the crooked river ranch “telegraph”

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Pull-out Ranch Governance Section

Volunteers and Committees ………………………..……..11-14

HOA and Community Life at Crooked River Ranch in the

Heart of Central Oregon

The Crooked River Ranch “Telegraph”

Breaking

news!

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Crooked River Ranch C& MA 5195 SW Clubhouse Road Crooked River Ranch, OR 97760 Phone—541-548-8939

For Fiscal Year ended on April 30, 2014…

CRR FY 2014 Treasurer’s Report By Jim Dille, Treasurer

One of the prescribed duties

of the Treasurer of your HOA is to

report annually on the financial con-

dition of Crooked River Ranch Club

and Maintenance Association. This

report is issued in conjunction with

the formal audit of the Association’s

Financial Activities as completed by

Dahlen and Associates, the CPA

firm retained by your HOA Board.

Your Annual Meeting packet in-

cludes the Audited Financial Report

for FY 2014 and is accompanied by

their letter attesting that the financial

statements “present fairly, in all ma-

terial respects, the financial position

of Crooked River Ranch Club and

Maintenance Association as of April

30, 2014.”

The fiscal year audit repre-

sents the conclusion of a process that

begins with the first meetings of

your Budget and Audit Committee

at least 6 months prior to the adop-

tion of an operating budget for each

new fiscal year. That first meeting in

October brings together several of

your fellow Association Members,

together with two Board Members

and senior staff of the various Ranch

departments. By this first meeting

your Ranch Administrator and De-

partment Heads have been meeting

for weeks to begin developing

budget numbers for the next year as

well as revisiting the Capital Re-

serve Plan for possible additions or

adjustments. This whole process is a

very vigorous discussion, involving

give and take and cooperation from

all staff in an attempt to control costs

while still addressing the require-

ments of a Home Owner’s Associa-

tion the size of a small city. All

Budget and Audit Committee meet-

ings are scheduled, publicized and

open to the public – totally transpar-

ent. While admittedly the process

may be a bit like watching sausage

being made, I would still encourage

all members to take part in observ-

ing the budget development.

While HOA dues increases

are never popular, the need for them

is driven by two major factors. First,

of course, is the fact that current op-

erational costs will not go down

unless a decision is made to elimi-

nate some program or another. The

major factor in all service oriented See Busy Month Page 20

September is a busy month

at Crooked River Ranch. Tradi-

tional activities abound, ranging

from the Community Yard Sale to

Burgers and Politics. Several activi-

ties in their second year join the line

up including the “50” Plus or Minus

Car Show and the Lions Golf Tour-

nament. Also this year the Oregon

Lions Mobile Health Screening Pro-

gram van will roll into Crooked

River Ranch providing free health

screenings for CRR residents on

September 5th.

Community Yard Sale

September 5th, 6th , and 7th

Ever popular, the Commu-

nity Yard Sale, which will be held

on September 5th, 6th and 7th, at-

tracts shoppers from many central

Oregon communities and areas as far

away as Portland. Some visitors

even plan their trip to Crooked River

Ranch around the Yard Sale. Sale

hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m. daily. During the sale you can

grab a hot dog at the CRR Lions Hot

Photo submitted by Earleen Arthur

The front lawn at the Senior Center during the inaugural 50 Plus or Minus Car Show.

Many community events to be held...

Busy September at CRR By Phyllis Carlin, CRR Telegraph

See Treasurer’s Report 7

September, 2014

New HOA Board

members take office

September 8th

September 2014, The Crooked River Ranch Telegraph, Crooked River Ranch, Oregon 2

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Fielding two teams that walked for 24

straight hours, the CRR Striding Lions partici-

pated in both the Crook County Relay for Life

and the Redmond relay. All totaled 42 Striding

Lions walked in one or both relays, which were

held in July and August.

“Seeing cancer survivors, both young

kids and adults as well, all walking together to

fight a disease is really inspirational”, stated

team captain Ted Carlin. Carlin has served on

the planning committee of the Crook County

Relay for the past three years.

This year’s worldwide theme was the

“Hues of Cancer” stated Carlin. Many groups

have adopted colored ribbons as symbols of

support or awareness for different types of can-

cer. Each team was encouraged to have an edu-

cational piece supporting the “Colors of Cancer”

theme at their campsites, which were manned by

team members for 24 hours.

Cancer survivors walk the first lap and there were no dry

eyes as they meet their caregivers half way around the bend. Leading

the way for the CRR Striding Lions were survivors Sue Flory at the

Crook County Relay and Dave Wildt, Rick Wiggs and Karin Powers

at the Redmond Relay, along with super caregiver Donna Wildt.

Each year four million people participate in relays in 20 countries and

are encouraged to celebrate, re-

member and fight back. Five

separate relays were held in Cen-

tral Oregon alone this summer.

The CRR Striding Lions

donated over $2,000 to the events

and were selected as an “Up and

Coming” team at the Crook

County Relay. Together the two

events raised over $80,000 for

cancer research. Besides donating

financially, the CRR Lions add

fun, camaraderie, smiles and ser-

vice (how many dinners did we

serve!) to the relays.

Anyone interested in join-

ing the Striding Lions and walking

in next year’s Relay for Life can

contact team captains Karen Jami-

son (541-548-7979), Ted Carlin

(541-923-3399) or Linda Bengtson

(281-382-7870.

Looking fresh before they take to the track at the Crook County Relay. Pictured bottom row (L-R): Jack Picard, Jay Nordin, Julie Picard, Sandy Gumm, Karen Roy, Sue Flory and Ted Carlin. Back row (L-R): Carolyn Thompson, Dean Flory, Burt Thompson, Paulette Nordin, Mary Ellen Potter, Linda Bengtson and Phyllis Carlin.

Colors of Cancer: Members of the CRR Striding Lions don educa-tional t-shirts. Pictured (L-R): Charlie Cameron, Ted Carlin, Karen Jamison, Michele Cameron, Beth Palmer and Hal Jamison.

Rick Wiggs, Dave and Donna Wildt take part in the survivor/caregiver lap at the Relay for Life in Redmond.

Super Strider

Linda Bengtson hands the baton to Pat Kelly.

Lion Linda Bengtson likes to challenge herself. After walking 14 miles in the Crook County Relay, she wanted to bet-ter her record and she did so by walking 17 miles at Redmond. Bengtson will join Ted Carlin as a member of the planning committee for the 2015 Crook County Relay.

CRR Striding Lions participate in two cancer relays

Lions walk nonstop for the cure

By Ted Carlin, CRR Lions Past President


Around the Ranch Groups and Organizations

Art & Spirit Mingle 1st & 3rd Tues. 6:00 p.m. Sandbagger Saloon

Contact - Patricia Kirk 541-923-8718

Birders 3rd Wed. 7:00 p.m. Senior Center

Contact - Kevin Smith 541-350-3895

Boys and Girls Club

1199 B Ave., Terrebonne

Contact - Club Director 541-548-3456

Cancer Support Group

Contact - Karen Jamison 541-548-7979 Classic Cars

Wed at 5:00 p.m. Big Dog

Contact - Dick Stevens 541– 548-0450

CRR-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce Call for meeting times and dates

Contact - Kathi Gangstead 541-923-2679

CRR Riders

Sue Silver [email protected] CRR Senior Group

Thurs. 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Senior Center

Contact - Earleen Arthur (Pres.) 541-504-8236

Dutch Oven Group

Last Sat. 1:00 p.m. Senior Center

Contact - Mark or Sue Schneider 541-504-8765

Friends and Neighbors of the Deschutes

Canyon Area (FANS)

Contact - Cindy Murray 541-701-3267

Garden Club 3rd Tues. 10:00 a.m. TBA

Contact - Mitzi Williams - 541-548-3807

Juniper Jumpers 2nd Mon. 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon

Contact - Babs Weber 541-504-8113

Ladies Golf Club

Contact - Selma Cusick 541-480-7239

Lions 2nd and 4th Tues. Sandbagger Saloon

5:30 p.m. Social Hour, 6:30 p.m. Meeting

Contact - Phyllis Carlin (Pres.) 541-923-3399

Mah Jongg Wed. 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Clubhouse

Contact - Jan Cook 541-923-2438

Men's Golf Club

Contact - George Mitchener 541-923-5706

Ranch Chapel - 541-923-8081

Sunday Services 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Lord’s Loopers

Contact - Susan Free 541-306-0212

Contact - Gladys Johnson 541-923-3871

Lord’s Ranch Hands

Contact - 923-8081

Women’s Ministries Thurs. at 10:00 a.m. (beginning in the fall)

Contact - Cheryl Foidel 541-504-3390

Youth Group – Tues. 6:00 p.m.

Contact Bill Ream 541-548-0671

Ranch Chapel Quilters

Mon. 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Chapel Family Ctr.

Contact - Tina Wilson 541-548-2080

Sage Quilters

2nd & 4th Tues. 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Senior Ctr.

Contact - Delores Guy 541-504-8648

Contact - Mary McCabe 541-923-8001

Saturday Market Group

1st and 3rd Sat. seasonal 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Contact - Linda Joneli 541-233-8798

Shooting Stars

1st Tues. (April - Oct.) 6:00 p.m. Senior Center

Contact - Kate Adams 541-306-0875

Terrebonne Grange

Contact - Joan Profitt 541-923-6035 Trails Committee

Contact - Karen Woodward 541-504-0699

Upper Room Christian Fellowship

Sun. 10:00 a.m.

Contact Dodie or Glenn Sand 541-548-0622

Victory Women’s Exercise

Mon., Wed., Fri. 9:30 a.m.

Upper Room Christian Fellowship Church

Contact Sheila Cisneros 541-771-2868

VETERAN’S CORNER Meet World War II Veteran, Chuck Pavone, who served in the U.S. Air Force from July 1943 – March 1946. Chuck was a radio communicator during the war and served in Samar, Philippines. His military training also included one year of pilot training. Chuck has lived at Crooked River Ranch for the last 21 years and has been married 47 years to his wife, Marilyn. They both attend Ranch Chapel and enjoy their community.

