October 1994 – Oregon Mental Health Archive

A Royal Conflict

October 13, 1994

From the Oregonian, October 13, 1994 In his mind’s eye, as he gazes at the gray grime of Third and Flanders in Old Town, Bruce Wong sees the garden as clearly as if it were already there. Water-hewn rocks, unique and ornate, rim a rippleless pond. From one end rises a small building, its rooms […]

Crowd Blasts State Plans to Shut Down Dammasch

October 3, 1994

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The Oregonian, October 3, 1994 They came — 60 men and women, nurses, social workers, friends and kin of the mentally ill. They came to point out the needs of the mentally ill, to mourn and to protest the closing of Dammasch State Hospital. The crowd gathered Sunday evening outside the main entry to the […]