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How micro-inequities That in a mountain town Was affect both sexes.

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• Be considerate of neighbors and environment by limiting noise and disturbance to riparian habitat.

• Respect wildlife.

• Glass containers are prohibited. Please dispose of garbage in designated receptacles.

• Float at your own risk – no safety personnel present. Dangerous and swift flowing cold water, low clearance bridges and shallow water occur in some locations.

Respect our community!

For additional information and maps of public access points the Town of Jackson or the Parks and Recreation Department: www.townofjackson.com or www.tetonparksandrec.org

PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 , 2016

The County Clerk’s office would like to remind you that the polling sites have changed this year. There will be six vote centers open on Election Day, and you may vote at ANY one of those locations, regardless of where you live in Teton County! All Vote Centers will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. Vote Center locations: TETON COUNTY LIBRARY 125 Virginian Ln, Jackson, WY, TETON COUNTY/JACKSON RECREATION CENTER 155 E. Gill Ave., Jackson, WY, OLD WILSON SCHOOLHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER 5655 Main St., Wilson, WY, TETON COUNTY WEED & PEST BUILDING 7575 US-89, Jackson, WY, ALTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 15 Alta School Rd., Alta, WY, MORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 501 Moran Ct., Moran, WY. If these locations are not convenient for you, you may vote now at the absentee polling site in the County Administration Building at 200 S. Willow St., Jackson, Wyoming until 5:00 p.m. on August 15th . Or, you can request that a ballot be sent to you. Please remember that all absentee ballots must be received by the Clerk’s office by 7:00 p.m. on August 16th , 2016 to be counted.

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VOLUME 14 | ISSUE 29 | JULY 27-AUGUST 2, 2016

11 COVER STORY THAT WAS GOOD... FOR A GIRL How microinequities in a mountain town affect both sexes.

Bree Buckley on Do it for Doug on the Rock Springs Buttress. Cover photo by Olivia Wheeler.

4-8 THE BUZZ

22 WELL, THAT...

10 THEM ON US

24 IMBIBE

16 MUSIC BOX

28 COSMIC CAFE

18 CULTURE KLASH

30 SATIRE

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July 27, 2016

By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey

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e are sort of at the peak of the summer season, this last week of July and the first week of August are commonly the warmest and driest weeks of the year. It may very well be during this time period when you will find the best combination of weather and snow conditions in the Tetons for climbing the Grand, or backpacking over the higher mountain passes. Wildflowers can still be found up at elevation, as so may the mosquitos.

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Overnight low temperatures are typically well above freezing in Jackson during late July. The average low temperature this week is a reasonable 42-degrees. It is very rare for temperatures to dip below the freezing mark, so there should be little worry about plants freezing this week. The record coldest temperature during this week however was 27-degrees. That happened back on July 29th, 1954 and again on July 30th, 1966.

When we think of “hot”, in Jackson at least, we probably think somewhere in the 80’s.

Right? It is actually not that often that we top 90-degrees here, averaging over the history of our record keeping about 3 days a summer of 90 or hotter. But there was a string of days in July of 2000 that did top 90, actually there were eleven days that month of 90 or better.

And the hottest of those was on July 31st, 2000 with an afternoon high of 96-degrees.

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THIS MONTH AVERAGE PRECIPITATION: 0.94 inches RECORD PRECIPITATION: 3.3 inches (1993) AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 0 inches RECORD SNOWFALL: 0 inches

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THE BUZZ Gaining Elevation Remembering Gary Falk, the Exum guide who perished while leading a group down from the Grand Teton.

BY JAKE NICHOLS

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n the morning of July 23, while leading a group on a descent of the Grand Teton, Gary Falk fell an estimated 2,400 feet to his death. After the first of his four clients made a safe 150-foot rappel, the rappelling gear was shuttled by rope back up to Falk. It became stuck, wedged on a rock overhang. Witnesses say Falk unclipped briefly, either to reposition himself to another anchor or to peek down at where the apparatus might be jammed. It was uncharacteristic of Falk to break protocol, and the untethering ultimately resulted in his death, as he somehow slipped and plunged nearly a halfmile and out of sight of his party. Another Exum guide finished leading the tourists—all of whom summited the Grand earlier that morning—safely down the 13,776-foot mountain. Park rangers recovered Falk’s body later that day. It was the first fatality of an on-the-job professional climber in Grand Teton National Park in decades.

Falk was rappelling from the Owen-Spalding route into Valhalla Canyon. What part of the 42-year-old’s life flashed before his eyes in those terrible final seconds? His wife and kids, his beloved grandmother, his hockey triumphs, or multiple summits around the world? It was too much life to fit into too little time.

A lot can happen in 17 seconds. The Chicago Blackhawks won a Stanley Cup in that amount of time. Inspirational speaker and author Esther Hicks says it takes exactly 17 seconds of pure thought to attract your heart’s desires.

It also takes an average-sized adult 17 seconds to fall 2,400 feet. Terminal velocity is reached in 12 seconds, after which you can fall no faster than about 118 miles per hour. Falk spent his final 17 seconds on earth freefalling back to it from the grandest of perches atop Jackson Hole’s jewel peak.

Falk made a living in thin air. As a climber he was a member of a tight community that forms easy bonds over shared crags, cracks, and an adopted lifestyle of pushing peril aside long enough to make the ascent, swallowing hazard to reach that next jam.

As a husband and father he was “intentional and dedicated,” according to the grieving wife he leaves behind. Kate Falk called Gary a giver and a lover.

“Gary had the ability to see and bring out the best in each individual,” Kate said. “He made us feel so loved and accepted. He made us feel protected and safe, so that we could shine in our own way, be vulnerable and grow.”

Climber Gary Clients got a glimpse of that same protector Gary. He was all about risk management. Mountaineering was a passion with Falk, but his purpose, his mission, was to get up, get down, and bring everyone home. And he was tenacious about it. He brought a level of professionalism to his employer, Exum, that close friend Jeff Witt never knew he had.

“He was always a guy you trusted enough to follow. He would take lead on all the hard pitches if you weren’t sure about them,” Witt said. “The interesting thing about climbing is there are no laws to tell you how to do it, other than nature’s.

There are no rules, no one way to do something. So you develop your own rules and you stick by them. Gary was so good about doing things right and not taking shortcuts. He kept me honest as a climber whether it was checking each other’s knots or whatever. And when he became a guide (with Exum in 2005) he changed. He stepped up and he owned it. He became really professional about it and set the bar so high I’m still working to catch up to it.”

Left: Gary Falk to his local barber, ‘Give me a trim, but don’t make it look like I have a job.’ Right: May 20, 2010, Gary was part of a blizzard rescue mission of Mt. Rainer climbers. All climbers were safe and sound after a painstaking six-hour ordeal, resulting in frostbite on six of Gary’s fingers. He and the other guide were lifeflighted to the SLC hospital burn unit.

Mike Abbey has been guiding with Exum since 1999. He met Falk at Joshua Tree around 2000. The two formed an immediate bond.

“When I first met Gary he’d been climbing for a couple of years. I had been climbing for about 15,” Abbey remembered.

“I knew right away he was a guy I wanted to do things with. All the hardest climbs I’ve ever done, I’ve done with Gary. There is nobody that I’ve trusted more and felt more solid about. I’ve asked him to take my kids out. That’s something, because it’s more than just liking a guy. It’s recognizing his seriousness about the job, about keeping clients safe.”

Falk may have been all business on the rope, but it was his ability to connect with others that made him perfectly suited to be a guide and personal trainer.

“Gary was the most sincere person I know. He was genuinely interested in people. That made him one of the best guides because he would always ask about you, and where you were from, and how was your family,” Abbey said. “I’m just realizing now how impactful he was to so many. People from all over the country are phoning and emailing, offering their support. It’s unbelievable how many lives he’s touched.”

DeNesha Anderson also saw Falk’s charisma. “[My husband and I] met Gary when he was a trainer for One to One Wellness. He was a great trainer but more importantly, he was a great guy. He had an easy way about him that could connect with whomever he came in contact with,” she said.

Growing up Falk was Wyoming state Rep. Marti Halverson’s only child.

He was born and raised in Chicago. He moved to Jackson in 1997. He recently began splitting time between here and Ouray, Colo.

Halverson remembers Gary lacing up his hockey skates at the age of 3. He played briefly for the Jackson Hole Moose and was a fixture at the ice rink during his time in Jackson. She said she’s received dozens of calls from people who played hockey with and against him.

Halverson realizes most people who met Gary saw the adventurous spirit in him. But few, she bets, know how thirsty his mind was. “He was a voracious reader,” she said. “When he was eight years old, he snagged my copy of Stephen King’s The Shining and would read it late into the night, under the covers with a flashlight. He was also a serious fan of music—from Duke Ellington to the Grateful Dead.”

Falk was also particularly close to his grandmother.

“Gary reserved a large space in his heart for his grandmother who has sadly outlived her only grandson and her prince for the last 42 years,” Halverson said. “Their relationship was special. They went to the park in Evanston on Lake Michigan, playing many sets of tennis, and taking breaks to drink cokes and walk the beach looking for sea glass.”

Carrying on Sunday was a day of rest and reflection for Falk’s comrades at Exum. No one had the energy to climb, or the will. On

Monday, Witt felt he had to get away from the phone calls, the emails, and the reminders of how quickly one slip can change everything. He needed to get back on some solid rock.

“I actually went up the Grand today, by myself, to remember him,” Witt said on Monday. “I wanted to spend time visiting with Gary, in a way, by thinking about him. I built a little stack of stones and hung up some prayer flags right at the spot where I think he fell. I don’t know if the Park Service would care for that but it won’t last long up there.”

Abbey was anticipating a day in the office on Monday but was called out in the field, unexpectedly.

“I ended up guiding today. I wasn’t planning on it. I didn’t even have my gear with me so I used Gary’s,” Abbey said on Monday. “I found myself trying to take his approach to the job: Working, guiding, not because I need the money but because I have this unique perspective on life that I can share with people. I’m trying to be more genuine and truly care about that personal connection because nobody did it better than Gary.”

A few Exum guides got together over the weekend to share stories and occasionally found themselves on delicate ground: How? Why? The “why” is best answered chased with a bottle of Bulleit.

As to how Falk lost hold of the mountain and plummeted to his death, it’s something every climber knows is there in a faulty carabineer or loose anchor, some chossy rock or mental error.

It’s what makes the heart pound hard enough for a body to know it’s alive.

“Climbing is like one of these extreme sports. It’s extreme but it’s not extreme, you know? It’s managed risk, and we’ve all chosen to accept those risks for what it offers us,” Abbey said. “And with Gary, the consensus we’ve all come up with is it was just an accident. There is nothing he did we all haven’t done a hundred times. It’s sometimes an inherently dangerous profession.”

