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March 30, 2016

By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey

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pril begins this Friday, no fooling. This signals the beginning of the end of the ski season in Jackson Hole, as the ski areas will begin closing. More bikes will be out and about on the roads, unless, of course, it just keeps snowing. Then we’ll have to make a choice of whether to stay here, or head south to a warmer climate. This week is also the middle of the school spring break, and a good number of Jackson residents have already fled for a taste of warm & sunny.

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We are almost out of the woods as far as the potential for seeing below zero temperature readings in the mornings is concerned. April 5th the latest date in the climate records that shows a below zero reading, and there won’t be another one until late October. So, we have that going for us! Coldest temp ever this week was 12 below zero on March 30th, 1985.

I mentioned last week that March of 2004 was probably the hottest March on record, breaking many high temperature readings.

This week is a part of that, with the hottest temperature in Jackson occurring on March 31st, 2004 when it got up to 70-degrees in town. As a matter of fact, that is the earliest in the year it has ever been 70-degrees.

Record highs in the 70’s will become more commonplace in another week or so.

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GUEST OPINION Stop the Blame Game Civil dialogue, not mudslinging, is what truly makes a community thrive.

BY MARY ERICKSON

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here are times when I am impressed by how well we as a community disagree, which is important as we deal with tough issues—balancing a growing workforce, open spaces, economic development, and our historic “small town” feel.

Sometimes we do this well. Sometimes we don’t.

Certain comments I have heard lately feel mean-spirited, intending to stifle dialogue and silence people rather than engaging our differences to find solutions. Lately I see more finger pointing and name calling, and assumptions of ill will and hidden agendas.

As the executive director of a nonprofit, I understand that nonprofits are particularly vulnerable to harsh criticism. We are often afraid to take a stand because we do not want to risk upsetting a donor, or be accused of mission creep. That is probably why I had such a strong reaction to some of the comments recently leveled against the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance.

The Alliance has become one of the most vocal advocates against increased commercial development, and in favor of investing in affordable housing in this valley. And speaking up is working. Our electeds are listening to the voices of our community who stand up for smart growth that focuses on housing our working people rather than increased commercial growth. This, however, is making some people angry. So they attack. I admire the Alliance’s willingness to take a stand on hard issues, and in doing so they take a lot of heat for the good of the community.

Recently the Alliance was accused of not walking the walk on workforce housing because they have never generated any

housing for their employees or workers in the county. Let’s be clear—the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance is a conservation organization, not a housing developer. The implication that the only people who have a right to advocate for affordable housing must be in a position to create affordable housing is absurd. In my role at the Community Resource Center (CRC), I advocate for affordable housing all the time, and CRC has yet to create a single affordable housing unit in this community. That does not negate our responsibility to advocate for the needs of our constituents. That is our job.

Most local nonprofits operate on a shoestring budget, struggling to compete with the private sector to attract and retain quality, professional staff. And yet, like the Alliance, at CRC we offer a living wage and health benefits, which goes a long way to ensure that our employees can afford to keep a roof over their heads. If all businesses in town did this we would be in far better shape. We have more than our fair share of nonprofits in this community, but in spite of that, our nonprofits are part of the solution, not the problem. We are not driving development or creating an influx of extremely lowwage workers.

Our nonprofits are the heart and soul of Jackson. Attacking these organizations is an attack against the very values of our community. Local nonprofits—from the Art Association and Therapeutic Riding to Teton Literacy Center and PAWS—are an expression of what really matters to our people, and it’s evidenced by where people choose to make donations. One of the most iconic events of the year in Jackson is Old Bill’s Fun Run, when the community comes out in force to support the organizations that are near and dear to their hearts. This is what makes Jackson a dynamic, thriving community.

Nonprofits operate for the common good and have a responsibility to use the resources entrusted to them to best meet their stated missions. Some wonder why the Alliance, or CRC for that matter, is involved in the housing issue at all.

Recently the Alliance’s true motives were called into question, as though there is some untoward, hidden agenda. The Alliance understands that how and where this community

grows has a huge impact on our wildlife and open spaces, not to mention the health and wellbeing of our people. Managing both residential and commercial growth is absolutely integral to their conservation mission, as it is to CRC’s mission of caring for our most vulnerable citizens. There are no hidden agendas here, just deep love for our community.

These kinds of comments are a weak attempt to place blame and to silence the opposition; to make villains out of well-meaning people striving to find solutions simply because their solutions don’t support your solutions. We are never all going to agree on the right approach, but we have to be able to have that conversation in a respectful and productive way, rather than pointing fingers and casting aspersions on one another. I always try to start from the position that everyone wants what is best for this community. It at least begins the conversation from a point of commonality and respect.

The solutions sit somewhere amidst all these contrary positions, and we may never get at them if we spend all our energy trying to stifle differing opinions.

If we don’t take our housing crisis seriously and work together to find real solutions, we will all pay too high a price.

Businesses won’t have reliable employees. People will be forced to move long distances from town, working far from where their children attend school. Our clean air, wild animals, and open spaces will suffer as people commute longer distances from home to work. More people will engage in community life in places like Pinedale and Driggs, potentially taking our great nonprofits with them as Jackson truly becomes a resort town.

Perhaps, more than any other group, our nonprofits are committed to maintaining Jackson as a true community. So rather than blaming them for not doing enough or doing too much, let’s recognize they are the core of our community life and community values in Jackson Hole, without which we lose the very ingredient that makes us truly special. PJH

“These kinds of comments are a weak attempt to silence the opposition; to make villains out of wellmeaning people striving to find solutions.”

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hanks to El Nino, last week we saw a few storms roll through the Tetons dropping 22 inches of total snowfall.

As we all know, however, new snow equals new dangers.

In particular these dangers were apparent on northwest and northeast aspects where the wind was depositing substantial snow. There were a total of eight skier-triggered avalanches and another three that triggered naturally. Most slides that occurred were in the typical 35-39 degree range whereas a couple were in the mid-40 degree. The conditions that I saw were touchy and sensitive. The new wind slabs were cracking on northern aspects with little effort.

This week will be different from the past two weeks. We received nine inches of snowfall Monday night going into Tuesday morning, but looking at the week’s extended forecast, we should see an increase in temperatures. Saturday temperatures will top out at 50 degrees in the valley with mountain

weather at a high of 36 degrees.

What I imagine seeing from here on out, with an increase in temperatures in the coming months, is wet slide potential.

This upcoming week I would not be surprised to see these already sensitive wind slabs becoming potential hazards in steep and terrain trap type areas. With the sun out, new snow will consolidate creating the potential for torrentially thick slides. In sheltered areas, you’ll find good snow, but in those areas there is still potential for wind-loaded slopes especially in chutes and couloirs.

It is best to wait out big lines until these wind slabs either break naturally or settle back into the snowpack. Conversely, I suggest hitting sunlit areas early and getting out early. It is spring again, but who knows how long that will last...

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THE BUZZ Elk massacre in the Hoback is a rare example frenzy killing by the wolf.

BY JAKE NICHOLS

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ears do it. So do foxes, honey badgers, and mountain lions. Even orcas and household lap cats do it. Most every predator on the planet exhibits some form of frenzy killing or henhouse syndrome, as it’s referred to by some.

When wolves do it, westerners get worked up.

“They like to kill. They are natural born killers,” Joanna Johnson said. She heads the 32-year-old advocacy group Concerned Citizens to Save the Elk. Johnson’s comments stem from the “surplus killing” that occurred on the McNeel feedground south of Bondurant where 19 elk were recorded slaughtered by wolves last Wednesday night.

Wolves ate little of the kill—some choice parts like cheeks and hearts—leaving mostly carcasses.

In a state where many ranchers and outfitters have kept a leery eye on wolf reintroduction, last week’s rampage stirred up longstanding hatred for the lobo.

It’s definitely bad press for wolves. They would do well with a PR person right now,” said Dr. Franz Camenzind. The respected wildlife cinematographer has studied coyotes and wolves extensively in the wild.

What happened?

What authorities know about the elk massacre is sometime during the night on March 23, wolves killed 19 elk, 17 of which were calves. The wolves in question are thought to be members of the Rim Pack—a group of an estimated seven to nine wolves first discovered in 2008 after a 3-year-old collared male dispersed from the infamous Pinnacle Pack.

The pack has been known to kill an elk or two a night in the vicinity of the McNeel and Dell Creek feedgrounds, according to Wyoming Game and Fish regional supervisor John Lund. He has seen mass depredation before—“maybe six or seven,” he said—but never anything like 19. He called the event “extremely rare.”

A week before the surplus killing, five of the estimated 16-head Dell Creek Pack were gunned down from helicopter by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) after incidents of cattle depredation on a ranch near Bondurant. Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Coordinator Mike Jimenez called the pack,

Why wolves go haywire What exactly triggers a killing spree in predators like the wolf? Jimenez says while 19 dead elk is unusual, mass killing sprees are not.

“Wolves kill things. They are predators and killing more than they can eat in a single setting is nothing new,” Jimenez said. “In the wild, they test animals and go for what’s available, what’s vulnerable. In a feedground in late winter there is a lot that’s vulnerable and available. Animals are not in real good shape. We’ve seen these things with domestic sheep—fairly big numbers being killed—and sometimes in the wild in very cold winters when the snow is deep, but not in these numbers.”

Jimenez would not speculate as to why wolves seemingly kill to kill. “Maybe they’re putting food in the pantry,” he offered, adding that wolves often return to slaughtered carcasses later. Camenzind has studied wild dogs extensively and says an explanation into the behavior is less complicated than some make it out to be.

“It’s very basic stuff, really,” Camenzind said. “Wild predators, whether they are a cat or dog, they start out with searching, that then turns into chasing. Once those instincts kick in, those patterns establish a process and the wolf goes to the next step—they capture and kill, and that’s usually it. But if there are more animals available, that running and chasing gets out of control because that stimulus is still there. Who knows what happened in the [McNeel feedground case] but things probably still kept milling around and the instinct kept going. It happens more in feedgrounds where you have this congested prey and a scenario set up where you are more likely to get this. I am surprised it doesn’t happen more often, honestly.”

Jimenez, too, says he’s somewhat surprised surplus killings are so rare given the ripe conditions.

“You just don’t see this happening very often even though there are six or seven thousand elk on 22 feedgrounds in northwest Wyoming,” Jimenez said. “I don’t think it’s [evidence of] how many wolves are out there because you only see this rarely with a small pack doing it. It has nothing to do with the overall population or you would see it happening all over the place.”

As far as what happened at the McNeel feedgrounds that caused the Rim Pack to waste prey will never be known, according to Lund. “While predation on this elk herd has been frequent throughout the winter, it is impossible to speculate what may have triggered this event the other night,” he said. “We do not, and probably never will, know exactly

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which appeared out of nowhere in 2014, large and problematic. Livestock depredation has continued after the removal of the five wolves, Jimenez said, likely prompting additional measures in the near future.

Authorities do not believe there is any correlation between the two packs and recent issues.

Wolf opponents in Wyoming have new ammo against the lobo after wolves killed 19 elk on the McNeel feedground south of Bondurant. why or how this happened.”

As far as Johnson is concerned, surplus killing by wolves is evidence of their true nature. Many anti-wolf people feel the same way.

“They didn’t even eat [the elk]. They’ll go on to kill more,” Johnson said. “I wouldn’t say they go haywire, that’s just the way they are.

They do it with sheep. They are just killing machines.”

