Retiring Sunriver Police Chief Cory Darling, center, will be succeeded by Lt. Mike Womer, left. Sgt. Stephen Lopez, right, has been promoted to lieutenant.
• Creating fire-resilient landscapes that are able to recover quickly from fire related disturbances.
• Being a fire-adapted community that acknowledges wildfire risk and implements actions so that people and infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without loss of life and property.•Safe and effective wildfire re sponse to protect firefighters, life andSomeproperty.ofthe proposed LFR updates are to include and define the need for a zero- to five-foot immediate protection zone surrounding a home
After four years at the Sunriver Police Department and more than 34 years in law enforcement, Chief Cory Darling officially retired at the end of August. “Being the chief of Sunriver was a great way to wrap up a career. I have accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish in Sunriver and now it’s time Changing of the GUARD to turn it over to the next generation of law enforcement executives,” said Darling.TheSunriver Service District (SSD) Board unanimously voted at the Aug. 18 meeting to appoint Lt. Mike Womer as the new police chief effective Sept. 1. Womer has more than 28 years of ex perience in law enforcement and began with the Sunriver Police Department in January 2014. He has worked his way through the chain of command as an officer, acting in capacity sergeant and, most recently, as lieutenant.
By Susan Berger, Sunriver Scene SROA NEWS – The SROA board and staff have opted to table updat ing Sunriver’s Ladder Fuels Reduc tion (LFR) Plan, for now, to allow more time for staff to educate owners on the proposed changes. Although Sunriver’s LFR Plan has been in place since 1995, owners who commented during the 60day review of the updated version felt they needed additional time to learn about the updates and how the proposed changes will affect them and their property. The plan was last revised/updated in 2003.
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Womer joined the U.S. Navy in 1991 and spent most of his enlistment in the Naval Security Police and airport opera tions. He started his career at Washing ton County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) in 1995. Some of his professional accom plishments and honors includes gradu ating from the FBI National Academy
There was also some confusion on language related to “shall” and “should” throughout the docu ment. “Many items were classified as ‘should’ to allow the owner to have the choice to perform a particular activity, such as removing conifer shrubs within the five-foot zone,” said Patti Gentiluomo, SROA Natu ral Resources Director. Sunriver’s LFR Plan details both forest management and wildfire risk reduction and reflects the National Cohesive Strategy by focusing on three key topics:
SROA NEWS – More than 50 Sunriver owners attended the 2022 SROA Annual Meeting held Aug. 20 at SHARC. Attendees were able to learn what the association has accomplished in the past year despite ongoing challenges related to the pandemic, such as supply chain issues, increased costs and staffing shortages.
The 2022 board election was announced naming Linda Beard, Gerhard Beenen and Larry Ishmael to seats on the board through August 2025. There was also an overview of the past year’s financial health and upcoming projects, including telecommunications, updating SROA’s vision, improve ments to the Public Works yard, Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Design Manual and Ladder Fuels Reduction Plan updates, IT Strategic Plan, a reserve study and a departmental operations analysis and class and compensation study. Owners unable to attend can view the meeting and download the meeting presentation at www.sunriverowners.org via a link from the homepage under the main buttons.
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“I have had the tremendous opportu nity to be mentored by Chief Darling, who is an exceptional leader and friend,” said Womer. “I look forward to taking on the new challenges that come with the position of police chief. I am hon ored and humbled by this opportunity, and grateful for the trust and confidence placed in me by the SSD Board, com munity members and amazing officers of the Sunriver Police Department.”
SROA hosts annual meeting
Sunriver Police Chief retires; new chief appointed by district board
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LFR Plan update Town Hall
Page 3SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 www.sunriverowners.org SEPTEMBER 2022 Volume XLV, No. 9 57455 Abbot Drive PO Box 3278 Sunriver, OR 97707 SunriverOWNER/PUBLISHEROwnersAssociation SCENE The Scene is mailed to Sunriver property owners anywhere in the U.S. and available at locations throughout Sunriver and through a paid subscription by mail. Publication of advertising copy or individuals’ opinions in the Scene does not constitute endorsement by the newspaper, the Sunriver Owners Association or any of its members or board of directors. Each advertiser bears responsibility for claims made on their behalf. Scene content including stories, advertising and images are copyrighted and cannot be re-published without permission. CONTACT SROA email:888.284.6639541.593.2411toll-freeinfosroa@srowners.orgwww.sunriverowners.org GENERAL MANAGER James jamesl@srowners.orgLewis ASST. GENERAL MANAGER Keith keithk@srowners.orgKessaris COMMUNICATIONSSUNRIVERSCENE 541.585.2937 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 541.593.6645 NATURAL RESOURCES 541.593.1522 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 541.585.2903 PUBLIC WORKS 541.593.2483 RECREATION, SHARC & MEMBER SERVICES 541.585.5000 OWNERS ASSOCIATION Sunriver CONTACT THE SCENE Editor | Communications Director Susan sunriverscene@srowners.org541.593.6068ADVERTISINGerinm@srowners.org541.585.2939ErinCommunicationssusanb@srowners.org541.585.2937BergerCoordinatorMohr The SUNRIVER SCENE is the official monthly publication of the Sunriver Owners Association, a not-for-profit Oregon corporation dedicated to: “Maintaining Sunriver as a premier residential and resort community, protecting and enhancing its quality of life, natural environment and property values.” SUNRIVER LFR continued from page 1 Chief continued from page 1 Wine CheeseClassesLiveTastingsMusic|Vendors|Chocolate SEPTEMBER 16 & 17 Benham Hall at SHARC Tickets & Information: sunriversharc.com/uncorked & Sunriver Owners Association debramosheab541-749-8678roker@gmail.comwww.visitbendhomes.com Coldwell Banker Bain 486 S.W. Bluff Drive Bend, OR 97702 Licensed in the State of Oregon Debra O’Shea Broker, ABR, RSPS in 2019 and currently serving as the President of the FBI National Academy Associates Oregon Chapter; supervising both the multi-agency Hostage Negotiation Team and High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Drug Task Force; being awarded the WCSO Silver Medal of Valor, Oregon State Sheriff’s Association (OSSA) Distinguished Action Award, and both the Oregon Peace Officers Association and OSSA Lifesaving Awards.
Board candidates elected: • Linda Beard • Gerhard Beenen • Larry Ishmael Here’s the detailed numbers: • 4,211 ballots mailed • 1,683 ballots counted • 262 ballots missing votes (only selected one or two in stead of three candidates) • 2 invalid ballots • 16 ballots unsigned (in valid)•24 write-in candidates Results of the 2022 SROA Board candidate election The elected board members will serve a three-year term starting Aug. 31, 2022 to August 2025. under National Fire mablethebuilduphomemediatelyconditionsdue,waypointshomeNFPA,guidelines.Association/FirewiseProtection(NFPA)Accordingtothehomedestructionvs.survivalinawildfiretoembersastheprimaryahomeignites.Thisisinpart,tocombustibleandmaterialsimsurroundingyoursuchaspineneedle/leafyon/underdecksoronroof,woodpilesandflamlandscapevegetation right
Womer is married and has four children, two grandchil dren, and a beagle named Mur phy. He enjoys golfing, paddle boarding, fishing, mountain biking and traveling. Effective Sept. 1, Sgt. Ste phen Lopez will be promoted to lieutenant to fill Womer’s previous position. Lopez has been with Sunriver Police since January 2021. And when asked what he’d be doing in his retirement, Darling said he would “spend some time improving my golf game.”Formore information callssdadmin@sunriversd.orgemailor541-593-8622. next to the structure.
Organized by Sunriver You, participants must register via www.sunriveryou.com to receive the ZoomOwnerslink.can read the draft LFR Plan update on the SROA website at www.sunriverowners.org under News & Notices.
A virtual town hall is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. for owners to learn more about the pro posed updates and redesign of Sunriver’s Ladder Fuels Reduction Plan.
“Fire science has shown that structures should be ‘hardened,’ ember resistant and the zero- to five-foot zone should be noncombustible to prevent flames from being next to your struc ture,” said Gentiluomo. “The choice an owner makes on their property not only affects them during a wildfire but it also af fects their neighbors, the com munity and the safety of our dedicated first responders. It’s a matter of changing the con ditions around your home to survive on its own as there may not be enough firefighters.”
SROA Natural Resources Director Patti Genti luomo, along with a representative from the Sunriver Fire Department, will discuss the proposed changes followed by a Q&A session.
• Approved resignation of Jim Adams and the change in status of Mark Fisler from alternate to full-time member of the Owner Enrichment Committee. Board discussion
• Special Election Ballot Measure: No action was taken to put the BendBroadband Bulk Services Agreement at this time as SROA had just received a final agreement but didn’t have the opportunity to review the document.
Bill Burke and I will be ex ploring alternative methods of communications between SROA, the SROA Board and Sunriver owners. While we have the owner’s forum at the beginning of each board work ing session and board meeting, very few owners have taken advantage of these opportuni ties. It is our intent to explore ways in which the board can hear from more owners. On the flip side, SROA can reach only about 50% of all owners through email com munications. There are safety, security and operational effi ciency reasons SROA may need to reach you with an electronic message. For example, every December, controller Joe Healy and his team stuff more than 2,000 envelopes with mainte nance fee invoices, add postage and deliver these invoices to the post office. This process could be greatly improved if all owners provided our ac counting department with an email address. Likewise, Sunriver Police have been able to quickly resolve issues with renters when they have owner/ rental agency contact informa tion for a Sunriver addresses they have been called to. Fi nally, owners can be instantly notified of security issues at vacant Sunriver homes (water leaks, open doors, broken win dows, fallen trees) if SROA has up-to-date contact information for all homes. For these reasons, I’m encouraging all Sunriver owners to register an email ad dress and text message-capable phone number with SROA. This not only helps SROA get urgent messages to you – our owners – but also will help drive efficiencies and reduce the cost of operations for SROA.
Community Develop ment: There were 95 admin istrative reviews in July and approximately 339 active proj ects. Continue to issue compli ance letters for design and rule violations. Work continues on the draft update of the Design Manual.•
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Page 4 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org sroa president’s messageOWNERS ASSOCIATION Sunriver Highlights, actions of the SROA Board of Directors monthly meeting Turn to Highlights, page 5 SROA Financial Report Total Operating Revenue $ 7,480,243 Total Operating Expense* $ 6,929,702 Operating Budget Surplus/Deficit $ 550,541 *Includes Reserve Fund contributions of $2,113,013 Year to date as of July 31, 2022 (unaudited) Does SROA Have Your Email or Emergency Info? Sunriver owners with an email on file receive time ly notifications, online surveys, invoices, etc. from SROA. If you believe we do not have your email, fill out the form at: www.sunriverowners.org/updatemyinformation Owners should also fill out SROA’s emergency contact form so we may reach you, or a designated person, in the event of an incident at your home. This may include an open door or window, winter damage or a tree on your home following a windstorm. Having the information to reach you can help save you thou sands of dollars in dam ages. Find the emergency contact form at: www.sunriverowners.org/emergency Greeting Sunriver owners. As you are now aware, the SROA board selected me as the next SROA Board President. I am truly honored by their vote of confidence but sus pect there was a tad “thank goodness it’s not me” in their vote. Fortunately for them, I not only accepted but was also re elected to the board making me eligible to be board president. I would like to thank past president Keith Mobley for his years of service as board presi dent. Many of you may recall Keith passed the title of board president to Brad Skinner back in August 2020 but will ingly took back the duties of president in August 2021 after Brad sold his Sunriver home. I am glad Keith will remain on the board and be available for consultation and guidance. I also would like to thank Mark Murray and Mike Gocke, both past SROA board mem bers who willingly returned to the board in March 2020, filling two unforeseen vacan cies. Their ex perience as past board COVIDtheascantlyprovedmemberssignifibeneficialwenavigatedimpactofonSROAin2020,2021andyear to date in 2022. Mark and Mike are now, once again, retired (emeritus?) board members. While I’m certain they will miss the excitement of our monthly meetings, I’m sure they will find other activities to fill the void. I also welcome our two new board members Linda Beard and Larry Ishmael and look forward to their contribu tions as board members. Along with these changes, the SROA Board has a new set of officers. Specifically, Bill Burke has agreed to take on the role of vice president, Clark Pederson as treasurer, and Scott Gillies as secretary. All three have two years of experience as SROA board members and will be excellent servants of our com munity and of great help to me. Looking forward, your board Gerhard Beenen will be debating issues that have wide impact here in Sunriver. As I noted in the material I provided in my “candidate literature,” fire safety, tele communications and working together with other Sunriver stakeholders are high priorities on my list. In addition, your board will be deliberating on recycling (again), public works maintenance yard, park main tenance and upgrades, pathway safety and financial stability in a period of high inflation.
Staff present: James Lewis, Susan Berger, Jesus Mendoza, Brad Olson. Owners forums From Friday work session • Jim Howard is concerned about the number of dead and dying trees in Sunriver due to beetle infestation.
Randy Schneider said SROA has done a great job putting the LFR plan update together. From Saturday regular meeting • Signa Gibson, Theresa You man, John Wiest and Kathy Brown spoke on the Ladder Fuels Reduction plan updates, had suggestions for changes/ additions and that more time and education was needed so all owners understand the pro posed changes.
• Authorized expenditure of budgeted funds for a fiber extension/connection between SROA administration building and the Member Pool in an amount not to exceed $60,000. Work will be done in conjunc tion with a project proposed by Sunriver andissecurityfiberEnvironmentalWater/Sunriverthisfall.Thisconnectionwillincreaseandreduceexposure,morereliable,expandablehasalifespanof50+years.
• Approved minutes of the July 16, 2022 SROA regular board meeting as written.
• Approved July 2022 finan cial statement (unaudited).
Approved minutes of the July 15, 2022 SROA board work session as corrected.
• Laura Bailey, Signa and Richard Gibson spoke on the Ladder Fuels Reduction plan updates, had suggestions for changes/additions and that more time and education was needed so all owners under stand the proposed changes.
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Board actions
• Ladder Fuels Reduction plan update: The board did not take action on the first reading of the updated plan and staff will continue to follow the original plan at this time. In the interim, staff will educate own ers on the proposed updates. A virtual town hall is schedule for Oct. 20 (time TBD and will be posted to the calendar on the website, once scheduled).
Committee action request
Association operations
• Certified the results of the 2022 SROA election of three board members: Linda Beard, Gerhard Beenen and Larry Ishmael for a three-year term beginning at close of the Aug. 20, 2022 annual meeting and ending August 2025.
• Administration : Held a meeting to check in with prop erty managers regarding rules, recreation and other issues over the summer. Met with Sunriver Resort manager to discuss maintenance fees for Resort properties. Held a fi nancial forecast meeting with SROA Controller Joe Healy and a sub-committee of the Finance Committee. Met with treasurer of Caldera Springs HOA regarding service from BendBroadband.• Accounting : Working on commercial/resort revised maintenance fee billing. Began process of closing out fiscal year 2021/22 for the Sunriver Service District.
• Communications: Created new signage for spa/hot tub use at the Member Pool and SHARC and signage related to child safety at the Member Pool. Created a new noxious weed flyer to accompany cour tesy/compliance letters sent to owners. There are ongoing reviews of the website to correct broken links, items that display odd in mobile view and delet ing/updating old/outdated information.•
The Sunriver Owners As sociation (SROA) Board of Directors meeting was held Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Board members present: Keith Mobley, Mike Gocke, Gerhard Beenen, Mark Mur ray, Bill Burke, Scott Gillies, Tony De Alicante and Julianna Hayes. Clark Pederson was on vacation but was able to attend via Zoom later in the meeting.
• Ray Johnson stated that his BendBroadband internet TV service is awful. He also noted that bicycles on pathways should be equipped with reflec tors and headlights if being ridden after dark.