Battle Buddies of Central Oregon is having a fundraiser to raise money for veterans and their service dogs on September 13th, from 5-8 pm at the Redmond VFW. There will be a turkey dinner with all the fixings for only $8. Raffle prizes and entertainment are also provided. Contact Michelle 541-610-3608. Come and enjoy the fun! COVO is sponsoring our 4th annual Central Oregon Veterans Stand Down September 27th, 2014. This year's event will be held at COVO, 61510 S. HWY 97 here in Bend, directly across from Fred Meyer from 8 AM - 4 PM. ("Stand Down" is a military term referring to an opportunity to achieve a brief respite from combat. Troops assemble in a base camp to receive clothing, hot food, and a relative degree of safety before returning to the front. Today more than 160 organizations across the U.S. partner with local businesses, government agen-cies, tribal governments, community and faith based service providers to hold Stand Down events in local com-munities for homeless veterans and their families.) Veteran Service Officer - Stuart A. Steinberg, a Ranch resident since 1997, is an accredited service officer for Vietnam Veterans of America and United Spinal Association. He has been representing veterans, their depend-ents and survivors since 1978. You can contact Stu at 541-604-0963.

Veteran Service Officer - Tom Weiss of Jefferson County, is here on Crooked River Ranch at the Fire Station every 3rd Thursday of the month, from 10 am – 2 pm. Please call 541/475-5228 for your appointment or stop by. Find out more information about your veteran benefits.

Email - [email protected] Web - www.co.jefferson.or.us/VeteransServices/ImportantInformation/tabid/1402/Default.aspx VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS Tuesday, each week 12:30 PM Band of Brothers Izzy’s Restaurant - Redmond Thursday, September 4th 7:00 pm VFW Meeting, Redmond #4108 1836 SW Veterans Way 541-548-4108 2nd Thursday, Sept. 11th, 7:00 pm American Legion #44

First of all, our committee wants to send a

huge thank you to over 50 volunteers who helped

at our Summer Recreation Program during the last

two weeks of July. There were 35 to 40 kids/

grandkids each week that had a good time with all

the things we were able to provide for them.

Even with the pool heater going out the

2nd week for two days, Darlene Peterson and her

marvelous crew rose to the occasion and took care

of keeping so many kids with projects to complete

and take home. Chris Sorenson and David Stone

from the Ranch Chapel also pitched in and took

the kids to the tennis courts. Esther Reed took

some to the basketball area. Edie Williams got

more cookies and cupcakes, cheese and crackers,

and milk out for extra goodies. Pat Huffer and his

crew had the 9 to 12 year olds at the golf course

both weeks, Karen Jamison, David Stone and

Chris Sorenson had the 9-12 year olds at the tennis

courts, and our new Fire Chief and his crew gave

the kids a good look at the equipment they use.

Kathleen and her pool staff REALLY

helped out both weeks. The little kids in the shal-

Parks and Recreation news and thanks By Fran Davis, Parks and Rec Secretary

low end truly benefitted from their help. Milton

Dennis had some teens who helped him in the

deep end, Gary Cecil also had helpers in the mid-

dle section of the pool. Without helpers, we

would not have been able to advance the kids in

their swimming abilities in the pool. The main

objective is to give them a sense of being safe and

be able to float when they get tired and be able

to turn over on their backs, if tired, and stay afloat

while resting. We had a 99% success rate with the

back floating and hope to make it 100% next year.

Many thanks, too, to the parents and grandparents

who did register early. It really helped to plan the

amount of crafts to purchase and have enough

snacks ready each day. Plus the food and drinks

for the Friday picnics at the Park which is always

a great ending to our program. Chris Sorenson

and the slip and slide were kept busy, it was warm

so the kids dried off quickly.

All in all it was a very successful Summer

Recreation Program.

Sylvia Kimbley, Chair

Fran Davis, Secretary


SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

31 7:00 AM Volunteer Fire

Association’s Labor

Day Breakfast

1 9:00 AM Ranch

Chapel Quilters

6:30 PM Celebrate

Recovery

7

14

8 9:00 AM Ranch Chapel Quilters

9:30 AM Vict. Wom. Ex.

10:00 AM CRR Board Work Session

10:30 AM Juniper Jumpers

4:30 PM Arch. Rev. Comm.

6:30 PM Celebrate Rec.


9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise 6:30 PM Celebrate Recov.

2 10:00 AM Alternate Exit Ad Hoc Committee

6:00 PM Art & Spirit

Mingle 6:00 PM Chapel Youth

9 1:00 PM Sage Quilters 6:00 PM Ranch Chapel

Youth Group

5:30 PM CRR Lions Social

6:30 PM CRR Lions Mtg.

16 10:00 AM Mariposa Lily Garden Club

5:30 PM Chamber

Networking Social 6:00 PM Art & Spirit

Mingle

6:00 PM Chapel Youth

3 9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

1:00 PM Mah Jongg

3:00 PM CC&R Review

Comm.

5:00 PM Classic Cars

10 9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

1:00 PM Mah Jongg

5:00 PM SRD


17 9:30 AM Vict. Wom. Ex.

1:00 PM Mah Jongg

3:00 PM CC&R Review

Committee


7:00 PM CRR Birders

4 10:00 AM Publicity

Committee

10:30 AM CRR

Senior Group Social

Potluck at noon

11 10:30 AM CRR

Senior Group Social

Potluck at noon

4:30 PM Line Dancing

18 10:30 AM CRR

Senior Group Social

Potluck at noon


7:00 PM Fire Board

Mtg.

5 8:00 AM Annual Community Yard Sale

9:00 AM Lions Vision &

Hearing Screening 9:30 AM Lions Board Mtg.

10:00 AM Lions Hot Dog

Sale 5:00 PM First Friday’s

12 9:00 AM Lions Golf

Tournament

9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

19 9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

6 8:00 AM Annual

Community Yard Sale

9:00 AM Saturday Mkt.

10:00 AM Lions Hot

Dog Sale

2:00 PM Burgers and

Politics

13 8:00 AM 50+ or Minus

Car Show

20 9:00 AM Saturday

Market

1:00 PM CRR Senior

Bingo

21


9:30 AM Victory Wom. Ex.

4:30 PM Arch. Rev Com. 6:00 PM CRR Board

Meeting

6:30 PM Celebrate Recov.

23 1:00 PM Sage Quilters 6:00 PM Chapel Youth



24 9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

1:00 PM Mah Jongg


25 10:30 AM CRR

Senior Group Social

Potluck at noon


26 9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

27


9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise 10:00 AM CRR Board

Work Session

6:30 PM Celebrate Recovery

12


9:30 AM Vict. Wom. Ex.

10:30 AM Juniper Jumpers 4:30 PM Arch. Rev.

Comm.

6:30 PM Celebrate Recov.

7 10:00 AM Alternate Exit Ad Hoc Committee

6:00 PM Shooting Stars

6:00 PM Art & Spirit Mingle


14 1:00 PM Sage Quilters 6:00 PM Ranch Chapel

Youth Group



1 9:30 AM Vict. Wom. Ex. 1:00 PM Mah Jongg

3:00 PM CC&R Review

Comm. 5:00 PM Classic Cars

5:00 PM Brown Bag

Food Program

8 9:00 AM AARP Safe

Driver Class

9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

1:00 PM Mah Jongg

5:00 PM SRD


15 9:30 AM Victory Women’s Exercise

1:00 PM Mah Jongg

3:00 PM CC&R Review Committee


7:00 PM CRR Birders

2 10:00 AM Publicity

Committee

10:30 AM CRR

Senior Group Social

Potluck at noon


9 10:30 AM CRR

Senior Group Social

Potluck at noon


16 10:30 AM CRR

Senior Group Social

Potluck at noon


7:00 PM Fire Board

Mtg.

3 9:30 AM Lions Board

Mtg.

9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

5:30 PM First Friday’s

10 9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

17 9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

4 9:00 AM Saturday

Mkt.

11 1:00 PM CRR Senior

Bingo

18 9:00 AM Saturday

Market

28


9:30 AM Victory

Women’s Exercise

6:30 PM Celebrate

Recovery

30 9:00 AM Balance, Cardio & Stretching

1:00 PM Sage Quilters


5

September

October


This month’s bird is the Canada Goose.

This is migration time and you may see thousands of

these geese flying in wing formations OR in huge

unordered flocks depending on which SUB-species

they are. There are ten

sub-species and the birds

range in size from about

three pounds to nearly ten

and can have a wing span

of five feet. Thankfully

MOST of these geese are

migratory and will spend

their winter in sunny

California. Being large

birds they can be quite

aggressive especially

when they have young-

sters in tow and of course

they can fertilize large

areas of grass such as golf courses.

Our meetings are on the third Wednesday of

the month at the Senior Center, 7PM. The Septem-

ber meeting is on the 17th. The October meeting in

on the 15th. We will be discussing the upcoming

migrations and associated bird counts. The raptors

from up north will be back soon and we will be

counting them too. We invite you to ride along for a

great day of birding. Contact me if you would like

to see some of these wonderful birds.

ECAS (East Cas-

cades Audubon Society)

field trips are free. Wednes-

day Morning Birders meet at

Nancy P’s Bakery to scan

Central Oregon for great

birds. Contact Judy at

j mered i t@bendne t . co m

Mary ‘Y’ has Birding for

Preschoolers on Monday

mornings at Drake Park.

Contact her at yanal-

[email protected]

Contact me for information

about our group, the many

birding opportunities in central Oregon or about

birding in general. I can be reached by phone at 541

- 3 5 0 - 3 8 9 5 o r b y e - m a i l a t

[email protected]. The Crooked

River Ranch Bird List (now up to 158 species) is

available at the Ranch Office, the Information Ki-

osk, at our meetings or by contacting me.

Crooked River Ranch Birders' Blurb

The Canada Goose, some fly in formation,

others in unordered flocks By Kevin Smith, CRR Birders

Photo by Kevin Smith

Canada Goose in flight

Mah Jongg News

Learn Mah Jongg,

new players

always welcome

By Jan Cook, Mah Jongg

We are now playing Mah

Jongg each Wednesday afternoon

from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. We are look-

ing for new players. Come join us at

the CRR Administration Building to

play or learn to play Mah Jongg. A

new game begins about every 20

minutes, so come any time and jump

in.

Weekly play is free; $7.00

is the annual fee to belong to the

National Mah Jongg League, which

is optional. For more information,

call Jan at 541-923-2438.

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After three very busy months for the

Club, our first meeting for the summer was

held on August 19th. Faren Russell and Sandi

Wilkins hosted the meeting. Committee leaders

reported on their past year projects. With the

enthusiasm and positive feedback from the

community on the activities, there are commit-

tee volunteers that will be involved in the same

projects or have new ideas for the year ahead.

Some of the board members will be returning

for another year, but the Nominating Commit-

tee reported they are open to suggestions or

volunteers for the two board positions that have

not been filled. After an outstanding year of

leadership, we are very fortunate to have Mitzi

Williams returning as Club President. The

budget for 2014-15 was presented and ap-

proved.

