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Tales from some of Jackson Hole’s ‘haunted’ haunts. By Natosha Hoduski

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VOLUME 13 | ISSUE 42 | OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 3, 2015

COVER STORY TETON SHADOWS Tales from some of Jackson Hole’s ‘haunted’ haunts. Cover photo illustration by Cait Lee

5 GUEST OPINION 6 THE BUZZ 12 CREATIVE PEAKS 14 MUSIC BOX 16 GET OUT 18 WELL, THAT HAPPENED 27 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

SALES EXTRAORDINAIRES Caroline Zieleniewski / caroline@planetjh.com COPY EDITOR Brielle Schaeffer CONTRIBUTORS Craig Benjamin, Rob Brezsny, Aaron Davis, Kelsey Dayton, Natosha Hoduski, Elizabeth Koutrelakos, Carol Mann, Andrew Munz, Jake Nichols, Ted Scheffler, Tom Tomorrow, Jean Webber, Jim Woodmencey

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October 28, 2015 By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey

Jim has been forecasting the weather here for more than 20 years. You can find more Jackson Hole Weather information at www.mountainweather.com SPONSORED BY GRAND TETON FLOOR & WINDOW COVERINGS

The average low temperature this week is 20-degrees, however the record low is minus twelve! That unusually cold low temperature happened on November 3rd, 1991. Don’t worry kids, the coldest Halloween night we have ever had is only minus two, back in 1972. Probably as cold as we can expect during the evening hours this Halloween, is something in the upper 30’s. That’s not too scary.

The record high temperature this week is 70-degrees, which has happened twice in the last 80 years, both times were on October 29th, in 1991 and 1937. By the way, that is the latest date in the year that we have had 70-degrees in Jackson. The warmest Halloween afternoon we have ever had was 64-degrees, that has also happened twice, in 1990 and in 2008. It looks on Halloween this year the afternoon high temperatures will stay closer to average.

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AVERAGE PRECIPITATION: 1.17 inches RECORD PRECIPITATION: 3.21 inches (1972) AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 1.5 inches RECORD SNOWFALL: 18 inches

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t can be a scary time of year around here to be planning outdoor activities, especially when you consider the extremes of weather we can have here in late October. As you can see, the difference between the record high and record low this week is 82-degrees. Snow to the valley floor also becomes more of a reality, so don’t get suckered in by the nice weather we have had during most of October this year. Better get some of those last minute fall chores done outside, before November arrives.

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FROM OUR READERS Grizz Confidential

A recent story in the Jackson Hole News & Guide about grizzly bears being killed during hunter encounters exposes a troubling lack of measures taken by wildlife managers to prevent such deaths and the minimal consequences afterwards for killing a federally protected species. On Thanksgiving Day, 2012, hunters in Grand Teton National Park surprised a grizzly bear on an elk that had been shot and not retrieved. Naturally protecting its critical food source as winter neared, the grizzly charged the hunters. Seconds later, the bear lay dead. No charges were filed, and the incident was deemed self-defense. An average of about 10 such incidents occur each year during hunting season. Most get a brief mention in the media, and then are forgotten. Until next time. And there always seems to be a next time. So far this year, 46 grizzlies have been killed in conflicts with humans, and we can expect more before the end of hunting season. These incidents tend to have several things in common. First, they rarely result in charges being filed; if charges are filed they tend to result in small fines, which are sometimes wholly or partially suspended, and which serve as a weak deterrent to hunters. Second, bear spray rarely is used to deter an attack and usually not readily available. The result is a dead bear, rather than a bear that retreated and likely would be leery of humans in the future. Obviously, we aren’t recommending that hunters don’t defend themselves. Although not the solution 100 percent of the time, bear spray has been shown to be more effective in deterring an attack or warding off an aggressive bear than bullets. Studies on the use of bear spray vs. the use of guns to deter bear attacks consistently show that bear spray is much more effective. A 2008 Journal of Conservation Management study, cited in the N&G article, found that bear spray in Alaska was effective in stopping “undesirable behavior” 92 percent of the time. Other research has found that when firearms are involved in encounters with Alaskan black, grizzly and Polar bears, injuries occurred 56 percent of the time. The simple fact is that both hunter and bear are more likely to survive an encounter when bear spray is deployed rather than guns. So, a couple of questions: why aren’t hunters carrying bear spray and why aren’t wildlife managers mandating that hunters carry spray? If Grand Teton National Park can require hunters to carry it, other federal and state agencies can as

well. It’s best for bears and it’s the best way to prevent human injuries or death as well. Approximately 80 percent of grizzly bear deaths are caused by conflicts with humans, whether it’s with ranchers, hunters or in vehicle collisions. During the last 20 years, at least four government documents that reviewed conflicts and made recommendations to reduce them have been published. Unfortunately, few of the recommendations, like carrying bear spray, have been implemented. There’s no excuse, and the only explanation is lack of political will. Also troubling, as reported by the News & Guide, is a lack of transparency bordering on willful obstinance among government agencies. The News & Guide obtained its information on hunter-grizzly encounters through a federal Freedom of Information Act request. After waiting for the information for a year, the various federal agencies provided less than 20 percent of the data requested, and much of it was redacted. These aren’t national security issues; these are routine investigations of potential wildlife-related violations. Why the obsessive secrecy? Or are they so sloppy they can’t find the files? The public has a right to know what it’s public servants are, or, as in this case, are not, doing. Also of great concern is the minimal amount of effort invested in investigations of hunter-caused grizzly deaths — especially for those that occur in remote areas. In these instances, it appears the investigation consisted of little more than interviews with hunters involved. Understandably, agencies need the funding and resources to conduct thorough investigations. Not providing those resources is an indication of the priority agencies place on conflict prevention. Investigations also take months or even years to complete. This means that the public served by the investigating agency would not know if the results of an investigation reveal that too many female grizzlies had been killed, for example, and the population put at risk. Learning this a year after the fact is unacceptable, especially after grizzlies are removed from the Endangered Species List and states allow the bears to be hunted. Grizzlies remain a vulnerable species and important component of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. They’re also worth millions of dollars to communities in the GYE. Federal and state agencies owe it to the public they serve to better protect this national treasure.

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Corporate Welfare

We must not raise taxes or use taxpayer money to subsidize workforce housing for the private sector. Our affordable housing problem is a problem between employers and employees, and the government should not get in the middle. If employers are having trouble filling positions they need to either pay higher wages, subsidize housing for their employees, or rework their business plans to operate more efficiently. To require the general public to subsidize workforce housing through government subsidies creates a windfall not only for the lucky individuals who are able to take advantage of large housing subsidies, but more importantly a windfall for employers who are able to enjoy having the taxpayers pay part of their employee costs. This is a blatant form of corporate welfare, and only throws more fuel on the fire of our overheated economy by publicly subsidizing private commercial enterprises. Why are we even talking about low wage jobs in a community that has negative unemployment? Take for instance the controversial rent increases at Blair Place; those increases could be mitigated by a $2 or $3 per hour raise in wages for the average tenant, but as long as the government is ready to rush in and subsidize housing costs businesses will continue to avoid paying the full cost of their employees, and the taxpayer will continue to get the shaft. If employers can’t fill low wage positions then wages should rise until those positions become attractive to potential employees, and if higher wages create a headwind to economic growth is that really a problem in the current local economic climate? Slower growth would mean, fewer jobs, less traffic, and less demand for workforce housing. I urge our elected officials: Do not raise taxes, and do not use taxpayer money to subsidize workforce housing for the private sector. Those are the “do nots.” Here are the “dos”: 1) Do use taxpayer money to subsidize housing for PUBLIC sector employees. We are all stakeholders in local government, and we have an interest in making sure it provides its services as efficiently and at as low a cost as possible. 2) Do create well crafted incentives to spur the private sector to develop high density workforce housing in the core urbanized areas of Town.

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Backcountry Zero How Teton County Search and Rescue saved my life. BY CRAIG BENJAMIN

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Headlines surrounding Craig Benjamin’s near fatal night in the backcountry, circa 2002. Thanks to Teton County Search and Rescue, Benjamin is alive today. found both our tracks and our camp and they narrowed their search to the Mosquito Creek drainage. At 4 p.m. Zach and I stopped to rest. I lay down and remember thinking how nice it would be to stay there and close my eyes for a bit. And then it hit me: If we didn’t make it out that day, we were going to die. There was simply no way we could survive another night. A shot of adrenalin coursed through me and we decided to head down the drainage we were traversing, and not to stop until we hit civilization. Just before 4:30 p.m., we heard what sounded like snowmobiles in the distance. We yelled as loud as we could and within minutes our knights in orange snowsuits arrived to transport us to safety. I’ll never forget the tears in my mother’s voice when Doug Meyer handed me the phone to tell her I was OK. I am forever grateful for the care I received at St. John’s Medical Center over the next few weeks and months as the doctors and therapists worked to save my feet and all of my toes, which were severely frostbitten. And I will always remember that I owe every waking day of my life to the incredible members of Teton County Search and Rescue. We’ve all lost friends and family in the Tetons. I won’t mention the names because revisiting these incidents brings back too much pain. Teton County Search and Rescue save dozens of people from this fate every year. Fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, brothers, sisters and friends are still alive because of SaR’s selfless efforts. We throw the word “hero” around all too often these days, but the folks at Teton County Search and Rescue embody the very meaning of the word. All of this is why I invite you to mark your calendars for Teton County Search and Rescue’s launch of Backcountry Zero, a community vision to reduce fatalities in the Tetons at 5 p.m. on Nov. 7 in the Center for the Arts. PJH Backcountry Zero is a mission of Teton County Search and Rescue. Learn more at BackcountryZero.com. Craig Benjamin is the executive director of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance.

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resorted to trying to burn money as kindling. It didn’t work. So we snuggled in for a long, cold, and unforgettable night. Zach’s roommates Gabe and Steve became concerned when we weren’t home by nightfall. They drove up the pass and found my car still there, buried under nearly a foot of new snow. They called the sheriff’s office and Teton County Search and Rescue sprang into action. They asked Gabe and Steve to visit every bar in the valley to make sure we weren’t simply celebrating a fun day, while they mobilized dozens of volunteers and crafted a plan to find us. That night the weather deteriorated even more with winds gusting more than 70 miles per hour. Teton Pass and Highway 26-89-191 through the park were both closed due to blizzard conditions. Meanwhile, the temperature dipped to 13 degrees and the avalanche hazard spiked to high. In desperate attempts to stay warm, Zach and I alternated between spooning and climbing out of our cave to jump around. At 6 a.m. Monday, more than 30 volunteers from Teton County Search and Rescue, joined by rescue workers from Grand Teton National Park and Sublette County, met to coordinate their search. Each one of those people dropped whatever they were doing, risking their lives in treacherous conditions to help save two people they had never met. Search and Rescue administrator Doug Meyer characterized the situation as a worstcase scenario. “We we’re searching for two people lost in a whiteout,” he explained. “It was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.” At the same time search and rescue launched their rescue effort, Zach and I made a fateful decision. Tired and confused, we decided to head back north in an effort to hit Highway 22, which we believed couldn’t be that far away. If we had continued another quarter of a mile down the drainage we would have hit Mosquito Creek Road and easily been able to skate the remaining seven miles to Fall Creek Road and safety. We spent the day climbing up and over ridges behind Crescent H Ranch, completely lost and becoming increasingly worn out. Around mid-day a search and rescue team

