Omak - Clutching brand new shovels and wearing bright white hard hats, leaders of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation on Monday dug into the earth on a site just off Highway 97, where next summer a new USD 24 million Omak Casino will open for business. At a time when its government departments have suffered major cutbacks due to declining revenues, the tribes' casinos continue to be the bright spot in the picture, tribal officials say.