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12 COVER STORY ¡FUERA TRUMP! Ever wonder what people in Mexico think about the Donald?

Meet the cover writer While in Mexico City, Oakland, Calif.-based Bert Johnson developed an affinity for the local chilango culture. “Their slang reminds me of how we talk in the Bay Area, with lots of coarse language and irreverent humor.”

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By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey August is rapidly drawing to a close, our average high and low temperatures are starting to show a steady decline. These are the last weeks of the summer season, so if you haven’t checked off everything on your summer hit-list yet, you better get after it.

While hiking this past weekend, I noticed signs of fall already. Flowers are drying up, the grasses are brown and squirrels are scurrying around gathering whatever it is they gather for the long winter.

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This past Sunday the temperature in town dipped to 32 degrees. That is not a record by any means, however, freezing in August is not something we like to advertise. Average low temperatures this week are in the upper 30s. On many occasions over the years we have seen temperatures, during this same week, dip down into the 20s. The coldest it has ever been this week is 18 degrees, and that happened on August 28, 1960.

This past week high temperatures were pretty close to normal, with a few days of above average and a few days of below average high temps. This week we’ll likely see more days with below normal high temperatures, as a couple of colder weather systems pass by to the north of us across southern Canada.

Historic average high temperatures this week are right around 78 degrees. The record hottest temperature this week in town is 94 degrees, set way back on August 29, 1934.

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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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GUEST OPINION States of Disaster Wyoming, Montana and Idaho cannot be trusted to manage grizzlies.

BY ROGER HAYDEN

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s the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rushes and stumbles toward removing federal protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears, many have questioned whether Wyoming, Montana and Idaho can be trusted to responsibly manage this fragile population.

While the states insist they will carefully manage grizzlies, their joint written comments to the USFWS in May reject most of the mechanisms and monitoring that would ensure they do. These comments, in addition to comments recently made at an interagency meeting in Bozeman, make it quite clear that they do not want to be held accountable in any way for the management of this population.

In their 16 pages of comments, the states make every attempt to remove language that would hold them accountable to the public whom they’ve asked to trust them.

For example, the states don’t want to be governed indefinitely by a conservation strategy that contains specifics for maintaining a healthy grizzly population. Grizzlies are considered to be “conservation reliant,” that is, they are reliant on permanent continuing conservation measures to ensure the populations survival. After five years, however, the states want to throw out virtually all federal oversight.

The states also have chafed at sections of the delisting rule that they say imply a Yellowstone population objective of 674 bears. The states insist that the population should fall within a range from 600 to 747 bears. Arguing this point raises suspicions that the states want the freedom to allow the population to drop to 600. Comments made about “managing downward” at a recent meeting of grizzly managers seem to confirm this.

The states also don’t want to concern themselves with connecting the Yellowstone grizzly population with the Northern Continental Divide population near Glacier National park for genetic diversity.

“This connectivity is not necessary for long-term sustainability of the GYE or NCDE population,” the states wrote in their comments. This ignores the opinions of a number of widely respected non-government scientists who caution that the isolated Yellowstone population eventually will experience issues if genetic interchange does not occur.

Many experts believe that connectivity is the single most important factor that would ensure the population’s long term health.

We know that some form of conflict causes roughly 80 percent of grizzly mortalities with people, mostly through encounters with hunters or livestock predation. Not enough is being done to prevent these conflicts. Yet, the states want to remove wording that in part states, “The objective for grizzly bear habitat management is to reduce or mitigate the risk of human-caused mortality.”

How can you propose eliminating those words and continue to say you’ll responsibly manage the bears?

The combined state comments also, curiously, object to sections in the delisting rule that pertain to grizzly hunting.

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will establish hunting seasons,” the comments read. “This assumption is premature, unnecessary and inappropriate.”

Really? All indications are that each state will, indeed, allow grizzly hunting. It would seem the states simply don’t like having it addressed in the delisting rule.

The reason hunting regulations must be covered in the rule is to ensure that the states don’t manage like a bunch of cowboys. It goes back again to what the states are asking from us: trust. They don’t seem to get it.

According to their combined comments, the states also apparently want to aggressively remove bears outside the demographic monitoring area. In these areas where grizzlies apparently are not “socially tolerated,” they would be trapped and killed or hunted. That would include areas like Cody and the Wind River mountains, where bear-cattle conflicts are common, and in the Wyoming Range where there are sheep grazing allotments on public land. Grazing apparently takes precedence over grizzlies due to an ambiguous “social tolerance” argument that is neither scientifically defined nor capable of being monitored.

The states also want to remove from the delisting package the statement that says, “Grizzly bears will not be persecuted just because they are present there.” Apparently the states want to persecute grizzlies.

Given all of the above, can we believe the states when they say they will manage grizzlies responsibly?

Can we really trust them? Trust is earned, not granted.

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THE BUZZ

It Takes a Village How an activist, two aspiring politicos and a community solved a housing crisis.

BY JAKE NICHOLS

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wo town candidates missed primary day. They were not at election headquarters when results came in.

While their peers knocked on doors making last minute campaign promises to help ease the tight rental market, town council candidate Jessica Sell Chambers and mayoral hopeful Pete Muldoon solved the housing crisis—for one family, for now.

The Garcia family was this close to moving back to Mexico.

“Back” is a funny word. The boys—Ventura and Dominic— were born in Jackson; they’ve never seen the land their mother is from. The Garcias’ breadwinner had already been deported. The dog was shipped away as well. Noemi, a single mom now, was working overtime at Smith’s to make enough to send her kids off until she could find housing.

“If I have to send my boys away from me I don’t know if I can keep doing this,” Noemi told a guardian angel named Wren Fialka.

But Fialka thinks Garcia is the heavenly one. “This woman never complains. She’s an angel,” she said.

Charitable cherub Fialka got involved with the Garcias by doing what she does most. The massage therapist has felt compelled in recent years to provide aid and comfort to homeless populations around the world. It began in San Francisco in December 2014.

“When I travel to cities I spend a lot of time with the homeless. I just have a lot of respect and love for them. There are a lot of really good people out there,” she said.

Fialka found her heart in San Francisco. As Ferguson protests further divided the community there and across the country, Fialka took special notice of a segment that is continually isolated and ignored. She took the time to get involved and take action. She listened. She hugged. Before she left, Fialka put together 50 care packages for people living on the street there, and the Spread the Love Mission was born.

“There is something really sick about the way our society is right now,” she said. “Our country is broken. Spread the Love is about curing our apathy because you feel like you can’t do anything. We can all do something. If we stop acting

The valley’s housing emergency has inspired some people, like Jessica Sell Chambers, to open their homes and find creative ways to house struggling community members. like a family, we stop acting like a tribe. We are not a bunch of strangers just walking around the planet. We are a family.

We really did come from the same place and we will all go back there.”

Fialka’s mission work has led her to assist the homeless in Greece, Peru, and Mexico. She’s made regular visits and care bag distributions in Denver and Salt Lake. The work has been gratifying for Fialka; life transforming, in fact. She says her faith in humanity has been restored.

“It’s in our nature to help one another. People forget about that and they don’t even know why they walk around feeling depressed,” Fialka said. “I was so, so depressed for years because I never felt like I could do enough. Once I figured out what I could do, it saved my life.”

After returning from one mission abroad this past spring, Fialka found some of the most dire situations she has encountered anywhere around the globe right in her hometown.

Hurt and need in Jackson Hole had reached emergency levels so Fialka visited the Community Resource and Latino centers to ask how she could help.

“Give me just one family,” she told Carmina Oaks. “Help me make a difference.”

When Oaks learned the Garcias were on the brink of homelessness, facing eviction from the Virginian Apartments at the end of August, the caseworker called Fialka. “I’ve got your family,” she said.

Fialka met the Garcias and immediately fell in love with them. “It’s hard not to,” she said. With Anne Muller (Awareness Project), Mary Erickson (Shelter JH), and Francine Bartlett (Medicine Wheel Wellness), Fialka and company organized small-scale fundraisers—lemonade stands, donations, etc.

It helped, but the Garcias, who had sold or given away most of their possessions, were still sleeping on the floor of their apartment. One they would be losing in less than two weeks.

Her little brother Luke, who Chambers has legal custody of since the death of both their parents, started playing hockey but Chambers couldn’t afford the gear. The Sanchezes oldest daughter, Emily, was also in a youth hockey program so the family graciously offered to give Luke her stuff when she outgrew it.

“They were there for us when we got here,” Chambers said.

Inspired by the Sanchezes, the couple decided then and there they would get the basement of their new house ready for a tenant. “We bought this house last year with insurance money from my mom’s death. I have this large house in Jackson when there is a housing emergency; it seemed like a no-brainer. It seems very much like something my parents would do. I understand how life can change… quickly. We couldn’t have made it ourselves without the support of other people.”

As the Chamberses contemplated the daunting task of remodeling their basement, fate stepped in again. At a recent campaign meet-and-greet, Chambers overheard Muldoon talking on the phone with Erickson about the Garcia family’s situation.

“I just said, ‘Wait, Pete, my husband and I were just talking about this. We have this whole downstairs of our house that we are trying to turn into a little rental for someone,’” Chambers remembered saying.

“You’re kidding?” Muldoon said. He had been working with Fialka and Shelter JH to find the Garcias somewhere to live. “All I did was put them together,” he said. “I was working with Wren and Shelter JH and thought: instead of doing something that is political advocacy, I could actually help a person. Things just kind of went from there.”

A few calls, emails, and social media posts later, and soon a handful of volunteers showed up at the Chambers place.

They began painting and installing a floor. They managed to do in a week or two what the Chamberses did not have the money or time to accomplish.

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That’s when Chambers and Muldoon got involved. It started when Chambers and her husband Reed noticed a photo of a young boy, Elliott Sanchez, on the Shelter JH Facebook page. His family was living in a trailer near Lift, one step away from losing even that. “‘Look who is in need,’ I told Reed when I saw the photo,” Chambers said. “It was one of my husband’s third grade students when he was teaching at Colter.”

Chambers said she will never forget how the Sanchez family was there for her when she first arrived in Jackson.

August 16 was the day they knew for sure they had something for the Garcias. It was primary day for candidates Chambers and Muldoon. They showed the Garcia family their new home that night as poll results trickled in. “It was pretty emotional all around,” Chambers said.

The two political newcomers celebrated their Tuesday victories by rejoicing in one small triumph over the housing emergency in Jackson. PJH

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THE BUZZ 2 Fed Up Faces the Fed

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After a hotel room snafu at Jackson Lake Lodge, members of Fed Up will meet the Fed for the first time during the Federal Reserve Symposium.

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n a state of affairs that smacks of irony for protestors and Jackson citizens alike, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will again hold its 38th annual Federal Reserve Symposium at Jackson Lake Lodge this week. The symposium, just north of the town with the highest economic disparity in the United States—Jackson Hole—will host some of the biggest economic power players in the world. But this year marks a historic first: the Fed will hold a meeting to hear from some of its biggest critics: “Fed Up.”

Who is Fed Up? In response to the symposium, The Center for Popular Democracy has once again organized the Fed Up campaign.

CPD has headed the effort for the past two years to rally for change at the temporary center of the world’s economy. The group’s mission is to confront the Fed about the repercussions their economic policies could and do have on society’s most vulnerable members.

Shawn Sebastian is the field director for Fed Up. He summarized the campaign’s directive as bringing awareness to “how the Fed sets the balance of power between workers and the 1 percent and how that results in inequality.”

Although the Fed Up campaign has never been granted an audience at the symposium, this summer that tradition of dismissal will change thanks to a hotel room overselling snafu that garnered national headlines last week.

Room reconciliation Due to what has been deemed a “computer glitch,” Jackson Lake Lodge oversold 18 rooms during the dates of the Federal Reserve Symposium. Thirteen of those rooms were reserved for members of the Fed Up campaign.

“I understand that mistakes happen,” Sebastian said, “but there was no reason for us to be singled out. And it’s especially troubling to be singled out when our guests are overwhelmingly people of color, exercising First Amendment rights.”

Sebastian says that in a hotel with 385 rooms in a national park, it was difficult to understand how members of his party were seemingly disproportionately targeted. “We booked and paid for rooms in May, and there were at least 100 rooms booked after us, and we never got a good explanation as to why [our rooms were cancelled],” he said.

As of press time, a representative from Grand Teton Lodging Company did not return a phone call for comment.

The CDM lodged a formal complaint with the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior, which compelled the Federal Reserve of Kansas City to reach out to the group, olive branch in hand.

“They asked us just what it was we wanted, what it was we were trying to accomplish, and we said ‘We want to speak to the most powerful decision makers,’ so the KC Fed is making

According to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, after 1973, productivity grew strongly, especially after 1995, while the typical worker’s compensation was relatively stagnant. This divergence of pay and productivity has meant that many workers were not benefitting from productivity growth—the economy could afford higher pay but it was not providing it. that happen,” Sebastian said.

On Thursday Kansas City Fed president Esther George and other Fed presidents and governors will hear from the Fed Up constituency during a live-streamed meeting. “What we hope for is a very substantive conversation between the most powerful people in the country and the rest of us,” Sebastian said.

It will be the first time the Federal Reserve board of governors has collectively met with the working class in the history of their symposium.

Jacksonites face the Fed As part of the boots-on-the-ground force that is helping fuel Fed Up’s resolve, Cyndi Castillo has moved from translator for the campaign to community inspiration. As a translator for One 22 and an active member of the Jackson Hole community, she is especially concerned with the way the Federal Reserve’s policies affect Latinos.

“I think [Fed Up] is hoping to create awareness at the symposium, that [the board of governors] represent the entire U.S., and their decisions affect workers in a way that per chance they are not conscious of,” Castillo said. She noted that the Latino community is underrepresented in politics and policy-making, specifically when it comes to the allwhite Federal Reserve board of governors.

