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COMBATING COVERT RACISM IN JACKSON HOLE

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COVER STORY THE VALLEY’S DIVIDE Combating covert racism in Jackson Hole Cover illustration by Cait Lee

5 THE BUZZ 14 CREATIVE PEAKS 15 EVENTS 18 MUSIC BOX 22 GET OUT 27 NATURAL MEDICINE 28 SATIRE THE PLANET TEAM PUBLISHER Copperfield Publishing, John Saltas GENERAL MANAGER Andy Sutcliffe / asutcliffe@planetjh.com EDITOR Robyn Vincent / editor@planetjh.com ART DIRECTOR Cait Lee / art@planetjh.com SALES DIRECTOR Jen Tillotson / jen@planetjh.com

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By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey

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hate to be a “Negative Norman”, but this week marks a significant change in the summer weather scene. Most notably, that average temperatures are starting a downward trend, and also that the days are getting shorter. We just lost 19 minutes to the length of our day during this past week, and we will loose another 19 minutes in the coming week.

That’s 38 minutes less daylight to play with.

And that bums me out.

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While average low temperatures this week are still above freezing, normally around 38-degrees, give or take 5 to 10 degrees, but not much more than that, normally.

Abnormally, we have been down to a record low of 21-degrees in Jackson during this week.

Last time that happened was just five years ago on August 25th, 2010. Also got down to 21-degrees in the same day in 1992, and also back on August 21st, 1990.

The hottest day in the record books in Jackson, since 1948 when consistent records were kept at the present-day climate station, was on August 19, 1981. The official high got up to 98-degrees in Jackson that day, and this record has stood the test of time since.

To find any temperature hotter than that in the records, you’d have to go back to July of 1934, when it reached 101-degrees. Different instruments at that time and a slightly different location make that “official” temperature somewhat suspect.

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How should we tackle the obscene traffic situation?

Columnist Andrew Munz: Until the town plans out some new roads, police officers need to get out of their cars and start directing traffic to keep things moving. Letting traffic get clogged up by stoplights is idiotic around rush hour.

Columnist Elizabeth Koutrelakos: We should have more art museums on the sides of congested highways so we can have strategically placed comfortable places to watch the “inherent problem.” Said art museums should serve free coffee and gluten-free cookies.

Columnist Aaron Davis:

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The subject of last week’s Planet cover story, “High Hopes,” could help divert attention from the short-term annoyance of traffic, though in the end, Americans and international tourists prefer to drive when on summer vacation, so that’s not going to change. The other nine months of the year, non-summer tourism and traffic is manageable. Jackson either needs more winter, more roads, or a disincentive (tax) to drive your vehicle through Jackson Hole in the summer.

Reporter Jessica Flammang: Ban cars in Teton County. Build a monorail that goes over the pass and out to Targhee, stops at Fall Creek, Fish Creek, and Stilson for local workers housed in tent city who will be building the monorail. Village parking lot will become a monorail dock. This will cut down on vehicle emissions, taxes on DUI inmates at Teton County Jail, and moose death.

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THE BUZZ UnFair Board It’s getting ‘Western’ at the rodeo grounds

BY JAKE NICHOLS

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Foster said change began during his administration and things were going smoothly under him. “When I was there we talked about where it might go in the future,” he said. “We didn’t make any solid plans. I didn’t know where it was headed.

But I wouldn’t blame staff on this. Most of that comes from the commissioners. Steve [Ashworth] is doing what he is expected to do.”

What is expected of Ashworth is what the commissioners believed would be better oversight and additional resources available to the fair board. “At the time, the board was operating independently and their bank accounts, for example, weren’t with the county,” Foster said.

Commissioner Paul Vogelheim was there in the beginning. He said the county is in the process of changing the fair board’s role from a governance board to an advisory board.

The county wants to establish a clear chain of command where “things have gotten a little messy,” he said.

Vogelheim says the Heritage Arena triggered the change. He stressed that county commissioners were not trying to punish the fair board for the $630,000 bail out they received from the county to repair a faulty roof on the arena, but in light of problems with the Housing Authority over The Grove and other issues with Weed and Pest, a checks-and-balances system needed to be put in place.

“The intention here for the change was all positive — to deliver a great fair for our community,” Vogelheim said. “The fair board plays a vital role. They are so passionate about the fair and the grounds. We are going to be counting on them. If they were to come to us and say, ‘Our Western heritage is not being maintained here,’ well, then it’s critical for them to voice that. We as commissioners can then go back to Parks & Rec and say, ‘Gosh dang it, let’s get this right.’”

The town and county are in the process of rewriting the fair board’s bylaws, Vogelheim said. A current grounds lease entered into by the fair board with the town, for example, will have to be tweaked and rewritten with Parks & Rec. The current lease allows the fair board to use the town property through 2026.

Former fair board member Bill Lewkowitz said he is concerned most about that lease agreement. “It scares me to think that contract will need to be torn up or rewritten,” he said. I was one of the people who signed that contract. I’ve heard the rumors about the Heritage Arena being turned into a soccer field and I just don’t want to see this community’s Western heritage lost or see the fair disappear.”

Most fair board members and staff expressed a desire to hold additional meetings to better understand their new role and voice their concerns. One is planned for August. They would like to see the public weigh in as well.

“I don’t want to see anymore mud slinging,” Abel said. “That won’t serve anybody.”

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has many employees that signed on to shovel horse poop.”

Abel agreed. “As Parks & Rec has probably come to realize, this is not a facility that can be taken care of simply by watering the lawns and cutting the grass. I hope everyone going forward understands the importance of having a lead maintenance hire who ultimately cares about the fairgrounds and ONLY the fairgrounds; not every other park or pathway on town,” he said in an email to Ashworth.

Ashworth said he appreciates and understands the concerns of fair board members but he is just following orders. “Some members of the fair board are OK with this and some are not OK with it. I think it’s been frustrating for fair board members mainly because there probably has not been good consistency in communication,” he said. “As far as Parks & Rec is concerned, we are just an administrative element. It’s the commissioners who hand down policy.”

How did we get here? And why?

An admitted lack of communication has fair board members and staffers in a state of trepidation. They say they were mostly blindsided by the move and already the effects are showing the added layer of procedure and protocol is proving cumbersome.

“They told us money in our savings would not be touched. Now it’s all gone.

They changed Tracy’s [Ross, fair manager] job description four times this year. I’m discouraged and disgusted,” Wagner said. “We had a problem with the new crow’s nest and I was told I could not talk directly with the people building it. I had to go through Parks & Rec who would then run it past to the county commissioners. Same thing with water spigots they put right in the middle of the warm-up arena. Anybody with any sense would know that’s not going to work.”

Abel added, “Bureaucracy is killing these fairgrounds.”

So why the restructure? County administrator Watkins said that ball got put into motion long before her tenure. “I can’t tell you why. It was before my time,” she said.

Ashworth denied rumors Parks & Rec initiated the organizational restructure or that it had anything to do with his department’s interest in the parcel leased by the fair board south of Snow King. That may have been the master plan intentions of the town in 2012. A document obtained by Planet Jackson Hole shows interest from both the town and Parks & Rec to expand the department’s maintenance facility into the grassy arena south of Snow King. However, at a meeting Monday afternoon, Ashworth unveiled plans for a build out of Parks & Rec to include property between the fair’s expo hall grounds and current town public works; an area partially vacated by START Bus to move to their new facility.

Commissioner Mark Newcomb, county liaison to the fair board, said he was trying to get up to speed on where and why decisions were coming down. He understood the wheels were put in motion during Foster’s regime.

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rumblings about a restructuring of the Teton County fair board reached a boiling point last week when governmental revisions were announced. The statement resulted in multiple resignations from the board, at least one fulltime groundskeeper quitting and a fair manager removed.

Some years ago, the fair board was told reorganization was being put in place that would result in the volunteer board falling under Parks & Recreation purview in order to establish more accountability to county commissioners. That change took place as a “soft opening” of sorts with then-fair manager Kelli Fennessey working closely with then-county administrator Steve Foster.

The shift was mainly a paperwork issue and day-to-day operations at the fairgrounds remained relatively unaffected.

With Foster gone, replaced by Alyssa Watkins, and a temporary fair manager, Tracy Ross, and her staff just wrapping up the 2015 county fair, word has come down now that the fair board’s role is being significantly reduced. Ross was relieved of her duties and two groundskeepers were told they would be collecting their paychecks from Parks & Rec if they wanted to stay on. Fair board members were instructed that they no longer had the power to hire and fire or make any decisions at the grounds other than put on a fair two weeks out of the year.

The result was pushback from the cowboy boots on the ground. At the least, they fear county commissioners and department heads do not fully understand or care about how the grounds operate. Their worst nightmare is this may signal the first step toward phasing out “horsey” stuff in Jackson, replacing it with multi-use soccer fields, baseball diamonds and a skate park. In the end, some worry Parks & Rec may be making a land grab that results first in their takeover of the property south of Snow King that includes the exhibition hall, and, secondly, an eventual move of the rodeo grounds to an unidentified parcel further out in the county.

Al Parker left the board shortly before the shift hit the fan. Todd Wagner surrendered his seat before his term was due to end.

Chance Abel walked out and Kevin Lee also resigned. The board is left with three members – Steve Harrington, Emily Beardlsey and Sue McKnight. Beardlsey and McKnight are new to the board. They both have reservations but are willing to stick things out to see what happens. Harrington has one foot out the door unless he’s convinced government officials won’t run the grounds into the ground with the new arrangement.

“It was a small bump with Foster and Parks & Rec,” Harrington said. “Now the

wheels are coming off. The grounds are going to hell.”

Harrington pointed to Parks & Rec already being short-staffed and lacking the expertise in agricultural and Western events occurring at the facility. “Do I think Parks & Rec can handle it? Absolutely not,” he said.

Fellow board member McKnight likewise wonders how Parks & Rec is going to handle a significant addition to their current property maintenance inventory of 17 parks.

“I think the county commissioners need to step up and put proper seriousness into their efforts to allocate the resources necessary to keep up these facilities, and take immediate action,” McKnight said. “I just can’t figure how Parks & Rec [would be given] any influence over the rodeo grounds and agricultural facilities when they don’t seem to have enough staff to care for their pools and playgrounds.”

Parks & Rec director Steve Ashworth believes his department is up for the challenge. He admitted Parks & Rec is perpetually understaffed but thinks cross training and additional hiring can ensure the fair grounds run smoothly. He called the departmental reorganization a move toward reducing duplication of services and reducing administrative costs by drawing from a larger pool of labor and equipment his department can provide.

“We do a lot of things that people don’t realize,” Ashworth said. “We are a maintenance facility. We do snow removal. We are a jack-of-all-trades. It’s not necessarily problematic to be asked to do things for the fairgrounds. Do I or most of my people know how to drag the arena for different events there? No. But when it comes to that, it’s like anything else, you hire expertise. You hire the right people.”

The “right” people, however, feel disenfranchised with the latest developments and are reluctant to get on board. Jason Wheldon, for one, refused a position with Parks & Rec and the loss of the grounds maintenance tech is already being felt.