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t’s the phone call every parent dreads. “Mr. Benjamin, this is Rachel, Craig’s roommate. I don’t want to alarm you, but Craig and a friend went skiing on Teton Pass yesterday and they never came home. There’s a huge search and rescue operation underway, but as of right now, they are missing.” On the morning of Jan. 20, 2002, Zach Jakub and I headed up Teton Pass to ski Avalanche Bowl. Both of us had moved to Jackson Hole a few months earlier to do exactly what we planned to do that day – slay pow in the backcountry. We had taken the obligatory Avalanche 1 course, practiced using our new transceivers and avalanche gear, and were heading toward familiar terrain. As we boot packed south, the weather deteriorated. The winds picked up, visibility dropped and we lost our bearings. Instead of dropping into Avalanche Bowl, we accidentally dropped into the “Black Hole” of the Mosquito Creek drainage, an unfortunately all-too common mistake. At the bottom we instantly realized we were not where we wanted to be, but figured if we followed the drainage out, we’d eventually hit a road. We slowly slogged down the drainage, barely making progress toward an unknown destination. By 4 p.m., it hit us – we were going to spend the night out there, and we weren’t prepared. We had only planned on skiing one lap that morning as the weather called for a major storm to roll in that afternoon, so we had minimal water, an insignificant amount of food and no extra layers. Neither of us had a cell phone. Before night fell we dug a snow cave, lined it with pine boughs, and tried unsuccessfully to light a fire. With all the brush we could gather soaked from snow, we

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THE BUZZ Frankly Speaking Are intolerance and intimidation eroding First Amendment rights? BY JAKE NICHOLS

ary Grossman was a natural fit for the classroom when administrators at the Jackson Hole Community School decided to cover freedom of expression for Free Speech Week (Oct. 19-25). Grossman taught the weeklong course as part of the school’s International Issues class. The week wrapped up with an Instagram photo contest won by Kristina French and Elizabeth Perry for their shot that captured the essence of free speech in Jackson Hole. Grossman, who launched Planet Jackson Hole with her husband Judd, said she was generally impressed with how well the teenage students seemed to fully grasp the significance of freedom of expression enjoyed in this country as compared to more oppressed nations. It’s the adults in this community she has had issues with in her past as a publisher of an alternative newspaper. “After 20 years of publishing, the main thing I learned, unfortunately, was that most people don’t understand or appreciate the concept of freedom of expression,” Grossman said. “Many locals are very comfortable with censorship. They even demand it. I saw educated, intelligent, freethinking people in Jackson who were so incredibly comfortable with shutting [Planet JH] up. People who I know that, if left in charge of a small country, would become fascist dictators. And they don’t even see it.” Grossman and others are growing frustrated with the paradoxical conceptualization of expressive freedom, especially in America. The Freedom of Information Age ushered in by the explosion of social media connectedness via the Internet has allowed for the sharing of opinions and viewpoints like never before in history. And Americans have never had to be more cautious about stating their opinion as they do today. The right to speak one’s mind is regularly trumped by anyone’s adopted right to not have to hear it. “Free speech isn’t just about being able to express yourself freely, it’s also about tolerating and upholding the opinions that you might not agree with,” Grossman said. “People make the mistake of thinking that the way to cultivate a tolerant and pluralistic society is to eliminate bad ideas from public dialogue. There’s an army of politically correct opinion leaders who demand we neutralize speech so that no one is offended. It’s negatively affecting journalism and our ability to speak the truth. This form of censorship

is seeping into the collective mindset of Western society and it’s very destructive.” Grossman agrees with acclaimed polemicists John Stuart Mill and John Milton, who both championed the freedom of expression as the only means to finding truth. “The fullest liberty of expression is required to push arguments to their logical limits, rather than the limits of social embarrassment,” Mill is quoted as saying in “On Liberty.” Milton also argued in favor of tolerance for a wide range of views as opposed to a principle of pre-censorship. “It’s really important to allow these ‘bad’ ideas to flow freely in our society because that’s how we challenge them and confront them above sea level. The minute they go underground, well, that’s how people are harmed and killed with this way of censorship thinking,” Grossman said. “Look at what we are teaching. Teenagers like to be politically correct because that’s what they are being encouraged to do. College kids are worse. They don’t want to offend anyone so everyone has to shut up.” Once bastions of the bard, college campuses today are becoming more and more intolerant of discourse and divisive opinion. University of Wyoming is just one of numerous higher learning institutions that have quashed free speech by canceling controversial lecturers like Bill Ayers and Ann Coulter. Comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock no longer perform on campuses because college kids can’t take a joke. Seinfeld cited trigger warnings, speech codes and other First Amendment umbrage while on an ESPN talk show. “They just want to use these words: ‘That’s racist,’ ‘that’s sexist,’ ‘that’s prejudiced.’ They don’t even know what they’re talking about.” Rock just called college kids too PC. “They’re way too conservative in their social views and their willingness not to offend anybody,” Rock told Vulture. “[They’re] kids raised on a culture of ‘we’re not going to keep score in the game because we don’t want anybody to lose.’” Some colleges have gone as far as to implement a pronoun policy promoting a gender-neutral environment. No more “he” or “she;” in the new age it’s ze, hir, zir, xe, xem and xyr – all in the name of inclusiveness. While it may sound like a harmless fad, Grossman worries it’s the beginning of a spiraling trend toward the erosion of freedoms guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. When they’re gone, Americans will have more to worry about than hurt feelings, she worries. “It begins with filtering the news. Now that we’ve become a more diverse society, we feel the need to dumb down the media to the safest voice. I see it here in Jackson where we would rather scrub our town clean of any negative discourse rather than let the free flow of negative opinions take place,” Grossman said. “These college kids think they are under such duress sometimes. Well that pales in comparison to what is happening around the world in areas of conflict

The Instagram winning shot that embodies free speech in Jackson Hole during Free Speech Week, Oct. 19-25. where unpopular opinions are the rational voices of moderation and they get drowned out by the radical voices. So it’s important to get to kids early and explain this.”

Operation ‘Say’ America Issues of free speech have come before local leaders. Town officials whitewashed a prayer opening at the downtown rodeo into a nonsectarian “pep talk” in 2012. When Operation Save America (OSA) stormed into town to protest abortion with their graphic baby parts posters, citizens rallied behind Mary Erickson’s “Civility, Compassion, Love” campaign. The Town of Jackson issued a restraining order. Ed Bushnell is a former journalist for Planet JH who now practices law in Jackson. He was a guest lecturer for Grossman’s course, where he offered insight on the town’s delicate position of weighing protecting freedom of expression against a duty to protect both its citizens and visiting demonstrators. “It’s a fascinating teaching tool because this issue was no obvious slam dunk. It could have gone either way, really,” Bushnell said of the Wyoming Supreme Court ruling on the case of first impression. “The Wyoming Supreme Court did a great job looking at all the factors. The one thing they thought was a big deal was the court ordered prior restraint, which freezes free speech, rather than an order that would chill it, like monitoring and reacting to the protest.” The restraining order resulted in the arrest of Pastor Mark Holick, who later sued the Town of Jackson. He won a settlement after a 3-2 state Supreme Court ruling that stated OSA’s First Amendment rights were violated. Town attorney Audrey Cohen-Davis said she was disappointed with the ruling but with a lack of instate precedent to go on, she felt justified in seeking a district court order at the time. “We thought it was proper. Judge [Tim] Day thought it was. And two out of five

justices thought it was,” Cohen-Davis said. Cohen-Davis pointed out that OSA was not denied the right to display “all around town.” The restraining order issued against OSA crashing the Boy Scouts’ Elk Antler Auction had more to do with the town’s own special event permitting – the Scouts applied for and received a special events permit to be on the town square – which is a requirement for groups looking to use public parks in town. The town also failed to prove how OSA’s abortion photos would harm children, according to Cohen-Davis. The incident was a costly one for the town and the Wyoming Local Government Liability Pool. Two separate lawsuits were settled for a total of $275,000. With a better roadmap of free speech litigation in place now for Wyoming’s municipalities, lawyers like Cohen-Davis feel a little more comfortable interpreting constitutional matters. “These constitutional issues that are coming down now are huge for local government,” she said. “It’s interesting to see how the courts evolve on topics like prayer and protest. There are a lot of legal issues. Sometimes we have to get up to speed quickly.”

Walking the talk

Grossman is launching an organization called Minds Wide Open that she expects might one day blossom into a full-fledged nonprofit. The passion for open dialogue that allows for the fullest unfiltered expression of viewpoints is something Grossman championed when she was publisher of Planet JH, too. “When Judd and I started The Planet, our main vision was to provide a forum that was welcoming to all opinions, including unpopular opinion,” Grossman said. “Many times the entire paper was filled with opinion I didn’t agree with. But I went to bat for writers who wrote all kinds of difficult things. We felt it was more important to uphold their right to free speech than to filter the news.” PJH

CONGRESSIONAL CHRONICLES Citizens say ‘back off’ the public land takeover. BY JAKE NICHOLS

Landslide Field reps from Wyoming’s D.C. delegation admitted that hardly anybody comes to their quarterly “Office Hours” soiree held in Jackson. The scheduled gripe session is poorly publicized but enough concerned citizens found their way to town hall on Tuesday morning to air a variety of concerns in front of Nikki Brunner (Sen. Mike Enzi), Pam Buline (Rep. Cynthia Lummis) and Pat Aullman (Sen. John Barrasso). Initially, the trio of representatives expressed a desire to have audience members approach one at a time to a round table forum they had constructed at the head of the room. That way, grievances could be ensured a measure of privacy more akin to a Catholic confessional booth than a town hall-style confab. The process quickly broke down when one audience member stood up and spoke out. “I don’t know if it’s an opinion shared by most of the people here – I think it is – but I would like to voice my support of the renewal of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act,” a concerned citizen, and presumably non-Catholic, stated to majority approval harrumphing. “I also think public lands should remain public and not be privatized.” Audience members clapped, uproariously,

in a reserved manner appropriate for the early hour. And off they went. Most of 15 or so attendees were particularly concerned with the budget amendment passed this spring that introduced the notion of selling, transferring or trading federal lands to individual states. Whining out of Utah – whose state leaders seem intent on nothing short of succession from the Union – got the ball rolling and caught the ear of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. She sponsored the measure, which at this point is purely symbolic, but some fear it could pave the way for future legislation. Sens. Barrasso and Enzi were both on the “yea” side of the 51-49 vote. The concern of many in attendance at office hours echoed sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts throughout the West who worry states will then sell off parcels to private developers when they realize they don’t have the budget to maintain the lands. “I’m among the bewildered here in Wyoming when I try to understand our delegation’s position on federal lands,” said concerned citizen Lisa McGee. “It seems like they are advocating against our own interest. Of all the states, Wyoming has the most to lose.” Another citizen agreed: “If the federal government gives away our public lands to state and private interests then we’ll lose our access. Our public lands mean so much to people in this county. Ask your bosses to

Reps for Sens. John Barrasso and Mike Enzi and Rep. Cynthia Lummis fielded concerns of Jackson citizens Tuesday in town chambers, where public lands were a hot topic. please back off on their plans to support this. We can’t see a path where the transfer of public lands to the state would allow them to be better managed than they are now.”

Up a creek Local river rat Aaron Pruzan voiced his support of Lummis’ Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act. The proposal has faced growing opposition from environmental groups, enough so that the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources has tweaked the bill more than once in recent months. Former Grand Teton NP super Mary Gibson Scott said she opposed the bill, which she equated to pandering to faddish interests over multiple generations of conservation. She said she would also like to see a federal budget passed on time for a change.

