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10 COVER STORY HIGH STAKES PRIMARY Why citizens need to show up and vote on August 16.

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When we are under the influence of this monsoon, the relative humidity tends to run a little higher than normal, and thus overnight low temperatures will be warmer than normal. When the air is very dry, without the monsoon influence, then we can cool down more thoroughly, when skies are clear overnight. Like it did during this week back on August 15, 1959, when it dipped down to a record low of 22 degrees.

Fast-forward 44 years, and on the same date, August 15, 2003, we had an overnight low temperature of 55 degrees. That was a record warm overnight low temperature for that date and a 33 degree difference between the coldest and warmest morning low temperature during this week. The afternoon high temperature on that same day in 2003 was 95 degrees. It was also the hottest record for that date, and for this week in Jackson.

NORMAL HIGH NORMAL LOW RECORD HIGH IN 2003 RECORD LOW IN 1959

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THIS MONTH AVERAGE PRECIPITATION: 1.2 inches RECORD PRECIPITATION: 3.8 inches (1945) AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 0 inches RECORD SNOWFALL: 0 inches

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August, on average, is usually is a little wetter than July, averaging 1.20 inches of rainfall. Most of that arrives as rain produced by afternoon thunderstorm activity. In most summers some of that monthly total will also be a result of the summer monsoon, which kicked in to finally give us a decent shot of moisture this past weekend. That is, the Desert Southwest monsoon, which brings moisture up from Arizona and New Mexico, producing thunderstorms here any time of the day. Our monsoon is no match however for India’s much wetter monsoon.

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THE BUZZ

Found But Lost Questions linger after Ohio teen spends 48 hours in the woods warranting a major search.

BY JAKE NICHOLS COMMENTS@PLANETJH.COM

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t’s a story with a happy ending. No doubt things could have ended much worse for Fauna Jackson, 16, the Cincinnati teenager who came to Wyoming and almost didn’t leave.

During the 48 hours Jackson was AWOL, speculation ran wild among authorities, searchers, and her friends and family back home in Ohio. Every scenario was considered. Nothing was off the table: bear attack, abduction, or simply a lost girl in the wilderness.

When she was found, Jackson did not look like herself, or act like herself. She had altered her appearance so as not to be recognized. She may have dyed her hair, though a park spokesperson now says it’s possible her hair was simply darker after she cut it short.

“We are so relieved, grateful and excited to find her,” said Denise Germann, Grand Teton National Park spokesperson.

“As for the details, our objective is to locate them and locate them alive. What she did in those days [she went missing] or why is outside the scope of our operations.”

Operations included a 115-member interagency search party comprised of park and forest rangers, Search and Rescue, sheriff’s deputies, Wyoming Civil Air Patrol, trained dogs, helicopters, and the FBI. Favors were called in and favors called themselves in to help, Germann said. She called it a success story of how the valley pulls together in times of need, and how the park’s list of allies and cooperatives can be counted on to rally at a moment’s notice.

Jackson’s parents arrived Monday to pick up their teen from the Five County juvenile holding center in St. Anthony, Idaho, where she was being held after a welfare check at St. John’s Medical Center.

The who, what, when and—thankfully—where have been answered in this story. It’s the ‘why’ that has left a community that hoped and hunted for her mystified.

After an extensive search to locate missing teen Fauna Jackson, found after 48 hours near the Snake River overlook, it is still unlcear why the young woman fled into the wilderness. Right: a photo Jackson posted on Instagram of her Wyoming reading material.

Gone in 60 seconds On Thursday morning around 8:30, the day Fauna walked into the Jackson flora and vanished, the teenager told her peers she was going off for a ‘nature break’ to use the bathroom. That’s the last anyone saw of her for two days.

Day one of the search turned up nothing—no sign of an encounter with a predator. Then a hiking boot was found. It was not the one she was wearing when she walked off the job, her friends said. Fallen from her pack in a struggle? Left purposely to confound searchers? No one knew.

The search grid was widened on the second day of the search, the perimeter expanded into the national forest.

Meanwhile, back home in Ohio, Jackson’s friends and family anxiously waited.

This wasn’t like Fauna, they said. The 10th grader was a straight-A student at Clark Montessori and president of the Vegan Club.

“I know her and I know this is not something that she would do of her own accord,” Chad Vahue, Jackson’s high school math teacher, told NBC affiliate WLWT. Tanner Yess, a youth leader with Groundwork Cincinatti, was with Jackson right before she went missing. He told media outlets later, “This, I don’t think anyone saw coming but right now we’re just relieved.”

Jackson’s stepfather, James Bennett, told authorities activity on her debit had ceased on the day she went missing. He and his wife were devastated and frantic, according to reports from WLWT-TV. Bennett said his daughter loved nature and was experienced in the woods—hiking and camping. Still, he wondered how long she could survive in the Wyoming wild.

There was no sign of trouble with the group Jackson was traveling with. Robin Corathers, executive director of the Cincinnati branch of Groundwork USA, told NBC News that Jackson worked hard and got along well with the 14 other youth in her summer program. “She did great work. She loved working outside, and demonstrated leadership potential.

This was unexpected and there was no warning,” she said.

A check of Jackson’s Instagram account turned up the usual. Regular posts documented her trip out West—photos from Yellowstone, etc. The last post, on the day before she walked off, was a selfie of Jackson with her peers along with the statement: “Last day in Wyoming is tomorrow. I can’t wait

to be home and see everyone. Today I am going to be blazing a trail, pretty siked (sic). I love you all a bunch and can’t wait to see all of you soon.”

If Jackson was looking to get lost, that Thursday was her last chance. Oddly, another Instagram post, uploaded just before Jackson left for Wyoming, included a photo of a book she was reading: A Lesson Before Dying. The Ernest J. Gaines novel centers on a man who struggles with the desire to leave his hometown for another state.

Many of these clues have trickled in after the fact—indications that Jackson may have pulled a Cheryl Strayed. Wild.

But nothing about her home life pointed to an unhappy teen looking to get away.

End game

After reports came in to dispatch of a young girl seen hitchhiking late Friday night, authorities focused their search efforts Saturday morning on an area near the Snake River overlook, about four miles from where Jackson disappeared while working with the volunteer trail crew near Triangle X Ranch.

Two park rangers and a sheriff’s deputy spotted a girl alone in the sagebrush. What should have been a joyful moment of relief, tears and hugging wasn’t.

“Fauna,” one of the searchers reportedly called, “Fauna, is that you?”

Jackson took one look at the uniformed officers and ran.

The teen had to be chased and restrained. She was transported, cuffed, to St. John’s where she was pronounced healthy despite spending two nights out in the cold with little gear or adequate clothing. She was questioned and transported to Idaho where the Five County youth facility is better equipped to care for teenagers in custody, according to Teton County Sheriff Jim Whalen.

Germann said a bill for the massive hunt has not yet been tallied. She expects one by the end of the week. She also said the teen’s family will not be asked to compensate authorities for the costs of Jackson’s search efforts, per park policy. PJH

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THEM ON US

By JAKE NICHOLS

Yellen gellin’ in JH Bankrate is calling the Federal Reserve party in Jackson “the most-watched economic confab of the year.” Their preview coverage of the upcoming symposium held annually at the end of August in Jackson Hole speculates Fed chair Janet Yellen could drop a bombshell while in the Cowboy State.

“Will Yellen surprise us at Jackson Hole?” read the headline for Bankrate’s economics blog. The topic of the Aug. 25 to 27 conference is “Designing Resilient Monetary Policy Frameworks for the Future”—an admittedly stuffy topic—but Yellen’s opening address on Friday is expected to be the highlight of the weekend.

Since 1982, the symposium has been used in the past as a forum for introducing policy change and the occasional rate hike. Many market analysts are predicting just that.

Smash 16 Tech geeks are all atwitter about HoloAnatomy. The new app from Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic allows viewers to explore internal organs, including the brain, in 3D from any perspective.

The app was recently named finalist for the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards, an international competition that recognizes the best in science communications. The event is co-presented by Jackson Hole WILD and WGBH Boston. The final event and awards ceremony will be held at the Science Media Awards and Summit in the Hub in Boston, September 20 to 22.

Dangerous water?

OK, that’s scary. ABC News put the creep on the E-coli found recently in Grand Teton geothermal features including Huckleberry Hot Springs, Polecat Springs, and Kelly Warm Spring.

The park presser from GTNP super David Vela read: “Due to increased evidence of harmful pathogens we highly encourage individuals to avoid contact with these waters.”

By the time ABC got a hold of the news, they ran the headline: “Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Popular Grand Teton Soak Spot.”

The microscopic Naegleria fowleri amoeba typically occurs in the Southern U.S., not the Rocky Mountain West, but sustained warm temps have caused the bacteria to show up here.

Park officials urge soakers not to let water in Kelly Warm Spring get up their nose.

To complete the scare, ABC closed the piece with: “The so-called ‘brain-eating’ amoeba killed an 11-year-old girl in South Carolina on Friday.”

Winter’s coming Too soon to talk about winter skiing? Never.

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s new 35-second tease for the upcoming winter season just dropped to announce their Auguist season pass sale. The vid will you make you powder sick.

BNQT, the global pulse of action sports, posted the clip and, after watching, we have to say we’re ready to grab our boards and hit the hill.

Ol’ Miss paraglider Davis Gray’s crash-and-burn off of East Gros Ventre Butte last week is making the rounds in his home state. The 25-year-old was paragliding alone in windy conditions without much experience. He crashed shortly after taking off and was hospitalized in stable condition with serious leg, abdominal and back injuries.

Mississippi’s Baytown Sun, Tupelo’s Northeast Mississippi Daily, and Jackson’s News 12 WJTV all carried the news. PJH

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By CHUCK SHEPHERD Frontiers of Fashion

As Americans’ fascination with guns grows, so, too, does the market for protection against all those flying bullets. Texan John Adrain has introduced an upscale sofa whose cushions can stop up to a .44 Magnum fired at close range, and is now at work on bullet-resistant window blinds. Another company, BulletSafe, recently touted its $129 baseball caps (with protection against the same bullets, but only in front)— though the company admits the cap won’t prevent concussions. The Colombian suit and vest designer Miguel Caballero offers an array of bullet- and knife-resistant selections, made with Kevlar and Dyneema, which are also used by clothiers BladeRunner and Aspetto (maker of “ballistic tuxedos”).

Notorious French derivatives trader Jerome Kerviel was fired in 2010 after his employer (Societe Generale bank) discovered that he had made unauthorized trades worth about $55 billion and then, by forgery and fraud, covered them up. In June, however, Kerviel won a wrongful-discharge case when France’s Court of Cassation concluded the bank had “no real and serious” reason to fire him.

Actually, the court ordered the bank to pay Kerviel about $500,000 in “performance” bonuses, based on the profit that his rogue trades eventually earned. Even though the bank had spent the equivalent of $5.5 billion unwinding Kerviel’s trades, they still made money (because, before the world economy collapsed in 2008, the derivatives business was very good). n Ronnie Music Jr., 45, won a scratch-off lottery prize last year of $3 million in Waycross, Ga., and must surely have thought he was on a roll—because he soon flipped the money into a Georgia methamphetamine gang. The “bet” went sour, and he now faces decades in prison, as he pleaded guilty in July to drug trafficking and firearms violations after his associates were found with $1 million worth of meth and a load of guns.

Government in Action

Montpelier, Vt., has one solution to America’s well-known problem of ignoring infrastructure maintenance (and the high cost of asphalt). While other cities and states merely delay needed road work (though with harsh consequences to drivers), Montpelier has begun to unpave some of its roads, converting them back to cheaper, annoying gravel and dirt (and inevitably, dust). A recent report by Montana

n Phoenix’s KTAR-TV reported in July that the local sheriff (the notorious “tough on crime” Joe Arpaio) has already cost the government $10.4 million in attorneys’ fees for successful lawsuits filed against him by illegally profiled Hispanics. A judge found months ago (awarding $4.5 million) that Arpaio was deliberately violating the court’s orders, and lawyers have demanded another $5.9 million to bring Arpaio’s resistances up to date. (Unless the court rules otherwise, the $5.9 million will ultimately come from taxpayers.)

Latest Religious Messages

Last year, 3 million Muslims made the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca for the hajj and another 5 million for the slightly less sacred umrah, but awaiting them in the Saudi holy city would hardly have been the reverence many imagined: massive modern buildings; housing construction with worksites brightly lit around the clock; glittery, multistory shopping malls featuring familiar brands peddling opulence—capped by high-rise views of the city’s entire amusement-park-like setting from four- and five-star hotel rooms, where suites during hajj can go for $10,000 a night. (The malls, like the rest of Mecca, come to a standstill—or kneel-still—for prayers.) n A Fargo, N.D., fire official said in July his crew had responded at least twice to alarmed-citizen phone calls to go help a man obviously homeless, covered in a blanket on a park bench, who seemed not to be moving. The First Lutheran Church later explained that the “man” was just a statue—their idea of Jesus as a homeless man—and its Canadian designer said versions of the statue had been placed in several cities, including Toronto and Detroit.

Perspective

Almost half of all produce raised by U.S. farmers is thrown out before it reaches a consumer’s plate, and though there are several contributing explanations, the most striking is American eaters’ “cult of perfection.” “It’s about blemish-free produce,” said one farmer, e.g., “sunburnt cauliflower” or table grapes not quite “wedge-shaped” enough. America’s “unyielding cosmetic standards,” according to a July report in The Guardian of London, even means that much of the annual $160 billion worth of imperfect food is simply left to rot on the vine, or sent directly to a landfill, because farmers anticipate retailers’ reluctance to stock it.

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Per Wyoming State Statute §22-2-112, the following departments of the Teton County Clerk’s Office will not be open to the public on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016 for the Primary Election: Vehicle Titles/Security Agreements and Marriage License issuance.

These departments will re-open for business on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016. Additionally, the Absentee Polling Site will close at 5:00 p.m. on August 15th, 2016, and will not re-open until September 23rd, 2016 for General Election absentee voting.

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High Stakes

Primary

Why citizens need to show up and vote on August 16.

T

he primary election is here and one thing is fairly certain, one thing we know: history says most of you won’t show up. The 34 percent turnout (Republicans always turn out in greater numbers here than Dems, by the way) of registered voters in 2014 was the best Teton County has managed in some time. In 2012, just 30 percent of registered voters cast their vote in the primary. Presidential election years, however, tend to drive better turnout.

Sure, a busy summer lifestyle makes it difficult to find time to vote. For this reason, primaries tend to draw hardcore party-liners, and those passionate about politics and the process. This year’s primary will be of local importance, however, to more than a few. Two county commissioner hopefuls will be sent packing—one from the Republican ticket, one from the Democratic side—the mayoral race will be halved from the four running, and one city council candidate will be trimmed from the field of five.

Then there’s the SPET item. Voters will be asked whether or not they want to continue to tax themselves a penny on the dollar at the cash register as the special purpose excise tax is set to expire around the end of this month. The sole item on the ballot for SPET is mitigation of Budge slide—the catastrophic, slow-motion landslide that condemned Walgreens and broke one butte home right in half. The disaster relief initiative is polling poorly so far with about two-thirds of respondents in two separate online polls saying they oppose the tax.

For more on SPET, flip to page 19.

According to the county elections office, absentee ballots have been slow to come in despite a new absentee polling site in the basement of the Teton County administration building at 200 S. Willow. Voters may still register to vote there and cast their ballot up until 5 p.m., August 15 for early voting. The primary happens August 16.

Mayor

The race for mayor will be a historic one. For the first time in Jackson’s 102-year-old past, the term for mayor will double to four years. Councilors will still serve two.

Proponents of the change say it’s necessary to provide the city figurehead with enough time to accomplish goals and provide stability. Opponents, however, see longer term limits as barring new blood and fresh ideas.

Mayor Sara Flitner may be a favorite headed into the primary. Incumbents are tough to unseat and Flitner is a public relations machine when it comes to campaigning.

As a PR consultant and lobbyist, Flitner knows well how to win friends and influence people. She has already shown the ability to amass a war chest, raising some $37,000 in 2014 for her first run.

Flitner is all about finesse. Her campaign mantras are polished and, despite her claims that she offers more than just slogans, she’s good at driving those home: “passion and compassion,” “collaboration and inclusion,” “action and traction.”

Flitner has done well to find her own stride and establish a mayoral style distinct from former mayor Mark Barron, who many believed groomed Flitner as his replacement.

The two have butted heads over more than one issue in the 18 months Flitner has led the town.

The mayor’s strengths may also be her weaknesses.

She is a trained mediator and brings facilitation skills to running a meeting—listening to all sides and finding the flow of a discussion. However, too much listening can lead to not enough doing—and the main accusation against the current administration is they have languished too long on too many things, including a two-and-a-half year marathon over finalizing land development regulations in downtown Jackson.

Flitner’s biggest threat? It’s probably Pete Muldoon, who has been cast as the anti-Flitner vote and a representative for Jackson’s working class people, many who are struggling to stay in Jackson Hole because of the valley’s housing emergency.

Mark Obringer is another strong candidate with a wealth of experience. The primary will likely pit Muldoon against Obringer as the most contested aspect of a tight race—assuming Flitner gets the incumbent pass.

“Mark O” has been bitten by the August election before.

It was the primary that did in Obringer’s bid for county commissioner in 2014—he was cut by a single vote. It may be the primary that could dog him again this time around.

The wildcard is Stephen McDonald. The unconventional candidate (he handwrites press releases and some of his ads appear to be the artwork of his kids) has improved dramatically since his 2014 bid for mayor, when he became mired in a personal rant against the police department. In two public forums to date, he struck a cord with many by blasting out-of-control growth using eloquent statements like, “I’ll get Jackson off the road to exploitation and back on the trail to preservation.”