In an attempt to bring awareness to Fed Up’s agenda, Castillo is spearheading a canvassing event 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Home Ranch Lot in Jackson. From there people will visit low income neighboorhoods to discuss racial and economic inequality. She hopes to spread the word about Fed Up’s corollary convention, too.

Fed Up’s version of events features local speakers and national representatives leading discussions on key public policy and how the Fed affects policy. It happens at the Hatchett Resort, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday.

More important than the president The Fed is so integral to the United State’s economy, Sebastian explained, that the fallout of the decisions made by the board of governors (even those decisions made at the Jackson symposium) directly affect jobs, hourly wages and livelihoods across the country.

“The reason we’re focused on the Federal Reserve is

because the Fed is the most important economic policy maker in the country; more important than the president, congress, the treasury. The most important economic policy maker,” he said.

Sebastian finds this to be especially troubling, because while most Americans can name the current presidential candidates who run on continually-vetted platforms for economic growth and stability, the Fed’s control over interest rates actually sets the tone for job growth and wage distribution nationwide. But few people in the United States can name even one of the 17 members. “Whether or not you can find a good job, or how much they will pay you is set by the Fed, and no one really knows any of that,” Sebastian said. “There are only 17 [members]. Everyone knows who Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are, but no one knows who Charles Evans is.

And that’s what we’re trying to bring awareness to: all of these things that are made possible by a labor market that devalues workers—the Fed creates that labor market.”

For many Jackson residents, that labor market is affecting their quality of life. During Fed Up’s symposium, members of Shelter JH, a community advocacy group focused on the housing crisis, will address the financial struggles that some residents face in the most economically unequal town in the United States.

Jorge Moreno is one of the representatives from Shelter JH who has been working with Fed Up. His hope is to communicate to the Fed the realities of day-to-day life in Jackson.

“It’s a beautiful place, so a lot of people don’t believe we have any issues, that everyone is happy,” he said. “We just have to show a different side of Jackson. I believe it is related with the inequality. Everyone thinks that just living in Jackson, you have more than others, but it’s not necessarily true. Sometimes you have to work two to three jobs just to make payments, just to survive, and immediately they start thinking you have money and you’re privileged.

“We are privileged to be here, but even though sometimes we make more money, we live worse than other people, and I think that’s what we want to communicate.” PJH Watch the meeting between Fed Up and the Fed live streamed at youtube.com/watch?v=4QnI098UHy0&sns=em

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n Mauricio Morales-Caceres, 24, was sentenced to life in prison by a Montgomery County, Md., judge in July following his April conviction for fatally stabbing a “friend”—89 times.

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Boldface Names in News of the Weird!

n San Diego Padres outfielder Melvin Upton Jr. was traded on July 23 to the Toronto Blue Jays—in the middle of a series between the Padres and the Blue Jays in Toronto. Normally, such a player would merely gather his belongings and walk down the hall to the other team’s locker room. However, while Canada treats Blue Jays’ opponents as “visitors,” Blue Jays players, themselves, are Canadian employees, and if not residents must have work permits. Upton had to leave the stadium and drive to Lewiston, N.Y., which is the closest place he could find to apply to re-enter Canada properly. (He made it back by game time.)

Leading Economic Indicators

Since Bulgaria, on Romania’s southern border, lies close to Romania’s iconic Transylvania region, Bulgarian tourism officials have begun marketing their own vampire tourism industry—stepped up following a 2014 archaeological find of a fourth-century “graveyard” of adolescents with iron stakes through their chests. n The new tourism minister of Thailand is threatening to close down the lucrative sex business in Bangkok and Pattaya, even with the country still rallying from a 2014 near-recession. Ms. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul insisted that visitors are not interested in “such a thing (as sex)” but come for Thailand’s “beautiful” culture.

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n District Judge Joseph Boeckmann (in Arkansas’s rural Cross County) resigned in May after the state Judicial Discipline committee found as many as 4,500 nude or semi-nude photos of young men who had been before Boeckmann in court. (Some were naked, being paddled

Rhys Holman pleaded guilty to a firearms charge in Melbourne, Australia, in July for shooting 53 bullets into his brother’s Xbox. (The brother had urinated on Holman’s car.)

Police in Southampton, N.Y., confirmed a July altercation in which model Christie Brinkley water-hosed a woman she had spotted urinating on her beachfront property.

Erica Remkus, 36, said her need was urgent after watching a July 4 fireworks show, but Brinkley shouted, “How dare you!” and, “I walk on these rocks (where Remkus had relieved herself).”

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n Also in July, actor Brooke Shields made the news when she—as a curator of an art show in Southampton, N.Y.—managed to rescue a piece that custodians had inadvertently tossed into the garbage. (The cleanup crew had made an understandable mistake, as the statue was a raccoon standing next to a trashcan, ready to rummage.)

Redneck Chronicles

Knoxville, Tenn., firefighters were called to a home in July when a woman tried to barbecue brisket in her bathroom—and, in addition to losing control of the flame, melted her fiberglass bathtub. Firefighters limited the damage—by turning on the shower. n One day earlier, in Union, S. C., a 33-year-old woman called police to her home, claiming that she had fallen asleep on her couch with her “upper plate” in her mouth, but that when she awoke, it was gone and that she suspects a teeth-napping intruder.

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The owner of the Howl At The Moon Bar in Gold Coast, Australia, released surveillance video of a July break-in (later inspiring the perpetrator to turn himself in). The man is seen trying to enter the locked bar at 3 a.m., then tossing a beer keg at a glass door three times, finally creating a hole large enough to climb through, acrobatically, and fall to the floor (lit cigarette remaining firmly between his lips). Once inside, he stood at the bar, apparently waiting for someone to take his order. When no one came, he meekly left through the same door.

The owner said nothing was taken, and nothing else was damaged. [Brisbane Times, July 29, 2016]

Recurring Themes

Too Many Toilet-Themed Restaurants: The first one, in Taiwan, made News of the Weird in 2006, but recently two more opened their doors. One, in Semarang, Indonesia (on Java island), serves only one dish—brown meatballs floating in thick soup, arrayed in a toilet-shaped pan. The owner’s secondary agenda is to inspire people to install toilets in their homes. In Toronto’s Koreatown, a dessert-themed one was scheduled to open in August with patron seating on you-know-whats and a variety of brown sweets such as swirly-stool-shaped chocolate ice cream. Potty-themed restaurants have opened in Russia, South Korea, the Philippines, China, Japan and Los Angeles.

Thanks this week to Michael Brozyna, Bruce Leiserowitz, Paul Peterson, Robin Daley, Edgar Pepper, Neb Rodgers, Steve Dunn, Dan Bohlen, Peter Wardley, Joseph Brown, Brian Rudolph, Elaine Weiss, D.I. Moore, Jack Miller, Gwynne Platz, Charles Lewer, Dave Shepardson, Chuck Hamilton, and Katy Miketic, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

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A year-long, nationwide investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (reporting in May) found more than 2,400 doctors penalized for sexually abusing their patients—with state medical boards ultimately allowing more than half to continue practicing medicine. Some doctors, a reporter noted, are among “the most prolific sex offenders in the country,” with “hundreds” of victims.

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n Sports Illustrated noted in May that some universities are still paying out millions of dollars to failed coaches who had managed to secure big contracts in more optimistic times. Notre Dame’s largest athletic payout in 2014 was the $2.05 million to ex-football coach Charlie Weis—five years after he had been fired. That ended Weis’s Notre Dame contract (which paid him $15 million post-dismissal), but he is still drawing several million dollars from the University of Kansas despite having been let go there, also.

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by Boeckmann, who trolled for victims by writing young men notes offering a “community service” option).

India has supposedly outlawed the “baby-tossing” religious test popular among Hindus and Muslims in rural villages in Maharashtra and Karnataka states, but a July New York Times report suggested that parents were still allowing surrogates to drop their newborn infants from 30 feet up and awaiting the gods’ blessing for a prosperous, healthy life. In all cases, according to the report, the gods come through, and a bedsheet appears below to catch the unharmed baby.

More federal civilian employees have “arrest and firearms authority” than the total number of active-duty U.S. Marines, according to a June report by the organization Open The Books, which claims to have tallied lineby-line expenditures across the government. Several agencies (including the IRS and EPA) purchase assault weapons and other military-grade equipment (camouflage, night-vision goggles, 30-round magazines) for their agents, and even the Small Business Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Department of Education buy their agents guns and ammo.

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Fire Season Endures Wildfire in Grand Teton forces evacuations and highway closure to Yellowstone.

BY JAKE NICHOLS

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he Berry fire is making life difficult for parkgoers as it ballooned in size early this week fueled by red flag warning days as a dry, cold front pushed through the valley Monday. The blaze roared through Elk Ridge and Harem Hill before jumping the northernmost section of Jackson Lake— where east and west banks are only a quarter-mile apart—and is now headed into the wilderness area of the Bridger-Teton National Forest with extreme behavior and tree torching witnessed on Steamboat Mountain and in the Sheffield Creek drainage.

Access to Yellowstone Park via the south gate is not possible as of press time. Highway 89/191/287 is closed between Leek’s Marina (south) and Flagg Ranch (north). An infrared reconnaissance flight Monday night revealed 6,319 acres burned or burning.

The fire is being managed for its resource benefits with ground personnel only providing structure protection at Flagg Ranch. The incident commander on the fire is Ronald

The Berry fire, which spans 6,319 acres, has been steadily making its way to the northern shores of Jackson Lake. On Monday the fire jumped the lake.

Steffens with a Type 3 team. Public information officer Brian Lawatch said a Type 2 interagency team will assume command of the Berry fire on Wednesday.

Lawatch said fire advancement toward the northeast will be tolerated into the Buffalo Ranger District of the BTNF. The blaze may reach Huckleberry Mountain before snowfall and cooler temps begin in September.

Containment is anticipated by October 1.

Alex Klein, vice president and general manager of Grand Teton Lodging Company, reported smooth evacuations at Flagg Ranch.

All guests have been resituated in alternative lodging and employees were shifted to dorms at Jackson Lake Lodge and other RV parks. A few employees remain at Flagg at this time to tie up loose ends and provide assistance for firefighters.

“Clearly the safety of our guests and employees is our number one concern. We are very supportive of the decision to evacuate made by the Park Service,” Klein said.

“We are letting all of our guests know there is still a great national park here to visit. We are offering assistance in any way we can including advice on directions to get into Yellowstone—by going around and through the West Yellowstone entrance.”

Klein couldn’t say whether the fire would cause any disruptions to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual Economic Policy Symposium scheduled for this week.

So far it has been business as usual at Jackson Lake Lodge where the conference will take

place, he said. Grand Teton Lodge Company has been providing food and shelter for firefighters.

The wildfire began on July 25 after a lightning storm ignited a ridge between Owl and Berry creeks. It smoldered inconspicuously for weeks until high winds and dry fuel conditions helped push the flames over Elk Ridge and into Harem Hill where it found thick, heavy timber.

Motorists will notice heavy smoke in the area and the presence of fire personnel. Jackson visitors wishing to drive into Yellowstone are advised to use the West Yellowstone entrance via Idaho. The normal 100-mile trip to Old Faithful Inn, for instance, from downtown Jackson is now 159 miles, adding an hour to the trip.

Park officials say the Berry fire is being managed to accomplish objectives outlined in the Grand Teton Fire Management Plan, which allows naturally ignited fires to burn under specific management guidelines.

Wildfires, when allowed to perform their natural role, improve the overall landscape health by reducing fuel loading, releasing nutrients back into the soil and creating new habitat for plants and animals.

The Berry Fire is one of 16 blazes actively burning in Wyoming—four of those are in Yellowstone National Park, including the largest—the 27,101-acre Maple fire burning near the West Yellowstone entrance. PJH SEND COMMENTS TO EDITOR@PLANETJH.COM.

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Ever wonder w hat people in Mex ico think about the Donald?

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t Mexico City’s historic central square, or Zócalo, José Adán García is busy balancing a small pipe organ on a wooden peg. As he turns its crank, the instrument lets out a shrill tune reminiscent of circus music. García’s partner strolls amid the shoppers, tourists and vendors with a hat in hand, asking for change.

The organillero, or organ-grinder, is one of many in the capital’s massive unofficial economy. He’s a man of the people, with his fingers on the pulse of the city; that’s why I ask him about one of the most pressing issues in Mexico today: Donald Trump.

What do everyday Mexicans think of “The Wall,” or Trump’s plan to send the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States back to Mexico, among so many other contentious proposals?

García’s response is swift and to the point: “They’re very radical,” he says in Spanish. “I don’t like them.”

In the weeks leading up to the Republican National Convention, I interviewed a number of Mexico City residents— from teachers to musicians to fellow journalists—about Trump, and whether the demagogic candidate had changed their perception of the United States.

Responses varied. While the organ-grinder didn’t believe Trump would win the election, some predicted the GOP nominee could take it all.

Others hinted at a conspiracy between him and Mexico’s president. A few bluntly compared Trump to Hitler. Some likened his campaign to a stunt, instead of a serious attempt to win the White House.

Lots of people described his campaign as a joke—but not a funny one.

One common theme emerged from all of these interviews: Trump has to go.

Or, in Spanish, ¡Fuera Trump!

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AN AMERICA THAT NEVER EXISTED Fabiola Valdéz Gutierrez, Interpreter Valdéz Gutierrez is a Spanish-English interpreter. But her message for Trump needs no translation: He will never build “The Wall.”

She actually believes that if he were elected and did try to push a wall, a litigious private sector on both sides of the border would stop his plans in the courts.

