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MEET
OUR STAFF
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GENERAL
MANAGER and SECRETARY TO THE BOARD, JAN LEE
Jan is the
district's general manager and was manager at Tumalo Irrigation
District in the 1980s. In between district manager positions,
she was the executive director of the Oregon Water Resources
Congress, which is the state association for irrigation
districts in Salem. In that role she lobbied at the state
and federal level and developed programs and training for
the districts statewide, with a total of 26 years in the
irrigation district business, after working in construction
management.
Jan
has two grown daughters. After a stint as an Oregon legislator
two years ago, she decided she preferred irrigation to
politics and got back in the business.
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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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WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM,
TYSON RICHARDSON
Tyson is the new ditchrider. He formerly worked in the Klamath Basin for
Tulelake Irrigation District as a ditchrider and pesticide
applicator. Tyson has an associates degree in Technical Studies.
Tyson and his wife, Amy, have a six year old daughter, Alexis,
and their son Hunter, born this year. |
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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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