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COVER STORY HIGH HOPES How one woman is leading the battle to legalize weed in Wyoming Cover illustration by Cait Lee

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sually by the second week in August, the hillsides are parched brown and the trails are ankle-deep in dust.

People, like me, who live smack-dab in the middle of the forest, are usually shaking in their cowboy (or Steve Madden) boots waiting for the bolt of lightning that could potentially torch their domain. Like a wet log at a campfire, this year has had lots of lightning, but thankfully, very few fires. And, it is as green as I have ever seen.

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About a half an inch of rain so far this month in town, and a little snow in the mountains this past Saturday, as another unusually cool weather system passed through western Wyoming. The high temperature in town on Saturday, at the Jackson Climate Station, was only 60-degrees. That breaks the record for a cold maximum temperature, for that date. The old record for August 8th was 65-degrees set back in 1974.

Not much in the way of “hot” to talk about this past week. Seems like 80-degree days have been few and far between this summer. What ever happened to 90-degrees, you might ask? Well, it is not looking like we will get there this next week. But, a few days with highs getting into the 80’s is possible. That’s better than a high of only 60, and also better than a record high of 95-degrees, like we had back on August 14, 2003.

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few years ago in the midst of Greece’s deepening crisis, I found myself in an Athens market filling a grocery basket with as much food as my arms could carry. I was en route to drop off groceries at Koumoundouros Square, where a man named Konstantinos was cooking a free meal for struggling Athenians. People who had recently lost their jobs, their pensions, their life savings, their homes — people who were hungry.

Unloading the contents I had lugged across the city, I watched in awe as Konstantinos and a small crew hauled mammoth pots and pans, a propane stove and grocery bags brimming with boxes of pasta, packaged meats and cheeses, vegetables and loaves of bread.

As they assembled a makeshift kitchen on the sidewalk, hopeful faces – families with young children, seniors walking with canes and young people in school backpacks – swarmed the area in anticipation. Later Konstantinos explained to me the impetus for these daily meals. He said that eventually he too might be in the same desperate predicament as the people he was feeding, that no one was immune to the perils of Greece’s crumbling economy, and that most people felt they were losing control with each passing day.

Today, I can’t help but draw a parallel from that experience to the situation in Jackson Hole. While the crisis in Greece has intensified to a level most people here surely cannot fathom, what many of us can relate to is a sense that we are losing control, that any day you or I might be faced with the decision to either pay up or pack up. (In fact, just a couple months ago, I almost was faced with this decision.) It is what Blair Place resident and valley do-gooder Jorge Moreno said he fears when I sat down at his kitchen table for the first segment of “The Faces of Blair.” It is what diehard Jacksonites Matt Grabowski and Renee Knutson lamented over on the sunlit porch of their Blair Place apartment and what Sgt. Matt Carr echoed as I sat across from him last week in his Blair Place living room. It is what readers have told me via email and what a flurry of people have declared on The Planet’s Facebook page.

There is not only a pervasive fear that renters could be priced out of the valley at any minute, there is also the fear that Jackson Hole is on the precipice of losing its soul, and

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Blair Place residents that have been featured so far in ‘The Faces of Blair,’ Jorge Moreno, top, Matt Grabowksi and Renee Knutson, bottom left, and Sgt. Matt Carr, bottom right. the very people who define that soul.

So we can either take what Councilman Jim Stanford has deemed “bold moves,” to house Jackson’s working class folks and become a blueprint for other towns, or we can become a cautionary tale – a place other community leaders study and say, “This is precisely what not to do.” (Here’s looking at you, Vail). A place dominated by high end businesses, national franchises, second home owners and a commuter workforce that has no connection to this community.

And for the folks who fight to stay and make it work, they’ll pay a steep price in addition to exorbitant rent. According to a recent report by the Center for Housing Policy, families paying excessive amounts of their income for housing often have insufficient resources remaining for other essential needs, including food, medical insurance and health care.

These tradeoffs, the report explains, can threaten the health of all family members, particularly children.

But since we’re not seeing “bold moves,” from elected officials just yet, community members will have to give them a good hard nudge. At the local level it is still very much possible to effect change in the political process: petitioning government, making phone calls, sending emails, attending town and county meetings and marching up to that podium during public comment. All of these actions carry weight when decision makers are toiling over issues.

In metropolises such as New York City and San Francisco, where, like Jackson, residents’ incomes are not keeping pace with rising rents, rental boards were created and rent control properties have become a key tool to keep people from leaving. The New York Times reported in June that New York’s rental board voted to freeze rents on more than one million rent stabilized apartments. Research by board staff showed that landlords’ operating incomes after expenses had grown for nine consecutive years while renters have experienced stagnant incomes and higher housing costs.

While it may be unreasonable to use the solutions that big cities have arrived at to solve housing issues here, it certainly doesn’t hurt to discuss how we might refashion some of them for Jackson.

It has been both illuminating and atrabilious to visit the homes of people who no longer feel they are welcome here for “The Faces of Blair.” Though it’s not just about Blair Place. It is about people living in all corners of this community who make Jackson better and the consequences of swelling socioeconomic disparity. But let us not forget: Blair Place was one of the last affordable options for a mosaic of residents when they had no other choices. It houses an economically and ethnically diverse palette of renters who work at our schools, our police stations and our nonprofits. So if even Blair Place is no longer affordable for working class folks, the Hole very well could lose its soul. PJH

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WRITERS WANTED UNTOLD STORIES EDGY TOPICS NEWS

GUEST OPINION Curbing dirty energy State officials must blaze a new path to protect Wyoming’s other resources

BY CRAIG BENJAMIN

Email your resume or writing clips to editor@planetjh.com.

This piece is part two in a two-part series (the first part – “Fueling the Future” – ran on July 28) leading up to a public meeting co-hosted by the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance and Gov. Matt Mead’s Office regarding the development of Wyoming’s next energy strategy. This meeting is 5:30 to 7 p.m., Aug. 13 in the Ordway Auditorium at Teton County Library. To review Wyoming’s current energy strategy visit Energy.Wyo.gov.

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addy, is winter over?” my daughter Piper asked in early February. With temperatures spiking into the mid-50s, snow melting across the valley, and Yellowstone grizzlies already emerging from their dens, it sure seemed like winter had indeed ended months ahead of schedule.

While we suffered through a warm winter, at least we had some snow to enjoy.

This year, however, winter simply never showed up on the West Coast. Ski areas in Washington, Oregon, and California had one of their worst seasons in recorded history, with many never opening at all due to a lack of snow, which devastated the local economies in dozens of communities.

Unfortunately, this missing winter was not an anomaly, but the continuation of a longterm trend that’s getting worse.

At the same time, Wyoming has experienced moderate to severe drought conditions for the past 15 years, putting extreme strain on thousands of ranchers and farmers across the Cowboy State – with many ranchers forced to sell their cattle. Without rain, “There is not much you can do but pray,” explained Dennis Sun, a lifelong rancher and publisher of Wyoming Livestock Roundup, an industry publication.

Meanwhile, this summer we’ve seen the first ever forest fire in the rainforests of Washington’s Olympic National Park, temperatures reaching an all-time record 98 degrees in London, California suffering through its worst drought in a millennium, and record-heat waves in Pakistan and India killing more than 1,000 people.

Less snow and more rain in the Tetons, persistent and worsening drought across Wyoming, and strange and increasingly severe weather across the globe are all predicted impacts and a consequence of

climate change caused by the burning of energy industries. fossil fuels.

Here’s the thing, fossil fuel companies We have a moral obligation to our chil- do more than pay most of our state’s bills in dren to protect them – that means prepar- Wyoming, they are also the largest contribing for and tackling climate change now. utor to political campaigns, by far. In 2014 This means breaking our addiction to fossil the overwhelming majority of political confuels. Yet right now, our state has an ener- tributions to candidates running for stategy strategy that doesn’t even mention cli- wide office were from fossil fuel companies mate change and doubles down on a dying or entities directly involved with the fossil industry. fuel industry. Exacerbating the problem, More than 40 U.S. coal companies have fossil fuel companies are also bankrolling filed for bankruptcy in the past few years, a deceptive, coordinated, and well-funded including industry giant Alpha Natural campaign to mislead Americans on climate Resources. With countries around the science. This is the same strategy – using world turning away from coal in attempts some of the exact same people – the tobacco to reduce air pollution, low prices for nat- companies used to hide the truth about the ural gas and increasing competition from risks of smoking. renewable energy sources, it’s no wonder We need to break their stranglehold the private sector has abandoned “King on our democracy and put the people of Coal” and stock prices of coal companies Wyoming, not fossil fuel companies, back in are cratering. The market doesn’t like bet- charge. It’s time to take charge of Wyoming’s ting on losers. energy future and break our addiction to Instead of seeing the writing on the wall, fossil fuels through clean energy investWyoming has embraced full-on socialism ments in our communities. for the coal industry. This legislative session Imagine if instead of gambling $1 bilthe state Legislature granted the Wyoming lion on corporate welfare to prop up a Infrastructure Authority dying industry, we made $1 billion in bonding a down payment toward “Every now and then authority to pursue coal blazing a trail toward the ports in other states. clean energy economy of you have to use these You can’t make this stuff the future. Consider how opportunities to up. The state’s energy stratWyoming could transition egy that proudly declares, to using 100 percent clean educate some of the “Government should not renewable energy for folks at the University of and dictate energy production all purposes (electricity, levels by favoring one type transportation, heating/ Wyoming about where of energy production over cooling and industry) their paychecks come another or by influencby 2050 through investfrom.” ing private, market-based ments like wind turbines actions.” However, elected on ranches, solar panels representatives have comon roofs, and efficiency -State Rep. mitted $1 billion in bondimprovements in buildThomas Lubnau ing authority, backed up ings, according to data by financial resources of from Stanford University. the state government (meaning you, me, Think about how investments in locally and every other Wyomingite bears nearly distributed renewable energy and energy $2,000 in financial risk). That’s specifical- efficiency would create 23,000 good-payly to build coal export facilities in other ing jobs and save every Wyomingite more states (where they’re not even wanted) that than $1,000 in energy costs every year while the private sector itself won’t fund because building stronger communities and a more they’re way too risky. stable climate.

What’s behind Wyoming’s rigged system Through clean energy investments in of corporate welfare for coal and delib- our communities Wyoming can take charge erate denial of climate change? Well, tax of our energy future, provide our citizens revenues from coal and other fossil fuels with energy security, make our energy even pay for approximately 70 percent of operat- more affordable, protect our environment ing state government, as bluntly explained and our climate, and drive our state’s econby State Rep. Thomas Lubnau through his omy forward into the future. opposition to a sculpture installed at the It’s time Wyoming stopped clinging desUniversity of Wyoming in 2011 depicting perately to the dirty energy economy of the a link between human-caused climate past and started leading the charge toward change and dead forests. the clean energy economy of the future.

“While I would never tinker with the Let’s use our innovation and ingenuity to University of Wyoming budget – I’m a great show America how to produce clean and supporter of the University of Wyoming – renewable energy, create new jobs and leave every now and then you have to use these a positive legacy for the next generation of opportunities to educate some of the folks Wyomingites. PJH at the University of Wyoming about where their paychecks come from,” he said, referring to taxes collected from coal and other

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Punk rocker Kim Gordon, who co-founded Sonic Youth in the 1980s in New York City, was spotted in town last weekend. Buckrail ran her Instagram post on their website but it’s highly unlikely they recognized the rock star.