Out of the four candidates, Obringer likely has more in common with Flitner than anyone else. Voters looking for experience will pull the trigger for either Flitner or Obringer in the primary. Those seeking change will tap the upstart Muldoon, who splits the vote with McDonald.

Muldoon needs a strong voter turnout next week, whereas Obringer figures to have a better shot with the hardcore party voters who traditionally show up in primaries.

If all four went head-to-head in November, Muldoon would likely win. Flitner and Obringer split the “same old, same old” vote fairly evenly, while Muldoon gets a bigger piece of the “shake things up” option, given McDonald’s poor polling and low name recognition.

Read more on mayoral candidates on page 11.

Town Council

Only one name gets shaved from the council race at the primary. For the rest, the August tally is little more than a beauty contest; though, historically, few candidates have managed to gain or lose ground significantly from what primary results indicated.

So the big question is: Who’s pulling up their yard signs on August 17? Let’s explore.

While it’s true, incumbents are usually fairly safe, that certainly wasn’t the case in the 2012. Newcomers Hailey Morton Levinson and Jim Stanford blitzed longtime incumbent Mark Obringer and seasoned veteran Steve Harrington in the primary on their way to office in November of that year.

Levinson was the top vote getter by far in 2012, and she has since gone on to become the current vice-mayor.

Stanford has transitioned well from political outsider to, as he describes: “One foot in new Jackson, one foot in old Jackson.” He has taken bold stances on several issues such as zoning for housing over commercial development, but is often the sole dissenting vote. Voters looking for change will likely opt for his brash, stick-to-his-guns style in the hopes that he can get something done with a different set of comrades in town chambers.

Challenges facing the challengers include Judd

Grossman’s task of proving he is more than a one trick malcontent pony raging against buses barging their way down his street. To his credit, he has not made START a main focal point. Instead, the musician and former publisher of The Planet has blasted the current regime for shifty tax hikes and out-of-control growth.

Jessica Sell Chambers is a gifted and poised public speaker who brings a background in the political field but no public office experience. She’s young and she’s female—two qualities that appear to be treasured in this valley by voters and party leaders. Chambers has ideas and could represent a shift in direction from current city hall should voters express a desire to rattle the cage like they did four years ago.

Anne Schuler brings an impressive background in the financial spectrum. She’s passionate about retaining the workforce before everyone simply moves away. She has some strategic ideas on fixing what’s wrong with Jackson and—unlike probably every other candidate—she does not have a day job to distract her.

But where Grossman has been hard-hitting in his criticism of the current regime and Chambers will likely benefit from the rise of Democratic-registered voters in Teton County, Schuler has the most ground to make up.

Town council candidates get into the knitty gritty on page 13.

Board of County Commissioners

Give incumbent Natalia D. Macker the “immunity idol” right off the bat. The Democrat was the overwhelming pick to replace Melissa Turley last summer after an impressive but failed bid at a state House seat in 2014. She polls well and has made an immediate impact on the commission by her decisive stance on numerous topics.

That leaves Greg Epstein and Sandy Shuptrine to battle for the other nomination to proceed to the general election.

Shuptrine has name recognition and deep experience as a former commissioner who helped craft the 1994 Comp Plan during her 12 years on the board. Epstein, who has groomed a robust campaign via social media and grassroots efforts, probably has the changeup vote should voters express a desire to clean house. His work as head of production for Teton Gravity Research will also likely garner him a younger following.

The Republican ticket features an old name and two new names.

Lisa deCosta, a former town planning commissioner, made a failed run at county assessor in 2010. Nikki Gill works for her family at the Jackson Hole Hereford Ranch.

The youngest candidate in any field, Gill brings mega name cache but will need to prove she is in the race for more than to simply do her family’s bidding. Trey Davis is the field’s wildcard. He is not currently polling well but has a genuine likability even if his unfiltered opinions come off like a bull in a China shop with their rawness. “I will speak my mind to a fault. I will say what needs to be said even if I have to hurt someone’s feelings to get something done that needs to be done; so be it, I will,” Davis said.

All the candidates, particularly Republicans, might have to explain why they seemingly put little faith in the 2012 Comp Plan during the League of Women Voters forum on August 4.

Gill said the plan has caused serious tension between town and county electeds and doesn’t think it does any favors for large landowners and faithful stewards of open space, like her family or the Lockharts, for example. Davis said the plan has “been really destructive” and needs to be revisited. deCosta preferred the 1994 Comp Plan, especially when it addressed more density in Hog Island where the 2012 plan does not. Macker, Shuptrine, and Epstein, however, expressed a desire to “honor” the Comp Plan when it came to resort expansion.

All candidates agree some housing density would be appropriate in Hog Island around the new Munger

Mountain school since town leaders gave the go-ahead for a sewer hookup there. Read more from the candidates on page 15.

State House, District 22

HD 22 covers northern Lincoln and Sublette counties and portions of Teton County including Hoback Junction and Wilson.

Marti Halverson’s stranglehold on the HD22 seat will receive some opposition this primary in the form of Bill Winney-R. Winney failed to unseat Democrat Jim Roscoe for HD22 in 2010 in a 2,545 to 2,068 vote. He again lost to Halverson for the same seat in 2012 as in Independent, 2,407 to 1,927.

Most recently Winney ran a distant third in a 2014 primary run at Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction behind eventual winner Jillian Balow-R and Sheryl Lain-R. Halverson has held the HD22 seat since 2013 Halverson, meanwhile, held off Democratic challenger Natalia Macker in 2014 with 62 percent of the vote, statewide, compared to Macker’s 38 percent, though Macker surprised Halverson by winning Teton County 749 to 570.

Halverson says she is a fiscal and social conservative who champions small government. She is a self-proclaimed “budget hawk.”

Halverson is also strongly committed to the Republican platform of taking land back from the feds and placing it in state hands. In fact, she is the chief sponsor of the RNC Lands Resolution.

Winney says, “There are three big issues facing Wyoming: Dealing with the large reduction in revenues, getting

Mayor (nonpartisan; 2 will advance)

Sara Flitner

Q: Leadership style?

Flitner: I believe in collaboration as a philosophical approach. Your view is weighed with others. I don’t

The candidate field on the GOP side is crowded with eight vying for the Republican nomination. When four-term incumbent Cynthia Lummis-R announced in November that she would not seek a fifth term, no less than 10 candidates filed for the seat from the Republican side. Eight candidates remain: Heath Beaudry (Evanston), Liz Cheney (Wilson), Sen. Leland Christensen (Alta), Mike Konsmo (Powell),

believe in agendas. All have the opportunity to come forward and solve problems with us.

Q: Taxes—SPET, general, lodging?

Flitner: We all love to hate taxes but I support all three.

Regarding SPET/slide, there is a clear danger to public safety and we need to protect infrastructure. There are homeowners and businesses up there that are hurting.

Visitors pay 60 percent of this tax. The Tea Party, Republican Party, and Democratic Party have all agreed to fix this disaster. That doesn’t happen very often. I’m excited about that.

I would have preferred SPET for our Community Priorities Fund also but I lost that battle. I hope you see that as what compromise looks like. We don’t have the resources we need to continue our current level of services. I will continue to support the lodging tax. It’s the tax we don’t pay.

Q: Housing—is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

Flitner: The housing shortage is real and it is heartbreaking. There are more people living in more cramped units. We all know that. I do think progress is being made. The Community Priorities Fund represents one of our ideas. It is not perfect but it shows ideas we have to stave off the biggest threat to our community and that’s second home purchases. I have confidence in this community and the hard work of the electeds so far.

Q: What did we learn from the just-completed District 2 zoning?

Flitner: We spent a year and a half listening to the community. You saw us pivot and shrink the lodging overlay. We dialed back commercial by 50 percent or more. I hope everyone felt included. If you didn’t feel listened to and felt we were not transparent, I would agree, don’t vote for me. You deserve to be listened to in my mind.

Q: START Bus ridership has stagnated. Is START an

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answer to traffic congestion?

Flitner: There is also Pathways. We just have to be honest. I am part of the problem when I drive in my car by myself. We all have to change our behavior, and also deal with the fact that it will be a little more congested in Jackson at certain times of the day.

Q: What is affordable housing and is it achievable in Jackson?

Flitner: I guess the banker would tell you affordable housing would be about three times your annual income.

When you think about what is the percentage of people in our community that can afford to pay three times, that percentage is dwindling quickly. It’s about a balanced functional community. I worry about the categories 1 through 6 that we all spend a lot of time talking about, but we are about to turn the page on a whole other set of professional people who may not be able to afford moving here.

Stephen McDonald

Overview Stephen McDonald says he never expected to be running again but one incident in particular has motivated him.

“I got fired up when ‘Think About It’ got started. They are asking for more development with some real hubris,” McDonald said. “We are over our carrying capacity, and it’s our turn to think about it.

“This town has made me and my children great. I’m going to be here for Jackson; Jackson has been here for me,” McDonald said. “But our town is under assault. We are at maximum carrying capacity. Trash is all over the streets.

Who else do we think we can we fit in here? We are selling out and visitors will see that. We need to respect our town.”

Q: Leadership style?

McDonald: I will be hands on. I’ve learned about command structure and authority. At a street level view, I’ve seen how this town works.

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Overview In Sara Flitner’s opinion, two years were not enough to implement her vision for Jackson. She would like four more to make real progress.

“I will be fair,” Flitner said. “Maintaining a strong middle class is foundational to our community.”

Flitner promises, as she did in 2014, an office of compassion, transparency and problem solving. She also stresses a pragmatic approach that represents openness and compromise.

“Let’s don’t tear each other down, let’s help each other out,” Flitner said. “We have our challenges and they are great, but we build each other up. We elevate each other in this community.”

U.S. House of Representatives

Paul Paad (Casper), Jason Senteney (Torrington), Darin Smith (Cheyenne), and Rep. Tim Stubson (Casper).

Cheney, who has to live down the perception she is an outsider, leads an independent poll commissioned by the Casper Star Tribune and Wyoming PBS with 21 percent of the vote. Stubson was the nearest competitor with 9 percent, Christensen had 4 percent and Smith checked in with less than 3 percent. More than half the respondents polled, however, say they are undecided. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 5.65 percent.

The Democratic ticket includes Charlie Hardy (Cheyenne), a former Catholic priest adamant about removing money from politics, and Ryan Greene (Rock Springs), a “Wyoming Democrat.” Greene backs Obamacare and opposes the transfer of federal lands to state or private interests. He is also an avid hunter and gun owner. Hardy lost a bid for U.S. Senate in 2014 after securing his party’s nomination with a primary victory over Al Hamburg, Rex Wilde and William Bryk. Greene is making a first-time foray into politics.

Lawrence Gerard Struempf (Libertarian) and Daniel Clyde Cummings (Constitution Party) are also seeking election. Struempf is an instructor at Laramie County Community College. He’s lived in Pavillion since 1990. He believes Wyomingites deserve a third party choice. Cummings has an admitted fascination with the U.S. Constitution since the age of 14. He supports Constitutional law, fiscal responsibility, and national sovereignty and independence. He lives in Casper.

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Sara Flitner (incumbent) Stephen McDonald Pete Muldoon Mark Obringer

education on track, and ensuring that Wyoming does not seek a tax increase as a fix for the revenue problems.” The former member of the Navy also called Halverson out. “I believe my opponent’s record is clear—empty rhetoric and harsh conservatism.” Winney says public lands should stay in public hands.

Halverson lives in Etna. Winney resides in Bondurant.

The Democratic ticket includes a head-to-head contest between Chris Christian and Marylee White. Neither has previously run for any office. Christian has pushed state legislature for marijuana reform as the former executive director of NORML. She says her main reason for jumping into the state Congressional race was to oppose the transfer of federal lands to the state. The 66-year-old was born in Lander and has lived in Jackson Hole since 1987.

She currently resides in Hog Island.

White is a fourth-generation Wyomingite from Greybull.

She moved to Wilson in 1983. She’s been a journalist and teacher, and has served with the nonprofit pARTners Jackson Hole. She currently manages the Old Wilson Schoolhouse. Like Christian, White is in the race mainly to oppose the Republican Party stance on transferring federal lands to the state. Candidates sound off on page 18.

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Q: Taxes:—SPET, general, lodging?

McDonald: I am emphatically opposed to all three new taxes.

They just feed the machine. By design, these taxes are meant to increase traffic and exacerbate our housing needs. I’ve had tough times in my life and I have had to cut back. Why can’t government do the same thing? New taxes have a habit of sticking around, and create a palate for even more.

And SPET for Budge? Who made the decision to put Walgreens in there? What the hell were they thinking? I’m sure all the big players in the valley got together and said, ‘We need to support the SPET tax,’ but I’ve only talked to a handful of people who are for SPET. Walgreens’ business model is to destroy local commerce like Stone Drug. And now we all end up paying for that… again?

Sara Flitner

Stephen McDonald

Q: Housing—is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

McDonald: We all know housing has been a problem. It’s been that way for a hundred years. I can definitely tell you both historically and with statistics, it is not going to be solved with subsidized housing. Subsidized housing simply creates segregation and inequality. I personally know people that have left their affordable home empty for years after moving away and going to grad school. Or one person who I know is renting theirs nightly on VRBO. And I just finished a ride-along with the Jackson Police Department and guess where the new crime hotspot is in town? The new [JHMR employee] housing complex. Government housing always attracts increased police response. Deregulation is going to be the answer.

Q: What did we learn from the just-completed District 2 zoning?

McDonald: I learned the town council doesn’t listen to the people. Everybody is upset about it. Between Walgreens and the Marriott, we are all getting blindsided by these huge government decisions.

Q: START Bus ridership has stagnated. Is START an answer to traffic congestion?

McDonald: I challenge anyone to say they ride START more than me. The only way we can make it more ride-able is to have less stops. Who rides the START Bus to check their mail or go buy a gallon of milk? It is impossible. It will take you three hours to ride to the post office from East Jackson and back. We need more direct routes and less stops. It’s painful to ride the bus in town. It’s a sentence.

Pete Muldoon

Pete Muldoon

Overview Musician and activist Pete Muldoon says he is fit to lead, something he picked up getting fellow band members on the same page for years. The ex-military man (he joined the military at 17 years old) moved around a lot before coming to the valley in 2000.

“Jackson is the only place that has ever felt like home to me,” he admitted. Although he has painted himself as a voice for locals, he says he is also not anti-business and pointed to the small business he owns.

“I don’t know everything, but I know where I want to go and I’m not afraid to ask directions. I will do my homework and you will always know where I stand,” Muldoon said. “I don’t owe anybody and I don’t have clients.”

Mark Obringer

Q: Leadership style?

Muldoon: I didn’t appreciate command structure when I was in the army. It’s not going to be my style. Understanding the issues is important. I’m not looking for a plaque on the wall. I intend to bring the people with me.

Q: Taxes—SPET, general, lodging?

Muldoon: Budge slide is a no-brainer. [Budge Drive] has to get fixed. We can point fingers all day long but it has to get repaired.

The sixth cent [of general sales tax] is also critical. Before we even get into housing and transportation issues and paying for them, we have rising services needs. I whole-heartedly support

both taxes. I half-heartedly support the lodging tax.

Q: Housing—is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

Muldoon: I’m very interested in housing. There is a reason we set a goal of housing at least 65 percent of our workforce, locally.

Studies show that a community fails when we fall below that level, and our community is slowly dying. We need to solve this problem. It’s an emergency. Yes, I think our local government should continue to build housing. But there’s no free lunch. If we want affordable housing, we are going to have to pay for it.

Q: What did we learn from the just-completed District 2 zoning?

Muldoon: I learned zoning is incredibly complicated. Landowners know it, but the average voter doesn’t follow it that closely. They need clear leadership and elected officials they can trust who will dig through things and come up with tools to help them.

Q: START Bus ridership has stagnated. Is START an answer to traffic congestion?

Muldoon: We need to increase the stops and make it more convenient. Look more at Pathways and biking. I was just in Amsterdam and there is not a car on the road. And they have a million people. I’m not saying everyone here should give up their cars—I’m certainly not. But it’s also better for the environment to bike or bus.

Mark Obringer

Overview Mark Obringer often points out his past experience—28 years in valley, 16 years on the town council and four on the planning commission under seven different mayors.

“We are reinventing town again and it seems to be a bit of a struggle,” Obringer said. “It’s not going to be easy but I think I can help. I promise not to use ‘planner wonk’ too much. Jackson is a community not a commodity.”

Q: Leadership style?

Obringer: I will be very inclusive. I will reengage the public with dialogue. It’s how we’ve handled the process that is mostly to blame.

Q: Taxes—SPET, general, lodging?

Obringer: I support SPET for the slide. Our friends and neighbors need our help. Those people have had their lives devastated. The safety issue is real. It also keeps SPET alive and it should.

I do not support an additional penny of [general] sales tax. I don’t see a plan for how it will be spent. The lodging tax needs more dialogue, and maybe the proceeds should be used completely for transit.

Q: Housing—is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

Obringer: Housing has always been an issue. It doesn’t mean we aren’t chipping away at it. I was part of the government that started the affordable housing program. We should make all new luxury homes in the valley come with a caretaker residence.

We should let private developers build housing above existing government space. And we should make the county do some affordable housing. They are 55 times bigger than the town.

Q: What did we learn from the just-completed District 2 zoning?

Obringer: Telling people what they can do with their land is incredibly difficult. We need to change the process and better engage people.

Q: START Bus ridership has stagnated. Is START an answer to traffic congestion?