“If Parks & Rec thinks that dragging the arena, for instance, just involves driving around in circles, and that any one of their lawn mowers can come in and do it to the satisfaction of all the different user groups we have, they are in for an awakening,” Wagner said. “Some of these horses are worth more than a year’s salary for most people. A lot more. And if Steve Ashworth thinks an email chain we had going was offensive to him then wait ‘til he gets an earful from the TBRA [Teton Barrel Racing Association].”

Ashworth called the electronic exchange Wagner is referencing “inappropriate and out of line.”

Wagner, Harrington and Abel pointed out one particular event – a major national roping in the Heritage Arena – as an example of how they think Parks & Rec can’t get the simple stuff done.

“It was more than two weeks after the roping that the arena was still not cleaned up,” Harrington said. “I don’t think Parks & Rec

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After two years fighting food waste, Hole Food Rescue is ready to party

BY ROBYN VINCENT @TheNomadicHeart

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ach morning, Michael Ratliff assembles an impressive spread at the Good Samaritan Mission hardly reminiscent of a soup kitchen breakfast. As glints of sun brighten the Jackson Hole shelter, people pour in to nosh on fresh organic fruit, Persephone pastries, yogurt, cereal, bacon, hash browns and eggs made to order.

In addition to the donations from local grocery stores such as Albertson’s and eateries like Domino’s, much of the ingredients used in the mission’s meals – sourced from local food purveyors and organic farms – would end up in the trash if it didn’t find its way to the mission’s doorstep via Hole Food Rescue. “Without them, we would really be lost,” said Ratliff, a retired registered nurse who took over as the mission’s kitchen manager one year ago.

Thanks to HFR, in the last year, the mission that serves 500 to 600 meals per week to hungry people, has ramped up the quality of food it offers while shaving thousands of dollars off its monthly budget.

Founded by dumpster diving do-gooder Alison Dunford, who is joined by the equally altruistic Jeske Grave and more than 50 volunteers, Hole Food Rescue is hosting its first fundraiser Thursday at the Center for the Arts. What the small Jackson nonprofit – which rescues 20,000 pounds of food from dumpster demise every month on average – has accomplished in just two years could serve as a blueprint for other communities.

Particularly as the issue of food waste, with Americans tossing more than 40 percent of their food in the trash, simmers on the minds of more and more people.

In July, John Oliver opened his HBO show with a segment denouncing America’s proclivity to trash perfectly good food. As Oliver poked fun at a nation with both obsessive and frivolous food behaviors, viewers witnessed footage of a California food dump where hulking boxes of organic kale, spinach and lettuce, all verdant and unscathed, are sent to whither and die.

“There is a lot of momentum around the whole issue of food waste in the U.S. with Oliver’s segment and the new documentary ‘Just Eat it,’ [both screening during HFR’s fundraiser],” Grave said. “So we are really trying to ride on this wave to get the word out about Hole Food Rescue’s local solution to food waste.”

In addition to raising awareness about the

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Alison Dunford (left), and Jeske Grave are the tireless duo behind Hole Food Rescue. ills of food waste, HFR’s local solution is pretty simple: salvage food destined for the dump from 12 outfits comprised of grocery stores, bakeries, restaurants and farmers markets and deliver it to hungry folks at 18 different organizations, such as the Good Samaritan Mission, the Senior Center, Jackson Hole Food Cupboard and Teton Literacy Center.

But while the concept is straightforward, the societal and environmental benefits are multi-faceted.

Saving food en route to the trash means that folks who worry where their next meal will come from enjoy some level of relief. As the kitchen manager of the Good Samaritan Mission, Ratliff said he’s seeing rippling food uncertainty among the folks seeking help from the mission, which has been at capacity all summer.

“People making a decent wage are now being faced with the choice to either pay rent or pay for food,” he said.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as consistently limited access to adequate food because of lack of money and other resources. “One in six Americans is considered ‘food insecure,’” Grave said. “A mismanagement of food resources is the main reason behind food waste hunger.”

A 2009 report published in PLOS ONE warns of another byproduct of food waste – devastating environmental impacts. More than one quarter of total freshwater use is accounted for by wasted food, according to

the report. Wasted food accounts for 300 million barrels of oil per year representing 4 percent of the total U.S. oil consumption in 2003. In addition to this wasteful consumption of fossil fuels and their direct impact on climate change, food waste rotting in landfills produces substantial quantities of methane. The gas has a 25-time more potent global warming potential than CO2, which would have been the primary end product had the food been eaten and metabolized by humans, the report explains.

In Jackson Hole, where environmental and conservation efforts are positioned at the forefront of community ideology, Grave hopes that as HFR helps to raise awareness, behavior, too, will shift. If we can learn to fully utilize food resources, it will ensure ecological systems are respected and sustained, she said.

From feeding a few hundred people per week upon its inception to more than one thousand mouths today, Hole Food Rescue is a testament to the impact a small group of dedicated individuals can have on its community. PJH

Attend the Hole Food Rescue fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday at Center for the Arts. $10 suggested donation. Sample rescued food made into tasty hors d’oeuvres, hear live music, win raffle prizes, view the new documentary ‘Just Eat It,’ and more.

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“The worshipful treatment of pets may be the thing that unites all Americans,” wrote an Atlantic magazine blogger in July, describing the luxury terminal for animals under construction at New York’s JFK airport. The ARK will offer shower stalls for traveling horses, “conjugal stations” for ever-horny penguins, and housing for nearly 200 cows (that might produce 5,000 pounds of manure every day)—and passengers traveling with dogs or cats can book the Paradise 4 Paws pet-pampering resort. The ARK is a for-profit venture; said one industry source, quoted in a July Crain’s New York Business report, “You hear stories about the crazy money that rich people spend on their [animals] … they’re mostly true.”

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Still More “Intelligent Design”?

Zoologists at the University of Basel in Switzerland, publishing recently in a prestigious British journal, reported the likelihood that a certain flatworm species has overcome the frustration of not finding a mating partner in its lifetime. The scientists believe the flatworm exploits its hermaphroditic qualities and injects its sperm into its own head, from which the sperm sometimes migrates to its reproductive facilities. (Flatworm researchers are aided on their projects by the species’ transparent bodies, facilitating the tracking of the sperm.)

Officially, now, it is “unreasonable” for a federal agency (the Bureau of Land Management, in this instance) to fail to say yes or no for 29 years to a drilling permit application. (Before July’s federal court decision, BLM had been arguing that 29 years was not too long.) A company had requested to drill just one exploratory well in Montana for natural gas in 1985, but the bureau had delayed the proceeding six times since then. The judge ordered the bureau to set a deadline for deciding.

Protest!

n Georgia, one of six states that make taxpayers shell out huge fees to access its databases of public records, tries so relentlessly to control its archive that, recently, in a federal lawsuit, it said opposition to its policy was basically “terrorism.” Activists (Public.Resource.org) have been establishing workarounds to free up some databases for citizen use, and Georgia demands that they stop. Georgia even claims “copyright” protection for one category of important legal documents that were initially drafted by state bureaucrats, audaciously calling them “original” and “creative” works.

n The Joy of Protest: An August 1 demonstration outside Britain’s Parliament protesting legislation to curb untilnow-legal psychoactive drugs drew about 100 people— consuming their drug of choice, nitrous oxide. As organizers distributed gas-filled balloons for demonstrators to take hits from, “the group erupted in fits of laughter,” according to The Guardian.

About 200 protesters gathered in front of Hong Kong police headquarters on August 2 to denounce the 3 1/2month jail sentence given to Ms. Ng Lai-ying, 30, who was convicted of assault for shoving a police officer with her chest. Women (and some men) wearing bras as outerwear chanted, “Breast is not a weapon.” (Ng was originally protesting the hardly sexy issue of import-export abuses between Hong Kong and mainland China cities.)

Perspective

n Mandatory Inaction: In July, the mayor of the town of Ador, Spain (pop. 1,400), officially enacted into law what had merely been custom—a required afternoon siesta from 2 to 5 p.m. Businesses were ordered to close, and children were to remain indoors (and quiet).

Construction on a $1.7 million therapeutic equestrian facility in St. Cloud, Florida, expressly for use by wounded U.S. service members, was delayed in August when a bald eagle nest was discovered on the grounds. Federal law requires at least 330 feet of clearance for the nest, plus additional monitoring to assure the birds’ tranquility. Said one neighbor, “The very animal that symbolizes freedom is delaying therapy for those who fought for it.”

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At a traffic stop in Rockingham, Vt., on July 26, both driver and passenger were charged with DUI. Erik Polite, 35, was the driver (clocked at 106 mph on Interstate 91 and, according to police, with drugs in the car), and while he was being screened for intoxication, passenger Leeshawn Baker, 34, jumped behind the wheel and peeled off in reverse across the highway, nearly hitting the trooper, who arrested him. n Nathaniel Harrison, 38, was arrested in July in a Phoenix suburb on several charges, including possession of a deadly weapon during a felony, but he escaped an even more serious charge when a second “deadly weapon” failed to engage. Harrison reportedly intended to retaliate against a “snitch” and arrived at the man’s home carrying a rattlesnake, which he supposedly pointed at the man, hoping it would bite him. However, the snake balked, and Harrison’s attempted payback failed. n Lame Defenses in Lake County, Florida: 1. Daniel Baker, 40, and Robert Richardson, 19, were arrested in Altoona, Florida, in August after getting caught loading appliances from a vacant house. According to the arrest report, both men appeared incredulous to learn that items in a vacant house aren’t just “free.” 2. Six days earlier about 20 miles away in Tavares, Florida, Corey Ramsey, 23, was arrested

The Welsh language is such a severe mutation of the original English spoken in the Middle Ages that, to the inexperienced eye, it is barely distinguishable from, say, Klingon. In fact, in July, the Welsh government, responding to queries about a possible UFO sighting near Cardiff airport, playfully issued its galaxy-friendly response in Klingon—”jang vlDa je due luq,” meaning that further information will be provided. (In Welsh, for example, “I cannot understand Welsh” is “nad oes modd i ddeall Cymraeg.”) (Recently, in Swansea, Wales, alleged drug dealer Dwaine Campbell, 25, adamantly refused to leave his cell for a court hearing because he feared being judged in Welsh—until authorities promised to transfer the case to Campbell’s native England.)

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CIVIC CHRONICLES Housing hopes Economist tackles development in the valley

BY JAKE NICHOLS

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n assembly of about two dozen packed into a 300-square-foot conference room at the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance for a meeting about the future of housing in Teton County. How apropos. That’s about the tenant-to-housing ratio currently necessary to house all of the valley’s homeless.

Expert economist consultant Todd Chase, an FCS GROUP principle who specializes in analyzing communities like Jackson Hole, gave his take on the Hole’s dilemma. The study accurately depicted the community’s challenges but was short on answers and, at times, as grim as all know it to be.

“How do you accommodate [the additional growth anticipated] in a community this size?” Chase speculated. “It’s very difficult and we haven’t found any data that suggests you can.”

Dum-dee-dum-dum.