“Mexican companies have American partners that would likely lose money, as well, and I cannot see the federal government trying to solve all the possible lawsuits that will be surfacing,” she said.

Valdéz Gutierrez understands issues north and south of the border. She works remotely for LanguageLine Solutions, a company based in Monterey, Calif., with clients in the U.S. and other English-speaking countries.

She also has family stateside and, in 2003, spent a summer in Texas and Arizona. For her, the border is personal.

Like many people I spoke to, Valdéz Gutierrez was cynical when it came to Trump and his bombastic style. “He presents himself as a great business success, but a lot of reporters have caught him lying,” she said.

Valdéz Gutierrez thinks his No. 1 motivation is to further his personal brand with scandals and constant media attention. But “his message is so full of ignorance, that it is a joke to think that his proposals are serious.”

So, is there anything new about Trump’s brand of bigotry? Valdéz Gutierrez doesn’t think so, calling it a byproduct of “a racist America that is still palpable and very alive, present in a lot of cities.”

The only surprise, she says, is that he’s a legitimate major-party candidate—one supported by extremists who “won’t recognize the multiculturalism in their own country,” and who want to “go back to an America that never existed.” For her, that’s why Trump’s popularity is alarming: It validates the idea that “racists think they have the right to impose their worldview on the rest of the population, and ultimately the world.”

Despite Valdéz Gutierrez’s concern about Trump and his supporters, she says that his vision is basically a punch line in Mexico. “He is like a clown. Nobody has real concerns or fears about him becoming president. At least not in my social circle.”

�ISIS and the attacks against police are helping Mr. Trump.�

‘WE ARE POLAND AND TRUMP IS GERMANY’ Federico Campbell Peña, Journalist Campbell Peña, a TV journalist who works for Canal Once, regarded as “the Mexican PBS,” has followed Trump’s campaign from Day 1. He is certain that Trump, who he calls a “unique species,” will win.

That’s a disconcerting move coming from a man who recently wrote a self-published book titled, Stop Trump: Una Cronología Abreviada, or an “abridged chronology.” But Campbell Peña doesn’t want Trump to start packing his bags for the White House just yet; he hopes his book will inspire Mexican leadership to develop a plan to deal with the possibility of a Trump presidency.

He partially attributes Trump’s U.S. appeal to the scandals that have beset Hillary Clinton. But he also believes that global instability is setting the table for a Trump presidency. “ISIS is helping Mr. Trump,” he said, “and also the police attacks.”

If Trump were elected, Campbell Peña says the businessman would immediately enact a series of “publicity policies,” such as building the border wall, to prove his might.

Another display of power the broadcaster expects in Trump’s hypothetical first year, is the cessation of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the U.S.—as far-fetched as that sounds. “We are not going to have ambassador[s] in D.C. and in Mexico City,” he forecasted.

But Campbell Peña does not believe Mexico would fork over the billions of dollars needed to erect Trump’s notorious wall. He cites President

Enrique Peña Nieto, who recently stated, “There is no way that Mexico can pay.”

Campbell Peña, however, does expect a massive deportation effort—although not of every undocumented immigrant, as Trump has promised. According to him, that would be physically impossible. “But he is going to deport more people than Obama,” he said.

If that happens, Campbell Peña says the U.S. economy could collapse due to the sudden loss of a large percentage of its labor force and consumer base. And the situation would be equally as dire south of the border. “Mexico cannot receive a lot of migrants,” he said. With the loss of remittances from Mexican nationals working in the States (to the sum of $24.8 billion in 2015, according to a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office report), the Mexican economy would fold, too.

In an interesting twist, Campbell Peña noted that conspiracy theories about Trump abound. “A taxi [driver] told me that Peña Nieto has just been with Donald Trump,” he said, implying that the two are somehow in cahoots. He also says many Mexicans share an inherent distrust of mainstream news outlets because of their close ties to the government.

But it’s possible that conspiracy theories are simply a means for those who feel disempowered to make sense of Trump’s madness. Speaking of which: How does it feel to be Mexican and hear Trump’s vitriolic message?

Campbell Peña’s answer is blunt: “We feel as [though we are] Polish in 1938, when Adolf Hitler reached power in Germany. We are Poland and Trump is Germany.”

LITTLE TRUMPS Maritza Waldo Molina, English teacher When Waldo Molina crossed the border aided by a coyote, or trafficker, she didn’t even realize it was illegal. She lived for more than five years in North Carolina, beginning in 2005, and only returned to Mexico for her parents’ sake. But she still has family in the States, some of whom are legal residents; some still undocumented.

Waldo Molina, now an English teacher, says that her view of Trump is akin to that of the majority of Mexicans: “Everybody thinks he’s a jerk.”

Her theory as to the candidate’s popularity, however, is unique: People get defensive when they feel threatened—“The problem is, like, we blame everybody”—and he’s the ultimate defense mechanism.

As a Mexican, she isn’t offended by Americans who love Trump—because she isn’t surprised. “I’m not 100 percent neutral, but I know you can expect anything” from politics on both sides of the border.

Her big-picture attitude is that the president doesn’t matter: The rich will get richer, and they’ll continue to ignore the working class.

To that skeptical end, she describes Trump as a “Muppet,” who is “part of a malicious plan.” She points to his role as the distraction—a guy who says hateful and outrageous things to keep people distracted, while the powerful elite do the real damage.

That’s one reason why she thinks Trump will win.

Waldo Molina is equally jaded when it comes to Mexican politics. She mentions the most recent presidential race, in which Peña Nieto won with less than half of the popular vote, an election reminiscent of the Bush-Gore standoff of 2000.

She also thinks we all have some of Trump’s flaws in us, to varying degrees. She calls these our “little Trumps.”

�Trump is a muppet who is part of a malicious plan.�

�I think in the United States, people are more aggressive when you’re different.� TARGET PRACTICE Ali Gua Gua, Punk musician and DJ

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As was the case with many Mexicans, Trump wasn’t on Ali Gua Gua’s radar. “We only know he had, like, some hotels and had a lot of money,” said Gua Gua, seated in the middle of a protest encampment full of striking teachers in the heart of the Mexican capital, where she lives. A globetrotting musician prominent in the Latin American punk scene, Gua Gua is perhaps best known as part of the Kumbia Queers, an all-female outfit whose members hail from Mexico and Argentina. She views Trump’s popularity in the U.S. as a result of a potent strain of cultural intolerance in the country. “I think in the United States, [people are] more aggressive when you’re different,” she said. “And I think Trump is representing these people who think all the problems are because of immigration.”

Although she thinks Trump will ultimately lose the election, Gua Gua admits that it’s still frightening that his ideas carried him to the nomination. “The easiest way is hate,” she said. She also shares a warning for Trump supporters in America: White people will soon be outnumbered.

Gua Gua dismissed Trump’s claim that the Mexican government uses the U.S. as a “release valve” for its own domestic poverty. Instead, she says, common people are often faced with an impossible situation. “If you’re a young guy, in a small town in the middle of Mexico, you have, like, two choices, or three: You’re a peasant and you starve [to] death, or you become a policeman, te vuelves narco [you traffic drugs], or you go to the States.” The majority decline crossing the border because it is expensive and fraught with danger.

Amazingly, the punk rocker keeps a sense of humor about it all. During our chat, she jokes about his “piggy face,” and how metal bands might find him the perfect target for their derision were he elected. In the end, she likened his candidacy to dystopian farce with a musical twist: “For me, it’s like a comic, no? It’s like Jello Biafra’s worst nightmare.”

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BLONDE AMBITION Cuauhtli Contreras, Shop owner On most days, you’ll find Contreras at his news kiosk in Mexico City’s Zócalo, where he sells papers and magazines, bottled drinks and loose cigarettes. He’s a man of the news, so you might be surprised, then, that he sympathizes with Trump.

“He’s defending his country. No one sees it that way, but it’s true,” Contreras argues.

Nonetheless, he believes Trump will lose, because his vitriol repulses so many voters. “If you’re not blonde and tall, you’re opposed to Trump,” he said in Spanish.

For Contreras, Trump isn’t directly threatening Mexico, as his message is not about Mexicans. “His whole campaign of hate is against Mexicans in the United States,” he said.

Contreras’ views also stand out because, if Trump were to win, he thinks the Mexican government would in fact go along with the mogul’s plans.

“Mexico belongs to the United States,” he said.

He points out that it has been this way since the Mexican-American War, when the U.S. Army occupied Mexico City and flew the Stars and Stripes over the very square where he runs his kiosk.

That’s why Contreras believes that Mexico might bend to pressure and pay for a border wall— even though his country would have to borrow money from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund or possibly the U.S. itself to build it. If that occurred, Mexico would carry the debt for generations.

“It’s like I told you,” he said, “Mexico is not in a position to refuse the United States.”

MISGUIDED & MONEY HUNGRY Brillyl Sánchez, Customer service

�It’s the first time I’ve heard a candidate who talks like this so openly.�

Sánchez sits in a Quaker-run hostel and community center in central Mexico City, where he sometimes practices English with expats and hostel guests. Sánchez, who is gay, admits that the current groundswell of global reactionary conservatism—including Trump’s overwhelming popularity—feels not only regressive, but also dangerous. “I hope that he doesn’t win,” he said with utmost sincerity.

“It’s the first time that I’ve heard a candidate who talks like this, so openly, about problems … without making a sound judgment about the causes.”

He remembered the “taco bowl” episode: On Cinco de Mayo this year, Trump tweeted a picture of himself at his Fifth Avenue desk with a sad-looking tortilla shell—a classic example of Americanized “Mexican” food—and the caption “I love Hispanics!”

“It’s very weird,” Sánchez said. “It’s a comedy.”

He believes the motive for the slapdash campaign is obvious: “I think that Donald Trump only wants to draw attention.” He sees Trump’s extremism as a sideshow. “Se sabe que no va a ganar,” or in English: It’s known that he is not going to win.

Sánchez speculates that instead, the entire campaign is about creating a high profile to earn more cash. “His finances aren’t so good right now, and he needs more publicity.”

As a gay man, he thinks Trump’s response to incidents such as the Orlando shooting was irresponsible and disrespectful. “I think that was, like, very misguided,” he said.

“Who’s he helping, really?”

Sánchez believes Clinton would be a better leader for the LGBTQ community and the country in general.

He also dismisses Trump’s statements referring to immigrants as criminals or drug-smugglers. “It’s like saying all Colombians are narcotraficantes. Of course not. It’s absurd.”

CEASELESS WARS Isaías Jaime Ignacio Cruz, Teacher on strike

�What would the United States gain from being constantly at war?�

The ongoing teacher strike in Mexico City is a mass protest against national education reforms. Critics say President Peña Nieto’s proposals have more to do with privatization than actually improving schools.

And his government has tried to enforce its will against protesters with violent police crackdowns.

To that end, Cruz sees similarities between Trump’s rhetoric and the reality in Mexico. “Here, too, our government has already become very right-wing,” he said. “It has become more discriminatory, and it’s affecting its own population.”

A native of the southern state of Oaxaca, Cruz says that what makes Trump worse than most is that “he is a person who discriminates too much, and that, in fact, he is racist toward certain groups.”

Cruz predicts that the U.S. economy would collapse if undocumented immigrants were prevented from entering the country or sent back to Latin America. “They have jobs that Americans cannot or will not do,” he said. He added that U.S. business owners ultimately benefit from undocumented immigration, since those without legal status often work for less money.

Cruz, who has been part of the teacher occupation in Mexico City since 2013, wonders what supporters think they’ll gain from Trump’s belligerent policies. “We’ve already seen this gentleman’s intentions to begin cutting ties with all of the developing nations,” he said. “What would the [United States] gain from being constantly at war?”

Hopefully, he says, Americans will come to their senses by November.

Cruz quoted Benito Juárez, the first indigenous president of Mexico (and fellow Oaxaqueño): “Respect for the rights of others means peace.”

‘GOD HELP US!’ José Luis Díaz Calderón, University professor

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Díaz Calderón described Trump frankly: “Nosotros la vemos como si fuera algo muy parecido a Hitler.” To translate: “We see it as something very much like Hitler.”

But the professor at Instituto Politécnico Nacional, one of the country’s largest public universities, also thinks that Trump’s bark will be louder than his bite if he’s actually elected.

“It’s understood that, in a campaign, [Trump] can say a thousand things [in order] to win votes,” he said. But if Trump wanted to pursue a hard line with Mexico, his influence would be limited by pre-existing agreements between the two governments, the counterweight of the U.S. Congress and state laws along the border.

Díaz Calderón also believes that Mexico’s significance as a leading country in Latin America would temper some of Trump’s more extreme proposals. “We say that, in terms of Latin America, Mexico represents the big brother for the majority of countries, with the exception more recently of Brazil, Chile or Argentina,” he explained.

He noted that Mexico has been the United States’ partner for 150 years. This means, according to the professor, the country is an essential intermediary between the U.S. and other Latin American nations. In other words, Trump would need Mexico.

Economic ties also run deep. Not only do U.S.-based firms use cheap Mexican labor, but Mexico, with roughly 122 million residents, represents an important consumer market (think “Mexican Coke”).

Díaz Calderón also mentioned that most voters in Latin America regard U.S. elections as clean and free from repression or corruption. At the same time, he thinks that Latino voters are undervalued as a complementary bloc to white ones, and that their interests are too often overlooked. Trump’s pandering to the concerns of an ever-insecure, mostly conservative base supports Díaz Calderón’s view.

And that’s the rub in Mexico: “For us, the worst thing is that there’s a mass [of people] that support the proposals of Donald Trump,” he said. “Today, if you ask any Mexican, they’ll say, ‘God willing, Hillary Clinton will win.’”