In early spring and summer the Beauti-

fication Committee had sleeves rolled up gar-

den gloves on, spades and shovels in hand for

weeding, cleaning out and replanting some of

the commons area on the Ranch. The Garden

Tour was a huge success, even more than the

previous year, with more participant’s yards

and gardens on display and people enjoying the

tour. Cookie and plant sales are always a popu-

lar summer fund raiser for the club. Lots of

energy and laugher was involved on the garden

club float at the Independence Day Parade. We

even won a blue ribbon. We are always eager

and enjoy working with the HOA Maintenance

Department, FANS, Lions Club and other or-

ganizations here at CRR.

In July the Mariposa Lily Garden Club

is a big supporter and active in the two-week

Crooked River Ranch Summer Rec. Program.

Members involved are: Sylvia Kimbley who

has been Director of the program for many

years, Margie Coffey co-ordinates games and

singing, Darlene Peterson is the Arts & Crafts

director. One of the art projects was wooden

Garden signs, assembled by some member’s

husbands, which became beautiful art work

after they were painted by the children to be

displayed in their yards. Fran Davis braves the

cool early morning temperature as a swim

instructor in the pool, Judy Berg, Shirley Fox,

and Bonnie Siebert designed the name tags

for the young participants and adult helpers.

Mary Jo Crossley helped with projects the

second week of the program.

The Central Oregon chapter of the

OSU Master Gardeners hosted seminars in

Redmond on August 23rd. Several of our

members attended the seminars that included,

Native Plants, Landscape Design for Central

Oregon, Homegrown Veggies and Good Bugs

-Bad Bugs. They brought back some good

ideas to share with the club.

The Mariposa Lily Garden Club

meets the third Tuesday of each month at

10:00 a.m. in the social room at the Crooked

River Ranch Chapel. The purpose of our club

is to share the joy of gardening, preserve natu-

ral resources and volunteer services to our

community. We welcome anyone to our meet-

ings, either to join or gain more information

about the club.

Mariposa Lily Garden Club

Club keeps busy with activities and projects Submitted by Mary Jo Crossley

Photo by Ted Carlin


Great Shot!

Photo by Pat Green Twilight on the 18th Tee

Photo by Patty Bronson Everyone loves a parade!


PHOTO CONTEST !

“Attention all you Shutterbugs!”

The photo contest winners in August were: Patti Bronson, with her

charming photo of the Independence Day Parade; and Pat Green, who submitted a

dramatic photo taken on the 18th tee at twilight. Wait till you see these photos in

color! A big “Thank You” to both of them for submitting such wonderful photos!

The Publicity Committee will vote on the final category for the 2015 calendar,

Outdoors on the Ranch, at its September meeting. All of the photos will then

go to the printer to make the 2015 CRR calendar, which will go on sale in Octo-

ber. Details of where to purchase the calendars will be broadcast here in the

newsletter, on the website, and via the Phase Rep system. All proceeds will go

towards purchasing Christmas Lights for MacPherson Park.

And there’s more good news! We are starting the 2016 CRR calendar

and need your entries in the category “Harvest Time” We know lots of you have

gardens with corn stalks and sunflowers and other goodies ripe for the picking, so

send a photo of them to Phyllis Carlin by Monday, September 29, 2014 Remem-

ber to take them in “landscape” format! Her email address is

[email protected]. The Publicity Committee will vote on

the entries at its meeting on October 2, 2014, and the winning photo will be pub-

lished in the November newsletter.

We are also giving a “heads-up” that we need photos of “Trunk or

Treat” this Halloween, so plan on bringing your camera

down to this fun family event and get your photo ready to

be sent in. Details of when to submit photos of “Trunk or

Treat” will be in next month’s newsletter.

Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for the

2015 calendar! It will be something we can all be proud

of not only because it showcases the many talented photog-

raphers here on the Ranch, but because it also highlights

the wonderful place in which we live.

The Mobile Health Screening

Program (MHSP) van will roll into

Crooked River Ranch on September 5th,

providing free health screenings for resi-

dents of our community. The MHSP,

one of many programs provided by the

Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Founda-

tion (OLSHF), provides free, prevent-

able screenings at community events

and schools throughout the state. Com-

munity screenings are conducted in a

recently refurbished semi truck. The

Crooked River Ranch Lions Club is

partnering with the foundation to bring

this service to our community.

Through the MHSP, volunteers

will provide free health screenings at the

Crooked River Ranch Fire Hall, located

at 6971 SW Shad Road on Friday, Sep-

tember 5, 2014 between the hours of

9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Services avail-

able will include Vision and Hearing

screening for all ages and additional

Glaucoma, Blood Pressure and Diabetes

(with three hour fast) screening for

adults. To schedule a screening, contact

Michele Cameron at 541-350-1601 or

[email protected].

The Mobile Health Screening

Program is the only free health-screening

program of its kind in Oregon. It will

serve over 30,000 Oregonians this year –

84% of them children – at over 300

events in nearly every county in the

state. The OLSHF, serving Oregonians

with sight and hearing saving surgeries

and preventative health care since 1959,

coordinates the MHSP. For additional

information about the services available

through OLSHF, contact Kate Adams,

at 541-306-0875.

Free health screenings offered at

Crooked River Ranch From Kate Adams, CRR Lions Sight & Hearing Chair


Republican candidates

Monica Wehby, for United State

Senate, Representative Greg Walden

a n d D e n n i s

Richardson, for

Governor of Ore-

gon will highlight

the 9th Annual Bur-

gers ‘n Politics at

Crooked River

Ranch sponsored by the Jefferson

County Republicans on Saturday,

September 6, 2014 between 2 p.m.

and 6 p.m. Admission to the event is

free.

Additionally, most of the

Republican candidates and elected

office holders from Central Oregon

will attend Burgers ‘n Politics to be

held MacPherson Park, Crooked

River Ranch. Everyone is invited to

meet their representatives and to

speak with them one-on-one. Direc-

tional signs will begin at Hwy 97 &

Lower Bridge Way, Terrebonne.

The afternoon will include a

Remember 9/11 ceremony, music,

political discussion, an AR 15, 223

Rifle Raffle, live auction, Laser Shot

(a virtual laser shooting range) and

much more! Be sure to bring your

lawn chairs!

Pilot Butte Drive-In will

offer a variety of their famous and

fabulous Burgers and other fare at

market prices. They will be open for

your orders all afternoon.

For more information about

Burgers ‘n Politics email: ranchre-

[email protected]

Those participants paid by

the deadline will be listed on the

flyer/map, and they

can pick up yard sale

balloons on Thursday

between 2:00 and 4:00

p.m. at the Admini-

stration Office.

For after Sale

pick –up, call Oppor-

tunity Center at 541-

548-2611.

Enjoy Shopping!

Wehby, Walden, & Richardson to

Speak at Burgers ‘n Politics From Kate Adams, Jefferson County Republicans

The 6th annual CRR Com-

munity Yard Sale will be held Sep-

tember 5th, 6th, &

7th, 2014 from 8:00

a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Last day to sign up

was August 29, 2014,

so come and enjoy

the weekend with

your friends.

The CRR

Lions will be selling

hot dogs at the Fire

hall from 11:00 a.m.

to 2:00 p.m., when you want to take

a lunch break. Also, the Sight &

hearing Foundation Screening pro-

gram van will also be at the fire hall

on Friday from 8:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Maps will be at available Shad and

Peninsula near the new Fire Hall,

near Panorama Park, and at Badger

and Chinook starting Thursday eve-

ning. There will also be maps at the

Administration Office during office

hours on Friday and at the Hot Dog

Sale.

6th Annual CRR Community Yard Sale

to be held September 5th, 6th & 7th By Paulette Nordin, Phase Rep Chair

Victory Women’s Exercise

Begins again on Wednesday, September 3rd

9:30 a.m.

Upper Room Christian Fellowship Church

For more information contact Sheila Cisneros at 541-771-2868


It was fun celebrating a Hawaiian Day in

mid July with Hula skirts, lei's and music which was

recorded for us by Orren Brownson. What good Hula

dancers we were.

The last two weeks of July and the first

week of August, Candance Franz RN came to our

Pot-Lucks to complete her nursing course with a se-

ries of heath topics in her local community. We

found her information interesting and helpful.

If it weren't for vacations and doctor ap-

pointments, we would have had a large turnout for

our Annual BBQ, but those of us who did attend had

great hamburgers cooked by Javier Chacon and Bill

Allen and tasty side dishes along with strawberries,

ice cream with whip cream and German Chocolate

Cake. Mmmm. We had talented musicians to enter-

tain us by the name of Steve and Ronalee Campbell

from Prineville. Thank you's go out to all those who

helped set things up and stayed to clean up. Jeannette

Bobst won the door prize, we hope she enjoys the

variety of items that filled the reusable shopping bag.

Phyllis Carlin representing the Lions Club stopped in

for a hamburger and to give the Senior Group a $50

check to go towards our 50 + Or - Car Show. Speak-

ing of which, please mark Saturday September 13th

on your calendar so you can remember to join us for

a fun day of entering your vehicle or just come down

to look at them. We are family friendly with live

music, food by CR Bar-B-Que offering breakfast

and lunch. Seniors will sell ice cream cones, root

beer floats, raffle tickets. Coffee is by donation.

Registration fee of $10 per vehicle starts at 8am

Goody Bags go out to the first 75. Free event to

spectators. Anyone can donate things for the Goody

Bags

We just had our 3rd General Meeting. We

need to fill some positions again. If anyone wants to

help out in our library, help run bingo or help in any

other way, please let us know. We will still need

someone to step forward to be president in 2015.

Our other board members will be willing to stay

another year. We are trying to figure out what will

happen to the Senior Center if no one will be the

LEADER. It was mentioned that 10 other groups use

the CENTER, would any one of them be willing to

run for office to keep the CENTER open? Where

will their groups be able to go for their meetings, if

we had to close down??

We wish to thank all the Car Guys & Gals

and everyone else for their help with the car show

ahead of time.

Hope you all have a great Labor Day

Weekend. Earleen's phone # 541-504-0755.

50 PLUS or Recycled Teenagers

We Are Busy Bees

by Earleen Arthur, President, CRR Senior Group

Babs Weber and Judy Brownson enjoy the picnic.

Steve and Ronalee Campbell entertain the crowd. Bev and George Johnson enjoy fresh strawberries.