Obringer: START could be more convenient. Maybe have smaller buses in town. That’s what we said we’d do with the last Comp Plan. But START has been successful. They’ve doubled ridership [since its inception]. We’ve talked about paid parking downtown, too, but we don’t do it because it’s such a cultural shift.

town

council (nonpartisan;

4 will advance) Jessica Sell Chambers Judd Grossman Hailey Morton Levinson (incumbent) Anne Schuler Jim Stanford (incumbent)

Jessica Sell Chambers

Overview Jessica Sell Chambers said she is about finding solutions rather than scapegoating any one group. She’s not afraid to stand up for what she knows is right. She lost her mother back East in a car accident in 2009 and was suddenly thrust into the role of caring for her brother.

She uses the experience as an example of what it was like for her to make a new home, a new beginning in Jackson. “I know what it’s like to live paycheck-topaycheck, and be an outsider in a community,” she admitted.

“We have some very qualified council members and candidates,” Chambers said. “I bring a fearlessness, not recklessness. I bring decisive actions. Inaction is just as bad as failure. There are more voices that could be heard.

They could be better incorporated into decision-making.

I’m also strong on listening and communication. I’m accessible. I pick up the phone.”

Q: Traffic is bonkers. Any ideas?

Chambers: We need to address this along with housing and zoning and LDRs. Nothing happens in a vacuum. We have to attack traffic problems from many directions. In major cities, parking is made expensive to discourage car trips.

Jessica Sell Chambers

Judd Grossman

Judd Grossman

Overview “I am weirdly in love with Jackson. I live and recreate in town. I don’t view town as a crash pad or an investment.

It is special to me to preserve,” Grossman said. The 30year musician came to Jackson in 1980. He’s become increasingly interested in politics beginning with fighting START Bus on his street on Rancher. “I’ve lived here a real long time, and I have a historical perspective.

Government has a tendency to reinvent itself and go round and round again. I know what’s succeeded and what’s failed.”

Grossman says Jackson is maxed out with people and cars. District 2 zoning mistakenly expanded development rights, which will only add to the problem, he says. “More jobs worsen our housing crisis. The current strategy of low density is ineffective because we can only build a handful of units every couple of years. The town council is planning to double down on past mistakes.”

Q: Taxes—SPET, general, lodging?

Grossman: Taxes are a big deal. Tourists are also people and they don’t deserve to have their money wasted. I’m on the fence about Budge Drive. Town has done a lousy job explaining why taxpayers are responsible for this. I am also disappointed with the cynical use of SPET. It’s a shell game designed to kill SPET for now. SPET will be back and then your taxes will be at seven percent.

I would vote ‘no’ on the general sales tax increase. It’s a blank check for government. The transit plan and housing plan don’t lead to solutions. It’s a big money grab by local government. There is no guarantee that it will be spent on transportation and housing, and there is no chance that it will make a significant difference in our traffic and housing woes.

I vote ‘no’ for the lodging tax. If anyone has noticed lately, we are maxed out.

Q: Housing— is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

Grossman: We have too many jobs. That’s why we have a housing problem. The economy is superheated and all we do is help out the employers with housing? We are creating corporate welfare. Government’s role is to suggest zoning. Density belongs in the downtown core

Hailey Morton Levinson

Anne Schuler

Jim Stanford

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Q: Housing—is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

Chambers: The simple answer is the community should build enough units of workforce housing over the next 10 years to get to the stated goal of housing 65 percent of our workforce, locally. But we need to quantify what that looks like. If we’re currently housing less than 60 percent of the workforce, as per the town’s 2016 Indicator Report, how many people need homes to get to 65 percent?

Also, let’s focus on this idea of ‘keeping up’ with employment growth. There is only so much growth possible—and we need to stay focused on what’s creating

Q: How about ARUs and building higher, like four stories?

Chambers: Four stories is appropriate in some locations; near the new Marriott for example. We need rental units, which means we need density and four stories in some places. I’m a huge fan of the Comp Plan but we need to enable developers and make it lucrative for them.

As for ARUs, my husband and I plan on taking advantage of ARUs for the rental income it could provide for property owners.

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Q: Taxes—SPET, general, lodging?

Chambers: Not passing the SPET tax would be highly irresponsible. I would use the general sales tax to acquire land and continue to partner with other groups to build workforce residences, while simultaneously streamlining START service with the community’s developing needs and goals. Housing and transportation go hand in hand.

We need to address our housing needs short-, mid-, and long-term. People are homeless right now. They have nowhere to go. We need to mitigate that issue immediately.

the growth—is there a way to curb it?

Finally, we have surpassed the point of being overly picky about our backyards. Either we take action to fix the problem or we should stop complaining about it.

There are people suffering right now. Sacrifices will be needed across the board.

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where people can walk to everything.

There is unlimited demand for Jackson Hole. We are maxed out. In our Comp Plan, we could double population. We are going to have to hold on tight. We need to plan for buildout and hold on to the Jackson we know. We can’t have our dear things at 200,000 population. The way to deal with housing is create density and go vertical in the core.

Q: How about ARUs and building higher, like four stories?

Grossman: ARUs are allowed already in 70 to 80 percent of town. The discussion is now to extend to the outer parts. I’m totally against that. You will double or triple density and traffic.

Four stories? Of course, in the downtown core.

Q: Traffic is bonkers. Any ideas?

Grossman: Stop digging a hole. Focus on a walkable downtown core in my proposed workforce housing overlay. We are maxed out with cars. The elephant in the room is the only way to fix our traffic is to expand our roadway system and actually make our roads function.

And START is not an answer. START handles 1 percent of our traffic now. It will handle 3 percent in 10 years after we spend millions on it.

Hailey Morton Levinson

Overview Hailey Morton Levinson was raised in Jackson with her family in the hospitality industry. The incumbent believes that gives her a unique perspective of hard work and community values. She also thinks, at 30 years old, she represents the voice of her age group.

“I’ve led with an open mind, honesty and level head. I’ve gained invaluable insight in budgeting, planning, and more,” Levinson said. “I have a strong understanding of the issues facing our community.”

Q: Taxes:—SPET, general, lodging?

Levinson: I will vote ‘yes’ on each. Safety is a concern with the slide. SPET is the best option to pay for it. As for the general, we need to fund our community priorities fund. With housing, I struggled with using the general penny. SPET has been used well in the past. In the end I decided that a general penny was more appropriate when considering capital projects while also maintaining and operating these projects. SPET only builds capital. To make lasting impacts we have to operate and maintain capital improvements.

Yes on the lodging tax. Funds used are critical to operations, promoting the off-season tourism economy, and year-round employment and sustainability.

Q: Housing—is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

Levinson: Housing is something our community has always struggled with. There is a growing gap between what is affordable and what isn’t for most people. It will take the whole community working together using all the tools we can to keep diversity. We should add appropriate density, and we will certainly have to put our tax dollars to work for more affordable units.

Q: How about ARUs and building higher, like four stories?

Levinson: I voted in favor of ARUs. They offer blended density. Also, they are mainly attached units; you are not seeing a whole lot of new units. Therefore, neighborhoods won’t change that much. And it’s a self-

regulating law, meaning just because you are allowed to doesn’t mean you have to do it.

As for four stories, I am open to discussion. There are appropriate places for it.

Q: Traffic is bonkers. Any ideas?

Levinson: Alternate transportation works when we make it more convenient than a car and safer. We need more sidewalks, better START routes, better signage.

My family has one car. I walk pretty much everywhere.

Public transportation is expensive, yes, but we need more bus stops.

Anne Schuler

Overview “There’s a lot happening right now in Jackson,” Anne Schuler said. “I bring a positive, no-nonsense voice to leadership.”

Schuler references her business and finance background as being a key ingredient needed in town leadership. She also points to the fact that she doesn’t need the “job” of councilor, rather she feels an obligation to give back to the community.

“As an employer, I see the struggle to attract and maintain good employees,” Schuler said. “Also, I ask myself, ‘Would I have fun doing the job?’ There is a lot going on right now in the town. We are making important decisions on making our community more livable and vibrant.”

Q: Taxes—SPET, general, lodging?

Schuler: I do support all three taxes. SPET will raise $6 million needed to fix the slide. I would also like to see future SPET used for housing projects.

A one percent tax for our community priorities fund will come from 60 percent tourists. If we don’t like the results in four years we can vote not to renew. I would like to see a permanent source of funding for START. The lodging tax does a good job of promoting Jackson in the off-season. I would like to maybe see it increased [from two percent].

I would also like to explore a real estate transfer tax.

Q: Housing—is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

Schuler: The housing shortage is creating a lot of stress.

But I don’t think government should be building anything other than parking garages. We need to be opportunistic.

We need to build through the highs and the lows. We should be looking for ways to partner with private developers to build workforce housing, and increasing density in town where appropriate.

Q: How about ARUs and building higher, like four stories?

Schuler: I support ARUs. It allows homeowners to get additional income.

Ha, yes, build a skyscraper—a Jackson skyscraper: four stories. I think four stories could work where appropriate. The Comp Plan calls for three stories, max, though.

Q: Traffic is bonkers. Any ideas?

Schuler: Traffic solutions need to be integrated with housing solutions. We should push density downtown.

We should ease up on parking spaces. Maybe explore ride share programs. It’s hard to get people to totally give up cars.

Jim Stanford

Overview “I think people remember me from two years ago when I ran an unorthodox campaign with no yard signs. ‘You are the Bernie Sanders of Jackson politics,’ people said.

I take that as a huge compliment,” Stanford said. “I have one foot in old Jackson and one in new Jackson.”

The incumbent adds that his perspective as a 17-year boatman for Barker-Ewing, as well as a former journalist, helps him be uniquely suitable for a role in town leadership. “[Barker-Ewing] keeps me involved in our tourist economy, which I think is important. Our ecological legacy is important,” Stanford said. “I’ve had to make some pretty tough decisions, and I always try to be clear about what I think. I delve into the details of government.

I do the work. I come prepared. I bring a lot of ideas to the table.”

Q: Taxes—SPET, general, lodging?

Stanford: We are stuck with the tab for the slide, like it or not. It needs to be fixed and this is precisely the role of government. SPET is the least painful way for government to fix it. I would also like to point out that the tax rate will stay the same at six percent. This is not a tax increase even if the November [general sales tax penny] goes through.

I support the general penny. I think we can make incremental progress on housing. Transit also requires a substantial investment. The money generated by this tax is not a large sum of money; not with Jackson building costs anyway. And the notion that the private sector will build workforce housing is a fairytale. We need to put money into it. We need to crack down on illegal shortterm rentals.

I might be against the lodging tax, maybe. This place is overexposed and the economy is super-heated. I would at least change the distribution ratio.

Q: Housing—is it a big problem and what should government do about it?

Stanford: I moved here 24 years ago and housing was bad then, but it has gotten worse. I do think there is a role for government in this. Adding 20 to 30 units a year does some good. We are going to be a community of bussed-in people who serve second homeowners if we don’t do something. I live in a deed-restricted house and I wouldn’t be here today serving the community if not for that opportunity. It pays off for all of us in the long run.

Q: How about ARUs and building higher, like four stories?

Stanford: I did support action the council just took on ARUs. It works in Portland, Oregon. It’s a way to possibly get us more housing without sacrificing community character. It could also provide rental income for homeowners.

I vote no on four stories. The Comp Plan calls for three with a setback on the third floor. I uphold that.

Q: Traffic is bonkers. Any ideas?

Stanford: I ride my bike. A lot. It starts with changing our behavior. We have a town streets plan and a bike network. Public transportation costs money. START buses cost $500,000 each, then we have to pay driver salaries and ongoing maintenance. Connectivity of our road network is important too.

teton county

Commissioner

(4 candidates will advance) Greg Epstein—D Natalia D. Macker—D Sandy Shuptrine—D Lisa daCosta—R Trey Davis—R Nikki Gill—R

Greg Epstein—D

Q: Do you trust local government to responsibly manage the proposed 1% general revenue sales tax, and use it for housing and transportation?

Epstein: I do trust local government to make the right decisions with the Community Priorities Fund, and the public should feel confident because there are a handful of stop-gaps. First, local government budgets are part of the public domain and are easily accessible online or at the county and town offices for the public to examine.

Second, government officials are elected and can be voted out of office. Finally, if the 1% tax is approved, it will be up for a revote in four years where the public again can give it a thumbs up or down.

Q: What skills do you bring to the task of managing the county budget?

Epstein: At my current job as head of production at Teton Gravity Research, a large part of my responsibility is to understand, create and implement budgets for a variety of media proposals and projects. At any one time we have multiple projects in the works that require individual attention and action, making my job very dynamic. I manage a staff, hire contractors, permit land usage, arrange logistics, review progress and collaborate with many of our project stakeholders.

Natalia D. Macker—D

Q: How will you uphold the Comprehensive Plan?

Give us three strategies.

Macker: The Comp Plan is our community’s agreement on where we want to go. It was vetted through the public during the multi-year process leading to its adoption. It is a vision document while also being a snapshot of the time it was created. As a commissioner, I take seriously our role in implementing the vision of the Comp Plan.

At the same time, both elected officials and the public should consider some flexibility as we move through full implementation so we can get the best possible results.

We cannot turn a blind eye to changing circumstances, and we have public processes to utilize in vetting needed adjustments. The Comp Plan contains many instances

Q: Do you support building workforce housing in Hog Island? If so, how will you mitigate the impact on traffic and wildlife?

Macker: I am willing to consider proposals for workforce housing in District 7, but those proposals will need to go through the planning process and will likely need to include environmental mitigation. If we want to add density in the county, it is important that we don’t disregard our other community priorities. We must be practical about the impacts on the environment, open spaces, and the transportation network, and work to avoid sprawl.

The highway south of town is getting widened, so I think we have to consider what density will appropriately utilize that roadway resource. I want to try everything we can before we commit to widening more highways. Through the planning process, I believe we can address issues with wildlife through crossings, clustering and other tools as recommended by our environmental experts.

I want to emphasize that we have to be pragmatic and transparent as we approach issues that are important to our community. We need to make sure all stakeholders are involved in the process and that we don’t push something through that sacrifices our other community priorities.

Q: What will you do to fix the housing emergency in your first 100 days? People are living in their cars, in tents and trailers, and winter is coming. What are your short-term solutions?

Macker: We have to work as a team and a community.

This means the county working together with the town, the public sector working with the private, and our individual elected officials reaching out to all segments of our community. While implementing the long-term solutions within the Housing Action Plan remains my highest priority, we cannot ignore the overwhelming urgent need within our community. In the short-term, the county can consider a few things. Through our planning process, we can prioritize applications and projects that include affordable and workforce housing so we can shorten the timeframe for housing being built. I would welcome proposals related to short-term solutions from the public. I am open to considering temporary housing via trailers or mobile homes, but we have to find the right location and ensure safe, sanitary conditions. I also don’t want us to let a temporary solution hinder our long-term success.

Q: Do you trust local government to responsibly manage the proposed 1% general revenue sales tax, and use it for housing and transportation?

Macker: The county and the town passed a resolution pledging those funds to housing and transportation.

The additional general revenue sales tax pledged to the Community Priorities Fund is the most effective tool to accomplish the complex, nuanced goals in our housing and transportation plans because it is an ongoing, dedicated funding stream. The Community Priorities Fund

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Q: Do you support building workforce housing in Hog Island? If so, how will you mitigate the impact on traffic and wildlife?

Epstein: I am not in favor of the size of the Munger Mountain School for the Hog Island neighborhood.

However, now that the project looks to be approved and

Q: What will you do to fix the housing emergency in your first 100 days? People are living in their cars, in tents and trailers, and winter is coming. What are your short-term solutions?

Epstein: If elected, by the time I get sworn into office (January 3, 2017) it will be mid-winter and out of the peak season. Assuming the summer of 2017 to be as busy as the current summer, part of the first 100 days in office should be spent creating the procedure and the permitting process for people to live in their vehicles on public streets and parking lots, if necessary. In addition, the community should identify a location and procedures for an emergency employee camping site. Simultaneously, the electeds should be approving housing proposals that have been vetted by the Housing Board and planning commission, and pushing them toward the construction phase.

of compromise across our community, which means that there are inherently some contradictions within the Plan. It is the job of our elected officials to ensure we are moving forward on the vision of the Comp Plan but not letting any singular goal or interest group overwhelm the overall vision of the plan. Three priorities for me related to the Comp Plan include: 1. Continuing to update the Land Development Regulations, which are the “boots on the ground” implementation of the vision in the plan.

2. Working to accomplish our workforce housing goals.

3. Continuing to move forward with the implementation of the Integrated Transportation Plan, including pursuing the wildlife crossings.

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Q: How will you uphold the Comprehensive Plan?

Give us three strategies.

Epstein: Teton County’s natural and wild resources and the protection thereof should be foremost in our planning efforts. I support environmental oversight of our air, water and land quality countywide, and I believe public lands must remain in public hands. In addition, I support energy efficiency measures and waste reduction strategies throughout our community.

I support a cultural shift away from our over-reliance of single occupancy motor vehicles. START expansion, bicycle commuting on our pathway system, a Town of Jackson Bike Share Program and complete streets are solutions to help this movement. In addition, I support collaboration with WYDOT to look at innovative traffic mitigation solutions such as roundabouts and HOV lanes to keep traffic moving before we expand to five lanes countywide.

I support “Town as Heart” and complete neighborhoods that are accompanied by detailed transportation and parking plans. Through the new Housing Board and in collaboration with the private and business sectors, we should be looking to create stable housing by increasing our stock of cost effective and deed-restricted rental units through public and/or private development partnerships.