• Reviewed topics of discus sion for the Aug. 20 SROA Annual Meeting.
Natural Resources : Pre
• Cindy McCabe was thank ful for the improvements at Mary McCallum Park but re quested the gravel trail be paved and additional signage.
vices positions remain open at the time. Pickleball continues to be second in popularity of recreational offerings after SHARC, prompting the need to hire two pickleball pros/ instructors moving forward. There also needs to be a review of club usage policies for both tennis and pickleball.
The meeting adjourned at 11:33 a.m. The next SROA board work session will take place at 9 a.m. Sept. 16 followed by the regular board meeting at 9 a.m. Satur day, Sept. 17. To watch the meeting live via YouTube, or at a later time, visit the meeting date on SROA website calendar for the You Tube link. Meeting minutes, once approved, are available on the SROA website at www. sunriverowners.org
By Gerhard Beenen SROA NEWS – During the month of August, SROA General Manager James Lewis and members of the Telecom munications Task Force con tinued working with TDS on developing a 15-year Services Agreement and a 10-year Bulk Services Addendum. We now have a complete draft of both of those agreements. While some details still need to be negotiated, we are close enough to develop definitive language for an owners vote early next year. There’s a lot to unpack from this paragraph, so let me explain in more detail.
Update:
Sunriver Service District. Bulk Services Addendum: The Bulk Services Addendum is an addendum to the Services Agreement. This agreement is 10-years in duration, covering the first 10-years of the Services Agreement. SROA has the op tion of executing the Services Agreement alone or with the Bulk Services Addendum.
The Bulk Services Addendum represents a commitment from SROA that all SROA Sunriver homes will subscribe to a base Internet service (300Mbps download/300Mbps upload) from TDS. SROA will be re sponsible for paying TDS for this service for all homes (un developed lots are excluded). In exchange, TDS is offering this internet service, along with an in-home Wi-Fi router, at a rate of $31.95/month, with the price fixed for the dura tion of the agreement. At the end of this 10-year agreement, SROA may negotiate a new bulk services addendum or let it lapse. If the agreement is not re
Services Agreement: The Services Agreement between SROA and TDS spells out the Telecommunications in Sunriver relationship between the two entities, roles, responsibilities, and the legal boilerplate to cover any future disagreements. This agreement outlines TDS’ commitment to upgrade their existing network in Sunriver to a Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) network. It spells out that the network will be constructed using electronics capable of up to 1Gbps upload/download speeds. Higher speeds are pos sible, with the replacement of terminating electronics. The agreement specifically states TDS will be responsible for the full cost of the upgrade and that Sunriver owners will be offered services at prices comparable to those offered in Bend. The network will be owned and operated by TDS, and they will be fully responsible for all maintenance. If executed, the agreement calls for SROA to cooperate with TDS and TDS to comply with SROA rules, regulations and design processes when performing their network upgrade. SROA is prohibited from promoting any other broadband services provider for the duration of the agreement. This agreement includes a Service Level Agree ment stating TDS’ commit ment to provide 99.9% service availability to Sunriver owners with monetary rebates if, in any month, service availability drops below 99.9%. TDS also commits to provide courtesy accounts for SROA and the
Page 5www.sunriverowners.org Turn to Update, page 7 Highlights continued from page 4 50% off weekday Room Rental Benham Hall Pringle Room Dillon Room Contact us to sunriversharc.com/event-spacesharcevents@srowners.org541-585-3144book: Rental includes tables and chairs! *Room rental only. Does not include use of hospitality kitchen, AV equipment, etc. All subject to regular charges. Aug- Sept for Sunriver property owners Need a space for a celebration? Event space available in First Saturday Sunriver Owner Enrichment CommitteeBrought to you by: Come meet new owners and see old friends! For Sunriver Owners Details:Where:When: 4-5:45pm First Saturday of the month Hosmer Living Room at SHARC BYOB (beer, wine or soft drinks) and an appetizer to share, if you’d like pared and mailed ladder fuels reduction violation letters and noxious weed notifications. Continue to map/pull noxious weeds on commons. Continue to track the Oregon wildland urban interface and statewide wildfire risk map and defensible space code developments. • IT: Working to implement owner access their SROA ac count online. Working on auxiliary sound issues in Ben ham Hall. Viewed security camera footage of vandalism at SHARC and submitted copies to Sunriver Police. Continue work on the IT Strategic Task Force.•Public Works: The depart ment is fully staffed after several vacancies were filled. Conduct ing weekly park safety checks and cleaning of all sport courts. Mary McCallum Park restroom building permits/land use/util ity easement underway with expected delivery of the struc ture in October/November. Graded, watered, rolled and ap plied dust abatement treatment to the Canoe Takeout Road. Recycling center continues to be a mess and requires up to four hours of staff time to it clean up each day. Cleaned and painted over vandalism/graffiti at •SHARC.Recreation/SHARC : SHARC had 55,989 visits in July compared to 66,286 in July 2019. Six additional guards were hired in July but then lost six to coordinatorcommitments.school/collegeTheeventsandMemberSer
Little Deschutes River, it made numerous drops on the rapidly developing fire... slowing its progress and enabling light fire bombers from Prineville to aid in containing the fire. A large MD-87 fire bomber flew from Medford and ef fectively quenched the fire, allowing ground crews (includ ing resources from Sunriver) to limit the damage to less than 27 acres and preclude residential evacuations or the closure of Highway 97. This firefighting support base has seen numerous helicopters, crews, and ground equipment coming and going throughout this fire season, responding to fires near Crescent Lake, Diamond Peak and Waldo Lake, as well as numerous small lightning-caused blazes. We welcome these hardworking men and women to our community with the certain knowledge that their efforts have improved our fire protection in this forested landscape. One firefighter from La Grande recently remarked that he was happy to stage at Sunriver: “I vacationed here with my family only two weeks ago.”Both the Sunriver Fire De partment and SROA’s Natu ral Resources Department partner with both state and federal fire managers to reduce risk and maximize resources to effectively keep Sunriver safe from wildfire within our constantly changing environ ment. Planned construction of a much-improved airport services building should greatly enhance the utility of Sunriver Airport as the area’s premiere firefighting support base. A helicopter from Sunriver Airport was able to retard the spread of this wildfire south of Sunriver to less than 27 acres.
Page 6 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Turn to Classes, page 9 Sunriver Airport provides aerial firefighting support base www.Bend-SunriverHomes.com 541.420.4018TheJonesGroup@SunriverRealty.com|541.420.3725|541.593.7000LicensedinthestateofOregon. PO Box 3650 / 57057 Beaver Dr. | Sunriver, OR 97707 FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS Considering Selling? Homes are in high demand, inventories are limited and many well-qualified buyers are ready to purchase now. Call today – we’d like to talk with you. Bryce C. Jones Principal Broker Nola J. Horton-Jones Principal Broker Janet Reynolds Principal Broker 17923 - 9 PLAYOFF LANE | SUNRIVER, 97707 | $1,049,000 3 Bed | 2.5 Bath | 1,980 Sq. Ft. | #220151661 This easy-to-live-in single level home has newer roof and HVAC, remodeled kitchen and baths including soft close cabinets, quartz counter tops, hickory flooring, fresh carpet and more. Start making memories with friends and families today! By Chuck Rosenfeld Wildfire suppression aircraft are nothing new in Central Oregon, in fact local resident Cal Butler is regarded as an early pioneer of “fire bomb ers” using surplus military aircraft in the years following World War II. The advance of wildfires toward Sunriver has been successfully thwarted by fire suppression from the air on several occasions in recent decades, and as drought, record high temperatures and limited ground resources have stressed conventional fire management, dependence on rapid detection and quick aerial response has become critical to ensuring our safety in our wildland environ ment.Among the recent improve ments at Sunriver Airport has been the construction of two paved helipads to facilitate the basing of fire suppression helicopters along with their support equipment and fuel trucks.Although rarely noticed by Sunriver residents and air port visitors, these facilities are somewhat hidden just to the south of the aircraft parking ramp, and behind a landscaped earthen berm east of River Road, where aircrews, “helat tack” fire crews, maintenance personnel and fire dispatch ers from both the U.S. Forest Service and contractors are busy responding to the region’s firefighting PickingtonSunriver,lessbucketequippedRecently,needs.ahelicopterwitha300-gallonrespondedtoawildfirethan10milessouthofbetweenHuntingRoadandHighway97.upwaterfromthe
We have a wide variety of classes in September, so there is truly something for every body. Hear how a writer and a photographer took their idea to publication. Learn the basics of quilt making or a participate in a conversation on hearing aids and make the options crystal clear.All classes require registration through www.sunriveryou. com. Registration closes 24 hours before the class start time. Please plan ahead and sign up before the 24-hour Sunriver You lineup of September classes deadline if you want to attend.
Interesting Idea to Published Book - How a Writer and Photographer Did It Wednesday, Sept. 14, 4 p.m. at HaveSHARCyou ever wondered about the journey from inter esting idea to published book? Learn how Arizona author Kathy Eckles Hooker and Los Angeles photographer David Young-Wolff, now a Sunriver resident, published “Voices of Navajo Mothers and Daugh ters: Portraits of Beauty.” Their journey began with an idea from a newspaper article about a Navajo mother and her daughter. The two set out to interview and photograph several generations of women in twenty-one families on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. Learn about the processes they used to research and create the book, and how they found the perfect publisher. They will explain their visions for this
PHOTOS COURTESY CHUCK ROSENFELD A Sikorsky Sky Crane prepares to deploy to a major fire in the Cascades from Sunriver Airport.
Page 7SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 www.sunriverowners.org www.TeamBirtola.com BEAUTIFUL HIGH BANKED LOT OVERLOOKING THE DESCHUTES RIVER ON 10 ACRES 53496 Wildriver Way STUNNING HOME & DESCHUTES RIVER PEACEFUL SOUNDS OF THE RAPIDS CRAFTSMAN IN RIVER VILLAGE SINGLE LEVEL RESORT HOME WITH RIVER- ROCK & LOG ACCENTS 6 Whistler Lane SUNRIVER GOLF COURSE 5TH FAIRWAY- WOODLANDS 14 Alpine Lane7 Siskin Lane 52905 Lowell Way SOLD 56111 School House Rd 2017 BUILT CUSTOM LAKEFRONT HOME ON 1.59 ACRES IN VANDEVERT RANCH SOLD SOLD SOLD 53490 Wildriver Way Update continued from page 5 newed, TDS has committed to a price of no more than $44.95, for the same base internet ser vice for years 11 through 15. The advantage to the Sunriver owner is a high-quality FTTH internet service at a significant discount from current rates, fixed for the duration of the agreement.Ownerswanting additional services such as: higher speed internet services (currently up to 1Gbps), TDS TV+ television streaming service and/or land line phone service, would con tract directly with TDS. These services would be billed directly to the customer and would not involve SROA. Pricing will be comparable to similar services offered in Bend. Credit given for the base internet service, if a higher internet speed is de sired. A customer may choose to add or drop these additional services as their needs change. However, if the Bulk Services Addendum is executed, all Sunriver homes would be com mitted to subscribe to the base internet services boardvicesAgreementbringManagerAddendum,viaHowever,ingalternateTaskyears.negotiationssignificantisForce.theLewispartsentmentfordownload/300Mbps(300Mbpsupload)thedurationoftheagree(10-years).TheseagreementsrepreconsiderableeffortontheofgeneralmanagerJamesandothermembersofTelecommunicationsTaskWhilethisagreementnot“perfect,”itrepresentsprogressthroughoverthepast~2TheTelecommunicationsForcecontinuestoexploreapproachestoprovidFTTHservicesinSunriver.shouldownersagreeballottotheBulkServicesSROAGeneralJamesLewiswillboththeTDSServicesandtheBulkSerAddendumtotheSROAforapproval. Keep LITTER!PLEASEbeautiful…SunriverDON’T Help us keep it clean Pack In, Pack Out
The Sunriver Area Chamber of Commerce invites commu nity and business members to attend its networking events. It’s an opportunity to learn what’s happening in Sunriver while having some fun. Every one is Herewelcome.iswhatis happening in September: Networking Events • Coffee Klatch, 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 at Muddy Hut Pet Store, 56825 Venture Lane in the Sunriver Business Park. Stop by to share news about your business while enjoying coffee and breakfast treats.•Lunch & Learn, 12 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 at the Sunriver Library, 56855 Venture Lane. Central Oregon draws visitors from all over to experience its boundless outdoor recreation opportu nities, culinary offerings and culture. This steady boom in visitation, along with the Chamber events, potlucks and a membership challenge ongoing pandemic has cre ated challenges for the region’s hospitality workforce. Please join Jaime Eder, Director of Workforce Development and Community Engagement with Visit Central Oregon and Visit Bend to discuss your business’ challenges in attracting and re taining workforce. We will use this time to discuss issues, hear about the strategies businesses are implementing to support workforce development and get inspired on ways to collaborate in the future. Lunch provided.
instructions for planting will be included. The SROA Com munity Development office will provide a form to sign specifying that bulbs need to be planted on your own prop erty and prohibits planting on SROA commons. There will be no further landscaping documentation or fee. These pretty little flowers are certain to help cure those with winter blues or daffodil envy. If you are interested in helping a neighbor that may have diffi culty planting bulbs or planting for a snowbird neighbor that has left for the winter, we are looking for volunteers to help. Let’s join as a community and plant some daffodil bulbs this fall and make the spring of 2023 something special. Who knows, we already are a Tree City, maybe we will become a Daffodil City, too.
The Owner Enrichment Committee (OEC) has bulk ordered six varieties of daffodils from the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn. Wooden Shoe is a family-run Oregon flower farm which grows 80 varieties of tulips, along with daffodils and perennials, on their 40 acres. Every April they host their Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival (put this on your 2023 calendar).Interested owners can preor der in the range of 20 (mini mum) to 40 (maximum) at $1/bulb (don’t want 20? Split them with a neighbor). The bulbs are being sold at cost to the OEC at a savings to you of 33% compared to you or dering directly from Wooden Shoe. Simply send an email come,fromOwnersadministrationa.m.onsembleorand/orhaveofdueSunriverwant,withSunriverDaffodils@gmail.comtothenumberofbulbsyouyournameandphysicaladdress.Paymentisbycashorcheckatthetimepickup.Severalvarietiesmultiplefloweringstemsuniquecolor,trumpetsdoubledflowerswhichresmallcarnations.YoucanpickupyourbulbsSaturday,Oct.15,from10to2p.m.attheSROAparkinglot.willbeabletoselectavarietyofbulbsonafirstfirstservebasis.Printed
• After Business Hours, 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 at Alpine Entertainment in The Village at Sunriver. Enjoy playing putt-putt golf and other games. Pizza and bever ages beverages.istheber.comEmailprovided.exec@sunriverchamtoRSVPforanyofnetworkingevents.Thisneededtoorderfoodand Community Potlucks
Page 8 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 Turn to Chamber, page 12 ROB NOREM & KIMBERLY POWELL BROKERS | LICENSED IN THE STATE OF OREGON 57057 BEAVER DRIVE SUNRIVER, OR 97707 P: 541-280-9770 W: KPOWELL.SUNRIVERREALTY.COM E: KPOWELL@SUNRIVERREALTY.COM 5 Bed | 4.5 Bath | 5,131 Sq. ft Time to enjoy a lifestyle that is uniquely Sunriver. Lodge style elegance & comfort abounds in this beautiful 5-bedroom home that backs to Deschutes Natural Forest. MLS # 220150533 | $2,799,000 SUNRIVER 15 MCNARY LANE LOOKING TO SELL? 541.977.2710Call / Text: www.ginnyk.com PO Box 3134 Sunriver, OR 97707 FREE MarketNeighborhoodReportExpert OEC hosting daffodil bulb sale Serving Central Oregon for more than 25 years 541.593.3225 ~ 541.771.2201 ccb#63694 Daffodils are some of the first flowers seen in springtime and they are a great early indicator that winter is over. They are thought to represent rebirth and new beginnings. The runup to spring in Sunriver can be slow since trees bud late and there is a noticeable lack of color compared to our close neighbor Bend to the north. The other communal problem is that the early days of spring are also signaled by the return migration of deer that are happy to nibble and consume many ground level flowering candidates – but not daffodils.
