Jackson Rancheria's Arrow Magazine

OCTOBER 2009

WIN YOUR SHARE OF $275,000

JACKSON RANCHERIA CASINO & HOTEL THE ARROW •OCTOBER 2009

WINNERS

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JOHNNYSan Jose

$2,000

WAYNESacramento$2,880

SANDRALodi

$3,194

MIKEManteca

$1,637

We’ve gone “mad” at Jackson Rancheria and are giving away horrifying amounts of cash! Don’t be scared. All you have to do is play to get in on all the spooky fun during our big $275,000 Mad Money mania.

Watch for our Mad Scientist and Mad Monster to be giving away buckets of money!

Spooky Slots Hot Seats!Slot players can get in on 13 Hot

Seat drawings from now through Halloween. Drawings will be held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in October. If you’re on the Hot Seat you get to pick from the Creepy Cauldron and can win up to $1,300 Cash!

The Spooky Slots Finale drawings will be held on Halloween, of course, Saturday, October 31, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Get one entry for every 100 points earned October 1- 30. Our Creepy Crew will select ten lucky winners to receive $13,000 Cash each!

Shocking Table Game Drawings!

For Table Game players, our Creepy Crew will hold drawings every Tuesday and Thursday from October 1 through November 12 for awesome amounts up to $1,500 Cash!

Earn drawing entries from October 1 through November 12 for every:

• Flush with Spades in Pai Gow, Mini Pai Gow, Let It Ride, 3 Card Poker, 4 Card Poker, On the Draw, and Ultimate Texas

Hold’em• Suited Spades 21 in Blackjack• Winning Tie on Mini-Baccarat and Casino War• Aces Cracked in the Poker Room

The final hairraising Mad Money Table Games drawings will be held in November on Friday the 13th, of course. Ten lucky

winners will receive $1,300 each and two will get $13,000 Cash!

Watch for our Mad Scientist and Mad Monster Creepy Crew and see how much of our Mad Money you can snatch.

Do you have the best Halloween

Costume?Adding to the spooky fun at Jack-

son Rancheria on Halloween this year will be a big Costume Contest com-plete with prizes.

Costumes are welcome through-out the day, but to take part in the contest you must register between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Judging by audience applause will start at 9 p.m. on the stage in Dalton Town Hall.

Please remember the following standard restrictions for costumes in the casino:

• No masks• No weapons• No law enforcement uniforms• Minor face paint is OK, but

cannot cover entire faceHave a safe and fun Halloween.

See you on Saturday, October 31.

Win your share of $275,000 Mad Money this Fall

JACKSON RANCHERIA CASINO & HOTEL

WINNERS

OCTOBER 2009 • THE ARROW

The Arrow is published monthly by Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel. No part of this publication may be repro-duced without the prior written consent of the publisher. The Arrow shall not be liable for any errors in the publi-cation. The publisher does not assume responsibility for statements made by advertisers. Management reserves the right to modify or cancel any promotion, event, activity, or program at any time without prior notice.

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OCTOBER 2009 • VOLUME 8 • NUMBER 10Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel • 12222 New York Ranch Road, Jackson, CA 95642

800-822-WINN • JacksonCasino.com

Director of Marketing: Mike PistoiaContent Developer: Carol Cook

Marketing Project Manager: Cleave Dal Porto

© 2009 Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel. All rights reserved.

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MICHAELValley Springs$5,400

RODNEYManteca

$4,737

LILLIEOakland

$4,000

MINNIEStockton

$4,844

By Pat BakerSlots Director

Many new and exciting slot machines have been added to our casino in the last few months.

We are always getting requests for more penny games so we said OK, let’s bring them in.

We removed 33 nickel games from “Jackson Riches” (not to worry for you Jackson Riches players as there are still 50 games to choose from) and added all penny games from four different manufacturers. The list of game themes is too big to mention but next time you are in check them out. I am sure that there will be one to your liking.

We also brought in six new penny games from a new manufacturer that we have never used before. These games are in Dalton Town Hall close to the ATM center. There are two types - Shen Long and Wild Hunter Tiger - that seem to be popular.

If you like BIG things then check out our two new Jumbo machines in the lobby area.

We have a penny jumbo called Pirate Beach that has a four level progressive and right across from it we have a dollar Bonus Times Pay.

We talked

about BIG, but if small strikes your fancy then check out our two-cent reel Slingo machines. We have three of them by nickel Wheel of Fortune.

S p e a k i n g of Wheel of Fortune, how about a poker machine with a wheel just like the one on Wheel of Fortune? That’s right we have two quarter poker wheel machines and if you play six coins and hit four-of-a-kind you get to spin the wheel (sorry the wheel

spin doesn’t count for the Four Natural Sevens promotion).

