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The Lasti ng Ber n How the Sanders campaign sprouted a new crop of candidates in Jackson Hole. BY MEG DALY

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6 THE BUZZ

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By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey Labor Day weekend might be considered the unofficial end of summer, but technically we still have another three weeks left, until the Equinox makes it official. Late August and early September weather in Jackson can be quite pleasant, the start of this week certainly proved we can still be plenty warm.

However, don’t get lulled into thinking the weather cannot turn more fall-like, at any moment, as this weekend’s temperatures might suggest.

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Four days last week had temperatures below the freezing mark. Two of those days, August 24 and 27, the low in town dropped to 28 degrees. That necessitated scraping frost from the windshield, which is not something we normally have to do in August. Neither were record lows for the date, those belong to August 24, 2010 with 23 degrees, and August 27, 1992 it dipped down to 20 degrees in Jackson. Coldest it has ever been this coming week is 18 degrees, that record belongs to September 4, 1964.

Average high temperatures this coming week are somewhere in the mid-70s. That is what would be considered “normal” for a high this time of year. Something in the 80s would feel a tad warm. Abnormal for this time of year would be hitting 90 degrees.

The last time we hit 90 in town in early September was back in 1978.

The hottest temperature we have ever had here in Jackson during this week was 92 degrees, set back on September 5, 1955.

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The Elephant in Jackson Hole’s Room Local dialogue should be focused on the single greatest threat facing humanity: climate change.

BY CRAIG BENJAMIN

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s we pulled onto Hwy 22 in Wilson, my seven-yearold daughter Piper shifted uncomfortably. “Daddy, I’m scared. Is the fire going to burn down town?” she asked.

Massive billows of smoke from the Cliff Creek fire towered over Josie’s Ridge across the valley, obscuring the mountains beyond and engulfing town in an ominous dark cloud.

“No kiddo, town will be fine,” I said as I masked my own uncertainty.

A few days later I found myself more uncertain.

Firefighters were concerned that a potential wind shift could blow the fire into the Cache Creek drainage and funnel it straight toward the town of Jackson. Fortunately, this didn’t happen, and thanks to the heroic efforts of many firefighters, the Cliff Creek fire is now contained.

A few weeks later, things are looking dismal on the fire front. The Berry Creek fire, the Tie Canyon fire, and the Henry’s Creek fire are choking the valley in smoke and putting lives, property, and our local economy at risk.

Across the West things aren’t much better. Recently, in San Bernardino County, Calif., 82,000 people were ordered to leave their homes as an explosive wildfire “hit with an intensity that we hadn’t seen before,” according to one fire official. This spring, an unprecedented wildfire that grew to more than 1 million acres forced 80,000 people to evacuate Fort McMurray, Canada, before burning thousands of homes to the ground. There are dozens of other fires blazing across the West.

Jackson Hole Fire/EMS Chief Willy Watsabaugh summed up how bad things have gotten last week when he

explained, “If we can’t stop it (a new fire) at initial attack, we’re going to be in trouble because the West is stretched thin right now.” In a recent conversation with Tricia O’Connor, forest supervisor for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, she told me this is just the new normal, with fires coming earlier and with more intensity.

For decades, scientists have predicted this would happen because of climate change caused by our burning of fossil fuels.

While climate change isn’t the only culprit, the science is clear: The fingerprints of climate change are all over wildfire crime scenes. Hotter weather and heat waves, more frequent droughts, low snow-pack, and early snow melt add up to conditions that extend fire seasons and spike the risk of more frequent, larger, and more severe wildfires. We are more vulnerable to wildfires that are bigger, more dangerous, more difficult for firefighters to control, and more expensive than ever.

Then, there are floods. Earlier this month, a “no-namestorm” overwhelmed Louisiana with three times as much rain than what fell during Hurricane Katrina. While a one in 1000-year flood event in Louisiana is a little more than 20 inches, this flood brought more than 30 inches of rain to many areas, equivalent to the average annual rainfall in Minneapolis, MN. Last year, South Carolina also welcomed a one in 1000-year flood, while both Texas and Oklahoma drowned under record rains that scientists said were exacerbated by climate change. In 2013, the Front Range of Colorado was devastated by a historic 17 inches of rain in one week.

Last week, after hearing about the floods in Louisiana, Piper asked, “Daddy, could our house flood?” We live 50 yards from and only a few feet above Flat Creek. With recent flood events and not wanting to scare my daughter in mind, I responded, “Don’t worry about floods, they don’t happen here.”

Of course, there have always been and always will be fires, floods, and extreme weather, especially in the Mountain West.

Here’s the thing, we can no longer ignore our strange and increasingly severe weather. The science, facts, and data show the probability of monster wildfires, super storms, and historic droughts are only increasing with climate change. Because of climate change, events that used to be one in 1000-year occurrences have become the new normal. In the era of climate change the notion “that doesn’t happen here” no longer applies.

Jackson Hole is known as the crucible of conservation.

As a community we have enshrined how much we care about the future of this special place in the vision of our Comprehensive Plan: “Preserve and protect the area’s ecosystem in order to ensure a healthy environment, community and economy for current and future generations.”

At the core of this vision is fulfilling our moral obligation to protect our children. This means preparing for and tackling climate change now. This means breaking our addiction to fossil fuels.

Given the enormity and immediacy of the threat posed by climate change, you’d think it would be the issue front and center in local elections. Yet it’s not even part of the conversation.

We’re not even talking about it.

We have no excuse. Unlike many other communities across America (and especially here in Wyoming), fossil fuel companies aren’t pouring money into our local elections.

Look, it’s great that people here passionately debates important local issues that will shape our community for decades, but we can’t just ignore an existential threat to our future. July 2016 was the hottest month ever; the 15th-straight month of record-breaking heat, and the 21st century has seen 15 of the 16 hottest years on record.

Unlike snow and adolescence, climate change won’t go away if we ignore it.

Yes, no one community can solve climate change, but we can proactively respond to it and prepare for its impacts. In doing so, we can build a stronger community — one prepared for whatever the future may bring. We can show the millions of people who visit our home every year that if cold, isolated, fossil fuel dependent Jackson Hole can live in balance with nature, they can do it, too.

But this can’t happen if we’re not even talking about it.

So let’s take the critical first step and start talking about climate change. Let’s use this fall’s election to have a community conversation about how we’re going to break our addiction to fossil fuels. Let’s ask candidates running for local elected office how they think we should get it done and how they think we should prepare for the ever-increasing impacts of climate change.

Then, let’s start putting these ideas into action, and let’s get it done. PJH Craig Benjamin is the executive director of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance.

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THE BUZZ

Aftershock Saturday’s 4.8 quake is nothing to shrug off.

BY JAKE NICHOLS

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aturday afternoon’s earthquake felt in Jackson Hole was the weekend topic of conversation. The event itself was not unusual for this region. But the realtime monitoring stations delivering data to scientists, and the wildfire on social media including “Did You Feel It” reports and a video of rock slides in Granite Creek are the aftershocks of the modern day seismic event, never before possible since our planet began taking shape.

For the record, it was a 4.8-magnitude quake, though Dr. Bob Smith, a professor emeritus of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah, made readings of a 5.0M. The discrepancy is nothing to quibble over, Smith conceded. “I’ll take my readings over [USGS]. We have all the instruments up there,” he said.

The quake struck at 2:47 p.m. on Saturday, epicentered 5.2 miles ENE of Bondurant just off Forest Road 30043 in the heart of the Little Jennie Ranch. It is estimated to have occurred about 6.2 miles beneath the surface—exactly standard for tremblers in that region.

Former state geologist Wallace Ulrich said of the tremor, “A 4.8 is a substantial event in this region and should get our attention. And it did. It will be looked at.”

Here comes the science We live in of one of the most complex and active geological regions in the world; within stone’s throw of the largest volcano on the planet, so big it needs the word “super” in front of it. Far beneath the comfort of our homes lie cracks, fissures and fault lines revealing millennia reverberations of an unsettled Earth. Evidence of seismic activity needn’t be gleaned solely from sensitive monitoring stations in place in Yellowstone, Jackson Lake Dam, and even Budge Butte. The naked eye can clearly see the chaos of the outré Gros Ventre Range, for example, where jagged peaks thrust skyward, topple on their sides and fold over each other. It’s freakish landscape.

“It’s one of the most wonderfully complex geological systems around. There are numerous fault structures in there,” Ulrich said. “The event recently was quite normal for that area and zone. The mountains are still building there. The Earth is constantly chugging around and sliding. It’s a very complicated region and that’s exciting as hell.”

Former state geologist Wallace Ulrich says a 4.8 earthquake is a substantial event that warrants attention.

Western Wyoming is crisscrossed with fault lines— Teton, Hoback, Star Valley, Greys River are just some of the subterranean fractures known to scientists. Move northeast from where Saturday’s quake struck into the Gros Ventre toward Crystal Creek and a map of the fault lines looks like a child’s doodling—frenetic scribbling so helter-skelter it’s a wonder the forest holds itself together for even an hour.

“That Crystal Creek area around Red Rock Ranch is a hinge of sorts. There is a lot of adjustment and stuff still going on. Some day we’ll find some student that wants to study this. There simply aren’t enough studies being done right now or money to do them with,” Ulrich said.

The region where Saturday’s quake hit is in part of a sinking basin called the Hoback Formation. It’s comprised partly of a tilted (40 degree eastward dip) ridge overridden by the Jackson-Prospect thrust sheet along the Prospect fault, and folded along the Little Granite-Monument Ridge anticline at the upper end of the Green River Basin. (More than you wanted to know?)

It’s eastern boundary is truncated by the Cache Creek trust fault while a smaller syncline of the Gros Ventre Range also bumps up against the region to the northeast.

The whole mess took shape in the middle Paleocene to early Eocene ages and hasn’t stopped moving since.

“The [epicenter] is a sort of toe where a frontal push is activated with the overthrust. It’s a very active area that puts pressure on the larger mountain range to the north,” Ulrich said. “[The recent quake] might be a precursor or could provide energy up into the Teton Fault region enough to kick it over, or it could do the opposite and take away pressure. Looking at the tiny swarms before and after the event—it appears to be a very localized earthquake and taking care of itself.”

Shake it up Tremors were felt as far away as Rock Springs and Evanston, according to the USGS website. Residents in Bondurant and Cora had predictably the more intense experiences to report.

Stacy Noland was on water when the earthquake hit.

“I was kayaking at Leigh Lake when the water started to violently churn, but there was no wind. The last time I experienced such an event was when I was fishing on a lake in central Washington and a major earthquake hit Seattle,” he said.

Wilson resident Rose Porcello lives at the northern end of Fish Creek. She said the shaker reminded her of her days growing up in New York City. “At first it felt like a train, like a subway. Then I remembered I wasn’t in New

York and the TV was shaking. I got up to hold it still. Some pictures fell off the wall,” she said.

At the top of the gondola at Couloir Restaurant, a rolling sensation was felt by several tourists for about 15 seconds.

Christi Biolchini Yannelli captured some amazing footage of several rockslides streaming down cliffs in the Granite Creek drainage where she was fishing.

Town public works director Larry Pardee noted that Budge slide moved a tenth of an inch as a result of the quake. That’s as much as the butte usually moves in a month.

Fracking to blame?

So did fracking, about 100 miles away in Jonah Field, cause the earthquake? That’s what many wanted to know in the hours following the event, particularly after Smith noted the quake took place “in an area of relatively low seismicity.” Natural gas and oil extraction activities have been linked with earthquake swarms in Oklahoma and Texas.

Ulrich responded with an emphatic “no.”

“I’ve studied the hell out of hydraulic fracturing for decades, for two governors. Comparing what is happening in Oklahoma to the Jonah Field is absurd,” Ulrich said.

Other scientists who have not worked for pro oil and gas governor Matt Mead agreed.

Dr. Ernie Majer, Ph.D. at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley, boasts an impressive resume during his distinguished career. When contacted about Jackson Hole’s shaker, Majer looked at the data and said he didn’t think the earthquake had anything to do with waste injection.

But he noted it’s often difficult for many experts to be impartial.

“Sometimes scientists get caught between a rock and hard place. Oil companies remind colleges like University of Oklahoma, for example, that they are big donors. That’s why USGS has taken an independent stance,” Majer said.