In his own words, Falk was probably thinking of Kate and the kids when he went to work last Saturday, and when he knew he wasn’t coming home. Gary’s Mountain Trip bio reads: “Whether on a hard technical rock or ice route, an expedition on a high-altitude peak or a big ski descent, I find myself always thinking about my wife and son—making it my number one priority for me and my guests to return home in one piece.”

Kate knew the personal trainer Gary, the hockey player Gary, the strong husband and patient father. In their eight years together she saw a balanced man: “the love of my life and the apple of my children’s eyes.” She also knew Gary the mountaineer, an adventurous soul who made his office in the sky.

And she knew what that could mean.

“Together, we felt like we could do anything and that we had all the time in the world,” she said. PJH A memorial fund for Gary’s family has been set up at GoFundMe.com. (Gary Falk Memorial Fund). A celebration of life is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday at 1000 E. Middle Meadow Rd. in Jackson.

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Anger Erupts Over AntiRacism Rally A group of people that gathered on town square has brought Jackson Hole into a national conversation about police brutality and race relations.

BY MEG DALY @MegDaly1

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small gathering in the name of the national movement Black Lives Matter was met with confusion, hostility and anger last week in Jackson Hole.

What began as a peaceful rally on Thursday led to a group of residents becoming the target of verbal attacks and threats.

About 30 people gathered in support of racial justice and ending police brutality were accused of not placing equal value on police lives and nonblack lives. The rally organizer, 22-year-old Sarah Ross, was also threatened with death.

After the rally concluded, Ross said numerous people made “disparaging and hateful” comments, including one man who suggested she could be “beaten to death” for holding a BLM sign near a war memorial. At that point, rally attendee Matt Stech stepped in to diffuse the situation, and the group dissipated.

Stech recalled: “I said, ‘that is unnecessary, sir.’ He then approached me, said something about veterans dying for my rights, poked me in the chest, and hurried off.

Clearly he took offense at the topic of racial justice to the point of aggression.”

The antagonism didn’t end there. Since the protest was announced, several individuals have taken to social media to repudiate Ross and other protest participants. One Facebook user commented on The Planet’s Facebook page: “All lives matter you friggin’ idiots.”

Former Teton County commissioner Barbara Allen challenged Ross on Facebook.

“Sarah, did you read the names of cops who have been murdered in the last year or more?” Allen asked.

In fact Ross did mention the deaths of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge during her remarks at the protest. Allen, however, was not in attendance.

Looking at the lives on the line Participants of the Black Lives Matter

movement have become dismayed by the misperception that BLM is somehow aimed at devaluing other lives. BLM supporters say this notion brushes aside facts—that there is an increasing number of unarmed African Americans being killed by police, and America’s history of racial violence.

“The ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement focuses on the fact that black citizens have long been far more likely than whites to die at the hands of the police … Demonstrators who chant the phrase are making the same declaration that voting rights and civil rights activists made a half-century ago,” writes The New York Times editorial board. “They are not asserting that black lives are more precious than white lives. They are underlining an indisputable fact — that the lives of black citizens in this country historically have not mattered, and have been discounted and devalued. People who are unacquainted with this history are understandably uncomfortable with the language of the movement.”

A July Reuters article also explored how Black Lives Matter is misunderstood. Reuters noted that Dallas Police Chief David Brown told the press that the shooter who killed five police officers at a march for racial justice said he was “upset about black lives matter.” The march is widely misunderstood to have been organized by BLM, but was in fact organized by an organization known as Next Generation Action Network.

BLM was quick to condemn the killings of the police officers in Dallas on its website. “There are some who would use these events to stifle a movement for change and quicken the demise of a vibrant discourse on the human rights of Black Americans. We should reject all of this. Black activists have raised the call for an end to violence, not an escalation of it.”

Progressive police departments across the nation are showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter. In Wichita, Kansas, Police Chief Gordon Ramsay recently hosted a cookout for members of law enforcement and leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Meanwhile the Associated Press reported July 19 that “the Phoenix Police Department considers Black Lives Matter as a partner to hold the force accountable, not a terrorist group.”

Apparently this news has not reached certain Facebook users who posted inflammatory comments attacking Ross. These remarks have since been removed from the social media platform.

Indeed, the aggressive response by some residents and visitors indicates how misunderstood the Black Lives Matter movement is in America, and right here in Jackson Hole.

Southern Poverty Law Center president J. Richard Cohen explained in TIME magazine: “The backlash to [Black Lives Matter], in some ways, reflects a broad sense of unease among white people who worry about the cultural changes in the country and feel they are falling behind in a country that is rapidly growing more diverse in a globalizing world.”

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Sarah Ross, 22, organized a gathering to remember unarmed African Americans who have been killed by police. The event sparked anger and confusion among some valley residents.

Why Black Lives Matter matters to locals Thursday’s rally was comprised of mostly Caucasian supporters of both Black Lives Matter and Showing Up for Racial Justice, two organizations encouraging dialogue about ending racism and injustice.

“I want to be part of the solution,” said Natalia Duncan Macker, a Teton County commissioner and the artistic director of Off Square Theatre. She attended the rally with her brother and her young son. “There are people in our community who live in fear and live in the shadows,” Macker said. “It shouldn’t be that way.”

Pastor Inger Hanson of Shepherd of the Lady Lutheran Church said she attended the rally to feel connected to her friends in larger cities. She did her seminary training in Philadelphia, where she worked with other activists in the name of racial equality.

“Just because we don’t have the diversity of Philadelphia doesn’t mean we don’t have a different diversity here in Jackson,” she said.

Kjera Strom Henrie attended the rally with her five-year-old son, Augie. She said the event offered validation that she isn’t alone.

Her work, she says, exposes her to the challenges people face in Jackson. “As a Spanish teacher and an elementary school teacher, I’m often called upon to be the voice of others,” Henrie said.

Born in Africa and raised in Jackson, Ross said the rally offered a time for folks to come together and recognize the racial tension that is gripping the country. “I see this event as a time to reflect collectively on our role as white people in this struggle, and to honor the lives lost in recent weeks, months, years,

centuries, and their grieving communities.”

The event commenced as Ross led attendees in a moment of silence in memoriam of the hundreds of unarmed black Americans who have been killed by police. She then invited people to read from the list, “Ways you could be killed if you are black in America.”

The list included: “Failing to signal a lane change, Sandra Bland.”

“Riding in your girlfriend’s car with a child in the back, Philandro Castile.”

“Running to the bathroom in your own apartment, Ramarley Graham.”

“Selling cigarettes outside a commuter store, Eric Garner.”

Afterward, it was clear the rally had an effect on its attendees. Nineteen-year-old Kenny Perez said he thought it was a brave thing for white people to draw attention to themselves in this way. Perez, who is Latino, was born and raised in Jackson. “I didn’t expect something like this here,” he said.

In an interview after the protest, Ross said the challenges and anger directed at her on the Internet and at the town square rally indicates a level of discomfort people feel discussing the deaths of unarmed citizens at the hands of law enforcement—people meant to protect the public.

“People are upset we talked about something that doesn’t ‘matter’ here, but they seem to forget that silence isn’t neutral,” Ross said. “I think people mistake starting a conversation for destroying peace, when actually it’s a way to reveal all that’s not being said.” PJH

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Red Flag Summer Wildfires continue to plague western Wyoming.

BY JAKE NICHOLS

Cliff Creek Fire For 10 days now Jacksonites have awoken to a smoke-filled valley and a habit of casting a wary glance to the southwestern horizon each afternoon. The Cliff Creek Fire, started by lightning and discovered on July 17, roared across Highway 189/191 before Bondurant firefighters could even think about throwing water on it.

By the time Tony DeMasters’ Great Basin Team 7 crew arrived, flames were licking at Bondurant and headed for Granite Creek. But Team 7 battled the blaze at the base of Battle Mountain—more than 600 Pulaski-swinging grunts backed with an impressive helitack crew have held the line and steered the wildfire into the Gros Ventre Wilderness where it has consumed a dry and brittle forest decimated by pine beetle kill.

Weather has been a nightmare for firefighters. Hot and breezy conditions have been the rule, humidity practically nonexistent. The endless drone of chopper traffic overhead is a constant reminder of the aerial assault, as up to seven helicopters take turns scooping water out of the nearby Hoback

Left: Slurry bombing the Lava Mountain fire. Right: The Cliff Creek fire being managed for its resource benefits.

River to pour on ridges targeted for protection by DeMasters.

When winds calmed enough Monday, DeMasters ordered the riskiest of moves: A backburn. Fighting fire with fire is always a gamble, but the opportunity to create a burned out area on the southeast ridge of the Granite Creek drainage was too good to pass up. Monday’s burnout operation was a success.

“From what I’m hearing from our operations people is we are having really good success lately. The firing yesterday was productive,” spokesperson Julie Thomas said.

“Unless weather or winds do something unpredictable, we are feeling really good about what we are seeing out there. We may be able to transition to another team. We are still about eight days away from our current crew’s 14-day assignment. Next Tuesday, we will ask ourselves, ‘Who does this fire belong to now? What type team should be on it then?’”

The Cliff Creek Fire is still considered 10 percent contained—a statistic that is sometimes misleading or irrelevant—and is estimated at about 16,863 acres. Thomas said some aerial support is being lent to a nearby fire, where conditions on Togwotee Pass are worsening.

“We sent some super scoopers up there the other day to help them out,” Thomas said.

Lava Mountain Fire The Lava Mountain Fire has been moving more slowly than Cliff Creek but it has

managed to confound firefighters so far. The blaze began sometime on July 11, approximately 20 miles northwest of Dubois and due south of Brooks Lake Lodge. A week later, the fire still wasn’t much to look at but its proximity to several ranches, including Triangle C and Highway 26, prompted officials to call in a Type II national team from Montana on July 16.

Impossible terrain thick with downed timber, along with gusting winds, has challenged incident commander Rick Connell and his crew. When the fire quadrupled in size last Sunday to more than 8,000 acres, the decision was made to call in a Type I team, expected to be in place by midweek. Governor Matt Mead announced over the weekend he was calling in the National Guard to help with evacuations that include several ranches and private homes in the Union Pass, Porcupine, Warm Springs, and Hat Butte subdivisions. Long Creek subdivision, Sheridan Creek Cow Camp, MacKenzie Highland Ranch, Timberline Ranch, and Teton Valley Ranch Camp have also all been evacuated.

Governor Matt Mead is working closely with FEMA to determine if the fire meets the criteria for emergency financial assistance.