The CRR Senior Group celebrated Hawaiian Day. Pictured Front Row (L-R):Cleone Wise, Babs Weber, Fran Davis and Earleen Arthur. Back Row (L-R): Ruth Ferguson, Lousie Fullerton, Jerry Davis and Bill Allen.

CRR Lions Club President Phyllis Carlin presents CRR Senior Group officers Earleen Arthur, Cleone Wise, Diane Knox and Fran Davis with a check in support of the 50 Plus or Minus Car Show.

Cancance Franz, RN, presents a series of health topics to the CRR Senior Group.

Photos submitted by Earleen Arthur and Phyllis Carlin


CRRC&MA Annual Meeting Highlights

Board President Ben Johnson recognizes Stu Steinberg as the Volunteer of the Year.

Nancy Popp of Crooked River Realty receives the Community Service Award.

Outgoing Board President Ben Johnson addresses the CRRC&MA membership for the final time.

Board Vice President Vene Dunham presents an appre-ciation plaque to outgoing Board President Ben Johnson.

Budget Audit Committee Chair Herb Parker presents the Treasurer’ Report.

CRRC&MA Employee or the Year Connie Ream is congratulated by Board President Ben Johnson and Ranch Administrator Judy LaPora.

Over 70 members were in atten-dance at the Homeowner’s Asso-ciation Annual meeting, which was held under beautiful blue skies at MacPherson Park on August 23rd. Formal presentations included the Treasurer’s Report and President’s Message. Special recognition was given to Connie Ream, Employee of the Year; Stu Steinberg, Volun-teer of the Year; and Nancy Popp, Community Service Award. Outgo-ing Board President Ben Johnson was recognized for his service and dedication to the organization. The meeting closed with announce-ments from the general member-ship. Next year’s meeting will be held on August 22nd, 2015.

Photos by Phyllis Carlin and Debbie Pewonka


Ranch bulletin board

President’s Message Meetings

CRR ASSOCIATION

BOD Work Session

10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.: 1st Mon/Juniper Room

Monthly Board Meeting 6:00 p.m.: 3rd Monday/Juniper Room

Contact: Admin Office 541-548-8939

Architectural Committee 4:30 p.m.: 2nd & 4th Monday/Admin Bldg.

Contact: Paulette Nordin

Phone: 541-570-5564

Budget/Audit 1:00 p.m.: 3rd Wednesday/Admin Bldg.

Contact: Herb Parker

Phone: 541-923-9971

Golf Advisory 4:30 p.m.: 2nd Tuesday/Juniper Room

Contact: Al Kellogg

Phone: 541-504-4681

Parks & Recreation 6:30 p.m.: 4th Monday/Juniper Room

Contact: Sylvia Kimbley

Phone: 541-504-1073

Phase Representatives 6:30 p.m.: 1st Wed./Juniper Room

Contact: Paulette Nordin

Phone: 541-570-5564

Nominating Committee 2:00 p.m.: 1st Wed./Juniper Room

Contact: Ben Johnson

Phone: 541-771-9569

Publicity Committee 10:00 a.m.: 1st Thurs./Juniper Room

Contact: Shelia Cisneros

Phone: 541-771-2868

CC&R Committee 3:00 p.m.: 1st & 3rd Wednesday

Contact Stu Steinberg

Phone: 541-548-8939

OTHER CRR GOVERNING

ENTITIES

Special Roads District 5:00 p.m.: 2nd Wednesday/Juniper Room

Contact: Vince Pelly Sr.

Phone: 541-504-2853

CRR Fire Protection Board 7:00 p.m.: 3rd Thursday/Fire Hall

Contact: Rich Hoffmann

Phone: 541-279-0764

As you read this, I will shortly become a past member of the Board of Directors hav-

ing served out my three-year elected term. My campaign statement for the 2011 election

pledged that, if elected, I would work with the other members of the Board of Directors (BOD)

to improve transparency, responsiveness and accountability to the members of the Association.

Although that was a personal pledge, I am proud to note that the BOD and staff have worked

hard together to fulfill it.

The BOD elects its officers in September after the Ranch election results are known

and the new BOD members are seated. When elected to a full term in 2011—I had served for

a few months as an appointed Director to fill a vacancy that resulted from a resignation. I was

very surprised to be elected as President and I was twice re-elected to that position. The Asso-

ciation was going through a tough time back in 2011, having lost our Community Manager

during the spring of that year. My predecessor, Ted Cook, and I had to pull double duty serv-

ing as both head of the Board of Directors and as substitute staff chief until Judy LaPora was

hired in late January 2012. But, we made it through that period thanks to the willingness of

BOD members to shoulder additional responsibilities and to the professionalism and dedica-

tion of the staff. The past three years have been truly a team effort. Knowing what I do of the

individuals who will remain on the BOD after I leave, and of the candidates who are running

for the three open positions, I would expect no change in that teamwork approach. I take this

opportunity to thank my past and current colleagues on the Board of Directors for their selfless

contribution of time and talent to guiding the largest home owners association in the state of

Oregon. This is a crew that has worked hard and effectively to deal with a wide range of is-

sues—many of which are incredibly complex. And, as folks who have attended BOD meet-

ings can attest, some of the issues are right down in the weeds because there is a policy issue

involved.

At last year’s annual meeting, I mentioned the need for the Association to take a look

at the fire threat in the more than 1,100 acres on the Ranch owned by the Association. This

year, BOD members undertook a survey of Association property to determine the burn threat

as a first step towards reducing it. Director “Mitch” Mitchener is chairing this effort and, he

and Vice President Vene Dunham have been working with the Crooked River Ranch Fire De-

partment to help triage the threat—including the threat to surrounding private property. Once

the threat is better identified, the next step will be to identify resources to reduce it. Given the

amount of land involved, I would assume that effort would involve resources from multiple

sources to minimize the threat and it is my personal belief that volunteers should play an im-

portant role in that effort. In the past, the Association has given home owners authorization to

create a defensible space on a portion of its property contiguous with theirs. Stay tuned, as

additional information becomes available on this project it will be posted on the Association

website and perhaps presented to the public in one or more “town hall” style meetings.

Another important BOD initiative which began during the past year was an inventory

of all buildings owned by the HOA to evaluate future repair/remodel needs so the cost of such

can be factored into the Capital Reserve Plan (CRP). The CRP projects the Association’s

needs out 30 years and shows the budget implications for replacement of equipment and facili-

ties. Under the Articles of Incorporation, the BOD is responsible for ensuring that all Associa-

tion-owned facilities are properly maintained. Given their age, the upkeep and repair of our

buildings and swimming pool is a major task for our small General Maintenance Department

led by Mike Knoke. It is kind of like the “smack the gopher” game that was popular in ar-

cades when I was growing up—you never know what is going to pop up next. But, at some

point, the band-aid approach—no matter how creative—will no longer work and a more com-

prehensive fix or replacement will be needed. That is what this study is attempting to project.

A third important initiative grew out of our meeting last August with the District

Manager of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM). At that meeting and in follow-ups, it

became clear that BLM was indicating that it now would be supportive of an effort to create an

additional exit off the Ranch through BLM land. This is something that our residents; the fire-

fighting community; county, state and federal entities have all recognized that we greatly need

as both an emergency exit and ingress for firefighting equipment should our community be hit

with a major wildfire. To pursue this issue, the BOD created the Additional Exit Ad Hoc

Committee on which BOD Secretary Paula Bartolomei and Director John Williams serve.

See President’s Message Page 16


Board Meeting Highlights

2013/2014

CRR Board of Directors

Please send all inquiries to: [email protected]

President Ben Johnson……..........541-771-9569

[email protected]

Vice President Vene Dunham......541-548-0775

[email protected] Treasurer James Dille...................503-656-2866

[email protected] Secretary Paula Bartolomei .….....541-548-0675

[email protected]

Director Gail DesBrisay…...….…541-504-8562

[email protected]

Director George Mitchener……...541-923-5706

[email protected]

Director George "Mitch" Poppert..541-480-6815

[email protected].

Director John Williams……...….541-923-3051

[email protected]

Phase Representatives Assisting with Ranch Communication

Phase 1 Dave Keyston………...….208-255-2407

Phase 1 needs volunteer

Phase 2 Paulette Nordin, Chair…..541-570-5564

Phase 2 Mitzi Williams………......541-548-0612

Phase 2 Pam Halladey……..….….541-923-3708



Phase 3 Sylvia Kimbley…...…..…541-504-1073


Phase 3 Mitzi Williams……....…..541-233-7890

Phase 3 Stephanie Proffitt...……...541-604-1628


Phase 5 Diane Randgaard…….…..541-279-9131



Phase 8 Earleen Arthur……...........541-504-0755

Phase 8 Karen Atwood…………..503-351-9250

Phase 9 Roger Canales…...…...….503-655-0448

Phase 10 Carolynne Erickson….....541-419-7348

Phase 10 Lotte Hermannssen…….620-245-4551

Phase 11 Jim Stagl………...……...541-548-0453

Phase 12 Carol Orr…..………...…


Phase 13-14-16 need volunteers

To receive announcements and updates

about community life at Crooked River

Ranch, contact your Phase Rep or the

Phase Rep chairman, Paulette Nordin at

541-570-5564, [email protected].

Tell your new neighbors about the Phase

Reps program and call Paulette. They’ll

get a welcome basket.

President Johnson presented the 2014 Community Service Award to Nancy Popp of Crooked River Realty in appreciation of her generosity of time, effort and resources to the Crooked River Ranch community.

Zachary Harmon of Dahlen & Associates, CPAs, L.L.P. presented highlights of audit results. He stated that there were no material adjustments and no comments necessary.

Phase Rep Chair Nordin noted the Community Garage Sale will be held the weekend of Sep-tember 5,6,& 7 and the free Mobile Health Screening Van will be at CRR on September 5.

Administrator LaPora reported that outstanding monies owed continue to decrease. There are now 191 accounts on payment plans and/or auto debit.

The Road Department has completed work on Stallion with the exception of the application of the gravel. Brush clearing and limb trimming work is being done on Tarpon, Perch and Sheltered Place. Grading is being done from Meadow to Geneva View.

The port over to the new phone system will be Wednesday August 20.

Administrator LaPora presented a copy of the new Events page from the Website. She also brought to the BOD’s attention that requirements for a business wanting to locate on the Ranch may be excessive in comparison with the County for both costs and site require-ments. She will work with the ARC and bring a proposed fee schedule to a future meeting.

A motion was made and approved to allow the Mariposa Garden Club use of CRR logo for the Lions Club Golf Tournament.