Gordon got snapped in two of Jackson’s obligatory photo ops: in front of an elk arch and on a Cowboy Bar saddle/stool. Her Instagram fans are way hip and entertaining. kermitphoto100: [elk antler arch] Hey Kim … Are you here in Jackson now? Let’s grab coffee and high five each other in front of these stupidly beautiful mountains! rootofamnesia: [Cowboy Bar] Dude, if I walked in and saw that I would shat myself.

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Plein Air for the Park 2015 set new heights for the Park Service this year. The nationally recognized art event drew record numbers and raised more than $100,000 in proceeds to support multiple Grand Teton National Park programs.

The jointly organized exhibition, co-hosted by the Grand Teton Association (GTA) and Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP), attracted more than 40 professional artists who spent two weeks in the park creating open-air paintings of the inspiring Teton landscape and its native wildlife. A total of 85 paintings sold, with 40 percent of the sales going to fund educational, interpretive, and research programs sponsored by GTA in support of Grand Teton.

“We’re excited to have raised $100,000 for the park through this fun and festive event, and we’re thrilled that Plein Air for the Park has grown for the fourth year in a row,” said Jan Lynch, GTA executive director.

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FBI alert in Wyoming

Channel 4 News, a CBS TV affiliate in Denver, reported an FBI alert for Colorado and Wyoming concerning military families being harassed by Middle Eastern men.

On at least two separate occasions in Greeley, Colo., and Cheyenne, family members of servicemen were under surveillance by unknown men and questioned in an accusatory manner. In one case last May, two Middle Eastern males approached the wife of a military member in front of her home. The men accused the woman of being married to a U.S. interrogator. She denied their claims and the men reportedly laughed. The two men left the area in a dark-colored, four-door sedan with two other Middle Eastern males in the vehicle.

We found the story posted on Drudge Report.

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Mary Centrella will discuss her research on honeybees, colony collapse disorder, and the importance of wild bees to agriculture during a Harlow Summer Seminar Thursday.

The talk will take place at the AMK Ranch research center in GTNP. Centrella is a Jackson Hole High School and University of Wyoming graduate. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in zoology at Cornell University.

The world relies on bees to pollinate 35 percent of global crops but in recent years bees have been disappearing, dying off, or “beehaving” irrationally. In 2009, American honeybee keepers reported colony losses as high as 90 percent.

Scientists are still trying to understand what factors like habitat loss, pesticide use and inadequate floral resources are driving the phenomena. PJH

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Teton Valley News has confirmed the death of a 33-year-old man on Highway 33 near mile marker 121 about three miles from the Madison County border on Aug. 9. Idaho State Police and the Teton County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the incident, which is being classified as a suicide.

A Facebook post by Blaine Baldwin described the gruesome scene. “I just saw a dead body!” Baldwin wrote. “Just north of Tetonia Hoops Ranch in the middle of the road.

Cops everywhere, blood, the whole works!!!”

Investigators say the man likely died by a self-inflicted gunshot. He is not believed to be a resident of the county. No other information was available at press deadline.

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THE BUZZ Wyoming struggles with coal’s bleak future

BY JAKE NICHOLS

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his Administration is fixated on killing coal without consideration of the consequences or lack of non-political benefits,” Sen. Mike Enzi said regarding President Barrack Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), which rolled out last Monday.

Enzi’s response was part of immediate and predictable saber rattling from Wyoming delegates bent on protecting Wyoming’s leading revenue stream extravagantly known as “King Coal.” Enzi is joined by fellow U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis and Gov. Matt Mead – all Republicans – in staunch opposition to new regulations that could very well ring the death knell for coal in the Cowboy State.

Just say no The Clean Power Plan aims to reduce carbon emissions by a third over the next 15 years. While it allows each state some flexibility on how it chooses to implement the policy, the writing is on the wall: coal burning is detrimental and its future is bleak.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a federal agency often targeted by Wyoming leadership, backs the plan.

Barrasso said the strategy would mandate massive new red tape, thrust job-crushing regulations on American energy producers, and amounted to little more than a “legacy-seeking President choosing to make an end run around Congress rivaling Obamacare.”

“The President is forging ahead with a rule that will undermine electric reliability, disadvantage U.S. manufacturing, destroy coal jobs and force American families to pay more for electricity,” he said. “[And] governors know that despite the administration’s promise of flexibility, their states simply cannot comply with this unrealistic proposal— and they shouldn’t have to. This rule will face significant challenges in court and states are right to reject it.”

Most analysts do believe CPP is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court after years of expected litigation. But with coal use already on the decline in the U.S. and export options to China hung up on a Pacific Northwest transportation line, does Wyoming have a Plan B? No stranger to opposing federal government – Wyoming has 30 active lawsuits against the feds –­ state leaders may be in danger of putting all their energy eggs in one basket, blindly ignoring the writing on the wall and leading the state into a forced march against Washington with no “out” plan.

Mead dug in his heels fighting Obama’s Affordable Care Act until it was obvious it

How bad is bad?

Wyoming stands to feel the pain more than any other state. Coal generated 90 percent of Wyoming’s power in 2013. The U.S. uses coal for 40 percent of its energy needs with Wyoming supplying nearly 40 percent of the country’s coal consumption –­ more than triple that of the next highest producer, West Virginia. In fact, nearly all of Wyoming’s low-sulfur coal comes from the Powder River Basin in Campbell County. Coal mining accounts for 11 percent of the state’s revenue with the industry supporting an estimated 17,000 jobs.

The effects of CPP have already been felt, statewide. Arch Coal, operator of the prolific Black Thunder mine near Wright, Wyoming, reported a net loss of $168 million for the second quarter of 2015. Cloud Peak Energy dropped $53 million in the same threemonth period. Peabody Energy Corp. runs three Powder River Basin mines. It reported a $1 billion loss in the second quarter.

And Alpha, the fourth largest coal miner in the world, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Obama blowback Wyoming politicians, along with most Republicans and some Democrats in the House and Senate, are fighting CPP. They believe the mandate unfairly singles out coal as the bad guy in global warming, and they fear for the state’s economic future where mineral extractions go a long way to fund education, construction and more.

Enzi, for one, won’t have it.

“The EPA is decimating our most reliable source of energy and in turn destroying Wyoming jobs, raising electricity prices and hurting our economy,” the senior Senator from Wyoming said. “Under President Obama’s direction, we are seeing the EPA take a whole new disrespect for the rights of states. This plan relies on a bad analysis that fails to look at the cost properly in the future.”

Meanwhile, Barrasso co-sponsored a bipartisan bill back in May designed to roll back CPP. The Affordable Reliable Energy Now Act (ARENA) would introduce measures that would require the EPA to regularly and statistically gauge the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, along with other stipulations.

Lummis called the new EPA regulations “worthless” during a whistle-stop tour of Wyoming where she spoke at a pro-mining

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would hold up in court. By the time the governor changed his tune, openly rooting for Obamacare, it was plain the state had done little to make alternative healthcare options available to its citizens. Is Mead repeating that dogmatic stubbornness?

“The Clean Power Plan is scientifically flawed and if implemented will not achieve minimum reductions. It is in fact damaging – not just to Wyoming, but the nation,” Mead said in a statement to the press. “I will continue to fight regulations that are fundamentally bad for Wyoming and exceed the regulatory authority of the federal government.”

‘King Coal’ is endangered but Wyoming politicos wont give it up without a fight. rally last July.

“This administration would have you believe it’s either a clean environment or coal,” Lummis told a crowd of enthusiastic supporters. “These new EPA regulations are worthless in solving climate change.

And what for? For what purpose? It’s a false choice, Mr. President. It’s a false choice [EPA administrator] Gina McCarthy. Go to those thousands of Americans who are losing their jobs over this ridiculous false choice and look them in the face and tell them why.”

Backlash has come from more than conservative Republicans with a canary in the mine. The National Democratic Party issued a statement of their own recently condemning the White House plan, stating, “The flaw in the new EPA regulations is that they rely on one fuel (coal) and one sector (power) to address the complex issue of climate change.”

Winds of change Wyoming is indeed blessed with millennia-old dinosaur juice but the state is also well situated to adapt to change. In addition to the vast wealth of energy underground, the state has no shortage of fashionable renewable resources above terra firma like wind and solar power. Efforts have been made by state officials to create an energy grid and other infrastructure designed to harness, store or transport wind and sun energy sources, including a developing deal with California to share technologies and power.

Many environmentalists, “greenies,” and other conservationist-minded groups are in unison proclaiming the CPP as the perfect impetus to shove Wyoming into the future of energy extraction.

“It’s disappointing our elected representatives are clinging desperately to a dying industry and the dirty energy economy of the past,” said Craig Benjamin, executive director for Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance. “It’s time Wyoming started leading the charge toward the clean energy economy of the future.” The Alliance will host a public meeting on the future of Wyoming’s energy strategy this week with Mead.

Although Mead is toeing party and state lines, his office has been proactive in seeking alternative energy sources. Wyoming became the first state in the nation to develop a comprehensive energy strategy with the release of the action plan, Leading the Charge.

Mead hopes to continue building on those

efforts. “The past two years have seen many successes and we want to build on them,” he said. “The purpose of these meetings is to review existing initiatives, to identify additional initiatives in order to support energy development, balanced with sound environmental stewardship.”

Alicia Cox, executive director for the Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition, said CPP offers flexibility for states to meet the goal and an opportunity for innovation that is both meaningful and strategic for Wyoming. “The goal aligns with the forward-thinking conservation ethic of our region by providing real progress toward the mitigation of climate change impacts on this extraordinary ecosystem,” Cox said.

Switching to sustainable energy sources might mean significant capital investments at first, but a trend away from fossil fuels and toward wind, hydro, solar and biofuels is making headway.

According to a REN21 2014 report, renewable energy sources contributed 19 percent to global energy consumption and 22 percent to electricity generation in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Coal, meanwhile, is on life support, at its lowest level in two decades. When Obama took office, coal accounted for half the country’s electricity. The EPA estimates it will be down to 35 percent by the end of this year.

A Duke University study found that as the coal industry lost 49,000 jobs between 2008 and 2012, the solar and wind industry gained 79,000 jobs. Many Republican politicians, including those from Wyoming, rage against the machine while preparing for an altered future.

In places where wind blows harder than GOP rhetoric – states like Iowa, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Kansas – billions in upgrades have been spent to the point that an average 25 percent of those states’ energy production comes from wind. Where sun shines, states like Texas and Arizona are scrambling to get ahead of the curve and reap the rays.

Jackson town officials have done their part quitting fossil fuels. The town runs on 100 percent certified green power from Lower Valley’s Strawberry Creek hydro facility. Five approved electric vehicle charging stations are also in place throughout town.

JH Conservation Alliance public meeting with Gov. Matt Mead is 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday at the Teton County Library Ordway Auditorium.

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How one woman is leading the battle to legalize weed in Wyoming

By Natosha Hoduski

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hris Christian does not seem like your typical advocate for the decriminalization of marijuana.

The 66-year-old grandmother is a participant in what she calls “old ladies ballet class.” With glasses and short white hair, Christian’s bright smile and approachable manner might remind one of cookies baking in the oven and games of bridge played on patios.

But there she is, leader of Wyoming’s chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law (NORML), which is a grassroots organization fighting to legalize marijuana for both medicinal and recreational use in Wyoming.