Waste not, want not When wolves kill indiscriminately it seems to go against what the notorious predator usually does. Wolves play a finely tuned role in ungulate herd culling. Occasionally, though, wolves massacre more than they can eat in one sitting. The wasteful depredation puzzles many wildlife biologists but there is evidence that the carnivore does return to the scene of the crime to feed—sometimes for days and weeks afterwards.

“If this had been a more natural situation, where people had not removed the elk, I don’t think there is any question they would have returned,” Camenzind said. “In Yellowstone there was one carcass that wolves went back to and gnawed on the bones over a 100-day period. And then there are all the other critters that are going to those carcasses. In a sense, it is not all wasted.”

Jimenez and his team studied wolf behavior over an eight-year period and found similar instances of residual feeding.

“We’ve done a lot of research on feedgrounds in particular. What we found is all packs are not the same,” Jimenez said.

“Packs all have their own personalities. Some don’t come back, some do. Some could care less about external pressures like human presence and nearby traffic, and return to the carcass no matter what. Others are really averse to returning. In a lot of natural situations wolves come back for days and sometimes weeks. We wont know here because the carcasses were removed.”

Jimenez does not believe wolves make excess killings as part of a teaching tool for young pups. Some speculate that wolves make these surplus killings mainly in spring in order to teach their young to hunt, much like cats who sometimes appear to toy with prey in order to teach their kittens how to

hunt.

“Imagine being a predator. You are going to chase something that is three to four times your weight, and all you have is your teeth.

There is a fair amount of effort expended,” Jimenez explained. “Pups are not taught this way. They participate in the hunt the way the adults do. Wolf packs are most effective when they hunt as a group. The pups may hang back a little in the chase. But the idea that they are being taught in a [surplus killing] is a stretch at best. Between their natural instincts and the fact that they learn very quickly, it’s not as if they need to have practice or something.

This behavior has evolved over time and they’re very good at what they do.”

Management moving forward

With wolf numbers at an all-time high, management of the carnivore is set to shift from federal protection to individual state control. Wolf advocates fear retaliation for surplus killings by state management agencies. Even the feds caught some blowback for their handling of a 2004 incident when rampaging wolves wiped out 70 free-ranging sheep near McCall, Idaho, on June 29, 2004.

A month later, on July 20, federal wildlife agents killed the entire Cook Pack responsible for the massacre.

Lund feels his hands are tied when it comes to dealing with depredation involving wild game.

“With management authority we would have had options to address the situation earlier in the year as it became evident impacts were becoming a concern,” he said. “Options may have included targeted hunter opportunity, agency removal, etcetera.”

Johnson agreed, “We definitely need some management control over them.”

The Rim Pack has three collared animals and is being monitored by FWS. The latest official tally of wolves was conducted at the end of 2014. Wyoming had 229 wolves in the state with an additional 104 in Yellowstone National Park for a total of 333 wolves. The Northern Rocky Mountain region, encompassing Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, has an approximate population of 1,657 wolves in 282 packs, including 85 breeding pairs. PJH

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THE BUZZ 2 Dem Registrations Soar

BY NATOSHA HODUSKI @NatoshaHoduski

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he doors to register to vote in Wyoming’s Democratic Caucus have officially closed. In a mad dash to the finish line, voters turned out in droves.

Sherry Daigle of the Teton County Clerk’s office reported that from March 7 to March 25 at exactly 5 p.m.—the last possible moment to register as a Democrat in order to participate in the Democratic caucus—the County Clerk’s office registered 205 new Democrats.

The office also reported 139 party changes to Democrat.

Daigle was shocked by the turnout. “This was probably one of the busiest times we’ve ever seen. We’ve not had [registration] like that that I can recall, and I’ve been doing this for 16 or 17 years.”

The sharp rise in voter registration numbers, Daigle said, is credit to robust efforts by Teton County Democrats. “They did a good job of getting the word out,” she said.

Local artist/registered Democrat Aaron Wallis is hopeful that his efforts to support the Bernie Sanders presidential bid contributed to those numbers. Through weeks of phonebanking and canvassing, Wallis says he called around 100 people, reminding them to register and caucus. Wallis told The Planet that everyone he spoke with that was not registered vowed they would. “Did they actually make Friday’s deadline? Who knows. I’m hopeful,” he said.

One of the most important items for local Sanders supporters is the absentee ballot.

As many people in Teton County will be out of town or working during the April 9 Democratic caucus, getting absentee ballots in no later than Friday, April 1 has become a big agenda item.

Wyoming Republicans, on the other hand, needed to register before precinct caucuses on March 1 in order to have their voices heard. The Republican caucus is a convoluted ordeal with three stages.

On the flip side, the Democrats’ closed caucus takes place on April 9. In one fell swoop, Wyoming’s 18 delegates for the Democratic National Convention are decided.

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As the Democratic caucus nears, county clerk reports record number of residents switching up and registering Democrat.

Some Jackson Hole residents who traveled to the Bernie Sanders rally in Idaho Falls March 18 have also been involved in grassroots efforts in the valley. one of the latest presidential caucuses on the docket, with the exception of Puerto Rico and North Dakota. Those 18 delegates will go on to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 25 to 28 where the Democrats will vote to decide their presidential nominee.

For many Sanders supporters, collecting absentee ballots has already paid off. Jackson front desk manager Marcus Stauffer hosted a curry dinner to rally for Sanders, asking that his guests consider the absentee ballot process. After phonebanking for hours, conversing with friends, family, neighbors and coworkers, Stauffer has already collected approximately 40 absentee ballots for Sanders. Wren Fialka has had similar success. In hand, Fialka has collected about 25 absentee ballots. In addition to those, she expects to collect another 25 ballots that she already distributed.

Every vote counts in a race as close as Teton County’s, as Sanders campaign coordinator Nathaniel Greene can attest. He estimated that individual voters have already turned in approximately 100 absentee ballots.

Jackson town councilman Jim Stanford is a big Bernie supporter. He thinks that Sanders will stand a fighting chance in Jackson and the rest of the state. “Knowing a bit about Wyoming politics, I think his message will resonate in Cheyenne, and it’ll resonate in Laramie. I think it’ll be a competitive caucus,” Stanford hypothesized.

Stanford thinks Wyoming will soon take center stage in American politics as the Wyoming Democratic caucus draws near.

To him, it is within the realm of reason that both Clinton and Sanders will make stops throughout Wyoming while on the trail. “It’s fun for Wyoming to be contested—to have people engaged and excited about the race,” Stanford said.

Both Clinton and Sanders are in need of every delegate they can collect. Jackson activist Pete Muldoon thinks the Clinton-Sanders race is far from over, even though mainstream media has painted a landslide victory

for Clinton. Muldoon believes Sanders is not only giving her a run for her money in the primary, but that he would perform better in the general election.

“A year ago, Clinton’s people were saying Democrats needed to rally around her because she was the most likely [candidate] to win. I think we should be saying that about Sanders now. This election isn’t about [Democrats and Republicans] as it traditionally has been. It’s about the establishment versus everyone else. The establishment is very likely to lose. We should be very concerned about who will be the candidate of everyone else,” Muldoon said, with a veiled reference to presidential candidate Donald Trump.

While Rep. Andy Schwartz (D-Jackson) is a Clinton supporter, he thinks any Democrat in the office is far better than Trump. “I think the core of liberalism is the notion that everybody should benefit from our wealth, one way or another. That doesn’t mean everybody gets the same stuff, it means everyone has opportunities,” he said. Schwartz is a proponent of access to fair and equitable education whether in wealthy or poorer areas, that people should not be going hungry, and that folks should have access to basic health care—all of which Schwartz acknowledges Sanders intends to facilitate.

However, if it came down to Trump and Sanders, it isn’t even a contest for Schwartz.

He says Sanders is ideologically sounder and politically far more experienced.

That’s a painful predicament for many Republicans. If Trump takes the nomination, some have said they cannot in good conscience vote for him or ask their fellow Republicans to endorse him. The well-publicized resignation of former Teton County GOP Chair JuliAnne Forrest, who stepped down over the county’s decision to endorse Trump, highlights some Republicans’ growing distrust for Trump as he racks up primary victories around the country. PJH

NEWS Hardly a “Do-Nothing” Congress

OF THE

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In March, U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, chairman of the House Rules Committee, introduced a resolution to recognize “magic” as one of America’s “national treasure(s),” backed by a 711-word paean urging all to “support and protect” the storied craft—which needs to be “understood and promulgated,” especially given that, according to Sessions, it “requires only the capacity to dream.” Sessions made no link of magic to resolving other congressional business (such as, for instance, ending the string of 64 consecutive failed votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act).

Leading Economic Indicators

People With Too Much Money: Residents on London’s swankiest street (Kensington Palace Gardens), stymied in efforts to build upward on their relatively small lots, instead plan elaborate “basements”—extending as far as

five stories down, with elevators, swimming pools, gyms, climbing walls, and one even with a “Ferris wheel” for dialing up the resident’s daily choice among his several cars. However, embassies are located on the street and have challenged the construction chaos as offending their sovereignty under international law. Recent restrictions limit the basements to one story down, but billionaire entrepreneur Jon Hunt’s five stories are grandfathered in (though his “Ferris wheel” appears to have been shelved).

New World Order

Mystery fiction has always been a popular genre, but now, readers who prefer that their crimes be solved by cats have several series of brilliant felines to choose from.

As The Wall Street Journal reported in February, the major controversy swirling at “cat fiction” conventions is whether the clever kitties should advance the plot by speaking.

“We all talk to our pets,” noted one best- selling author, “and most of us imagine the other side of the dialogue.”

(Among the sets boasting more than a million copies are

the “Joe Greys,” the “Klepto Cats,” the “Cat Shout for Joy” suite, and the recently concluded, 29-volume run of “Cat Who” books, e.g., “The Cat Who Could Read Backwards.”) n The Glasgow, Scotland, company Osdin Shield announced recently that it had designed for potential sale (for those relaxing, yet secure evenings) a fashionable yet bullet-proof sofa and upholstered chairs sturdy enough to protect against 9mm handguns, shotguns and AK47s—with special marketing to hotels, embassies and government buildings. n In February, British marketing company Havas Helia tapped the “millennial” generation’s obsessions with craft beer and data-driven knowledge, announcing the development of 0101—a brew created, it said, by social media messages. The company, “finding” that the generation appeared “optimistic,” analyzed “thousands” of the generation’s messages against 24 human emotions, which it translated to 38 particular emotional states, which were fed into the IBM Watson computer, which selected 10

existing beers, whose recipes were then cribbed to create 0101 (a “cream ale” with honey and two specific kinds of hops, tasting of “optimism, love, imagination, and gentle overtones of excitement”).

Least Competent Government

Following a simplistic hack at the Internal Revenue Service that permitted several thousand tax returns to be illegally accessed and refunds commandeered, the agency created an equally porous “fix” merely copied from failed security elsewhere on the IRS website. According to a March Washington Post report, the fix admirably added one level of security (a personal PIN), but nonetheless allowed anyone to change another’s PIN using publicly available information. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the Post that “only a handful” of taxpayers were victimized by the faulty fix (but later defined “handful” as “fewer than 200”).

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By Jake Nichols | Photos by Sargent Schutt

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robably every generation of Jackson Holers viewed their beloved valley on the cusp of irreversible change. From the first settlers who dared stick out a Jackson Hole winter, to the generation of the 1940s and 50s residents who enjoyed the peaceful mountain community isolated and insulated from the outside world’s influences.

Then came the airport, the ski resort, and the Information Age. Word was out: Jackson Hole was the last and the best of the Old West; a place frozen in time that harkened back to an uncluttered and simpler time. And they came. To visit, to work and play, to retire and live in the unspoiled wonder that is Jackson’s Hole. Or was.