House rules Some in the crowd were enlightened to the Hastert Rule – an informal policy on Capitol Hill that limits the introduction of minority party bills. “You can’t get any of the above done if you continue to have closed rules like the Hastert Rule,” complained one audience member. “You can’t govern. You haven’t been able to govern for years now because of this closed rule thing.” Brunner, Buline, and Aullman promised constituents their concerns would be brought to their bosses in Washington. Enzi representative Brunner added that her door is always open for walk-ins. Enzi is the only Wyoming member of Congress with an office in Jackson. The field reps also gathered an email list. PJH

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n By September, Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser were finally out of the Michigan Legislature—Gamrat by guard-escorted removal after her formal expulsion and Courser by pre-emptive resignation—following the pair’s months-long “secret” sexual affair and clumsy handling of its revelation. Courser’s original defense strategy was to plant a bogus story of a gay-sex scandal, hoping to discredit as hysteria any news about his actual affair, but when that failed, he issued a 1,900-word plea, liberally quoting the Bible, acknowledging his hypocrisy and hoping for salvation from his colleagues (who failed to come through).

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In October, a Harvard University debate team (three-time recent champions of the American Parliamentary Debate Association) lost a match to a team of prisoners from the m a ximum-security Eastern New York Correctional Facility. Prison debaters “are held to the exact same standards” as college debate teams, according to the director of Bard College’s Prison Initiative, which coaches the inmates. Prisoners took the “pro” side of public schools having the right to turn away students whose parents had entered the U.S. illegally (though team members personally disagreed). The Bard trainers pointed out that the inmates perfected their presentation despite (or perhaps because of) the prison prohibition on Internet access.

Compelling Explanations

A black alleged gang member, Taurus Brown, 19, under arrest in Clearwater, Fla., in September for having a marijuana cigarette casually tucked behind his ear as he talked politely to a white police officer, tried to flee on foot but was quickly taken down. Asked why he ran, Brown replied (according to the police report): “I don’t like white people touching me. White people do weird stuff.”

Unclear on the Concept

The Merit Systems Protection Board is (wrote The Washington Post) “a personnel court of last resort” for federal employees unfairly punished by demotion or firing—which is just what employee Timothy Korb needed when his federal agency suspended him in 2013, allegedly for revealing at a staff meeting that the agency’s actual case backlog was much worse than it was letting on. Korb’s employer, ironically, is the Merit Systems Protection Board, and in September 2015, an administrative law judge upheld his claim of unfairness. n Philosophy professor Anna Stubblefield (RutgersNewark University) was convicted of aggravated sexual assault against a severely disabled man she was discovered having sex with on the floor in a locked office, but at trial in September, she testified that the man had “consent(ed)” and that the two were “in love.” The victim, 34, has cerebral palsy and other ailments, wears diapers, requires assistance for nearly all activities, is intellectually disabled, and does not speak, “except for making noises,” according to a brother. Stubblefield had been working with him on the controversial practice of “facilitated communication,” in which a facilitator reads a patient’s mind via subtleties such as eye movement and articulates the words for him. However, a jury failed to appreciate that facilitated “consent” and quickly convicted her.

Shameless

In rare bipartisan action, the U.S. Senate is preparing a bill to ban taxpayer funds for those military salutes at sporting events. Teams (the legislators believe) already benefit from the fan-friendly staging of heartwarming patriotic displays. (The Pentagon had paid $5.4 million just to the National Football League over the last four years.) An NFL spokesman, finally playing catch-up, said in September, “(N)o one should be paid to honor our troops.”

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“Officially” declaring oneself not subject to the laws of any jurisdiction (i.e., a “sovereign”) opens a wide range of career choices. The FBI and Las Vegas police say that in Rick Van Thiel’s case, once his porn industry career ended (because someone stole his video equipment), he “decided to go into the medical field,” becoming “Dr. Rick” with expertise performing dozens of abortions, circumcisions and castrations (plus cancer treatments and root canals). Proudly avoiding actual licensing, Van Thiel promoted “alternative” remedies, with an office in a Nevada compound of trailers that one hesitant “patient” described as something out of a horror movie. Van Thiel, arrested in October, nonetheless staunchly defended his ability (acquired, he said, by watching YouTube medical videos). (Bonus entertainment: In court, he will be acting as his own lawyer.)

Perspective

In June, Tennessee’s much-publicized program to kick drug users off of welfare rolls (and only from welfare rolls, among all people receiving any type of state subsidy) wound up its first year cutting off fewer than 40 people out of 28,559 people on public assistance (“temporary assistance to needy families”). Nonetheless, the sponsoring legislators said they were pleased with the program and planned no changes. The state paid a contractor $11,000 to conduct 468 drug tests, but did not disclose staff costs of processing applications, deciding who to test and managing cases.

Least Competent Criminals

Not Ready for Prime Time: It was at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 8 that, according to Dallas police, Kristopher Jones, 18, and a buddy decided it would be Joy’s Donut shop they should rob. As they exited the store (one carrying the shop’s cash register), a uniformed, off-duty officer (who apparently had pulled up to the store—for doughnuts) saw the whole thing and arrested Jones (though his partner was able to flee). n I’m Da Man! John Morgan, 28, and Ashley Duboe, 24, were charged in September with robbing the Savings Bank in Ashville, Ohio—with their apprehension made easier by Morgan’s Facebook photos of himself riffling through (and with a mouthful of) his newly acquired stack of bills (a “McStack,” he wrote) and describing his current elation: “I got six bands bra … I’m doing rrree=aaaalll good.” (Police were quick to find the Facebook page because Morgan was already on parole from a 2010 bank robbery.)

Legislators in Action

In a recent resolution, Blount County (Tennessee) Commissioner Karen Miller called for her fellow commissioners and state officials all the way up to the governor to prepare for “God’s wrath” for recent national policies (same-sex marriage, etc.) she disagrees with. Though other states might be in for a smiting, Miller’s resolution calls on God to spare Blount County (by the “safety of the Passover lamb”). In October, the commission tabled the resolution 10-5, but she promised to reintroduce it.

Thanks This Week to Joan Condell, John Baker and Bruce Leiserowitz, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors. Read more weird news at WeirdUniverse.net; send items to WeirdNews@earthlink. net, and P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, FL 33679.

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Tales from some of Jackson Hole’s ‘haunted’ haunts.

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Teton Shadows Tales from some of Jackson Hole’s ‘haunted’ haunts.

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spen Hill Cemetery, Jackson, Wyo. – It was 1 a.m. when Jennifer James and I climbed the tiered cemetery walkway. We were making our way at a steady pace, using her headlamp to read the names on tombstones. As we stopped over maybe the ninth grave, we heard a twig snap behind the tombstone, then the shuffling of footsteps. We froze, our bodies still as trees, but for the wavering of indecision in our brains. My nerves shocked awake. I was so aware I could hear blades of grass bending. “Did you hear that?” James whispered after a moment. I laughed a brassy laugh that was meant to communicate the nonchalance I could not force myself to feel. “Yeah,” I whispered with a shrug of my shoulders. I had been looking into ghost stories in Jackson Hole for the past week or so. Flashes of each tale began to spiral in my mind, but when nothing else happened, my shoulders relaxed, the throbbing in my ears subsided and we made motion to continue. Then my arm jutted out, frantically pointing at the grave. “That! That noise! That’s what I heard!” I whisper-shouted as the footsteps rustled again.

Staffers at the Cowboy Bar have reported hearing the raucous presence of patrons while retrieving liquor from the basement only to return to an empty bar.

We both stepped closer, leaning toward the stone. Silence met us again, but I refused to move on. In a bid to support my corporeal beliefs, I decided to act braver than I felt and made motion to get a look behind the tombstone. With the two steps to the right I took, whatever was lurking behind the headstone took two steps to the left, just out of sight. I repeated the process, moving to the left this time, and the creature mimicked me, moving the same number of steps to the right. This went on two more times before I glanced at James, trying to swallow every sense inside that screamed, “Leave it! You don’t need to know! Let it be!” But with characteristic stubbornness, I took a flying leap behind the grave – throwing back the branches that incased the headstone – only to be met by perfect emptiness. There was nothing there. That night James and I slept under the cloudy, crescent sky, buried in fallen leaves beside the bodies of pioneers. After tamping down our fears, we settled into comfortable conversation and left ghostly fears to another time, and maybe more importantly, another place.

Spirits of the Wort During the Halloween season, paranormal stories are always on the tips of people’s tongues, and Jackson has no shortage of them. Perhaps one of Jackson’s most famous ghost stories revolves around The Wort Hotel. The Wort is the infamous site of the double homicide of the McAuliffe sisters. On the night of Aug. 5, 1964, 19-year-old transient dishwasher

Andrew Pixley snuck into the girls’ second story room, breaking a screen to gain access to where the 8- and 12-year-old girls slept. The sisters’ father, Judge Robert McAuliffe, appeared on the scene to find the drunken, prostrate form of Pixley on the floor not far from the girls’ beds. Pixley would only say “I didn’t do it” over and over when questioned by the police. Horror-struck, the traumatized McAuliffe took in the sight of the bodies of his two beloved daughters still lying in their beds – one bludgeoned to death and the other brutally strangled. The judge apprehended Pixley, pinning him to the ground until the police arrived. Police Officer James Jensen heard Mrs. McAuliffe’s screams, which quickly drew him to the room where he found the judge still holding Pixley hostage. “My God, he’s killed my babies,” McAuliffe reportedly cried. Pixley is the youngest person to face the death sentence in Wyoming. He was sent to the gas chambers at age 22 and is said to have laughed when the judge handed down his sentence. There is perhaps little wonder then that the staff at The Wort have reported strange happenings since then. According to Wort staffers, there have been times people have heard the cries of little girls echoing from behind the front desk. There have even been instances when, according to certain Wort employees, guests have complained that children should not be allowed to wander the halls late at night during times when no young guests were staying at the hotel. Lorili Teti, who works at The Wort part-time, is

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also a tour guide for Jackson Hole Ghost Tours, an outfit in operation from June to September. While the hotel does not like a lot of publicity surrounding the macabre occurrences, Teti believes that on occasion, staff members may have quit over the haunted, storied nature of the building. But the McAuliffe girls are not the only ghosts thought to haunt The Wort. Teti has had a personal encounter with the friendly spirit the staff calls Engineer Bob. Maintenance staffers at The Wort describe Bob as a very helpful ghost. “Whenever there is a curious plumbing problem and the maintenance men can’t find it, and they’ve called in experts and they can’t find it either, Bob will lead them to the problem,” Teti explained. “He’ll signal them to follow him from the end of a hallway, and then he’ll disappear, and appear again at the end of another hallway, and then when he doesn’t appear again, that’s where they find the leak.” As a member of Jackson Hole Ghost Tours, Teti is a researcher and historian who likes to corroborate stories as well as she can before she incorporates them into her tour. For her, there just wasn’t enough reliable information about Bob. She seriously questioned whether or not Bob actually existed. One day on one of her tours she stopped in front of the Silver Dollar Bar to begin the tale of Bob. In the midst of voicing her suspicions, she was surprised to be interrupted by a couple coming

out of the bar. They asked her an obvious question about the location of a landmark in town that any of the staff easily could have answered, she said. She then asked the couple why they had chosen to ask her the question. The woman replied that Bob had sent them to her for the answer. Teti assumed the staff was playing a trick on her and proceeded to interrogate one of the waitresses. The waitress vehemently denied any trick, but admitted that the couple had been acting strange. “When they first sat down, the couple ordered two drinks,” the waitress reported, “but when I came around to see if they wanted anything else, they ordered three drinks. I couldn’t figure out who the third drink was for.” Teti believes that some ghosts haunt places just to be remembered. Spirits like Bob are afraid of drifting into forgotten corners of history where their significance will fade, so they make themselves known to the living, she said.

“Sometimes you’d go downstairs to retrieve the liquor, and then suddenly it’d sound like 20 or 30 people were upstairs.”