It’s time to start thinking about your favorite recipes to share at Sunriver’s Community Potlucks. To spice things up this year, every potluck will have a theme including holi days around the world, chili cookoff, food drive competi tion and Oregon wine month. Be sure to subscribe to the potluck newsletter by sending your email address to personagreedchamber’serpotlucks@gmail.com.sunrivTheboardofdirectorstoincreasethecostperto$10and$20fora
Let us make your dream home a reality Classes continued from page 6 project and talk about how the book has become more mean ingful than they ever imagined. During nearly 44 years as a professional photographer in Los Angeles, Young-Wolff became one of the top produc ers of stock photography. He considers his collaboration on “Voices of Navajo Mothers and Daughters: Portraits of Beauty” to be one of the highlights of hisKathycareer.Eckles Hooker and her husband moved to the Navajo reservation in the 1970s, where he practiced dentistry, and she taught English to Diné students at Dilcon Boarding School. Amazed at how the Diné honored and utilized their land, Eckles Hooker studied their traditional lifeways and from her research wrote, “Time Among the Navajo: Traditional Lifeways on the Reservation.”
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2–3 p.m. at SHARC. Presented by Marya Van Kessel, hearing instrument specialist.Hearing is one of our most important senses, and its de cline can be gradual. This class will include a presentation on hearing loss, hearing aids and the latest in hearing device technology. Then the conversation will be open to all your hearing aid questions.Bringall your questions and find out what’s available to improve hearing.
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Van Kessel is a licensed hear ing instrument specialist at Central Oregon Ear Nose and Throat.
Quilt Making Basics Tuesdays, Sept. 27 – Nov. 1, 1-4 p.m. at SHARC. Class is led by Sandra Henderson with help from other local quilters. Whether this will be your first quilt, or you want to revisit the basics, join us to learn the techniques needed to make a simple quilt from start to finish. We are going to make a single Irish chain in two contrasting colors. You will need basic sewing supplies (including a working sewing machine). The quilt pattern will be provided at no cost. Fabric requirements will be given once registration is complete.Theclass is limited to 10 participants.
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Enjoy a quieter gallery experience subjectMetalchoices.artistJesse Pemberton has a new piece entitled “Ele vated-Plains.” Inspired by the abstract modern movement of the mid-1900s, the piece gives emphasis to shape and color as the prominent features of form. Painted in hues of bronze and blue, it is a three-dimensional wall sculpture composed of rod and sheet steel joined by weld ing offset layers in a composi tion of depth and color. Land and sky references (mineral, food, water, air) are provided as texture and depth cast shadows and reflect light as in a true landscape.ArtistKelly Lish resists being categorized by an artistic me dium. You first realize that she is special when you see that one of the categories for her various art mediums is “Fairies and Such.” Although an incredibly talented painter with a passion for color and whimsy, she is as much a creator as a painter. Lish’s favorite creative avenue comes from her imagination, and her fairy homes/environ ments are a perfect vehicle for inspiration. Each piece must be seen to be Christianappreciated.Murillois a land scape and adventure lifestyle photographer. He matches his love for the outdoors with an enthusiasm to see it from the tops of mountains and the depths of the wilderness. Mu rillo seeks both fresh perspec tives on iconic landscapes as well as unearthing hidden gems in areas all over the world. His work is presented on traditional paper media or as a print on metal and sized to whatever is appropriate for your space. Painter Lori Orlando pro vides pieces in a wide variety of subjects and mediums. Her style is realism focusing on wildlife, landscapes, and still life. Orlando expresses herself with bold intense colors, crisp lines, and detail. Regardless of the medium (oil, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, or pastel) the play of color, light, and shadow will give the viewer a sense of excitement and an ticipation.Thegallery open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in building 19 in The Village at Sunriver. orwww.artistsgallerysunriver.comVisitcall541-593-4382.
By Deni Porter September is one of the best months in Sunriver. Fantastic weather and a relaxed, less crowded atmosphere make for a wonderful time to visit Art ists’ Gallery Sunriver. For a laid-back evening of fun, stop by the gallery for the monthly Second Saturday cel ebration Sept. 10 from 4 to 6 p.m. Artists will be on hand to chat with you and share wine, beer and Featuredsnacks.artists for the month provide a variety of media and
Lori Orlando will demonstrate her art during the Second Saturday reception. Metal art by Jesse Pemberton.
SUSAN BERGER PHOTO Chuck, aka Sir Charles. Sunriver’s young swans were released at Summer Lake.
There is no denying the striking grace and beauty of North America’s largest native waterfowl. With their long slender neck and white plum age, they are a captivating sight when gliding effortlessly across still water or stretched out in flight against a storm dark sky. Trumpeter swans are one of the heaviest flighted birds in the world. Their wingspan can stretch eight feet, and that expanse must propel up to 30 pounds of bird into the air. The elegant neck of a trumpeter swan is composed of 20 ver tebrae and is longer than their body. Contrasting their snowy plumage is their glossy black bill and dark liquid eyes. In the early 19th century, we almost lost the opportunity to observe these amazing birds outside of history books and pictures due to overhunting. In the early 1930s, only 70 wild trumpeter swans were known to exist in the continental United States. Careful reintroduction ef forts to establish a Pacific Northwest population began in 1939. Swans were released into the sprawling wetlands of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The 187,000 acres of freshwater marsh was a mecca for migrating birds as well as a plethora of wildlife who de pended on the abundance of water in an otherwise arid re gion. The trumpeter swan flock thrived there for decades; in the 1980s 19 breeding pairs and 77 individuals were counted. Around the peak of the flock’s success, large populations of exotic carp species were intro duced and quickly reproduced by the thousands. These fish rapidly decimated aquatic food resources and contributed to an overall decline in the suitabil ity of the ecosystem. By 1989 only two pairs of trumpeter swans remained at Malheur. Oregon biologists began look ing for other potential habitats and chose Summer Lake, a 15-mile-long, 5-mile-wide lake in southeastern Oregon. Reintroduction efforts began there in 1991. In 2013, Sunriver Nature Center joined the Oregon trumpeter swan reintroduc tion effort. Three swans were relocated from ponds at the Pronghorn Resort to Lake As pen in Sunriver – a mated pair called Larry and Sydney and a single male, known as Chuck, or Sir Charles. All three of these swans were not able to migrate, being either captive-bred or having sustained injuries that rendered them flightless. Swans rely on open water during the winter and there wasn’t enough open water on Lake Aspen to accommodate a trio of swans, so Larry and Sydney moved back to Pronghorn and Chuck remained at the nature center. Being the largest waterfowl in North America, swans are not afraid of much and can be very territorial during the breed ing season. Chuck quickly made a name for himself the first spring he spent on Lake Aspen as an aggressive swan. He would chase picnickers off the banks, hiss and charge at visitors who came too close to the lake and even went viral for attacking a sign that warned visitors about the aggressive swan. Then, Grace came into hisGracelife. was found on the Deschutes River by a group of birders who noticed she was having difficulty closing her bill. Grace had picked up a fish hook while feeding and it was lodged in her tongue, prevent ing her from eating. She was captured, the hook removed and nursed back to health. While in rehabilitation it was discovered that Grace was pin ioned – a practice of removing a few small bones at the end of the wing tip to prevent flight. It is usually done at a very young age to captive-bred swans. No one knows where Grace came from originally but she was brought to Sunriver Nature Center to join Chuck. Grace and Chuck’s first date did not bode well. Chuck stayed true to his territorial nature and rushed the unfamil iar swan from his lake several times. Staff removed Chuck for a few days to let Grace get her bearings, and when the pair was reintroduced Chuck’s attitude was much improved. The following spring Grace and Chuck constructed a nest of pine needles and duff on an island in Lake Aspen and hatched two cygnets. Once these young were old enough, they were banded and released at Summer Lake Wildlife Ref uge. The following year, four more of Chuck and Grace’s offspring bolstered the wild population in southern Or egon. Some have even been spotted migrating and raising families of their own. On Thanksgiving in 2017 Chuck, Grace and their young family were exploring the Deschutes River when Chuck was illegally shot. He was taken to an emergency vet in Bend where veterinarians had to hu manely euthanize him due to the extent of his injuries. Grace spent the winter alone on Lake Aspen, occasionally seeking solace from her reflection in the windows of several condos that bordered the lake, while the nature center searched for another male. In 2018 a young male had an encounter with a powerline that left him flightless. He was being cared for by the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary in Michigan when they heard the Sunriver Nature Center was looking for a swan. Gus arrived at Lake Aspen in May 2019, just in time for breeding season and he soon became the proud father of four cygnets.
Page 10 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Turn to Swans, page 12 Sunriver’s trumpeter swan story is bittersweet PHOTO COURTESY TRUMPETER SWAN SOCIETY PAINT Interior & Exterior Paint and Stain Deck Staining & Refinishing Carpentry & General Contracting 541.815.7469 | www.EarthSkyConstruction.com | #188864 All Estimating and Site Work respects social distancing guidelines Sunriver Christian Fellowship’s mission s to he p those in need in Sunriver and Sou h Deschutes Count y C O N TA C T sunriverchristianfel owship org (541) 593 1183 sunrivercf @gma l com LO C ATI O N 18139 Cottonwood Road Sunriver, OR 97707 COMMUNITYBUILDINGFOR 10:3 0 a m Worship Ser vices ever y Sunday Ser vices are open to all Communion is ser ved to ever yone!
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Bob Grossfeld, Manager of Space Sciences As we head into September, we are looking forward to the nice cool fall nights, and fall is my favorite time of year in Sunriver. The weather usually remains clear, and as the sum mer sky starts to set, the fall sky starts to Saturnappear.andJupiter are prime telescope objects this month. Rising much earlier in the eve ning than last month, they are the easily seen in our telescopes throughout our programs. These two gas giants are by far the best planets to look at in the sky, both are in great locations for viewing. Staff will be able to use different types of telescopes to bring out the detail of Sat urn’s ring system and moons. Views of Jupiter will be chang ing every night, as its moons move around the planet. Many of the fall season con stellations are starting to get higher in the sky. There are many galaxies that are now excellent targets for the tele scope viewing. The Andromeda Galaxy is now high enough in the sky to view, and we can get our big telescopes to view our nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way. We can see the spiral arms and two of the companion galaxies. One of my favorite targets will be right overhead during September, the Veil Nebula. This remnant of super novae is a great object to look at. It shows a great spider web of gas within the pattern of stars. Be sure to check out the Veil Nebula when there is little or no moon, as the moonlight drowns out the view of this incredible object, and the new moon is on Sept. 25, making that day a prime time to enjoy the night sky. With the Septem ber equinox on the 23rd, the Sun will shine directly on the equator and there will be nearly equal amounts of day and night throughout the world. This is the first day of fall (autum nal equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of spring (vernal equinox) in the Southern Hemisphere. In September the staff will be able to get more work done on equipment and the facility and will continue to test equipment and work to improve how we use the new building. We have had a great summer season using the new expansion, and now we can make improve ments from all we have learned over the busy season. This month we plan to con tinue our private and public programs for you to enjoy Sunriver’s dark skies and great daytime views of the sun. The staff is putting together a wonderful calendar for the fall and winter season of additional lectures and programs. For the most up-to-date information, please visit our website (www. snco.org) and be sure to make your reservations in advance.
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By Wes Perrin “We do get some weird stuff,” admits Gregg Wagner, the man in charge of the tools section of the Second Tern Thrift Store. “It’s kind of amazing,” are the words he uses to describe the tool donations that flood the Tern. “You never know what will show up. We’ve had everything you can image in Tools at the Tern cover every need the way of hand tools, power tools, parts and miscellany. We even had a chicken brooder with a heat lamp for a while. Of course, we have big items like log splitters, table saws and weed eaters, but we also have a huge array of merchandise priced at $1 or less. Things you wouldn’t expect
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The Sunriver Nature Center will be selling locally-grown ponderosas – of various ages and sizes – this fall (more details coming in October Scene).
Fall is a great time to buy and plant these important, resil ient trees which were heavily logged decades ago. Ponderosa pine live much longer and grow larger than lodgepole pines. They are also insect, wind and drought resistant as well as fire tolerant when they mature. Planting ponderosa pines will make a difference in our forest community and our planet for future generations – something that is extremely important for all of us.
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Page 12 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Swans continued from page 10 torman@SunriverRealty.com Broker | 503.476.7050 SUNRIVER REALTY | 57057 BEAVER DR. | SUNRIVER, OR 97707 TIA ORMAN SOLD SOLD SOLD 17607 - #35 Cluster Cabin Ln Cozy by the River | Furnished 2 Bdrm | 2 Bath | 1093 SF SUNRIVER | $559,000 LICENSED IN THE STATE OF OREGON. 17895 - 4 Acer Ln Mountain Lodge | Furnished 4 Bdrm | 4 Bath | 2492 SF SUNRIVER | $1,550,000 57475 - 3 Newberry Ln Spacious Floor Plan | Furnished 4 Bdrm | 4 Bath | 3621 SF SUNRIVER | $1,450,000 17704 - 7 Rogue Ln Remodeled | Gourmet Kitchen 3 Bdrm | 3 Bath | 1894 SF SUNRIVER | $875,000 Call today for a Complimentary Market Analysis of your home! Your Sunriver Neighbor & Local Real Estate Expert! SOLD F RE E VIRT UA L BOO K C LUB S AUTHOR EVENT: CRAIG JOHNSON Sunriver Books & Music The Village at Sunriver, Bldg. 25 541.593 .2525 | www.sunriverbooks.com Email sunriverbooks@sunriverbooks com for Zoom details September 5th, 6pm Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson September 19th, 6pm City of Theives by David Benio FICTIONMYSTERY Craig Johnson returns for Hell and Back, the next in the New York Times bestselling Sheri Walt Longmire series. Contact Sunriver Books sunriverbooks@sunriverbooks.comat for information about this ticketed event. September 18 at 5pm Management and Consulting for Homeowner & Condominium Associations & Projects Managing properties in Central Oregon since 1986
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From Sept. 1 to Nov. 1, the Sunriver Area Chamber of Commerce is holding a Mem bership Drive Challenge. every new business who joins the chamber, a donation will be made to your favor ite charity in the following a Silver Member of $325 $75 for a Gold Member $650 for a Platinum Mem bership of $1,200 If you are an existing member and recruit a business to join for the first time or rejoin after a lag in membership, a donation will be made to your favorite charity.Thechamber will share all donations in its newsletter and social media. Email exec@ sunriverchamber.com for ad ditional information.
