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JOHNS-HOPKINS. and in Portland at Heart Centers Of America cardiologist and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology with over 30 years of experience and is the founder of Heart Centers ofAmerica A f i An Aulhorued EECP’ Prouder SWhursday, October 18, 2012 from 7:30am-9:00am Governor Hotel - Grand Ballroom | 614 SW 11th Ave. | Portland, Oregon 97205 A Fffff Community Awareness & Benefit Breakfast for OHSU's Aval Gordly Canter for Healing Keynote Speaker Nathaniel Nate Miles Vice President fo r Strategic Initiatives fo r Eli Lilly and Company PURPOSE: • Become informed o f the services & success o f the Gordly Center. • Help de-srigmarixe mental illness & become comfortable seeking out the services o f the Gordly Center. • Inspite sustainability for the Gordly Center. O H S U Ave, Gordly Center for Healing is a multicultural mental health and addictions program w ith a focus and expertise in providing services to the African American community. Master of Ceremonies Rev. Dr. Wilbert This groundbreaking clinic came into operation in Hardy, Jr. by licensed and credentialcd practitioners. February 2008 after six years o f planning. It provides high-quality, culrurally-competent treatment RSVPQuestions Please Contact Ms. Lessie Williams • 503 287-9567 x202 photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver The betting floor o f the old Multnomah Kennel Club in Wood Village has sat empty since the race track east o f Portland shut down in 2004. Proposals to construct a non-tribal, privately-owned casino at the site are the centerpiece o f a plan to create a major destination for local residents and tourists alike. Raising the Stakes c o n t i n u e d f r o m fr o n t ers aw ay from loca, bars and restau rants w ho rely on state-run video p o k er m achines for needed re v e n u es. “M ost certainly it w ould draw custom ers aw ay from sm aller b u si nesses in the area,” said N ighthaw k C a fé a n d L o u n g e o w n e r B ill M ildenberger, w hose fam ily runs th e v id e o - lo tte r y - f r ie n d ly , o ld school restaurant and bar on N orth Interstate A venue. M ild en b erg er said it w ould be hypocritical for him to oppose g am bling, but he d o e sn ’t support the W ood V illage casino. “O nce you open up a place like the G range, it opens doors to o p en ing sim ilar larger casinos in other parts o f the city, again draw ing c u s tom ers aw ay from oth er sm all, fam ily o w n e d a n d o p e ra te d b u s i n esses,” he said. So w h a t’s to stop Portland from turning into a L as V egas strip? If the C onstitu tio n is ch an g ed w ith the upcom ing vote, not m uch. U n d er M easure 82, future in v es tors w ould be perm itted to open p rivate casinos in Portland, but not w ithin 6 0 m iles o f tribal casinos and not w ithout v o te rs’ consent. C u r rently there are nine tribal casinos in O regon, one p er each tribe. Fears o f a big casin o luring vice, crim e and a grow ing gam bling ad d iction is also set against P o rtlan d ’s clean, green and bike-friendly rep u tation. W o o d la w n r e s id e n t A lis o n V erville says a glitzy casino in W ood V illage w ould be too tacky. “It’ s doesn ’ t fit well w ith w hat w e represent o r prom ote as a city ,” said Verville. A couple on N ortheast A lberta Street agreed, saying a large casino dev elo p m en t near the scenic C o lum bia R iver G orge w ill cause in creased traffic, air pollution and oth er en v iro n m en tal problem s. “ It w ill increase gam bling and feed p e o p le ’s a d d ic tio n s ,” said Jackie T ate, a case m an ag er for the elderly and d isab led and a n orth east Portland resident. “ It’s going to hurt exactly the people they say it’s going to h elp .” Benjam in Clark, aresident o f Port land for 50 years, thinks the casino would harm the city ’ s worldwide repu tation as an attractive place to live. H e is also co n cern ed about the G range having foreign ow ners. “T he rich m an is com ing to our tow n, and h e ’s here to rip o ff the p eo p le,” said C lark. A n o th er n o rth east P ortland resi dent said he w as co ncerned about a casino that targets poor people as custom ers p roviding profits to a private co rp o ratio n that runs it. It’s a tran sfer o f w ealth aw ay from p o o r people in the com m unity, he said. “I d o n ’t g am b le,” said another local man. “People are broke already. People w ill spend all their m oney th ere.” O ne young resident, w ho sup ports the pro p o sals, says he d o e sn ’t care if p eople d rin k and gam ble, as long as the C an ad ian investors d o nate to local schools. “I ’m h appy if it’s going to c o n tribute to o u r eco n o m y and o u r schools,” said an o th er local m an. “I ’m not h appy ab o u t it if there is no Indian involvem ent. It all ju s t d e pends w here the m oney is g o ing.” Originally from O klahoma and new to n o r th e a s t P o r tla n d , T r a v is C heney said, “I h ear it m ight take aw ay from the N ative A m ericans and fo r that reason alone, I w ould be against it.”
