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(r “ i. Spilyay T yrnoo, W grm Springs, O regon Pgge 8 September 19, 2012 Casino developers see jackpot in Portland (AP). — After going bust in their first three attempts to g e t v o te rs to ap p ro v e O regon’s first nontribal ca sino, a group o f investors is going all in this year. W ith ample money from a Canadian investment firm, the proponents are feverishly selling O regonians on their plans to build a casino and entertainm ent complex just o utside P o rtlan d . T h ey ’ve bombarded television screens and mailboxes w ith a glitzy ad vertising cam paign th a t talks more about schools than it does about gambling. A quarter o f gambling rev enue would be earmarked for governm ent services, and the Canadians are betting th at they can change the conver sation into a debate abo u t school funding instead o f a referendum on gambling. “Let’s face it, our economy and o u r schools a re n ’t in great shape,” says a woman narrating a television com mercial prom oting a project developers call The Grange. “Having another casino here won’t impact my life, but bet ter schools and m ore jobs will.” O pponents are led by the G ran d R onde tribe, w hich ru n s S pirit M o u n tain , the nearest casino to Portland. T he opp o n en ts prom ise vigorous opposition. They ar gue that the measures open Oregon to gambling for pri vate p ro fit, in stead o f for public funds. T hey’ve deri sively d u b b ed th e p ro ject “The Grunge.” T h e d e v e lo p e rs face a tough slog. The last time vot ers weighed in, two years ago, they overwhelmingly rejected the idea, although the push was far more m uted than the current one. Voters will be asked two questions related to the p ro posed casino this November. Measure 82 would change the state constitution to allow pri vately owned casinos subject to votes statewide and in the local community. Measure 83 w ould authorize the W ood Village location. The campaigns haven’t had to rep o rt m ost o f their ex penditures so far, but records that are available give a peak at spending fit for a high- ro ller. B ro a d c a st sta tio n records show the proponents h av e b o u g h t m o re th a n $400,000 w orth o f airtime to p ro m o te th e c asin o o n P ortland's ABC, N BC and CBS affiliates. T hat doesn't include money spent on cable television or broadcast stations in other markets. O pponents began advertising last week. Developers see a lucrative, untapped market in Portland, w h ere th e re ’s dem an d fo r gambling but the nearest ca sino is at least an hour's drive away. T h ere are 66 weekly scheduled flights b etw een Portland and Las Vegas, ac cording to P ort o f Pordand records. Statewide, video lot te ry te rm in a ls, w h ich r e semble slot machines in bars, pum p millions into the state lottery every year. A d v ertisem en ts say the casino would pum p $100 mil lion into “schools, services a n d lo c a l c o m m itm e n ts” based on the developers’ con tention that it will earn $400 million per year. The estimate is conservative, said Stacey Dycus, a spokeswom an for the proponents, but the gov ernm ent will get less money if the revenue falls short o f expectations. Based on preliminary fig ures, gambling revenue at all nine tribal casinos was about $470 million last year, said Bob Whelan, an-economist at EcoN orthw est who analyzes the casinos’ economic impact for the tribes. H e estimates a privately owned casino in the Portland area would siphon about 36 percent o f the rev enue from Spirit M ountain, 60 miles southwest o f P ort land, with smaller impacts at the other casinos, which are farther from the metro area. Cow Creek opposes Coquille casino (AP) — A tribe that op erates a casino in Douglas County says a proposed ca sino at M edford would in vade its market and violate an u n d e rs ta n d in g th a t tribes in O regon w ould limit the num ber o f gam bling outlets. T h e C oquille In d ia n Tribe, which has a casino in C oos C ounty, said it wants to open another in M edford. B u t th e C ow C reek U mpqua Tribe says a large share o f the customers at its Seven Feathers Casino R e so rt at C anyonville com e from the M edford area, w hich is 70 m iles south on Interstate 5. I f a M e d fo rd casino opens, the Cow Creek tribe might have to make its own push into the market, and there could be a statewide rush for new casinos, said the tribe’s lawyer, Wayne Shammel. “It’s going to be like a casino arm s race at that point,” Shammel said. Edward Metcalf, chair m an o f the Coquille tribe, said he believes m ore casi nos bring more people to at region, potentially in creasing everyone’s m ar ket share. H e said the M edford casino w ould have only machines, not card tables as at Seven Feathers o r T he Mill, the casino the C oquille trib e ow ns in N orth Bend along the O r egon coast. “W e’re ju s t talk in g about a small facility,” he said. T he Coquille tribe plans to convert part o f a bowling alley to gambling. It also has leased a nearby golf course. A 1989 federal law re stored trial status and said the Coquille tribal service area in c lu d e s Ja c k s o n County, as well as four oth ers. The Cow Creek tribe said, though, that the ter ritory doesn’t extend into the Rogue Valley part o f th e co unty, w h ere Medford lies. Susan Matheson Ferris, sp o k esw o