Chase said he has familiarity with similar communities like Aspen, Colo., and Bend, Ore., but Jackson Hole was in a class all its own. “Each case is unique. There are market forces driving it. Unique challenges,” he admitted. “But little did I know there would be a stack this big [gestures with a wide set separation of hands] of this smaller community. More so than some of the larger cities we’ve studied. A 60-day project turned into a 120-day project just to understand everything.”

The FCP Group research provided an interesting third-party observation of the valley’s housing crunch – one that identified things government is doing right, doing wrong and has left off the table thus far.

Current growth predictions say 5,377 more people will move into the valley in the next decade. That will mean 2,292 additional households and 3,960 more dwelling units, according to Chase.

“It paints a picture for a need for housing,” Chase said matter-of-factly. “Where are you going to accommodate 1,400 more units? I don’t know. That’s something you are going to have to find out. Apartment zoning, in particular,

is troublesome. Can you put 2,300 additional homes in any complete neighborhood today? It’s probably not practical or possible under today’s zoning. There are few options now and in 10 years your available places will most certainly be gone.”

Demand detected Chase first dove into the county’s commercial-to-housing mix, which he called “out of balance.” At one point, he said the valley could use less T-shirt shops and more grocery stores. A statement that elicited groans from the audience who believed Smiths, Albertsons, Jackson Whole Grocer and Lucky’s Market were more than enough choices for milk and bread. Chase revised his opinion saying department-type stores where items like furniture could be procured was what he was driving at.

Another bullet point offered by Chase was his astonishment at how underserved the hotel market was here. “The lodging demand potential was a surprise to us,” he said.

“More people are coming here and migrating here. The market, on its own, would build 20,000 to 22,000 more hotel rooms if there was a place to put them.”

Chase speculated the market could easily handle one additional major hotel every year for the next 24 years. He did not offer an idea as to how many pup tents would need to be pitched in Curtis Canyon for employees of these hotels.

Growth in commercial and light industrial zoning would also be in demand in the coming decade, Chase said. They would provide “good jobs and good wages” for engineers, accountants, lawyers and the like, according to Chase. About 600,000 additional square feet of office or flex space could be accommodated over the next 10 years.

While some staggering numbers have been made public – 3.3 million square feet of commercial build out potential has been identified – Chase said a realistic number, if the commercial-housing mix was better balanced, would be half that and best meet need with a Target or a Walmart.

Supply solutions FCS prefers market-based solutions for Jackson Hole. They also suggested a modified transfer of development rights, or TDR, a program that would preserve landowners’ assets by shifting their right-to-build to a more desirable development location. It’s a model electeds at the town and county have been reluctant to embrace in the past. In conclusion, Chase said government needed to get out of the way of developers

and stop making the process of building in the town and county so cumbersome and expensive.

“We like to support market-based incentives in general,” Chase said. “Are your current fee structures helpful?

We don’t think they are. There needs to be more creativity.

Deed-restricted housing, for instance, should have fee-inlieu waived or lowered. Parking requirements should be reduced and height [allowance] increased. TDRs could also be part of this discussion.”

Chase acknowledged a TDR model would have to be tweaked to work in Jackson Hole and would likely face legal challenges. He said colleagues Timothy Lindstrom and Skip Swenson deemed TDR “basically legal.”

Given a choice, developers would build mansions and condos, Chase said. They aren’t interested in apartment complexes and apartments don’t really work in Jackson Hole.

“Ideally, the market would love for everyone to live in a house with a white picket fence,” Chase said. “It’s the American dream, but it’s probably the hardest to accommodate here. Generally, developers are looking for a financial feasibility of getting about 20 percent returns on investments.

Assuming a developer can even afford the land, we found everything could work – [single family homes, townhomes, condos] – everything pretty much except apartments.”

Chase said after “doing the math” the only way anyone would choose to build apartments is if fee-in-lieu went away, parking was reduced to one space per unit or less, commercial was added to the first floor, and the town allowed buildings to four-stories or higher.

Future forecast Moving forward, Chase says unifying all the players is crucial. He found Teton County has a lot of people with something at stake in future development. “Having two different housing authorities also makes things more complicated,” he said.

Fixing a housing crisis will cost money. A dedicated source of funding like a specificpurpose excise tax (SPET) or a talked-about additional penny of sales tax were great options, Chase said.

“I think you guys have done the best you can given the resources you have,” Chase said. “You can do it.” PJH

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COMBATING COVERT RACISM IN JACKSON HOLE

By Jessica L. Flammang

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he Tetons frame a land of scenic contrast: stark mountain peaks, alpine hillsides, pristine lakes formed by ancient glaciers and deep canyons cut by rivers. Of more subtle and troublesome contrast is the cultural and economic divide between Jackson Hole’s two major population groups — whites and Latinos.

Social division of this sort can serve as an incubator for brooding, unformed resentments and fear along racial lines. “People may not think they’re biased,” wrote Scott Timberg, a contributor to the online magazine Salon, “but prejudice is driving the perception of threat.”

Here in the greater Jackson Hole region, local media and Latino community organizations aim to address what they see as a quietly unhealthy situation by offering an age-old cure for misunderstanding and racial bias: storytelling.

Roxana Gastañaga Wortman’s story namely describes the wisdom she has gained as a Peruvian émigré.

“Until we learn that society is really diverse, we will consider that one culture is contaminating another,” Wortman said. “People who don’t have the opportunity to interact with another human being from another culture will always be afraid, intimidated and threatened.

We need to teach our children that … actions – what you do – are what matters.”

LATENT ATTITUDES

Sonia Capece

DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE VALLEY

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From 2000 to 2010, Latinos accounted for two thirds of local population growth. According to the 2010 Census, they constituted 28 percent of the Town of Jackson population. Today, that figure is likely 33 percent. While the terms Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish are often used interchangeably in the political sphere, many whites ignore ethnic and linguistic distinctions by referencing Latinos in the valley as “Mexicans.” It is a misnomer meant to stigmatize non-English speaking workers, assumed by many to be undocumented. This low-key racism is perhaps inadvertent; nevertheless, it creates ethnic stereotypes that thwart the Latino Resource Center’s mission of cultural integration.

Sonia Capece, executive director of the Latino Resource Center, originally from Ushuaia, Argentina, has lived in the valley for 15 years, and has always been a legal resident. When she enrolled in a QuickBooks class at Central Wyoming College in 2008, she was initially asked to pay a higher tuition rate than her white colleague.

“It was an ordeal to get the same rate as my co-worker whose last name is Jones,” Capece said. “Some people say racism no longer exists in this country.”

The center seeks to bring awareness to the issues that divide whites and Latinos through cross-cultural exchange. Recently, Capece met with the Art Association of Jackson Hole to find ways of attracting more Latinos into its programs. She also has advised the Teton County School District, which sought her out, on how Latino parents might more effectively advocate for their children in light of their tendency to accept authority without question.

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In the July 21 edition of The Planet “The Buzz: The faces of Blair” exposed small-minded attitudes toward Latinos vis-á-vis anonymous online comments. Jorge Moreno, the subject of the article, came from Mexico City to Jackson, where he is a caseworker for the Latino Resource Center. He is also a volunteer translator for local attorneys and nonprofit agencies such as the Teton County Access to Justice Center, and a board member of the Doug Coombs Foundation. Carina Ostberg, executive director of the Center, calls him “invaluable” in helping Spanish speakers in the area.

Regardless of Moreno’s bona fide credentials, an online comment by “Patty” bared frequent and regrettable racism directed at Latinos while referencing his employer in an insulting manner: “Using an employee of the Illegal-Immigrant Resource Center is interesting.

Housing is often unavailable for Americans because so many undocumented immigrants occupy it … and visa workers keep wages depressed.” Moreno has served the valley for 18 years and is a legal resident.

Wortman chose to use her own name online, rather than an alias, in response to the Moreno comments: “It just shows how much ignorance is out there when a person equates the word ‘Latino’ with the word ‘illegal.’

Did someone ask, ‘where is the hate?’ Plain racism.”

Dr. John Reid-Hresko, a professor of sociology and social science at Qwest University in British Columbia, attributes the underlying racism to a perceived threat.

“U.S. corporate interest encourages immigration as long as the economic engine is strong enough that everyone has work,” he said. “When hard times hit, the first thing we do is demonize the people that we brought to do the jobs and tell them to go home.

“In large part, anti-immigrant sentiments are rooted in learned racism and economic disenfranchisement,” he said. “It would be better to return to U.S. history, which is largely responsible for the policies they [Americans] perceive that harm them.”

These latent perceptions invite the question of whether society places any value on the individual, according to scholars Ronald L. Mize and Alicia C.S. Swords, authors of “Consuming Mexican Labor: From the Bracero Program to NAFTA.” They point out that “the

most egregious characteristic of the forms of exploitation of Mexican labor for North American consumption is unquestionably the callous view that labor is disposable.”

Reid-Hresko illuminates how ideas of disposable workers are socially constructed.

“No one is born with biologically rooted anti-Latino ideas,” he said.

“These are things we are taught.

The political and economic history of the U.S. has been one example after another of the exploitation of brown and black bodies in this country. We are not born with racism; we learn it. When you combine that learned racism with economic hard times, there is a consistent pattern of people trying to shift the blame onto populations or ethnic groups other than their own.”

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the American system. This year, for instance, a group of Latinos marched in the Independence Day parade alongside a Latino Resource Center float. Through the center, Latinos are urged to participate in events outside of their cultural traditions, which can be a positive learning experience for all.

Latinos, Capece said, are often unsure they “belong” at majority white events. Their demeanor in speaking English is often very different, unintentionally, than when speaking Spanish. Whites, she said, must “be willing to look past color and listen past accent.”

“One of the most amazing things I enjoy about speaking English is all the people I have met because I can communicate with them,” she said. “Thanksgiving is now my favorite holiday. I grew up without it.”

Capece worries that harboring biased racial mindsets will mostly manifest in the next generation.

“America is a country of opportunities, and if these are available, people will shine,” Capece said. “The cost [of socioeconomic disparities between ethnic groups] is continuing to create barriers.

It will create generational poverty, especially for those young people referred to as “ni … ni,” or “neither from here nor there.”

If young immigrants are not fully integrated, and have no real identity with their country of heritage because they grew up in America, they risk having no cultural identity at all, Capece said.

“We have an amazing opportunity to make this a really vibrant community,” she said. “You have to be openhearted and willing to integrate the two majority communities. Our attitudes have a lot to do with outcomes.”

Ajxup leads and participates in Central Wyoming’s “Spanglish” program, in which whites and Latinos meet informally to help one another improve their second language skills.

His participation in community events, and that of fellow Latinos, Ajxup believes, can help unite the Jackson Hole community. He was the only Latino in the annual Snow King Hill Climb this year. He also paraglides and mountain bikes.

“Because of this, I have a lot of white friends,” he said. “I still am looking for ways to fully engage with white people. We need people to be open, even just to small conversations with the person who serves you in a restaurant or sits next to you on the bus.”

Wortman, who teaches Spanish at Jackson Hole Community School, has lived in the valley for three years, and has always been a legal resident. She earned a master’s degree in engineering at Universidad Católica Santa Maria in Arequipa, Peru, and grew up bilingual and bicultural.