Over by the food court we have seven interesting new games called “Multi Play.” These are penny machines where you can play your favorite game up to four times simultaneously on the same machine, which gives you four times the jackpot and four times the fun.

I didn’t forget our dollar players. We have ten new stand-alone dollar progressive machines in Dalton Town Hall right by the dollar Wheel of Fortune. Check out “Pink Diamonds.”

With all these new machines to choosefromyouaresuretofindyourlucky one.

Many new Slots to choose from


WINNERS

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VIRGINIASacramento$1,800

LORILathrop

$1,879

MARYStockton

$4,559

MANUELManteca

$2,000

With so many types of video poker game now available in our Casino, there has been some confusion about the payout for the Four Natural Sevens promotion.

In order to eliminate any discrepancies in the Four Natural Sevens promotion, only the base value of four natural sevens

withfivecoinsinwillbepaid.Thispayoutexcludes any multipliers and bonuses on any hand played.

The Four Natural Sevens promotion takes place every Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and Monday through Thursday 9 p.m. to midnight.

Natural 7’s payout clarified

There’s still time to test your knowledge and luck in our annual football promotion.

All you have to do is Pick the Winners of 12 Sunday football games and you can win up to $250 in Free Slot Play every week through December 27.

Simply pick your winners at a kiosk any time between 8 a.m. Monday and 3 a.m. Sunday.

Everyone wins every week! Get the winners of all 12 games correct and you win $250 in Promo Slot Play. Even if you get none

The Minor’s Camp Arcade at the Hotel is now open Sunday and Monday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday

By Dennis BrownDirector Transportation Services

We would like to invite all of our valued guests to utilize our FREE Valet services available in front of the Casino.

Great guest service is our goal and we promise to make your visit with us a pleasurable one. Let us park your car just

right, you’ll still get Free Promo Slot Play.

Weekly prizes:12 Correct Picks = $250 11 Correct Picks = $100 10 Correct Picks = $75 9 Correct Picks = $50 8 Correct Picks = $25 7 Correct Picks = $10 0-6 Correct Picks = $5

Tied scores do not count as a win. All prizes paid in Promo Slot Play, which will be added to your Dreamcatcher’s Club® card at noon on Tuesday and will be valid for 14 days.

Must be a Dreamcatcher’s Club® member to participate. Promo Slot Play must be used within time period noted or it expires. Management reserves all rights.

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Pick the Winners and win up to $250 Every Week!

Let us park your cara few steps from the Casino entrance, and bring it back when you’re ready to depart.

So please take advantage of this service and experience the professionalism and courtesy that you deserve as a guest of Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel.

Our Valet Team Members will always go the extra mile Rancheria Style®.

New Minor’s Camp Arcade hours and Saturday 10 a.m. to midnight. The Arcade is closed Tuesday through Thursday.


WINNERS


FREDStockton

$1,440

JACQUELINEPine Grove$5,000

JIMLodi

$4,000

CELESTINOStockton

$6,000

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We recently received the following from 79-year-old Norman in Stockton, one of our regular table game players, who asked that we share it with everyone.

These two brothers greet the table customers with joy and enthusiasm while at Jackson Rancheria.

They always try to make your visit pleasant and your day enjoyable in every way. The two brothers are Dusty Delap (Pit Boss), employed here for over 15 years, and his brother Russell Delap (Floor Supervisor), employed for eight years and training to become a Pit Boss.

What I have admired from these two gentlemen are the following:

• Try to address each person by name• Dress smartly• Shake hands with a few, encouraging

conversation with customers• Take care of problem areas

immediately• Call for service for drinks and new

items of interest from servers• Take care of dealer problems• Change cards when necessary• Voice good luck and happiness with

class for customers who enjoy the table games

My daughter usually greets me on the phone by saying “Are you going to your second home today?” meaning am I heading up to Jackson to gamble for the day, for the

Brothers greet guests with joy and enthusiasm

third time this week?These two gentlemen make a person

feel truly at home, and make you feel as if you are a brother of the Rancheria group.

It’s not the money that keeps me coming back, but the true friendship of the people of this caliber. When I get ready to venture home, I truly say to myself “I will see you both again soon.”

Congratulations to both brothers for being excellent employees at Jackson Rancheria and being one of the driving forces that brings people wanting to come back to their home away from home. I sure hope that the person in charge of these two young men realizes what great employees and gentlemen they are, and respects them to the fullest.

Respectfully submitted,Norman from Stockton

Pit Boss Dusty Delap greets Norman from Stockton.