Beginning Friday, Christian, with NORML advocates in tow, will launch a statewide campaign to garner enough signatures to land the Wyoming Marijuana Legalization Initiative (WMLI) on the November 2016 ballot. If it makes it there, Cowboy State voters will have the opportunity to make Wyoming the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana.

Christian says she has a hard time understanding what separates marijuana so dramatically from other substances. “It’s a plant,” she said. “I won’t even classify it as a drug.” In her opinion, when it really comes down to it, regulation of marijuana usage should not be up to Gov. Matt Mead or state representatives or

even popular vote. Personal bias, Christian says, should never inform expert opinion, and as she sees it that is exactly what has happened.

But dismantling the ingrained ideology that has made cannabis a schedule I controlled substance (i.e. no medical use, highest potential for abuse), is a difficult task. Christian finds herself constantly running in top gear to defend her cause. The hoops she must jump through just to get the initiative on the ballot by next year are nearly insurmountable. The process has taken years so far, and it is not over yet.

More than 27,500 signatures. Those are how many autographs Christian still needs to get the initiative on the ballot.

“If they could make it more difficult, I think they would,” she says of her fight with the legal system. After all of the bureaucratic hoops she has had to jump through so far just to present the initiative to the secretary of state, 27,500 signatures still stand in her way before WMLI can even face its fate before the voters. And not just any signature will do. Those signatures must belong to registered Wyoming voters. If she reaches that goal, Christian will have recorded the legal signature of more than one out of every 10 citizens in the state.

Christian says NORML is doing everything it can to raise awareness. Like all grassroots

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males age 20 to 29 and a more than 9 percent decrease among males 30 to 39. Scientists having concluded that there is almost assuredly a relationship between marijuana and stress relief that might present itself in a decrease in suicide rate.

Christian is willing to concede that drug overdoses misclassified as suicides might account for some of the numbers in these reports, but decreasing the number of deaths by overdose, she says, is just as important.

THE GREEN LIFE

As the Director of Wyoming NORML, Christian has placed herself in a position to hear the stories of those who have benefited from medical and recreational marijuana, counting herself as one of the hundreds of people in Wyoming that say marijuana has improved her quality of life.

“I myself was addicted to painkillers,” she said.

“In the 1990s I hurt my back pretty badly and the doctors had me on all of this medication, and I lost myself. I never felt awake or alert enough to do anything anymore, so in Washington State I used marijuana to break the habit. It eased my pain and helped me sleep through the night for the first time in a long time, and I’m not the only

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one. There are so many stories like that.”

Christian is eager to share the accounts of those she has met that would benefit from the decriminalization of marijuana, such as folks like Sheryl Hendricks, a registered nurse in Cheyenne with diabetes. Hendricks likes to point out that since her last doctor’s appointment she is now classified as “pre-diabetic.”

“I am not saying I was suicidal back then, I just didn’t want to live anymore,” Hendricks said of her life before she started taking CBD oil (a derivative of cannabis). “The doctors said I had COPD, that’s Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, but I never accepted that,” she said, pausing to retrieve her oxygen tube.

“At one point, I was completely off the assistance of oxygen, too. But I got pneumonia.

I’m hoping to wean myself off of it again soon. But as I was saying, four years ago I was nearly 400 pounds with full-blown diabetes, and I just didn’t want to keep existing like that.”

Hendricks was on 10 medications at the time, but the worst she says was Cymbalta, one of several prescription medications her doctor prescribed in order to treat her chronic depression. But without health insurance she couldn’t always afford the drug. Hendricks experienced a cycle of severe withdrawal symptoms that would send her crashing into a state of reclusive depression.

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and bureaucracy, through all of the long hours and expenses and all of the campaigning and explaining and fear of being arrested because she believes this is something that can help people. Not just people who directly suffer from crippling symptoms marijuana seems to ease, she also points to statistics concerning suicide rate, family violence and drunk driving.

“In states where marijuana has been legalized, they’ve all gone down,” she said, “and in a state like Wyoming, with the highest suicide rate in the United States, I think that’s something we should look at very closely.”

According to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, states that have passed medicinal marijuana see a 25 percent decrease in death by overdose on prescription pain medications such as Oxycontin and Vicodin.

Researchers say this could be because patients in those areas are using marijuana to treat their pain rather than more habit-forming, dangerous drugs.

The American Journal of Public Health performed research on males ages 20 to 29 and 30 to 39, studying the relationship between these age groups and the passage of medical marijuana.

Findings were not considered conclusive, but in states where medical marijuana is legal there is an almost 11 percent decrease in suicides among

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campaigns, word of mouth is its most important tool. Christian has also created a GoFundMe page to raise enough money for her campaign, and with the nearly $7,500 the cause has generated, she has purchased bracelets, flyers, posters, ad slots with radio stations, notices in newspapers, booths at county events and the supplies for a strategic awareness campaign spreading by mail, Facebook, and word of mouth. The tactics are endless, but Christian says the energy levels are not always there to match it. It is hard work running such a consuming campaign, but for Christian it is worth it.

“I’ve believed in this for 25 years,” she said.

“I’ve thought people should have access to this plant for that long.” Still, that doesn’t seem to make the waiting game any easier. First, the organization NORML had to form a committee of petitioners to present a bill to the secretary of state. That bill had to be written in the exact language and form it would appear in as law when it went to vote. Next, the liquor board needed to review the bill in order to put forth a fiscal impact statement, after which the bill was sent to the printers, where it was proofed and then sent back to the secretary of state. After he reviewed the bill, it was released back to NORML in order to gather signatures.

Christian has endured through the frustration

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It was one of those cycles, Hendricks recalled, “I’ve stopped losing the weight,” Hendricks that left her in a state desperate enough to pray. continued, ready to reveal her failures with “’Lord,’ I said, ‘I just don’t want to live like this the herb as quickly as she shared its successes, anymore,” she said. “Please, just take me home.’” “because I can’t take the oil anymore. I started The next day she having panic woke up with what attacks, because she says was a very the THC levels are surprising idea. too high.” That is “I just could not one misconception stop thinking about Hendricks wants to the word ‘cannabis,’ dispel: this is not over and over in my about the buzz. What head,” Hendricks said. she really wants, more So she researched than anything, she the topic, reading says, is to feel better anything she could and to be healthier.

- SHERYL HENDRICKS get her hands on – If she could get the most of it “extremely CBD oil without any biased propaganda.”

THC, that is the way In the end, she settled on asking her daughter for she would take it. a joint.

The Stanley Brothers’ “Charlotte’s Web” Though Hendricks’ daughter seemed to think cannabis is exactly what Hendricks is looking the entire interaction was a little peculiar, she for. The Stanley Brothers have bred a strain of gave her mom the joint, and things have been marijuana that is high in CBD and low in THC, different for her ever since. providing all of the medicinal benefits without the In her research, Hendricks came across psychoactive repercussions. The Stanley Brothers CBD oil, and that is what she has taken for the own one of Colorado’s largest dispensaries, and last four years. “It takes just a few drops,” she at first had a very difficult time finding buyers for said. “I was sprinkling it on my food, and I lost this new strain of marijuana. However, now that 70 pounds in seven months. I went from being it has been benefiting children across the country, oxygen-dependent to being able to breathe on they are practically giving it away. my own. I went from full-blown diabetes to not “Have you heard some of the stories?” having diabetes. I haven’t been off of depression Hendricks asked excitedly. “Children with medication in my entire adult life until now,” said epilepsy from all over the country, they’re going Hendricks as her voice changed, as though she from having 10, 20, some of them hundreds of was considering whether anyone could find her seizures a week to none. It’s a crime. That’s what story believable. it is. It’s a crime against humanity that we’ve kept

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this from people for so long.”

Hendricks’ doctor is not so convinced that CBD oil is the answer. When Hendricks went in for her last appointment, under the pretense of full disclosure, she attributed her dramatic weight loss, the control of her diabetes and her unprecedented relief from depression to her selfmedication. Her doctor told her that a more likely scenario was that Hendricks was eating better and practicing a more healthful lifestyle.

Hendricks scoffs at this, saying she has not changed her diet at all. In fact, by some miracle, even though she can no longer take her dose of marijuana due to its psychoactive effects, she has kept the weight off, and has been able to maintain her status as pre-diabetic. “It fixed something in me,” she said. “I feel better than I’ve felt in years.”

Christian loves these stories. In fact, she thrives on them. Without the support of women like Hendricks, her campaign would lose traction and meaning.

WHEN NOTHING ELSE HELPS

Deborah Palm-Egle has battled alongside Christian for marijuana decriminalization for years. Palm-Egle is a Wyoming native who has suffered from multiple sclerosis for more than 30 years. The disease, which affects more than 400,000 people in the United States alone, and some 2.5 million around the world, has left her blind in one eye with limited mobility and more than 100 lesions on her brain.

“But I’m not getting worse,” Palm-Egle said, “In fact, I feel unstoppable.” With this new lease on life, Palm-Egle spends her free time traveling

the world and championing the legalization cause, speaking out about the injustice and expense of imprisoning marijuana users and lobbying for deregulation and amnesty.

After other treatments stopped working back in the 1990s, Palm-Egle says a doctor – who could not legally prescribe it at the time – suggested she try medicinal marijuana. “I was running around on the streets, talking to drug dealers, well, maybe not ‘drug dealers,’ but I was basically getting ditch weed and using it to treat myself,” she said.

After Colorado legalized marijuana medically and recreationally, Palm-Egle was able to obtain high-quality cannabis that she now grows herself at a second home in Colorado. It was this step that she says changed her life. The street weed she was initially taking in the 90s compared to the organic marijuana she now grows has proven exponentially more beneficial to her.

“I don’t know if you know a lot about MS, but in the later stages, people start to get lesions on their brains, and those lesions start to fuse,” she said. “I have over 100 lesions on my brain and not a single one has fused. Now, I can only go back with MRIs 10 years, but since I started taking high-quality cannabis, I have not had a single additional lesion, I’ve regained my mobility, and I am generally healthier.”

There is no research to back up Palm-Egle’s assertion that her symptoms have ceased to progress from smoking weed, which she finds just as frustrating as the fact that possessing her medication classifies her as a criminal in Wyoming. If anything, she hopes that cannabis will be legalized to allow research in the future.

Palm-Egle has in a way been outed as a compassionate source of medical marijuana since

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CHRIS CHRISTIAN, RIGHT, WITH NORML SUPPORTER EDITH COOK.

her niece, who passed away from cancer in 2009, needed edibles to help her in the days following her many painful chemo treatments. Palm-Egle said it seemed to be the only thing that could help her sleep, or cause her to have any sort of an appetite. Word got around that Palm-Egle had access to marijuana, and to this day she brings edibles to people suffering from cancer to ease their suffering when nothing else seems to help.

THE SOBER OPPOSITION

These sorts of stories are what Jackson resident Shelley Simonton takes with a grain of salt. Simonton is the executive director of the Wyoming Association of Municipalities, and currently resides as one of 20 members on Mead’s task force to explore the repercussions of marijuana decriminalization.

The task force is predominantly comprised of state department heads. The Department of Agriculture, Health, and Education, as well as parties like the Highway Patrol and Department of Revenue are all compiling reports and projections to present to the governor, attempting to predict the repercussions of marijuana legalization.

“We’re not looking for anecdotes,” Simonton said. “That seems like a lot of what people use to defend their stance on cannabis. The governor is a former attorney, and that informs the way he processes information.” Simonton said the task force was put together to present defensible, data-driven reports to help the governor and constituents make more informed decisions.

