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VOLUME 14 | ISSUE 37 | SEPTEMBER 21-27, 2016

10 COVER STORY ALL HAIL THE KING Digging into the plan that will transform the town hill.

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20 WELL, THAT...

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21 GET OUT

THE BUZZ

16 MUSIC BOX

22 CREATIVE PEAKS

18 CULTURE KLASH

30 SATIRE

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Average low temperatures are right around 30 degrees this week. That means frost is more likely in the mornings. Frost is one thing, frigid temps are another. There have been times when we have dropped into the teens in late September, and the benchmark for low temperatures in town was set, or should I say reset, roughly on the equinox, September 22, 1995. That year the new season was brought in with a morning low temperature of 8 degrees.

Average high temperatures this week are down just below 70 degrees. It is always enjoyable to get some Indian summer weather in late September, with afternoon highs into the 70s. Every now and again we have seen it get past 80 degrees in late September. To soar into the upper 80s would feel like mid-summer here. The last time that happened was on September 24, 1987, when it reached 86 degrees. The record high this week is 87 degrees, on September 25, 1956.

NORMAL HIGH 68 NORMAL LOW 30 RECORD HIGH IN 1956 87 RECORD LOW IN 1995 8

THIS MONTH AVERAGE PRECIPITATION: 1.27 inches RECORD PRECIPITATION: 3.9 inches (1961) AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 0.2 inches RECORD SNOWFALL: 2 inches

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The official start of fall, also known as the autumnal equinox, will occur this year on Thursday morning, September 22 at precisely 8:21 a.m. MDT. The days are certainly shorter, and as the equinox defines, we have roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of dark this time of year. We have already experienced some fall-like weather. Snow in the mountains from earlier this month has melted away, but more cold storms will be rolling inland from the Pacific.

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FROM OUR READERS Water Protectors Unite

This letter is in reference to the PJH article about a Jackson local who recently traveled to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation (The Buzz 2: “Water is Life,” September 7) to stand in solidarity with protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Human rights violations have gone on way too long and the time is now to take action and step up to powerful corporations that are at the helm of these atrocities. A new revolution is in our hands, an opportunity to fight for what is right. But a physically violent revolution will not be successful, especially considering the military police complex system that pervades this country. Instead, educated, informed minds will foster the new revolution that we as a human tribe need to incite to create change.

Standing Rock water protectors and people from all around the world are uniting for the good of planet earth and people everywhere who demand safe drinking water. It is despicable that big corporations can sneak in during the early morning hours to bulldoze sacred ancestral burial sites and get away with it, while the Native Nations peacefully rally against these violations, only to be arrested and thrown in jail.

The Native Nations have been abused for way too long and with the rights of so many different groups recently being violated, it is the time we as a world stand up and protect the rights of the indigenous nations right now.

There is a team of Jackson residents heading out to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation water protection rally on September 29 to bring supplies. The Standing Rock reservation camp is completely off-grid and relies on supplies from around the world to sustain people’s health and the honorable cause they are battling. Our cold weather community can help protesters by providing items such as camping equipment like tents, tent stakes and tarps. They also need wood, blankets, socks, ski jackets, ski pants, warm hats and gloves. If you have anything that you are willing to contribute, the people at Hole Food Rescue are offering a drop-off location at 1524 Martin Lane in Jackson.

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“It is despicable that big corporations can sneak in during the early morning hours to bulldoze sacred ancestral burial sites and get away with it.”

The Past Matters

I agree with the editorial last week, “The need to own it” (News&Guide, September 7).

Past choices and actions are part of someone’s resume and should be considered when selecting someone for public office. While Pete Muldoon was ‘pardoned’ of his felonies and can run for mayor of Jackson according to our secretary of state, that is just the legal aspect. It doesn’t take away the original act of writing bad checks, which is essentially stealing, and the apparent lack of remorse.

While Mr. Muldoon is running as a populist, did he consider the potential trickle down effects of writing bad checks? Did his actions cause an employer to miss payroll, a paycheck to bounce, a late debt or rent payment? Actions have consequences and his behavior was self-centered, irresponsible and showed poor judgment. As the story broke about the widely known incident at Targhee, Mr. Muldoon chose to blame his “opponent” for leaking the story and again not to take responsibility for his actions.

His choice not to apologize for his behavior, but rather, cast blame to someone else makes me believe he will not be a team player. Being mayor means you’re just one of five votes. You have to work with the community, the county commissioners and the council. Being mayor means you are the highest elected official in our town, a role model for residents and children. As a voter Mr. Muldoon’s past crimes and actions lead me to have serious concerns about his judgment and character and on his ability to serve effectively as mayor.

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THE BUZZ Hey, Are You? A modified plan for ARUs, one solution proposed to aid the housing crisis, is hammered out based on revisions and recommendations from an ad hoc committee.

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Simpson Ave, where ARUs are currently prohibited.

“We know that housing pressures are growing ever more extreme here in Jackson, and ARUs are one easy way for private landowners to help mitigate that shortage without costing the town or county much more than basic infrastructure needs,” Monroe wrote town officials. “While I share the concern others have noted over the character of the neighborhood, I feel that the new construction in our neighborhood has been very tastefully done.”

With an ARU plan on the books and set for second reading, the process was halted so an ad hoc advisory board can study the situation. Participants included various residents representing their individual neighborhoods.

The ARU Working Group is comprised of Karen Merrell (Absaroka), Lorie Cahn (Wapiti), Arne Jorgenson (Pioneer), Dennis Gralund (Gill Addition), Katy Niner (Absaroka), Bill Collins (Disconnected end of Pearl), Donna Glen (Vacant lot on Wapiti), and Destin Peters (Upper Cache Creek). They met twice in the last week of August and introduced their recommendations to the council last Monday.

“Having done this many times, I would have to say this was one of the more productive groups I’ve worked with,” said joint town-county planner Tyler Sinclair, who presented the group’s comments to elected officials.

The group examined seven bullet points and made some tweaks that staff was generally in support of.

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The working group simplified where ARUs would be appropriate and what should be the minimum lot size.

Previously, staff proposed a more convoluted set of standards, but residents like Jim Genzer suggested to the council a KISS approach to avoid unnecessary headaches.

“Simplify, simplify, simplify,” Genzer said. “Don’t complicate the issue any more than it’s already been complicated.”

Setbacks were carefully scrutinized. To protect viewscapes and guard privacy, town officials adopted a five-foot setback rule for buildings less than 14 feet high and 10 feet setbacks for accessory units taller (up to 28 feet max). Lesser setbacks were OKed at the rear of properties bounded by an alley and not a neighbor.

Size of accessory units was also changed slightly. The town had original permitted 800-square-foot units across the board. The adjusted plan is to allow for smaller houses—as little as 500 square feet depending on lot size—in acknowledgment of the “tiny house” movement.

Councilman Don Frank doesn’t care much for 500-squarefoot units, believing them to be more expensive to build than larger ones. Matt Faupel, a partner at Jackson Hole Real Estate Associates and member of several local boards including START Bus, said a 500-square-foot unit was too small to even be classified in the Housing Authority’s database.

“You are leaving it to singles or people that are going to roommate up. Solutions that address families are missing,” Faupel said.

The Gill Addition is considered sacred ground by many of the residents who live there. Former state senator Grant Larson has been the vocal leader of the Gill gang, often introducing himself as the “old curmudgeon from the Gill Addition.”

“I don’t think we are trying to be elitists. We’re trying to preserve what we’ve had in the neighborhood [for decades],” Larson told town electeds. “And quite frankly, it’s just not solving a problem. Most people in Gill are there until they die.

They are not going to be building ARUs. You are not going to gain much. Any gain is a loss of the friendliness and camaraderie we’ve had there for nearly 60 years.”

The vote on whether to include the Gill Addition as an ARU appropriate neighborhood passed on a close 3-2 vote. Councilmen Bob Lenz and Jim Stanford were opposed.

Stanford said he disagreed that ARUs would make for an unfriendly neighborhood but said he was honoring a pledge to listen to feedback and “take the temperature” of each neighborhood.

“The temperature in Gill is ice cold,” Stanford said.

Mayor Sara Flitner said incremental progress on housing needed to be made, and Frank said he gets uncomfortable when anyone claims to represent the feelings of a larger group. He suggested residents of Gill Addition self-regulate their neighborhood.

Parking is a big concern for all. The consensus is to allow for one space per bedroom of any ARU. Parking in town is already a problem with many residents upset over boats, campers, and other “toys” parked on the street in front of their homes for weeks on end. Some worry adding more cars to town streets may create more of an eyesore.

Sinclair said the working group spent the most time on the final bullet point category of enforcement. Everything depends on it, and everything begins to fall apart without it.

“How can the town address existing enforcement issues around rentals, parking and noise?” Sinclair speculated.

The committee floated a few ideas including a rental licensing program designed to make sure ARUs were being rented properly by owners who actually lived onsite. One fear is that absentee second homeowners who are already renting their main house will build an ARU and rent that too. Town staff admitted enforcement via licensing would be labor intensive and probably not practical.

Committee member Arne Jorgensen, a local architect, noted, “Enforcement will be biggest issue. The town needs to address rental issues—ARUs or otherwise.”

Lenz worries about compliance after a property sells to a new owner while Frank thinks citizens should bear more responsibility in policing themselves. Stanford agreed, saying people have to hold themselves and each other accountable.

With the adoption of the working group’s recommendations, staff will redraft ARU ordinances and prepare them for a future meeting where they will go back to first reading. PJH

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hen the town’s ARU (Accessory Residential Unit) movement hit a speed bump on August 15 at second reading it was beginning to look like déjà vu. Once again a proposed ordinance concerning land regulations was met with measurable blowback. This time town leaders hit the pause button and immediately scheduled workshops, neighborhood outreach meetings, and ordered a committee be assembled to delve deeper into the issues.

The process began in early April when the town council directed staff to explore allowing ARUs in areas zoned Neighborhood Conservation (NC), Stable (S), and Residential (R). These accessory units could be attached to an existing home or a detached apartment elsewhere on a property. The idea, according to town officials, was to take advantage of “low-hanging fruit” in order to provide additional workforce housing. The difficulty would be preserving neighborhood character in single-family home neighborhoods.

The upside of ARUs is they could provide much needed rentals for the community at no cost to the town or taxpayers.

They would also provide an opportunity for some property owners to generate additional income to help pay their mortgages. Some 70 ARUs have been created since 2002 in neighborhoods where they are currently allowed.

Sticking points include tightknit neighborhoods resistant to character changes or perceived reduction in their property values. Parking is also a key concern. And how would the town enforce rules concerning ARUs, given that compliance has been an admitted problem with illegal short-term rentals, for instance.

Public input has been almost evenly split between those wanting a chance at accessory units and those opposed. For the most part, longtime residents in established neighborhoods do not want ARUs. The majority resistance to ARUs comes from the Gill Addition and residents in neighborhoods designated as “stable.” Town officials justify modifications to stable neighborhoods by saying they are falling victim to second homeowners (an undesirable form of instability).

Longtime resident Patty Ewing is disappointed larger lot owners in suburban zones like hers were not better represented. She said the periphery of town creates “a very important buffer between a busy downtown corridor and the wildlife we all love.”

Ewing said she would “hate to see the chipping away at the kind of values and priorities that we as a community have established in the Comprehensive Plan. We have worked very hard and spent a lot of money as a community trying to establish some priorities and character districts. And when we designated single-family zones, to me, that means just that. But these ARUs, in the guise of helping to take care of the pressing need for affordable housing, in my opinion, doesn’t [get it done].”

East Jackson resident Dave Monroe says he is eyeing an additional space in the future as his kids grow up and would like the opportunity to build a small rental on his property on

Areas in green indicate where the ARU Working Group supports ARUs . The group is not in support of areas in red.

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THE BUZZ 2

Cheney refuses Greene’s debate challenges in Wyoming’s Congressional race.

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yoming voters will not have the opportunity to watch the two leading candidates vying for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives debate one-on-one. As the state finds itself at a crossroads regarding its largest industry—energy—and as threats of climate change aggrandize, the Congressional race is of increasing importance to Wyomingites.

“Wyoming deserves better,” said Democratic candidate Ryan Greene regarding Republican challenger Liz Cheney’s apparent refusal.

“We challenged Ms. Cheney to five debates, one in every corner of the state and one in Casper,” Greene said. “We did that so anyone could come out and meet the candidates and have the opportunity to ask questions.”

Rather than reply to Greene directly, the Cheney campaign referred Greene’s proposal to the state Republican Party. State GOP chairman Matt Micheli told the Casper Star-Tribune that Cheney would only participate in an October 20 debate scheduled at Casper College, when Libertarian candidate Lawrence Struempf and Constitution Party candidate Daniel Cummings will also participate.

However, Cheney’s campaign manager Bill Novotny told PJH that future debate invitations might be accepted. “She looks forward to debating her opponents in the general election on October 20 in Casper,” Novotny said. “[She] will consider additional invitations as we receive them.”

