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June 24, 2015 By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey

ith the Solstice just behind us, we are now into the first week of the summer season, and as it should be, things are heating up. The cloudy, dreary, thunderstormy, soggy, weather we had in Jackson Hole this May and early June are already fading from our recent memory banks. For this last week of the month of June we’ll have something new to whine about weather-wise, like hot and dry weather.

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It looks like afternoon highs will be climbing well up into the 80’s over the next seven days, which is above the average high, in the upper 70’s. Eighty’s are nice and toasty, for sure, but not nearly as scorching as it was here lateJune of 1988. That year we were on a run of days where high temperatures rocketed into the 90’s. The peak of that hot weather was on June 26th when it got up to 95-degrees in town, the hottest June day on record.

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Jim has been forecasting the weather here for more than 20 years. You can find more Jackson Hole Weather information at www.mountainweather.com

Morning low temperatures this week will hover around the 40-degree mark, which is near the norm for this time of year. I would venture to say that we should not be threatened by any below freezing temperatures this week, so all plants and vegetables will be quite safe from frost damage. That was not the case however back on June 25th, 1953, when the low temperature dove down to 22-degrees, a flower-killing record low temp for late June.

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THE BUZZ Budget balancing Town, county spending is up BY JAKE NICHOLS

he county’s general fund budget for FY 2016 will just about hit the $39 million mark. The 5 percent increase is due in part to new hires the county has put off since the economic downturn. The Town of Jackson will also be looking to finalize its 2015-2016 budget at a recommended $18,436,774—that’s up almost 3 percent from last year. Some of the valley’s big ticket items also need to be addressed in the coming fiscal year including Budge slide mitigation, a state-mandated landfill cap and closure and a repair of Swinging Bridge. The biggest jumps in the town’s budget include payroll related increases of 5.2 percent, a growing Fire/EMS budget now at $258,272 (a 21 percent increase over 201415), and a $193,491 increase in Parks & Recreation’s allocation (up 15 percent from last year). About 36 percent of the town’s general fund is eaten up by public safety expenditures. Some detractors of the expanding law enforcement budget, including former Planet arts critic Aaron Wallis, worry new technology purchased by the town will bring Jackson closer to a “police state.” “I am so fearful of giving data to government agencies,” Wallis wrote in an email to Mayor Sara Flitner. Wallis added that his worry was the license plate recognition software, which the town will purchase in 2016 at $158,100, could open the door for abuse and harassment of innocent citizens. “I hear our chief [Todd Smith] is a decent man and I imagine he is just doing his job,” Wallis added. The council also agreed to spend $32K of municipal money, in addition to $28K in state grant money, for an e-citation ticketing system that would allow cops to scan motorist’s licenses, feed the information into a database and issue a ticket on the spot.

The State of Wyoming recently approved $1 million in funding to fix the Budge Drive landslide, but that’s just a drop in the bucket for this $8 million dollar disaster. Public safety expenditures at the county level are up 24 percent in 2016 to a total of $7.4 million. The county Sheriff’s Office is scheduled to receive a 21 percent increase to budgeted $4,353,547 in 2016.

Big money fixes The town’s hopes that the state would come to the rescue of the Budge Drive landslide were somewhat dampened last week after an announcement that the State Loan and Investment Board approved $1 million toward stabilization efforts at the site that destroyed one home and forced a Walgreens store to close permanently. The April 2014 landslide is expected to cost more than $8 million to fix. Town and county officials have not said where the money will come from but did not rule out a Special Purpose Excise Tax, or SPET, in coming years to help defer repair costs. Meanwhile, the dilapidated Swinging Bridge was dealt a deathblow in the form of a truck-bridge collision that resulted in the closure of its Snake River span that allows motorists to reach their homes in the Porcupine Creek area. Earlier studies by WYDOT estimated the weakening bridge would soon need one million dollars of work to get it through another few decades. Insurance costs are expected to pay most, if not all, of the estimated $350,000 to repair Swinging Bridge. Those repairs, however, would not guarantee the bridge’s lifespan beyond a few more years. The county lucked out in 2013 when the U.S. Forest Service agreed to let operators of

the landfill borrow five of the 17.8 acres that the USFS owns in Horsethief Canyon in order to excavate trash from the dumpsite, which closed in 1989. That cut down on the amount of cleanup and capping county officials were looking at in order to satisfy DEQ requirements that leaching contaminants be contained and left undisturbed for 30 years. The job was estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $13 million. County officials think they can get it done for about $10 million. Voters approved $14.58 million for the closure in the November 2012 SPET. County bean counters have also set aside three-quarters of a million dollars for one-time fixes on the Heritage Arena roof ($300,000), Adams Canyon sewer ($200,000) and the transfer station scalehouse ($250,000).

Fiscal outlook Balancing the county budget depends heavily on property values remaining robust—a job for new assessor Andy Cavallaro. At a 9.154 mill levy, Teton County is one of a very few in the state that does not assess the full 12 mills allowed by state statute, so revenue dependence hinges on property tax continuing to stream in at a projected $14,610,644 in 2016. The town’s budget balancing lives and dies on sales tax revenue. Collections have been above expectations to start the calendar year. If sales tax growth continues to reflect the anticipated 3 percent rate of growth, the boost in revenue stream could just about offset an overall wage increase of 3.5 percent. Big jumps in expenditures at the town level include healthcare costs (up 8 percent) and fuel costs (9.6 percent). Overall, fuel costs have been down but expanded START Bus services will burn more diesel in FY 2016 than in the previous year.

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While it is expected that “Queer in the Cowboy State” would ruffle feathers in more rural parts of Wyoming, I was surprised to learn that there are people in this so-called progressive bubble, specifically business owners, who would take such a brazen stance against their neighbors – folks who are simply asking for the same rights that many of us enjoy without batting an eyelash. When you’re not willing to acknowledge that your neighbors are people, human beings confronting similar and yet strikingly different battles, you rob yourself from enjoying the most gratifying reasons for living. Why else are we here if not to cultivate relationships with other people, including people vastly different from us, whose experiences might just teach us something about ourselves? Ask yourself, what do I stand to gain by understanding the incredibly varied struggles of people in my community? More importantly: what do I stand to lose by marginalizing their experiences to whatever arbitrary classification society places them in? Oftentimes The Planet illuminates topics that might make some of us squirm, particularly in a conservative state where alternative voices are not celebrated with the same frequency as they might be in, say, San Francisco or Seattle. As the editor of this newspaper, it pains me to remove a rack from our delivery route, as it means fewer eyes see the stories we have thoughtfully crafted for public consumption. But the consequences of keeping quiet are simply too great. After all, the media’s number one role is to inform the public. With “Queer in the Cowboy State,” we hoped readers would learn about and appreciate some of the adversity confronting their neighbors. Perhaps if South Carolina shooter Dylann Roof saw his victims as the living, breathing human beings they were, if he could have empathized with them and some of the challenges they faced, perhaps nine people might still be here today.

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alking into the office Wednesday, I was stunned to learn that a certain local business owner demanded he be removed from The Planet’s delivery route. He wasn’t pleased by the June 17 cover, which featured a rainbow rendition of Wyoming’s bucking horse symbol. The accompanying story, “Queer in the Cowboy State,” by Natosha Hoduski, takes a look at some of the hurdles facing members of the LGBT community in Jackson, and across the Equality State. Specifically, that our gay neighbors here in Wyoming may be denied jobs or fired from their current positions because of their sexual orientation. Hoduski explains how these folks have no path of recourse when discriminated against in publicly-funded places and that there is no legislation to protect LGBT victims of hate crimes. A mosaic of community members – some who waited years into their adult lives before finding the courage to come out in the Cowboy State – are profiled in the story. As America nurses its wounds from the senseless murders of nine people – a horrific hate crime in a historic South Carolina church at the hands of a deeply troubled young man – I felt it important that I address a small act of intolerance here. What some people fail to understand is that the plight of folks in the LGBT community is not a matter of being gay or straight; loving a man or a woman. It is a matter of human rights; it is a matter of acknowledging the humanity of our neighbors. A recent Pew Research poll asserts that although an overwhelming number of gay, lesbian and transgender folks say that society has become more accepting of them and that they expect societal attitudes to improve into the future, many LGBT folks are still stigmatized in their daily lives. About 39 percent of the people polled said that at some point they were rejected by a family member or close friend because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; 30 percent said they have been physically attacked or threatened; 29 percent said they have been made to feel unwelcome in a place of worship, while 21 percent reported unfair treatment by an employer. A staggering 58 percent of the people surveyed reported being the target of slurs and jokes.

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How much longer can the West stay truly wild? The last diary entry of Helen Mettler, 15, who penned the oft-quoted phrase, “God bless Wyoming and keep it wild,” was written in August 1925. Could Mettler have known what would happen to the Wyoming she knew and loved early last century? Thanks to an overly litigious society that has crept its way into the Cowboy State, it seems like it won’t be long before Jackson Hole and the rest of Wyoming gets bubble wrapped and homogenized into less wild and woolly, and more kinder and gentler. Every time someone gets eaten by a bear or gored by a bison, another sign goes up and another potential lawsuit causes nervous insurers to raise rates for rafting companies, dude ranches and mountain climbing guides. Whether it’s ignorant tourists who just don’t get it (see Todd Wilkinson’s column in last week’s News&Guide), or dudes who fall off horses (Darwin Ranch, 1996), or rafters who drown (Rizas, 2000), or skiers who get lost (Edward Fitzgerald, 2010), or skiers who get avalanched (David Nodine, 2008), or people who jump into thermal pools in Yellowstone (Lance Buchi, 2000) – there will always be someone eager to exit the gene pool. Should it be Wyoming’s problem for providing blockheads the venue for their hegira? The Wyoming Recreational Safety Act has held up well under dozens of ambulance chasers trying to pin a wrongful death or personal injury negligence charge on the Equality State. Still, too many cases end in settlement, paving the way for meaningless waiver forms and an increased cost of doing business. And what ever became of poor Helen? She died a year after her famous diary entry. She fell off a cliff in Taggart Canyon. The notice appeared in the Kaycee Optimist right beside an add for the Republican ticket promising “Prosperity and Progress.” Yeah, we got about enough of that.

Travel Board buttressed The two new appointments to the Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board are solid choices made by local elected officials. Dina Mishev, who’s been vying for a seat on the panel since 2011, wrote in her cover letter that maybe the “third time’s the charm” and it was. As a fellow scribe, I appreciate the role journalists are uniquely equipped to play in politics. Jim Stanford has been a no-nonsense, anti-politician for the town council. I expect Mishev to bring the same objective and analytical perspective to the TTB. The other appointee, Keely Herron, will be another voice from the resort industry, which is already overly-represented as commissioner Paul Vogelheim pointed out. Still, her day job as Snow King’s marketing director will ensure the board’s makeup has an in-town voice to balance the county and Teton Village interests. Mishev, especially, will prove vitally useful to the joint powers board that finds itself in taxpayers’ crosshairs for nearly every marketing allocation designed to bring more bodies to the valley. TTB members have done an admirable job so far dishing out the millions collected annually from lodging tax funds, putting that money toward nonprofits that need a financial boost or events that draw visitors in our off-season. Mishev will bring to the board an understanding of how its decisions will play out in local media and perhaps be able to influence TTB actions, or at least help coach the governing body on how to best frame press releases to get ahead of potential scrutiny.

