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Alert: DEIS Meetings Have Started |
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Written by Paul Smith
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
| Volume 1, Issue 2 |
Gorge Casino
Impact News
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Did you know....
There are 9 casinos in Oregon
None are currently off-reservation
Oregons first off-reservation
proposal is in Cascade Locks
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| April 2008 |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 April 2008 )
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Feasibility of a Hood River Casino |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 |
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Click the link below to read a report compiled by Golder Associatges and Otak, Inc and commissioned by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde concerning the feasability of a casino constructed on land east of Hood River.
HR_Siting_Report_Summer_06.pdf
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 04 March 2008 )
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Woman gets 15 months for stealing $785,000 from her employer |
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Written by Todd Murphy
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Saturday, 21 April 2007 |
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The Portland Tribune, Apr 20, 2007
A former assistant manager for First American Title Insurance of Portland has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for embezzling almost $800,000 from the escrow accounts of some of the company’s customers.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 21 April 2007 )
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Embezzler gets 8 year sentence |
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Written by LISA GRACE LEDNICER
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Saturday, 18 November 2006 |
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West Linn - During sentencing for stealing $1.4 million, the city's former
finance chief talks of "terrible shame"
OREGON CITY -- Elma Magkamit, the former West Linn finance director who stole
$1.4 million from the city to support a gambling habit and a lifestyle that included
clothing from Ralph Lauren, gifts and $17,000 worth of jewelry, was sentenced to
more than eight years in prison Friday.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 18 November 2006 )
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Gambling Addiction Trapping Women |
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Written by LISA GRACE LEDNICER
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Sunday, 12 November 2006 |
Treatment - Oregon Lottery games that allow solitude produce a new set of problem gamblers, often resulting in costly and severe consequences
As the rain whips leaves against the window, 10 women gathered around a conference room table describe how gambling destroyed their lives.
"I went through my daughter's college fund," says one.
"I've committed crimes, stolen from employers, lost $100,000," says another.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 November 2006 )
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House votes down weakened “reform” bill regarding off-reservation casinos |
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Written by Paul Smith
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Wednesday, 13 September 2006 |
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Today, the House of Representatives voted to reject a bill that would have given a free pass to a proposal for a 600,000-square-foot casino complex in the heart of the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
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Tribe must study on-reservation site |
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Written by Matthew Daily - Associated Press
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Tuesday, 22 August 2006 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a setback for an Oregon tribe hoping to build a casino in the Columbia River Gorge, the Interior Department is requiring that the tribe study an alternative site on its Central Oregon reservation.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 10 September 2006 )
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