Gus and Val successfully hatched two cygnets this spring. continued from page 8 family of four or more to cover the expenses for the room, SHARC staff and entertain ment. The potlucks are not a fundraiser; instead they are community events with the goal of being self-sustaining. The 2022-23 Community Potlucks are Wednesday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at SHARC. Please note that potluck themes may be subject to change. If you are interested in serving on the Sunriver Potluck Committee, please email sunriverpotlucks@ gmail.com.•Sept.14: Birthday food and beverages made in Oregon
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Spring of the following year Grace went missing. A week later her body was found, heav ily scavenged. No one knows exactly what the cause of death was, but Grace’s loss was deeply felt by the community. The Sunriver swan breeding pro gram was again short one swan. A waterfowl breeder in Chi cago heard about the loss and offered the nature center one of his young females. Valen tine (named for the holiday) was released onto the lake and joined Gus on Feb. 14. Gus and Val were cool to each other at first, but there were no signs of territoriality or aggression. The first year passed with no mating behavior. This spring swan fans were overjoyed to see Gus excavating the nest he and Grace had used. In that nest, Val laid three large creamcolored eggs and settled in to incubate them. After a month of waiting, Val left the nest with two downy grey chicks in tow. Once again, Sunriver’s swans will be adding to Oregon’s wild swanGuspopulation.andVal’soffspring will face many challenges. The dangers from powerlines, lead poisoning, illegal poaching and the degradation of critical wetland habitats could prove catastrophic for Oregon’s trum peter swan recovery. If you want to help trum peter swans, consider sponsor ing Gus and Val by org/welcome.htmlatThealsodiverterrivercanuphttps://snco.org/sponsor/.visitingSignforournewsletterwhereweshareactionitems,suchasclean-upandpowerlineinstallation.Youcancheckoutourpartners,TrumpeterSwanSocietywww.trumpeterswansociety.
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Save the dates Annual Membership Meet ing: Oct. 13 – more details to come.•Aaron Meyer Holiday Con certs: Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday, Dec. 4 at Sunriver Resort. Stay tuned for more details on tickets, times and sponsorship opportunities. Stay informed Subscribe to the chamber’s newsletters, sent on Monday and Wednesday via email. Send your email to exec@sunriver chamber.com. You can also fol low the chamber on Instagram and Facebook.
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Wednesday Sunriver Rotary 7:30 a.m., Hearth Room at the Sunriver www.sunriver-lapinerotary.orgLodge Great Decisions 4-6 p.m. third Wednesday of the month, Crescent room at SHARC. Info: 503-292-0133 Duplicate Bridge 3 p.m., First, second, fourth & fifth Thursday, Crescent room at SHARC. register/info: 541-556-6408
SROA Board of Directors Gerhard Beenen, sroaboard@srowners.orgpresident Covenants Patty covenants@srowners.orgSmith Design Curt Wolf, designinfo@srowners.orgchair Election Patty Smith, election@srowners.orgchair Finance Gerhard Beenen, finance@srowners.orgchair Nominating Pat Hensley, nominating@srowners.orgchair Owner Enrichment Meagan Iverson, ownerenrichment@srowners.orgchairContactthechairifyouhavequestionsaboutacommitteeortheprojectstheyarecurrentlyworkingon SROA Committees Interested in joining a committee or participating in a future task force or project?special Contact the chair person for a particular committee or to be on a task force/special project contact Becki Sylvester at SROA by calling 541-593-2411.
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Holy Trinity Catholic Mass: 9:30am Thurs.; 5:30pm Sat.; 8am Sun. 18143 Cottonwood Road 541-593-5990, www.holyredeemerparish.net541-536-3571Fr.PaulAntao,SDB Community Bible Church at Sunriver 10:15am Sunday 57175 Theater
Alcoholics Anonymous 7 p.m. Pozzi building at the Sunriver Nature Center
Pastor:www.cbcsunriver.org541-593-8341DriveJeffWelch Sunriver FellowshipChristian 10:30am Sunday 18139 Cottonwood Road. Episcopal & Lutheran traditions.
SEPTEMBER MEETINGS & GATHERINGS 1 Owner Pool Party 3pm (sold out) 3 Kid’s Day 11am Village at Sunriver Owner Happy Hour 4pm SHARC 6 Nominating Committee 9am SROA Admin 8 Chamber Coffee Klatch 8am Muddy Hut Pet Store Covenants Committee 10am SROA Admin 9 Design Committee 10am Zoom 10 Artists’ Reception 4pm Artists’ Gallery 13 Magistrate 8am SROA Admin 14 Chamber Community Potluck 5:30pm SHARC 15 Finance Committee 9am SROA Admin SSD Board Meeting 3pm Fire Station 16 SROA Board Work Session 9am SROA Admin 17 SROA Board Meeting 9am SROA Admin 21 Chamber Lunch & Learn 12pm Sunriver Library 23 Design Committee 10am SROA Admin 28 After Business Hours 5:15pm Village Pavilion Due to the pandemic, meetings below may be on hiatus. Contact them for information. Due to the pandemic, some meetings may still be on hiatus. Contact them for information. When you fire up that BBQ - make sure it’s powered by propane... Charcoal grills are not allowed in Sunriver! meetings & gatherings Tony De Alicante, Principal Captain, US Navy (Retired) ■ TRUST DRAFTING •Keep your estate private and out of probate •Minimize estate taxes •Make sure your estate does what you want ■ WILLS ■ POWERS OF ATTORNEY ■ MEDICAL & DISABILITY PLANNING ■ BUSINESS PLANNING 19750 Amber Meadow Drive Ste. 140 Bend, OR 97702 Sunriver Resident Since 1975 Estate Planning Consultation Available in-person or virtually (under proper COVID precautions) •Including placing rental properties into LLCs De Alicante Law Group LLC 541.390.8961 tony@dealicante.comwww.dealicante.com DE ALICANTE LAW GROUP LLC Trusts | Wills | Probate | Business Over 25 years experience in estate & tax planning
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Ladies Lunch and Bridge 11 a.m. Grille at Crosswater. Sign up: srmondaybridge@gmail.com
The Door at Three Rivers 10am 86885SundaysEnterprise (Bus. Park)
Tuesday Mountain Meadow Quilters 1 p.m. second Tuesday of the month at Community Bible Church Info: 302-378-8446
Pastor:www.sunriverchristianfellowship.org541-593-1183NancyGreen
Betty Gray Gallery swings into fall
By Jim Fister
Tern tool guys Gregg Wagner and Barry Grant.
As the crowds start to thin from the summer rush here in Sunriver, we often see a resurgence of local visitors coming from all over the region. The excitement of summer isn’t quite over with a fine display of art available at the Betty Gray Gal lery in the Sunriver Resort’s Lodge. After a very successful music festival, the gallery will con tinue to show a retrospective of poster art from the history of the festival. Current poster artist Sally MacAllister has a delightful display of her landscape works that accompany her winning submission. Accompanying her are former poster artists David Kreitzer, Ken Marunowski and Bonnie Junell. They all offer a variety of nature and music-centered art. Ad ditionally, many different posters from the past that have been collected by the Sunriver Chamber of Commerce are being offered for sale to raise funds for the chamber and the festival. Artist Sandy Caldwell is displaying in the downstairs gallery with a fantastic collection of nature from her time in Central Oregon. Caldwell uses a mix of watercolor and ink to create a piece that highlights just the right amount of detail ahead of her talented brush work. Her show focuses on the local flora and fauna here in Central Oregon with a bit of imagination and whimsey thrown into the mix. The lower gallery show will run to the middle of the month when it moves out to be replaced by a special photography show by accomplished filmmaker Elif Koyutürk to benefit local charity.
Page 14 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org THE REAL ESTATE EXPERT YOUR FRIENDS RECOMMEND! John Gibson Principal Broker Certified Residential JohnGibsonPC@aol.comSpecialist 541-593-5000 Distinctive Service Since 1978 7 6 remodel specialists ◆ additions ◆ 2nd floor Kitchen & bath ◆ decKs ◆ restoration SINCE 1976 Pihlbilt.com • P ihl bilt@gmail.com 17334 Beaver Place, Sunriver O r 97707 • Oreg O n l icen S e cc B #110370 PihlBilt S.E. Pihl (541)ConStruCtion815-1990
Tern continued from page 11 to sell, can move fast. “Wind Chimes fly out the door, for example. And then there are items that are a complete mys tery as to their purpose. We tell shoppers, if you can explain what it is, it’s yours for free. And customers do come in with the correct answer,” said Wagner.Evena casual look around the sheds carrying the mer chandise can boggle a visitor’s mind. There are power tools galore (modern and vintage), shop vacs, doorknobs, electri cal switches and boxes, tarps, cowhide work gloves, wooden yard sticks, sanding belts, auto parts, even do it yourself books, and the list goes on and on. Wagner shook his head when he recalled a donor had ar rived that day with the bed of his pickup “looking like he’d cleaned out grandpa’s garage,” he said. “There were jars and boxes of nails and screws and parts, plus who knows what all. It’ll take me a day to sort it all out and get it priced.”
Assisting Wagner is volunteer Barry Grant who, in an earlier interview, mentioned he had been seeing a few customers looking for claw hammers made in the ’40s and ’50s. Seems they are coveted for the steel in the hammer head. This high-quality material is no lon ger used in the metal hammers of today. Buyers melt down the old hammer heads and use the molten matter in a variety of craftHistoriansprojects. point out that tools have been around for a long time. The earliest stone tools date back 3.7 million years ago. The addition of a handle bound to the stone was a huge advance some 3.3 mil lion years back, but it took until 1744 before the screwdriver was invented. Today annual hardware tool sales in America top $18 “Labormillion.Dayweekend will be a great time to check out our tools as we will be having our half-price sale,” added Store Manager Susan Ertsgaard. “There will be bargains galore with 50% off storewide.” The Tern’s tool sheds are located adjacent to the store’s main building on Spring River Road a short distance past the Deschutes River’s Harper Bridge. Store hours are Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Labor Day when they change to 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations are welcomed until 2 p.m. each day. More information is available at www.secondtern.com or by calling 541-593-3367. All sale proceeds benefit the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory.
President’s message Welcome Back is an event for Sunriver Women’s Club members, along with anyone interested in learning more about the club, to gather. Sum mer is a busy time with travel, family visiting and other dis tractions. Fall is the time we come back together to see old friends, make new ones and discover the various ways we connect with each other. Come learn about Winter Fun, Book clubs, Monthly luncheons, social events, volunteering for committees and many other opportunities. Information also will be available about the Power of 50 for Education fund. We are near our goal of raising $50,000 to support a collaboration of nonprofits addressing student success in south Deschutes County. Members of the club have fun together, and they also work to make a difference in our community.Bringafriend and learn more at our Welcome Back event, 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at SHARC (Note: location changed from previously announced Mary McCallum Park). Membership renewal occurs in September eachPleaseyear.feel free to reach out to me with any questions. Hope to see you soon!
• Coffee Meet & Greet: 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 at Brewed Awakenings.
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–Debbie Baker, SRWC President Power of 50 for Education South Deschutes County has limited resources to provide mentoring opportunities, afterschool and summer programs, parent education and involve ment, and youth to youth-led activities for at-risk students. The SRWC, with the sup port of the community, wants to help change this with a seed grant to the South Deschutes Collaborative.Pleasedonating at Donation-Pagesunriverwomensclub.org/https://
Membership September is an important time of year for the Sunriver Women’s Club (SRWC) be cause membership matters and, more importantly, our mem bers matter. The SRWC can only exist and flourish because of all our amazing members. Each member brings with them a unique talent, passion or special interest to our club. Our combined strengths allow us to host several fundraising events throughout the year and attain our goals, through our Philanthropy Program, in giving back to communities in south Deschutes County. We are celebrating 50 years in 2022 and are excited to move the club forward with new activities and service projects.
Page 15SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 www.sunriverowners.org sunriver women’s club www.sunriverwomensclub.org 12 RIVERSUNRIVERROAD LICENSED IN THE STATE OF OREGON. EACH OFFICE IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED TRUSTED,REPRESENTATIONPROFESSIONALYOUCANCOUNTON We could not have asked for a more experienced, knowledgeable agent to guide us through selling our home than Jenn Schaake. She made great suggestions prior to listing and her marketing was outstanding! Jenn masterfully negotiated a quick close with favorable terms and managed all the details flawlessly so there were no surprises. Jenn brings a professional yet personal approach to real estate. We highly recommend Jenn for selling or buying a home. Create a legacy for your family Principal Broker, GRI 541.480.1142 jenn@createalegacy.estatewww.createalegacy.estateSunriverVillageBuilding5 46 NEST PINE CROSSWATERDRIVE Jenn is proud to be recognized as RealTrends top 1% of agents by production in the U.S. since 2020, and in the top 1% of all real estate sales in Deschutes County since 2017. JENN SCHAAKE SCHAAKE CAPITAL GROUP 2617 NW BRATTON LANE NORTHWEST CROSSING, BEND 3134 NW GOLF VIEW DRIVE RIVER’S EDGE | BEND 6 BD $3,200,0006.5 BA 6,404 SF 3 BD $1,075,0002 BA 2,081 SF $995,000 3 BD $1,425,0003 BA 3,374 SF .42.12ACAC 1.16 AC .21 AC Turn to Fair, page 17 A Place to Connect: Sharing Fun,Talents and Philanthropy joanna@bendnet.com Joanna has lived in our community since 1986, and uses her years of experience and skill to provide quality services with emphasis on communication, timeliness, personal attention and accountability. 541.410.4177 call “Simple principles expertly executed for quality results” We have bought and sold multiple properties with Joanna and also worked with her as part of her property management role. Top notch all the way around. Real Estate & Community Association Management Experience Bring Together a Unique Skill Set to Help You Buy or Sell Your Home, Condominium or Townhouse in Central Oregon Joanna Johns,BROKERSelling your home doesn’t have to be stressful. Call today for a free homePonderosaRealtyTeam@gmail.comMatthewHeatherevaluation.Valentine541.708.3663Salmi458.206.9664 57084 Grizzly Lane in Sunriver REALTYPONDEROSATEAM
As a member, you will have opportunities to form lifelong friendships, pursue creative and intellectual challenges and experience the satisfaction of helping others. Please attend our annual Welcome Back event 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 at SHARC. uests or existing members who bring a guest will receive a ticket and be entered in a questions.riverwomensclub.orgEmaildrawing.membership@sunwith
Save the dates • Happy Hour: 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Mountain Jug in the Sunriver Business Park.
