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Analysis sees millions leaving Oregon,
harming an already depressed economy
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signal editor
A private casino in Wood Village comes with
hidden costs to Oregon's economy, accord
ing to an in-depth report on the issue in
the Oregonian.
A state economic analysis found that the
proposed casino could draw $29 million to $87
million a year more out of Oregon than it would
bring in, raising doubts that the casino would
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make the state's already fragile economy any
stronger.
And most of the spending at the proposed ca
sino, an estimated 75 percent, could come from
within Oregon. The result? The economic activ
ity generated by the private casino would take
it away from somewhere else in the state, most
likely rural areas where the state's nine Tribally
owned casinos are located.
For instance, Spirit Mountain Casino is the
largest employer in Polk and Yamhill counties.
If a private casino opened in Wood Village, it
would prompt substantial cuts in Spirit Moun
tain employment with those jobs leaving rural
Oregon for the Portland metropolitan area.
Measure 75, on the Nov. 2 ballot, asks Oregon
and Wood Village voters to approve a casino
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Freshly poured asphalt is raked out by a North Santiam Paving Co. employee before it is rolled as the
Governance Center building parking lot is repaved on Thursday, Oct. 7. Resurfacing of most of the Tribal
campus parking lots and roadways is near completion.
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Tribe fits in road work before summer's end
By Ron Karten
. Smoke Signals staff writer
Getting around the Trib
al campus has been a
little difficult lately,
but for a good reason.
With $600,000 from the
Indian Reservation Roads pro
gram administered through
the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
the Grand Ronde Tribe has
been resurfacing most of the
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A final roll is done on the freshly laid asphalt of the Governance
Center building parking lot on Thursday, Oct. 7.
Tribe joins Twitter
T weets' will help keep Tribal
members, employees informed
about news, happenings
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signal editor
The Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde has joined
Twitter, the social network
ing site that lets users send and
read other users' messages called
"tweets."
The Tribe's Twitter messages can
be received by establishing a Twit
ter account and then signing up to
follow CTGRgov.
Tweets are text-based messages
of up to 140 characters displayed on
the user's profile
page. They are
publicly visible.
Users can sub
scribe to other
author tweets
this is known " .
as following and subscribers are
known as followers.
All Twitter users can send and
receive tweets via the Twitter Web
site or by compatible external ap
plications, such as smart phones.
Since its creation in 2006, Twitter
has gained notability and popu
larity worldwide and currently
has more than 100 million users
worldwide.
"Joining Twitter will be one more
avenue that the Tribe can use to is
sue news releases and keep Tribal
members informed about events
going on here in Grand Ronde and
with the Tribe," said Public Affairs
Director Siobhan Taylor.
"Especially for our younger and
more tech-sawy Tribal members,
following the Tribal account, CT
GRgov, will allow them to know
what is going on without having to
await the arrival of Smoke Signals
or read a long story in the Tribal
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