Again, the community now finds itself on the brink.

Housing opportunities are at an all-time hardship high.

Year-round traffic rivals some big cities, and in summer it’s simply brutal. New units barely trickle into the inventory while large apartment complexes like Blair Place cause turnover by jacking the rent, and the recently announced upgrade of the Virginian Apartments will remove an additional 56 affordable units and displace renters just as the summer crunch hits. Drugs and crime are creeping in, while wildlife and natural habitat are being metaphorically and literally run over and flattened.

An assessment of our community values is purportedly found in a county document called a Comprehensive Plan.

The latest iteration was completed in 2012 after a lengthy and arduous process. The plan’s “author” is joint long-range planner Alex Norton. He will claim none of the document’s bazillion words are his, and it’s true. He’s merely compiled the manuscript. But no one on this planet knows more about where we as a community want to be headed, and why we may or may not be getting there, than Norton.

If the Comp Plan is a visionary document that guides growth toward our collective desires, Land Development Regulations (LDR) are the rules applied by the town and county planning departments to ensure we are sticking to the script. As LDR revisions continue and elections loom this fall, the tug-of-war that has been waged in Jackson Hole for decades will only escalate.

Planet Jackson Hole: Let’s start with the question on the minds of many people when it comes to the Comprehensive Plan. The revision of the 1994 Plan began in 2007. You jumped in full time on it in 2008. It was finally finished in 2012, though we are still working through the residual LDR updates. What took so dang long?

Alex Norton: It’s one of the things we get frustrated with as well. One of the key takeaways is how do we make these processes more efficient? One way is you’ve got to establish a process up front and you’ve got to stick to it.

The process gets drawn out and you start to repeat yourself when you start missing deadlines and start re-reviewing things you’ve already reviewed. So if you’ve got a big public comment process and you’ve identified a whole bunch of issues that need to be discussed, and then you move to the next step of the process and find yourself starting all over again—people start to see that happening and think, “Well I’m not going to participate now. I’m going to wait until the end.” Then they start jockeying for last comment Then things get drawn out, circumstances change. The world is very different now than it was in 2012, in terms of economic climate, and that draws things out further because you have to recalibrate the objectives. It’s just this cycle that keeps going.

PJH: OK, well now it’s finally done. Just in time to begin working on the next update, right? Assuming we ever get the Land Development Regulations finished.

Norton: Maybe the biggest shift in thinking from the 1994 Plan, or even the 1978 Plan, is the idea that this is a fluid, living document and it’s hard to put a period on that and say it’s done. We are never going to be done. The LDRs are never going to be done.

PJH: Never going to be done? That sounds like job security for you. What do you mean?

Norton: One of the recommendations out of the Comp Plan was this growth management program that includes reviews and check backs like the annual indicator report, and annual work plan. The way the growth management plan is set up we are supposed to check back in once we hit 5 percent growth from 2012 in residential units, which

will be next year. So next spring around this time we will be talking about reevaluating the Comp Plan. That doesn’t mean we need a new Comp Plan.

The CP is a living document and the whole growth management program is predicated on this idea of adaptive management. We are going to keep track of what’s really going on. We are going to evaluate what our biggest needs are and what do we need to address; what’s working and what’s not working? It’s moving away from the idea that you finish things and put a period on it, then you address it again in 20 years, toward this idea that we are going to keep track and know where we are in real time and evaluate what our priorities are at any given time. I think to a certain extent it’s a culture change away from the idea that we are ever going to be “done”—we are never going to be done— toward this idea that we are going to adaptively manage and prioritize.

The idea is if you check in on a more regular basis, do we really need to rethink this whole thing? Hopefully, that’s a culture shift where we get to the understanding that we don’t need to overhaul everything because we can just make little tweaks.

PJH: This is a fairly radical change in approach, but

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PJH: The public was given numerous opportunities to weigh in. Did their opinions matter?

Norton: There was a lot of opportunity to comment during the process particularly because of how long and

drawn out it was. In sifting through feedback, we try not to evaluate comments based on quantity. It’s more about merit and the ideas behind the comment—the pros and cons of the suggestion. Just because somebody came up with an idea, sent it to all of their friends and all of their friends copied us on the same 30 emails, doesn’t change the pros and cons of the idea. We try to go through all the comments and identify all the different suggestions for the elected officials. If the same comment is suggested multiple times we put it there once. We try to present a breakdown with the repetition removed.

PJH: People in the community were worried about keeping growth in check back in 1994. Did it become even more of an issue for the 2012 Comp Plan?

Norton: Growth limiting was on the table from the very beginning. It wasn’t as much of a force driving the conversations in ‘94, but it was obviously part of it because the 94 Plan specifically addresses buildout.

There was a consultant who submitted a proposal in 2007 who advocated a numbers-based approach. Another was more of a character-based approach. From the very beginning the two finalists in terms of the consultants to help were defined by a juxtaposition of the numbers-based

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PJH: Let’s back up. When you began with the Comp Plan

revision nine years ago, what was the process?

Norton: The Comp Plan process, and the length of the process, was largely attributable to the conversation about growth limits and the desire of some in the community to have the plan based on a limited amount of growth. Some people wanted an analysis of the impacts of buildout, and figuring out the final plan for the end or the fully built out Jackson Hole; versus other comments focusing more on these character goals we want to achieve. They were more concerned with, “What are the steps we want to take incrementally to ensure we still have the community we want?” They had less concern over what the end game might look like, because we will get to the end game arguably never.

So there were these two kinds of pushing and pulling philosophies with commentary made on both sides. That is what drove the Comp Plan, and caused it to go back and forth. It was such a contentious conversation and trying to balance that is ultimately the task of the elected officials.

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it makes sense. Weren’t we monitoring ourselves before?

You can’t just put in all the time and effort to make a Comprehensive Plan for a community, and then sign off on it and put it on a shelf saying you’ll review how we did in another two decades.

Norton: Exactly. The 94 Plan—well, all plans—say we are going to track it, but it comes down to dedicating the resources, and actually doing it and committing to it.

Because of the community’s desire to have the 2012 Plan be more quantitative and numbers-based, we knew we had to be very responsive to the fact that people want to know what’s going on.

This indicator report lays out a lot of trends. In the heat of the moment a lot of people are looking at a single issue or single perspective, but keep in mind it is all a part of a bigger picture. This story is timely with this first indicator report coming out now. I want people to know that and many other resources are out there—sources of information that monitor the Comp Plan. We have made this shift instead of making it up as we go, we have this calculated and monitored approach. That’s the biggest thing that happened from ‘94 to 2012.

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Images and maps in Alex Norton’s office serve as a reminder: Developable land in the valley is finite. Hemmed in by public lands on every side, a mere 3 percent of land in Teton County is left to haggle over and plan for.

approach versus the character-based approach. Clarion was the one we selected because the [town] council and the [county] commission said they wanted to go the character route because of the interrelation of all the different pieces, and the inability to create one-size-fits-all prioritization with the numbers scheme.

PJH: As a community, did our priorities change much from 1994 to 2012? What, if any, was the biggest game-changer between the two documents?

Norton: To a large extent the community’s core values are the same—in terms of managing growth, the importance of wildlife and natural resources, the need for housing, and the desire for alternate modes of transportation rather than just building bigger and more roads. At the high-level view, a lot of that is still the same.

The fundamental shift from the 94 Plan to the 2012 Plan was the introduction of the growth management program, which is this annual longer term review of the Comp Plan to make sure we are actually using the best available data.

The 94 Plan doesn’t have that. It’s just a series of goals all included in a single document. It created a case-by-case evaluation for elected officials. The 94 Plan was consciously about flexibility and discretion. It said: Here are all of our

goals. We are going to give the landowner flexibility to propose his or her own balance of those goals, and we are going to give the elected officials the discretion to review on behalf of the community whether those proposals provided the appropriate balance.

The new plan better defines things for the electeds and developers. It’s moving from that idea of flexibility and discretion to the idea of a more predictable, laid out, upfront plan. The big ways we did that were the implementation of the character districts.

PJH: So the thinking is, by taking a little decision-making off the plate of electeds and clarifying for landowners upfront what is allowable, we can streamline the planning process and get more desirable and predictable outcomes?

Norton: Yes, this should provide that big picture view to give landowners and elected officials a little more clarity with certain questions that are already answered, so we don’t need to revisit and retread those with every application. That’s the biggest shift. With the character districts and the implementation of an indicator report, we can actually look at this stuff and have the metrics we need to track where we are going and how we are doing.

Let’s take a current example. Everybody knows that we

need housing right now. It’s a big issue. But just because we need housing doesn’t mean we should put housing anywhere somebody’s willing to build it, because that might contradict some other goals in the Comp Plan. Under the 94 Plan, that would be a case-by-case review. The 2012 Plan provides that next step to say we want to provide housing but we want to put it in these areas. So if you are trying to do a PUD in town, that makes a lot more sense than if you are trying to get an upzone in, say, Spring Gulch or somewhere not identified as appropriate for housing.

PJH: And where do we want housing?

Norton: There was conversation through the Comp Plan process about whether Wilson is an appropriate place. Is Aspens an appropriate place? What about Teton Village or the Town of Jackson, or Hog Island? Ultimately what came out of that was the character districts map where the Comp Plan talks about having 60 percent of growth occur in complete neighborhoods.

Some complete neighborhoods are appropriate for additional potential and some are appropriate for buildout of their existing potential. Wilson and the Aspens are identified as complete neighborhoods with appropriate population centers. We are not looking to reduce density,

PJH: Is it especially difficult to be a planner in a community like Jackson Hole, where we are literally so globally influenced? We triple our population in summer with tourists. Billionaires are squeezing out the millionaires, etc.

Norton: Well, one of the nice parts about working here is this community has the engagement, the resources, the intellectual capital that you would get in some of those larger communities in America. But we are still a small town. Would it be easier in some places that didn’t have those [outside] things coming together?

Probably. But the beauty and fun of being a planner here is there is no shortage of opinions; there is no shortage of people who are willing to put the time and effort into trying to really understand what is going on, and provide informed comment and opinion.

That’s something that, in larger communities, planners are just clawing for people to participate.

People feel very passionate about this place. Everybody has a very strong sense of place and the opinions to go along with that, and that’s not something you get everywhere. This is a place where people are here for a reason. There are not many people who feel like they are stuck here or landed here by chance. It’s not an easy place and it never has been. You have to make a commitment to be here and that provides a certain level of involvement that planners in other places would love to have.

“It’s not an easy place and it never has been. You have to make a commitment to be here and that provides a certain level of involvement that planners in other places would love to have.”

PJH: But even during the economic downturn when no one was building much of anything, we saw institutional growth continue at a brisk pace. At the same time, more jobs were being created than we have people to fill them.

Norton: There’s any number of reasons why this stuff happens. A large institutional project is a little more insulated from some of the funding issues that happened when the housing bubble burst. One of the things that we identified in the indicator report is if you look at employment growth/ job growth and compared that with other types of growth, it is not necessarily physical development that is driving job growth. It can’t be because it is not growing nearly as fast.

We don’t know what is. But the important thing from our standpoint is, if there is obviously something else driving the job growth that isn’t physical development then we can’t expect physical development to be the solution. If we know it’s not the entirety of the problem we can’t expect it to be the entirety of the solution.

PJH: The Comp Plan revision happened over such a long course of time. When we began, the economy was booming.

Everyone wanted to pump the brakes. By the time you were wrapping it up, the economy was tanking. To what extent did external forces, like the relevant temperature of the economy at any given moment, play into the plan?