‘It sounded like an old-timey saloon’ Coincidentally, The Wort is not the only place in Jackson purportedly haunted by a ghost named Bob. The iconic Million Dollar Cowboy Bar also has a gentleman by that same name that is said to

appear on occasion. During prohibition there were underground tunnels that connected The Wort and the Million Dollar Cowboy for smuggling purposes, and even though the tunnels have since been sealed, the two buildings have a very intertwined history. Josh Roche has been a barkeep at the Million Dollar Cowboy, where the ashes of a certain Mr. Bob Whitaker are stored in a Jack Daniels bottle in the front office. Roche thinks the ghost, who is said to observe the proceedings at the bar from time to time might very well be Whitaker. While Roche and the rest of the bartenders at the Cowboy have not seen this particular ghost for a few years, Roche said that there was a time they would sometimes glimpse a dusty old cowboy still dressed in his “off the range” attire in the reflections of the mirrors that line the walls of the bar. Roche thinks it is possible the ghost of Whitaker is the reason there are bullet holes in the walls of the Cowboy. He likes to tell a story of a security guard who patrolled the bar in the late 1950s. “The night security guard was walking around the building, and he caught a glimpse of something I guess he thought was a man, so he pulled his gun out and began firing,” he said. “Now there are bullet holes in the walls. One hit the back bar, and you can still kind of see it. …That security guard thought he saw someone, and there was no one there. It could have been our cowboy.” Other bartenders at the Cowboy insist that Roche is telling the truth. Chad Taylor worked at the bar for eight years where, he said, being there alone – day or night – could be a nerve-wracking event.

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Some say that the ioo-yearold building that houses the Jackson Hole Playhouse has more than a few spirits who call it home.

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When Taylor was bar backing, he often found himself in the basement retrieving liquor to stock the bar upstairs before it opened. The liquor room is beneath the pool tables. “Sometimes you’d go downstairs to retrieve the liquor, and then suddenly above you it’d sound like 20 or 30 people would be upstairs playing pool,” Taylor said. “It’d sound like an oldtimey saloon, so you’d rush upstairs to see if the bartender up there needed any help, and there wouldn’t be anyone there. The place would be completely empty.” Roche has had this same experience several times. He said that in an instant the whole place would go from completely silent to stomping feet and the sounds of billiard games, and as with Taylor, when he rushed upstairs there wouldn’t be a soul in the place. “It’s a spooky old building,” Roche said. “I had to lock the place up on Friday and Saturday nights, and I’d get the heebie-jeebies.”

Friendly theatre ghosts While there are no stories of any Bobs making their way to the Jackson Hole Playhouse, it is probably one of the best-known haunted buildings in Jackson. Steve Badgett is the operations manager for the playhouse, where he has worked for 20 seasons. He knows of at least two ghosts that staff members have reported seeing frequently. “[The playhouse is] a very unique building,” Badgett said. “We just celebrated our 100th year of the building’s existence, but it’s been many different things over the years. It was a hotel, post office, bowling alley, livery and then a live theater since the mid 1940s.” The context of the building’s many different faces throughout history frames the stories behind its ghostly activity. “There have been a number of instances of tragedy that have taken place here over the years,” Badgett said. “When this was a post office there was a robbery, and a worker at the post office was shot and killed.” Badgett describes the concessions area as the place where the old post office counter used to be. “And then there was a fire that burned down part of the building. A 5-year-old little girl named Edwina was killed during that fire. Those are the two ‘spirits’ that have been seen by people who work here or have visited, but mostly by the people who work here.” Edwina is the subject of Badgett’s first anecdote, as he begins his stories about staff interactions with the paranormal in the old building. “There was a little girl one of our producers saw,” Badgett explained. “She was playing with this ribbon on stage. She was dressed in old clothes and playing with the ribbon, and when the producer approached to ask if she needed help, the little girl disappeared. We think it was Edwina.” Badgett does not only have secondhand ghost stories to share; he has personally seen the ghost of a man in an old black top hat. “We think he might be Edwina’s father,” Badgett said. Badgett used to live in the housing quarters above the theater, and when he walked into his room he saw someone who had wandered into the wrong area of the building, but when he approached him, the man disappeared. “I’ve never felt scared by these spirits,” Badgett said.

Badgett remembers when a television show visited the playhouse to test the old building for paranormal activity. According to the experts, the playhouse is a vortex of paranormal activity but none of the ghosts are malicious. Badgett agrees with the expert assessment. He says he has never been afraid to work at the theater, because he believes the ghosts have no reason to do harm to the building’s earthly occupants. As Badgett sees it, the staff helps sustain the ghosts’ home by keeping the playhouse in business.

or not ghosts have found their way into the corners of historic Jackson Hole, the tales surrounding this old cowboy town leave a wake of possibility for those open to embracing the seemingly impossible. Whether it’s a child ghost that likes to take in the shows at the old playhouse, or a drink someone pours out as they sit down with the ashes of old Bob Whitaker, it is the history of the place that keeps these stories – and maybe even the ghosts themselves – alive. PJH

The woe of Judge White

Staying warm

Even in the Aspen Hill Cemetery, where this reporter spent one spooky night, nothing seemed overtly disturbed or restless. Teti believes that in cases of the pioneer cemetery it is unlikely that there are any restless spirits, because all he old Jackson Mercantile might have faulty wiring. It of the graves are properly might have creaky floor boards. It might even have draft marked and well cared for. problems and doors that don’t quite close right. Or it might If anything, there may be be the special haunt of the dearly departed Judge White. places in town that are One of Teti’s favorite ghost stories surrounds a young man haunted due to burial who used to frequent the Jackson Hotel on the Square before it issues the people of the became the Jackson Mercantile. Teti opens the story by describing valley have faced during a simple Jackson existence: an affable young man would come into Jackson’s harsh winters. the hotel for a hot meal two to four times a week, accompanied by In the early 1900s, when his pup. the ground was frozen Then, one day, Judge White never came to dinner. He didn’t come and covered in layers of the next night either, and after a week, townsfolk began to worry. snow, breaking the earth When they went to investigate, it looked as though White had gone to bury a body on frigid out on a fishing trip, and their fears were put to rest for a while, but a Snow King Mountain was week later the territorial governor road into town asking after White. impossible. In instances He was promptly reassured that the Judge was out fishing and like those, according to would be back soon, but a worried governor revealed that the judge Teti, there were times was supposed to meet him that day to drop off $1,700 in licensing fees. when someone would The governor began to fear the temptation of money had been too die in the winter, and much for White, causing him to run away with the loot like a bandit. the family would So to recoup the lost money, the governor organized a search party to simply wrap up the track White deep into the brush of Cache Creek. body – in something At the time, Cache Creek trails ran almost down to Pinedale, so there as unromantic as a was a lot of territory to cover. Just when they had nearly given up, one carpet – and store of the men in the posse took some of the horses down to the creek for it until spring. water and discovered a very unusual rock. Upon further examination, Sometimes the place he discovered it was a skull. A skull with a very tidy bullet hole in the they would store it forehead and no exit wound. would be in an old The skull was brought to the town dentist. The very unique golden attic “where it would fillings made identifying the skull of Judge White a simple task. be semi-taken No one knows exactly what happened to Judge White. It was possibly care of until they suicide, but Teti suspects foul play, going so far as to suppose White was could properly robbed and his body was staged to look like a suicide. bury them,” Teti After the examination, the proprietor of the hotel asked for the skull, and explained. “Some the sheriff handed it over where it was kept on display as a conversation people say starter of sorts. because of that Teti says it was not uncommon for hotel patrons to ask White how he was there are a lot doing or how the catch of the day was, and with these civil interactions, she of lost spirits. thinks it is possible the ghost was inclined to stick around. The skull moved When the spring into the Mercantile after the hotel vacated the premises, where the owner comes, you’d used White to keep people honest, placing the skull on the cash register at be able smell night where there was an open door policy. People could take what they the body. I can needed and leave the money when the manager was not present. totally imagine Eventually the skull was possessed by the Jackson Hole Historical Society, because of and that, according to Teti, is when peculiar things started happening. that a lot Workers at the Mercantile have reported doors opening slowly and then of spirits being slammed shut, lights flickering on and off, and the adding machine would get tallying numbers on its own. Electrical problems and drafts may explain these confused,” peculiar occurrences, but without them, would anyone bother to remember she said. poor Judge White? Whether

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CREATIVE PEAKS The Passion to Protect Film about Bert Raynes chronicles a local legacy of conservation and the power of place. BY KELSEY DAYTON @Kelsey_Dayton

ilmmaker Jennifer Tennican didn’t have an answer when her latest subject asked a simple question. “What did you see?” 91-year-old Bert Raynes asked of Tennican’s drive to their meeting on the National Elk Refuge. Tennican realized she hadn’t been paying attention. A long-time newspaper columnist who writes about wildlife sightings and started Jackson’s nature mapping program, Raynes pays attention. He’s also taught and encouraged thousands of others in Jackson to look around and note the birds and wildlife that make the place so special. Raynes’ dedication to wildlife is the subject of a new film Tennican directed and produced, “Far Afield: A Conservation Love Story.” Written by Rebecca Huntington, the film premieres Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Center for the Arts. The genesis for the film started with Jonathan Schechter who first thought nature mapping would be a great subject for the video blitz contest for his nonprofit, One Percent for the Tetons. The video blitz features short films highlighting local nonprofits. Schechter quickly realized a few minutes wasn’t enough to tell the story about nature mapping and Raynes, Tennican said. “Bert is the personification of conservation in Jackson Hole,” Schechter said in a press release. “He is the connective tissue binding Jackson Hole’s extraordinary conservation history to its 21st century future.” Raynes wasn’t always a naturalist. In fact, before he started writing about birds and wildlife he finished a career as a chemical engineer. Raynes grew up in New Jersey where he didn’t have much exposure to nature and wildlife. It was his wife Meg, who he met in college in Pennsylvania, who introduced him to the outdoors, Tennican said. He started vacationing in Jackson in the 1950s, lured not just by the scenery, but by conservation icons, like the Muries and Craigheads whom he read about in articles.