“It is such a complicated topic,” Simonton said.

“Everyone wants to simplify it. They want to say medicinal marijuana is good. It helps people with

GOV. MATT MEAD cancer, but that’s not based on a holistic view of society. There are so many things that go into it.

There are so many things people don’t consider, like how the department of education must adapt to regulate these things; or the highway patrol; how this is taxed.”

Simonton’s list went on, but mostly she wants to stress that decriminalization of marijuana is incredibly new. In a society now accustomed to instant gratification, she says Wyoming’s decision to glean knowledge before acting rashly might seem antiquated, but will ultimately serve the state’s best interest.

Jackson Mayor Sara Flitner had little comment, saying that with other pressing issues, she did not believe that spending a lot of time on the subject of marijuana was in Jackson’s best

interest. However, Flitner acknowledged that legal alternatives, like medical marijuana, could be a tool for some, especially when other treatments aren’t working. She revealed that her own sister had lost her husband after a painful battle with pancreatic cancer. “Having legal access to anything that would have eased their agony would have been a relief,” she said.

Mead is not so convinced.

While he is invested in putting aside preconceptions as his study of marijuana decriminalization continues, his spokesperson, Seth Waggener told The Planet, “Gov. Mead believes Wyoming suffers because of substance abuse and is against adding another substance that could add to that existing problem.”

Beyond the disputed medical benefits, a look at the financial fruits across the country is persuasive enough for some. Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the states of Alaska, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. During Colorado’s first year of legal recreational marijuana, the state generated $53 million in tax revenue. Washington State had an even better year, raking in more than $70 million in tax revenue since it decriminalized marijuana. Some analysts project Washington State might generate nearly $1.9 billion in tax

revenue over the first five years of marijuana’s passage. Alaska, Oregon, and Washington D.C. are looking to generate similar numbers in the future.

Although Flitner acknowledged that pot might help ease the pain of some, she applauds the governor’s efforts to garner data on the repercussions of marijuana deregulation, “Especially to the extent we could create a new revenue stream for the state,” she said. But this line of thinking brings to surface another one of the many questions Simonton has about the future of cannabis: Is this actually a viable revenue stream? With the increase in policing, new education in schools, unknown health effects, and the impact on agriculture, would this turn out to be a sustainable source of income for the state? And should that dictate to any extent marijuana’s legality?

Flitner does not seem to think so, as she allows the concerns of revenue streams and fiscal responsibility to trickle into the background. “As long as we can keep kids safe,” she said, “doctors legally prescribing pot to patients would be just like any other patient/doctor conversation: none of my business.”

This is expressly Christian’s point. As she stands, stoop-shouldered over the last of hundreds of cannabis-covered informative flyers, she hopes that NORML can effect historic change in the Cowboy State. She hopes that people who are suffering might find themselves slightly more at ease. And she hopes that maybe cannabis will find its place as an herb, a medicine, a building material and a fuel source in Wyoming. PJH

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CREATIVE PEAKS Storytelling dynamo When spoken word and dance combine

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bout two years ago, one of the dancers of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company asked one of its founders, Bill Jones, where his interests now fell.

Jones realized immediately his interest was in words. So he started to think about a way to combine his love of dance with something literary.

The award winning choreographer has used spoken word in many of his pieces, in fact he is known for it. But this time he wanted to do something different.

That conversation sparked an idea that became “Analogy/Dora: Tramontane,” a dance co-commissioned by Dancers’ Workshop and based on the story of Dora Amelan, Jones’ partner’s mother, and also a Holocaust survivor.

The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will perform the piece this week as part of its residency at Dancers’ Workshop.

The piece is extremely physical and Jones uses spoken word, movement, music and an interactive set, said Babs Case, artistic director of Dancers’ Workshop.

“There is this whole range of emotions,” Case said. “It’s fun. It’s poignant. It’s horrifying. It’s everything. It’s just really rich and beautiful.”

The piece was co-commissioned by Dancers’ Workshop. Last year, Dancers’ Workshop provided rehearsal space and time for the company to work. The residency includes public performances, open rehearsals and master classes. Jones will conduct a question and answer session at the end of each of the open rehearsals and performances.

Jones interviewed Amelan about her time working as a nurse and social worker in a detention camp in occupied France.

Movement, along with the words, draws people into her story and conveys the connections she felt with the people she tried to help.

“This particular work is very emotionally charged and intense and that’s new territory for Bill,” Case said.

The dialogue, spoken by the dancers, comes from the interviews with Amelan.

Jones uses text, movement, music and an interactive set to tell her story of survival.

The piece is clearly about World War II

Dancers from the renowned Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance company will move their lips along with their bodies to relay a compelling tale to audiences. and the persecution of people, but Jones approached it in a new way, Case said.

“It is a piece that is creatively constructed around the story of one extraordinary individual’s experience at the time,” Case said. “It’s completely refreshing. It’s work that should be seen.”

While Jones has used spoken word in his performances, this is the first time he’s challenged the dancers to speak. The piece is a multi-disciplinary hybrid work, Jones said. It is set to music he calls “prismatic.”

Composer Nick Hallet created the original score using the text and music of the time for inspiration. The music is introspective, Jones said, and meant to ask the questions Amelan faced, “What happened here in this life? What happens next?”

It also includes other genres, like French pop music, that Amelan at 19, would have loved when she went dancing.

While the piece is “rigorous,” it is also accessible for those without experience viewing modern dance, Jones said.

It has been a busy summer for Dancers’ Workshop. Only a few weeks ago the New York City Ballet was in town. Case purposefully brought in two companies on different ends of the dance spectrum. While New York City Ballet is known as the best in the classical ballet world, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane is considered elite in the modern dance world.

“They are both world class companies and doing extraordinary work,” Case said.

“Analogy/Dora: Tramontane” runs 80 minutes without an intermission. There is no late seating. The premiere performance on Friday costs $100 and includes a chance to meet the dancers. Jones will participate in a question and answer with the audience after each performance.

Dancers’ Workshop also partnered with the Jackson Hole Jewish Community and humanities scholar Matt Daly to explore the themes of the dance through writing and visual art. The exhibition hangs in the Center Theater Gallery Friday through Aug. 27. PJH

RESIDENCY SCHEDULE

Master classes, 6 to 7:30, Wednesday; 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Dancers’ Workshop, $25 per class

OPEN REHEARSALS

5 to 6 p.m., Wednesday; noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, free

PERFORMANCES

Meet the artists, 6 p.m.; Performance, 8 p.m., Friday, Center Theater, $100 all seats, $25 students and 8 p.m., Saturday, Center Theater, $25-$65

ART OPENING

“Human/King: Episodes,” 6 p.m., Friday, Center Theater Gallery, free

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WEDNESDAY 8.12

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THURSDAY 8.13

n Alive@Five: Tunes on Thursday 5:00pm, Village Commons, Free. 307-733-5898 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n An Evening with Performance Today 8:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $15.00 - $25.00. 307-733-3050 n Artists, Writers and Photographers in the Environment 9:00pm, Grand Teton National Park, Free. n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3392 n Bear Safety 4:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center, Free.

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307-733-6398 n Camp Cornerstone Vacation Bible School 10:00am, Owen-Bircher Park, Free. 307-690-7245 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Crystal Sound Bowl Experience with Daniela Botur

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King, Free. n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds, $15.00 - $30.00. 307733-7927 n JacksonHole Live Presents Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe 5:30pm, Snow King Ball Park, Free. 307-201-1633 n Karaoke 9:00pm, Virginian Saloon, Free.

307-739-9891 n Kenny Harrell 7:30pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307-733-2207 n Master Class with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co 6:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $25.00. 307-733-6398 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Modern Dance Class at Dancers’ Workshop 6:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Presbyterian Church Annual Peach Sale!

5:00pm, Presbyterian Church Jackson Hole, $34.00. 307-7340388 n Salsa at Dancers’ Workshop 7:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00.

307-733-6994 n Solar Astronomy at Peoples Market 4:00pm, Snow King Resort, Free.

307-413-4779 n Songwriter’s Alley Open Mic 8:00pm, Haydens Post, Free.

307-734-3187 n Tavern Trivia 7:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free. 307-733-3886 n Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library, Free. 307-733-2164 n Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Tipi Demo 9:00am, Colter Bay amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free.

307-733-3316 n Walking Tours 10:30am, Center of Town

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n Alive@Five: Teton Raptor Center 5:00pm, Village Commons, Free. 307-733-5898 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Arthritis Seminar 12:00pm, Teton County Library, Free. 307-739-6199 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bill T. Jones Open Rehearsal 5:00pm, Center Theater, Free.

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307-739-7482 n GTMF Presents | Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues with Corky Siegel on Harmonica 8:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $25.00. 307-733-1128 n Guitarist Marco Soliz at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free. 307-733-4647 n Jackson Hole Knits!

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12:00pm, Intencions, Free. 307733-9290 n Developing Wyoming’s Next Energy Strategy: A Public Discussion on Energy 6:00pm, Teton County Library, Free. 307-733-9417 n Fables, Feathers, and Fur 10:30am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free. 307-733-5771 n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Grand Teton National Park Weekly Trails Volunteer Day 9:00am, Grand Teton National Park, Free. 307-739-3379 n Intuitive Tarot Readings at Spirit 10:00am, Spirit, $55.00 $135.00. 307-733-3382 n Jackson Hole Knits!

Knit on Pearl, 307-200-0733 n Jewelry Making 3:30pm, The Local Galleria, $25.00 - $80.00. 208-270-0883 n Kenny Harrell 7:30pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307-733-2207 n Mardy’s Front Porch Conversations 5:45pm, The Murie Center, Free.

(307) 739-2246 n Master Class with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co 10:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $25.00. 307-733-6398 n Memory Loss Support Group 12:00pm, Morningstar Senior Living, Free. 307-413-2855 n Miller House Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Mix’d Media 6:00pm, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free. 307-733-5771 n Music on Main 6:00pm, Victor City Park, Free.

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n Open House 7:00pm, Jackson Hole Classical Academy, Free. 307-201-5040 n Open Mic Night 7:30pm, Grand Teton Gallery, Free. 307-201-1172 n Photography Fundamentals 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $120.00 - $145.00. 307-7336379 n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 6:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Public Meeting on the Future of Energy in Wyoming 5:30pm, Teton County Library, Free. 307-733-9417 n Public Solar Astronomy 12:45pm, Elevated Grounds Coffehouse, Free. n Senior Day at Jackson Whole Grocer 7:00am, Jackson Whole Grocer, Free. 307-733-0450 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00.

307-733-6994 n Super Mixer at 690 S. Highway 89 5:00pm, First Western Trust, Free. 307.201.2309 n Swing Dance Workshop @ Dancers’ Workshop 7:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $130.00. 307-733-6398 n Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library, Free. 307-733-2164 n Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Toddler Time 10:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free. 307733-2164 x 118 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free.

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FRIDAY 8.14

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MUSIC BOX Colvin stands her ground Grammy-winning songwriter croons at Center Theater

BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

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rekking directly from Rocky Mountain Folk Festival to Jackson’s Center for the Arts, singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin will be playing a concert Monday. She was instrumental in reviving folk music in the 1980s while technology was breeding droves of synthesizer tweekers.

Somewhat of an instantaneous major label success story, Colvin’s debut record, “Steady On,” won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1989. Since then, she has taken home an additional two Grammys and been nominated for an additional seven.

