S MOKE S IGNALS
OCTOBER 15, 2015
Facilities seeks help
identifying veterans’ plots
The Facilities Department is asking for help in identifying
the plots of veterans buried in the Tribal Cemetery.
If your family member or friend is a veteran and there
is not a U.S. fl ag present on their plot on holidays, such as
Memorial Day, please contact the department, which will
do its best to mark all gravesites of veterans. For more in-
formation, contact Facilities at 503-879-2195. n
9
Portland man wins $934,185
jackpot at Spirit Mountain
By Angela Sears
Advertising supervisor
Donald Stanley of Portland hit a
$934,185 jackpot at Spirit Moun-
tain Casino on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Stanley, who recently starting
working with the U.S. Postal Ser-
vice, left work on Saturday morning
and headed to Spirit Mountain Ca-
sino with his wife, Melissa Major,
to celebrate an anniversary.
Stanley said he is a big fan of the
“Sons of Anarchy” TV show and
saw the slot machines based on the
show on the casino’s website. He
said he had a good feeling about
the game.
He played several other games
before fi nding the “Sons of Anar-
chy” slot machines on the casino
fl oor. He immediately sat down to
play.
First, Stanley put $5 in the slot
machine, betting a small amount
of credits. He noticed his wife, who
also was playing the “Sons of An-
archy” machine next to him, was
hitting bonus round after bonus
round. Then he said he noticed that
the man next to her was hitting
bonus rounds as well. He said he
thought, “This is my show … this
is supposed to be my game.”
So Stanley inserted another $20 in
the slot machine and began playing
the maximum bet. On his third spin,
he entered a bonus round. At that
point, Jax, one of Stanley’s favorite
characters, appeared on the screen
as a choice for the bonus round.
“You shouldn’t have gone out like
that, Jax,” Stanley said, referring
to the fi nal episode of the TV show.
He tapped Jax on the forehead to
initiate the bonus round and at that
moment his “good feeling” and the
machine paid off with a Wide Area
Progressive Jackpot of $934,185.
Photo courtesy of Spirit Mountain Casino
Donald Stanley and his wife,
Melissa Major, display a check
with the amount he won hitting a
$934,185 jackpot on the “Sons of
Anarchy” progressive slot machine
at Spirit Mountain Casino on
Saturday, Sept. 26.
Stanley and his wife said they
were shocked and extremely excit-
ed about their big win. They said
they didn’t have immediate plans
for their fortune, but said they
would like to perform repairs on
their house, buy a new car and look
for investment opportunities.
“We had an amazing weekend cel-
ebrating our lifelong relationship,”
Stanley said. “But I don’t know how
we’re going to top this anniversary.”
Spirit Mountain Casino was the
fi rst in the country to install “Sons
of Anarchy” slot machines and was
one of only two casinos to receive a
Bartels’ custom “Sons of Anarchy”
motorcycle from Aristocrat Tech-
nologies, which was awarded to a
lucky winner on Aug. 22.
And now Spirit Mountain Casino
is the fi rst in the country to award
a life-changing jackpot on the “Sons
of Anarchy” slot machines. n
Hunting & Fishing
Lifeways of the Grand Ronde People
Who: All Grand Ronde Tribal members.
What: We would like to record your family’s hunting and
fishing stories for inclusion in the Tribe’s cultural
and historical collections.
Where: Chachalu: Tribal Museum and Cultural Center
When: Starting September 1st, 2015
How: Contact Stacey Runningbird @ 503-879-2381