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Bert and Meg Raynes, where they met at Penn State,1945 (left), and Bert and Meg celebrating the Fourth of July in the late 1980s. In the early 70s the couple moved to Jackson from Cleveland, Ohio. It wasn’t long after that Raynes started writing a column in a local newspaper, something he’s continued for almost 40 years. People often called Raynes to report their observations and wildlife sightings. “If you were lucky, you got mentioned in Bert’s column,” Tennican said. Jackson’s nature mapping program, where trained citizen scientists document bird and wildlife observations, grew out of the anecdotal reports Raynes documented in his column. “It was initially a feel-good program, but it’s turned into much more than that,” Tennican said. The data is useful and helps scientists identify trends in wildlife behavior. Raynes has also educated thousands of people about birds and wildlife in a way that got them excited, Tennican said. One day while talking to Raynes, Tennican spotted a chickadee outside. “Oh, it’s just a chickadee,” she told him. Raynes gently admonished her, explaining every bird is its own little miracle and has value. It took several years to complete the film, which is funded through various grants and donations through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. The film premieres with dinner, a cookie swap and a champagne toast. The dinner is

already sold out. But folks are encouraged to bring cookies and stay around after the movie to share stories about Raynes and his wife, or ask the filmmakers questions and bid on auction items. Proceeds from the film and the auction will benefit the Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund. Tennican hopes people will leave the film inspired to contribute to the community in some way. Raynes shows there’s value in even small efforts, like simply paying attention. “It’s something achievable,” Tennican said. “It’s not some high bar that makes you feel bad you aren’t doing enough. It is possible to make a difference and you can make a difference on your own terms.” Tennican learned the value of paying attention while making the film. She now tries to take a moment when driving from her home to look around and take in her surroundings. And she knows a chickadee is never just another chickadee. PJH

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n Demo Week at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop Studios, Free, 307-733-6398 nZumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free, 307-733-6398 n Free Residential Yard Waste Collection 9:00am, Rodeo Grounds Parking Lot, Free, 307-733-7678 n Barre Fusion at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free, 307-733-6398 n Adult Oil Painting 10:00am, The Local Galleria, $25.00 - $80.00, 208-270-0883 n Experience Live Raptors 2:00pm, Teton Raptor Center, $10.00 - $12.00, 307-203-2551 n Trick or Treat on Town Square 3:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Open Gym - Adult Soccer 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-0925 n Live Music 7:00pm, The Virginian Saloon, Free, 307-739-9891 n Wyatt Lowe 7:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. n Halloween Bash with Chanman Roots Band 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Red Herring by Michael Hollinger 7:30pm, Walk Festival Hall, $12.00 - $15.00, 307-733-5200 n Halloween Party with The Earful plus guests at Pink Garter Theatre 8:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $15.00 - $20.00, 307-733-1500 n Sneaky Pete and the Secret

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n Boot Camp 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Demo Week at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop Studios, Free, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-739-9025 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free, 307-733-6398 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Free Residential Yard Waste Collection 9:00am, Rodeo Grounds Parking Lot, Free, 307-733-7678 n Ballet Workout at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free, 307-733-6398 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 10:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free, 307-733-6398 n Fall Tours at Astoria Hot Springs 10:00am, Astoria Hot Springs, Free, 307-739-3942 n Totally Toddler Halloween Party 10:00am, Teton County/ Jackson Recreation Center, 307-739-9025 n Halloween Lunch 12:00pm, Senior Center of Jackson Hole, $4.00 - $8.00, 307-733-7300 n Monster Bash Feast & Fest

at Jackson Whole Grocer 12:00pm, Jackson Whole Grocer & Cafe, Free, 307-733-0450 n Yoga 12:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633 n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Skyline Volunteer Days 3:00pm, Top of Ferrin’s Trail, Free n Free Friday Wine Tasting 4:00pm, The Liquor Store, Free, 307-733-4466 n Open Gym - Adult Soccer 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-0925 n Pam Drews Phillips Plays Jazz 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free, 307-7338833 n 7th Annual Hallowine 7:00pm, Town Square Tavern, $20.00, 307-734-0828 n Thriller Workshop and Zombie Crawl 7:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop Studio 1, $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Matt Borden & Luke Kaufman 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Red Herring by Michael Hollinger 7:30pm, Walk Festival Hall, $12.00 - $15.00, 307-733-5200 n Stargazing at Rendezvous Park 8:00pm, Rendezvous Park (R-Park), Free, 307-413-4779 n Quenby & the West of Wayland Band 9:30pm, The Virginian, Free. n Brad O’Brien 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Dia De Los Muertos 10:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre,

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MUSIC BOX

Ghoulish Music From down-home to luxurious, here’s your Halloween party menu. BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

ostume parties are the true hidden agenda for many Teton County bargoers. With the density of adventure-seeking personalities, Halloween weekend is an open invitation for the madness to creep in. With a little creativity and a high capacity for shenanigans, your All Hallows’ Eve experience could take you just about anywhere. Here are eight musical parties to get you fancied up: Always a good place to start is downtown Jackson, where party hopping comes at a low cost. What has become a tradition at the Silver Dollar Showroom in recent years is a reggae Halloween with local eight-piece Chanman Roots Band, decked out by The Celestial Horns and a gang of backup vocalists. A costume contest runs 9 to 10 p.m. for these categories: Best Female, Best Male and Best Couple. Winners receive dinner for two at the Silver Dollar Grill. Chanman Roots Band, 7:30 to 11 p.m., Saturday at the Silver Dollar Showroom. Free. 732-3939. Across the street at the Pink Garter Theatre and The Rose, expect an Electro-Funk Zombie Party in the theatre followed by a late night DJ throw down in the bar. While the featured

On Saturday Earful brings the funk to the Pink Garter during a zombie soiree (left), while Wyatt Lowe (center), and the Mayhem Kings style out the Cowboy with rockabilly. A Dia de los Meurtos party happens at The Rose Friday. act The Earful was nominated for Best Jazz Artist 2013 in the San Diego Music Awards, it’s a funk equation a la Soulive or Maceo Parker that brings the party—that is 98 percent funk and 2 percent jazz. The Earful rhythm section is downright nasty, a booty shakin’ machine, and the pixel-mapped light show will surely coexist in festive form. The Earful, 9 p.m., Saturday at the Pink Garter Theatre. DJ Mr. Whipple and guests late night in The Rose. $15/advance, $20/day-of-show. PinkGarterTheatre.com, 733-1500. Bringing a similar funk vibe with an emphasis on groove is local touring act Sneaky Pete & the Secret Weapons, who is currently on the road through the Northwest before closing with a ghoulish bang at Town Square Tavern. Sneaky Pete & the Secret Weapons, 10 p.m., Saturday at Town Square Tavern. $10 advance, $15 day-of-show at 307Live.com or the Tavern Liquor Store. Across the street at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, it’ll be an outlaw rockabilly affair with Wyatt Lowe & the Mayhem Kings. Lowe recently moved from Jackson to Colorado, where he’s been working the Front Range scene. Hot blues and swinging’ rock on tap. Wyatt Lowe & the Mayhem Kings, 9 p.m., Saturday at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. 733-2207. Created by Veuve Clicquot Champagne, a brand of French Group LVMH and owner of more than 60 luxury brands worldwide, the Yelloween Veuve Clicquot Party is so high class that it’s unpronounceable. The luxury party’s dress code is black tie for men and women (though “make up and details to customize style are welcome” and “funny or scary

aggressively garments are not appropriate for the occasion”). Entertainment will include a DJ spinning tunes from the 1970s to the 2000s, as well as a performance show with local actors and musicians. Yelloween Veuve Clicquot Party, 8 p.m., Saturday at Amangani. $500-$4500 tickets (yes, you read that right). Email experienceagencyjh@gmail.com. Across the pond, a.k.a. Teton Pass, it’s a different vibe altogether with the high mountain alt-grass of local sextet One Ton Pig. The band is fresh off a recent break from its nearly eight-year weekly residency on Tuesdays at the Silver Dollar Bar. Tight pickin’ with enough looseness for the occasional exploratory jamgrass tangent, the Pig is your insulation for a cold, spooky night in Teton Valley. One Ton Pig, 10 p.m., Saturday at the Knotty Pine in Victor. $10. 208-787-2866. There are also parties on Friday night! The 7th Annual HalloWine, hosted by Habitat for Humanity DIGS, is a benefit Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area. The door charge includes unlimited wine, live music, food, raffle and a silent auction. Costumes encouraged, but not mandatory. Seventh Annual HalloWine, 7 to 10 p.m., Friday at Town Square Tavern. $20. 733-3886. The Mexican custom of El Dia de los Muertos, “Day of the Dead,” contradicts the U.S. custom of Halloween, where death is “scary.” Instead, the holiday celebrates the memories of the deceased. Get your sugar skulls prepped. Dia de los Muertos with DJ E.R.A. and friends, 10 p.m., Friday at The Rose. Free. 733-1500. PJH

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A warm hike for fall offers geological, historical insights. BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS

his seems to be the phase of seasons where grocery store conversations stray to the topic of whether or not one is ready for winter. This poses additional pondering while I’m trying to figure out what kind of bacon I want from the deli. To some, being ready means getting new skis, while others gain their sense of readiness by extreme physical fitness. What some fail to recognize, however, is the mountains also take time to get “ready” for winter. Humans must wait patiently through an awkward in between time where there’s just enough snow to posthole but too little snow to ski. For me, getting ready entails enjoying whatever means of recreation I can, and being sure I have enough bacon to get me there. Currently, the skimpy snowline in the Tetons makes for excellent travel up the east faces. Late autumn is a prime time for hiking on these sides of the mountains. Unlike the host of narrow canyons that drive the hiker into hot and cold spells, the sunny sides offer consistent and pleasant hiking temps. Grand Teton National Park is always a good call for such ventures. The road is only

Alex Lennon prepares to pose for a mom pic (top left), during a jaunt to Rockchuck Peak, which offers unique views of a historic landslide and Paintbrush Canyon. open for a little bit longer, and it’s hard to resist hills with views of such plentiful rocky wonders. In accordance with my typical jaunts, I had no goal for the day. I started around String Lake and concluded that Rockchuck could be a good bet. Paintbrush Canyon can be shady and while I was in the mood for vertical, I was not prepared for cold hands. After making a mental note that forgetting mittens increases self-limitation, I started up the major slide path on the west side of String Lake. The off-trail jaunt was a lot less bushwacky than I expected. The moose brush kept the off trail traveler aware of one’s exposed legs, but the pain was balanced and never excruciating. After the first 1,000 feet, the bushes petered out to high alpine grasses and boulder fields. This part of the hike boasts some of the greatest snacking rocks on the planet. Large, flat and sunlit, these things will make you want to eat something, even if your blood sugar is OK. After the snack, I spotted another person, who ended up joining me for the rest of the jaunt. He, too, wanted a warm exploration on the beautiful fall day. Reaching the top was a bit anticlimactic. The summit looks a lot farther away than it actually is and, unlike most Teton summits, once you think you are at the top, you are. This wonderful break from multitudes of false summits was quite nice. Its close proximity afforded us time to take pictures of ourselves to send to our moms and enjoy the scenery.

The view from here offers a unique perspective of the many layers of Paintbrush Canyon as well as an in-your-face-view of the South Buttress of Moran. The most interesting thing about this view was that you are able to see the full track of the landslide in Paintbrush Canyon from its origin to its destination. My new friend on the summit was a witness to the landslide and gave me a detailed account of his theory and experience. One particularly wet day in the summer of 2014, part of a glacial chunk on holding in a dam of water on Mount Woodring broke. What started as a small stream of water quickly became a torrent. Huge chunks of rocks and debris began to travel down the slide path. The path of destruction occurred in Paintbrush Canyon around the switchbacks and ripped out parts of the trail. Fortunately, the observers of this slide managed to escape with no causalities other than a couple of buried backpacks. Of particular interest in this slide is the fact that the path strangely veered east instead of going down the proper slide path route. Rockchuck Peak is the only place I have found that provides the entire picture of this historic slide. A walk up there for the sole purpose of soaking in the geological history is well worth it. The ease of this late fall travel season in tennis shoes and shorts will surely be cut short in the near future, so get out while the opportunity exists. This trip could be classified as ski training or pure geological enjoyment. Best of luck “getting ready” for the winter. PJH

For complete event details visit pjhcalendar.com. Weapons 10:30pm, Town Square Tavern, $10.00 - $15.00, 307-733-3886

SUNDAY NOV. 1

n First Sundays 9:00am, National Museum of Wildife Art, Free, 307-743-5424 n Free Residential Yard Waste Collection 9:00am, Rodeo Grounds Parking Lot, Free, 307-733-7678 n Harvest on the Hill 10:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n The Great Pumpkin Round Up 10:00am, Rodeo Grounds Parking Lot, Free, 307-733-7678 n NFL Package 11:00am, The Virginian Saloon, Free, 307-739-9891 n Football at The Wort 11:00am, Silver Dollar Showroom, 37-732-3939 n NFL Sunday Football at the Trap 11:00am, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307-353-2300 n Open Gym - Adult Volleyball 4:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-9025 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307-733-4407 n WINE TASTING 6:00pm, Dornans, $6.00 $10.00, 307-733-2415 n Taize 7:00pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Free, 307-733-2603

