CHINOOK WINDS CASINO RESORT
Professional Boxing Returns with
Commotion at the Ocean VI
George Jones, Williams & Ree
Highlight Anniversary Weekend
As part of Chinook Winds
Casino Resort’s 10th anniver
sary celebration, renowned
country singer George Jones
will perform on June 24-25.
With more charted singles
than any other artist in any
other format in the history of
popular music, Country Hall of
Fame inductee George Jones is
one of the most legendary and
prolific country singers.
He has been awarded Top
Male Country Vocalist 10
times and has had more than
50 Top 10 hits since his first in
1959. Jones’ hits include She
Still Thinks I Care, The Grand
Tour, Walk Through This World
With Me, The Door, We're
Gonna Hold On, Golden Ring,
Near You, He Stopped Loving
Her Today, Who's Gonna Fill
George Jones
Their Shoes, ¡'ma One Woman Man, and
many more.
Opening for George Jones will be the
audacious comedy team of Williams &
Ree, also known as “The Indian and The
White Guy.” They’re not prejudiced -
they make fun of everyone!
Williams & Ree have been perform
ing together for 30 years. During that time
they have shared stages with such super-
stars as Garth Brooks, The Oak Ridge
Boys, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Rogers, and
Randy Travis.
They have worked as regulars on Hee
Haw and co-hosted The Charlie Daniel's
Talent Roundup. Their show is a lively,
fast-paced mixture of comedy bits, social/
political commentary, and racial zings
Williams & Ree
entwined with original songs. Not lim
ited to comedy, Williams & Ree were nominated for Best Vocal Duo by the Country
Music Association in 1995.
Tickets range from $50 to $70. Show time is 8 p.m. each night.
Comedy on the Coast Features
Indian Comedians
As part of Chinook Winds Casino
Resort’s 10th anniversary celebration,
Comedy on the Coast will feature three
American Indian comedians on June
10-11- Larry Omaha, Marc Yaffee, and
Charles Sanchez.
A former civil rights investigator,
Omaha uses stand-up comedy to deliver
his message on racism, sexism, and
bigotry. Since 1990, he has toured America
presenting his humorous perspective on
life, reflecting the similarities of multi
cultural America rather than the differences.
Called “refreshing, funny, and univer
sal” by the Los Angeles Dimes, Omaha has
numerous television appearances to his
credit, including Comedy Central’s Make
Me Laugh, HBO’s Loco Slam,
Showtime’s Laugh Festival, Fox TV’s
Culture Clash, BET’s Comic View, and
VH-l’s Stand-up Spotlight.
Yaffee has entertained audiences at
clubs, colleges, and casinos across the
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U.S. and doesn’t hesitate to pull the com
edy trigger, targeting race relations, poli
tics, and pop culture. He also has been
seen at some of the top comedy clubs
across the nation, including The Improv,
Just For Laughs, The Punchline, Laugh
Factory, and Catch a Rising Star.
In addition to his television appear
ance on Que Locos, Yaffee won the 2001
Gold Rush Comedy competition and
writes for Laugh.Com.
A regular at the Laugh Factory in Los
Angeles, Sanchez has been making audi
ences laugh with his fast wit and rip-
roaringly funny characters.
Described as a “comedian on a mis
sion,” much of Sanchez’s humor comes
from his views on being an American In
dian “Chicano" American and coping
with cultural differences and similarities.
Comedy on the Coast begins at 8 p.m.;
doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.
June 2005
Professional boxing returns to Or
egon at Chinook Winds Casino Resort s
Commotion at the Ocean VI on June 4.
This year, many of the fighters hail
from the Northwest, including Portland
area fighters Marcus Pernell, Reggie
Davis, and »Molly McConnell, and
Tacoma, Wash., fighter Emmett
“Laser” Linton.
This year’s Commotion
at the Ocean will include two
co-main event matches.
The night’s title fight is
a 12-round junior middle
weight bout for the now va
cant UBA championship be
tween Linton (33-3,15KOs) and
Darrell Woods (22-10, 16KOs) of
St. Petersburg, Fla.
The second main event match of the
evening will be an eight-round middle
weight fight between Davis (13-2,6KOs)
and Tom Wilt (18-3,4KOs) of Altoona, Pa.
In her first six-round fight, McConnell
(4-0, 1 KO) will take on Terry Blair (5-8-
1,3KOs) of Louisville, Ky. Jackie Kallen,
McConnell’s manager and The Contender
co-star, will be present for the fight.
This should be an exciting match as
McConnell and Biair faced each other in
early April and McConnell won by a very
close decision.
She recently was nominated for the
2004 Harry S. Glickman NIKE Oregon
Professional Athlete of the Year award and
received the Women’s Boxing
Archive Network’s 2004 Rookie
of the Year award.
Also on the undercard
that night is Pernell (8-0,
4KOs). His opponent is yet to
be decided.
This Portland boxer’s fa
ther is the well-known Ray
Lightning” Lampkin. He was the
first boxer from Oregon to go profes
sional and ultimately fight for a champi
onship, against Roberto Duran in March
1975. Last year at Commotion at the
Ocean V, Pernell recorded his second first-
round knockout.
Tickets range from $35 to $ 150. Doors
to these boxing events open at 6 p.m., with
the first match starting at 7 p.m. This is
an age 21 and over event.
Chinook Winds Accepting Applications
for Mentor/Protégé Program
Chinook Winds Casino Resort is ex
cited to announce the continuation of our
mission to offer Siletz Tribal members an
opportunity for management training at
the casino, hotel, and golf course.
The intent of the Mentor/Protégé Pro
gram is to provide Chinook Winds with
qualified Siletz Tribal members who will
help form the future management team
and to provide Siletz Tribal members with
the proper management training and tech
niques to succeed in the gaming industry
at management levels.
The Mentor/Protégé program began
in May 2002. Chinook Winds has had two
successful protégés promoted into super
visory positions.
Currently, two protégés are in their
second year of the program. There now
is one vacant spot in the program.
Protégé
Wage: $32,360.80
Job Summary: The length of the
program will range over a three-year pe
riod. The protégé will work in each de
partment for a maximum of three months
and/or minimum of one month. During
this time, the protégé will have a curricu
lum to follow in each department. The
protégé will be assessed after completion
of each departmental curriculum prior to
moving to the next assigned department.
Qualifications
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Must be age 21 or older
Must be a Siletz Tribal member
Valid Oregon driver’s license
High school diploma or GED
One year equivalent work experience
with administrative supervisor re
sponsibilities (i.e., hire, fire, promote,
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demote, evaluate staff)
One year working experience in op
erating computer using Windows OS,
MS Office, Excel, and other similar
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applications
Must be able to obtain high security
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gaming license
Demonstrated initiative
Desired Qualification
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Two years of post-secondary educa
tion or training or any equivalent
combination that demonstrates the
ability to perform the duties outlined
in the protégé job description or
curriculum established under the
Mentor/Protégé Program.
Conditions of Employment: Pass a
pre-employment drug test and a back
ground investigation to secure a high se
curity gaming license. Must commit to the
term of the Mentor/Protégé Program.
Applications for the Mentor/Protégé
Program are due by June 30, 2005.
Applications are available at the Chi
nook Winds Human Resources Office and
all tribal area offices, or can be downloaded
from www.chinookwindscasino.com.
Human Resources office hours are
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and we
can be reached by phone at 541 -996-5800
or toll-free at 1-888-244-6665, ext. 5800.