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by Leslie McDonald

When the Duty Manager said Come with me, I assumed we were being rounded up for a speech. I thought someone was receiving an award or the Chairman had something meaningful to say to us. I was thinking cookies, not catastrophe.

But instead of ushering us to a conference room for a holiday message or a gathering in honor of someone retiring from the casino after blah, blah, blah, the Duty Manager led us to the exit and sent us outside. Employees from other departments streamed across the parking lot to the evacuation zone east of the casino.

This is a drill, I thought, annoyed I didn’t grab my wallet or my phone. But it wasn’t a drill. I could tell by the worried faces of the back-of-house workers—phone operators and administrators and cubicle types who only go outside to smoke cigarettes. The Duty Manager seemed particularly manic as he buzzed about, stressing the importance of accurate head counts.

Crossing the lot to our evacuation area, I caught a glimpse of fire trucks and tribal security vehicles gathered at the casino entrance. I looked to see if there were any helicopters flying over the reservation, as they typically do whenever there’s a fire or a standoff with the police, but there was only a hawk, turning circles in the sky.

I conferred with my coworkers. The last time we were evacuated like this, the filter for one of the dryers down in the laundry caught fire. We were out of the casino for 20 minutes that time, our only inconvenience a lingering odor. This event seemed more serious, but we had nothing to go on but rumors.

As the lunch hour approached, the novelty of the interruption wore off. We were hungry. We were cold. Most of all, we were fed up with explaining to every employee who showed up in the evacuation zone/parking lot why they couldn’t go inside the casino and, no, we don’t know what was going on.

After nearly an hour outside in the cold, the Duty Manager moved us to the training center, a flimsy outbuilding a few hundred feet from the casino that looked more like a shed then a structure. We gathered in one of the classrooms and stared at the empty dry-erase boards. What do a bunch of casino employees do when they have free time on their hands?

We played games. A dealer broke out decks of cards and various games of chance started up. The dealers dealt poker hands. The finance people played spades. The admin types dabbled at Go Fish and Old Maid. I got into a spirited game of War with a graphic designer, who railed at the unfairness of the game, how he kept getting screwed on the ties, that it was just the dumb luck of the draw, no skill involved.

“Dude,” I said, “you work in a casino.”

“I know, but still.”

Someone fired up a laptop and found some Christmas music. One of the managers brought in baskets of cookies reserved for our VIPs and opened them up. The dealers joked about using them as chips. The admin types ate them before this idea could be implemented. People laughed and told stories and commented how this was exactly what they would do when they went home for the holidays: play cards with their families and eat too many cookies—only without the fire trucks and bomb squad.

Bomb squad? The festivities dried up when the Duty Manager returned to tell us a suspicious device had been discovered in the mailroom. We pressed him for details, but that was all he could tell us. Someone, apparently, had tried to send Thunderclap an early Christmas present. And what were the guests doing while we were having our evacuation party?

Gambling, like always, dumbly sitting at their machines while the non-essential staff got the hell out. But they would have been evacuated if they’d really been in danger, right?

Maybe, maybe not. But guessing from what went down at a San Diego County casino a few days later, I’m guessing not.

At around 10 a.m. on December 29, a former employee drove onto the Barona Casino & Resort complex and went into the gaming commission office with a shotgun. He ordered all the employees out of the building save one—his former supervisor—whom the gunman shot and killed.

Four hours passed before authorities determined the gunman had turned the weapon on himself and was no longer a threat. Until that determination was made, there was a great deal of speculation as to whether it was a hostage situation involving casino employees or if the gunman had infiltrated the casino proper. Erroneous reports flashed across the Internet. Casino managers across the state monitored the situation, keeping one eye on their numbers to see how the situation was affecting the action on the floor.

Located in rural San Diego, Barona is one of the most successful Indian casinos in the country, and known throughout California for its aggressive advertising campaign that used to feature Kenny Rogers as its spokesman, a fact that prompted insensitive (yet hilarious) message board comments on local newspaper and network affiliate news sites, such as “Kenny Rogers snapped.”

Casino manager Rick Salinas insists that casino guests were never in danger, which is why they weren’t evacuated. In fact, Barona shut down its main entrance, and prevented guests from leaving the casino. The only road to and from the resort was also closed. The incident, Salinas pointed out, was confined to the gaming commission office, which was in a building separate from the casino, much like the training center where we held our evacuation party.

As the drama at Barona unfolded, the tension at Thunderclap was palpable. After all, we never did find out if the suspect device was a credible threat or not. I don’t know if there was more security on the floor or if they were simply more visible, but they all looked deadly serious. By now everyone knew the shooter was a former Barona security guard. If the mood on the floor was tense, it was down-right grim in the employee spaces. No one wants to think about shotgun-toting ex-coworkers coming back for a visit during the holidays, especially not with a full moon coming, and on New Year’s Eve no less.