Married to an American now, she is thankful to live in a multicultural community where her son attends the dual immersion program at Jackson Elementary, one that is actively breaking down language barriers. She sees that as the first step toward socioeconomic equality: English-speaking youngsters comfortably speaking Spanish and vice versa. Bridging the language barrier is paramount in the effort toward integration of the two communities.

She also advocates for undocumented workers.

“Any person who is willing to work, follow the law, contribute to the economy and sense of community in this nation has the right to stay,” Wortman said. “It’s not fair and it’s not right to have people living in fear or without freedom when the country is benefiting from their work. The U.S. needs to take responsibility on an individual level.”

Wortman routinely invites Latinos into her classroom to tell their stories to her immigrant and native-born students alike.

“The immigrant population has helped build this country,” she said. “Every resident of the United States should exist on the record, pay their taxes and should be treated with dignity and a cco u n t a b i l i t y regardless of their ethnicity.

The current regulations on immigration are feeding

There is a large Latino population here that is very stifled and very ignored.

It is not a celebrated or embraced culture.

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A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF JACKSON LATINOS Gustavo Ajxup came to the U.S. from Guatemala in July 2007, speaking only Spanish and his indigenous language K’iche’. Once here, he studied English at the Teton Literacy Center and Central Wyoming College. Although he holds a bachelor’s degree from a Guatemalan university, and worked as an electrician in his birth country, his first American jobs were washing dishes at Rendezvous Bistro, shoveling horse manure and occasionally carpentry.

“When I first came here, I would see people skiing and playing in the snow,” he said. “Almost four years later when I finally had the confidence in English, I started making small talk. That is how I learned to snowboard and to ski.”

He now is pursuing an electrical engineering degree to advance his position at AJ’s Electric, where he works full time. Ajxup also volunteers to translate for the priests at Our Lady of the Mountain Catholic Church.

“I do it because I have been helped,” he said. “This community has given me so much. I’d like to give back some of that. I am not just translating; I am also doing something that is sacred for me. I am helping people to listen to God’s word in their language.”

sentiments of racism, exploitation and division. The idea that culture is not going to change is dangerous.”

Cristina Campos Dayse, early childhood teacher for Early Head Start, is originally from Bogotá, Colombia.

When she arrived in America, she did casework management helping refugees from Somalia, Eretria and Ehtiopia in Boise, Idaho. Later, she worked at a hotel in in Driggs, and after three work visas, finally gained permanent residence status.

In Colombia, Campos Dayse worked as a Civil Engineer developing water systems, schools and roads with the Colombia Department of Agriculture. She has worked for Early Head Start and the Children’s Learning Center in Jackson for 12 years. Dayse also runs a bilingual Bible study each Monday at River Crossing Church.

“I don’t see walls,” she said. “I see the opportunity to work together, to enjoy each other’s differences from both sides.”

Dayse also participates in a bilingual book club for English speakers who want to learn.

“It is wonderful to see the development and help supply people’s needs,” she said. “We have fun together.

We are totally integrated. It feels like family, really. We love each other.”

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Jacqueline Vulcano, an American married to an Argentinian, and a veteran teacher of English as a Second Language at Central Wyoming College, echoed Wortman’s respect for struggling immigrants.

“Most Latinos in our community have traveled long distance on foot and by car to get their family out of dangerous situations and to create a better life for their future,” Vulcano said. “They are extremely hard workers.

Along with learning English, they often work full-time jobs and part time jobs, while balancing family and school.”

Interestingly, despite the Latino Resource Center’s efforts, even new members of the Jackson community recognize the cultural divide.

“There is a large Latino population here that is very stifled and very ignored,” said Michael Stratton, local

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that regulate the immigrant labor pool,” said scholars Mize and Swords. river guide for Dave Hansen. “It is not a celebrated or embraced culture.”

UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRATION FOR LABOR

In the current state of socioeconomic division and covert racism toward Latinos and undocumented laborers, Reid-Hresko said it is not “greedy Mexicans” who come to take jobs.

“People who are suffering come here because of economic policies pursued by our own government,” he said. “The economic system is predicated on exploitation of all workers, and immigrants are one of them.”

Illegal immigration is an essential component of the health of the U.S. economy and the Jackson Hole economy,” Reid-Hresko said. “If you buy a house, eat a tomato, go to a restaurant, you benefit from undocumented labor. Every citizen is complicit on an economic level in supporting this system. There are no bad people here, only misguided policies and institutional arrangements that benefit a small group of business elite at the expense of many.”

Society’s tendency is to place blame, he said.

“For the average person in Jackson who feels that they are suffering, your adversary is not the dishwasher in the kitchen,” Reid-Hresko said. “It is a system of political economic exportation that is global in nature, and has brought that immigrant to Jackson Hole in the first place. Immigrants often occupy jobs that whites simply do not want or are not willing to do for the salaries provided. In no small part, the economies of Jackson and the U.S., are built up on a system predicated on illegal immigration.”

The real challenge to full integration of the two main communities in Jackson lies not in the language barrier alone or socioeconomic obstacles, but rather in larger government policy.

Integration today is happening organically in communities despite a lack of comprehensive

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government policies, according to Tomás R. Jiménez, author of “Immigrants in the United States: How Well Are They Integrating into Society?”

But, English proficiency is a “virtual requirement for full participation in U.S. society,” he said. Jiménez is not surprised that “English language use continues to be a flashpoint for debates about immigrant integration and cohesion.”

English fluency is a process that happens over time through daily interaction. Immigration is a natural process that has been going on since the early history of European settlement on American soil. Just as Wortman pointed out, we all need to play a part in fully integrating the two communities, and uphold what Jiménez defines as real integration: “a culmination of everyday interactions between and among immigrant newcomers and host communities.”

Ultimately, the responsibility lies within both communities and true integration demands mutual change, both in attitude and in action. Jiménez said, “integration is a function of the characteristics of both immigrants and their host communities.”

Reid-Hresko reminds us that a shift in perception is central to this process.

“Everyone needs to recognize that we all have the same hopes, dreams, and goals for our children,” he said.

“Individual hard work is seen as one avenue toward that self-improvement. We all want the same thing. Many immigrants pursue integration and education to secure upward mobility. We are all pursuing our economic interests in the places that are most conducive to doing that.”

A perfect example of individual hard work is Juan E. Morales, owner of Rosa’s Tamales, in Victor, originally from Guanajuato, Mexico. He holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and Mexico and speaks five languages including English and Spanish.

“Better understanding someone who is different than you will increase your understanding of life tenfold,” he said. PJH

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There are economic imperatives to American immigration. In 1942, for instance, a mass exodus of native-born men drafted to serve in WWII depleted the agricultural and industrial workforces. Accordingly, the U.S. negotiated with the Mexican government for the importation of manual workers, thus spawning the Bracero movement. (Bracero is a Spanish term for a manual worker derived from the word brazo, or arm, that literally means “one who works with his arms.”) More than 2,000,000 contracts for temporary workers were signed.

Wyoming was one of eight states banned from participation in the temporary worker program of the 1940s, due to poor treatment of immigrants. Colorado, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Montana, Minnesota, Texas and Wisconsin were also excluded. The ban resulted in the first major illegal economic immigration event – the so-called El Paso Incident of 1948, in which Texas Farmers and the U.S. Border Patrol allied to throw open the gates and admit 4,000 more undocumented workers.

Signed under the Clinton administration and developed under the George W. Bush administration, the North American Free Trade Agreement, (NAFTA) between the U.S., Canada and Mexico took effect in 1994. Its purpose was to encourage economic activity between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Many American labor unions opposed NAFTA claiming that it took away jobs from American workers while companies relocated to Mexico to take advantage of cheaper labor, and critics worried that it would move U.S. jobs to Mexico. “The history of U.S. immigration law informs the current strategies

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very day hundreds of drivers zoom by an open field on Highway 89 without thinking twice. That expanse is part of the Lockhart Ranch, one of the valley’s oldest working cattle ranches.

On Saturday, you can do more than just learn about the ranch, but actually experience it at a farm-to-table dinner.

The event, in its second year, features a menu with grassfed Lockhart beef and four vegetarian sides. If someone doesn’t eat meat, they can still get a nice meal and enjoy a cool ranch party, said Ian McGregor, vice president of Slow Food in the Tetons board, which is sponsoring the event.

They will serve a wheat berry salad, which uses unground wheat grains cooked like rice.

The wheat will come from Montana or Idaho.

“It’s an interesting way to use something that’s produced all over the West, but in an untraditional way,” McGregor said. “It’s also a great way to eat whole grains.”

The next course is a kale salad, featuring snap peas, and a variety of mixed greens.

They will also offer simple roasted potatoes in an herb sauce made from sorrel, a leafy green with a lemony-acidic flavor

an after party with beer from Snake River Brewing Company, music and lawn games.

“We don’t have enough of hoedown style parties around here,” McGregor said.

The evening is a chance to think about local food, but also about local art with Teton Artlab sponsoring the event.

Artlab artists and musicians The Canyon Kids will play with guest Pat Chadwick.

The Artlab is always looking for spaces and opportunities to share what it does in the community, said Artlab founder Travis Walker.

Last year the Artlab created an installation for the event. This year the event offers The Canyon Kids a place to play outside the studio. There also will be some work moved from the studio to the ranch.

But the real star of the party is the ranch itself, Walker said.

It is one of the most visible ranches in the valley. There is a beautiful old barn and stunning views of the Tetons.

“It almost is like a museum of ranching,” Walker said. “You feel like you are in the past a little bit, with the exception of the occasional John Deere tractor.”

Lockhart Ranch Roundup: A Farm to Table Dinner and after party, 6 to 8 p.m. for the dinner and 8 p.m. to midnight for the after party, Saturday, the Lockhart Ranch, 200 S. Highway 89, tickets are $35 online, $35 at the gate, $5 for the after party, or free with dinner ticket. PJH

Affordable eats, live music and art displays make this farm to table event at Lockhart Ranch a unique culinary experience.

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that grows well in the Jackson Hole region, McGregor said.

The final course is corn on the cob.

McGregor’s roommate is from Indiana and his parents were coming to the area to visit with large empty duffel bags to help him move. The parents agreed to fill the empty bags with Indiana corn from their favorite grower.

“It’s not really local, but it has a great story,” McGregor said. “In this climate you can’t grow everything you are used to, but it’s about figuring the right time to eat it and creative ways to get it.”

In its second year, the dinner is meant to connect the community with local ranches and highlight the options for eating locally.

It’s an important economy and people can support it, McGregor said.

“We want to establish the relationship between the land that produces food for us and the people that could be consuming it locally,” he said.

Farm to table dinners are not a new thing, but they often are expensive. At $35 a person, the dinner is meant to reach a different demographic.

“We want to get more people out there and have that same connection at a lower price tag,” he said.

The Lockhart Ranch is the perfect spot.

“It’s an iconic spot there and it reduces the mystery that much of the public feels about that huge open space,” he said.

After a leisurely dinner there will be

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Bike-In-Movie, Wednesday, 8 p.m. at the base of Snow King ‘Almost Heroes’ screens under the stars at the base of Snow King after the People’s Market Wednesday. The film starts just before dusk. Don’t forget a small chair, a warm blanket and a headlamp.

