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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
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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.”