The final Summer Stimulus Pokertournament ended in a three-way tie with Dennis Carlson of Folsom, Edward van Heiningen of Valley Springs, and Jay Zetz of Elk Grove splitting the money and taking home $5,148 each.

The others in the money at the September 9 tournament were Greg Alaways of Chico in fourth place ($2,574),ToanNguyenofElkGrovefifth($1,872), Alton Raymond sixth ($1,404),

Charlie Asberos of Elk Grove seventh ($936), Byron Savage of Concord eight ($702), and James Sablan of Fremont ninth ($468).

Congratulations to all.Poker players can now enter the

$250 Added Funds Tournaments every Monday through Thursday at 3 p.m. as well as the qualifiers for theFall $55KTournament every Sunday and Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Poker Tournament ends with a chop


WINNERS

DIOGOHolt

$4,041

DONALDPine Grove$1,440

JOSHUAEmeryville$4,700

JOHNEl Dorado Hills

$2,700

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The “Shop Jackson” program has been so successful that it is being extended through January 2010.

With the holidays coming up, you can do all your shopping in Jackson and save, just for being a Dreamcatcher’s Club® member.

Just show your Dreamcatcher’s Club® card at any participating business to take advantage of a wide variety of special offers and discounts.

Whether you are looking for something for yourself, your car or your home, a

special gift, an interesting day of exploring, or professional services, Jackson has it all.

Check out the list of over 60 Jackson businesses with special offers available only to Dreamcatcher’s Club® members.

Participating businesses and offers subject to change. Visit JacksonCasino.com for current details.

“Shop Jackson” is a program of the Jackson Revitalization Committee in partnership

with Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel. All offers are the sole responsibility of the individual businesses.

Dreamcatcher’s Club Benefit!

“Shop Jackson” extended through January!

99¢ Entertainment Store50% off your first 10 items

A.C.T. Retractable ScreensWill pay sales tax on any screen door installation

Absolute Service$50 off windshield replacement; FREE Chip repair

All About Real Estate$100 on Dreamcatcher’s Club® Card upon close

of escrow with All About Real Estate

All Power Brokers Real Estate$100 Credit toward your closing cost if you are represented by an All Power Broker Real Estate

Associate. Free Market evaluation.

Amador Fireside CenterCome in, enter our drawing for a FREE fireplace,

receive 30% off your purchase

APS Associates, Inc.Make an appointment for a complimentary

investment portfolio review and receive a FREE copy of Wall Street Journal #1 best seller “Who’s Got Your Back” by Keith Ferrazzi. Limit one copy per family.

Bank of Amador6-month service charge waiver on new checking.

0.25% discount on new loans. 0.25% bonus

on new time deposits. Cannot be combined with any other offers.

Bev-Ann’s SalonBuy 1, get second item half off equal or less value,

excluding dermalagica

Big O Tires10% off ALL auto repairs and maintenance.

50% off tire installation w/tire purchase.

Blackwell Beauty Studio$10 off any beauty services $20 or more or

$2 off any beauty products over $10. Enter free daily drawing.

Blue Oak Veterinary Hospital10% off wellness lab work for dogs and cats

Buy & Sell PressOne Free Special Effect when you call

in your classified ad and say “Dreamcatcher” - worth up to $34!

Coldwell Banker Award Realtors$250 Credit towards closing costs for any buyer or seller that closes a transaction with us through this

promotion. New customers only.


WINNERS


BILLStockton

$1,220

KIRKClements

$2,500

JOSEPH Lodi

$1,304

EDWARDValley Springs$9,000

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Dunlop Family Furniture & MattressTake 10% off any purchase over $500, excluding

clearance items. ALSO, buy any mattress set over $500 & receive free pillow, bed frame

& delivery. New purchases only. May not be combined with any other offer.

Excel ElectricFREE! Basic in home energy audit performed

by our own energy analyst (a retired utility company energy auditor and inspector).

No purchase necessary. Limit one audit per household or business. Appointment required.

Foothill RenovationsFREE kitchen sink with purchase of kitchen cabinets up to $500 retail or bathroom sink with purchase of

vanity, countertop & faucet up to $150

Full Circle Trading Co.10% off on all sterling silver & turquoise jewelry

and stone carvings. Cash only.

Galaxy Group10% discount

Gold Mine Jewelers15% off in-stock jewelry purchases (some exclusions apply) OR buy one

watch battery, get second battery half price

Gordon Hill Flower Shop5% discount

Hein & Co. Bookstore20% off on ALL purchases

Home & Farm SupplyBuy 1, get 1 FREE gadget each time

you shop our new location

Homestead MortgageFree Credit Report and Appraisal

to be reimbursed at close of escrow

Jackson Cards$20 in free postage with any picture-plus or above

Jackson Cleaners10% off all orders. Not valid on alterations.