Secretary Bartolomei updated the BOD on the meeting with Jefferson County regarding the Alternate Exit project. She also noted the Jefferson County Community Wildfire Protection Plan identifies CRR as an extreme risk for fire danger. Director Mitchener reported that work is continuing on CRR owned property for burn threat reduction. Administrator LaPora said that she has not had any response to emails sent to the attorney regarding the CRR Water Co.’s request for easement.

The CRR Annual Meeting is scheduled for August 23, 2014. Items for the meeting were re-viewed. Employee of the Year will be awarded to Connie Ream and Volunteer of the Year will be awarded to Stu Steinberg.

A motion to hold BOD Officer elections at the September 8, 2014 Work Session was made and approved.

A motion to approve Mark Schneider, George Johnson and Ben Johnson as members of the Nominating Committee was made and approved with President Johnson abstaining from the vote.

Secretary Bartolomei said that 55 residents took advantage of the shredding service.

The BOD approved President Johnson to remain on the CC&R Committee as a volunteer member and Vice President Dunham will be the BOD Liaison with both President Johnson and VP Dunham abstaining from the vote.

Nancy Popp, Realtor, informed the BOD that the property in Phase 7 Lot 114 has an issue concerning encroachment on CRR owned property and requested an easement to address the situation. A committee was formed to work with the ARC to determine if an easement should be awarded. There will be a report at the September 8, 2014 Work Session.

Director Mitchener proposed changing the Real Estate sign requirements. A decision was made not to modify the current guidelines.

A motion to pursue the survey of Tract “F” (Tower Road area) by All Points Engineering based on the proposal submitted by Scott Montgomery at a cost not to excel $5000.00 was approved unanimously.

AUGUST 18, 2014


Crooked River Ranch Crime Watch 21 July – 20 August, 2014

Of a total of 22 incidents in the Jefferson County

Sheriff’s Department Press Log for the period July

21 – July 27, one (1) involved Crooked River

Ranch.

On July 25 The Jefferson County Sheriff’s

Office responded to a report of a domestic

dispute in the 8100 block of SW Shad. Upon

completion of the investigation, it was found

that a resident was arrested on a fail to appear

warrant out of Klamath County. The resident

was placed into custody and transported to the

Jefferson County Adult Corrections Facility

and lodged for the warrant.


Sheriff’s Department Press Log for the period July

28 – August 3, two (2) involved Crooked River

Ranch.

On July 30 Deputies with The Jefferson

County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect

from Washington at Crooked River Ranch

who had a warrant out for their arrest.

The suspect was transported without inci-

dent to the Jefferson County Adult Cor-

rectional Facility and lodged.

On August 1, A Deputy with The Jeffer-

son County Sheriff’s Office took a report

of a burglary in the 15900 block of SW

Dove. No other information was avail-

able.


Sheriff’s Department Press Log for the period Au-

gust 4 – August 10, three (3) involved Crooked

River Ranch.

On August 5 The Jefferson County Sher-

iff’s Office responded to 10300 block of

SW Shad in regards to a stray dog. The

dog was small, shaggy, off white and had

no collar. The reporting party found the

dog on Shad near Basalt. The dog did not

look very old and was taken to the Three

Rivers Animal Shelter

On August 6, the Jefferson County Sher-

iff’s Office received a report of thin horses

on property on Crooked River Ranch. A

Deputy went to the residence and checked

the horses. Some improvements need to

be made with the horses’ health and well

being. The owner was taking immediate

action to improve their condition. A dep-

uty will be making follow up visits to

document the horses’ improvement.

On August 10, the Jefferson County

Sheriff’s Office responded to the 14200

block of SW Business Circle in regards

of a male subject beating a female.

Upon completion of the investigation,

the male suspect was arrested for as-

sault. The female was taken to St

Charles, Redmond and later released.


Sheriff’s Department Press Log for the period

August 11 – August 17, one (1) involved

Crooked River Ranch.

On August 11, the Jefferson County

Sheriff’s Office received a report of

identity theft from the 9300 block of

SW Geneva View Rd. A deputy con-

ducted an investigation and determined

the crime was an identity theft that oc-

curred in an unknown location. The

victim reported their identity was taken

and used to receive taxes but their ac-

countant caught the crime before the tax

return went into the bank. The victim

needed a case number for the IRS. The

Sheriff’s Office was unable to investi-

gate the crime.

Architectural Tip of

the Month

By Paulette Nordin, Chairperson ARC

Welcome to our many new property

owners on the Ranch, wanting to build and

improve their property. Just a reminder,

there are CC&Rs regarding improvements

on your property. Every homeowner should

have received a copy of the CC&Rs from

your realtor’s office, when you bought your

home. We know you are very busy, please

do not hesitate to contact the committee

if you have questions about some improve-

ments you want to make on your property.

We can educate you on the requirements

and save you time and money in some in-

stances. Call 541-570-5564.

HELP WANTED!

The Publicity Committee has re-ceived approval from the Board of Directors to add three new members, for a total of twelve. This is a very active Committee involved in promoting the Ranch, both internally and ex-ternally. If you would like to lend a hand – and have lots of fun doing so – please contact Committee Chair Shei la Cisneros at 541-771-2868 or Board Liaison Paula Bartolomei at 541-548-0675.

Spread your dues pay-ments out over a period of time. Monthly, quarterly and auto debit plans are available. For more infor-mation, or to set up a pay-ment plan, please contact Connie Ream at the Ad-ministration Office at 541-548-8939.

Did you know?...

Dues Payment Plans Available


This committee has done an outstanding job in

garnering support of all the players who would be in-

volved in such a project—including BLM, Deschutes

and Jefferson Counties, ODOT, the CRR Special Road

District and the CRR Fire Department—and it got a

commitment from the Board to pay for a preliminary

road plan to be drawn up. That plan is an investment in

both planning and in demonstrating to the other entities

that we are serious about this project. The plan is avail-

able on the Association website. The next step is to

seek funding—it won’t be cheap since the plan esti-

mates the cost to be on the order of $650K for a hard

surface year round road. The goal is to seek funding

through a grant. However, committee members and

Administrator LaPora were repeatedly told that such

grants generally go to incorporated entities – such as

towns and cities – and not to private HOAs. Recently

a group of us—including the two BOD members on the

Committee, Fire Chief Hoffmann, and SRD Chairman

Pelly—went to Madras to seek the assistance of Jeffer-

son County and ask if they would be willing to serve as

our fiscal agent when we apply for a grant. The re-

sponse was positive, and Jefferson County also offered

to serve as liaison with Deschutes County since the

road would be located solely in that county despite

serving the vast majority of the Ranch’s population

which lives in Jefferson County. The BOD has also

sent letters to all of our elected representatives—both

state and federal—asking them for their assistance and

guidance in seeking funding. We have never been this

close on this important issue--I had served on the ear-

lier similar committee whose proposal died a bureau-

cratic death. The Association will keep you posted on

this issue’s progress.

As I mentioned above, Jefferson County has

offered to assist us in working towards a second exit for

the Ranch. This is the latest manifestation of what I

consider a very positive working relationship between

the Ranch and the County during the three years I have

been President. All three of the members of the Board

of Commissioners—Mike Ahern, John Hatfield and

Wayne Fording—have been supportive of the Ranch’s

interests. Last year, the Board of Commissioners des-

ignated our BOD as a Community Planning Advisory

Committee, upgrading our ability to provide input on

changes to the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordi-

nance for our area. Sheriff Jim Adkins has also worked

hard and creatively to maximize his limited resources to

improve the law enforcement presence on the Ranch—

this has been particularly evident in the response to dog

concerns raised by our residents. Also, our CC&R Re-

view Committee works closely with Jefferson County’s

Code Enforcement effort for the benefit of the Ranch.

I cannot say enough positive things about the

Ranch staff led by Administrator Judy LaPora. As

Ranch Administrator, she is both the senior executive

of the staff and the supervisor of the Administrative

Department. In the former role, she has consistently

demonstrated an excellent understanding of the impor-

tance of BOD oversight. She attends all BOD Meetings

and Work Sessions, and effectively communicates

items of importance to the Board in a timely manner,

both at the meetings and between them. She provides

a comprehensive staff perspective on issues brought

before the BOD drawing on the expertise of the super-

visors and other staff. Her Administrator’s oral reports

at meetings and her written monthly staff updates are

concise, demonstrate her strong communications skills

and are effective in keeping the Directors informed of

staff activities and important issues with which the As-

sociation must deal. She works closely with the BOD

officers to ensure that all business of the Association is

conducted in a timely and effective manner.

During the past year, Ms. LaPora has contin-

ued to lead the Admin Department in its effort at reduc-

ing the amount of unpaid assessments (dues) through a

proactive program of contacting members in arrears,

encouraging sign-ups for payment plans, and—when

necessary—in initiating liens and in utilizing collection

attorneys where it makes sense. The efforts of the

Admin Department in this area have steadily yielded

positive results. Also during the past year, she over-

saw a transition from an older, costly and often cumber-

some financial software system to a more-capable and

less-expensive one. And, currently she is overseeing

the process of replacing the current outdated telephone

system to one that truly meets the needs of the Associa-

tion. I extend my thanks to the Admin staff—who

work hard out of sight and often without recognition for

the critical things they do to keep the place running.

I wish I had a dollar for every time someone

said to me that our golf course is breathtaking and even

played a part in his or her decision to purchase property

here—thank you Course Superintendent Richard Jensen

and your talented staff of our Golf Maintenance Depart-

ment! If you want to view the textbook example of

complex, just read Richard’s monthly staff report which

give the layman an idea of what it takes to keep our

Golf Course as “The Gem of Central Oregon.” Rich-

ard’s outstanding efforts were formally recognized by

his peers, as the Oregon Golf Course Superintendents

Association named him this year’s state Golf Course

Superintendent of the Year.

Gems, however, need to be used and mar-

keted—and that is the responsibility of our Golf Pro,

Pat Huffer—who last year was selected as the Oregon

PGA Golf Pro of the Year. To Pat falls the salesman-

ship challenge of maximizing course usage in a down

economy with increasing competition from other local

courses—which at times appears almost desperate.

Recognizing that the golf course is an important Asso-

ciation asset, Pat has pursued some creative marketing

strategies and is always seeking new ones. No idea is

off the table since the “struggle for playership” is an

important element in the financial health of the Asso-

ciation. Thank you Pat and the guys who run the Pro

Shop!