Her artistry is headlined by a pop influence, though without the clichés that continue to doom a majority of dance-pop and country-pop from being memorable. Take for instance her commercial peak, 1997 single “Sunny Came Home.” It has a rootsy intro featuring a mandolin before the huge, hooky acoustic guitar riff thrives over a funky backbeat. When the strong, simplistic vocal melody completes the hook you have what has defined her successful songwriting career. Her contemporaries Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega and The Indigo Girls hold similar attributes. The success did not come without trials and tribulations.

After a stint with the hard-rocking Shawn Colvin Band and a Western swing band, Dixie Diesels, her vocal nodes were too strained, forcing a break at age 24. She moved from Illinois to Austin to New York City where she would work her way up the folk circuit for the remainder of the decade.

“I got a chance to really cut my teeth on down and dirty, struggling hard work in this business,” Colvin told PBS. “Nothing came to me on a silver platter. I also got a chance to slowly build an audience. I took a year off at some point, after I got sober, actually, because I was told, ‘your identity is

Songstress Shawn Colvin strums at the Center for the Arts Monday, left, and minimalist garage rockers JEFF the Brotherhood play KHOL’s donor party at the Pink Garter Tuesday. not necessarily the music. You’re another entity. The music is what you choose. It’s what you do.’ I thought, well, I’m going to choose not to do it, then, and see who I am. About a year later I thought, ‘But wait, I’m good at music. What if I never really try to find out who I am musically?’ That was a very quick trajectory from there for me to zero-in about the fact that I’m a good solo performer, just like my idols. I’m good at being a confessional, open, honest writer. I turned a corner.”

Battles with alcoholism, depression, and anorexia hounded Colvin at different points in her career. As resilient artists will do, she utilized those down swings as fuel for new material and rose up singing. Both her life and professional experiences shine through on her latest release, 2012’s “All Fall Down,” which was produced by her occasional bandmate, acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Buddy Miller, at his home studio in Nashville. Despite the album title, the material is about standing ground. An open-door policy encouraged drop-ins from a number of stellar musicians, including singers Emmylou Harris, Allison Krauss, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Jakob Dylan as well as fiddle extraordinaire Stuart Duncan.

Shawn Colvin, 8 p.m., Monday at the Center Theater. $49$59. JHCenterForTheArts.org, 733-4900.

KHOL thanks donors with JEFF the Brotherhood

Crunchy party-pop anthems and bare bones garage rock are a fundamental part of electric guitar/drum duo JEFF the Brotherhood. Brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall can craft some powerful hooks, perhaps the key ingredient in this postWhite Stripes universe in which the instrumentation alone limits the textural potential.

The vibe in the air will be celebratory, as Jackson Hole Community Radio (KHOL 89.1 FM) has just completed another membership drive. The station has really blossomed since moving into the Center for the Arts with the addition of online streaming and the uptick in on-air community interviews. All new and renewing members who donate at the $35 level or more will be put on the guest list for this “Thank You Party.” The show is also open to the general public.

KHOL presents JEFF the Brotherhood, 9 p.m., Tuesday at the Pink Garter Theatre. $12-$15. PinkGarterTheatre.com, 733-1500. PJH

Aaron Davis is an award-winning singer-songwriter, journalist, multi-instrumentalist, frontman for bands Screen Door Porch and Boondocks, and founder/host of Songwriter’s Alley.

For complete event details visit pjhcalendar.com.

307-733-3913 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00.

307-733-6994 n Stargazing at R-Park 9:00pm, Rendezvous park, Free.

1-844-WYO-STAR n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free.

307-733-3316 n Twilight Talk at Gros Ventre Campground 7:30pm, Gros Ventre Campground, Free. 307-739-3399 n Type 2 Diabetes Support Goup in Spanish 5:00pm, Moose-Wapiti Classroom, St. John’s Medical Center, Free. 307-739-7678 n Wendy Colonna & Friends 8:00pm, Haydens Post, Free.

307-734-3187 n Young Naturalists 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3654

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SUNDAY 8.16

n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor

Free Programs for the entire family at the Village Commons from 5pm-5:45pm

TUESDAY

Second Nature brings you an evening of storytelling with live animals and interactive activites.

WEDNESDAY

Hawks, eagles, owls and falcons take center stage on the Village Commons. Enjoy a unique, up-close, arm’s length learning experience with live birds of prey presented by Teton Raptor Center. www.tetonraptorcenter.org

THURSDAY

Mike Swanson & Friends: Guitarist and singer Mike Swanson, of the local bluegrass band Wood Smoke Rising, performs traditional folk and bluegrass favorites and original music with special guest performers.

FRIDAY

Wild Things of Wyoming brings an interactive and engaging experience about the animals who make Wyoming their home. www.wildthingsofwyoming.com

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Celebrating the life & music of Judy Garland 7:30pm, Jackson Hole High School Auditorium, $20.00. n Good Samaritan Mission’s Benefit Sale and Silent Auction 8:00am, Teton County Fair Building Exhibit Hall, $5.00.

307-733-3165 n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds, $15.00 - $30.00. 307733-7927 n Kenny Harrell 7:30pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307-733-2207 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard, Free. 307-739-3399 n Oil Painting 10:00am, The Local Galleria, $25.00 - $80.00. 208-270-0883 n Pass Bash 11:00am, Stagecoach Bar, Free.

307-690-0847 n Pre-Symphony Buffet 4:00pm, Alpenhof Lodge, $18.00. 307-733-3242 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00.

307-733-6994 n Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free.

307-733-3316 n Wendy Colonna & Screen Door Porch 8:00pm, Haydens Post, Free. n Wild West Skateboard Contest Series 1:00pm, Skatepark, $10.00 $15.00. n Writers in the Environment 9:00am, Grand Teton National Park, Free. n zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398

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Knit on Pearl, 307-200-0733 n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds, $15.00 - $30.00. 307733-7927 n Jazz Night 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free. 307-7338833 n Kenny Harrell 7:30pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307-733-2207 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Mix’d Media 7:00pm, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free. 307-733-5771 n Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard, Free. 307-739-3399 n Papa Chan and Johnny C Note 6:00pm, Teton Pines Country Club, Free. 307-733-1005 n R Park tour 4:00pm, Rendezvous Park, Free.

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KEEPIN’ IT CLASSICAL GTMF closes with Corky blues Chicago swagger, Fred Child and climactic symphonies for finale

BY MADELAINE GERMAN @madelainegerman Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues 8 p.m., Wednesday, Walk Festival Hall. $25, students free, $15 day-of Corky Siegel is one of the few musicians in the world who can lay claim to the credit of having forged a completely new genre of music. That’s exactly what he did in 1966 with the help of world-renowned Classical Maestro Seiji Ozawa, who discovered Siegel’s harmonica playing by a chance visit to a Chicago blues club. Ozawa was impressed by Siegel’s virtuosity on the harmonica and immediately suggested a collaboration, launching Seigel’s career as a blues pioneer and innovator into the spotlight of stages such as the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic. Through his charisma, skill and musical fluency Siegel merged the world of the working man’s harmonica into the world of high-brow chamber music, blurring social, musical and harmonic lines in the process. The result is a distinctly all-American melting pot product that throws back to the roots of blues through Siegel’s choice of tunes and his improvisational harmonica playing. It’s set to the instrumentation of a traditional chamber music ensemble with violin, viola, cello, piano and recently with the addition of Indian percussion. The evening is sure to deliver for both the classical and blues/bluegrass aficionado as composer and musician Corky Siegel leads his Chamber Blues band through selections from his “Chamber Blues Suite.”

An Evening with “Performance Today” and host Fred Child, 8 p.m., Thursday, Walk Festival Hall. $25, students free, $15 day-of American Public Media’s “Performance Today” is America’s most popular classical music radio program and perhaps one of the last-standing live performance airwave shows of its kind. It won the 2015 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement

CLASSICAL

A 16-year-old Mozart completes his “Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165,” written for male soprano Rauzzini and full of vocally demanding trills, runs and showmanship.

This piece is featured Friday and Saturday at the Grand Teton Music Festival.

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and boasts a broadcast reach of nearly 300 public radio stations across the county. It reaches nearly 1.4 million listeners each week. Fred Child is the show’s iconic host, leading audiences through live broadcast musical performances on stage and in studio, artist interviews and fun facts about the material being presented. In addition to “Performance Today,” Child also hosts “Live At The Lincoln Center,” which is the only live performing arts series on American television. Child is a musician himself, having studied classical piano and is deeply steeped in his knowledge of music and world history. As a presenter of said knowledge, Child’s charisma and accessibility have taken him around the world to deliver pre-concert talks at Carnegie Hall and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The evening’s programming ranges from Schubert’s “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen” as delivered by guest soprano Jane Archibald, to contemporary composer Bruce Broughton’s brass and percussion-only “Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale.” It will broadcast live from Walk Festival Hall.

Festival Orchestra: “Jubilation” with guest soprano Jane Archibald, 8 p.m., Friday; 6 p.m., Saturday. Open rehearsal, 10 a.m., Friday, Walk Festival Hall. $25-55, students free, $15 day-of; $10 open rehearsal It’s hard to believe that another Grand Teton Music Festival season is coming to an end. The weekend’s finale programming is rightfully set to take the season out in style, opening with Mozart’s “Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165” as sang by guest soprano Jane Archibald. “Exsultate” might be the professional soprano’s equivalent of a Seven Summits peak mission. Mozart wrote the piece at the mere age of 16 for the male soprano Venanzio Rauzzini, who was a castrato, or a male singer castrated during childhood to prevent his voice from changing.

As barbaric as this practice sounds, castrati were arguably the first rock stars in musical history, enjoying more than their fair share of wine, women and widespread fame during the aristocratic heydays of European opera. Aided by the lung capacity and strength of a male body and larynx and with the advantage of the range of a female voice, castrati were able to sing roles of incredible technicality, power and range. Rauzzini must have been quite the example of such talent, as Mozart’s “Exsultate” is a work of vocal stamina, long-winded phrases, impossibly fast trills and scales and most definitely not crafted for the fainthearted vocalist. Archibald is a soprano of talent to fit the bill.

ROMANTIC ERA

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky premieres his “Capriccio Italien, Op. 45” in Moscow. The symphony is based on Italian folk songs and tunes the composer picked up during his 1880 tour of Italy while still maintaining a very Russian color. Featured Friday and Saturday.

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Robert Schumann completes “Drei Fantasiestüke, Op. 73” (Three Fantasy Pieces) over a period of only a few days. It’s a demanding work of skill for piano and cello. This will be featured Thursday at the festival.

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Next on the program is “Symphony No. 3, ‘Pastoral’” by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Williams was a composer known for his love of English folk music and his activism as a musical nationalist, building the heritage of his country’s music into his symphony works of the early 20th century.

His “Pastoral Symphony” differs from the same such work by Beethoven. Instead of painting literal pictures of bird calls and landscape narrations, Vaughan Williams crafted a work that digs a little deeper and asks a bit more of the audience. Through soundscape and contemplative, underwater musical motion, his “Symphony No. 3” is a meditative masterpiece, and ironically enough, the symphony was inspired by musical sketches that the composer made during his time spent in the French countryside as an ambulance driver during WWI. You can almost hear the apathy of an early morning French country landscape fallen to the clutches of a grappling war within the musical landscape of this timeless classic.

