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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
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Retreat at Silvies Valley Ranch opens in July
Luxury ranch to
bring jobs to area
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Rosemary Manor Owner Alysia Hafer (left) and
Resident Care Manager Jamie Kennedy hold a photo
of Hafer’s grandmother, Rosemary. The facility was
named after Rosemary to acknowledge her dedication
to caring for the elderly.
Rosemary Manor offers
care around the clock
Facility
specializes in
memory care
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
It’s Johanna Harvey’s
84th birthday.
She relaxes in her bed
as the TV murmurs quietly
in the background. A young
girl runs over and gives her
a hug.
“Happy birthday, Jo!”
Johanna hugs back.
“You’re so precious,” she
says as the girl sits on the
edge of Johanna’s bed and
tells her about school.
Johanna has dementia
and is living at Rosemary
Manor, an assisted living
center specializing in mem-
ory care in John Day.
Johanna’s son, Pastor
Mike Harvey, said he moved
his mother to Rosemary af-
ter she began falling multi-
ple times a week.
“My mom has received
great care,” he said.
The facility opened
roughly a year ago and has
two caregivers working
around the clock with eight
employees. Rosemary Man-
or specializes in patients
with memory problems like
Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Kennedy lives at the fa-
cility with her three daugh-
ters and describes it is as
one big family.
“There’s no such thing
as a day off but obviously I
wouldn’t do it if I didn’t love
what I do. Every one of the
residents here have become
my family,” Kennedy said.
Rosemary Manor owner
Alysia Hafer named the fa-
cility after her grandmother,
Rosemary, in recognition of
her dedication to caring for
the elderly.
Rosemary Manor has
three current residents but
can accommodate up to five.
The facility offers hospice
and end-of-life care, and
though death is difficult, Ha-
fer said it’s part of the job.
Families of residents are
able to visit as they please.
Rosemary has an open-door
policy.
One way Rosemary dif-
fers from traditional care
facilities is the ratio of care
providers to residents.
“It’s a lot more one on
one. It’s a lot more person-
al,” Hafer said. “We have
the time to get to know them
on a personal level and real-
ly cater to what they need.”
They offer a home-like at-
mosphere with nursing-level
care, according to Hafer.
The day-to-day life for
residents varies. They have
scheduled mealtimes but
aren’t required to stick to
them. Much of the day is
dedicated to patient care,
and some specialists and
doctors are willing to make
regular house calls and visits
to the home.
Residents can take
part in activities like trips
to the Kam Wah Chung
Museum, county library
and, for Johanna, cele-
brating her birthday with
a family dinner at the
Outpost.
The Retreat at Silvies
Valley Ranch hopes to at-
tract international guests and
provide a variety of jobs to
locals.
The retreat plans to open
in July and will emphasize
natural beauty and the West-
ern tradition of the area, ac-
cording to a Silvies Valley
press release.
The boutique resort is be-
ing developed in partnership
with the Campbell family,
who have lived in the area
since the 1800s.
“Our family has had the
opportunity to relish in the
breathtaking vistas, abun-
dance of wildlife and natural
beauty of this region for gen-
erations, and we are eager to
share our experience with the
rest of the world,” Dr. Scott
Campbell said. “Our hope
is that guests from across
the globe will be drawn to
the property through golf
and outdoor activities, fos-
tering a connection with the
natural beauty of the land-
scape; a place that we have
had the privilege to call
home for so many years and
helping to recover the local
economy.”
The ranch will continue
to raise goats and cattle in
conjunction with guest ser-
vices.
Visitors can experience
activities like shooting,
rounding up cattle, fishing,
exploring, wagon rides, In-
dian cave tours and Western
gourmet dining.
Contributed photo
The golf course at the Silvies Valley Ranch.
The 140,000-acre ranch
will add a 34-person ranch
house, 40-person conference
center, a fitness center, a car-
riage house, pistol and rifle
ranges and hiking and biking
trails.
Developers are placing
an emphasis on making the
facility self-sustaining. The
clubhouse will rely on solar
power, and swallows and
bats will be used for mosqui-
to control instead of insecti-
cides.
Native plants will be used
on the property, and gravi-
ty-powered well irrigation
will cover 60 percent of the
property.
The ranch hopes to offer
as many as 55 jobs ranging
from $12 to $60 an hour,
many of which will be
available to locals, accord-
ing to Vice President for
Livestock and Guest Ser-
vices Colby Marshall. This
number could almost dou-
ble by 2019 if all goes as
planned.
An influx of tourists
would also create opportuni-
ties for local craftsmen, con-
tractors and entrepreneurs,
Marshall said.
The property also plans to
provide dozens of scholar-
ships to local college-bound
students.
Guests and locals will
be able to use two revers-
ible 18-hole courses, an
eight-hole ridge course and
a mountain meadow nine-
hole par 3 course golf cours-
es. Locals may be able to
access the courses at a dis-
counted rate, according to
Marshall.
Northwest golf architect
Dan Hixson, known for the
Bandon Crossings course
in Bandon, designed the
courses to cater to a variety
of skill levels and feature a
multitude of bunkers, but no
water hazards.
“Our goal was to create
the most unique golf design
in the world, providing doz-
ens of golf rounds that are
fun, challenging and pictur-
esque,” Hixson said. “We
were inspired by the purity
of Scottish links, allowing
for true personal connec-
tions as you play, and I think
we achieved that.”
BEO Bancorp earnings
up 12 percent in 2016
Blue Mountain Eagle
BEO Bancorp and its subsidi-
ary, Bank of Eastern Oregon, an-
nounced consolidated year end
2016 earnings of $3,389,000, an
increase of 12.3 percent, com-
pared to $3,017,000 in 2015,
according to a press release from
the business.
Basic earnings per share were
up 13.8 percent from $2.46 in
2015 to $2.80 in 2016. Total
assets increased 7 percent from
$357.3 million to $382.2 million.
Net loans ended 2016 at $302.3
million, up 6.6 percent year
over year. Deposits increased 7
percent from $317.7 million to
$340.1 million.
“Net income is at an all-time
high for BEO Bancorp,” Presi-
dent and CEO Jeff Bailey said
in the release. “The increase in
profits was fueled by strong net
interest income and provision
for loan losses which was down
51.7% year over year.”
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