Gail Atkinson, professor of earth sciences at Western University in London, Canada, said without even studying the region she can say fracking didn’t cause Saturday’s quake. “The location of your recent event, in an area that does not usually get events of this size, raises a question of whether the event might have been induced,” Atkinson said. “However, in this case it appears unlikely based on the believed depth of the event [10 to 14 kilometers], which is too deep for induced events—which are usually in the depth range from 2 to 6 kilometers.” PJH SEND COMMENTS TO EDITOR@PLANETJH.COM

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THE BUZZ 2

Citizens Decide on District 2 A referendum aimed at thwarting development in the downtown’s core will grant voters the opportunity to weigh in.

BY MEG DALY @MegDaly1

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hen the nonprofit Save Historic Jackson Hole succeeded in petitioning Jackson Town Council for a referendum on downtown core zoning, it was direct democracy in action.

But town councilman Don Frank maintains the public has been included in the zoning regulations all along. “District 2 LDRs balance varied interests incentivizing potential workforce housing,” Frank said. “They are the reasoned product of years of sincerely considered public input.”

As the valley’s housing emergency sees no semblance of relief, residents want to weigh in on development and zoning.

More than 700 voters signed the petition saying they want to vote “yes” or “no” on a suite of ordinances pertaining to development in the town of Jackson. On September 20 at 200 South Willow Street, they will get their chance.

“A referendum is part of the democratic process, so I respect that,” said councilman Jim Stanford. “Was it worth going to bat over? I’m not sure.”

Stanford noted the petition’s obscurity—that it does not specify what aspects of the ordinance voters opposed or questioned. “Maybe they are objecting to all of it. We didn’t hear much public comment,” he said, referring to the August 24 special town council meeting held specifically to address the referendum.

The petition uses broad language, calling for a referendum “so Town voters can cast ballots for or against Ordinances 1121 through 1129 inclusive.”

Save Historic Jackson Hole board member Armond Acri said the main sticking point is the short-term rental tool in a section of the downtown core. The tool would allow developers extra square footage of commercial space in exchange for building workforce housing. “There was a lot of public sentiment against the shortterm rentals,” Acri said. “The town council doesn’t think it was a big change, but for a lot of people it was a big change at the last minute.”

Stanford was the lone councilor who originally opposed allowing short-term rentals. However, after three readings, the council unanimously decided to cap the square footage allowance as a means of testing how much workforce housing actually gets built. This decision came as a surprise to some following the first reading, which coincided with the Shelter JH rally.

During that meeting almost 100 people appeared in town chambers pleading for a halt on commercial development and the implementation of emergency housing.

“While [the final decision] was not my ideal outcome, it removed the possibility of our worst fears being realized. I could live with it,” Stanford said. The councilman’s “worst fears” were the potential for 2.4 million square feet of short-term rental space in a small part of the downtown core. The council, however, agreed to cap the allowable space at 100,000 square feet.

Jackson resident Zac Rosser did not indicate specific concern over short-term rentals. He says he signed the petition because he wants development issues put to a popular vote. “People have to weigh in,” he said. “During a public meeting there are opinions raised, but no actual vote for people who live here.”

Colleen Valenstein also signed the petition. She too wants citizens to help make development decisions rather than only elected officials. “If it’s something that people can vote for then it doesn’t come down to three or four people’s decision; it’s more encompassing,” she said.

Residents appear to have signed the petition for various reasons and with varying degrees of understanding of the land development regulations. However, Acri thinks the opposition signaled a potential majority opinion. “Why didn’t the town council repeal the ordinance when they knew there was opposition?” Acri said, referring to the special meeting.

However, Frank worries a fully informed majority will be difficult to reach. “In order to know what the majority thinks factually, an empirical 51 percent of all voters must understand these LDRs completely and then vote on this specific question,” he said.

Sample ballots were completed by the county clerk’s office Monday afternoon.

Wording is brief and includes a summary of the ordinances. According to the sample ballot, the ordinances set forth “Allowed uses, building design and sidewalk standards, and a workforce housing incentive program in four new mixed use zoning districts,” The term “short-term rental” does not appear. PJH SEND COMMENTS TO EDITOR@PLANETJH.COM

THE BUZZ 3 Why a Pinedale traffic court judge has been thrust into the national spotlight over same-sex marriage.

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Judge Ruth Neely garnered national headlines for her refusal to perform same-sex marriage in Pinedale. Her case is being tried in the Wyoming Supreme Court.

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Lutheran Church in Pinedale, cited her own religious objections to same-sex marriage. She pointed out that she has never been asked to marry a same-sex couple.

Incidentally, the first same-sex marriage in Sublette County was performed by Ralph “Ed” Wood, a circuit judge, the same day Donovan’s article came out.

Pinedale mayor Bob Jones immediately attempted to downplay any controversy.

The Examiner quoted him as saying, “As the town judge, she does not perform marriages, that is not part of the description of the work of a town judge … [Performing marriages] is something she took on herself years ago to try and … provide more services to the town.”

Jones added, “Until we have a problem I don’t see any point in creating a problem.”

But problems for Neely were only beginning. The article caught the attention of Wyoming Democratic Party Chair Ana Cuprill, who sent a copy to CJCE executive director Wendy Soto. The commission took action, once offering to let Neely off the hook if she resigned from her position, pledged not to seek judicial office again and admitted that she had been wrong.

Neely refused and her case was taken up by attorneys at the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Neely’s lawyers say the judge exercised her right to free speech by expressing her opinion on gay marriage, and had never shown any bias or prejudice in presiding over any matters of law before her.

“This case presents significant First Amendment issues,” ADF attorney James Campbell testified last week to the state’s top five judges. “In 21 years on the bench, Judge Neely has never faced allegations that she’s been unfair to anyone.”

CJCE lawyer Patrick Dixon countered that Neely’s private religious beliefs are superseded by a higher code of conduct required from all judges.

A decision is expected sometime in September. PJH

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he Wyoming State Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a case that is likely to have nationwide implications over whether a judge can keep her post on the bench and still enjoy religious liberty. The circumstances are reminiscent of Kim Davis, the county clerk in Oklahoma who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples stating her personal religious beliefs.

Many in the nation are calling this a watershed case with significant, potential precedent-setting impact for battle lines drawn between the conservative right and liberal left—between religious freedom and gay rights. And it’s happening right here in Wyoming.

Judge Ruth Neely is a Municipal Judge and Circuit Court Magistrate in Pinedale. She’s currently under fire from the Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics (CJCE)—a state committee that has recommended her removal, a lifetime ban from the judiciary, and a fines totaling up to $40,000. Neely is currently suspended from her role as a magistrate. As a municipal judge, she has presided over mainly traffic court cases and the like for more than 20 years. As a part-time magistrate, Neely could be asked to perform a marriage as part of her duties but is not required to do so.

The controversy was ignited two years ago by a cub reporter for the Sublette Examiner who asked Neely whether she was “excited” about the prospect of marrying same-sex couples just months after a federal judge in Casper struck down Wyoming’s gay marriage ban. (The U.S. Supreme Court later ruled in June 2015 that same-sex couples have a right to marry).

The reporter, then-20-year-old Ned Donovan, printed Neely’s response in an article headlined, “Pinedale judge will not marry same-sex couples,” on December 11, 2014.

In the piece, Neely is quoted as saying, “I will not be able to do them. We have at least one magistrate who will do same-sex marriages but I will not be able to. When law and religion conflict, choices have to be made.”

Neely, a longtime member of the

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THE BUZZ 4 Federal Face Time What happened during a historic meeting last week when the 99 percent met with the Fed.

BY NATOSHA HODUSKI @natoshahoduski

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ast Thursday was the first time the most powerful financial players in the U.S. formally met with the people their policies affect. During the Federal Reserve Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Lake Lodge, a meeting between the Fed and Fed Up sparked impassioned speeches that burned through barriers of language, culture, race, and socio-economic status. But the fervency expressed by Fed Up members seemingly had little influence on the Fed’s impending decision to raise interest rates, something Federal Reserve board chair Janet Yellen announced in her annual address the following day.

Still, members of Fed Up—a syndicate of the Center for Popular Democracy built around the ideology that the Fed’s policies affect people of every skin color and income bracket—were encouraged by the meeting.

Shawn Sebastian is the field director of the Fed Up campaign. “I think the meeting with the Fed was historic and unprecedented,” he said. “There are never that many Fed officials in the same room at the same time talking about monetary policy, and they’re certainly not doing that with low income people of color.”

Federal Reserve board leaders like Neel Kashkari, Lael Brainard, Esther George and board vice president Stanley Fischer all participated in the Fed Up roundtable.

The landmark meeting was the result of Jackson Lake Lodge overselling hotel rooms that Fed Up members had reserved. After the group filed several federal complaints, the Fed agreed to the sit down.

The Fed’s biggest critics, Fed Up, had the chance to sit down with America’s economic bigwigs last week at Jackson Lake Lodge. out,” she told the crowd. “The objective is not to slow down the economy; that would be irresponsible.” George continued by explaining that the objective of the Fed was to walk the balance beam between the ideal of full employment and the consequence of potential inflation due to an oversaturation in the job market.

Fed Up’s expert on economic forces, Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute, said the Fed’s concerns about inflation should be adjusted in light of the impacts of the Great Recession. Bivens claimed a period of “overshooting” employment targets are necessary to heal the effects of that economic disaster, and that this period of overshooting is especially important to people of color, because it takes longer for their unemployment rates to catch up to national averages. “[If] The Federal Reserve starts slowing the economy, it starts halting progress in reducing unemployment before the benefits of that reach the last people to be hired,” Bivens said.

“There are never that many Fed officials in the same room at the same time with low income people of diversity.”

‘Don’t slow down the economy’ Echoes of agreement among Fed Up’s constituency rippled through the crowded room at Jackson Lake Lodge Thursday as the roundtable began.

Members of Fed Up elucidated ideas of stagnant wages, unemployment, and underemployment that disproportionately plague people of color in the United States.

Fed Up members explained how the Federal Reserve’s pending decision to slow down the economy by raising interest rates could damage already neglected communities. Nearly every speaker from Fed Up concluded with one central idea: Don’t slow down the economy. Not yet.

Don’t hike interest rates. Not yet. Our communities are still underserved. Our people are still underpaid. Our unemployment rates are still nearly double the national average.

Esther George, chair of the KC Federal Reserve, responded to protestors with deference to Congress. “Our objective is to follow mandates of what Congress has made

Promising diversity Fed Up seemed to impact members of the Federal Reserve Board on a few fronts. Several ambitious promises were made by members of the Fed, catalyzed by discussions held during the roundtable. Sebastian believes the most concrete impacts Fed Up had on the Federal Reserve were when Lael Brainard of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors committed to seriously considering a slate of candidates for board positions that more closely reflect America’s diversity. The board’s lack of diversity is a source of contention among Fed Up members, as the board is comprised of 16 white, predominantly male members. The only exception is Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, who is of Indian

descent. Fed Up members are not the first to point this out, however. This summer a formal letter of complaint, signed by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and some 127 other lawmakers, demanded the Federal Reserve open up to more diversity.

Another victory for the Fed Up campaign happened when Kashkari recommitted to an impressive research project studying racial disparities. Minnesota and Wisconsin, both states within Kashkari’s district, are rated the worst states in the country for black people to live based on a report by 24/7 Wall Street. Kashkari’s goal is to find the source of the disparities that propagate those statistics.

Blacks in Wisconsin face an unemployment rate of 21 percent which is more than quadruple the national average. Their incarceration rate is the third highest in the country, and their rate of home ownership is the tenth lowest. At a meeting earlier this month in Minneapolis, Kashkari sat down with Neighborhoods Organizing for Change to discuss the problem.

“Some of the racial disparities are a crisis, and we need to treat them like a crisis,” Kashkari said. “There’s something structural in the U.S. economy, in good times and bad, that black unemployment is almost always twice as high as white unemployment.”

However, in spite of all protestor efforts, in what is considered to be one of Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen’s most important speeches of the year, she explicitly stated that interest rate hikes were on the horizon. Yellen told the audience at Jackson Lake Lodge, “Indeed, in light of the continued solid performance of the labor market and our outlook for economic activity and inflation, I believe the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened in recent months.” PJH

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Virtual Fandom

The phenomenal Japanese singer Hatsune Miku (100 million YouTube hits) is coming off of a sold-out, 10-city North American concert tour with high-energy audiences (blocks-long lines to get in; raucous crowd participation; hefty souvenir sales), except that “she” isn’t real. Hatsune Miku is a projected hologram on stage singing and dancing (but her band is human), and her May show in Dallas, according to a Dallas Observer review, typically ignited frenzied fans who know the show’s “every beat, outfit … and glow stick color-change.” Her voice, a synthesized “vocaloid,” is crafted in pitch, timbre and timing to sound human. (The latest PlayStation brings Hatsune Miku into the home by virtual reality.)