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Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, Free, 307-733-6398 n Yoga 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Ballet Workout at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Crystal Sound Bowl Experience with Daniela Botur 12:00pm, Intencions, Free, 307-733-9290 n Open Gym - Adult Basketball 12:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-9025 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633 n MELT at Dancers’ Workshop 12:10pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 1:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Food for Art 3:30pm, Center for the Arts, $45.00, 307-733-6379 n Yoga 4:15pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Jazzercise 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Total Fitness 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Beginning Painting: Acrylic 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $100.00, 307-733-6379 n Final Cut Pro: Editing Video 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $120.00, 307-733-6379 n Open Gym - Adult Volleyball 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-9025 n Leather Ribbon + Mixed Media Jewelry 6:30pm, Center for the Arts, $30.00, 307-733-6379 n Hip Hop at Dancers’ Workshop 7:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Adult Oil Painting 7:00pm, The Local Galleria, $25.00 - $80.00, 208-270-0883 n Language Exchange Night 7:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201

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n Ski Fitness with Whitney Wright 7:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $225.00, 307-733-6398 n Boot Camp 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-739-9025 n Jazzercise 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 10:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-7399025 n Little Hands, Little Feet

10:30am, Borshell Children’s Studio, $15.00 - $80.00, 307733-6379 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633 n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025 n Story Time 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n After School Kidzart Club 3:30pm, Borshell Children’s Studio, $135.00 - $165.00, 307733-6379 n Open Range 4:30pm, Archery Range at the Recreation Center, $8.00 $82.50, 307-739-9025 n Explore Archery 4:45pm, Teton County Parks and Rec Gym, $7.00, 307-7399025 n Chance Meeting 5:00pm, The Rose, Free. n Postural Awareness and The Alexander Technique 5:30pm, Medicine Wheel Wellness, $15.00, 307 699 7480 n Barre Fusion at Dancers’ Workshop 5:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Hootenanny at Dornans 6:00pm, Dornans, Free, 307733-2415 n Monday Sitting Group 6:00pm, Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center, 307-7337584 n Evening Yoga 6:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00 - $82.50, 307-7399025, n Drawing 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $100.00, 307-733-6379 n Final Cut Pro: Editing Video 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $120.00, 307-733-6379 n Open Level Ballet at Dancers’ Workshop 6:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Monday Night Football 6:30pm, The Virginian Saloon, Free, 307-739-9891 n Open Gym - Adult Basketball 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-9025 n The JH Chorale Rehearsals 7:00pm, Music Center in the Center for the Arts, Free, 585872-4934

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ow does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot In the Caribbean, by Providence impoverished, to squalor Grow up to be a hero and a scholar.”

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When I visited New York City back in April, there were plenty of things that I missed out on (seeing Mr. Big, weirdly enough, was not one of them). The biggest regret I have is not seeing “Hamilton” off-Broadway. I certainly saw some great shows during that visit, but people couldn’t stop raving about “Hamilton” and how difficult it was to score tickets. I knew it was a hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton (the good-lookin’ guy on the $10 bill), but I hadn’t thought much about it since. Fast forward to last week when I uncovered a Vulture article where Talib Kweli was analyzing “Hamilton,” and commenting on how badass the musical was. Cue me jumping on Spotify and listening to the entire 2.5-hour-long, 46-song cast recording in one

‘Hamilton’ might just be the coolest American history lesson to date. sitting. I will admit that I’m not very well versed on musicals; I know a handful and have been in a few more, but, up until recently, the name Lin-Manuel Miranda meant nothing to me. Miranda, the brains behind the musical and the star of the show, picked up a copy of Ron Chernow’s biography “Hamilton” and was initially certain that someone had already written a musical about the nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury. Upon finding out that he was headed into uncharted territory, he began working on what he initially called “The Hamilton Mixtape.” A Tony-Award-winner for the musical “In The Heights,” Miranda went full-speed ahead, completed the script, pulled together a cast and premiered “Hamilton” in February. The musical sold out repeatedly and was eventually transferred to Broadway in July, where it continues to sell out. Even though I know I’m not going to be able to see “Hamilton” on stage anytime soon, I’ve been utterly obsessed with the music, to the point of rapping complete songs loudly while driving. Beginning in 1776 and ending with Alexander Hamilton’s death at the hands of his friend-turned-rival Aaron Burr in 1804, “Hamilton” highlights the heroes and battles of the American Revolution with such precision and intelligence that it feels like the coolest history lesson ever. Not only is the music addictive and catchy, but also listening to the aptitude of the lyrics can be mind blowing. During “Cabinet Battle No. 1,” a rap-battle between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton raps:

“Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant With the President, reticent, There isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison. Madison, you’re mad as a hatter son, Take your medicine. Damn you’re in worse shape than the National debt is in, Sitting there useless as two shits. Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show you where my shoe fits.”

Blending hip-hop, R&B, rap and even cleverly sprinkling in some British Pop, “Hamilton” debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, the first cast recording to do so since 1963. I can’t recommend listening to the album enough. If you’re adverse to most cast recordings, this is one that will bust you open. If you only listen to a few songs, “Satisfied,” “My Shot” and “Right Hand Man” are some of the most impressive as far as utilizing the full cast and establishing a unique sound. The cast, as you’ll hear on the recording, is very multicultural and black actors play characters like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Lin-Manuel Miranda himself is of Puerto Rican decent. “We’re telling the story of old, dead white men, but we’re using actors of color, and that makes the story more immediate and more accessible to a contemporary audience,” he said. Familiarize yourself with this incredible musical before it wins more Tonys than Betsy Ross could sew stripes on the flag. PJH

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DUD e , WHere’s my Car? The Town of Jackson’s overnight parking ban has gone into effect. SO, if you want to void all kinds of hassles, listen up!

Through April 15th, between 3:00am & 7:00am,

Town residents are responsible for keeping sidewalks shoveled. • The TOJ assists with snow removal in the downtown core and along Broadway. • Residents should not put their garbage cans out the night before, but rather after 7:00am on garbage days. • Please keep trash cans, cars, and other obstacles out of the streets and off of the curbs. This saves your property and makes the streets more clear of drifts and snow. • Residents are also encouraged to help keep fire hydrants clear of snow.

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it is illegal to park overnight on Jackson streets, including public parking lots, regardless of weather (rain or shine, snow or bikini). Crews begin plowing at 3am. Parked cars on town streets make the job of keeping roads clear of snow more difficult. Consequently, cars left on town streets between 3am & 7am will be ticketed and may be towed by Jackson police. To retrieve your car, contact Ron’s Towing at 733-8697, 1190 S. Hwy 89. Overnight parking is allowed in the public parking structure at W. Simpson Ave. and S. Millward St. but not on other town parking lots.

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Who’s up for a road trip? There’s plenty to do down south in Salt Lake City next weekend. Whether your interests lie in music, theater and the arts—or something a bit more downto-earth—here’s what’s going on in the Beehive State. (Visit cityweekly.net/events for complete listings.) So hit the road! But be sure and bring a snack—because, now and then, everybody craves something salty.

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n The Addams Family Fri - Sat Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 East 4700 South, South Ogden, 7:30pm, $9.00 - $14.00, 801- 3930070 n Amalia Ulman: Stock Images of War Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, Free, 801-328-420 n Between the Wars: The Great Depression in Northern Utah Fri - Sat Brigham City Museum of Art and History, 24 N. 300 West, Brigham City, Free n Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution Fri, Sat, Sun Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, $9.00 - $13.00, 801-5816927 n Breaking Vlad Fri - Sat The Off Broadway Theatre, 272 Main Street, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $10.00 - $16.00 n Brian Bress: Make Your Own Friends Fri - Sun Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, $12.00 - $14.00, 801-581-7332 n Bride of Frankenstein Fri, Fri, Sat, Sat Industrial Warehouse “Theater”, 1030 South 300 West, Salt Lake City, 11:00pm, $12.00 - $40.00 n The British Passion for Landscape: Masterpieces from National Museum Wales Fri - Sun Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, $12.00 - $14.00, 801-581-7332 n Carrie: The Musical Fri, Sat, Sat, Sun Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $15.00 - $18.00 n Castle of Chaos Fri - Sat Castle of Chaos, 7980 S. State, Midvale, $20.00 - $35.00 n Chad Farnes: Duct Tape Paintings Fri Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City, 9:00am, Free, 801-596-5000 n Clue: The Musical Fri Empress Theatre, 2700 S. 9104 West, Magna, 7:30pm, $10.00, 801-347-7373 n Día de los Muertos History Fri - Sun Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts, 631 W. North Temple, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, 6:00pm, Free n Fear Factory Fri - Sat Fear Factory, 666 W. 800 South, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, $22.00 - $25.00 n Firelei Baez: Patterns of Resistance

Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, Free n Garden After Dark Red Butte Garden Fri Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 6:00pm, $0.00 - $12.00 n Garth Brooks + Trisha Yearwood Fri, Fri, Sat EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, 10:30pm, $74.98 n Grimm Ghost Tours Fri - Sat 18 West South Temple, 18 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 9:00pm, $13.00 - $25.00 n James and the Giant Peach Fri - Sun SCERA, 745 S St, Orem, 7:00pm, $4.00 - $6.00 n Jekyll & Hyde Fri - Sun Heritage Theatre, 2505 South Highway 89, Perry, $9.00 - $10.00, 435-723-8392 n Lagoon Frightmares Fri Lagoon, 375 Lagoon Drive, Farmington, 5:00pm, $37.50 - $49.95 n Laughing Stock Fri The Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, 10:00pm, $8.00 - $11.00 n Mystery Escape Room Fri - Sat The Gateway, 157 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, 9:30am, $29.95 n Nightmare on 13th Fri - Sat Nightmare on 13th, 300 W. 1300 South, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $15.00 - $40.00 n Odyssey Dance: Thriller Fri, Sat, Sat Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Cir, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $20.00 - $25.00 n Outside Mullingar Fri, Sat, Sat Pioneer Theater Company, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm, $25.00 - $44.00 n Shawn Porter: Into the Ether Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, $5.00 n Strangling Brothers Haunted Circus Fri - Sat Strangling Brothers Haunted Circus, 98 E. 13800 South, Draper, 7:30pm, $25.00 - $40.00, 801 850-8060 n Strayboots Interactive Scavenger Hunt Fri, Sat, Sun Salt Lake CIty, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, $10.00, 877-787-2929 n This is the Moment: The Musicals of Frank Wildhorn Fri Harris Fine Arts Center, 1 University Hill, Provo, 7:30pm, $45.00 n War of the Worlds Fri Clark Planetarium, 110 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, Free n Young Frankenstein Fri The Grand Theatre, 1575 S State St, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $18.00 - $20.00 n Young Frankenstein Fri - Sat The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., South Ogden, 7:30pm, $17.00 - $20.00 n Bo Burnham Sat Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm, $39.50 n Cheers to You Sat Cheers to You!, 315 South Main St., Salt Lake City, Free n SoulWorks Fair Halloween Event Sat Dancing Cranes Imports, 673 East Simpson Ave 2240 south, Salt Lake City, 11:00am, Free, 801-815-0588

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n The Addams Family Fri - Sat Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 East 4700 South, South Ogden, 7:30pm, $9.00 - $14.00, 801- 3930070

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n The Addams Family Fri - Sat Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 East 4700 South, South Ogden, 7:30pm, $9.00 - $14.00, 801- 3930070 n Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution Fri - Sun Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, $9.00 - $13.00 n Brian Bress: Make Your Own Friends Fri - Sun Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, $12.00 - $14.00, 801-581-7332 n The British Passion for Landscape: Masterpieces from National Museum Wales Fri - Sun Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, $12.00 - $14.00, 801-581-7332 n Carrie: The Musical