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Free. 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 Vinyl Night 9:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free. 307-733-1500 n Walking Tours 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free. 307-733-2414 x 213 n Yoga on the Lawn 5:30pm, Healthy Being Juicery, Free. 307-200-9006 n Young Naturalists 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3654

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n Adult Education: Drink and Draw 6:00pm, Painting Studio, $35.00 - $45.00. 307-733-6379 n Alive@5: Tunes on Thursday - Mike Swanson 5:00pm, Village Commons, Free. 307-733-5898 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n AMK Harlow Seminar Series 5:30pm, AMK Ranch, $5.00. 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 (Moose) 4:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center, Free.

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n Alive@5: 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 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 bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 5:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Chess Club for Grades K-12 3:30pm, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free. 307733-2164 ext. 118 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 Family Night Video 9:00pm, Colter Bay auditorium, Free. 307-739-3594 n Guitarist Marco Soliz at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free. 307-733-4647 n Jackson Hole People’s Market 4:00pm, At the Base of Snow King, Free. n Jackson Hole People’s Market’s Bike-In Movies 8:00pm, Snow King Ball Park, Free. n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds, $15.00 - $30.00. 307733-7927

n Jackson Whole Grocer Hatch Chile Fest 7:00am, Jackson Whole Grocer, Free. 307-733-0450 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 Mountain Town Lounge at The Mangy Moose 8:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free. n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Salsa at Dancers’ Workshop 7:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Sen. Ted Cruz in Jackson 1:30pm, Teton County Library, Free. n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00.

307-733-6994 n She Rides Dirt Group Ride 6:00pm, RidetheTetons, Free.

208-354-7669 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 Spark Lunch & Learns 12:00pm, Spark, Free. n Tavern Trivia 7:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free. 307-733-3886 n Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library,

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VALLEY BOOK STORE CASPER ANTIQUES & COLLECTORS CLUB JEDIDIAH’S LOU SCARLETT THE WORT HOTEL STEVE MORRISS MR. & MRS. BOB LENZ TOM LUCAS MOOS ICE CREAM MATT STIRN WYOMING BUCKSHOT NATIVE HOOP DANCERS: ANN ABEYTA, JADIN FERRIS, AMAYA WHELAN, AND TAYLEE DRESSER THE BOARD AND STAFF OF THE JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM

Congratulations to the winners of the dance contest: 1ST PLACE: ELIZABETH HALE AND RALPH BAYACK 2ND PLACE: CHRISTINE LANGDON AND CHRIS KOCH 3RD PLACE: HEATHER AND AJ BEST KID WINNERS: KATE AND JOE BUDGE Thanks to our judges: B.J. Read, Jan Marie Hobart, and Vito Roy. 225 N. CACHE STREET, JACKSON, WY 83001

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Jackson Hole Public Art will temporarily transform the North Cache Street corridor into a vibrant pedestrian and bike-in venue. POP is designed to collect community input on public art prototypes and inform a future, permanent art installation for the upcoming street renovation. n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Cathedral Voices Chamber Choir Open Auditions 9:00am, Center for the Arts Music Wing, Free. 3077745497 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 Experience with Daniela Botur 12:00pm, Intencions, Free. 307733-9290 n Fables, Feathers, and Fur 10:30am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free. 307-733-5771 n Friends and Family Mental Health Support Group 6:00pm, Board Room of St. John’s Medical Center, Free.

307-732-1161 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 The Grove, Phase 1 Open House 12:00pm and 4:00pm, The Grove, Free. 307-732-0867 n Hole Food Rescue Event 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $10.00. 720-470-0769 n Impact Day at Lucky’s Market 8:00am, Lucky’s Market, Free.

307-264-1633 n Jackson Whole Grocer Hatch Chile Fest 7:00am, Jackson Whole Grocer, Free. 307-733-0450

n Jeff Pugh Solo Show Artist Reception 5:00pm, Mountain Trails Gallery, Free. 307-734-8150 n Joint Classes 8:00am, Moose-Wapiti Classroom, St. John’s Medical Center, Free. 307-739-6199 n Karaoke 9:00pm, Virginian Saloon, Free.

307-739-9891 n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free. 307-732-3939 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n North Cache POP Picnic!

3:00pm, North Cache Park, $20.00. n North Cache POP! (Place of Possibility) - Community design workshop and street fair 9:00am, N. Cache St. - North Park parking area, Free. 307413-1474 n Open MIc Night in the Gallery 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 Pool Tournament 7:00pm, The Virginian Saloon, Free. 307-739-9891 n Public Solar Astronomy 12:45pm, Elevated Grounds Coffehouse, Free. n Salsa Night 9:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free. 307-733-1500

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 Spanglish Kickball 6:00pm, Powderhorn Park Ball Field, Free. 307-733-9242 n Susan Vecsey Exhibit Opening 6:00pm, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Free. 307-733-0555 n Symphony of the Senses 7:00pm, Intencions, Free. 307733-9290 n Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library, Free. n Teton Toastmasters 12:00pm, Teton County Commissioners Chambers, Free. 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.

307-733-3316 n Walking Tours 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free. 307-733-2414 x 213 n Wendy Colonna 7:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free.

307-733-4913 n Yoga on the Trail 10:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free. n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free. 307-733-6398

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MUSIC BOX Heroes can’t stand still Psych-country quartet have two-night run at Silver Dollar Showroom

BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

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ot only do The Lonesome Heroes have the most stellar band name of the saturated Austin music scene, its namesake inspiration is a glove that could fit no tighter—borrowed from the Leonard Cohen tune, “A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes.”

The song contains searing jaunts of electric guitar with a bed of froggy jaw harp, carried by a strumming acoustic guitar and Cohen’s singular voice: “A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes were smoking out along the open road / the night was very dark and thick between them, each man beneath his ordinary load / ‘I’d like to tell my story,’ said one of them so bold, ‘Oh yes, I’d like to tell my story ‘cause you know I feel I’m turning into gold.’”

Much of the same impression is conveyed via the quartet that currently embodies the Heroes. Resilient troubadour Rich Russell (vocalist/songwriter/acoustic guitar) barely skipped a beat when longtime musical partner and girlfriend, dobroist Landry McMeans, parted ways with the band in 2013. While McMeans provided the signature psychedelic riffs, it is Russell’s Beck-ish vocal prowess that painted the cosmically wistful country songs adorned with hooky melodies and an indie rock edge. This earned the band an Independent Music Award for Pop Vox in

2012. He also plugs a vintage Gibson acoustic into a 1970s Fender Super Reverb, a 4 by 10-foot combo amplifier not generally associated with acoustic instruments. It gives the music a dreamy reverb and high-end sparkle that further distinguishes the rhythm bed.

The restructuring of the band includes the addition of frequent collaborator and monster guitarist Gary Newcomb, thoughtful drummer Dave Sims Jr., and longtime bassist Nick Lochman. The band soon entered the studio with the finished product coming in the form of “Can’t Stand Still,” released in January of this year. A month later, WhatBand Records released the album on vinyl. The killer album art features a Teton backdrop with paragliders in the foreground, the work of local painter Travis Walker. More than 1,000 shows in 28 states, the Heroes bring a veteran sound that still breathes enthusiasm, making their staple trip up Highway 287 from Texas to Wyoming for the eight straight year.

“I think that our first show in Jackson was at The Granary in either 2007 or 2008,” Russell said. “Oh to go back to the sweet days of Myspace and driving around in a battered old VW van. It has been so great to be a solid, steady lineup for three years now.

The band is road tested and ready to rock. We are super excited to make our annual summer pilgrimage through the Tetons before we embark upon our next big adventure to Aussie land. We can’t wait to check out the new and improved stage at the world famous Silver Dollar Bar.” Come September, the band will lift off to Australia for a 22 date run that includes the Dashville Skyline Americana Festival.

The Lonesome Heroes, 7:30 to 11 p.m.

Friday and Saturday in the Silver Dollar Showroom. Free. 732-3939.

Reggae Ambassadors One of the longest-lived Jamaican

The Lonesome Heroes say they’re ready for their annual Teton pilgrimage. reggae bands, Third World, will roll into Teton Village this Sunday. Known as the “reggae ambassadors,” their recorded music is instantly genuine, moderately produced, yet polished with authentic elements that will transport you back to 1973—the year they formed. A year later, they were invited to open for Bob Marley & the Wailers on a European tour. With roots reggae at the core, the sextet also stretches into R&B, funk, pop and rock. This concoction earned the band international commercial breakthrough in 1978 with the album “Journey to Addis.”

Opening the show is Jackson’s own eightpiece, horn-adorned roots reggae group, Chanman Roots Band.

Third World with Chanman Roots Band, 5 to 8 p.m. at Teton Village Commons. Free, all-ages. JacksonHole.com. 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.

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SATURDAY 8.22

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n 2015 Teton Valley Endurocross 1:00pm, Teton Valley Fair Grounds, $5.00. n Aaron Davis 8:00pm, Haydens Post, Free. n Adult Oil Painting 10:00am, The Local Galleria, $25.00 - $80.00. 208-270-0883 n Adult Raft Guide Weekend Course 9:00am, Jackson Parks and Recreation, 307-739-9025 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 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3392 n Book Signing, Myrtle

Brooks, Author, The Geyser Girl of Yellowstone Park 6:00pm, Jackson Hole Book Traders, Free. n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Chris Jones 8:00am, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307-733-2207 n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Jackson Hole Farmers Market 8:00am, Town Square, Free. n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds, $15.00 - $30.00. 307733-7927 n Jackson Whole Grocer Hatch Chile Fest 7:00am, Jackson Whole Grocer, Free. 307-733-0450 n Juliana Demo Weekend 9:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, Free. n Live Music 7:00pm, The Virginian Saloon, Free. 307-739-9891 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 Roz Chast 8:00pm, Center for the Arts, $55.00. 307-734-8956 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00.

307-733-6994 n Teton Pass Kicker 9:00am, Teton Pass, $50.00 $90.00. n Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Teton Village Art & Antique Show 10:00am, Teton Villgae, Free.

303-570-9763 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free.

307-733-3316 n Wild West Skateboard Contest Series 1:00pm, Skatepark, $10.00 $15.00. n Women’s Mountain Bike Camp with Pro Rider Amanda Carey - Level 2 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $250.00. 800-TARGHEE

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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 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bear Safety 3:30pm, Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center, Free. 307-7393654 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 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 Climb & Dine 6:00pm, Teton Rock Gym, $30.00 - $35.00. 208-354-1046 n Closing Reception 5:30pm, Art Association Gallery, Free. 307-733-6379 n Free Friday Wine Tasting 4:00pm, The Liquor Store, Free.

307-733-4466 n Friday Night Bikes 5:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, $10.00. 307-733-2292 n Friday Night DJ 10:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free. 307-733-1500 n Guitarist Byron Tomingas at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free. 307-733-4647 n Ian McIver 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free. 307-733-3886 n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds, $15.00 - $30.00. 307733-7927 n Jackson Whole Grocer Hatch Chile Fest 7:00am, Jackson Whole Grocer, Free. 307-733-0450 n Jazz Night 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free. 307-7338833 n Live Music 7:00pm, The Virginian Saloon, Free. 307-739-9891 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 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.