Calling all valley Dems Teton County democrats need to get their act together. Local donkeys cannot continue to ignore the elephant in the room—both their Republican rivals and the Tea Party are outclassing them. Melissa Turley didn’t care enough to give her party leaders a heads up regarding her resignation from the Board of County Commissioners. And why should she? The loosely organized blue backers seemed the last to know anything when contacted by this reporter. Trying to merely find out who the county board members for the Democratic Party are was a 25-minute adventure on the Internet. Google searches bring up Idaho’s Teton County Democrats before this county’s board. Once at the official Teton County Dems’ website, there are no press releases, no endorsements, no upcoming events and no listing of party leaders whatsoever. The latest news post was from October 2013. The party chair has been a revolving door as of late. Luther Probst is now in for Jordan Schreiber. And local Dems have been lax at getting their county precinct representatives appointed—29 of the 34 positions remain unfilled. The party also does not seem to have a strong candidate to replace Turley, despite promises that they have received a significant amount of interest. Ben Ellis is probably the highest profile leftwing politician in the county but he wants nothing to do with the commission. Hank Phibbs is the other viable candidate. Both of them were past commissioners and voted off the board. The party continues to field good candidates who win elections (Mark Newcomb, Smokey Rhea, Andy Schwartz) but leadership needs to improve. Our pick for a successor to Turley: Natalia Duncan Macker. She made a strong showing against incumbent Marti Halverson last fall for House District 22.

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Walgreens worries reach HQ

The story The Planet broke two weeks ago exposing Walgreens’ decision to discard their Jackson store’s inventory rather than donate it to a charity reverberated across national news outlets including the Chicago Tribune where the pharmacy giant is headquartered. The Tribune piece by Becky Yerak was basically a rewrite of the KIDK-TV news story, which was basically a rewrite of this paper’s breaking story. Yerak had the same quotes, facts and figures but still it was fun to read Chicago bloggers’ opinions on the ordeal. Like the comment from ScrdX847 who wrote, “Jackson Mayor Sara Flitner said that ‘perfectly usable’ products went to a landfill. The store suffered a landslide. Not sure how extensive this was, but I’m sure it was easier to just dump into a dumpster rather than wash off and decide what should go to charity [or what should go] to the landfill. Mayor Flitner, you know where the landfill is. Get some people together with some buckets of water and few shovels, and start digging and washing. It’s allot (sic) easier than just sitting around and calling media.” Wyoming Public Radio’s take on the story approached it from a different angle, choosing to highlight Good Samaritan’s Chuck Fidroeff who lamented the lost chance to receive some of Walgreens’ trashed merchandise. WPR’s Miles Bryan also added, “The story was picked up regionally, and as far away as Chicago. But Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso says, even with the negative press, the company made the right decision to protect its reputation.”

Kissed by the sun: beer

Wyoming Public Radio also gave a shout out to Snake River Brewery for their receipt of a $14,000 REAP (Rural Energy for America Program) grant that will help the local brewers install solar panels. Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Jackson last week to visit the Snake River Brewing Company and personally hand the check off to its management. The upgrade is expected to save the brew house about $1,200 a year in electricity bills. SRB was one of 550 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects across the country to receive funds, which totaled nearly $7 million. We also caught the announcement at GovernmentSecurityNews.com.

Cheney’s weather forecast: Ho-hum or hooray?

Sensitive documents concerning Vice President Dick Cheney were made public last Friday by the National Archives and Records Administration in response to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act. The memos, fact sheets and news articles sent to him while in office contained few major bombshells but one item tripped our radar. “Many of the documents are banal. Aides sent Mr. Cheney a weather forecast for a coming weekend in Jackson, Wyo., where he kept a vacation home (‘snow showers’ every day),” wrote Peter Baker for the New York Times. Snow in the forecast might play as trivial to politicos but around here that’s cause for celebration.

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The fourth and final elk antler arch on the town square was replaced last week, according to a news story at XtremeIdaho.com. The iconic new piece contained nearly 14,000 pound of sheds, all held together by nothing more than intermingling, though a few screws are used toward the bottom to deter would-be thieves, according to town public works director Larry Pardee. The new arch is expected to last about 50 years. The old ones were constructed in the mid-1950s.

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China is all about Jackson Hole. Not only does the world’s most populous nation boast a Jackson Hole all its own, complete with skyrocketing property values, but tourists from the People’s Republic of China are flocking to Jackson Hole in record numbers. Now, a new coffee table book released this month in Beijing is a hot commodity, according to China Daily USA. Deng Zhangyu wrote a piece explaining the collaboration between Chinese painter Liu Zhong and the fifth-generation Rockefeller family member Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr. The duo jointly published “A Warm Winter” after spending a week together in Jackson in February. The book focuses on the animals and landscape of Jackson Hole, including “eagles, deers (sic), wolves, mountain goats and red foxes.” “I was impressed by the landscapes and Rockefeller’s deep love for his country and family,” says Liu, adding that in the sleepy Western American town, the famous Rockefellers are treated as regular people. The news was overshadowed, however, by reports of the “Dog Meat Festival” that takes place in Yulin in the Guangxi province this time every year. The BBC ran the story we read with horror.

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THE SILENT PARTNER HOW AN EASTERN IDAHO FARM BOY BECAME A CONTRACT TORTURER

ruce Jessen has been called a war criminal. A torturer. An “American Mengele.” The retired Air Force colonel and trained psychologist was, according to a 2014 report from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, an architect of the “brutal,” “inherently unsustainable” and “deeply flawed” detainee-interrogation program that “damaged the United States’ standing in the world” in the years following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His alleged actions involved helping design—and in many cases personally administer—methods of interrogation that groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to Amnesty International and the United Nations have labeled as torture. Those methods, according to the report, were applied in secret throughout the Central Intelligence Agency’s now infamous network of “black sites” where detainees were held without charges in “dungeon”-like conditions. Jessen did not act alone. Fellow retired Air Force officer and psychologist James Mitchell helped design, advise, apply and assess the program— operating in a system with almost no checks and which the CIA’s own attorneys admitted would require a “novel” legal defense “to avoid prosecution of U.S. officials who tortured to obtain information.” While Mitchell has publicly pushed back against the report, calling it “bullshit” in a December 2014 interview with ABC News, Jessen has avoided speaking to the media—the silent partner in a global scandal. The contents of the almost 600 pages of the Senate report are as harrowing as they are detailed, except when it comes to the backgrounds of Jessen and Mitchell, referred to by the pseudonyms of Drs. Dunbar and Swigert, respectively. Their true names weren’t known until a 2007 Vanity Fair report, which presaged much of what would come to light in the 2014 Senate report. Eight years later, as HBO has optioned the rights for an original film based on the article, “Rorschach and Awe,” Mitchell is less mysterious but Jessen remains an enigma. His road to the secret prisons of Afghanistan, Thailand, and Poland, however, began in eastern Idaho—literally, on Highway 20, in a small town at the foot of the Teton Mountains.

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‘Not much of a talker’

As Highway 20 runs north from Idaho Falls, the suburbs give way to run-down trackside buildings. Trashstrewn ditches and fields of cattle are interrupted by lonely monochromatic housing developments. Billboards alternately advertise Internet service and professional-technical degrees, and protest against wind power and same-sex marriage. The road narrows north of St. Anthony, with the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River running to the west and the Tetons rising hazyblue on the eastern horizon. A few miles farther, at the gateway to the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and West Yellowstone, Mont., is the town of Ashton—set in a wide, flat valley punctuated by a cluster of grain silos. Main Street in Ashton is a collection of mom & pop shops—an auto-parts store, hardware store, liquor store, senior-recreation center, two bars and three churches. Trucks rumble by almost constantly, carrying grain and seed potatoes to the silos that dominate the west side of town. Glance down the side streets from Main and the residential neighborhoods quickly give way to fields. Springtime is blustery and cold, and potatoes are more plentiful than people. “It’s time to plant the silly things again,” said Barbara Moon, who works part-time as Ashton’s town archivist. “It used to take the whole town [to plant and harvest], but not anymore.” The Jessens were a potato family. Jessen’s father, Jack, worked their land south of town.

“He was a wonderful man, but not much of a talker,” Moon said. It was Nieca, Jessen’s mother, who was the family’s social link. “She loved people, loved talking to them,” Moon said. Bruce, meanwhile, was quiet, like his father. “To say I know him—no, I really didn’t,” Moon said, navigating the stacks of yearbooks, family histories and mountains of newspaper clippings in the small archive office located in the Ashton Chamber of Commerce building. “I went to a party once [at the Jessen farm] and talked with him and his wife and met his children, but that was it,” she said. Asked if she had heard of the Senate report or read any coverage of its revelations about Jessen’s work with the CIA, she said she had not. “I didn’t even know about that,” Moon said, though she added that she was aware Jessen worked for the government in some capacity in Spokane, Wash. Moon has lived in Ashton for 50 years—long enough to know just about everyone in town but, because she wasn’t born there, she gets teased occasionally that she’s not a native. “Like all small towns, it has its good sides and its bad sides, but it’s a wonderful place to raise a family,” she said. Jessen’s family goes back a long way in the Ashton area. His mother was born in nearby Marysville to the Cordingley family, whose members to this day are “everywhere,” Moon said.

“You have to be careful what you say around here, because everybody knows everybody,” she said. Of Jessen, Moon could only repeat that she didn’t know him well, though she did add that one of his two sisters is among her best friends. “What little I knew of him, I thought he was nice,” Moon said. “And quiet is right. Very intelligent.” According to Moon, the Jessens were a tight-knit family, and Bruce was especially close with his adopted brother, who recently passed away. The Jessens took in the boy when he was about 8 years old. He and Bruce were close in age, graduating from high school in the same class. Inviting another child into her family was in line with Nieca’s personality, Moon said. “Nieca was that kind of person,” she said, adding that each spring the matriarch would host a party for the senior high-school girls “just because she wanted to.” Another yearly party would be thrown for Sunday school teenagers.

“Everybody in the town was there,” Moon said. “Everybody loved her in town.” For Bruce, active in highschool sports, intelligent and good-looking, Ashton probably started to feel too small. “He had to work; dig potatoes and plow—I know he did that,” Moon said. “No wonder he wanted to go do something else.”