The Finer Points of Law

On Aug. 11, the federal government’s Drug Enforcement Agency famously refused to soften the regulation of marijuana, leaving it (with heroin) as a harsh “Schedule I” drug because, citing Food and Drug Administration findings, it has “no medical use.” However, as the Daily Caller pointed out, another federal agency— Department of Health and Human Services—obtained a U.S. patent in 2003 for marijuana-derived cannabinoids, which HHS pointed out have several medical uses (as an antioxidant and for limiting neurological damage following strokes).

Priorities

“A dog has better protection than our kids,” lamented an Oregon prosecutor in May because, unlike the pet law, the “child abuse” law requires proof the victim experienced “substantial” pain—which a young child often lacks vocabulary to describe. (Simply showing welts and bruises is insufficient, the Court of Appeals has ruled.) n That same Oregon Court of Appeals ruled in June that Thomas Wade, 44, was not guilty of a crime when in 2013 he unzipped his pants, reached inside, and at that point cursed the woman he had confronted in a public park. “Distasteful,” wrote the Court, but it was an exercise of Wade’s free speech right.

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Tourism officials in Iceland recently posted “hundreds” of signs at visitor attractions showing a squatting person in silhouette, with a small pile on the ground underneath—and the familiar diagonal line (indicating “don’t”). Critics of the signs reluctantly admit Iceland’s chronic shortage of public restrooms.

n The Tourism Bureau of Japan’s Hokkaido island recently rewrote its etiquette guide for visitors to underscore the inappropriateness of “belching or flatulence” in public.

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Interviewed in his hospital bed by Madrid’s The Local, he called it “the best time ever” and said he looked forward to another run next year.

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Gary Durham, 40, was shot to death during a heated road-rage incident in Plant City, Fla., on Aug. 10.

Durham had served 10 years in prison after an aggressive road-rage episode in 2001 in which he pursued another driver and knocked him to the ground, causing the man to hit his head, fatally, on the pavement.

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The Elanora Heights Public School (a primary school in Sydney, Australia) recently banned clapping during student assemblies in an effort to help pupils with noise anxieties. To show audience approval, students are asked to “punch the air,” “pull (on their) faces” or “wriggle about.”

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n In a YouTube clip released in July, a Disney fan posted shot after shot of “rude” Chinese tourists at Shanghai Disneyland, coaxing their small children to urinate in public rather than in restrooms.

n The economic growth rate in Ireland for 2015 was revised—upward—in July. Growth of its gross domestic product was originally estimated at 7.8 percent, but subsequently—adding the paper value of several “inversions” (U.S. companies “moving” to Ireland to reduce U.S. taxes)—Ireland found that it was actually growing at 26.7 percent.

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In August, Houston defense lawyer Jerry Guerinot announced his retirement from death-penalty cases, leaving him with a perfect record (for that area of his practice): He lost every single time. Twenty-one clients received the death penalty, and 10 have been executed (so far). He made no excuses, pointing out that “gang members, serial killers and sociopaths” were entitled to representation, too, and that he has taken more than 500 noncapital cases to trial (with, presumably, more success).

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The Lasti ng Ber n How the Sanders campaign sprouted a new crop of candidates in Jackson Hole.

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Playing by the rules Though Hillary Clinton claims to be a progressive, it takes more than being in favor of progress to truly encapsulate the leftward politics of the term. That’s why Sanders better embodies the progressive principles seen in this crop of Jackson politicos. Key principles include the belief that, in the words of Senator Elizabeth Warren, “No one should work full-time and still live in poverty, and that means raising the minimum wage.”

Progressives believe in women’s rights, gay rights, regulating Wall Street, getting money out of politics, ensuring good healthcare and education for all, and generally leveling the playing field so that everyone can have a good quality of life. And in America’s two party system, progressives have sometimes found a home—not always a perfect one—in the Democratic party.

Political commentator David Sirota explained to NPR recently that there is a core difference between liberal Democrats and progressives: “Traditional ‘liberals’ in our current parlance are those who focus on using taxpayer money to help better society. ‘Progressives’ are those who focus on using government power to make large institutions play by a set of rules.”

Liberal Democrats in Jackson have been a minority until recently. Ben Linn, 65, is a Democratic committeeman and Wilson native. He remembers a time when to be a Democrat was simply to be a placeholder. “For most of the time I’ve been a Democrat, I’ve been trying to put a face on the party in Teton County,” Linn said. “I tried to give it a little bit of a human aspect so that people would not stereotype.”

Linn attended his first Teton County Democrats meeting in 2000, and was one of only about 15 people there. He volunteered to be a precinct leader. At that time, Dems could only fill half of their precinct leader seats. Now they are all full.

Professionally, Linn has worked in fields

typically associated with rural Republicans: Hunting guide, logger, carpenter. He has never seen a contradiction. “I don’t find that being a working man should be at cross purposes with being a Democrat.”

According to Epstein, 45, a valley native who garnered more votes in the Teton County primary election than any other county candidate, people in Jackson have been ready for change for a long time. He says the 2008 economic recession, plus years of relative inaction on the part of local government, has kept Jackson at a standstill in terms of issues like affordable housing.

“Fast forward to 2016, and here we are again,” Epstein said. “We had five to seven years of potentially dealing with stuff, but instead we were giving away development incentives.”

An avid backcountry skier and producer at Teton Gravity Research, Epstein is not opposed to working with the private sector to solve Jackson’s housing crisis, but not without considering all impacts.

“While we focus on housing and issues that are fairly critical, we can’t forget about entrepreneurial spirit,” Epstein said. “We have to grow the community across a couple of different verticals.”

Chambers, who has lived in Jackson since 2010, was a national delegate for Sanders at the Democratic National Convention. She says Sanders’ message about removing big money from politics on the national and local level resonates with her. “There’s a connection to what’s happening across the country, and what’s happening around the globe,” Chambers said. “It has to do with the middle class being decimated. Wealth inequality permeates everywhere, especially here in Jackson.”

As a young person engaged in politics, Linn’s son, Olaus, 30, says he values the influx of younger folks trying to make Jackson their home. Like Epstein, he grew up in the valley, and though his father was born here, he welcomes newcomers.

“I believe that a large part of what keeps Jackson Hole full of amazing folks generation after generation is the constant churn of young people deciding to try and make a life here,” he said. “If it becomes

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Back in the basement, Pete Muldoon, 43, straightened his neck after painting a ceiling, and sat down with a cup of coffee.

He had facilitated the connection between

Chambers and the family moving in, and now he and a few of his friends were chipping in manual labor too.

“It’s great to try to change the political dynamics so we can have affordable housing,” Muldoon said. “In the meantime, here’s a family who needs housing, and we can do something for them now.”

Housing has been one of Muldoon’s main rallying cries. He helped organize the housing advocacy group Shelter JH and has ruffled feathers at town meetings speaking out in favor of emergency and affordable housing.

“I do believe housing is a human right,” he said. “Food and shelter are fundamental human rights.”

This kind of rhetoric doesn’t exactly echo through town hall chambers in Jackson, or anywhere else in Wyoming.

When councilman Jim Stanford, 46, advocated for the town to OK worker campgrounds this summer, fellow council members shot down the idea.

A citizen rally in June that brought almost 100 people to town chambers during a town council meeting elicited similar results: The majority of elected officials told the homeless and overworked, “We’re working on it.” But the council did not adopt any of the suggested emergency housing measures the citizens presented.

Stanford takes the long view. For inspiration, he looks to a time in Wyoming history when unions had sway, and workers’ rights were paramount.

“Southern Wyoming was full of union towns, starting with those who built the railroads,” he said. “For a long time those towns were Democratic, politically standing up for workers and working people.”

After the railroad unions were busted, many rural Wyoming towns swung right.

But Stanford says now there is no further right for them to swing. “People are going to realize they voted against their own interest. They were sold out by the Tea Party. The opportunity is here for progressives. Our message to working people resonates.”

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essica Sell Chambers wielded a paint roller in one hand and a cell phone in the other. She called over her shoulder to her young son McCrae to stay clear of a step stool ladder. Conferring with a volunteer painter, she typed a quick text and dashed off to the paint store, son in tow.

As PJH reported last week, Chambers, 35, and her husband Reed have donated their basement apartment to Noemi Perez and her sons, recently evicted from the Virginian Village Apartments. This kind of walking the talk is indicative of a new generation of progressive minded people.

Inspired by former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, they are entering politics to improve their communities.

A few weeks before Sanders conceded to Hillary Clinton, he sent out a message to his supporters urging them to run for office. “We need new blood in the political process, and you are that blood,” he said.

In response, thousands of everyday Americans pledged on Sanders’ website to run for local office. Here in Jackson Hole, Chambers, mayoral candidate Pete Muldoon and county commission hopeful Greg Epstein heeded Sanders’ call, while incumbents commissioner Natalia Duncan Macker and councilman Jim Stanford committed to defend their seats.

With strong support in the primaries— which garnered the highest voter turnout in Teton County since at least 2008— these candidates represent a younger demographic. They are focused on making Jackson Hole a place where middle class folks can plant their roots.

But as more people struggle to stay and others leave, can a Sanders’ style political revolution take hold in Jackson Hole?

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impossible to gain even a tiny foothold here then that wellspring of bold and adventurous new residents will slowly dry up and the luster of our community will fade.”

Olaus believes electing a new set of representatives will help to preserve the area’s vibrant local character. “There are lots of people trying to move here and make it work but all of a sudden there are fewer and fewer avenues for that to happen. The forces that are actively standing in the way of that progress—the developers tearing up trailer parks and single family houses to build hotels and commercial space, and the people who don’t want to live next to affordable housing or see more density in places because it will affect their view— will always have some politicians in their corner. It’s time that we have some in ours and change the political dynamics here in Jackson Hole.”

Olaus and his wife Jenelle hosted a get-out-the-vote event with Muldoon, Chambers, and Epstein ahead of the August 16 primary. Jenelle, 35, was appointed to the START Bus board last year and served on the Teton County Democratic Platform Committee this spring. “Bernie inspired a lot of young people who hadn’t previously taken much interest in politics,” she noted.

“The fact that we had a record number of people vote in the primary was extremely encouraging to me. I know someone in her 30s who voted for the first time ever.

Young people are starting to realize that their involvement has to start on the local level and that it’s actually easier to effect change locally.”

‘Something genuinely new’ Propagating messages that focus on strengthening the middle class, Muldoon hopes to appeal to millenials—the 35 and under set—as well as more seasoned locals.

“Long term residents are getting fed up with politics and realizing that town government shouldn’t just be a popularity contest,” Muldoon said. “We actually have to do things.”

When it comes to younger voters, Muldoon says they won’t wait for change.

“This whole election year is about envisioning something different and better, and refusing to be told we can’t have that.”

Stanford, who is often the lone progressive voice on the town council, credits decades of valley Democrats pushing back against hardline Republican agendas to create the environment for more liberal candidates like himself.

“Teton County has been moving Democratic since Cheney invaded Iraq,” Stanford said. “That’s what got me more involved in politics. I started in 2006 and 2008 helping get out the vote. Then I ran in 2012.”

Stanford has lived in Jackson since 1992. He says long-time valley Democrats like Leslie Peterson, Joe Albright, Marcia Kunstel and Chuck Herz were particularly mobilized after 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq to build the Democratic base in Jackson.

According to Stanford, they spearheaded get-out-the-vote efforts to encourage more residents—especially young people—to be involved in politics. “They helped open the door to me,” he said.

Still, the sudden surge in progressive candidates signals a shift, according to Ben Read. A valley resident since 1989, Read served on the planning commission for six years. “What’s going on now is genuinely new,” he said. “There has been the growing feeling that while everyone was asked to tighten their belts during the recession, the wealthiest were surging ahead. Now the actual costs of living in general have never been higher for millennials loaded up with student debt.”

A key characteristic of the new progressives is an interest in revitalizing the way American politics work, rather than remaining disillusioned and jaded on the sidelines. This was reflected in a robust voter turnout in the primary election.

Leah Schlacter, 35, who volunteers with the Muldoon for Mayor campaign, says it’s because political issues are now personal for people in Jackson Hole.