2022 Sunriver Art Fair a success
The 2022 Sunriver Art Fair showcased the talents of more than 75 artists at the successful annual event, held in August at The Village at Sunriver. The fair had something for everyone, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, woodwork and age-appropriate craft kits for children to take home and complete. Sponsored by the Sunriver Women’s Club, net proceeds from the fair help to support nonprofit organizations in South SUSAN
By Chris Powers
The months of July and August have been busy for the Sunriver Anglers (SRA). In July, the Anglers held their first in-person general meeting for some time at the Sunriver Li brary. They also provided vol unteer support for two Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) fish surveys/counts at Deep Creek and the Crooked River. In addition, members backpacked, acclimated and A busy summer for the Sunriver Anglers released fish into Lucky and Doris lakes for ODFW. Also in July, the club received an excellent presentation from Gary Lewis, a Central Oregon outdoor writer, on hiking and fishing the Cascade Lakes. In August the anglers held their annual picnic which featured barbecued tri-tip steak, a secret recipe of baked beans and ice cream.Lewis has authored several books such as “Fishing Central Oregon” and “Fishing Mount Hood Country,” hosts the hunting and fishing TV show “Frontier Unlimited” as well as posts the blog “Ballistic Chronicles.” His presentation provided detailed planning recommendations, route sug gestions and proper gear to fully experience remote lake fishing. Lewis’ website, garylewisoutdoors.com,www.pro
Thread: Olive brown to match marabou Bead: 3/32 (for a size 14) tungsten bead painted olive Pin: Size 8 sequin pin Tail: Dark olive marabou with very long fibers Body: Olive brown Euro seal or Simi seal to match marabouTyinginstructions and steps are published in video form, and can be found on the Sunriver Anglers Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SunriverAnglers/, or on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Oa3oRNKz0q8
Page 16 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Presented by Sunriver Women’s Club. Net proceeds support South Deschutes County non-pro ts sunriverartfair.org Thank y ! TO OUR SPONSORS!2022GENEROUS Camp Abbot Trading Co Bennington Properties Savory Spice Shop Sunriver Country Store AlpineMarcello’sEntertainment Mike’s Tire & Auto Center Adobe Express Blondie’s Pizza Sunriver Veterinary Clinic Village Bar & Grill Special Thanks to: Sunriver Knitting Club Mountain Meadows Quilters Sunriver Citizen Patrol SponsorPremier Certified Arborist on Staff Brent Redenius President Office: 541-593-8360 Cell: 541-977-6274 brent@springrivertreeservice.com PO Box 1987 Sunriver, OR 97707 • CCB#112460 A Full Service Tree Co. TREE STUMPBRUSHREMOVALREMOVALGRINDING Fly-Tying Corner: balanced damsel Turn to Anglers, page 17 By Phil Fischer The damsel hatch has been very reliable out on Crane Prai rie this summer. It occurs mid day on many of our local lakes in late June and is characterized by a very splashy rise form as trout take damsels swimming just below the surface film. Damsels look to find sticks, tules, anchor ropes, or any other object that enables them to crawl out of the water to hatch. They often swim just below the surface for some dis tance looking for these items to latch onto. It is during this sur face swimming action that the damsel is the most vulnerable to trout. The damsel nymph coloration matches the color of the environment where these insects live, which ranges from tan to a deep olive. In Crane Prairie, the damsels are a very dark olive brown. This month’s pattern is the balanced damsel, which is a pattern that I have used with good success under a strike indicator, especially in the warmer mid-summer days as the fish migrate into deeper water.Inmid-June the hatch be gins in earnest in shallower water and progresses to deeper and deeper water as the lake warms. I have been fishing this pattern at Crane Prairie in the Deschutes, Cultus and Quinn channels, looking for water that is 10-13 feet deep. I cast it out and let the flies settle, and then initiate short strips, with long pauses in between. Most often, the fish take the fly on theThepause.design of the balanced damsel is simple; I use a short shank jig hook with a wide gape to improve hooking con sistency.Theshort shank allows me to keep the fly small; the natural is about 1 to 1 1/2” inches long. The fly features a long wispy tail to mimic the undulating motion of the natural. For the body, I use a blend of a dark olive dubbing, blended with some UV ice dub to give the fly some sparkle. I use the smallest tungsten bead I can and still get the fly to balance horizontally in the water. Give this pattern a try during this summer’s damsel hatches on a favorite local lake. If you have questions or would like additional informa tion about this damsel pattern, please don’t hesitate to email me. Or, if you have suggestions on future patterns to feature in this column, I welcome your input. I can be reached at Philfischer@sbcglobal.net.
Balanced Damsel Pattern Recipe Hook: Firehole 516, size 10-14
• Contributing: Sunriver Veterinary Clinic. Special thanks also to the more than 100 Sunriver Wom en’s Club volunteers who con tributed time, effort and sup port during the past year to make the 13th annual Sunriver Art Fair a wonderful event for community members and visitors. vides a wealth of information on his diverse activities.
The SRA routinely meet on the third Thursday of the month at its new venue, the Sunriver Library, starting at 6 p.m.Interested people should visit the anglers’ website, www.Sun riverAnglers.org or contact us on Facebook at com/SunriverAnglerswww.facebook.
Caldera Springs, Central Oregon’s treasured residential resort community, is expanding with new amenities and real estate offerings now for sale, in cluding Forestbrook at Caldera Springs and Elk Run Homesite Collection. These new develop ments are designed to perfectly complement the existing com munity and cater to families seeking to create their own Pacific Northwest legacy with access to year-round adventure. These new real estate offer ings are an integral part of Cal dera Springs’ eastern expansion, which added 600 new acres to the existing 400-acre com munity adjacent to Sunriver. The complete 1,000-acre mas ter plan includes a 220-acre Wildlife Forest Preserve, held in perpetuity to benefit the region’s flora and fauna.
Page 17SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 www.sunriverowners.org Call us today to customize a schedule right for you! PO Box 4803, Sunriver OR 97707 • LCB#8215 Greg & BROXSONTereasa Owners 541.593.3228 www.twinpineslandscape.com Landscape Renovation Landscape Design & Installation Landscape Maintenance Options Irrigation Start Up, Winterization & Repairs Backflow Testing & Repairs • Water Features Hardscapes • Paver Patios • Backyard Living Area Snow Removal Anglers continued from page 16 Sales surge at Caldera Springs with new home, amenities announced CCB#235012 541-213-9185 | office 541-815-7750 | cell Deck Restoration & Home Improvements • Wood Restoration, Cleaning, Sanding, Staining, Painting & Repair • Restore Wood Fencing, Wood Siding & Deck Furniture • Composite Deck Cleaning Licensed - Bonded - Insured FREE QUOTES Wood Deck Restoration Specialist Hybrid Deck Services, LLC Open daily 10am to 5pm The Village at Sunriver building 19 541.593.4382 | ww w.ar tistsgaller ysunriver com Second Saturday at the Gallery Sept 10, 4 to 6pm Beer, wine, and snacks Artist demonstrations SO LONG, SUMMER Christian Murillo | Photography Jesse Pemberton | Metal ArtsKelly Lish | Painter Lori Orlando | Pastels REASONABLE HANDYMAN INC. James & Valerie Salmon Owners CELL reasonablehandymanjs@yahoo.com541-668-2999reasonablehandyman.netSunriver,ThreeRivers&RiverMeadowsareas ccb #236790 Deschutes County. Since 1999, the SRWC has awarded almost $800,000 in grants to organizations supporting essential services for women, children, families and seniors, and educational opportunities for at-risk children and teens in south Deschutes County. The Village at Sunriver has been a sponsor of the fair since the beginning, and the SRWC is additionally grateful for the other services and support from our community. Thank you to all our spon sors:•Premiere: Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty. • Featured: Bend Broadband, Central Oregon Association of Realtors, The Lazy Daisy, Fair continued from page 15 Meredith Lodging, Stereo Plan et, Sunriver Brewing, Village Threads and the Deschutes County Board of Commis sioners.•Sustaining: Camp Abbot Trading Company, Bennington Properties, Sunriver Country Store, Alpine Entertainment, Savory Spice Shop, Marcello’s and Village Bar & Grill. • Supporting: Mike’s Tire & Auto Center, Blondie’s Pizza and Adobe Express.
September will be a full month for the SRA as well with many participating in the Kokanee Karnival Streamside event. At this event members will act as tour guides, quasiscientists and game show hosts as they welcome fifth graders from the Three Rivers School and other Bend schools to the Fall River Hatchery.
“The sales success we’re see ing shows the growing popu larity of our community with families seeking a four-season mountain lifestyle,” said John Fettig, Project Director for Cal dera Springs. “With these new sales launches, along with the unveiling of the Forest House, we expect even more interest in CalderaCalderaSprings.”Springs has long been distinguished for its ex traordinary family-friendly amenities and experiences, from the Lake House to the Quarry Pool, to paddle adven tures on Obsidian Lake, to sun set golf on the Caldera Links 9-hole course. Building upon this great tradition is an array of forthcoming amenities that will double the community’s total aquatics, recreation and wellness features. A highly-anticipated gather ing space and recreation center arriving in summer 2024, Forest House will be home to multiple swimming pools, a double-racer water slide, fitness center, family room, bar and cafe. Other amenities on the way include a park with pick leball, naturalistic climbing and play structures, miles of paved and soft trails and seven acres of lakes and streams. Heralded as a distinctively new way to own at Caldera Springs, Forestbrook vacation homes are now under con struction with the first release expected to be complete in early 2023. These residences are perfect for those seeking the benefits of both a private retreat and a vacation rental income property. Each threeand four-bedroom designer home embraces contemporary Northwest architecture and their striking views of the sur rounding natural pine forest landscape, and will include an attached, fully-appointed studio residence that can be oc cupied with, or separately from the main home. Home prices start around $1.25M. The Elk Run Homesite Col lection represents the newest homesite release and the latest phase of Mirror Rock at Cal dera Springs. Elk Run home sites are up to a half-acre, set across from Mirror Lake with close proximity and access to the 220-acre, forever-protected Wildlife Forest Preserve. Own ers will have the opportunity to make their future-built home part of the Caldera Springs va cation rental program. Home sites are priced from the low $300,000s.Forestbrook and Elk Run owners also have easy access to nearby Sunriver Resort and its array of amenities, along with membership opportunities at Crosswater Golf Course and Sage Springs Club & Spa. For more information, please call 541-593-3000 or visit on line at calderasprings.com.
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• Stack brush/branches IN ONE DIRECTION AND PARALLEL with road edge so equipment can reach it without going off road
Ladder Fuels
This service is provided free to property owners for reduction of ladder fuels. Vegetative material generated for building construction or by a ladder fuels contractor is the responsibility of the contractor and will not be removed.
• If you want to dispose of grass clippings, pine needles or other organic material, it can be taken to the compost site at Lake Penhollow (for a fee) Cut tree branches to 8-foot maximum length
Each piece is made of stone and moons made from hammered copper and featuring the birds and creatures he loves. You can meet Vale and see his work during an artist reception taking place on Sept. 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Sunriver Area Library in the Sunriver Business Park.
Moving to Portland in 1990, John Vale learned to appreciate the beauty of the area, especially during visits to the Japanese gar dens. It inspired him to create his first art piece – a Japanese Tsukubai made of natural river stone and a bamboo dripper. Asked to display his piece in the outdoor garden of the Backyard Bird Shop in Lake Oswego, Vale was then com missioned to create several more pieces. He was asked to display his first large piece at the prestigious Lawrence Gallery in McMinnville. Displays of his work appeared in many garden centers throughout Oregon and Washington, which earned him additional commissions from thoseValedisplays.eventually
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Sunriver Stars combine Kids Drama Camp talent with adult actors for ‘Oz!’ – opening in October
Artist creates natural stone water features, hosting reception at the library
opened a small space at a nursery in Lake Oswego to display his work and it became his own gallery. He expanded to include other art ists’ work, includ ing a bamboo tea house for display and to serve as his office. The nursery gallery was open only during spring and summer. During the off months, Vale created a nat ural stone desktop fountain in a Bonsai container and this part of his business tookSoonoff.his work was in all the Made in Oregon stores and in catalogues. He was then honored as the artist for a black-tie dinner by the Clack amas County Arts Alliance, displaying his work. He also participated in many home and garden shows, and took first place for his booth design, which was fea tured in the commercials that aired for the show. He was asked to feature a large water feature in the Street of Dreams, which included his fountain appearing in “Home Magazine.” Vale continued to create his stone water features and other stone art until 2000. At this time, he moved to Arizona to recover from a long illness and then moved to Florida. He opened a gallery in St. Augus tine – which included an inside and outside garden. He fea tured many renowned artists, as well as his own work. During this time, he and his wife, Collette, were honored as the Entrepreneurs of Jacksonville metro by “Arbus Magazine.”
• There is no need to call for pickup. All roads will be checked. Have piles at roadside by the first week of each month through October
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Now, it’s off to see the wiz ard! The show has been cast and rehearsals are underway for the Stars tenth anniversary celebration show, “Oz!” Oct. 14-16 at The Door Three Riv ers. The dazzling musical, based on the classic story by L. Frank Baum, will feature children from the camp as well as teens and adult actors. Youth who still wish to be involved have one more chance, as additional munchkins, poppies and flying monkeys will be cast. Those interested should attend an au dition at 6 p.m. Sept. 12 in suite 208 of the Village Properties building in Sunriver Business Park, 56835 Venture Lane. The musical tells a familiar story from the timeless “Wiz ard of Oz” tale, with a few not so well-known characters and scenes. A cyclone car ries Dorothy and Toto to the magical Land of Oz. When Dorothy’s house squashes the Wicked Witch of the East, she is ecstatically thanked by the liberated Munchkins and given permission to wear the witch’s powerful slippers. From there, Baum’s lovable characters – rub ber-legged Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Woodsman – join Dorothy on a journey to meet the great Oz. While on their trek, they visit China Country, escape fighting trees, encounter enchanted poppies and battle the Wicked Witch of the West, with wonderful songs for every turn. Eventually, Glinda the Good Witch, helps Dorothy defeat the evil witch and the wizard grants Dorothy’s friends wishes and, of course, helps Dorothy return to Kansas. The cast features children as young as three, and as mature as 87, with many from right here in the Sunriver area. The fan favorite Toto will be played by an actual dog, Kenda, whose owner, veteran Stars actor and director, Ron Pugh, will play the Cowardly Lion. Tickets will be available on line only starting Sept. 11 at www.sunriverstars.org.
• SROA DOES NOT PICK UP PINE NEEDLES, GRASS, LEAVES OR SMALL BRANCHES If you include this material, the pile will be left
By Janet Grant Don’t be alarmed if you hear kids around Sunriver skipping to songs of wizards, yellow brick roads and going home to Kansas, they were likely swept away by the Stars Kids Drama Camp last month. Children were treated to a week of pro fessional theater training and prepped for the possibility of participating in the Stars’ fullscale production of “Oz!” in October.Theprogram included train ing in various elements of per forming arts, crafts, games and drama technique lessons, and students were encouraged in the development of positive character traits, such as honor and enthusiasm, as part of the program’s theme, “Teaching Kids to S.H.I.N.E. in Theater Arts.” All was presented in a finale showcase. “It was a pleasure directing Stars Kids,” said camp director Vreyah Palmantier. “Watching them grow in their stage knowl edge and confidence in just a week is priceless. This was my first year directing in Sunriver, but I always love doing these camps – they leave me with a feeling of pride, hope and ex citement to see how these kids continue to shine.”
The gallery was a great success until the economic downturn of 2008, which brought it to an end. He did not return to his work again until he moved back to Oregon and was inspired by the beauty of Central Oregon. Drawn to the birds, especially herons, hummingbirds and quail, Vales has started a new series called “Copper Moon.”
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A design team was expected to be vetted and presented to the SSD board in September.
–The board also acknowl edged retiring Police Chief Cory Darling for his four years leading the department and the positive changes within the department.
–Accepted the June 2022 unaudited–Acceptedfinancials.theJuly 2022 unaudited financials.
“The Sunriver Police Department is one of the finer departments in Central Oregon and are truly here to help people,” said Bill Hepburn, SSD board chair. Darling noted that it was a “team effort” and acknowledged the work by all Sunriver stakeholders “made the community much better to live –Sunriverin.”
Page 20 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Sunriver Service District board monthly meeting summary SSD Financial Report Total Revenues ................................................... $88,865 Total Expenses $503,668 Surplus/Deficit .......................... -$414,803 Fiscal month-to-date as of July 31, 2022 (unaudited) public safety classifieds CITIZENPATROLJULY2022 Total Volunteer Hours 222 Includes patrol, bike patrol,events, training, admin projects and other. Number of Services Public Assistance 192 Public Contact 229 Map Boxes Serviced 19 House Checks 1 Bike Patrol Miles 984 Sunriver Vacation Rentals & Property Management Services Now Accepting Your Quality Sunriver Vacation Rental Family Owned & Operated, We Have Been Providing The BEST In Sunriver Management Services Since 1989 We’re Not Just Your Average Sunriver Company! • Competitive Commission Splits & No Management Fees • Quality Cleaning & Conscientious Care For Your Home • SHARC Reimbursement For Owners (up to 100%) • FREE Individual Ad Placement (VRBO, Airbnb & More!) • SMART Home Solutions (Keyless Entry, Heat Control) Turn to SSD, page 23 The Sunriver Service Dis trict Managing Board held its regular meeting on Aug. 18, 2022. Board members present: Bill Hepburn, John Ralston, Dennis Dishaw, Ron Stephens, Robert Foster, Gerhard Beenen and Tony De Alicante. SSD staff present: Chief Cory Darling, Chief Tim Moor, Lt. Mike Womer, Sgt. Stephen Lopez, administrator Mindy Holliday. Public input -Ron Schmid thanked Chief Cory Darling for his service to the community and the positive changes to the police department. He also thanked Ron Stephens and Dennis Dishaw for their service on the SSD board. Consent Agenda –Approved July 14, 2022 special SSD board meeting minutes.–Approved July 15, 2022 regular SSD board meeting minutes.–Approved SROA month ly invoice in the amount of $20,862.68.–Approved Sunriver Police annual Lexipol invoice in the amount of
New business –The SSD board thanked outgoing board members Den nis Dishaw and Ron Stephens for their support and volunteer ism to the SSD board.
