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SEPTEMBER 1,2012
Team Portland snares 3-on-3 championship
The Tribe's Recreation Department, in collaboration with the Youth
Education Department, held a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament on
Saturday, Aug. 18, during the Grand Ronde Contest Powwow.
The winners of the individual contests were Brenon Bobb in the
three-point shooting contest and Zach Smith in the slam dunk con
test. Isaiah Holmes finished second in shooting threes while Diego
Rentsch was second in dunking.
Team Portland, which consisted of Smith, Jessie Ream, Greg
Spencer and Darius Brumfield, won the 3-on-3 title while Team
Grand Ronde, which included Zoey Holsclaw, Jade Colton, Braden
Ebensteiner and Isaiah Davidson, finished second.
Organizers thanked staff, parents, volunteers and youth who made
the basketball tournament an enjoyable and successful event. B
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Team Grand Ronda won sacond placa in tha 3-on-3 baskatball gama
of tha touraamant hald on Saturday, Aug. 18, during tha Grand Ronda
Contost Powwow. Tha taam mambars wora, front row from laft, Isaiah
Davidson, Zoay Holsclaw, Jada Colton and Bradan Ebanstainar. In tha
back row is Matt Moslay, laft. Tribal racraation coordinator, and Tim
Barry, Tribal Youth Education Program managar.
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Zoay Holsclaw dribblas past Dakota Rock during a 3-on-3 baskatball
gama of tha tournamant hald on Saturday, Aug. 18, during tha Grand
Ronda Contast Powwow.
Tim Barry, laft, Tribal Youth Education Program managar, and Matt
Moslay, right, Tribal racraation coordinator, posa with tha thraa-point
shooting contast participants Isaiah Holmas, sacond from laft, who
finishod sacond, and Branon Bobb, who took first placa.
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INITIATIVE continued
from front page
west Senior Economist Bob Whelan,
Tribal Council member Kathleen
Tom, Spirit Mountain Community
Fund Board of Trustees Chairman
Sho Dozono and Steve Ungar, for
mer chair of the Oregon Lottery
Commission.
Currently, only Oregon's nine fed
erally recognized Tribes are allowed
to operate casinos under the auspices
of the Indian Regulatory Gaming Act
and compacts signed with the state.
The Oregon Constitution must be
amended to allow the Wood Village
casino, which is being backed, as it
was in 2010, by a Canadian invest
ment firm and two wealthy Lake
Oswego businessmen.
Tyrone Reitman, executive direc
tor of Healthy Democracy, which
oversees the review panel, was
quoted in the Aug. 25 Oregonian as
saying that there were a "couple of
things" that led to the overwhelm
ingly negative assessment.
"The revenue stream is uncer
tain," Reitman said. "It opens up
the possibility of multiple casinos
in the future. There are some ques
tions about the economic impact on
the Tribes."
Oregon voters are being asked
this year to approve two measures:
82 would amend the Oregon Con
stitution and 83 would specifically
permit a private casino at the for
mer Multnomah Greyhound Track
in Wood Village. In addition, Wood
Village residents will have a chance
to weigh in on the idea, having to
approve it in a citywide vote before
it can be built.
The Citizens' Initiative Review
Commission was established in
2011 by the state Legislature to
create panels of "randomly selected
and demographically balanced
voters" to evaluate ballot mea
sures. Panel members hear from
campaigns both for and against
measures, as well as policy experts,
before voting on them.
In 2010, private casino backers
were only able to get one measure
on the state ballot that would have
amended the state Constitution to
allow privately owned casinos. It
was resoundingly rejected by voters
68 percent to 32 percent.
This year, private casino support
ers collected enough signatures to
place both measures on the ballot.
Opponents, including the Confed
erated Tribes of Grand Ronde, point
to the negative effects a private
casino would have on Tribal casino
revenues, which pay for Tribal
governmental operations, includ
ing housing and health care. They
also cite the negative effect it would
have on Oregon Lottery revenues,
which fund schools, parks and eco
nomic development.
"Amending our Constitution to
allow privately run Las Vegas-style
casinos near major population cen
ters is simply irresponsible," Mar
tin said. "And it sets a dangerous
precedent that will unleash a tidal
wave of deep-pocketed, out-of-state
casino interests spending millions
to put new initiatives on the ballot
to build even more casinos in nearly
every community in our state."
Chuck Baumann, a spokesman
for the Oregon Lottery, told The
Oregonian that a privately run ca
sino in Multnomah County would
affect revenue the state earns from
its video slot machines.
"Anytime you get a casino in the
Portland metro area, that will af
fect our retailers," he said.
Within a 20-mile radius of Wood
Village are 800 restaurants and
taverns that have video lottery
terminals, representing 37 percent
of the state total and about $350
million in sales, Baumann said.
Martin reiterated the stance that
convinced Oregon voters to reject
the idea in 2010.
"We worry about the prolifera
tion aspect," Martin said. "Once
you knock out the barrier of the
Constitution, what's to prevent the
Legislature, or the next wealthy ex
ecutive, from putting one between
Salem and Eugene?
"We in Oregon have this delicate
balance of gaming. Why on earth
would Oregonians choose to bring
in a third party?"
As part of the Citizens' Initiative
Review process, the panel will draft
a "Citizens' Statement" highlight
ing the most important findings
about a measure and it will be
published as a prominent page in
the Oregon Voters' Pamphlet "as a
new and easily accessible resource
for voters to use at election time."
Includes information from The
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