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S C E N E A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION
JULY • 2018
VOLUME XLIV • NUMBER 7
Drills keep Sunriver prepared for any emergency
Chuck the trumpeter swan.
Man pleads guilty in swan shooting
Jordan A. Dupuis, 22, has plead guilty and admitted to criminal negligence in the shooting, and eventual death, of trumpeter swan Chuck in November 2017. Dupuis appeared in Deschutes County Court on June 11 and made a plea agreement to serve two days in jail, two years of probation and 80 hours of community service. His sentence will also include three-year suspension from hunting, forfeiture of his firearm and paying $3,000 in restitution to the Trumpeter Swan Society as well as a $1,000 fine to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The sentence date was scheduled for June 22. Chuck was found Nov. 23, 2017 injured and bleeding in the Deschutes River, north of Gannet Lane, in Sunriver. Although Chuck was taken to an emergency animal center in Bend, the injury was severe enough that he had to be humanely euthanized. Chuck and his mate, Grace, were a popular attraction at the Sunriver Nature Center. A video of Chuck tearing down a sign noting: “Caution – Swan is Aggressive,” went viral on social media and turned the cheeky swan into a worldwide superstar. Chuck was also nicknamed “Sir Charles” due to his lineage as a direct descendant of swans given to the Queen of England by officials from Alberta, Canada. T S, SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XLIV • NUMBER 7 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
By Susan Berger, Sunriver Scene At 4:50 p.m. on June 8, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the Three Sisters Wilderness area about 20 miles northwest of Sunriver. Although initial damage reports were slow coming in, portions of the southern-end of Sunriver was evacuated due to multiple natural gas leaks. The remainder of Sunriver was told to stay home and “shelter in place.” There were also reports of damage to roadways and the highway overpasses at Cottonwood and South Century Drive – cutting off Sunriver from any sort of mutual aid assistance from Bend and beyond. Before you panic this was only a TEST – part of a live Emergency Operations Center (EOC) drill conducted by the Sunriver Service District (SSD) on June 8. Aside from fire and police personnel, participants included staff from the Sunriver Owners Association, Sunriver Resort (including water and sewer services) and The Village at Sunriver. “We hope to never activate the EOC but we want to be prepared,” said Jim Bennett, Public Information Officer for Sunriver Fire & Rescue and who orchestrated the drill. The SSD and community stakeholders meet regularly to discuss emergency preparedness and conduct a live-scenario drill at least once a year. A disaster can come in many forms
Sunriver Service District conducted an emergency drill on June 8.
and happen anytime. Wildfire, earthquake, hazardous material spill, severe weather, flood – all have the potential to impact Sunriver. Sunriver’s location and distance from larger municipalities could delay response times for mutual aid assistance. The community, including its residents and visitors, need to be prepared and semi self-sufficient. “We may be on our own… depending on the incident,” said Bennett. “We may need to rely only on our own resources.”
One such resource includes the EOC’s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), an all-hazard plan that describes how the SSD will organize and respond to emergencies and disasters in the community. “It’s our ‘bible’ for how we operate in an emergency,” said Bennett. Thanks to a grant from the Office of Grants and Training, United States Department of Homeland Security, the EOP was created in 2011-2012 by an T P,
Sunriver residents, visitors have new immediate care option St. Charles clinic opens in La Pine
By Andrea Hine Sunriver residents and visitors needing immediate care now have two options within the St. Charles network when they reach Highway 97 – each within a 15-minute drive. They can turn north to Bend or, with the recent opening of the newest St. Charles Family Care Clinic, south to La Pine. Joining facilities in Bend, Redmond, Madras, Prineville and Sisters, this latest addition “will initially offer immediate (or urgent) care, with a rotation of physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners from other Bend facilities. The primary care adjunct will open at a
later date,” said Jeffrey Cool, St. Charles Foundation philanthropy officer. “It is predicted that southern Deschutes, North Klamath and Lake Counties are on the brink of major growth,” he continued. “Responding to the needs of a population already estimated at 25,000, and with more than three million visitors a year to the
region, the St. Charles facility will provide expanded access to health care for La Pine residents and those in nearby communities, including Sunriver, Gilchrist, Crescent, Chiloquin, Chemult, Christmas Valley, Silver Lake and Fort Rock.” This growth can be quantified with the number of patients served by the area’s existing health care provider, La Pine Community Health Center, which has operations in Sunriver, Gilchrist, Christmas Valley and La Pine. “Our patient count in La Pine alone doubled from 4,000 in 2013 to 8,000 last year,” noted CEO Charla DeHate. T C, PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BEND, OR PERMIT NO. 213