Instead of money, two Oregon Department of Transportation employees gave players valuable tips on traffic safety. The big wheel was ODOT s Safety Wheel, part of 18 health and safety related displays at the 2001 Spring Safety and Health Festival sponsored by the casino for their staff and for employees of the Umatilla Confederated Tribes. The wheel is divided into eight different safety related topics.
Players answer questions based on where the wheel stops.
Assisting Bundren with dispensing safety tidbits, ODOT brochures and DMV driver s manuals was Tom Strandberg, ODOT s Region 5 Public Information Representative. Among those represented were the Umatilla County Health Clinic, Oregon Occupation Safety and Health Administration, Blue Mountain College and Hammer Industries. The Safety Wheel and being on hand to answer questions accomplished that goal.