THE MADAJIMOPublished for Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures Associates

Grand Casino Mille Lacs Edition

May 6, 2016

In This Issue...

Associate Interest 2

Events & Promotions 3

Associate News 4

Service Recognition 6

Learning & Development 7

Grand Casino Mille Lacs Food & Beverage Summer Hours of OperationAs we look towards the summer months, Food & Beverage will be adjusting hours of operation and some prices in the Grand Buffet and the Grand Northern Grill. This change in venue hours and prices will take effect on Monday, May 30th and remain consistent until Sunday, September 4th. The impacted changes are highlighted with bold italicized font. Please share this information with your Teams and our Guests. Memorial Day will be a Picnic Buffet from 10 am to 3 pm and Classic Buffet from 4 pm to 9 pm.

Day Theme Time $ Theme Time $Sunday Brunch 10 am - 3 pm $11.99 Shrimp Lovers 4 pm - 9 pm $16.99Monday Lunch 11 am - 3 pm $9.99 Classic Dinner 4 pm - 9 pm $13.99Tuesday Lunch 11 am - 3 pm $9.99 Classic Dinner 4 pm - 9 pm $13.99Wednesday Lunch 11 am - 3 pm $9.99 Smokehouse Buffet 4 pm - 9 pm $15.99

Thursday Lunch 11 am - 3 pm $9.99 International Buffet 4 pm - 9 pm $13.99Friday Lunch 11 am - 2 pm $9.99 Seafood Buffet 4 pm - 10 pm $25.99Saturday Brunch 11 am - 3 pm $11.99 Prime Rib Buffet 4 pm - 10 pm $16.99

Same as Current: Sunday through Thursday 7 am - 11 pm Friday and Saturday 7 am - 12 am

Same as Current: Open 24 Hours

Sunday through Thursday 7 am - 9 pm Friday and Staruday 7 am - 10 pm

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ASSOCIATE INTEREST

Welcome New AssociatesEric Amao Table Games Dealer

Shane Austin Table Games Dealer

Crystal Garbow Buffet Cashier

Jarvis Harrington Market Deli Associate

Jeffrey Kopesky Bingo Attendant

Justin Leecy Market Cashier

Kelly Lund Payroll Clerk

Jeremy Nickaboine Slot Service Verifier

Luke Ojala Table Games Dealer

Katie Pirnie Security Officer

Travis Powers Buffet Dishwasher

Brandon Rodel Eddy's Line Cook

Hunter Rohde Buffet Bus Person

Gabriel Rosekrans Snack Bar Line Cook

Anthony Sargent Eddy's Line Cook

Tre' Terry Olsen Security Officer

Courtney Thurstin Table Games Dealer

Ritz Villebrun Shuttle Driver

Cameron Weous Table Games Dealer

Echo Wiederholt Table Games Dealer

GetFit Initiative

Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures2016 Wellness Initiative

Weigh Ins: May 9th-May 13th, 2016Weigh Outs: August 1st-August 5th, 2016

Do you have a small lifestyle change that you would like to make? Be more active, drink more water, eat better, or reduce the fat content in your diet.

This new initiative is to help you change your habits into healthy habits and head towards a healthy lifestyle. There will be an initial weigh in and a weigh out at the end of the Wellness Initiative. The program is strictly based on the honor system.

As a participant, you will select one weekly goal to complete. If you succeed, you will have the opportunity to enter in drawings for a weekly prize. Completed Goals need to be turned into the HR Receptionist by 3 pm on Fridays. Again, this is an honor system so by entering the drawing you are acknowledging that you accomplished this goal. Please see the back of form for goal choices.

Turn in completed weekly goal slip to receive 50% off salad bar coupon.

MEDICA®This Counts as (1) Company Choice.

Valleyfair Tickets Now on Sale in the Gift ShopValleyfair will mark its 40th Anniversary in 2016 with a season-long celebration that includes the return of an original park ride, a new entertainment venue, and a look back at four decades of their favorite memories!

Valleyfair opens for the 2016 season on Friday, May 13. Soak City Waterpark will open on Saturday, May 28. Please note that Valleyfair will be closed to the public on Sunday, June 5 and Sunday, June 12 for private events.

Valleyfair features more than 75 rides and attractions-including eight thrilling roller coasters, the family friendly Route 76, dazzling live entertainment, Planet Snoopy, Dinosaurs Alive! and the newly expanded Soak City Waterpark.

Valleyfair tickets are now on sale at a discounted rate available in the Gift Shop.