m an fo r th e Cow Creek tribe, said an executive order signed by Gov. John Kitzhaber dur ing his first administration sets a framework with the understanding that each tribe in the state would be allowed one casino. BPA tries to hold line on wildlife spending (AP) M T he B onneville Power Administration is p ro posing to hold down spend ing on wildlife programs, even as it faces court requirements to show progress in fish res toration. The agency says it’s a blip in p rogram s w here spending is rising rapidly, and the belt-tightening w on’t af fect its comm itments under court orders to preserve and restore populations o f threat ened fish. T h e agency’s custom ers are worried about the rising spending, and low natural gas Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Coalition of Warm Springs hosted the Walk For Our Future last week. The participants walked from the Early Childhood Education Center to the Community Center, where there were information booths and speakers, such as Aurelia Stacona (above). prices threaten to undercut the revenue BPA uses to re duce rates to the 140 public utilities that buy power directly from the agency. BPA execu tives said they have already added $13 million to the wild life budget for the com ing year. But the agency is look ing to trim spending by de ferring land and equipm ent purchases, paring programs that aren't specifically'related to the im pact o f federal dams on salmon and steelhead, and suspending non-critical opera tions and maintenance. Hunting season update from Natural Resources T he 2012 C eded L and hunting tags are now avail able at the D epartm ent o f N atu ral R esources office, 4223 Holliday Street, Warm ! Springs. O r call 541-553- ’ 2001. The following is a list o f ceded land tags that are avail able. For a list o f hunts starting in N o v em b er, D e cem b er and January visit the Natural Resources office. Youth - Aug 1-Dec 31 W S241T - W hite R iver Hood Youth - Aug 1-Dec 31 WS244T - Umatilla Youth - Aug 1-Dec 31 WS245T - Fossil youth - Aug 1-Dec 31 W S246T1 - M u rd erers Creek - N o rthside Y outh - Aug 1-Dec 31 WS248T - Heppner Youth - Aug 1-Dec 31 WS245E - Fossil-SE Biggs Agriculture - August 1- March 31, 2013 W S247E2 - E .N orthside Pvt. # 2 - August 1- March 31, 2013 WS247E1 - E .N orthside P v t.# l -August 1- Sept 30 WS247D1 - W.Grant Pvt #1 - August 1- September 30 WS234B - Tumalo - Au gust 1-24, Decem ber 1-31 WS234A - Little River - August 1-24, N ovem ber 12- 30 W S234T - E .C ascad e Youth - August 1-Dec31 WS237A - N.Ochoco - August 1-N ovember 30 WS237B - Crooked River - August 1-November 30 WS238A - Southwest Griz zly - August 1-November 30 WS238B - N. Grizzly Pri vate - August 1-November 30 Hunts that started in Au gust Hunts that start in Sep tember A n tlerless e lk — bag limit is one antlerless elk (hunt num ber, h u n t nam e, h u n t dates): W S236T - M aury U n it B u c k d e e r - check lations for bag lim it n u m b er, h u n t nam e, dates) W S D T - C ed ed Please come by the N atu ral Resources office to pick up your tags and a state lands Big Game Regulations Guide and to sign up for lottery hunts. You may pick up your tag up to two days before the start o f the hunt. You can also go online for more State Lands Big Game inform ation at: dfw.state.or.us/resources/ hunting/big_game R egistration for H unter Education classes and Field Days are available online at: or.outdoorcentral.us / o r / license/classes Or: www.dfw.state.or.us/edu- c a tio n /h u n te r / independent_study.asp regu (hunt hunt A rea Buck - September 29-Octo- ber 10 #1 Muzzleloader - O ctober 20-26 Hunts starting in October B ull e lk — bag limit is one bull elk w ith .visible antler (hunt num ber, h u n t name, hunt dates) W SCET - Cascade G en eral Elk Season - O c t o b e r 13-19 WSRME1 - Rocky Mtn. No. 1 Elk Season - October 24-28 WS235M - Paulina-E. Fort Rock M uzzleloader - O cto ber 13-21 A n te lo p e - bag limit is one doe or fawn (hunt number, hunt name, hunt dates) WS443A1 - Columbia Pla teau No. 1 - October 13-21 A ntelope — bag limit is one b uck (h u n t n u m b er, h u n t name, hunt dates) WS443A2 - Columbia Pla teau No. 2 - October 13-21 A n tlerless e lk - bag limit is one antlerless elk (hunt n u m b er, h u n t nam e, h u n t dates) WS247D2 - W G rant Pvt #2 - O ctober 1- Decem ber 31 WS237T2 - Ochoco Unit Youth H unt # 2 - October 13- 19 WS240A - M aupin-W est Biggs - O ctober 13-Novem- ber 30 C ontrolled elk — bag limit is one elk either sex (hunt nu m b er, h u n t nam e, h u n t dates) W S265M - E G ra n t C o n tro lle d e lk — bag limit is one spike only W S249A2 - U kiah U nit N o 2 - October 24-28 Hunter surveys Please participate in hunter surveys. H unters are im por tan t sources o f wildlife re- lated information. The information gathered ■from hunter surveys is valu able for biologists, wildlife committee and tribal council to help make informed wild life management decisions. By reporting, you are help ing m onitor wildlife popula tions and helping enhance hunting opportunities. Information from hunters who did not hunt or harvest an animal is as im portant as hunters who did take an ani mal. H unter surveys are avail able at the Natural Resources office and will be given out with tags. Thank you for your participation! 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