Interestingly, this anti-Trump sentiment is shared across the political aisle in Mexico, from supporters of the conservative Peña Nieto to those who sympathize with the striking teachers. They’re all saying it: “God help us if Donald Trump wins!” PJH

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CINEMA Boxer Rebellion Hands of Stone can’t carve out a distinctive space among boxing biopics.

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ou’ve got to hand this to Jonathan Jakubowicz, writer/director of Hands of Stone: It takes balls of stone to cast Robert DeNiro in your based-on-a-truestory boxing movie. It might be 36 years since DeNiro won an Oscar for playing Jake LaMotta in Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, but that film remains a kind of gold standard, not just for capturing the visceral, kinetic intensity of boxing, but for shaking up the often predictable rhythms of the movie biography. And here’s a relatively inexperienced Venezuelan filmmaker, with his first American theatrical feature release, inviting comparison with a classic.

That kind of pugnacious spirit feels just about right for the story of Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán (Edgar Ramírez). After opening up with Durán’s first American fight— and an introduction by his manager, Carlos Eleta (Ruben Blades), to successful but long-retired trainer Ray Arcel (DeNiro)—Jakubowicz circles back to Durán’s impoverished childhood with a single mother. His “origin story” becomes a familiar one of a tough street kid finding a way to survive and thrive through sports, but given a specificity anchored in Durán’s intense antipathy toward Americans— the result both of the swirling political unrest of the 1960s and 1970s domination of the Panama Canal, and the fact that Durán’s father was an American soldier who left his pregnant mother behind.

There’s a strong foundation in that background for the relationship between Durán and Arcel, which plays with surrogate parent/child issues on both sides. Jakubowicz finds a few great moments in Durán’s corner between rounds—the best parts of Ramírez’s performance—as Arcel’s attempts to keep him focused collide with the fighter’s stubborn ferocity. It’s here that the director comes up

Edgar Ramírez and Bobby DeNiro in Hands of Stone. with what could have been a uniquely perceptive point of view, distinguishing it from the bulk of boxing films: Arcel’s constant refrain to Durán emphasizes the strategy of boxing, the part of the fight that is won between the ears rather than between the ropes.

That becomes the central concept as the story reaches the two most famous fights of Durán’s career, his welterweight title battles with Sugar Ray Leonard (Usher Raymond).

Both fights are impacted, Jakubowicz suggests, by playing on the opponent’s pride to get them to abandon their strengths, as well as by the sense of finally having “made it” that led to Durán gaining more than 30 pounds between the two 1980 fights. It’s almost enough to make you not want to roll your eyes at those oldschool boxing aficionados who referred to it as “the sweet science.”

The problem with Hands of Stone becomes the same problem that plagues too many film biographies: a refusal to trust that the story can be told without a mountain of “then this happened, then this happened” details. Jakubowicz spends ample time on Durán’s courtship and relationship with his eventual wife, Felicidad (Ana de Armas), leading up to the inevitable moment when his success-driven excesses lead to a rift in their marriage. There’s a detour involving one of Durán’s childhood mentors, the Fagin-like Caflán (Óscar Jaenada), and a scene in which Durán at last meets the father he had never known. And that’s saying nothing of the distracting amount of time the narrative spends

on background events in Arcel’s life, including his run-ins with mobsters in the 1950s and the sudden re-appearance of an estranged adopted daughter. Jakubowicz too rarely trusts that he can make a movie about the art of boxing that happens to include these two characters, rather than yet another cinematic Wikipedia entry.

Of course, there are actual physical fight sequences as well, and Jakubowicz never seems entirely comfortable with how he wants to approach them. His camera swoops and swirls around the action, cutting to flash bulbs in a way that’s far too reminiscent of Raging Bull; his sound design is somewhat distinctive, with fighters in clinches occasionally seeming so intense that they’re breaking one another’s bones. But he too rarely opts to emphasize the momentum of any given fight, or how the strategic decisions Arcel emphasizes play out in the results of any given round. When the final bells ring, all we know is that two large men have beaten the crap out of each other. The 36 years since Raging Bull should have taught us that a fight needs to be about more than that. PJH

HANDS OF STONE BB Edgar Ramírez Robert DeNiro Usher Raymond Rated R

TRY THESE Raging Bull (1980) Robert DeNiro Joe Pesci Rated R

The Liberator (2013) Edgar Ramírez María Valverde Not Rated

Ali (2001) Will Smith Jamie Foxx Rated R

Creed (2015) Michael B. Jordan Sylvester Stallone Rated PG-13

THIS WEEK: August 24-30, 2016

Compiled by Caroline LaRosa

Thursday, 6 p.m., doors at 5:30 at Center for the Arts, free: Journey through Yellowstone with David Quammen and Nat Geo Explore America’s vibrant and imperiled ecosystem with award-winning science writer David Quammen as he shares insights and stunning photos from his new National Geographic book.

Quammen looks at Yellowstone’s inception and history, its heroes and challenges, its massive ecosystem and the iconic and often endangered animals within it, such as grizzly bears, wolves and bison. He examines the concept of protected wild lands and their future and all that’s at stake as civilization meets park boundaries.

Audience Q&A and book signing follows the presentation.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24

n Rebecca Ryan plays the Deck at Piste 4:30pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Free, 307-733-2292 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 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 n The Stroock Sovereign Wealth Forum 6:00pm, The Center Theater, Free, 720.979.7200 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

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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 Open House Wildlife Viewing Platform for Murie Family Park Concept Presentation 11:00am, Center for the Arts Conference Room, Free, 307413-1471 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 Genealogy Workshop: Finding the Black Sheep & More 2:00pm, Teton County Library Computer Lab, Free, 307-7332164 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n JH People’s Market 4:00pm, The Base of Snow King, Free n Book Bike: 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 Teton County Access to Justice divorce and child custody legal aid clinic 4:00pm, Teton County Access to Justice, Free, 307-734-9023 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386

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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 Adult SUP on the Snake River 8:30am, Rendezvous River Sports, $100.00, 307-739-9025 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $4.00, 307-739-9025 n Video Creative 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $260.00, 307733-6379 n Feeling Like Fantasy 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $235.00 - $282.00, 307-733-6379 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 Love Card Readings with Intuitive Rosie Cutter 10:00am, Spirit Books. Gifts.

Life., $125.00, 307-733-3382 n Print Lab 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $270.00, 307733-6379

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25

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 Fee Free Days in Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park 7:00am, Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park, Free, 307-739-3300 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Video Creative 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $260.00, 307733-6379 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Elevated Yoga on the Deck 9:00am, Top of Bridger Gondola, $30.00, 307-733-2292 n Feeling Like Fantasy 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $235.00 - $282.00, 307-733-6379 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Yoga on the Trail 10:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n Love Card Readings with Intuitive Rosie Cutter 10:00am, Spirit Books. Gifts.

Life., $125.00, 307-733-3382 n Print Lab 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $270.00, 307733-6379

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n Toddler Time 10:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 n Walking Tour of Jackson 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free, 307-733-2141 n Storytime 10:30am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 n Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386 n Raptors at the King 5:00pm, Snow King Mountain, Free, 307-201-5464 n R Park Chamber Mixer 5:00pm, R Park, Free, 307-2012309 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, 307-739-9025 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 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 Splash and Go Thursdays 6:00pm, Wilson Bridge, Free, 307-733-3270 n Journey Through Yellowstone with David Quammen and National Geographic 6:00pm, The Center Theater, Free, 307-733-2164 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n JH Community Band Rehearsal 7:00pm, Center for the Arts Performing Arts Wing, Free, 307200-9463 n Explore Sound Healing For Stress Relief 7:00pm, Medicine Wheel Wellness, 307-699-7480 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 Salsa Night 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500 n Jack Nelson Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n BOGDOG 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26

n Fitness & Dance Classes All Day! 7:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Fee Free Days in Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park 7:00am, Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park, Free, 307-739-3300 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 Video Creative 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $260.00, 307733-6379 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, 307-739-9025 n Feeling Like Fantasy 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $235.00 - $282.00, 307-733-6379 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Love Card Readings with Intuitive Rosie Cutter 10:00am, Spirit Books. Gifts.

Life., $125.00, 307-733-3382 n Print Lab 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $270.00, 307733-6379 n Zumba 12:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 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 Electronics/Tech 3:30pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201

BEN BLANTON

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 Jack Nelson Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Fruition 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, $15.00, 307-733-3886

GET OUT

Wind River Roving Why some prefer a slower pace in the mountains.

BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS @ekoutrelakos

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n ongoing debate has been occurring since the dawn of movement in the mountains. The early European settlers began their mountain treks out West with a plethora of goods, sometimes mules and a heart for adventure. Now, people conquer the Grand Teton in less than three hours, a feat that took the European explorers a few days. In recent years, I’ve found myself in the middle of this deliberation. What’s better? Fast and light, or long and bountiful?

The perfect moment for comparison arrived during a four-day backpacking trip in the Wind River Range. When I mentioned this plan to a friend, he informed me he was planning to run the route in a day. Thus, the note taking began of our two different experiences.

My plan consisted of a venture to Titcomb Basin with some technical climbs in mind. It would also serve as a much-needed escape from the bustle of cars and random humans running into the streets of downtown Jackson.

Following the chaos of my work week, I slept in, packed up in the morning and headed to the store. I purchased avocados, spices, good meat and ample fruits before scurrying along to the Elkhart Park trailhead.

A dear friend joined me in this little mission, but we entered the black hole between Jackson and Pinedale and didn’t begin walking until around 2 p.m. With heavy packs and snacks to share, we waddled ropes and gear toward Titcomb Basin. This 15-mile approach seemingly lengthened with each

A post-rainstorm sunset in the Winds makes it easier to tolerate drenched bodies and gear.

stomp, but felt slightly enjoyable after our sore shoulders began to ignore the weight.

We stopped to fish in a random lake on the way, and I felt as though I was in a children’s bounce castle when I took my pack off and walked around the high alpine meadow. In perfect synchronicity, a storm engulfed us just as thoughts of not wanting to walk any farther seeped into my mind. We had no choice but to set up camp and eat some fish.

Unfortunately the rain came faster than expected, but a campfire served to dry out the remains of our socks and wet clothing.

The sky showed itself the next morning, and we continued on to the Basin with saturated packs and lots of appreciation for the sun.

Although we did some climbing, this seemingly pointless pastime was enjoyable only for the notably cold morning and vast views of the peaks.

A striking sunset marked the end of a fulfilling day alongside the ultimate basecamp at Titcomb. The feast we cooked made the hefty approach worth the effort.

Now let’s revisit my runner friend who did the entire mission, without the climbing part, in one day. A 3 a.m. start with Gu and protein bars in tow, this mountain sprinter enjoyed an incredible workout, some quick Instagram shots, and a nice little truck with all the amenities for camping.

I’ve never attempted the mountain sprint, but I’m sure afterwards it makes a comfortable bed and margaritas feel well deserved.

The runner man’s feat exudes awesomeness and appreciation for the human body, but I still don’t know if I’m into it. Maybe it’s because I’m not in extreme Jackson shape, or maybe my brain doesn’t have the desire to look at scenery that quickly. My existence depends on basking in good food, relaxing and soaking up the mountains; these things may never change.

Perhaps that’s the inherent reason why our predecessors decided to conquer the mountains in days, not hours. PJH

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BOUNDARIES OF THE SOUL WITH RABBI TIRZAH FIRESTONE

THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SOUL: KABBALAH AND DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY

The Jewish mystical tradition known as Kabbalah is for everybody.

It provides a map of consciousness remarkably similar to modern depth psychology as popularized by Carl Jung. Both systems understand that every human soul is invested with a code unique unto itself, which guides us to our fulfillment in the form of our own authenticity. Likewise, both teach that reality arises out of primordial nothingness, and that each of us can make life meaningful by bringing light forth from chaos and darkness.

Everyone is welcome for this exciting exploration of the common boundary between an ancient tradition and the living psyche.

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MUSIC BOX

Intimate Showing Easy rolling tunes from troubadours who share history and chemistry.

BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

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n many ways, songwriters Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle were cut from the same cloth. Both have experienced multiple divorces (six for Earle), survived dark addictions, battled demons from emotional anguish via depression and rough patches. Both also happen to be American treasures that pen poignant songs that can lure anyone onto a given page with open ears. The pair of old friends released Colvin & Earle earlier this year.

It was 1987 when Colvin first opened for Earle at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. Earle was addicted to heroin and when Colvin first tried to meet him backstage, she got the cold shoulder, as he was about to satisfy his fix. Earle had enjoyed success the prior year as a young songwriter in Nashville on the heels of releasing the eponymous Gold album Guitar Town, which led to Emmylou Harris recording the song. Problem was, now he could afford more drugs. By 1992 he was homeless and without a guitar. These days, both Earle and Colvin are in “the program” and both make meetings on the road or have phone meetings with sponsors.

“I didn’t make any music. I listened to mostly hip-hop because that’s what the people I was hanging around with were listening to,” Earle told The New York Times about his stint living on the streets. “The very, very dark place I was in, I remember walking down Murfreesboro Road in Nashville and seeing people I knew across the street. I was worried about trying to stay to one side so they wouldn’t recognize me. Then I got to a gas station and looked at myself in a mirror, and I realized my front teeth were missing. I had dreadlocks out to here, so there was no way anybody would have known who I was.”

Colvin explained about her addiction and recovery: “When I became sober, I was 27 and struggling as an artist. As a kid, I was depressed and riddled with anxiety. The bottom dropped out when I was 19. I was given an antidepressant, and it really helped. But then, as many depressives do, I went, ‘I don’t need this,’ and I went off the drugs. So the depression

Seasoned songwriters and longtime friends Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin perform together at Center for the Arts Sunday. and anxiety returned, and I learned to medicate myself with beer and wine. I was very controlled—I was getting drunk, but I was totally under the radar. But I had suicidal hangovers that were about to take me down, so I knew I had to quit.”