Norton: It certainly was always a part of the

PJH: You were born here. You grew up here. Pretend for a moment you are not Alex Norton the planner. You are Alex Norton the Jackson kid who has watched his hometown grow to where it is now. Do you like what you see?

Norton: Part of the reason I do what I do is there is not a difference between the two people. I do this because there is not Alex the long-range planner, and Alex the resident. It’s the same person.

In terms of what’s changed and what is different—this is still a place I want to live. I still have made a conscious decision that I want to be here rather than somewhere else.

I went to school in New York; I’ve been in other places. Just because I grew up here I’m not here because I’m stuck here.

I’m here because I choose to be here. And it’s nice to be a planner and have some influence on keeping it a desirable place to be. PJH

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PJH: Speaking of Hog Island, there is a new elementary school going in down there. It’s a bit off the beaten track, some say. Are we just going to build up a city around that?

Norton: There are certainly areas in the community where that’s what happens: A school is built somewhere on the periphery of the community and the long-term solution is we are just going to grow up to it. As it stands right now that’s not the community’s goal for Hog Island.

We’ve identified Hog Island as a place where there is an opportunity to provide some kind of light industrial-type opportunities knowing that there are a lot of those home services, light and heavy industrial uses there currently.

That’s a character that residents down there identified with and we are comfortable with.

Right now Hog Island has this purpose in the Comp Plan

PJH: That gets into the issue of whether institutional growth, like a new school in Hog Island, is a growth-driver or follower. Institutional growth is booming in the valley. Are we catching up to population growth with new amenities or are we building things to attract more people to work in them?

Norton: The whole institutional as a driver of growth is a complicated conversation. The numbers would indicate that institutional uses have been a generator of employees.

That’s not the same as driving growth. Generator of employees essentially means that we’ve created a lot of workspace for institutional employees. So employee-generation is essentially a measure of where employees work not necessarily why the employee exists. For example, a bartender works in a bar. But the construction of the bar is not why the bartender exists. The bartender exists because people are demanding drinks.

I just want to make it clear that employee-generation doesn’t mean driver. The question of what is driving growth is a much more complicated economic question. Is it residents? Is it visitors? Is it residents plus visitors? Is it the construction industry? We’ve definitely had more growth in institutional floor area than in other type of development.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s driving growth. That might be the outcome not the driver. It’s hard to distinguish the two necessarily.

conversation. When we started the process in 2007-08, it was the peak of the pressure. There was a lot of big growth and a pump-the-brakes [attitude], and maybe there wasn’t quite as much of that by 2012. But as you see in the recent past, there has been a lot more of a pump-the-brakestype conversation when the council and the board were discussing nonresidential potential. They were very much [saying], “Housing is our priority so let’s hit the brakes and not add any nonresidential potential that might make things worse until we address the housing issue.”

But it’s a cyclical thing, and we did a fairly good job as a community in not overreacting. There’s going to be peaks and valleys, and we can plan knowing that the steepest ups aren’t going to be forever and the downs aren’t going to be forever.

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or transfer density out of these areas, but we are also not looking to increase potential density by transferring density in. Whereas Teton Village and the Town of Jackson were identified as areas appropriate to add potential and push density in. There was also conversation about Hog Island, where maybe there is some additional density appropriate there to facilitate the home business, light industrial-type situation on a lot of lots down there.

that is a little more dense than 1 [unit] per 35 [acres]. It’s not a rural area that we want to conserve. But we are also not saying, “OK, there’s a school there now, let’s build a town around it.” To move to the idea that we want to build a town around it, it would have to be a Comp Plan amendment and a fundamental shift in the role that Hog Island plays in meeting the community’s goals in general. Certainly the way that a lot of communities in America would approach it would be to just grow towards it and fill in around it.

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CREATIVE PEAKS Funded by the People Jackson creatives find capital interest in crowdfunding.

BY KELSEY DAYTON @Kelsey_Dayton

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n March 2012, three Jackson friends— Bubba Albrecht, Carly Platt and Jed Mickle—launched a lifestyle brand they called Give’r. The brand consisted of two shirts and two hats and a simple logo featuring an outline of the Tetons. Shortly after that, they started selling a pair of leather gloves that included the logo as well as personalized “branded” initials. It quickly became a best seller.

But the glove wasn’t quite right. They wanted something a little warmer and a little more durable. They spent two years, going through four prototypes before coming up with a design for a new four-season glove, meant to be the only glove a person needs to own. They knew the gloves would be harder to produce on a small scale, and more expensive to make.

Their business advisors and friends suggested using Kickstarter, a path artists and small businesses in Jackson are taking more frequently to bring their visions to life.

Give’r’s core belief is doing what you love and following your heart, and finding a way to make it work. And that goes for [Give’r] as a business in Jackson, Albrecht said.

“With that passion, we have to figure out how the heck can we do this from Wyoming, and that’s where Kickstarter came in,” Albrecht said. “That opportunity isn’t traditional per se, but it’s available. To survive in Jackson, well, it’s boot strappin’ at it’s finest.”

Give’r is certainly not the first business, and the gloves are not the first project, funded by Kickstarter in Jackson. The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival raised almost $6,000 in 2013 to complete the film “One Day in Jackson Hole.”

Recently photographer Brad Boner raised more than $20,000 to help cover the costs of printing his book “Yellowstone Through the Lens of Time,” which features original images taken in 1871 by William Henry Jackson of Yellowstone, and those same scenes re-photographed by Boner in the last few years.

Indeed, Jackson attracts creative people.

There is no shortage of people starting small businesses that center on creative endeavors, but it isn’t easy to make it. The struggles

A Kickstarter campaign for Give’r four-season gloves, i.e.: ‘the best damn gloves ever,’ has already raised more than $145,000. of these career paths are magnified in an inspiring, yet small, expensive and isolated town. Kickstarter and similar crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo offer a unique way for creative people to bring their visions to life.

“Something like Kickstarter basically subsidizes an artists’ ability to be in a place like Jackson,” said singer and songwriter Madelaine German. She used Kickstarter to raise more than $3,700 to record an EP in July 2014 for her band Maddy and the Groove Spots.

It was the only way they could afford to record the demo, but it also got other people involved in the project. Kickstarter was a platform to ask people to support the band as artists, German said. It invested people in the band in a way just being a fan doesn’t. It made these folks a part of the band’s journey.

“We talk about a community and what art really is, which is an artist being supported by a community, and an artist making art that reflects back on that community,” she said.

The demo jump-started German’s music career. It gave her a professional product she could show to people who then took her more seriously. That led to paying jobs.

“In that way, Kickstarter is kind of subsidizing the community at large,” German

said. “If you look at art not as a commodity, but as the heartbeat of a community, especially music in how it brings people together—Kickstarter provides a way to bring a unifying and positive force into the community.”

German plans on using Kickstarter again, likely in May, for a music video project. The video, which brought together a variety of community artists and creative-types, is in post-production. German hopes to raise enough money to finish it.

For Give’r, Kickstarter allowed the company to reach beyond Jackson. Unlike companies in more metropolitan areas, they can’t easily reach new communities and markets.

Kickstarter allows them to take their product out of the valley without leaving it.

“Since our beginning we’ve always relied on friends and the community, whether sending out catalogues or testing shirts,” Albrecht said. “In our effort with these fourseason gloves we need to reach beyond just our next-door neighbors.”

The company launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $25,000 for a down payment to produce 1,500 gloves. To date, they have raised more than $145,000 from almost 1,400 backers. “Investors” who support the project through Kickstarter earn a pair of gloves at a discounted rate. That offer ends Friday. PJH

THIS WEEK: March 30-April 5, 2016

Compiled by Caroline Zieleniewski

Thursday, Salsa Night 9 p.m., The Rose WEDNESDAY MAR. 30

n Tavern Trivia 7:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n STACKHOUSE 7:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Cocktails 101 7:00pm, The Liquor Store, $50.00, 307-733-4466 n Western Swing Wednesday 7:30pm, West Side Yard, Free, 208-787-5000 n Songwriter’s Alley 8:00pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n KHOL Presents: Vinyl Night 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500

THURSDAY MAR. 31

n Kettlebells 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library, Free, 733-2164 ext. 218

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n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Chess Club: Grades K to 12 3:30pm, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 x118 n Chess Club 3:30pm, Valley of the Tetons Library - Driggs, Free, 208-3545522 n Free Tax Preparation: InPerson 4:00pm, Teton County Library Ordway Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 n English Riding Lessons 4:00pm, Heritage Arena, $65.00, 307-699-4136 n Evening Yoga 6:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Barbara Trentham Life Drawing 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $10.00, 307733-6379 n Cribbage Club 6:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library Driggs, Free, 208-3545522 n Community Yoga 6:15pm, Yoga On Little Studio, Free n Open Gym - Adult Basketball 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-9025

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n Boot Camp 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-7399025 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 10:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-7399025 n Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library, Free, 733-2164 ext. 218 n Story TIme 10:00am, Valley of the Tetons Library Victor, Free, 208-7872201 n Fables Feathers & Fur 10:30am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n Lap Sit 11:00am, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633

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MUSIC BOX

Rasta Vibes, Rap, and a Sweet Parting Progressive reggae-rock with Spiritual Rez, classic hip-hop at Knotty Pine, and a wrap at JHMR.

BY AARON DAVIS @SCREENDOORPORCH

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wo powerful forces stand out when it comes to Bostonbased sextet Spiritual Rez—the formidable, confident vocals of frontman/guitarist Toft Willingham, and

Spirtual Rez (right), cooks up reggae, dub and progressive rock Thursday at Town Square Tavern. Lyrics Born brings hip-hop back to the Knotty on Saturday. a deep subsonic groove that originates with bassist Jesse Shaternick and drummer Ian “Meat” Miller.

Rooted in reggae, rock, funk and ska, Spiritual Rez has been working hard to build a following over the last nine years through a dose of old-school Marley-Tosh-Toots infused with a double dose of Sun Ra Arkestra freak jazz, and Steve Vai guitar pyrotechnics. They harvest a fresh vibe that even Mr. Bernie Worrell of Funkadelic/ Talking Heads has been known to dropin on. It’s no wonder they’ve become a festival favorite on the East Coast. The sounds flowing from the band’s fourth independent LP, Apocalypse Whenever, is a conceptual advancement and an obvious product of years on the road collecting influences.

“When we first started, we were really trying to be like

Bob Marley’s band … with a very big ensemble,” Shaternick told Glide Magazine, referencing the band’s former percussionist and female backup vocalists. “We were really trying to have a roots reggae … very purist.”

Apocalypse Whenever, co-produced

by Shaternick and Willingham, is a turn towards the contemporary. Aimed at anthems with catchy choruses, the set extends well beyond reggae into progressive rock and island dub. It also doesn’t hurt to have an album mastered by Howie Weinberg (Nirvana’s Nevermind, and The Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill).

“We wanted to create an album that flows as one piece of art sonically and conceptually,” added Willingham. “It’s an album for the times. We want to encourage people not to fear the future but to embrace it.”

“It’s an album for the times. We want to encourage people not to fear the future.”

WEDNESDAY Songwriter’s Alley featuring Jason Tyler, Burton (Silver Dollar) THURSDAY Spiritual Rez (Town Square Tavern) FRIDAY Boondocks (Silver Dollar) SATURDAY Lazy Eyes (après; Under the Tram), Lyrics Born (Knotty Pine), Boondocks (Silver Dollar)

The Tram Jam will help you bid adieu to a fruitful season this weekend at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

Spiritual Rez, 10 p.m. Thursday at Town Square Tavern. $5. 733-3886.

$15. 208-787-2866.