‘Something not previously seen’

legality) of escalating or even maintaining the pressure. … Prepare for something not previously seen.” Reporting from the detention sites became sparse—enough so that the CIA general counsel was concerned that, without more frequent and detailed reports, “the agency cannot monitor the situation.” The situation was, according to some, running off the rails. According to the report, at least five detainees were subjected to having liquids— whether water or pureed food— injected into their rectums, including Zubaydah. At least once he was also the subject of an “unexpected rectal exam” as part of the detention site’s security protocols. At the end of his August 2002 interrogation, Zubaydah was found to have been telling the truth that he had no new threat information. Meanwhile, he had lost an eye at some point during his detention and several video recordings of his interrogation were destroyed. He was waterboarded 83 times. Despite the CIA’s belief that he was the “third or fourth” highest ranking al Qaeda, Zubaydah turned out to be a low-level administrator. What little information he provided came in the two months before Jessen and Mitchell arrived with their techniques. Zubaydah is currently imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba—a prisoner held without charges for more than 12 years. Jessen and Mitchell wrote in a cable that the interrogation was a success, with the “aggressive phase” of the questioning recommended as a “template for future interrogation of high value captives.” Their reasoning was not that the tactics produced useful information, but that they confirmed what Zubaydah didn’t know. “Our goal was to reach the stage where we have broken any will or ability of subject to resist or deny providing us information (intelligence) to which we had access,” Jessen and Mitchell wrote. “We additionally sought to bring subject to the point that we confidently assess that he does not/not [sic] possess undisclosed threat information, or intelligence that could prevent a terrorist event.”

Waterboarding and stress-position techniques from CIA training literature.

a deep unease about viewing the interrogations—both in person and on video: “It is visually and psychologically very uncomfortable.” “It seems the collective opinion that we should not go much further.” “Several on the team [were] profoundly affected … some to the point of tears and choking up.” “[Video footage] has produced strong feelings of futility (and

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SEVERAL ON THE TEAM [WERE] PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED … SOME TO THE POINT OF TEARS AND CHOKING UP.

Abu Zubaydah was subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques on a ‘near 24-hour-per-day basis’ for 17 straight days, according to a Senate report. His eye was lost at some point while he was in CIA custody.

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In August 2002, Jessen was a long way from Ashton. By that time, he and Mitchell had secured a contract with the CIA that would come to be worth upward of $180 million by 2006. Their job was to travel through the agency’s prison system to help coordinate the application of “enhanced interrogation techniques” that they developed based on their work as former training experts in the SERE program—short for Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape. Intended to train U.S. military personnel how to withstand harsh interrogation at the hands of unscrupulous enemies, Jessen and Mitchell had reportedly “reverse-engineered” the techniques to craft what has been referred to as the U.S. “torture program.” At a CIA black site in 2002, which was later reported to be located in northeast Poland, Jessen and Mitchell were preparing for the biggest test of their methods yet. Abu Zubaydah had been captured in Pakistan in March 2002 and was being held on suspicion of running an al Qaeda site there. When enhanced techniques—including the now well-known practice of simulated drowning called waterboarding— were approved for use on Zubaydah, only Jessen and Mitchell were to have contact with him. Based on the psychologists’ plan, Zubaydah was subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques on a “near 24-hourper-day basis” for 17 straight days, according to the Senate report. He was shackled, hooded and stripped on the first day of interrogations, as an interrogator slammed him against a wall. He was unhooded and made to watch as interrogators brought in a large “confinement box” that was placed in his cell to mimic a coffin. If Zubaydah did not offer

the asked-for information, he was slapped or grabbed by the face. He maintained that he did not have any additional information, and Jessen and Mitchell were not authorized by CIA leadership to ask any questions other than to demand Zubaydah’s knowledge of plans to attack the United States. The enhanced techniques were continued, with Zubaydah waterboarded two to four times per day for more than two weeks in what the report called the “aggressive phase of interrogation.” During a total of 20 days, Zubaydah spent 11 days in the coffin-size confinement box and 29 hours in a smaller box, which measured 21 inches wide, 2.5 feet deep and 2.5 feet high. According to the report, Zubaydah was told that the only way he would leave the facility was in the coffin-shaped box. When concerns reached CIA Headquarters that the interrogation was “approach[ing] the legal limit,” Counterterrorism Center Chief Jose Rodriguez responded by telling CIA officers not to question the legality of their activities in written communications. “Such language is not helpful,” he wrote. According to the Senate report, several members of the agency exposed to—or involved in—the tactics expressed “reservations about being engaged in the interrogations.” Emails excerpted in the report, dated August 2002, show

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Main Street in Ashton, Idaho, where traffic in the springtime comes from trucks carrying seed potatoes for planting.

‘It is no wonder they settled here’

Jessen wearing what appears to be a German-style military helmet.

In mid-April, snow still lay in the playground next door to the Zion Lutheran Church in Ashton. Across the street is the Ashton Library, which, along with North Fremont High School and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ward house a few hundred yards down Main Street, is the nicest building in town. Among the volumes of local history is a two-volume collection titled Ashton Family Histories, 1906-2006, and a stack of North Fremont High School yearbooks. Between those sources, a basic picture of the Jessen family begins to take shape. The Jessens take up 11 pages in Ashton Family Histories, not counting extended relations. When asked about the family, the librarians were quick to name several members, including Jessen’s sisters. When the subject of Bruce Jessen came up, they, like Moon, said they didn’t know him well. John “Bruce” Jessen was born July 28, 1949, in St. Anthony, Idaho, the youngest of three children in the family of John “Jack” Jessen and Nieca Cordingley Jessen. He grew up in Ashton, where, according to an entry in Family Histories, his family could trace a “history of early settlement” and count “six generations of childhood.” Aside from working as a farmer, father Jack was a member of the volunteer fire department and served on the Potato Board. Nieca worked at a variety store in Ashton, was assistant manager of an irrigation company, served as president of the local LDS relief society and taught Sunday school. She volunteered with the Ashton Chamber of Commerce and served a term as its president. Both Jack and Nieca served in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple for 23 years. Jessen spent his childhood on a century-plus-

year-old homestead that the family bought 2 1/2 miles southwest of Ashton on Highway 20. Affectionately called “the farm” by family and friends alike, the Jessens raised their children in an idyllic rural setting. Photos in Ashton Family Histories show a rolling lawn and orchards. Nieca described her home as “this beautiful little valley in Ashton, Idaho. To the East lies the majestic Teton Mountains. To the North the Snake River, and the beautiful forest with pines, aspen and mountain ash trees. To the West, the rolling sand hills, and the South, on to the big city. It is no wonder they settled here in this little valley in the 1800s.” In the 1980s, the Jessens sold the farm and turned it into an R.V. park and bed & breakfast, which became a family gathering place and stopping point for tourists on their way to Yellowstone and the ski resorts of western Wyoming. Nieca ran the park until her death in 2013, and it is now operated under a new name by new owners, though a roadside sign still bears the name “Jessen’s R.V. Park.” Jessen graduated from North Fremont High School in 1967, where he was involved in a range of activities, including ski club, band, assemblies, Boys State, baseball, football, basketball, track and wrestling. Photographs in his senior yearbook show a handsome, athletic kid. After high school Jessen attended then-Ricks College, now Brigham Young University-Idaho, a few miles down the road from Ashton in Rexburg, going on to graduate cum laude from Utah State University in 1974, where he majored in psychology with a minor in aerospace studies and Italian. He went on to earn his doctorate in psychology, with an emphasis in professional-scientific psychology, from USU in 1979.

The Jessen family traces a history of early settlement in Ashton.

During that time he was enlisted in the Air Force and completed an internship in clinical psychology at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Jessen’s doctoral thesis was titled “The Effect of Family Sculpting on Perceptual Agreement Among Family Members” and focused on a technique for family therapy. Of the six USU faculty members who advised Jessen on his dissertation, only two are still living. When asked if she remembered Jessen as a student, Dr. Jean Pugmire, who still lives in Logan, Utah, said, “No, I really don’t.” “I think you’ll find that most of the people that would have been involved with him are dead,” she said. “I’m sorry, but I don’t remember him at all.”

‘The agency erred’

Bruce Jessen (right), sits with fellow officers of a school club.

After high school, Jessen went on to then-Rick’s College in Rexburg, Idaho, and finished with a Ph.D. from Utah State University.

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‘Uncharted territory’

With a freshly minted doctorate from Utah State University, Jessen went to work in the SERE program, helping train airmen to “survive, evade, resist and escape” the interrogation methods used by Cold War-era Communist countries and enemies who could not be expected to abide by the Geneva Conventions. By 1980—around the time Jessen was working as an operational psychologist with the Air Force—SERE curriculum had become standardized across all the

Jessen as a football halfback (left), and as a member of the wrestling team during senior year at North Fremont High School in Ashton, Idaho.

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Only one detainee is known to have died while in custody at any of the CIA’s secret prisons, and he died shortly after being interrogated by Jessen. Gul Rahman was an Afghani arrested by U.S. agents and Pakistani forces during an attack inside Pakistan. His capture took place Oct. 29, 2002. Less than a month later he was found dead at the notorious “Salt Pit” detention site in Kabul, Afghanistan—stripped from the waist down and shackled to a wall in such a way that he would be forced to sit on the concrete floor in freezing conditions. Jessen personally interrogated Rahman days before he was found dead, on Nov. 20, 2002, using methods that were not authorized, according to the Senate report. Jessen had traveled to the Salt Pit at the request of the CIA’s ALEC Station— which was tasked with locating Osama bin Laden—where he determined the types of interrogation techniques that should be used on Rahman. According to the report, those techniques included the “insult” slap,

auditory overload, total darkness, isolation, cold showers, 48 hours of sleep deprivation and “hard” or “rough” takedowns, which included being dragged outside where his clothes were cut off. Restrained with Mylar tape and wearing a hood, Rahman would be forced to run up and down a long hallway, with CIA personnel slapping and punching him along the way. Jessen reportedly told CIA officials during an investigation into Rahman’s death that “although it was obvious [the CIA officers] were not trying to hit him as hard as they could, a couple of times the punches were forceful. As they ran him along the corridor, a couple of times he fell and they dragged him through the dirt. … Rahman did acquire a number of abrasions on his face, legs and hands, but nothing that required medical attention.” When Rahman’s body was discovered, he was found to have abrasions on his shoulder, pelvis, arms, legs and face. A CIA autopsy report said his cause of death was “undetermined,” but the Senate report notes that the “clinical impression” of the medical officer who performed the autopsy was that Rahman died of hypothermia. His death ushered in a phase of increased scrutiny of the detention and interrogation activities from CIA headquarters, but, the report notes that many of those involved with Rahman’s interrogation “remained key figures in the CIA.” In 2005, Jessen and Mitchell established their firm—Mitchell, Jessen & Associates—in Spokane, which from 2005-2009 was paid $81 million for its services. Prior to 2005, the pair was being paid a reported $1,800 per day. In 2013—more than a decade after Rahman’s death—the CIA issued a response to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as part of a report on the rendition, detention and interrogation program: “We acknowledge that the Agency erred in permitting the contractors [Jessen and Mitchell] to assess the effectiveness of enhanced techniques. They should not have been considered for such a role given their financial interest in continued contracts from CIA.”

