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By Angela Sears
SMC Marketing Coordinator
Slots Supervisor Holly Williams
of Cloverdale and Environmental
Services employee Michael Mary of
Willamina were named Supervisor
of the Year and Employee of the
Year, respectively, at Spirit Moun
tain Casino.
The announcement was made
during a banquet honoring the
casino's outstanding employees and
supervisors of the month.
Chief Executive Officer Rodney
Ferguson and Chief Operating
Officer Randy Dugger presented
the awards to Williams and Mary,
who were both surprised in ac
cepting the casino's highest hon
ors for its approximately 1,500
employees.
Williams, who was named Su
pervisor of the Quarter for October-December,
has been with the
casino since it opened its doors 15
years ago and has worked as a shift
supervisor for the last six years.
"I love my job and love the people
I work with," Williams said.
Mary, a dedicated and consum
mate team player who "can fix
anything," according to his man
ager, has been employed at Spirit
Mountain for the past 10 years.
During that time, Mary has had
a perfect attendance record and
become an invaluable "utility man"
for his and other departments. He
was the casino's Employee of the
Month in September.
Only Employees of the Month
and Supervisors of the Quarter
were eligible to be named the 2010
Employee and Supervisor of the
Year. A committee of managers
and directors narrowed down the
list of 24 Employees of the Month
one each for back-of-house and
front-of-house and eight Super
visors of the Quarter. The casino's
executive team then selected the
two winners.
"We have many outstanding,
dedicated and loyal employees
who are committed to providing
superb guest service," Ferguson
said. "Jt was a very difficult choice,
but Holly and Michael stood out as
exemplary employees who raise the
standards for all our employees to
emulate."
Spirit Mountain Casino, the main
business enterprise of the Con
federated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon, is the larg
est employer in the Polk-Yamhill
counties area. D
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Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Michael Mary, a floor technician with Spirit Mountain
Casino's Environmental Services, uses a floor burnisher
to polish the floor in an office area at the casino recently.
Mary was named Employee of the Year for 201 0 and has
been an employee there for 1 0 years.
Spirit Mountain Casino Slots Supervisor Holly Williams was
recently named Supervisor of the Year for 201 0. She has been with
the casino since it opened 1 5 years ago and has worked as a shift
supervisor for the last six years.
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