Tickets Associate Discounted Rate Front Gate RateRegular $32.21 $55.84Junior/Senior $32.21 $36.50 (Does not include Dinosaurs Alive!)Ride and Refresh $39.73 Not AvailableDinosaurs Alive! $2.68 $5.37

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EVENTS & PROMOTIONS

Upcoming ConcertsDate & Time Performer Ticket Prices

Friday, May 13 - 7 pm Rodney Atkins $25, $35

Friday, June 3 - 7 pm 90's Revolution: Blind Melon, Vertical Horizon, & Tonic $35, $45

Saturday, July 2 - 3 pm A Tribute to Merle Haggard $40

Showtimes for May 6 - 12

Captain America: Civil War – Rated PG 13● 146 mins Weekdays: 6:15 (3D) / 7:30 / 9:00Saturday – Sunday: 1:10 / 3:10 / 5:10 / 7:10 / 9:10

The Jungle Book– Rated PG ● 105 minutes Weekdays: 5:00 (3D) / 7:00 / 9:00Saturday – Sunday: 1:00 / 3:00 / 5:00 (3D) / 7:00 / 9:00

Barbershop: The Next Cut – Rated PG13 ● 112 minutesWeekdays: 5:15 Saturday – Sunday: 1:15 / 3:15 / 5:15

The Huntsman– Rated PG13 ● 114 minutes Weekdays: 5:05 / 7:05 / 9:05Saturday- Sunday: 1:05 / 3:05 / 5:05 / 7:05 / 9:05 Ticket Prices $8.50 Adults $6.50 Children under 12 (Under 2 Free)$6.50 Matinee (shows starting before 6:00 pm) $6.50 Senior Citizens (55 and over) $2.50 Surcharge for all 3D movie showings $5.00 Tuesdays

Movie Hotline: 320-532-3923www.GrandMakwaCinema.com

Upcoming PromotionsFri, May 6 Sat, May 7 Sun, May 8 Mon, May 9 Tues, May 10 Wed, May 11 Thurs, May 12

Purses Giveaway (60 points)

Bonus Cash/Grand Play

(kiosk)

25th Anniversary

Drawing

VIP Mother's Day Gift

Mystery Prize

Mother's Day

Kiosk Match & Win (kiosk)

Birthday Drawings

Player's Choice

Senior Tuesdays

Bonus Grand Play

(kiosk)

Mystery Money(kiosk)

The Traveling Art Pub at Eddy’s Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 6 pm - 8:30 pm

$35 per person

Eat, drink, create and socialize with The Traveling Art Pub at Eddy’s Resort in beautiful Onamia! Food and drink options are available for an additional fee. There is no skill level needed.

Space is limited. Buy your tickets online, in advance in order to reserve your spot, at: thetravelingartpub.com .

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ASSOCIATE NEWS

Retrace Health – Affordable Primary CareIn-Network with Medica and Open to everyone in Minnesota

Retrace Health is a Minnesota clinic that brings full-service primary care to you through video and in-home visits. Their mission is to make primary care more personal, convenient, and affordable. In the last part of a three part series, they will elaborate on what it means to them to be “Affordable”. “Traditional healthcare has a lot of unnecessary expense. Whether it is expensive buildings, layers and layers of management, or simply outdated business processes, there is a lot of waste that is passed on in the form of higher fees for patients.

We have been careful to build a clinic with very little overhead, where nearly all expense goes directly to the patient care. That allows us to bring primary care to you for the same or less than traditional clinics, and much less than urgent care clinics. And we are now in-network with Medica which means everything flows through your insurance just like any other clinic.”

To schedule or learn more about Retrace Health, go to www.retracehealth.com.

The getFIT Initiative Health topics for the month of May Asthma & Allergies• Week of the 2nd Handout “Allergies & Asthma: They often occur together”

• Week of the 9th Handout “Staying Active When You Have Allergic Asthma”

• Week of the 16th Complete the getFIT quiz and place in the HR Drop box at the Communication Center by 8:00 a.m. on 5/23/2016 to be eligible for this month’s Health Topic drawing

• Week of the 23rd Drawing winner announced

Grand Casino Associate Making Guests Feel Special and Welcomed A note left at the hotel on April 30 by Cheryl Peterson read, "Never, ever in my 58 years have I ever been welcomed anywhere with such genuine warmth and kindness as what Mr. Hosea Cook gave me a few minutes ago! He made me feel very special and wished me the best day in the most genuine and warm way. He went out of his way to make this old lady feel like I was going to have the best day of my life. You have one truly special employee there. Raise him up before someone else snatches him because I will spread the word."