Fri, Sat, Sat, Sun Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $15.00 - $18.00 n Chad Farnes: Duct Tape Paintings Fri Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City, 9:00am, Free, 801-596-5000 n Disney On Ice: Dare to Dream Fri, Sat, Sat, Sat, Sun, Sun EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, $20.00 - $50.00 n Firelei Baez: Patterns of Resistance Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, Free, n The Flick Fri, Sat, Sun Good Company Theatre, 260 25th street, Ogden, 8:00pm, $15.00 - $17.00 n Glass Art Guild of Utah Show Fri - Sun Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 9:00am, $6.00 - $10.00 n Miss Nelson is Missing Fri - Sat Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Cir, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, $5.00 - $10.00 n Mystery Escape Room Fri - Sat The Gateway, 157 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, 9:30am, $29.95 n Outside Mullingar Fri, Sat, Sat Pioneer Theater Company, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm, $25.00 - $44.00 n Rebecca Klundt: Reformation - A Rearranging of Elements Fri Rio Grande Depot, 300 S. Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City, 8:00am, Free, 801-245-7272 n Salt Lake Family Christmas Gift Show Fri - Sun South Towne Expo Center, 9575 S. State Street, Sandy, 10:00am, $12.50, 800-521-7469 n Stefan Lesueur: Obscura Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 11:00am, Free n Strayboots Interactive Scavenger Hunt Fri - Sun Salt Lake CIty, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, $10.00, 877-787-2929 n Young Frankenstein Fri, Sat, Sat The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., South Ogden, 7:30pm, $17.00 - $20.00 n Grant Olsen: Rhino Trouble Sat The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 11:00am n Sailor Jerry presents: An Evening with Lucero Sat, Sun The State Room, 638 S State Street, Salt Lake City, 9:00pm, $30.00

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n Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution Fri - Sun Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, $9.00 - $13.00, 801-581-6927 n Brian Bress: Make Your Own Friends Fri - Sun Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, $12.00 - $14.00, 801-581-7332 n Carrie: The Musical Fri, Sat, Sat, Sun Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $15.00 - $18.00 n Chris Hardwick: Funcomfortable Tour Fri Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Cir, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $0.00 - $35.00, 615-242-3323 n Clue: The Musical Fri, Sat Empress Theatre, 2700 S. 9104 West, Magna, 7:30pm, $10.00, (801) 347-7373, http://saltlakecity. kidsoutandabout.com/content/clue-musical n David Koechner Fri, Fri, Sat, Sat Club at 50 West, 50 West Broadway, Salt Lake City, 9:30pm, $15.00 - $20.00 n The Flick Fri, Sat, Sun Good Company Theatre, 260 25th street, Ogden, 8:00pm, $15.00 - $17.00 n Glass Art Guild of Utah Show Fri - Sun Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 9:00am, $6.00 - $10.00 n James and the Giant Peach Fri SCERA, 745 S St, Orem, 7:00pm, $4.00 - $6.00 n Jekyll & Hyde Fri - Sat Heritage Theatre, 2505 South Highway 89, Perry, $9.00 - $10.00, 435-723-8392 n Mystery Escape Room Fri - Sat The Gateway, 157 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, 9:30am, $29.95 n Outside Mullingar Fri, Sat, Sat Pioneer Theater Company, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm, $25.00 - $44.00 n Shawn Porter: Into the Ether Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, $5.00 n Stefan Lesueur: Obscura Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 11:00am, Free n Strayboots Interactive Scavenger Hunt Fri - Sun Salt Lake CIty, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, $10.00, 877-787-2929 n Young Frankenstein Fri, Sat, Sat The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., South Ogden, 7:30pm, $17.00 - $20.00 n Jean Reagan: How to Catch Santa Sat The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 11:00am, n Memphis Grizzlies at Utah Jazz Sat EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

Witch-Crafty Cocktails Ghoulish, not ghastly, drinks are de rigueur for Halloween. BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

e are inundated these days by “craft” cocktails. You can’t shake a rosemary sprig or maple shrub without running into one. But for Halloween, the standard craft cocktail just isn’t going to fly. You’re going to want to serve your adult party guests witch-crafty cocktails that are a little spooky and ghoulish. Here are a handful of my favorites. Feel free to experiment with them and make them your own. Drizzle in a little Type A, for example? A big bowl of punch on All Hallows Eve is just the ticket. And here is a Halloween punch that packs a punch, called Blood of Innocence. In a large punch bowl combine the following: 1 liter Caliche Rum, 16 ounces Ruby Port, 12 ounces Curaçao liquor, 12

ounces fresh-squeezed and strained orange juice, 12 ounces unsweetened pineapple juice, 8 ounces fresh-squeezed and strained lemon juice, and 8 ounces light agave nectar. Stir well and refrigerate for a minimum of four hours. When ready to serve, add 1 large block of ice, gently stir in 1 bottle Martini & Rossi Prosecco, and garnish with 1 cup of hulled and sliced strawberries, 2 pitted and sliced large lemons, and a handful of mint leaves. Here’s a really easy and delicious Draculainspired cocktail called Vampire’s Weakness (a.k.a. Blood Orange Spritzer). With ice in a shaker, combine 1 1/4 ounces light rum, 4 ounces Merlot wine, and 2 1/2 ounces blood orange soda. Shake and serve in a wine glass or Champagne coupe. Or, for another take on vampires, here’s how to make Bloody Vampire Punch: Combine 4 cups white rum with 4 cups orange juice, 6 cups pomegranate juice and one-half cup fresh-squeezed lime juice in a big punch bowl or hollowed-out pumpkin. Refrigerate until serving time. When you’re ready to serve the punch, add 1 liter chilled seltzer, preferably pomegranate flavored. For added creep-out factor, toss some gummy vampire fangs, spiders, eyeballs and such into the punch. Here’s an interesting cocktail created by renowned mixologist and writer Eric Alperin, of The Varnish speakeasy in Los Angeles. It’s

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Blood of Innocence called the Holland Razor Blade, a variation of sorts on a Genever Sour. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add 2 ounces Genever, 3/4 ounces simple syrup and 3/4 ounces fresh lemon juice. Strain into a couple glasses and sprinkle with a pinch of cayenne pepper. Serve garnished with a razor blade if you dare! (The razor blade is my touch, not Eric’s, who’s more responsible than that.) There are a number of cocktails called Corpse Revivers. This one—the Corpse Reviver 2—is considered by many to be the tastiest. I don’t disagree. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add 1 ounce gin, 1 ounce Cointreau or triple sec, 1 ounce Lillet Blanc, and 1 dash absinthe. Shake and strain into a chilled glass and garnish with orange peel. I like to have Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

playing in the background to greet trick-ortreaters at my house on Halloween. Here’s the perfect cocktail accompaniment: I Put a Spell on You, created by Ran Duan of the Baldwin Bar at the Sichuan Garden II in Woburn, Massachusetts. Duan was the 2014 North American Winner of the Bombay Sapphire Most Imaginative Bartender Competition. I Put a Spell on You is a descendant of the Ramos Gin Fizz, but without soda, egg white or cream. So, maybe not-solike a Ramos, after all. In a shaker without ice, shake together 1 1/2 ounces Bombay Sapphire Gin, 3/4 ounce lemon juice, 1 bar spoon of Greek yogurt, 10 drops orange blossom water, and 1 ounce Earl Grey syrup. Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass and prepare to be bewitched. PJH

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

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

KAZUMI Kazumi is a family-owned and operated restaurant serving unique sushi rolls, fresh sashimi and nigiri, and off-thecharts specialty items. Located near the Town Square, we also feature hot noodle soups and the spiciest rolls in town! Open Monday through Saturday at 11 a.m - 9:30 p.m. 265 West Broadway, 307-733-9168, jacksonholesushi.com.

CONTINENTAL THE BLUE LION A Jackson Hole favorite for 37 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Open at 5:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. Off Season Special: 2 for 1 Entrees. Good all night. Must mention ad. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com

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

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

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

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LOCAL Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square. Our menu features both classic and specialty cuts of locally-ranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonallyinspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locally-sourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am. Dinner Nightly 5:30pm. 55 North Cache, (307) 2011717, localjh.com.

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

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

SNAKE RIVER BREWERY & RESTAURANT America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. $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.

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

PIZZERIA CALDERA Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. Try our Bisonte pie with bison sausage and fresh sage. Lunch specials daily featuring slices, soup and salad--s. Happy hour specials from 3 to 6 p.m. Take-out available. 20 W. Broadway. Open daily 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (307) 201-1472, pizzeriacaldera. com.

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and start all over again. Eventually, the manager took note of this, told them they were wasting food, could only go through the line once. Then he told them not to come back. The Lurches were stunned with disbelief. “How can we discover what we like if we don’t try it first? How can we choose if we don’t know what it is?” they asked. The manager agreed that they had a point, but, “Get out and don’t come back.” Tempers flared, police were called, grandma slugged the police dog with her purse because she said that he put his cold nose up her skirt. A few weeks later grandma was seen snacking her way through the salad bar at the HyVee store. She said she was checking the freshness of the produce. I understand completely that choice is hard. I suffer from a panicked and disordered mind. I usually just point and suffer the consequences. I’ve mentioned my friend LaWanda back home in Corn Cob and her ability to make lousy choices. Her last boyfriend was a bald guy who played the tuba and lived with his mother. She realized that she had made another dumb choice, but she really liked his mother and they became fast friends. They did stuff together like go to the mall and bingo night. Mom finally learned that she could choose what she wanted and what she wanted was to stop waiting on her loser son. She sold her house and moved to Omaha with her sister. LaWanda learned that while she had a lousy track record, she could always choose again and maybe the next one would be OK. Someone said that life is a cabaret; well it isn’t. It’s a giant Chuck-A-Rama and we’re in a long buffet line. We get to choose what we like and don’t like, and as for that person ahead of me holding up the line, and he knows who he is, I am armed with a fork. PJH

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ot long ago I paid many large bucks for a ticket to a fancy charity dinner. It promised me a gourmet meal by a famous chef and all sorts of grandiosity. I arrived at the event to learn that all waiters had been killed off in some waiter disaster, and the glittering dinner was a buffet. Now I have nothing against buffets, I suppose that Chuck-A-Rama and Golden Corral have their place, but I don’t think that the words “feed line” and “gourmet” belong in the same sentence. A buffet line frightens me. I am a poor decider and not comfortable with being forced to choose on the spot. When I hit a buffet line, I usually recognize half the food and wouldn’t like it anyway. The rest I recognize but don’t like either. The best stuff will be gone by the time I get there and if nobody wants it, it has probably been there long enough to give me food poisoning. On top of that, the person in line before me, and he knows who he is, will be taking his time choosing his food carefully, arranging it on his plate, rethinking his choices and holding up the line while the hungry peasants behind him are getting restless and ugly. This reminds me of my hometown of Corn Cob, Iowa. There was a buffet restaurant called the Happy Farmer. About once per week, the Lurch tribe consisting of mom, dad, grandma and a bunch of relatives would descend upon the place, shovel their way through the food, take a few bites, throw it out

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Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9. No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

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01 Highlander 05 Nile dangers 09 Cold __ 013 Muslim dignitary 017 Peak west of the Ionian Sea 018 Hoops 019 Like kiwifruit 021 Tiny arachnid 022 Cheap metal lacking an owner? 025 How many modern TV shows may be seen 026 “Maybe” 027 Swinging time? 028 “Twittering Machine” artist 030 “I’ll throw your dagger __ the house”: “Twelfth Night” 031 “Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King” gp. 032 Power dept. 034 Home of Lihue Airport 036 Private student 038 Victims of a physicist’s scam? 043 Topiary trees 044 Organ to lend or bend 045 82-Down’s river 046 Drags to court 047 Enjoyed the lake 050 Sushi option 051 “True Detective” network 052 Classic Ford 054 Rich kind of cake baked by a newspaper employee? 060 Spanish article 061 2006 World Cup champion 062 Playground retort 063 Big rigs 067 Subject of Odysseus 069 Fangorn Forest denizen 070 Most intimate 072 Show gratitude to 073 “Step __!” 076 State as fact 078 Like 079 Easy jobs that are meant to be? 083 “Same here”

085 Some smartphones 086 Lift or squat 087 Belief systems 088 Dance in a pit 089 Arrange in a cabinet 091 Chat 092 Major Pa. and N.J. routes 095 Singer Clooney’s delicate flowers? 0101 Conductor Walter 0102 Blender brand 0103 Land east of the Urals 0104 Symbol of strength 0106 Apennines article 0107 Hit the road 0109 On edge 0112 Loser’s fatal mistake? 0114 Airman or seaman 0116 Aristocrat’s sunrise-tosundown trip? 0119 “Good one!” 0120 Daft 0121 Bad lighting? 0122 Ire 0123 Heap 0124 What leaders hold 0125 Nincompoop 0126 One may start with the striking of a gavel: Abbr.