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branches of the military. It is brutal training. Over a multiweek series of sessions, soldiers are taught the academics of survival and evasion skills, then taken into the field to learn practical survival techniques. The final phase of the program includes setting trainees loose in the field to evade searchers. Once captured, they are imprisoned in a mock POW camp and subjected to even harsher conditions, including verbal abuse, sexual humiliation, painful stress positions and, in some cases, waterboarding. Jessen was stationed primarily at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Wash., where he and Mitchell were colleagues. According to the Senate report, the pair would go on to develop “theories of interrogation based on ‘learned helplessness,’“ drawn from their experiences with SERE. “Neither psychologist had any experience as an interrogator, nor did either have specialized knowledge of al-Qa’ida, a background in counterterrorism, or any relevant cultural or linguistic expertise,” the report noted. Jessen’s résumé, submitted to the CIA in 2003, contained redacted examples of his role as a “debriefer” as well as details of a one-week defense interrogation course in 2002. He and Mitchell had drafted academic and research papers on various psychological aspects of interrogation as they related to the Air Force’s SERE program, “all of which were relevant to the development of the program,” according to a 2013 response to the investigation by the CIA. “Drs. [Mitchell] and [Jessen] had the closest proximate expertise CIA sought at the beginning of the program, specifically in the area of non-standard means of interrogation,” the CIA wrote. “We believe their expertise was so unique that we would have been derelict had we not sought them out when it became clear that CIA would be heading into the uncharted territory of the program

[italics and emphasis in original].” In his first on-camera interview, which Vice News posted to You Tube on Dec. 10, 2014, Mitchell called the idea that he and Jessen “reverse-engineered” SERE into a torture program a “myth” but, citing a nondisclosure agreement, wouldn’t go into detail on the origins of the program, his role in it, or even whether he was the psychologist referred to in the Senate report as “Dr. Swigert.” Meanwhile, he told The New York Times in December 2014 that he was “just a cog in the machine.” In the Vice interview, Mitchell mentioned Jessen by name, referring to their work together in the SERE school and describing the thrust behind enhanced interrogation techniques. “It’s almost like a good cop/bad cop kid of set up, you know, with a really bad cop,” he said. “It was to facilitate getting actionable intelligence by making a bad cop that was bad enough that the person would engage with the good cop.” While Mitchell has been public with his attacks on the Senate report, Jessen has kept a low profile, refusing to speak with reporters other than to repeat, as he did to Reuters news service that “it’s a difficult position to be in. You want to set the record straight.” A call to Jessen’s Spokane phone number went unanswered, but, in the days after the release of the Senate report, staff writer Jacob Jones, of the Spokane-based Pacific Northwest Inlander, confronted Jessen outside his $1.2 million home south of Spokane. “There’s a lot going on,” he told Jones. “It’s a difficult position to be in.” Jessen wouldn’t go into detail

about the contents of the report, also citing a nondisclosure agreement, but told Jones that media reports had contained “distortions.” He noted a “No Trespassing” sign and told the reporter, “You know, they didn’t prosecute Zimmerman.” “In hindsight, this seems like a clear reference to the legality of deadly force in so-called ‘stand your ground’ situations,” Jacobs wrote. “So that’s where his mind went.”

‘Where his mind went’

“This is a train wreak [sic] waiting to happen and I intend to get the hell off the train before it happens.” Those words were written by the CIA’s chief of interrogations in a 2003 email to colleagues, announcing he would be “retiring shortly,” before Jessen could reportedly renew interrogation of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, one of the alleged plotters in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole and East African U.S. Embassy in 1998. By then, alNashiri had been in U.S. custody for about a year, bounced from CIA black site Cobalt in Afghanistan to Detention Site Green and, finally, Detention Site Blue—secret facilities later identified as being located in Kabul; Udon Thani, Thailand; and Szymany, Poland, respectively. In Thailand and Poland, al-Nashiri had been waterboarded and was judged “compliant” by interrogators. Regardless, according to records cited in the report, CIA Headquarters pushed for continued use of enhanced techniques despite a recommendation that they be discontinued.

“IT’S ALMOST LIKE A GOOD COP/BAD COP KID OF SET UP, YOU KNOW, WITH A REALLY BAD COP.”

Gul Raman (far right), was found dead at the Salt Pit (middle), a CIA detention site in Kabul, days after being interrogated by Jessen.

“[The] bottom line is that we think [al-Nashiri] is being cooperative, and if subjected to indiscriminate and prolonged enhanced measures, there is a good chance he will either fold up and cease cooperation, or suffer the sort of permanent mental harm prohibited by the statute,” interrogators wrote in a cable from the detention site. A CIA officer was dispatched to administer enhanced interrogation, which included stress positions, blindfolding, and threats with an air pistol and cordless drill. At one point he was reportedly told that his mother would be brought to the site and sexually abused. In January 2003, about three months into al-Nashiri’s interrogation, Jessen was called to assess whether the detainee could withstand any more interrogation and, if so, give recommendations on what techniques should be used. Jessen’s opinion was that interrogators should have the “latitude to use the full range of enhanced exploitation and interrogation measures.” To CIA headquarters, the chief of interrogators wrote a cable intended to be shared among officers at Detention Site Blue—however, according to the Senate report, it does not appear to have been disseminated. “[W]e have serious reservations with the continued use of enhanced techniques with [al-Nashiri] and its long term impact on him,” he wrote, adding that “continued enhanced methods may push [al-Nashiri] over the edge psychologically.” The chief of interrogations was concerned about Jessen’s role specifically: Not only was he administering the interrogation, but assessing its success. “The role of the ops psychologist is to be a detached observer and serve as a check on the interrogator to prevent the interrogator from any unintentional excess of pressure which might cause permanent psychological harm to the subject,” the chief

interrogator wrote. “Therefore, the medical officer and the psychologist should not serve as an interrogator, which is a conflict of responsibility. We note that [the proposed plan] contains a psychological interrogation assessment by [redacted] psychologist [Jessen] which is to be carried out by interrogator [Jessen]. We have a problem with him conducting both roles simultaneously.” CIA headquarters ignored the chief interrogators’ cable and went forward with Jessen’s plan for al-Nashiri. Between June 2003 and September 2006, al-Nashiri was moved to five different CIA sites around the world and diagnosed by some CIA psychologists with anxiety and major depressive disorder. In 2004 Jessen and another interrogator wrote in a report that al-Nashiri had given “essentially no actionable information.” Al-Nashiri is currently on trial before a military tribunal in Guantanamo on charges that carry the death penalty.

Questionable methods

protections from legal fallout came as early as 2002, when the CIA drafted a letter to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft asking the DOJ for “a formal declination of prosecution, in advance, for any employees of the United States, as well as any other personnel acting on behalf of the United States, who may employ methods in the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah that otherwise might subject those individuals to prosecution.” The report mentions that there are no records indicating whether the letter was ever actually sent to the attorney general. When asked if it had a stance on the APA’s statements regarding the allegations against Jessen, a representative from the Idaho Psychological Association drew a blank. “We haven’t been involved in any of that, and his name does not ring a bell for me,” said IPA Executive Director Deborah Katz. That appears to be the case with Bruce Jessen, generally: referred to as “Dr. Dunbar” in the Senate report, holder of a vanished Idaho psychology license, living quietly in a rural mansion in eastern Washington and part of a small-town family that everyone—from the local librarians to the city archivist—seems to know, except for him. Asked to respond to the report and give some insight into their brother, one of Jessen’s sisters did not respond. The other, reached by phone at her home, was quick to answer: “I have no comment.” PJH This

story

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was originally in Boise

published Weekly.

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Along with finding that the psychologists helped inflict “immeasurable damage to the United States’ public standing, as well as to the United States’ longstanding global leadership on human rights in general and the prevention of torture in particular,” the Senate report called into question the fruits of their interrogations. The CIA “never conducted a credible, comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness” of the enhanced techniques, the report stated. What’s more, almost no one involved in the interrogations was ever “held accountable or removed from positions of responsibility,” despite “significant violations, inappropriate activities, and systematic and individual management failures.” Dating back at least to 2009, with the release of memos detailing the interrogation program, The American Psychological Association has repeatedly issued statements condemning both Jessen and Mitchell, though neither are members of the organization and the APA’s own role in facilitating the establishment of enhanced interrogation methods has been called into question. “If the allegations are true, what this pair did was pervert psychological science to break down and dehumanize detainees in a misguided effort to extract information. It is clear to me that

their actions constituted torture,” 2014 APA President Nadine Kaslow wrote in a statement issued Dec. 23, 2014. As recently as Feb. 18, 2015, Jessen held a current, though inactive, license to practice psychology in Idaho. Though not due to expire until July 28, 2015, a check of the Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses in early April showed that his licensure—formerly PSY-195—had disappeared. It is still unclear on what grounds Jessen is no longer licensed in the state. “I do not have any other information regarding Dr. Jessen other than he is not currently licensed under the Board of Psychological Examiners, therefore he will not appear on our website,” Bureau of Occupational Licenses Management Assistant Cherie Simpson wrote in an email. According to Idaho Statute, a psychologist’s license may be “revoked, suspended, restricted or otherwise disciplined” if the holder is “[f]ound by the board to have been unethical as detailed by the current, and future amended, ethical standards of the American Psychological Association.” Jessen was appointed in 2012 to serve as bishop of an LDS congregation in Spokane, but resigned shortly thereafter amid protests from human rights groups. At the time, Spokane Stake President James Lee, who proposed Jessen for the office, stood by him. “He’ll take a beating in the press before he sets the record straight,” he told The Spokesman-Review, which has routinely reported on Jessen since his identity was revealed. “The whole story has not been told.” Meanwhile, calls for accountability have come from around the world, including Amnesty International, which advocated in December 2014 for “a full investigation, prosecution and remedy for victims,” and the United Nations. “It is now time to take action,” stated Ben Emmerson, U.N. special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, in a statement issued in Geneva following release of the Senate report. “The individuals responsible for the criminal conspiracy revealed in today’s report must be brought to justice, and must face criminal penalties commensurate with the gravity of their crimes.” The U.S. Justice Department has already said it does not plan to pursue charges against those named in the report, which notes that pre-emptive

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THIS WEEK: June 10-16, 2015

COMING IN JULY

Compiled by Caroline Zieleniewski

Jackson Hole People’s Market, Wednesdays

WEDNESDAY JUNE 24

 American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon. $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370  Bear Safety 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Billy Collins 8:00pm, The Center Theater. $52.00. 307-734-8956  Chess Club for Grades K-12 3:30pm, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium. Free. 307-7332164  Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Family Night Video 9:00pm, Colter Bay auditorium.  Growing Through Grief 4:30pm, Eagle Classroom, St. John’s Medical Center. Free. 307 739 7482  Guitarist Marco Soliz at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge. Free. 307-733-4647  Jackson Hole People’s Market 4:00pm, At the Base of Snow King. Free.  Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds. $15.00 - $30.00. 307733-7927  Karaoke 9:00pm, Virginian Saloon. Free. 307-739-9891  Miller Sisters 6:30pm, Local Restaurant (back deck, weather permitting). Free.  Non-Profit Pint Night 5:00pm, Grand Teton Brewing. Free. 208-354-1707  Randy Rogers Band 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern.  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse. $19.00 - $60.00. 307-733-6994  Solar Astronomy at Peoples

Market 4:00pm, Snow King Resort.  Songwriter’s Alley Open Mic 8:00pm, Haydens Post. Free. (307) 734-3187  Tavern Trivia 7:00pm, Town Square Tavern. Free. 307-733-3886  Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library. Free.  Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Tipi Demo 9:00am, Colter Bay amphitheater. Free. 307-739-3594  Trailer Park Rebels 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. $5.00. 307-733-2207  Walking Tours 10:30am, Center of Town Square. Free. 307-733-2414 x 213  Yoga on the Lawn 5:30pm, Healthy Being Juicery. Free. 307-200-9006  Young Naturalists 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3654  Your Park Your Legacy 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center flagpole.

