Debunking spider myths: There are 500 species found in Oregon but only one that is considered poisonous — the black widow.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center ............... 8 Calendar ..................... 13 SROA Board................ 26
Public Safety ............... 30 Classified .................... 38 Commentary ............... 39
A tradition for generations, the Sunriver Resort’s holiday celebrations begin with the Grand Illumination
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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
NOVEMBER • 2015
VOLUME XLI • NUMBER 11
Sunriver chamber steps in to save monthly potlucks By Brooke Snavely Potluck dinners are back on the menu after the Sunriver Area Chamber of Commerce took over management of the monthly community gatherings. Earlier this year the existing potluck volunteer organizers stepped away from administrative roles and warned that, lacking leadership, the potluck dinners would cease to exist after 40 years. The dire prediction almost came true in October, when the monthly potluck dinner occurred but without the benefit of advance publicity. At the eleventh hour, agreements were made between the potluck volunteers still willing to serve in support roles, the chamber of commerce and the Sunriver Owners Association, which operates SHARC where the potlucks are held. The chamber now manages the potluck’s financial responsibilities, SHARC hosts the beer and wine service and the volunteers do what they most enjoy — coordinating seating arrangements, decorating the venue, meeting and greeting potluck attendees and arranging the food items people bring to share. Approximately 120 people attended the first potluck dinner of the 20152016 season Oct. 14 at SHARC. The simple pleasures of seeing familiar folks and meeting new ones were quickly re-established. A good portion of the audience lingered to enjoy Yvonne Ramage’s solo vocal and acoustic guitar performance. “It was a good turnout, especially considering the potlucks died for a time and considering that we got the October event organized too late to promote it in the Scene,” said Lana Benish, a former potluck committee co-chair. “Everything went well except for a shortage of protein, but that’s an ongoing concern. Everyone brings salads. We need more meat and main dishes. We also could use Turn to Potluck, page 3 SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XLI • NUMBER 11 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
How prepared is Central Oregon for ‘the big one’
A Sunriver staple for years, Hammer Time was sold and closed in October in preparation of a remodel before re-opening as Ace Hardware in spring 2016.
Ace Hardware coming to Sunriver
Preparing Sunriver area homes for winter got a little less convenient with the sale and Oct. 10 closure of Hammer Time Home Center in the Sunriver Business Park. According to signs posted on the building, the store will reopen in spring 2016 as an Ace Hardware store. In the interim, home winter maintenance supplies like foundation vent plugs, heat wrap, snow shovels and ice
melt are available at stores in Bend. “We feel bad that we had to close, but with the amount of remodeling that’s required to make it an efficient space and nice to shop in, we felt the only way was to start over,” said Bob Mitchell, owner. “We’re emptying everything out so we can remodel it, install new flooring, ceiling, lighting and shelving Turn to Ace, page 3
Taking a ‘little off the top’ for 30 years By Vickie Killion, Scene Staff Chelly Orth cut her first head of hair at a salon in Boulder, Colorado at the sweet young age of 17. After graduating high school and vocational training, she became a licensed cosmetologist and styled hair from 1985-1998 before moving to Oregon, where she immediately set up shop at her home salon. When her daughter arrived in 1999, she went back to work part-time in a studio where she began building clientele from La Pine and Sunriver. Orth opened Salon Sunriver in 2002 and has steadily grown her business, clientele and friendships ever since. Orth described Sunriver as blessed with a mix of snowbirds, long-term residents and vacationers. “I’ve been part of many lives. The oldest client I’ve
worked with was a 102 year old, blind woman from the south. She had all of the charms and etiquette of a proper southern belle. When she walked into my studio, I told her I would make her look just lovely. And she responded, ‘You can’t make a prune into a plum’ with a sweet southern drawl. So I told her I would put a bit of topping on that and serve you right up. She just smiled and was glad I got her humor.” Orth’s youngest client was her 2-weekold son, Tyler. “After he was born, I opened a styling studio called Total Eclipse in my home. One day after cutting a gentleman’s hair, he looked over at my newborn lying in his crib and made the comment, ‘Well that child looks like the reincarnation of Elvis.’ Tyler happened to have a full head
By Scene staff Geologists and emergency managers concur that Sunriver and Central Oregon will survive an expected magnitude 9 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, and in relatively good condition compared to catastrophic “Imagine if all the bridge failstores were closed. ures and b u i l d i n g Could you make it c o l l a p s e s three weeks?” predicted to –Lisa Stroup, executive occur along the Oregon director of the local Coast and American Red Cross throughout the Willamette Valley. But it’s what happens after the earthquake that will make life challenging for locals and refugees seeking to escape devastated areas in western Oregon. Experts believe Central Oregon Turn to Prepared, page 6
of hair with sideburns that grew all the way down his cheeks like the lamb chops Elvis wore. A woman client who was patiently waiting, grabbed Tyler out of the crib, set him on her lap Chelly Orth and announced: “He’s taking my appointment today and you are going to give this little guy a new look,” Orth recalled. “Well, that was Tyler’s first haircut and I’ve been styling his hair ever since. He still has a full head of hair and may have the charms and looks of Elvis, but the hairstyle is all Chelly.” Orth has been asked to style hair for Turn to Orth, page 3 PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BEND, OR PERMIT NO. 213