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It’s Ha The Kitty Wells Family Show Set to Perform The Kitty Wells Family Show, featuring Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Bobby Wright, and the Tennessee Mountain Boys, along with Johnny Counterfit and Johnny Russell, will present a full-scale country extravaganza on Feb. 25 and 26. Kitty Wells is known worldwide as “The Undisputed Queen of Country Music, a title bestowed upon her after her 1952 recording of “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” made her the first female to have a No. 1 record on the country music charts. Since then, she’s had an amazing 23 No. 1 records. Johnny Wright performed as half of the singing duo “Johnny and Jack,” well-known all over the world from the ’40s through the ’60s for their hit recordings, including “Stop the World and Let Me Off,” “Oh Baby Mine,” “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes,” “Ashes of Love,” and many others. Bobby Wright, son of Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright, is one of America’s most versatile performers. As a young adult, he was seen by millions as “Willie” on the highly rated series McHale s Navy.” His versions of “Seasons in the Sun,” “Everybody Needs a Rainbow,” and “Baby’s Gone” were chart-making hits for ABC. Johnny Counterfit, country comedian and singing impressionist, is well-known on the country music circuit for his voice and singing impressions of some of the most famous singers and actors of yesterday and today, along with voices of politicians past and present. Johnny Russell is a singer/ songwriter/comedian whose million selling classics have been recorded by everyone from Dolly Parton to Burl Ives to The Beatles. Who can forget “Act Naturally,” which was made famous by Buck Owens and later released by The Beatles on their “Help” album. Get ready to enjoy two nights of the best mix of country/western entertainment to be found this side of the Grand Ole Opry. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $15 to $30, depending on seat location. Chinook Winds by Teresa Miller Red Hot Hearts! Our Slots Will Make You Hot’ Warm $25 a tOtal Of 25 times a day durin9 our Red Hot Winter Warm-Up. Chinook Winds casino will warm your heart from Feb. 14 through March because we re giving away $25 every half-hour to randomly selected slot players bo come on in and warm up with a Red Hot Slot. Randomly selected players will win on the spot simply by playing our slots with a Winner's Circle card inserted. Red Hot Hearts runs Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 9 «o are nOt eli9ible ,0 win-One win per person, per day. Management ^serves the right to revoke or modify at any time. Player must be at least 21 years old and a Winner’s Circle member. If you don’t have a card, just ask. It’s free! Poker League Gets Started The Chinook Winds Winter Poker League is off and running. We have 10 teams with two members each playing in weekly timed tournaments to try to win their share of a $2,000 prize. Teams are awarded points each week, determined by how they place in each tournament. At the end of 10 weeks, each team’s points will convert to a cash value and they will receive cash based on points won during the season. This is the first time that this type of in-room league has been offered and onJaVw 3 *eW n6W PlayerS S'9n UP *° ’°'n *he ,Un’ Lea9ue play be9an 2000 brings back our monthly Free Roll Tournaments on the fourth Sunday of each month. The first 25 players can sign up a free entry into this tournament All they must do is sign up in the poker room at the beginning of that week, starting at 4 p.m. on that Monday. Daily tournament players who play in the Free Roll will receive an extra $10 in tournament chips for each tournament they plav in that month. r r This tournament is a $1,000 guaranteed event and does offer two re-buys at $25 and $20. The game offered will vary from month to month. Tahoe Hi Lo Split has been added to our list of daily tournaments and will be played on Tuesdays. Cost for daily tournaments is $15 with two $5 re-buys. The Texas Hold-Em No Limit Tournament still occurs on the first and second Sundays of each month at 6 p.m., with a $35 buy-in and two $10 re-buys. On the third Sunday of each month at 6 p.m., another tournament takes place, with a $35 buy-in and two $20 re-buys. February will feature Omaha Hi Lo Split and again, this tournament will feature a different game each month. Contact the poker room for details. Garren Gillis (I), shown with Bingo Supervisor Joey Daniel, hit it big in January by winning $10,000 playing Poker Bingo. uuane Hussell with his grandmother, Emma Russell, at the New Year’s Day brunch.
