Sunriver Resort honors original founders John and Betty Gray with dedication of a ponderosa tree and a plaque
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center ............... 8 Calendar ..................... 13 SROA Board................ 26
Public Safety ............... 34 Commentary ............... 46 Classified .................... 47
SROA is awarded ‘Safe Sidewalks’ honors from the Deschutes County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
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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
AUGUST • 2015
VOLUME XLI • NUMBER 8
Summer fire danger: Restrictions in effect on public lands
There’s plenty of entertainment in Sunriver Whoever described August as the lazy days of summer never visited Sunriver. By our count, there are nearly 50 community events, concerts and movie presentations happening in the next 30 days in Sunriver, and the majority of them are free to attend. Here’s a chronological rundown to help Scene readers plan ahead. July 29 and 30: Discover Sunriver music series: Michael John performs live music 6-9 p.m. in The Village at Sunriver between The Village Bar & Grill and Goody’s. July 31: Discover Sunriver music series: The Klassixs Ayre Band performs classic 1950s and ’60s rock tunes, 7-9 p.m. on the main stage in The Village
at Sunriver’s courtyard. This air band is made up entirely of local residents with a flair for showmanship. Aug. 1: Sunriver Quilt Show, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in The Village at Sunriver featuring more than 100 quilts on display, special exhibits and quilts for sale. Aug. 1: Sunriver Resort concert series: Derek Michael Marc, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Sunriver Beer Garden. Aug. 1: Twilight Cinema: “SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water,” 7 p.m. on The Village at Sunriver’s north lawn. Aug. 2: Festival Faire, 5 p.m. The Sunriver Music Festival’s elegant evening of dining, auctions and live music at the Great Hall. $100 per person. 541593-9310.
square miles — from Benham Falls Day Use Area to Sunriver, Three Rivers and La Pine State Park. Four Rivers’ mosquito-battling fleet includes fogging trucks, a helicopter, boats and staff on the ground to apply larvacide and/or fog to help eliminate larvae and adult-flying mosquitoes. “We’ve had a spell of nasty weather,
From Sunriver Scene news sources Given the continued trend of hot and dry conditions, and fire suppression resources already responding to numerous wildfires around Central Oregon, the Prineville District Bureau of Land Management, the Deschutes National Forest and the Ochoco National Forest, including the Crooked River National Grassland, implemented campfire restrictions and restricted industrial activity effective July 10. Campfires, warming fires and cooking fires, including charcoal fires, portable propane campfires, biomass or particle wood-burning stoves, and wood pellet grills or smokers, are prohibited on Forest Service and BLM lands, except in established fire rings at designated campgrounds. Wilderness: These campfire restrictions apply to all wildernesses on Forest Service and BLM lands. Please note that biomass or particle wood-burning stoves are not allowed in wilderness this year due to the severity of fuel conditions. Campfires are still permitted within established fire rings at the following campgrounds: • Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District: Crane Prairie, Cultus Lake, Elk Lake, Fall River, Fall River Guard Station, Gull Point, Lava Lake, Little Cultus Lake, Little Fawn, Little Fawn Group, Little Lava Lake, Mallard Marsh, North Twin, Point, Quinn Meadow Horse Camp, Quinn River, Rock Creek, Sheep Bridge, South, South Twin, West South, Big River Group, Bull Bend, Wyeth, Cinder Hill, East Lake, Little Crater, Newberry, Ogden Group, Paulina Lake, Prairie • Crescent Ranger District: Contorta Flat, Contorta Point, Crescent Lake, Princess Creek, Simax Group, Spring, Sunset Cove, Trapper Creek, Whitefish Horse Camp, Windy Group Site, Industrial Mushroom Camp (Little Odell Butte)
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Turf Tunes is held at SHARC every Sunday through August.
Aug. 2: Turf Tunes, 5 p.m. at SHARC featuring Moondog Matinee. Aug. 4: Family Game Show Night, 6:45-8:45 p.m. in The Village at Sunriver. Game show fun may include Family Feud, Wheel of Fortune, JeopTurn to Entertainment, page 6
The buzz on mosquitoes By Susan Berger Mosquitoes in and around Sunriver can be bad in any given year. As part of the natural environment, only so much can be done to battle these biting, buzzing insects. “The mosquitoes this year are more active than in previous years,” said Chad Stubblefield, Four Rivers Vector Control District manager. “The reason for the spike is that period of high temperatures coupled with higher than normal river levels. We haven’t seen the water that high in a couple years.” As a result, a couple years worth of dormant eggs along the edges of marshes hatched. And, in some cases, water spilled into the tree line and hatched even more mosquitoes. Unfortunately, a mosquito can fly 10-20 miles looking for a blood meal, which only the females require for egg development to hatch the next generation. Mosquitoes generally feed on flower nectar, juices and decaying matter. The Sunriver Owners Association and other nearby communities contract annually with Four Rivers Vector Control. The district manages approximately 23 SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XLI • NUMBER 8 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
Above: Four Rivers Vector Control trapped 5,000 mosquitoes in less than 24 hours near Besson Day Use Area. At left: A helicopter with a bucket of larvacide takes off from the Sunriver Airport.
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