Grand Casino is the Best!"Grand is the best run and nicest casino ever! We enjoyed the $7.77 dinner at the Grand Northern Grill and Plum's makes the best hamburgers, soup, and fry bread!!" - Guest Comment

Mindful Eating PresentationsMonday, May 23

9 am, 11 am, and 1 pm ML Convention Center

First Light will be on property, Monday May 23, 2016.

MEDICA®This Counts as (1) Company Choice.

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ASSOCIATE NEWSHotel Housekeeping Celebrated the Day with a Lip Sync Battle

The Hotel Housekeeping department celebrated the day for the concert for Starship featuring Mickey Thomas held on Friday, April 22. The team dressed in hip 1980’s attire and had teams lip syncing to some of the Starship songs like; “We Built this City on Rock and Roll,” and “Sara.” The winners of each round performed a final song in dedication to Prince. Laughter and fun was had by all!

Optum Informational Fair: Making Happiness a Habit Friday, May 27 11 am - 6 pm

Jukebox

What is happiness? Some say it’s the ability to enjoy where and who you are right now, even as you strive for something better. We spend our lives pursuing goals; it’s easy to base our happiness on whether or not we reach those goals. We often say, “I’ll be happy when I get that promotion” or “I’ll be happy when I have more money.” The trick is to keep your eye on the destination, while not forgetting to enjoy the trip. This information fair offers ways to increase your happiness by: • Journaling and blogging• Increasing your creativity• Putting more laughter in your life• Reframing negative thoughts• Tapping into mood lifters

MEDICA®WHIP

This Counts as (1) Company Choice.

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SERVICE RECOGNITION

GuestNet Shout - Outs Beverage Service: Your servers are very nice and friendly, even when some people don't tip. I like the way

they interact - nice smiles, wishing you good luck, etc. Great people!

Beverage Service: Dedication and hard work is evidenced by the servers at Grand Casino.

Blackjack: Dorothy was so friendly.

Cashiers: Cashiers are friendly and efficient! They do an outstanding job!!

Casino Housekeeping: The restrooms are immaculate and the gaming areas are very clean!

Casino Housekeeping: Housekeeping are very polite when accessing area around where you are playing slots. They always wish you good luck.

Central Reservations: The Associate who assisted me was very prompt and even joked with me during the reservation process.

Grand Buffet: It was quite busy when we were there and Ginny was great. Always a smile for us and kept our table clean of used dishes. I would come back just to have her wait on us.

Grand Cup and Cone:The girl working behind the counter was SUPER DUPER AWESOME!!! She made my night. I had a free birthday cone and it was served with complete friendless and great conversation.

Grand Cup and Cone:I had occasion to use the coffee shop twice while there, once in the afternoon when I checked in, and again after supper. That allowed me to interact with two different young ladies, and both were very patient and friendly!

Grand Rewards: I usually receive friendly and good service.

Hotel Front Desk:A lady by the name of Karen was very helpful. Room not ready but did all she could to let us know. When we came back to check in was very pleasant and thanked us for the inconvenience and wished us a pleasant stay and good luck

Hotel Front Desk: Merle is always so friendly and helpful, he's a "Keeper"!!

Hotel Front Desk: Karissee was extremely helpful and as kind as could be.

Hotel Front Desk: Karen was very accommodating in arranging rooms near our friends on the same floor. Very efficient and patient with us.

Hotel Front Desk: Karen helped me at the front desk and she was the one of the nicest, most informed front desk employees I have ever had. Thank you.

Hotel Front Desk: Blake was very friendly and efficient. Check in was done quickly.

Hotel Front Desk: The Associate was named Jacqueline. Her and Mike were so helpful to put my daughter and grandson and myself in rooms near each other. Thank you so much.

Hotel Front Desk: Karen was great!

Hotel Front Desk: Jennifer and Blake were great!

Hotel Housekeeping: Housekeeping personnel on our floor were always very friendly.

Poker: The poker staff is always terrific whenever I have played. As a party dealer myself, I appreciate their professionalism.

Security: Never had occassion to need security sevices but they've always been friendly, greet us when entering and are visible if they are needed.