But Greene’s campaign manager Max Weiss doubts Cheney’s willingness to engage in dialogue. “The Cheney campaign won’t return our phone calls or emails.” Weiss said.

“I don’t think Mr. Novotny is being sincere.”

Greene and Cheney have received high profile endorsements in recent weeks,

Liz Cheney and Ryan Greene are the major players in the race to fill Wyoming’s sole Congressional seat. upping the ante on the importance of their race. Former Wyoming governor Dave Freudenthal and the Wyoming State federation of labor (AFL-CIO) have endorsed Greene. The Wyoming Mining Association has endorsed Cheney.

“The Wyoming Mining Association believes Liz Cheney understands the critical issues and challenges facing Wyoming’s mining industry, and that she is the candidate best prepared to be our most effective advocate in Congress,” WMA executive director Jonathan Downing said in a statement.

Cheney says she will roll back federal regulation of the fossil fuel industry, specifically targeting the Environmental Protection Agency and the Bureau of Land Management.

Greene favors diversifying the state’s energy sector, adding wind power to the state’s economic drivers. The AFL-CIO cited Greene’s support for unions as a reason for their endorsement.

“As a welder, Greene has worked hand-inhand with Wyoming’s organized laborers,” executive secretary of the Wyoming’s AFLCIO Kim Floyd said in a statement. “Mrs. Cheney has never worked in Wyoming.”

Both candidates contend they have spent hundreds of hours traveling the state to talk with voters. Greene estimates he has put 50 thousand miles on his car travelling around the state.

“We have been to every single county at least three times,” he said. “I’ve worn out three pairs of cowboy boots.”

Novotny told PJH, “Liz has traveled tens of thousands of miles across Wyoming, visiting with voters in every county and corner of our state.”

Still, Cheney’s on-the-ground presence in the state has come under scrutiny. Wyoming attorney general Peter Michael is currently investigating Cheney’s campaign for making robocalls. As of press time Michael had not responded to inquiries regarding the alleged calls.

In July, Cheney was criticized for claiming to be elsewhere in the state of Wyoming and missing a Lusk Farm Bureau candidate forum, when in fact she was in Chicago at an event with her father, former vice president Dick Cheney.

Greene acknowledged that the Cheney campaign would likely outspend him in the race. “But she is not going to out-work us,” he said. PJH

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Quiet Candidate

THE BUZZ 3

Black Water Boo-Boo An RVer caught dumping at Emily’s Pond raises questions about mobile traveler ethics.

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n RVing family found themselves in trouble Sunday after they dumped raw human waste onto the parking lot at Emily’s Pond. Thanks to an alert eyewitness, the family, allegedly from England, was later caught by Teton County Sheriff’s deputies and cited. The incident is of heightened concern given the area is heavily used and in close proximity to the Snake River. It also raises concern of how often similar incidents might be occurring in the valley.

Eric Greenwood was walking his dogs on the levy with his four-month-old daughter in tow when he returned to his vehicle at the parking lot around 12:30 Sunday afternoon.

He noticed a Cruise America RV parked oddly in the corner of the lot.

“When I got closer, I saw one man doubled over throwing up out of the RV. Another man in the driver’s side had a septic hose in his hand,” Greenwood said. Then the stench hit him. “I was overcome with the smell of human waste. It smelled worse than any Porta-Potty or outhouse I have ever been in.

Sheer, raw septic waste—they literally just dumped it all on the ground right by the pond and drove away.”

Greenwood memorized the tags and called the sheriff’s department. He followed the RV out of the parking lot and into town when deputies caught up with the RVing family about eight minutes after the incident, Greenwood estimated. Greenwood was told later by officers that they were able to confirm a “significant amount of human waste” at the site and that the perpetrators would be cited.

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The scene of the stinky crime.

Office said the family was compliant after being cited and paid restitution for the clean up. He said the family panicked when the black water tank began backing up into the RV. “They didn’t know what to do so they dumped a little out,” Ross said. He described the incident as fairly minor.

As far as how often this might happen in a resort area filled with hundreds of RVers passing through daily, Ross said, “I would not say it’s common. We have dealt with it in the past but it’s not common.”

Teton County Public Health’s Rachel Wheeler said she was notified by the sheriff’s office of the incident and asked for her department’s advice on what to do about it. Wheeler said she consulted with environmental health specialists and received the OK to have Macy’s Services perform the cleanup.

“The area was fenced off so people would not track through it. It was a small area— three square feet or so,” Wheeler said. “We feel confident in Macy’s ability to clean up the spill. We don’t believe there was enough dump for [any leakage into the Snake River] to occur.”

Carlin Girard, a water resource specialist with the Teton Conservation District, called the dumping a shame, but downplayed any health concerns that could result even if the waste were dumped into Emily’s Pond or the Snake River.

“Something like this probably would not even be recognized by any water quality testing,” Girard said. “However, human waste is one of the easiest ways for someone to get sick from water. We talk about wildlife and dogs because that is more common, but when considering pathogens like bacteria, viruses, and other types of cestodes or tapeworms, human-to-human transfer is actually easier than wildlife-to-human transfer. That’s just because humans are the proper host for those pathogens. You have a one hundred percent ability for those pathogens to pass.

It’s definitely an issue and one that anybody would take very seriously.”

Girard said he felt confident in Public Health’s handling of the incident. PJH

November 8th, 2016 General Election ABSENTEE BALLOT NOTICE

To insure that all registered voters have the opportunity to cast their ballot, Wyoming begins absentee voting 45 days prior to each election.

A qualified elector may cast their ballot at the absentee polling site, or request that a ballot be sent to them.

The absentee polling site is located in the basement of the Teton County Administration Building at 200 S. Willow St, and will be open Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, from September 23rd through November 7th, 2016.

Please contact the County Clerk’s office to request that an absentee ballot be mailed to you, or to obtain more information regarding the November 8th, 2016 General Election.

Visit our website: tetonwyo.org/cc | Email us: elections@tetonwyo.org | Or call: 307.733.4430 All absentee ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on November 8th, 2016.

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THEM ON US

By JAKE NICHOLS

Outdoor icon comes home John Craighead’s ashes will be spread in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Where else?

An icon in American conservation, Craighead’s passing was noted by Missoula’s Independent Record early this week. He turned 100 on August 14.

“I have listened to the voice of the mountain for most of my life,” said Craighead upon receiving The Wildlife Society’s Aldo Leopold Memorial Award in 1998.

Then Kim Briggeman wrote this evocative line: “The mountains still talk, but they lost one of their most avid listeners Sunday morning when John Craighead died in his sleep at his home of more than 60 years in southwest Missoula.”

Craighead and his twin brother Frank—who died here in 2001 at age 85—first settled in Jackson Hole when they came west from their birthplace in Washington, DC. Craighead’s oldest siblings—Karen Haynam and Derek Craighead—still live in the Jackson area.

White-hot webcam cools down Remember that riveting livestream of downtown Jackson that was all the rage for a season? Is it over already?

These cyber sensations sometimes go as fast as they come. Last week, your grandmother found it out—a sure sign of impending death. When we checked in on Tuesday the stream was experiencing constant connectivity interruptions with less than 100 viewers from its once glory days of 3,000 or so. We haven’t lost all hope though, and Andrew Munz’s column this week (Well, That Happened: “#FeedTheArch, Part Deux,” page 20) explains why.

Tired teens need to sleep in Poor teenagers. They need so much sleep.

It’s only natural that teenagers find it hard to get out of bed. Hopefully, that’s comforting news to the many parents who have trouble rousing their high schooler every weekday morning.

The Conversation published a story about what we’ve already known here in Jackson; in fact, we were used as the example. The September 19 article headlined, “Why teen brains need later school start time,” dove into the topic that’s been debated for the past 20 years.

The story hit up the science angle plenty. “Research findings show that teens’ inability to get out of bed before 8 a.m. is a matter of human biology, not a matter of attitude,” wrote Jens-Olaf Walter, a German professor at FUBiS in Berlin.

It was research findings in the 1980s by Brown University’s Mary Carskadon that began to cast new light on teenagers’ sleep patterns. She found the human brain has a marked shift in its sleep/wake pattern during adolescence.

“For example, the crash rate for teens in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 2013 dropped by 70 percent in the first year after the district adopted a later high school start,” Walter noted.

Texas governor burned in JH It’s been a mystery in Texas until now. Texas Governor Greg Abbott missed the Republican National Convention in July and the rumors started. Abbott came clean this week, announcing to all that he was recovering from serious burns received from a Jackson hotel shower.

The governor, who is paralyzed from the waist down, said he suffered second and third degree burns from a hot shower while vacationing in Jackson Hole in July. He did not name the hotel. Abbott developed a minor skin infection from the scalding that required several skin grafts.

Abbott came out to the San Antonio Press and other Texas media outlets.

One showdown for House Wyoming’s U.S. House hopefuls will get it on… but only once. Despite attempts to schedule up to five debates between frontrunners Republican Liz Cheney and Democrat Ryan Greene, GOP leaders would only agree to one.

“I think she’s shutting the door on the people,” Greene told The Wyoming Tribune Eagle. The Democratic challenger would have liked to have seen debates all over the state and is blaming Cheney for agreeing to only one.

The one debate will take place at the Casper College Music Building’s Wheeler Hall in Casper on October 20. Libertarian Lawrence Struempf and Constitution Party candidate Daniel Cummings will also take part. Read more in The Buzz 2: “Covert Candidate,” page 6. PJH

NEWS What Goes Around, Comes Around

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WEIRD

One of the Islamic State’s first reforms in captured territory has been to require adult women to dress devoutly—including the face-covering burka robe, which, in Western democracies famously presents security dilemmas because it hinders identification. Now, after two years of Islamic State occupation in Mosul, Iraq, the security problem has come full circle on ISIS itself. Dispatches from the town reported in September that ISIS has likely banned the burka because it hinders identification of anti-ISIS insurgents who (female and male) wear burkas to sneak up on Islamic State officers.

Recurring Themes

Barbara Murphy, 64, of Roy, Utah, is the most recent “dead” person battling the federal government to prove she is still alive (but seemingly getting nowhere). She said Social Security Administration bureaucrats, citing protocols, have been tight-lipped about her problem and remedies even though her bank account was frozen; Social Security was dunning her for two years worth of Medicare premiums (since her 2014 “death”); and warning letters had been sent to banks and credit agencies. Nonetheless, Murphy told the Deseret News in August that, all in all, she feels pretty good despite being dead. n Political connections in some Latin American countries have allowed convicted drug dealers and crime bosses to serve their sentences comfortably, and the most recent instance to make the news, from Agence France-Presse, was the presidential-suite-type “cell” occupied by Brazilian drug lord Jarvis Chimenes Pavao in Paraguay. When police (apparently not “politically connected”) raided the cell in July, they found a well-appointed apartment with semi-luxurious furniture settings (including a conference table for Pavao to conduct “business”), embellished wallpaper designs with built-in bookcases, a huge TV among the latest electronics—and even a handsome shoe rack holding Pavao’s footwear selection. Pavao also rented out part of the suite to other inmates for the equivalent of $5,000 plus $600 weekly rent.

Sounds Familiar

n A high school girl and her parents told the Tallahassee (Florida) Democrat in July that they were on the verge of filing a lawsuit demanding that the school district order the Leon High School cheerleader squad to select her (even though she had fallen twice during tryouts).

Boyd Wiley, 47, was arrested in August when he walked into the Putnam County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office and, apparently in all seriousness, demanded that deputies return the 91 marijuana plants they had unearthed from a vacant lot in the town of Interlachen several days earlier. (Until that moment, deputies did not know whose plants they were.) Wiley

n The most recent perp to realize that cops use Facebook is Mack Yearwood, 42, who ignored a relative’s advice and uploaded his Citrus County, Florida, wanted poster for his Facebook profile picture, thus energizing deputies who, until then, had no leads on his whereabouts. He was caught a day later and faces a battery complaint and several open arrest warrants.

Super-Size Me

Texan Monica Riley, age 27 and weighing 700 pounds, is the most recent “super-sized” woman to claim happiness in exhibiting herself semi-nude for “fans” (she claims 20,000) who watch online as morbidly obese people eat. She told the celebrity news site Barcroft Media in September that her 8,000 calories a day puts her on track to weigh 1,000 pounds soon, and that her loving boyfriend, Sid, 25 and a “feeder,” is turned on by helping her. Sid, for instance, feeds Monica her special 3,500-calorie “shake”—through a funnel—and supposedly will eagerly become her caretaker when she eats herself into total immobility. (“Safe For Work” website: SSBBW Magazine)

No Longer Weird

Police in Centralia, Washington, arrested a man (not identified in news reports) for reckless burning in August when, trying to rid his apartment of roaches, he declined ordinary aerosol bug spray in favor of making a homemade flamethrower (the aerosol spray fired up by a lighter). He fled the apartment when he realized he might have taken things too far.