What you’ll hear on Colvin & Earle and at the show are two late career artists that inspired one another after touring in 2014. Six of the 13 songs are co-written by the pair at Buddy Miller’s house, and the band behind them (including Chris Wood on bass) is poised and relaxed, allowing the lyrics to breathe with clarity. Hard country and pop folk are intermixed with some familiarity, including the Stones’ “You Were on My Mind” and “Ruby Tuesday.”

Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle, 8 p.m. Sunday at the Center Theater. $71. JHCenterForTheArts.org; 733-4900.

Go Out West Fest, young man “I headed west to grow up with the country,” sang Gram Parsons in his song “Return of the Grievous Angel,” a cult-classic recorded in 1973. The idea comes from the phrase “go west, young man,” based on the concept of Manifest Destiny and America’s expansion westward.

The regional bands of Sunday’s Out West Fest—Birdhunter, Patrick Chadwick, Screen Door Porch (this columnist’s outfit), and Canyon Kids—know the feeling of chasing dreams westward. From nearly top to bottom, the bill is full of musicians that journeyed west in their early 20s to find opportunity and access to the mountains they’d dreamed of. The music followed. The brainchild of duo-led Canyon Kids, the fest signals another Rocky Mountain summer in the books, yet brings together four acts that are forging paths of their own in a rural pocket of the country.

“I first headed West to check out America and our national parks ... explore and adventure and have opportunities to do exactly what I want with my time,” said Canyon Kids vocalist/rhythm guitarist Bo Elledge. “I had spent time in other gorgeous places doing seasonal work but this place has more sense of community and a welcoming music scene.”

What sets these acts apart and what ties them together is the emphasis on creating a sound of their own through song craft, and interacting with peers that share a similar zest for the mountain-musician lifestyle. The fest was inspired in part by the WYOmericana Caravan Tour, which Screen Door Porch and Canyon Kids linked up for in 2015. Collaborative

encores and cross-band collaborations were a staple of the tour, and Out West Fest embodies this tradition that often produces unrehearsed moments.

Pinedale duo Birdhunter opens the show. Samantha Rise (vocals, ukulele) and Ryan Ptasnik (drums, keyboard bass) have a fresh sound meshing jazz, folk, soul and early blues sensibilities. Patrick Chadwick has had a prolific run as of late, releasing his terrific Soul of Mine EP earlier this year as well as a collaborative EP with Victor Pokorny, Stay!

Positive!, released digitally on iTunes just last week. Rootsrock/Americana band Screen Door Porch will stage a quintet after a run of festivals and before entering the studio to record a fourth album. Canyon Kids will close the day with their sixpiece version of the band, which often nudges subtle acoustic moments to a rockin’ bang. Last year’s release Best Loved Poems of the American is a notable work of 2015.

Out West Fest featuring Canyon Kids, Screen Door Porch, Patrick Chadwick and Birdhunter, 5 p.m. at Village Commons.

Free, all-ages. OutWestFest.org.

Coming to Fruition at the Tavern

Portland, Oregon-based quintet Fruition has grown from a rootsy, string-centric outfit to a full-fledged rock band with an easy yet powerful grasp of soul, blues, and British invasion-era pop. Though they played the Knotty Pine Halloween show in 2012 and again last August, this is the band’s first show on the Jackson side.

PJH: Fruition has grown organically, grass-roots style through consistent touring since first playing Teton County.

Kellen Asebroek: We’ve been doing this together for eight-plus years now, and as a machine, it’s been a steady evolution. We started by touring in a Ford Explorer, with no real plans or booked shows—just driving and busking and making connections. Eventually we started touring in a van and our current manager Josh Nicotra saw us busking at SXSW and offered his assistance.

Essentially it’s been an eight yearlong exercise in putting our intention out into the world, working hard, and being open to the opportunities that come back at us. It’s been like an ice sculpture—we’re slowly chiseling this increasingly more detailed piece. So whether that means hiring a publicist, hiring a lawyer, beefing up our tour schedule, working with a label, promoting through radio visits ... all of these

WEDNESDAY Fruition (Town Square Tavern), Open Mic with Songwriter’s Alley ft.

Slip n’ the Jigs (Silver Dollar) THURSDAY BOGDOG (Town Square Tavern), Major Zephyr (Silver Dollar) FRIDAY Boondocks (Silver Dollar), Todo Mundo (Mangy Moose)

Fruition’s Kellen Asebroek: ‘This is our main focus in life and this is the project that we believe in from the cores of our souls.’ details take shape as we press on. This is our main focus in life and this is a project that we believe in from the cores of our souls. We definitely have learned how to take certain aspects of it more seriously as we grow as a band, and as we grow older as humans—maintaining (relative) mental and physical health, good relationships with each other, and learning how to survive months upon months straight on the road.

PJH: Would you agree that Labor Of Love has a warmer, less raw production value from previous records? Does recording a new album change your approach to the live set?

KA: Yeah, the album sounds less raw, but it doesn’t sound over-produced. We were shooting for a warm, classic, vintage, subtle psychedelic vibe, and I think we nailed it. As far as how it affects the live set, it’s more so that we wanted this album to reflect the live set. Our past outputs have gotten close, but there was still this disparity between the studio sound and our live sound. Labor of Love bridged that gap for us finally.

We had a lot of time to work on Labor of Love, and we wanted to make it sound exactly how it sounded in our heads. Taking full advantage of analog gear and digital mixing, bringing in heavy hitters, like Anders Beck and Steve Swatkins, to throw some added twists on the tracks, and just giving the album time to breathe. There are definitely pros and cons to having too much time to work on an album; some of the best things are done on the first take, or when you are in a “let’s record and finish this thing in a week” type of mindset. For this particular project, however, we stretched it out over a year plus. PJH Fruition, 10 p.m. Wednesday at Town Square Tavern. $15.

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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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n Fitness & Dance Classes All Day! 7:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Fee Free Days in Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park 7:00am, Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park, Free, 307-739-3300 n JH Farmers Market 8:00am, Town Square, Free, 307-413-6323 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307739-3594 n Montana Enduro Series, The Grand Enduro 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, 307-353-2300

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n K-12 Education: Designing the Future 3:30pm, Teton County Library Ordway Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 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 Friday Night Bikes 5:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, $10.00, 307-733-2292 n Josh Riggs plays The Deck at Piste 5:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307733-2292 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 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 - $65.00, 307733-6994 n Shabbat & Dinner with Rabbi Firestone 6:30pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Free n Pam Drews Phillips Plays Jazz 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free, 307-733-8833 n Boondocks 7:30pm, Wort Hotel, Free, 307-732-3939 n JH Rodeo 8:00pm, Fairgrounds, $15.00 - $35.00, 307-7337927 n Jack Nelson Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Todo Mundo 9:00pm, Mangy Moose, $7.00, 307-733-4913 n Free Public Stargazing 9:30pm, Rendezvous Park, Free, 307-413-4779 n Friday Night DJ 10:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n The Moist Boys 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-7333886

WELL, THAT HAPPENED

Tell No One Selling difficult moments in the name of art.

BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz

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don’t necessarily consider myself a visual artist. Yes, writing is more or less visual, and I’ve been on stage more times than I can count, but I’ve never figured my erratic creative exploits could stand with work by the more prevalent artists in our community.

Jackson is home to superb painters, photographers, sculptors, screen-printers, etc., who regularly produce and sell art. Most of my writing, however, is done in secret at my laptop screen at Pearl St. Bagels and kept to myself.

Recently Planet scribe and art maven Meg Daly sent me an e-mail inviting me to participate in the JH Public Art’s “Tiny Art Show,” a pop-up gallery displayed in Public Art’s Mobile Design Studio. The show, co-curated

by Alissa Davies, took place at the last three People’s Markets at the base of Snow King, but is now over and done with.

I had a fiction project that had been mulling around in my head since I applied for the CSA Jackson Hole art share two years ago.

The pitch—a ghost story in a cigar box—was rejected unfortunately, but the notion lingered in the expansive, bizarre archives of

Within these boxes are some of the author’s deepest, darkest secrets. my creative mind. When Daly asked me to participate in the show, I immediately went to the stacks and retrieved the idea.

However, since I don’t often get the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of local art luminaries like Ben Roth, Bronwyn Minton, Pamela Gibson and Jenny Dowd, I wanted to pull out the stops and do something personal, unique and challenging. So rather than putting fictional stories within a box, I spent an emotional evening combing through the darkest, most hidden events of my life—the things not even my closest friends or family members were aware of—and bringing them to the surface.

Fun! I wrote out a series of six linked essays, each one centered around one of these defining events, and assembled six wooden boxes, which I then stained and scuffed. Since each of the events occurred at a different moment of my life, the boxes were separated by age. I then went back into my archives (this time my physical archives) and found stories, journal entries, documents, and notes that were written during the time of the secret event. These dossiers were assembled, placed within the boxes, which I then sealed shut. If the patron wanted to read the contents of a box and ultimately learn my secrets, they would have to break it open and destroy the “art.”

When the boxes were complete, I got kind of emotional. Not only had I revisited some of the more difficult moments of my

upbringing, but I had manifested them in front of me. For the first time, they existed outside of my mind. And I was putting them on display. Not only that, I was selling them.

Alongside work by the aforementioned artists, I had a feeling my project would be seen as too experimental, too weird and, at $100 a box, too expensive. How do you justify spending that much money when you don’t know what’s inside the box? (Cue the anguished Brad Pitt in Se7en: “OH, WHAT’S IN THE BAWKS?!”)

But the idea was that I would be entrusting the buyers with these secrets, thus the title of the project: “Between Us.” The patron could keep the box safe or destroy it. It would be up to her.

When the pieces went up at the People’s Market, I darted in and around the trailer, spying on Daly and Davies as they explained the project, and watching people’s confused reactions. They picked up the boxes, tried to pry them open, shook them. It definitely sparked people’s curiosity. But I had a hard time promoting the idea, because part of me wanted to kidnap the boxes and hurl them into a bonfire.

Two of the boxes are now in the hands of Daly and her brother Matt Daly. I don’t know what their intentions will be, but it’s somewhat therapeutic to know that there are two people out there who now know what I know.

Whether it will stay between us is uncertain. PJH

n Fee Free Days in Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park 7:00am, Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park, Free, 307-739-3300 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Montana Enduro Series, The Grand Enduro 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, 307-353-2300 n Clay Sculpting: Self Portraits 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $115.00, 307-733-6379 n Adult Raft Guide Weekend Course 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $300.00, 307-739-9025 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n JH Sports Chainless Bike Series 2:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307-733-2292 n Whiskey Mornin’ Duo 4:30pm, The Deck at Piste, Free, 307-733-2292 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 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 Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307733-4407 n Lecture: A Harrowing Survival in Nazi Germany 6:00pm, The Wort Hotel, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-462-0847 n The Center Presents Colvin & Earle 8:00pm, The Center Theater, $69.00, 307-733-4900 n Open Mic 9:00pm, Pinky G’s Pizzeria, Free, 307-734-7465 n Hospitality Night - Happy Hour 9:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free

MONDAY, AUGUST 29

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 Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 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 JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornan’s, Free, 307733-2415 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n David Cattani Duo 7:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Walker Williams 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30

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 Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212

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n SUP Lessons for Adults at Slide Lake 8:30am, Rendezvous River Sports, $100.00, 307-739-9025 n REFIT® 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Clay Sculpting: Self Portraits 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $115.00, 307-733-6379 n Elevated Yoga on the Deck 9:00am, Top of Bridger Gondola, $30.00, 307-733-2292 n Adult Raft Guide Weekend Course 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $300.00, 307-739-9025 n Kabbalah workshop with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone 9:00am, JHJC Center in the Centennial Bldg, Free n Teton Toss Disc Golf Tournament 9:00am, Teton Village, $10.00 $30.00, 307-733-2292 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Wild West Skateboard Contest Series 1:30pm, Ketchum, ID Guy Coles Skatepark, 307-733-6433 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 Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535 n JH Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 $65.00, 307-733-6994 n Boondocks 7:30pm, Wort Hotel, Free, 307732-3939 n JH Rodeo 8:00pm, Fairgrounds, $15.00 $35.00, 307-733-7927 n Jack Nelson Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n WYOBASS 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Jameson Black Barrel Music Series 10:30pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500 n Sneaky Pete and the Secret Weapons 10:30pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $7.00 - $10.00, 307-733-1500

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24 | AUGUST 24, 2016

PENNY WOLIN

CULTURE KLASH

Art, Puppies and a Rescued Food Feast Events to connect with community, expand the mind and open the heart.

BY MEG DALY @MegDaly1

Thursday, August 25: Explorer Artist at Teton Artlab Chad Stayrook once canoed from his art studio in Brooklyn up the Hudson River to Peeskill, New York. Upon landing, he planted a flag on the shore. The mayor of Peeskill appeared and declared the day (September 29), “Landing Day.” One year later Stayrook performed a live storytelling of his journey in front of an audience while a map of the journey was tattooed on his arm.

What sort of symbolic experiential

Top: Informed by adventure, Teton Artlab visiting artist Chad Stayrook is a ‘sci-fi explorer.’ Left: Yappy Hour combines cuddly creatures and booze at the Animal Adoption Center. Right: Penny Wolin makes a stop in her home state as part of her book tour. adventures Stayrook is up to this month in Jackson will be revealed Thursday at the Teton Artlab. Stayrook is a visiting artist at the Lab through August 31.

Stayrook says he aims for a blend of reality and fantasy in his work. “I leave room for play and spontaneity in all of my work in order to retain a spirit of true exploration.”

His residency coincides with visiting artist Josh Short’s second stint at the Artlab.