At press time, 643 personnel—including 14 crews, six helicopters, two water tenders, two dozers, 41 engines, and three skidgines—were fighting the Lava Mountain Fire.

The fire is zero percent contained. PJH

Weird Numbers Making the News Recently

NEWS OF THE

WEIRD

The Transportation Security Administration announced in May that it had collected $765,000 in loose change left behind in airport scanner trays during 2015—an average “haul” for the agency of $2,100 a day (numbers assuming, of course, that TSA personnel turn in all of the money they find). Los Angeles and Miami airports contributed $106,000 of the total.

n CEO Michael Pearson told a Senate committee in April that he “regret(s)” the business model he instituted in 2015 for Valeant Pharmaceuticals—the one that, for example, allowed a drug (Cuprimine) that treats liver failure and formerly cost a typical user out-of-pocket about $3 a pill (120 per month, $366) to, overnight, cost the user $15 a pill. (The insurance company’s and Medicare’s cost went overnight from about $5,000 per 100 tablets to $26,000.) (A Deutsche Bank analysis of the industry tallied Valeant’s all-drug average price spike at more than five times the average of any competitor’s.)

Pearson told the senators he had no idea that such a pricing strategy would turn out to be so controversial.

Take Your Word for It

Scientists at the University of Cambridge, writing in May in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, claimed to have figured out how to construct a “motor” a “million times” smaller than an ant. (It apparently involves lasers, gold particles and “van der Waals forces,” and the object is to bind the gold particles and then cause them to automatically “snap” apart with, according to author Jeremy Baumberg, “10 to a hundred times more force per unit than any known other machine.”)

Neck and Back Support

The Japanese branch of the intimate apparel maker Genie is currently advertising, in Japanese and English, a handy guide for bras that emphasizes the hardship women bear by having to lug around breasts of certain sizes in ill-fitting garments. The Genie chart reveals weight in ounces of typical A-cup chests (11.5 ounces) through F-cup (41.7 ounces, or 2.6 pounds). To assist any innumerate Japanese shoppers, the chart also shows practical comparisons, such as A-cup pairs weighing as much as “two chipmunks,” C-cups as “one newborn polar bear cub,” and F-cups as “one 3-monthold Persian kitten.”

The Passing Parade

n Austrian Hans Heiland vowed in June to assist a needy family in Oberholz by donating to a charity fundraiser sponsored by the local fire department. He has been collecting bottle tops through the years and figures he could sell his “treasure” now, as scrap metal, to help the family. He has at least 10,000, no, make that 10 million caps, weighing “several tons.”

Wait, How Many Fell for This?

n In a June verdict still reverberating through the telemarketing industry, a jury in Utah found that three companies run

by Forrest Baker III had illegally made 99 million phone calls to consumers on the Do Not Call Registry and an additional 18 million calls telling people they were merely doing surveys when the purpose was hawking their family-friendly movies. Both charges are violations of the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule. Although the total fine and damages have not been decided, the law provides that the most serious offenders could be assessed $16,000 per phone call (for a maximum of almost $1.9 trillion). n A recent study by a Harvard University data scientist estimated that the government of China funds the creation of at least 488 million bogus social-media posts a year. The report refers to a rumored government-sponsored arrangement that pays people the equivalent of 8 U.S. cents per post of “news” for the purpose of distracting social-media users and channeling them to subjects preferred by the government (such as successes of the Communist Party).

n The family of a Virginia Tech student missing since 1998 was notified in March that the man’s remains and ID had been found in a wooded ravine 700 feet below the New River Gorge bridge near Beckley, West Virginia—in an area the man’s vehicle tracker had long identified for potential searching. A West Virginia State Police sergeant told reporters that in the years since the student disappeared, the remains of 48 other bodies had been found underneath the bridge.

The Power of Prayer

A 28-year-old woman, unnamed in news reports, veered off the road and into a house in the Florida panhandle town of Mary Esther on July 7. She apparently was free of drug or alcohol influence, but readily explained to police that she must have gone through a stop sign and left the road when she closed her eyes to pray as she drove. (The house was damaged, but no one was injured.)

Recurring Themes:

Fernando Estrella, 41, was arrested in Franklin County, Vermont, in March and charged with making the foolish error of running a stop sign while carrying a heroin haul.

Estrella was rectally packing three condoms stuffed with enough heroin, said police, to fill 1,428 street-retail-size baggies. n Esteysi Sanchez Izazaga, 29, was arrested for DUI, hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter in Oceanside, California, in June after driving three-fourths of a mile (3,960 feet) with a pedestrian’s corpse firmly lodged in her windshield after she struck the man. (The drive ended up at her home, where her horrified husband noticed the body and called police.) n As typical of many pervert suspects in News of the Weird, Roger Marsh, 65, of Cowling, England, was a prodigious collector/hoarder of his indecent images.

He was caught with a camera attached to his shoe following skirted women around an Ikea store, and in May was ordered to jail for 18 months by Leeds Crown Court, covering six offenses. However, police had also discovered a trove of 709,376 images and videos at his home, and preliminary perusal of the collection showed 1,600 live files of voyeurism and about 9,000 indecent images of children.

Thanks This Time to Thomas Wyman and Felix Toledo, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

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In May, the federal government finally shut down a long-running international scam that had sold psychic assurances (prosperity! winning lottery numbers!) to more than a million Americans. In personalized form letters, two French psychics had guaranteed success and riches to clients if they would only buy their $50 books (and massive upselling usually followed). The Justice Department estimated that during the spree, the

sellers earned upward of $180 million on at least 56 million pieces of postal mail.

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Mark Herron, 49, of Sunderland, England, was arrested again in May—his 448th arrest on alcohol-related charges. The year started “well” for Herron, with only 14 collars through March, and he cleaned up briefly before a “family bereavement” sent him spiraling downward again. His current lawyer admitted that his client has been in court more often than he himself has.

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the latest happenings in jackson hole

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Pizza party

Planet Jackson Hole and Pinky G’s Pizza were mentioned in USA Today recently. The local pizzeria was recognized for its New York-style slices and the fact it was visited by food TV celebrity Guy Fieri, who brought his popular show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives there last year.

“Because it is set back off the street, it would be easy to miss, but this would be a mistake, especially since it is one of the most reasonably priced restaurants in Wyoming’s highest rent town,” wrote USA’s Larry Olmsted.

The national paper also wrote: “Pinky G’s has won the Best of Jackson Hole award for pizza every full year since it opened (2012-2015).”

Um, that would be The Planet’s Best Of, by the way.

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Treasure hunter rescued again… and again

Madilina Taylor, 41, of Lynchburg, Virginia, was rescued by the Park County Sheriff’s Office for the third time in three years. The treasure-seeker with a case of gold fever has a history with the county’s search and rescue team.

Taylor was first picked up with a boyfriend in 2013 after four days of being lost in the Big Creek area and suffering from exposure. The couple returned in June 2015. Taylor had to be airlifted from the North Fork after falling and breaking her ankle. Authorities asked her then to please not return to Wyoming after she told them she was here looking for fabled treasure of Forrest Fenn—supposedly hidden somewhere in Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado or Montana.

The Missoulian and Powell Tribune carried the story.

State gets cash to spy on skeeters

To be clear, Wyoming health officials are not expecting Zika to be an issue in the state. Still, Kim Deti, spokeswoman for the Wyoming Department of Health, says her department will figure out a way to spend the $143,000 from the CDC as part of the $60 million spread through the country to protect Americans from the virus.

“The mosquitoes that are the primary culprits are not going to like Wyoming’s weather,” Deti quipped to the state newspaper. Deti supposed the money would be used on “surveillance.”

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Jay Jones’ piece in the Chicago Tribune is probably taped up on a refrigerator or walk-in cooler at one of Gavin Fine’s seven local restaurants. Jones claimed Jackson Holers were willing to embrace change, whether that was in our politics (he alluded to the Petticoat Rules era of 1920 when Jackson boasted the country’s first all-female town councils) or our cuisine.

“Six or seven years ago, you got a beer and a shot and a steak for dinner,” Chad Brown, co-owner of The Jackson Hole Food Tour told the Trib. “Now, as Brown walks guests through tastings at downtown restaurants, he boasts, ‘Our food and drink is world-class,’” wrote Jones.

Jones mentioned Fine and several other restaurateurs and chefs including Cafe Genevieve’s Josh Governale, who serves up a mean pig candy.

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Meeteetse, Wyoming, is enjoying its 15 minutes of fame. The sleepy agriculture town in the center of the state is the center of attention this week.

UK’s Daily Mail was one of several major publications noting the release of 35 black-footed ferrets thought to be extinct decades ago.

It was a ferret carnival day yesterday in Meeteetse as town officials celebrated the release of the ferrets in a story that has finally come full circle. In 1981, a ranch dog named Shep came home with a dead black-footed ferret in its mouth. That prompted wildlife biologists to capture the remaining wild population five years later and begin a reintroduction program first put in place the 1990s. PJH

TetonWyo.org The public meeting agendas and minutes for the Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission can also be found in the Public Notices section of the JH News and Guide.

Chicago foodies rave on Jackson

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That That Was Was Good…

Good… For For A A Girl Girl How micro-inequities in a mountain town affect both sexes.

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s they finish their climb, Jeff places the belay device on his harness and Nate begins to coil the rope. “Man you crushed that climb,” Nate exclaims.

Happy with his conquest, Jeff sighs deeply and replies, “Super ballsy climb, so glad I didn’t puss out on the roof.”

Rounding the corner to the crag, Nate sees his friends Jessica and Anne approaching. “What did you climb?” he yells.

Jessica, proud of her accomplishment, reports, “Brown Flake, 5.10d.”

“Nice, I did that one yesterday,” Nate quickly replies.

“I found it easy for the grade, but good work—I have never seen a girl lead that one.”

The intermingling of the sexes is always a loaded scenario where innuendo, testosterone, and flirting come together to form a potpourri of emotions. So it is sometimes hard to decipher what counts as micro versions of sexism. In American culture, blatant sexism has largely gone out of style, and in many arenas women have gained their rightful status as true equals. However, in some enclaves males continue to dominate. The adventure sports world is still seemingly one of those domains running on an outdated system. Maybe the days of outwardly laughing at the idea of a female climber are over, but what about the more subtle side of cross sex interactions? In mountain towns, like Jackson, where adrenaline and hormones mix on both sides of the spectrum, it is especially important to ask what silences a female’s voice. Survival in the mountains literally depends on good communication and trust. So exploring micro-inequities, the subtle sexism that a lot of men are perhaps not even aware they’re directing at women, could help to strengthen partnerships in the mountains and increase survival rates.