Jackson Paint SpotContractor discount on all paint

Jackson Tire ServiceFree alignment with 2 or 4 tire purchase

Jackson True ValueFREE 2010 Calendar! While Supplies Last.

Don’t miss this month’s unbeatable “Bargain of the Month!”

JB’s Awards & Engraving10% off. Cannot be combined with any other offer.

Jose’s Mexican RestaurantWeb Site Buy One/Get One Free Suprema Tostada, other available coupons: $1 off any combination

every day. Limit one coupon per visit. Not valid for to-go orders.

Law Offices of Gwendolyn K. Christenson30 minute free consult; $50 off will package

or trust update (or) $100 off new trust package. California residents only.

Main Street Emporium10% off total purchase of $25 or more per dealer

Mel & Faye’s Diner10% off meal ticket Monday - Thursday

Merzlak SignsFREE graphic design with any sign order,

up to one hour design time

Miguel’s Landscaping15% off on all new landscape projects

Mother Lode PrintingFree 250 business cards when you buy 250 business cards. Composition charges do not apply to free offer.

New York Fitness FREE Day Pass; 50% off enrollment fee.

New enrolling members only.

North State Auto BodyFree carwash for 1 year with repair of car over $500.

Appointment required.

Picture Place Photography10% off wedding or event location photography

services - free consultation


WINNERS

TRACYHughson

$6,070

JIMWoodbridge$1,276

PAULINESacramento$12,000

CATHERNStockton

$5,000

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Play It Again Sports$25 Off (Minimum purchase of $100. Can not be

combined with any other offer.)

Poor Man’s Bronze30% off any one-time purchase.

Not valid with any other offer.

Re/Max GoldMake an appointment Monday - Friday to become

part of our client base and receive market updates, customer appreciation items monthly AND A CASH

VOUCHER to be redeemed at any participating merchant. One per family. Limited to first 50.

Real Deal AntiquesCome in and get a “Real Deal” and

we also pay your sales tax

Richard & Sherry’s Wood Carvings, Antiques30% off all wood carvings

Riley’s Express Car Wash & Valvoline Express Care

$2 off Rileyss Best Wash; $5 off any lube service. Not valid with any other offer.

Sierra Mail & Copy Center15% off FedEx shipping Monday through Thursday

Skincare by Elizabeth (at BevAnn’s)Buy 2 particle free dermabrasions,

get 1 FREE ($75 value). $10 classic facial (reg. $55)

Stacey Lollar - Realtor/NotaryFree Home Warranty, up to $350 value.

Appointment required.

Sue’s Shoppe$10 off a $50 purchase (sale items not included)

Monday through Thursday only.

Swensen’s Shoe Store5% off regular price - shoes and apparel

Tambien Mexican KitchenSopes $6.25 all day, every day

Temple Studios and Productions20% off all services provided

Teresa’s Place15% off food purchases

The Celtic Knot$25 Gift Card with purchase of $100 or more in

product.The Potters Workshop

10% off

The Rusty Rose10% off any purchase. Any item over $50 receive

10% off and no sales tax.

Trader StanBring Trader Stan your valuables, borrow our CASH,

go play! 20% off retail jewelry items.

Trassare Jewelers15% off all regularly priced jewelry items

& FREE ring cleaning and inspection

Travel Professionals$25 discount on a 7 day cruise - plus ship board

credits. Based on availability.

TSPN TVShow your Dreamcatcher’s Club® card

for special promotional pricing

Unforsaken Body Art10% off piercings. 15% off tattoos. Free after care kit with any service.

No one under age 18. No exotic piercing on minors.

Up-Country Pool CenterFREE Beach Ball with $20 purchase or more.

Tuesday - Thursday.

Upstairs Antiques - J & N Antiques10% off purchase of $25 or more

Visual Perceptions - Studio 18Spend $25 or more and receive 15% off

Volcano Glass Works10% off everything, 20% off on items over $500

Weatherby-Reynolds-Fritson Engineering and Design

FREE 1st consultation with an engineer. Appointment required.

Western Health Care Industries10% off all cash sales

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Dreamcatcher’s Club discounts available on Mondays

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Monday - Thursday 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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Mad Money Finale Drawings6 p.m.

Community CalendarThere’s Always Something Happening in Gold Country!

Thanks for Visiting Amador and Calaveras Counties!

Kennedy Mine ToursJacksonSaturdays, Sundays and Holidays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.The historic Kennedy Mine is open for paid and self-guided surface tours weekends and holidays through October. Admission is $9 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12, free for under 6. For more information call 209-223-9542 or visit www.kennedygoldmine.com.