According to Artlab director Travis Walker, the artists have been getting along like a house on fire.

“We have been sitting outside under the awning of Josh’s Bomb Shelter Radio, talking and listening to vinyl records Josh has collected from all over the country,” Walker said.

“Chad is more sci-fi explorer, while Josh is more punk pirate,” Walker continued.

“Their studios resemble a science lab mixed with a kid’s playroom and a natural history museum.”

The open studio is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday with an artist talk at 6:15 at Teton Artlab. tetonartlab.org.

Friday, August 26: Yappy/Meowy Hour If you’ve just about had it with hordes of humans, try socializing with other, less opinionated species this week at the Animal

Adoption Center.

Adoption counselor Jess Farr says Yappy/ Meowy hour is a great time to get to know the animals and chill out after work. Snake River Brewing will donate libations, and Lucky’s Market has donated snacks.

“All of our animals will be here,” Farr said.

“If it’s good weather people can hang out in the backyard and we’ll have doggie pools set up. We also send people on mini dog walks.

Or you can hang out in Kitty City.”

Farr has also scheduled Meowga yoga classes with cats recently, though the schedule is sporadic. She says the yoga and happy hour are part of a larger outreach effort to get the community more involved.

“We are trying to freshen some things up,” she said. “We are researching what other adoption centers are doing.”

Farr says they are particularly focused on growing their base of foster parents for dogs.

“What often happens is that someone fosters a dog for a night and then ends up adopting it.

So we have a lot of foster turnover.”

Yappy/Meowy Hour is 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Friday at the Animal Adoption Center. No outside pets, and no unattended children.

739-1881.

Monday, August 29: Shutterbug Shines Light on Diversity Wyoming native Penny Wolin speaks at

the Sublette County Library on Monday as part of her book tour for Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry.

A photographer herself, Wolin spent six years traveling the country interviewing 70 notable Jewish photographers, or their families, including Alfred Stieglitz, Annie Leibovitz, Helen Levitt, Diane Arbus, Arnold Newman, Robert Frank, and Richard Avedon.

Wolin’s friend Sue Sommers, a Pinedale artist, helped set up the public appearance.

“Penny grew up in Cheyenne and is extremely loyal to the American West,” Sommers said. “By focusing on her own and others’ Jewish ancestry, Penny offers a view of American culture as a surprising blend of races, religions, and lifestyles.”

Wolin’s work, Sommers added, shows us how the West is a microcosm of our nation and its otherness mashup.

Wolin is also the author of The Jews of Wyoming: Fringe of the Diaspora. Her photography is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Public Library, the Santa Barbara Art Museum and the Wyoming State Museum.

Penny Wolin speaks 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Lovatt Room of the Sublette County Library in Pinedale.

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This little sweetie—to be roasted at the Half-a-Million Pounds party for Hole Food Rescue (shh)—was raised on food scraps thanks to HFR.

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The Half-a-Million Pounds Party is 5:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Center for the Arts.

In addition to a pig roast, the celebration includes live music by Bogdog, a silent auction and a raffle, and a Pedal Your Own Smoothie station. No advanced tickets required, just show up with your $10 donation and enjoy.

Dunford promises a special surprise around 6:30 p.m. holefoodrescue.org.

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Try to imagine the amount of food it would take to feed a family of four for 79 years.

That’s how much food Hole Food Rescue has kept out of the landfill in the past three years since its inception. If you think diverting a half million pounds of food from going to waste is cause for celebration, you’re not alone. Hole Food Rescue is throwing a fundraiser soiree at the Center for the Arts on Tuesday and serving a giant rescue food meal for up to 300 people.

Founder/executive director Ali Dunford says the goal of the event is to raise awareness about the work Hole Food Rescue is doing, and how much more there is to be done.

“Food is getting wasted and there are creative things to do with it,” Dunford said.

“It doesn’t make sense to throw away good food, especially when there are people in our community who don’t have the resources to afford good perishable food.”

Hole Food Rescue is participating in a research project about food diversion in Teton County. Dunford said that the 15 or 16 venues HFR partners with are only a small fraction of the food venues in the valley.

“There are about 390 businesses registered in Teton County that have food licenses or sell food retail,” Dunford said. “We want to

paint a big picture of how much waste is still out there that we could rescue.”

More food rescue will require more resources. Dunford says the organization is currently “bulging at the seams” in terms of its facility. Its lean, two-person staff (Dunford and associate director Jeske Gräve) means there is a limit to just how much food rescue coordination is possible at the moment, even with a cadre of willing volunteers.

“We rescue around 20 thousand pounds of food every month, on average,” Dunford said.

“Most of what we get is completely edible and has never even reached the consumer.”

When they have scraps or food that cannot be used, Dunford strives to keep it out of the landfill. “We have three farmers who we give our food scraps to. The Haderlie Farms pig that will be roasted at the celebration was fed on our food scraps.” PJH

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 Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n Writer 3:30pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208787-2201 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, 307739-9025 n Josh Riggs plays The Deck at Piste 5:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307733-2292 n Performance Arts Alliance Open Forum 5:00pm, 635 Deer Drive Suite 200, Free, 760415-9433 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, 307739-9025 n Hole Food Rescue’s 2nd Annual Awareness Event Half-A-Million Pounds Party 5:30pm, Center for the Arts, $10.00, 720-4700769 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 Cribbage 6:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208787-2201 n Love to Sing? Cathedral Voices Open Auditions 6:00pm, Center for the Arts Music Wing, Free, 307-774-5497 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 - $65.00, 307733-6994 n Bluegrass Tuesdays featuring One Ton Pig 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-7323939 n Stackhouse 8:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Walker Williams 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Pretty Lights 9:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $50.00 - $100.00, 307-733-1500 n Ginstrings 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-7333886

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26 | AUGUST 24, 2016

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The Wisest Catch How to raise your salmon IQ and help protect the fish and water of Bristol Bay.

BY ANNIE FENN, M.D. @jacksonfoodie

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hat’s for dinner? How about we find a nice salmon filet, throw it on the grill, and slather it with my new favorite sauce—a spicy cilantro chutney I’ve been making as fast as my cilantro grows. Easy right?

The hardest part of this recipe is choosing which salmon to buy. Fresh or frozen? Alaska or Atlantic? What about farmed vs. wild? Should you fork over the extra dough for wild-caught salmon? Should you look for organic salmon?

And what about toxins?

Learning a few basic facts about how salmon travels from stream to plate will not only raise your salmon IQ, it will help you choose the most healthful and consciously raised salmon available.

Surprising protocol Consider this: America exports about three billion pounds of all the seafood we catch. Most of our wild-caught, Alaskan salmon is sent overseas where foodies in China, Korea and Japan have a huge appetite for high quality fish. Asians consume twice as much fish as we do, and they are willing to pay top dollar for our wild salmon. Most of the salmon Americans eat is imported from other countries and is usually an inferior, farmed product.

In addition, salmon caught in Alaska often gets frozen and sent to China where cheap labor makes it more cost effective to process the fish in a factory there. It’s defrosted, deboned, filleted, refrozen and shipped back to the United States for distribution. How’s that for racking up food miles?

Left: Wild salmon from Alaska is a sustainable source of seafood. Right: Meet Matt Luck, an Alaska fisherman out to help save Bristol Bay. One of the problems with all this foreign fish swimming up through the food supply to our plates is that most of it is not what it is supposed to be. In a study released in October of 2015, researchers at Oceana, an independent conservation group, analyzed the DNA of fish labeled “wild” from grocery stores and restaurants. They found that two-thirds of all of our imported seafood is mislabeled. The most common fraudulent fish? Salmon. Forty-three percent of the salmon labeled “wild” purchased by Americans is actually farmed fish.

It’s enough to make you give up on eating salmon altogether. But if you choose the right salmon and you have the purest, cleanest protein possible, one that’s packed with heart- and brain-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, it’s easy to prepare and utterly delicious.

Rules to eat by Buy wild salmon. When it comes to choosing a more healthful salmon, all nutrition experts agree that wild salmon is better than farmed. Most farmed salmon are raised in a pen, fed pellets of fish meal laced with additives to make the flesh pink, given antibiotics to fend off sea lice, and have never had the exhilarating experience of swimming upstream in nascent cold water habitat. Very few salmon farms are producing a high quality, sustainable product. Wild salmon is generally more expensive than farmed salmon, but this is one food choice where the higher price tag really pays off.

Organic salmon? No American fish or seafood of any kind should be labeled “organic” or “certified organic” since the USDA has not yet set standards for aquatic species. If salmon is labeled “organic,” it’s probably farmed salmon from Europe.

Buy American salmon, preferably from Alaska. Most salmon labeled “Atlantic” are farmed overseas. Bristol Bay in Alaska is the largest, sustainable sockeye salmon fishery in the world. The United States does a better job than most countries managing wild fish, with strict quotas in place to avoid overfishing. Real Alaskan salmon should be easily

traced to its stream of origin. In fact, every type of seafood you buy, if it’s legit, should be labeled with its place of origin, whether it is wild-caught or farmed, and whether it is fresh or previously frozen.

Buy salmon in season. Just like asparagus and peaches, there is a season for wild salmon. Wild salmon purchased in season—between June and August for most Alaska fishermen—is less expensive and less likely to be mislabeled.

Take a moment to download the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch app. It’s a complete, up-to-date guide covering every type of seafood, classifying each as either a best choice, a good alternative, or a species to avoid due to fishing practices, environmental factors, or sustainability issues.

Frozen is often better than fresh. No fish is truly fresh here unless you catch it yourself or it is overnighted on ice by Fed Ex. The best way to preserve salmon is to flash freeze it immediately after catching. Salmon labeled “fresh” at the fish market or grocery store has probably been frozen and then defrosted prior to sales.

Make friends with your fishmonger. We are lucky to have a handful of reliable local fish purveyors who are sourcing high quality, sustainable seafood. Kudos to Jackson Whole Grocer for using the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch guidelines to categorize their seafood. The fishmongers at Pearl St. and Aspens Markets are keen on sourcing the most sustainable seafood, and can trace each product back to its origin. Liquor Down South takes orders from customers to source seafood from independent fishermen.

Support a good cause, fill your freezer

Ordering wild Alaska sockeye salmon at a great price just got easier, thanks to a collaboration between Slow Food in the Tetons, the local chapter of Trout Unlimited, and the organization Pride of Bristol Bay. Fisherman Matt Luck, of Ketchum, Idaho, launched Pride of Bristol Bay as a commercial fishing business that gives back. He will be helping us stock our freezers at the People’s Market later in August by

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Top: Fishing for salmon in Alaska’s pristine Bristol Bay. Bottom: Grilled wild Alaska sockeye salmon with cilantro chutney (recipe below). and sign up for your share. Pick up your share at Jackson Whole Grocer September 24. All proceeds from prepared food served at the People’s Market will go to Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited and Slow Food in the Tetons. Ten percent of sales of salmon purchased will go to Save Bristol Bay and Trout Unlimited to help fight mining in Bristol Bay. Can’t make it to the market?

Reserve your share at prideofbristolbay.com.

Grilled Wild Sockeye Salmon with Cilantro Chutney (Chutney recipe adapted from Made in India by Meera Sodha) Serves 4 1 12 – 14 ounce boneless salmon filet, skin on Olive oil Kosher salt, to taste 4 - 6 Tbsp. cilantro chutney

Cilantro Chutney

Wash and dry the cilantro. Roughly chop the stems and leaves and place in a blender or food processor.

Add the cashews, lemon juice, salt, sugar, turmeric, and 2 small chilies. Pulse until smooth and pesto-like.

Add water to help the mixture blend if necessary.

Taste; add the last chili if you like it more spicy. Add more lemon juice, salt, or honey to taste. It should taste equally sweet, fiery and lemony.

Spoon into a clean jar and keep in the fridge for up to a week.

Preheat the grill on a high heat. Use a grill brush to clean the grill thoroughly (or else your salmon will stick to the grill).

Turn the heat down to medium. Oil the grill by dousing a wad of paper towel in cooking oil and using tongs to rub it along the grates.

Brush the salmon with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.

Place the salmon filets on the grill, skin side up. Grill with the top down for 2 to 3 minutes. Gently flip the salmon over and cook for 2 more minutes for medium rare.

Just before serving, slather the salmon with several generous spoonfuls of cilantro chutney. PJH

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4 ounces cilantro 2 ounces raw, unsalted cashews 4 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 tsp. salt 4 tsp. honey ¼ tsp. ground turmeric 2-3 small fresh green chilies, roughly chopped, deseeded for less heat

Directions

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taking orders for this year’s catch. Luck will be back at the end of September for delivery. After devouring a side of Luck’s sockeye salmon, I can attest to the fact that this is the freshest-tasting, cleanest salmon you can buy.

Pride of Bristol Bay donates 10 percent of proceeds from the sale of its salmon to Trout Unlimited and Save Bristol Bay, two organizations fighting to stop a large-scale mining operation in Bristol Bay for almost 10 years. It turns out Bristol Bay, the place where our national treasure of wild salmon are caught, is sitting on a gold mine, an estimated 66 billion dollars in gold and copper. The Pebble mine, if developed, would be one of the largest mines in the world. And because of its location and size, it runs a high risk of polluting Bristol Bay. When I caught up with Luck last week, he was encouraged by the fact that two major investors in the proposed mine had pulled out. Efforts to keep the multinational group of developers from mining the area have become what Luck calls “a poster child for collaboration” between the 17 native Alaskan villages that depend on salmon fishing, the commercial fishing industry, and Katmai National Park. But Pebble mine, he says, is always a threat. Luck witnessed firsthand the devastating effect of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in 1989. He says he will keep fighting to protect what he loves. “At this point, I’ve been a commercial fisherman for over 40 years,” he said. “I’m 60 years old. For me, this is a passion project.”