THURSDAY JUNE 25

 American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  AMK Harlow Seminar Series 5:30pm, Grand Teton National Park. $5.00.  Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon. $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370  Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3392  Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater. Free. 307-739-3594  Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Dance Party Thursday with Jackson Six 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Bar. Free.

307-732-3939  Fisheries Management Topic of Harlow Lecture at AMK Ranch 6:30pm, AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. $5.00. 307766-4227  Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Grand Teton National Park Weekly Trails Volunteer Day 9:00am, Grand Teton National Park. Free. 307-739-3379  Grand Wine Tasting - Jackson Hole Wine Auction 5:00pm, Hotel Terra Murie Ballroom. $150.00.  Habitat 10% Day 8:00am, Lucky’s Market. Free. 3077340828  JD Nash Band 9:00pm, Virginian Saloon. Free. 739-9891  Jewelry Making 3:30pm, The Local Galleria. $25.00 - $80.00. 208-270-0883  Joint Replacement Class 8:00am, St. John’s Medical Center. Free. 307-739-6199  Mike G & Bizarre of D12 & Left Brain 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern.  Music on Main 6:00pm, Victor City Park. Free. 208-201-5356  Photography Fundamentals 6:00pm, Center for the Arts. $120.00 - $145.00. 307-733-6379  Public Solar Astronomy 12:45pm, Elevated Grounds Coffehouse.  Running Clinic with Barb Lindquist 6:00pm, Jackson Whole Grocer & Cafe. Free. 307-733-0450  Senior Day at Jackson Whole Grocer 7:00am, Jackson Whole Grocer. Free. 307-733-0450  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse. $19.00 - $60.00. 307-733-6994  Spanglish Kickball 6:00pm, Powderhorn Park Ball Field. Free. 307-733-9242  Strange Travel Suggestions with Jeff Greenwald 8:00pm, Center for the Arts. Free. 307-733-2164  Taste of Jackson Hole - Jackson Hole Wine Auction 6:00pm, Couloir Restaurant. $125.00.  Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library. Free.  Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Cen-

MUSIC BOX

Alt-country is coming Two hot bands and more summer series lineups BY AARON DAVIS @SCREENDOORPORCH

Texas country titillates the Tav

It’s not easy bringing acts like Randy Rogers Band—that often plays amphitheaters and arenas—to a room like Town Square Tavern, but that’s exactly what 307 Live has accomplished. The production company’s co-founder Harper Hollis grew up seeing the Texas-based band and over the last several years of promoting shows from the downtown establishment he’s been able to stage many of the groups he admired as a teenager and college student. Just as Hollis has built something out of nothing, the Randy Rogers Band built its audience by combining forces in 2000. Rolling Stone ranked them alongside U2 and The Rolling Stones in its list of “Top 10 Must-See Artists” in the summer of 2007. The group earned $2.5 million that year, which is a staggering total for a still-developing act. Willie Nelson, The Eagles, Gary Allan and Dierks Bentley all picked them as opening acts for their concerts and the band’s last project debuted as the most-downloaded country album on iTunes. The dynamic five-piece is centered on songs that fit the rowdy party vibe of the concert circuit, but their music also says something that folks can identify with. “These songs are definitely true, and they’re relatable to many different life situations that I’ve either gone through in the past or will go through in the future,” said Rogers, the lead singer and primary songwriter. “I

just tried to create believable characters and relatable characters. I hear from fans that we really have helped them in real-life situations when they’ve applied the songs to their everyday life. That’s what I strive for in the songs that I write.” Randy Rogers Band, 10 p.m., Wednesday at Town Square Tavern. $25. 307Live.com, 733-3886.

Concert on Commons + MoM

Concert on the Commons music series in Teton Village has announced headlining acts for the free outdoor, Sunday fundays that run July 19 through Aug. 30. The family-friendly venue atmosphere is laid back, attracting a wide demographic from twirling dancers to kids splashing in water fountains. The lineup will look familiar to locals, while visitors will get to see why tribal hiphop folk of Nahko & Medicine for the People (July 19), alt-country Reckless Kelly (July 26), and Pimps of Joytime (Aug. 16) have become local favorites. Other acts include new comers Dead Winter Carpenters (Aug. 2), a jamming double bill of Devon Allman Band with

Moonalice (Aug. 9), and Third World (Aug. 23). One additional headlining act will be announced for the Aug. 30 slot, as well as supporting acts for each date. All shows are free, all ages and begin at 5 p.m. Music on Main in Victor (Thursdays, 6 to 10 p.m., free) will kick-off this week with Todo Mundo and Mandatory Air. Todo Mundo was voted “Best World Music” band at the 2014 San Diego Music Awards, blending the musical flavors of Spanish rumba, reggae, Brazilian, Balkan and Middle Eastern styles. The remainder of the lineup will include The Mother Hips with Screen Door Porch (July 2), Blitzen Trapper with One Ton Pig (July 9), Young Dubliners with Brian Maw Band (July 16), The Suffers with the Canyon Kids (July 23), Ballroom Thieves and Greg Creamer’s Dirt Road (July 30), Stooges Brass Band with Sneaky Pete & the Secret Weapons (Aug. 6), and Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers with Wyatt Lowe & the Mayhem Kings (Aug. 13).

Rabbits gone Wilde

When these rabbits went wild, they apparently reversed their band name and added a letter,

Randy Rogers Band (right), takes on the Tavern’s intimate setting Wednesday. Rabbit Wilde hops in Saturday. after changing the band name once already. However, Rabbit Wilde (formerly Wild Rabbit and Br’er Rabbit) seemed to have settled into a sound, and a composition, that fits the vision of foot-stomp Americana the musicians have been envisioning from the wooded areas of western Washington. The trendy two female, two male combination incorporating ukulele, cello, kick-drum, guitar and a harmonious vocal blend approaches a sound pioneered by The Mamas and The Papas. When I ponder the most talented in local songwriting talent, Patrick Chadwick’s lyricism, arranging and melodic vocal approach is certainly interesting. If there were only more outlets in Jackson for his lighter side of indie-folk, we’d see a lot more of what he has to offer. You can catch him Saturday as Rabbit Wilde’s opener. Rabbit Wilde with Patrick Chadwick, 10 p.m., Saturday at Town Square Tavern. 733-2886.

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Humans is creepy, Zoo is weak, and Extant might redeem itself yet Under the Dome Thursday, June 25 (CBS)

Season Premiere: On a new night, opposite a better mystery series that’s actually providing answers and staying true to its one-season-and-done mission, Wayward Pines—dick move, Under the Dome. Season 3 finds the townsfolk of Chester’s Mill on both sides of the bubble, with new characters joining the mix, and maybe some more clues and … to quote Peter Griffin, “Oh my god, who the hell cares?!” Just watch Wayward Pines, instead.

Teen Beach 2 Friday, June 26 (Disney)

Movie: I know what you’re thinking: “Wait, I haven’t seen Teen Beach—how will I be able to follow Teen Beach 2?” Easy: In 2013’s Teen Beach, Brady (Ross Lynch) and Mack (Maia Mitchell) wiped out while surfing and were magically transported into the 1962 summer flick—wait for it—Wet Side Story; much singing and dancing ensued. Now, in Teen Beach 2, the gang from Wet Side Story have suddenly appeared in Brady and Mack’s modern real world (yes, they made it back at the end of Teen Beach—keep up) and your little sister is going to lose her damn mind. I know that you’re also thinking, “Hey, has there ever been an adult film called Wet Side Story?” and the answer is, surprisingly, no.

Humans Sunday, June 28 (AMC)

Series Debut: It’s not the future; it’s a “parallel present”(?). Whenever it is, Humans is a British production, which means a more subtle take on sci-fi than ‘Merican fare: A busy suburban London couple (Tom Goodman-Hill and Katherine Parkinson) buy a refurbished “Synth” (a human-like robot servant, Anita, played by Gemma Chan) who displays flashes of organic emotion and passive-aggressive tendencies (never, ever buy “refurbished”—that’s eBay 101). Anita’s not the only Synth developing feelings, and—shades of another Brit series, Black Mirror—the eight-episode Humans is chilling effective at both pointing out the possibilities of technology and questioning our over-reliance on it. It’s also creepy enough to hold you over until the premiere of Fear the Walking Dead (whenever that is).

Robot servant Anita reminds us to never buy refurbished electronics.

Zoo Tuesday, June 30 (CBS)

Series Debut: Meanwhile, back in the US of A, the best we can come up with is an “animal uprising”—based on a James Patterson book, no less. In Zoo, James Wolk plays … I can’t believe I’m about to type this … “renegade zoologist” Jackson Oz … the first to make the connection between an uptick in critter-on-people violence and his father’s “crazy” theories about human extinction at the paws of fed-up animals. What follows is more dumb, expensive-looking proof that CBS should stay well away from sci-fi (see also: Under the Dome, Extant), but you likely already made up your mind, one way or the other, back at the first mention of “James Patterson.”

Scream Tuesday, June 30 (MTV)

Series Debut: As a movie franchise, Scream slid hard from great idea (the 1996 original) to tired asterisk (2011’s Scream 4), so how’s MTV going to rehab it as a series? By adding a social-media angle and aiming it at the Teen Wolf crowd. Now, stoopid programming for tweens can still be entertaining (for example: I’m currently hooked on ABC Family’s new Stitchers, which could be the most ridiculous show the network has ever produced—and that’s saying something). But this Scream is more straight-up slasher-flick drama with, admittedly, genuine scares, but little of the humor and the self-aware winks that Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson introduced in ‘96. Then again, the intended audience wasn’t even born then, so …

Extant Wednesday, July 1 (CBS)

Season Premiere: Yes, really. Last summer’s debut season of Extant was technically a hit, even if everyone was just tuning in to watch incredulously as Halle Berry slogged through her most WTF? role since Catwoman. Season 2 picks up six months after Not Without My Space Baby, with ex-astronaut Molly Woods (Berry) escaping a psychiatric hospital to investigate a series of murders seemingly carried out by the aliens she thought she’d stopped from invading Earth. In keeping with Extant’s promise of a “sexier, edgier” season, Molly’s boring husband (Goran Visnjic) has been sidelined in favor of a roguish bounty hunter (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) with a Fox Mulder-like taste for weird cases, and the new partnership actually produces some sparks. Ignoring remnants like Molly’s annoying robo-kid (seriously, just return him to SkyMall), Extant might just redeem itself this season. I can’t believe I just typed that, either. Listen to Bill on Mondays at 8 a.m. on X96 Radio From Hell; weekly on the TV Tan podcast via iTunes and Stitcher.