Big Crush Harvest FestivalThroughout Amador County Wine CountrySaturday & Sunday, October 3 & 410 a.m. - 4 p.m.Over two dozen members of Amador Vintners will host The Big Crush, an annual Harvest Wine Festival. Enjoy great wine, food, music and other harvest festivities amidst the scenic beauty of Amador Wine Country. Tickets are $30 for both days, $20 for Sunday only, and $10 for designated drivers. For more information and tickets visit amadorwine.com.

Amador Flower Farm Fall Festival22001 Shenandoah School Road, Plymouth Saturday & Sunday, October 3 & 4After the long hot summer, the days begin to cool and the fall planting season heats up. This Fall Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. is a great time to get tips on planting, pruning, composting, and more. There will also be food, fun, and free tram ride tours of the farm all weekend long. And don’t miss the pumpkin patch and corn maze open daily 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout October. No admission charge. For more information call 209-245-6660 or visit amadorflowerfarm.com.

Sun KingsSutter Creek TheatreSaturday, October 3 - 8 p.m.Imagine the Beatles at the beginning of their career, during their Hamburg days, before the suits, haircuts, and fame. Couple the energy and drive of those early performances with the diversity of all the Beatles records we know so well. Put it onstage and you have a Sun Kings show, one that leaves audiences screaming for more. Not just a tribute band, a Beatles experience. Tickets are $20 in advance, $23 day of show. For more information and tickets visit suttercreektheater.com.

DraculaCobblestone Theatre, VolcanoFridays & Saturday, October 9-14 - 8 p.m.Sunday matinee, October 25 - 2 p.m.This wickedly suspenseful take on Bram Stroker’s classic tale of light vs. darkness brings back our favorite creature of the night. Not for the faint of heart! Indoor seating limited to 50. Tickets $15. For more information and tickets visit volcanotheatre.org.

The EDLOS: A Cappella Broadway!Sutter Creek TheatreSaturday, October 10 - 8 p.m.This revue is comprised entirely of original a cappella arrangements by The EDLOS themselves. It presents a full evening of the best-known and best-loved hit songs from Broadway’s finest productions, all delivered with the unique brand of costumers and humor that has come to define every EDLOS performance. Tickets are $19 in advance, $21 day of show. For more information and tickets visit suttercreektheater.com.

Tony FurtadoSutter Creek TheatreFriday, October 16 - 8 p.m.Slide guitarist/banjoist extraordinaire, Tony Furtado mixes rootsy, old time, folk, indie-rock, blues, and jazz styles. Tickets are $17 in advance, $19 day of show. For more information and tickets visit suttercreektheater.com.

Amador County Heritage DayHistoric Main Street in JacksonSaturday, October 17 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Go back to the days of the past on Historic Main Street in Jackson with the Kit Carson Mountain Men, shoot-outs by Sierra Sixguns & Sidekicks, music by Coyote Moon Band, and more. Ride in a horse-drawn wagon, sing campfire songs. or play bingo. The Jackson Firefighters will host a dynamite chili cook-off to raise funds for Jackson Firefighters and Fireman Musters. Bring the whole family and join in on the fun. For more information visit hjba.homestead.co.

Pierre BensusanSutter Creek TheatreSaturday, October 17 - 8 p.m.Since the mid 1970’s Pierre Bensusan’s name has been synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius. Pierre is a composer, singer, and acoustic guitar visionary of passionate intensity with an extraordinarily tender, joyful touch. His unique musical sensibility combines ethnic folk themes and classical melodies, as well as free and fusion styles with Latin and North African rhythms and vocals in the world jazz scat tradition. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 day of show. For more information and tickets visit suttercreektheater.com.

Haunted MazeAmerican Exchange Hotel, Sutter CreekFriday & Saturday, October 30 & 31 - 5 p.m.The great Haunted Maze returns in Bellotti’s Banquet Room at the American Exchange Hotel. Children 12 and under $2, adults $4. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Amador County School District. See suttercreek.org.

Trick or Treat on Main StreetMain Street JacksonSaturday, October 31Ghouls and goblins will be trick or treating on historic downtown Jackson from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Halloween day followed by the Jackson Lions Club parade. For more information visit hjba.homestead.com.

Winefest 2009Downtown Sutter CreekSaturday, November 14Visit shops while tasting wine in historic downtown Sutter Creek. There is a fabulous silent auction including wine gifts and artworks, and dessert and dessert wine tasting. Proceeds benefit the Amador County Art Council. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and may be purchased on line or at Sutter Creek Wine Tasting, The Squirrels Nest or Cabbage Rose in Sutter Creek . For more information and tickets call 209-223-9038 or visit acaconline.com.