Italian composer Ottorino Respighi’s “The Pines Of Rome” follows, highlighting the composer’s brilliant use of orchestral color, and acting as the second of three works that Respighi composed as a Roman series, each one celebrating some aspect of the Eternal City. The composer explained that in “The Pines Of Rome” he had used “nature as a point of departure, in order to recall memories and visions. The century-old trees that so characteristically dominate the Roman landscape become testimony for the principal events in Roman life.” Through the four movements of the piece, Respighi depicts pine trees in different Roman locations and at different times of day.

Finally, the evening and the season concludes with Russian composer Pytor Il’yich Tchaikovsky “Capriccio Italien, Op. 45,” a work most definitely influenced by the composer’s Russian musical dialect but based on Italian folk tunes and melodies that he picked up during his 1880 tour of Italy. Influenced in part by the music of his countrymen and fellow composer Mikhail Glinka, who had also composed a similar work of Spanish fantasias, “Capriccio” was actually a refuge of sorts for Tchaikovsky, who had just completed his “Symphony No. 4” and found himself rather drained by the demands of creating symphonic work. In “Capriccio” he instead crafted a piece with the principal aim not to create something of original greatness.

He instead sewed recognizable references together in seamless texture and light-hearted fanfare, acting as the perfect jubilation to the conclusion of GTMF’s 2015 season. PJH

MODERN ERA

Harmonica virtuoso releases his “Chamber Blues Suite,” merging the world of back porch harmonica blues into the one of front parlor chamber music. This is featured Wednesday.

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English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams debuts his “Symphony No. 3, ‘Pastoral’” in London, inspired by musical sketches made during his time spent as a WWI ambulance driver in France. This also will be played Friday and Saturday.

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American composer Bruce Broughton completes his “Fanfares, Marches, Hymns and Finale” for brass and percussion. This piece is featured Thursday.

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WELL, THAT HAPPENED

Political circus Republican debate was preview to the absurdity that’s in store

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Balanced” before they even went on air — to my family member who became extremely defensive of her network of choice.

“Then what’s the difference between Fox News and CNN?” she asked.

I told her that, while CNN is not perfectly unbiased, they have a better reputation with reporting accurate news, while Fox News has often been accused of ignoring certain facts to manufacture a right-leaning perspective.

I asked if there was any other news organizations or publication that she would trust to deliver accurate news.

“No, because all the others are liberal,” she said.

“But what makes Fox ‘fair and balanced’ if they only favor conservative views?” I replied.

“They’re the only ones reporting the truth,” she said.

The peaceful conversation that we’d just had minutes before suddenly turned into a one-sided screaming match about how President Obama is the “most divisive president in history” and how our constitution is being “destroyed.” The event ended with the family member excusing herself for the rest of the night, unable to extinguish her fire.

Watching the GOP debate, with all of the intense cheering and screaming, felt like some sort of circus and not a formal event meant to assist the general public into learning about the candidates. Naturally Donald Trump was the ringleader, getting his biggest cheer of the night after insulting Rosie O’Donnell.

Really? We applaud and cheer that stuff now?

I fear that with all this hatred in our veins, the upcoming election will be more brutal and unyielding than ever, fueled by the emotions manufactured by our media.

In my perspective, the strangest moment of the GOP debate was the final subject.

Moderator Megyn Kelly said, “We want to ask them an interesting closing question from Chase Norton on Facebook who wants to know this of the candidates: ‘I want to know if any of them have received a word from God on what they should do and take care of first.’ Senator [Ted] Cruz, start from you. Any word from God?” If God’s advice to the candidates is a serious factor in choosing who to vote for — a question the moderators had no problem posing — then this country is in more of a jumble than I thought. We endured 2008 and 2012, but I have a feeling 2016 is going to be unprecedented.

More debates are on the way and emotions will fly like confetti. Brace yourselves. PJH

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tuned into last week’s GOP debates for two primary reasons: 1. I had hoped that putting 17 Republican candidates on a single stage would deliver some comedic buffoonery.

2. I was genuinely interested as to what these candidates would bring to the table in terms of policy and perspective. Both of my expectations were met.

Consensus? Blood will be shed in 2016.

Political conversations never end well in my family, and yet we can’t seem to help but limp back to them with our teeth bared.

This past weekend was no different. I asked a staunchly conservative member of my family, who, out of the 17 GOP candidates, she thought she might vote for. Recently I took the quiz on ISideWith.com, which asks where you stand on policy questions (full disclosure, I sided with independent Senator Bernie Sanders, 82 percent). I suggested my family member do the same.

I dictated the policy questions and answers to her, and asked, on a scale of one to five, how important the issue was to her. Ultimately, her result was that she sided with Senator Marco Rubio, 87 percent. Afterwards, other family members joined in, and had a very awesome, congenial conversation about certain policies such as the Common Core curriculum, immigration and the recent deal with Iran. I was then asked why I had such a big problem with Fox News.

Not long ago I had read a fascinating book

by New York Magazine national affairs editor Gabriel Sherman titled “The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News — and Divided a Country.”

The book detailed the birth of Fox News and also a variety of tools and tactics anchors and hosts use to captivate their audience. I mentioned a few of these points — including the fact that Fox News coined the term “Fair and

Really, Republican voters? Why would Donald Trump’s diss on Rosie O’Donnell incite the biggest applause of the night?

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n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 4:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center, Free.

307-739-3399 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 5:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Campfire Program 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-7393594 n Chris Jones 8:00am, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307-733-2207 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Diabetes Education and Empowerment Program 5:00pm, St. John’s Medical Center, Free. 307-739-7620 n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor

Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornans, Free. 307733-2415 n Lunch & Learn with Kashmir 12:00pm, Teton County Library Auditorium, Free. 307-690-0977 n Miller House Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00.

307-733-6994 n Shawn Colvin 8:00pm, Center for the Arts, $47.00 - $57.00. 307-734-8956 n Story Time - Victor 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free. 208-787-2201 n Strength Circuit Class at Dancers’ Workshop 7:15am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free.

307-733-3316 n Young Naturalists 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3654 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398

TUESDAY 8.18

n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Ballet Workout at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3392 n Bluegrass Tuesday with One Ton Pig 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Bar, Free.

307-732-3939 n Celebrating National Parks 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center Auditorium, Free. 307739-3594 n Chris Jones 8:00am, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307-733-2207 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594

n Crystal Sound Bowl with Daniela Botur 12:00pm, Intencions, Free. 307733-9290 n Disc Golf Doubles 5:30pm, Disc Golf Course, $3.00. 614-506-7275 n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Guitarist Marco Soliz at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free. 307-733-4647 n Hip Hop at DW 7:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Indian Arts and Culture 1:30pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n MELT at Dancers’ Workshop 12:10pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Miller House Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard, Free. 307-739-3399 n Open Mic Night 9:00pm, Virginian Saloon, Free.

307-739-9891 n Photography Fundamentals 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $120.00 - $145.00. 307-7336379 n Picnic in the Park 6:00pm, Powderhorn Park, Free.

307-690-7206 n R Park Tour 12:00pm, Rendezvous Park, Free. 307-733-3913 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00.

307-733-6994 n Toddler Time 10:05am, 10:35an, 11:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free. 307-733-2164 x 118 n Town Pump Boulder Series 6:00pm, Teton Boulder Park, $10.00 - $25.00. 307-739-9025 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free.

307-733-3316 n Walking Tours 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free. 307-733-2414 x 213 n Yoga at Dancers’ Workshop 6:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Yoga on the Lawn 5:30pm, Healthy Being Juicery, Free. 307-200-9006 n Zumba at DW 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free. 307-733-6398

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ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS

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Mystery mine Exploring Webb Canyon and its colorful history

BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS

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n the northern reaches of the Teton Range lies a place that, at first glance, may look like some burned up Yellowstone Park hills. Large swaths of burned trees at the mouth of the canyons deter many a wanderer. But with further examination, this area history reveals itself.

It was not always burned. Many assume that the burn is remnants of the 1988 fire in Yellowstone but it actually occurred during more recent decades. There are very few survivors of this fire, but trees from the burn are giant and still standing. Back in the days when the trees were alive, explorers were drawn to this area of the Tetons.

Why did they like this spot? For one, a boat ride across Jackson Lake was needed to get there, which made the place seem more remote from the rest of the area. Those that did not like crowds or simply wanted to be on their own had no problem with that here.

Like many other hotspots across the West, the Tetons offered a unique chance at the life of luxury. Searching settlers created their own scars in the Webb, Owl and Berry canyons region. In Berry, people mined for asbestos while in Owl, they sought talc. In Webb, no known riches were found but one prospector created a heck of a hole.

A few miles into Webb Canyon there is an old mine and traces of a dedicated prospector who never did say what he was really searching for. John Graul chiseled away at this cliff of basalt for 23 years, beginning in the

The enigmatic mine nestled on a rocky hill that allured industrious settlers.

summer of 1914. With dynamite and a wheelbarrow, it is believed he worked tirelessly in his search. From July thru October he worked all daylong, six days per week. A man of faith, he took Sundays off to rest. For four months a year, Graul was known to have survived on sowbelly and beans for every meal.

Moran resident Slim Lawrence would bring supplies on a scheduled basis. Unlike many mountain men of his time, Graul did not hunt, due to his deep respect for life.

Some people believed he also ate an obscene amount of berries, but this speculation has never been confirmed.

So did Graul ever find what he was looking for? Nobody knows for sure, but from the looks of it, he didn’t. The fruits of his labor is located 2.5 miles up Webb Canyon. After a couple of miles into the canyon, keep your eyes peeled for a spring on the north side of the trail. Continue walking up the trail and look for a rocky outcropping. The shaft itself can be found on the side of the lip, so choose a safe path down or Webb Creek just may swallow you up. The mine itself is around 7 feet high and more than 200 feet long. While it is adventurous to explore in complete darkness, be prepared for some puddle tromping.

Old timers say there used to be a wheelbarrow and various other tools around the entrance but all that remains are tiny remnants of the past. Graul lived in a cabin above the mine, but it burned down years ago and there is not a trace to be found.

So what ever happened to Graul? What made him stop digging? Legend has it that Graul took a hiatus from his mine of mystery prospecting to get some cash working in a mine in Colorado. On one particular day, he had some sort of an accident in the mine and fell to his death. The kicker? Graul was working on a Sunday, his usual day of rest. If one should decide to make this venture, perhaps they should choose one of the other six days in the week. PJH

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THE FOODIE FILES

Beyond basil How to pesto-ize just about anything

BY ANNIE FENN, MD @jacksonfoodie

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veryone loves pesto, right? Classic pesto, from the Italian “pestare,” which means to crush something, is a simple sauce made with fresh basil, pine nuts, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, garlic, salt and olive oil. I’ve been making the same recipe for basil pesto for so long I could make it in my sleep. For years it was the only green thing my kids would eat and I just haven’t seen the need to mess with it.

This summer I’ve been straying from my usual ho-hum basil pesto routine. It’s not that basil is boring — I love basil as much as summer itself — but there are so many other interesting greens going off in my garden that are easily pesto-ized. When it comes right down to it, you can make pesto out of just about anything.

Let’s ditch those pine nuts first. Although I do love traditional pine nuts from Italy for their aroma and creamy texture, they have become so rare and expensive that even the Italians can’t afford them. Most blame it on climate change: Pine nut trees need cold weather to incubate their seeds and warm winters in Italy have led to a global pine nut shortage.

