From:  June Licence 
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 10:01 AM
Subject: Tom Grey this Sunday


This Sunday, September 14, 2003, the Rev. Tom Grey will speak at 
Riverside-Salem Environmental Cottage, 3449 West River Road, from 
4-6 p.m. He brings national and statewide expertise on matters 
related to casinos, compacts, etc. All are welcome. Refreshments 
will be served.

REV. TOM GREY

Rev. Tom Grey, Executive Director of the National Coalition Against 
Legalized Gambling (NCALG), is the full-time organizer and national 
spokesman for NCALG and NCAGE (National Coalition Against Gambling 
Expansion). NCAGE is the lobbying arm of NCALG. Before becoming a 
minister, Tom served as the commander of a U.S. Army rifle company 
in Germany and as a military advisor to a Vietnamese infantry battalion 
in Vietnam. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Garrett Evangelical 
Theological Seminary. He served four churches, including one-biracial 
congregation made up of members of four denominations, Presbyterian, 
United Methodist, Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ.

Tom became active in the anti-gambling movement when a riverboat casino 
was docked in his county. Since October 1992, Tom has worked full-time 
with citizens at the local and state level to stop the expansion in 20 
states. In between his travels across the nation, Tom is occasionally 
able to come home to Rockford, Illinois.

In recent months, Tom has been profiled in Time magazine, People magazine, 
U.S News and World Report, the Los Angeles Times, The National Enquirer, 
the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The 
Philadelphia Enquirer, PBS's Frontline, and Sixty Minutes. Tom has debated 
casino executives in town halls across the country and on national TV, 
most recently on CNN's crossfire. He has been hailed as "Prophet of the 
Year" (by the Chicago tribune), compared to Hitler (by a consultant for 
riverboat casinos), and called "Riverboat Rambo" by just about everyone 
else.