From: BBR Association [bbra@blackbutteranch.com]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 4:36 PM
To: bbra@blackbutteranch.com
Subject: News from Black Butte Ranch
Bachelor

Quick Links

 
BBR Meetings
 
Board of Directors
Board Meeting
May 17, 2008  8:30AM
Community Center
Chair:  Lynn Stafford
541-595-1510
 
Finance Committee
Monthly meetings
Chair:  Rick Pay
541-595-1501
 
 ARC
2nd Thursday of month
(excl Dec.)
Chair: Glen Grader
541-595-1503

Police Service Board
3rd Thursday of month
9:00AM
Community Center
Chair:  Carl Burnham
541-595-2448

RFPD Fire Board
3rd Tuesday of month
8:00AM
Chair:  Bob Reed
541-595-2288
 
Bridge Club
 Every Tuesday at 1:00PM.  Sign up on bulletin board at CC.  Al and Peggy Taylor 541.595.2024; Glen Grader 54.1595.6285; Lou Ann Gibbs 541.595.6009; Sue Tower 541.595.6236
BBR Directory

Access/Registration

595-1235


Access/Pre-Register Guests
 
888-654-4217

Administration Office
 
595-1505

ARC
 
595-1503

Aspen Lounge
 
595-1262

BBRWA RSVP Voice Mail
 
595-5887


BBR RFPD Fire Dept.

Non-emergency
 
595-2288 
 
General Store
 
595-2392
 
 

Golf
 
595-1500 | 800-399-2322
 

Housekeeping
 
595-1512
 

The Lakeside Bistro
 
595-1264
 

Lodge Front Desk
 
595-1252 | 800-452-7455
 
 
Lodge Shop
 
595-1298
 
Maintenance
 
595-1527
 
BBR Police
 
Non-emergency
BBRPD Business Dept.
 
595-2191
 
BBR Post Office
 
595-1537
Open Monday - Friday 9:00AM - 4:00PM  Saturday 9:00AM - noon
Lobby Hours | 8:00AM - 10:00PM daily
 
 
 
Vacation Rental Program
 
888-651-9076
 
Spa
 
595-5878
 
Stables

 
595-1297 | 595-2061
 
Utilities
 
595-1280

EMERGENCY 

 9-1-1
 
CH 3 Cable TV
 

BBR Emergency Info Line   | 541-595-1502 | 595-1504

BlackButteRanch.com

Spring Hours

The Lodge Restaurant and Aspen Lounge
Open Wednesday - Sunday,
  Breakfast 8:00AM-11:30AM | Lunch 11:30AM- 2:30PM | Dinner 5:00PM-close | Reservations & Info 541-595-1260 
 
Aspen Lounge 5:00PM - Close  595-1262
 
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Glaze Meadow Sports Shop, Rental Shop & Spa
 
Open Wed - Sun 
9:30AM- 5:00PM 
Lodge Shop Closed until mid-May.  595-1258
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Maintenance Office
 
541-595-1527 Monday-Friday 7:30AM -4:00PM
Monday - Saturday in May.
 
Maintenance Field Staff Homeowner Services |  Available Daily |   7:30AM-4:00PM | 595-1527
 
On weekends, call the Front Desk at 541-595-1252 and ask them to radio the staff.
After-hours charges will apply beyond the hour of 7:30AM-4:00PM.
 
Pit Hours: Open daylight hours 7:30AM- 5:30PM
 
Recycle Area : Open daylight hours 7:30AM- 5:30PM
 
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May 2,  2008
Access / Registration
595-1235
 

The Access/Registration building was demolished this week. Access/Registration has moved to the Front Desk at the Lodge. New registration forms are available on the website, along with an online registration form for guests.

2008 Board Member Elections

 

Five Candidate Profiles were received by the April 22, 2008 deadline. Matt Baker (GM 4), Doug Pollack (SM 195), Gary Rubenstein (GM 251) and Gary Seitz (SM 190) join incumbent Ruth Burk (GM 201) on the ballot. The three receiving the most votes will begin three year terms after the June 21, 2008 Black Butte Ranch Association Annual Meeting. In early May, owners will receive an election packet which will include the Candidate Profiles, a Proxy and a return mailing envelope. Only one owner per property is eligible to vote. Candidate profiles are also available here.

 

Matt Baker

Ruth Burk

Doug Pollack
 
Gary Rubenstein
 
Gary Seitz
 

Save the Date!

 

The BBRA Annual Meeting will take place Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Maintenance building on McAllister Road, 71225 George McAllister Rd. (Section 5). The meeting begins at 9:00AM. Following the meeting will be the annual picnic for the owners at the Sports Field at noon. Please RSVP to 595-1505 if you plan on attending the picnic.

Welcome Center Moves Forward

 

What's going up? We're building a new Welcome Center, in which all guests visiting the Ranch will register to obtain entrance to our access-controlled community. Additional services for property owner vehicle registration and identification cards will be handled here as well. Completion is scheduled for late 2008 and occupancy in early 2009. This project is the final phase of the Major Improvement Projects approved in 2005 and is funded by the Black Butte Ranch Property Owners. You can watch the Welcome Center progress online by clicking here or by selecting any of the photos below.

