From charity runs and parades to barbecues and live music, Sunriver is chock-full of activities for Fourth of July fun
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center................ 8 Calendar...................... 11 Love Wine Inc.............. 14 Women’s Club.............. 21
SROA News.................. 26 Public Safety................ 34 Commentary................ 44 Classified..................... 47
SHARC kicks-off summer with its free concert series in the amphitheater July 7 with the popular band Hit Machine
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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
JULY • 2013
volume xxxix • Number 7
BendBroadband sets date for switch to all-digital network BendBroadband announced July 30 as the projected date for cutover to the new all-digital cable network and BendBroadband services. This includes turning off all analog TV channels and moving customers to the upgraded network with faster Internet speeds, more digital cable TV and high definition channels, On Demand programming and access to BendBroadband’s home phone service. No certification = no TV service BendBroadband has certified more than 80 percent of the homes and businesses in Sunriver in preparation for receiving the all-digital signals. There are approximately 400 customers whose TVs will go dark because the home has not yet been certified or received a new set top box. Customers who have not been certified will be unable to watch TV as of July 30. It also ensures your Internet service is performTurn to Switchover, page 3
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Elk photo by Susan Berger / Photo Illustration by Marti Croal
Sunriver’s elks don Bend Elks baseball caps in this tongue-in-cheek photo illustration of a herd on the Woodlands golf course.
Come out for SHARC Night with the Bend Elks baseball team Sunriver Owners Association (SROA) is sponsoring SHARC Night at Vince Genna Stadium in Bend, Saturday, July 13 at 6:35 p.m. That night the Bend Elks will host the San Francisco Seals in a matchup of players from West Coast colleges and universities who are trying to attract the attention of major league scouts. They play an aggressive style of baseball that is bound to impress anyone who has not attended a college game in person. A July baseball game at Vince Genna stadium is a slice of Americana. The family-friendly venue holds up to 3,000
fans reveling in the warm summer evening. All seats in the grandstand have views of the Cascade Mountains. Sunscreens above the center and left field fences allow players and fans to track every pitch and play as the sun casts golden light into the stadium. In one of many strategies designed to involve fans in the action, the Elks designate a “K Man” in the opponent’s lineup. Whenever the K Man strikes out, beer sells for half price, prompting a happy rush to the beer stand. At Turn to Elks, page 10
Win SHARC Night tickets For even more incentive to attend the game, SROA will give four general admission tickets each to 10 lucky winners who submit an entry at www.SunriverStyle.com by 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 10. Entering the contest couldn’t be easier. Just visit the website and choose the Elks Game tab at the top of any page and follow the instructions. Winners will be chosen randomly from all valid entries and notified by email. Tickets can be picked up at SHARC’s Homeowner ID office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., July 11-13.
Sunriver Brewing Company hires head brewer; set to start beer production in the business park By Brooke Snavely On the first anniversary of the Sunriver Brewing Company, Brett Thomas was introduced as head brewer for the brewpub and restaurant in The Village at Sunriver. Thomas brings four brewing awards and six years experience to the position. He replaces Brian Cameron who continues as business manager for the brew company. “I helped develop our pale ale but it was never in my plans to be a brewer,” Cameron said. “I want the beer to rock. Brett has the ideas and the awards to make that happen. I tried some of Brett’s beer the other day… a pale ale, a Kolsch and a Hefeweizen. Every one of them just wowed me and made me want to work harder and faster building our new production facility so everyone can taste what Brett makes. Our beer is great and Brett will make it more drinkable.” SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XXXIX • NUMBER 7 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
Sunriver Brewing Company’s new head brewer, Brett Thomas, (left) stands with Brian Cameron, the company’s business manager.
Thomas’s beers received two gold medals and two bronze medals during recent competitions at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colo. “I’m excited about the flexibility Sunriver Brewing Company is giving me to create beers for competition,” Thomas said. “I always think of the
customers first. It has to be drinkable and saleable.” Thomas described himself as a “nerdy home brewer” who focuses on the technical aspects of brewing. To learn the craft beer trade he read books, talked to professional brewers, apprenticed with two brewers and completed American Brewers Guild courses. He served as head brewer at an established craft microbrewery in Bend. Just days into his new position, he was trying to convince Sunriver Brewing Company owners to attend the Hopunion Hops and Brew School in Yakima, Wash. to learn about hop usage, recipe formulation and brewing methods. Thomas was born in New Jersey and raised in Las Vegas. He moved to Central Oregon in 2006 to get involved in the emerging microbrew scene.
In conjunction with Thomas’ hiring, Sunriver Brewing Company announced it has acquired the Bowers Building and associated storage units in the Sunriver Business Park and intends to create a state-of-the-art brewing production facility and restaurant in the 12,500square-foot main building. The facility will feature a 30-barrel fermentation system and a 15-barrel conditioning tank alongside a threebarrel experimental system. Thomas and Cameron were in the process of designing, equipping and installing the production facility and discussing recipes. They said the production facility will be capable of brewing custom batches for customers, for the pub and for experimental purposes. “We want Brett to feel like it’s his brewery. We hope to be brewing by Turn to Brewing, page 4 PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BEND, OR PERMIT NO. 213