With the Wyoming state budget being cut and with 6070 percent of our community’s revenue coming from tourism, I support leveraging the four million tourists who visit Jackson Hole annually. Yes on SPET and yes on the Community Priorities Fund.

Our community should strive for the creation of a sustained year-round working population where the environment, people and businesses can thrive side by side.

town has allowed for a sewer connection, we should look to create a complete neighborhood with affordable housing. As we continue to strive toward less traffic on the roads, it is going to be crucial that we create basic amenities, expand the necessary START Bus service and slow the speed of traffic to help with wildlife interactions.

Furthermore, it will be important that children from Melody Ranch and Rafter J use the school bus to reduce unnecessary vehicle trips. Finally, with the right data and plan, the county may have to create some sort of underpass system to help with wildlife on South Highway 89.

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will be kept in its own line item through the accounting process so we can be transparent with the public. I will work hard to ensure the integrity of that funding so we are using it to address the community’s needs. The public money is all of ours. It’s also worth noting that the county is managing more than just the proposed 1% sales tax, so we need to elect leaders that will continue to uphold the open and transparent budgeting process for all public funding.

Q: What skills do you bring to the task of managing the county budget?

Macker: Managing the county budget is a collaborative process between elected officials, staff, and the public.

I have been responsible for creating and managing all production budgets at Off Square Theatre since I became artistic director in 2013. I work with each of our design departments and our director to accomplish the goals of the project without exceeding our resources. This is not just about giving each department a budget and walking away. It requires me to build trust with my colleagues so we can work together to maximize our limited resources.

It means including the team in the problem solving, so we can come to the best possible solutions. My first budgeting process with the county demonstrated how collaborative that process is as well. We are working with other duly elected officials, our department heads, and community organizations to make sure we are meeting the needs of our community while still living within the means of the public resources. I enjoy the process of working with people, and I have spent all of my professional life problem solving. I find that when we all come to the process with an open mind and ready to listen to each other, we are poised for success. Positive collaboration also means we have to know our limitations and be curious about what we don’t know. I have gained the respect of my colleagues and constituents for being willing to put in the time and effort to listen and learn.

While it takes collaboration to get to agreement on the budget, it also takes discipline to make sure we are maintaining transparency and accountability. During a fiscal year, we need to be able to respond to the needs and opportunities in our community. However, we also need to make sure requests for changes to our budget are transparent and that we maintain adherence to the process. Otherwise, we risk growing beyond our means.

Sandy Shuptrine—D

Q: How will you uphold the Comprehensive Plan?

Give us three strategies.

Shuptrine: The Comprehensive Plan is not “suggestions” for land use and development in our county, but rather the only county regulations authorized by Wyoming State Statute, available for development activity. It is based

Natalia Duncan Macker

on vision, goals and objectives worked on by the public, town and county elected and professional officials, and occasionally professional consultants, over decades. It has been recently updated, although not quite finished. I would uphold it by: 1. Understanding the updated version and helping to complete it. (approx. 175-200 pages, but have been unable to confirm online).

2. Reading all staff reports and asking questions regarding development applications. Getting answers before making decisions.

3. Listening to public and developer input regarding development applications. Deliberate respectfully with fellow commissioners.

Q: Do you support building workforce housing in Hog Island? If so, how will you mitigate the impact on traffic and wildlife?

Shuptrine: Until there is a development application brought forth, I would not want to venture a guess. There may be some possibility for ‘zone/district changing’ adjacent to the school site due to the existing mixed uses. Meanwhile, maintaining good relationships and communication with WYDOT are essential. I believe they have already moved a wildlife crossing planned for the area based on the school plans and may have added a turn lane to their highway construction plans. A majority of the Board of Commissioners must agree on any decision to be made. Good communication with the School District is very important as it appears they are asking town, county and state to assume financial burdens in order to construct the school in that location.

Q: What will you do to fix the housing emergency in your first 100 days? People are living in their cars, in tents and trailers, and winter is coming. What are your short-term solutions?

Shuptrine: Should I be elected, I would do my best to encourage focused, inclusive and timely decisionmaking in regard to policies and new approaches for the newly established Housing Department, if that has not already happened by January 1. Again, the board of commissioners and the town council must agree on a course of action. Although a drop in the bucket, I have requested that those wishing to financially support my campaign, instead contribute to the One22 housing crisis fund for the purpose of giving displaced families relief. Some of the summer crisis will likely ease once the summer high season passes. Not all seasonal workers are expected to become permanent residents.

Q: Do you trust local government to responsibly manage the proposed 1% general revenue sales tax, and use it for housing and transportation?

Shuptrine: Yes, because it is in the community’s best interest and that is what we are elected to

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represent. Earmarking the general revenue penny of sales tax creates more opportunity for dealing with declining state revenues in other budget categories. I do not favor perpetual governance via SPET because spending for the approved projects is constrained by exact ballot language and usually does not account for operations and maintenance for the approved facilities. It is also often a lengthy process for collaborating and agreeing on SPET ballot questions, involving town and county decisionmakers and other public service interests. For example, hospital, library, schools, START and much more. We have 30 years of approving capital projects (SPET) for our growing community and its needs. Now, they must be cared for and maintained over the long term as a fiscal responsibility of your elected representatives.

Q: What skills do you bring to the task of managing the county budget?

Shuptrine: Twelve years of successful budget decisionmaking for Teton County, as a former commissioner, and six years of budgeting, also utilizing taxpayer dollars, for the Teton Conservation District. This includes department, staff, facility and equipment considerations, as well as all program areas and partnerships to promote and maintain a healthy community. This is approximately a five- to six-month process. One must be present and participating in order to be constructive and successful.

Lisa daCosta—R

Q: How will you uphold the Comprehensive Plan?

Give us three strategies. daCosta: I am concerned that there has been the lack of action to build wildlife crossings, which were called for in the Comprehensive Plan to mitigate wildlife deaths on our roads. Sublette County has built very effective crossings, and we have not. Pushing forward to plan and build wildlife crossings on our major roadways is very important to me.

Q: Do you support building workforce housing in Hog Island? If so, how will you mitigate the impact on traffic and wildlife? daCosta: Yes. Hog Island is already a mixed-use district, with Evans, WYDOT, Weed and Pest, a number of home businesses and a long time trailer court along the river. Though there may be wildlife moving through this area, they have been migrating through these impacts for many years. WYDOT is already planning a road widening for South Highway 89, and now sewer infrastructure to the school makes this complete neighborhood an appropriate location for additional housing. Putting in wildlife overpasses as this complete neighborhood is built out would go far to meet the needs of the Comp Plan while also meeting the needs of the community.

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Trey Davis—R

Q: What will you do to fix the housing emergency in your first 100 days? People are living in their cars, in tents and trailers, and winter is coming. What are your short-term solutions?

Davis: The housing emergency will likely not be fixed in 100 days. If elected, however, I will strive to promote the purchase of trailers from oil/gas communities that are no longer operating, to afford rental options in town and county, for example START land, the fairgrounds, possibly a Virginian trailer park (public/private partnership) and/or the Stilson lot.

Q: Do you trust local government to responsibly manage the proposed 1% general revenue sales tax, and use it for housing and transportation?

Davis: It has nothing to do with trust. The county has no control over a natural disaster, or other shortfalls that may require some of the general revenue sales tax funding. If SPET was the tool, those monies would be segregated for the particular purpose of housing and transportation.

Q: What skills do you bring to the task of managing the county budget?

Davis: As an owner of a small business and as an executive chef of private restaurants and world-class resorts, I have been responsible for multi-million dollar budgets, been subject to severe budget cuts and strict financial management of purchasing, salaries and resources.

Nikki Gill—R

Q: How will you uphold the Comprehensive Plan?

Give us three strategies.

Gill: I think the Comprehensive Plan has prioritized land conservation at the expense of property rights and affordable housing. The Comp Plan attempts to preserve open space by zoning large parcels of land one house per 35 acres, which doesn’t do much to truly conserve land or provide affordable housing. I hope to create more effective zoning that enables us to build workforce housing, and protect both wildlife and open space. I will also work to incentivize land conservation easements that are fair to large landowners and cattle ranchers.

Q: Do you support building workforce housing in Hog Island? If so, how will you mitigate the impact on traffic and wildlife?

Gill: With a new school being built on Hog Island there will already be increased traffic in and around that area.

The county needs to begin to shoulder more of the housing burden and I think building workforce housing near schools makes a lot of sense. Town is limited by the space and availability whereas the county has more flexibility in regards to land and zoning opportunities.

Q: What will you do to fix the housing emergency in your first 100 days? People are living in their cars, in tents and trailers, and winter is coming. What are your short-term solutions?

Gill: I’m hesitant to support short-term solutions at the expense of us focusing on long-term solutions. I would however, look into converting some of the older, vacant motels into studio/efficiency apartments for temporary, seasonal employee housing. As far as long-term solutions, I believe that we can create more opportunities for affordable housing through better zoning, increased density bonuses, and clustering. The Comprehensive Plan identifies key receiving areas in the county that would be ideal for affordable housing projects, but they aren’t being used.

Q: Do you trust local government to responsibly manage the proposed 1% general revenue sales tax, and use it for housing and transportation? Please explain.

Gill: The General Excise Tax is a way for local government to collect money without the checks and balances that SPET provides. There’s no guarantee that the money collected through the General Excise Tax for “housing and transportation” will actually go towards housing and transportation projects. Instead the money will go into a general fund and can be spent at the discretion of the elected officials on whatever they choose, including salaries and additional staff.

SPET was created to provide transparency, and to ensure that local government had a clear plan in place on how it would spend taxpayer money. Since its inception, SPET has had a great track record and has been a very effective way of forcing local government to fully define the scope of a project and ensure that they are held accountable.

Q: What skills do you bring to the task of managing the county budget?

Gill: I believe my degree in business administration as well as my experience creating business plans and budgets in both an academic setting and in my family’s business will serve me well when managing the county budget.

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Q: How will you uphold the Comprehensive Plan?

Give us three strategies.

Davis: Flexibility in reviewing applications and in zoning with incentives for workforce housing; drawing other types of diverse businesses to the county other than hospitality/tourism; mitigate animal fatalities as traffic grows and promote wildlife bridges.

Q: Do you support building workforce housing in Hog Island? If so, how will you mitigate the impact on traffic and wildlife?

Davis: Yes, I do support building workforce housing in Hog Island. I will promote usage of school buses, support more START Bus options for the community and more signage/information to the public for migratory months to mitigate the impact on traffic and wildlife.

Nikki Gill

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Q: What will you do to fix the housing emergency in your first 100 days? People are living in their cars, in tents and trailers, and winter is coming. What are your short-term solutions? daCosta: The most immediate response would be to: 1. Change zoning in select regions of the county to allow for denser housing and to 2. work with developers who are already trying to build workforce and employee housing to fast track their projects. The planning and building department and county commission have been a hindrance to development with long, drawn out approval processes and conflicting requirements. We can make it easier for the private sector to start projects in the spring of 2017.

Q: Do you trust local government to responsibly manage the proposed 1% general revenue sales tax, and use it for housing and transportation? daCosta: I am concerned about how government will define what is “housing and transportation” since this is a general penny, and cannot be dedicated the way a SPET tax can. The resolution passed by the town and county is non-binding. Housing and transportation could mean more staff, not more projects. The ITP, for instance, calls for the creation of another department.

I am also not certain that the funding coming from the general penny will be sufficient to accomplish the goals. The expansion of just the START system as proposed in the Integrated Transportation Plan would consume more than half the funds raised by the penny annually.

Q: What skills do you bring to the task of managing the county budget? daCosta: Among all the candidates, I believe I have the most extensive skill set around managing the budget. I have 30 years of financial analysis and accounting experience, and 15 years of operational finance experience—meaning that I understand the numbers in the budget and how they translate into operations. I have direct experience budgeting for a $300 million business— substantially larger than the county. I understand how important it is to spend prudently, consider the return on investment—measured against the goals achieved—and report back to constituents in a clear and transparent way.

Trey Davis

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ideas of Milton Friedman and the privatization movement.

When will this idea die its due death? I advocate the most sound fiscal practices that even conservatives will agree with. Frugality and preventing waste. I am foremost opposed to the unrealistic projections of the state’s righters that the land won’t be sold. Now, why would we accept their word on that? Examples in Idaho and Nevada support the idea that these claims are meant to mislead simple people into believing that some of America’s land should still be gotten for free. Tell me again who the freeloaders in our society are?

It seems Wyoming is not good at accepting and adapting to change. Wyoming rates high in things we want to be low in—like suicide, and low in what we want to be high in—like educational achievements. Wyoming WANTS to stay behind the times and I find that extremely frustrating when we all know that we can’t stop time or change. We must adapt. We must innovate. We must imagine and experiment and create new ways to use our lands effectively and produce the goods that meet our needs efficiently, effectively and economically. We must Invent. We cannot languish in the glory of bygone days, which Wyoming loves to do to the point of soppy sentimentalism. Let’s live today in today, assuring a tomorrow for those who follow us.

Q: If elected what is your first order of business?

Why? Christian: If I am elected, I will be hands on and learn the job. I am not a politician and I’d expect to be given some minor roles while they “break me in” as a legislator.

I would be initially supportive of the Democrat agenda and ongoing legislative efforts to first of all, pass Medicaid Expansion because I see that, after the housing crises, as our community’s greatest need of all. Many of the Republican constituency also demand that we pass this legislation as soon as possible. I am happy to do the due diligence required of the job.

Q: What makes you qualified to represent your constituents?

Christian: My qualifications include serving in the capacity of manager or team leader and squad leader as a firefighter/paramedic for the City of Richmond, VA. I have managed retail stores such as Seven-Eleven and was the first female incident commander for hazardous materials ever hired by the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center (Chemtrec) in Washington, DC. For seven years I was a Girl Scout leader and taught first aid classes. When I returned to Wyoming in 1987, I determined to get a college degree. I studied psychology along with a second degree in anthropology and also a minor in North American Indian Studies. I was never employed full-time in the field of my degree choice and like so many of my compatriots, I have been active in my community as a woman’s advocate and worked with clients for the Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation part-time. I worked at Red Top Meadows and at the alternative high school before taking a position as a school custodian—a year-round job with benefits in Jackson. I was injured and had to stop doing that work so I have been a self-employed bookkeeper since. I have a paper route too. I have worked at whatever jobs I could find just to stay in the valley, finally comfortable with semi-retirement. I spent three years recently as the executive director of Wyoming NORML and received a great deal of coaching in the legislative process along the way. Lastly, I feel that I can be a positive influence on Wyoming’s future course because I am a forceful and informed opponent when the time comes for me to be.

I want the people of Wyoming to be served fairly and honestly and I’m not afraid of bullies. Some have accused me of having an abrasive personality—only if you rub me the wrong way

Q: Who should have control of public lands? Why? Christian: I am running on a strong opposition platform to block the passage of any bills that intend to pass control of public lands to the states. I cannot be forceful enough in opposing the sagebrush land grabbers that want to take our beautiful mountains, forests and streams to exploit them by mining, fracking, timbering and ruining our recreation industries for the sake of the Reaganomics

Q: What is Wyoming doing well and what does it need to improve?

Christian: Wyoming is doing and always has done the tourism business well. We draw a great many visitors but we’re not very outgoing in inviting them to stay.

We make people “tough it out” here and that’s a shame.

Ethnocentrism and xenophobia are definite drawbacks to progressive thought and action at the legislative level.

Chris Christian—D Marylee White—D Bill Winney—R Marti Halverson—R (incumbent)

Chris Christian—D

Q: Who are you voting for in the presidential election and why?

Christian: As a Bernie Sanders delegate to the state convention, I have struggled to finally reach the decision that I will support Hillary Clinton. That was not easy.

I don’t care much for Hillary, either. My main reason is because I simply cannot imagine DJT as POTUS without shuddering to my depths. I am a woman and a Democrat—vote for him? You’d have to kill me first!

Seriously, Hillary is the most qualified person in America for the job and I don’t have to like her to vote for the best thing that could happen to America: a Hillary Clinton presidency. I am a pragmatic realist. I have to accept what I cannot change... for now

Marylee White—D

Q: If elected what is your first order of business?

Why? White: I will work to prevent the transfer of federal public lands to the State of Wyoming, to expand Medicaid coverage, to preserve investment in education and to diversify the economy. My mission is to focus on core Wyoming values, the things that make life good for everyone in this great state: 1. The ability to support our families and ourselves including a quality education, a favorable business environment and affordable housing.

2. A balanced approached to preserving and protecting our wild places, safeguarding the needs of our precious wildlife and access for recreation.

3. Good health and access to the care we need to stay healthy.

Q: Who should have control of public lands? Why? White: Federal public lands are a national treasure. They belong to everyone in the nation and it should stay that way. Polls have shown that the majority of Wyomingites are against the transfer

Q: What makes you qualified to represent your constituents?

White: I know the people of the State of Wyoming. My parents grew up on homesteads near Medicine Bow. I was born in Greybull, graduated from high school in Worland, college in Laramie and worked for the state in Cheyenne before moving to Wilson 33 years ago. I have written about local government as a reporter for the Jackson Hole News and I’ve managed local organizations, first as a preschool director and later as a nonprofit executive director. I know the value of having a vision and a strategic plan to get things done when working with diverse groups.

Q: What is Wyoming doing well and what does it need to improve?

White: Wyoming has done a good job saving for the economic bust that we are now experiencing. We are required by our constitution to balance the budget, but we can use reserve funds to do it in a deliberate and humane

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Despite town and county support, will the public shoot down SPET in the primary?

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Q: Who are you voting for in the presidential election and why?

White: I will vote for Hillary Clinton because she has worked hard for children and families and she is the most qualified candidate.