Trio of bands for JHMR closing weekend

Timeless beats Believe it. In two weeks, Lyrics Born is dropping a greatest hits album, Now Look What You’ve Done, celebrating 23 years of dropping influential beats and raps. And he raised more than $21,000 via Kickstarter to do it. This comes on the heels of his final Variety Show set that flows more like a mixtape or well-produced radio show than a fully fleshedout studio release. It’s aptly titled “Season 7: The Series Finale.”

Local fans of the Bay Area artist have been fortunate to see Lyrics Born consistently through the latter half of his career, including with Latryx, his longtime collaboration with Lateef the Truth Speaker. It’s a testament that classic rap is alive and well, even in eastern Idaho.

Lyrics Born, 10 p.m. Saturday at the Knotty Pine in Victor.

It’s back to a local’s weekend in the Village, both musically and otherwise. Three bands will be there for you to say farewell to the season. Rock out under the tram with classic rockers Lazy Eyes (après Saturday); get your alt-country fix with Major Zephyr (après Sunday); and take in the final session of reggae-rock band Tram Jam next to the Gondola (10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday). Au revoir to Jackson Hole lift service for the season, though Grand Targhee is open through April 17. PJH

TUESDAY One Ton Pig (Silver Dollar)

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FRIDAY APR. 1

n Portrait Drawing Club 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $10.00, 307-733-6379 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 10:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Free Tax Preparation: Drop-Off Service 10:30am, Teton County Library Computer Lab, Free, 307-733-2164 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633

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n Storytime 10:30am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Storytime 11:00am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Open Gym - Adult Basketball 12:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307739-9025 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633 n Cribbage 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons - Driggs, Free, 208-354-5522 n Apres with Stack and the Attack 4:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Yoga 4:15pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n KMTN / KJAX / KZJH CHAMBER MIXER featuring: The Roosevelts 5:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free, 307-7331500 n Total Fitness 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n Jazzercise 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $10.00, 307739-9025 n Linocut 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $35.00, 307-7336379 n ACT Prep Course 6:00pm, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307734-1535 n Open Gym - Adult Soccer 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307739-0925 n Ice Bison and Prehistoric Trout Fishing: Resolving Mysteries from the Archaeological Record 7:00pm, Jackson Hole History Museum, Free, 307-733-2414 n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n Salsa Night 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Disco Night 10:00pm, Stagecoach Bar, Free, 307-733-4407 n Spiritual Rez 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, 307-733-3886

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Closing Day Expect costumed revelry as ski bums lose a bit of purpose (and dignity?) this weekend.

BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS @ElizabethKoutrelakos

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his time of year even the hardiest of ski bums experience twinges of sentimentality. When the days of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort reach the final fingered countdown, people’s shoulders begin to slump. I saw a friend moping around amidst spring breakers last week. He sat on a crowded chair lift but was skiing alone on a grey bird day.

Poor guy, I thought. Did he hurt himself?

Did something bad happen? I asked out of curiosity. His response revealed he was suffering from symptoms of TMS (Teton Village Mountain Syndrome). TMS causes looming sadness due to the resort’s impending April shutdown. I’ve seen good people succumb to this, becoming a bit testy at the changing of the tides. Maybe they don’t know where they’re going to go once the lifts stop, or maybe the uncertainty of finding a summer job sparks apprehension.

This particular fellow expressed regret at missing a couple ski days, which was compounded because he didn’t make the One Hundred Day list. For those unfamiliar with this list, it is posted like a high school auditions list on the windows near the tram line.

I am uncertain what 100-day winners get, but rumors are it may entail a breakfast.

Sure, some people regret not skiing enough;

Left: The Mermaid of the... mountain? Top right: Ryan VanLanen (right), dons a pink feather behind his ear to commemorate closing day. Bottom right: A serious crowd gathers to discuss politics. others regret not skiing with friends. But these regrets do not signify a failed winter.

There’s one more weekend to take advantage of the easy way up. For the 50th time at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, people can celebrate the very last day of another season.

During this time, you’ll see old friends come out of the woodworks. This weekend often draws myriad skiers and snowboarders from far away lands.

Friday, April 1, i.e.: Gaper Day, at the resort is a great day for people watching. Over the years, this semi-structured holiday compels people to flail around the snow, dawning extremely funny outfits. One year, I spotted someone on cross-country skis headed up Thunder lift with two fake children hanging out of her backpack. As with any event in Jackson, people go to extreme lengths to have the coolest outfits on the mountain.

The last Saturday at the Village is typically a fun time to watch small children skiing around in adorable and creative getups. I’ve seen sharks, gators and other little creatures ripping the mini terrain park on Teewinot. Observing these small fountains of youth often fulfills some people’s desires for a wholesome good time.

On Sunday, the last day of the season, sadness fill the air. People habitually remark how they cannot fathom that the season is over. Often times, I want to ask them, “Have you not looked at a calendar for the last four months? Have you not noticed it gets dark at 8 p.m. now instead of 4? The world is revolving around the sun!” But I refrain from these comments and stick to the empathetic, “I know it really flew by… it’s really a bummer.”

Any other response may be deemed abnormal, and due to seasonal sensitivities of these

folks, such comments may induce unwanted emotional reactions.

Another oddity that frequently occurs during the last hour of the last day is the overwhelming amount of people that think getting on the last tram is the most important thing in the world. All winter long, people arise before dawn to spend the first half of their waking hours in the beloved tram line so they can be the first ones on. On big snow days when the mountain opens late, it’s likely the tram liners spend more time waiting in line than actually skiing.

Priorities change on the last day, however, when people plan out their entire day to strategize how they will get last tram.

I’ve always imagined last tram to be akin to the Four Seasons of trams with special people showering you with hot cocoa, warm cookies and toasty blankets. Sadly, I highly doubt there exists any truth to this fantasy.

In fact, I’ve heard that people wait at the top for the last tram riders of the season in order to pummel them with snowballs. Again, I have no idea why people would revolve their entire day to catch a tram with the reward of being hit in the face with small molecules of compacted ice. But it’s the last day, after all.

There’s something strangely unique about celebrating this annual event with old friends and perfect strangers. In the words of Frank Herbert, “There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”

Yes, the story of winter may be concluding for now, but here’s to the new opportunities that come with spring. PJH

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SUNDAY APR. 3

n First Sundays 9:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-743-5424

n Closing Weekend 2015/16 9:00am, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Free, 307-733-3886 n Music Under the Tram Major Zephyr 3:00pm, Teton Village, Next to Nick Wilson’s, Free, 307-7332292 n Apres with Major Zephyr 4:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Intro to Quickbooks I 4:00pm, CWC-Jackson, $40.00, 307-733-7425 n Taize 6:00pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Free, 307-733-2603 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307-733-4407 n Hospitality Night - Happy Hour 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500

MONDAY APR. 4

n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Suicide Prevention Training 12:00pm, St. John’s Medical Center Moose Rom, Free, 307264-1536

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SATURDAY APR. 2

n Adult Oil Painting 10:00am, The Local Galleria, $25.00, 208-270-0883 n Free Tax Preparation: Drop-Off Service 10:30am, Teton County Library Computer Lab, Free, 307-7332164 n Tram Jam 11:00am, Base of the Bridger Gondola, Free n Raptor Encounters 2:00pm, Teton Raptor Center, $10.00 - $12.00, 307-203-2551 n Music Under the Tram Lazy Eyes 3:00pm, Teton Village, Next to Nick Wilson’s, Free, 307-7332292 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535 n Close to Home: A Snowboard Trip Through Wyoming 7:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $5.00 - $10.00, 307-733-1500 n BOGDOG 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Lyrics Born 10:00pm, Knotty Pine, $15.00, 208-787-2866

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n Lego Club - Driggs 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library Driggs, Free, 208-3545522 n Sick Trick Comp & DJ on the Deck 3:00pm, Grand Targhee Resort, Free, 307-353-2300 n Clay and Sculpture 3:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $190.00, 307733-6379 n Wine Tasting 4:00pm, The Liquor Store & Wine Loft, Free, 307-733-4466 n ART WALK in Driggs 5:00pm, Downtown, Free n Friday Night Meditation 6:00pm, Zendler Chiropractic, Free, 307-699-8300 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535 n Pam Drews Phillips Plays Jazz 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free, 307-7338833 n Meet, Make & Bliss 7:30pm, Bliss Bodywork, $5.00, 804-380-6728 n Friday Night DJ with DJN8 10:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500

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n Story Time 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library Driggs, Free, 208-354-5522 n Maker Monday’s 3:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library Victor, Free, 208-787-2201 n English Riding Lessons 4:00pm, Heritage Arena, $65.00, 307-699-4136 n Chance Meeting 5:00pm, The Rose, Free, n Beginning Painting: Acrylic 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $130.00, 307-733-6379 n Printmaking 101 6:00pm, Art Associaiton of Jacskson Hole, $225.00, 307-733-6379

TUESDAY APR. 5

n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Time 10:05am, Teton County Library, Free, 733-2164 ext. 118 n Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307733-5056 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 1:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Free Tax Preparation: Drop-Off Service 3:30pm, Teton County Library Computer Lab, Free, 307-733-2164 n Language Exchange 6:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library Driggs, Free, 208-354-5522 n Intro to Illustrator 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $130.00, 307-733-6379

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CINEMA Citizenship Taste ‘City of Gold’ profiles a food writer as ambassador for the American Dream.

BY SCOTT RENSHAW @SCOTTRENSHAW

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uring the opening credits sequence in Laura Gabbert’s documentary “City of Gold,” her subject, Jonathan Gold, drives through the streets of Los Angeles in his pickup truck. Scenes of bustling street life roll by, faces of every possible color, restaurant signs in a dozen different languages.

The sax-infused music that plays over this sequence makes it feel like something out of a gritty 1970s detective drama, featuring the kind of jaded gumshoe who’d say things like, “These are my streets.”

But Gold isn’t a detective. He’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times, and one of the most highly respected critics of any kind in the country. It’s not hard, however, to imagine that he actually would say “these are my streets,” because “City of Gold” is, in part, a cinematic love story between Gold and his native city. And it’s a positively inspiring example of what it’s like to embrace a place because of its heterogenous complexity, not just in spite of it.

There is some “origin story” sprinkled throughout “City of Gold,” and it’s not an insignificant element. Gabbert (“No Impact Man”) explores Gold’s childhood in a home filled with love of the arts, in a 1960s South Los Angeles neighborhood that represented a cultural melting pot his father saw as worth embracing. We learn about his background as a musician and a music writer, exploring tastes that ranged from opera to punk to the early stirrings of LA gangsta rap. The idea that this man would have not just an expansive critical sensibility, but an expansive appreciation for diverse cultural flavors, seems to have been destined from birth.

The majority of the film, then, digs into how Gold’s particular history and personality manifests themselves in the kind of places he covers (literally any kind of place, but with a

Viewers glean a new appreciation for culinary culture in the documentary about Jonathan Gold. special love for tiny ethnic eateries and food trucks of all kinds), and in the way he covers them. His writing isn’t merely a consumer guide for potential patrons, but a travelogue through his city as home to newcomers from all over the world, bringing their unique flavors with them. The chefs and restaurateurs interviewed here don’t talk about Gold as some Anton Ego-esque figure whose thumbsup or thumbs-down is to be feared. They appreciate that he makes a genuine effort to engage with their cultures—and, in some cases, that he’s able to articulate what’s special about their food in a way they may not understand themselves until they read it in his words.

