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MEET
OUR STAFF
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GENERAL
MANAGER, SUZANNE
BUTTERFIELD
Suzanne is the District's new general manager as of June
1, 2009 when Jan Lee retired. Suzanne has been involved
in California water resources management for 28 years before
moving to Bend with her husband in 2008. She held several
positions with the California Department of Water Resources
from 1980-1991:State Drought Response Coordinator from 1986-1991;
Chief of the Office of Water Conservation; and Chief of
the Division of Local Assistance. Then she left state service
to join the Solano Irrigation District in Vacaville, Ca
as assistant manager and then general manager from 1991-2007.
She then worked for the Ca Delta Protection Commission as
Deputy Director before moving to Bend.
Suzanne looks forward to contributing to the wise management
of Central Oregon water resources and providing excellent
customer service. Suzanne and her husband Bob have two grown
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OFFICE
MANAGER, KATHY FERGUSON
Kathy is the office Manager. Kathy has 15 years experience
in office procedures. She will be responsible for accounts
payable and receivables, transfer of water rights and will
work with new water district customers She will be the first
person customers will contact at Swalley. She has GIS experence
with maps of your property and water rights, as well as other
information about the District.
Kathy and husband Clay have two grown children, Diana and
Kenneth, and 4 grandchildren, DiNae, Dylon, Kaylee and Garrett. |
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FIELD
OPERATIONS, KARL CONKLIN
Field Operations Manager Karl has lived on the family's
farmstead nearTumalo, here in our district, since 1986.
As Field Operations Manager, he provides field review of
subdivision proposals, helps develop capital projects for
the district, manages planning and maintenance on district
infrastructure, and also is responsible for delivery to
part of the district water users.
Karl
and his wife Kim have a grown son, Kyle. Karl is a native
Oregonian and completed courses in business and computer
science at OSU. He has a background that includes 12 years
as a business owner and 7 years in construction and construction
management. He has irrigated his own farm here in the district. |
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LOCATION
MAP & DIRECTONS
64672 Cook Avenue, Suite 1 (Tumalo),
Bend, OR 97701
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ANNUAL
MEETING
PART I
PART 2
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The
Swalley Irrigation District was organized as the Deschutes
Reclamation and Irrigation Company (DRIC) in 1899.
The original homestead site
still exists today. Much of the city of Bend was originally
a part of the boundaries of the DRIC. The DRIC was settled
under the federal "Carey Act" and the Right-of-Way Act of
1891 (see document references in the "easements" section.)
In 1994 the shareholders
of the DRIC voted to incorporate as an irrigation district
and took the name of Swalley Irrigation District.
The district is in the process
of documenting the history back to 1899 and will post additional
items as the history progresses.
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SWALLEY
HOMESTEAD
Eight families formed Deschutes Reclamation and Irrigation
Company in 1899. They came here to homestead and formed
the first irrigation project on the Deschutes River. Two
of the families were G.W. and Charles Swalley. One of
the Swalley's turned out to be the "boss" in building
the flumes that carried the water. Later a county road
was named Swalley Road, this was near his homestead. As
the years went on the Company was known as Swalley Water.
In 1994 we became a district and changed the name from
Deschutes Reclamation and Irrigation Company to Swalley
Irrigation District. We really do not have much history
on the original families, except their names. There were
two generations of Swalleys, then they sold out or married
so the names changed. Note: Andy & Cheryl Tillman live
on the original Swalley homestead developed by Ed Monroe
in 1904, which is located at 20510 Swalley Road.
RULES
AND REGULATIONS OF 1907 [This
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