Bill Winney—R

Q: If elected what is your first order of business?

Why? Winney: The reduction in revenues will continue for several years; the first order of business needs to be getting the expenditures in line.

premise that the federal government can do it better than the states. I don’t agree. I believe all states should control their lands.

Q: What makes you qualified to represent your constituents?

Winney: Extensive experience in leading people, 12 years observing and (in the past seven or eight years) speaking up in front of committees in public comment and in some interim hearings.

Q: What is Wyoming doing well and what does it need to improve?

Winney: Wyoming handles its infrastructure well.

Keeping taxes low is attractive for people and businesses.

However, the state has relied on federal mineral tax revenues far more than it should have. That must be brought down.

Q: Who are you voting for in the presidential election and why?

Winney: I support the Republican candidate, Donald Trump. He was a lot of Republicans’ first choice, he was nominated and became the candidate. We should get on with business.

[As of press time, incumbent Marti Halverson had not responded to an email questionnaire. -Ed.]

Q: Who should have control of public lands? Why? Winney: The people. The premise of those that want public lands to remain in federal hands operate on the

An aerial view of the Budge Drive landslide.

gallons of water in a tank up there.”

According to the Town of Jackson’s website, it estimates only a six-month taxation period to raise the $6 million needed to stabilize public infrastructure. Commercial property owners, the town claims, will not benefit from this public money. The town estimates that two-thirds of the revenue will come from visitors and guests.

Town councilor Hailey Morton Levinson says that the money has to come from somewhere. “If it isn’t passed, we will then have to use money from something else for the fix instead. Think [about] pushing back needed streets projects, other capital projects, adjusting water and sewer rates.” PJH A primary election forum on SPET is 6 p.m., Wednesday, August 10 at Teton County Library, followed by forums for House District 22.

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Facebook collecting responses from many electeds and candidates. Cameron, a geologist and former executive director of the Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition, supports the Budge slide SPET. SPET is the mechanism by which we can choose to tax ourselves for public projects that fall outside the normal operations of local government. The Pathways system is our gold star example. Other SPET funded projects include Energy Conservation Works, which installed energy efficient lighting, solar panels, and energy efficient devices throughout the county. SPET money helped Teton County Library double its size and attain LEED certification.

“I will vote ‘yes’ for this critical measure to keep our community safe, to keep our infrastructure from failing, and to avoid losing domestic water to all points south and west of the slide,” Cameron wrote.

One vocal critic of the 2016 SPET is town council candidate Judd Grossman. “I think the Town has done a poor job of justifying this SPET initiative,” he said on Cameron’s Facebook page. “If it’s an emergency, why wasn’t it fixed immediately? If there is an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic flood why aren’t we taking steps to make sure that we are confident in the earthquake shut off system that is installed on the water tank?”

Mayoral candidate Stephen McDonald opposes the SPET tax altogether, and particularly for Budge slide clean-up. “Town created this problem,” McDonald said. “It was in greed and deceit that this happened.”

The 2016 SPET money would pay to bolster the infrastructure repairs necessary to ward off disaster. The slide is still moving—one-quarter inch each month. A U.S. Geological Survey indicates there is still a possibility of “catastrophic” failure of the hillside, which could damage a water main, leading to floods, water outage, sewer destabilization, and a giant hole in the middle of West Broadway.

“It is imperative that we take corrective efforts,” Cameron told The Planet. “There are several million

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At first glance, you’d think the proposed specific purpose excise tax, or SPET, to shore up the West Broadway landslide— or Budge slide—was a slam dunk.

Town and county officials all support it, and the majority of candidates for town and county office say “yes” as well.

Mayoral candidate Pete Muldoon calls it a no-brainer, and Mayor Sara Flitner believes, “Yes, we have to fix it for public safety concerns.”

However, voters may think differently, at least according to two separate polls. As of press time, 78 percent of people who responded to a local online newspaper poll indicated it is not a proper use of SPET money. Seventy-two percent of respondents said “no” to repairing Budge with SPET funds on another local online poll, too.

Time will tell if these polls reflect how the public votes August 16. Online polls are easy to manipulate by deleting browser history. A computer user could vote multiple times as long as the website doesn’t recognize the computer being used.

Jackson resident Phil Cameron issued his own poll on

way without abandoning the most vulnerable people. The current downturn demonstrates once again the urgency that we fulfill decades of promises to diversify Wyoming’s economy and invest in the future. A 2015 study found that Wyoming has the second most volatile revenue in the nation. Despite decades of talk about the need to diversify our economy we continue to rely on revenue from the energy industry. Wyoming must continue to create a favorable business environment for innovative start-ups, new technologies and sources of sustainable energy.

We must create policies that discourage intolerance and discrimination to make our state welcoming to new businesses and their employees.

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of public lands to the state. We live in a state largely dependent on the mineral industry for income. With the US government covering the costs of administering federal land and the state receiving royalties from the mineral industry we have not needed to have a state income tax. If those lands are transferred to the state we would either have to sell them off to cover the costs or levy an income tax, or both. Western states have already disposed of about 31 million acres of state land. Once lands become privatized, access vanishes.

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PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTS RACES & CANDIDATES ORGANIZED BY PRECINCT | POLLS OPEN 7AM-7PM

There will be six locations 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.

ALL BALLOT STYLES WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION: SPECIFIC PURPOSE EXCISE TAX (SPET) Shall Teton County, State of Wyoming, be authorized to adopt and cause to be continued a one percent (1%) specific purpose excise tax (the “Tax”) within Teton County for the purpose of raising and collecting the amounts set forth below, the proceeds from which, and the interest earned thereon to be used and applied for specific projects, and to the extent necessary and allowed by law, the pledge to or payment of debt service and/or lease payments thereon: Proposition: West Broadway Landslide $6,000,000.00 for the purpose of stabilizing the landslide above West Broadway including acquiring land and/or easements, relocation and replacement of any impacted utilities, and planning, engineering and construction of a system to stop the landslide and restore public infrastructure. Any excess funding, including any unused contingency funds, shall be placed into a designated account, the principal and interest of which shall be used for the operations and maintenance of the public infrastructure in the affected area. (This project is sponsored by the Town of Jackson.)

FOR the Proposition AGAINST the Proposition

QUESTIONS? CALL THE TETON COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE AT 733-4430

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PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTS RACES & CANDIDATES ORGANIZED BY PRECINCT | POLLS OPEN 7AM-7PM

NAMES OF ALL CANDIDATES WILL BE ROTATED ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS AND WILL NOT ALWAYS APPEAR IN THE ORDER INDICATED BELOW:

HOUSE DISTRICT #16, SENATE DISTRICT #17 *1-2 Mid East Jackson, 1-5 Mid-West Jackson, 1-6 Cottonwood Park,1-8 East Jackson, 1-9 West Jackson DE M O CR AT: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): RYAN GREENE CHARLIE HARDY STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 16 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): MIKE GIERAU COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): NATALIA D. MACKER SANDY SHUPTRINE GREG EPSTEIN

STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 16– 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1):

COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): CONSTITUTION : U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): DANIEL CLYDE CUMMINGS STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 16 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): N ON PARTISIAN : MAYOR TOWN OF JACKSON – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): SARA FLITNER STEPHEN MCDONALD PETE MULDOON MARK OBRINGER TOWN COUNCIL TOWN OF JACKSON – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): HAILEY MORTON LEVINSON JIM STANFORD JUDD GROSSMAN JESSICA SELL CHAMBERS ANNE SCHULER

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COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): LISA M. DACOSTA NIKKI GILL MARVIN “TREY” DAVIS III

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LIBERTARIAN: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): LAWRENCE GERARD STRUEMPF

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HOUSE DISTRICT #22, SENATE DISTRICT #16 1-10 South Hoback, 4-1 Wilson South, 4-3 Wilson North DEMO CR AT: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): RYAN GREENE CHARLIE HARDY

STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 22 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): MARTI HALVERSON BILL WINNEY

STATE SENATOR SENATE DISTRICT 16 – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): RICHARD KUSABA

COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): LISA M. DACOSTA NIKKI GILL MARVIN “TREY” DAVIS III

STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 22 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): CHRIS CHRISTIAN MARYLEE WHITE COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): NATALIA D. MACKER SANDY SHUPTRINE GREG EPSTEIN R E P U BL I CA N: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): HEATH BEAUDRY LIZ CHENEY LELAND CHRISTENSEN MIKE KONSMO PAUL PAAD REX RAMMELL* JASON ADAM SENTENEY DARIN SMITH TIM STUBSON *REX RAMMELL HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE RACE STATE SENATOR SENATE DISTRICT 16 – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): DAN DOCKSTADER

LIBERTARIAN: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): LAWRENCE GERARD STRUEMPF STATE SENATOR SENATE DISTRICT 16 – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 22 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): CONSTITUTION : U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): DANIEL CLYDE CUMMINGS STATE SENATOR SENATE DISTRICT 16 – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 22 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2):

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HOUSE DISTRICT #23, SENATE DISTRICT #17 COUNTY PRECINCTS: 1-1 South of Jackson, 1-3 Skyline/ Hi-Country/Gros Ventre Butte, 1-7 Rafter J, 2-1 Kelly/ Moose/Airport, 3-1 Moran, 4-2 Moose/Wilson Rd, 4-4 Teton Village/Moose Wilson Rd, 5-1 Alta DE M O CR AT: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): RYAN GREENE CHARLIE HARDY STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): ANDY SCHWARTZ COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): NATALIA D. MACKER SANDY SHUPTRINE GREG EPSTEIN

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TOWN PRECINCTS: 1-4 North Jackson, 1-11 Indian Trails DEMO CR AT: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): RYAN GREENE CHARLIE HARDY STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): ANDY SCHWARTZ COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): NATALIA D. MACKER SANDY SHUPTRINE GREG EPSTEIN R E P U BL I CA N: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): HEATH BEAUDRY LIZ CHENEY LELAND CHRISTENSEN MIKE KONSMO PAUL PAAD REX RAMMELL* JASON ADAM SENTENEY DARIN SMITH TIM STUBSON *REX RAMMELL HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE RACE STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): LISA M. DACOSTA NIKKI GILL MARVIN “TREY” DAVIS III

LIBERTARIAN: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): LAWRENCE GERARD STRUEMPF STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): CONSTITUTION : U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): DANIEL CLYDE CUMMINGS STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23 – 2 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): COUNTY COMMISSIONER – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): N ON PARTISAN : MAYOR TOWN OF JACKSON – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE (1): STEPHEN MCDONALD PETE MULDOON MARK OBRINGER SARA FLITNER TOWN COUNCIL TOWN OF JACKSON – 4 YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2): JIM STANFORD JUDD GROSSMAN JESSICA SELL CHAMBERS ANNE SCHULER HAILEY MORTON LEVINSON

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THIS WEEK: August 10-16, 2016

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10

n Primary Election Candidate Forums: SPET, House District 22 Candidates 6:00pm, Teton County Library Ordway Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 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 GTMF Presents: An Evening of Beethoven with Jonathan Biss 7:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $30.00, 307-733-1128 n JH Rodeo 8:00pm, Fairgrounds, $15.00 $35.00, 307-733-7927 n KHOL Presents: Vinyl Night 8:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500 n Isaac Hayden 8:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Songwriter’s Alley Open Mic 8:00pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n 8th Annual Bike-In Movie Series 8:00pm, Snow King Mountain, Free, jhpeoplesmarket22@gmail. com n Jenn Thornton 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Jeff Austin Band 10:00pm, Knotty Pine, $15.00, 208-787-2866

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11

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 American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n 11th Annual Targhee Music Camp 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, 307-413-1947 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Walking Tour of the AMK Ranch 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $25.00, 307-739-9025

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n JH People’s Market 4:00pm, The Base of Snow King, Free n Book Bike: Phill Baux Park 4:00pm, Teton County Library, 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 Tween Metalsmithing 4:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $22.00, 307-7336379 n Teton County Access to Justice divorce and child custody legal aid clinic 4:00pm, Teton County Access to Justice, Free, 307-734-9023 n 5th Annual Silicon Couloir Pitch Day 4:00pm, Center for the Arts, Free, 307-690-4818 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386 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 Age Friendly Jackson Hole 5:30pm, Senior Center, Free, 307-733-7300 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 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 Autism Series: Celebrating Neuro-Diversity 6:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Cribbage 6:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201

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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 Dubois Museum and Torrey Lake Petroglyphs Hike 7:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $55.00, 307-739-9025 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n 11th Annual Targhee Music Camp 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, 307-413-1947 n Friends of the Teton River’s Natural History Float 8:00am, Teton River, 208-3543871 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $4.00, 307-739-9025 n Nature Speaks Photo Journaling 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $260.00, 307733-6379 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 Photography Explorations 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $250.00, 307-7336379 n Plein Air Painting + Drawing 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $150.00 $180.00, 307-733-6379 n Walking Tour of Jackson 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free, 307-733-2141 n Lap Sit 11:00am, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 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

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Great Grass and Legendary Soul Targhee Bluegrass Festival outdoes itself for year 29; Curtis Mayfield tribute funks up the Center.

BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

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arghee Bluegrass Festival weekend is upon us. There’s not another event in the region that unites such a readyto-pick, family friendly, laidback, top-notch musical community quite like it. Twenty-nine years of tradition has set the tone, but with the return of David Grisman Sextet and Sam Bush Band after hiatuses, and only one repeat act from 2015 (The Infamous Stringdusters—this time featuring vocalist Nicki Bluhm), this year’s lineup has bonus appeal.

There are also some familiar players that are featuring new projects. Fiddler Sara Watkins, of Nickel Creek fame, will be supporting her third solo album Young in All the Wrong

Pokey LaFarge saddles up to Targhee Bluegrass Festival with vintage country swing on Friday. Then on Saturday fiddler Sara Watkins picks her way onto the stage.

Ways. You won’t hear as much of the innocence or as much fiddle playing, as she’s headed into folk, roots and pop-rock territory with fellow fiddler and the album’s producer, Gabe Witcher. At moments soft and eloquent, Watkins’ uncanny style floods emotion into this album along with guests Jim James, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan.

Speaking of side projects, Bluhm will be a resident featured vocalist of sorts. She’ll be lending her voice for the sharp-witted “acoustic mayhem” music of The Waybacks, who last appeared at the festival as Sunday headliners in 2010. Bettse Ellis, fiddler for the now disbanded hillbilly band The Wilders, has a new old-time duo with banjoist Clarke Wyatt, while fiddler Mark O’Connor returns with a family band.

As for festival newcomers making debuts, don’t miss an early set by Missoula’s The Lil Smokies. The band has been on a tear since winning the band competition at the 2015 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Kicking off the whole shebang is singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier, who is also teaching the songwriting class at Targhee Music Camp. She makes it worth getting there early for the 4 p.m. kick-off on Friday. Pokey LaFarge has been making waves for quite some time with a vintage country-swing bounce that will add a tremendous

amount of entertainment dynamo to the Friday lineup.

By my calculations, David Grisman last appeared at the festival in 2012 with his Quintet, this time bringing the Sextet. Regardless, it can be considered damn good “dawg” music that Grisman curates via folk, swing, bluegrass, Latin, jazz and gypsy that once included other Targhee alums Tony Rice, Mark O’Connor, Mike Marshall and Darol Anger. These days, the Sextet includes bassist Jim Kerwin, flutist Matt Eakle, percussionist George Marsh, and newest members guitarist George Cole and Chad Manning on violin, viola and mandolin. Yes, two mandolins, and that is part of his signature groove that you just don’t hear very often. Mandolins will grow exponentially for the traditional Saturday jam at the end of Sam Bush Band’s set.

Lord Huron is the black sheep, so to speak, of the Sunday lineup and perhaps the entire fest. Like Bon Iver or Jim James, he’s a fan of the reverb-drenched vocal tone, but unlike My Morning Jacket, he keeps a steady acoustic hand that equates to a folksy indie rock aesthetic that is paced a la M. Ward. In truth, though, he’s not out of place but rather a diversion from fast pickin’ grass, much like The Hillbenders preceding set will accomplish with the treatment of The Who’s Tommy, a double album rock opera that was released in 1969. Trampled

WEDNESDAY Ben Winship & Eli West (Warbirds Café), Jeff Austin Band (Knotty Pine), Songwriter’s Alley Open Mic ft. Mandy Rowden (Silver Dollar) THURSDAY Monophonics and Brian Maw Band (Victor City Park), Sneaky Pete & the Secret Weapons (Knotty Pine), Major Zephyr (Silver Dollar)

The B-Side Players transform Center for the Arts into a 70s soul haven Friday during a tribute to Curtis Mayfield.

by Turtles will close Sunday with some speed grass and a special chemistry that’s hard to define, yet it cannot be denied.

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Targhee Bluegrass Festival, Friday through Sunday at Grand Targhee Resort. All-ages. $79 per day, $229 for a threeday pass. GrandTarghee.com.

This B-Side is Mayfield The B-Side Players have instigated legendary Latin funk throw-downs at the Knotty Pine over the last dozen or so years. Largely flying under the radar compared to funk mainstream outfits like Galactic, they deserve as much respect as their home state of California has given them.

It fits like a glove that the nine-piece ensemble will be paying tribute to the great soul legend of Curtis Mayfield, and the Center will be an ideal venue to feel the funk. PJH B-Side Players: A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield, 8 p.m. Friday at Center Theater. $27. JHCenterForTheArts.com, 733-4900.