Eric Hinton and Stephen Young, writing about discrimination, define micro-inequities as “subtle often unconscious messages that devalue, discourage, and impair performance of a stigmatized group.” Applying this definition, it is perhaps not difficult for both men and women to cite examples of discrimination in the climbing, skiing, rafting, and outdoor communities. In the adventure sports sphere, who pays the biggest price for micro-inequities and how can both men and women limit this type of discrimination?

Are males doing more harm than good when they give unsolicited advice about

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Traditional roles play out in the outdoors, too

grumbling under his breathe, “What are you trying to do— make me look bad in front of my son?” These disparaging comments can cement into a young male brain that a woman’s role in the mountains is behind a man.

Halpin, by the way, just completed the “Triple Teton” triathlon, traveling more than 60 miles from the town of Jackson to the summit of three major Teton peaks, followed by swimming and biking back to town. She completed the mission unsupported, even after being laughed at when she mentioned the idea to a male friend.

why so many females doubt themselves, hypothesizing that it may be because young women are socialized to aspire to perfection, where men are socialized to be brave. The authors reference an internal study by Hewlett Packard showing that males will apply for a position if they fit 60 percent of the qualifications. Women, on the other hand, will only apply if they fit 100 percent of the criteria.

Transferring this finding over to the mountain realm, it is easy to see examples of men taking risks even if it entails failure. Women, on the other hand, may back down if they don’t feel like they will succeed the first time.

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“Only 3.6 percent of sports articles discussed women’s athletics in five major newspapers in 2013.”

Open communication and trusting your partner is an essential part of backcountry safety and if a woman senses her voice isn’t recognized she may be less likely to speak up in a dangerous situation. Bree Buckley, a local climber, says the majority of the time her male climbing partners include her in group discussions. Sometimes, however, she admits that men “fail to even take my opinion into consideration and there is no hope of a mutual decision being made.”

Silencing women’s voices is perhaps the last thing men should do. One study by the Journal of Travel Medicine indicated that during a two-year period, men comprised 75 percent of deaths in U.S. national parks. This disparity between male and female deaths may be due in part to the different ways that each gender perceives risks.

A University of California San Diego study by Christine Harris and Michael Jenkins examined the gender differences in risk assessments. According to the study, males are more likely to take risks because they believe they will obtain greater benefits and enjoyment from risky behavior.

Women, on the other hand, were shown to spend more time examining the severity and probability of negative

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Viewed as solitary events by outside observers, many examples of micro-inequities seem insignificant and often go unnoticed. However it is the cumulative effect over time that can eat away at a woman’s confidence. Men may shrug off their behavior as “not a big deal” or say “it’s just guys being guys,” but subtle messages of inferiority can have large consequences on a woman’s psyche. Girl Guiding, a nonprofit that focuses on empowering young females, points to the statistic that three out or four girls ages 11 to 21 suffer from low self-esteem. Micro-inequities these young women ostensibly face may certainly be part of the problem.

In The Atlantic, Kattie Cay and Claire Shipman discuss

HALPIN WARMS UP ON A CLASSIC HAND CRACK IN INDIAN CREEK.

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ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS SHREDDING THE SKILLET GLACIER.

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where a female “should” go or what they could have done “better?” American culture and evolutionary history seem to nudge males towards the protector role. This innate desire to keep women “safe,” however, can impair a woman’s ability to perform. Kelly Halpin, an accomplished endurance athlete, reports that you can only hear so many “tiny zingers with a ‘no you can’t’ undertone before its starts to erode progression.”

Males often feel like they are doing the right thing when they lead every pitch of a climb, but the underlying message they send when always taking the lead is that the mountains are a man’s arena where machismo rules.

Media plays a large part in perpetuating the myth that sports are a man’s domain. Science Daily reports only 3.6 percent of sports articles discussed women’s athletics in the five major newspapers for the year of 2013. In addition, in 2009 ESPN’s Sportscenter only dedicated 1.4 percent of its airtime to coverage of women’s sports.

These are some pretty sobering statistics considering women comprise 45 percent of all outdoor recreationists, according to the Outdoor Foundation.

In a study for the LA84 Foundation, Dr. Maragaret Duncan found that when examining the underreporting of women’s athletic achievements, there were many instances of “verbally or visually marking gender for females but not males.” Lynn Hill, for example, was described in a headline as the “first female climber to free the Nose on El Capitan.” Hill, however, was the first person—male or female—to accomplish this feat. Linguistic misogyny, such as referring to woman athletes as “girls” or by portraying females as the weaker sex through condescending language, fuels the unconscious stereotyping of women, especially if young people are exposed to it at a young age.

Halpin recalled a time when she passed a father and son on her descent from Garnet Meadows, the dad

CRISTA VALENTINO CONQUERS MT. MORAN.

outcomes in dangerous situations.

Halpin reported one instance in the Jackson Hole backcountry when she decided to speak up to a solo male skier with no safety gear. The lone individual quickly brushed her aside saying, “Don’t you worry about me little girl, I can take care of myself,” as he continued into avalanche terrain.

Biological differences in the brain may also be playing a part in why women are less likely to die in backcountry accidents. Studies examining the brain’s fear center seem to indicate that the amygdala is more easily activated in response to negative stimuli in women than men. Cay and Shipman explain that the part of the brain that recognizes errors and weighs options, the anterior cingulate cortex, is larger in women as well.

Oftentimes women do not confront many of the micro-inequities they are subjected to because they appear insignificant, however, when patterns become apparent there is a reason to worry. Crista Valentino, a local adventure athlete, has seen a number of themes appear in her travels through the convoluted world of cross gender interactions. For instance, she says males often ask for confirmation of a decision from a female, rather than first asking for her input.

“Let’s go do this route, OK?” versus “This is what I was thinking we could do, what are your thoughts?” Valentino has also noticed that many males unwittingly play the protector role instead of the companion role. She pointed to a time when her three male river companions rented packrafts for themselves but a duckie for her “as the safer option.”

Sexism at its most basic level is treating members of the opposite sex differently. Mountain guide Brendan Burns has seen firsthand how people react differently to a woman’s voice in the backcountry compared to a man’s.

Burns says that when he first got into guiding, groups

would often “view women who spoke up about safety concerns as overbearing, while men who presented the same information were seen as strong leaders.”

Jessica Baker, a lead mountain guide for Exum, has noticed that often a woman’s value in the backcountry is determined by whether or not she expresses male traits.

She openly acknowledges: “pure brute force is not one of women’s strong points.” But, she says that shouldn’t overshadow what women bring to the table, such as “sensitivity to detail, mutual decision making, and the ability to multi-task in complex situations.”

“I felt torn apart in an environment where females should be working together.”

The battle for recognition rages on In the adventure sports world, gaining sponsorship is one area where females have made noticeable strides.

But the spotlight hasn’t come without criticism. Buckley reports one instance of being cornered by a male climber who felt she didn’t deserve a sponsorship, chastising her for “getting lucky because she was a blonde haired girl.” After taking the verbal blow, Buckley felt angry that she had been so easily misjudged by one of her climbing

peers.

Social media is another arena where micro-inequities are abundant. Elizabeth Koutrelakos, an avid mountaineer and Planet columnist, reports one story of a male friend who froze on a steep section of snow and needed her assistance. Koutrelakos’ “partner” then decided to post photos of just himself skiing the line, failing to make any mention of his femal cohort and backcountry savior, err partner. However, he must have mentioned her presence to one of his friends who approached Koutrelakos and casually said: “I heard you were taken up The Sliver. How was it?”

Since then, Koutrelakos say she has relinquished any involvement in social media. “I don’t look at it, and I don’t want to be involved, and that makes me a much happier person,” she said.

As women battle for equality in adventure sports, some may argue that Instagram and other social media sites are a breeding ground for misinterpreting the role women are “suppose” to play in the outdoors. Many of the top adventure sports Instagram feeds show attractive women in the backcountry with shiny untangled hair and glossy lips.

Meanwhile, many of the females who are pushing their limits in the mountains go unnoticed.

Valentino points to the complexity of social media standards, and the judgments it leads to. “Who is to blame?

Men for favoring photos of women with less clothes on, the women for posting it, or the system that makes the cycle go around and around?” she asked.

It is plausible that the actions of a few males are spoiling it for the rest. However, research now indicates there is more to the puzzle. The National Academy for Sciences released a study showing that “women are just as likely as men to show sexism towards women in hiring practices, salaries and professional mentorship.” In the adventure sports world, these biases can be expressed

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SMILES ON THE SKILLET FROM KOUTRELAKOS

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VALENTINO ON DIHEDRAL OF HORRORS.

Don’t shoot the (male) messenger The days of overt sexism, where women are forbidden or discouraged from partaking in certain activities have come and gone. But the grey area of subtle messages pointing to female inferiority seem commonplace.

Perhaps these engrained biases are unintentional, but when repeated over time, micro level events seem to build up and create a status differential between men and women in the outdoor world.

The line between what counts as sexist and what doesn’t is blurry in today’s society. So to make the boundaries clearer, Valentino urges people to consider “the intention of the male messenger” in cross-gender interactions. But more importantly, she encourages men to also contemplate how a female might interpret the message. Adding to the dialogue, Bill Truelove, a local climber, says that his litmus test of what he considers acceptable is “whether or not I would want my mom or dad to hear it.” Truelove noted, however, that safety in the backcountry should always be the main concern and “fear of sexism should not influence an honest dialogue in the mountains.”

Every individual is unique and what is offensive to one person may be perceived as friendly banter to another. Is it then a hopeless task to determine what counts as sexist if all events will be interpreted differently? Or can we root out unintentional bias if we question our beliefs and sort through the labels and stigmas we may have in an outdoor setting?

Baker noted that since she started guiding in 2004, “things have definitely improved, but it’s still a mixed bag. Just because we pretend sexism has gone away that doesn’t make it so.”

If the system is going to change, she says females have a hefty responsibility: to continually fight for their voice and be persistently proactive in challenging their own biases and those held by males. PJH BEN BLANTON

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through micro-aggressions between females. Halpin recalled a snowboard trip to Japan where some of her female companions transformed into veritable mean girls. “I felt torn apart in an environment where females should be working together,” she said.

Feminist psychological theory might then argue that hostility among females in the outdoors is due to internalizing the patriarchy of the system, a system in which they are trying to gain status.

“As women come to consider being prized by men as their ultimate source of strength, worth, achievement and identity, they are compelled to battle other women for the prize,” explained evolutionary psychologist Noam Shpancer.

KOUTRELAKOS ON THE TRAVERSE FROM THE MIDDLE TETON TO NEZ PERCE.