“Politics in Jackson have become more tangible and less abstract,” she said. “Working people don’t have homes, businesses don’t have employees, traffic is congested, summers are hotter, and social services have been cut. Residents are realizing that a lot of these issues are directly related to public policy.”

Natalia Duncan Macker, artistic director for Off Square Theatre, and her husband artist Thomas Macker moved to Jackson in 2011. They are raising their two-year old son here. As county commissioner, Macker

seeks to protect and extend possibilities for younger people in Jackson. “I want ladders of opportunity in Teton County,” she said. “I think opportunity starts with more options for affordable housing, but I also think it means stability in our economy and better equality in our state.”

Even at this early part of her political career, Macker is looking to inspire other young people to get involved. “So much of what progressives want to do is at a legislative or national level, but there is a lot we can do locally, including building a pipeline of leaders for the future.”

For Muldoon the road to running for office was paved with alarm over the disconnect between the haves and havenots. “Local government for the most part hasn’t been of the average person,” he said. “That was really frustrating as an activist. People told me, ‘Well, why don’t you get involved? I said, ‘OK, fine.’”

Muldoon doesn’t look the part of a radical, though he was a steadfast Occupy Wall Street activist. He’s more down-home than that. He sings in the alt-country band, Major Zephyr, and has a part-time gig at the airport.

Muldoon comes from a working class family. He settled in the valley in 2000, and currently runs a small business. He still rents because he doesn’t have the capital to buy.

Schlacter says Muldoon has earned his street cred with working people because he is authentic. “He is of the working class yet gets politically involved and shows understanding of complex issues,” she said. “Through his writing he deconstructs complex issues in a language that non-

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towns. “I think the place where we will see greater strain on county resources is when community organizations come to us after state budget cuts go into effect. We will have to make difficult decisions.”

Muldoon, too, says he is aware that funding is the crucial make-or-break factor for the town and county’s ability to be effective. “A lot depends on the penny sales tax,” he said. “We need to get that one cent passed and people can see that the sky won’t fall.”

Indeed, a new generation of voters are watching to see what happens with town projects like the Redmond Street rentals, which stalled after the town pulled its promised funding. “We have to show people there’s a political cost to saying no to things,” he said.

On the flip side, there is a community benefit to saying yes to things, as Jessica and Reed Chambers are learning.

According to Chambers, their neighbors are ready to welcome the Perez family

with open arms. “My neighbors called and said they love what we’re doing,” she said.

“They want to help. A previous resident of the house, Jenny Karns, says she wants to help. She grew up in this house.”

Though she did get a call from the town building and permitting department, Chambers says they are set for a September 1 move in date for the Perezes. The dwelling arrangement does not require special permitting, nor does it violate the town’s multiple resident regulations. Not that Chambers was going to let anything stop her. “I’m getting this family in here,” she said. “They are going to have a home.”

Chambers champions creative ways of thinking in order to solve Jackson’s complex problems. “People have been relying on impossible mindsets instead of focusing on possibilities,” she said. “If you’re always saying why you can’t do something, you’re not going to find any solution.” PJ H

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The idealism and hope younger generations possess does not overshadow their pragmatism. Jackson’s local progressive candidates say they are ready to roll up their sleeves and go to work alongside others who may not share their politics. Plus they have a forerunner in Stanford who can remind them to keep any radical expectations in check.

“Even if the new people get elected, they are going to have to work with all the councilors and commissioners,” Stanford said. “Any one person can’t change things too much.”

Stanford says communication is key. “I’ve been able to work well with Republicans like commissioners Barbara Allen and Paul Vogelheim. You find areas of commonality,” Stanford said. “You don’t know how the political process will work out until you get in there.”

Just as Stanford has been willing to be the one dissenting vote on town council numerous times, newcomers like Chambers and Muldoon say they won’t back down from the positions they have now.

“People can expect to know where I stand on things,” Chambers said. “I will not say one thing and do another. They can also expect that they are not going to like every decision that I make.”

Macker advocates listening and collaboration, but also says there comes

a time to be decisive. “We cant all agree all the time, we can’t all be liked all the time,” she said. “There’s a point at which we move forward. It’s not always in the best interest of the public to try to get to unanimity all the time.”

For people like Schlacter, being able to trust a candidate is important. “Pete takes stands on issues, which to me as a voter is refreshing,” she said. “The ‘trying to please everybody’ rhetoric of most politicians is tiring.”

Apparently voters agree that sticking to their lefty guns is a good quality in a candidate. Muldoon won the primary with 34 percent of total votes. Epstein also won his race, with 39 percent of the Democrat votes for commissioner, with Macker coming in at 33 percent. Chambers, however, was almost edged out garnering just 12 percent of councilor votes while Stanford got 25 percent, the highest percentage of any council candidate.

The new wave of political candidates brings with them an embrace of new ways of thinking, with a focus on innovation and possibility. “There isn’t a big blanket solution,” Muldoon said. “We need to use all solutions at our disposal. We are not trying to burden one sector of people.

Everyone needs to chip in.”

One issue Epstein wants to focus on is transportation. Increasing traffic is not just a hassle, he says, it erodes other core aspects of the valley. “When you talk about wildlife and conservation, and quality of water, land and air, probably the worst impact is by single occupancy vehicle traffic,” he said. “We need to curb those trips.”

He realizes not everyone is going to ride the bus, but he’d like to make changes so that the incentive to do so is greater.

He wants to look at what is working in other communities and start trying to implement those solutions here. “It’s all about innovation, he said. “We need to use innovative thought processes, make bold decisions and live by them.”

Ultimately, no matter how visionary or mundane, any innovative plans are still vulnerable to the hard reality of funding.

Macker, for one, is concerned about cuts in state funding and how that will impact

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politicians can understand and relates it back to the people.”

Chambers is another outspoken advocate for the working class. The daughter of a union member, she says she has seen first hand how progressive values are relevant to working people.

“When you have seen what people exist on and operate with, a lot of people are struggling and it’s not fair,” she said.

“It’s common sense to value everybody.

Everybody should have a decent life and have enough.”

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n Storytime 10:30am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Teton Toastmasters 12:00pm, Teton County Commissioners Chambers, Free, 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 Cancer Support Group for Patients, Survivors and Caregivers 3:00pm, Chapel, St. John’s Medical Center, Free, 307-739-6195 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 - $45.00, 307-7335386 n Wort Hotel 75th Anniversary Commemoration & Street Party 5:00pm, Wort Hotel, Free, 307-733-2190 n REFIT® 5:15pm, First Baptist Church, Free, 307-6906539 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 Auxiliary Evening Social 5:30pm, Mike Yokel Park, Free, 307-739-7517 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, 307-7334647 n Splash and Go Thursdays 6:00pm, Wilson Bridge, Free, 307-733-3270 n Mardy’s Front Porch Conversations 6:00pm, The Murie Center, Free, 307-733-1313 n Great Books Discussion: “A Passion in the Desert” 6:00pm, Teton County Library Youth Library, Free, 307-733-2164 n Wine Tasting on a Budget 6:00pm, Dornan’s Resort, 307-733-2415 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 - $65.00, 307733-6994 n JH Community Band Rehearsal 7:00pm, Center for the Arts Performing Arts Wing, Free, 307-200-9463 n Special Screening of The Champions!

7:00pm, Jackson Twin Cinema n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n Ian McIver 8:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Salsa Night 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Walker Williams 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207

GET OUT

Sweet Suffering The perils of exploring Greater Yellowstone reveal themselves.

BY MATT BERMAN

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dventurous souls are used to going anywhere they please. But there are several ways the mountains aim to keep people away. Which is nice. I wouldn’t want every far away place to be overvisited all the time. For example, every fall I’m reminded that this is practically the last time I can visit some of the far-out places in the Greater Yellowstone Area until the following year. Even gliding over them in skis is a different experience than hiking over them in the summer.

Hoodoo Basin, in far eastern Yellowstone, is a place I’ve been trying to get to for years.

Several things have kept me out. For one, it’s a long, long trail. So, even if someone is committed to walking close to 50 miles round trip, they might not always have the amount of time off necessary to undertake such a task. I usually don’t.

But this year I did. I found myself with six days off at the end of August. So I went for it. As I glanced at the trail map (most

The jury is still out on this one: Is the suffering worth the reward in Hoodoo Basin? of the way down the Lamar River, then a left up Miller Creek), I thought I saw that the thin dirt trail would parallel the creeks and rivers the whole way. So I limited the amount of weight I was carrying by bringing along less water than I usually did. I figured I’d just fill up more often, pumping my water whenever I needed it, and stopping to fish for a while. Wrong.

While the trail in fact does follow the creek, most of the way the hiker is far above it and out of the way. So unless I hiked well off trail in search of it, which I didn’t feel like doing because that would add miles to an already ridiculously long trip, I’d actually be spending miles and miles of hiking without coming anywhere near a creek.

What made that lack of water even worse was that the entire area had recently burned in the Yellowstone fires of 1988, when more than a third of the park was in flames. Today the trees (mostly lodgepole pines) are well on their way to recovery, but 30 years is not very long in a tree’s life. The trees are still skinny and short. They don’t provide much shade or shelter. So the hiker is completely exposed to the sun for the majority of the trip.

Essentially this hike has the feel of a desert journey more than the typical trip through Yellowstone. And that desert does not gradually gain elevation on its way to one of the park’s highest corners, either.

It plods up and down and up and down

the whole way, so that the trail feels like an ascent in both directions. Did I mention that in addition to an old forest fire robbing me of shade, a fire burning to the north was gradually filling the Lamar with smoke?

Now I’m sure, or relatively sure, that the reward would be worth the suffering. After all, isn’t that always part of our experience outdoors? There is always an element of sacrifice in any trip through the mountains. But sometimes I’m fully committed to that suffering, and sometimes it comes as a surprise, even though it shouldn’t. And sometimes a suffer-fest doesn’t sound as inviting as it has before.

Once I made it most of the way out there (it was more than 11 miles to my first camp), a few miles up Miller Creek from its confluence with the Lamar, which I didn’t see because I was walking high above where those creeks flowed, I realized Miller Creek was just a trickle. There were three-inch rocks protrufing more than halfway out of the water. I could barely find a spot to pump drinking water, never mind the fishing adventure I’d planned for.

So a head’s up: If you want (for some reason) to go way out to Hoodoo Basin, I’d do it in the early summer, I guess.

And if you’re going the long way, through Yellowstone, prepare to suffer a certain amount for whatever rewards you might find once you get out there. Maybe you’ll see me there. PJH

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MUSIC BOX

Fiery Headliners, Fitz, and a Fete Fireman’s Ball brings Gov’t Mule and Blackberry Smoke, Fitz & The Tantrums make a Wyoming debut, and the Wort turns 75.

BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

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ith 76 years of community service under its belt, the Jackson Firefighters Association has been resetting the bar over the last three years of what local folks expect from the annual Fireman’s Ball.

One of the oldest and worthy traditions in the valley, the ball generates important revenue for Jackson firefighters, who do not receive county funding. Last year the ball raised enough funds for the purchase of a new cardiac monitor that allows the transmission of EKG rhythms to the hospital, as well as a new fire engine, and emergency funds for the families of local fallen or injured firefighters.

Garnering more than 2,000 supporters, the ball has long been a successful music-filled, beer drinkin, silent and live auctioning dance party. But the shift to booking national touring bands that are on a different level compared to past local acts has increased buzz around the fundraiser. They hosted MarshallTuckerBandin2014followedbyoneofthemosttalked about concerts in the last five years—2015’s monster bill featuring North Mississippi Allstars with Anders Osborne and Sam Bush Band. This year will feature Warren Haynes’ Gov’t Mule, Blackberry Smoke, and The Record Company.

“The last four years have been a cool journey for me,” said JamesPowell,directoroftheFireman’sBall.“We’vebeenableto transform the event into a ticket-based sales model, whereas in the past we had relied heavily on individual donations and auctions. It’s been a learning process, but this model works well for us.Thisisafirefighter-bookedeventwithfirefightersservingthe beer and cleaning up afterwards, so we don’t subcontract out.”

While it first reads cliché, Haynes has described Gov’t Mule as “an entity that refuses to be stereotyped.” Sure, this description is used by many an indie band these days. But the band’s

You know the score—go to their ball and they’ll come to your fire. Well, not Gov’t Mule (pictured), but the firefighters hosting the band for the Fireman’s Ball Sunday. new archival release, The Tel-Star Sessions, is evidence that it wouldn’t be wise to pigeonhole them as simply Southern rock.

