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Page 12 Chinook Winds S ile t z N e w s Blackjack tournament to be held at Chinook Winds TERESA MILLER that are eliminated will be entered in the wild card drawing. ♦ Each tournament participant will receive hinook Winds Casino is offering a $10,000 $500 in tournament chips for each round played. Single Deck Blackjack Bonanza Friday and Saturday, May 15-16. For blackjack in the purest ♦ There will be no carryover of chips to the next round. form, this is the tournament to enter! ♦ Each round will consist of twenty (20) Cash prizes totaling $10,000 will be given out hands. for 1st to 7th place with the 1st place winner ♦ There will be a countdown of each players taking home $5,000! Registration begins at 6 FM total before the start of the last hand dealt. Friday evening. The $125 entry fee includes ♦ All tournament chips shall remain in dear Friday evening registration, a mouth-watering view and stacked by color at all times. buffet and a custom-designed tournament polo ♦ Players shall be required to bet in position shirt. If you wish to enter early, stop by the order on last hand. Once the wager has been Chinook Winds Box Office. placed in the betting circle, it may not be Tournament Specifics: changed. ♦ The top two (2) finishers from each regular ♦ Chinook Winds Blackjack house rules table (the players with the highest chip totals) apply to tournament rules -exception: Blackjack will advance to the next round. In addition, the pays 2 to 1. player(s) with the next highest chip totals may ♦ One betting circle per player. advance to the next round, depending on the ♦ Table limits will be $10 - $500. Players number of players advancing to the next round. must have action of at least the table minimum (This decision will be at Management's every hand. discretion.) ♦ Players may not give chips to another Prize Breakdown: player. 1st Place: $5,000; 2nd Place: $1,700; 3rd Place: ♦ Hand signals must be used on all player 1,000; 4th Place: $800; 5th Place: $600; 6th Place: decisions. $500; 7th Place: $400. The above figures are ♦ Each position dealt to will rotate one (1) based on a minimum of 60 participants. position, dockwise, after completion of each ♦ There will be three $30 re-buy rounds. Re hand. buys will be offered to players as they are ♦ Seating will be assigned by tournament eliminated. Players may not skip rounds. If a card draw. player is eliminated in a re-buy round, they are ♦ In the event of a tie between players who eliminated from the tournament. All players have placed for round advancement or placed in Public Relations C In comparison to some of our competitors, we are doing well in regards to hiring and retaining tribal members. We have 91 Siletz Tribal employees, which is about 15% of our total work force. The one casino that is comparable to our accomplishments is Spirit Mountain. They have more Grande Ronde tribal members (145) that MARK PULLAM work for them, but their percentage of Grande Tribal Liaison Ronde tribal employees is 11% of their total hinook Winds is in the beginning of our work force. The Mill casino in North Bend has third year of operation. This year has been 40 tribal members, which is 12% of their total very promising so far. We have more people work force. The only other casino that employs coming through our door. The casino is a very more tribal members is Wild Horse casino in exciting place to work. I see that our tribal Pendleton. They employ 120 tribal employees employees are both good workers and take real which is 32% of there total work force; One of ownership of the success of Chinook Winds. We the reasons for this large amount of tribal can be proud of how much work our own émployees is the casino is located right on file people have put into the operation of this Umatilla reservation. In our case we have to casino. recruit tribal members from all over Oregon and I am often asked by tribal members in the across file United States. In Lincoln County community how we are doing in regards to how alone we only have 400 tribal members that are many tribal members we are hiring. It appears between the ages of 18 and 65. that we have so few tribal members that work Chinook Winds is positioned to build on this for Chinook Winds because you don't see a lot success, our increased business levels mean we of them on the floo|r. Many of our tribal will be hiring more people going into file members are in positions of supervision. They summer and through the remainder of 1998. In are working behind tne scenes to make this the future, if you are considering a fun and venture a success. challenging career, feel free to call the Human In the course of my job I have had the Resources office at (541) 996-5800 or 1-888- privilege of going to almost all of the Indian CHINOOK and ask for an application. casinos in Oregon. I belong to the Northwest We, the tribal members who work here at Native American Human Resources Association Chinook Winds, encourage all tribal members to and have had a chance to speak with most of the cóme and be part of the exciting world of Human Resources professionals at the various Chinook Winds. casinos. How are we doing? C the finals round, a three hand playoff will occur. If players are still tied, there will be one hand sudden death playoffs until a winner is determined. ♦ Any misdealt hand will be reconstructed (backed up) to ensure that the integrity of the original outcome (what would have happened without the misdeal) is achieved. NO EXCEPTIONS. ♦ . No coaching or advice from observers will be allowed from behind the game - including family members. ♦ In the event that a couple or friends end up on the same table, Chinook Winds will honor it's random draw policy, Chinook Winds reserves the right to change or alter this promotion at any time. Management* s decisions are final. For individuals interested in applying, for employment at Chinook Winds here's the scoop: Benefits include competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, 401K plan, paid vacation, 7 days holiday premium pay, promotion from within, free transportation employee shuttle, wage increases based on merit, training and development programs and a free meal on your shift. The Hiring Procedure goes as follows: First the advertisements for job openings are posted in all Tribal Area Offices, in-house bulletin boards, and local papers (if needed). After the applications are received, the m anagers/ supervisors review the a p p lication s for th e p o sitio n s in th eir department. Human Resources then reviews die a p p lica tio n s that have been selected by file managers/supervisors and interviews are scheduled. The managers/ supervisors and Human Resources personnel then complete the interview, applicant rating form and telephone reference check. Finally, the manager/supervisor and Human Resources personnel reach an agreement on who they believe are the most qualified applicants for the positions. After an individual has been offered a position, they must go through pre-employment drug screening. They then meet with the Siletz Tribal Gaming Commission and an application for a gaming license is completed and turned in. They are then finger printed, photographed and their application is signed in front of a notaiy. There is a one-day w ait for a low security position and an 11-day waiting period for a high security position. If the applicant s gaming license is approved, the new employee must pay a fee (tiie cost varies with the position) for the license. You may elect to have this fee taken out in payroll deductions or you can pay the Gaming Commission up front. Gaming licenses m ust be renewed annually, at a lower fee. Positions open on an ongoing basis: Line chef, dishwasher, line cook, cook HI, dining room server, buffet server/busser, housekeeper, valet attendant/ heavy-duty cleaner, keno writer, arcade/childcare attendant, bingo attendant, cage cashier. Job openings are posted in each area office as they become open, normally on a weekly basis. Contact your area office for timely information or call 1-888-CHINOOK and ask for the Human Resources Departm ent C hinook W inps C asino & C O N V E N T IO N C E N T E R ,777 NW 44th Street • Lincoln City, OR
