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10 Wednesday, June 12, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Hawks Haven Reserve featured in garden tour By Sue Stafford Correspondent This year9s Quilts in the Garden tour on Thursday, July 11, is special for a number of reasons, several of which are apparent at location No. 1: Hawks Haven Reserve, the home of Bruce and Marleen Rognlien. The house, nestled in a stand of large ponderosa pine trees, sits surrounded by lush green lawns, a trout-stocked lake, and a knockout view over the adjoining reserve to the Three Sisters Mountains. The five acres around the house were kept by the Rognliens when Marleen sold the Lazy Z Ranch which had been in her family since the 1950s. The ranch was sold several times more and one owner, David Herman, broke it up into 12 various- sized parcels. At that time, the Rognliens purchased an additional 85 acres and estab- lished Hawks Haven Reserve, which includes numerous ponds, Marleen9s Brook, and Bruce Lake. Two of the ponds originally watered the Lazy Z livestock. The remaining Lazy Z Ranch, which is cur- rently for sale, consists of the ranch house and 80 acres. Marleen9s father, Lloyd Brogan, was an attorney in Santa Ana, California, who received the ranch in lieu of payment for legal fees he was owed. He had never intended to own a ranch in Central Oregon but he did, and the family spent their sum- mers at the ranch. Over the years Brogan added parcels PHOTO PROVIDED Specially crafted kitchen tile depicting residents of Hawks Haven Reserve. of land to the original ranch until it reached its ultimate 1,400 acres. Brogan raised Black Angus cattle, and hay and alfalfa, which were sold to surrounding ranchers. Marleen said she still has the original Lazy Z branding iron. Each spring the lake and ponds are stocked with 600 eight- to 10-inch rainbow trout and 80 16-inch trout. Those fish provide sustenance for the Preserve9s resident otters, hawks, osprey, her- ons, foxes, eagles, raccoons, badgers, and coyotes. There are ducks and geese that raise their young on the lake. From the windows in the Rognlien9s home, one can watch fish jump and duck and geese parents herd their young around the grounds and into the lake. The lodge home, built in 1988, will be open to tour patrons, where they will see original wooden hawk carvings by local art- ist Skip Armstrong as well as classic Molesworth furniture from the Brogan9s Lazy Z Ranch. The couch, tables, and chairs all incorporate large wooden burls as a part of their framework. Between the ponderosas standing off the deck in the backyard, visitors will be able to view a series of 25 small art quilts displayed depicting the story told in Eastern Oregon author Pamela Royes9s mem- oir, <Temperance Creek.= DOES YOUR CAR HANDLE LIKE A BUCKIN’ BRONCO? Aspen Lakes auction postponed DAVIS TIRE 541-549-1026 SCHEDULE YOUR ALIGNMENT TODAY! Serving Sisters Since 1962 A scheduled auction of Aspen Lakes Golf Course and Development just east of Sisters has been postponed. Harald Bordwin of Keen- Summit Capital Partners LLC, engaged by Aspen Lakes as exclusive real estate broker for the sale of the property confirmed on Monday that the scheduled June 4 auction has been postponed. <The auction has been postponed and we are wait- ing for its rescheduled date,= Bordwin told The Nugget. He declined to com- ment further, including explaining the reason for the postponement. Aspen Lakes Golf Course LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year. Pam Cyrus Mitchell and Matt Cyrus did not respond to queries from The Nugget by press time. 188 W. Sisters Park Dr. In Sisters Industrial Park across from SnoCap Mini Storage PHOTO PROVIDED BY TIM TOTH Bruce Lake, located on the grounds of the Rognlien, which will be part of the Quilts in the Garden Tour on July 11. Quilters from Bend and Sisters selected her book as the subject for their annual quilting project at the Quilt Works in Bend. According to Donna Lipscomb, chairperson of the Quilts in the Garden Tour, <It will be a unique display and there is the possibility that the author may be able to attend. Her books will be available for sale at the tour location by Paulina Springs Books.= A special lighted flagpole that retracts to retrieve the flags greets visitors at the front of the house. Flying from the pole on any given day will be two flags denoting fam- ily heritage, including flags of Northern Ireland (Brogan) and Norway (Rognlien). Above the front door of their home is a wooden sign, which reads <Yo tengo raices aqui= 4 <I have roots here.= The Rognliens have two grandchildren and are hope- ful that Hawks Haven will remain in the family. Tasty THURSDAY 5 to 7 p.m. LIVE MUSIC Sat., June 15, 7-9 p.m. pp J Joe Cuppa 391 W. Cascade Ave. | 541-549-2675 corkcellarswinebistro.com