THIS WEEK: July 27-August 2, 2016

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27

n Songwriter’s Alley Open Mic 8:00pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Isaac Hayden 8:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Nathan Dean 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n The Stone Foxes 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886

THURSDAY, JULY 28 n Fitness & Dance Classes All Day! 7:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Teton County Fair 7:00am, Fairgrounds, 307-7335289 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Yoga on the Trail 10:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n Toddler Time 10:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 n Walking Tour of Jackson 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free, 307-733-2141 n Storytime 10:30am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 n Driggs Digs Plein Air 11:00am, Downtown Driggs n Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386 n Alive@5: Tunes on Thursday 5:00pm, Teton Village Commons, Free, 307-733-5898 n Raptors at the KIng 5:00pm, Snow King Mountain, Free, 307-201-5464

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n Rebecca Ryan 4:30pm, The Deck at Psite, Free, 307-733-2292 n Alive@5: Teton Raptor Center 5:00pm, Teton Village Commons, Free, 307-733-5898 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Summer Networking Series 5:30pm, Bin 22, Free n National Ice Cream Month Celebration 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center Sundeck, Free, 307-739-9025 n Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band and Reckless Kelly 5:30pm, Teton County Fairgrounds Grassy Arena, Free, 307-733-5289 n Barbara Trentham Life Drawing 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $10.00, 307-7336379 n JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Wednesday Community Dinner 6:00pm, Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole, Free, 307-7340388 n Disc Golf Doubles 6:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307-733-2292 n Byron’s Guitar at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free, 307-733-4647 n Bluegrass Wednesday with PTO 6:00pm, Cafe Genevieve, Free, 307-732-1910 n Cribbage 6:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Lions, and Tigers, and Bears - Oh My! 6:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, Free, 307-733-1128 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n The HOF BAND plays POLKA! 6:30pm, The Alpenhof Bistro, Free, 307-413-1348 n Shakespeare in the Park 6:30pm, City Center Plaza Driggs, Free n KHOL Presents: Vinyl Night 8:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500

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n Fitness & Dance Classes All Day! 7:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Teton County Fair 7:00am, Fairgrounds, 307-7335289 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Yoga 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $4.00, 307-739-9025 n Strollercize 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $10.00, 307-739-9025 n Driggs Digs Plein Air 10:00am, Downtown Driggs, n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Storytime 10:00am, Valley of the Tetons Library Victor, Free, 208-7872201 n Walking Tour of Jackson 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free, 307-733-2141 n Fables Feathers & Fur 10:30am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n Suicide Prevention Training 12:00pm, St. John’s Medical Center Moose Room, Free, 307264-1536 n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Open Build 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-354-5522 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n JH People’s Market 4:00pm, The Base of Snow King, Free, n Book Bike 4:00pm, Phil Baux Park, Free, 307-733-2164 n Free Solar Astronomy Program 4:00pm, JH People’s Market at the Base of Snow King, Free, 307-413-4779 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386

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MUSIC BOX

More Than Hello Major week of music invades Village, Center Theater, fairgrounds and more.

BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

D

issecting brother and sister band The Oh Hellos is a journey. Intentionally independent, siblings Tyler and Maggie Heath released their first album Through the Deep, Dark Valley in 2012, which they wrote, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered themselves at their home in San Marcos, Texas.

Contemporary Christian music is what they grew up on, later diving headfirst into pseudo-Christian rock band Mutemath’s catalog, as well as Fleet Foxes and Sufjan Stevens.

The band’s latest release is 2015’s Dear Wormwood, which draws inspiration from the C.S. Lewis classic novel, The Screwtape Letters, and pulses a progressive-folk vein that’s

The Oh Hellos (left) take the stage at Teton Village for Concerts on the Commons Sunday. Tuesday Bruce Hornsby performs at the Center Theater. not over-produced.

Lyrically dramatic with earthy vocals and an arsenal of instrumentation (sometimes up to a nine-piece with multiple guitars, banjo and violin), there’s a simplistic sparseness to their music that often has wild developments. While there’s a fair amount of band members jumping around on stage just for the sake of it, the music comes off as genuine and philosophical, as if there’s more to discover once you crawl inside to explore. It stands alone in the new folk movement that includes their heroes, along with The Head and The Heart, Mumford and Sons, The Lumineers and sometimes Iron and Wine with broader textures.

Openers Steel Toed Slippers out of L.A. have played The Rose in years past, and bring a singer-songwriter/rock sound.

Concert in the Commons presents The Oh Hellos with Steel Toed Slippers, 5 p.m. Sunday at Village Commons. Free, all-ages. ConcertOnTheCommons.com.

Hornsby and Sexton back to back at Center Life is full of difficult choices. It’s likely you can’t take in both Bruce Hornsby and Martin Sexton at Center for the Arts

this week.

Hornsby just released Rehab Reunion, a dulcimer-dominated set that puts the piano to rest while referencing jazz, folk, pop, and jam with the Appalachian-based instrument.

As for Sexton—an anomaly of a solo performer regardless of your musical tastes—the release of Best of Martin Sexton Vol. 1 reminds us that he’s been doing this for a long time. The fan-generated track list reflects submissions of their two favorite songs from each of his eight studio albums. The 14-track album is available as a free download at MartinSexton.com and offers a great snapshot of his career as an unpretentious, fervent songwriter with an enormous vocal range. Veteran Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-Juno Award Nominee Matt Andersen opens the show.

Bruce Hornsby, 8 p.m. Tuesday, August 2 at Center Theater. $101. Martin Sexton with Matt Andersen, 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 3 at Center Theater. $51-$61. JHCenterForTheArts.org, 733-4900.

Hospital hosts SteelDrivers

To celebrate 100 years and the centennial support of the

WEDNESDAY Reckless Kelly with Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band (Teton County Fairgrounds); Intrepid Travelers (Town Square Tavern) THURSDAY Cure for the Common and John Wayne’s World (Victor City Park); Major Zephyr (Silver Dollar) FRIDAY Head to Head DJ set (The Rose); Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra (Walk Festival Hall) SATURDAY Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra (Walk Festival Hall); Flat Creek Opener Party with Screen Door Porch (Orvis)

Martin Sexton continues the virtuosic vibe at the Center Theater on Wednesday. community, St. John’s Hospital foundation will present a free Centennial Celebration Concert featuring 2016 Grammy winners, The SteelDrivers. The Nashville-based quintet won Best Bluegrass Album for The Muscle Shoals Recordings, five years after losing soulful singer Chris Stapleton and multi-instrumentalist Mike Henderson. That certainly didn’t stagnate their output or the quality of their performances.

Local flavor opens the show including members of the Jackson Hole Hootenanny, followed by Brent Moyer and Friends featuring special guest guitarist Mike Dowling, a masterful finger-style and bottleneck blues player from Dubois.

St. John’s Hospital Centennial Celebration Concert featuring The SteelDrivers, Brent Moyer featuring Mike Dowling, and the JH Hootenanny all-stars, 4 p.m. Sunday, July 31 at Snow King Ball Field. Free, all ages. 739-7517.

own way. Touch base anywhere in their 10-album career and you’re likely to get a consistent alt-country vibe that’s in similar company as their Texas peers Robert Earl Keen and Pat Green.

Modern country band Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band have taken their Moorcroft, Wyoming, (near Devil’s Tower) roots to the national pop country scene. On his song “Worth the Whiskey,” the champion high school wrestler and bronc rider sings, “I’m drinking to a country song/ here’s to another work week gone/and I’ll raise my glass to a long lost buddy I ain’t seen/I might stay for one more round or I might close this place down.”

Reckless Kelly with Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27 in Grassy Arena at the Teton County Fairgrounds. Free. TetonCountyFair.com.

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For the past 20 years, Reckless Kelly has proved that the steady long haul is feasible without steering towards what is popular in any given moment. Simply, doing things your

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Futuristic Finesse An artist’s return and a gallery’s move help signal the arrival of a neighborhood art hub.

BY MEG DALY @DalyProjects

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bbie Miller’s intent with the clothing she designs is nothing short of revolutionary. “Like the design movements in Futurism, this set of clothing or ‘ideals’ that I’m proposing is a reaction to the chaos and disturbing violence we are facing in our country,” she said.

Miller returns to Jackson this week for “Wearable Geometries,” a trunk show of her latest clothing creations. Hosted by Glenda Lawrence at the interior design studio Matterhouse, Miller says the event features designs based on Russian Futurism.

An artistic movement birthed in the early part of the 20th century, Futurism rejected traditional forms in order to embrace new technologies. Miller says she believes clothing has the potential to transform and to be a reflection of change.

“These pieces are reflexive of a desire to inhabit the world in a different way,” she said. “I think the shapes and forms of each garment exemplify this ideology.”

Miller was a long time resident of Jackson and recently moved to Portland, Ore., to pursue her career in art. Current projects include a lecture on a subject the artist knows well: The intersection of fashion and sculpture.

Fans of Miller’s giant zipper sculptures will be able to see one on permanent display in a modern glass building in Portland, opening in 2018. More details on this to come.

Miller says clothing has been an integral way of establishing herself in her new home.

“Moving to a new city, clothing has been my biggest ally to meet others, to identify myself, to feel at home, to express my point of view,” she said.

Miller hopes wearers of her clothing experience something similar.

“Because my clothes are strong in color and shape, not overtly feminine, but more sculptural, the women that wear them often get stopped or noticed. I think it’s a lovely ideal that a piece of clothing could become a catalyst for a larger conversation and, at the least, connect strangers or people that might not have had interacted before.”

Miller’s show coincides with a cultural boom in the Scott Lane area. Glenda Lawrence and Matterhouse have been there two and a half years. Atelier Ortega is right around the corner. Penny Lane Cooperative recently opened across the street. And soon,

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CULTURE KLASH

A collage by Abbie Miller using the 1915 painting by Kazimir Malevich, ‘Dynamic Suprematism.’

The vest will be for sale at Miller’s trunk show Thursday.

Asymbol Gallery will move in next door to Matterhouse.

In addition to selling mid-century furniture and art, Matterhouse offers custom upholstery design. Lawrence and Miller have collaborated in the past and they share an aesthetic sensibility. Miller says Matterhouse feels like her second home.

“To display the clothing we have talked about integrating the garments into the shop, pairing clothing with furniture,” Miller said. “I imagine a lifestyle aesthetic that conjures Modernist, Bohemian think tanks and creative get togethers ... a space where visionary writers, thinkers and makers meet to socialize and inspire.”

With The Grove apartment complex just up the street and the Pine Box Lofts a block away, this little section of Scott Lane is poised to be a local cultural hub conducive to just the kind of gatherings Miller envisions.