A few hours after the shooting, a message was sent to all employees with e-mail accounts, reminding us to immediately inform security if we saw anyone in the employee-only areas without a gaming license (i.e. badge). The e-mail didn’t tell us what to do if we were approached by a former co-worker in the hallways. I wondered how I would react if I saw one of the many, many people who have been laid off from Thunderclap, including three former supervisors, come walking down the hall Terminator-style. I suppose instinct takes over and you know when to walk away, know when to run.

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From the Album The Best Of Kenny Rogers: Through The Years (2020)(buy at amazon.com)

From the Album You Can't Make Old Friends (2013)(buy at amazon.com)
You Can't Make Old Friends
All I Need Is One
You Had To Be There
'Merica
Turn This World Around
Dreams Of The San Joaquin
Look At You
When You Love Someone
From the Album Amazing Grace (2012) (buy at amazon.com)
I'll Fly Away
The Rock of Your Love
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Circle of Friends
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
For the Love of God
Amazing Grace
Peace
In the Sweet By and By
Grace
Leaning On the Everlasting Arms
He Showed Me Love
From the Album The Love Of God (2011)(buy at amazon.com)
Peace
I'll Fly Away
The Rock Of Your Love
In The Sweet By And By
He Showed Me Love
Grace
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Circle Of Friends
For The Love Of God
Amazing Grace
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
From the Album The Greatest Duets (2009) (buy at amazon.com)
Islands In The Stream
Make No Mistake, She's Mine
Owe Them More Than That
We've Got Tonight
All I Ever Need Is You
Calling Me
Real Love
Every Time Two Fools Collide
Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer
'Till I Can Make It On My Own
Tell Me That You Love Me
From the Album Water & Bridges (2006) (buy at amazon.com)
Water & Bridges
Someone Is Me
Someone Somewhere Tonight
I Can't Unlove You
Calling Me (featuring Don Henley)
Half A Man
I Can Feel You Drifting
The Last Ten Years (Superman)
You'll Know Love
My Petition
One Life
From the Album 42 Ultimate Hits (2004) (buy at amazon.com)
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
Reuben James
Something's Burning
Tell It All Brother
Love Lifted Me
Lucille
Daytime Friends
Sweet Music Man
Every Time Two Fools Collide
Love Or Something Like It
Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight
The Gambler
All I Ever Need Is You
She Believes In Me
'Till I Can Make It On My Own
You Decorated My Life
Coward Of The County
Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer
Love The World Away
Lady
What Are We Doin' In Love
I Don't Need You
Share Your Love With Me
Blaze Of Glory
Through The Years
Love Will Turn You Around
A Love Song
We've Got Tonight
Scarlet Fever
Islands In The Stream
Buried Treasure
Crazy
Morning Desire
Make No Mistake, She's Mine
Twenty Years Ago
The Vows Go Unbroken
The Greatest
Buy Me A Rose
It's A Beautiful Life
My World Is Over
We Are The Same
From the Album Back to the Well (2003) (buy at amazon.com)
Back To The Well
Listen To The Rain
727 East Magnolia Avenue
Undercover
Prairie Wedding
I'm Missing You
It's A Beautiful Life
Tears In God's Eyes
Harder Cards
Hand Prints On The Wall
Owe Them More Than That
Love Like This
From the Album Gift (2003) (buy at amazon.com)
Mary Did You Know
A Soldier's King
Pretty Little Baby Child
What A Wonderful Beginning
It's The Messiah
I Trust You
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
'Til The Season Comes 'Round Again
From the Album Best Of Kenny Rogers (2001) (buy at amazon.com)
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
Rueben James
Me & Bobby McGee
Lady
Love Me Tender

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Unchained Melody
But You Know I Love You
My Washington Woman
You Are So Beautiful
You Light Up My Life
I Swear
I Will Always Love You
Heed The Call
Elvira
From the Album 20 Golden Greats (1994) (buy at amazon.com)
Lucille
Lady
The Long Arm Of The Law
You Decorated My Life
Sweet Music Man
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
Love Or Something Like It
Through The Years
You Are So Beautiful
Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer
The Gambler
Daytime Friends
We've Got Tonight
Coward of the County
Rueben James
Desperado
She Believes In Me
Something Is Burning
Other Songs:
Abraham Martin And John
Ain't No Sunshine

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Always Leaving Always Gone
Are My Thoughts With You
But You Know I Love You
Children, Go Where I Send Thee
Endless Love
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

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I Can't Help Falling In Love
If I Could Only Change Your Mind
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

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Lady
Long Arm Of The Law
Love Lifted Me
Love The World Away
Make No Mistake, She's Mine
Me And Bobby Mcgee
My World Is Over
Reuben James
Road Agent
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
Run Through Your Mind
Sally Grey's Epitaph
Since I Fell For You
The Light
The Vows Go Unbroken
This Masquerade
Three Times A Lady
Today I Started Lovin' You Again
Unforgettable
We Are The Same
What Are We Doin' In Love
When A Man Loves A Woman
Wind Beneath My Wings
Write Me Down (Don't Forget My Name)
You Don't Know Me
You Light Up My Life