Yet, there’s a more emotionally affecting subtext to “City of Gold,” one that resonates perhaps even more powerfully in an era when demagogues demonize “others.” On more than one occasion, Gabbert speaks to restaurant owners who are first-generation immigrants, proudly describing children who have graduated from college, fulfilling a parent’s dream for why they came to America. Gold understands how many of the places where he eats are part of American success stories, labors of love for people who make his city richer because of what they bring to it. When Gold talks about the gentrified changes that have come to a traditionally ethnic downtown Los Angeles market—one where new shops, in Gold’s words, offer up their “precious, artisanal” products— you can tell he understands what is lost.

It’s fair to say that “City of Gold” is an extremely generous portrait of its subject.

The worst that the movie seems to say about Gold is that he drives his editors crazy by being slow to turn in his copy, and he was even slower to embrace his environmentalist brother’s campaign against restaurants serving unsustainable seafood. While Gabbert does include excerpts from several pieces of Gold’s beautifully evocative reviews and essays, the film is perhaps too little interested in the actual creative work of a man who is, after all, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

It is, however, tremendously interested in Gold as someone who shows why, in the age of Yelp, the voices of professional critics can still matter (self-serving though it may be for a different kind of critic to say so). “City of Gold” captures a passion for food as cultural art, and a love for the artists—the people— who create it. These are Jonathan Gold’s streets, and the stories he tells about them say something beautiful about what America can be. PJH

CITY OF GOLD BBB.5 Documentary Rated R

TRY THESE Ratatouille (2007) Patton Oswalt Peter O’Toole Rated PG

No Impact Man (2009) Documentary Not Rated

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) Documentary Rated PG

Chef (2014) Jon Favreau Scarlett Johansson Rated R

WELL, THAT HAPPENED

Life from the Outside Stepping into the shoes of a foreign worker offers important lessons for living at home and afar.

BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz

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Resolving Mysteries from the Archaeological Record

No room for the author at this table. He spent an hour standing here without being acknowledged by his new Icelandic peers.

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very well. More often than not they would prefer I get someone Icelandic to help them, rather than bother with English. This can certainly dampen my spirits, because I want nothing more than to be seen as a part of the community, even if just for the limited time I’ll spend here.

The locals whisper about us foreigners behind our backs, wondering what we’re doing here and why our boss wouldn’t just hire Icelanders for our positions. Oftentimes at functions or parties, a few Icelanders are interested in getting to know us. I had to find out why we are continuously so shrugged off, so I asked local hair stylist Anna Bella Sigurðardóttir, who gave me some insight.

“The personality is carried over from the time of the fish factory,” Anna Bella said. “It used to be a seasonal company with operations in the summer only. So people would come only for a few months, and people didn’t bother getting to know them because they would be gone anyway in the fall.”

I hung my head and laughed. She asked me what was so funny.

“We have the exact same problem in my hometown,” I said.

Here I am, 3,500 miles away from Wyoming, and I find myself still standing in the shoes of two types of Jackson Hole workers: the immigrant who doesn’t speak the language, and the 90-day wonder who wants to be a part of the community.

A majority of my Icelandic language frustrations can be likened to Spanish-speaking workers trying to master English, and my desire to be seen as less of an outsider is no different than those Southern swoop-haired fellas who come to Jackson and claim local status.

I’m happy my own privilege and comfort-zone have been challenged in Iceland.

It’s refreshing to trip on the curb of another person’s reality. An experience like this makes me truly appreciate and admire other people who leave their home countries to take up a new adventure elsewhere. It will continue to be a struggle way out here in east Iceland, but hopefully I’ll soon get a little better at the language so I can become the Viking I aspire to be. PJH

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’ve been living in the small town of Neskaupstaður, Iceland, for five months now, and I recently realized I’ve never considered myself as an immigrant or a migrant worker. The term “expatriate” always tasted a little better on the tongue, but I don’t know why I never connected the dots before. Perhaps because (thanks to my dual citizenship with Austria) I managed to evade entangling myself in any immigration red tape, and was able to find a job fairly quickly. But now that the romance of moving to Iceland has dulled, I’ve been faced with the harsh reality of what so many expatriates face: integration.

The hotel I’m employed at has a few other international workers and we’ve created our own version of camaraderie within the confines of the property. There’s a mediocre pizza joint, one or two bars (operating hours whimsically vary) and, well, that’s about it.

And while one of those bars occasionally has a DJ or a live band, we foreigners have an incredibly difficult time meeting new people.

As you can imagine, Icelandic is an extremely difficult language to master. While a few of us have added some useful phrases into our arsenals, they’re not enough to win favor with the locals. Unlike in Reykjavík, where English can be almost more common than Icelandic, our town is in the boonies, way off on the other side of the country. The people who live here haven’t fully experienced the massive tourism floods that plague the west and south coasts, so English is not a priority. Not with the older folks, anyhow.

I do my best to tell the locals and hotel guests that I’m learning Icelandic (Ég er að læra Íslensku!), but also that I can’t speak it

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n Beauty and the Beast Fri, Sat, Sat, Sun, Sun Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, $15.00 - $35.00, 801-869-6900 n Cowgirls Fri, Sat, Sat Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm, $40.00 - $62.00 n Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Fri, Sat, Sat, Sat Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, 7:30pm, $17.00 - $23.00 n Kingdom of Heaven Fri, Sat, Sat, Sun Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm, $20.00 n Nina Tichava: It is all Just a Love Contest Fri - Sun Gallery MAR, 436 Main Street, Park City, 10:00am, Free n Paul Crow: Here Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, Free n Paula Poundstone Fri Rose Wagner Theatre, 138 W 300 South, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $46.00 n The Pirate Queen Fri, Sat, Sat, Sat Hale Centre Theatre, 3333 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, 7:30pm, $30.00, (801) 9849000, 801-984-9009 n SALT Contemporary Dance Fri, Sat, Sat Leona Wagner Black Box Theatre, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $20.00 n Seussical The Musical Fri - Sat Empress Theatre, 9104 W. 2700 South, Magna, 7:30pm, $10.00 n Janet Sumner Johnson | The Last Great Adventure of the PB & J Society Sat The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 4:00pm, Free n Justin Beiber: Purpose World Tour Sat Vivint Smart Home Arena, 301 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $47.50 - $113.00 n Rob Schneider Sat, Sat Wiseguys Downtown, 194 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, $30.00 n City Weekly and Porter’s Fire’s Cosplay Pub Crawl Sun Sugarhouse - Starts at The Ruin, 1215 Wilmington Ave. #120, Salt Lake City, 12:00pm, $10.00 n NOVA Chamber Music Series: L’Enfant terrible Sun Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, 3:00pm, $20.00

n Cinda Williams Chima | Flamecaster Fri The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, Free n Cowgirls Fri, Sat, Sat Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm, $40.00 - $62.00 n Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Fri, Sat, Sat, Sat Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, 7:30pm, $17.00 - $23.00 n Kingdom of Heaven Fri, Sat, Sat, Sun Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm, $20.00 n Kwame Alexander | Booked Fri Viridian Center, 8030 South 1825 West, West Jordan, 7:00pm, Free n MARCUS Fri, Fri, Sat, Sat Wiseguys Downtown, 194 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 9:30pm, $15.00 n Nina Tichava: It is all Just a Love Contest Fri Gallery MAR, 436 Main Street, Park City, 10:00am, Free n Paul Crow: Here Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, Free n Seussical The Musical Fri, Sat Empress Theatre, 9104 W. 2700 South, Magna, 7:30pm, $10.00 n Stupid Fing Bird Fri, Sat, Sun, Sun Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $15.00 - $42.00 n Downtown Winter Market Sat Rio Grande Depot, 300 S. Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City, 10:00am n Mae Daye’s School for Girls Sat Club Jam, Salt Lake City, 6:00pm, $5.00 - $50.00

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n The Nijinsky Revolution Fri - Sat Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $19.00 - $87.00 n Paul Crow: Here Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, Free n Peter and the Starcatcher Fri, Sat, Sat, Sat Hale Center Theatre, 3333 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, 7:30pm, $30.00, 801-984-9000 n Seussical The Musical Fri - Sat Empress Theatre, 9104 W. 2700 South, Magna, 7:30pm, $10.00 n Stupid Fing Bird Fri, Sat, Sun, Sun Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $15.00 - $42.00 n Wasatch Front Farmers’ Market Winter Market Sun Wheeler Farm, 6351 South 900 East, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, Free

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n The Reiki Matrix™ Share Group with Meera Jain Fri LOTUS, 12896 South Pony Express Road, Draper, 6:00pm n 2016 TKW Scrapbook Let’s Create Expo Fri - Sat South Towne Expo Center, 9575 S. State Street, Sandy n 2016 Utah Media Group Hometown Values Living Expo Fri - Sat South Towne Expo Center, 9575 S. State Street, Sandy

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n Frankie Cosmos Fri The Post Theater, 245 Fort Douglas Blvd, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, $12.00 n Geckos Live!

Fri - Sun Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, $9.00 - $12.00 n Granite Education Foundation Gala Fri SLCo Libraries, 8030 South 1825 West, Salt Lake City, 6:30pm n Grant Writing Basics Fri SLCC Community Writing Center, 210 E. 400 S. Ste. 8, Salt Lake City, 10:00am, $100.00, 801-957-2192 n Grounded Fri, Sat, Sat, Sun Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, 132 S. 800 West, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $10.00 - $15.00 n Here, There and Everywhere: Places and Spaces Fri - Sun Springville Museum of Art, 126 E 400 S, Springville, Free n Hero Adventure Club Fri South Jordan Library, 10673 S Redwood Rd, South Jordan, 3:45pm n History of Photography: Recent Work by Laurel Caryn Fri Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Free, 801-245-7272 n Hook N Sling Fri The Urban Lounge, 241 S 500 E, Salt Lake City, 8:00pm n Ian Booth: Kazakhstan: Tzelina/Building the Virgin Lands Fri - Sat Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, Free n Illuminations of Africa’s Wildlife: Its Beauty, Its Struggle to Survive Fri - Sun Kimball Art Center, 638 Park Ave, Park City, Free, 435-649-8882 n Jimmy Pardo Fri, Fri, Sat, Sat Wiseguys Downtown, 194 South 400 W., Salt Lake City, 7:30pm, $15.00 n Kehinde Wiley: Smile Fri - Sat Museum of Art, North Campus Drive, Provo, Free n Kids Cafe Fri West Valley City Library, 2880 W 3650 S, West Valley City, 1:45pm n Laughing Stock Improv Fri - Sat The Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, 10:00pm, $8.00 - $16.00 n LEGO Club Fri Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave, Park City, 2:00pm n Levi Jackson: Middle | Nowhere Fri - Sun Springville Museum of Art, 126 E 400 S, Springville, Free n Library Babies Fri South Jordan Library, 10673 S Redwood Rd, South Jordan, 10:00am n Live Critter Feeding Fri Utah State University, 1400 Old Main Hill, Logan, 4:00pm n Local Music Set Fri - Sat A Bar Named Sue (State), 8136 State Street, Midvale, 10:00pm n Lyric Opera Ensemble: Die Fledermaus- Johann Strauss Fri - Sat Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Cir, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm n Making ‘Wantabe’ Puppets Fri Kimball Art Center, 638 Park Ave, Park City, 3:00pm n Music & Movement Fri West Valley City Library, 2880 W 3650 S, West Valley City, 10:15am n The Night Spin Collective Fri Area 51, 451 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 9:00pm, $5.00 - $7.00