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When Life Goes SidewaysDo you ever feel like events in your life have gotten out of control? Some days, it’s easy to feel that way. No matter how diligently you set goals, visualize results, and affirm a positive outcome, every once in a while your life is going to feel as if it’s gone a little sideways.Carefully laid plans go up in smoke - sometimes quite literally. People you counted on, bail out on you. A health or family crisis strikes. An earthquake or tornado puts you back to square one. Suddenly, you feel as if you are completely off course, out of control, and lost at sea. At times like these, there are a few things it may help you to remember. First of all, no one can control every aspect of his or her life, and adversity comes to all of us, no matter how moral we are, and no matter how good our attitude is. Bad things happen to good people all the time. Second, it is important to realize that there is one and only one thing in life that is completely within your power to control, and that is your response to what happens to you.When you find yourself overcome with feelings of fear, helplessness, doom and gloom, you can put the brakes on these feelings by gently but firmly choosing to shift the focus of the thoughts that are running through your mind. Your feelings are a direct result of the thoughts you think, and setting aside some time every morning and evening for

positive visualization, affirmation, or guided meditation is a highly effective way of getting these thoughts back under your control again. Try it. You will be surprised at just how well it works.

LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

Upcoming in

Learning & DevelopmentAll MLCV Associates Are Welcome

Word (3 Class Series)Wednesday, May 11Wednesday, May 18Wednesday, May 25

12 pm - 3 pm 12 pm - 3 pm 12 pm - 3 pm

This class will cover the basics of Microsoft Word 10. Associates will learn how to set up Word 10 to meet your specific needs, how to use the “Ribbon”, and how to set up options for basic commands for your document. We will also cover how to print, save and edit documents. There are three sessions for the training and all sessions must be completed to obtain credit for the class.

Sponsor Skills Wednesday, May 18 7 am - 11 am

Participants learn skills for effective sponsoring including: demonstrating, observing, giving feedback, and communicating progress. Participants also gain an understanding of the importance of the sponsorship role in developing and retaining Associates.

Building Trust Under Pressure Tuesday, May 24 12 pm - 4 pm

Participants learn to address the challenges they face by applying a universal set of leadership principles that: Build trust with others, even under pressure-packed conditions; Establish a wide network of effective relationships; Maintain a positive work environment, and defuse highly charged situations with others.

Click here, or contact your supervisor or Tina Bartheidel (extension 4808) to register!(Personal and Career Development Classes count as one WHIP choice)

L&D On-line ResourcesVisit us on Sharepoint!

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JUKEBOX MENU

Daily Specials for May 6 - 13

Friday, May 6French Dip and French Fries Saturday, May 7 Cordon Bleu, Red Potatoes, Veggie, Dinner Roll

Sunday, May 8 Turkey Burger, Sweet Potatoe Fries, Vertical Bar

Monday, May 9 Chicken Caesar Salad Get Fit $1.75

Tuesday, May 10Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Veggie, Dinner Roll

Wednesday, May 11Chicken Rice Hot Dish, Fruit Cup, Breadstick

Thursday, May 12 Choice of Wrap and Chips

Friday, May 13Choice of Basket, Fries, Coleslaw

Burger of the Week: Reuben BurgerBreakfast Night: Wednesday, 4 pm - 9 pm

BirthdaysMay 6

James Caza Lena Scullard Michael Thomsen Christopher Hewitt John Anderson Amy Willis Shane Austin

May 7Michael Hodge Bobbi Smith Rosemary Spychalla Gene Banks Kay Olson Sharon Dosh

May 8Hope Cimenski

May 9Deborah Frehse Michael Karlstad Anne Reynolds

May 10Anthony CalkinsKatee Joachim Matthew Prushek Andrea Allie Mark Austin Nathan Shore

May 11Renee Hegg

May 12Jessica Erickson Dianne Alexander Travis Rajkowski

AnniversariesMay 6

Jeanette Gerth Vicki Kroschel Brian Hogstad

25 years 24 years 14 years

May 7Robin Roatch Kristy Breitbach Judith Thoennes Margaret Watson Randall Slinger Tom Trail Kathleen Forschen

24 years 15 years 15 years 9 years 4 years 4 years 4 years

May 8Joseph Horning 2 years

May 9Floyd Painter 7 years

May 10Mary Dawson Beverly Mitchell Kara Woller

15 years 12 years 4 years

May 11Charlene Rybak Loxie Thompson Lisa Schweich Brianna Boyd Marcia Shivers

25 years 25 years 24 years 1 year 1 year

May 12Ella Garbow Celia Young Suzanne Witha Dawn Jones

24 years 8 years 2 years 2 years

Ojibwe Word of the Week

miigo maanoo =

let it go

SKYWARN Class by -NOAAMonday, May 9 at 6 pm

Grand Casino Mille Lacs Event Center

Open to the Public

Brought to you by Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures/Shared Services/ HR Risk/ML Area Safety Committee.