Ah-ho Khoygoo!

First, I wish to express my sincere appreciation for your vote of confidence in me. The election was certified yesterday (Saturday) and the newly elected members to the KBC, including yours truly, will take their oath of office on Monday, June 30, at 10:00 AM. The election results, including all the numbers, are posted on Kiowa Voices at http://kiowaok.com/news/newsletter.


Secondly, I took the above pic yesterday, Saturday, up at Indian City USA of a group of young dancers entertaining and educating a group of tourists on the first day of our "soft opening". Yes, we are now reopened full time and things will only get better from here on! The new hours are 10:00AM-6:00PM, 7 days a week. A number of new events are being planned including the revival of the annual Blues Festival, a powwow on Labor Day weekend, and a Holloween Haunted Trail Ride, for starters. KBC development activities continue with Leasure & Associates and we will be meeting at the State Capital next week with Oklahoma State tourism reps and others who wish to partner with us in the expansion of Indian City and tourism for Southwest Oklahoma. There are many development tasks to accomplish yet and we are fortunate to have an experienced and eager staff of employees to attend to the day-to-day operations of the facility, and we continue to receive numerous offers of assistance from many individuals, groups and tribal members who wish to be a part of the exciting possibilities.



This second pic was taken last Wednesday, June 17, at the Chickasaw Tribe's Treasure Valley Casino at Davis, Ok. Pictured are KBC members, L-R, Committeeman David Geimausaddle, Chairman Donald Tofpi, myself, Vice Chairman Charles Toyebo, Committeeman Richard Kauahquo, and Kiowa Casino Operating Authority CEO Lee Rhoades.

We also visited the Chickasaw's Cash Creek Casino nearby at Sulpher, OK for a visual survey and visit with their General Manager as a possible model for our new Carnegie casino. We are also diligently working on the Verden and Hobart area casinos and the Kiowa Tribe should see some positive movement on our gaming expansion within a short period. Stay tuned.