China, with its boundless supply of Siberian forests, now produces 99 percent of the world’s pine nuts. Those Asian pine nuts are not the same; not only are they tasteless, they can harbor a fungus that causes pine nut syndrome, a bitter, metallic taste in the mouth for several weeks. Sadly, I am avoiding pine nuts like the plague.

But there’s a whole world of tasty nuts (and seeds) out there that are perfect for making pesto. Walnuts, almonds, pecans, cashews and pistachios are the best, especially if given a quick toasting in the oven. You don’t even need nuts for great pesto — try using raw, unsalted sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds instead. Soak them in water first, and then whiz together with garlic, lemon zest, olive oil, honey and your favorite fresh green.

Sorry basil, but you are easily replaceable. Substitute any fresh tender green or herb — Italian parsley, arugula, fennel

Pesto is a celebrated summertime recipe, but the Jackson Hole Foodie says there’s no reason to limit yourself to just basil. fronds, mint and cilantro — for a classic raw pesto. Pesto doesn’t need to be raw though. By giving tougher greens like kale, radish and dandelion leaves a quick blanch in boiling water to soften them up, you can make pesto with anything that’s growing wildly in the garden. Lemon juice or lemon zest is a nice addition when making pesto with bitter greens.

At this point in the summer, everyone with an abundant supply of kale may need a really good recipe for kale pesto.

I make a kale pesto with dried porcini mushrooms, fresh rosemary, garlic and sliced onions, briefly sautéed before it’s puréed. This kale pesto is a good one to freeze for later. Come January, it will be perfect stirred into minestrone soup or a pot of white beans.

When I was researching how to cook with kitchen scraps for a previous column, I came across a recipe for carrot top pesto on the foodie website Food52. The leaves are shredded from the stalks and puréed with toasted almonds, Parmesan cheese, garlic, honey and olive oil. Drizzle it over roasted carrots for a true root to stalk dish. Don’t throw away your carrot tops!

Parmigiano Reggiano is the classic pesto cheese, but any hard, salty, aged cheese will make a great pesto. I like to rummage through the cheese drawer of my fridge to rescue little nubs of forgotten cheese and turn them into pesto. Aged gouda, asiago, and pecorino romano cheeses are all great choices. Or try making a cilantro pesto using manchego cheese and pumpkin seeds.

Most people make pesto with olive oil but other more neutral (and less expensive) oils work fine. Classic pesto is made with a mortar and pestle, but most of us will use a blender or food processor. Be sure to add the oil in a slow stream for a nicely emulsified sauce, and don’t forget to taste it and adjust for salt. I like to pack my pesto into small glass jars, covering the surface with a layer of oil to prevent oxidation and browning. Fresh pesto can be kept in the fridge for up to three days or in the freezer for six months.

When the garden is covered in snow and the next farmers market is six months away, make a pesto that doesn’t even call for greens. My “Sicilian White Pesto” is made with three kinds of nuts, garlic, oregano, golden raisins and red pepper flakes. You’ll find the recipe in the JacksonHoleFoodie.com archives. PJH

Classic basil pesto

Drop two cloves of whole, peeled garlic into a food processor while the motor is running. Add two ounces of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese cut into one-inch chunks and process for one minute. Add one-half cup toasted Italian pine nuts (if you can get them and don’t mind spending a small fortune), one teaspoon Kosher salt, and four cups fresh basil. Process until smooth. With the machine running, slowly pour in one-cup olive oil and process until it’s as silky as you like.

Sunflower seed pesto Adapted from Bon Appétit magazine

Soak one-half cup raw, unsalted sunflower seeds in cold water for several hours or overnight. Drain and rinse. Add to the bowl of a food processor and purée until smooth with one clove garlic, three cups arugula, one-fourth cup extra-virgin olive oil, two teaspoons honey, one teaspoon lemon zest and one teaspoon fresh lemon juice. Add kosher salt to taste. Thin with water if needed.

Kale and Porcini Pesto Adapted from “Vegetable Literacy” by Deborah Madison

Cover four slices of dried porcini with one-half cup boiling water and set aside. Warm two tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet. Add four onion slices, one sliced garlic clove, and two teaspoons minced fresh rosemary and sauté over low heat for five minutes. Add four cups packed, stemmed kale, one-half teaspoon Kosher salt, the mushrooms and their soaking water, and increase the heat to medium. Cook until the kale is tender, about six minutes. Let cool slightly, then pulse in a food processor until smooth, adding additional olive oil as needed.

After delivering babies and practicing gynecology for 20 years in Jackson, Annie traded her life as a doctor to pursue her other passion: writing about food, health, sustainability and the local food scene. Follow her snippets of mountain life, with recipes, at www.jacksonholefoodie.com and on Instagram @ jacksonholefoodie.

Featuring dining destinations from buffets and rooms with a view to mom and pop joints, chic cuisine and some of our dining critic’s faves!

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, walk-ins welcome.

160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com

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.

ELEANOR’S

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.

THE DECK IS OPEN!

REALLY REFRESHING!

FULL STEAM SUBS 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 HAPPY HOUR Daily 4-6:00pm

307.201.1717 | LOCALJH.COM ON THE TOWN SQUARE

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 Monday, Tuesday, Saturday 11 a.m. to

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

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Lunch 11:30am Daily Dinner 5:30pm Nightly

REAL strawberries

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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.

REAL lemonades

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cafe

Steamed Subs Hot Dogs Soups & Salads

The Deli That’ll Rock Your Belly 307-733-3448 | Open Daily 11am-7pm 180 N. Center St. | 1 block n. of Town Square Next to Home Ranch Parking Lot

Powderhorn Mall

Snow King Mountain

RICE BOWLS Take-Out!

KOREAN & AMERICAN

Monday - Friday 11am - 3pm

Mon, Tue, Sat 11am - 4pm Wed - Fri 11am - 6pm

970 W. Broadway

100 E. Snow King Ave

307.203.6544

307.200.6544

(ice rink)

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.

4 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 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.

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 locally-ranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonallyinspired 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.

FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT PIZZAS, PASTAS & MORE HOUSEMADE BREAD & DESSERTS FRESH, LOCALLY SOURCED OFFERINGS TAKE OUT AVAILABLE Dining room and bar open nightly at 5:00pm (307) 733-2460 • 2560 Moose Wilson Road • Wilson, WY

A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965 ALL THE NEWS THAT WON’T FIT IN PRINT

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.

Reservations at (307) 733-4913 3295 Village Drive • Teton Village, WY

www.mangymoose.com

MANGY MOOSE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

20%OFF ENTIRE BILL

Good between 5:30-6pm • Open nightly at 5:30pm

733-3912 160 N. Millward

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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.

Teton Village, (307) 733-4913, mangymoose. com.

Make your reservation online at bluelionrestaurant.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. $9 lunch menu. Happy hour 4 to 6 p.m., including tasty hot wings.

The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

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

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Under the Pink Garter Theatre (307) 734-PINK • www.pinkygs.com

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.

home of melvin brewing 20 craft beers on tap | food til midnight!

ITALIAN CALICO

Breakfast Lunch Dinner •••••••

Open daily 8am 145 N. Glenwood • (307) 734-0882 WWW.TETONLOTUSCAFE.COM

A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965, the Calico continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of really good food, (much of which is grown in our own gardens in the summer), friendly staff; a reasonably priced menu and a large selection of wine.

Our bar scene is eclectic with a welcoming vibe. Open nightly at 5 p.m.

2560 Moose Wilson Rd., (307) 733-2460.

MEXICAN EL ABUELITO Serving authentic Mexican cuisine and appetizers in a unique Mexican atmosphere.

Home of the original Jumbo Margarita.

Featuring a full bar with a large selection of authentic Mexican beers. Lunch served weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nightly dinner specials. Open seven days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.

PIZZA DOMINO’S PIZZA

PINKY G’S ®

Medium Pizza (1 topping) Stuffed Cheesy Bread

$ 13 99

for an extra $5.99/each

(307) 733-0330 520 S. Hwy. 89 • Jackson, WY

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Large Specialty Pizza ADD: Wings (8 pc)

The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012, 2013 and 2014. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, stromboli’s, calzones and many appetizers to choose from. Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special.Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sun.Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts.

Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. to 2 a.m.

50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.

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Hot and delicious delivered to your door.

Hand-tossed, deep dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style and artisan pizzas; bread bowl pastas, and oven baked sandwiches; chicken wings, cheesy breads and desserts. Delivery.

520 S. Hwy. 89 in Kmart Plaza, (307) 733-0330.

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L.A.TIMES

“R&D”

By Clive Probert

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015

ACROSS 01 Route with many turns 07 Command to a guard dog 012 Cap with a feather, to Yankee Doodle 020 Way out?

021 Budget rival 022 Cosmetic oil source 023 Saloon with a strict no-quipping policy?

025 Hallucinatory state 026 App symbol 027 Basic chem. unit 028 “There’s __ for that” 030 Port on the Danish island Fyn 031 “The Matrix” hero 032 Wraparound garment 033 Simba’s mate 034 NFL commentator Collinsworth 035 Art class focused on river rapids?

041 Brought up 044 Suffix with polymer 045 Hide-and-seek word 046 “Go jump in the loch!”

047 Take up, say 048 Data-transfer meas.

050 San Jose-based tech giant 051 Wag 052 Has the downspouts inspected?

056 “Big” star 057 Sieben-neun link 058 Porridge bit 059 Miffed 060 Board game based on pachisi 062 Subway fixtures 064 Fencing tools 065 Primate in “Tarzan” films 068 Muscular power 070 Grieg’s “__ Death” 071 Delt neighbor 073 Perón and others 074 Jam cacophony 076 Portrait of Donald’s life?

080 “So I’m cuter,” to Tom Cruise: Abbr.

081 Brooklyn institute 082 Cephalopod’s defense 083 Range in NE Utah 084 Nonsense 085 Juvenile response 086 Suffix with human 088 Sailing term preceded by a number 089 Worries about contract details?

094 Light bite 095 Isn’t up to par 096 100 cents 097 Ryder Cup org.

0100 Pain 0103 Refuse 0104 Fjord kin 0105 Vein extracts 0106 Shoe specification 0108 Refreshment after some winter recreation?

0111 Customs-exempt storage facility 0112 Anthrax-prevention drug 0113 Concert cry 0114 Downpours 0115 Start of the Common Era 0116 Cowed

REDNECK PERSPECTIVE SATIRE

Rebranding Hog Island The classiest area in town is due for a makeover

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DOWN 01 Mediterranean land 02 Medieval Times prop 03 Lovable droid 04 Butcher’s cut 05 __ school 06 Madison in “Splash,” as it turns out 07 __ Mae 08 Not up to par 09 Changing places 010 Flow (from) 011 Pep talk target 012 Earned 013 Postal address abbr.

014 State bordering seven others 015 Turn sour 016 Least cooked 017 God with an eight-legged horse 018 Toi et moi 019 “Woe __!”

024 __ cloud: comet-filled region in interstellar space 029 Wedded couples 032 He-Man’s twin 034 Solves 035 Sport with pins 036 “Where __?”

037 Fam. tree member 038 Regardless 039 British stoolie 040 Night sch. goals 041 Sitar tunes 042 Campaign sign word 043 “The way things are going ... “ 048 Olga product 049 Square spread on a slice 050 Burger topper 051 Workaholic 053 Teaspoon, e.g.