(Firefighters were called, but the damage was minimal.) [The Oregonian, 8-8-2016] n Population grows; goods must be hauled; traffic congestion is worse; and thus trucks keep spilling their loads on the highways. The really weird ones have set the bar perhaps unattainably high for this genre of news (e.g., the truck spilling pornographic magazines; the truck hauling ham colliding with the truck hauling eggs). In September, a tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 295 in New Castle, Delaware, spilling a particularly low-value load. The truck, headed for the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, was filled with 22 tons worth of increasingly shunned U.S. pennies, but these were even less useful (though perhaps, by metal content, more valuable!) because they were not-yet-engraved “blanks.”

Updates

Roy Pearson, a former District of Columbia administrative law judge, may be the only person in America who believes that his 2005 $54 million unsuccessful lawsuit against his dry cleaners was not frivolous— and he has still not come to the end of his legal odyssey. In June 2016, a D.C. Bar disciplinary committee recommended that Pearson be placed on probation for two years because of ethics violations, including having made statements “unsupported” by facts when defending his contention that the cleaners’ “satisfaction guaranteed” warranty made it liable for various negative occurrences in Pearson’s life following the loss of a pair of pants at the store.

Not surprisingly, Pearson, now 65, announced that he would challenge the committee recommendation.

Thanks this week to Rob Zimmer and Jim Weber and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

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Least Competent Criminals

was told that growing marijuana is illegal in Florida and was arrested.

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Chris Atkins in Denver is among the most recent judicially ruled “fathers” to owe child support even though DNA tests have proven that another man’s semen produced the child. Atkins is in the middle of a contentious divorce/child custody battle in which his estranged wife wants both custody and support payments, and since Atkins did not contest his fatherhood until the child reached age 11, he has lost legal standing.

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All Hail the King PART 1

Digging into the plan that will transform the town hill.

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By Jake Nichols

Snow King celebrated its 75th birthday in 2014. It barely made it. This is part one in a series that will explore Snow King’s past, present and proposed future.

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eelings toward the cherished “town hill” have never wavered. It’s a state icon. Old-timers recall spending long winters at Wyoming’s first ski resort, learning to ski on old planks the size of paddleboards and tobogganing back down to their idling Plymouths. The base area was so sacred then, maps of the 1950s indicate it was referred to as the “Holy Land.”

Then a rope tow, then a chairlift, then its heyday.

Somewhere along the way time passed Snow King by. As a business enterprise, a graph of Snow King’s revenue stream from 1939 to 2016 might look a little like a silhouette of the mountain itself. Its peak years at the summit are a distant memory now, and present-day prospects wallow in the foothills at the base of a mighty mount that has served its people well.

New ownership at Snow King Mountain has something previous proprietors never had: deep pockets. A team of the valley’s heaviest hitters including Max Chapman, Clarene Law, Richard Sugden, Bill Resor, Peter Wold, Mark LaJohn, and the Roy Peck family assumed ownership of Snow King in late 2014 for a reported $23.75 million.

The group, led by Chapman as its president, proposing

significant upgrades to the aging resort was met with a degree of predictable pushback that most changes in Jackson Hole elicit. It’s a sink-or-swim gambit to preserve a legacy, ownership says. Opponents, however, call it Disneyland in the making.

A sleeping giant of development potential lies slumbering at the base of a mountain once known as Kelly Hill. About 600,000 square feet of commercial development entitlement is still waiting to be tapped since approved by town and county leaders at the turn of the millennium. That’s six Marriotts, 12 K-marts, or 20 Mangy Mooses.

The unrealized real estate growth has more than a few casting a wary eye at Snow King as the struggling ski resort proposes big changes to the beloved town hill.New ownership says the added bells and whistles— which include a new gondola, zip lines, a 5,000-squarefoot summit restaurant and planetarium/observatory, and expanded skier terrain—are all necessary to keep the King alive.

Will the quaint town hill retain its charm as Chapman and company squire it into the modern age? Or will it morph into an expensive megaresort locals hardly recognize?

BACK IN THE DAY

Bob Lenz, the elder statesman of the Jackson Town Council, remembers skiing Snow King in the mid-60s.

“It was the ‘town hill,’” he said. “You put your kids in Bill Briggs’ ski school and they spent all day there. We live three blocks away. There was a group of about eight kids including mine that lived in the neighborhood that skied it all the time. They knew every trail, every bump, every log. They covered that thing.”

Locals called it Simpson’s Ridge or Kelly Hill. By the 1920s, the popularity of alpine (downhill) skiing began to overtake traditional nordic skiing as the preferred winter leisure sport. It couldn’t have suited Snow King better. The mountain boasts one of the country’s steepest vertical drops (1,568 feet of sheer terror for the novice).

In 1926, innovator Mike O’Neil made the valley’s first documented ski jump on Snow King. He was also the first to use two poles instead of one. The “Hoback Boys” (Banty Bowlsby and the Hicks brothers—Sam, Ed, and Joe) entertained locals through the 1930s with their trick skiing. Their high-speed ski circus show featured jumps through hoops of fire.

Neil Rafferty, Fred Brown, Jack Yokel, and Grover Basset all helped promote skiing in the valley and Rafferty, in particular, was instrumental in establishing Snow King as the state’s first ski resort when he fashioned a rope

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the airport. If we could bring that up to four or five, that might help our cause. So we are trying to attract more skiers by targeting beginner and intermediate skiers, and providing more terrain that appeals to them because the mountain is pretty darn steep.”

The added terrain has some worried about lights and infrastructure infringing on wildlife and habitat, especially to the east toward Cache Creek.

Shane Rothman once worked for Snow King. A neighbor and avid user of the resort for many years, Rothman is at the helm of Free Snow King, a website and Facebook page he launched to raise awareness about changes on the horizon for the town hill. “I’ve always thought that Snow King would be kept in bounds, inside their footprint, and never thought they would propose an expansion into critical habitat, I’ve always felt that riding in this area was ‘barely legal’ and discouraged,” he said.

Longtime Snow King neighbor Patty Ewing believes development within the current boundaries of the ski resort will have major impacts to the town of Jackson. She also says further encroachment onto public lands will be detrimental to wildlife and its habitat.

“The impacts on wildlife and wildlife habitat will be significant,” Ewing said. “The area east of the existing Snow King boundary provides habitat for deer, elk, moose, cougars, occasional wolves, coyotes, fox, pine martens, flying squirrels, weasels, and myriad bird life including owls, hawks, goshawks, as well as numerous small bird species. These critters have been here since we moved into the neighborhood in the early 60s and were certainly documented much earlier than that.”

Lenz agreed: “I don’t think [the town] has much to do with the east. That’s all Forest Service, and you’ve got to be careful about the wildlife habitat to the east there.”

SKMR’s earlier plans for expansion included “out-ofbounds” skiing on the backside of Snow King into Leeks Canyon that would have brought the total skiing area to 614 acres. Stanley says Bridger-Teton officials weren’t too keen on that idea, preferring the resort stick to the north-

Shane Rothman and others point to the disarray accumulating at staging areas near Snow King. How much more of an eyesore will it become, they worry.

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Since Lopez, who died in January 2015, relinquished control of the King, massive improvements have been made to the resort and ski area. Some $17 million was poured into a hotel makeover. Center Management Inc. (CMI), a nonprofit operation now running the ice rink, secured a $250,000 grant from the Wyoming Business Council (WBC) in 2012 and has made significant upgrades to the arena.

The ski area has also benefitted from an influx of cash.

Enhanced snowmaking was made possible by a lowinterest $1.5M grant-loan from WBC. Chapman says he also pumped $8 million into the new Rafferty Center and lift that Stanley called a “game-changer.”

What exactly are Snow King reps proposing in Phase 2 of their master plan? Chapman and general manager Ryan Stanley briefed the town council recently with the main components of the next steps toward making Snow King a viable and sustainable resort. Chapman said Phase 2 consists of primarily three goals: a gondola, summit facilities, and expanded terrain on the east and west flanks of the resort.

“We have a 35-year-old lift that takes 17 minutes to get to the top. We want to replace it with a modern device we call a gondola [that will take eight people up there in eight minutes],” Chapman explained to the council. “We have a 50-year-old facility called the Panorama House which is falling down and quite frankly a blight on this community. We would like to replace that with a first-class restaurant and possibly a ski school. We would also like to enhance—somewhat limitedly—the area of intermediate [and beginner terrain] skiing. It’s very hard to ski from the top of Snow King.”

SKMR has two master plans. One is specifically for the Forest Service that pertains to skiable terrain leased from the Bridger-Teton. The other is for the town of Jackson for the base area of operations.

Currently, BTNF officials Dale Dieter and Ray Spencer are waiting on Snow King and the town to come up with an agreed-on vision for the resort’s Phase 2 plan. Once the details are worked out, the Forest Service will begin a NEPA process. Improvements to the ski area are aided by the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011—a revolutionary bill that allows ski resorts leeway in remaining a feasible business venture in the U.S. Still, Stanley says he expects any approval from the Forest Service to take up to two years.

SKMR would like to extend skiable terrain by about 84 acres—reaching out to the east (to Rancher Street) and west (to Rodeo Drive), and increasing total acreage used to 221 acres. They say this is necessary for two reasons: they need a road to the top and they need more gentle terrain for novice skiers. The added terrain would allow SKMR to move ski school students to the top of the hill in the sun where they could be warmer and more comfortable.

“Look, we are a failing ski resort. We don’t have enough skiers coming to pay the bills. That’s what the problem has been for a long time,” Stanley said. “We had 40,000 skier days last year. The Village had 550,000. Anything under 100,000 is a dying ski resort. I think we capture two percent of the destination skiers that come through

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tow with cast-off equipment from a Casper mining company and an engine from an old Ford tractor. Snow King officially opened in 1939. By 1946, Rafferty put in a chairlift, this time powering the apparatus with an army pickup truck.

The resort enjoyed tremendous popularity and growth through the 1960s, as many ski resorts across the country did. In all, 107 ski resorts opened, nationwide, during the decade. Wyoming resorts born in the 60s include Snowy Range ski area (Laramie) in 1960, Hogadon (Casper Mountain) in 1961, and Big Horn ski area (Ten Sleep) in 1963. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and Grand Targhee came online in 1965 and 1969, respectively.

As Snow King Mountain approached 75 years of community service, cracks were showing. The aging Ramada (now Snow King Resort), a 204-room hotel built in 1976, was falling apart. It was dated, and looked it. The ice rink was run down as well. The resort’s owner, Manuel Lopez, began falling behind financially.

Through the 2000s, Snow King was hemorrhaging money—from $500M to $800M a year, Lopez claimed. He owed the town $129,000 in back payments for the lease on the ice arena (now called Snow King Sports and Event Center) and eventually surrendered it to them in 2011. He also began selling off parcels of land at the base of the hill. Jim Walters (Crystal Creek Capital) bought two, where construction for high-end condos is slated to soon break ground.

When Lopez found himself in a reported $14 million in debt, it was his investment partners who stepped up year after year to bail him out.

“The real miracle is those partners kept Snow King and the hill running since the 70s. Those partners kept investing, they kept it alive,” Lenz said. “Clarene [Law], [Richard] Sugden, that group; you’ve got to take your hat off to them. You’ve got to thank them for that.”

To keep money coming in, Lopez parted with the hotel in 2012. He sold out to JMI Realty, a real estate developer out of San Diego. In a subsequent deal, Will Gustafson (Top of Podium LLC) was under contract for a five-acre parcel at the base of Snow King. That eventually fell through as Chapman’s team of investors (SKMR, LLC) swooped in and took over ownership by November 2014.

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Neil Rafferty poses in front of the resort’s jitney—a shuttle service for skiers opting to descend into Leek’s Canyon and needing a ride back to the base.

facing slopes. Some worry, though, that plan is still on the backburner.

“A short lift on the backside would’ve been the biggest future expansion imaginable,” Rothman said. “Just because they need a road that requires an extension of their boundary, they are asking to expand even further.

That’s the way developers work: they ask for too much, and then most developments need to be scaled back to respect the public, community priorities and wildlife.”

Stanley assured: “The master plan shows only east and west in terms of the expansion, which is a pretty meager one. That’s kind of the full buildout. We are not talking about going back in 10 years [looking for more].

Obviously people can think that but that’s the reality due to the sensitive nature of the environment back there to the south. I don’t think we will ever see anything further happen. Not to the south.”

Rothman, however, is still worried SKMR won’t stop there, and anything they get will open the door for other ski resorts across the nation to bloat themselves in kind.

“There is no other ski area in the USA that borders a jungle as wild as ours. The backcountry experience at Snow King is incomparable to anywhere else. Even thinning under the guise of fire protection will open the door plenty. If this one goes, anything goes, anywhere,” Rothman said. “Only Max Chapman knows where Snow King is headed in terms of future ownership, and he is a proven investor, not a skier or philanthropist.”