Over the past year, two major weather events

provided significant challenges to the Road Department

–the intense rain storm in late August and the severe

snow storm last winter. The damage caused by the rain

storm—material deposited on roadways, eroded right-

of-ways and clogged culverts—took a very long time to

repair and required significant diversion of assets from

planned road work. The unusual amount of snow de-

posited in the winter storm required around-the-clock

sanding and plowing of icy and dangerous roads; and it

generated a number of demands for plowing native

(gravel or dirt) roads which are generally not plowed

unless the underlying surface is sufficiently frozen as to

prevent any damage to the base. Both of these events

underscored the limitations of our Road Department in

terms of manpower and the budget for current fiscal

year (May 2014-April 2015) has improved that depart-

ment’s capability by adding an additional full-time em-

ployee. It also added a second vehicle that can be used

as a water truck allowing a longer season for road work

since the other vehicle had to be adapted for sanding to

cover the possibility of early and late cold weather.

The increased capability has been put to good use by

Roads Supervisor George Gregory, who has worked

with Administrator LaPora to ensure both planned and

ad hoc road work demands are being met and there is

now a greater dissemination of projected scheduling.

Our thanks to you George and to your road crew,

whose efforts also met for FY 2014 the 3.5 mile-per-

year goal mandated by the BOD despite additional de-

mands dumped on you by the unusual weather of last

year.

With the retirement of long-time RV Park Su-

pervisor Patti Hummel, Sue Boyle took over the posi-

tion last year about this time. As they say in rodeo lan-

guage, Sue came out of the chute fast and she has

worked hard to improve the bottom line for the RV

Park—and she has! We very much appreciate her dedi-

cation and willingness to try new things to promote the

RV Park and make it a better place to stay. Keep up

the good work Sue!

A friend asked me recently what I learned as

President for three years. My response was I learned

just how large, complex and diverse this place is. The

diversity is evident in the background, education and

expectations of support from the BOD and staff held by

the residents. Some are good old boys (and girls) who

don’t expect much and like to be left alone. Others are

city folks who have relocated to what they consider to

be another city and they expect the sort of services they

are used to having. But some things tie us together—

perhaps the strongest is the Telegraph. In 2011, the

then Community Manager recommended that the Asso-

ciation cease publishing the printed form of our news-

letter for cost reasons. My opposition to this was one

of the reasons I was willing to serve on the Board of

Directors. I believe the resuscitation of the newsletter

has been nothing but miraculous. Indeed, the Tele-

graph is one of the real success cases in the history of

Crooked River Ranch. Under the talented leadership of

Editor Phyllis Carlin, it has become a mainstay of com-

munications and a source of pride for Association

members and other residents of the Ranch. It caters to

no special interest groups but has a broad based appeal

to the diversity that is Crooked River Ranch.

I am sorry to be so long-winded! I have not

yet addressed the third key element on the Ranch—this

is our volunteers whom I will describe using a military

term: “force multiplier”. Some assist the Board on the

various committees to handle a broad range of issues.

Some fold the newsletters and prepare ballots for mail-

ing, thereby reducing costs. Some facilitate communi-

cations and make new residents feel welcome. Some

assist in a wide range of events from the Steel Stam-

pede to the holiday parades. Some designed and built

the disc golf course. Some helped to clean and main-

tain the trails used by residents and visitors. Some col-

lect food and dispense it to the needy. Some collect

school supplies for our students and clothes for the less

fortunate. Some have helped to paint or repair Associa-

tion facilities and some lent their gardening skills to

make our properties look more presentable. Some write

the articles for the newsletter that keep our people in-

formed of the manifold activities and opportunities

available on the Ranch. My most sincere thanks to

every one of you who has volunteered over the past

three years–either as a member of an organization or as

an individual—and look to your continued efforts to

make this a “great place to hang your hat”. And please

do not forget that you can also serve your community

as a member of the Board of Directors, Architectural

Review Committee, or Budget/Audit Committee. No

special skills, education or experience required—only

an interest in the welfare of your community.

I close with the acknowledgement that it has

been both a challenge and privilege to serve as Presi-

dent of CRR’s Board of Directors. I extend to each of

you the standard Navy wish given to shipmates who go

their separate ways—May you have fair winds and fol-

lowing seas! And may the winds fill your sails for the

remainder of your voyage!

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Continued from Page 13


businesses is the cost of personnel and bene-

fits and increases are somewhat beyond our

control. The second major driving force in

establishing dues is the on-going need to

make up for time lost in setting aside re-

serves to refurbish or replace aging assets

that are integral to maintaining our opera-

tions and the quality of life on the Ranch.

For the past few years your HOA Board has

taken this issue very seriously and has com-

mitted to funding the Capital Reserve Plan

(CRP) with an amount at least equal to the

year’s depreciation expense. In FY2014 the

Board made an additional transfer to the

CRP to set aside a portion of the increase in

Cash Position that was identified in the

FY2013 audit. You will also find a copy of

the CRP in your packet that will detail plans

for the next five years.

All that being said, FY2014 with an

Operating Budget in excess of two million

dollars did show Net Income from Opera-

tions of $91,574. This was $54,307 over

budget forecasts and resulted from Gross

Revenues of $2,391,582 ($22,097 Under

Budget) and Expenses of $2,162,388

($97,324Under Budget), including Deprecia-

tion of $131,296.

Ranch Operations are tracked in

eight departments, four of which

(Administration, Rentals, RV Park and Pro

Shop) record significant income and ex-

penses. The remainder (Pool, General Main-

tenance, Roads and Golf Maintenance) are

essentially cost centers only. Of the Net

Earnings in Administration roughly 60% or

$426k funded the Roads operation. Two

other Departments warrant mentioning. The

RV Park, by Board Action, was closed four

months last winter. Income was about

$3,500 under budget, but Net Earnings were

about $5700 over budget suggesting that the

move to close proved to be a good idea

worth tracking for this year. On the other

hand, it was a challenging year for the Golf

Operation. The Pro Shop Revenues were

over $42k below budget leaving it over

$28k short of covering the expense of Golf

Maintenance. The Board, Administrator and

Golf Pro are focused on marketing changes

to attract both new golfers and more repeat

customers in what is a much changed golf

world. Many new golf courses in Central

Oregon are competing for the total pool of

golfers. Close monitoring will be the order

of the day in case expenses have to be

trimmed to match revenues.

In Administration a lot of time and

effort was spent during FY2014 transition-

ing from ASYST, a municipal based ac-

counting system that proved very ineffec-

tive in the HOA world. The changeover it-

self was difficult in that little of the required

information for Homeowners was main-

tained in a single computer file. Individual

Owner balances had to be verified and en-

tered manually into the new QuickBooks

Accounting System. Generating reports in

the old system was cumbersome and will be

much improved with QuickBooks. A case in

point involves tracking and reporting on

past due accounts. In ASYST it would take

Administrator LaPora most of a day to cre-

ate a usable report for the Board. In Quick-

Books it is a few minutes process. Payroll is

processed through QuickBooks’ own server,

much more efficiently and a little less ex-

pensively than before. QuickBooks also has

the capability of maintaining e-mails with

accounts and could be used to e-mail semi-

annual dues statements with owner approv-

als. If implemented and used by a large

number of members it could result in sig-

nificant cost savings. Moving forward with

QuickBooks Enterprise Edition will make

it easier to do the accounting that is so im-

portant to the Ranch operations and will

help when it is necessary to bring in new

employees due to its widespread familiarity

in accounting/bookkeeping circles.

Looking forward, two improve-

ments are in place in FY2015. First, the

Roads Department has hired one more em-

ployee to return to prior staff levels. In ad-

dition, a new water tanker was added

which will increase productivity signifi-

cantly. It will also be outfitted with a snow-

plow which will provide additional snow

storm recovery capabilities. Second, a new

telephone system for all operations will

greatly improve communications between

members and Ranch employees and be-

tween various departments. Staff members

will have dedicated extensions. Calls can

be easily transferred between departments

and/or transferred to a Department head’s

cell phone if he/she has to be out of the

office. It will also be technically feasible to

transfer calls to an on-call responder during

inclement weather situations.

Finally, kudos must go out to the

dedicated Department Heads and all the

Ranch employees who work so hard to

maintain the quality of life here at Crooked

River Ranch. They are assisted by numer-

ous members who volunteer either for the

Board or one of many very important com-

mittees. A special thanks to on-going and

out-going members of the Budget/Audit

Committee who so diligently work to make

the budgeting process work.

Treasurer’s Message Continued from Page 1

BOB GODDARD GENERAL CONTRACTOR

MOBILE HOME SPECIALIST

ALL HOME REPAIRS

LICENSE # 71849

541-350-9487


Lords Ranch Hand’s sponsors fifth annual event

Many families served at annual “Back to School” event Over 70 Ranch kids were

provided school supplies and

clothing within the first two hours

of operation of the Ranch Chapel’s

Back to School event. The event,

sponsored by the Lord’s Ranch

Hands, is in its fifth year of opera-

tion. From babies to high school-

ers, families left the chapel with

bags of clothing, new shoes,

socks, underwear, backpacks and

school supplies. In addition, 17

food boxes were provided to fami-

lies in need.

The Rock Solid youth

group played an integral part in

this year’s program. Group mem-

bers collected 90% of the gently

used clothing for this year’s event.

“The Ranch Chapel rewarded their

effort by donating 25 cents on the

pound toward Camp Morrow

scholarships for camp registra-

tion”, stated Rock Solid Youth

Group leader Kathy Watkins.

They also served as personal shop-

pers escorting children to the dif-

ferent departments and ensuring

they had all they needed.

The Lord’s Ranch Hands

would like to thank all residents

who generously donated school

supplies, clothing and money to

the program. A special thank you

goes out to the CRR Fire & Res-

cue for providing a drop off loca-

tion at their facility. According to

event organizer Jamie Fehly, “I

was amazed at the generosity and

support of the community and the

dedication of the volunteers who

made this event happen.”

Members of the Rock Solid Youth Group take a break from their “personal shopper” responsibilities to enjoy pizza.

Austin King and Tiayonna Clowers with Rock Solid Youth Group leader Kathy Watkins, ready to help participants find what they need.

McKenzie Miller and Shannor Lindow, along with event organizer Jamie Fehly, welcome families to “Back to School”.