307-733-3913 n Screen Door Porch and Wyatt Lowe & the Mayhem Kings 9:00pm, Mangy Moose Restaurant & Saloon, $7.00. 307-7334913 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 Teton Village Art & Antique Show 10:00am, Teton Villgae, Free.

303-570-9763 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free.

307-733-3316 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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WELL, THAT HAPPENED Digital decorum Insolent theatregoers are part of a socially inept generation

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n Saturday I was lucky enough to be invited to the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane dance performance at the Center.

Last year, the New York-based dance company workshopped a piece here in Jackson, and then returned last week to perform the finished piece. I knew very little about what I was walking in to, but I’ve always trusted Dancers’ Workshop to provide quality entertainment in the valley.

The performance itself was haunting, complete with a running monologue at its core and live music to round out the edges.

The dancers bounded and stomped across the stage, depicting the violence, sorrow and tribulations surrounding one woman’s life in occupied France and Poland. I noticed that Bill T. Jones himself sat behind me in the back of the orchestra section, no doubt observing his creation from a new angle.

After a good 15 minutes into the actual performance, a trio of 20-somethings arrived and filled in the seats next to me. Growing up in a very Central European household, punctuality is a virtue I try to uphold for myself, and I admit that I often get annoyed when my friends arrive late to engagements. Suffice it to say I was annoyed to allow these people into my row when I was already captivated

PAUL B. GOODE

BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz

When not even dancers from Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company can convince audience members to stop texting. by the dancers. Throughout the performance (which had no intermission), the two men of the group occasionally checked their phones and frantically typed replies to what must have been the most important text conversations of their lives. They whispered back and forth to each other, distracting me from my own enjoyment. I was about to say something, when Bill T. Jones himself leaned forward.

“You can leave, you know,” he said gruffly.

“If you don’t want to watch you should leave.”

I doubt they knew that the man who shushed them was actually the director of the performance they were watching, because Jones left his seat a few minutes later and the two men whispered to each other and suppressed laughter. They continued their texting. Before the performance was done, the two men left early leaving the female of their group behind to finish the show.

I may never know who these people are, nor do I really care to. But I will say that there is something very frustrating about

the post-college-age crowd, a huge demographic in our community. I’ve noticed over the past few years that among this group of people, there is a genuine lack of respect and courtesy when it comes to social gatherings.

Not long ago I stopped by a friend’s house who was in the middle of teaching a music lesson. As I was waiting in the living room for her to finish, her roommate was watching television.

“Hi, I’m Andrew,” I said.

He waved a cereal spoon at me while watching “Bob’s Burgers.” He neither introduced himself nor asked me what I was doing there. Another roommate walked into the house, right past me. For a good 8 minutes, the two roommates spoke to one another without even acknowledging my presence.

No handshake. No introduction. Nothing at all.

The latecomers to Bill T. Jones are not an anomaly. As someone who grew up in town and is a “face” in the community, it bothers me tremendously when outsiders

come in and claim the town as their own, when the question of “Where are you from?” is repeatedly answered with the dodging remark, “Oh, I live here.” There is an epidemic of valley greenhorns who are willing to participate, but have no desire to contribute.

And unfortunately they’re the ones who can somehow afford to live here.

People have asked me what it’s like to grow up in Jackson, and I tell them it was no different than growing up in any other small town. But now I see how much things have changed and, like some crotchety old timer, I start to refer to the way Jackson used to be.

With the massive insurgence of transplants and the current housing crisis, the old locals are being pushed out.

Texting during a dance performance is only a mosquito bite compared to the main issue, but nothing itches worse. And when all the old locals leave, I don’t know if the people left here will care enough to solve it. PJH

For complete event details visit pjhcalendar.com. n Writers in the Environment 9:00am, Grand Teton National Park, n zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398

SUNDAY 8.23

MONDAY 8.24

TUESDAY 8.25

n Adult Oil Painting 7:00pm, The Local Galleria, $25.00 - $80.00. 208-270-0883 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 Experience with Daniela Botur 12:00pm, Intencions, Free. 307733-9290

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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 (Moose) 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 at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Canyon Kids at Hatch 5:30pm, Hatch, 307-203-2780 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 Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornans, Free. 307733-2415 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Monday Night Baseball The Virginian Saloon, Free. 307739-9891 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 St. John’s Auxiliary’s 24th Annual Golf Tournament 9:00am, Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis Club, $250.00. 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 The WYNOTTS 7:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free.

307-733-4913 n Wyoming Wilderness Association presents Edward Abbey Documentary “Wrenched” 6:30pm, Old Wilson Schoolhouse, Free. 307-699-1936 n Young Naturalists 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3654 n Youth Camp: Meet the Masters 9:00am, Multi-Purpose Studio, $50.00 - $280.00. 307-733-6379 n Youth Camp: Modern Art 9:00am, Borshell Children’s Studio, $50.00 - $280.00. 307733-6379 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398

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n Adult Raft Guide Weekend Course 9:00am, Jackson Parks and Recreation, 307-739-9025 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 Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3392 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Celebrating National Parks 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center Auditorium, Free. 307739-3594 n Concert on the Commons 5:00pm, Village Commons, Teton Village, Free. n Friends of the Teton River’s 15th Annual River Party 3:00pm, Moose Creek Ranch, $5.00 - $15.00. 208-354-3871 n Guitarist Byron Tomingas at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free. 307-733-4647 n Hospitality / Industry Night 9:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free. 307-733-1500 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n NASCAR in HD 6:00pm, The Virginian Saloon, Free. 307-739-9891 n Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard, Free. 307-739-3399 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free. 307733-4407 n Taize 7:00pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Free. 307-733-2603 n Teton Adaptive Sports Paddling Day 12:00pm, String Lake, 307-4139440 n Teton Pass Kicker 9:00am, Teton Pass, $50.00 -

$90.00. n Teton Village Art & Antique Show 10:00am, Teton Villgae, Free.

303-570-9763 n Whole Hog Roast & Live Music 5:00pm, Q Roadhouse & Brewing Co., Free. 307-739-0700 n Women’s Mountain Bike Camp with Pro Rider Amanda Carey - Level 2 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $250.00. 800-TARGHEE

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Beyond hucks Fostering a new love for some of this season’s more abundant berries

BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS

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myriad of things exist that bring us to the valley. Some come for powder, some for the mountains, and others for the great shopping downtown offers. The sole reason that perpetuated my choice to live here exists in the forests. It is not in the cold stuff, or the rivers or anything else other than the low-lying shrubs growing under the thick of the pines.

Berries are important. The purple fat ones that typically grow during this time of year provide an inexplicable happiness. For those who do not know, I am talking about vaccinium membranaceum, also known as the Huckleberry. Do not confuse this with the common blueberry, for those are of little importance to the palate. I have not found a berry that quite compares to the beloved huck.

Berry picking is likely the most extreme sport here in Jackson. Not only does it take dedication, but also it takes preparation, planning and downright commitment to save enough for the winter. One must watch out for other berry pickers in this terrain because they may be guarded, aggressive or even shocked to see another human in their patches. When I encounter other pickers, I typically try to see them before they see me, give them a wide berth and hide the fact that I am searching for berries. This way, they think I am but a mountain vagabond, unaware of the deliciousness hanging on

A lone raspberry beckons Teton travelers.

every bush and do not view me as a threat. of hucks in the region. I felt a bit bad for the This season has officially been the worst thing, trying its best to maintain a healthy huckleberry season of my Teton tenure. Some diet on such a small, sparse and shriveled blame the cloud seeders. Others blame the excuses for berries. spring hail. I do not know the cause of the After that experience, my search for the dearth of deliciousness in the valley, all I beloved purple beads of happiness subsided. know is that I am making less pie and feeling Subsequently, I replaced my allotted summer a bit antsy. “picking hours” with mountain adventures I began my search for the alongside friends and famhucks thinking it was a no ily members. It was when I miss scenario. finally accepted that I would “Initially, I felt Spot No. 1: Depleted. have no berries that the Huckleberries were white, ashamed that the magic occurred. leaves shriveled, the scene While walking in the pathetic. bear had to listen woods with my parents, a Spot No. 2: Berries were large thunderstorm came in. fat, but numbers averaged to my terrible voice, We sheltered in a safe place three berries per bush. My snacked. The rain and but curiosity soon and heart rate increased. I had lightning finally stopped. spent about 32 hours searchlooked shiny and replaced indignity.” Everything ing for berries but had not yet new. I continued along the found a spot worth picking. trail and noticed an assortIn the twilight hours of ment of other berries that my infinitely long search I heard a rustling were not of the huckleberry lineage. They right beside my little path. It soon became were red and fat and ready to be picked. apparent that my woodland guest did not Red berries grew like no other in the appreciate my rendition of Neil Young and depths of this canyon. We picked until we Crazyhorse. Out of the corner of my eye, I reached the tops of our containers, and then spotted a large bear sprinting away from my continued to our destination. It was then I corridor. Initially, I felt ashamed that the realized that the Tetons are more than just bear had to listen to my terrible voice, but huckleberries. They are the raspberries, the curiosity soon replaced indignity. Bears are thimbleberries, the currants and all the other known far and wide for their keen sense of great edibles that manage to survive the frigsmell, thus, profound sense of great berry id winters outside of a warm cabin. Not only patches. Typically, I would never take a good do they survive, but also they thrive. They too patch away from a bear, but desperate times can be picked and jammed and frozen and called for desperate measures and the bear enjoyed in the darkness of winter and even appeared to be completely out of sight. huckleberry-fueled humans can survive on With an excited heart, I scoped the patch stockpiling a different kind of berry every the great beast was munching on only to be once in a while. PJH let down yet again. It was a sorry patch for a bear of its size, further validating the lack

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n Disc Golf Doubles 5:30pm, Disc Golf Course, $3.00. 614-506-7275 n Free Park Entrance All-day, Grand Teton National Park, Free. n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307739-3594 n Guitarist Marco Soliz at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free. 307-733-4647 n Hip Hop at Dancers’ Workshop 7:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00.

307-733-6398 n How Secure is Our Nation?

7:00pm, Center Theater, $15.00. 307-200-4343 n Indian Arts and Culture 1:30pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307739-3594 n Joint Classes 4:00pm, Moose-Wapiti Classroom, St. John’s Medical Center, Free. 307-739-6199 n Lunchtime Learning: Backcountry Safety 12:00pm, Teton County Library, Free. 307-7397466 n MELT at Dancers’ Workshop 12:10pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00.

307-733-6398 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-2015433 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.