Haynes, a member of The Allman Brothers and countless side projects, is a taskmaster that only few individuals could handle at such a level.

At the core of the band’s sound is improvisational blues, jazz and gritty rock, but it’s deeper than that. The Tel-Star Sessions is a collection recorded during the band’s formation in 1994 when friends Haynes and bassist Allen Woody recruited drummer Matt Abts from Dickey Betts Band to retreat to Brandon, Florida. What followed was trio magic.

“We take all our many and varied influences and combine them together and try to create fresh, new music,” Haynes recently told Pittsburgh’s Trib. “Having said that, we take a very old school approach to the music. We are not just … influenced by old genres of music … we are convinced that a lot of the open-minded process and mindsets went into making a lot of older music much more gratifying.”

Haynes also noted the band takes a jazz approach to the myriad types of music they play. “[There’s] a lot of call and response and interplay based on listening very intently to each other. There is a lot of great music that is very unrehearsed and very spontaneous. It is very gratifying to walk on stage with a group of musicians you have that kind of confidence in. You know you can do it. We are doing what’s in our heart and trying to keep the voice of integrity alive. We tend to get a lot of respect for that.”

While Blackberry Smoke takes a few cues from Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top—including their longhair and bearded look—the lean towards country rock and a blue-collar work ethic has the quintet hitting their stride. Currently on the Smokin’ Mule Tour with Gov’t Mule, the band’s new album, Like an Arrow, drops October 14. Opening the show is blues trio The Record Company, which headlined a Jackson Hole Live concert just a few weeks ago.

“We have been trying to book Gov’t Mule for a few years, and Southern rock works well for the event as it gets [everyone from] ski bums to cowboys excited,” Powell noted. Switching the ball to Labor Day weekend had a lot to do with the band’s schedule, but Powell says he’s still hopeful for the same kind of robust turnout the ball attracts when its held in November. “It’s still a fundraiser, but also a thank you to the community.”

76th Annual Fireman’s Ball featuring Gov’t Mule, Blackberry Smoke, and The Record Company, 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4 at Heritage Arena. $40. JHFireAssociation.com.

Fitz and The Tantrums titillate the Tetons

From early career Motown revival to an 80s electropop sound with its latest album, L.A.’s Fitz and The Tantrums will make their Wyoming debut Wednesday, August 31 at the Pink Garter Theatre. Ahead of the band’s performance, keyboardist Jeremy Ruzumna weighed in on road life and progressing the group’s sound.

Planet Jackson Hole: FATT’s new album has a bumping, polished sound and when I dug into your earlier albums I was surprised by the more vintage soul vibe. What are a few of the influences (musical or otherwise) that have helped shape the evolution of your sound, particularly in the new album?

Jeremy Ruzumna: We are all about growing and expanding as a band. With each album comes experimenting and trying out new sounds. As we are exposed to more and more new music, it’s great to be able to find elements from pop, jazz, soul, hip-hop, electronic, and make our own thing along the way.

PJH: It is tough to maintain a high-energy live show while touring, or does the stage have its own sort of adrenaline that helps fuel this?

JR: The stage for sure provides adrenaline. We all are exhausted a majority of the tour, traveling really takes it out of you. But as soon as we get on that stage in front of all these fans that have paid to come out and see us at our best, the energy just comes out of nowhere.

PJH: I’m sure you’ve played all types of stages with varying audiences over the years as you’ve grown–is there a close-to-ideal setting that you’ve found where you guys can harvest your best mojo these days?

JR: It’s always awesome playing hometown shows. I mean, playing The Greek Theatre in October is going to be so great. Personally, I love packed shows in theatres.

Usually old theatres are beautiful and fun to spend time in and the sound is always so loud and gives the audience life. Outdoor stages lose a little of that closeness and audience engagement that fuels us onstage.

PJH: Is there a story behind the name of the tour, “Get Right Back”?

WEDNESDAY Fitz and The Tantrums with Phases (Pink Garter), Open Mic/Songwriter’s Alley featuring Freda Feltcher (Silver Dollar) THURSDAY 75th Anniversary Party with Major Zephyr (Wort Hotel/Silver Dollar) FRIDAY Quenby & West of Waylon Band (Silver Dollar) Neo soul and indie electro pop percolates through the Pink Garter Wednesday care of Fitz and The Tantrums.

JR: It’s one of our favorite songs off the new record and since we haven’t been on the road in over a year—previously to starting this tour—it had a nice ring to it. You know, kinda like, “we’re back!”

Fitz and The Tantrums with Phases, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, August 31 at the Pink Garter Theatre. $63.

PinkGarterTheatre.com; 733-1500.

Street party for Wort’s 75th It was September 1, 1941. Roosevelt was president, World War II was in swing, and the attack on Pearl Harbor was just a couple of months away. In Jackson, it was the grand opening of The Wort Hotel, built by brothers John and Jess Wort. The brothers had inherited the dream of their father, Charles J. Wort, who arrived to Jackson on horseback in 1893 and dreamed of building a first class hotel before passing in 1933.

It’s time to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the iconic watering hole, former gambling house, award-winning

hotel, and a venue that hosts music and dancing five days a week. The community celebration and street party will kick-off with complimentary beer and wine at the hotel’s Glenwood Street entrance. Jackson Mayor Sarah Flitner will read the town’s official proclamation followed by guest speakers and the cutting of the 75th birthday cake before the party moves inside to the Silver Dollar Showroom at 7 p.m., when outlaw country band Major Zephyr takes the stage. Local author Charlie Craighead will be in the lobby signing the 75th anniversary limited edition of his book, Meet Me at The Wort.

The Wort Hotel’s 75th anniversary street party, 5 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept 1. 733-2190; WortHotel.com. PJH 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.

SATURDAY Uncle Stack & The Attack (Mangy Moose) SUNDAY 76th Annual Fireman’s Ball featuring Gov’t Mule, Blackberry Smoke and The Record Company (Heritage Arena), Miller Sisters (Roadhouse Brewing) MONDAY JH Hootenanny (Dornan’s) TUESDAY One Ton Pig (Silver Dollar)

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WELL, THAT HAPPENED n 7th Annual Wydaho Rendezvous, Teton Bike Festival 7:30am, Grand Targhee Resort, $85.00 $155.00, 208-709-8564 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307739-3594 n Fitness & Dance Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $4.00, 307-739-9025 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 Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-7339212 n Labor Day Weekend Kick Off at Jackson Whole Grocer 11:00am, Jackson Whole Grocer & Cafe, Free, 307-733-0450 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 n Free Friday Tasting 4:00pm, Jackson Whole Grocer, Free, 307733-0450 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 - $45.00, 307-7335386 n Friday Night Bikes 5:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, $10.00, 307-733-2292 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n 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, 307-7334647 n Papa Chan and Johnny C Note 6:00pm, Teton Pines Country Club, Free, 307-413-1348 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 - $65.00, 307733-6994 n Pam Drews Phillips Plays Jazz 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free, 307-733-8833

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HANNAH HARDAWAY PHOTOGRAPHY

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Learning How To Fall Remembering Marius P. ‘MP’ Hanford IV.

BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz

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ours after hearing of Marius Hanford’s passing, I stood in Heather Best’s kitchen surrounded by a gaggle of actors and crew members of Riot Act, Inc., the local theatre company run by the invincible Macey Mott, Marius’ partner in crime and love. We gathered in solidarity, sharing stories, eating pizza, keeping spirits high. We all had known Marius for years and worked with him in various capacities. Still processing the news, I leaned against the counter in silence, my mind sifting through lucid memories of Marius.

I had arrived late to the gathering. The others had been there longer, and had already shared many of their memories and tears prior to my arrival. My friend Henry Williams, recognizing my dazed state, asked me how I was, and I said the first thing that popped into my head.

“Marius put my first sword in my hands.”

Kari Hall: “Mine too.”

Heather Best: “Me too.”

Lindsay Burgess: “Me too. My first sword. My first axe. My first gun…”

Indeed, Marius’ local reputation for stage combat was second to none. He had choreographed fights for countless productions, taught high schoolers how to safely throttle one another, and assisted with the shootout on the Town Square as

Marius Hanford IV with his father Marius III, his mother BJ, and his partner Macey Mott. both an actor and a choreographer. He was generous with his gift, and with his humor. In Marius’ hands, the most novice actor could become a weapons master in a matter of hours.

My first experience with Marius was in junior year of high school when he taught my drama class how to fight with rapiers. I remember Luke Metherell and I squaring off in the auditorium, meeting steel to steel, plunging the rapiers into each other’s bowels in the most convincing ways.

This introduction to rapier combat influenced me so much, that I ended up writing an entire novel about cowboys who carry rapiers at their hip. I never got a chance to tell Marius how he inspired that tale, but I have every intention of crossing blades with him again someday. I haven’t forgotten my moves, but I’m sure he can still kick my ass.

While reminiscing with Kari on Heather’s porch, another revelation dawned on me.

“Marius taught us how to fall,” I said.

Falling correctly in stage combat is among the most important things you can learn, and not doing it properly was one of Marius’ biggest pet peeves. Falling requires control, awareness of your space and understanding of where and how you will land. You can’t let emotion get the best of you and allow your hand to catch your weight—you have to trust yourself to fall properly, core engaged, hands outstretched, landing on your “tush.”

“I can only hurt myself,” Marius would remind us mid-lesson.

Marius’s focus was safety, safety, safety.

He took care of us, loved us, and never wanted any of us to get hurt. And so he taught us how to fall. During a performance, Marius couldn’t intervene if we messed up. Instead, he waited in the wings, following our movements, making sure we

were staying safe with one another.

This rings true now. In the face of this moment of combat, Marius can no longer intervene. He stands in the wings, watching us. We’d do well to remember his words. We should keep control and avoid the urge to throw a hand out and hurt ourselves; we can’t let emotion take over and break our focus. If we lose sight of where we stand in relation to one another, we’ll damage each other and break that moment of theatre magic.

And yet, even with safety at the forefront of his craft, Marius knew how to celebrate those lovely morbid, horrific moments so cherished in stage combat. That man sure loved a good death scene. We will all treasure our memories of Marius, but for me, one particular moment stands out.

We’re in the Black Box at the Center for the Arts. Spring sunlight streams into the room. Marius kicks me in the ribs and I let out a pained cough. His foot rests on my shoulder blade and he gives me a slight nudge. I control the moment, overacting and rolling onto my back. He lifts his foot to stomp on my head, but I move out of the way and stand up. But then Marius punches me, spins me around, kicking the back of my knees. As I’m kneeling, he places his hands on the crown of my head and my chin, and with a maniacal laugh, gleefully snaps my neck.

My eyes drift closed, my jaw goes loose, and I carefully fall to the floor, deader than dead. Scene.

When I open my eyes, Marius stands above me with a stretched-out hand and a smile, ready to help me back up so he can kill me again. PJH

A memorial for Marius happens 1 p.m., Sept. 24 at Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Riot Act, Inc., riotactinc.com.

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n Quenby & The West of Wayland Band 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n JH Rodeo 8:00pm, Fairgrounds, $15.00 - $35.00, 307733-7927 n Walker Williams 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Free Public Stargazing 9:30pm, Rendezvous Park, Free, 307-4134779 n Friday Night DJ 10:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n BOGDOG 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-7333886

CULTURE KLASH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

n Jackson Hole Marathon 7:00am, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307733-3318 n 7th Annual Wydaho Rendezvous, Teton Bike Festival 7:30am, Grand Targhee Resort, $85.00 $155.00, 208-709-8564 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 Fitness & Dance Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n REFIT® 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-7339212 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 - $45.00, 307-7335386 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307734-1535 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, 307733-6994 n Quenby & The West of Wayland Band 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n JH Rodeo 8:00pm, Fairgrounds, $15.00 - $35.00, 307733-7927 n Walker Williams 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Salsa Night - Raise the Floor 9:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $15.00, 307733-1500 n Uncle Stack and the Attack 9:30pm, Mangy Moose, $5.00, 307-733-4913 n Beats by Capella 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-7333886

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Anderson’s Odyssey Prep for Fall Arts Fest with this ‘alternative’ show at the Art Association.

BY MEG DALY @MegDaly1

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here’s so much happening around Fall Arts Festival time that no mere mortal of an alternative paper could hope to cover it all. Thus, PJH will provide entirely partial suggestions for what you absolutely must not miss. We’re starting a week early by helping you get looped in on an exciting new art exhibit you should check out now, and then revisit when the artist is in town for Palates & Palettes.

