It’s Happening at Chinook Winds in January ...
by Teresa Simmons
Shootout Raises Money for
My Sisters’ Place
Above: Brad Darcy
(left), Special Events
at Chinook Winds,
and Ewa Laurance,
WPBA president
(second from right),
present a check to
Cheryl Preston,
Teresa Wisner,
(executive director),
and Ed, all from
My Sisters' Place.
Left: Jeanette Lee
and Jim Kikumoto
In November, Chinook Winds
Casino hosted the Women’s Pro
fessional Billiards Association’s
(WPBA) Cuetec Cues National 9-Ball
Championship. These are the same
ladies who are seen playing on ESPN.
In fact, our event will air on ESPN start
ing in early January. This tournament
also will return next year.
As part of this event, Chinook Winds
held a Celebrity Pro-Am Shootout to
raise money for My Sisters’ Place. This
local shelter aids women and children
who are victims of domestic abuse.
Chinook Winds and the WPBA felt
very strongly that this group’s work is
invaluable. The night’s event raised
$5,840 from ticket sales (100 percent
was donated by the casino), as well as
Left: Chinook
Winds’ entry in
the snowman
building
competition
takes first
place.
Below: A
carver works
on his ice
sculpture
during the first
Ice Carving
Competition.
Angels Ball and Ice Carving
Highlight Holiday Festival
Chinook Winds staff volunteered
again this year to help decorate trees for
the Fantasy of Trees Charity Auction and
the Angels Ball. With more volunteers
than were needed, a friendly compe
tition was held and everyone pitched in
to decorate four of the 26 trees.
The Angels Ball and Fantasy of
Trees Auction is held each year to raise
funds for Angels Anonymous, a local
non-profit organization that donates
money to help meet immediate and
basic needs of local people. This year,
$18,000 was raised for this charity.
The first Ice Carving Competition
and Holiday Festival was held at
Chinook Winds in conjunction with the
Angels Ball.
Both professional and amateur
carvers took part in the successful compe
tition, including a student team from
Taft High School. In addition to the ice
sculptures entered in the competition,
entrants also carved ice angels that were
displayed at the Angels Ball and lined
the walkway into the casino.
Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s most
reliable elf greeted young and old all
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weekend and at the Snowman on the
Beach competition held on 51st Street.
North Lincoln Sanitary Service
brought snow from Mt. Hood in recycl
ing trucks and dumped it at the turn
around near Mo’s for the competition.
Although it was cold and wet,
Chinook Winds once again fielded a
team for the fund-raiser headed by Chef
Ed Wickman. Chinook Winds’ entry, of
course, came in first in the Commercial
Division for Snowman Building.
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Chinook Winds employees join other Lincoln City residents and businesses in
decorating trees to help raise money for Angels Anonymous.
January 2004
bids taken from the audience, Chinook
Winds’ employees, and the celebrities.
These bids gave the person an
opportunity to play a game of 9-ball
against the top-rated pool player of their
choice, including Jeanette Lee (most
recognized billiards player in the
world), Allison Fisher (No. 1) and Ewa
Laurance (No. 9 and WPBA president).
Chinook Winds gave $ 1,000 of the
donation as a stake on a match between
actor John Ashton and Lee. Ashton won,
so Chinook Winds paid up. General
Manager Jim Kikumoto also played
against Lee.
At the end of the tournament,
Tribal Council Chairman Delores
Pigsley honored the ladies with a
Pendleton blanket.