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n 2Cellos - West Valley City Fri Maverik Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Dr., West Valley City, 8:00pm, $35.00 - $55.00 n A Call to Place: The First Five Years of the Frontier Fellowship Fri Rio Gallery, 300 S Rio Grande St, Salt Lake City, 8:00am, Free, 801-245-7272 n Aaron Woodall Comedy Fri - Sat Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Ogden, 8:00pm n Abstract Expressions Fri - Sat Evolutionary Healthcare, 461 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City, Free n Accidental Astronauts Fri - Sun Clark Planetarium, 110 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, 12:30pm n Afterschool Program Fri Magna Library, 2675 S 8950 W, Magna, 3:30pm n Amelia Bedelia Fri - Sat Utah Children’s Theatre, 3605 South State Street, Salt Lake City, $14.00 n Appropriate Fri, Sat, Sun Good Company Theatre, 260 25th street, Ogden, 8:00pm n Ballet Senior Concert Fri - Sat Hayes Christensen Theatre, 201 Presidents Cir, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm n Book Babies Fri Provo Library, 550 N University Ave., Provo, 10:00am n Branding the American West: Paintings and Films 1900-1950 Fri - Sat Museum of Art, North Campus Drive, Provo n Brewskis Fri - Sat Brewskis, 244 Historic 25th Street, Ogden, 9:00pm n Cavalia - Sandy Fri, Sat Under The White Big Top - Utah, 10450 State Street, Sandy, 6:30pm n Center for the Arts: Artists’ Gallery Open Fri Logan, 5:30pm n Children’s Storytime Fri Columbus Library, 2530 S 500 E, South Salt Lake, 10:30am n Cuentos Fri Provo Library, 550 N University Ave., Provo, 10:30am n Culinary Crafts Pop-up Restaurant Fri The Falls, 580 South 600 East, Salt Lake City, 7:00pm, $125.00 - $165.00 n Cycling: Earth DAy is TODAY Fri Don Williams, Salt Lake City, 4:00am n Dark Side of the Moon Fri - Sat Clark Planetarium, 110 South 400 West, Salt Lake City n Day of the Child Fri Sprague Branch, 2131 S 1100 E, Salt Lake City, 3:30pm n Die Fledermaus Fri - Sat Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Cir, Salt Lake City, 7:30pm n Disney’s The Little Mermaid Fri, Sat, Sat The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., South Ogden, 7:30pm, $15.00 - $19.00, 855-ZIG-ARTS n Dueling Pianos Fri - Sat The Tavernacle, 201 E 300 S, Salt Lake City, 9:00pm n Egg Drop Fri Sweet Branch, 455 F Street, Salt Lake City, 2:00pm n Exhibition. Redefining Structures Fri Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City, 9:00am, Free n Flashback Friday Movie: The Mask Fri West Valley City Library, 2880 W 3650 S, West Valley City, 3:00pm

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

Hollywood Swigging An irreverent history of tippling in Tinseltown.

BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

I

received a review copy of a book in the mail. I took a quick glance at it and then placed it in a pile with about 50 other cookbooks, cocktail books and such that I thought I’d never get around to reading. But then I stumbled upon it again recently and picked it up. I’m glad I did, because “Of All the Gin Joints: Stumbling Through Hollywood History” is a really fun and informative read.

It’s a boozy book that will appeal to libation lovers and Hollywood historians alike.

Written by Mark Bailey and illustrated by Edward Hemingway, “Of All the Gin Joints” is a fascinating romp through Hollywood’s alcohol-soaked golden years: The Silent Era, The Studio Era, Postwar Era, the 1960s/ New Hollywood (1960-1979). Its cast of characters reads like a Hollywood Who’s Who,

with tipplers ranging from Spencer Tracy, Mary Pickford and Frances Farmer to Jackie Gleason, Dean Martin, Elizabeth Taylor and Dennis Hopper. In total, the book documents some of the more spirited stories of some 70 iconic actors, actresses, directors and screenwriters in Hollywood and elsewhere.

But there’s a lot more than just the boozy bite-size bios in this very readable (think bedside or bathroom) compendium. There are also cocktail recipes, clever quotes about alcohol and imbibing, fascinating behind-the-scenes tales of the making of some of America’s most memorable movies and—one of my favorite features— sidebars detailing the history of Hollywood’s legendary watering holes: places like Musso & Frank’s, Don the Beachcomber, Trader Vic’s, The Brown Derby, Chateau Marmont, Mocambo, Formosa Cafe and many more.

All of it is imbued with illustrator Edward Hemingway’s keen eye for caricature. As Chelsea Handler put it, “This book is like being at the best dinner party in the world.”

Oh, what today’s paparazzi wouldn’t give to be flies on the wall at some of Hollywood’s most gin-soaked moments—such as the moment when Tallulah Bankhead, self-described as “pure as the driven slush” and “ambisextrous,” pretending to be a damsel in distress, flung herself into a pool at Hollywood’s resplendent Garden of Allah Hotel. She hoped to be rescued by Olympic

IMBIBE gold-medal swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, who had just debuted on the big screen as Tarzan. Yes, there was plenty of booze involved, and—once in the water—Tallulah’s dress disappeared. Bankhead “found her way into Weissmuller’s arms, naked,” Bailey wrote. As she was carried out of the pool, she said to the gathering crowd, “Everybody’s been dying to see my body. Now you can.”

While in Hollywood’s h e y d a y, whisky and gin were the libations of choice, there were exceptions: Steve McQueen had a fondness for Old Milwaukee beer (along with LSD, hash, peyote and other drugs, apparently), while John Wayne was a tequila man (Sauza Conmemorativo, to be exact). Frank Sinatra’s legendary love affair with Jack Daniel’s is well known, but Humphrey

Bogart’s allegiance to Bourbon milk punch, not so much. Bogie celebrated Christmas and his birthday—both Dec. 25—with a big bowl of Bourbon milk punch, the ingredients of which include 16 ounces Bourbon, 1 quart half & half, 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2/3 cup confectioner’s sugar and freshly grated nutmeg.

With a cast of semitragic characters like Natalie Wood, William Holden, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Judy Garland and Lon Chaney Jr., “Of All the Gin Joints” contains moments both sweet and sour.

But it’s the incredible wit of so many of the subjects that keeps shining t hrough.

Maybe director John Huston summed it up best when he said, “I prefer to think of God as not dead, just drunk.” PJH

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CONTINENTAL ALPENHOF Serving authentic Swiss cuisine, the Alpenhof features European style breakfast entrées and alpine lunch fare. Dine in the Bistro for a casual meal or join us in the Alpenrose dining room for a relaxed dinner experience. Breakfast 7:30am-10am. Coffee & pastry 10am-11:30am.

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A Jackson Hole favorite for 38 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. Early Bird Special: 20% off entire bill between 5:30-6:00pm. Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays through the off season. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com.

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

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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 seasonally-inspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locally-sourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am.

Dinner Nightly 5:30pm. 55 North Cache, (307) 201-1717, localjh.com.

LOTUS CAFE Serving organic, freshly-made world cuisine while catering to all eating styles. Endless organic and natural meat, vegetarian, vegan and glutenfree 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.

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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.

160 N. Millward

Make your reservation online at bluelionrestaurant.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.

Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally FRESH FOOD at reasonable prices, is a always a FUN PLACE to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel RIGHT AT HOME and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit.

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SWEETWATER Satisfying locals for lunch and dinner for over 36 years with deliciously affordable comfort food.

Extensive local and regional beer list. Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. features blackened trout salad, elk melt, wild west chili and vegetarian specialties. Dinner 5:30 to 9 p.m. including potato-crusted trout, 16 ounce ribeye, vegan and wild game. Reservations welcome. (307) 7333553. 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.

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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. Five local micro-brews on tap, a great selection of red and white wines by the glass and bottle, and one of the best views of the Town Square from our upstairs deck. Daily lunch special includes slice, salad or soup, any two for $8. Happy hour: half off drinks by the glass from 4 - 6 daily. Dine in or carry out. Or order online at PizzeriaCaldera.com, or download our app for iOS or Android. Open from 11am - 9:30pm daily at 20 West Broadway. 307-201-1472.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016

ACROSS

81 Chicago’s “in the Park” time 84 Mazda sports car 85 Rocks in rye 86 Primatologist Fossey 88 Easily deceived 89 One-time Capitol Records parent 90 Editor’s marks in the margin?

95 “Get it done” 96 Alley game 98 Moto portrayer 99 Evens up 101 High bond rating 102 Willowy 104 Radio-active sort?

105 Displeased reaction to election turnout?

109 Streams stocked with elongated fish?

114 Rare cry from the slots 115 Come from behind 117 Asian capital 118 Technology prefix 119 It may be reserved 120 Guadalajara gal pal 121 “What the Butler Saw” playwright 122 Chain with stacks 123 Puts in 124 Polite title 125 Picking out, as a perp 126 Team that’s played in the same park for 100 years

DOWN

78 Portfolio holding, for short 80 Stage successes 81 Benefit 82 Lady’s company?

83 Trees used for archery bows 86 Scuttlebutt 87 Concerning, with “to” 91 Parties, to pirates 92 Part of IPA 93 Bit of cybermirth 94 Picking up 97 Goes over the wall?

100 Having a twist 102 Not flimsy 103 Europe’s longest river 104 Sing like Rudy Vallee 105 Plastic choice 106 Had to pay 107 Despicable sort 108 The Tide 110 Dead set against 111 Island where Bette Midler was born 112 A lock may be in one 113 Soaks (up) 116 Holiday veggie 117 __ polloi

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10 Political coalition 20 Intangible quality 30 Little singer 40 Ex-Soviet leader Brezhnev 50 One getting too personal 60 Caddies carry them 70 Back 80 “That’s not important” 90 Tournament pass 10 __ Lanka 11 Dance in a line 12 Apply to

13 Slimming option, for short 14 Release 15 Term of affection 16 Make more potent 17 Org. with an Anti-Retaliation webpage 18 Red-bearded god 28 Brings forth 30 Blood work, e.g.

33 Cultural pursuits 34 It may be a sign of stress 35 Caddy contents, perhaps 37 Ruin in the kitchen 38 Golfer Aoki 39 Consequence of a heist injury?

40 Purim month 41 Lower in price 42 Part of a project to recycle golf accessories?

43 Comes after 44 Like “American Sniper” 47 Supreme Court appointee after Sonia 48 Land on the sea?

49 Stop on a line 52 Tiny Tim’s dad 56 Graphic beginning?

58 Be mindful of 59 Breakaway factions 60 Iberian river to the Mediterranean 63 Kitchen gadget 64 __ Minor 65 Conan Doyle, by birth 66 Fate 67 Eventually 69 Barely detectable amount 70 Tabriz native 73 State secrets?

74 Salad bar choice 77 Criminal likely to get caught

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10 Let the tears out 50 Fast-food pork sandwich 10 Oar 15 Datebook opening 19 Ad, basically 20 “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” for one 21 Riveting woman?

22 Break-even transaction 23 Twistable snack 24 Rock guitarist Eddy 25 Bungling 26 Off-the-wall answer?

27 Bud who’s been fired?

29 Search online about auditory issues?

31 Sources of complaints 32 Porch furniture material 36 Breakfast grain 37 Course accomplishment 40 High-altitude home 41 Maine course 45 1941 FDR creation 46 GEICO gecko’s financial counterpart?

50 “Bambi” role 51 Talmudic scholar 53 Pull-down beneficiaries 54 Some tech sch. grads 55 Spew out 57 “Happy to help” 59 Trickles 61 Smooth transition 62 “Hedda Gabler” playwright 63 Colorado county or its seat 65 Kept for later 66 Reunion attendees 68 One fastidious about table manners?

71 Medit. country 72 Bing’s co-star in “The Bells of St. Mary’s” 75 Use as support 76 Oscar winner Williams 79 March VIP 80 “Papa Bear” of football

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Pinpointing Poisonous Relationships The ability to recognize certain patterns aids our growth.