A show at the Art Association gallery celebrates art in its unmediated form. “Tad Anderson: A Journey” presents numerous drawings and a handful of prints by a Wyoming artist whose personal trials and tribulations make for a unique view of the state’s wide-open expanses.

The artist has schizophrenia, and has a history of going on and off his meds. In earlier years he went through bouts of homelessness. Once in a while he might decide to walk from Rawlins to Lander—and do it, drawing all the way. His is a Wyoming full of shimmering light, rich textures and colors, and a quiet not unfriendly loneliness.

The world is punctuated by awe as well as softness, his paintings seems to say.

Pinedale artist and gallerista Isabel

A self portrait of Tad Anderson (right). The artist’s Wyoming landscapes are soaked in light and full of texture.

Rucker showed Anderson’s work in 2011.

“The aspect I most enjoy about Tad’s work is his wonderful relationship with color,” Rucker said. “He layers his pastels beautifully and he has a great hand, totally controls the pastels while being able to have really free lively motion. Sometimes his pastels have a sensuous thick feel as if they are oil paints.”

Anderson’s show at the Art Association consists mostly of landscapes as well as several self-portraits. With soft pastel as his primary media, Anderson draws on whatever surface is at hand, from cereal boxes to construction paper to a square of flooring material. Largely self-taught, his style vacillates between impressionism and expressionism, sometimes capturing the immediacy of light on a landscape, other times exaggerating a form or a face to convey emotion.

According to Art Association director Mark Nowlin, who curated the show, Anderson’s vision is his own. “[He draws] whatever strikes his eye, but always true to his vision of the world,” Nowlin wrote in the accompanying text for the show. “A refreshing vision of beauty about western landscapes, life and truth.”

Anderson’s work falls within the genre of Outsider Art, or Art Brut. Essentially, Outsider Art is art by self-taught artists. According to Raw Vision, a magazine devoted to the genre, such artists are “unschooled and uninfluenced by the art world.”

Other definitions point more specifically to psychological disabilities. Author Lyle Rexer (How to Look at Outsider Art) defines the tricky genre as “the work of

people who are institutionalized or psychologically compromised according to standard clinical norms.”

Like many outsider artists, Anderson is wildly prolific and makes art for art’s sake. Though the work on view at the Art Association will be for sale, money has never been the artist’s motivation. Nowlin says Anderson draws compulsively simply because he does. Anderson’s father told Nowlin that the artist used to spend hours on the laundry room floor drawing.

Nowlin has known Anderson since he was a child, and he stays in touch with him and his family. Anderson currently lives in Laramie with his wife and two kids.

He works as a janitor at the University of Wyoming, and spends much of his free time making art and rock climbing.

Anderson recently broke from his antischool M.O. and took a lithography class.

Several prints are on display in his Jackson show, work which Nowlin calls “aggressively beautiful.”

The other work on display Anderson created in his 20s. According to Nowlin, Anderson’s parents have thousands of his drawings in storage. “They brought us a tub of artwork they thought was nice,” Nowlin said. “We hung them all, because,” he gestured around the room filled with equally compelling drawings, “Which one would you leave out?” PJH

An artist reception for “Tad Anderson: A Journey” happens 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, September 9 during Palates & Palettes, at the Art Association Gallery. Central Wyoming College’s Culinary Program caters the event. artassociation.org

Wednesday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm Jackson Hole Rodeo

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

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 7th Annual Wydaho Rendezvous, Teton Bike Festival 7:30am, Grand Targhee Resort, $85.00 - $155.00, 208709-8564 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, 208-7872201 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 7th Annual Wydaho Rendezvous, Teton Bike Festival 7:30am, Grand Targhee Resort, $85.00 - $155.00, 208709-8564 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n First Sundays 9:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-743-5424 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n The Back of the Stacks Fiction & Politics 12:00pm, 89.1 KHOL, Free n Sunday Summer BBQ 5:00pm, Q Roadhouse & Brewing Co., Free, 307-7390700 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307-733-4407 n 76th Annual Fireman’s Ball: Gov’t Mule and Blackberry Smoke 6:00pm, Heritage Arena, Teton County Fair Grounds, $40.00, 733-4407 n Open Mic 9:00pm, Pinky G’s Pizzeria, Free, 307-734-7465

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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, SEPTEMBER 6 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 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 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, 307-733-2141

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n Walker Williams 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207

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n Jameson Black Barrel Music Series 10:30pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500

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n Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n Writer 3:30pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 - $45.00, 307-7335386 n Zumba 4:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Back to School Open House 5:00pm, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Adobe Photoschop 5:00pm, CWC-Jackson, $200.00, 307-7337425 n REFIT® 5:15pm, First Baptist Church, Free, 307-6906539 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Total Fitness 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Teton Trail Runners 6:00pm, Location Varies - Check Schedule, Free n Byron’s Guitar at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free, 307-7334647 n Writer’s Workshop Series 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 Geologists of JH: Burgess Shale: 2014 Marble Canyon Expedition Through A Quarry Hand’s Eyes 6:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307-7332164 n Taller: Hacer un currículo - Centro cómputo 6:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307-7332164 n Summer Speaker Series 6:00pm, Old Wilson Schoolhouse, Free, 307733-9417 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, 307732-3939 n Stackhouse 8:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Walker Williams 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207

CINEMA Another Boyhood Morris from America is an endearing expatriate take on coming of age.

BY ERIC D. SNIDER @EricDSnider

A

s you may recall from when it happened to you, or from the many movies you’ve seen on the subject, growing up is hard. That’s especially true for kids with single parents, and for minorities, and for kids living in a foreign country. The boy in Morris from America is all of those things, but don’t expect a lot of high drama. This is a slight, pleasant coming-of-age comedy, offering smiles and warm fuzzies along with its two charming central performances.

Morris Gentry (Markees Christmas) is a stout, 13-year-old African American boy living with his dad, Curtis (Craig Robinson), in Heidelberg, Germany, a city not known for its ethnic diversity. Curtis, a former professional soccer player from New York, has taken a job on a German team’s coaching staff, uprooting Morris from their home. (It’s just the two of them since Mom died.) Morris takes German lessons from a college student named Inka (Carla Juri), and he communicates well enough with his English speaking peers, but he hasn’t attempted to make friends here. He and his pop mostly just hang out together, listening to old-school hip-hop.

As a dad, Curtis walks the line between being a good responsible father and being Morris’ pal. He generally comes down on the right side of it, and their spirited, loving, expletive-laced relationship is the heart of the film. When Inka finds a notebook in which Morris has transcribed some profane rap lyrics, Curtis isn’t bothered by the sexuality or the misogyny so much as the fact that Morris isn’t writing from his own experiences. Earlier, Curtis had grounded Morris for having poor taste in hip-hop, then un-grounded him five minutes later because he was bored.

What compels Morris to interact with the German kids is, of course, a girl. Katrin (Lina Keller) is a wispy, trouble-seeking 15-year-old blonde who takes an amused, flirtatious interest in Morris, which Morris interprets as romance. At the youth recreation center he meets Katrin’s crew, a bunch of snotty, privileged mid-teens who call him “Kobe Bryant” until they find out he doesn’t play basketball.

All of them, Katrin included, see Morris as something of a novelty, and not just because he’s from America. But the movie rarely mentions race directly (though one notable exception is an uncomfortable scene in which Katrin asks whether certain stereotypes are true). It’s mostly insinuations, like an administrator going straight to Morris when he finds the remains of a joint behind the school. How does being black affect the already difficult experience of being a 13-year-old boy in a strange land? The movie—written and directed by Chad Hartigan, who is not black—seems reluctant to get into it, but unable to completely ignore it. I can sympathize.

Anyway, that’s not the point. Hartigan, whose well received This Is Martin Bonner premiered at Sundance 2013, has a way with likable, unassuming characters, and what he’s really interested in here is the fatherand-son dynamic. Newcomer Markees Christmas is a real find as Morris, lending a natural, all-too-relatable performance

as a boy who’s trying to grow up as fast as he can. His explicit rap lyrics notwithstanding, Morris is an innocent babe. He pores over a nudie magazine that he finds, but he doesn’t know what to do with it.

When he puts Katrin’s sweater on a pillow and pretends it’s her, the moment is sort of adorably naughty, not dirty. Christmas plays the role with a believable mix of innocence, frustration and curiosity.

Craig Robinson—a familiar, funny actor from The Office and Hot Tub Time Machine—does breakout work as Curtis Gentry, adding a dramatic, emotional layer to what we’ve seen him do before. He and Christmas have a satisfying chemistry; more importantly, they ring true as one of the infinite variations of the parent-child model.

Let me point out, though, that while the movie is nice and amenable, it’s also completely insubstantial. The insights and character arcs are small. You’ll laugh, you’ll smile, you’ll have a good time, but in a week you’ll may forget you ever saw it. PJH

MORRIS FROM AMERICA BBB Markees Christmas Craig Robinson Lina Keller Rated R

TRY THESE The Inkwell (1994) Larenz Tate Joe Morton Rated R

FOR COMPLETE EVENT DETAILS VISIT PJHCALENDAR.COM

Markees Christmas and Lina Keller in Morris from America.

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) John Cusack Craig Robinson Rated R

This Is Martin Bonner (2013) Paul Eenhoorn Richmond Arquette Rated R

Boyhood (2014) Ellar Coltrane Patricia Arquette Rated R

Late Summer Palate Panache How to prepare a spread of bright dishes before the pumpkin latte craze invades.

BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz

Well, That Happened columnist Andrew Munz invades the kitchen with this Firewater Salad (recipe below) for a late summer food soirée. of the first course with the decadent feel of the second. For my Íslenskur þorskur, I sautéed yellow onions and then tossed them in a vat of melted butter, allowing them to simmer for an hour. I carved some russet potatoes into mini bananas, boiled them, and added rosemary and parsley. The baked cod was placed atop sprigs of asparagus that were sautéed in bacon grease. I added the taters and topped the fish with a spoonful of the buttered onions.

The night concluded with individual mocha trifles layered with coffee-infused mousse and Bailey’s whipped cream. I don’t know how I managed to pull it all together, but it worked, and 12 guests went home with full bellies and boozy smiles.

Now’s the time to take advantage of the farmers markets before the sun sets on summer, and don’t be afraid of cooking things down and being heavy handed with butter. Autumn is coming at full force and we might as well get our bellies ready for the hearty meals on the horizon. Gerðu svo vel!

Firewater Salad

2 Tbsp. honey 1 cup olive oil (regular or infused w/ orange peel) 1 tsp. chopped fresh mint 1 tsp. chopped fresh basil salt & pepper toasted nuts or seeds for garnish

Preparation: Chili Watermelon Steaks Slice the ends off the watermelon and stand up. Slice off the rind leaving only pink flesh (no whites). Cut the watermelon into 1-inch steaks and carve into even squares.

Place four of the steaks into a casserole dish, dress with salt, pepper, chili oil, chili powder and red pepper flakes. Cover and place in fridge for one hour.

Cucumber Noodles With a spiralizer or julienne peeler, strip the cucumber into noodles. Use only the light-green noodles and discard the rind. Soak the noodles in a bowl with olive oil, honey, mint, basil and lime juice for one hour.

Serves 4; prep time 90 minutes

Assembly

Ingredients 1 ripe mini seedless watermelon 1 big-ass cucumber (or 2 smaller ones) 4 handfuls fresh arugula or spinach 1 large lime, juiced 1 Tbsp. spicy chili oil 1 Tbsp. red pepper flakes 1 tsp. chili powder

Sprinkle salt, pepper and chili flakes on plate. Place watermelon steak in center of plate and top with a handful of arugula. Using a fork, twirl the cucumber noodles on a spoon and place atop the arugula. Dress the salad with the remaining liquid from the noodles. Garnish with nuts or seeds and cracked pepper. PJH

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event for her, this time for 12 people.

The mild weather we’ve been experiencing (thank the weather gods), certainly has a way of making me excited for fall.

The moment I can see my breath fog in front of me, my body immediately starts craving things like pumpkin, spaghetti squash, cinnamon, sweet potato stews, butter, butter, more butter, etc.

It is still summer, after all, and I wanted to take advantage of ripe, bright veggies like heirloom tomatoes, asparagus, zucchini and big-ass cucumbers.