Wyolaska Salmon Stock-Up, August 31: Meet fisherman Matt Luck at the People’s Market, taste his wild sockeye salmon,

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

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A Jackson Hole favorite for 38 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home.

Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées.

Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Early Bird Special: 20% off entire bill between 5:306:0pm, Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com.

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

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

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LOCAL Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square.

Our menu features both classic and specialty cuts of locally-ranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonally-inspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locally-sourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am.

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

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.

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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.

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

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.

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

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

SWEETWATER Satisfying locals for lunch and dinner for over 36

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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.

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

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

MEXICAN EL ABUELITO Serving authentic Mexican cuisine and appetizers in a unique Mexican atmosphere.

Home of the original Jumbo Margarita.

Featuring a full bar with a large selection of authentic Mexican beers. Lunch served weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nightly dinner specials. Open seven days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.

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Hand-tossed, deep dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style and artisan pizzas; bread bowl pastas, and oven baked sandwiches; chicken wings, cheesy breads and desserts. Delivery.

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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 microbrews 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.

SWEETS MEETEETSE CHOCOLATIER Meeteetse Chocolatier brings their unique blend of European style chocolates paired with “Wyomingesque” flavors. Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit, Sage, Huckleberry and Sarsaparilla lead off a decadent collection of truffles, Belgian chocolates and hand made caramel. Sample Single Origin and Organic chocolates at our Tasting Station. Open Weekends, 265 W. Broadway. 307-413-8296. meeteetsechocolatier.com

1110 W. Broadway • Jackson, WY Open daily 5:00am to midnight • Free Wi-Fi

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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.

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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

DOWN ON GLEN 25 S. Glenwood, Jackson 307-733-4422

DORNAN’S PIZZA & PASTA COMPANY 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

LIBERTY BURGER

RISING SAGE CAFE

THE GRANARY

LIFT RESTAURANT

RUSTIC INN BISTRO AND BAR

LOTUS CAFE

Q ROADHOUSE

LOCAL RESTAURANT & BAR

SIDEWINDERS TAVERN

MACPHAIL’S BURGERS

SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL

MILLION DOLLAR COWBOY STEAKHOUSE

SNAKE RIVER BREWERY

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

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

170 N. Cache, Jackson 307-200-6071 Givemelibertyburger.com 645 S. Cache, Jackson 307-733-0043 Liftjacksonhole.com

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

399 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-8744 Macphailsburgers.com

25 N. Cache, Jackson 307-733-4790 JHCowboysteakhouse.com

In National Museum of Wildlife Art 307-733-8649 Risingsagecafe.com 475 N Cache St, Jackson 800-323-9279 Rusticinnatjh.com

2550 Teton Village, Wilson 307-739-0700 Qjacksonhole.com 945 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-5766 Sidewinderstavern.com

in The Wort Hotel 50 N. Glenwood, Jackson 307-732-3939 Worthotel.com/silver-dollar-bar 265 S. Millward, Jackson 307-739-2337 Snakeriverbrewing.com

NORA’S FISH CREEK INN

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THE PINES RESTAURANT

STIEGLER’S AUSTRIAN RESTAURANT & COPPER BAR

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

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

3535 Teton Village Rd., Wilson 307-733-1071 Stieglersrestaurant.com

STREETFOOD @ THE STAGECOACH 5755 WY-22, Wilson 307-200-6633 Streetfoodjh.com

SWEETWATER RESTAURANT

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MEDITERRANEAN

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

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

VIRGINIAN RESTAURANT 740 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-4330 Virginianrestaurant.net

WILD SAGE RESTAURANT 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

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

HONG KONG BUFFET

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

BIN 22

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FIGS

In Hotel Jackson 120 N Glenwood St, Jackson 307-733-2200 Hoteljackson.com/dining/figs

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

120 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-203-2780 Hatchjh.com

MERRY PIGLETS

KAZUMI

PICA’S MEXICAN TAQUERIA

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

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

KIM’S CORNER CAFE

SANCHEZ

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

65 South Glenwood Street, Jackson 307-734-5407

KING SUSHI

545 E. Broadway, Jackson 307-264-1577

225 N. Cache, Jackson 307-734-6490 Nikaijh.com

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

SUDACHI

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

TETON THAI

7342 Granite Rd, Teton Village 307-733-0022 Tetonthaivillage.com 165 Center, Jackson 307-733-4111 Tetontiger.com

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ARTISAN PIZZA ITALIAN KITCHEN 690 S. Hwy. 89, Jackson 734-1970 Pizzaartisanjh.com

CALICO ITALIAN RESTAURANT & BAR 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

DORNAN’S PIZZA & PASTA Moose, Wyoming 307-733-2415 Dornans.com

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

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Local is a modern American steakhouse and bar located on Jackson’s historic town square.

Serving locally raised beef and, regional game, fresh seafood and seasonally inspired food, Local offers the perfect setting for lunch, drinks or dinner.

HATCH TAQUERIA AND TEQUILAS

826 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-8988

NIKAI SUSHI FISH & GAME

Dinner Nightly at 5:30pm

EL ABUELITO

160 N. Cache, Jackson 307-733-2966 Merrypiglets.com

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

Trio is located just off the town square in downtown Jackson, and is owned & operated by local chefs with a passion for good food.

Our menu features contemporary American dishes inspired by classic bistro cuisine. Daily specials feature wild game, fish and meats.

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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QUIZNO’S

1325 S. Hwy. 89, Jackson 307-733-0201 Restaurants.quiznos.com/wy/jacksonhole/ jacksonhole-83001

SUBWAY

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

COFFEE/CAFE THE BUNNERY

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

COWBOY COFFEE

ASHLEY WILKERSON

125 N Cache St, Jackson 307-733-7392 Cowboycoffee.com

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

PIZZERIA CALDERA

WESTBANK GRILL

In Four Seasons Resort 307-732-5001 F o u r s e a s o n s . c o m / j a c k s o n h o l e /d i n i n g / restaurants/westbank_grill

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

BARS & LOUNGES

PIZZA HUT

200 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-739-9463 Bin22jacksonhole.com

180 Powderhorn, Jackson 307-733-8550 O rd e r. p i z za h u t .co m/locat i o ns/w yo m in g/ jackson/012424

II VILLAGIO OSTERIA In Hotel Terra, Teton Village 307-739-4100 Jhosteria.com

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THE BIRD

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

ELEANOR’S

TETON VILLAGE

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

ALPENROSE RESTAURANT

THE ROSE

In Alpenhof Lodge 307-733-3462 Alpenhoflodge.com/dining

GAMEFISH

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

THE HANDLE BAR

In Four Seasons Resort 307-732-5157 F o u r s e a s o n s . c o m / j a c k s o n h o l e /d i n i n g / restaurants/the_handle_bar

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

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

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

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

STAGECOACH BAR 5755 W. Hwy 22, Wilson 307-733-4407 Stagecoachbar.net

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

TOWN SQUARE TAVERN 20 E. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-3886 Townsquaretavern.com

DELICATESSENS ASPENS MARKET

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

ELEVATED GROUNDS

3445 N. Pines Way, Ste. 102, Wilson 307-734-1343 Elevatedgroundscoffeehouse.com

HEALTHY BEING JUICERY 165 E Broadway, Jackson 307-200-9006 Healthybeingjuice.com

JACKSON HOLE ROASTERS 50 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-200-6099 Jacksonholeroasters.com

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

PEARL STREET BAGELS - WEST 1230 Ida Dr, Wilson 307-739-1261 Pearlstreetbagels.com

PICNIC

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

STARBUCKS

Inside Albertson’s 105 Buffalo Way, Jackson 307-733-5950

STARBUCKS

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

Inside Smith’s 1425 S. Hwy 89, Jackson 307-733-8908 starbucks.com

LUCKY’S

STARBUCKS

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

PEARL ST. MARKET 40 W. Pearl, Jackson 307-733-1300 Pearlstmarketjh.com

10 E. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-4471 starbucks.com

BAKERIES & SWEETS ATELIER ORTEGA 150 Scott Lane, Jackson 307-734-6400 Atelierortega.com

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COCOLOVE

53 N. Glenwood, Jackson 307-734-6400 Atelierortega.com

DAIRY QUEEN

575 N Cache St, Jackson 307-733-2232 Dairyqueen.com

HAAGEN DAZS

90 E Broadway, Jackson 307-739-1880 Haagendazs.us

MOO’S GOURMET ICE CREAM 110 Center, Jackson 307-733-1998 Moosjacksonhole.com

PERSEPHONE BAKERY 165 E. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-1700 Persephonebakery.com

YIPPY I-O CANDY CO. 84 E. Broadway, Jackson 307-739-3020 Yippyi-ocandy.com

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200 W. Broadway 307-739-9463

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WESTSIDE WINE & SPIRITS

3200 W. McCollister 307-732-2337 582 E. Broadway 307-733-1181

JACKSON WHOLE GROCER 974 W. Broadway 307-733-0450 Jacksonwholegrocer.com

LIQUOR DOWN SOUTH MARKET AND WINE SHOP 4125 US-89, Jackson 307-200-6103

THE LIQUOR STORE/THE WINE LOFT 115 Buffalo Way 307-733-4466

MANGY MOOSE MARKET & CELLARS Mangy Moose Bldg.

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PLAZA LIQUORS 832 W. Broadway 307-733-8888

SIDEWINDER’S WINE, SPIRITS AND ALE 945 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-734-5766

750 W. Broadway 307-733-2792 In The Aspens 307-733-5038

VICTOR & DRIGGS, ID BANGKOK KITCHEN

220 N. Main St. 208-354-6666 Bkkitchen.com/index.php/19-menu-list

BIG HOLE BBQ 22 W. Center St. 208-270-9919 Bigholebbq.com

THE BRAKEMAN AMERICAN GRILL 27 N. Main St. 208-787-2020

FORAGE BISTRO AND LOUNGE 285 Little Ave., #A 208-354-2858 Forageandlounge.com

GRAND TETON BREWING 430 Old Jackson Hwy. 208-787-9000 Grandtetonbrewing.com

GRUMPY’S GOAT SHACK

1425 US-89, Jackson 307-733-8908

37 S. Main, Victor, ID 208-787-2092 Goatshack.com

STAGECOACH LIQUOR STORE

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5755 W. Highway 22, Wilson 307-733-4590

In Teton Springs Lodge & Spa 10 Warm Creek Ln, Victor, ID 208-787-3600 Tetonspringslodge.com/dining/range-restaurant

KNOTTY PINE SUPPER CLUB 58 S. Main St., Victor, ID 208-787-2866 Knottypinesupperclub.com

O’ROURKES SPORTS BAR & GRILL 42 E. Little Ave, Driggs, ID 208-354-8115

ROYAL WOLF

63 Depot St, Driggs, ID 208-354-8365 Theroyalwolf.com

SCRATCH

185 W. Center St., Victor, ID 208-787-5678 Scratchvictor.com

SPOONS BISTRO 32 W. Birch, Victor, ID 208-787-2478 Spoonsbistro.com

TETON THAI

32 Birch St., Driggs, ID 208-787-8424 Tetonthai.com

VICTOR EMPORIUM 45 S. Main St., Victor, ID 208-787-2221

WEST SIDE YARD 31 W. Center, Victor, ID 208-787-5000

WARBIRDS CAFE

675 Airport Rd., Driggs, ID 208-354-2550 tetonaviation.com/warbirds-cafe

WILDLIFE BREWING & PIZZA 145 S. Main St., Victor, ID 208-787-2623 Wildlifebrewing.com

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No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

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L.A.TIMES “WARM RECEPTION” By Don Gagliardo and C.C. Burnikel

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2016

Across

84 Astrological sector 86 Disc golf starting point 90 Friend of Harry 91 Guarantee 92 Place to see a facial mask 93 Hidden 95 Bummed 96 K follower 98 Acting opportunity 99 __ Spiegel: German magazine 100 Attention that can help healing, briefly 103 Kettle cover 105 Titicaca, por ejemplo 107 Bacon with six degrees?

109 Source of many breaking stories 113 Italian-born three-time Oscar winner 115 Night fliers 118 It helps when picking up 119 Breath of fresh air ... or, literally, what the last word of eight long Across answers can be 122 Rice/Lloyd Webber musical 123 Sheikh, e.g.

124 “__ Fire”: Denzel Washington movie 125 Visiting the Getty Mus., say 126 Business bigwig 127 Workout stat 128 Santa __ racetrack 129 Training locale

DOWN

74 Entered quickly 76 VirusScan developer 78 “60 Minutes” correspondent 79 Traffic tangle 81 Pope Francis’ birthplace 82 Nobelist who developed a model for 63-Down 83 Sugar bowl visitor 85 H.S. benchmark 87 Pole, for one 88 WWII venue 89 Circle in a fabric pattern 94 Harebrained 97 It’s filled and folded 100 Not exactly high-strung 101 Tadpole, say 102 Group in robes 104 Big name in Scotch 106 __ ray 108 ROTC school near D.C. 110 Not tricked by 111 Are no more 112 “__ That Bass”: Gershwin song 114 Hindu princess 116 __ oak: Mediterranean tree 117 Start of a gridiron play 120 “48 Hours” airer 121 It might be recombinant

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10 Basics 20 Joint venture 30 Boots brand with Bouncing Soles 40 Charge 50 “___ voyage!”

60 Heavy metal relative 70 Brussels-based defense gp.

80 Pest control device

90 Confronted 10 Beat year after year after year ...

11 “Phooey!”

12 “This is disgusting!”

