the casino will host Sugar
Ray Leonard ’ s “Commotion at the Ocean
III” on May 31. The big-ticket fight will be
broadcast live on ESPN2 and pits James
“ L ights O ut" T oney against Jason
Robinson.
In addition, the "Rouge River Room"
offers numerous delectable dining op
tions for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Visitors can dine on perfectly grilled Chi
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The Chinook Winds
Casino and Convention
Center at Lincoln City.
photo by D avid P lechi V
T he P ortland O bsers er
The Rogue
River Room
features a full
service bar as
well as
gourmet
dinners.
nook salmon while watching the sunset
behind the waves of the mighty Pacific
Ocean.
The casino is situated just next to the
Surf Tides Inn, which just completed a 4.5
million dollar renovation. The hotel offers
154 ocean front rooms, a new restaurant,
sauna, private Jacuzzis and a steam room.
So if you’re feeling lucky and you just
absolutely have to get away, the Chinook
Winds Casino and Convention Center in
Lincoln City just might be the place for
you.
Check it out for yourself. The casino is
located on O regon's central coast ap
proximately 90 miles southwest from Port
land on hwy 101 in Lincoln City.
Chinook Winds runs six buses a week
out of Vancouver with connections at
Gateway Mall. For more information call
1-888-CHINOOK