307-733-6379 n Picnic in the Park 6:00pm, Powderhorn Park, Free. 307-690-7206 n Preserving the Harvest Workshop 5:30pm, Moose Creek Ranch, Free. 413-5750624 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 STACKHOUSE 7:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free. 307-733-4913 n Toddler Time 10:05am, 10:35am, 11:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free. 307-733-2164 x 118 n Town Pump Bouldering 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. 307-7332414 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. 307-2009006 n Youth Camp: Meet the Masters 9:00am, Multi-Purpose Studio, $50.00 $280.00. 307-733-6379 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free. 307-733-6398

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

10 Under 20 Prospecting the globe for worthy wine bargains

BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

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hanks, in part, to innovations in winemaking technology over the past 20 or so years, you don’t have to spend a fortune to drink good wine or stock a wine cellar. And, like me, perhaps you don’t have that fortune to do so even if you wanted to.

Well, I’m happy to report that you can buy bottles of very good wine for under $20—in some cases, under $10. Here are a few of my current favorites.

Priced at $8.99, Cono Sur Bicicleta Viognier from Chile’s Colchagua Valley is a steal. Tropical-fruit scents emerge upon opening, followed by peach, apricot and nutty flavors. Great with sushi and other Asian cuisines.

Crisp acidity and tropical pineapple and passion fruit flavors burst from a bottle of New Zealand’s Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc ($15.99). This zesty white is one of a mere few I’ve found that actually loves asparagus.

Torrontes from Argentina is almost always a good bang-for-the-buck, and that’s the case with Kaiken Terroir Series Torrontes ($13.99). Lychee, white peach and apricot notes please the palate, and the slightly off-dry sweetness and fruitiness of this Torrontes makes it a nice match with spicy dishes.

Another terrific Cono Sur wine is their Cono Sur Bicicleta Chardonnay ($8.99) from Chile’s Valle Central wine region—a well-balanced wine that is aged in stainless steel and shows peachy aromas, bright fruit flavors and solid mineral underpinnings.

Established way back in 1693, winemaking at South Africa’s Fairview vineyards has a long history. Pinotage is the only grape variety that is authentic to South Africa, and to taste a good one, pick up a bottle of Fairview Pinotage ($13). Dark fruits dominate this subtly oaked Pinotage, followed by clove and cinnamon notes. Drink it with beef and lamb dishes.

Made from 100 percent Spanish Tempranillo, Bodegas Bilbainas Viña Zaco ($13.99) pours into the glass looking nearly neon cherry colored, and with intense aromas of black fruits and anise. It’s a robust, well-rounded wine that pairs well with grilled meats and poultry, and is a nice partner for tapas.

With the U.S. dollar getting stronger against the Euro, wines from Europe are

IMBIBE becoming a little more affordable. One bargain from France is Château du Juge Bordeaux ($11.99). This pleasant, everyday Bordeaux comes from the right bank of the Garonne River Valley and is remarkably harmonious and well-structured for the price. I like to drink de Juge with steak frites, but it also pairs well with pasta Bolognese.

It’s back to Argentina for one of my favorite value Malbecs: AchavalFerrer Malbec ($19.99).

Founded by winemaker Santiago Achaval and partners, Achaval-Ferrer is known for its old-vine fincas (estates) and for being one of Argentina’s premier winemakers.

Achaval-Ferrer is dense and solid-bodied, with black and red fruit flavors and aromas, good minerality, and smooth, silky tannins. It’s a no-brainer to enjoy it with grilled or smoked meats.

New to some stores are wines from Sonoma’s

Haraszthy (pronounced “Hare-AssTee”) Family Cellars. One I really enjoy is Haraszthy Old Vine Lodi Zinfandel ($11.99). A Sonoma wine family for six generations, the Haraszthys know a thing or two about Zinfandel. This one is flavor-packed with fruit—raspberry and blackberry, most notably—with a subtle minty finish. It’s a good barbecue wine.

Finally, we all need to have a bottle of Port at hand, and Cockburn’s Special Reserve Port ($18.99) is an economical place to start.

Cockburn’s celebrates their 200th year of winemaking this year, so toast their birthday with this rich, luscious Special Reserve Port.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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The deli that’ll rock your belly. Jackson’s newest sub shop serves steamed subs, reubens, gyros, delicious all beef hot dogs, soups and salads. We offer Chicago style hot dogs done just the way they do in the windy city. Open daily11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Located just a short block north of the Town Square at 180 N. Center Street, (307) 733-3448.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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.

ITALIAN CALICO 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 Hot and delicious delivered to your door. Handtossed, 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.

PINKY G’S 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.

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NATURAL MEDICINE Send PMS packing

have imbalanced bacterial flora, you will be more likely to reabsorb the estrogen that you are trying to eliminate.

Here are a few steps to significantly reduce PMS symptoms:

BY DR. MONIQUE LAI

• Change your diet. First, give your liver a break by decreasing your intake of caffeine and alcohol. Eat protein throughout the day from non-meat sources. Increase your vegetable consumption to get more fiber. Go organic, especially with the “dirty dozen” — apples, strawberries, grapes, celery, peaches, spinach, sweet bell peppers, nectarines (imported), cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, snap peas (imported), potatoes, blueberries and hot peppers. In non-organic form, these foods have some of the heaviest pesticide loads.

• Take a probiotic to change gut bacteria and decrease your reabsorption of toxic estrogen.

• Take supplements that support the breakdown and elimination of estrogen like B6, magnesium and zinc. Detox your liver, I wrote a three part series on detox for The Planet last year, which you can find online: planetjh.com.

• Stress management is also essential to help deal with PMS. Your adrenal glands shunt progesterone to cortisol if you are under too much stress.

I

recently had two patients with severe PMS symptoms. This is something I’ve been seeing more frequently.

Premenstrual syndrome, or PMS, is defined by a variety of symptoms including mood swings, breast tenderness, food cravings, irritability and depression prior to your menstrual period. While the severity of PMS can fluctuate, it can become acute enough to interfere with your life. At this stage, many women simply endure the symptoms, assuming that little can be done, but this is not the case. Debilitating PMS need not be tolerated — it can and should be treated.

My two PMS patients were treating their symptoms with Aleve and Advil and both used birth control pills. Analgesics (pain pills) can successfully relieve PMS pain in the short term, but as a naturopathic physician, my training is to identify and treat the cause of disease. The cause of PMS is an imbalance between two hormones: estrogen and progesterone, specifically, an increase of estrogen levels relative to those of progesterone.

This imbalance can result from a reduction in progesterone or an increase in estrogen, but the result is the same: PMS symptoms.

What causes estrogen dominance?

Elizabeth Kingwill,

Mild PMS may consist of emotional sensitivity, slight irritability and possibly some cramping, but if it is interfering with your relationships or causing you to take a sick day, your body is telling you something. Listen to it. Your body gives you signals of imbalance.

In naturopathic medicine, if you have some form of dis-ease, meaning your body is not at ease, you need to make a change. PJH Monique Lai, ND, has been practicing in Jackson for 15 years after graduating from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1996 and practicing In Washington DC. She treats everything from gastrointestinal issues to menopause, allergies, thyroid disorders, auto-immune diseases and depressed immune systems. Learn more at drmoniquelai.com.

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Estrogen dominance can be either exogenous or endogenous. The exogenous (external) sources of estrogen can be found in animal products that are not organic specifically in the form of growth hormones fed to the animals you eat. Estrogen-like compounds are also found in plants sprayed with certain pesticides and herbicides. When you eat these compounds and hormones, your body absorbs them, sometimes with less-than-ideal consequences.

Endogenous (internal) sources are those that we create and are unable to get rid of.

Our liver is where our estrogen is conjugated, a process where the more toxic estrone hormone is converted to a less toxic estradiol and estriol. Substances that are hard on our livers, like alcohol, caffeine and high fructose corn syrup all increase estrogen. The other factor to consider is our ability to eliminate these substances. If you are constipated or

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L.A.TIMES

“EIGHT IS ENOUGH”

By Gordon Johnson

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015

ACROSS 01 Unwilling to listen 05 “Please don’t __” 010 Pot holder 014 Japanese comics 019 Lacking originality 021 Work on the road 022 Subject of a 1989 international trade ban 023 *“I won’t tell a soul!”

025 “Yes __!”

026 Riyadh natives 027 Botanical cover 028 One scouring the junkyard 030 Dam city 032 104 of Haydn’s are numbered: Abbr.

035 Familiar octet 036 *“You’re not even close!”

039 Burpee product 041 Like Brahms’ Third 042 Word repeated before “sis” 043 Ending with cup 044 Snoopy-Red Baron conflict, e.g.

046 Where some precious metal may be exchanged 050 Valued geologic mass 053 *Not just a shot in the dark 055 Whiskered swimmer 056 “Ah Sun-flower! ... / Seeking after that sweet golden __”: Blake 057 Sheltered at sea 058 Dune buggy, e.g., briefly 059 *Sci-fi fleet leader 062 Renaissance fiddle 064 Storm harbinger 065 Hilo his 066 Kubla Khan’s palace 068 Street __ 071 Cornmeal loaves 073 *Not seriously 077 “Found it!”

078 Chopped down 079 Nonnative Hawaiian 081 Stiller’s mom 082 *Words from the aptly punished 085 1966 #1 hit for The Association 087 DNA structure 088 7-__ 089 Foe of Chiang 090 Sigma follower 091 Jersey casino, with “The” 093 Gets it 094 *Adversarial attitude 097 Apple and Google started in them 0101 “Dang!”

0103 Tending to ooze 0104 A typical one for the 35-Across can be found in the first words of the answers to starred clues 0106 Kind of agt.

0108 Arrive, as clouds 0112 Contribute 0113 *Popular party dish 0117 “The Three Sisters” sister 0118 More than think 0119 Environmental activist 0120 Allowed 0121 Alluring 0122 Moving about 0123 Shore thing DOWN 01 Doo-wop syllables 02 “Orinoco Flow” singer 03 NSA wiretap challenger

GALLOPIN’ GRANDMA SATIRE

Humbled by the apron 04 When Shabbat begins 05 Linden tree 06 BWI posting 07 Arizona opponent in a landmark Supreme Court case 08 Categorically state 09 Both Arnaz guys 010 Tax season VIP 011 Shakespearean prince 012 Where or when attachment 013 Exasperated 014 Handle badly 015 Frequent flier’s malady?

016 Sweden : Sverige :: Norway : __ 017 Meet partner 018 Australia’s __ Rock 020 Certain Prot.

024 Mythological heaven 029 11th-century year 031 Friend 033 Macon university 034 “__ needle pulling thread” 036 Formula One sound 037 Keep an __ the ground 038 Butler with “a cynical humor in his mouth” 040 Record collection 044 Take __: try the pool 045 Cave 047 Bluish green 048 Hammett hound 049 It may contain regrets 051 Get conned 052 Russian city east of Kiev 053 Beethoven honoree 054 Unleaded?

056 Speaks for spirits 060 Lured (in) 061 “This I gotta see” 063 Rejoice 064 One using salt, perhaps 067 Rounded roof 068 Kind of cow?

069 South Korean president, 1948-1960 070 “Downton Abbey” title

072 Cold response 073 Biblical baptist 074 “Taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase”: MLK 075 Latin bears 076 Book describing the fall of Nineveh 078 Like typical snowflakes 080 Way back when 083 Carrot nutrient 084 Swamp thing 085 Check out, as a joint 086 Sci-fi transport 089 Prohibitive words 092 “Friends” actress, familiarly 095 Violinist Louis who invented the chinrest 096 1840s White House family 097 AOL alternative 098 Pianist Watts 099 Excavate again 0100 Founders 0102 Where cruise ships go 0105 Sugar source 0107 Roombas, briefly 0109 Sister of Luke 0110 “The heat __!”