054 Goes for, puppy-style 055 Brook 056 Princely letters 061 Prefix with pod 063 USN rank 064 Like some grins 066 Try

067 Mideast leadership family name 069 Friendliness 071 ICU worker 072 Old flood insurance?

074 Like some facts and stuff 075 __ about 077 Go like mad 078 Steamed veggies, say 079 Organic fertilizer 081 Relayed 085 Revere 086 Seaman’s protective garment 087 Fit 088 Illusions 090 Pick up the phone 091 Debacle 092 “ ... and that’s final” 093 Total 097 Poet Matthew buried in Westminster Abbey 098 Category 099 FAQ part 0100 Test by lifting 0101 Aviation prefix 0102 One in a ball game?

0103 Bk. with synonyms 0105 Sea lion predator 0107 Blasting material 0109 Refrain start 0110 Caucus organizer: Abbr.

hristina Grey, a Sotheby’s realtor and one of my part-time paramours spent the night at my trailer. Our favorite fantasy is that I’m a potential buyer of the Walton Ranch and Christina has to do whatever it takes to become my agent. These games provide hours of amusement for me and provide Christina with real life real estate sales training. Like all realtors that spend the night, she expects a latté in the morning with a muffin or bagel and there was nothing in my fridge except some Budweiser and Slim Jim pepperoni sticks.

“That’s OK,” she said. “Be a dear and run to the Hog Island Bagel and get my mocha-java-vanilla-swirled-cinnamon macchiato, half and half dark-roasted espresso latté. When you come back let’s pretend you’re a Russian mobster who stole $200 million from Ukraine humanitarian funds and is looking for a nice mountain retreat.”

“There is no Hog Island Bagel,” I replied, my face blushing in shame.

“Pity,” she said. “Just run to the Hog Island Bakery and get me a muffin, high-crowned, berry-flavored with a caramel almond filling and topped with sea salt.”

When I didn’t move she looked at me incredulously, “No bakery either!”

Instead of being angry, she was excited.

Nothing pisses off a realtor more than no latté except having to split a commission.

“Clyde,” she exclaimed, “this is a great opportunity. We can form an investment group, buy depressed Hog Island proprieties and reinvent Hog Island. It can be just like Jackson with its own brand.”

“Jackson has a brand?” I asked surprised. “I didn’t think there were any cows left to brand.”

“Brand is image,” she explained, “Reality needs to meet certain expectations if a community is to grow intellectually and attract the proper demographic. You know, the pretty people.”

I like pretty people. Well, pretty girls anyway.

“Jackson is the ‘Last of the Old West,’” she explained. “That image is projected by nightly shootouts on the town square.”

“We have shoot outs on Hog Island,” I said.

“But they don’t use real bullets in Jackson,” she said.

“There wasn’t a single sushi shop in Louis L’Amour western novels,” I said, growing a bit defensive.

“It’s called ‘rustic western luxury,’” she explained. “It’s not an oxymoron — it’s the latest marketing technique.”

(Note to Hoback Junction readers: An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction, not a stupid cow).

“By hanging paintings of trappers, Indians and cowboys in second homes, we can experience the old West, bond with the land without the discomfort of getting cold or sweaty,” she continued.

“I got it!” I exclaimed. “At the top of McKean Dugway there is a cell tower decorated like a fake metal tree. We can be the ‘Great Northwest Forests of the Tetons’ even though we’re to the Southeast and comprised of trailer parks and hayfields.”

“Perfect,” she said excitedly. “Now we just need Pearl Street Bagel to open a Hog Island branch.” PJH

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19) To ensure the full accuracy of this horoscope, I have been compelled to resurrect an old-fashioned English word that isn’t used much anymore: “gambol.” It means to cavort and frolic in a playful manner, or to romp and skip around with mad glee, as if you are unable to stop yourself from dancing. The astrological omens seem unambiguous in their message: In order to cultivate the state of mind that will enable you to meet all your dates with destiny in the coming weeks, you need to gambol at least once every day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Do you remember your first kiss? How about the first time you had sex? Although those events may not have been perfectly smooth and graceful, they were radical breakthroughs that changed your life and altered your consciousness. Since then, there may have been a few other intimate rites of passage that have impacted you with similar intensity. No doubt you will experience others in the future. In fact, I suspect that the next installments are due to arrive in the coming months. Get ready for further initiations in these mysteries.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Two-thirds of us don’t know what our strengths and talents are. That’s the conclusion of a study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology. One reason for the problem is what the report’s co-author Dr. Robert BiswasDiener calls “strengths blindness,” in which we neglect our real powers because we regard them as ordinary or take them for granted. Here’s the good news, Gemini: If you suffer from even a partial ignorance about the nature of your potentials, the coming months will be a favorable time to remedy that glitch. Life will conspire to help you see the truth. (Read more: bit.ly/truestrengths.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22) In 1504, Michelangelo finished his sculpture of the Biblical hero David. But he hadn’t been the first person to toil on the 17-foot-high block of marble. Forty years earlier, the artist Agostino di Duccio was commissioned to carve David out of the stone. His work was minimal, however.

He did little more than create the rough shape of the legs and torso. In 1476, Antonio Rossellino resumed where Agostino had stopped, but he didn’t last long, either. By the time Michelangelo launched his effort, the massive slab had languished for 25 years. I see parallels between this story and your own, Cancerian. I suspect that you will be invited to take on a project that has been on hold or gotten delayed. This may require you to complete labors that were begun by others—or maybe instigated by you when you were in a very different frame of mind.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Many people harbor the unconscious bias that beauty resides primarily in things that are polished, sleek, and perfect. Celebrities work hard and spend a lot of money to cultivate their immaculate attractiveness, and are often treated as if they have the most pleasing appearance that human beings can have. Art that is displayed in museums has equally flawless packaging. But the current astrological omens suggest that it’s important for you to appreciate a different kind of beauty: the crooked, wobbly, eccentric stuff. For the foreseeable future, that’s where you’ll find the most inspiration.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “No tree can grow to Heaven unless its roots reach down to Hell,” wrote psychologist Carl Jung in his book Aion. My interpretation: We earn the right to experience profound love and brilliant light by becoming familiar with shadows and suffering. Indeed, it may not be possible to ripen into our most radiant beauty without having tangled with life’s ugliness. According to my understanding of your long-term cycle, Virgo, you have dutifully completed an extended phase of downward growth. In the next extended phase, however, upward growth will predominate. You did reasonably well on the hellish stuff; now comes the more heavenly rewards.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The Great Balancing Act of 2015 doesn’t demand that you be a wishy-washy, eager-to-please, self-canceling harmony whore. Purge such possibilities from your mind.

What the Great Balancing Act asks of you is to express what you stand for with great clarity. It invites you to free yourself, as much as you can, from worrying about what people think of you. It encourages you to be shaped less by the expectations of others and more by what you really want. Do you know what you really want, Libra? Find out!

P.S.: Your task is not to work on the surface level, trying to manipulate the appearance of things. Focus your efforts in the depths of yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Muslims, Jews, and Christians are collaborating to erect a joint house of worship in Berlin. The building, scheduled to be finished by 2018, will have separate areas for each religion as well as a common space for members of all three to gather. Even if you don’t belong to any faith, you may be inspired by this pioneering effort to foster mutual tolerance. I offer it up to you as a vivid symbol of unity.

May it help inspire you to take full advantage of your current opportunities to heal schisms, build consensus, and cultivate harmony.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) In some phases of your life, you have been a wanderer.

You’ve had a fuzzy sense of where you belong. It has been a challenge to know which target you should aim your arrows at. During those times, you may have been forceful but not as productive as you’d like to be; you may have been energetic but a bit too inefficient to accomplish wonders and marvels. From what I can tell, one of those wandering seasons is now coming to a close. In the months ahead, you will have a growing clarity about where your future power spot is located—and may even find the elusive sanctuary called “home.” Here’s a good way to prepare for this transition: Spend a few hours telling yourself the story of your origins. Remember all the major events of your life as if you were watching a movie.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You have been slowing to a crawl as you approach an exciting transition. But I’m here to advise you to resume normal speed. There’s no need for excessive caution. You have paid your dues; you have made your meticulous arrangements; you have performed your quiet heroisms.

Now it’s time to relax into the rewards you have earned.

Lighten your mood, Capricorn. Welcome the onrushing peace and start planning how you will capitalize on your new freedom.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “Most people reach the top of the ladder of success only to find it’s leaning against the wrong wall.” Aquarian actor Paul Sorensen said that. It’s no coincidence that I’m bringing this theory to your attention right now. The coming months will be a good time to determine whether the ladder you have been climbing is leaning against the right wall or wrong wall. My advice is to question yourself at length. Be as objective as possible. Swear to tell yourself the whole truth. If, after your investigations, you decide it is indeed the wrong wall, climb down from the ladder and haul it over to the right wall. And if you’re satisfied that you are where you should be, celebrate!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) When he served as Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi denigrated the cuisine of Finland. “Finns don’t even know what prosciutto is,” he sneered. At best, he said, their food is to be “endured.” He mocked the “marinated reindeer” they eat. But Finland fought back against the insults. In an international pizza contest held in New York, their chefs won first Prize for their “Pizza Berlusconi,” a specialty pizza that featured marinated reindeer. The Italian entry finished second. I foresee you enjoying a comparable reversal in the coming months, Pisces. And it all begins now.

Go to RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes. Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700.

Heart memory

Your ticker does more than you know

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aybe you have read about heart transplant patients who after surgery report radically different preferences in the foods they crave, the music they are drawn to, hobbies they suddenly love and other idiosyncratic preferences of daily life. The families of the donors have solved the mystery by confirming that those preferences and tastes were those of the deceased person who donated the heart.

Now research on the heart reveals a big clue as to why someone with a heart transplant might take on the habits and tastes of the organ donor. Scientists have identified something called “multi-functional sensory neuritis” in the heart, which are responsible for memories originating in the heart. From a purely physiological point of view, some of the memories stored in the organ donor’s heart become transferred to the recipient of the transplant.

Also, scientists at the Heart Math Institute in California have determined that the heart sends more information and commands to the brain than the brain does to the heart. The heart informs the brain what biochemistry to release into the body. This adds more evidence that the heart has its own intelligence, which may be transferred to a transplant recipient.

Anne’s true story Here is a true example of post-transplant change of tastes: Anne had been a strict vegetarian for years before her heart transplant. It came as a total shock to her, that after recovering from her surgery, she was craving burgers and all she wanted was burgers from McDonald’s. The parents of the young man whose heart Anne received did confirm that his favorite go-to food was McDonald’s hamburgers.

Donor heart solves a crime From the metaphysical perspective the heart is what links our human selves to our soul. Therefore it is possible that information from the soul of the donor can also be transferred to the recipient via the transplanted heart.

One example of this is described by best selling author of “The Heart’s Code,” Dr. Paul Piersall. After one of his lectures, a mother and her young daughter who had a heart transplant came up to introduce themselves. The mother was concerned her child was hallucinating, and the mother wanted to ask Piersall if the child needed medical attention.

On meeting Dr. Piersall the young girl blurted out, “Hi, my name is Jodi, and I was killed behind the church by a man named George.” The mother was totally embarrassed and explained that her daughter’s name is not Jodi, and this is what she’d been repeating non-stop since the heart surgery.

Dr. Piersall listened with a different ear. Sometime later it was confirmed that Jodi was the name of the heart donor. And an unknown assailant had murdered her behind a church. Thanks to the new information transferred from the donor’s heart, they now had the name of the killer and he was eventually caught. 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

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