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01 Spirit in a bottle 02 Chain components, perhaps 03 As a whole 04 China neighbor 05 Crunched muscles 06 “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” setting 07 Garden area 08 Housekeeper’s bete noire 09 Bill sharer 010 Part of ERA: Abbr. 011 Gaze over, as a lake 012 Dramatist Hellman 013 Longtime Brit. music label 014 Mythical creature in Dante’s

“Inferno” 015 Words that have a ring to them? 016 Right 018 “Toodle-oo!” 020 NASA was formed during his admin. 023 Company excelling in many fields? 024 L.A. athlete 029 Reputed UFO fliers 033 Magazine VIPs 035 In working order 037 Advantages 039 Choir selection 040 Far from flush 041 It’s quite a blow 042 “Africa” band 047 Divide into shares 048 Ire 049 Tyler who voices Lana on “Archer” 050 Bilingual subj. 051 “Java” jazzman 053 Upper garment parts 055 Traveler’s purchase 056 55-Down datum: Abbr. 057 Charged, infantry-style 058 Wind farm features 059 __ point 064 They often have multiple courses 065 Imam’s faith 066 Goes nowhere 068 “What happened next?” 069 Nestlé dessert brand 071 Tupperware topper 074 Novelty item with an eyeglasses variety 075 Drink, e.g. 076 Like Bit-O-Honey candy bars 077 Impudence 080 Talk show furniture

081 Dungeness delicacy 082 European city whose university was officially established in 1343 083 Epitome of deadness 084 Distribution 088 Homer Simpson’s boss 090 Some decals 091 Two-time NFL sacks leader __ Allen 092 “Conan” channel 093 Pen 094 He played Klaatu in “The Day The Earth Stood Still” (2008) 096 Shorten, in a way 097 Designer Johnson 098 States as fact 099 Multimetallic Canadian coin 0100 Nut trees 0105 “Flowers for Algernon” author Daniel 0108 Nutmeg State collegian 0110 “Born From Jets” sloganeer 0111 Newbie 0113 Solar system components 0115 Garden district on the Thames 0117 Forensic ID 0118 Snow or nose follower

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19) On a January morning in 1943, the town of Spearfish, S.D., experienced very weird weather. At 7:30 a.m., the temperature was -4 degrees Fahrenheit. In the next two minutes, due to an unusual type of wind sweeping down over nearby Lookout Mountain, thermometers shot up 49 degrees. Over the next hour and a half, the air grew even warmer. But by 9:30, the temperature had plummeted back to -4 degrees. I’m wondering if your moods might swing with this much bounce in the coming weeks. As long as you keep in mind that no single feeling is likely to last very long, it doesn’t have to be a problem. You may even find a way to enjoy the breathtaking ebbs and flows. Halloween costume suggestion: roller coaster rider, Jekyll & Hyde, warm clothes on one side of your body and shorts or bathing suit on the other. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) How dare you be so magnetic and tempting? What were you thinking when you turned up the intensity of your charm to such a high level? I suggest you consider exercising more caution about expressing your radiance. People may have other things to do besides daydreaming about you. But if you really can’t bring yourself to be a little less attractive—if you absolutely refuse to tone yourself down—please at least try to be extra kind and generous. Share your emotional wealth. Overflow with more than your usual allotments of blessings. Halloween costume suggestion: a shamanic Santa Claus; a witchy Easter Bunny. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In the last 10 days of November and the month of December, I suspect there will be wild-card interludes when you can enjoy smart gambles, daring stunts, cute tricks and mythic escapades. But the next three weeks will not be like that. On the contrary. For the immediate future, I think you should be an upstanding citizen, a well-behaved helper, and a dutiful truth-teller. Can you handle that? If so, I bet you will get sneak peeks of the fun and productive mischief that could be yours in the last six weeks of 2015. Halloween costume suggestion: the most normal person in the world. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Members of the gazelle species known as the springbok periodically engage in a behavior known as pronking. They leap into the air and propel themselves a great distance with all four feet off the ground, bounding around with abandon. What evolutionary purpose does this serve? Some scientists are puzzled, but not naturalist David Attenborough. In the documentary film Africa, he follows a springbok herd as it wanders through the desert for months, hoping to find a rare rainstorm. Finally it happens. As if in celebration, the springboks erupt with an outbreak of pronking. “They are dancing for joy,” Attenborough declares. Given the lucky breaks and creative breakthroughs coming your way, Cancerian, I foresee you doing something similar. Halloween costume suggestion: a pronking gazelle, a hippety-hopping bunny, a boisterous baby goat. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “A very little key will open a very heavy door,” wrote Charles Dickens in his short story “Hunted Down.” Make that one of your guiding meditations in the coming days, Leo. In the back of your mind, keep visualizing the image of a little key opening a heavy door. Doing so will help ensure that you’ll be alert when clues about the real key’s location become available. You will have a keen intuitive sense of how you’ll need to respond if you want to procure it. Halloween costume suggestion: proud and protective possessor of a magic key. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) The ancient Hindu text known as the Kama Sutra gives extensive advice about many subjects, including love and sex. “Though a man loves a woman ever so much,” reads a passage in chapter four, “he never succeeds in winning her without a great deal of talking.” Take that as your cue, Virgo. In the coming weeks, stir up the intimacy you

want with a great deal of incisive talking that beguiles and entertains. Furthermore, use the same approach to round up any other experience you yearn for. The way you play with language will be crucial in your efforts to fulfill your wishes. Luckily, I expect your persuasive powers to be even greater than they usually are. Halloween costume suggestion: the ultimate salesperson. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) I encourage you to be super rhythmical and melodious in the coming days. Don’t just sing in the shower and in the car. Hum and warble and whistle while shopping for vegetables and washing the dishes and walking the dog. Allot yourself more than enough time to shimmy and cavort, not just on the dance floor but anywhere else you can get away with it. For extra credit, experiment with lyrical flourishes whenever you’re in bed doing the jizzle-skazzle. Halloween costume suggestion: wandering troubadour, street musician, free-styling rapper, operatic diva, medicine woman who heals with sound. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) I expect you to be in a state of continual birth for the next four weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about how strong it feels. To help maintain your poise, keep in mind that your growth spurt is a natural response to the dissolution that preceded it. Halloween costume suggestion: a fountain, an erupting volcano, the growing beanstalk from the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairy tale. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” So says Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield. Can you guess why I’m bringing it to your attention, Sagittarius? It’s one of those times when you can do yourself a big favor by sloughing off the stale, worn-out, decaying parts of your past. Luckily for you, you now have an extraordinary talent for doing just that. I suspect you will also receive unexpected help and surprising grace as you proceed. Halloween costume suggestion: a snake molting its skin. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Speaking on behalf of your wild mind, I’m letting you know that you’re due for an immersion in revelry and festivity. Plugging away at business as usual could become counterproductive unless you take at least brief excursions to the frontiers of pleasure. High integrity may become sterile unless you expose it to an unpredictable adventure or two. Halloween costume suggestion: party animal, hell raiser, social butterfly, god or goddess of delight. Every one of us harbors a touch of crazy genius that periodically needs to be unleashed, and now is that time for you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) I hope you will chose a Halloween costume that emboldens you to feel powerful. For the next three weeks, it’s in your long-term interest to invoke a visceral sense of potency, dominion, and sovereignty. What clothes and trappings might stimulate these qualities in you? Those of a king or queen? A rock star or CEO? A fairy godmother, superhero, or dragon-tamer? Only you know which archetypal persona will help stir up your untapped reserves of confidence and command. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) It’s time to stretch the boundaries, Pisces. You have license to expand the containers and outgrow the expectations and wage rebellion for the sheer fun of it. The frontiers are calling you. Your enmeshment in small talk and your attachment to trivial wishes are hereby suspended. Your mind yearns to be blown and blown and blown again! I dare you to wander outside your overly safe haven and go in quest of provocative curiosities. Halloween costume suggestions: mad scientist, wild-eyed revolutionary, Dr. Who.

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Ghost Busters Why some spirits tend to persist on earth.

here really are ghosts and there really are people who can see, sense and communicate with the subtle energy of ghosts. When I remind myself that many creatures in nature can perceive things way beyond our range, it is not a huge leap to consider that people who have extrasensory abilities can perceive many kinds of subtle energies. In this case, we’re talking about ghosts, and we can call those psychics ghost busters. These gifted people who can interact with ghosts are not really busting ghosts – they are helping ghosts get unstuck. Ghostbusters are able to help deceased people whose emotional bodies are still clinging to the earth to move on and integrate with the rest of their soul. Ghosts are actually people no longer alive who are still projecting an aspect of their former selves to this earth’s reality. They can appear as the image of the full person, as a transparent energy image or as a misty presence. Ghosts appear; they do not throw or move objects around or intend to cause damage. (Those raucous types are poltergeists, a good topic for another time.) Though ghosts can be startling or frightening to us, they are not intending any harm.

What they want Usually the reason the energy of a person’s emotional body (we all have mental, physical, emotional and spiritual energy bodies) is still hanging around after a person has passed is because they have a compelling need to communicate the truth of how they died. This happens most often when foul play or injustice is related to the circumstances of their death. They are stuck wanting to have a living person bear witness to what really went down, and then they can let go and move on.

Where they appear Ghost sightings are linked with specific places where that person or persons lived or died. It’s no wonder that battlefields are notorious for ghost sightings – so many young people’s lives were cut short suddenly and violently. Old prisons where inmates were cruelly treated, and former hospitals where lives ended too soon, are often haunted, too. Private houses are also likely to have a ghost if a previous occupant was abused or murdered. When a present day house happens to be built on the site of an ancient massacre, ghosts, who have nothing to do with the house itself, may present themselves. There are also ghosts who appear happy, whose lives did not end traumatically. They continue to haunt a favorite or important location from their prior life, to which they are still overly attached. Psychics can learn from them what they need to complete that will allow them to fully leave this earthly reality and catch up with the rest of their soul.

How to help A ghost can hang around for centuries wanting to communicate their truth to someone living. And ghosts can be super stubborn and hang around over and over until they can let go. If you have experienced a ghost and would like to know how to help release them from this reality, there are resources you can find online with abundant sage advice and instruction.

Science fact The human eye can only detect visible light, which constitutes less than one millionth of one percent of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. This is always another humbling reminder to remain curious and to keep an open mind when it comes to considering realities beyond our limited physical perception. PJH Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author, and clairvoyant. Got a Cosmic Question? Email carol@yourcosmiccafe.com

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