0111 Stereotypical computer whiz 0114 Crew chief 0115 Pacific Coast or Alaska: Abbr.

0116 115-Down offense

Learning lessons of humanity and humiliation from the service industry

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round this time of the year, the air is filled with the gladsome cries of recent graduates looking forward to a wondrous future, and the hysterical laughter of their parents looking forward to a life without bankruptcy. They have been told that Wall Street is in their future and so is that loft in New York City and all the fabulousness that comes with it. The commencement speaker promised that the doorway to the future is right here, now. He said that.

What he didn’t say is that the only door many of our hopeful grads will be opening will be the employee entrance to Denny’s or Red Lobster. The pathway to the future will lie through a room full of flames, knives and hysteria. You want a key to the executive washroom? You might get one to the gas station next door, and as far as the loft in New York City, are you still in Mom’s basement?

Don’t move.

I bring this up because a young acquaintance of mine was complaining about the downsides of her waitress job. She said that some of her customers didn’t appreciate her adorableness. Instead, they complained about the food, they didn’t like the service, they sent stuff back, they dumped food all over, their kids were terrorists and they didn’t tip. “Why,” she asked her lip trembling. “Why is that?”

I took her hand and explained gently that while it is true that Lincoln freed the slaves, he did not free her. Her job description is “server” and that means that her employer wishes her to serve meals to whomever wants it served to them. It doesn’t matter if they are the Chainsaw Family or a bunch of baboons,

Nebraska, 1923: Gallopin’ Grandma’s mother and relatives waiting to get into a high class restaurant. However, they forgot to make reservations and are probably still waiting.

they are to be served even if you have to duck and run. It is still your job.

There may come a time when you might want to climb up the food chain and after acquiring an iron constitution and delusions of grandeur, you could become a maitre d’.

This will enable you to do unto others as they have done unto you. Just think of what you could do: lose reservations, make customers wait forever, give them terrible seats next to the bussing station or the kitchen. Oh the fun you could have.

When I was growing up in the 1940s and 50s, there weren’t many jobs for us in my hometown of Corn Cob, Iowa. Restaurants were few and the waitress came with the territory. They were mainly generous-sized older ladies who had been there forever. We didn’t know who they were, they were just there.

My friend, LuWanda, got a job at the Corn Cob Country Club, which was about three steps above a truck stop café. One Sunday they had a fancy (for them) brunch and LaWanda dropped a big chef salad with extra shrimp right on to MarySue Merch’s head.

The salad bowl flew through the air and got salad dressing all over MarySue’s tight, white Bobbie Brooks capris. Now MarySue was the mayor’s girlfriend and when his wife found out, she sued him for divorce and wrote LaWanda a note congratulating her on her aim. LaWanda was fired and spent the rest of the summer selling popcorn at the Kernel, the Corn Cob drive-in movie theatre.

I have been the mother of waitresses and one of them worked at a restaurant that specialized in pie. She would show up in the middle of the night with the leftovers and there we’d be, sitting up in bed, shoveling in the remains of the day. That was a long time ago, but sometimes I miss those days, when pie arrived in the middle of the night. French Silk was nice, also Banana Cream. I liked that. PJH

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You’d probably prefer to stay in the romantic, carefree state of mind. But from what I can tell, you’re ripe for a new phase of your long-term cycle. Your freestyle rambles and jaunty adventures should now make way for careful introspection and thoughtful adjustments. Instead of restless star-gazing, I suggest patient earth-gazing. Despite how it may initially appear, it’s not a comedown. In fact, I see it as an unusual reward that will satisfy you in unexpected ways.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) In accordance with the current astrological omens, I recommend the following activities: Sing a love song at least once a day. Seek a message from an ancestor in a reverie or dream. Revisit your three favorite childhood memories. Give a gift or blessing to the wildest part of you.

Swim naked in a river, stream, or lake. Change something about your home to make it more sacred and mysterious.

Obtain a symbolic object or work of art that stimulates your courage to be true to yourself. Find relaxation and renewal in the deep darkness. Ruminate in unbridled detail about how you will someday fulfill a daring fantasy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) The ancient Greek epic poem the Iliad is one of the foundation works of Western literature. Written in the eighth century BCE, it tells the story of the ten-year-long Trojan War. The cause of the conflict was the kidnap of Helen of Troy, reputed to be the world’s most beautiful woman. And yet nowhere in the Iliad is there a description of Helen’s beauty. We hear no details about why she deserves to be at the center of the legendary saga. Don’t be like the *Iliad* in the coming weeks, Gemini. Know everything you can about the goal at the center of your life. Be very clear and specific and precise about what you’re fighting for and working towards.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) The comedian puppets known as the Muppets have made eight movies. In The Great Muppet Caper, the Muppets Kermit and Fozzie play brothers, even though one is a green frog and the other a brown bear. At one point in the story, we see a photo of their father, who has the coloring and eyes of Kermit, but a bear-like face.

I bring up their unexpected relationship, Cancerian, because I suspect that a similar anomaly might be coming your way: a bond with a seemingly improbable ally.

To prepare, stretch your ideas about what influences you might want to connect with.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) English author Barbara Cartland published her first novel at age 21. By the time she died 77 years later, she had written more than 700 other books. Some sources say she sold 750 million copies, while others put the estimate at two billion. In 1983 alone, she churned out 23 novels.

I foresee a Barbara Cartland-type period for you in the coming months, Leo. Between now and your birthday in 2016, I expect you to be as fruitful in your own field as you have ever been. And here’s the weird thing: One of the secrets of your productivity will be an enhanced ability to chill out. “Relaxed intensity” will be your calming battle cry.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ‘‘On or about December 1910, human character changed,’’ wrote English author Virginia Woolf in 1924.

What prompted her to draw that conclusion? The rapidly increasing availability of electricity, cars, and indoor plumbing? The rise of the women’s suffrage movement?

Labor unrest and the death of the King? The growing prominence of experimental art by Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse, and Picasso? The answer might be all of the above, plus the beginning of a breakdown in the British class system. Inspired by the current astrological omens, I’ll borrow her brash spirit and make a new prediction: During the last 19 weeks of 2015, the destiny of the Virgo tribe will undergo a fundamental shift. Ten years from now, I bet you will look back at this time and say, “That was when everything got realigned, redeemed, and renewed.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) “The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble,” said psychologist Carl Jung.

“They can never be solved, but only outgrown.” I subscribe to that model of dealing with dilemmas, and I hope you will consider it, too—especially in light of the fact that from now until July 2016 you will have more power than ever before to outgrow two of your biggest problems. I don’t guarantee that you will transcend them completely, but I’m confident you can render them at least 60 percent less pressing, less imposing, and less restricting. And 80 percent is quite possible.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians celebrated an annual holiday called Makahiki. It began in early November and lasted four months. No one worked very much for the duration. There were nonstop feasts and games and religious ceremonies. Community-building was a featured theme, and one taboo was strictly enforced: no war or bloodshed. I encourage you Scorpios to enjoy a similar break from your daily fuss. Now is an especially propitious time to ban conflict, contempt, revenge, and sabotage as you cultivate solidarity in the groups that are important for your future. You may not be able to make your own personal Makahiki last for four months, but could you at least manage three weeks?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Museum of Failed Products is a warehouse full of consumer goods that companies created but no one wanted to buy. It includes caffeinated beer, yogurt shampoo, fortune cookies for dogs, and breath mints that resemble vials of crack cocaine. The most frequent visitors to the museum are executives seeking to educate themselves about what errors to avoid in their own companies’ future product development. I encourage you to be inspired by this place, Sagittarius. Take an inventory of the wrong turns you’ve made in the past. Use what you learn to create a revised master plan.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” Virtually all of us have been guilty of embodying that well-worn adage. And according to my analysis of the astrological omens, quite a few of you Capricorns are currently embroiled in this behavior pattern. But I am happy to report that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to quit your insanity cold turkey.

In fact, the actions you take to escape this bad habit could empower you to be done with it forever. Are you ready to make a heroic effort? Here’s a good way to begin: Undo your perverse attraction to the stressful provocation that has such a seductive hold on your imagination.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it,” confessed the late, great author David Foster Wallace.

Does that describe your experience, too? If so, events in the coming months will help you break the pattern. More than at any other time in the last ten years, you will have the power to liberate yourself through surrender. You will understand how to release yourself from overwrought attachment through love and grace rather than through stress and force.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “Most people love in order to lose themselves,” wrote Hermann Hesse in his novel Demian. But there are a few, he implied, who actually *find* themselves through love.

In the coming months, Pisces, you are more likely to be one of those rare ones. In fact, I don’t think it will even be possible for you to use love as a crutch. You won’t allow it to sap your power or make you forget who you are. That’s good news, right? Here’s the caveat: You must be ready and willing to discover much more about the true nature of your deepest desires—some of which may be hidden from you right 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.

Listening is loving Hearing what others have to say is a gift

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ruly listening to someone with whom we are talking is considered an advanced spiritual skill because it involves being able to quiet your mind. This is the same goal in meditation, yoga and martial arts. A quiet mind allows the soul to be present in the foreground.

What typically happens in everyday conversation is as soon as the other person starts sharing, our mind immediately launches into a flood of mental chatter. Our own internal thoughts can quickly become so absorbing that our attention is totally diverted from the other person. All of a sudden you are having a conversation with yourself, which takes the stage and your attention away from the speaker. You might be hearing their words, but you are no longer listening to them. From that moment on, there is no personal connection or authentic communication between the two of you.

On the other hand, the ability to put aside your personal mind chatter and be fully present to someone else creates both connection and intimacy. Notice that another way to look at the word “intimacy” is “in-to-me-see.”

Really listening to another person means attending 100 percent to the person speaking to you without formulating your own opinions, interpretations, judgments, or suggestions. It also means not reflecting on any of your own experiences, ideas or memories related to what they are sharing. This is also called being actively present.

Here are seven benefits of just listening: • • • • • • •

Not traveling around in your own mind while the other person is talking creates room for them in your psyche and in your heart.

You are demonstrating to the other person that they matter.

You are creating a non-judgmental, safe context for the other person to be their authentic self with you.

This allowing atmosphere offers the other person the pleasure of being seen for who they truly are.

You are able to experience them clearly without interference because you are able to control your “monkey mind.”

The other person gets to feel the beauty of your presence.

It goes without saying that when the tables are turned and you are the one talking and he or she is attending 100 percent to what you are saying, you are the lucky one who feels met, seen and appreciated.

Maybe you have seen James Cameron’s movie “Avatar.” Perhaps you recall that when the highly evolved (though primitive looking) Na’vi people greeted each other, they would look deeply into one another and say, “I see you.” They were looking into and validating the soulful depths of the other person. In a similar way, when you really listen to another person, you can truly experience who they are. They also can appreciate you, and both people have the delicious experience of being seen and accepted.

This is a great gift. PJH

Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author, and clairvoyant.

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