To list your event, call Carol at (209) 223-8139 or fax (209) 223-8385.


WINNERS

RAZIAPatterson$4,572

DUANEFremont

$5,519

GILBERTAcampo

$3,000

GILBERTStockton

$4,569

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World famous daredevil Robbie Knievel helped Jackson Rancheria celebrate the end of our charter bus program Rancheria Style® with a thrilling motorcycle jump over three buses parked end to end at the RV Park.

Robbie, son of the late Evel Knievel, took a spill while doing wheelies before the big jump, but got up and went on to complete the spectacular feat.

Robbie Knievel brings flaming end to the bus program

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DONALDPioneer

$1,134

AMANTELathrop

$1,440

DENNISLodi

$1,282

LOLITAStockton

$2,500

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A small sample of recent donations made by the Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians to support our community:

• Amador County Historical Society 2009 Membership, $1000

• Amador High School - Amador Football Lift-A-Thon, $100

• Amador Recreation Agency, CAN Public Education Campaign, $1000

• Amador STARS Cancer Fun Zone, $1000

• Byers Gymnastic Center - Sponsorship for Ohi Outland, $1800

• Calaveras High School - Mother

Jackson Rancheria caresabout the community

Lode Festival, $500• Camanche Recreation Agency -

Mokelumne River Clean-up Day, $500

• Friends of the Logging Museum 2009 Logging Jamboree, $300

• Jackson Elementary Reading Matters, $3000

• Lumberjack Day Committee Gold Sponsorship, $750

• Mother Lode Friends of Music - Help maintain program, $2000

• Mountain Oaks School Eagle Scout Project, School Garden, $500

• West Point Community Church Lunch On Us Program, $500

A lucky day for a weddingCharity and James of Stockton first

met on the internet and when they decided to meet in person Charity says “I was afraid to meet him in private, so I suggested we meet at Jackson Rancheria where there areofficersandsecurityguardsandlotsofpeople. We laugh about it now.”

Two and half years later they were married Rancheria Style® at the casino.

They chose to make it a lucky day by getting married at 9 a.m. on 09-09-09.

The small wedding was followed at a later date with a large reception including all 18 of their children and foster children. The bride does home based day care and the groom is a retired government auditor. Jackson Rancheria wishes them both all the best.


WINNERS

JOHNValley Springs$1,250

PROCESOStockton

$9,460

RESHMAElk Grove

$1,800

JEROMESacramento$10,000

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Triple Winner!

Kathleen from Ione had a terrific day at the casino recently when she won not just one, or two, but three jackpots all in the same day. She won $1,600 on Blazing Sevens and picked up jackpots of $3,000 and $2,000 on Bonus Times!

We’veaddedanexcitingnewbenefitforour Elite and VIP Dreamcatcher’s Club® members, who can now spend their points and comps at select Amador County businesses.

That’s right, with the points and comps you spend l i k e cash around Jackson Rancheria you can now purchase furniture, kitchen items, jewelry and more at a limited number of participating businesses here in Amador County through our new Dreamcatcher Dollars program.

Your Executive Host or a Player’s Club Supervisor can explain the details of the program and provide you with the Dreamcatcher’sClubCertificates.

So where can you use your Dreamcatcher Dollars? Here are the initial businesses that have been approved to accept Dreamcatcher’s Dollars. More may be added later. Check JacksonCasino.com for details.

• The Biggest Little Kitchen Store, Jackson - Offering hundreds of kitchen and cookware items, specialty and hard to find cookingutensils, everything for the serious cook.

• Gold Mine Jewelers, Jackson - Providing fine jewelry, diamonds,gemstones, natural nuggets, gold, and more

• Barron’s of Sutter Creek - Great service and quality on name brand furniture

• Tangerine Day Spa & Boutique, Martell - Full service cosmetic spa

treatment center offering facials, peels, massage, hydrotherapy, waxing andfootreflexology• Taste Restaurant,

Plymouth - Award winningfinedining in thewine

bar area or dining room• Big O Tire, Jackson - Tire sales &

services, plus automotive repairs• Mother Lode Appliances, Martell

- Wide variety of appliances and BBQ grills, plus full service and warranty work

The certificates are redeemed on atwo-to-one ratio. That is $10 in points or comps equal $5 in Dreamcatcher Dollars. Certificateswillbe inwholedollaramountswith a minimum of $5 and a maximum of $1,000 per certificate. There is no limit onhow many points or comps can be used or howmanycertificatesyoucanuse.

