Dust off those fishing poles. Free Fishing Weekend starts June 9, with a special fishing day just for kids at Caldera Springs
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center.............. 10 Calendar...................... 13 SR Gardener................ 19 Women’s Club.............. 21
SROA News.................. 26 Public Safety................ 34 Commentary................ 45 Classified..................... 48
‘Summer near Sunriver’ by Joanne Donaca is chosen as the artwork for the 2012 Sunriver Music Festival Poster
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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
volume xxxVIII • Number 6
JUNE • 2012
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SSD board member Ron Angell, left, pins a ceremonial badge on Marc Mills, who was selected at the new Sunriver Police chief.
Mills selected as chief of police Remove “interim” from Marc Mills’ title. Mills, who agreed in February to serve on an interim basis after previous chief Mike Kennedy’s employment was terminated, is now the police chief of Sunriver. He was offered the job May 18 during one of the Sunriver Service District’s shortest meetings on record. Following a two-month long recruitment and review process, it took the board eight minutes to move and unanimously approve offering Mills the position, which he accepted. “I truly look forward to taking the police department and the men and women of this department to many new different levels and into the community… to get to know each and every one of you,” Mills said. “There’s just a wealth of knowledge and education that you all have and I’m going to pick your brains. I will be conversing with you because I think there’s a lot to learn… something that might click between you and us, serving and protecting this community.” Mills made his interest in the position known shortly after he was named interim chief. Mills was appointed as a loaned executive from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office where he started as a reserve deputy and worked up to
The SHARC Zone Above: Guests disappear into a black hole of one of SHARC’s two waterslides. The entire SHARC facility, including all outdoor amenities, are open and ready to welcome summer visitors.
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Above: Guests enjoy lunch from Riptide Cafe while taking in views of the outdoor pool, splash area, waterslides and lazy river. Left: A boy tests his agility skills on floating pads to cross the outdoor pool. Read more about SHARC on page 4.
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