 

Site Plan

Plan

Plan 1
 
Plan 2
 
Plan 3

Please Lend a Hand

 

The Lot Certification Office has 1 full time staff person. That Office would welcome volunteers to assist with the staggering amount of paperwork associated with the start-up phase of the Lot Certification Program. To date, the Office is faced with over 600 requests from Homeowners for lot inspections. Each request must be logged and assigned to a BBR volunteer Accredited Assessor. Assessor inspection reports must be tracked. Approved lots must be registered with the Oregon Department of Forestry. Homeowners must be advised of the status of their lots. Just following the ebb and flow of the requests, forms, letters and reports needs more helping hands. Any...any....any time you could offer to the Office next week would help. The Office is located in the Ranch Maintenance Office in the new Section 5 Maintenance Building. Simply walk-in...or call ahead...to lend a hand. So, ladies AND gentlemen, talk to Susie, Claire or Michelle. They answer the phone at: 595-1527.

New Lot Certification Class

Rodger Gabrielson

 

On May 15, 2008 at the Firehall from 10:00AM - 12:00PM, Tom Andrade, Oregon Department of Forestry, will present a class for folks interested in helping with the BBR Lot Certification Program by volunteering to be State of Oregon Accredited Assessors. The Program needs more Accredited Assessors. As you may know, the BBR Lot Certification Office has received approximately 600 requests from homeowners for lot inspections for compliance with SB 360 fuels mitigation standards. Nine Assessors from the first class have already begun to inspect lots. They will be joined next week by another 6 BBR volunteer Assessors, but with such an overwhelming response from homeowners, we need help. By joining the volunteer corps, you will operate as an independent agent, inspecting lots at your convenience applying the techniques that Tom Andrade will teach on May 15. So please step forward. 600 fellow homeowners are reaching out for our help. Here's our chance to play a front-line role in helping our beloved Ranch better prepare to survive the continuing onslaught of forest fires. Call me if you can attend on May 15 so I can have a packet of class materials ready for you. Recruit a friend to come along! I can be reached occasionally at home at: 595-5655, and ALWAYS on my cell: 503-413-0754.

Lot Certification
866-589-6639 | 595-1529 
 

Update

The Lot Certification Office has mailed out information on how to certify their lot to the standards of Senate Bill 360 to each homeowner. The State of Oregon and the BBR Board of Directors require compliance with these standards and certification to the Oregon Department of Forestry that each lot meets those standards. Volunteer BBR homeowners have been trained by the State of Oregon to assist other homeowners in assessing their lots for compliance. The Lot Certification Office coordinates these volunteers. The Office has begun to receive completed request forms from homeowners for a volunteer assessment. The Office will begin to dispatch the volunteer assessors on May 1.

Meanwhile, the State of Oregon Department of Forestry is completing the final testing of a new computerized database of lots at BBR. They advise that the new database should be completed and operational in mid-May.

bicycle

 
 
Bike Tune up Special
 
 
 
 

The summer weather is on its way, honest, so get your bike ready for the season with our bike tuning special, available for only $35.00. What a deal! Call 595-1282 for more information.

The Golf Club 2008 Resort Cup
 

The annual competition between Black Butte Ranch, Eagle Crest, Widgi Creek and Sunriver kicks off on Tuesday, May 13 at Big Meadow. We need 10 players with both high and low handicaps to represent BBR. It is a shotgun start at 8:24AM.

 

Last year we finished second, but had it not been for our fire evacuation, we likely would have won the trophy. We were forced to play short handed at Widgi Creek so we couldn't throw out our worst score.

 

If you are interested in playing on May 13, please email Bill Carson. In the past we have had a qualifier, but this year the plan is to reward those who want to participate. We will select a team based on interest and by lot if we have more than 10 sign up. Marv Hoff will Captain the team, so let us know as soon as you decide if you would like to participate, so we can let everyone know who will be playing.

 

See You on the Green..........

lgf
 
Friends of BBR Present
 
Central Oregon Forest and Fire Ecology
with Dr. Amy Waltz, Fire Ecologist with The Nature Conservancy

 

 
 

Thursday May 8, 2008 at 3:00PM in the Community Room, Dr. Waltz will discuss Central Oregon fire ecology and give an overview of a large effort being undertaken by the Nature Conservancy, to address forest ecosystem restoration and wildfire risk reduction. 

Artist Talks 2008 Charlotte Milam 
Monday, May 12, 2008 10:00AM
Meeting Rooms at the BBR Community Center.  Everyone is welcome!
 
Charlotte Milam, BBR homeowner, artist and teacher will talk about her work, which is inspired by landscapes, wildlife, people and events around the Ranch and the area.
"Because I love to teach, I thought I'd include a very simple "hands-on" experience for those attending.
Homeowner Service Awards
 

Nominations are being solicited for recognition of Homeowner Service to the Ranch. Two types of service are recognized annually.