Participating businesses cannot give change for the certificates and once acertificate is issued, thereareno refundsofpointsofcomps.Certificatesarevalidfor30days from the date of issuance.

Elite & VIP members just see your Executive Host or a Player’s Club Supervisor and start spending your points and comps as Dreamcatcher Dollars, just one more way we make our club work for you, Rancheria Style®.

Dreamcatcher Dollars: Exciting new benefit for Elite, VIP players


WINNERS

OCTOBER 2009 • THE ARROW 16

BUDDYStockton

$2,500

MARLENESan Jose

$3,013

WALLACEStockton

$1,359

WINIFREDRancho Cordova$20,000

Harvest Quilt ShowThe Sierra Gold Quilter’s Guild will hold

their annual Harvest Quilt show on Saturday and Sunday, October 3 and 4, at the Amador County Fairgrounds in Plymouth. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Anelie Belden will be featured quilter for the show. She has recently published her book “Thoroughly Modern Dresden” and will be displaying quilts from the book.

The show will also include quilts created by guild members, vendors, a country store, scissor and rotary blade sharpening, raffle baskets, demonstrations, and this year’s Opportunity Quilt.

This show is a major fund raiser for the guild, which makes many contributions to the community, including making and filling Christmas stockings for the Amador Country Sheriff’s Office Toy Drive, making chemotherapy caps for various cancer centers, and donating quilting books to the Amador County Library.

Admission is $6. Children 12 and under are free. For more information call 209-296-7346 or 209-296-1151.

Harvest Home FestivalJackson Rancheria is proud to be a major

sponsor of this year’s Harvest Home Festival at Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys.

The Festival, presented by the Calaveras Enterprise, is on Saturday and Sunday, October 10 & 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free.

There will be over 100 booths featuring home construction and improvement, sports equipment, unique handcrafted gifts and home decor, plus a fresh local farmers market,

Jackson Rancheria Proudly Supports...

fall landscaping and garden art ideas, fine art, and live music. Don’t forget to stop by our booth.

In addition, there is a drawing for a new car, wine tasting and gourmet food, a Calaveras Painted Frog Rally, and the popular nugget hunt.

Great activities for the whole family include a corn-on-the-cob eating contest, pumpkin painting, and trick or treating. Come in costume and take home a keepsake photo.

While you are there be sure to check out Ironstone’s tasting room with its monumental 42-square foot stone fireplace and historic oak bar, plus the Heritage Museum and Jewelry Shoppe, where fine jewelry and objects d’art are intertwined with a collection of gold rush treasures, including a rare, one of a kind, 44-pound crystalline gold leaf specimen - the largest in the world.

For more information on the festival, call the Calaveras Enterprise at 209-754-3861 or visit calaverasenterprise.com.

Free Musical Organ Rally in Sutter CreekIf you’re looking for something a little

different to do one weekend, check out the Musical Organ Rally in Sutter Creek this month.

Musical organ rallies have been going on in Europe from hundreds of years. This year Shirley and Frank Nix in conjunction with the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors Association (AMICA) are bringing this tradition to Amador County.

The free rally will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11, in downtown Sutter Creek.

Organs on display will range from very large to small push cart size and include Fairground Organs, Dutch Street Organs, and some hand built ones. They are all privately owned and range from very old to present-day manufacture.

For more information visit suttercreek.org.


WINNERS

17

COLLEENWashington$10,765

EARLStockton

$3,000

ELOINAModesto

$14,218

CALVINAntioch

$16,000

Oliver and Robin Bray established Bray Vineyards in 1996. The land had no roads or utilities and consisted only of grass, cattle, and oak trees.

Everyweekend of those first few years,Oliver and Robin would drive back and forth from their home in Martinez to shape the land to their vision.

They terraced the hills behind the winery to control erosion and allow the planting of vines. They removed huge boulders as they carefully prepared the land for their firstplantingsofZinfandelandSangiovese vines.

They carefully preserved the seasonal creek that runs across the property, allowing the majestic oaks that line the banks to provide shelter for the hawks and owls that protect the vineyard from rodents.

By 2001, Bray Vineyards was supplying Zinfandel and Sangiovese grapes to well known local wineries like Vino Noceto and Montevina-Terra de Oro and making a name for themselves and their grapes.

But Oliver and Robin had bigger plans. They wanted to open their own winery. So, just as they had applied themselves to farming, they now applied themselves to learning about wine making. From harvest to fermentation, from bottling to the tasting room to retail sales, they immersed themselves in the science and the lore of wineries.

In 2004, they brought in John Hoddy as their new winemaker and by April Bray Vineyards opened its doors to the public for thefirsttime.