TARGHEE BLUEGRASS FEST LINEUP FRIDAY Mary Gauthier The Lil’ Smokies Pokey LaFarge O’Connor Band ft. Mark O’Connor The Infamous Stringdusters ft. Nicki Bluhm LATE NIGHT in the Trap Bar: Screen Door Porch ($5) SATURDAY New Reeltime Travelers Sara Watkins Steep Canyon Rangers David Grisman Sextet The Waybacks ft. Nicki Bluhm Sam Bush Band LATE NIGHT in the Trap Bar: Kitchen Dwellers ($5/advance/$10 door)

Aaron Davis is a decade-long writer of Music Box, a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, member of Screen Door Porch and Boondocks, founder/host of Songwriter’s Alley, and co-founder of The WYOmericana Caravan.

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SATURDAY Bootleg Flyer (Silver Dollar), Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra (Walk Festival Hall) SUNDAY Pinky & the Floyd and The Tiny Band (Village Commons), Open Mic (Pinky G’s) MONDAY JH Hootenanny (Dornan’s) TUESDAY One Ton Pig (Silver Dollar), Grand Teton Music Festival ft. Andrew Palmer Todd (Walk Festival Hall)

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SUNDAY Betse & Clarke HillBenders presents The Who’s “Tommy” Lord Huron Trampled By Turtles LATE NIGHT in the Trap Bar: The Hillbenders ($5)

FRIDAY BanjoBeats (Town Square Tavern)

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Creatures of the New West The Stable opens to showcase alternative art inspired by the environment.

BY MEG DALY @MegDaly1

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t’s unlikely that 19th century French painter Rosa Bonheur would have painted brassieres hanging from the antlers of elk, but who knows what realist animal artists were up to in their spare time. Bonheur is considered the most famous female painter of the 1800s, and her main subjects were animals. Adonna Khare, a modern day Bonheur, goes right ahead and puts the bras in—or panties, shirts, nose rings, or belts.

A new gallery on Jackson Street opened this summer offering contemporary animal art like Khare’s that would leave Bonheur slack-jawed. Animal and wildlife art has changed drastically in the past 150 years, and while some artists today continue the traditional realism practice, others have created a whole new way of rendering wildlife and environment.

The Stable gallery, an annex of Visions West Contemporary in Denver, Colo., presents that new take on animal art. Owned

by Jeb and Nikki Todd, and run by sales director Kate Harrington, The Stable focuses on what Harrington calls “contemporary naturalism.”

“The artists we choose go against the grain of traditional animal art or landscape art,” Harrington said. “My goal is to present art that is more thought-provoking. We want people to experience a different interpretation of, say, a bison.”

Khare, for instance, creates largescale charcoal drawings of animals, often crammed together on the paper. In one drawing a rhino floats by way of bunches of balloons and carries a few octopuses and several rabbits on its back. In another drawing, two moose gracefully don the drying brassieres, joined by a one-eyed owl, a spoonbill, and a number of ducklings, while off in the distance two tornados skim across a rising body of water.

With a recent one-woman show at the Boise Art Museum, Khare, fittingly, also did an artist residency two years ago at Teton

THE STABLE

n Nature Speaks Photo Journaling 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $260.00, 307-733-6379 n Elevated Yoga on the Deck 9:00am, Top of Bridger Gondola, $30.00, 307733-2292 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-7339212 n Yoga on the Trail 10:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n Photography Explorations 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $250.00, 307-733-6379 n Plein Air Painting + Drawing 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $150.00 - $180.00, 307-733-6379 n Toddler Time 10:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Walking Tour of Jackson 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free, 307-7332141 n Storytime 10:30am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n InDesign Fundamentals: Flyer and Poster Layout 2:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $130.00, 307-733-6379 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, 307-7335898 n Raptors at the King 5:00pm, Snow King Mountain, Free, 307-2015464 n Josh Riggs plays The Deck at Piste 5:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, n Kismet Fine Rugs Chamber Mixer 5:00pm, Kismet Fine Rugs, Free, 307-201-2309 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 Zumba 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307734-1535 n JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Monophonics w/ local opener The Brian Maw Band 6:00pm, Music on Main, Free, 208-201-5356 n Mix’d Media 6:00pm, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n Byron’s Guitar at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free, 307-733-4647 n Splash and Go Thursdays 6:00pm, Wilson Bridge, Free, 307-733-3270

In a place replete with traditional wildlife art, The Stable introduces a unique take on works dreamt up with the natural world in mind.

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“Most of my artwork draws a correlation between the human experience and nature,” Khare has said. “I use animals, nature, and other objects as symbols to convey our realities.”

Harrington says art at The Stable tackles different types of environmental issues in a creative manner. “We want to make people think and reflect on their lives.”

While an artist like Khare may address an environmental issue such as climate change through the emotions of the animals she draws, another artist may tackle an environmental issue through his or her materials.

Another might portray animals responding to changes in the environment in clever ways.

Belgian artist William Sweetlove comments on threats to clean water as well as the importance of recycling by strapping a PET water bottle to the backs of some of his animal sculptures. “Cloned Penguins” each carry a PET bottle.

Regardless of place, Harrington noted that artists are trying to address common themes. “Water is a worldwide issue,” she said. “Recycling is important worldwide. It’s bringing this global recognition to Jackson’s gallery scene. Art is such a universal thing.”

Animal art has come up in the world since Bonheur’s time, when painting animals was considered a lesser pursuit. But not all the art at The Stable is based on wildlife. Sandra Dal Pogetto uses various feathers in her abstract paintings, which call to mind work by Caio Fonseca. Grant Haffner’s road trip paintings

portray a happy vibrancy of the open road in geometric planes.

In all, The Stable’s roster numbers about 20 and includes Thomas Brummett, Poggetto, Kim Froshin, Haffner, Rocky Hawkins, Bayard Hollins, Khare, Wendy Klemperer, Charles Lindsay, Chris Maynard, Josie Morway, Brad Rude, Tracy Stuckey, Dave White, Justin Colt Beckman, Bryan Christiansen and Immi Storrs.

“I think environment plays a huge role in our artists’ lives and work,” Harrington said. “Artists take their surroundings and use it in their work. The energy it provides is exciting.”

Originally from New Jersey, Harrington moved to Jackson in 2010. She cut her teeth at Altamira Fine Art before moving to Denver to work at Visions West. She has become a devotee of Western landscapes and the West’s rich art history.

“Stiegliz, O’Keeffe, Hartley were all inspired by place and landscape,” Harrington said. “They laid the foundation for modernist work of the American West, and that’s what inspired me to dive into the more contemporary work of this region.”

Harrington pointed to The Stable’s affinity to nature, animals, and environmentalism that relate to the West. “But the goal is bigger than the West,” she said. “We want to change the discourse and put more of a contemporary spin on the artists and their art.” PJH The Stable is located at 160 S. Jackson Street and is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11a.m. to 6 p.m., and by appointment. Contact Kate Harrington for more info: 307-264-1553.

SEE CALENDAR PAGE 30 n CANDIDATE FORUM: Justice, Social Services, Equality and Housing 6:00pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hansen Hall, Free, 307690-5419 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n TGR Outdoor Bike In Movie Night 7:00pm, TGR Headquarters, Free, 307-734-8192 n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Summer Workshop Series 7:30pm, Riot Act, $5.00, 307203-9067

n Ian McIver 8:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Perseid Meteor Shower Celebration 8:00pm, Rendezvous Park, Free, 844-WYO-STAR n Chamber Music: Mozart & Brahms 8:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $25.00, 307-733-1128 n Salsa Night 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500 n Jenn Thornton 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n BOGDOG 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886

n Sneaky Pete and the Secret Weapons 10:00pm, Knotty Pine, $5.00, 208-787-2866

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n Fitness & Dance Classes All Day! 7:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 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

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n Portrait Drawing Club 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $10.00, 307-733-6379 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n Nature Speaks Photo Journaling 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $260.00, 307-733-6379 n Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival 9:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $79.00 $229.00, 800-TARGHEE n Art Fair of Jackson Hole 10:00am, Miller Park, $5.00, 307-733-6379 n MC Presents Art & Antique Show 10:00am, Teton Village, Free n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-7339212 n Festival Orchestra: Open Rehearsal 10:00am, Walk Festival Hall, $10.00, 307-7331128 n Photography Explorations 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $250.00, 307-733-6379 n Zumba 12:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n Star Wars Festival: The Force Awakens 3:00pm, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Electronics/Tech 3:30pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208787-2201 n Free Friday Tasting 4:00pm, Jackson Whole Grocer, Free, 307-7330450 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 - $45.00, 307-733-5386 n Whiskey Mornin’ Duo 4:30pm, The Deck at Piste, Free, 307-733-2292 n Alive@5: Wild Things of Wyoming 5:00pm, Teton Village Commons, Free, 307-7335898 n Friday Night Bikes 5:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, $10.00, 307-733-2292 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Music at the Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Dornan’s, Free, 307-733-2415 n Friday Night Meditation 6:00pm, Zendler Chiropractic, Free, 307-6998300 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307734-1535 n JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Byron’s Guitar at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free, 307-733-4647 n Papa Chan and Johnny C Note 6:00pm, Teton Pines Country Club, Free, 307413-1348

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CULTURE KLASH

Ranch Party Rogue A pirate radio DJ-artist takes on the LockhArt Ranch party from his mobile radio station.

BY MEG DALY @MegDaly1

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hat happens when a locavore ranch party hosts a pirate radio station?

Five hundred people will discover the answer to that question this Saturday at the LockhART Ranch party when a San Francisco artist parks his mobile “bomb shelter radio” station in the Lockharts’ hayfield.

Teton Artlab’s Travis Walker described former resident Josh Short’s “bomb shelter radio” as honky-tonk and post-apocalyptic.

Walker curates art for the party, produced

by Slow Food in the Tetons and now in its third year. The farm-to-table dinner takes place outside on the Lockhart property and features Lockhart beef barbecue, local veggies and local brews. The Canyon Kids will provide live entertainment, and Short, back for a four-week residency with the Artlab, will broadcast live before and during the dinner.

Short is touring the nation with his mobile radio station constructed out of the back of an old Chevy pickup truck, which he hauls like a trailer. He calls the project, “Lucille Valentine.” The “bomb shelter” reference has to do with the history of pirate radio, which got its start after World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War. Pirate radio

Get acquainted with the Lucille Valentine during the LockhArt Ranch party Saturday. stations are unregulated.

“When I bring the radio around it becomes very situational,” Short said. “The wonderful thing about radio is the opportunity to be the reporter on the ground. You can talk to people about what’s going on at that moment.”

Short refers to his radio broadcasts as performances, and he invites viewers and listeners to become part of the art. Influenced

by DIY and punk culture, he often uses castoff or repurposed materials in his work.

He co-founded The Cardboard Institute of Technology, an art collective focused on making art with cardboard and recycled materials. In one project, Short created an entire racecar course—and car—from cardboard.

“Josh has a unique way of engaging viewers with his art through games, music, and just having fun with it mostly,” Walker said.

“He will be broadcasting before and during the event and visitors will be able to check out his rig and maybe get on the air.”

Short says he has been picking up a lot of old rock ‘n’ roll and soul albums lately and that’s what he plans to play on Saturday.

“The reason I’ve been doing that is that I find there’s something really punk rock about it,” he said. “A lot of that stuff has all those old backbeats that punk music hyped up. Punk’s roots come from old rock ‘n’ roll.”

Short noted punk rock and slow food have more in common than people might think.

“Reclaiming something that’s rightfully ours, producing our own food, and taking control of our health. That’s pretty punk rock.”

During a residency in Kansas in 2012, Short spoke with a reporter about his musical influences. “I have a love of vibrational forces, and the great thing about metal

is that it really embraces that,” he said.

“There’s escapism involved in listening to metal for me—and American culture is big on escapism.”

Short riffs on escapism and other American themes in small and big ways in his art. He’s an artist for whom life and art intermingle. He has been on the road travelling from residency to residency for several years, never stopping in more than one place for longer than a few months. While he might escape being tied down, he also discovers aspects of America other people may never see.

“Wherever I am it’s going to be a little different,” he said. “You don’t know what will happen.”

After the Lockhart Ranch party, Short will set up shop in Jackson until mid-September.

He plans to broadcast from 10 p.m. to midnight most nights.

“People who are following the project can touch base as it’s happening,” he said.

“I’ve been running around amassing rock ‘n’ roll 45s and making soundscapes from old westerns and Godzilla movies. All these things are built into this performance.”

One way Short selects the music he wants to play is based in the function of a bomb shelter itself. “At end of world, what do you want in your bunker? What cultural memory do you want to keep? What can you build with?” PJH

The Lucille Valentine project will broadcast on 87.9 FM or 95.5 FM, and online at mixlr.com/bomb-shelter-radio.

The LockhART Ranch party is 5:30 p.m., Saturday, August 13 at the Lockhart Ranch.

Tickets are $45 at tetonslowfood.org.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13

n Fitness & Dance Classes All Day! 7:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n JH Farmers Market 8:00am, Town Square, Free, 307-413-6323 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n REFIT® 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Elevated Yoga on the Deck 9:00am, Top of Bridger Gondola, $30.00, 307-733-2292

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n Running Wild: Dick Jennings Memorial 5K & 10K Race 9:30am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, 307-733-5771 n Art Fair of Jackson Hole 10:00am, Miller Park, $5.00, 307-733-6379 n MC Presents Art & Antique Show 10:00am, Teton Village, Free n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival 10:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $79.00 - $229.00, 800-TARGHEE n Intro to 3D Modeling & 3D Printing 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $50.00, 307-7336379 n Hunters of the High Mountains 10:00am, Jackson Hole Historical Museum Terrace, Free, 307-739-9605 n Summer Reading Celebration 11:00am, Teton County Library, Free, 307-733-2164 n Free Family Concert with Jerry Hou 11:30am, Walk Festival Hall, Free, 307-733-1128 n Pre-Symphony Buffet 4:00pm, Alpenhof, 307-7333242 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 Music at the Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Dornan’s, Free, 307733-2415 n 3rd Annual LockhART Ranch Party 5:30pm, Lockhart Ranch, $45.00 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535 n JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Festival Orchestra: Shostakovich’s Triumph 6:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $25.00 - $55.00, 307-733-1128 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n Bootleg Flyer 7:30pm, Wort Hotel, Free, 307733-2190 n JH Rodeo 8:00pm, Fairgrounds, $15.00 $35.00, 307-733-7927

n Jenn Thornton 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n DJ ERA 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Kitchen Dwellers 10:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, $5.00, 307-353-2300 n Jameson Black Barrel Music Series 10:30pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14

n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Art Fair of Jackson Hole 10:00am, Miller Park, $5.00, 307-733-6379 n MC Presents Art & Antique Show 10:00am, Teton Village, Free n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival 10:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $79.00 - $229.00, 800-TARGHEE n Intro to 3D Modeling & 3D Printing 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $50.00, 307-7336379 n 2nd Annual Community Festival 12:00pm, Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church, Free, 307-733-2516 n JH Sports Chainless Bike Series 2:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307-733-2292 n 36th Annual Land Trust Picnic 4:00pm, Fish Creek Ranch, $50.00, 307-733-4707 n Timber Ridge Academy Curriculum NIght 4:00pm, Timber Ridge Academy, Free, 307-200-9564 n Sunday Summer BBQ 5:00pm, Q Roadhouse & Brewing Co., Free, 307-739-0700 n Concert on the Commons 5:00pm, Teton Village Commons, Free, 307-733-5457 n Jazz on the Green 5:00pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Free n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Music at the Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Dornan’s, Free, 307733-2415

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n JHW Kidlit/YA Critique Group 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, Free n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n Pam Drews Phillips Plays Jazz 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free, 307-7338833 n Summer Piano Concert 7:00pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 307-733-2603 n Bootleg Flyer 7:30pm, Wort Hotel, Free, 307733-2190 n JH Rodeo 8:00pm, Fairgrounds, $15.00 $35.00, 307-733-7927 n Festival Orchestra: Shostakovich’s Triumph 8:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $25.00 - $55.00, 307-733-1128 n The Center Presents The B-Side Players | A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield 8:00pm, The Center Theater, $25.00, 307-733-4900 n Jenn Thornton 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Free Public Stargazing 9:30pm, Rendezvous Park, Free, 307-413-4779 n DJ Simotaneous 9:30pm, Mangy Moose, $5.00, 307-733-4913 n Friday Night DJ featuring: Senior Hun 10:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free, 307-733-1500 n The Return of BanjoBeats!

10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Screen Door Porch 10:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, $5.00, 307-353-2300

Canyon Kids Embracing the geology and humanity found on a favorite Jackson Hole hike.

BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz

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’ve never known a bigger dork than Jackson Hole High School science teacher Andrea Overly. Although we haven’t been friends for decades, our two personalities mesh like huckleberries and milkshakes.

Both of us were raised in Jackson Hole, but were born on opposite sides of the country.

We also have a few things in common that appear trivial—we’re Andy and Andi; we were born just a day (and some years) apart—but have seemingly strengthened our bonds of friendship. Other friends have admonished us: we’re not allowed to huddle in a corner at parties quoting YouTube videos and making weird sounds; we actually have to talk to other people.

Since I’ve always had a fascination with the long lost history of the Hole, I was eager to yank Andi on a hiking adventure, recording our chats along the way. Since she teaches ninth grade earth sciences, we picked a hike up Death Canyon, an area ripe with geological mystery, and a place that has had a profound impact on both our lives while growing up.

There was no knowing how many times either of us had leaped from the massive jumping rock at Phelps Lake, how many birthday parties or family excursions had led us up that familiar forested trail.

Along the way, I asked Andi to tell me how our home valley was formed.

“A long, long time ago…” she began. “…in a Hole not so far away…” I continued. “…in a Hole that didn’t even exist yet, there were two tectonic plates that crashed into each other. And when two tectonic plates love each other very much…”

“They…”

“They make metamorphic rock!” she squealed in delight.