Alex Hillinger, co-owner of Asymbol, is excited to be part of the neighborhood’s creative blossoming.

“As the neighborhood happens, we will be part of the happening,” he said.

The iconic adventure sports gallery and print shop will leave its current location in the Pink Garter Plaza and reopen at 150 Scott Lane, Unit E, in early August. An unexpected rent hike instigated the move, but Hillinger says a new location will help the gallery refine its mission.

“It gives us an opportunity to reimagine what Asymbol’s retail gallery space can be,” he said. “We want to be more of a resource to

our local community.”

In its new incarnation Asymbol will highlight its fine art printing services. Hillinger says the gallery’s space on town square does not tell the whole story.

“A lot of people walk into the current gallery and they think we are just an art gallery.

But we are working with artists from start to finish. We make the prints.”

Asymbol has always thought of itself as a crew of makers, Hillinger noted, which echoes Lawrence’s impression of the unique character of the Scott Lane cultural hub.

“People are producing here,” she said. “I started my business because I like working with my hands.”

Anyone who has visited Atelier Ortega knows about the pastries and chocolates made on site. Penny Lane Cooperative is a collective of makers of fine art, clothing, and jewelry. The effect of having a clutch of businesses bumping up against one another like this is a kind of anarchic synergy, where Russian Futurism hangs out with mid-century modern, snowboard luminaries nibble gourmet Mexican chocolate, and handblown glass sculpture hangs delicately next to ripped jeans. Town may be heart, but Scott Lane is poised to be Jackson’s soulful inspiration. PJH

Wearable Geometries and Other Idealisms trunk show by Abbie Miller 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 28 at Matterhouse, 150 Scott Lane.

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Fire in the Mountains

When there’s smoke in the air, recreationists are forced to get creative.

Going to great lengths (and heights) in search of smoke-free recreation.

idea.

The smoke was settled in the valley, and I wasn’t even a quarter of the way up before my lungs began to burn. I continued anyways, thinking it was just the challenge of hiking Snow King in the wee hours. Instead I was plagued with a headache the rest of the day.

Taking this seemingly little adventure was a recipe for lung damage.

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Attempt 2: Grand exposure

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t this point in the year, the summer activates the vortex of acceleration and I go about my days believing we’re forever in the tail end of June. Then I see a calendar. July is almost over? This signifies the time for “the thing” to happen. You know, the thing that happens every year that is easily forgotten until we’re engulfed in it. The entity affects every cell of the body, starting with slight itching in the eyes, a scrathy throat, and eventually headaches and malaise. It’s easy to smell and obvious to see, but we forget how much wildfires actually affect us.

This time of year we are all on equal ground. Neither tourist, nor Jackson local, nor the wealthy seasonal Jackson “resident” can get away from the bi-product of mass amounts of burning trees. The experts recommend staying indoors, keeping windows closed, not smoking or lighting things on fire, and not vacuuming.

Most of these things seem pretty difficult to do, considering staying indoors on beautiful sunny days fosters FOMO (fear of missing out), and most of the workingman’s houses here have no air conditioning, which is painfully evident in the scorching late afternoon sun.

From these recommendations, I think I would definitely be able to not smoke or make fires and I certainly could abstain from vacuuming. (Who needs to clean when there are things to do outside?)

I experimented with a few outings while there’s smoke in the air. Some of these proved moderately successful while other attempts were total failures.

Attempt 1: Unfit for the King One morning around 4:30 am, I decided it might be a good idea to go up Snow King during wildfire season. The moon showed full, and I thought that an early jaunt would start my day off right while avoiding the hot and smoky midday sun. This was a terrible

This was a last ditch effort to try to escape, so I figured I’d check out the highest point around. The day was beautiful but the smoke clouded the peaks. This time, I got a bit smarter and hiked with my prescription glasses on until I got above the smoke. From there, I washed my hands and popped my contacts in once I could no longer smell the stuff. This kept my eyes from itching, but again, a headache ensued.

After taking a bit of a rest at the Upper Saddle, I continued and the air really did seem to get better, but I’m unsure if that was the altitude playing tricks on my mind. It seemed like many other people had this idea to escape the smoke, as I spotted a few surface heaters just below the Grand at the top of the Upper Exum route. Thus, I got away from the smoke, but I could not get away from human fecal matter. The mountain views, blanketed in smoke, were also a bit subpar. Lastly, this mission was difficult, entailed ropes and route finding and seemed to take a lot of effort just to escape the fog.

Attempt 3: Mid-mountain happy hour

Hopping on the gondola and riding up to The Deck for happy hour was by far my most pleasant mission. Not only was the gondola ride free after 4:30 p.m., it was fast. There was no self-propelling through plumes of smoke.

A lovely taste of the Huckleberry How Pow served as respite to the smoky heat below and the tempura-fried portabellas satiated my hunger pangs. I consumed a plethora of delicious food and cold beverages, but the thing I loved the most cost nothing.

The seemingly untainted air did not contain as much oxygen as the valley below, but at least it was easier to breathe. The experience lasted only until the sunset chilled the high altitude sky, however. On my way down I remembered that midsummer does exist in Jackson and, even though the smoke prevails, warm nights in Jackson should never go unappreciated. PJH

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Flat Creek: The Drunken Review Danger ensues while revisiting a childhood pastime after an adult beverage, or two.

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rowing up on Flat Creek, my childhood home was at 818 C in Creekside Village and our unit directly faced the creek. Josie’s Ridge was a stone’s throw away.

I could fill a book with all the dangerous exploits the neighborhood kids and I got into, but floating Flat Creek in a tube was the pinnacle of summer adventuring. There were those days, though rare, where we accidentally floated all the way onto the Lockhart Ranch property and had to crawl our way through muck, willows, and barbed wire trying to figure out how to get home.

It’s been 10 years since I floated Flat Creek. The last time I ventured onto such waters I was a senior in high school. Now this isn’t because I felt like it wasn’t fun anymore; I had just graduated onto bigger rivers. Last week, however, following a Snake River float from South Park to Astoria with my friend

The infamous town creek claims another casualty as the author pulls his popped tube from the vicious current.

Josh Griffith, I received a text from Chris Kirkpatrick. He wondered if I was interested in a 5:30 p.m. Flat Creek float.

“I just got off the river. So yes,” I texted back.

Now, I in no way condone intoxicated river sports. It adds an additional level of risk that can be incredibly dangerous. However, I trusted the people I was with, and figured my vast experience with Flat Creek over the years would prepare me for any disasters that lay ahead. I mean, it’s just Flat Creek, right?

We put in near Inn on the Creek in the north part of town and planned on taking out somewhere near Smith’s. As we entered our tubes and began the float, we passed under some large willow trees. The sunlight broke through the leaves. The water was calm. I was buzzed. It was absolute paradise.

“I should do this more often!” I yelled to my friends.

Then horror struck as we reached the first bridge. I flattened myself out as much as I could and cleared the bridge by a mere two inches. I was about to declare how terrifying that was but there was no time for observations. As a kid, I always thought Flat Creek was super crazy and fast, but as an adult I figured it would be an easy town float. Not the case, folks.

There was not a single moment of relaxation. New obstacles introduced themselves with every twist and bend of the creek. Right when I thought things might quiet down for a second, a massive rock would smash into my butt, spinning me around and steering me directly into an overgrown patch of willow

branches. I was already in so much pain and still the creek carried me further down its torture chamber of terror.

One moment of familiarity hit when we neared the “new” post office and Creekside Village. The creek forks into two paths, one of which leads into the willows while the other takes a safer, albeit shallow route along the bike path. Chris’s tube started veering into the willows.

“No, no! This way sucks!” I yelled. But I realized the current was pushing me in the same direction and it was too late to paddle myself out.

The willows encroached on us like a forest from a Tim Burton movie, and plenty of the standard Flat Creek foam was gathering in the nooks and crannies of the willow thicket. We tried to maneuver our way, paddling quickly and using our feet as battering rams to steer us from the spiky edges of the creek.

Finally, the side channel spat us out and we were back on the main creek, right by my old house.

When we took out, I was exhausted. Flat Creek made my earlier Snake River float look childish in comparison. Soaking wet, mosquito-bitten, and sporting plenty of scratches and bruises for the road, I was surprised at how badly I got my ass kicked. Chris and I agreed that we used to be much better at floating Flat Creek when we were younger.

“Aw, man,” Chris said. “I should’ve brought my phone. I could have caught so many Pokémon out here.”

Apparently some things never change.

PJH

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n Walking Tour of Jackson 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free, 307-733-2141 n Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n Writer 3:30pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386 n Zumba 4:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Alive@5: Second Nature 5:00pm, Teton Village Commons, Free, 307-733-5898 n REFIT® 5:15pm, First Baptist Church, Free, 307-690-6539 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Total Fitness 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Town Pump Bouldering Series 6:00pm, Teton Boulder Park n Teton Trail Runners 6:00pm, Location Varies Check Schedule, Free n Byron’s Guitar at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free, 307-733-4647 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n Inside the Music: Simply Classical 7:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, Free 307-733-1128 n Bluegrass Tuesdays featuring One Ton Pig 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Stackhouse 8:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n The Center Presents Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers 8:00pm, The Center Theater, $99.00, 307-733-4900 n Jenn Thornton 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Futurebirds 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, $10.00, 307-733-3886

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n Fitness & Dance Classes All Day! 7:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Yoga 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $4.00, 307-739-9025 n Art for Exhibition 9:00am, Art Associaton of Jackson Hole, $235.00, 307733-6379 n Pottery for Preschoolers 9:30am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $100.00, 307733-6379 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Darkroom Photography 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $170.00, 307733-6379 n Kinderclay 11:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $100.00, 307733-6379 n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n Maker Monday’s 3:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library Victor, Free, 208-7872201 n 20th Anniversary Old Bill’s Fun Run Giving Period 3:00pm, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Free, 307-690-5284

n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornan’s, Free, 307733-2415 n Swiss Federation Day Celebration 6:00pm, Alpenhof, 307-7333242 n Analog Photography Basics 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $195.00, 307733-6379 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n David Cattani Duo 7:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Jenn Thornton 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n FREEKBASS 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886

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IMBIBE Grapes for hot days, dinner soirees, and cool nights.

BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

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ummer seems to fly by so quickly, and before we know it, we’ll be bundled up in our winter wardrobes and thinking longingly of warm weather. For that reason, I’ve been working my way through a large stash of warm-weather wines. Of course, you could drink these wines at any time of year, but they are especially well-suited to patios, picnics, barbecues and the like. Some are from large producers and widely available; others are harder to find, but worth seeking out or ordering from your local supplier.