TOWN DOWNHILL

The master plan submitted to the town does not

specifically mention attractions proposed that have already gone in. Things like a rebuilt Rafferty lift and corresponding ski runs, improved snowmaking infrastructure, as well as a new ropes course, alpine coaster, and miniature golf course were all added piecemeal with easy approval from town leaders.

“In a rush to get these projects completed to get the resort in the black, the owners of Snow King got them approved with minimal analysis and comment from citizens, denying our community an opportunity for public input,” wrote Craig Benjamin, JH Conservation Alliance’s executive director, in a recent guest opinion for The Planet.

Benjamin points out Snow King’s master plan is 16 years old and needs updating so the community knows exactly what changes are coming down the pipe.

“It is important to answer basic questions,” Benjamin said. “Where are people going to park? How are people going to get there? Where are new employees going to live? Where will all the new sewage go? How can we protect wildlife and habitat? How do we ensure this private investment results in benefits for locals and keeps Snow King the heart of our community?”

Stanley said he doesn’t think the plan needs to be updated. It was amended in 2014. The perception that Snow King has lately taken a “ready, fire, aim” approach when it comes to getting town approval is “laughable,” according to Stanley.

“That’s so far from reality that it’s funny. Because we have never done a single thing up here without going through the approval process with town,” Stanley said.

“Frankly, it’s fairly amazing what a ski resort has to do to

simply cut a tree down here or there, or to fix a water line.

We have to deal with multiple entities and it’s not easy.

While that might not be the perception in the newspaper for whatever reason, the reality is we even went to the town for permission to start talking about Phase 2 stuff.”

The Troyans—Jeana and Gary—bought a place at 935 Snow King Drive in 2002 specifically to be adjacent to the national forest where they thought they would be protected from the noise, traffic and lights associated with a big city. Jeana said she and her husband are “saddened and concerned” the 2012 Comp Plan is being ignored.

“As I understand the 2012 Plan, there are to be no new planned resorts created, and existing resorts should be limited to their existing footprint. I see that the new owners of Snow King Mountain Resort have a grand new design for the town’s hill and do not wish to be limited to the 2012 Comp Plan,” she said. “This new group of owners knew when they purchased the property the standing rules for development. Do they presume that their money and heavy-handed influence take preference over the years of public input and professional consultants’ opinions that formed the 2012 Comprehensive Plan? Why do they think their groups’ wishes to increase the size and scope trump the plan?”

Lenz, for one, said he was unfamiliar with that provision in the Comprehensive Plan.

As far as mitigating the need for additional employees, Stanley said that’s par for the course with any business in the county, and for the first time since he’s been with Snow King, the ski hill aspect is housing their own this year. A traffic study is currently in the works. SKMR hopes to present it to town leaders before the end of the year.

to horse trade with the town, exploring, perhaps, land swaps for parking. He says Parks and Rec has initially been supportive of phasing out the baseball field, anyway.

Lenz isn’t so sure about that aspect. “You gotta watch the parking and the way the bottom is used.

The gondola will be the game-changer—summer and winter. To me, it makes a lot of sense. It will transform that mountain,” he said. “But I’m not interested in tearing up the ballpark. I’m very careful about that.”

The town councilman added that the town is interested in purchasing a small piece of land adjacent to the skating center where a second sheet of indoor ice is a possibility.

MOGUL RUN

The process toward Snow King’s master plan and Phase 2 implementation is hampered by the complexities inherent in dealing with both federal bureaucracy and local government. It doesn’t help that the Chapman name can sometimes work against his efforts. Especially with Free Snow King’s Shane Rothman around. He passionately stalks online news articles concerning anything to do with the resort and its new top brass.

“Snow King GM Ryan Stanley and president Max C. Chapman, Jr., cannot be trusted to engage the public or be truthful about their plans,” Rothman wrote in response to a news story posted on Wyoming Business Report. “…I know for a fact that this intelligent man is oblivious to the priorities of the ski area and the sentiments of locals,” he also stated on his Facebook page.

Rothman has also pointed out, as proof, the recent pollution of Brooks Lake. The lodge there is under investigation by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for staffers allegedly dumping raw sewage into the lake for what may have been years. Chapman owns Brooks Lake Lodge.

Chapman and Stanley are well aware of Rothman’s bitterness, and the segment of the community that views big money change with suspicion.

“Our goal is to simply take Snow King and move it into the 21st century. I don’t think it’s that complicated,” Chapman said recently in front of town officials. “It’s not to do anything clandestine, to run behind the council, not withstanding the very subtle remarks made by certain groups in this town calling me names that I think is inappropriate. I’m not being inappropriate.

What we’ve done so far has been done in a nice and respectful manner. I’m trying to do something in this town that a majority of people will think is positive and good. And, oh by the way, we have some people willing to spend the money to do it at no cost to this town. No one is asking this town to underwrite the costs of Snow King.”

The perception that the King’s men get preferential treatment persists, however.

“We are very concerned that the discussion on expansion of local resorts does not take place openly and with a frank dialogue about the impacts on Jackson TETON COUNTY GIS

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The changing footprint of Snow King over the last 60 years.

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Stanley doesn’t think parking will be a problem, either.

“People have this perception of parking issues at Snow King, but they are not related to the ski area.

When you look at when we have parking problems, there is a Jackson Hole Live concert, there is a People’s Market or a hockey game. None of those are driven by skiing because there’s not that many people coming here to ski, and in the summertime when we have actually started to become a bit busier, there wasn’t a single day this summer that the parking lot was full related to the activities we were doing,” Stanley said.

“From what I can tell and observe the shared parking that has been going on for a long time between the hotel and the condos and everything here is generally kind of working. For the most part, overall, we are not in a parking crisis here at Snow King by any means.”

On behalf of the town, Lenz said the town-county wastewater treatment plant could easily handle the additional sewage generated by Snow King’s planned expansion.

Phase 2 improvements look to build on successful enhancements made to summer amenities. The Alpine Slide, once called a “cash cow” by Lenz, is now the Alpine Coaster. Along with the Tube Park, which will remain in Phase 2, it’s one of the few things that has made money for the ski area.

“People are looking for different attractions like that to do. It’s commonplace now that ski areas offer these kinds of things. If you don’t offer these things you don’t get business,” Stanley said. “Snow King was in a sense ahead of the curve 10 years ago with the Alpine Slide.

There was, like, 70,000 rides on the Alpine Slide 10 years ago. That’s almost twice the number of people skiing on the hill. We were also averaging 900 rides a day on the coaster for about two months this summer.”

Rothman points to other small ski areas like White Pine, Sleeping Giant, Hogadon, Meadowlark, Snowy Range, and Pine Creek that survive without trying to be world class resorts.

“They are not funded by billionaires, and do not have a slide or coaster or huge ropes course. They do not sell real estate or build luxury townhouses, or have huge events like the Hillclimb, or a state-of-theart snowmaking system mostly funded by donors and taxpayers,” Rothman said. “Unlike other ski area expansions, this one is not being dictated by rising skier usage. This project, along with the Marriott, set the stage for decreased morale amongst town locals.

The bike park, gondola and restaurant complex at the top will have the most impact, and what they are proposing is definitely overkill.”

Zip lines are also the way of the future. Stanley says they are enormously popular across the country and one of the top Google searches for tourists researching things to do in Jackson Hole.

Stanley expects to be working closely with the town in the next few months in the redesign process. The base area is a complicated mix of privately held parcels (about 60 acres in all) and town-owned land (around 30 acres). Ideally, Stanley says Snow King would like to poach the ball field in Phil Baux Park for the gondola loading station. In exchange, he says SKMR is willing

at it comprehensively.”

Jackson resident Ben Read has lived in town, nearby the King, for 15 years. He is suspicious of the proposed business model of the new owners but understands the need for some improvements to the aging hill.

“From the point of view of those of us who have watched Snow King over the many years, it seems foolhardy at first glance for many millions of dollars to be spent there on upgrades. Beaucoup dollars are being spent. But given the past, there’s still a feeling that re-grading the bottom of the hill, building an obstacles course and the hightech Cowboy Coaster can’t really, like putting lipstick on an overloaded cornice, make a difference to the bottom line,” Read wrote in a December letter to the editor. “On the other hand, what’s there now is anachronistic and worn-out looking. To see a revitalized Snow King is also appealing. What really matters is that we go into this with our eyes very wide open.”

SKMR says they will continue public outreach. As for Snow King losing its roots, Stanley thinks it will always be the local’s hill. “The town hill is the people that hike up it every day and have a chat with their best friend on the way up. The town hill is the people who skin up and down the mountain in the wintertime. The town hill is the Pica’s Margarita Cup, and the Ski and Snowboard Club hosting their events. The town hill is the Emily Coombs Foundation and her efforts to bring hundreds of kids to skiing that couldn’t otherwise afford it,” Stanley said. “We’ve been supporting these things in a big way. It’s still going to be the town hill. That’s the key to our success.” P J H

Three public information meetings are scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, September 22, October 14, and November 14 at King’s Grill next to the Rafferty lift.

Stephen Leek and Ruth Hanna Simms, a little known benefactor to the town hill. At one time, Snow King was renamed in her honor.

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city infrastructure, housing, traffic and quality of life,” Jeff and Karen Walker stated in a recent letter to town council.

“We moved to Jackson because it has retained much of its sophisticated, small town size and character. Jackson is a special place with a unique charm, which can easily be altered by growth, particularly when such growth is not accompanied by transparent and open dialogue that weighs the long-term impact in greater measure than short-term profitability.

Jeff Walker added, “I have lived in large, developed communities in the past and I well understand that allowing well-meaning developers to advance their own agendas is not necessarily in the best interest of the Jackson way of life.”

Chapman’s business style has been called abrasive by some. Perhaps in that acknowledgment, Stanley has often been tapped as a kinder, gentler interface with the public.

Rothman, though, believes he simply does the bidding of his boss, calling Stanley “the worst ski area general manager imaginable.” When asked for rebuttal, Stanley simply shook his head and chose his words carefully.

“That’s fine. But from a reporting perspective it might be more useful for you to get a more credible source. There are other people out there that have opinions or concerns that are reasonable and relevant, and have a reasonable and relevant way of communicating them. I would rather see you talk to a Craig Benjamin [for instance],” Stanley said. “There are really no secrets here. We’ve been telling these same stories again and again. The hill is 35 years old. At the end of the day, what it’s coming down to is we are trying to make the ski resort successful so it can stay around, and you’ve got to do that by changing things because it’s been status quo forever, and it’s been failing for a long time.”

Benjamin has been concerned more with how than what. Changes have come quickly since new ownership arrived two years ago—rushed to improve a bottom line, Benjamin says. The merits of each additional amenity or growth at the King are debatable, but understanding future impacts and what benefits might be realized for the community is crucial.

“For many of us, it feels like Snow King belongs to our community. In fact, it does. Nearly all of the Snow King land on which we play is owned by the Town of Jackson or the Bridger-Teton National Forest, meaning it’s our public land,” Benjamin wrote in an August 17 opinion piece for The Planet. “Let’s be clear about what’s going on here. We’ve got a private entity [with dozens of acres at the base] proposing significant development, most of which will take place on our public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bridger-Teton National Forest and the Town of Jackson. These jurisdictions have a responsibility to coordinate and ensure this proposal benefits our

community and addresses basic questions before moving forward.”

While the means to Snow King’s future are hotly debated, common ground can be found in the community’s united desire to see the historic hill live on for the next 75 years, and do so without losing its local feel and character.

“I think Snow King is a tremendous asset, and I think it has a great future. They should be able to get it in the black,” Lenz said. “There’s no question we want a quality hill with quality infrastructure and services. But I would like to see it developed within reason. I don’t want to be the Village.”

Stanley assured Lenz, and anyone else, there is no worry of that. “There is no end game where we are ever competing with Teton Village. Ever,” he said. “It’s simply about being sustainable. About the modernization of a ski resort that’s been neglected for a long time unfortunately.

That’s the goal: to keep Snow King alive. It’s the oldest ski resort in Wyoming and I would like to see it not cease to be a ski resort.”

Councilman Jim Stanford, like Lenz, also lives near Snow King. He says the King is near and dear to his heart and looks forward to delving into the “intersection of development rights and what the community wants.” He added that he wants to be especially intentional about viewing Snow King as a sum of its parts—ski area, hotel, Love Ridge condos, ice rink, Crystal Creek Capital’s project.