Old business –Public Safety Facility Up date: Approved the chair to sign a contract with Bend company Nelson Capitol Construction Program Management LLC as the owner representative/proj ect manager at a fixed and notto-exceed amount of $246,456.
structureplacementamountFire–Approved$8,004.47.SeaWesternEquipmentinvoiceintheof$6,082.50forreofthedepartment’sfirehelmets.
–The department is having trouble hiring firefighter/para medics and is the first time they have not received any applications for an open posi tion. Chief Moor noted that six of the nine departments in the region are also experiencing hiring–Communitydifficulties.activities in cluded fire station visitor tours.
The foundation would have to go through steps to become a nonprofit, require its own board, funding, etc. It would be a stand-alone foundation and not be part of the district.
Police Chief suc cession: Lt. Mike Womer was announced as successor to the chief’s position of the Sunriver Police Department and autho rized the SSD board chair to represent the board and enter into contract negotiations with Womer. It was also announced that Sgt. Stephen Lopez was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant.–Creation of a Sunriver Police Foundation: Dennis Dishaw discussed the creation of a foun dation to provide services and improve the well-being of offi cers and the people they serve.
–Tabled approving a reso lution in changes to district policies to include information related to the new public safety building until the September meeting.–Annual financial audit up date: The accounting firm Moss Adams will begin the SSD’s an nual audit process in October.
–The SSD received a letter from an owner who had con cerns regarding the SSD’s bud get. A formal response will be sent by the chair with answers addressing those concerns.
Police –In August, the Sunriver Po lice Department received 696 calls for service, 69 of which were emergencies. Officers investigated 65 cases, 29 sus picious persons or prowlers, 35 lost/found properties, conduct ed 106 traffic stops, 32 animal issues, 76 parking issues and 30 noise–Continuecomplaints.to work on the investigation related to an event at South Bend Bistro. –Posted internal opening for a sergeant as Sgt. Lopez has been promoted to lieutenant. Two internal candidate appli cations have been received, to date.–An investigation related to a person suffering mental health issues led to that person getting the assistance they needed and thwarted any act of violence before it –Officeroccurred.Wilson graduated from the police academy in August.–Received a new speed sign
Chief reports Fire –In July, there were 88 calls for the Sunriver Fire Depart ment, which included 49 EMS calls, 15 fire calls, 10 mutual aid responses and 5 mutual aid received and 8 false alarm/good intent.–Participated in a meeting with the Covenants Committee regarding–Trainingsfirewood.included forcible entry, extrication, wildland fire case study and water rescue.
7-1 Conducted a traffic stop for cell phone use and failure to drive within a lane. The driver had an FTA warrant for DUII. The driver was arrested and lodged at the DCJ for the warrant. 7-1 Officer responded to a bicycle crash on the pathway behind In dian Lane. The injured bicyclist was transported to the St. Charles Medical Center by ambulance. 7-2 An officer approached by an RP at the Sunriver Country store in search of a lost property.
Page 21SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 www.sunriverowners.org Public Safety Building Update Fire causes extensive damage to Sunriver home Marcus Schwing, Broker - RSPS 541.419.8365 mschwing@SunriverRealty.com57057BeaverDr.,SunriverOR97707 See me for all of your Real Estate needs! Living, Working & Playing in Sunriver Since 1989 Licensed in the state of Oregon SUNRIVER POLICE LOG Selected log entries collected by the Scene BAC = Blood Alcohol Content DCJ = Deschutes County Jail DCSO = Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office DOA = Dead On Arrival DUII = Driving Under Influence of Intoxicants DWS = Driving While Suspended FTA = Failure to Appear GOA = Gone On Arrival MIP = Minor In Possession OSP = Oregon State Police RP = Reporting Person R&Rs = Rules & Regulations SCMC = St. Charles Medical Center SPD = Sunriver Police Department SFST = Standardized Field Sobriety Test UTL = Unable To Locate
7-9 Arrived on scene of a bicycle crash on the pathway near the in tersection of East Cascade Road and Lava Butte Lane. 7-9 Picked up a black, button shirt hanging off the fencing next to the bike tunnel near Abbot Drive and Quelah Lane. 7-9 The owner of Sunriver Sports reported a theft. Evidence of the theft was observed on security video. A suspect was identified, lo cated, interviewed and arrested for theft in the third degree. 7-9 Officer noticed that a bike had been sitting in the same location behind building 30 in the Village for about a week. The bike was tak en into custody. 7-10 Responded to a report of two males taking cans from the Sunriver Recycle Center. One of the males had a warrant and was subsequently transported and lodged at the DCJ. 7-11 An iPhone found at the Recycling Center was turned into the SPD. The owner was located, and the phone was released to him. 7-12 RP reported her bicycle was stolen while parked outside Sunriver Brewing Company. 7-12 Officer arrested a subject for DUII on Beaver Drive. 7-13 A raccoon was removed from a Forest Lane property after the homeowner reported the ill-appearing animal in their trash collec tion 7-14area.Adog was reported to be in distress inside a vehicle at a Cotton wood Road location.
The Sunriver Service District (SSD) publicly posted the re quest for proposals (RFPs) for both design and owner’s rep/ project manager (OR/PM) earlier this summer. The five members of the Sunriver Public Safety Building Selection Com mittee individually reviewed and scored the six proposals submitted for OR/PM and three for design. The committee met in person to review their score sheets and each member had unanimously selected the same top firm for each RFP. Interviews with the final candi dates were held in early August, and the Selection Committee will bring their final recommen dations to the SSD Managing Board at their Aug. 18 meeting forOnceapproval.the OR/PM contract has been approved, one of the first tasks will be for that entity to post an RFP for breaktor.management/generalconstructioncontracThegoalistoofficiallygroundinthespringof 2023, with an aggressive con struction timeline of 14 to 16 months.During this time, the district will continue to share updates in the Scene and at www.sunri versd.org. This will be especially critical during the construction phase to communicate with owners of various closures, po tential noise and other impacts to neighbors and the Sunriver community.Foranyquestions or con cerns, please email ssdadmin@ sunriversd.org.
7-14 Conducted a traffic stop on Spring River Road and arrested a Turn to Log, page 29
7-4 Picked up numerous items found over the span of approximately two weeks from the SHARC as lost property. 7-4 Responded to Redwood Lane to assist medics with a bicycle 7-4crash.Officer responded to an injury crash on Highway 97 at milepost 7-7151.Sunriver Bike Patrol found a lost wallet outside of the Sunriver Country Store. The owner was located, and the wallet was returned.
7-8 A man approached an officer near the Sunriver Country Store seeking help with a bicycle crash and an injured person. Officer fol lowed the man to the accident site and radioed for help. 7-8 A ring was turned into the SPD. The ring was found at the tennis courts on Abbot Drive. 7-8 Office arrived at Sunriver Books & Music in the Village to retrieve a wallet. The wallet was taken into custody without incident.
A Sunriver home on Ollalie Lane sustained extensive dam age during a structure fire the evening of Aug. 8. Sunriver Fire and Rescue, along with Sunriver Police Department, Bend Fire De partment and La Pine Rural Fire Protection District re sponded to the 9:50 p.m. blaze. Upon idence.rageintohaddenceofbackfirefoundfirefightersarrival,activeonthedecktheresiandspreadthegaandresThetwooccupants of the home had reported smelling smoke, observed and reported the fire and evacuated the resi dence. The fire was brought un der control within 30 minutes. The cause of the fire is being investigatedbytheOregonStateFireMarshal’s Office and, although believed the fire originated on the back deck, the actual cause of the fire wasThirteen“indeterminant.”firepersonnel, three engines and one medic unit responded to the incident.
–Jim Bennett is the public in formation officer for the Sunriver Fire Department. The Upper Deschutes River Communities (UDRC) is seek ing volunteers to help residents of La Pine and those in the greater Three Rivers/Sunriver area identify wildfire risk to the exterior of their homes and sur rounding landscapes, both nat ural and planted. Homeowners can then use this information to make their homes and prop erty more resilient to wildfire, and use the information to access financial assistance for home-hardening and defensible spaceUDRCwork.will provide hands-on training and reimburse for mile age. Training will begin in early September. If you are interested in becoming a part of the team, please contact UDRC at 541556-0317 or email udrc@udrc. org for more information. UDRC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to helping Upper Deschutes River communities to become more fire resilient.
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Home fires can occur any time of the year, but most forest fires occur during our spring, summer and early fall months. September can, unfortunately, be a prime month for wildfire due to the months of drying out from the summer heat, very little precipitation and still very warm temperatures.
By Jim Bennett
According to the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s investiga tion, the cause of the fire was “indeterminant” – meaning the exact cause was not found. This incident reminds us that, while certainly infrequent, especially during the last couple of decades, home fires can and doSmokeoccur.
• No firepits or open flame fires•No fireworks • No wood or charcoal bar becuesAnd be sure to dispose of any fireplace debris in a steel ash bucket that is not sitting on or near any flammable materials such as pine needles, decks, etc. If fire were to occur, are you prepared to be in the know? We have our Sunriver emergency siren system which, if it sounds, everyone should take notice and check how to stay informed
Home fires can turn into forest fires. As regularly men tioned in our articles, it is important to keep forest debris and other flammable material from around our homes in the event of a fire in the forest but also a fire originating from the homeDryitself.pine needles on the ground, ladder fuels (branches and other flammable material that can catch and move a fire from the ground up into the trees), woodpiles and other for est debris can catch fire during a home fire where temperatures can easily exceed 1,000 degrees and sparks and embers can blow out of the house over an amazing distance. Make sure that your family has an escape plan and that you regularly test it. Identify all points of escape in your home and then practice. Your practice should simulate your actions in a real fire which means your visibility may be near zero and the only place to avoid the most smoke is close to the ground. If you had to crawl to your escape point in your home with your eyes closed, could you do it?
alarms are a critical part of surviving a home fire. Make sure that you test your alarm monthly and replace batteries (or check the device expiration if it has sealed bat teries) when appropriate.
In the late evening hours of Aug. 8, the Sunriver Fire and Police departments, along with Bend Fire Department and La Pine Rural Fire Protection Dis trict, responded to a residential fire on Ollalie Lane in Sunriver. The home was occupied but, fortunately, everyone escaped the burning structure with no injuries. There were also no injuries to the 13 fire personnel who responded to the incident. Although the fire caused heavy damage to the home and minor burning around the structure, no other homes were involved. Property can be replaced, but lives cannot, so this story of fire destruction ended with everyone being safe.
Fortunately, in most cases the reporting and response was timely, and no out-of-control fire occurred. These rules and laws are in place to keep our community safe. Please help keep us safe by following our fire prevention rules:
In other words, September is not a time to let our guard down. We must continue to be vigilant and prepared for wildfireFrequently,incidents.the police and fire departments respond to incidents of unlawful burning or fire. These can be anything from an open wood burning firepit to charcoal barbecues and other use of fire or pro hibited devices. Each of these incidents bring the potential for a pine needle, a wood pile, a wooden deck or any number of things to catch fire.
alerts.Deschutesregistercom.www.sunriveremrgencyinfo.atThisiswhereyoucanalsoforbothSunriverandCountyemergencyNotificationsofemergencysituationswillthencomedirectlytoyouthroughtextmessaging,phoneandemail.EnjoythebeautyandwarmthofSunriverintheclosingweeksofsummerandstaysafe.
By Andrea Hine Continuing its long tradition of support for Habitat for Humanity of La Pine-Sunriver’s critical home repairs program, Cow Creek Umpqua Indi an Foundation awarded $8,000 in its most recent round of giving – for a cumulative total of $40,000 since its first grant to the Habitat affiliate in 2015. This year, Cow Creek awarded $649,930 – the largest total amount distributed in the foundation’s 25 years of existence – to 61 nonprofits in Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lane counties. Of these recipients, 14 (in cluding the Habitat affiliate) were from Deschutes County.“Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation was one of the early supporters of our critical home repairs program, which is funded entirely through grants and donations,” said Dwane Krumme, Habitat executive director. “We continue to be grateful for its substantial investments that enable us to provide health and safety repairs that help keep families in their homes and away from possible homelessness.” Krumme added that demand for the program continues to increase. “While our team used to do an average of 15 – 20 jobs annually, we now perform several times that number each year.” Construction efforts for four townhomes at Putney Place in La Pine are slated for completion this fall. If you’re interested in learning about Putney Place or volunteering opportunities, please visit the Habitat for Humanity of La Pine-Sunriver website at www.habitatlapinesunriver.org.
Other business –New SSD board members appointed to positions 3 and 7 will be announced at the Sep tember board meeting. –The next regular meeting of the Sunriver Service District Managing Board is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 15, 3 p.m. Directions for attending the meeting virtually are posted on the SROA calendar under the SSD meeting date. The meeting adjourned at 5:36Approvedp.m. meeting minutes are posted, as available, to www. sunriversd.org.
The League of Women Voters of Deschutes County will be outside the Sunriver Library from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and the La Pine Library from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6 and Sept. 27. The league will be there to assist you in registering to vote, changing your address, updating your signature and/or changing your party affiliation.
The last day to make changes to your voter status before the November election is Oct. 18.
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Page 24 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Turn to Golf, page 30 Sunriver Mens Golf: Josh Kirkpatrick, Scott Brown prevail in club championship DESIGN / BUILD REMODELING HANDYMAN SERVICES CUSTOM HOMES Now is a great time to consult with a Neil Kelly designer. We’ll learn about you and your project, share ideas, answer questions, and discuss scheduling, budget, and more. Whether you’re in the early planning stages or ready to remodel, this is a great way to get started! OR CCB # 1663 | WA L&I #NEILKCI 18702 Bend Design Center 190 NE Irving Ave, Bend, OR 97701 “Amazing service. Remodeling during Covid? Who would have thought it could have been pulled off so smoothly?” Andrew F, Guild Quality Review, Aug 2020 Visit neilkelly.com/consultation or call 541.382.7580 SCHEDULE A COMPLIMENTARY DESIGN CONSULTATION THINKING OF REMODELING? LET’S BRING YOUR VISION TO LIFE. Join us for Remodeling Webinars See schedule at neilkelly.com/events CLEARWATER PAINTING Specializing in interior & exterior repaintS Free Estimates! Dan stonE license #54565 Bonded & insured rEliablE, courtEous sErvicE that you can DEpEnD on! 17891 log cabin lane, bend, or 97707 541.593.9920 Powerwash and Treat Decks “Mistakes are part of the game. How well you recover from them is the mark of a great player” - Alice Cooper, rock legend and golf lover By Paul Grieco The 2022 Club Champion ship lent credence to the adage that the cream does indeed rise to the top, as two of our historically best league players finished first in both the gross and net categories, respectively. Josh Kirkpatrick outplayed some exceptional talent to cop the overall gross championship by shooting scores of 74 at the Meadows and 75 at the Wood lands in consecutive weeks, top ping former champions Lyndon Blackwell by four strokes and Scott Brown by six strokes. Brown, however, niftily copped the overall net championship by shooting a net 139 outpacing Dick Korban by one stroke and Scott Rigby by two strokes. The two champions came from Flight 1 (aka The Cham pionship Flight) comprised of the nine lowest handicaps who entered the field.