Crisp, dry sauvignon is particularly tasty in summer, especially alongside cold or hot shellfish and seafood. Tom Gore is a second generation grape grower (he likes being known as a farmer) from Sonoma County and his Tom

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Summer Daze

Gore Vineyards 2015 Sauvignon Blanc ($15) is testament to his abilities. Crisp acidity and a hint of minerality balance out vivid tangerine, grapefruit and melon notes—a lovely wine for a picnic. Meanwhile, from Napa Valley comes Emmolo Sauvignon Blanc 2014 ($19.99), made from vines planted in the 1950s.

Winemaker Jenny Wagner’s sauvignon blanc is less grassy and herbal than its New Zealand cousins, with lime and grapefruit flavors and pretty pear notes on the nose.

Alto Adige is a personal favorite Italian wine region that produces wines that seem more Germanic than Italian. Tiefenbrunner Pinot Bianco Weissburgunder 2014 ($16) is oak-free, with a beautiful bouquet of tropical fruit and ripe apple, good acidity and minerality and a fine finish. And, while you might not normally associate chardonnay with Italy, Alois Lageder Chardonnay 2014 ($15.99)—also from Alto Adige—is a memorable one. It’s medium-bodied and unoaked with intense fruit flavors that would serve well as an aperitif or paired with seafood, chicken and light pasta dishes.

Before leaving Italy, I’ll bring your attention to the very affordable Torre di Luna Pinot Grigio 2014 ($9.99). Hailing from Venezie, this is not a standard wimpy pinot grigio. It is dry and full-bodied, with sweet pear aromas and would be a terrific partner for octopus, squid, clams, mussels and the like. Made from 40 percent Grechetto, 30

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percent Procanico, and 30 percent Malvasia, La Carraia Orvieto Classico 2014 ($10.99) is quickly becoming one of my go-to summer sippers. This Orvieto sees no oak and is especially well-balanced. It was great at a recent dinner that featured seared scallops.

Winemaker Joe Wagner’s Elouan Rosé 2015 ($19.99) comes in a clear glass bottle, all the better to enjoy its pale pink hues. Elouan is a Breton word meaning “good light,” which is what it takes to produce the pinot noir grape this rosé is made with. Open the plastic cap and aromas of strawberry and raspberry spring forth, followed by more berry fruit flavors on the tongue.

Let’s not dismiss red wines for summer sipping, though. FVine Vinho Tinto Reserva ($9.99) from Portugal would be welcome at any barbecue or cookout with its light berry flavors and citrusy finish—a good burger

partner. When grilling, I also like to open a bottle of Luce’s Lucente ($29), a superb blend of merlot and sangiovese from Tuscany.

Eastern Austrailia’s 19 Crimes 2015 ($10.99) is named after the 19 crimes that would result in British rogues being sentenced to live in Australia. It’s almost criminal how luscious this Aussie wine is. For heavy-duty grilled meats and barbecue, I really like 2011 Domaine du Théron Cuvée Prestige Malbec ($18), from Cahors in southwestern France. If you’ve forgotten how well the French do malbec, try this one. And, for a Bordeaux-style barbecue-friendly wine, I turn to Justin 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon ($27.77), a beautifully balanced wine brimming with black currant and black cherry flavors—a very good foil for a thick, grilled steak. PJH

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ASIAN & CHINESE KIM’S CORNER Korean and American style, from breakfast sandwiches, burgers, chicken tenders, Philly cheese steaks to rice bowls and noodles.

Something for everyone! Open Monday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. At base of Snow King between the ski patrol room and the ice rink. 100 E. Snow King Ave. Take out and Delivery: (307) 200-6544.

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THAI ME UP Home of Melvin Brewing Co. Freshly remodeled offering modern Thai cuisine in a relaxed setting. New tap system with 20 craft beers. New $8 wine list and extensive bottled beer menu. Open daily for dinner at 5pm.

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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.

Lunch 11:30am-3pm. Aprés 3pm-5:30pm.

Dinner 6pm-9pm. For reservations at the Bistro or Alpenrose, call 307-733-3242.

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THE BLUE LION 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 5:30-6:0pm, Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. 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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11am - 9:30pm daily 20 W. Broadway 307.201.1472

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

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.

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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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.

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America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. $9 lunch menu. Happy hour 4 to 6 p.m., including tasty hot wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 265 S. Millward. (307) 739-2337, snakeriverbrewing.com.

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

Extensive local and regional beer list. Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. features blackened trout salad, elk melt, wild west chili and vegetarian specialties. Dinner 5:30 to 9 p.m. including

potato-crusted trout, 16 ounce ribeye, vegan and wild game. Reservations welcome. (307) 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.

(307) 734-8038 or bistrotrio.com.

ITALIAN CALICO A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965, the Calico continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of really good food, (much of which is grown in our own gardens in the summer), friendly staff; a reasonably priced menu and a large selection of wine. Our bar scene is eclectic with a welcoming vibe. Open nightly at 5 p.m. 2560 Moose Wilson Rd., (307) 733-2460.

MEXICAN EL ABUELITO Serving authentic Mexican cuisine and appetizers in a unique Mexican atmosphere. Home of the original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection of authentic Mexican beers. Lunch served weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nightly dinner specials. Open seven days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.

PIZZA DOMINO’S PIZZA Hot and delicious delivered to your door. Handtossed, deep dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style and artisan pizzas; bread bowl pastas, and oven baked sandwiches; chicken wings, cheesy breads and desserts. Delivery. 520 S. Hwy. 89 in Kmart Plaza, (307) 733-0330.

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

Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. to 2 a.m. 50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.

PIZZERIA CALDERA Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. 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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Real Ghosts Why otherworldly spirits hang around on earth.

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he new Ghostbusters movie has generated questions about the phenomenon of ghosts and sparked renewed curiosity about real life ghostbusters.

Indeed, there are many kinds of ghostly phenomena. They can be time-space anomalies, projections from the departed (who either need to communicate with earthly beings or are not yet aware they have passed), and even holographic images from other realities.

It is useful, however, to know that the alarming phenomena of slamming doors, windows rattling, and alarms mysteriously ringing are attributed to the work of a poltergeist; these are not the work of spirits who have passed over. They are considered to be unconscious projections from living people in that household.

And yes, there really are people who could be called ghostbusters. They have the paranormal ability to see, sense and communicate with a variety of ghostly phenomena.

Hard-headed souls Usually the reason someone’s spirit is hanging around on earth after she has passed on is because she has a compelling need to communicate to a living person. Typically it is something she feels emotionally distraught or incomplete about. A part of her emotional body is literally stuck here on earth. So the entirety of her soul cannot move on until there is a living witness to her story. Sometimes ghosts can hang around for hundreds or thousands of years in our time, waiting for the opportunity to communicate with the living. And sometimes ghosts keep appearing for centuries, apparently still not ready to move on.

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how they died because there has been some element of foul play or injustice related to the circumstances of their death.

They want someone to know the truth. This is why there are many hauntings clustered around the sites of battlefields where young people have lost their lives; locations where natural catastrophes instantly claimed lives; places where murders, ambushes, or massacres have occurred; and prisons where people have been tortured to death or wrongly incarcerated.

Not surprisingly, these are the kinds of locations where people who are no longer living seek to communicate and to be acknowledged by the living.

Spirits on Capitol Hill Over the centuries there have been many ghost sightings in and around the White House and the Capitol. For example, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln has been seen in his former bedroom in the White House. Reportedly, Winston Churchill was one guest who had an encounter with Lincoln’s ghost. Some people have reported seeing Washington’s ghost in and around his former home in Mt. Vernon.

Various folks have reported seeing the ghost of John Quincy Adams in the Capitol building, precisely in the spot where Adams had a fatal heart attack. Also in the Capitol building, people have seen the ghost of what they describe as an elderly foreign gentleman. This ghost has been identified by his clothing and appearance as Pierre L’Enfant, the French architect of the Capitol who, by the way, was never paid by Congress for his work.

Duties of an authentic ghostbuster People who are psychically gifted and able to bear witness to the message a ghost wants to convey provide a valuable service to that departed soul. Once heard and validated, the soul is released and is free to move on in its spiritual evolution.

When a ghostly phenomenon is a proven projection from another time in history or another dimension of reality altogether, we benefit by learning her story. Tales and experiences of the departed introduce us to realities beyond the current limitations of our physical senses. PJH

Most often ghosts want to let someone know the truth about

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

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REDNECK PERSPECTIVE SATIRE

Donald Me For Hog Island The mayoral candidate will build a wall to keep Westbankers out and promises to thwart plans for a new elementary school.

BY CLYDE THORNHILL

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he Hog Island political convention wrapped up this week with Donald Me claiming the nomination for mayor. Mr. Me’s campaign has been controversial since he promised to “put a wall around the Westbank, and to make them pay for it!” He referred to the Westbankers as “sushi eaters, latté sippers and organic juice drinkers who are infiltrating Hog Island and Hoback.”

He pointed to Natalia Macker, the county commissioner from Hoback who is an artistic director, Democrat, and a college graduate as an example of what can happen if we let our guard down.

“Even as I speak some in Hog Island don’t own a pickup,” he said. “Others have 10 or fewer guns and think they are armed!”

Mr. Me has claimed to be rich and, according to Forbes, he owns his doublewide out right. However, several collection agencies claim he is behind on payments for his 2016 Chevy one ton Silverado and a credit card bill for his last trip to Vegas. Mr. Me was also involved in a partnership that lost thousands in the subprime mobile home market and a strip bar that went tits up.

Me’s undisciplined style of campaigning has excited a base that feels threatened by the growth of the Internet, restaurants offering small plates, bubbly coffee and most of all, a new elementary school at Hog Island.

“An elementary school in Hog Island,” Mr. Me raged in one speech. “That’s ah, well,” he stopped and counted on his fingers and did some mental calculations, “first through fifth grade. That’s eight years too many of elitist learning.”

The first night of the convention Me’s wife spoke to an excited crowd. Ms. Me, a former Brazilian stripper, brought the crowd to its feet when she did a strip routine to Copperhead Road and chants of “Make Hog Island Hick Again” filled the arena.

She then enchanted the crowd with a speech peppered with inspiring and original expressions such as, “We have nothing to fear except fear itself,” and “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country,” and “Four score and seven years ago.”

Speaker after speaker took aim at Ms. Citation, Mr. Me’s likely opponent in the general election. They criticized her use of a private email

“Even as I speak some in Hog Island don’t own a pickup. Others have 10 or fewer guns and think they are armed!”

