Sunriver’s wilder side means occasional encounters with native wildlife. After a recent cougar sighting - here’s some tips to stay safe.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center................ 8 Calendar...................... 13 SROA Board................ 26
Public Safety................ 24 Commentary................ 46 Classified..................... 47
The Recreation Department at the Sunriver Owners Association hosts a variety of youth summer activities
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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
JUNE • 2014
VOLUME XL • NUMBER 6
Pacific Crest Sports Festival expected to draw thousands
BendBroadband purchased by Chicago-based TDS By Brooke Snavely Less than two years after BendBroadband bought Chambers Cable and upgraded the cable TV and data network in the Sunriver area, the company announced intentions to sell. The buyer is Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., located in Chicago, Ill. On May 1, TDS announced a $261 million agreement to purchase most of BendBroadband’s assets, including the Sunriver portion of the system. Included in the sale are BendBroadband Vault, a Tier III data center, and Zolo Media, a cable advertising and broadcast business that operates KOHD (an ABC affiliate), KBNZ (a CBS affiliate) and COTV11 which offers original programming including local high school sports and the myWindow lifestyle show. “Customers will see very little, if any, change in terms of service and support,” said Amy Tykeson, BendBroadband president and CEO. “TDS is a Fortune 500 company and is consistently voted onto Forbes’ list of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies. They are second-generation family run with lots of experience in smaller markets with phones. The values they have are so similar to BendBroadband, I don’t see
By Jennifer Curtis, Nature Center Manager This year has proven to be atypical with regard to the number of calls that the Sunriver Nature Center and High Desert Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation (HDWRR) in Bend have received about “orphaned” baby owls. Owls are interesting in that they seem to get pushed out of nests by siblings, fall out by accident or the nest itself fails. Between our two organizations we have taken in more than 15 owlets this
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SUSAN BERGER PHOTOS
Two juvenile great horned owls, who were partially fledged and had left their nest, were discovered hanging out in the storage yard at SROA Public Works. The parent owl was nearby, keeping close watch on the youngsters.
Whooooo.... are you looking at? The year of the owls
Residents taking Honor Flight to D.C.
By Brooke Snavely Sunriver residents Bill and Rita Copp are taking an Honor Flight to see the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. June 11-15. Bill Copp, 88, served on a U.S. Navy minesweeper in the South Pacific in WWII. He will be taking the trip for free, courtesy of the Bend Heroes Foundation. Rita will pay about $1,300 in travel and hotel expenses to accompany her husband as his guardian. “They asked me if I’d be willing to share a room with a veteran during the trip. I told them I have a built-in veteran,” she said. Trip organizers asked Rita if she is physically capable of assisting veterans, many of who are in wheelchairs. The fact that Rita still skis Rita and Bill Copp with pictures of the minesweeper black diamond runs appeared to satisfy that concern. She may be he served on in the South Pacific in WWII, and how he looked when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
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The annual Pacific Crest Weekend Sports Festival will take place June 2729 in Sunriver. Sponsors expect more than 5,000 participants, and an estimated additional 10,000 family and friends, in events over the three days ranging from marathons and triathlons for the serious athletes to fun athletic events for children to short and long bicycle rides for non-competing members of athletes’ families. For those waiting at the finish line to cheer and greet their favorite athletes, there will be food, drink and entertainment. For the serious athletes, events include: • The marathon and half marathon held Saturday starting and ending at The Village at Sunriver. The event is open to both runners and walkers. The marathon is a BAA Boston qualifier. • The long course triathlon (1.2 mile swim, 56.3 mile bicycle course, and 13.1 mile run) and endurance duathlon (56.3 mile bicycle course and 13.1 mile run) also are on Saturday, beginning at Gull Point on Wickiup Reservoir and finishing at the Sunriver Resort Lodge. The long course triathlon offers a prize purse totaling $5,000 for the overall top five male and female participants, with prizes awarded as follows: first place - $1,000; second place - $650; third place - $450; fourth place - $250; and fifth place - $150. • The Olympic distance triathlon (1.5 kilometer swim, 28 mile bicycle course, 10 kilometer run) and Olympic duathlon (28 mile bicycle course, 10 kilometer run) are on Sunday, both starting at the north boat ramp of Gull Point at Wickiup Reservoir and ending at the Sunriver Resort Lodge. For the less serious but still active types, events include: • On Sunday, the run/walk over five kilometer and 10 kilometer courses that start and end at The Village at Sunriver. Turn to Pacific, page 3 PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BEND, OR PERMIT NO. 213