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 Summer Reading with Hero Songs & Stories from American Folklore 1:30pm, Alta Branch Library. Free. 307-353-2505  American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Anam Thubten Public Talk 6:30pm, Old Wilson Schoolhouse. $10.00 - $15.00.  Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon. $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370  Bear Safety 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Boondocks 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Bar. Free. 307-732-3939  Celebrating National Parks 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center Auditorium. Free. 307739-3594  Community Safety Network Summer Luncheon 11:30am, Teton Pines.

 Free Friday Tastings 4:00pm, Jackson Whole Grocer. Free. 307-733-0450  Guitarist Byron Tomingas at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge. Free. 307-733-4647  Jackson Whole Grocer Birthday Bash 12:00pm, Jackson Whole Grocer. Free. 307-733-0450  Jazz Night 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch. Free. 307-733-8833  JD Nash Band 9:00pm, Virginian Saloon. Free. 739-9891  Jelly Bread 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern. . 733-3886  Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard. Free. 307-739-3399  Papa Chan and Johnny C Note 6:00pm, Teton Pines Country Club. Free. 307 733 1005  R Park tour 4:00pm, Rendezvous Park. Free. 307-733-3913  Self Defense and Bootcamp Fitness 5:15pm, Gym 22. $12.00 $100.00. 307-220-2667  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse. $19.00 - $60.00. 307-733-6994  Signature Private Dinners Jackson Hole Wine Auction 7:00pm, Private Residences throughout. $1,000.00  Stargazing at R-Park 9:00pm, Rendezvous park. Free. 1-844-WYO-STAR  Story-on the-Path: “It’s Not

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 3-port garage sale! 8:00am, Senior Center of Jackson Hole. Free. 3077337300  American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Auction & Gala Dinner Jackson Hole Wine Auction 4:30pm, Snake River Ranch. $750.00.  Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon. $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370  Be Outside, Idaho Summer Series: Ride the Rail- Ashton-Tetonia Trail Interpretive Bike Ride 10:00am, Bitch Creek Access of the Ashton-Tetonia Trail, five miles north of Felt, Idaho.  Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3392  Boondocks 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Bar. Free. 307-732-3939

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11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Trailer Park Rebels 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. $5.00. 307-733-2207  Writers in the Environment 9:00am, Grand Teton National Park.  Yoga on the Lawn 10:00am, Healthy Being Juicery. Free. 3072009006  Your Parks Your Views , Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center Porch. Free. 307-739-3654

SUNDAY JUNE 28

 74th Annual Bondurant BBQ 11:00am, Bondurant Church Grounds. $5.00 - $10.00.  American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon. $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370  Bear Safety

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 Pinedale’s Soundcheck Summer Concert Series 5:00pm, Pindedale, WY. The free Soundcheck Summer Music Series kicks off Saturday at American Legion Park in Pinedale with The Blue Canyon Boys and Wind River Steamboat. Winners of the Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition in 2008, The Blue Canyon Boys sew together high lonesome harmony and lightning fast picking. Don’t miss an opening set by Sublette County’s finest bluegrass-meetspunk-rock 5-piece, Green River Steamboat.  Rabbit Wilde w/Patrick Chadwick 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern. Free.  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse. $19.00 - $60.00. 307-733-6994  Story-on the-Path: “It’s Not a Bike” , Teton County Library. Free. 307733-2164 ext. 103  Suds at the Summit 4:00pm, Snow King Mountain. Free. 307-201-KING  Teton Topics

4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3392  Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater. Free. 307-739-3594  Celebrating National Parks 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center Auditorium. Free. 307739-3594  Guitarist Byron Tomingas at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge. Free. 307-733-4647  Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard. Free. 307-739-3399  Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach. Free. 307733-4407  Twilight Talk at Gros Ventre Campground 7:30pm, Gros Ventre Campground amphitheater. Free.

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Free. 307-739-3594  An Evening with Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn presented by InterConnections 21 & Wyoming Humanities Council 7:30pm, Center for the Arts. $25.00. 307-733-3747  Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon. $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370  Bear Safety (Moose) 4:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center. Free. 307-7393399  Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater. Free. 307-739-3594  Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern.  Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornans. Free. (307) 733-2415  John Colter Day 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center.  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse. $19.00 - $60.00. 307-733-6994  Story Time - Victor 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library. Free. 208-787-2201  Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Young Naturalists 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3654  Your Park Your Legacy 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center flagpole. .

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 American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3594  Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon. $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370  Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center. Free. 307-739-3392  Bluegrass Tuesday with One Ton Pig 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Bar. Free. 307-732-3939  Celebrating National Parks 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center Auditorium. Free. 307739-3594  Ceramics Class: The Basics & Beyond 3:30pm, Teton Arts Center, Driggs. $125.00 - $135.00. 208354-0112

GET OUT Peaceful Paintbrush Slide, snow cover the trail to the canyon BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS

We approached the junction between Holly Lake and Paintbrush Divide under the guise of a thick layer of snow. Consolidated, sun-cupped summer snow made easy walking on the bypass trail up toward the divide. A stranger yelled across the snowfield and asked where we were going. We motioned up toward the divide and she told us that the trail was impassable. People with crampons and ice axes failed to make it past the slide, she said. I thanked this stranger and wished her a

he warm, thick pollen in the air initially sparked my urge to escape the allergy-related sniffles. A nice jaunt was in the books for the day as we pulled into the parking lot at the North Jenny Lake trailhead. Our initial goal entailed going up Paintbrush Canyon and scoping out the scene with a possible exit via Cascade Canyon. I hadn’t been up there yet this season and was unsure of the snow or possible posthole conditions on the trail.

wonderful day, while continuing our way up. “At least I know where you are,” were the last words she murmured as she pointed her Cannon PowerShot SD1200 at us. Pulling my hat below my eyes to appear incognito, I continued my way up toward the divide, unsure of what to expect in these previously noted “impassable” conditions. Using caution, my partner and I did make it past the blocked part of the path. After walking the trail, I understood and appreciated the visitor’s warning. Many people have gotten hurt on the steep snowfields by Paintbrush Divide throughout the years and it is always good to use appropriate caution during this

The author and her hiking companion survived the ‘impassable.’ time of year. We went on the hike with no expectations, so either scenario was a win in our minds. After careful negotiation, we made it to the top safely and continued our way down toward Lake Solitude. Long switchbacks led the way down toward the lake where a wondrous laying rock was found. Ice chunks still floated in the water and the day was not quite warm enough for me to jump in. I took off my shoes and had a snack while wandering in and out of sun soaked daydreams. I was brought back to the moment by a nibbling on my shoes, resting just above my head. A wild marmot was licking the salt and chewing at my precious Gortex comforts. Not only did the creature have terrible taste in footwear, but also he was most inappropriately tamed for a wild animal. A few yells scared him away and I continued snacking and napping. Although the solstice season offers spectacularly long days, the time had gotten fairly late. We bid farewell to the lake and made our way down the trail. The first three-quarters of a mile down from the lake was snow, and it became patchy and manageable down to the forks. As we dropped in elevation, the pollen and all the worries of the valley came back in full force. About a mile from the forks, I spotted something alongside the trail that stuffed my nose even more than the largest puff of pollen—it was human produced, very large and accompanied by some TP. All good things eventually come to an end, although I tried to keep the smell of the untainted high mountain with me a bit longer. PJH

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A late morning start made for a warm walk up the canyon, but after an hour of hiking away from the valley heat wave, the air was soon cool and crisp. I have walked the trail before, but noticed something new. A large mud and rockslide had transformed a section of the trail in the lower camp zone of Paintbrush Canyon. This slide appeared to have occurred last year, and while the trail was still passable, it was evident that large portions of it had been ripped out by this random act of nature. Hiking further up the canyon gave a better perspective on just how large the slide path was and just how many sections of the trail it had impacted. In one part next to the creek, huge swaths of rock had manipulated the water’s flow, causing it to move further over into an old growth tree. While trail crews may be able to repair the trail, there is no way the old direction of the creek can ever be restored. This force serves as more evidence of the ever-changing nature of the Tetons.

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

Greeks bearing gifts Exploring the ancient wines of modern Greece BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

’d be willing to bet my house that the least-traveled section of just about any American wine store is the section—usually tiny—that houses Greek wines. And that’s a shame, because these Greeks bear gifts. Not only does Greece produce a variety of great wines, they’re also some of the best wine bargains around—in part, due to the sad state of the Greek economy. But hey, a deal’s a deal. Even in the wine press, Greek wines are almost uniformly shunned. My hypothesis isn’t just that Greek wines aren’t considered “sexy,” but that only recently have Greek wine producers begun to apply modern technology to the art of winemaking. And modernism isn’t exactly the

first word that springs to mind in discussions about Greece. Based on artifacts from the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations, it is believed that wine in Greece dates back to about 4000 B.C. And of course, the ancient Greeks held hedonistic festivals and celebrations in honor of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. Today, Greece is best known for Retsina, the infamous Greek white wine (usually made from the Savatiano and Roditis grape varietals) to which a small quantity of pine resin is added at the beginning of fermentation. Restina is, admittedly, an acquired taste. But if you’d like to try it, Kourtaki Retsina Attica is readily available for a price that encourages experimentation: $8.49. The crisp, piney taste of Retsina would be a good foil for ultra-garlicky Greek mezethes like scordalia. Another good Greek wine to drink with garlicky Greek dishes, as well as seafood, poultry and white meat dishes, is the very appealing Boutari Santorini. At $22.95, Boutari Santorini is at the upper end of the Greek wine price scale. Made from the Assyrtiko grape, it’s bone dry and tremendously acidic, with lovely peachy scents. Santorini is an island in the Aegean, which is almost entirely one big vineyard. The chalk, pumice, lava and shale soil on Santorini infuses its wines with the flavors of that unique terroir; Boutari Santorini is quite chalky on the palate, for instance. Since Santorini produces what are generally considered to be Greece’s finest white

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I’ve also enjoyed an interesting red Nemean wine called Ktima Bizios ($16.25). It’s made with the Agiorgitiko grape from the Asprokambos Valley of Nemea and is earthy, with dried cherry f lavors, medium-bodied and tart—a good pairing option for pork souvlaki or gyros. Still, probably my favorite example of an Agiorgitiko-based wine is Kourtaki Agiorgitiko ($16.95), a dry red that is loaded with plum and blueberry flavors and a finish of black pepper. It’s terrific with grilled meats and game, strong cheeses and other hearty foods such as kokkinisto—braised lamb shank in red sauce. And although it’s from Greece, I think this wine would rock a classic steak au poivre. PJH

wines, Boutari Santorini is another good place to start getting into Greek wines. For a little less dough, I recommend trying Boutari Moschofilero ($16.95)—named for the grape grown in the high-elevation vineyards of Mantinia in the Peloponnese. It’s brimming with beautiful melon and floral aromas, and on the palate is crisp and refreshing with citrus notes. Some of my favorite Grecian wines are those from Nemea, a vineyard about an hour from Corinth, in northeastern Peloponnisos. For example, there’s a very nice Rosé from Nemea produced by Domaine Vassiliou Vineyards called Astra ($9). This is a full-bodied, dry Rosé made from Cabernet Sauvignon, fermented entirely in stainless steel, with strawberry and raspberry flavors.