TheirfirsthitwasthewhimsicallynamedBrayZin Hussy Red. A blend of Zinfandel and Sangiovese that was pleasant and easy drinking. Normally, Bray wines have a very restrained label in black and gold but, being

true to her nature, the BrayZin Hussy won’t playthewallflower.

The Brays expanded their vineyard by adding new types of grapevines. Concentrating on varieties that would not only please the customers, but would also show off the varietals that grew best in the Shenandoah Valley climate. Bray Vineyards grows 18 varieties of grapes on their estate.

With the introduction of the Spanish and Portuguese varietals to the vineyard, Bray Vineyards has fully embraced a future that features the uncommon (at least in the U.S.) flavors of Iberian grapes and wines.Expanding the market for wines made from grapes such as Tempranillo (considered Spain’s Noble grape) and Portugal’s Verdelho

(a white grape that truly loves the Foothill summer heat) is important to the Brays because they want to share the joy of a new and different wine experience with their buyers and visitors.

Recently, Bray Vineyards has received attention from critics with their Barbera wines. Their 2004 Barbera won Best of Class award at the 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition and their 2006 Barbera Rosato (a rose of Barbera) won the Gold Medal and Best of Show award at the 2007 Amador County Fair to cap off gold medals from events such as the Central Valley

Wine Competition, Grand Harvest Awards, National Women’s Wine Competition, and the Orange County Wine Competition.

The most recent addition to the Bray line is a natural companion to both the wine and the land itself. Bray Vineyard’s Estate Grown Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made from six varieties of olives grown on the property. Lucca, Frantoio, Manzanillo, Mission and Leccino are cold pressed to extract only the best, highest quality portion of the oil.

Bray Vineyards is located at 10590 Shenandoah Road in Plymouth. Call 209-245-6023 or visit brayvineyards.com. The tasting room is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Monday.

Visit Bray Vineyards in the Shenandoah Valley

A frog named Paradise created by Tim Cotterill is ready to enjoy the Barbera Rosato.


WINNERS

OCTOBER 2009 • THE ARROW 18

WILLYOUBE

NEXT?

RALPHTracy

$2,500

DAWNAModesto

$3,000

GERALDLouisiana

$18,309

YOUYour Town

$??,???

Is there a Jackson Rancheria employee who always makes you feel special? Or one who went out of their way to make your visit perfect?

Tell us about your experiences with our employees and we may spotlight them in an upcoming issue of The Arrow.

Simply email your comments to Carol Cook at [email protected].

Tell us about your favorite Jackson

Rancheria employee

Shuttle Driver Mary Owen vividly remembers the first time she met TribalChairperson Margaret Dalton, and the lasting impression that meeting had on her.

“I had only been here about three months when Margaret Dalton came in for a meeting. I introduced myself and said I worked in Transportation. She said ‘I know who you are Mary. How are you doing? How are you being treated? How are your kids?’ I think about that every day, how she treated me and how special she made me feel.”

“And that’s how we should treat our guests every day. Make every guest feel recognized, special, appreciated. She cared about every one here and we need to carry that through every day.”

Mary is a prime example of guest service Rancheria Style®. She knows that guests come back here because we know who they are and that we appreciate their being here.

“Winning is a bonus,” she adds. “Being treated well is what it’s all about.”

Mary was born in Los Angeles and lived in the Bay Area for 14 years. After graduating from Sacred Heart High School in Menlo Park she got a degree in social sciences from the College of San Mateo with plans to become a teacher.

She taught pre-school and developmentally disabled adults and moved to this area 24 years ago.

“I was having children and wanted them to be able to be children. I wanted a place where it was safe for them to go out and not come home until dinner and not have to worry about them.”

After working at several different teaching jobs, she decided she wanted to do something different.

“I was out of work and a friend said you like to drive why don’t you get a job driving. I trained for school bus driving but they are out of work so much,” she explains.

Then someone suggested she try Jackson Rancheria and she got lucky, walked right into a job in Transportation, where she’s worked for over nine years.

She’s seen a lot of changes in that time. She’s shuttled employees to parking at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, the Italian Picnic Grounds, and various lots on the Rancheria. She shuttles guests between the Casino, Hotel, and RV Park as well as taking children from the child care center to and from Sutter Creek Elementary School. And she often works community events, when Jackson Rancheria donates the use of its shuttles.

“This job is not for everyone,” she adds, “but I love it. I love the guest interaction.”

She makes a point to know about the local area and local events so she can tell guests other things going on in the community.

Mary knows that making people feel like Margaret Dalton once made her feel is what truly makes Jackson Rancheria a special place.

Meet Shuttle Driver Mary Owen

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