But take heart, dear reader, as the last thing I intended was a veggie-only, post-Pilates spa menu that’s all about light, simple flavors. Instead I found some ripe mini watermelons at Smith’s and decided to do a play on a watermelon salad and spice it up with some Asian-style chili oil and red pepper flakes to shock the palate on the first course. The heat would be cooled down with cucumber noodles that had been soaked in mint, basil, lime, honey and some orange-infused olive oil. It’d all be rounded out by some fresh arugula.

Since we went vegan (honey be damned) for the salad course, I wanted to go to another extreme for the second course: A summer vegetable galette with cheese, caramelized onions, thyme and a crisp, buttery crust. It would showcase the tomatoes and zucchini, while contrasting their upbeat flavors with the wholesome tang of Irish cheddar and a hefty bleu cheese. Before serving it, I melted down some honey and salted butter to drizzle over the galette.

For the entrée, I brought some Iceland skills to the table. I found delicious wild caught Icelandic cod at Jackson Whole Grocer. This dish married the bright flavors

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hen it comes to my passion for cooking and baking, I have the dark, unforgiving Icelandic winter to thank. Being trapped in a remote fjord, we had a surplus of horse meat and as many fresh vegetables as we had rays of sunlight. Working as a chef and baker at the Kaupfélagsbarinn restaurant in the lonely settlement of Neskaupstaður, my passion became experimenting with recipes on my days off and serving them to the staff.

But man, did I crave a fresh salad.

When I returned to Jackson at the end of May I immediately cooked a three-course meal for my family and a few guests. I showed off some techniques I’d learned and luckily no one vomited and/or died.

The dinner went so well, in fact, that my parents’ friend Cynthia Engelstad, owner of Jackson Hole Hat Company, called me up last week and asked me to cater a private

ANDREW MUNZ

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

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

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RICE BOWLS NOODLES BURGERS 11am - 9:30pm daily 20 W. Broadway 307.201.1472

NOW OPEN

Take Out and Delivery 307.200.6544 Mon thru Sat 10:30am - 4:00pm 100 E. Snowking Ave. (between Ski Patrol & Ice Rink)

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

THAI ME UP

LOTUS CAFE

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

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Under the Pink Garter Theatre (307) 734-PINK • www.pinkygs.com

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

Lunch 11:30am-3pm. Aprés 3pm-5:30pm. Dinner 6pm-9pm. For reservations at the Bistro or Alpenrose, call 307-733-3242.

CAFE GENEVIEVE

A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965

$4 Well Drink Specials

CONTINENTAL

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.

PIZZAS, PASTAS & MORE

$7

Home of Melvin Brewing Co. Freshly remodeled offering modern Thai cuisine in a relaxed setting.

New tap system with 20 craft beers. New $8 wine list and extensive bottled beer menu. Open daily for dinner at 5pm. Downtown at 75 East Pearl Street. View our tap list at thaijh.com/brews.

307-733-0005.

THE BLUE LION

FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT

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.

TETON THAI

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

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

years with deliciously affordable comfort food.

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

TRIO Owned and operated by Chefs with a passion for good food, Trio is located right off the Town square in downtown Jackson. Featuring a variety of cuisines in a relaxed atmosphere, Trio is famous for its wood-oven pizzas, specialty cocktails and waffle fries with bleu cheese fondue. Dinner nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reservations. (307) 734-8038 or bistrotrio.com.

ITALIAN CALICO ®

$ 13 99

Large Specialty Pizza ADD: Wings (8 pc)

Medium Pizza (1 topping) Stuffed Cheesy Bread

for an extra $5.99/each

(307) 733-0330 520 S. Hwy. 89 • Jackson, WY

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

20%OFF ENTIRE BILL

Good between 5:30-6pm • Open nightly at 5:30pm

733-3912 160 N. Millward

Make your reservation online at bluelionrestaurant.com

European Dining

in Teton Village

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

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

Home of the original Jumbo Margarita.

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

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

PIZZA DOMINO’S PIZZA Hot and delicious delivered to your door.

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.

520 S. Hwy. 89 in Kmart Plaza, (307) 733-0330.

PINKY G’S The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012, 2013 and 2014. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, stromboli’s, calzones and many appetizers to choose from.

Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special.Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sun.- Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts. Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. to 2 a.m. 50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.

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PIZZERIA CALDERA Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies

BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER 7:30-9PM

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307.733.3242 TETON VILLAGE

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

••••••••• Open daily at 8am serving breakfast, lunch & dinner.

BYOB

145 N. Glenwood • (307) 734-0882 WWW.TETONLOTUSCAFE.COM

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

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Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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

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CONTINENTAL THE BIRD

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

BLUE LION

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE GRANARY

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

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

HAYDENS POST

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

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

KING’S GRILL

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

THE KITCHEN

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

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

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

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

LOTUS CAFE

145 N. Glenwood, Jackson 307-734-0882 Theorganiclotus.com

LOCAL RESTAURANT & BAR 55 N. Cache, Jackson 307-201-1717 Localjh.com

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

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

NORA’S FISH CREEK INN 5600 W. Hwy. 22, Wilson 307-733-8288 Norasfishcreekinn.com

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

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

RISING SAGE CAFE

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

CAFE GENEVIEVE RUSTIC INN BISTRO AND BAR

TRIO

Q ROADHOUSE

VIRGINIAN RESTAURANT

SIDEWINDERS TAVERN

WILD SAGE RESTAURANT

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

SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL

45 S. Glenwood, Jackson 307-734-8038 Bistrotrio.com 740 W. Broadway, Jackson 307-733-4330 Virginianrestaurant.net Rusty Parrot Lodge 175 N. Jackson, Jackson 307-733-2000 Rustyparrot.com/dining

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

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

Veneration for Veneto Discovering one of Italy’s most prolific wine regions.

BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

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here was once a time when I wouldn’t have bothered discussing Italy’s Veneto wine region.

During most of the 1960s and 1970s, the bulk of wines coming out of the Veneto were less than forgettable. Mass produced, easy-drinking Valpolicella, Bardolino and Soave were made in staggering quantities, aimed at unfussy American and British wine consumers. Remember, this was the era of Boone’s Farm and Annie Green Springs wines. They sold faster than a Trump supporter can say, “Build that wall!”

Thankfully, in the past couple of decades, winemakers here have stepped up their game. Sure, you can still find insipid,

unexciting versions of the Veneto’s Soave, Valpolicella and especially Bardolino, but there are also great wines from the region, including some really good examples of prosecco, pinot grigio, merlot and bianco di custoza. Here are some wines of the Veneto that are worth taking the time to track down.

Years ago, the chef/restaurateur/celebrity Mario Batali turned me on to one of his favorite Italian wines. Maculan Pinot & Toi ($11.99) is a blend of pinot bianco, pinot grigio and tocai fruilano—now referred to in the Veneto as tai—that makes for a terrific aperitif. It’s intensely perfumed, but dry and well-rounded on the palate. Try it with pasta and white clam sauce.

Acinum is an Italian wine producer imported in the U.S. by Italian wine expert Fabrizio Pedrolli. I’m a big fan of both Acinum Valpolicella Ripasso DOP ($23) and Acinum Soave Classico DOP ($11) from Veneto. The Valpolicella is luxurious and velvety on the tongue, with cherry and spice flavors that pair well with aged cheeses. As for the soave, it’s quite dry with honeyed almond notes—a good partner for milder fish dishes.

Tommasi Rafael Valpolicella ($25) is a delicious blend of Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Molinara grapes, aged for 15 months in Slavonian oak casks. It’s crisply

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acidic with a full body and luscious cherry and strawberry flavors.

Another of my favorite producers from the Veneto is Tenuta Sant’Antonio. Their Scaia Rosato ($12.99) is a killer Italian rosé made from gentle pressings of the Rondinella grape, with rose and cranberry aromas—an excellent addition to your final flings of summer.

Meanwhile, Scaia Corvina Rosso, priced at a mere $12.99, is one of the most notable Italian red wine bargains on the planet. This is an extremely versatile wine—medium bodied and easy-drinking— that pairs well with pizzas, pastas, roasted vegetables, charcuterie, salty cheeses and about a thousand other foods.

An especially good value from the Veneto is Italy’s sparkling wine: prosecco. I like the elegant, refined appeal of Zardetto Prosecco Brut ($16.99) when I’m serving a light aperitif, or for an inexpensive bottle of celebratory

bubbles. It also makes for a bodacious Bellini.

Anyone with even a waning interest in Italian wines should chase down those of the Veneto winemaker Mariano Buglioni. He’s known for making wines with passion. Buglioni Valpolicella wines range from Valpolicella Classico ($17), which is a simple, everyday red made from a proprietary blend of grapes—something to enjoy with pasta and red gravy or pizza—to his L’Amarone ($55), a blend of 65 percent corvina, 20 percent corvinone, 10 percent rondinella and 5 percent molinara. The Amarone spends 30 months in small French barrels and is brimming with dark cherry, blackberry and cassis flavors. It’s a stunning, complex wine that I’d be tempted to pair with any dish incorporating black truffles. PJH

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Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9.

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

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80 Tournament pass 81 Seesaw sitter of song 83 Beneficial 84 Bit of physics 85 Hayride perch 87 Inveterate critic 89 Entom. and geol.

90 Fitting job for Roger?

93 Archaeologist’s project 95 Colorful pond fish 96 Supplement, with “to” 97 Bunch 98 Workbench grippers 100 “You __ worry” 102 Eponymous chair maker 104 University lecturer 105 Dallas Cowboys logo 106 One with a flat to fix, maybe 108 Body art, slangily 109 Is more efficient 113 Fitting job for Bette?

117 Icky stuff 118 English : John :: Slavic : __ 119 Hardly eager anticipation 120 Ill-tempered 121 Keebler spokesman 122 Peter on piano 123 Phishing targets: Abbr.

124 Hockey rink area 125 Rapper Mos __ 126 Became

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76 Scruffy couple?

77 First name in desserts 78 Slightly 79 Nike and Demeter 80 Gusted 82 “Odyssey” threats 85 Ravel classic 86 Tarzan’s foster family 87 Places for prices 88 Lightly wash 91 1970 self-titled pop album 92 “Anne of Green Gables” town 94 Becomes 99 Produced 101 Having lunch 103 Like most people 104 Veteran telejournalist Sawyer 106 TV screen type 107 Corn units 110 Mouselike critter 111 Former filly 112 “I must not think there are / Evils __ to darken all his goodness”: Shak.

114 Dopey comrade 115 Miscalculate 116 Reuben basic

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10 Williams title role 20 The Isley Brothers’ “It’s __ Thing” 30 Fitting job for Art? 40 She kept Martina from winning a seventh straight Wimbledon in 1988 50 Pitch too eagerly 60 Thickness units 70 It’s paid at pumps 80 Swiss landscape feature 90 Negligent

10 Get rid of 11 Paso __: two-step dance 12 George’s lyricist 13 Puerto Rico hrs.

14 “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” verb 15 “Never __ moment!”

16 Clam-digging area 17 Ticker tapes, for short?

22 Vietnamese holiday 26 Barnum “attraction” 28 Seemingly forever 29 Plains people 34 Common mass transit requirement 35 Flanged fastener 36 Composer Grieg 37 TV pundit who wrote “Years of Minutes” 39 “My bad!”

41 Order (around) 42 Scottish isle 45 Celebrate, as the new year 47 Bookstore section 48 French vineyards 50 Atlanta-to-Miami dir.

52 Olin of “Chocolat” 56 __ Park, Colorado 58 Precisely 59 Check words 61 Wrath 63 Needing no Rx 64 Came after 65 Early 20th-century car 68 Atmosphere component 69 Bring in 70 Fitting job for Miles?

71 TV component?

72 Does the job perfectly 73 Scandinavian natives

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10 Places for reps 50 Texter’s “Mercy me!”

80 National park near Bar Harbor 14 Make the grade 18 Eté month 19 By way of 20 Hard work 21 Official order 23 Bit of trickery 24 Some urban commuter lines 25 Fitting job for Will?

27 Would rather 30 Pipe piece 31 Anchor in a race 32 Strange craft 33 2001 Audrey Tautou title role 35 Warble 36 White-coated critter 38 Time lines, perhaps 39 Value of a Benjamin 40 “Sesame Street” network 43 Greyhound, e.g.

44 Hasselblad product 46 Fitting job for Stu? 49 “Parlez-__ français?”

51 Whitman’s dooryard bloomers 53 Makes a choice 54 Promising 55 Fennel-like herb 57 Birdhouse creation 58 Stinging remarks 59 Sign of life 60 Create a new look for 62 Georgia, for one 64 Notable periods 66 Darken, say 67 Fitting job for Sue? 70 Fed. power agcy.

