The fourth annual Sunriver Art Faire takes over The Village at Sunriver with fun, food and other festivities Aug. 9-11
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center................ 8 Phantom Diner............ 10 Calendar...................... 11 Women’s Club.............. 21
SROA News.................. 26 Public Safety................ 34 Commentary................ 44 Classified..................... 47
Celebrating its 36th season, the annual Sunriver Music Festival kicks off this month with the Festival Faire fundraiser on Aug. 4
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S C E N E A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION
August • 2013
volume xxxix • Number 8
SR firefighter union requests arbitration
Sunriver workshops will be held on the following dates at SHARC. • Aug. 13, 6-8 p.m. • Aug. 17 immediately following the annual meeting (approximately 3:30 p.m.). Owners wishing to learn more about this project are encouraged to view the initial river access conceptual plan on the SROA website at www.sunriverown ers.org>News & Notices>Boat Ramp &
By Brooke Snavely A labor contract disagreement between the Sunriver career firefighters and their employer, the Sunriver Service District, is going to arbitration. Negotiations between the parties have included three rounds of collective bargaining and a mediation session. Sunriver Service District board members publicly described the situation at their July 18 meeting, and again July 20 at the SROA Board of Directors meeting. Bob Wrightson and Bob Nelson serve on both boards. “We have a four year contract with the police department. The fire department wants a five year contract and substantially different terms,” said Bob Wrightson, treasurer for the Sunriver Service District. “The police got a lump sum payment of $1,875 and 1.5 percent increases in fiscal years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. The firefighters proposed a 3.6 percent increase retroactive to 20122013 and an inflationary increase (minimum of 2.5 percent up to 4.5 percent) in subsequent years. At this point we have to assume it will be 4.5 percent.” Based on the requested increase,
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Paddlers float the Deschutes River. SROA is working to create permanent river access for owners and guests to Sunriver.
Owner workshops hit the road to discuss river access development The engineering firm WHPacific will host a series of workshops in August to collect SROA member input for the proposed river access and park development near the Sunriver marina. Using the Infrastructure & Amenities Master Plan created by MacKay Sposito (unveiled at last year’s annual meeting),
Hot August Events • Fridays in August: Sunriver Sidewalk Series. See ad page 31. • Through Sept. 7: Twilight Cinema free family movies at SHARC and in The Village at Sunriver. See ad page 32. • Aug. 3: Sunriver Quilt Show & Sale in The Village at Sunriver • Aug. 4, 11 & 18: Turf Tunes free concerts in SHARC’s amphitheater. See ad page 23. • Aug. 9-11: Sunriver Art Faire in The Village at Sunriver. See ad page 29. • Aug. 9-21: Sunriver Music Festival. See pages 24-25. • Aug. 25: Shakespeare In The Park presents Much Ado About Nothing at SHARC. See ad page 22. • Aug. 31-Sept. 1: Sunriver Sunfest at Fort Rock Park. See ad page 43. • Aug. 31-Sept. 1: Marathon for a Cause at Sunriver Resort. Visit www.sunriverresort.com. See story page 31.
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the document will be a starting point for incorporating owner input and assist WHPacific in preparing a final draft plan for the marina/park as well as cost estimates. Two workshops will be hosted in the Portland metro area Aug. 10. • 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Vancouver Phoenix Inn (12712 SE 2nd Circle, Vancouver, WA 98684). • 4-6 p.m. at the Tigard Phoenix Inn (9575 SW Locust St. Tigard, OR 97223 near Washington Square).
Pine needle scale being monitored in Sunriver By Brooke Snavely Some lodgepole pine trees in Sunriver look like they’ve been flocked white except that it’s not Christmas and an insect that sucks the sap out of pine needles causes the color. Tree lovers meet the pine needle scale (Chionaspis pinifoliae), a native insect that is causing needle damage and foliage loss on lodgepole pine in parts of Sunriver. Sunriver Owners Association requested help from the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). The agency designed and conducted a tree health evaluation in early July. Trees in eight Sunriver traffic circles are being studied, along with three control points on
the Deschutes National Forest around Sunriver. Samples were taken and sent to an ODF disease laboratory in Salem for analysis. The initial findings were presented at the SROA Board of Directors July 19 work session. “At first look I saw what I consider above normal populations” of pine needle scale said Rob Flowers, ODF entomologist. “Usually these insects exist at an endemic level, background level. This is a native insect. Under some conditions they can move into more of an outbreak situation where you get a lot more insects on any one particular tree Turn to Scale, page 6
The needles on a tree infested with scale have a ‘flocked’ appearance.
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