Photos by Phyllis Carlin


Medication Collection Box Installed

at Crooked River Ranch

Fire & Rescue Fire Station

In a collaborative partner-

ship between BestCare Prevention,

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office,

and Crooked River

Ranch Fire & Rescue,

a 24-hour medication

collection box has

been installed in the

lobby of the fire sta-

tion located at 6971

SW Shad Road. This

medication collection box was

funded with a grant issued to Best-

Care Prevention. “We are commit-

ted to reducing substance abuse in

Jefferson County and these collec-

tion boxes help us achieve that,”

stated BestCare Prevention Spe-

cialist Cindy Brockett.

When unused or unneeded

medications are no longer sitting in

people’s homes, our crews will

have a clearer understanding of

what medications our patients are

actually taking. This is especially

helpful if a patient is unconscious

or they’re unsure about which

medications they take. In addition,

we believe it will help reduce the

chances of a patient inadvertently

taking a medication they no longer

need.

If you no longer have a

need for a medication or the medi-

cation has expired, please drop it in

the secure collection box

to ensure proper dis-

posal. Medications may

include any prescription

drugs, over-the-counter

medications, vitamins/

herbal medications, or

veterinary medications.

Items that should NOT be placed in

the box include needles or sharps,

biohazard materials, and/or illegal

drugs. Needles or sharps can be

brought to the fire station Monday

- Friday from 8:00 – 5:00 for

proper disposal by fire crews.

In addition to our website

at www.crrfire.org we now offer

two other social media platforms.

Please follow us on Facebook and

Twitter. As always we welcome

your comments and concerns so

please don’t hesitate to stop by the

station and visit in person or you

may simply drop us an email on

our website. Our CRR Fire & Res-

cue Board of Directors meets the

third Thursday of each month at

6:30 p.m.

Pictured L to R: BestCare Specialist Cindy Brockett,

CRRF&R Fire Chief Rich Hoffmann, and Jefferson

County Sheriff Jim Adkins standing next to the medica-

tion collection box installed at the CRR fire station on

Shad Road.

Cans and Bottles Drop-off Locations

MacPherson Park | RV Park Trading Post

New Fire Hall | Crooked River Coffee by CRR Admin Bldg

Golf Course Cart Barn | Golf Course Clubhouse Porch

Golf course between Electric Cart Barns by Air Station

Golf Course Cart Return Station by Clubhouse

Golf Course Rental Cart Barn by CRR Reality


Dog Sale, which will be held Friday

and Saturday at the CRR Fire Hall

from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Lions Mobil Health

Screening Program

September 5th

The Oregon Lions Mobil

Health Screening Program (MHSP)

van will be at the CRR Fire Hall on

September 5th, providing free health

screenings for CRR residents. The

MHSP provides free screenings for

vision, hearing, glaucoma, blood

pressure and diabetes (with three

hour fast) for adults. The Crooked

River Ranch Lions Club is partner-

ing with the foundation to

bring this service to our

community. To schedule a

screening, contact Michele

Cameron at 541-350-1601

or [email protected]

Burgers ‘N’ Politics

September 6th

Republican candidates

Monica Wehby, for United

State Senate, Representa-

tive Greg Walden and Den-

nis Richardson, for Gover-

2nd Annual

CRR Lions Golf Tournament

September 12th

With both Gross and Handi-

capped Divisions, the CRR Lions

will be hosting their 2nd Annual

Golf Tournament on September

12th. The 18-hole scramble will

kick off at 9:00 a.m. with a Shotgun

start. The entry fee, which includes

lunch, is $40 for CRR Golf Course

members, $71 for property owners

and $80 or non-residents. Prizes

will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd

place finishes in both divisions and

Men’s and Women’s KP.

So make your own team of

four or register as a single or couple

and come out for a day of fun. Reg-

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nor of Oregon will highlight the 9th

Annual Burgers ‘n Politics at

Crooked River Ranch sponsored by

the Jefferson County Republicans on

Saturday, September 6, 2014 be-

tween 2:00 and 6:00 p.m.

Additionally, most of the

Republican candidates and elected

office holders from Central Oregon

will attend Burgers ‘n Politics to be

held MacPherson Park, Crooked

River Ranch.

The afternoon will include a

Remember 9/11 ceremony, music,

political discussion, an AR 15, 223

Rifle Raffle, live auction, Laser Shot

(a virtual laser shooting range) and

much more! Be sure to bring your

lawn chairs! Admission is free.

Busy Month Continued from Page 1

istration forms are available at the

CRR Golf Course, Admin Office.

from CRR Lions members or on

Page 27 of this newsletter.

2nd Annual

“50” Plus or Minus Car Show

September 13th

On September 13th begin-

ning at 8:00 a.m., the CRR Senior

Group will host their second annual

“50” Plus or Minus Car Show. Car

enthusiasts with vintage autos, rang-

ing from the pre-30’s to the 70’s are

invited to participate. Plaques will

be presented for the “Best in Show”,

“People’s Choice” Award and more.

In addition there will be live music

by Me, Myself and I, food catered

by CRR Barbecue, a 50

-50 drawing, special

quilt raffle and more.

The entry fee

for the show is $10.00.

Registration forms are

available at the Big

Dog Saloon, the Trad-

ing Post, the Senior

Center and on Page 23

in this newsletter.


I bet they go on all sorts of

trips and have a good time with my

money. Maybe they even go out to

lunch. Who knows??

Well, I do. They have taken

on the job of preserving our (yours

and my) history.

In about 1914 the building

of the Ranch house was begun and

finished in 1916. It is three stories

and housed the early settlers here on

the working Ranch. (Someday you

should see the third story. It was

made for the children. It has the

cutest little bathtub and places to

play hide and seek.) Later, the

house was used as the Chapel. Then

for some reason, the house fell into

disrepair.

Back in the 1990s some sen-

iors (seasoned citizens) wanted a

place of their own to have gather-

ings. They looked at the Old Ranch

House. Now, it was not a pretty

sight. Inside, the ceilings were fal-

ling down, wall paper peeling, little

animals making it their home.

Freezing cold and sweltering hot.

Well, you get the picture. These

hardy souls took on the horrendous

job of bringing it into this cen-

tury. Everyone who has joined the

group since then has helped in so

many ways. There have been yard

sales, bake sales, plant sales, you

name it sales. Many, many people

have donated their time and their

labor and of course money. (It was-

n’t cheap bringing her up to

snuff.) Many Ranch organizations

have stepped up and donated their

time and money to preserve this old

house. The group has overcome

some pretty steep obstacles. Imag-

ine an almost 100 year old house

that has had little or no up-

keep. Yep, a pretty scary pic-

ture. Now, fast forward to to-

day. Our Ranch House has blos-

somed into a fine lady.

We can go in on a snowy day

and be comfortable. It can be siz-

zling outside and we can be cool.

She even has a new coat of paint.

Oh, it was hard and spendy trying

get the lead out.

Today, not only do the Sen-

iors have a place to meet and enjoy

each other, many organizations also

have a place to meet. And many

weddings are performed on our

beautiful lawn.

When you join, you are con-

tributing to the continuing upkeep of

our history. We certainly do not

want it to go back into disre-

pair. Most of the donated money

goes to its upkeep.

We do use some of the

money for the yearly Thanksgiving

dinner that we give to the Ranch as a

thank you for its support.

Some other activities that

we do are: Santa’s cookies, The

food banks on the Ranch and in Ter-

rebonne, a library inside the house

where you may take any book to

read, or puzzles or movies etc. We

sponsor a car show and many other

activities. On Thursday the House is

open for games and pot luck. I go

just to have lunch with someone be-

sides my cat.

Why should I give any money to those seniors? By Barbara Weber, CRR Senior Group

Registration/Entry forms on Page 23

If you have borrowed medical equipment from

the CRR Lions and are no longer in need of it, please call 541-923-3399 and a

club member will pick it up.

Medical Equipment


April 1973

Building on the Ranch

A new home on the rim. James Kitchell, contractor, now resident at Crooked River Ranch, enjoys spectacular view from bal-cony of his new home on canyon rim. The Crooked River is about 450 feet below, with Smith Rock in near background.

April 1984

Sex on the Ranch

If you think sex is all on television, let us tell you what has been going on at Crooked River Ranch this past month.

That is meant to grab your attention. But don’t push the OFF knob just yet. We are talking about the pollinating season of the ranch’s thousand of juniper trees. Pollen, of course, is a cluster of male sex cells of a plant. And over here about the middle of March there were some pretty aggressive and macho male junipers.

At this time of year the boy junipers grow small yellow-brown extensions of limb ends. These, apparently, are the juniper equivalent of cones. When the wind blows, or branches are shaken by other means, clouds of yellow pollen drift off into the air.

Anyway, this year’s pollinization is over, or nearly over, but for a week or more there was a pollen haze over some sec-tions of the ranch. One resident of Phase 10 said that early one morning the pollen to the west looked like a curtain drawn along the lip of the Deschutes Canyon.

We don’t know if a particular boy juniper forms an attachment for a special girl juni-per, but it seems unlikely. A juniper, with no credit cards, might find it difficult to take another juniper, even a smashing one, out to dinner, or even to carry her books to school. So much for horticultural hedon-ism. One thing for sure, if you had seen all that pollen, you would know why there are so many junipers.

August 1984

Fire on the Ranch

Well, it was a big fire, and scary too. You’ve all read about it in the papers. Now let us give you some specifics that might be a little more reassuring: No houses were burned and nobody was in-jured badly. Two sheds got it, and a travel trailer had its outside sautéed. Eight-eight pieces of property were scorched or burned over by the fire. All the damaged pieces are in Phase 10 and 12. The Crooked River Ranch Fire Department has mailed notices to owners of all the dam-aged parcels of property. If you have not received such a letter by the time you get this, your property was not involved.

The fire started across from the northeast side of the community pasture in Phase 10. It was a “perfect day” for a fire – sunny, dry and about a 10 mile-an-hour wind from the north. By the time an alarm was turned in the fire was already half way across the pasture. Then it really took off, jumping that road and getting wider and taller as it got into juniper trees.

More than 30 outside rigs showed up – Redmond, Cloverdale, Bend, North Unit and the Federal Hot Shot crews. Plus, half the population of the ranch, and some visitors, up there shoveling, hosing, coughing in the smoke and all you ladies who were at the fire hall fixing sandwiches to be taken to the fire line.

When the fire was down toward the south end of Phase 12, we had to ask for the big DC-7 airplanes, the “Borate Bomb-ers”, although they don’t borate any more, we are told!