I had clearly forgotten a lot of the curriculum from (sigh) 15 years ago.

Andi continued the lesson as we walked, telling me about how the Teton Range rose from the ground as the valley sunk deeper into its shadow. Using terminology that I

Andrea Overly (a.k.a. “Ms. O”) points out some gneiss stripes on an adventure exploring Jackson’s geological history.

hadn’t heard since I was 14, Andi went into detail about foliated metamorphic rock, particularly her favorite type of rock: gneiss (pronounced “nice”).

“Nice!”

“Dude, it’s so nice…” Andi agreed.

Andi bent down to pick up a grey rock with white striations, saying it was one of the most common rocks to be found on the valley floor.

The stripes are created when heat and pressure are administered on parallel sides. We spent most of the hike keeping our eyes peeled for more gneiss.

“The cool thing about the canyon and Phelps Lake is that it was all formed by glacier movement, which is why you’ll find granite down here, when normally in our valley, granite’s found up high,” she explained.

The Phelps Lake jumping rock is an enormous slab of granite that was carried down with the glacier, the lake itself being the remnants from that glacier. Beneath the lake you’re sure to find even more granite, which is a type of igneous rock that was once melted down to magma, and then cooled, crystalizing the minerals trapped within.

We passed a multitude of tourists, smiling families, young and fit couples, older folks with walking sticks and bells. And as they took in the present-day sights, Andi and I were in deep discussion about the valley’s ancient history, which was visible in every direction, but required a trained eye.

Standing at the overlook, smiling and catching our breath as we stared out at Phelps Lake in the alpine breeze, a kind family from Philadelphia asked if we wanted them to take our picture.

“Of course!” we said in unison.

I know that many locals and “locals” (sideeye…) are somehow allergic to popular trials with tourists. But when you remember how old this area is, how much history is involved and how many shoes have walked the same trails over and over again, it’s hard to feel any sort of selfishness or entitlement.

Exhausted with our grueling, single milelong round trip, we decided we deserved a drink. Sitting on the Dornan’s deck, sipping on our ramshackle bartender’s margaritas, we stared up at the massive igneous rocks that we called home.

We sat in the smokey sunshine with smiles on our faces, two dorks, discussing life and geology, making weird noises. “Mlem,” Andi said, tonguing her straw. PJH

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Parental Payback A familial mountain outing of glory, defeat and swollen elbows.

BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS @ekoutrelakos

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hen I was a small child, the mere idea of hiking with my parents was a form of torture. A fourt-foot pipsqueak, I was dragged around through dense vegetation on myriad Teton journeys. The early morning dew covered my body in a wet, itchy mixture of plant matter and water droplets. Although my clothes eventually dried out, the soft squishing in my shoes throughout the day reminded me of those first hours of torture.

Now that I’m an alleged adult, I actually still hike with the parents in the heat of the summer. Though I seldom have days off, and one long day of walking each weekend is really all their old legs can handle. On one such hiking day, my father suggested going to Lake Taminah up Avalanche Canyon. I agreed but warned him that a large avalanche a few years ago had made the trail much more difficult than it was when he used to slog me up there.

“What do you think, I’m old now?” my father replied. “I’m game.”

So my mother, father and I commenced our journey from the Bradley-Taggart parking area on one warm mountain morning. We veered off onto the social path and began picking our way up Avalanche Canyon.

‘The parents’ walk along the shores of Snowdrift Lake while their daughter reflects on the pain of her hiking childhood.

During this time my father kept saying, “See this isn’t that bad! I can even still use my hiking sticks.” (The sticks, a new addition to my father’s hiking arsenal, mysteriously find a way to graze various appendages on my body when my dad is using them.)

A couple miles into the canyon, the walking life intensified. The trail turned into a mass of giant logs tooth picked on top of each other. My mother and I forced my dad to put his hiking sticks away, and it’s a good thing we did because soon after, we had to be nimble.

A large female moose munched in a clearing just ahead on a knoll. From the moment she saw us, her ears flicked back and her agitation ensued. The brown beast began walking towards us. Meanwhile, my parents looked at me like I was some sort of moose whisperer.

I envisioned a room full of angry siblings should anything happen to the bloodline. We carefully picked our way through a collection of deadfall and finally made it to the creek, which was a moose-free zone, but mucky. I walked atop logs over the muck when I heard a giant splash. It was not the moose, but my dad who fell up to his arm in mud. He writhed, attempting to release the upper section of his body from the giant mud pit.

When I finally saw his hand, I realized his palm had been slightly impaled by a stick in the mud. We performed some quick first aid and cleaned the wound when I noticed my mother, stalwart and without complaints, bandaging up a few small gashes on her legs.

The crew continued up into the abyss and finally got above the slide path, pass Shoshoko Falls and to Lake Taminah. The lake is nestled in the nook of peaks and whitebark, and while we were all wounded to a degree, it felt good to be there.

We wearily agreed we didn’t want to go back the way of the lurking moose and endless bushwacking, so the prospect of adding another 13 miles and coming out the south fork of Cascade seemed heavenly. I stopped for nothing other than to jump in Snowdrift and Kit Lake with dad. When we made it to the top of Avalanche Divide, we enjoyed our first actual snack break to celebrate life on a real trail.

Everyone was feeling the glory of the trail, soaking in wildflowers and enjoying sporadic berry patches. Then my mother got hungry and tired. She started worrying about things such as a ride back to our car at Bradley Taggart. At the forks, I offered to run out, get the car and pick up at the boat dock. At some point during this conversation, my father fell, walking sticks and all, hitting his elbow.

“Don’t worry,” he told me, “it’s just an olecranon bursitis from an inflamed bursa sack.”

I had no idea what that meant, but his elbow was the size of a baseball. He assured me he would be fine, and I left him on the trail with my mother to follow our set plan.

They were tired when I picked them up, but in good spirits.

“This has been a long day,” my dad said.

“We’re going to have to pop it.”

While many would be concerned if their father had a giant sac of fluid hanging off his elbow, I felt a sense of pride and accomplishment on the way home. Finally, I had made my parents tired from hiking, enabled them to experience those brief moments of glory—and payback—I once felt as a child.

Not to worry though—I tell them how much I appreciate my childhood boot camp quite often. PJH

n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307733-4407 n The Hillbenders 7:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, $5.00, 307-353-2300 n Open Mic 9:00pm, Pinky G’s Pizzeria, Free, 307-734-7465 n Hospitality Night - Happy Hour 10:00pm, 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 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 REFIT® 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Yoga 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Teton Plein Air Painters 9:00am, Outside, Free, 307733-6379 n Creative Construction 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $235.00, 307733-6379 n Deep Sea Artistic Immersion 9:00am, Music Wing of Center for the Arts, $425.00 - $475.00, 307-733-6379 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 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 8th Annual Global Economic Forum 12:00pm, Snow King Resort, $25.00, 307-201-2309 n Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025

n InDesign Fundamentals: Flyer and Poster Layout 2:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $130.00, 307733-6379 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 Josh Riggs plays The Deck at Piste 5:00pm, The Deck at Piste, Free, 307-733-2292 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 DIY Video Tactics 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $130.00, 307733-6379 n Cribbage 6:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n Structural Integration Is The Key To Enhance Your Athletic Performance 7:00pm, Medicine Wheel Wellness, $10.00, 307-699-7480 n Inside the Music: Songs Without Words 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 Jack Nelson Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207

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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 Creative Construction 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $235.00, 307733-6379 n Deep Sea Artistic Immersion 9:00am, Music Wing of Center for the Arts, $425.00 - $475.00, 307-733-6379 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 Kinderclay 11:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $100.00 $120.00, 307-733-6379 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, 208-787-2201 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 Preserving the Harvest 5:30pm, Moose Creek Ranch, $35.00 - $60.00, 208-346-8639

n JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornan’s, Free, 307733-2415 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 Timber Ridge Academy Curriculum NIght 7:00pm, Timber Ridge Academy, Free, 307-200-9564 n David Cattani Duo 7:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n JACK NELSON BAND Million Dollar Cowboy Bar,

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

Italy’s Signature Sparkler The affordable effervescence of Prosecco.

BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

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n last week’s Planet JH, I extolled the virtues of the venerable French Champagne house Moët and Chandon. They make terrific bubbly, and have for more than 270 years.

However, the cost of French Champagne makes it a luxury on a writer’s budget—not a common indulgence. So, when I want to sip sparkling wine but French bubbly is prohibitively expensive, I often turn to Italy.

Aside perhaps from Spanish Cava, Italian Prosecco is the world’s most well-known sparkling wine after Champagne. It’s an Italian white wine (Rosé is also produced)

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made primarily from Glera grapes, and is classified as either spumante (sparkling wine), frizzante (fizzy, semi-sparkling wine) or tranquillo (tranquil or still wine). The latter, tranquillo, only accounts for about 5 percent of the Prosecco that is produced, and is rarely found outside Italy. In addition to Glera, up to 15 percent of the following grapes can be used in producing it: Verdiso, Bianchetta Trevigiana, Perera, Glera lunga, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio and Pinot Nero/Pinot Noir.

There are two sub-classifications in Italy: Prosecco DOC (most of what is in the U.S. market) and Prosecco Superiore DOCG. It’s is a perfect way to get a dinner, party or picnic started, thanks in part to its low alcohol content—typically about 10 percent alcohol, compared to Champagne and most other sparkling wines, which run at least a couple of percent higher. That might not seem like much, but the slightly lower alcohol content makes Prosecco easier-drinking, less filling, and surprisingly food-friendly. It’s also a pleasing, light, simple wine to drink on the patio in warm weather.

Unlike what you might expect from other sparkling wines, Prosecco is typically more fizzy than bubbly. Indeed, the sparse bubbles tend to die out somewhat quickly, so the mouthfeel can be a bit underwhelming; it feels a little like last week’s Champagne on the tongue. But stick with it, because

the subtle effervescence—as opposed to the in-your-face fireworks of Champagne—will grow on you, as will the price. Most non-vintage Champagne sells for $50 or higher.

Prosecco, on the other hand, tends to top out at around $20, and you can find quality stuff for about $12. Also, vintage doesn’t matter; most is non-vintage and made to be imbibed immediately. It’s not something to collect dust in the wine cellar.

During a recent tasting of various Proseccos, I found the usual suspects to be very satisfying: bubbly from Adami, Bisol, Larmarca, Mionetto, Nino Franco and Zardetto, for example. But I was also impressed by some newcomers that I hadn’t tried before.

Chloe Prosecco DOC ($16.99) is made from 100 percent Glera grapes sourced from a handful of small growers.

Its fine bubbles burst

with fruity peach, white flower, and citrus flavors and aromas, with food-friendly crispness and minerality.

Italian winemakers since 1821, Zonin recently unveiled its “Dress Code” collection, sold in bottles ($16.99 each) the color of the three Dress Code wines: Grey, White and Black. Blending Glera with 13 percent Pinot Grigio, Zonin Grey Edition Prosecco is smooth, soft, and harmonic—a good partner for light seafood dishes.

Zonin White Edition Prosecco is 91 percent Glera with 9 percent Pinot Bianco, a blend that produces a crisp, floral and fruity wine that pairs nicely with shellfish.

Zonin Prosecco Black Edition contains 10 percent Pinot Noir in tandem with Glera, resulting in a silky, creamy, elegant sparkling wine that goes great with sushi.

I also really like the intensely fruity Tommasi Prosecco Tenuta Filodora DOC ($18)— 100 percent Glera with beautiful pear and peach flavors.

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Enjoy a glass of wine at the bar in front of the wood-burning oven and watch the chefs perform in the open kitchen.

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

ASIAN & CHINESE 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.

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

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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.

Downtown at 75 East Pearl Street. View our tap list at thaijh.com/brews. 307-733-0005.

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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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Serving the world’s most exciting cuisine.

Teton Thai offers a splendid array of flavors: sweet, hot, sour, salt and bitter. All balanced and blended perfectly, satisfying the most discriminating palate. Open daily. 7432 Granite Loop Road in Teton Village, (307) 7330022 and in Driggs, (208) 787-8424, tetonthai. com.

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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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

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145 N. Glenwood • (307) 734-0882

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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 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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Napolitana-style Pizza, panini, pasta, salad, beer wine. Order online at PizzeriaCaldera.com

11am - 9:30pm daily 20 W. Broadway 307.201.1472

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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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4125 S. Pub Place, Jackson 307-732-BIRD Thebirdinjackson.com

BLUE LION

160 N. Millward, Jackson 307-733-3912 Bluelionrestaurant.com

BUBBA’S BAR-B-QUE 100 Flat Creek Drive, Jackson 307-733-2288 Bubbasjh.com

CAFE GENEVIEVE 135 E. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-1970 Genevievejh.com

CUTTY’S BAR & GRILL 1140 W WY 22, Jackson 307-732-0001 Cuttysgrill.com

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JACKSON HOLE PLAYHOUSE & SADDLE ROCK SALOON 145 W. Deloney, Jackson 307-733-6994 Jacksonplayhouse.com

KING’S GRILL

At Snow King Mountain 402 E. Snow King, Jackson 307-201-5292 Snowkingmountain.com/jackson-hole-dining

THE KITCHEN

155 Glenwood St, Jackson 307-734-1633 Thekitchenjacksonhole.com

NOODLE KITCHEN 945 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-1977 Noodlekitchenjh.com

LIBERTY BURGER 170 N. Cache, Jackson 307-200-6071 Givemelibertyburger.com

LIFT RESTAURANT

RUSTIC INN BISTRO AND BAR 475 N Cache St, Jackson 800-323-9279 Rusticinnatjh.com

Q ROADHOUSE

2550 Teton Village, Wilson 307-739-0700 Qjacksonhole.com

SIDEWINDERS TAVERN 945 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-5766 Sidewinderstavern.com

SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL in The Wort Hotel 50 N. Glenwood, Jackson 307-732-3939 Worthotel.com/silver-dollar-bar

SNAKE RIVER BREWERY 265 S. Millward, Jackson 307-739-2337 Snakeriverbrewing.com

SNAKE RIVER GRILL 84 E. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-0557 Snakerivergrill.com

ASIAN & SUSHI BON APPE THAI 245 W. Pearl, Jackson 307-734-0245 Bon-appe-thai.com

HONG KONG BUFFET 826 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-8988

KAZUMI

265 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-9168 Jacksonholesushi.com

KIM’S CORNER CAFE

970 W. Broadway or Snow King Center 307-413-8331 Facebook.com/Kimscornercafe

KING SUSHI

75 S. King Street, Jackson 307-264-1630 Kingsushijh.com

NIKAI SUSHI FISH & GAME 225 N. Cache, Jackson 307-734-6490 Nikaijh.com

25 S. Glenwood, Jackson 307-733-4422

645 S. Cache, Jackson 307-733-0043 Liftjacksonhole.com

DORNAN’S PIZZA & PASTA COMPANY

LOTUS CAFE

STIEGLER’S AUSTRIAN RESTAURANT & COPPER BAR 3535 Teton Village Rd., Wilson 307-733-1071 Stieglersrestaurant.com

340 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-9768 Oceancitychinabistro.com

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SUDACHI

Moose, Wyoming 307-733-2415 Dornans.com

ELEANOR’S

832 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-7901 Eleanorsbarandgrill.com

E.LEAVEN FOOD CO. 175 Center St., Jackson 307-733-5600 Eleavenfood.com

GATHER

72 S. Glenwood, Jackson 307-200-7766 Gatherjh.com

THE GRANARY

Spring Creek Resort 1800 Spirit Dance, Jackson 307-733-8833 Springcreekranch.com/dining/the-granary

THE GUN BARREL STEAK & GAME HOUSE 862 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-3287 Gunbarrel.com

HAYDENS POST

In Snow King Resort 537 Snow King Loop, Jackson 307-734-3187 Snowking.com/restaurants/haydens_post

145 N. Glenwood, Jackson 307-734-0882 Theorganiclotus.com 55 N. Cache, Jackson 307-201-1717 Localjh.com

MACPHAIL’S BURGERS 399 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-8744 Macphailsburgers.com

MILLION DOLLAR COWBOY STEAKHOUSE 25 N. Cache, Jackson 307-733-4790 JHCowboysteakhouse.com

5755 WY-22, Wilson 307-200-6633 Streetfoodjh.com

SWEETWATER RESTAURANT 85 King, Jackson 307-733-3553 Sweetwaterjackson.com

TRIO

45 S. Glenwood, Jackson 307-734-8038 Bistrotrio.com

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5600 W. Hwy. 22, Wilson 307-733-8288 Norasfishcreekinn.com

3450 N. Clubhouse Rd., Wilson 307-733-1005 Tetonpines.com

RENDEZVOUS BISTRO 380 S. Broadway, Jackson 307-739-1100 Rendezvousbistro.net

RISING SAGE CAFE

In National Museum of Wildlife Art 307-733-8649 Risingsagecafe.com

740 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-4330 Virginianrestaurant.net Rusty Parrot Lodge 175 N. Jackson, Jackson 307-733-2000 Rustyparrot.com/dining

WHITE BUFFALO CLUB 160 W Gill Ave, Jackson 307-734-4900 Whitebuffaloclub.com

OCEAN CITY CHINA BISTRO

346 N. Pines Way, Wilson 307-734-7832 Sudachijh.com

TETON THAI

7342 Granite Rd, Teton Village 307-733-0022 Tetonthaivillage.com

TETON TIGER 165 Center, Jackson 307-733-4111 Tetontiger.com

THAI ME UP

75 E. Pearl, Jackson 307-733-0005 Thaijh.com

THAI PLATE

135 N. Cache, Jackson 307-734-2654 Tetonthaiplate.com

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EL ABUELITO

385 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-1207 Elabuelitocafe.com