73 Spotted 74 Gothic cathedral feature 75 Not for the masses 77 Long accounts

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A Voice Without Words How to finally start listening to, and stop discounting, your intuition.

“Life is a school where you learn how to remember what your soul already knows.”

— Unknown

o you find yourself still qualifying your intuitive experiences by prefacing them with words like “odd,” “weird,” or “crazy”? Do you begin to receive intuitive information and then freak out or fall into self-doubt? Are you among the many who are still afraid of their natural psychic abilities?

It’s time to let go of all those old fears and the habit of shrugging off extra-sensory ways of knowing. We all have intuitive abilities. Why? Because we have a soul, and our soul operates something like the cloud does for the computer. The soul is a library of consciousness; it is not bound by time or space and records everything it has experienced, witnessed and learned anywhere, anytime and everywhere in the cosmos. And the soul is plugged into the “server” of all servers: the source. We all have the potential to access and know anything about anything we need to know by connecting with our soul.

Extrasensory perception is intelligence that bypasses the rational mind and is relayed to us directly from the soul.

Many consider that intuition is the soul talking to us. Since everything is changing so rapidly on so many levels right now, there is no better time to be open, to claim your own gifts for expanded ways of perception and knowing.

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Soulful guidance How do you know the soul is guiding you and not your ego or your rational mind? The answer is, you just know. Most of the time when I ask someone how she knew she should move to Jackson Hole, for example, she answers by saying, “I just knew.” When your soul is guiding you, the answer will be, “I don’t know—I just know.” Then the mind can fill in its reasons.

But the minute you answer the “how do you know” question by listing pros and cons or reciting what others have said, you are in your mind. And the mind can make up a story about anything.

Quell the fear Fear is the automatic first response whenever something outside our usual experience presents itself. Why? Because the collective world reality we are all still living in is fearbased. The hallmark structure of our reality is ever flip-flopping polarities. Where there’s light there will be dark, when there is war there will be peace, whether it takes a minute or a thousand years for the polarity to shift, it will shift. Success and failure, health and illness and life and death are other examples of the numerous polarities we live with. We never know when these dualities will flip-flop. We just know they will. This contributes to background anxiety, a.k.a. fear. In the foreground is all the rock and roll in the world right now, to which we are connected energetically, even if we don’t expose ourselves to the extra dose of fear amplified in the media.

Research has shown that along with suppressing the immune system, constricting the body, and contracting the heart, fear shuts down access to higher realms of our own consciousness. It’s literally true that we cannot connect with the soul and the greater cosmos in the presence of fear. So please be kind to yourself if fear is your first reaction to new things.

And then put the fear in the passenger’s seat and allow yourself to explore new frontiers in your consciousness.

Your heart is the portal Let’s take this evolutionary leap without looking in the rear view mirror. Science has confirmed so much about the extraordinary potential of our consciousness, and we now have great tools for maximizing and integrating body, mind and soul.

It is the human heart, which connects us to our soul and the greater cosmos. The French have a saying: “The heart has its reasons that reason cannot know.” Living with an open heart is the state of being that brings in more from our link into soul and cosmic consciousness. That’s also why most psychic experiences occur when we are in a relaxed state of being, when the mind is quiet, the ego is resting, the body is at peace and the heart is open. The importance of the heart connection for our evolution is also why the universal wisdom of choosing love over fear is found in every wisdom tradition.

Slow down and listen As you pay more attention to the wisdom in your heart and soul you will come to trust it, and you’ll notice that direct, intuitive, extra-sensory knowing becomes more and more valuable in your life.

The Persian mystic and poet Rumi, who lived in Persia in the 13th century, is a favorite of mine. He wrote, “There is a voice that does not use words. Listen.” PJH

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

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t a Hog Island question-answer session I chatted with local candidates about complex issues facing our community.

I questioned commissioner candidate Nikki Gill, who serves as sales and marketing manager for her family’s Jackson Hole Hereford Ranch. “What exactly does a marketing manager for a small cattle ranch do?” I asked “We don’t just sell cows,” she explained, “we sell hats too. Baseball caps with our logo for only 24 dollars!”

Commissioner candidate Greg Epstein, head of production for Teton Gravity Research, spoke up. “We have a hat for $29.95 that has Teton Gravity Research’s logo, not some silly cow brand. Check out the bagel shop; see what the cool people are wearing.”

“Not so!” exclaimed Ms. Gill. “Locals consider Teton Gravity Research hats a proletariat expression that denotes insecurity while attempting to project a hip image. Wearers of our hats are of independent mind and not concerned with opinions from the unwashed masses.”

Natalia Macker, commissioner candidate, spoke up. “I graduated cum laude from Yale yet you don’t see me wearing a Yale hat to show everyone I went to Yale, an expensive Ivy League college. I rarely mention Yale at all except when the subject that I went to Yale comes up—I mention Yale then, but that’s the only time I mention Yale.”

Incumbent mayor Sarah Flitner said, “I don’t wear a hat because logos imply favoritism that could destroy consensus building while moving forward in a positive uplifting direction with a coherent communication strategy involving messaging and pragmatic collaborative problem solving while aligning mission, purpose, transparency, authenticity, substance, pragmatism, and collaboration that leverages analysis and empowers communication with a comprehensive situation

assessment, issues identification, mission alignment, and execution strategy.”

“Hats should be free for everyone,” retorted mayoral candidate Pete Muldoon, “and we should tax rich bastards to pay for them. And beer too! And pizza!”

Judd Grossman said he would never wear a hat because baldness is a sign of fertility among the Jewish people. “If your head was as beautiful as mine you wouldn’t cover it up either,” he said.

Liz Cheney condemned commissioner candidate Trey Davis for having an LSU Tigers hat as she proudly showed off her Wyoming Cowboys hat. “I’m just like a native after all,” she bragged. “I’m going to watch the Cowboys home opener in Cheyenne.

Cheney continued, “I pointed out that the University of Wyoming is actually in Laramie… well, that’s what the girl who sold me my fishing license said.”

But she didn’t stop there. “I have a question for Ryan Greene, the Democratic nominee for Wyoming’s lone house seat: As someone with a pro energy stance who was a pipe welder and is now operations director at Greene’s Energy Services— someone who actually knows something about the Wyoming energy industry—why don’t you run as a Republican?”

Mr. Greene said, “If I did that I might win and have to move to Washington DC. Liz moved here to run for office. She can’t wait to get back to Virginia. Let her have it. I’d rather run as a Democrat and live in Wyoming!” PJH

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Play a joke on your nervous anxiety. Leap off the ground or whirl in a circle five times as you shout, “I am made of love!” Learn the words and melody to a new song that lifts your mood whenever you sing it. Visualize yourself going on an adventure that will amplify your courage and surprise your heart. Make a bold promise to yourself, and acquire an evocative object that will symbolize your intention to fulfill that promise. Ask yourself a soul-shaking question you haven’t been wise enough to investigate before now. Go to a wide-open space, spread your arms out in a greeting to the sky, and pray for a vision of your next big goal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The Illuminati do not want you to receive the prophecy I have prepared for you. Nor do the Overlords of the New World Order, the Church of the SubGenius, the Fake God that masquerades as the Real God, or the nagging little voice in the back of your head. So why am I going ahead and divulging this oracle anyway? Because I love you. My loyalty is to you, not those shadowy powers. Therefore, I am pleased to inform you that the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to evade, ignore, undermine, or rebel against controlling influences that aren’t in alignment with your soul’s goals.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The dictionary says that the verb “to schmooze” means to chat with people in order to promote oneself or make a social connection that may prove to be advantageous. But that definition puts a selfish spin on an activity that can, at least sometimes, be carried out with artful integrity. Your assignment in the coming weeks is to perform this noble version of schmoozing. If you are offering a product or service that is beautiful or useful or both, I hope you will boost its presence and influence with the power of your good listening skills and smart conversations.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) If you are attuned with the cosmic rhythms in the coming weeks, you will be a source of teaching and leadership.

Allies will feel fertilized by your creative vigor. You’ll stimulate team spirit with your savvy appeals to group solidarity. If anyone can revive droopy procrastinators and demonstrate the catalytic power of gratitude, it’ll be you. Have you heard enough good news, Sagittarius, or can you absorb more? I expect that you’ll inspire interesting expressions of harmony that will replace contrived versions of togetherness. And every blessing you bestow will expand your capacity for attracting favors you can really use.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Are you willing to lose at least some of your inhibitions?

Are you curious to find out what it feels like to cavort like a wise wild child? If you want to fully cooperate with life’s plans, you will need to consider those courses of action. I am hoping that you’ll accept the dare, of course. I suspect you will thrive as you explore the pleasures of playful audacity and whimsical courage and effervescent experiments. So be blithe, Taurus! Be exuberant! Be open to the hypothesis that opening to jaunty and jovial possibilities is the single most intelligent thing you can do right now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) What’s the current status of your relationship with your feet? Have you been cultivating and cherishing your connection with the earth below you? The reason I ask, Gemini, is that right now it’s especially important for you to enjoy intimacy with gravity, roots, and foundations.

Whatever leads you down and deeper will be a source of good fortune. Feeling grounded will provide you with an aptitude for practical magic. Consider the possibilities of going barefoot, getting a foot massage, or buying new shoes that are both beautiful and comfortable.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

A woman in the final stages of giving birth may experience acute discomfort. But once her infant spills out into the world, her distress can transform into bliss. I don’t foresee quite so dramatic a shift for you, Cancerian. But the transition you undergo could have similar elements: from uncertainty to grace; from agitation to relief; from constriction to spaciousness. To take maximum advantage of this blessing, don’t hold onto the state you’re leaving behind—or the feelings it aroused in you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

In one of my dreams last night, a Leo sensualist I know advised me to take smart pills and eat an entire chocolate cheesecake before writing my next Leo horoscope. In another dream, my Leo friend Erica suggested that I compose your horoscope while attending an orgy where all the participants were brilliant physicists, musicians, and poets. In a third dream, my old teacher Rudolf (also a Leo) said I should create the Leo horoscope as I sunbathed on a beach in Maui while being massaged by two sexy geniuses. Here’s how I interpret my dreams: In the coming days, you can literally increase your intelligence by indulging in luxurious comforts and sensory delights.

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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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) It’s quite possible you will receive seductive proposals in the coming weeks. You may also be invited to join your fortunes with potential collaborators who have almost fully awakened to your charms. I won’t be surprised if you receive requests to share your talents, offer your advice, or bestow your largesse. You’re a hot prospect, my dear.

You’re an attractive candidate. You appear to be ripe for the plucking. How should you respond? My advice is to be flattered and gratified, but also discerning. Just because an inquiry is exciting doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Choose carefully.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Truth decay is in its early stages. If you take action soon, you can prevent a full-scale decomposition. But be forewarned: Things could get messy, especially if you intervene with the relentless candor and clarity that will be required for medicinal purification. So what do you think? Are you up for the struggle? I understand if you’re not. I’ll forgive you if you simply flee. But if you decide to work your cagey magic, here are some tips.

1. Compile your evidence with rigor. 2. As much as is humanly possible, put aside rancor. Root your efforts in compassionate objectivity. 3. Even as you dig around in the unsightly facts, cherish the beautiful truths you’d like to replace them with.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The fictional character known as Superman has one prominent vulnerability: the mineral kryptonite. When he’s near this stuff, it weakens his superpowers and may cause other problems. I think we all have our own versions of kryptonite, even if they’re metaphorical. For instance, my own superpowers tend to decline when I come into the presence of bad architecture, cheesy poetry, and off-pitch singing. How about you, Capricorn?

What’s your version of kryptonite? Whatever it is, I’m happy to let you know that you are currently less susceptible to its debilitating influences than usual. Why? Well, you have a sixth sense about how to avoid it. And even if it does draw near, you have in your repertoire some new tricks to keep it from sapping your strength.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Would you like to become a master of intimacy? Can you imagine yourself handling the challenges of togetherness with the skill of a great artist and the wisdom of a love genius? If that prospect appeals to you, now would be a favorable time to up your game. Here’s a hot tip on how to proceed: You must cultivate two seemingly contradictory skills. The first is the capacity to identify and nurture the best qualities in your beloved friend. The second is the ability to thrive on the fact that healthy relationships require you to periodically wrestle with each other’s ignorance and immaturity.

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