— Donald Me

L.A.TIMES “ART NOUVEAU” By Jake Braun

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2016

ACROSS

10 Pandora’s boxful 60 One going over the wall 13 Contemporary electronic music genre 19 Soup legume 21 Hematite or magnetite 22 Borneo sultanate 23 Prefer not to serve the drinks?

25 Melanin-deficient individual 26 What fits all, in ads 27 Prefix with ware 28 Pulled up a chair 30 “__ it!”

31 Aleppo’s land: Abbr.

32 Diane who played Flo in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” 34 Big name in game shows 37 Throat dangler 39 Apt wear when drinking gin cocktails?

42 Suggest 45 Highway through Whitehorse 48 Opposite of hence 49 Intro to economics?

50 Olympus competitor 51 Lover of Beauty 52 One on the run 54 ’50s foe of Dwight 56 Crew member 57 Pres. on a dime 58 Special area for booting up again?

61 Sound during cutting 62 Glue, say 65 Lost by design 66 It’s sold in yards 68 Scrapes and bruises, in totspeak 70 Rural skyline features 72 Falls for many lovers?

75 Eggnog topping 77 Doctrinal offshoots 79 Screenwriter Nora 80 Dillon of “Wayward Pines” 82 Garb for the Scottish seaside?

85 Old young king 86 It’s sold in yards 87 Schoolyard retort 88 Third __ 89 Many of its pieces are lost during play 91 Not likely to give up the hammock 93 Healed 96 __ Aviv 97 “Roots” writer 98 Old Toyota 99 iPad owners’ gatherings?

102 Puts away cargo 104 Noodle variety 105 Quite a 106 Poisonous slitherer 109 Antlered male 111 __ volente 113 Bars on a deli package 115 Penalty for forgetfulness, perhaps 117 Intolerant of 119 Lewd weasel relative?

123 “... if you know what’s good for you!”

124 Watch 125 Sure winner 126 Pretend to be 127 Prepares 128 Vito Corleone’s eldest

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10 St. __ fire 20 Promising, as mine walls 30 __ circle 40 Classic Fords 50 Hissing 60 6-Across, for one 70 Where Utah’s minor league Owlz play 80 French friend’s address 90 Like boring speeches, so it seems 10 French king 11 Spigoted vessel

to contact foreign nations such as Wilson and Teton Pines and made acusations that she engaged in secret negotiations about providing a consistent supply of nannies and landscapers at a discounted price. Mr. Me has ridiculed Ms. Citation because she lives in a single wide and drives a Ford instead of a Chevy. “What a loser,” he Tweeted. “Ford backwards means Driver Returns On Foot!”

In his acceptance speech, Mr. Me used technical policy terminology such as, “special, unbelievable, incredible, great, and strong,” to describe himself and “stupid, dumb, wrong, and bad” to describe Ms Citation.

It promises to be an exciting general election with critical issues, such as who had the most affairs, beer brand preference, and preferred caliber of elk rifle being the hottest issue.

PJH

12 Photo lab items 13 Network for hoops fans 14 Blue text, often 15 Significant anniversary 16 Group that controls film cartoons?

17 Greek known for paradoxes 18 Utah national park 20 __ Wolf, “Fiddler on the Roof” butcher 24 Bureaucratic tangle 29 Civic duty, perhaps?

33 Compilation 35 One of early Hollywood’s “Big Five” 36 Church official 38 Aptly named fruit 39 Live __: Taco Bell slogan 40 Bridge positions 41 Done with 43 Popular berry 44 Rain delay rollout 45 BBC sitcom 46 Caused 47 Patterns for moving supplies?

53 County counterpart 55 Insomniac’s prescription 58 Four-sided figures 59 Rent again 60 Like some garages 61 [I’m frustrated!]

63 Border on 64 Portable bed 67 Conviction, to a cop 69 Pea pod, e.g.

71 Layers 73 Waken 74 Pacing, maybe 76 Prepare for a road trip 78 “M*A*S*H” actor David Ogden __ 80 Coats for brolly carriers 81 Baseball family

name 83 Military subdivision 84 Considering everything 87 Pair 89 Serengeti speedsters 90 Owns 92 Easily damaged 94 “Ticket to the Moon” gp.

95 Appeared for the first time 100 Ancient scrolls 101 Mosque leaders 103 Paper borders 106 “Flow gently, sweet __!”: Burns 107 Escort 108 Cent 109 Browse the mall 110 Poi base 112 Scent 114 Area with moorings 116 Sock ending 118 Govt. subject of James Bamford’s “The Puzzle Palace” 120 “When Will __ Loved?”: 1975 hit 121 Botswana neighbor: Abbr.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Free your body. Don’t ruminate and agonize about it.

FREE YOUR BODY! Be brave and forceful. Do it simply and easily. Free your gorgeously imperfect, wildly intelligent body. Allow it to be itself in all of its glory. Tell it you’re ready to learn more of its secrets and adore its mysteries.

Be in awe of its unfathomable power to endlessly carry out the millions of chemical reactions that keep you alive and thriving. How can you not be overwhelmed with gratitude for your hungry, curious, unpredictable body?

Be grateful for its magic. Love the blessings it bestows on you. Celebrate its fierce animal elegance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The people of many cultures have imagined the sun god as possessing masculine qualities. But in some traditions, the Mighty Father is incomplete without the revitalizing energies of the Divine Mother. The Maoris, for example, believe that every night the solar deity has to marinate in her nourishing uterine bath. Otherwise he wouldn’t be strong enough to rise in the morning. And how does this apply to you? Well, you currently have resemblances to the weary old sun as it dips below the horizon. I suspect it’s time to recharge your powers through an extended immersion in the deep, dark waters of the primal feminine.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) An Interesting Opportunity is definitely in your vicinity. It may slink tantalizingly close to you in the coming days, even whisper your name from afar. But I doubt that it will knock on your door. It probably won’t call you seven times on the phone or flash you a big smile or send you an engraved invitation. So you should make yourself alert for the Interesting Opportunity’s unobtrusive behavior. It could be a bit shy or secretive or modest. Once you notice it, you may have to come on strong—you know, talk to it sweetly or ply it with treats.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) [Editor’s note: The counsel offered in the following oracle was channeled from the Goddess by Rob Brezsny. If you have any problems with it, direct your protests to the Queen Wow, not Brezsny.] It’s time to get more earthy and practical about practicing your high ideals and spiritual values. Translate your loftiest intentions into your most intimate behavior. Ask yourself, “How does Goddess want me to respond when my co-worker pisses me off?”, or “How would Goddess like me to brush my teeth and watch TV and make love?” For extra credit, get a t-shirt that says, “Goddess was my co-pilot, but we crash-landed in the wilderness and I was forced to eat her.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Of all the forbidden fruits that you fantasize about, which one is your favorite? Among the intriguing places you consider to be outside of your comfort zone, which might inspire you to redefine the meaning of “comfort”?

The coming weeks will be a favorable time to reconfigure your relationship with these potential catalysts. And while you’re out on the frontier dreaming of fun experiments, you might also want to flirt with other wild cards and strange attractors. Life is in the mood to tickle you with useful surprises.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You have a special talent for accessing wise innocence.

In some ways you’re virginal, fresh, and raw, and in other ways you’re mature, seasoned, and well-developed. I hope you will regard this not as a confusing paradox but rather as an exotic strength. With your inner child and your inner mentor working in tandem, you could accomplish heroic feats of healing. Their brilliant collaboration could also lead to the mending of an old rift.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

“Where is everybody when I need them?” Even if you haven’t actually spoken those words recently, I’m guessing the voices in your head have whispered them. But from what I can tell, that complaint will soon be irrelevant. It will no longer match reality.

Your allies will start offering more help and resources.

They may not be perfectly conscientious in figuring out how to be of service, but they’ll be pretty good.

Here’s what you can do to encourage optimal results: 1. Purge your low, outmoded expectations. 2. Open your mind and heart to the possibility that people can change. 3. Humbly ask—out loud, not just in the privacy of your imagination—for precisely what you want.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Millions of Pisceans less fortunate than you won’t read this horoscope. Uninformed about the rocky patch of Yellow Brick Road that lies just ahead, they may blow a gasket or get a flat tire. You, on the other hand, will benefit from my oracular foreshadowing, as well as my inside connections with the Lords of Funky Karma. You will therefore be likely to drive with relaxed caution, keeping your vehicle unmarred in the process. That’s why I’m predicting that although you may not arrive speedily at the next leg of your trip, you will do so safely and in style.

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

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You have just begun your big test. How are you doing so far? According to my analysis, the preliminary signs suggest that you have a good chance of proving the old maxim, “If it doesn’t make you so crazy that you put your clothes on inside-out and try to kiss the sky until you cry, it will help you win one of your biggest arguments with Life.” In fact, I suspect we will ultimately see you undergo at least one miraculous and certifiably melodramatic transformation. A wart on your attitude could dissolve, for example. A luminous visitation may heal one of your blind spots. You might find a satisfactory substitute for kissing the sky.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You have every right to celebrate your own personal Independence Day sometime soon. In fact, given the current astrological omens, you’d be justified in embarking on a full-scale emancipation spree in the coming weeks.

It will be prime time to seize more freedom and declare more autonomy and build more self-sufficiency. Here’s an important nuance to the work you have ahead of you: Make sure you escape the tyranny of not just the people and institutions that limit your sovereignty, but also the voices in your own head that tend to hinder your flow.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Be alert for white feathers gliding on the wind. Before eating potato chips, examine each one to see if it bears a likeness of Rihanna or the Virgin Mary. Keep an eye out, too, for portents like robots wearing dreadlocked wigs or antique gold buttons lying in the gutter or senior citizens cursing at invisible Martians. The appearance of anomalies like these will be omens that suggest you will soon be the recipient of crazy good fortune. But if you would rather not wait around for chance events to trigger your good luck, simply make it your fierce intention to generate it. Use your optimism-fueled willpower and your flair for creative improvisation. You will have abundant access to these talents in the coming weeks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) For many years, my occupation was “starving artist.” I focused on improving my skills as a writer and musician, even though those activities rarely earned me any money.

To ensure my survival, I worked as little as necessary at low-end jobs—scrubbing dishes at restaurants, digging ditches for construction companies, delivering newspapers in the middle of the night, and volunteering for medical experiments. During the long hours spent doing tasks that had little meaning to me, I worked diligently to remain upbeat. One trick that worked well was imagining future scenes when I would be engaged in exciting creative work that paid me a decent wage. It took a while, but eventually those visions materialized in my actual life.

I urge you to try this strategy in the coming months, Libra.

Harness your mind’s eye in the service of generating the destiny you want to inhabit.

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