Got trees? Project Ponderosa and the Sunriver Nature Center hosts annual fall seedling tree sale in October
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center ............... 8 Calendar ..................... 13 SROA Board................ 26
Public Safety ............... 34 Commentary ............... 46 Classified .................... 47
Predicted as one of the best years to view the Northern Lights, 2016 may be the best time to travel to Norway to view this phenomenon
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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
OCTOBER • 2015
VOLUME XLI • NUMBER 10
No increases for 2016 Recreation Plus Program fees
Proposed expansion area for Caldera Springs in yellow
Prices will remain unchanged in 2016 for two programs Sunriver homeowners, visitors and guests use to enter recreational amenities in Sunriver. The Sunriver Owners Association Board of Directors approved both the Recreation Plus Program and SHARC’s off-season gate fee at their Sept. 19 meeting. Recreation Plus Program The Recreation Plus Program is available to Sunriver property owners who either manage their own vacation rental home or condo, or contract with a property management company to manage their property. The program offers vacation renters unlimited access to SHARC aquatics, tubing hill, tennis and pickleball court reservations and the SROA boat launch. It does not include access to SHARC fitness, Hosmer living Turn to Recreation, page 4
Expansion plans for Caldera Springs submitted to Deschutes County By Wes Perrin Progress on the proposed expansion of Caldera Springs continued to advance last month with the submission of conceptual plans to Deschutes County authorities. The expansion area consists of 614 acres on the east and southern sides of the existing community.
The Caldera Springs expansion application materials can be found at: http:// dial.deschutes.org/Real/DevelopmentDocs/255045 “These plans will provide a general idea of where we are headed,” explained Tom O’Shea, managing director of Sunriver Resort LP, which envisioned
Longtime house cleaning company changes ownership By Brooke Snavely Dick and Maureen Beal sold their Sunriver-based Captain Clean housecleaning service Sept. 1, after 33 years of owning and operating the business. The Beals bought the business, then known as Sunriver Janitorial, in 1982. During the ensuing years they calculate they personally cleaned nearly 20,000 homes. “She did the kitchens and I did the bathrooms,” Dick Beal said. When they started the business, the Beals charged $7 to $8 to clean an entire medium-size house, and up to $12 for a large house. Today it costs around $200 to clean a large house. At their peak, Beal said they had as many as 250 clients in Sunriver, but scaled back to about 100 clients. “Some of those owners are still customers. They’ve become like family. We know their kids and their grandkids. We commuted out here from Bend seven days a week, rain or shine. I thought about buying a house out here but SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XLI • NUMBER 10 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
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never did.” Beal said they got tired of tight schedules involved in cleaning back-toback rentals. Rushing to clean houses between the time renters departed and before the new arrivals checked in later the same day did not meet Beals’ standards for cleanliness. The back-to-back rental challenge “People don’t leave when scheduled at 11 a.m., and the next arrival is at 3
and developed the first 400 acres of Caldera Springs in 2005. “We anticipate that the added development will be a continuous and seamless addition to the current Caldera Springs community.” Leading the planning and implementation process are land planning consultant Lamoine Eiler and Steve Runner, vice president of development for Sunriver Resort. Both played critical roles in the creation and development of the original Caldera Springs community. Runner estimates the permitting
or 4 p.m. I quit cleaning back-to-back rentals four years ago. I require renters of my clients’ homes to leave at 10 a.m. and the new renters aren’t allowed in until 5 p.m. I need that much time to get everything done right.” Beal said homeowners who want to keep their house looking good need to space out the visitors’ arrival and departure times. “There are owners who treat their properties like cash cows and it shows,” he said. Beal said he’d cleaned up more messes than he cares to remember. “Renters don’t pick up after themselves, nor do they want to. They have an attitude problem. Whether it’s a $200 per night rental or an $800 a night rental, if there is no sizeable security deposit required, renters take the attitude they own the place and they’ll do whatever they want to it. The only defense the homeowner has against people
The Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic & Recreation Center (SHARC) to accept testimony on the Goal 11 exception. The proposed amendments to the Deschutes County’s Comprehensive Plan are to allow rural sewers in unincorporated lands in southern Deschutes County. The exception would allow
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Hearing to consider sewer systems in south Dechutes County
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