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ASIAN & CHINESE TETON THAI Serving the world’s most exciting cuisine. Teton Thai offers a splendid array of flavors: sweet, hot, sour, salt and bitter. All balanced and blended perfectly, satisfying the most discriminating palate. Open daily. 7432 Granite Loop Road in Teton Village, (307) 733-0022 and in Driggs, (208) 787-8424, tetonthai.com.

CONTINENTAL THE BLUE LION A Jackson Hole favorite for 37 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Early Bird Special: 20% off Entire Bill between 5:30-6:00pm. Must mention ad. Reservations recommended, walkins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com

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CAFE GENEVIEVE Serving inspired home cooked classics in a historic log cabin. Enjoy brunch daily at 8 a.m., dinner nightly at 5 p.m., and happy hour daily 3-5:30 p.m. featuring $5 glasses of wine, $5 specialty drinks, $3 bottled beer. 135 E. Broadway, (307) 732-1910, genevievejh.com.

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Trio is located just off the town square in downtown Jackson, and is owned & operated by local chefs with a passion for good food. Our menu features contemporary American dishes inspired by classic bistro cuisine. Daily specials feature wild game, fish and meats. Enjoy a glass of wine at the bar in front of the wood-burning oven and watch the chefs perform in the open kitchen.

Dinner Nightly at 5:30pm Happy Hour 5:30-6:30pm at the bar 45 S. Glenwood Available for private events & catering For reservations please call 734-8038

1110 W. Broadway • Jackson, WY Open daily 5:00am to midnight • Free Wi-Fi

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Local is a modern American steakhouse and bar located on Jackson’s historic town square. Serving locally raised beef and, regional game, fresh seafood and seasonally inspired food, Local offers the perfect setting for lunch, drinks or dinner.

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ELEANOR’S Enjoy all the perks of fine dining, minus the dress code at Eleanor’s, serving rich, saucy dishes in a warm and friendly setting. Eleanor’s is a primo brunch spot on Sunday afternoons. Its bar alone is an attraction, thanks to reasonably priced drinks and a loyal crowd. Come get a belly-full of our two-time gold medal wings. Open at 11 a.m. daily. 832 W. Broadway, (307) 733-7901.

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The deli that’ll rock your belly. Jackson’s newest sub shop serves steamed subs, reubens, gyros, delicious all beef hot dogs, soups and salads. We offer Chicago style hot dogs done just the way they do in the windy city. Open daily11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Located just a short block north of the Town Square at 180 N. Center Street, (307) 733-3448.

KIM’S CORNER Best ski food in the area! Korean and American style, from breakfast sandwiches, burgers, chicken tenders, Philly cheese steaks to rice bowls and noodles. Something for everyone! Open Tuesday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday through Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. At base of Summit Lift between the ski patrol room and the ice rink. 100 E. Snow King Ave. Order ahead (307) 200-6544, facebook.com/Kimscornercafe.

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Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally FRESH FOOD at reasonable prices, is a always a FUN PLACE to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel RIGHT AT HOME and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit. Reservations at (307) 733-4913 3295 Village Drive • Teton Village, WY

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Liberty burger features 11 different burger, including the standard liberty burger of just mustard, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickle onion. There are six different meat selections along with our custom beef blend. Sides include skinny fries, sweet fries and onion rings. Two salads are on the menu along with two sandwiches. Milkshakes, root beer floats, adult milkshakes, beer, wine and spirits are available. Open at 11 a.m. daily. 160 N. Cache, (307) 200-6071.

LOCAL Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square. Our menu features both classic and specialty cuts of locallyranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonally-inspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locally-sourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Our deck is open! Lunch Daily 11:30am. Dinner Nightly 5:30pm

55 North Cache, (307) 201-1717, localjh. com.

LOTUS CAFE Serving organic, freshly-made world cuisine while catering to all eating styles. Endless organic and natural meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices. Offering super smoothies, fresh extracted juices, espresso and tea. Full bar and house-infused botanical spirits. Open daily 8am for breakfast lunch and dinner. 145 N. Glenwood St., (307) 734-0882, tetonlotuscafe.com.

MANGY MOOSE Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally fresh food at reasonable prices, is a always a fun place to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel right at home and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit. Teton Village, (307) 733-4913, mangymoose.com.

SNAKE RIVER BREWERY & RESTAURANT

America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. $8 lunch menu from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Happy hours 4 to 6 p.m., including tasty hot wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11:30 a.m. to midnight. 265 S. Millward. (307) 739-2337, snakeriverbrewing.com.

SWEETWATER

Satisfying locals for lunch and dinner for over 36 years with deliciously affordable comfort food. Extensive local and regional beer list. Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. features blackened trout salad, elk melt, wild west chili and vegetarian specialties. Dinner 5:30 to 9 p.m. including potato-crusted trout, 16 ounce ribeye, vegan and wild game. Reservations welcome. (307) 733-3553. sweetwaterjackson. com.

TRIO

Owned and operated by Chefs with a passion for good food, Trio is located right off the Town square in downtown Jackson. Featuring a variety of cuisines in a relaxed atmosphere, Trio is famous for its wood-oven pizzas, specialty cocktails and waffle fries with bleu cheese fondue. Dinner nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reservations. (307) 734-8038 or bistrotrio.com.

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NATURAL MEDICINE

An Ayurvedic primer Two simple recipes to get balanced, cleansed BY DR. MONIQUE LAI

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ecently, many of my patients have been expressing an interest in Ayurvedic cleansing and healing, a fascinating system of medicine aiming toward a balance of mind, body and sprit. Ayurveda is a holistic system of medicine developed in India and has been around for 5,000 years. I am no expert in Ayurveda, but we did study it in naturopathic medical school. I have much more experience with Chinese medicine, which was developed from Ayurveda. While there are similarities, Chinese medicine is only 2,000 years old. Ayurveda is more than just a system for treating illness, the root of the word means “science or knowledge of life.” It stems from the belief that we are connected to everything in the universe. In order to be healthy, we must not only be free of disease but also have energy, a sense of well-being and be in harmony with the universe. According to Ayurveda, to be healthy you must have balanced “doshas.” These are energies that reside over our bodies and depict a specific constitution. There are three types of doshas: kapha, pitta and vata. All three doshas are present in each of us, but usually one is predominant. Read on to see if you can identify the ones that might be strongest in you. Kapha is the earth dosha. Individuals with more of this energy have a heavier build. They are grounded, stable and loyal, often with slower digestion. Actions that can disrupt this dosha are daytime sleeping, drinking or eating or too much—especially salt or sweet foods and greed. The actions turn a Kapha-dominant person from balanced and stable to sluggish. Pitta is the fire dosha, People with more of this energy run hot—they are warm-blooded, compulsive, sometimes irritable, prone to inflammation and indigestion. Actions that can disrupt this dosha are sour and spicy foods, heat exposure and exhaustion. When balanced, they are warm, goal oriented, disciplined and a good leaders. Vata is the wind/air dosha. Individuals with more of this energy tend to have a slender build and can tend towards anxiety and

constipation. Actions that can disrupt this dosha are cold foods, waiting too long to eat and staying up too late. In a balanced state, they are lively, adaptable and creative. Of the many types of cleansing in Ayurvedic medicine, the most well-known one is “Panchakarma.” It is known as the ultimate mind/body healing experience for detoxifying the body, strengthening the immune system and restoring balance and well-being. It is a set of five procedures done under the supervision of a doctor. They include medically induced vomiting, purging the bowels, nasal cleansing, enemas and, occasionally, blood cleansing. Don’t worry - other less intense Ayurvedic cleanses are very beneficial and can be done at home. A simple cleanse can be a mono diet consisting only of “kitchari.” This can be done for one to 21 days, giving the body a break from the food we normally consume. After you have differentiated which dosha is predominant in your constitution, you can make additions to your cleanse. As always, drink lots of water, and if you feel uncomfortable, stop. A cumin, coriander and fennel (CCF) tea can also be consumed with kitchari.

Here’s a basic recipe for it: 1 cup mung beans (green/whole) soaked overnight 1 cup brown basmati rice 2 teaspoons cumin 2 teaspoons coriander 2 teaspoons turmeric (ginger fresh or ground) optional (fennel) optional 1 teaspoon ghee or butter Chicken broth/ water You may add chard and/or sweet potato

Directions:

Soak beans Cook beans in 7 cups of water/chicken broth for one hour, add washed rice and cook for 45 minutes Add seasoning and veggies Cook for 20 minutes Add sea salt to taste

CCF tea is 2 teaspoons each of cumin, coriander and fennel added to boiling water and then simmered for 10 minutes. Strain and drink throughout the day. Jackson has many Ayurvedic practitioners that can further direct you. This is just a small glimpse of the wonderful healing system.

