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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2006

STATION CASINOS’ “SMART START” SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP AWARDS $405,000 TO 70 HIGH-NEED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

(Las Vegas, Nev.)—As part of its Smart Start school partnership initiative, Station Casinos, Inc. presented 70 Clark County School District (CCSD) high-need elementary schools with $5,000 and $10,000 donations to improve education and provide resources in the classrooms. The donations will be used to assist schools in such efforts as improving test scores, after-school tutoring programs, parent development programs, purchasing library books and more.

Smart Start and the CCSD celebrated its six year partnership at a reception tonight with Station Casinos’ property general managers, CCSD administration and school principals. Since 2001, Station Casinos has contributed nearly $2 million to local high need elementary schools.

As part of Smart Start, each Station Casinos property is paired up with an elementary school and offers year-round support such as volunteering hundreds of hours in the classrooms, mentoring students, hosting special events and donating needed resources such as back packs for the students. The 11 Smart Start partner elementary schools including Rex Bell, Laura Dearing, Ollie Detwiler, P.A. Diskin, H.P. Fitzgerald, Howard Hollingsworth, C.T. Sewell, C.P Squires, Wayne Tanaka, Robert L. Taylor and Whitney each received a $10,000 donation while the 59 high need elementary schools each received $5,000. High-need elementary schools are those that have been identified by the CCSD as schools that do not meet certain established federal criteria.

“Smart Start was the vision of our owners, Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, who together with our 14,000 team members, believe that helping to ensure a quality education for all is one of the best ways to invest in the future of our community,” Lesley Pittman, vice president of corporate and government relations said.

Smart Start funds are administered through the Clark County Public Education Foundation. Schools are required to utilize the funds to help meet the goals they set forth in their individual School Improvement Plan that is required annually by the school district.

2006 Smart Start Recipients

• Will Beckley Elementary School
• Tony Alamo Elementary School
• *Rex Bell Elementary School (Partner: Palace Station)
• Kermit R. Booker, Sr. Elementary School
• Marion E. Cahlan Elementary School
• Arturo Cambeiro Elementary School
• Kit Carson Elementary School
• Manuel J. Cortez Elementary School
• Clyde C. Cox Elementary School
• Lois Craig Elementary School
• Crestwood Elementary School
• Paul E. Culley Elementary School
• Cynthia Cunningham Elementary School
• Jack Dailey Elementary School
• *Laura Dearing Elementary School (Partner: Boulder Station)
• *Ollie Detwiler Elementary School (Partners: Fiesta Rancho and Wildfire)
• *P.A. Diskin Elementary School (Partner: Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa)
• Ira J. Earl Elementary School
• Elbert Edwards Elementary School
• Raul Elizondo Elementary School
• *H.P. Fitzgerald Elementary School (Partner: Santa Fe Station)
• Wing & Lily Fong Elementary School
• Ruth Fyfe Elementary School
• Oran K. Gragson Elementary School
• Helen Herr Elementary School
• Fay Herron Elementary School
• Halle Hewetson Elementary School
• Edna F. Hinman Elementary School
• *Howard E. Hollingsworth Elementary School (Partners: Sunset Station and Gold Rush)
• Jay W. Jeffers Elementary School
• Helen Jydstrup Elementary School
• Matt Kelly Elementary School
• Robert E. Lake Elementary School
• Lincoln Elementary School
• Walter V. Long Elementary School
• Mary & Zel Lowman Elementary School
• Robert Lunt Elementary School
• Ann Lynch Elementary School
• J.E. Manch Elementary School
• Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School
• Quannah McCall Elementary School
• J.T. McWilliams Elementary School
• Sue H. Morrow Elementary School
• John F. Mendoza Elementary School
• Mountain View Elementary School
• Paradise PDS Elementary School
• John S. Park Elementary School
• Dean Petersen Elementary School
• C.C. Ronnow Elementary School
• Bertha Ronzone Elementary School
• Lewis E. Rowe Elementary School
• Richard J. Rundle Elementary School
• *C.T. Sewell Elementary School (Partner: Fiesta Henderson)
• *C.P. Squires Elementary School (Partner: Texas Station)
• William E. Snyder Elementary School
• Sunrise Acres Elementary School
• *Wayne Tanaka Elementary School (Partner: Station Casinos)
• Myrtle Tate Elementary School
• *Robert L. Taylor Elementary School (Partner: Green Valley Ranch)
• Ruby S. Thomas Elementary School
• Twin Lakes Elementary School
• J.M. Ullom Elementary School
• Vegas Verdes Elementary School
• Gene Ward Elementary School
• Rose Warren Elementary School
• *Whitney Elementary School (Partners: Wild,Wild,West, Station Casinos, The Greens and Barley’s)
• Tom Williams Elementary School
• Wendell P. Williams Elementary School
• Gwendolyn Woolley Elementary School
• Elaine Wynn Elementary School

*denotes schools who have partnered with a Station Casinos’ property and will receive $10,000.

Contact:

Lori Nelson
Director of Corporate Communications
Station Casinos, Inc.
(702) 495-4248
lori.nelson@stationcasinos.com