 

The purpose of the Distinguished Service Award is to recognize outstanding volunteer service on behalf of Black Butte Ranch and the Black Butte Ranch community of homeowners as part of Board appointed committees and task forces.

 

The purpose of the Spirit of Volunteerism Award is to recognize outstanding volunteer service on behalf of Black Butte Ranch and the Black Butte Ranch community of homeowners as part of independent, proactive projects and activities.

 

Nominees must be BBR homeowners not currently serving on, or related to, the Board of Directors or the award selection committee. Service Award nomination forms are available through the Ranch Administration Offices. Forms are also available on line at BlackButteRanch.com/owners. 

 

Completed forms are due by Friday, May 16, 2008. If you know a worthy candidate whom you would like to recommend, please consider completing a nomination form today! Thank you.

 

Previous DSA Award Recipients Include

Bill Handy (2005), Russ Fetrow (2006) and Jeff Reents (2007). SVA Award Recipients include Jack Barringer, Bill Burkart (2005), Lyn Jacobs (2006) and Dave and Lynda Sullivan (2007)

 

DSA Nomination Form | SVA Nomination Form

lodgingRental Operations Tour of Homes
 
 
 
 
 

May 4, 2008, from 1:00PM - 3:00PM.

 

Sunday, May 4 is the date of this year's Tour of Homes Mark your calendar! This is a great way to personally view the quality of the homes, condominiums and cabins available for guests on the Ranch. Staff and even Owners of these properties will be available to answer questions during your self-tour. We can have the Group Sales Coordinator or an Agent get back to you if you need extras space for your personal guests this summer.

 

The Ranch is proud of the quality of properties in the program. One of our rental Owners recently encountered other Owners on the Ranch relaying misinformation on the Ranch rentals and promptly invited them to tour his home. If you haven't been in one of our homes in a few years, you are invited to get first-hand knowledge and help spread the word. You are our biggest sales representative!

 
Properties Scheduled for the Tour Include
  • Black Butte 14
  • Country House 44
  • East Meadow 17
  • Golf Home 234
  • Lodge Condo 22, 23, 24
  • South Meadow 182

A map and final list of properties will be available at the Lodge Front Desk and Post Office the week prior to the Tour.

Moms Play FREE
on Mother's Day
 
Golf - mom and daughter
 

Bring the family and play golf on Sunday, May 11 and Moms play FREE!

 

How about adding in a special lesson with one of our PGA Golf Professionals as a pre-season tune up?

 

Call 800.399.2322 or 595-1500 for tee times.

 

 
 massage 
 
 
Mother's Day at the Spa
 
 
 
 

Every mom deserves to have a lasting memory for Mother's Day, so treat her to a fabulous spa treatment at Black Butte Ranch. Offer available May 9 - 11, 2008. Call 595-5878 to make an appointment or for more information.

 

Just for Mom Ultimate Pedicure

Pamper and delight her with a 90 minute pedicure to let her know how special she is. $70.00

 

Luxurious Caviar Queen for a Day Facial

Moms are special; let her know how special she is by pampering her with this 90 minute rejuvenating facial, $115.00.

 

Mom and Me Side by Side Massage

Treat yourself while you treat your mom. Relax and enjoy a 60 minute side by side massage for $150.00, ($75.00 per person).

 

Gift cards for the Ranch are available at all Ranch outlets and are a gift anyone would enjoy. Email a request.

 

                                                                                             
Mothers Day

Mother's Day Buffet
 
 
 
Mother's Day Brunch is Sunday, May 11. Make your reservations by calling the Lodge Restaurant at 541.595.1260 or Make your reservations online!
 

Adults $29

Children 6 - 12 years of age $14.50

Children 5 years and under eat free

 

Cold Station
Pasta salad with sun dried tomatoes and kalamata olives
Grilled vegetable couscous salad
Ranch salad bar
Caesar Salad
Fresh fruit display
Domestic and imported cheese display
Smoked salmon display with dill crème fraîche
Mini spinach, feta and crisp bacon quiche

 

Hot Selections

Eggs Benedict with citrus hollandaise
Seasoned potato hash browns
Hickory smoked bacon and maple sausage links
Belgian waffles
Omelet station
Roasted pork loin with dried bing cherry compote
Rosemary chicken with wild mushroom cream
Fresh vegetable medley
 
Carving Station
Prime Rib of Beef with Au Jus and Horseradish cream
King salmon stuffed with scallop mousse wrapped in pastry with lobster saffron cream

 

Desserts
Chocolate espresso mousse torte
Pecan pie
Strawberry cheesecake
Rum raisin bread pudding
Chocolate cover cream puffs
Fruit tartlet with lemon curd
Assorted mini pastries and muffins

 

Children's Buffet
French toast sticks with maple syrup
Scrambled eggs with cheese
Chicken strips with ranch dressing
French fries
Penne pasta with tomato herb sauce
Jell-O
Candies

Chocolate Mousse

 
 
 

Ladies Luncheon



 
 
 
 
 

May 7, 2008 at the Lodge Restaurant, gathering begins at 11:30AM