Widgi averaged 33 points per man (36 is considered even par in Stableford scoring), Sunriver averaged 30 per man, Black Butte just under 30 and Eagle Crest 29 per Distinguishingman.himself with 35 points for the Sunriver team, was Flight 1’s Scott Brown who finished sixth overall among 44 players (with 4 of the 5 higher scores belonging to the local team). Tim Swezey scored a nice 33 points for our second flight. Totals going into the final Overall gross champion Josh Kirkpatrick. Overall net champion Scott Brown.
The Flight 2 gross champion was relative newcomer, Scott Rigby, who scored a gross 164 over his two rounds, two strokes better than Davis Wightman. Flight 2 net champion was Gary Orzell scoring 146, nudging James Montroy by a single stroke.Flight 3 saw Doug Kristensen winning gross with a score of 171, nudging Dick Korban by a single stroke. However, Korban did prevail as net winner in the flight with an excellent score of Flight140. 4 gross winner was Mike (El Zorro) Stamler with a score of 187 over both rounds.
Tim Swezey finished second in gross just one back but did manage to win the Flight 4 net title with a score of 145, with second net going to Jim Re mensperger with a score of 155. Kudos to the winners for their fine play.
Sunriver finishes second in next to last Resort Cup at Widgi Creek, still trailing overall The Sunriver Mens Golf Club (SRMGC) did win the Resort Club Championship in the final event in 2019, just before COVID hit and then play was suspended for a year. However, in the last two years the SRMGC hasn’t hit its stride and has struggled to play consis tently well enough to prevail in any of the cup events since. The club did make its best showing this year by narrowly finishing second in the penultimate event at Widgi Creek, with the final event to be held at Sunriver in mid-September. Predictably, the Widgi Creek team com fortably scoring the most points at their home course by a wide 31-point margin over second place Sunriver. Black Butte was 12 points behind the SRMGC, with Eagle Crest 10 points be hind Black Butte. Widgi can be a tough course to negotiate with some tight fairways, uneven lies, and very tough undulating greens to read. Each of the four teams has 11 players, with one pro whose score must count, and two flights of 5 players each (differ entiated by lower and higher handicaps), with the worst score in each flight thrown out, leaving 9 score that qualify.
Flights 2 through 4 were comprised of nine, seven and eight players, respectively, who competed in and finished the tournament. The gross champion must come from the first flight while the net champion can come from any flight. The net winner most often comes from the higher flights, so it took an extraordi nary effort from Brown to pull this off, though narrowly.
vacation rental? Do you own a Did you know that if you have an active short-term rental, you are required to register your rental with the County, collect an 8% tax from occupants, and pay that 8% tax to Deschutes County? Owners contracting with a property management company are still required to register. If you use a third-party booking service, such as Airbnb or VRBO, you are still required to submit reports to the County, even though they are collecting and paying the room tax for you.
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Derby Days champions: Ronda Floyd and Joni Cloud. Barb Smith is SWGA’s net champion and Cathy Tucker is club gross champion.
7-28 Dispatched to a parking complaint at Cardinal Landing. The subject vehicle was parked illegally on the side of the road without a permit. 7-30 Sunriver Bike Patrol member was bitten when attempting to catch a dog running at large at Tennis Village. The dog’s owner was issued two notices of SROA violations. 7-30 Dispatched to a physical domestic at the Abbot Drive location. Officer contacted the male and female. Not a domestic. The male was tickling the female, which appeared to the reporting party as a dispute. 7-30 Neighbor reported a dispute at a Yankee Mountain location. Of ficer contacted the listed female. Female reported a verbal argument with her fiancé. Female reported nothing physical occurred. Male had already decided to separate for the night and was gone upon arrival.
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7-22 RP brought a found bike into the SPD. 7-23 Officer was flagged down for a bicycle crash. The subject bumped into her riding partner’s bike tire, causing her to crash. Female was wearing a helmet. Female was transported by medics for an injury. 7-24 The SPD provided mutual aid by responding to a verbal domestic disturbance on Jacinto Road. No arrests were made. 7-25 A dog was struck by a vehicle near milepost 1 of South Century Drive. The dog was transported to an emergency veterinarian. 7-26 Conducted a traffic stop on Highway 97. The driver was cited and released for having misdemeanor level suspended driving privileges. 7-26 Traffic stop was conducted at Blondie’s Pizza in Sunriver. The driver was arrested and lodged at the DCJ for having an FTA warrant regarding a case with eight felony charges.
The big announcement for the Sunriver Women’s Golf Association (SWGA) league is this: 2022 SWGA Club Cham pions are Cathy Tucker (gross champion) and Barb Smith (net champion). These two ladies held their focus after the second round was postponed due to thunder and lightning. They were able to play the second day of the tournament two days later under perfect skies. Also, congratulations to the flight winners: Devri Reynolds and Sue Wassom in flight one gross; and Mary Condy and Marianne Martin in flight one net. In the second flight, Nancy Nevin and Twenny Bishman took first and second in gross, while Dedra Henderson and Carol Barrett won low net honors. Special thanks to Chris Points and the golf staff for scrambling to help overcome the weather challenges. The SWGA held their annual Partnership Tournament in early July. This two-day event was organized by a committee of golfers including Kathy Lin ville, Pam Cappy, Laura Swen son, Nancy Nevin and Ronda Floyd. “Divas, Diamonds and Divots” was the theme, so ladies donned their twinkling finery and played 36 holes in twoWinnersflights. were Twenny Bish man and Susan Wengel in flight one, and Helen Brown and Diane Wortsmann in flight two. In the Crosswater Derby Days competition, SWGA member Ronda Floyd and her partner, former SWGA member Joni Cloud won after two days of solid play and a gut-wrenching horse race over three holes. Congratulations, ladies.
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Police Log continued from page 25 subject for DUII. 7-16 Responded to a bike crash at Cardinal Landing Bridge. 7-17 Officer responded to a report of two people punching and throw ing rocks at each other on Cluster Cabin Lane. An investigation was con 7-17ducted.Responded to a fallen tree onto a vehicle on Oregon Loop. 7-18 A firearm was turned into the SPD and returned to the owner later that 7-20day.Officers were flagged down regarding a female walking on a path way who was suffering from the heat. She was offered a ride home, but family was already enroute and she declined medical assistance. 7-21 Resident lost approximately $13,000 in a computer and phone scam. A suspect made phone contact with the victim stating a computer error occurred and they would help them fix it after the victim sent cash, purchased gift cards and emailed them the card numbers. The suspect also requested a money wire and the victim’s social security number. Sunriver Police would like to caution everyone against providing cash, gift cards, money transfers or personal information to unknown persons when contacted online or over the phone. Take extra measures to verify the validity of any financial transactions requested.
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• Sept. 19 Fic tion Book Club discusses our Banned Book se lection, “City of Thieves” by David Benioff.“Cityof Thieves” was banned in Fort Meyers, Florida and in Texas af ter parents com plained about lan guage. The story is set during the siege of Leningrad, the city was under siege from Sept. 8, 1941 until Jan. 27, 1944. It was brutal. People were starving andLevcold.isJewish. He is hungry and cold when he and a group of friends search for a downed German pilot. The pilot is dead, but he has weapons, a nice watch and a flask of cognac. Excited by their discovery, they are too slow to realize the GAZ is approaching, a serious mistake. The punishment for being out after curfew is death. Lev is taken, and thrown into a cell with a Cossack, Kolya, accused of desertion. The future looks dim for them both, but there is soon to be a chance, a slim chance, but a chance just the same.An hour after dawn soldiers come for them. The colonel’s daughter is getting married, they need a dozen eggs (scarce commodity) for the cake. Lev and Kolya are sent out to find the precious eggs or be exe cuted. There is little choice, execution is certainly final. The
Henry Standing Bear’s consid erable charms (read “As The Crow Flies”). But she has a weakness, her niece Jaya Long. About a year ago, Jaya’s older sister JayaBillings,drivingdisappearedhomefromMontana.isastarplayerontheLameDeerHighSchoolbasketballteam.Sincehersisterdisappeared,shehasbeengettingintotroubleandreceivingdeaththreats.Lolois worried that the death threats may be connected to her sister’s disappearance. She asks Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear for help. Once Longmire starts inves tigating, the action heats up!
Dead bodies accrue, Longmire even takes over coaching when the basketball coach is attacked. As Longmire delves into the goings on around Jaya, he runs afoul of some seriously danger ous bad guys, landing himself in mortal danger.
Page 27SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 www.sunriverowners.org Locally Based x2 Two Sunriver Offices in the Village to Serve You! Sunriver is a competitive market, and Meredith Lodging has two Sunriver offices with knowledgeable and local, friendly staff to serve you and your guests. Here’s why Sunriver Owners choose Meredith Lodging: • An “Owner-First” business model. • Best-in-class home care and protection. • A menu of management service optionsyou choose what’s best for you! • Robust and marketing strategies across multiple proven platforms • Always-On revenue management and dynamic pricing • Accidental guest damage protection – on us! • On-site dedicated laundry facility in Sunriver Sign with Meredith Lodging in 2022 and you are eligible to receive up to $6000* in home upgrades. We have a team at the ready who truly understands what makes a home succeed in Sunriver. They will work with you to identify all the ways we can help your home have its best year yet. We cannot wait to learn more about you and your home! *Please note total bonus amount is dependent on home size and potential profitability #StayWithMeredith @meredithlodgingMeredith Lodging Meredith Lodging REACH OUT TO US 888.364.0616Welcome@MeredithLodging.comTODAY
• “Imagine a World” through Sept 25: This exhibition con siders the ambitions, intentions and outcomes of intentional communities in the High Des ert and Western United States over the past half century. It highlights contemporary artists as well, sharing their visions of alternative worlds and futures.
• “Lair: Light and the Art of Stephen Hendee” through Nov. 27: “Lair” is an immersive exhibition created for the muse um by artist Stephen Hendee. Hendee’s sculptures explore the spaces in which we live, both physically and virtually.
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RSVP at museum.org/aiw-closing-partyp.m.exhibitmusic,demonstrations,participatingArtArtorg/teachers-night-outhighdesertmuseum.•Friday,Sept.30,6–8p.m.intheWestClosingPartyCelebratethelastdayofintheWest.Minglewithartists,watchliveandenjoylivefoodandlibations.Theandauctioncloseat7Free.RSVPathighdesert
Page 28 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Turn to Chorus, page 29 ROGER WAYLAND Principal roger.wayland@cascadesir.com541.408.0819Broker Selling Sunriver Since 2003 SUNRIVER VILLAGE BUILDING 5 LICENSED IN THE STATE OF OREGON. EACH OFFICE IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED. ANNIE WAYLAND annie.wayland@cascadesir.com541.280.3770Broker Live Where You Play! 17043 MAYFIELD DR BEND OREGON Beautifully situated home in the much sought-after neighborhood Providence in NE Bend. Near Costco, shops, food carts, and the hospital, you are close to everything! Beautifully updated throughout the home, upgrades include Corian window seals, new windows, updated bathrooms, new flooring, the list goes on. With three bedrooms, two and a half baths, two living spaces, a detached third car garage, with covered breezeway and loft space; you’ll definitely live large. The backyard is fully fenced with a tranquil water feature that offers plenty of privacy. Warm and inviting, you can start living your best Bend life! MLS#220149306 3153 NE CROMWELL COURT BEND OREGON 3 BD | 3 BA | 1,816 SF | $699,000 Welcome to Sunriver! Imagine being in the heart of it all, with easy access to Fort Rock Park, the Village, both golf courses, SHARC, and still having privacy. Thoughtful updates by Sun Forest throughout the home, spend your time how you’d like to! The two-car garage offers a generous loft space that could easily make a fun ‘’camp out’’ space, while still providing plenty of storage. Beautifully landscaped courtyard & new paver patio, complete with SROA approved privacy screen for a hot tub. MLS# 220150704 17806 MT. HOOD #15 SUNRIVER OREGON 4 BD | 3 BA | 2,708SF | $1,199,000 Open and bright single level home on almost an acre in Three Rivers South will have you living your best life! Offering three bedrooms, two baths, a spa-like primary bathroom, and gorgeous kitchen will satisfy even the most discerning guest. Large great room concept, with a nice separation between bedrooms. Close access to Mt. Bachelor, the Deschutes River, Sunriver, and all of the hikes and trails that make Central Oregon so special. The oversized two car garage, can hold up to 3 cars and all of your gear! Come live where you play without worrying about upkeep or projects! MLS# 220150774 NEW PRICENEW PRICE #7 MTN VIEW LODGE CONDO SUNRIVER OREGON 57275 Overlook Road, 7 - Looking for the perfect Sunriver escape? Want a quiet location, but still close to SHARC and the Sunriver Village? How about a golf view AND a peek-a-boo view of Mt Bachelor? This Mtn View condo is waiting for you! Fully furnished, nicely updated and ready to enjoy with the primary suite on the main level plus a large upstairs loft with king bed and private bathroom. Currently an active rental with Vacasa, buyer has the opportunity to buy this property as a turn-key rental. Fantastic little condo tucked away in a quiet location!MLS# 220150317 3 BD | 3 BA | 1,816 SF | $699,000 CONTIGENT 1 BD | 2 BA | 1,014 SF | $529,000 NEW PRICE Bin Location: East side of the Sunriver Marketplace 18160 Cottonwood Rd. Sunriver Please donate your cans & bottles! High Desert Museum September offerings µ µ µ µ For The Finest CARPET CLEANING in Sunriver Stan’s Carpet cleanrugs@gmail.com541-593-2133Cleaning Serving Sunriver Since 1980 The High Desert Museum is located about 10 minutes north of Sunriver off Highway 97. For more information, visit www. highdesertmuseum.org or call 541-382-4754. Daily schedule All daily talks are free with museum admission • 1904 Miller Ranch and Sawmill, 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Natural History Walk, 10:30 a.m. • Bird of Prey Encounter, 11 a.m. • Carnivore Talk, 12 p.m. • Otter Encounter, 1 p.m. • High Desert Hooves, 2 p.m. • Bird of Prey Encounter, 3 p.m. Other events • Monday, Sept. 5, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Last chance for summer programs such as Raptors of the Desert Sky, Desert Dwellers and other summer programs. • Thursday, Sept. 8 – 11: PLAYA Writing Intensive “Lost in NurturePlace” your creative writing. Take part in a unique weekend writing intensive at PLAYA, an arts and sciences residency cam pus located on Summer Lake, Oregon. Daily generative writ ing workshops, led by writer and poet Ellen Waterston, will be informed and complement ed by morning field trips and evening discussions led by High Desert Museum Curator of Wildlife Jon Nelson and noted archaeologist Dennis Jenkins, field director at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History Museum/University of Oregon. $750 per person, all inclusive. Register at thelearnPhotography–org/lost-in-place.highdesertmuseum.•Thursday,Sept.8,10a.m.2p.m.WildlifeConservationJoinourwildlifeteamtoaboutandphotographwildlifeinourcare.Experiencedphotographerswillassistparticipantswithtechniquesforportrait-styleandactionphotographyopportunitieswithraptorsandmammals.ParticipantscanexplorethefundamentalsoftheirequipmentduringaZoommeetingonWednesday,Sept.7at6:30p.m.$150perperson.Membersreceive20%discount.Registerathighdesertmuseum.org/wildlife-photography-fall-2022•Monday,Sept.12,7–8p.m.(doorsopen5:30).NaturalHistoryPub:FungiofCentralOregonCentralOregonishometoabroadrangeoffungi.Frommushroomstomolds,fungiplayanimportantroleinourregion’sforests.JoinArielCowan,OregonStateUniversityExtensionService,andSarahNavarro,U.S.ForestService, to learn how these inhabitants impact forest health. Free, registration is required. At McMenamins Old St. Fran cis School, Bend. Register forp.m.org/waterston-2022RSVPmemberssubmission2022CarolineawardWatersonRaquelwhich800yonprojectwillHeartRideTheauthorarythorPrize–freevited–ral-history-pub-septemberhighdesertmuseum.org/natuat•Wednesday,Sept.21,9a.m.5p.m.SeniorDayVisitors65andolderareintoenjoythemuseumforonthisday.•Thursday,Sept.22,5:308p.m.WaterstonDesertWritingCeremonyfeaturingauKevinFedarkoJoinusforaneveningofliterexcellence.KevinFedarko,of“TheEmeraldMile:EpicStoryoftheFastestInHistoryThroughtheoftheGrandCanyon,”speakabouthiscurrentintheGrandCanandhisodysseyofnearlymiles,almostnoneofinvolvedatrail.AuthorGutiérrez,the2022GuestJudge,willthisyear’sPrizewinner.Tracey,winnerofthePrize,willreadfromher“SaltLakes.”$7,receive20%discount.athighdesertmuseum.•Wednesday,Sept.28,6–8Teachers’NightOutBack-to-schoolnight,butteachers!CentralOregon teachers and school adminis trators are invited to network with community organizations to support and enhance their upcoming school year. Come early for the screening of the museum’s joint film project with Oregon Black Pioneers, “Meeting the Sewells.” Free to public, private and homeschool educators and administrators.