“This was envisioned as a holistic ski area working with and in the town,” Stanford said at the council’s last meeting with Snow King representatives. “We keep hearing that Snow King loses money but there is a project coming before us tonight that presumably makes money, and the real estate development rights and the commercial often gets left out of the conversation when we are talking about trying to make the ski area work. I would like to look

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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, 307-7336398 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025

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 n Storytime 10:30am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Spin 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Beginning Painting 1:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $140.00, 307733-6379 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n Hand and Wheel 4:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $120.00, 307733-6379 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386 n REFIT® 5:15pm, First Baptist Church, Free, 307-690-6539 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Mary Obendorfer & Eddy Marks Yoga Workshop 5:30pm, Teton Yoga Shala, $60.00 - $430.00, 307-6903054 n Zumba 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535 n Byron’s Guitar at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free, 307-733-4647 n Splash and Go Thursdays 6:00pm, Wilson Bridge, Free, 307-733-3270 n Printmaking 101 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $225.00, 307733-6379

High Holidays Schedule of Events

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Services led by Carl Levenson, Josh Kleyman, Chazzan Judd Grossman & Rabbi Tirzah Firestone St. John’s Episcopal Church 170 N. Glenwood | Jackson, WY

Rosh Hashanah Sunday, October 2

6:00 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah Prelude music begins at 5:30 p.m.

Thai Food New Years Party

Following Erev Rosh Hashanah services at Hansen Hall next door. Thai Food and goodies catered by Thai Plate Restaurant. $25 adults/$18 children/$5 under 5. Includes Thai chicken, noodles and vegetarian buffet, drinks, dessert and party favors. Reservations required, contact below.

Monday, October 3

9:30 a.m. Children’s Service 10:00 a.m. Shacharit, Morning Service (Childcare will begin at 10 am)

Potluck lunch to follow services in the Hansen Hall.

Please bring a main dish or side dish/salad to share.

Bagels, cream cheese and drinks will be provided.

Tacshlich to follow at Flat Creek.

Tuesday, October 4

Second Day Rosh Hashanah

10:00 a.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church library (No childcare)

Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre Tuesday, October 11

Led by Rabbi Tirzah Firestone and Chazzan Judd Grossman Prelude music begins at 7:00 p.m.

Services will begin at 7:30 p.m. (Childcare provided)

Yom Kippur

Wednesday, October 12

No tickets required JH Jewish Community 307-734-1999 info@jhjewishcommunity.org

9:30 a.m. Children’s Service 10:00 a.m. Shacharit, Morning Service (Childcare begins at 10:00 a.m.)

2:30 p.m. Workshop 3:45 p.m. Yizkor 4:45 p.m. Mincha/Torah Reading 5:45 p.m. Break 6:00 p.m. Rabbi’s Discussion 6:30 p.m. Ne’ila 7:00 p.m. Potluck community Break Fast in the Hansen Hall. Please bring a savory main dish or hearty side dish/ salad. Bagels, cream cheese, dessert and drinks provided.

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n Barbara Trentham Life Drawing 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $10.00, 307733-6379 n Wednesday Community Dinner 6:00pm, Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole, Free, 307734-0388 n Byron’s Guitar at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free, 307-733-4647 n Introductory, Conversational Spanish 6:00pm, CWC-Jackson, $110.00, 307-733-7425 n Cribbage 6:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Disc Golf Doubles 6:00pm, Teton Village, 307733-2292 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 - $65.00, 307-7336994 n The Center Presents Film Screenings: Unbroken Ground and Harvesting Liberty 7:00pm, The Center Theater & Lobby, $15.00, 307-7334900 n KHOL Presents: Vinyl Night 8:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500 n Songwriter’s Alley Open Mic 8:00pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Chris Jones 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207

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n Yoga 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-7336398 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $4.00, 307-739-9025 n Storytime 10:00am, Valley of the Tetons Library Victor, Free, 208-7872201 n Walking Tour of Jackson 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free, 307-733-2141 n Lap Sit 11:00am, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Open Build 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-354-5522 n Ceramics Class for Seniors 1:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Free, 307-7336379 n Genealogy: Ancestry the Basics 2:00pm, Teton County Library Computer Lab, Free, 307-733-2164 n Murie Center Ranch Tour 2:30pm, Murie Center, Free, 307-739-2246 n JH People’s Market 4:00pm, The Base of Snow King, Free n Free Solar Astronomy Program 4:00pm, JH People’s Market at the Base of Snow King, Free, 307-413-4779 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:15pm, Bar T 5, $37.00 $45.00, 307-733-5386 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J, $25.00 $35.00, 307-733-3370

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MUSIC BOX

In the Name of Authenticity Contour Music Festival returns with music, art and culture for a local audience.

BY AARON DAVIS @SCREENDOORPORCH

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hen Contour Music Festival launched its inaugural event in June 2015, it included a large platform outdoor festival at Snow King Ball Field combined with late nights in downtown venues. Innovative art and culture events were also a component. With hindsight being 20/20, organizers Matt Donovan and Jeff Stein have curated the second year as a three-day “arts-driven” music festival with a more focused approach on what has worked in Jackson in the past: familiarity of acts, affordable ticket prices and events attracting a wider demographic.

The festival this weekend will look, feel and sound much different than in 2015. “Our goal was to still bring a diverse selection of music and art and to have shows in intimate settings,” Stein explained. “With our late fall dates, Contour is really for locals this year, a chance to celebrate the change of seasons, the end of summer and to have one last dance.”

Over three evenings, Contour will feature four live bands and three DJs across four venues, a book event remembering Doug Coombs, a tintype photography setup, a vinyl brunch focused on displaying album art and buying/swapping records and the world premiere of a snowboard film that follows Alex Yoder to Turkey (for more, check Culture Klash, page 18).

“It became evident to us that it’s challenging to pull off a ticketed main stage event with such a saturated summer of free outdoor events,” Donovan explained of the first Contour.

Civic operations and permits were also a challenge, he said.

“We were looking for another partnership with the town, but they didn’t have the interest so we thought, ‘If we partner with established venues, we don’t really need the town.’ We adjusted and took a mindful approach to ticket prices along with free community events, and we’re still pushing the

Performances by MarchFourth Marching Band (left) and a tribute to David Bowie a la Glass Spiders happen this weekend for the return of a condensed, and more affordable, Contour Music Festival. music-art-culture aspect. Known products are definitely a part of the current vision. We’re really growing backwards into what worked well the first year, and that’s what you’ll see on the schedule of events.”

The first year of Contour was funded in part by a 4JH grant from the Travel & Tourism Board. Additional funding was attained via a mix of local, regional and national sponsors, and a group of private investors and supporters. Community support in the way of ticket sales was also critical to making the event successful, though turnout last year to the main stage— which included headliners Thievery Corporation and Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires—was lower than expected.

This year’s event is made possible through corporate sponsorship, but its success still hinges on community attendance and involvement.

A Contour of featured music Kicking off the weekend of music on Friday night is Cure for the Common, Yak Attack and DJ Mikey Thunder. Represented

by Donovan as the band’s booking agent and manager, Cure for the Common is no stranger to the valley and was a part of last year’s Contour. Fueled by dance-funk and synth-rock, the quintet’s sound is anchored by top-notch musicianship and contemporary jamband-style vocals. It’s a sound that earned them Best Local Rock Band and Best Album of the Year in the 2015 Bozeman Magazine Reader’s Choice Poll. The amount of touring these fellas have embraced—including a wave of national summer festivals like Wakarusa—is likely a cue that you’ll be walking into a tightly-weaved affair, ideal for cutting loose and surrendering to the groove.

Live electronic trio Yak Attack will open for Cure for the Common at Town Square Tavern. They combine techy chops, live looping, and a “wall of danceable sound far beyond the capability of most three-piece bands.” Get ready for a mix of house, breakbeat, downtempo, jazz and live improvisation.

Down the street at The Rose, DJ Mikey Thunder returns following an opening set for the sold-out Pretty Lights show.

Thunder has made magic through his versatility. Whether that’s opening a tour for Michael Franti, playing stuntman/ DJ for the band Sonar, touring with Pretty Lights (including consecutive sold out runs at Red Rocks), Thunder has made marks on the Colorado scene and brings a whole new bag of tricks with him since his time living in Jackson.

Saturday kicks off with the Doug Coombs Book Bash and tintype photos by Lindsay Ross, with nighttime shows featuring a timely Tribute to David Bowie from Glass Spiders at the Center Theater and an electronic show with B. Bravo and Barisone at the Pink Garter. Glass Spiders earned Best New Band of 2015 honors via Missoula Independent, and includes several of Missoula’s stalwart musicians, a few backup singers, and frontman Nicholas Ryan.

Barisone comes to town via Portland, Ore., and was described by Booms and Claps as “vibey, fresh and impeccable flow … a DJ that plays mostly music I’ve never heard before, but always want to hear more of.” B. Bravo, on the other hand, has been compared to Fort Knox Five and George Clinton for his love of soulful grooves mashing cosmic g-funk, R&B and dance music. He’s an alumni of Red Bull Music Academy, bandleader of Starship Connection and has found himself playing for audiences from Europe to Asia.

Following the vinyl brunch on Sunday—where you can sell, swap, or display your vinyl while doing some shopping of your own (pre-registration encouraged)—get ready for the spectacle that is MarchFourth Marching Band. It’s a swirling volcano of high-energy music, and a circus-style funk show that you won’t soon forget. From the swamp sounds of Louisiana to the gypsy camps of eastern Europe to the African jungle by way of Brazil, and of course, American funk, rock and jazz, the 20-piece MarchFourth Marching Band delivers it all in a cinematic fashion. Complete with high-stepping stilt-acrobatics and sexy dancers, this is eye candied flare. Expect some of the seating to be removed at the Center for more dance space.

“MarchFourth is family-friendly and such a fun spectacle, which should apply to the Center’s demographic plus the festival’s past demographic,” Donovan said. “With the idea of bringing the mountains to Mohammad, the thing that I stick by with Contour is how great it can be.”

Contour Festival is Friday through Sunday. For tickets and additional information, check ContourMusicFestival.com.

Muldoon gets musical for mayoral race

By now, most of you know that mayoral candidate Pete Muldoon fronts outlaw country band Major Zephyr, and also writes his own songs. But that’s not really the focus, per se, of the upcoming “Soul of the Hole” event promoting Muldoon for mayor, which is billed as a free night of local

Jewel of the West, which was voted Best Western Album of the Year by The Academy of Western Artists. She’s known for her endearing “cowgirl jazz” music style that combines the colors and textures of jazz and blues with the lyric strengths of Western music about laughter, landscape and love. She is also known for her ability to connect with an audience through storytelling and is a part-time vocalist with the Jazz Foundation of Jackson Hole’s big band.

For her forthcoming release, Let Me Be The One, the talented jazz-guitarist and vocalist dives into her long relationship with vocal jazz history through a 12-song set. Five songs were written by Robert alongside three standards and others written by respected jazz songwriters. The album is slated for release on October 15.

“I was always deeply inspired by the album made by Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass where a single guitar and solo vocals collaborated into the most elegant, warm, and quality music experience I ever had in a song collection,” Robert said. “This was the inspiration behind my album—a real dream realized. I like music that can weave an ambience without being obtrusive.” PJH Songwriter’s Alley Open Mic featuring LeeLee Robert album release, 8 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, September 21 at the Silver Dollar Showroom. Free. Interested performers can sign up to play a three-song set. Featured set at 9 p.m. Facebook.com/ SongwritersAlley.

Electronic trio Yak Attack (left) play Town Square Tavern Friday as part of the Contour Fest lineup. On Wednesday, LeeLee Robert brings her storytelling finesse to the stage for Songwriter’s Alley. music and awareness. Acts include Canyon Kids, six-piece Major Zephyr, Austin solo artist Wendy Colonna, and other musical guests.

“We want the public to get an understanding of what my campaign stands for, but also how and where to vote, why it’s important to vote in this election, and awareness of the issues in general, including the ones that will be on the ballot,” said Muldoon, a solid baritone voice and acoustic guitar and piano player. “There will be some speakers, such as town council candidate Jess Chambers, as well as information tables from other candidates that align with my views on the issues.”

Muldoon’s core issues and “leadership from a working class perspective,” include affordable and secure housing, higher local tax rates to help pay for affordable housing, higher city employee wages, and infrastructure upgrades to aid transportation and traffic. He says he also wants businesses to bear more of the costs associated with increased

job growth.

Muldoon for Mayor “Soul of the Hole” with Major Zephyr, Wendy Colonna and Canyon Kids, 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, September 23 at Pink Garter Theatre. Free. 733-1500.

LeeLee releases Let Me Be The One Splitting time between Jackson and Arizona, singer-songwriter, guitarist, speaker and author LeeLee Robert is an anomaly of a local artist. Besides authoring two books—a biography on her father and the co-authored business oriented Gendersell: How to Sell the Opposite Sex—Robert launched a professional music career when she was 16. She also created a niche in the speaking industry by combining public speaking with original music. She has performed across the U.S., England, Finland, Germany, and New Zealand for audiences as large as 25,000 people.

LeeLee’s love of the Western landscape inspires much of her music and in 2014 she released her seventh album,

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.