Looking Backwards

By deT nilraC


Assisting Seniors at Home

Light house keeping, errands, transportation

For more information call 541-460-9057 541-699-8129

Licensed, Bonded,


For many years, there has been strong

interest in the current and future management

of the Middle Deschutes and Lower Crooked

Rivers and the Lower Whychus Creek

area. The FANs Board of Directors will host,

for the first time, two

public gatherings using

small-group discus-

sions to listen and

learn more about our

local community's

ideas and values rela-

tive to these public

lands. The first meet-

ing will be held

on Thursday, Septem-

ber 25, 2014, 6:30-8:30

p.m., at The Belfry in

Sisters; the second one

will be on Tuesday,

September 30, 2014,

6:30-8:30 p.m., at The

T e r r e b o n n e D e -

pot. Please visit fan-

sofdeschutes.org for

more information and

to register. (Seating is

limited and we thank

you for registering to

help us with a guest

count for refreshments.

As previously reported, FANs received

a $3000 grant from the American Hiking Soci-

ety to help restore the Steelhead Falls Park and

Trail that were devastated in the August 2012

rain storm. We will receive another $1000 from

Cycle Oregon for helping with the lunch at

Smith Rock for riders on September 11. The

Steelhead Falls project will take place on No-

vember 1-3, 2014, in honor of Ronald Reagan

signing into law the Oregon Wild and Scenic

Rivers Act in 1988. We are looking for 25 vol-

unteers to help with this worthwhile project

which will involve planting native grasses,

seeds and plants, and rebuilding sections of the

railings and posts along the trail. BLM em-

ployees will supervise the project. If you are

interested, please contact FANs secretary, Stu

Steinberg, at 541-604-0963, or jackdiamond-

[email protected].

FANs board member Mona Steinberg

led a hike on July 19 to the Middle Deschutes

River, designated a National Wild and Scenic

River. On the way down the trail, they passed

an area facing the river that was quite similar

to an open amphitheater. Native American

pictographs there include animal figures, and

hikers speculated on the animals depicted -

horse, deer, or antelope? The group continued

on the trail and used provided walking sticks

since the trail

had loose foot-

ing. Hikers

stopped at a pic-

turesque spot on

the river with a

view of a sub-

merged flat rock

that had flowers

blooming on

it. Participants

completed the

two-hour hike

and were ready

to sign up for

the next one!

To learn more about FANs, and what

we do, go to our web site at http://

www.fansofdeschutes.org. If you want, you

can become a member through the site.

Nine hikers recently enjoyed the beauty of the Middle Deschutes River on a hike lead by FANs Board mem-ber Mona Steinberg.

Friends and Neighbors of the Deschutes Canyon Area

Two Chances for Input on Deschutes and Whychus Management By Stu Steinberg, Secretary


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CRR Men’s Golf Club

Remer goes for three-peat By George Mitchener, President

The 2014 CRR Men’s Club

season is cruising along. We’ve had

great weather and wonderful turn-

outs for our events. Au-

gust 12th was our 4-man

Shambleford. The team

of Bob Holloway, Jim

McConnell, Bill Rhoads

and Nick Trudeau demolished the

rest of the field – they scored 219

points; second place had 193. Great

golf guys.

On August 5th we had our

annual Men host the Ladies Club

Event. Great golf, weather and food

after in Mac Park. Well attended

and always fun. There was a three-

way tie for first. The teams were

Paul Nemitz, Terry Hunter, Marie

Olds, Mary-Ellen Potter, the team of

Wylie Harrell, Jon Bearden, Wes

Reed, Joe Modrell and Evie Spring,

Billy Romaine, Lloyd Phillips, Hal

Jamison. They all shot net 63’s in a

closely contested event.

August 13th had us at Eagle

Crest for their end of the home and

home. After our convincing win

here we expected to come home

with the season trophy, and we did.

Congratulations Team CRR. Sep-

tember 17h will have us at Quail

Run for their half of the Quail Cup

home and home. We beat them

quite resoundingly here on May 15th

and expect to retain the cup there. If

we do, we will have won all three of

our Home and Homes…

By the time you read this we

will have had our annual Club

Championship. Sean Remer will

have been trying to defend his 2013

title. He was going for the three-

peat. A past title holder with a three

-peat (John Smallwood), other past

title holders and a couple of new

guys might have gunned him down.

It will have been followed by a feed

and our Men’s Club annual meeting

in Mac Park. At this meeting we

will elect our new officers for the

2014/15 season. You’ll have to wait

til the October newsletter to find out

the details.

September 25th will be our

joint (with the CRR Ladies Golf

Club) annual awards banquet. It will

be held at the VFW Hall in Red-

mond. Always a fun event and well

attended. Good food, camaraderie

and lots of prizes. Sign up early and

bring a friend.

September brings not only

cooler nights and mornings but also

a time change for our golf days. The

tee time on Wednesdays

for September will be

8:30 a.m. The Septem-

ber 3rd monthly meeting

will be in the Juniper

room after golf. Election of offi-

cers for the 2015 and 2016 years will

be held at this meeting. Please, at-

tend and vote for your new officers.

Installation of officers will take

place at the October monthly meet-

ing with duties beginning on Janu-

ary 1, 2015.

Thank you Judi Skaurud and

committee for doing a great job of

organizing the Member Guest

Tournament. The raffle prizes were

amazing. Everyone had a great time

and appreciated your efforts and

hard work.

The golf banquet will be

held Thursday September 25th at the

VWF Hall in Redmond. A signup

sheet will be posted in the computer

room. Cost of the banquet is not

determined at this writing. An e-

mail will go out to everyone once we

know how much it will cost.

CRR Ladies Golf Club

Club Championship moved to

September 3rd and 4th By Selma Cusick, President

The Club Championship

tournament will be September 3rd

and 4th. The date was moved up a

week so it would not conflict with

the Sunriver visitation. The tourna-

ment is open to all members of the

ladies club that have played at least

seven times on Ladies Day begin-

ning September 11, 2013 and end-

ing August 27, 2014. Prizes will be

awarded for gross and net in various

flights.

Rule 8: Advice on How to Play

During a round, you may not

ask anyone except your caddie

or partner for advice on how to

play. However, you may ask

anyone about the Rules or the

position of hazards or the flag-

stick.

You may not give advice to

your opponent or fellow-

competitor.

Don’t position any marker to

indicate your line of play.

PENALTY FOR BREACH OF

RULE: Stroke Play: 2

Golf Happenings

What could be better than a game of golf on a late summer morning? Dur-ing the monthly skins game, members of the Men’s Club hope to win a hole during the friendly game, which some-times includes rooting for your competi-tion to tie the hole.

Pictured left: Ron Nelson, Nick Trudeau, Jim Golden and Bill Burt finish #1. Above: With three ties, no one won the hole. Carl Dewing, Jerry Morrison, Gary Molder and Romano Romani all hope for a win on the next hole. Pictured right: It was a good drive until it tailed right. Gary Molder, Carl Dewing and Jerry Morrison watch on the first tee.


August is such a wonderful

month; fruit and vegetables ready for har-

vest, camping, hiking and fishing, yard

sales and lazy summer evenings……..

Here at the Chamber we are busy with the

upper and lower information kiosk adver-

tising and with the flyer that we will be

handing out to all the Cycle Oregon par-

ticipants. If you are interested in advertis-

ing or volunteering, please call the cham-

ber.

Thank you to Crooked River Ranch

Golf for hosting our August Social. A lot

of fun, and I need to work on my put-

ting!!!!! Thank you Pat and crew for a

great evening. We have such a beautiful

golf course, a real “gem”of Central Oregon.

The Chamber is working with CRR

Administration on advertising in both infor-

mation kiosks. This is a great opportunity

to promote your business to our local resi-

dents and visitors. Please call the Chamber

at 541-923-2679 for more information.

Have you signed up for the reverse

911? What a wonderful program!!! I en-

courage you to participate, go to crrfire.org

to sign up.

School is about to start, so we will

soon be seeing school buses and kids, so

drive safe and smart.!! Enjoy the last days

of summer.

At left, attendees at the August Networking So-cial, get ready to work on their putting skills. Pictured (L-R): Pati Bengtson, Bob Bengtson, Kathy Gang-stad, Pat Huffer, Tom Brown, Gina Anderson, John Williams and Dana Schulke. Pictured right, Dana Schulke and Kathy Gangstad partici-pate in the putting con-test.

Chamber Talk….. August Networking Social held at CRR Golf Course

Chamber prepares for Cycle Oregon By Kathy Gangstad, Executive Director, CRR/Terrebonne Chamber

Photo by Phyllis Carlin Photo by Gina Anderson

New this Year…

Handicapped

Division

For more information

Contact Bob Bengtson

541-279-0764

Make checks payable to:

Crooked River Ranch Lions

Club

Mail checks to :

CRR Lions Club

PO Box 1163

Crooked River Ranch, OR

97760

Sponsorship opportunities

available

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Crooked River Ranch lies on a peninsula of land near the confluence of the Crooked and Deschutes Rivers. These high desert rivers travel through miles of basalt canyons that have played sentinel to centuries of rich history. This gorgeous “River Canyon Country” plays host to those fortunate enough to live and play in this unique rural setting guarded by the majestic peaks of the Cascade Mountain Range. Golf, swimming, tennis, hiking, fishing, abundant wildlife, and a wealth of opportunities for a rich community life serve as the crown jewels in Crooked River Ranch’s crown. If you are visiting us, we welcome you and invite you to stay awhile. You just might discover, as we have, that Crooked River Ranch is “A Great Place to Hang Your Hat”.

A Great Place to Hang Your Hat

September, 2014

On a lovely summer day in June,

residents and the public dropped by the

CCR rodeo grounds for some llama fun

sponsored by the Central Oregon Llama

Association (COLA) coordinated by long-

time CRR residents, Betty & Gene Moe.

Throughout the day, about 80 people spent

time enjoying the wonderful outdoor de-

lights of CRR living--playing with the lla-

mas on the obstacle course, enjoying a cart

ride, observing llama fiber being spun into

Crooked River Ranch hosts Llama O’Rama Play Day From Betty Moe, Central Oregon Llama Association

yarn, learning about llama pack trips and

outings, and sharing a day with these amaz-

ing creatures.

Here are a few photos to capture the

spirit of the day. Betty and Gene will be

organizing more llama-themed events at

CRR in the future, reaching out to other

groups in our community to sponsor joint

activities to take advantage of our “great out-

doors” — and will, as always, be on hand

with llamas to join our holiday parade.

Pictured Left: Getting up close and per-sonal with the llamas. Above: Walking the llamas is so much fun!

CRR Lions Train entertains at

Madras Air Show

the crooked river ranch “telegraph”

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