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PLAYWORLD Struts its Stuff at Grand Opening
Located at Spirit Mountain Casino;
former SuperPlay becomes PlayWorld.
4 APRIL 15, 2001
By Willie Mercier
It's the stuff that
childhood fantasy is
made of video
games, movies and
ice cream.
All of this and more
are waiting for kids
at Spirit Mountain's
PlayWorld.
Formerly known
as Superplay, Play
World celebrated it's
grand opening on
Friday, March 31.
A mountain bike,
CD boom boxes and
free passes were just
some of the prizes given away dur
ing the grand opening.
There have been some changes to
PlayWorld since the casino pur
chased it from the former owners.
The first change was the name,
from SuperPlay to PlayWorld. Other
changes that might not be as obvi
ous were additions to the play struc
ture, like a spaceship that creates a
fog effect.
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. The grand opening was delayed be
cause the PlayWorld team wanted to
have all of the new changes in place,
without any kind of service interrup
tion, before they celebrated the acqui
sition of the facility.
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PlayWorld employees shown here cutting' the ribbon at the Playworld Grand
Opening. From left to right: Rachell Kellogg, Childcare Attendant; Tom Bland,
Playworld Manager; Melanie Bruckner, ""Assistant Manager and Sarah Smith,
Childcare Attendant.
Be Like Mike - Tribal member Mike
Larsen (left) is stepping down as Chair
man of the Spirit Mountain Development
Corporation Board of Directors and was
honored by the board and Tribal Council
for his service to the Tribe. Larsen has
been a tireless advocate for Tribal mem
bers on the board and earned respect for
being an effective administrator, listener,
for his willingness to give and for his re
spectful nature. Mike, you will be missed.
New Board Members Welcomed, Larsen Steps Down
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Board members of the Smrit Moun
tain Development Corporation (SMDC)
and the Spirit Mountain Gaming In
corporation (SMGI) met to express their
appreciation to Mike Larsen for his
years of service to the board.
Gene Hill was introduced as the
new CEO of SMDC. Three new mem
bers of the SMDC board were also
introduced Diana George, Pete
Wakeland and Jim Willis. Each of
the board members will do a report
for the General Council meetings at
different times.
"We are very excited to have Gene
Hill on the board, he brings a lot of
expertise and knowledge in a vast
amount of different industries," said
Jan Reibach, Chairman of SMDC.
"We also thank Mike Larsen for all
of his service on the board."
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Reibach, Chairman; Mike Larsen, retired; Chis Leno; Jim Willis; Diana George
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Grant Helps Local Fire District - The Willamina Fire Department shows off some of the
equipment bought from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund in front of Legends restaurant. They were
debriefed on the new equipment and taught effective ways to use it. They also attended an "EMS at it's
Best" seminar held to continue the on-going education that helps save lives.
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