Siletz news /, July 01, 2002, Page 20, Image 20

It’s Happening at Chinook Winds ...
by Teresa Simmons
Commotion at the Ocean III Rocks
Chinook Winds Casino
Adrenaline ran high for the approximately 1,700 spectators in the nearly
sold-out crowd during Commotion at the Ocean III at Chinook Winds Casino on
James Toney (I) and Michael Rush (photo by Gerry Lewin)
Mentoring Program Begins
A formal mentoring/protégé
program designed specifically for
Siletz Tribal members will be
implemented at Chinook Winds
Casino this month.
When Chinook Winds was first
envisioned by the Siletz Tribal
Council, some of the main goals were
to provide jobs to all tribal members
seeking employment, provide a
means for tribal members to advance
within the organization, and promote
the growth of tribal staff into
management positions.
After years of work on developing
a program to achieve these goals, the
Siletz Tribe and Chinook Winds
management are pleased to announce
that the mentoring/protégé program is
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beginning. The first protégé will begin
a three-year rotation in early July.
For employees who are not Siletz
Tribal members but are interested in
additional management training, the
casino continues to offer the Manager
in Training (MIT) program.
The formal Management and
Leadership Development and Mentor/
Protégé Development programs are
being implemented for strategic and
tactical reasons associated with one
of the most, if not the most, important
assets of any organization - its people.
General Manager Jim Kikumoto
believes that such programs will
provide growth opportunities for
current and prospective staff within
the local communities and especially
the tribal membership.
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May 31.
Televised live nationally on ESPNII, Commotion at the Ocean III was a Sugar
Ray Leonard production. The boxing legend spent several days in and around the
casino promoting the fights.
The fight card consisted of
two main events and four
undercard bouts.
The first co-main event
pitted former NABU world
junior middleweight title
holder Darrell Woods of St.
Petersburg, Fla., against
former Canadian junior
middleweight champion and
former British Common­
wealth title holder Tony
Badea of Los Angeles.
Woods’ record was 19-6-0
with 14 KOs while Badea
held a record of 25-4-1 with
15 KOs.
The junior middleweights
Darrell Woods (I) and Tony Badea
both weighed in at 154
pounds. The bout, scheduled for 10 rounds, was stopped at 2:27 in the seventh,
with Darrell Woods winning by TKO.
In the second co-main event of the evening, James “Lights Out” Toney, of
Detroit, Mich., and Michael Rush from Tampa, Fla., hit the canvas for a 10-
round bout in the cruiserweight division.
Toney, a former four-time world champion, held a record of 65-4-2 with 40
KOs. Former National Boxing Association cruiserweight champion Michael
Rush’s record was at 23-5-1 with 13 KOs. Rush weighed in at 188 pounds, with
Toney sporting a weight advantage at 197 pounds. The bout was stopped at 2:10
in the 10th round with Toney the victor.
The four undercard matches included several contenders from the Northwest
duking it out. Although some of the fighters were fairly new to pro boxing, the
crowd watched with excitement as the young gladiators tested their skill. Results
of the undercard fights were:
The first undercard bout featured 147-pound Darrell Sukerow of Edmondton,
Canada, vs. 148-pound Eduardo Mendivil of Hemet, Calif., in a welterweight
bout. Mendivil won by unanimous decision.
Junior middleweights William Chapman from Portland, Ore., and Jeff Haran
of Seattle, Wash., went head to head in the second undercard bout. Chapman
won by unanimous decision.
The super middleweight division was represented by local favorite Victor
Branson of Willamina, Ore., and Mark Woolnaugh of Qualicum Beach,
Canada. Woolnaugh won by unanimous decision.
The final undercard bout pitted James Partch of Boring, Ore., against Louis
Sargeant of Richmond, British Columbia, in the light heavyweight division.
Sargeant won by unanimous decision.