K

armic relationships are important to our evolution. They are not the same as unconditionally loving, soul mate relationships. You know it’s an old karmic relationship pattern, because the same issues come up over and over again with many people. It feels stagnant, unfulfilling and lousy.

More specifically, you know you are in a karmic relationship if you are inexplicably drawn to someone with whom you end up engaging in power struggles, arguing, putting them down or being put down, feeling disrespected or harboring disrespect for the other person, controlling them or being under the effect of someone controlling you and not being your true best self. And yet you continue to tolerate, rationalize and even seek out the ongoing drama/trauma. Ouch.

A gift in disguise From the perspective of the soul’s evolution, the purpose of karmic relationships is to give you the opportunity to identify and heal unresolved wounds, disappointments and resentments.

You still carry these things with you and continue to act out, even though they often happened lifetimes ago. Without realizing it, you continue to seek out people with whom you can replay the same old unsatisfying drama/trauma. And until you wake up from this compulsion and change it, it can go on forever… literally.

Sometimes the person who hooks you is a soul with whom you’ve had negative, unresolved experiences in a previous life.

Their presence irrationally triggers the same old reaction. In addition, people who have personality traits and a similar vibe to those who originally hurt you can evoke the old patterns.

Remember: The other person is not the focus Karmic relationships are intended to reveal our dysfunctional issues so that we might work on ourselves. It may be true that the other person is abusive, self-involved, angry, dishonest, unfaithful, and more. However, assuming you’d like to be in a loving soulful relationship, then the resolution of your karma lies with your willingness to examine why you are not with the kind of person who is capable of the kind of deep intimacy you want. This means going deep within and discovering answers to some very challenging questions.

Keep in mind that it’s up to the other person whether or not they ever become aware of their part in the dynamic; it is not your job, or in your control. What they understand, or don’t get about themselves or about you is not a determining factor in your opportunity to upgrade. The blame game is a complete diversion from the inside job of evolving yourself.

Be courageous and dig deep Here are samples of the kind of karma-revealing questions you can pose. What do you get out of being with this kind of person?

Do you get to stay angry? Do you get to be a victim? Do you get to always be unhappy? Do you get to perpetuate some negative belief you have gathered about yourself or about the opposite sex from this and other lives? By not choosing a mutually, unconditionally loving relationship are you avoiding something? Are you addicted to suffering? Is it safer for you to be unhappy than to risk being hurt or disappointed, or truly fulfilled?

Because the full answers are so often hidden in the subconscious, it is important to seek professional help. Combinations of psychotherapy, past life regression, meditation, astrology readings, bodywork, and soul readings, are some examples of helpful modalities, which can support you in revealing and healing the old wounds.

How will you know you’ve evolved?

You will know that you have healed and evolved when you can easily identify the kind of person who used to be able to hook you, and there is no more charge. The attraction/fascination/reaction to that kind of person is gone. They are no longer on your radar.

You are at peace, feeling empowered, and you might even have compassion for them because they are still unconsciously stuck.

Then you will attract and be attracted to the kind of person with whom you can enjoy true happiness in relationship. PJH

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

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uperman vs. Batman” is a fictionalized account of a superhero spat.

Hog Island, on the other hand, had a real superhero conflict last week. Lill, called SuperLill by the media, has the power to spit tobacco juice 50 feet into a one-inch bull’s-eye. Even though, as a general rule, she dips Copenhagen and swallows the juice, when evil makes its appearance she changes to Day’s Work plug tobacco, gaining more pound-for-pound hocking ability.

While I don’t seek the public eye, I have an alternate life; not only am I a mild-mannered columnist as well as a female fantasy, I also possess super hero traits. Once I foiled a band of notorious thieves as they were absconding with a load of trailer skirting.

As they were loading the last of the skirting into their pickup truck, I released a massive amount of toxic intestinal gas. The scoundrels collapsed, begging for the police to haul them to the safety of a jail cell. The papers have taken to calling me “Gasman.”

Recently, I have become concerned over Lill’s popularity with the Hog Island bourgeoisie. Such power in one person’s hands is dangerous. Despite my dislike of fighting a fellow good guy, I had no choice.

After a massive meal of beer, bacon and beans, I crashed into Lill’s trailer and released my gas. Lill, a true super hero, did a double back flip with a twist while releasing a 60-mph stream of spittle at me. I wanted to do a double backflip with a twist to avoid the spit, because, let’s face it, double backflips with a twist are what super heroes do when they fight. However, I’m more of a beer belly super hero than the backflip type. I just ducked.

We circled around her flat screen TV, stopping to watch a few minutes of NASCAR before continuing our battle. As SuperLill circled by the window she glanced out and yelled, “Wait, Gasman! A greater evil lurks outside.”

We ran out the door and found a Realtor in a new Lexus LX 570.

The owner of the shiny new car spoke up. “We’re thinking about forming a limited partnership and turning the trailer park into subsidized affordable housing units,” he said.

“They’re already affordable housing units,” Lill countered.

“No, no,” the realtor replied. “I mean subsidized affordable housing. We can install half as many units for twice as much money, then rent them for double what they are going for now.”

Half as many units for twice as much money and double the rent? I scratched my head. Too much in-depth calculation for me.

I would need to get NaG economic columnist Jonathan Schechter to draw up some pie charts.

SuperLill was having none of his fancy numbers.

“Be gone, thy knave!” She spit tobacco juice in his eye. Not to be outdone, I released a massive, justice-filled flatulent cloud. The realtor crawled back to his Lexus and sped away.

I turned to Lill. “God, country, and justice,” she said, grasping my hand.

“Beans, biscuits and bacon,” I replied. PJH

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19) According to my astrological analysis, you would benefit profoundly from taking a ride in a jet fighter plane 70,000 feet above the earth. In fact, I think you really need to experience weightlessness as you soar faster than the speed of sound. Luckily, there’s an organization, MiGFlug (MiGFlug.com), that can provide you with this healing thrill. (I just hope you can afford the $5,000 price tag.)

APRIL FOOL! I do in fact think you should treat yourself to unprecedented thrills and transcendent adventures.

But I bet you can accomplish that without being quite so extravagant.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages,” says philosopher Alain de Botton.

If that’s true, Taurus, you must be on the verge of becoming very interesting. Metaphorically speaking, you’re not just rattling the bars of your cage. You’re also smacking your tin cup against the bars and trying to saw through them with your plastic knife. APRIL FOOL! I lied. You’re not literally in a prison cell. And I got a bit carried away with the metaphor. But there is a grain of truth to what I said. You are getting close to breaking free of at least some of your mind-forged manacles. And it’s making you more attractive and intriguing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) If I had to decide what natural phenomenon you most closely resemble right now, I’d consider comparing you to a warm, restless breeze or a busily playful dolphin.

But my first choice would be the mushrooms known as Schizophyllum commune. They’re highly adaptable: able to go dormant when the weather’s dry and spring to life when rain comes. They really get around, too, making their homes on every continent except Antarctica. But the main reason I’d link you with them is that they come in over 28,000 different sexes. Their versatility is unprecedented. APRIL FOOL! I exaggerated a bit. It’s true that these days you’re polymorphous and multifaceted and well-rounded. But you’re probably not capable of expressing 28,000 varieties of anything.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) “Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting,” warns Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. If that’s true, why bother? Why expend all your precious yearning if the net result won’t even satisfy your yearning?! That’s why I advise you to ABANDON YOUR BELOVED PLANS! Save your energy for trivial wishes. That way you won’t be disappointed when they are fulfilled in unanticipated ways. APRIL FOOL! I was messing with you.

It’s true that what you want won’t arrive in the form you’re expecting. But I bet the result will be even better than what you expected.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) To begin your oracle, I’ll borrow the words of author Ray Bradbury: “May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days, and out of that love, remake a world.”

I have reason to believe that this optimistic projection has a good chance of coming true for you. Imagine it, Sagittarius: daily swoons of delight and rapture from now until the year 2071. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. It would be foolish to predict that you’ll be giddy with amorous feelings nonstop for the next 54 years and 10 months.

On the other hand, I don’t think it’s unrealistic for you to expect a lot of that sweet stuff over the course of the next three weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) “I am tired of being brave,” groaned Anne Sexton in one of her poems. “I’m sick of following my dreams,” moaned comedian Mitch Hedberg, adding, “I’m just going to ask my dreams where they’re going and hook up with them later.” In my opinion, Capricorn, you have every right to unleash grumbles similar to Hedberg’s and Sexton’s.

APRIL FOOL! The advice I just gave you is only half-correct. It’s true that you need and deserve a respite from your earnest struggles. Now is indeed a good time to take a break so you can recharge your spiritual batteries. But don’t you dare feel sorry for yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps discovered the well-preserved corpse of a Bronze Age hunter. Buried in the frigid terrain, the man who came to be known as Otzi the Iceman had been there for 5,000 years. Soon the museum that claimed his body began receiving inquiries from women who wanted to be impregnated with Otzi’s sperm. I think this is an apt metaphor for you, Aquarius.

Consider the possibility that you might benefit from being fertilized by an influence from long ago. APRIL FOOL! I was just messing with you. It’s true you can generate good mojo by engaging with inspirational influences from the past. But I’d never urge you to be guided by a vulgar metaphor related to Otzi’s sperm.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Caligula was an eccentric Roman emperor who had a physical resemblance to a goat. He was sensitive about it.

That’s why he made it illegal for anyone to refer to goats in his company. I mention this, Pisces, because I’d like to propose a list of words you should forbid to be used in your presence during the coming weeks: “money,” “cash,” “finances,” “loot,” “savings,” or “investments.” Why? Because I’m afraid it would be distracting, even confusing or embarrassing, for you to think about these sore subjects right now. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is a perfect time for you to be focused on getting richer quicker.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Are you ready to fight the monster? Do you have the courage and strength and stamina and guile to overcome the ugly beast that’s blocking the path to the treasure?

If not, turn around and head back to your comfort zone until you’re better prepared. APRIL FOOL! I lied. There is a monster, but it’s not the literal embodiment of a beastly adversary. Rather, it’s inside you. It’s an unripe part of yourself that needs to be taught and tamed and cared for. Until you develop a better relationship with it, it will just keep testing you. (P.S. Now would be a good time to develop a better relationship with it.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) In 1841, a British medical journal prescribed the following remedy for the common cold: “Nail a hat on the wall near the foot of your bed, then retire to that bed, and drink spirits until you see two hats.” My expert astrological analysis reveals that this treatment is likely to cure not just the sniffles, but also any other discomforts you’re suffering from, whether physical or emotional or spiritual. So I hope you own a hat, hammer and nails. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The method I suggested probably won’t help alleviate what ails you. But here’s a strategy that might: Get rid of anything that’s superfluous, rotten, outdated or burdensome.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’re due to make a pilgrimage, aren’t you? It might be time to shave your head, sell your possessions and head out on a long trek to a holy place where you can get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet. APRIL FOOL! I was kidding about the head-shaving and possessions-dumping. On the other hand, there might be value in embarking on a less melodramatic pilgrimage. I think you’re ready to seek radical bliss of a higher order— and get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your advice for the near future comes from poet Stephen Dunn. “If the Devil sits down,” he says, “offer companionship, tell her you’ve always admired her magnificent, false moves.” I think that’s an excellent plan, Libra! Maybe you’ll even be lucky enough to make the acquaintance of many different devils with a wide variety of magnificent, false moves. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, I think you should avoid contact with all devils, no matter how enticing they might be. Now is a key time to surround yourself with positive influences.

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