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Part 16
Chiropractic VS.
Morning Stiffness:
A deadly blow to the
agony of awaking.
Q: I used to be so stiff in the
morning I could scarcely tie my
shoes. Worst of all I was only
37 years old. Now that’s all
changed since coming to your
office. I’m eternally grateful
to you and Chiropractic. I
just don’t see how it works so
well, particularly with-out
medication.
A: We very much appreciate
your kind compliment. It is
true that many of our patients
do rest better at night and
wake up feeling more relaxed
and refreshed. Chiropractic
works by taking the stress
and irritation off the nervous
system. As the nervous system
gets well, you will notice that
the spine begins to lose the rigid
stiff feeling that it had. Muscles
can begin to relax because they
don’t have to work to make the
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body bend and move. When the
nerves are finally as healthy as
they should be, the body will
reflect that by being flexible
and well rested. If you have had
problems with muscle stiffness,
trouble resting or if waking
up gives you the feeling that
you’ve been through World War
II, it’s a great time to wake up to
the feeling of Chiropractic!
Call today for an appointment.
Isn’t it time you stepped up to
Chiropractic?
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prevention and treatment.
“Our role is to provide the
opportunity for treatment and
for folks and the industry to
come together and talk about
what’s going on,” he said. “Or-
egon probably is one of the best
states where communication
among stakeholders occurs on
a regular basis.”
There are free programs for
gambling addiction in every
county in Oregon, Moore said.
“From our studies, in the
adult population, 70 percent
gambled in 1997 but last year
only 56.6 percent gambled,” he
said. “People aren’t gambling
as much as they used to.”
The gambling numbers are
also lower for 13 to 18 year
olds, down from 74 percent in
1997 to 39.7 percent last year.
Some folks may still run into
problems with gambling addic-
tions, he said, but he suspects it
will be a small number.
“Most people in Oregon
know that treatment is avail-
able and it’s free, but that’s not
true in other states,” he said.
The $250,000 limit, how-
ever, does worry Philip Yas-
senoff, a gambling treatment
expert at Cascadia Behavioral
Health, as he recently told the
Willamette Week.
“The amount of damage that
can be done to them financially
or emotionally in a short period
of time is concerning to me as a
therapist,” he said.
Anyone with a gambling
problem can call the Oregon
Problem Gambling Helpline
any time at 1-877-MY-LIMIT
(1-877-695-4648).
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problem gambling.
The new app, which can be
accessed at sports.oregonlot-
tery.org/sports, allows 24/7
betting on professional sports
– but not college sports – and
all bets must be made within
the state, ensured by the app’s
geo-fencing feature.
Bettors can use Scoreboard
for single game bets, parlays
and in-game wagers either on-
line or at sports betting kiosks
throughout the state.
Betting on college sports
may be an online possibility in
the future, though, and the Ore-
gon Lottery website states that
all the stakeholders, including
players, lottery commission
members and the governor’s
office will “determine if ex-
panding wagering opportuni-
ties to collegiate sports makes
sense for Oregon.”
But the list of professional
sports that can be wagered on
right now is exhaustive, and
includes football, basketball,
ice hockey, baseball, soccer,
tennis, golf and several more,
even cricket and handball. Wa-
gers on horseracing, however,
including major events like the
Kentucky Derby, will not be
offered through the app.
Players must be 21 to use
Scoreboard and can set up the
app on both IOS and Android
devices, with a desktop version
available on the Lottery web-
site. Upon online registration
and verification, players can
fund their account and bet on a
variety of professional sports,
including the NFL, NBA, MLB
and even NASCAR.
As of 2018, the Oregon Lot-
tery awarded $2.6 billion in
prizes and $725 million to state
and local programs that include
state parks, public schools, wa-
tershed enhancement, outdoor
education, job creation and
veterans’ services.
The new app is projected
to bring in about $300 million
during the first year, with most
of that money going to bettors.
The deposit limit for player ac-
count is $250,000, which some
critics say is too high.
But Pack said the game will
send email alerts to players to
let them know where they stand
in regard to their limits, and
they can also select to self-lim-
it their bets. He said the state
earned the highest certification
possible last year for respon-
sible gaming from the World
Lottery Association. Oregon is
also credited with having one
of the best gambling treatment
programs in the country.
“While the Lottery continues
to focus on profits to fund state
and local programs, our com-
mitment to responsible gaming
and support for problem gam-
bling treatment is stronger than
ever,” Pack said.
Some experts are concerned
about people with gambling
addictions finding it too easy to
gamble with the new app, says
Tom Moore, executive director
of the Oregon Council on Prob-
lem Gambling. While his orga-
nization doesn’t give an opin-
ion on legalized gambling, it is
focused on gambling addiction
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American economic dream for
black Americans, drawing from
many sources, as it looks “the
microcosms of slavery to present
day post-Obama backlash.”
Webb says the play seeks “to
translate, through the intimacy
and flexibility of theater, the ef-
fects of disparities in legislative
action, capitalism and identity,
within the communities in which
our black bodies participate.”
In particular, the play asks the
questions: What is black wealth?
Is black success assimilation?
How has black American growth
manifested despite disenfran-
chisement in passing on wealth
through land ownership, knowl-
edge of lineage and financial
freedom?
Webb said the play intends to
produce “rigorous and dynamic
original theater that creates ad-
vocacy around stories that reso-
nate in our communities and to
encourage broad participation in
all areas of the production.”
The theme will also be reflect-
ed in a 15-minute documentary,
“Root Shocked,” to be shown in
conjunction with the play, and
which tells the story of gentrifica-
tion and displacement in Portland
via the moving of the Portland’s
historic Mayo House. The pro-
duction was spearheaded by local
African American artist Cleo Da-
vis and produced in association
with the University of Oregon
School of Journalism and Com-
munications.
The home, built in the
1890s, had already been moved
twice before to make room for
other growth, but when the
city approved it for demoli-
tion last year, neighbors in the
Eliot neighborhood, includ-
ing Davis, protested. They
were successful in getting the
house purchased for historic
preservation and in January it
moved to 236 N.E. Sacramen-
to St. where Davis is planning
on turning it into a community
cultural center that archives the
history of African-Americans
in Portland.
Webb said the Mayo House
story also illustrates how black
families can – or cannot – pass
on wealth.
“What does it mean to pass
on wealth, and how has that
happened in our black commu-
nities?” Webb asked.