JUNE 15, 2002
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Oscar Worthy Professional boxer and six-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya who is now a fight promoter with his company
"Golden Boy Productions" appeared at a press conference in Portland at the Rose Garden on Wednesday, June 5 to promote Spirit Mountain
Casino's Fight Night at the Rose Garden on July 18. De La Hoya said he wants to change the sport of boxing for the better with a new series
of fight nights like this one in conjunction with the Grand Ronde Tribe. De La Hoya is currently in training for a September fight with Fernando
Var9as- (more photos on page 6.)
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Memorial Day Salute - veteran Bob
Watson (far left) leads a group of local Veterans
in a Memorial Day Gun Salute at the Grand Ronde
Tribal Cemetery on Monday, May 27. The group
was made up of Veterans representing the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, Am Vets and the Ameri
can Legion.
Housing Authority Looks Forward
New staffers take on growing project load.
By Ron Karten
As
ffordable home owner
ship has been a growing
reality for Tribal mem
bers since the Grand Ronde
Tribal Housing Authority
(GRTHA) took root in 1996.
Executive Director Linda
Layden envisions continued ex
pansion of opportunities for
Tribal members in Grand
Ronde.
In part, because of the con
straints of local water availability and sani
tary sewer service, GRTHA is moving sooner
fkon onf iinof n1 r
serving Tribal mem
bers in a wider geo
graphic area.
"Until now," said
Layden. "All new con
struction has been re
lated to the Grand
Linda Layden
Ronde area, but now we are thinking
about areas beyond Grand Ronde." In fact,
while the Tribe's service area includes six
neighboring counties (Polk, Yamhill,
Marion, Washington, Multnomah, and
Tillamook), GRTHA's service area includes
ten (Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Tillamook,
Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas,
Linn, Benton and Lincoln) and two
GRTHA programs already extend beyond
the 10-county area.
These ever widening efforts for GRTHA,
not all of which have received a Tribal Council
Housing continued on page 5
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