PRSRT STD U.S. Postage The Crooked River Ranch “Telegraph” Paid Terrebonne, OR Permit No. 5195 Crooked River Ranch C& MA 5195 SW Clubhouse Road Crooked River Ranch, OR 97760 Phone—541-548-8939 Breaking Address Label news! Jefferson County Board of Commissioners Meeting HOA and Community Life at March 8, 2017 Crooked River Ranch in the 6:00 p.m. Heart of Central Oregon Juniper Room March, 2017 URGENT! Cost, logistics, pros and cons discussed….. Learn about the Crooked River Enhanced Sheriff Patrol on Ranch Ranch Budget before it’s adopted! discussed at Town Hall meeting by Marilynne Keyser, Chair, CRR Budget/Audit Committee By Jim Adkins, Jefferson County Sheriff Some residents living on really want. What level of service Crooked River Ranch have been do you want? We are okay with asking the Home Owners Associa- whatever decision you, “the boss” tion Board and me, the Sheriff of makes. This is a serious matter and I Jefferson County, about the possi- want to help you make an informed bilities of assigning deputies specifi- decision. cally to CRR or increasing the num- Currently, I have my depu- ber of patrols on the Ranch. They ties patrol CRR in the following want to see an increase in traffic manner: When there is a call for safety operations and more roving service at CRR, they respond as patrols. There are other residents soon as possible. CRR calls must be who do not think it is necessary to prioritized along with the other calls have enhanced patrols on the Ranch from other parts of the county. As and think the way we conduct busi- Photo by Debbie Wagemaker you already know, it can take a long Budget Audit Committee Members pictured Back Row (L-R): Board Treasurer, Jim ness currently is adequate. Dille; Board Liaison, Paula Bartolomei; Sue Ellen Haley, John Williams; Mike Folkstad; time for a deputy to physically re- Dan Tomlinson and Board Member, Bim Gander. Front Row (L-R): Vice-Chair, Mary I decided to team up with spond to your address, if they are not Dell Kapps; Committee Chair, Marilynne Keyser and Secretary, Diana Scholz Not the CRR HOA and explore ways of on the Ranch. pictured, Herb Parker. providing enhanced patrols, which will cost each home owner a little The CRR Fire Department I hope I got your attention with In case you don’t know, mem- more money each year, in the form has been kind enough to allow me to my headline. Why? Because I want bers of the Budget Audit Committee of a special district tax. We decided put a desk and computer at the Fire you to come to the member meeting are homeowners just like you. We to see what the residents think about Station for my deputies to use. This hosted by your Board of Directors on volunteer our time because we want a space allows my deputies to interact Monday, March 20th at 6:00 pm. strong financially-secure homeown- a special district and then if there is enough interest, ask the home own- with the Fire Department and to This is the meeting when the Board ers’ association to protect all our have a location in which they can of Directors will see, as will all of joint assets and the investments each ers to vote on the matter. The HOA and I will give you the information; write reports in a safe space and a you who join us, the budget being of us has made in our private prop- location to interview folks from the proposed for fiscal year 2018 by the erty. There are 10 voting members the costs, logistics, pros and cons, but ask you to decide on what you See Enhanced Sheriff Patrol Page 14 Budget Audit Committee (BAC). See Crooked River Ranch Budget Page 12 Calendar……….……….5 Classifieds……………...21 Pull-out Ranch Governance Section Association, SRD & Fire District Info …………..…..…..11-14 CRR Organizations...4 Recreation………..…...23 Inside... Volunteers and Committees ………………………..……..11-14 March, 2016 The Crooked River Ranch Telegraph, Crooked River Ranch, Oregon 2 Mariposa Lily Garden Club March Brings Spring. Come on, Spring! Do Your Thing! By Kay Limbaugh, Mariposa Lily Garden Club MyCentralOregon.com tells of record The Mariposa Lily Garden Club snow depths for Central Oregon, with maintains the Fire hall landscape gardens. A Crooked River Ranch being no exception. cleanup crew is being organized and the The historic winter of 1992-93 is the bench- work will be done this month (we hope) mark for the current snowy season and re- when the weather allows. This is only one of cords are being shattered! As I write this on the many community areas maintained by Groundhog's Day, there is snow on the the Club. ground with more in the forecast. The Club was featured in the Fall/ The good news is: No winter lasts Winter issue of Sageland Magazine with an forever; no spring skips its turn. That quote is article of several pages written by Phyllis credited to Hal Borland, author. What a win- Carlin devoted to the bus stop mosaics. See ter! Will spring come this month? Will there pictures in this article taken by Bill Vollmer. be gardening weather? No predictions from Don't forget to set your clocks ahead me, other than to say spring will come Mon- on March 12 and celebrate like the Irish on day, March 20 on the calendar, but we'll all Finishing the cobalt border of the quail mosaic. March 17!! be waiting to see about the weather. I do hope that, as this is being read, we will be looking at agreed it fit with volunteering services to our community and donated $500 to the efforts of this group. Members are tending plants for the June sale. Chairs Shirley Fox, Mitzi Williams and Anita Von Eps state the goal is to have 1000 plants for sale! As previous buyers know, the price is right for these locally-grown plants. To help purchaser select just the right plants, Dona Smith-Bell is working on signage with detailed plant descriptions. Lowe's donated large and small paint sticks for the Club to attach informa- tive signs. The bluebird at Cinder and Panorama. The Mariposa Lily mosaic adorns the Informa- tion Center. bare ground. As much as I love snow, it has be- The purpose of the Mariposa Lily Gar- come a 4-letter word. den Club is to share the joy of gardening, pre- serve natural resources and volunteer services At the January meeting of the Mariposa to our community. The Club meets the third Lily Garden Club, Charmaine Manley spoke to Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. in the social the members about the crisis on the Ranch room of the Crooked River Ranch Chapel. For caused by the weather. She explained the Com- additional information, please contact President munity outreach and all that volunteers had done Judy Berg at 541-504-8848 Or Vice President to provide services to CRR residents who need Renee West at 541-598-6126. help. Although community outreach is some- The Golden Mantel. what beyond the scope of the Club, the members Photos by Bill Volmers The Crooked River Ranch “Telegraph” Crooked River Ranch Club & Maintenance Association 5195 SW Clubhouse Rd., Crooked River Ranch, OR 97760 Admin: 541-548-8939 Fax: 541-548-0278 www.crookedriverranch.com [email protected] Published monthly by Crooked River Ranch Club & Maintenance Association ©2012. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. 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Welcome to Shooting Stars 4th Season Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation By Kate Adams, Shooting Stars Mobile Hearing Clinic Shooting Stars, a no-fee organi- hance our firearms knowledge and use comes to Bend zation of women interested in learning skills. Our emphasis since inception is to By Cinda Awbrey, CRR Lions Sight & Hearing Committee and/or refining their knowledge, skills, help women in the safe, effective and abilities and attitudes about firearms, be- lawful use of firearms, particularly for Have others told you that you suffer from hearing gins its fourth season on April 4, 2017 at self-protection.