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~~ <br />r ^~ <br />~~~ <br />ilk River Lions lib <br />~k River, N 5~ ~ ~ <br />Licer~~e 4~~57 <br />~-3~-~~ <br />City of E11~ River <br />~ 3 ~~~ Orono ~arl~way <br />Blk Diver, MCI X5330 <br />Attn: Tina Allard <br />its der <br />Dear Tix~a; <br /> <br />/a~- ~ <br />t'm sending you information eancerning ]a~vfut gambling dar~a~ion~ made in tf~e Ells River trade area in ~~~~. <br />e have tvva sues, one a.t Broad ray in >~lk River, and ane at Tootsies in Big I~alce~ <br />~ro~ts for both sites wexe $~~,9~7.21 for >~lk Ri~rer and $44,~ ~ 1,~2 far Big fake. <br />e had a total of $2~,D7o ire donations in the Elk River Area in ~8. <br />l~nclosed is ~ Site Profitability alculatioti prepared by ~ohr~son, Bruns o, CFA's. Dui to the fait ~e l~avc <br />tvva sites it was it~perativc that we had accurately calculated the profits between sites. <br />I ur~derstan~ that ~~~ jty of~ll~ River is reviewing its La~ful arnbRiug Drdina~ces. The ~,~ River Lions flub <br />arr~hling ~o~~ittee has some concerns about clxangestr~ the gambJir~g ordinces, <br />Vie a~ ~veJl as other local organi~a~xions have been really sfrugg[ing to stray in b~~siness clue to a sharp drop in <br />sales, The pair econo~ny ar~d tl~e loss ofbusiness incurred when e smoking ban 'ant info effect, leas had a <br />detrimental effect on our sales. <br />We would urge you to keep tl~e local donatx~t~ ~ E~~it at 75°Io, <br />,~llaw local charixable orgatzi~ations to Dave fore than ar,e site and have preference over outside organizations. <br />~~tll~C~ arc no local organisations Willing to II~V~ charitable garnl~ling at that site, ~l7cn' iet others do so. <br />Da not create any new tapes or fees as it will sorely put us out of bnsit~ess, as charitable gambling organizations <br />arc Tieing clasir~g sites due to not being profitable, 'fie are being taxed out ^~' e~YSlencc at the State bevel as it ls, <br />~Tery feu cities rn 111~ir~nesQta have ~ 1~~I~ Fund ar ~% tom, e cannot afford any new expenditures ar fees e <br />plan o~~ attci~di~~g the ~~ ~nuncil mrceting on ll~ay 4~ Please contact me if you have any questions. <br />//~~. <br />ti•iiwnna•ra ~, <br />s..11111r~+1 Vi~'! <br />~`heresa Brady <br />7~3'~41=~$~~ <br />Crambling tanager <br />811 River lions CJub <br />