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L.A.TIMES

“HONORING OUR VETERANS” By C.C. Burnikel

SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015

ACROSS 01 Queens swingers 05 Like New York’s Waldorf Astoria 09 Ball queen 014 Sought-after guests 019 “The African Queen” co-screenwriter 020 Bring in 021 “The sharpestsighted Spirit of all in Heaven,” in “Paradise Lost” 022 Jazzy Jones 023 High-end bar? 025 IRS Schedule C, line 7 027 Religion of most Malaysians 028 Shower sponge 030 Telecom unit 031 Tot perch 032 Like some kisses 034 Annual theater award 036 Bullet point 038 Start of an assembly 039 Search feature that shows results as you type 044 “I knew it!” 045 Frustrating waiting time, facetiously 047 Loads 048 21-Across, in Le Havre 049 Marker 050 “Massaging” Dr. Scholl’s product 053 Goes (for) 055 Polish prose 056 Clark Kent’s father, in 1950s TV 057 Arthur of “Maude” 058 Takes by force 060 Sleekly designed 061 By and large 064 Talk pioneer 065 Time __ 067 Broad appeal 071 Eastern temple 074 Like-minded group 075 Bungler 078 Tiger’s ex 079 Riles (up) 082 Rescue pro 083 Heavy wind 085 Historian seen in “I, Claudius” 086 League, e.g. 087 Popular Aegean vacation spots 090 Vacation time in Versailles 091 Pusher’s nemesis 093 Regrets 095 __ es Salaam 096 Edge 097 Teacher of the Year awardee, say 0100 Prepare to surf 0102 Doesn’t keep 0103 Quick kiss 0104 Roger, for one 0106 Maestro Klemperer 0108 Milky stone 0111 Mr. Wrong? 0113 Let’s Move! campaign launcher Michelle 0116 Exodus prohibition 0119 “That could work!” 0121 Gives a thumbs-up 0122 Colorful swimmer 0123 Shore acquisitions 0124 Wildlife refuge 0125 Put forth, as effort 0126 Hook’s look 0127 Go ape 0128 Ancient strings

Life on Mars? Extraterrestrials are out there

DOWN 01 Wise guys? 02 They may clash on a team 03 Lies 04 Calm 05 Wildlife refuge 06 Duffer’s dream 07 Sing jazz standards, perhaps 08 Aware of 09 Cause of fear 010 Mess up 011 Big name in little trains 012 Not as costly 013 Further 014 “King Kong” heroine 015 Picture holder 016 “Brave New World” band 017 Diner’s “I’ll have that also” 018 Friend’s address 024 “Nothing planned for that day” 026 Sweet finish 029 Pays, as the bill 033 Asian nation surrounded by five countries 035 Uninformed 037 Mao __-tung 038 Grain-free cat food brand 039 Earth goddess 040 Gobbles up 041 Technical sch. 042 Bete __ 043 One-on-one helper 044 __ restriction 046 Blue-blooded 051 Really hurting 052 Look like a wolf 054 Impudent 055 Wildlife markers 058 Knocks ’em dead at the jazz club 059 Volvo home: Abbr. 062 Light color? 063 Some, in Havana 064 Damson source 066 Obstinate beast 068 Berry promoted as a superfood 069 Salinger character who said, “I prefer stories about squalor” 070 Wrote customer

reviews on, say 071 Pequod co-owner 072 Kennedy associate 073 Approximately 076 Retire 077 Big name in fashion 080 Territory 081 Env. stuffer 082 Celtic language 084 Debatable “gift” 087 Spokescritter with a British accent 088 Longtime TV journalist Marvin 089 1950 sci-fi classic 091 Petty peeve 092 Williams of “Happy Days” 094 Ambiguous 098 Mulligan 099 Doing some binge-watching, maybe 0101 Legislation signed 6/22/1944 by FDR ... and, initially, what the nine longest across answers in this puzzle comprise 0104 Played again 0105 Sports center 0106 Look like a wolf 0107 Cheerios shelfmate 0109 Commodities trading areas 0110 “You said it!” 0112 Pepper et al.: Abbr. 0114 ’70s Israeli prime minister 0115 It passes between Swiss banks 0117 Body shop no. 0118 Ph.D. hopeful’s hurdle 0120 Once-sacred snake

hanks to telescopes orbiting in space, astronomers have found more than 500 solar systems in our neighborhood of the Milky Way Galaxy. In each of these solar systems there are earthlike planets orbiting their suns. Scientists further estimate that there may be tens of billions of solar systems in our entire galaxy, perhaps even as many as 100 billion. With these latest science facts, it’s easier to embrace the certainty that there is plenty of intelligent life in our galaxy. It is pretty much a moot point to argue whether or not intelligent life exists beyond our Earth. After all, if even one Earth-like planet with human-like life were centuries older than our planet, let alone thousands or millions of years ahead of us, it would have the knowledge and technology to visit us. We are already doing the same in our off-planet explorations. Recent discoveries in archaeology have brought to light evidence that those extraterrestrials are not just out there, but have also played a role in our Earth’s history and evolution. That too, is no longer left to science fiction or the subject of peoples’ imaginations. Archaeological discoveries of ancient art, carvings and writings from around the world record and represent visits from “the gods who came from the stars.” They describe and depict star beings that came to Earth and taught humans about everything from writing, mathematics, astronomy, engineering, agriculture, medicine and more. According to the ancient records, those helpful extraterrestrial visitors hailed primarily from the star systems related to the Pleiades, Orion, Arcturus and Sirius. What about now? Are extraterrestrials here now? There are thousands of people around the world of all ages and from all walks of life (civilian, military, scientists and regular folk) who have had contact with them. Many have written books about their first-hand experiences. And since the 1940s there have been UFO sightings, crashes and a steady stream of “leaks” from secret government projects involving aliens. To clear his conscience at the end of his life, retired colonel Philip Corso wrote the book “The Day After Roswell.” He and other witnesses claim that the back engineering of captured alien technology is what gave and continues to give us unprecedented leaps in military and civilian technology. A positive spin on all this is that knowledge and beliefs are always expanding our horizons and opening exciting new frontiers. Right now the explosion of information and new discoveries include more awareness of intelligent life in this incredibly vast universe. Just as the majority of human beings are persons of noble intent, the same could likely be true of our extraterrestrial counterparts. We are intelligent enough to know how much more there is to learn about the universe and the potential of our consciousness. Just as Columbus once prepared to embark across the ocean to discover a new world, we are standing at the shores of becoming galactic citizens. PJH

Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author, and clairvoyant. Got a Cosmic Question? Email carol@yourcosmiccafe.com

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19) During my regular hikes along my favorite trails, I’ve gotten to know the local boulders quite intimately. It might sound daft, but I’ve come to love them. I’ve even given some of them names. They symbolize stability and constancy to me. When I gaze at them or sit on them, I feel my own resolve grow stronger. They teach me about how to be steadfast and unflappable in all kinds of weather. I draw inspiration from the way they are so purely themselves, forever true to their own nature. Now would be an excellent time for you to hang out with your own stony allies, Aries. You could use a boost in your ability to express the qualities they embody.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your symbolic object of the week is a magic wand. I recommend that you visualize yourself as the star of a fairy tale in which you do indeed have a wand at your disposal. See yourself wielding it to carry out a series of fantastic tricks, like materializing a pile of gold coins or giving yourself an extraordinary power to concentrate or creating an enchanted drink that allows you to heal your toughest wound. I think this playful imaginative exercise will subtly enhance your ability to perform actual magic in the real world.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “Everyone is a genius at least once a year,” wrote German aphorist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. “The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.” According to my astrological analysis, Taurus, your once-a-year explosion of genius is imminent. It’s even possible you will experience a series of eruptions that continue for weeks. The latter scenario is most likely if you unleash the dormant parts of your intelligence through activities like these: having long, rambling conversations with big thinkers; taking long, rambling walks all over creation; enjoying long, rambling sex while listening to provocative music.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The taskmaster planet Saturn wove its way through the sign of Scorpio from October 2012 until the end of 2014. Now it has slipped back into your sign for a last hurrah. Between now and mid-September. I urge you to milk its rigorous help in every way you can imagine. For example, cut away any last residues of trivial desires and frivolous ambitions. Hone your focus and streamline your self-discipline. Once and for all, withdraw your precious energy from activities that waste your time and resist your full engagement. And if you’re serious about capitalizing on Saturn’s demanding gifts, try this ritual: Write either “I will never squander my riches,” or “I will make full use of my riches,” twenty times— whichever motivates you most.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) “I think if we didn’t contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring,” says author Paul Auster. “It would be tedious to be alive.” But he goes even further in his defense of inconsistency, adding, “Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do.” This bold assertion may not apply to everyone all the time, but it does for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. You should feel free to explore and experiment with the high art of changing your mind. I dare you to use it to generate extravagant amounts of beauty.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) The advanced lessons on tap in the coming days are not for the squeamish, the timid, the lazy or the stubborn. But then you’re not any of those things, right? So there shouldn’t be a major problem. The purpose of these subterranean adventures and divine interventions is to teach you to make nerve-wracking leaps of faith, whether or not you believe you’re ready. Here’s one piece of advice that I think will help: Don’t resist and resent the tests as they appear. Rather, welcome them as blessings you don’t understand yet. Be alert for the liberations they will offer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) In its early days, the band Depeche Mode had the infinitely boring name Composition of Sound. Humphrey Bogart’s and Ingrid Bergman’s classic 1942 film Casablanca was dangerously close to being called Everybody Come to Rick’s. And before Charles Dickens published his novel Bleak House, a scathing critique of the 19th-century British judicial system, he considered 11 other possible titles, including the unfortunate Tom-all-Alone’s. The Solitary House That Was Always Shut Up and Never Lighted. I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, as the seeding phase of your personal cycle gets underway. The imprints you put on your budding creations will have a major impact on their future. Name them well. Give them a potent start.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) “Man’s being is like a vast mansion,” observed philosopher Colin Wilson, “yet he seems to prefer to live in a single room in the basement.” Wilson wasn’t just referring to Capricorns. He meant everybody. Most of us commit the sin of self-limitation on a regular basis. That’s the bad news. The good news, Capricorn, is that you’re entering a time when you’re more likely to rebel against the unconscious restrictions you have placed on yourself. You will have extra motivation to question and overrule the rationales that you used in the past to inhibit your primal energy. Won’t it be fun to venture out of your basement nook and go explore the rest of your domain?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “She is hard to tempt, as everything seems to please her equally,” said artist Anne Raymo in describing a hedonistic acquaintance. A similar statement may soon apply to you, Pisces. You will have a talent for finding amusement in an unusually wide variety of phenomena. But more than that, you could become a connoisseur of feeling really good. You may even go so far as to break into a higher octave of pleasure, communing with exotic phenomena that we might call silken thrills and spicy bliss and succulent revelry.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) In order for everyone in your sphere to meet their appointed destinies, you must cultivate your skills as a party animal. I’m only slightly joking. At least for now, it’s your destiny to be the catalyst of conviviality, the ringleader of the festivities, the engineer of fun and games. To fulfill your assignment, you may have to instigate events that encourage your allies to leave their comfort zones and follow you into the frontiers of collaborative amusement.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “An obscure moth from Latin America saved Australia’s pasture-land from the overgrowth of cactus,” writes biologist Edward O. Wilson. “A Madagascar ‘weed,’ the rosy periwinkle, provided the cure for Hodgkin’s disease and childhood leukemia,” he adds, while “a chemical from the saliva of leeches dissolves blood clots during surgery,” and a “Norwegian fungus made possible the organ transplant industry.” I think these are all great metaphors for the kind of healing that will be available for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius: humble, simple, seemingly insignificant things whose power to bring transformation has, up until now, been secret or unknown.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) One summer afternoon when I was seven years old, my friend Billy and I grabbed an empty jar from my kitchen and went looking for ants. Near the creek we found an anthill swarming with black ants, and scooped a bunch of them up in the jar. A little later, we came upon a caravan of red ants, and shoved many of them in with the black ants. Would they fight? Naturally. It was mayhem. Looking back now, I’m sorry I participated in that stunt. Why stir up a pointless war? In that spirit, Leo, I urge you to avoid unnecessary conflicts. Don’t do anything remotely comparable to putting red ants and black ants in the same jar.

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