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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituary
Black Butte Ranch
welcomes new CEO
Black Butte Ranch is wel-
coming new Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) Jay Head.
Head brings 17 years
of club leadership, most
recently serving as the
general manager/COO
at Palm Valley Country
Club. Head got his career
start as the assistant gen-
eral manager of Waverley
Country Club (WCC) in
Portland.
In 2005 he accepted the
general manager/COO posi-
tion with Willamette Valley
Country Club (WVCC)
in Canby, where he spent
seven years successfully
guiding strategically tar-
geted operating goals and
the development of a detail-
oriented, financially effec-
tive and service-driven
organization. Before mov-
ing to Palm Desert, Head
also led Pumpkin Ridge
Golf Club and The Oregon
Golf Club where he applied
effective and strategic
organizational leadership
fundamentals.
Owen Osborne, Black
Butte Ranch homeowner
and current chairman of the
board for the Black Butte
Ranch Association, stated,
“Jay is an energetic leader
who has a passion for con-
necting with the commu-
nity and a proven ability to
bring teams together to pro-
vide a positive experience
for owners and guests. His
leadership will be a strong
positive for both our dedi-
cated employees and diverse
homeowner community.”
“I am honored to join the
team at Black Butte Ranch
and continue the Ranch’s
legacy as the Northwest’s
premier recreational commu-
nity,” said Head. “I am also
extremely excited to be back
in this wonderful part of the
country.”
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Charles Edward Kern
July 12, 1920 — July 25, 2017
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Jay Head is Black Butte Ranch’s
new CEO.
Jay originally grew up
in Tyler and Dallas, Texas,
prior to moving to Oregon
where he fell in love with the
Pacific Northwest.
A lifelong golfer, Jay
first found his passion for
the game as a young boy
while tagging along with his
grandfather during friendly
rounds of golf at his country
club in East Texas.
In addition to golf,
Head is passionate about
the great outdoors and is
excited to enjoy the abun-
dance of activities and sce-
nic beauty Central Oregon
offers.
Head started at Black
Butte Ranch on July 28.
Charles Edward Kern,
age 97, died of natural causes
on July 25, in Portland, in
the company of his loving
family.
Charles is survived by his
wife, Jean L. (Fitzpatrick)
Kern, of Camp Sherman and
Bethany; two sons, Larry
Kern, Timothy “Oly” Kern;
daughter, Sweet Medicine
Nation; grandchildren Daniel
Prince and Madeline Snively,
Darin and Darcy Kern; and
seven great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death
by his parents and four sib-
lings, Elmer, Orla Chester,
and Bill Kern, all of Central
Valley, California.
Charles E. Kern was
born on July 12, 1920 in
Coyle, Oklahoma, to par-
ents William Ervin and Ethel
Maude (Boyer) Kern.
Charles served two years
in the U.S. Army Air Corps
1944-1946, stationed on
Guam.
After marrying Jean in
Chico, California, in 1947,
Charles began to work
for Safeway stores as an
apprentice meat-cutter in
Chico, 1946. He was pro-
moted to meat department
manager, Gridley, California
on April 19,1948, the day he
had to call in no-show, due to
the birth of his daughter.
He
worked
in
Pittsburg, Stockton, and
Sacramento,California
then in Reno, Nevada. In
December 1958 he was
promoted to district meat
merchandiser, assigned to
San Francisco, California.
In February 1963 he trans-
ferred to Honolulu, Hawaii,
to open the first store, #201.
He worked for more than 38
years for Safeway, 22 years
in Hawaii. He helped open
eight stores, hired, trained
employees and maintained
the quality of excellence he
would be known for years
after he retired.
Charles loved people
and helping them. After one
career ended, he secured his
real estate license in Hawaii.
Charles was a social,
active man who was deeply
involved in volunteering,
fishing, golfing, woodcarv-
ing for the majority of his
life. He enjoyed golf, fly
fishing, and loved to join in
activities putting up nesting
bird boxes, and bull trout
habitat along the Metolius
River. His family and friends
will remember him as a
complimentary, generous,
kind, happy and fun-loving
friendly man.
The family will hold a
private family scattering of
ashes.
The family would like to
thank you for calls of con-
dolences, cards and flow-
ers and the kindness of our
community.
Anyone wishing to donate
in honor of Charles can send
contributions to Sisters-
Camp Sherman RFPD or the
Jefferson County Search and
Rescue Hasty Team of Camp
Sherman.
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