• “Art in the West” through Sept. 30: Art in the West is an annual juried exhibition and silent auction featuring art that celebrates the landscapes, wild life, people, cultures and history of the High Desert. Features al most 100 works of art by dozens of renowned artists from across the country.
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By Deon Stonehouse It is with great pleasure invite join Sept. 18 at 5 p.m. for an event with Craig Johnson, author of the New York Times bestselling Sheriff Walt Longmire series, inspiration for the hit TV Dra ma “Longmire.” Johnson has been a loyal and good friend; we are honored to know him. This will be a ticketed event for vaccinated audience members. Call 541-593-2525 or stop by Sunriver Books to pre-purchase a copy of “Hell and Back” and receive your ticket.
Page 29SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 www.sunriverowners.org SUNRIVER MARKETS Our stores feature some of the finest wine selections in Oregon Global offerings include wines rated by Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate magazinesCountry Store | The Village at Sunriver Marketplace | Cottonwood Road Country Store | 541.593.8113 www.sunrivergrocerystores.com Marketplace | 541.593.8166 Curbside delivery available, just call ahead! Proud to be your “Hometown Supermarkets” Both stores offering: Produce & Meat Departments • Hot Deli w/ Daily Breakfast, Lunch and/or Dinner Beer & Wine • Full Liquor Stores • CBD Products • Cigars • Lottery • Video Rentals • Money Orders • FAX/Copies Marketplace also features Post Office & UPS • Full Service Gas Station • Carpet Cleaning Rentals $$ SAVE $$ ON FUEL Spend $25, $50, $75 or $100 on in-store purchases* at The Marketplace or Country Store and save .04/.06/.08/.10 cents per gallon Coupons valid only at Marketplace Shell Station *Grocery purchase is on a per visit basis. Excludes hard liquor sales. One coupon per grocery order. Expires 7 days after issue date, one coupon per vehicle. We ETHANOLhaveFREESUPER!
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Johnson’s Sheriff Walt Long mire series has won a long list of awards and gained a devoted following. His characters come to feel like old friends, reading each book is a chance to catch up on what has been happening with them. Walt, Henry Stand ing Bear and Vic are always fighting the good fight, trying to protect the defenseless, some times against the unimaginable. Wyoming gives Johnson a big canvas to paint his series on, it is not called “big sky” country for nothing. Wyoming has some of the most spectacular landscape on the planet, and miles of empty land that can make you think you have stepped back in Thetime.latest in the Longmire series, “Hell and Back” will pit Walt against his greatest chal lenge, it not just his life that is in danger, but his very soul. Wyoming is beautiful country, but it can also be deadly cold.
Walt wakes up in the middle of a road covered in snow, his hat nearby and his coat frozen to the ground. He doesn’t remem ber anything, not who he is, not where he is from, not who his people are, nothing. The road is right by the remnants of the Fort Pratt boarding school where 30 Native American boys perished in a fire in 1896. The name of the notorious school hangs over the gate still stand ing in front of the desolate site. Dusting himself off, he reasons the best course of action is to wander down the hill to the littleAndtown.then things get even stranger. The people feel famil iar, starting with the beautiful strawberry blond at the café. She gives him the first clue to his identity, reading his name in the band of his hat. There is something off about the people, something he should know – if he could just remember. In Native American lore there is an all powerful being, evil, a being that wants not only to kill, but to eat the very soul of its victim. The town where small boys perished in a fire could be just the kind of place the Taker of Souls would relish – seeking victims to feed its hunger. What if such a thing has set its focus on Walt? What if he is running out of time, and he must re member who he is and what he does before it finds him? While Walt is battling the forces of evil, Henry Stand ing Bear and Vic, along with Dog, are in Fort Pratt looking for him. They don’t know what has happened to him, where he might be, if he is in dire straits. They just know he may have come here seeking a missing Native American girl, Jeanne. Not a lot to go on, but then Henry is an accomplished tracker and Vic is determined. She is not the sort of women people get away with annoying. Henry and Vic know something must have happened to Walt; they fear time may be short to find him.
The two stories blend, moving back and forth as Walt searches for answers while Henry and Vic search for Walt. There are so many edge-ofyour-seat moments. I read it one sitting as I could not put it down. I would be with Walt wandering about baffled while battling the forces of darkness, getting out of one tight spot after another, when the story would turn and I would be with Henry and Vic, trying desperately to find out what happened to Walt. We hope you can join us Sept.18 for a great event. Sunriver Books & Music is in building 25 in The Village at Sunriver. Call 541-593-2525 or visit www.sunriverbooks.com for more information.
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The Sunriver-La Pine Rotary Club’s next grant cycle is com ing up and nonprofit programs and organizations that support children, families and seniors in south Deschutes County are invited to apply. Grants are administered by the club’s foun dation, a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation.Grantsare made possible by the generosity of our com munity through donations and fundraising events such as the Annual Dinner and Wine Auction held in May. At this important fundraiser, 160 guests enjoyed a delicious dinner and lively auction at the Sunriver Resort’s historic Great Hall. Between the silent and live auctions, sponsorships, bids for kids and wine raffle, more than $52,000 was raised in net proceeds. Since 2005, the Sun river-La Pine Rotary Club and its charitable foundation have awarded more than $782,000 to local nonprofits. Thank you to everyone who has helped to make this Applicationspossible.can be accessed online at the Rotary Club’s website: morefoundationlaterasPleasegmail.comSusananrotary.org.www.sunriver-lapineYoucanalsorequestapplicationbycontactingJainatsusanjain.china@or(770)743-2904.submityourapplicationsoonaspossiblebutnothanOct.31,2022.Thewillcontactyouifinformationisneeded.
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Applicants will be informed of the foundation’s decision by early December. If your organization received grant funding from our Foun dation in the past and you have not yet provided us with a post-funding report, this report must accompany your application. The report should summarize how the funding was used and the actual benefits to your organization compared to the anticipated benefits per your original application. Please request a copy of the post-fund ing report form from Susan Jain if you do not find it online.
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A second set of adult dog obe dience/good citizen classes will be offered and held Thursdays, Sept. 8 – Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. at the SROA boat launch overflow parkingLessonsarea.will be geared with the Sunriver experience in mind and include pathway walks. The cost is $150 for six of eight ses sions, with up to two additional sessions available at $25 each, space permitting. Presented by the SROA Own er Enrichment Committee, the instructor is Jane Devlin, a licensed obedience and agility trainer known to many in the Sunriver community. She led a spring/summer class which was very much appreciated. For more information or registration, contact Devlin at Wilddogsjd@gmail.com or call 541-385-7691.
Page 30 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Golf continued from page 24 L KING FOR THAT SPECIAL PLACE TO CALL "HOME"? WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OF LOCAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO SERVE YOU CALL OR STOP BY W E A R E I N T H E S U N R I V E R V I L L A G E , B L D G 2 5 S U I T E 1 1 0 5 4 1 . 3 2 3 . 5 8 8 8 Donate &BOTTLESRedeemableyourCANS BOTTLE/CAN DROP Holy Trinity Church South Parking Lot 18143 Cottonwood Rd Sunriver, OR Proceeds will benefit activitiesyouthatall area Holy Redeemer Catholic Parishes Sunriver Holy Trinity Church Please join us for mass • Saturday at 5:30 pm • Sunday at 8 am Apply now for Rotary grants round are Widgi Creek 893 points, Eagle Crest 875, Black Butte 865 and Sunriver at 817. Wait ’til next year! Celebration planned Watch your email inbox for announcements regarding our end of year awards celebration. Trophies, awards and recogni tion for the year’s category and event winners will be presented. The date and venue are to be announced. New members welcome Sunriver residency is not a requirement. Find the SRMGC online at www.srmensgolf. com. For more information email SRMGC president Dave Buhaly at srvrbvrdave@icloud. com or me at the email address listed below. – Paul J. Grieco is SRMGC handicap chair and may be reached at pjg3sr@gmail.com eggs? Well not likely, but worth a try considering the alternative. The story is both humorous and heartbreaking. Well worth reading.Wechose this novel for our banned book selection before Russia brutally invaded the sovereign nation of Ukraine. It is a worthwhile novel about an earlier time and two brave young men. It causes me some uneasiness to feature a Rus sian novel while Russia is so blatantly and cruelly ignoring international laws and attack ing another country. That said, I also would be uneasy about dropping a novel that both entertains and speaks of the hu man condition; banning books is wrong. Our sympathy is with Ukraine, we are sorry Russia has chosen this path. Sunriver Books & Music is in building 25 in The Village at Sunriver. Call 541-593-2525 or visit www.sunriverbooks.com for more information.
Page 31SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022 www.sunriverowners.org Recreate Responsibly In Our Community Submit via www.sunriverowners.org and go to Documents & Forms > Classified Ad Submission PET SITTING In your home while you are away, or will walk/feed daily, etc. For information, call Bonnie Rogers at 541-419-4647 Sunriver references available. 12/22 ROG REMODEL & ADDITIONS Decks, windows, tile, miscellaneous carpentry and roof repair. Ryan Carroll 541-420-0675 ryancarrollconstruction.comCCB#193727AUTOCARROLL DEPENDABLE 5 STAR QUALITY VACATION RENTAL CLEANING Specializing in owner-operated vacation rentals. I will be your eyes and ears for everything your rental needs. Convenient monthly invoicing. I have excellent references, long-time employees, quality products Donnawww.vacationrentalcleans.comtoo.James 541-410-1770 Girl Friday Cleaning AUTO JAMES HOT TUB MAINTENANCE Repair, Service and Sales. Excellent customer service at affordable rates. Your local Cal Spas dealer. 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Page 32 SUNRIVER SCENE • SEPTEMBER 2022www.sunriverowners.org Each office is independently owned & operated. All Brokers Licensed in the State of Oregon. Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty 57100 Beaver Drive, Suite 150 | Sunriver, OR 97707 | P.O Box 3122 | 541.593.2122 16844 DOWNEY ROAD BEND | Beautiful new home sitting on over a half-acre a stone’s throw from the Deschutes National Forest which is full of hiking/biking trails situated around Anne’s Butte and beyond. Location offers easy access to all the upper lakes, Mt Bachelor, Deschutes River and only a couple miles to all that Sunriver has to offer. MLS# 220145343 Jason Aleksey | Broker | 541.219.2906 jason.aleksey@cascadesir.com $824,000 | 3 BD | 3 BA | 2,334 SF | 0.57 ACRES CROSSWATER | Spectacular golf and mountain views, expansive meadows, and meandering rivers await at this premier homesite located in the 600-acre gated, luxury resort community of Crosswater. This 1.16-acre parcel offers westerly views. In the heart of a recreational paradise with a gym, tennis, swimming and more! 56575 NEST PINE DRIVE Jenn Schaake | Principal Broker 541.480.1142 | jenn@createalegacy.estate $995,000 | VACANT LAND | 1.16 ACRES MLS# 220149317 MLS# 220147858 SUNRIVER | Iconic property known for having the finest river views. The Sunriver flows directly in front of the home, unobstructed views of the Deschutes River located in a wide bend. This 10,161 square foot home boasts an indoor swimming pool, spa and waterfall, extensive woodwork, grand staircase and more. Kelly Winch & Robyn Tuttle | Brokers 541.390.0398 | kwinch@sunriverdream.com $2,625,000 | 7 BD | 5 BA | 10,161 SF 57699 GOLDEN EAGLE LANE 17806 MT. HOOD LANE 15 MLS# 220150704 SUNRIVER | Easy access to Fort Rock Park, the Village, both golf courses, SHARC, and still having privacy. Offering four bedrooms, primary on main level, 2 1/2 baths, you can bring your friends, family, and more. The two-car garage offers a generous loft space and sotrage. Landscaped courtyard & new paver patio! Annie Wayland | Broker 541.280.3770 | annie.wayland@cascadesir.com $1,300,000 | 4 BD | 3 BA | 2,708 SF 57051 ELK LANE #6 Don Nolte | Broker | don.nolte@cascadesir.com541.870.9115 $847,000 | 3 BD | 3 BA | 1,614 SF | 0.15 ACRES MLS# 220149756 SUNRIVER | Conveniently located next to the Village, this home was completely remodeled in 2021. Open beam ceiling in living room gives an expansive feel. Completely remodeled kitchen, with new quartz countertop, new cabinets, and all new appliances. 10 x 10 detached storage space, with power and lighting. Back deck is fully enclosed and pet-friendly. 17334 BEAVER PLACE MLS# 220146606 BEND | Custom log accent home over 5200 sf has over 8 acres including 1/4 mile river frontage. Maintained trails throughout the property provide outdoor recreation in all seasons. Jaw dropping views of Mt. Bachelor and the river, radiant floors, vaulted beamed ceilings, entertainer’s kitchen and workshops for any hobby. Sarah Rucker | Broker | sarah.rucker@cascadesir.com541.977.1063 $1,950,000 | 4 BD | 4 BA | 5,299 SF #7 MTN VIEW LODGE CONDO SUNRIVER | Want a quiet location, but still close to SHARC and the Sunriver Village? How about a golf view AND a peek-a-boo view of Mt Bachelor? This Mtn View condo is waiting for you! Fully furnished, nicely updated and ready to enjoy with the primary suite on the main level plus a large upstairs loft. MLS# 220150317 Roger Wayland | Broker 541.408.0819 | roger.wayland@cascadesir.com $529,000 | 1 BD | 2 BA | 1,014 SF 56580 SUNSTONE LOOP Mike & Kim Riley | Principal Brokers 541.948.2932 | mike.riley@cascadesir.com $2,520,000 | 4 BD | 4 BA | 3,598 SF | 0.41 ACRES MLS# 220149038 BEND | Beautiful NW Design by Pineriver Homes. Located on a .41acre lot with vaulted great room, wood ceilings, ans 8” plank hickory hardwood. Every cook’s dream kitchen, primary suites, and large bonus room. Paver patio with gas firepot & BBQ, 3-car garage with epoxy floors, and more! MLS# 220147635 BEND | Outstanding opportunity to own .61 acre high bank lot on the Big Deschutes, with unobstructed views of the water, Mt. Bachelor views, and more. Building plans available. Community includes private water, sewer, boat launch, paved roads, and private park. All of this located just minutes from Sunriver Resort. Robyn Tuttle | Broker 541.588.0181 | robyn.tuttle@cascadesir.com $424,000 | VACANT LAND | 0.61 ACRES 56053 SNOW GOOSE ROAD isCascadeproud NOW PENDING NOW PENDING Join us every Second Saturday of the month in our Sunriver Office from 4-6 PM. Enjoy work from 30 local artists as well as a chance to meet them. Second Saturdays in Sunriver
