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Mahoning Township businessman Carmen Shick sponsored the event at Ambrosia Enterprises on Route 422 and catered by Texas Pit Barbecue of Austin, Texas.
A mid-afternoon downpour reminded many present of the first rally sponsored by Shick, on Sept. 8, 2004. On that day, the Pennsylvania State Harness Racing Commission held a public hearing at the proposed site of Bedford Downs, Shick's racetrack/casing project that had competed with Indiana-based Centaur Inc. for the state's final harness license.
Since then, Shick withdrew and sold a portion of his property to Centaur.
Friday's rally came a year to the day after Centaur was awarded the harness track license.
The project is stalled as it waits for the state Gaming Control Board to award a casino license to operate 3,000 slot machines. The rally was to encourage the board to make the award.
Several speakers recalled the 2004 event and said the next one should be for the grand opening of Valley View Downs.
State Rep. Chris Sainato, who also serves on the Gaming Oversight Committee, called on everyone to be patient.
Sainato called the racetrack/casino complex "a regional asset for all of western Pennsylvania, for Lawrence, Beaver, Butler and Mercer counties and eastern Ohio.
"This is going to happen, have faith," he urged. "In the next few weeks things will start happening. Just be patient and, in the end, there will be a lot of happy people in western Pennsylvania."
"We've waited for five years," Beaver County Commissioner Joe Spanik said. "That is too long. Construction should have begun."
Mercer County commissioners Kenneth Ammann and Brian Beader and Butler County Commissioner A. Dale Pinkerton voiced their support of Centaur and the 1,500 construction and 1,000 full- and part-time jobs the project will deliver.
"We support what you are doing," Pinkerton said. "We need jobs in the area and hope this happens real soon."
Lawrence County Commissioner Steve Craig, speaking for fellow commissioners Dan Vogler and Rick DeBlasio, urged residents to "keep pushing and keep the faith. Getting all of the county commissioners of the region together on this project is a unique effort," Craig said.
State Rep. James Marshall of Beaver County, also on the Gaming Oversight Committee, praised the site as the best in Pennsylvania.
"Our people need jobs and property tax relief," he said.
Roy Wilt, chairman of the state Harness Racing Commission, had been expected to attend but illness prevented him from coming.
"He is 100 percent behind this project," said Robert DelSignore, board president of the Lawrence County Tourist Promotion Agency.
Representing Centaur were Joseph DeRosa, general manager of gaming, and Garrett Scharton.
"There are more people here today than were here four years ago," Shick said.
Anticipating rain, tents were set up over the speakers platform and for diners. Shick said he had "seats for 500, shirts for 1,000 and food for 1,500."
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