HATCH TAQUERIA AND TEQUILAS 120 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-203-2780 Hatchjh.com

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180 Powderhorn, Jackson 307-733-8550 O rd e r. p izza h u t .co m/loc at io ns/w yo m in g/ jackson/012424 In Hotel Terra, Teton Village 307-739-4100 Jhosteria.com

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In Snake River Lodge & Spa 7710 Granite Loop R 307-732-6040 Snakeriverlodge.com/gamefish-restaurant

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THE HANDLE BAR

1160 Alpine, Jackson 307-734-4457 Picastaqueria.com

SANCHEZ

65 South Glenwood Street, Jackson 307-734-5407

EL TEQUILA

545 E. Broadway, Jackson 307-264-1577

ITALIAN & PIZZA ARTISAN PIZZA ITALIAN KITCHEN

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MANGY MOOSE RESTAURANT & SALOON 307-733-4913 Mangymoose.com

SPUR RESTAURANT & BAR In Teton Mountain Lodge 307-732-6932 Tetonlodge.com/spur-restaurant

WESTBANK GRILL

690 S. Hwy. 89, Jackson 734-1970 Pizzaartisanjh.com

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2650 Moose-Wilson Rd, Wilson 307-733-2460 Calicorestaurant.com

DOMINO’S

520 S. Hwy 89, Jackson 307-733-0330 Pizza.dominos.com/wyoming/jackson Moose, Wyoming 307-733-2415 Dornans.com

NANI’S RISTORANTE & BAR 242 N. Glenwood, Jackson 307-733-3888 Nanis.com

PINKY G’S PIZZERIA 50 W. Broadway, Jackson 734-PINK Pinkygs.com

20 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-201-1472 Pizzeriacaldera.com

THE BIRD

4125 S. Pub Place 307-732-BIRD Thebirdinjackson.com

ELEANOR’S

832 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-7901 Eleanorsbarandgrill.com

THE ROSE

50 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-1500 Therosejh.com

SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL in The Wort Hotel 50 N. Glenwood, Jackson 307-732-3939 Worthotel.com/silver-dollar-bar

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750 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-739-9891 Virginianlodge.com

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4015 W. Lake Creek Dr., Wilson 307-200-6140 Aspensmarket.com

CREEKSIDE MARKET & DELI 545 N. Cache, Jackson 307-733-7926 Creeksidejacksonhole.com

FULL STEAM SUBS 180 N. Center, Jackson 307-733-3448 Fullsteamsubs.com

JACKSON WHOLE GROCER 975 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-0450 Jacksonwholegrocer.com

LOCAL BUTCHER 50 W. Deloney, Jackson 307-203-2322 Localbutcherjh.com

LUCKY’S

974 W Broadway, Jackson 307-264-1633 Luckysmarket.com/jackson-wy/

NEW YORK CITY SUB SHOP 20 N. Jackson, Jackson 307-733-4414 Nycss.com/jackson-hole-wyoming

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QUIZNO’S

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520 S. Hwy 89, Jackson 307-739-1965 Subway.com

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130 N. Cache, Jackson 307-734-0075 Bunnery.com

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145 W. Pearl, Jackson 307-739-1218 Pearlstreetbagels.com

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PEARL STREET BAGELS - WEST

3200 W. McCollister 307-732-2337

1230 Ida Dr, Wilson 307-739-1261 Pearlstreetbagels.com

PICNIC

1110 Maple Way, Jackson 307-264-2956 Picnicjh.com

STARBUCKS

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ACROSS

73 Trade 74 Unlikely 75 All in 76 Rivulets seen after swirling, to a wine taster 78 Exam in which letters are read 80 Rockies hrs.

83 Casual pace 84 Discourage 86 Trig. ratio 87 Copacetic 88 Signed, say 89 Maker of 28-Across 90 RSVP part 91 “I was evidently mistaken” 93 Goal for a H.S. dropout 94 Coll. conferral 95 The gym thief __ 98 Priests, e.g.

101 Pinot __ 102 Unfavorable aspects 103 Debussy’s “__ de Lune” 105 Great Plains language family 107 Got rid of 111 Stereotypical long beard grower 113 The art thief __ 115 Salad veggie 116 Quito’s land: Abbr.

117 Reason for an admonition 118 Mother of Charlie Woods 119 Nail or tack 120 Court period: Abbr.

121 Growl 122 Overrule 10 Kathryn of HBO’s “Oz” 20 16th-century pope 30 Each 40 Gets routed 50 Bit one’s nails, perhaps 60 Served, as soup 70 Online handicraft market

successor 77 Small-runway mil. craft 79 Gave it away 80 Adding and subtracting 81 “SNL” staple 82 Hardy’s “Pure Woman” 85 Meager 87 Cut in tricky patterns 89 Millennial’s parent, briefly 90 Perform horribly 91 Bring on the market 92 __ Olay 94 Originate (from) 96 Brawl 97 “Little Women” co-star of Kirsten, Claire and Trini 99 Allowable extreme 100 “Holy cow!”

103 Restaurant opener 104 Actress Olin 106 At a former time 107 Japanese noodle 108 Give sparingly 109 Yeats’ home 110 Big Apple fashion initials 112 Common base 114 Course with vocab.

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80 Bank acct. starter 90 Color from the French for “chestnut” 10 Michigan native 11 Bubbly region 12 Aroma detectors 13 Atlanta-based health agcy.

14 Game with tricks 15 Playful 16 The condiment thief __ 17 Cleveland’s lake 18 Trims, as branches 24 Five Nations unit 25 Screen array 29 The chocolate thief __ 32 Movie houses 34 Org. with complex forms 35 Classic Pontiacs 36 __ avis 37 Cut 38 A-line designer 39 Suggestive 42 Pee-wee Herman accessory 43 Substitutes for bad words 47 Restaurant with a smile in its logo 48 Start of a Seuss classic 50 The dairy thief __ 51 Toronto skyline landmark 54 Well-thought-out 55 Woven fabric 56 Stopping points 58 First-year law students 60 __ bliss 62 Auction site 64 Heal, as broken bones 65 Not digital 66 Bridge violation 67 The casino thief __ 69 Genus subdivision 72 Eisner’s Disney

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27 With great skill 28 They may be run off 30 Reduces to small pieces 31 Browser’s destination 32 Farm house 33 Bit of clothing 35 The restaurant thief __ 40 Surg. areas 41 Diminish 44 Rolled down the runway 45 Means of access 46 Horror film sounds 48 One looked up to 49 Mt. Hood’s state 50 Creator of one who pondered “Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore” 51 Secret supply 52 “Even __ speak ... ” 53 Really poor 54 Enter with rage 57 “The Ballad of John and __” 59 Hand on deck 60 “SNL” parody Baba __ 61 Player’s fixed contribution 63 Fire sign?

65 Element #33 68 Some selective socializers 70 Lawmaking bodies 71 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium city

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Banishing the Bad Wolf How a Cherokee teaching may help us during chaotic times.

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wise Cherokee Grandfather teaches his grandchildren about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he says to the children.

“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil— he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”

The grandfather continues, “The other is good—he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too.”

The grandchildren thought about it for a minute and then asked their grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

Their Cherokee grandfather simply replied, “The one you feed.”

How to feed the good wolf 1.

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Assume the role of a neutral observer regarding troubling world events.

It is possible to care deeply about what’s going on in the world while not absorbing negative energies or fear. Be like the journalist or the yogi, who practices observing objectively without adding opinions or judgments. This perspective allows you to see clearly, to stay centered, to keep your heart open, and to make informed choices for your highest good.

Let go of focusing on anger, gloom and doom.

Be aware that those emotions carry a very low energy

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frequency, which also happen to: close your heart, shut down your immune system, bring down others and create more fear. And it feels lousy because those energies are all part of the fear zone.

Stay the high road. A positive approach is to always feel your emotions, and let them pass through like weather.

You will feel better quickly, and returning to a positive centered state of being contributes to upgrading the entire matrix.

Forget about trying to fix people.

This does not mean ignoring behaviors and patterns that are less than noble. It means to see them clearly so that you are not “ambushed” or hurt by someone or some group whose patterns are actually totally predictable.

Even though you might know how to change a person for the better, be advised that no one wants to be fixed. The energy implies the other person is less than. And that vibe will only be met with resistance and hostility.

If, and only if, someone asks for a suggestion, offer it.

And then let it go. What they do with it is not in your control and is not about you. Instead, focus on whatever you need to upgrade in yourself. This is in your control.

Skip complaining, criticizing or being offended by the “bad wolf.”

You already agree that you do not want to feed the bad wolf. Be aware that talking with others about how awful some people are just keeps you engaged in the battle, right back into feeding the bad wolf.

Find like-minded people with whom you can share and expand the energy and action steps for a positive vision of what’s possible.

New paradigm of the good wolf Feeding the good wolf is an analogy for choosing a loving state of being over a fearful one. Practicing this choice as consistently as possible is how every person can contribute to a collaborative and inclusive world reality in which separation and negative polarities no longer thrive. PJH

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GALLOPIN’ GRANDMA

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recently heard from a friend of mine in my hometown of Corn Cob, Iowa, she had won first prize in the Friday night meat raffle at Ted’s Bar and Bowl out on Highway 30. Now a meat raffle is just what it sounds like, a raffle where you win meat. She won about 25 pounds of hamburger and a couple of steaks so she decided to celebrate by having a barbeque.

She invited a few friends who all made an appearance, and then a strange couple showed. They looked for all the world like her husband’s’ loser brother and his nitwit wife, but then they didn’t. Their eyes were dead and voices hollow. They told her that they were vegans and they could not eat anything she had and to make them something they could eat. My friend knew then that their souls had been stolen away and by whom.

I received a frantic phone call, “She’s back!” my friend said. We both knew that Glutina the Awful was back. She is a scary, smug creature who is head of the committee to make sure you never get anything to eat that you like.

I had thought she might be back when I heard of the terrible happenings at St. Urdo’s Finnish Lutheran church in nearby Silo City.

It was so terrifying that there were cries for exorcisms. Apparently an unknown parishioner approached Pastor Verdell and asked for a gluten-free communion wafer. Now we all know that communion wafers are made out of cardboard, except for the Presbyterians and their Wonder bread. The stranger said that the wafers were harmless until dipped

A strange young creature checks for gluten and other additives, or maybe she is receiving a message from outer space?

in a not-so-good vintage wine or grape juice, wherein they became glutenous and one left the communion rail glutenized. “It’s the work of the devil,” cried the parishioners.

It is Glutina’s job to go about sowing discord. She causes an overwhelming desire to be pretentious, self-congratulatory and a fear for actually being rational. She loves to cast doubt everywhere.

I caught up with Glutina at a nearby farmers market where they were having a kale fest.

She was nailing nasty notes to a McDonalds’ drive-thru window. I asked her why she was promoting kale when everyone knows that while there are 13 kinds of kale, some as big as a tree, all of them are inedible and taste like a boiled rubber boot.

“Because I can,” she said. “And because people are dumb enough to believe me.

“By the way,” she added when she was leaving, “that cola drink you had is full of chromium.”

I told her that my hubcaps had chromium and they didn’t seem to care. She told me that hubcaps rarely care about anything. Then she was gone in a swirl of kale dust and a sprinkling of triglycerides.

Whenever I leave my hometown I usually drop by the farm to see Gertrude, the big mamma pig. This time, she was between litters and enjoying her empty hog wallow syndrome. She had her head in a bucket and I asked her what it was and she told me, “Oh some potato peels, some table scraps and leftovers, a couple of stale beers and stuff.”

I asked her if that corn she was chomping on was genetically modified. She pulled her head out of the pail and said, “You want genetically modified? There’s a boar named Ramone over on the next farm and boy is he genetically modified. Yowzaa!”

I just wish someone would take me seriously. PJH

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY RABBIT ROW REPAIR

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Using scissors, snip off a strand of your hair. As you do, sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Seal the hair in an envelope on which you have written the following: “I am attracting divine prods and unpredictable nudges that will enlighten me about a personal puzzle that I am ready to solve.” On each of the next five nights, kiss this package five times and place it beneath your pillow as you sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Then observe your dreams closely. Keep a pen and notebook or audio recorder near your bed to capture any clues that might arrive. On the morning after the fifth night, go to your kitchen sink and burn the envelope and hair in the flame of a white candle. Chant the words of power: “Catalytic revelations and insights are arriving.” The magic you need will appear within 15 days.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) This would be a good time to have a master craftsperson decorate your headquarters with stained glass windows that depict the creation stories of your favorite indigenous culture. You might also benefit from hiring a feng shui consultant to help you design a more harmonious home environment. Here are some cheaper but equally effective ways to promote domestic bliss: Put images of your heroes on your walls. Throw out stuff that makes you feel cramped. Add new potted plants to calm your eyes and nurture your lungs. If you’re feeling especially experimental, build a shrine devoted to the Goddess of Ecstatic Nesting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You Geminis are as full of longings as any other sign, but you have a tendency to downplay their intensity. How often do you use your charm and wit to cloak your burning, churning yearnings? Please don’t misunderstand me: I appreciate your refined expressions of deep feelings—as long as that’s not a way to hide your deep feelings from yourself. This will be an especially fun and useful issue for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. I advise you to be in very close touch with your primal urges.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Be vulnerable and sensitive as well as insatiable and irreverent. Cultivate your rigorous skepticism, but expect the arrival of at least two freaking miracles. Be extra nurturing to allies who help you and sustain you, but also be alert for those moments when they may benefit from your rebellious provocations. Don’t take anything too personally or literally or seriously, even as you treat the world as a bountiful source of gifts and blessings. Be sure to regard love as your highest law, and laugh at fear at least three times every day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) In the coming weeks, I suspect that Life will attempt to move you away from any influences that interfere with your ability to discern and express your soul’s code. You know what I’m talking about when I use that term “soul’s code,” right? It’s your sacred calling; the blueprint of your destiny; the mission you came to earth to fulfill. So what does it mean if higher powers and mysterious forces are clearing away obstacles that have been preventing you from a more complete embodiment of your soul’s code? Expect a breakthrough that initially resembles a breakdown.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Maybe you know people who flee from the kind of Big Bold Blankness that’s visiting you, but I hope you won’t be tempted to do that. Here’s my counsel: Welcome your temporary engagement with emptiness Celebrate this opening into the unknown. Ease into the absence.

Commune with the vacuum. Ask the nothingness to be your teacher. What’s the payoff? This is an opportunity to access valuable secrets about the meaning of your life that aren’t available when you’re feeling full. Be gratefully receptive to what you don’t understand and can’t control.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) I placed a wager down at the astrology pool. I bet that sometime in the next three weeks, you Capricorns will shed at least some of the heavy emotional baggage that you’ve been lugging around; you will transition from ponderous plodding to curious-hearted sauntering. Why am I so sure this will occur? Because I have detected a shift in attitude by one of the most talkative little voices in your head. It seems ready to stop tormenting you with cranky reminders of all the chores you should be doing but aren’t—and start motivating you with sunny prompts about all the fun adventures you could be pursuing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) What you are most afraid of right now could become what fuels you this fall. Please note that I used the word “could.”

In the style of astrology I employ, there is no such thing as predestination. So if you prefer, you may refuse to access the rich fuel that’s available. You can keep your scary feelings tucked inside your secret hiding place, where they will continue to fester. You are not obligated to deal with them squarely, let alone find a way to use them as motivation. But if you are intrigued by the possibility that those murky worries might become a source of inspiration, dive in and investigate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Are you ready for your mid-term exam? Luckily I’m here to help get you into the proper frame of mind to do well. Now study the following incitements with an air of amused rebelliousness. 1. You may have to act a bit wild or unruly in order to do the right thing. 2. Loving your enemies could motivate your allies to give you more of what you need. 3. Are you sufficiently audacious to explore the quirky happiness that can come from cultivating intriguing problems? 4. If you want people to change, try this: Change yourself in the precise way you want them to change.

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) Although you may not yet be fully aware of your good fortune, your “rescue” is already underway. Furthermore, the so-called hardship you’ve been lamenting will soon lead you to a trick you can use to overcome one of your limitations. Maybe best of all, Virgo, a painful memory you have coddled for a long time has so thoroughly decayed that there’s almost nothing left to cling to. Time to release it! So what comes next? Here’s what I recommend: Throw a going-away party for everything you no longer need.

Give thanks to the secret intelligence within you that has guided you to this turning point.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Here comes a special occasion—a radical exemption that is so rare as to be almost impossible. Are you ready to explore a blessing you have perhaps never experienced? For a brief grace period, you can be free from your pressing obsessions. Your habitual attachments and unquenchable desires will leave you in peace. You will be relieved of the drive to acquire more possessions or gather further proof of your attractiveness. You may even arrive at the relaxing realization that you don’t require as many props and accessories as you imagined you needed to be happy and whole. Is enlightenment nigh? At the very least, you will learn how to derive more joy out of what you already have.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Let’s assume, for the sake of fun argument, that you do indeed have a guardian angel. Even if you have steadfastly ignored this divine helper in the past, I’m asking you to strike up a close alliance in the coming weeks. If you need to engage in an elaborate game of imaginative pretending to make it happen, so be it. Now let me offer a few tips about your guardian angel’s potential purposes in your life: providing sly guidance about how to take good care of yourself; quietly reminding you where your next liberation may lie; keeping you on track to consistently shed the past and head toward the future; and kicking your ass so as to steer you away from questionable influences. OK? Now go claim your sublime assistance!

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