Contour Music Festival Schedule FRIDAY: Cure for Cure the Common with Yak with Attack p.m., Town FRIDAY: for the Common Yak(9:30 Attack Square Mikey Thunder & Friends& Friends (9:30 p.m., TownTavern, Square$5); Tavern, $5), Mikey Thunder (9:30 p.m., p.m., The The Rose, Rose, Free) free) (9:30 SATURDAY: SATURDAY: Doug Doug Coombs Coombs Book Book Bash Bash and and Tintype Tintype Photos Photos by by Lindsay (4 p.m., Center Lobby, Free); Glass Spiders: A Lindsay RossRoss (4 p.m., TheThe Center Lobby, Free), Glass Spiders: A Tribute to David Bowie p.m., Center $22-$25), Theater, $22-$25); toTribute David Bowie (7:30 p.m.,(7:30 Center Theater, B. Bravo & B. Bravo & Barisone (10 p.m., Pink Garter Theatre, $15-$18) Barisone (10 p.m., Pink Garter Theatre, $15-$18) SUNDAY: Stillworks Vinyl Brunch with bloody mary SUNDAY: JHJH Stillworks Vinyl Brunch with bloody mary bar,bar, vinyl vinyl record sale/swap, DJ, Tintype and Tintype Photos

by Lindsay record sale/swap, DJ, and Photos

by Lindsay RossRoss (12 (noon, CenterLobby, Lobby,Free), free);MarchFourth MarchFourthMarching MarchingBand Band(7:30 (7:30p.m., p.m., p.m., Center Center Theater, Theater, $22-$25), $22-$25); Film: Film: Foothills: Foothills: The The Unlinked Heritage of Center Unlinked Heritage of Snowboarding (preceding (preceding MarchFourth, MarchFourth, Free) free) Snowboarding

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

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 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 Healing Touch 10:00am, Spirit Books, Gifts, Life, $10.00, 307-733-3382 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 Friday Tastings 4:00pm, The Liquor Store of Jackson Hole, Free, 307-733-4466 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, 307-7333370

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Subterranean Innovation Art events to celebrate feats that rose from a different place and time.

BY MEG DALY @MegDaly1

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n a culture where innovation and obsolescence can happen in the blink of an eye, this year’s Contour Music and Art Festival, September 23 to 25, is an opportunity to appreciate pioneering technologies and people in music, photography and snow sports.

First up, author Robert Cocuzzo signs copies of his book, Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs on Saturday. The book takes readers on a trip through Coombs’ adventurous life. Hailed as one of the greatest ski mountaineers, Coombs lived in Jackson in the early 1990s, inspiring mountain athletes across the globe. He died in a skiing accident in France in 2006. Jimmy Chin calls the book, “An insightful look at the life of a legend.”

Festival co-founder Jeff Stein says Contour brings people together around interests tuned to Jackson’s adventurous milieu.

“Contour was founded on the basis of creating access to offerings unavailable in our remote corner of the world,” he explained.

Concurrently with the Wild Coomba book signing, Contour has booked tintype photographer Lindsay Ross to offer private photography sessions. She’ll snap on Sunday too.

The wet plate collodion process Ross uses casts an eerie, 19th century sobriety. Eyes take on a mystical glow, evoking the bygone era of spiritualism. Stripped of color and artifice, subjects appear lingering in a moment, the way one would standing at the top of a mountain with a board in hand, or in front of an old record player transfixed by a voice.

LINDSAY ROSS

n Silver Projects - Evening: Fabrication and Stone Setting Varieties 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $65.00, 307-733-6379 n Latino Heritage: Carmen Agra Deedy 6:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307733-2164 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 - $65.00, 307-733-6994 n JH Community Band Rehearsal 7:00pm, Center for the Arts Performing Arts Wing, Free, 307-200-9463 n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n Salsa Night 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Chris Jones 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207

WRKSHRT

CULTURE KLASH

From a vinyl brunch and tintype photography to the world premiere of Foothills: The Unlinked Heritage of Snowboarding, Contour Fest’s arts programming was created with locals in mind.

“Lindsay creates images that are timeless and moving,” Stein said.

If tintype photographs are any indication, Jackson is eager to embrace the good old days of arts innovation. And festival co-founder Matt Donovan will be there to greet them with an armload of LPs. In Donovan’s opinion, listening to music via the internet is underwhelming. “The most fascinating part is that only a fraction of people realize that.

And a fraction of that fraction actually care.”

Donovan is doing his part to revive what he calls the supremacy of vinyl. During one of the festival’s art events, the Jackson Hole Stillworks Vinyl Brunch on Sunday welcomes buyers and sellers to trade vinyl or display their favorite album covers, while sipping Bloody Marys made with local vodka.

“The brunch is a way to bring vinyl enthusiasts together to buy and swap records, as well as an opportunity to share the beauty of album art,” Stein said.

The vinyl resurgence heavily touted in the mainstream press shows that people want better sound quality, Donovan said. “There’s a realization that there is a way to have a full sonic experience with high quality audio, and it’s actually happening with what a decade ago was considered a dead medium.”

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, sales of vinyl records were up 32 percent in 2015, the highest since 1988. Vinyl introduces sensibilities beyond exemplary sound, too. “The album art side is an element of the vinyl musical experience that is something lost on many people or that they’ve never had a chance to see,” Stein said.

When the audio is combined with the visual, Donovan says listeners add in their own imagination and “can be transported anywhere by the combination of the first two factors.”

Also on Sunday at the Center, Contour presents the world premiere of Foothills: The Unlinked Heritage of Snowboarding by Alex Yoder and WRKSHRT. This documentary film took Patagonia athlete Yoder to the small logging community of Petran in the

Kaçkar mountains of Turkey in 2015. Natives of Petran have been snowboarding for 400 years on primitive planks of wood that bear little resemblance to today’s snowboards.

Called “Petranboarding,” the sport involves a toboggan size board minus its rails, plus a thin cord attached to the front.

The board is also known as Uzmetatasi, Black Sea dialect for “a plank that slides and floats.”

Turkey’s rich snowboarding history eclipses what we know of snowboaring in the U.S. Snowboarding in the states reportedly dates back to 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an enterprising dad in Michigan, fastened two cheap skis together and called it a “Snurfer.” The Poppen’s backyard hill reportedly became the first shredding site in the country.

In Turkey, Yoder was told that the sport got its start when a Muslim boy was told by his father to wash his wooden prayer mat in the snow. The boy started sliding, and a new kind of fun was invented.

Joined by fellow boarder Nick Russell, Yoder and WRKSHRT illuminate Turkey’s contribution to boardsport history. “There is so much cultural beauty to these old traditions,” Yoder said. “It’s just simple. In the West we are flooded with technological advancement, which can make things complicated in a lot of ways.”

Yoder said that Petranboarding is not about finesse or style. Instead, the focus is on pure fun. “I’m excited to show this film [here],” he said. “Jackson is such an extreme place and there can be an aggressive energy to snowboarding. Maybe we could slow down a bit and enjoy this breath.”

Contour Festival’s arts events that peruse inventions from decades past, may make us wonder: why are we so quick to discard old modalities just because something new comes along? PJH All events are at Center for the Arts. For a full schedule, check contourmusicfestival. com/schedule

MarchFourth Marching Band Sunday, 7:30pm at The Center Theater MarchFourth Marching Band is an internationally-acclaimed, genre-breaking FORCE in the world of live performance—a sonic explosion delivered by 15 musicians, (plus dancers and aerialists!) who travel the country, year-round, taking audience members from all walks of life on a joy-inducing, booty-shaking, soul-stirring journey that defies categorization. Word on the street: You have to see it to believe it!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

n Fee Free Days in Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park 7:00am, Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Park, Free, 307-739-3300

n Lewis Lake Kayak Tour 7:30am, Rendezvous River Sports, $150.00, 307-7399025 n JH Farmers Market 8:00am, Town Square, Free, 307-413-6323 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-7336398 n Wilderness First Responder Refresher 8:00am, Barker-Ewing Whitewater, $285.00, 406579-7070 n REFIT® 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-7336398 n Wildlife Friendlier Fence Project 9:00am, Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve in GTNP, Free, 307-739-0968 n Genealogy: Ancestry the Basics 1:00pm, Teton County Library Computer Lab, Free, 307-733-2164

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n Muldoon for Mayor Free Night of Local Musicians + Awareness 7:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free, 307-733-1500 n Mike Hurwitz & The Aimless Drifters 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Free Public Stargazing 8:30pm, Rendezvous Park, Free, 1-844-996-7827 n Chris Jones 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Friday Night DJ 10:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Contour Presents Yak Attack & Cure For The Common 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, $5.00, 307-733-3886 n Contour Presents Mikey Thunder & Friends 11:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free, 307-733-1500

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n Mary Obendorfer & Eddy Marks Yoga Workshop 9:00am, Teton Yoga Shala, $60.00 - $430.00, 307-6903054 n Friday Night Meditation 6:00pm, Zendler Chiropractic, Free, 307-699-8300 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535 n Byron’s Guitar at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free, 307-733-4647 n Papa Chan and Johnny C Note 6:00pm, Teton Pines Country Club, Free, 307-413-1348 n Meet, Make & Bliss 6:00pm, Bliss Bodywork, Free, 804-380-6728 n Buck, Buck Moose Dinner & Book Signing with Hank Shaw & René Stein 6:00pm, The Rose, $45.00 $75.00, 307-733-1500 n The Ballad of Cat Ballou 6:30pm, JH Playhouse, $35.00 - $65.00, 307-7336994 n Pam Drews Phillips Plays Jazz 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free, 307-733-8833

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3594 n Wilderness First Responder Refresher 8:00am, Barker-Ewing Whitewater, $285.00, 406-579-7070 n National Public Lands Day 8:00am, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-201-1499 n NFL Sunday Football 11:00am, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307353-2300 n Quilting 12:00pm, CWC-Jackson, $100.00, 307-7337425 n Contour Presents: JH Still Works Vinyl Brunch 12:00pm, The Center Lobby, Free, 307-7334900 n Mary Obendorfer & Eddy Marks Yoga Workshop 5:30pm, Teton Yoga Shala, $60.00 $430.00, 307-690-3054 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307-733-4407 n Contour Presents MarchFourth 7:30pm, The Center Theater, $25.00 $30.00, 307-733-4900

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MARIELLE LIEN

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#FeedTheArch, Part Deux A town square webcam viewer from Norway has a new obsession with Jackson Hole.

BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz

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arielle A. Lien, a 31-year-old married mother of two from Norway, can’t seem to tear herself away from spying on Jackson Hole via the live town square webcam. Initially, she was turned onto the live stream by YouTube celebrity, Tyler Oakley, who blogged some images of the infamous “Arch.” By the time this column goes to press, Lien will have been watching the webcam consistently for nearly two weeks.

“For me as a European, it’s like a portal into another dimension,” she told me via Twitter. “Everything feels mysterious—The Arch, the amount of red cars, the flashing red lights at night…”

“The Arch,” the southeastern antler elk arch on the square, acts as the centerpiece to the webcam, and is treated by viewers as a deity of the intersection, demanding sacrifices and worship. It can only be satisfied by passing through its opening or dabbing for it (it’s a trend; look it up). Depending on who’s writing the rules, sometimes The Arch

For Marielle A. Lien, from Norway, watching the town square webcam is like viewing ‘a portal into another dimension.’ is pleased by the appearance of red trucks, sometimes it offers up red trucks, and sometimes it just sits there like a boring half-donut made of antlers. The joy lies in the fact that the viewer gets to decide what’s interesting and what’s worth pointing out in the running chat next to the live stream.

“I literally can’t stop,” she said. “When I get up, I check in to see if something’s going on, and before I go to sleep, and randomly during the day is when I mostly tune in.”

Webcam devotees are on the constant lookout for red trucks, school buses, Alamo car rental transports, fancy cars, Subarus, Arch worshipers, and the increasing number of Jackson locals who now perform for the camera.

The chat room has also developed its own sense of community. Lien mentioned there’s a good group of 20 to 50 people who she recognizes as return visitors, all eager to join in and find beauty in the mundane. While the rest of Jackson carries on, sometimes oblivious to the reality that surrounds them, there’s a massive group of strangers who look upon our lives with wonder and excitement.

There’s a lesson in that.

Last week, I decided to act out in front of the camera again, this time on my own. I put on an orange hat so I could be discerned from other passersby, and went into the chat to hype up my appearance. Many didn’t believe me—apparently others have said they’ll appear and failed—but I promised I would deliver. In the pouring rain, I went out to the Broadway crosswalk and dabbed. I then ran across Cache and dabbed into The Arch, sacrificing myself to its mighty majesty.

The act was so well received by the webcam community, that a recording of my performance showed up on YouTube as “Orange Hat Man (Andrew) Dabs and Feeds the Arch.”

As of press time, the video somehow has 561 views.

Lien was watching the webcam during the performance, which is how we became acquainted. I offered up my Twitter handle in the chat to connect with some of my new “fans,” and now each time I enter the chat and say something there’s at least one person who recognizes me and says hello.