13 Sharpening tool 14 Many unscripted programs 15 Gas additive, perhaps 16 Incredulous response 17 Pitching legend Ryan 18 Improvises with nonsense syllables 24 Amer. currency 25 Set one’s sights on 30 Hit hard 32 Yoga poses 34 Maker of Candy Buttons 37 Little more than 39 Preceder of an alt. name 41 “I’m gonna pass” 42 Schoolwork 44 Dabblers 45 Short time 46 Short breaths 47 Turkic Russian 50 “Enough already!”

51 Deep sleeps 52 Mario Paint console, initially 56 Greek vacation isle 58 Composer with a Helsinki academy named for him 60 Smart guys?

63 Basic matter 64 Arp’s school 65 Palindromic file extension 66 Storage unit 68 Talk nonstop 69 Pro-and-con newspaper pair, perhaps 71 Powerball, e.g.

72 Flip side?

73 Catch a few z’s

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10 “Thunderstruck” band 50 Alberta resort town 10 Heavenly spheres 14 Caps’ partners 19 Manhattan or Queens, briefly 20 City NW of Orlando 21 Bryan’s “Breaking Bad” role 22 Formed for a specific purpose 23 Town gathering place 26 Dough 27 Bombards with bogus offers 28 One of a toon septet 29 Bathroom safety feature 31 Highway deterrent 33 Arabian Peninsula port 35 Acidity levels: Abbr.

36 Pennant trio?

37 Sherpa’s domain: Abbr.

38 Ivory or Coast 40 Lions’ homes 43 “Eureka!”

45 Gardener’s purchase 48 Witch’s familiar, maybe 49 Shtick figures 53 Coastal flier 54 Eurasian capital 55 Fixture on many a cattle drive 57 Jet with suits?

59 Eastern way 61 Remains in the cooler 62 “You’re on!”

66 Cardinal, e.g.

67 Some NASA missions 68 Fleeces 70 Purpose of some government credits 72 Artist’s choices 73 Bamboozle 74 Teased 75 Retail focus 77 “Priest” in a Nash poem 79 Runway retiree of ’03 80 Cantaloupe cousin

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Finding Purpose How to discern what makes us happy, and what we are truly meant to do on earth.

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that. Because what the world really needs are people who have come alive.”

— Howard W. Thurman, philosopher and civil rights leader

A

s the world is rapidly changing, more and more people are feeling the need to align to a higher calling, to live a deeper sense of purpose, and to focus their gifts and talents toward the greater good. Having a sense of purpose is key for our well-being and lasting fulfillment. How each person defines that, however, is an intersection of many variables.

Soul purpose From a soulful perspective, fulfilling one’s highest potential in both personal evolution and contribution to the world happens when our soul’s wisdom and directives are in the driver’s seat of our lives. Metaphorically speaking, the personality/ego/mind chatter need to be in the passenger’s seat. (Note to self: We cannot get rid of the ego but we don’t have to be run by it.)

The bottom line is knowing yourself, discovering what enlivens you in life, and applying your energy, natural talents and skills to what makes you feel most alive. This is how you nourish yourself and at the same time contribute soulfully to the matrix of life. You will enjoy personal fulfillment, inspire others and create contagious, positive energy.

What makes you come alive?

The obvious question is, how do we discover and then live our unique purpose? There are many modalities and traditions for discovering pieces of the puzzle to what you are intended to contribute. A brief selection of these include: vision quests, rites of passage, counseling, psychological and skill inventories, astrology, numerology, yoga, meditation, travel, and seeking the input of wise people and gifted psychics. (Note to self: It is easier to give good advice than to follow it.)

Elements of purpose Japanese culture has a term for finding your purpose; it is called ikigai, which translates to “a reason for being.” Ikigai is

seen as the convergence of the following elements: 1. What you love 2. What you are good at 3. What the world needs, and 4. Making a living by combining the first three

Know your values When you are able to live, love, work and play by your values, you’ll discover your self-worth, self-confidence, creativity, happiness and well-being on all levels will flourish. Here are four values-centered questions you might ask yourself. What matters to you most in life? What values are most important in your code of ethics? What do you value most in others? When all is said and done, what will matter most to you at the end of your life?

Clues to what enlivens you Here are six soul-searching questions to explore. What inspires you? What are you passionate about? What kinds of people, events, circumstances, interests do you find uplifting? What do you most enjoy exploring and/or learning? Was there a time (any time) in your life when you felt truly happy? What were/are the contributing elements to happiness for you?

Clues to what’s yours to contribute Enjoy seeing what materalizes as you answer the next four questions. Then add the answers to your values questions and what enlivens you. Reviewing and combining all these is then an invitation to explore what things—more or less or different or the same—you choose to pursue in your life.

Questions: Assuming you cannot fail, what would you love to do/contribute to the world? Eliminating considerations like more education, money, etc., what would you love to get up and do every day? What would you like your legacy to be? What let’s you know you are making a positive difference?

Pay attention to all your answers and live them.

Concluding words of wisdom This week I was asked to do a transmission from the other side for a friend whose father had passed. With her permission, here is what he shared, which is relevant to finding purpose: “Wounded warriors always suffer. In that uninvited pause for recovery, we always question our purpose and what’s worth it in life. Those who come out the other end of this painful but extraordinary opportunity, and then go on to thrive, are those who realize the gift of life is life. And living well is the best use of the gift. Each person decides what living well means for them.

Always look into your heart for the answers.”

— J.C.F., Vietnam Vet

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

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REDNECK PERSPECTIVE SATIRE

Brothers Grimm in Hog Island

JH

Snow White survives the Seven Rednecks.

GOLFER MAGAZINE

BY CLYDE THORNHILL

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nce upon a time in a land called Teton Pines, an evil realtor named Grimhilde stood before her mirror and asked, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the most unique, one-of-a-kind, original, spectacular, exceptional listings of all?”

The mirror could not tell a lie, which is why it never made it in the real estate business. “My realtor, you have outstanding listings it’s true. But Snow White has a thousand times more than you.”

“Snow White!” she said with disgust. “I will show her!”

Grimhilde found Snow White at the Grand Teton Music Wine Auction, snuggling up with a hedge fund manager in an attempt to score a hat trick, listing his 10 million dollar Three Creek estate, selling him a new 20 million dollar Bar BC legacy property, and a referral to a realtor in New York for a Manhattan town home.

“Try this wine,” Grimhilde told Snow White. “It was flown in from France in a private jet and 10 percent of the sale will go to help starving children in Sudan.”

Snow White took a sip, the world spun, and she woke up in a singlewide trailer house in Hog Island surrounded by seven rednecks.

“Get me a beer,” one of them said to her.

“Cook me up some biscuits,” another said.

“You don’t understand,” she said. “I graduated cum laude from Yale.”

“Oh,” one said. “I didn’t know. Come here and I’ll show you how to turn on an oven.”

Tragically, Grimhilde heard Snow White was still alive. Enraged, she made a poisoned sushi roll complete with sustainably harvested yellow fin tuna and tamari sauce. Disguised as a Wilson Mom needing help after her Mercedes stalled, she knocked on the seven rednecks’ trailer.

Snow White, who didn’t spend time with Hog Island rednecks for nothing, fixed the car and the evil Grimhilde offered the sushi roll to Snow White for her help. After the first bite, Snow White fell into a deep sleep.

When the rednecks came home and saw Snow White asleep they didn’t know what to do. Finally they decided to use her slumbering body as a door stop so it would be quicker to get into the bathroom after a couple six packs.

One day a corporate CEO stopped by and saw Snow White. Impressed by her beauty and in need of a Jackson mistress when he visited his 10,000-square-foot home for two weeks each summer, he waved an exclusive listing contract over her face and Snow White awakened.

Snow White and the CEO decide to host a cocktail party in the Pines and Grimhilde, unaware that Snow White was awake, stopped by hoping to score a client.

Snow White realized what Grimhilde had done and forced her to drink a glass of Oak Leaf Vineyards Merlot. When word got out that Grimhilde drank Wal-Mart wine, no one would list any home with her priced more than half a million. She ended up selling timeshare units in Kansas.

Snow White lived happily ever after, visiting her rednecks whenever she was in physical need. PJH

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Suggested experiments: 1. Take a vow that from now on you won’t hide your beauty. 2. Strike a deal with your inner king or inner queen, guaranteeing that this regal part of gets regular free expression. 3. Converse with your Future Self about how the two of you might collaborate to fully unleash the refined potency of your emotional intelligence. 4. In meditations and dreams, ask your ancestors how you can more completely access and activate your dormant potentials.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) I hope you are not forlorn, shivery, puzzled, or obsessive right now—unless being in such a state will mobilize you to instigate the overdue transformations you have been evading. If that’s the case, I hope you are forlorn, shivery, puzzled, and obsessive. Feelings like those may be the perfect fuel—the high-octane motivation that will launch your personal renaissance. I don’t often offer this counsel, Libra, so I advise you to take full advantage: Now is one of the rare times when your so-called negative emotions can catalyze redemption.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) From what I can tell, your vigor is peaking. In recent weeks, you have been sturdy, hearty, stout, and substantial. I expect this surge of strength to intensify in the near future—even as it becomes more fluid and supple.

In fact, I expect that your waxing power will teach you new secrets about how to wield your power intelligently.

You may break your previous records for compassionate courage and sensitive toughness. Here’s the best news of all: You’re likely to be dynamic about bestowing practical love on the people and animal and things that are important to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) The odds are higher than usual that you will be offered a boost or promotion in the coming weeks. This development is especially likely to occur in the job you’re doing or the career plans you’ve been pursuing. It could also be a factor at work in your spiritual life. You may discover a new teacher or teaching that could lift you to the next phase of your inner quest. There’s even a chance that you’ll get an upgrade on both fronts. So it’s probably a good time to check on whether you’re harboring any obstacles to success. If you find that you are, destroy those rancid old mental blocks with a bolt of lightning.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Are any of your allies acting like they’ve forgotten their true purpose? If so, you have the power to gently awaken them from their trances and help them re-focus. Is it possible you have become a bit too susceptible to the influences of people whose opinions shouldn’t really matter that much to you? If so, now is a good time to correct that aberration. Are you aware of having fallen under the sway of trendy ideas or faddish emotions that are distorting your relationship with your primal sources? If so, you are hereby authorized to free yourself from their hold on you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Oh how I wish you might receive the grace of being pampered and nurtured and entertained and prayed for. I’d love for you to assemble a throng of no-strings-attached caretakers who would devote themselves to stoking your healing and delight. Maybe they’d sing to you as they gave you a manicure and massaged your feet and paid your bills. Or perhaps they would cook you a gourmet meal and clean your house as they told you stories about how beautiful you are and all the great things you’re going to do in the future. Is it possible to arrange something like that even on a modest scale, Taurus? You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you most need this kind of doting attention—and when you have the greatest power to make it happen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) I invite you to dream about your true home … your sweet, energizing, love-strong home … the home where you can be high and deep, robust and tender, flexible and rigorous … the home where you are the person that you promised yourself you could be. To stimulate and enhance your brainstorms about your true home, experiment with the following activities: Feed your roots … do maintenance work on your power spot … cherish and foster your sources … and refine the magic that makes you feel free. Can you handle one more set of tasks designed to enhance your domestic bliss? Tend to your web of close allies … take care of what takes care of you … and adore the intimate connections that serve as your foundation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) It’ll be one of those rapid-fire, adjust-on-the-fly, think-onyour-feet, go-with-your-gut times for you—a head-spinning, endorphin-generating, eye-pleasing, intelligence-boosting phase when you will have opportunities to relinquish your attachments to status quos that don’t serve you. Got all that, Cancerian? There’ll be a lot of stimuli to absorb and integrate—and luckily for you, absorbing and integrating a lot of stimuli will be your specialty. I’m confident of your ability to get the most of upcoming encounters with cute provocations, pleasant agitation, and useful unpredictability. One more tip: Be vigilant and amused as you follow the ever-shifting sweet spot.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) At the risk of asking too much and pushing too hard, my Guerrilla Prayer Warriors have been begging God to send you some major financial mojo. These fierce supplicants have even gone so far as to suggest to the Supreme Being that maybe She could help you win the lottery or find a roll of big bills lying in the gutter or be granted a magic wish by an unexpected benefactor. “Whatever works!” is their mantra. Looking at the astrological omens, I’m not sure that the Prayer Warriors’ extreme attempts will be effective. But the possibility that they will be is definitely greater than usual. To boost your odds, I suggest you get more organized and better educated about your money matters. Set a clear intention about the changes you’d like to put in motion during the next ten months.

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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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Now would be a favorable time to reveal that you are in fact a gay socialist witch who believes good poetry provides a more reliable way to understand reality than the opinions of media pundits—unless, of course, you are

ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the coming weeks, I hope you won’t scream curses at the rain, demanding that it stop falling on you. Similarly, I suggest you refrain from punching walls that seem to be hemming you in, and I beg you not to spit into the wind when it’s blowing in your face. Here’s an oracle about how to avoid counterproductive behavior like that: The near future will bring you useful challenges and uncanny blessings if you’re willing to consider the possibility that everything coming your way will in some sense be an opportunity.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The cosmos seems to be warming up to your charms. The stinginess it displayed toward you for a while is giving way to a more generous approach. To take advantage of this welcome development, you should shed any fear-based beliefs you may have adopted during the recent shrinkage. For instance, it’s possible you’ve begun to entertain the theory that the game of life is rigged against you, or that it is inherently hard to play. Get rid of those ideas.

They’re not true, and clinging to them would limit the game of life’s power to bring you new invitations. Open yourself up wherever you have closed down.

not a gay socialist witch, etc., in which case you shouldn’t say you are. But I do advise you to consider disclosing as much as possible of your true nature to anyone with whom you plan to be intimately linked in the future and who is missing important information about you. It’s high time to experiment with being more completely yourself.

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