The Sunriver Music Festival, in its 37th year, announces a full lineup of talent coming in August to venues in Sunriver and Bend
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center ............... 8 Calendar ..................... 13 SROA Board................ 22
Public Safety ............... 30 Classified .................... 38 Commentary ............... 39
Dust off your clubs and clean those balls! Sunriver’s Meadows golf course plans a season opening date of April 19
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S U N R I V E R
S C E N E A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION
APRIL • 2014
volume Xl • Number 4
The ‘beer from here’ back on tap; now brewed in Sunriver
Online SROA member survey available soon Every five years the Sunriver Owners Association (SROA) is required to conduct a survey of its members to better understand the opinions, attitudes, and community priorities of Sunriver’s property owners. Results from these surveys help the SROA Board of Directors and staff shape future plans for Sunriver. Members’ input is needed to keep the association on the right track. The new survey will provide details about how owners use their Sunriver properties, activities they currently enjoy or would like to see, how they give and receive information, their impression of SROA, and their household demographics. SROA has hired an independent consulting company, DRC Research, to assist in designing the survey and analyzing the results, as well as ensuring the confidentiality of member answers. In an effort to keep mailing and printing costs low, members are encouraged to complete the survey online. The survey is simple, easy to complete and takes just 5-10 minutes. A paper version of the survey will be mailed to those who do not complete it online. This survey is an important opporTurn to Survey, page 6 SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XL • NUMBER 4 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
By Brooke Snavely Beer lovers rejoice. Locally brewed beers are back on tap at the Sunriver Brewing Company in The Village at Sunriver. As of press time, seven beers produced at the Sunriver Brewing Company’s new production facility in the Sunriver Business Park were available including: Adopt a Trail Pale Ale, Vicious Mosquito IPA, Chalk Rock Amber, Base Layer Black Ale, Lazy River Lager, Grandma’s Original Ale and Shred Head Winter Ale. American Hefeweizen is due out soon. “We have 13 tap handles at the pub in Sunriver available and right now we are using seven for ourselves, two for other beers from Central Oregon and one cider. We plan on filling the rest with our own offerings,” said Ryan Duley, Sunriver Brewing Company’s director of sales and marketing. “The reaction at the pub has been great. We’ve had really good response on all the beers. The quality of our beer has gotten so much better.” “We’ve got Adopt a Trail Pale Ale and Vicious Mosquito IPA available at 14 locations in Bend and on tap at three locations in Sunriver. Brother Jo
Two of Sunriver Brewing Company’s newest beers include the Vicious Mosquito IPA and Lazy River Lager, brewed at a facility in the Sunriver Business Park.
n’s and Platypus Pub say they’ve been very pleased with what’s coming out of our new system. They say the way it holds temperature and from the speed of transfer it’s obvious our head brewer Brett Thomas has learned the equipment quick. The scary thought is that he’s just going to get better.” Until recently, the Sunriver Brewing Company leased tank space from Phat Matt’s Brewing in Redmond. In a daring business strategy, the brewery
Sunriver Water Company seeks rate increase By Brooke Snavely On Feb. 28, Sunriver Water LLC submitted a general rate filing with the Oregon Public Utility Commission. The company seeks to increase its annual revenues by $430,000 over the $1.6 million it collected in 2013. If approved as submitted, rates for residential accounts, which constitute 85 percent of the customer base, would increase around 28 percent effective July 1, 2014. Larger rate increases averaging 40 percent for commercial customers and 45 percent for irrigation customers are proposed. The utility said in its application it is seeking the rate increase because of increased operating costs since the last rate case in 2010, and for plant invest-
ments that were made to improve water system performance. According to state statutes, utility companies are entitled to earn a 10 percent return on their rate base. Sunriver Water LLC said it did not earn 10 percent in the 2013 “test year.” The utility company, a subsidiary of Sunriver Resort Limited Partnership, sent a letter dated March 10 to all customers advising of the general rate filing. Copies of the utility’s application, testimony and exhibits are available at Sunriver Water LLC’s office, 57850 West Cascade Road in Sunriver, or by calling 541-593-4197. The documents are also available online at http:// apps.puc.state.or.us/edockets/docket.
allowed the supply of its namesake beers to run out and put other local beers on tap in its Sunriver pub for nearly two months while finishing construction and starting production. Beers from the Crux Fermentation Project, Boneyard, Goodlife and 10 Barrel breweries, all in Bend, took over the vacant taps. “Our goal was to have people miss our beer, and have its return be a cause Turn to Beer, page 3
Sunriver Water LLC Rate Case Residential average monthly bill* • Current: $28.55 • Proposed: $37.66 *5/8-inch or 3/4-inch service line, includes base and consumption rate Commercial average monthly bill* • Current: $179.66 • Proposed: $251.33 *2-inch service line Irrigation average monthly bill* • Current: $212.08 • Proposed: $298.95 *2-inch service line
Turn to Water, page 3 PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BEND, OR PERMIT NO. 213