Inspired by the madness, Lien wrote a story on WattPad titled “The Arch,” which expanded on the godly desires of The Arch, and the terrible things that might happen if it was not worshiped. Orange Hat Man and a few other webcam celebrities make appearances in the story.

“It’s just a joke-story, obviously, that I wrote mostly for my own amusement,” she admitted. “But I guess I just wanted a thing that said, ‘I was a part of this weird thing and it inspired me’… I really wanted to do something with that creative burst.”

Lien has now added Jackson Hole to her list of places to visit, and has written a journal entry with bits of her research about the valley, including everything from the American Indian tribes, the ski areas and the 2017 solar eclipse. “[It] has been a hard year for a lot of people,” she said, “and [the webcam] is like a very bright piece of innocent fun, so let’s just roll with it. It’ll most likely pass soon.”

We shall see. PJH

GET OUT

Hiking Highs Trading thoughts of winter for gold and crimson trail.

BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS @ekoutrelakos

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ome people have acquiesced to it, but I’m not giving in just yet. Random conversations with acquaintances who ask about new ski gear I want to buy, things I want to do come winter, have ensued. But for me, their words sound more like the indecipherable chatter of Charlie Brown’s teacher.

The days, while growing shorter, still offer moments of warmth. Yes, I intend to soak up every morsel of late summer (read: not fall) while I can. On one such Saturday, a friend and I decided to do the Death-to-Death loop.

Actually, I decided to do the loop and he blindly followed, knowing only that it would be a long walk.

This venture, though straightforward, resembles that of a lollipop. One hikes up Death Canyon to Fox Creek Pass, follows the trail to the Death Canyon Shelf, then comes out via Buck Mountain Pass, down to Static Peak Divide. In all, it’s 20 some miles.

(When I learn the ins and outs of iPhoning, I will update you, dear reader, with an exact distance.)

We began at Death Canyon trailhead after driving the crater riddled road. Walking up to the overlook led to views of a placid Phelps Lake. From there, we rolled back down, then up again, on the switchbacks into Death Canyon. Typically, walking these switchbacks is a scorching hot experience as there is no shade or coverage from the sun. But the crisp morning air combined with a few glints of morning sun made the hiking temperature perfect. After passing the Death Canyon Patrol Cabin, we walked up the canyon to get to Fox Creek Pass. I began to appreciate the expansiveness of a canyon with such a narrow opening.

Upon arriving to the Death Canyon Shelf, we glimpsed tiny peaks. The trail then dropped drastically into the Alaska Basin.

Small patches of yellow wildflowers greeted us while red leaves of the whortleberry signaled that winter is indeed on its way. The weather did the same; we donned our puffy coats as clouds cloaked the sun.

Each step became the ultimate adventure and surprise. The Alaska Basin hosts a series of lakes that look like small delicate gems. With each turn of the trail, another lake popped up, uniquely beholding its own version of perfection. As the vegetation became drier and the air brisker, we seemed to be approaching Buck Mountain Pass. You see, when mountain walks are enjoyable, it is easy to forget that one is actually walking.

We made our way under the giant face of Buck Mountain and stopped to reflect on how small we really are. (Upon returning to society, we learned that the very moment we were under Buck an earthquake had rattled Jackson.)

We continued up to my favorite section of trail in the entire park, a trail blasted out of a steep rocky face. Large walls built by the Civilian Conservation Corps kept the path from morphing into a sheer drop. Once back on the familiar Static Divide, we noted the presence of other humans. Down past Albright in a grove of whitebark pines, the clarks nutcracker bopped around chirping their brains out and stashing seeds on cliffs.

These smart birds drowned out the sounds of humans whooping and hollering from the top of Static Peak.

Further down, the light changed to a beaming shade of yellow. The day warmed our backs, but the light felt soft. Hiking out of the canyon, we watched as the hue of the sun reflected with the yellow and green leaves made everything a shade of blue green algae.

The air felt crisp like it did that morning.

I know of few months where one can hike with a fanny pack, avoid bugs and go on a long and snowless adventure in the Tetons.

Although many may feel the pull of winter, this time of year is just about right for me.

PJH

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At Home ‘Out There’ A new show by Travis Walker evokes nostalgia and the beauty of the journey.

BY MEG DALY @MegDaly1

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ravis Walker likes to recall a story about seeing an Ansel Adams’ poster of the Snake River and Teton Range when he was an art student. The pristine image stuck in his mind and was part of his inspiration for moving to Jackson nearly 15 years ago.

Fast-forward to June 2016 and Walker found himself in the company of his icon, when the international magazine The Guardian ran a pictorial feature on American national parks. One of Walker’s paintings appeared in the article, as did several by Adams. Coming full circle has never felt finer.

It’s been a good year for Walker, with features in magazines and continued demand for his work. His latest solo show at Altamira Fine Art debuts this week. The painter, father, and Teton Artlab director found a moment to sit down with The Planet and talk about his latest show.

PJH: Tell us about the title of your new show, “Out There.” It has a quiet, Western poetry to it.

TW: I like how ambiguous the title is. It can mean many things. Perhaps it comes from making a lot of my work out in the field, as opposed to in the studio. My color palette was once described as being pretty “out there.” I also am really fond of the song “Out There” from the film Wall-E. I don’t really know why I chose it, maybe a little bit of all of these reasons.

PJH: Will there be a mix of paintings from Yellowstone and GTNP, and also town of Jackson paintings? Are there differences in painting the Yellowstone landscape as opposed to scenes closer to Jackson?

TW: One of my favorite paintings I did this year, but that is not in this show, is of an Amish family watching Old Faithful go off. Obviously the colors are pretty wild in Yellowstone, and I tend to push my colors more when I am working up there. Everywhere I have visited, the color shifts, the patterns change, but there are common elements that interest me in all of them. A vintage RV or sparkling stream looks just as striking to me in the blue greens of Yellowstone as it does in the red

Two pieces by Travis Walker that hang in his new show premiering at Altamira on Thursday. browns of Moab.

PJH: You’ve had a couple of prolific years now, producing many paintings, and gaining a lot of collectors. I’m wondering how you feel your work has changed (if at all) the more you paint? Do you find your palette or approach to light shifting?

TW: I am always finding new inspirations in life. This year I have been watching clouds more, and thinking more about the desert.

I painted the Teton Theater this year for the first time as a response to it being shuttered for the past few years and everyone wondering what its new incarnation will be.

My most popular Facebook post this year was when I asked what movie I should put on the marquee! People’s responses became a sort of social media Rorschach test. I ended up putting E.T. on the big painting I did. What does that say about me?

PJH: You have a painting that includes the iconic grizzly, Bear 399. Figures and creatures don’t often appear in your work, so when they do they make a big impression. How do you choose when to include a person or animal?

TW: Before I moved to Jackson, I made many portraits and figurative works because I was more invested in humanity as a subject at that point. When I came here, the landscape made humanity seem so small, that I moved away from it. When I do return, as in my tourist pieces, it is because the subject of humanity has again become interesting,

often because I find humor in a particular setting.

PJH: Your work often has a feeling of nostalgia. I think we’ve talked about this before.

It’s funny how we can feel nostalgic about something that exists right now in front of our eyes, as if we can see it passing away at the same time.

TW: Nostalgia and memory are interwoven. My work is like a faded memory, where only the essence remains, and often burns brighter than reality. I think artists have the power to capture these sort of essential emotional connections in life. So that’s what I’m trying to do, and for anyone who has ever lived or visited the places I paint, there is often a strong sense of nostalgia.

PJH: Also, of course, home is a theme in your work, as in the mobile home and trailer paintings. “Out There” seems like it might be about finding home in your surroundings?

TW: Home is an underlying theme, definitely. But this work is about the journey to find that sense of place as much as the place itself. I find more comfort, and even excitement, in the open road or meandering path than the home at the end of it. PJH

A reception for Travis Walker and his exhibit of new paintings, “Out There,”is 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 22 at Altamira Fine Art. The works hang through October 1.

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

The A-Z of Winespeak Deconstructing the language of wine one word at a time.

BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

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he language of wine can be pretty silly. Imagine trying to buy a car and having to negotiate descriptors like “sweaty saddle” or “cat’s piss.” And yet those are two frequently used terms to describe a “flimsy little summer cottage of a wine.” Egad!

Well, I’m here to help. Here’s an A to Z glossary of mind-bending but oft-used wine terms. Print it out and take it with you on your next wine shopping trip or snobby wine tasting.

Aggressive: Wines that are too high in tannins or too low in acidity. Essentially a way of avoiding the word “yucky.”

Barnyard: Usually used in describing French wines, and almost always accompanied by “terroir.” If your wine smells like

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a steaming pile of horse dung, that’s barnyard. And it’s a good thing.

Complex: This is what you call the wine you bought for $6.99 and don’t want to be embarrassed about.

Decadent: Confession: This is what wine writers say about wines that they like but are at a loss to describe.

Earthy: See: barnyard.

Flabby: Describes out-of-balance white wines that are too oaky and without much acidity. Not to be confused with “fat” or “fleshy.”

Green: When your wine tastes more like a salad than something to sip, it’s green. See also: cat’s piss.

Hot: When a wine’s alcohol level obliterates all of its nuances, making it taste like you’ve just done a shot of grain alcohol. Describes most American red wine made from 1999 to 2011.

Icky: See: White Zinfandel.

Jammy: Describes red wines with lots of ripe fruit flavors. It’s usually positive, but then Welch’s grape jellies and Boone’s Farm wines are jammy, too.

K-Y: OK, this one’s not really a commonly used wine term. In fact, I think I’m the only one who’s ever employed it, describing the petroleum odors I detect in certain white wines, usually from South Africa.

Lush: Term often used to justify

charging $59.99 for Zinfandel.

Minerality: An oddity in the world of winespeak—it actually means what it says. Minerality in wine comes from grapes grown in stony soils—and it’s a good thing, not unlike the brininess of fresh oysters.

Nose: You and I have one. We use it sometimes to smell wine. When we do, those smells, aromas and fragrances are called the wine’s “nose.”

Oaky: Basically, when wine (especially white) is fermented and/or aged in barrels made of oak, some of the woody flavors and aromas find their way into the wine. This can be a very good thing, but can also be very bad when the oak is out of balance. It’s always safe to say to your sommelier: “I don’t care for over-oaked wines.”

Plush: See: lush.

Quaff: What wine writers say to avoid the word “guzzle.”

Racy: Wine hipster lingo for wines high in acidity.

Silky: The (literal) feel of wine in the mouth is often overlooked. Some actually coat the tongue like a velvet shroud. Those are the silky ones.

Tight: Typically used to describe red wines too young to drink or those needing a little air in the glass or decanter to “open up” the fruit flavors.

Unctuous: See: lush, plush and silk.

Velvety: See: lush, plush, silky and unctuous.

Woody: Describes oakiness in wine.

Xarello: A Spanish wine grape only found in wine glossaries because no other X wine words exist.

Young: Duh. Wine that needs more aging in the bottle so not to taste like flop sweat.

Zinfandel: America’s contribution to the wine world. PJH

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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.

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

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

MEXICAN EL ABUELITO Serving authentic Mexican cuisine and appetizers in a unique Mexican atmosphere. Home of the original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection of authentic Mexican beers.

Lunch served weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nightly dinner specials. Open seven days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.

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

PINKY G’S The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012, 2013 and 2014. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, stromboli’s, calzones and many appetizers to choose from. Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special.Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sun.Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts. Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. to 2 a.m. 50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.

PIZZERIA CALDERA Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. Five local micro-brews on tap, a great selection of red and white wines by the glass and bottle, and one of the best views of the Town Square from our upstairs deck. Daily lunch special includes slice, salad or soup, any two for $8. Happy hour: half off drinks by the glass from 4 - 6 daily. Dine in or carry out. Or order online at PizzeriaCaldera.com, or download our app for iOS or Android. Open from 11am - 9:30pm daily at 20 West Broadway. 307-201-1472.

SWEETS MEETEETSE CHOCOLATIER Meeteetse Chocolatier brings their unique blend of European style chocolates paired with “Wyomingesque” flavors. Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit, Sage, Huckleberry and Sarsaparilla lead off a decadent collection of truffles, Belgian chocolates and hand made caramel. Sample Single Origin and Organic chocolates at our Tasting Station. Open Weekends, 265 W. Broadway. 307413-8296. meeteetsechocolatier.com

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Fanta size Don Juan’s love Microsoft : Cortana :: Apple : __ 18 Combat vet’s affliction 24 Family members?

26 Not bright, as colors 28 Istanbul coins 32 Serena Williams has been its year-end #1 player since 2013 33 Name on the range 34 Ships 35 With 96-Across, bad thing to be caught in 37 Bauhaus artist 38 “Utopia” author 39 Saudi money 40 Per unit 41 “Do the __!”

42 Morales of “Criminal Minds” 43 “Now!” 44 Lye, in the lab 46 Wave parts 48 25-Across CEO Musk 50 “Social Studies” author Lebowitz 53 Pesky swarm 54 Odor source 55 Ex-Cub Sandberg 56 Get together 58 Oscar winner Poitier 60 Campus cadets’ org.

