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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
OCTOBER 2016
AEnergy Savings at Agua Caliente Casino Go Back to the Grid
gua Caliente Casino Resort Spa recently completed a lighting conversion of its parking structure which is when businesses agree to cut back on through a Southern California Edison (SCE) rebate program. While it may not sound dazzling, consumption during peak times, allows for further
there’s more to this story than just a bunch of light bulbs. e conversion included replacing 175- watt light bulbs with 40-watt led bulbs — a total of 551 on just this one project alone.
sharing of savings with the community in kilowatt- hours back to the grid. Another recent energy and utility cost-saving project, an hvac conversion, equaled an additional 350,000 kilowatt-hour savings.
For 2015, the partner projects that were completed saved a total of 593,905 kilowatt hours annually, with the total energy savings attained through SCE’s programs between 2006-2015 being 1,576,099 kilowatt hours. “ is kilowatt hour savings,” Maya Aubrey of Southern California Edison said, “is equivalent to removing 229 passenger cars from the road!”
ASan Manuel Tribe $70,000 Donation Sponsors Symphony Concerts
is change of light bulbs in the parking structure results in 30% more lighting and better optics, meaning that the light can be directed exactly where it is needed and wanted. What’s more, the change translates to a 341,716 kilowatt-hour savings back to the community to the power grid.
A similar lighting conversion in the parking lot is slated, which will include replacing 1,000-watt high-pressure sodium bulbs with 160-watt led bulbs, 164 bulbs in total, amounting to a 690,198 kilowatt-hour savings. e total savings for both of these parking areas is 1,031,914 kilowatt-hours going back to the grid.
Lighting conversion projects are also underway throughout the casino resort and include lighting upgrades inside the building, including led lights in all of the 340 guest rooms, restaurant kitchens, basement and other facilities. About 25% of the overall property lighting conversion has taken place so far. As lights need to be replaced, it’s out with the old and in with the new technology. e property has stopped ordering energy-hogging uorescents, and instead, orders energy cost saving and kilowatt-hour saving leds.
Adding to the energy-e cient lighting conversion projects, planned participation in demand savings,
$70,000 grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians will sponsor two San Bernardino past, the Symphony develops curriculum-speci c Symphony Orchestra concerts in their upcoming 88th season. e two concerts were selected for educational materials to prepare the students sponsorship based upon their family focus and bene t to local education, longtime priorities for for the experience and to stimulate classroom
the Tribe.
“We were thrilled with the generosity of the
Tribe,” said Dr. Judith Valles, Symphony Board President. “ ey have always been the rst to step forward and support programs that bene t the arts and we are so blessed to have them in our community.”
“Home for the Holidays,” on December 17th, will include a variety of holiday music including classical and popular pieces. Audiences will enjoy compositions by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Berlin, Biegel, Gouid, and a few special surprises. A pre- concert family music enrichment event featuring performers from the Inland Valley Repertory
TCabazon Band Donates $40,000 to ABC Recovery Center
Theatre and from San Bernardino Valley College will be held prior to the concert at no charge to ticket holders.
e second sponsored concert, “Symphonic Surprise,” will be performed three times. On the morning of February 10th, over 3,400 students from the San Bernardino City Unified School District will attend the California Theatre of the Performing Arts for back-to-back performances.
e students will tour the theater before hearing selections by Haydn, Stravinsky, and Mozart. Young violinist Usha Kapoor will be an inspirational featured performer. As in years
dialogue following the performance.
e following evening, February 11th, the full
concert will be presented for the community. Both concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the historic California eatre of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino. Tickets for the evening concerts, which begin at just $10 for students, may be purchased by calling (909) 381-5388, on-line at SanBernardinoSymphony.org, or by visiting the Symphony o ce at 198 N. Arrowhead Ave., San Bernardino. General admission tickets are also available with limited availability at the theater box o ce prior to each event.
he Cabazon Band of Mission Indians donated of sobriety. Recent improvements to the facility managers with greater experience in the eld of $40,000 to the ABC Recovery Center of Indio have necessitated the need for more funding. e addiction treatment, and creating a new online to help make improvements to continue to Cabazon Band of Mission Indians is committed to training program where all sta are trained upon
raise standards of excellence in serving the needs of the recovery community for decades to come.
Representatives from the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, ABC Recovery Center, and individuals from ABC who have bene ted from the program were at the check presentation on September 7th at the Cabazon Cultural Museum at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio.
Founded in 1963, ABC Recovery Center has helped countless individuals embark on a lifetime
helping ABC Recovery Center and the community, and has stepped up to assist.
Some of the improvements ABC Recover Center has made include hiring a licensed and board certi ed clinical supervisor as Clinical Director, contracting with a psychiatric nurse practitioner to assess and treat clients for mental health problems, hiring two new therapists to provide more comprehensive integrated treatment to clients, appointing a number of new program
hire and again annually to provide a safer, more clinically driven program.
“ABC Recovery Center has long been appreciative of its relationship with Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians,” said ABC Recovery Center CEO Chris Yingling.
“ e council members’ recent decision to assist us nancially in our transition astounds us and will allow us to ‘pay it forward’ to our community and those we serve.”
October 2016 Tribes in the News