63 Fragrant necklaces 65 Where to see runners 66 Call of the wild 67 Get going 69 Societal problems 71 Elec., e.g.

72 Eighty-six 73 Crime scene barrier 74 Comics read vertically 75 Crop in a lab, say 76 Stadium section 78 “Oh, puh-leeze!”

82 Prankster’s cry 84 “A long time __ in a galaxy ... ” 86 Rock singer Mann 87 Burdens for horses 88 Spaniel, for one 90 Yeshiva reference 91 Work the crowd 92 Youngest ever Nobel Prize laureate __ Yousafzai 93 Underworld river 95 Yeshiva reference 96 Storied firefighter Red 97 Roughly 98 Viewpoints 99 Cherry throwaway 100 Cast lead-in 101 Way out 102 Group concerned with aging 104 Palindromic plus-size model 106 Prepared 107 For example 108 Pulls a Charmin shenanigan, briefly

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29 Online handle 30 Anxious med. condition 31 Coffee shop amenity 33 Flower from the Greek for “star” 35 Overtime causes 36 Where many races are run 38 Vocal syllable 41 Madness may involve one 44 Bread sometimes dipped in dal 45 Hit the runway 46 China problem 47 Cookout leftovers 48 Gobbles up 49 Complete 50 Ice cream alternative, casually 51 Mai __ 52 Snow house 54 Hunting guide of a sort 57 Sound of disapproval 59 “Take your time” 61 __ spray 62 Versace headquarters 64 Equine color patterns 66 Tips that are often dropped 67 Bathroom fixture 68 “Four Quartets” poet 70 Blue books?

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More Common Than You Think The many ways that out-of-body experiences happen.

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena; it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”

— Nikola Tesla

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ut-of-body experiences are a paranormal phenomenon reported by people worldwide. These reports and the subsequent studies launched to investigate them add to the mounting evidence that our consciousness is not limited by time or space, or even by our physical bodies. People have recounted times when their consciousness separates from the body and travels to other places, where they can accurately see, hear and know things, which can be proven after the experience. Here are four of the many kinds of documented OBEs.

As you fall asleep

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This brief out-of-body experience often happens spontaneously as you are falling asleep. Sometimes, when you are right on the cusp between being asleep and awake, your consciousness floats above your body and you can actually look down from the ceiling or from another part of your room and see your own body lying below in bed. Typically, the instant you realize what’s going on, you startle and snap right back into your body as if you were out on a gentle bungee cord.

Near death experiences This remarkable experience can occur when medical personnel declare someone is technically dead because her heart, breath and brain activity have stopped due to extreme physical trauma. If and when the person miraculously recovers consciousness she often remembers everything. She can accurately report every detail of the medical procedures that were performed, the conversations that transpired, what people were wearing and who was there while she was technically dead, but still totally conscious of what was going on around her.

Remote viewing

developed and then declassified by the military. In remote viewing, the person has been trained to purposely send their consciousness to designated blind targets. This means they do not know what the target is or where it is or when in time it is. The target can be in some other part of the world, on another planet, or in the past, present or future. The trained person can accurately describe the designated target in precise detail. This technique has been used for remote espionage, in remote medical diagnosis, for remote diagnosis of mechanical glitches in orbiting satellites, in search and rescue missions, to view objects in space, and to predict the future.

In the OR Studies have shown that even when people are anaesthetized and are therefore deeply unconscious, there is still a part of the person that is paying close attention to everything going on in the operating room. For example, researchers have tested and verified this. In those studies, when medical operating staff spoke in negative terms about the prognosis of an anaesthetized patient, the person always made a slow or more difficult recovery. Conversely, when medical personnel in the OR spoke in positive terms about the patient’s prognosis, the person recovered more quickly than expected. There are some hospitals that require OR staff to speak only positively about patients who are under anesthesia.

Spontaneous past life recall The soul is to us something like the cloud is to a computer.

All the records of your multi-dimensional experiences are stored there. There are times when something happening in your life right now will trigger a spontaneous memory from a past lifetime because it has some relevance to wherever in the world you are now and/or whatever you are experiencing in the present. Maybe this is more of an out-of-time experience than technically an out-of-body one, but you are certainly awake accessing something not in this physical reality and in another timeframe.

Cases of spontaneous past life recall have been recorded in which the details of events, names and dates, previously unknown by the person, have been verified. There are many studies involving children who insist they know everything about a recent past life and have convinced their parents (and researchers) to take them to that prior life location to prove the accuracy of their memories.

Your turn If you have had an out-of-body experience you are willing to share, please tell me about it in an email (address below). You can also email me If you’d like further references to the kinds of out-of -body experiences mentioned in this article. PJH

This is a form of intentional out-of-body experience

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

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ith an explosive growth in cool people projected in the greater Hog Island metro region, I have decided to get a step up on the competition and open a yoga studio. The Hog Island Center for Enlightenment will be located in Sally May’s abandoned single wide trailer and will offer a number of invigorating and spiritual classes for all levels and abilities.

All classes will feature a big screen TV, cocktails, snacks, and sweaty, scantily clad females in thought-provoking positions.

Monday nights during NFL season will be for men only, as together we seek answers to help us grow as men and dissolve our differences.

We will discuss topics such as, what does it mean to be a man? What defines modern masculinity? Why is it wrong for Cam to celebrate a touchdown but not Aaron Rodgers?

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Since no women will be present, men will be required to fetch their own beers.

We request, out of respect for your fellow practitioners as well as your spiritual evolution, which requires an energetic exchange

between giving and receiving, that when you grab a beer, ask if anyone else needs one.

We offer a Vinyasa flow class that links breathe with movement. Not recommended for beginners. In these classes drinking beer from the can is prohibited. We pour (Flow) the beer into a chilled glass while challenging the body and mind by clicking the TV clicker simultaneously in an energetic, dynamic and rigorous flow. We offer modifications while exploring more advanced postures involving chips or salted peanuts.

Maui classes are playful, uplifting and inspiring flow classes that use alcohol to build a strong alignment-based practice.

These classes build “tapas” (heat) by having scantily clad females show off various yoga positions and serve cold beer. When the “monkey mind” has finally calmed itself and the internal soul is at peace, we slow it down by offering single malt scotch. As the class progresses and more scotch is consumed, you will notice your mental and emotional state balancing and all will be in harmony. In all Maui classes you will have fun and leave class feeling rejuvenated, strong and tipsy.

Hot 60 is a 60-minute all levels class.

This 26 beer series is designed to stretch and warm the muscles, while encouraging the massive consumption of beer to promote hydration while simultaneously sweating it out. A cooler of ice cold beer sits in the front of the room and while everyone practices mindfulness, the instructor helps students move from laying down pose to drinking pose and finally to twist lid and gulp pose. In our world of instant gratification, this class teaches students to wait in a hot room, sometimes for several seconds between beers, and engage in awareness, as some beers come with twist-off tops, some require an opener and others are pop-tops.

Namaste. PJH

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) I’m confident that I will never again need to moonlight as a janitor or dishwasher in order to pay my bills. My gig as a horoscope columnist provides me with enough money to eat well, so it’s no longer necessary to shoplift bread or scavenge for dented cans of beets in grocery store dumpsters. What accounts for my growing financial luck?

I mean besides the fact that I have been steadily improving my skills as an oracle and writer? I suspect it might in part have to do with my determination to cultivate generosity.

As I’ve become better at expressing compassion and bestowing blessings, money has flowed to me in greater abundance. Would this strategy work for you? The coming weeks and months will be a good time to experiment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Here’s my translation of a passage from the ancient Gospel of Thomas, agnostic text about the teachings of Jesus: “If you do not awaken and develop the potential talents that lie within you, they will damage you. If you do awaken and develop the potential talents that lie within you, they will heal you.” Whether you actually awaken and develop those talents or not depends on two things: your ability to identify them clearly and your determination to bring them to life with the graceful force of your willpower. I call this to your attention, Libra, because the coming months will be a highly favorable time to expedite the ripening of your talents. And it all starts NOW. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You can’t completely eliminate unhelpful influences and trivial saboteurs and debilitating distractions from your life. But you’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when you have more power than usual to diminish their effects. To get started in this gritty yet lofty endeavor, try this: Decrease your connection with anything that tends to demean your spirit, shrink your lust for life, limit your freedom, ignore your soul, compromise your integrity, dishonor your reverence, inhibit your self-expressiveness or alienate you from what you love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Work too much and push yourself too hard, Sagittarius.

Eat corn chips for breakfast, ice cream for lunch and french fries for dinner—every day, if possible. And please please please get no more than four hours’ sleep per night.

If you have any extra time, do arduous favors for friends and intensify your workout routine. JUST KIDDING! Don’t you dare heed any of that ridiculous advice. In fact, I suggest you do just the opposite. Dream up brilliant excuses not to work too much or push too hard. Treat yourself to the finest meals and best sleep ever. Take your mastery of the art of relaxation to new heights. Right now, the most effective way to serve your long-term dreams is by having as much fun, joy and release as possible.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Even if you are a wild-eyed adventure-seeker with extremist views and melodramatic yearnings, you’ll benefit from taking a moderate approach to life in the coming weeks. In fact, you’re most likely to attract the help and inspiration you need if you adopt the strategy used by Goldilocks in the fairy tale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”: neither excessive nor underdone, neither extravagant nor restrained, neither bawdy, loud and in-your-face nor demure, quiet and passive—but rather just right.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Some of my readers love me but also hate me. They are drawn to my horoscopes in the hope that I will help relieve them of their habitual pain, but then get mad at me when I do just that. In retrospect, they feel lost without the familiar companionship of their habitual pain. It had been a centerpiece of their identity, a source of stability and when it’s gone, they don’t know who they are anymore.

Are you like these people, Taurus? If so, you might want to avoid my horoscopes for a while. I will be engaged in a subtle crusade to dissolve your angst and agitation.

And it all starts now with this magic spell: Your wound is a blessing. Discover why.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In my dream last night, bad guys wearing white hats constrained you in a canvas straitjacket, then further wrapped you up with heavy steel chain secured by three padlocks.

They drove you to a weedy field behind an abandoned warehouse and left you there in the pitch dark. But you were indomitable. By dawn, you had miraculously wriggled your way out of your confinement. Then you walked back home, free and undaunted. Here’s my interpretation of the dream: You now have special skills as an escape artist. No cage can hold you. No riddle can stump you.

No tangle can confuse you. (P.S.: For best results, trust yourself even more than you usually do.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22) The next four weeks will be a favorable time to come all the way home. Here are nine prompts for how to accomplish that: 1. Nourish your roots. 2. Strengthen your foundations. 3. Meditate about where you truly belong. 4.

Upgrade the way you attend to your self-care. 5. Honor your living traditions. 6. Make a pilgrimage to the land where your ancestors lived. 7. Deepen your intimacy with the earth. 8. Be ingenious about expressing your tenderness. 9. Reinvigorate your commitment to the influences that nurture and support you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) What tools will work best for the tasks you’ll be invited to perform in the coming weeks? A sledgehammer or tweezers? Pruning shears or a sewing machine? A monkey wrench or a screwdriver? Here’s my guess: Always have your entire toolbox on hand. You might need to change tools in mid-task—or even use several tools for the same task. I can envision at least one situation that would benefit from you alternating between a sledgehammer and tweezers.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) If you loosen yourself up by drinking an alcoholic beverage, don’t drive a forklift or ride a unicycle. If you have a hunch that your luck at gambling is peaking, don’t buy lottery tickets or play the slot machines. If you’re drawn to explore the frontiers of intimacy, be armed with the ancient Latin maxim, Primum non nocere, or “First, do no

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) I invite you to explore the healing power of sex. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to do so. You are also likely to generate good fortune for yourself if you try to fix any aspect of your erotic life that feels wounded or awkward. For best results, suspend all your theories about the way physical intimacy should work in your life. Adopting a beginner’s mind could lead you to subtly spectacular breakthroughs. (P.S. You don’t necessarily need a partner to take full advantage of this big opening.)

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) I propose that you and I make a deal. Here’s how it would work: For the next three weeks, I will say three prayers for you every day. I will ask God, Fate and Life to send you more of the recognition and appreciation you deserve. I will coax and convince them to give you rich experiences of being seen for who you really are. Now here’s what I ask of you in return: You will rigorously resolve to act on your core beliefs, express your noblest desires and say only what you truly mean. You will be alert for those times when you start to stray from the path with heart, and you will immediately get yourself back on that path. You will be yourself three times stronger and clearer than you have ever been before.

harm.” And if you really do believe it would be fun to play with fire, bring a fire extinguisher with you. In presenting this cautionary advice, I’m not saying that you should never push the limits or bend the rules. But I want to be sure that as you dare to experiment, you remain savvy and ethical and responsible.

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