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February 22-28, 2017 By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey February of 2017 will go down as the wettest February on record. No doubt about it. We blew past the average precipitation for the month by the end of the first week of the month. Before the second week was over, prior to Valentine’s Day, we blew past the old record for the month of February of 2.83 inches. With more snow & rain this past week, week three of February 2017, we are approaching the 5-inch mark for precipitation this month. That is a lot of water!

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With a little cooler temperatures for this last week of February, we should see a few mornings with overnight lows down closer to or just below the average of 10-degrees for this week. Thankfully, we will be spared any temperatures approaching the record low for this week, which is 30-degrees below zero. That happened here in town back on February 24th, 1952. By the way, the high temperature that day only got up to 9-degrees, above zero.

On February 25th, 1986 a record high temperature was established, not only for this week, but also for the whole month of February. That afternoon, the temperature hit 58-degrees in Jackson. This record came immediately after one of the biggest February storm cycles ever, a 12-day binge of snow & rain that was even snowier and wetter than this February’s. Following that storm period in 1986, the weather went straight to “Springtime in the Rockies”.

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THIS MONTH AVERAGE PRECIPITATION: 1.14 inches RECORD PRECIPITATION: 2.8 inches (1962) AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 14 inches RECORD SNOWFALL: 33 inches (1978)

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lecteds need to step up to the plate and severely curtail the number of SPET projects they will put on the May ballot. To dump into the voters’ laps 6 or 7 years worth of projects (many of which are inappropriate and/or not properly vetted or shovel ready) is irresponsible, unfairly tying the hands of future electeds, and an evolving community. SPET projects tend to pass at the ballot box. Special interests heavily promote their pet projects, and busy, preoccupied voters perhaps unwisely trust that if the government put a project on the ballot it must be OK. Electeds may be inadvertently or purposefully risking that we will tie up the 6th cent SPET money for so many years that the only option for us to fund any additional pressing future needs would be to impose a 7th penny of SPET sales tax. For instance, if the Living Center improvements are left off the ballot this May (which they should be - It’s not shovel ready) could this play into a cynical plan to then bring the Living Center improvements back next summer as an additional 7th penny of SPET sales tax? Anyone who opposes this unprecedented tax hike would be accused of heartless disregard for our seniors. Our sales tax has been 6% for 30 years (through boom and bust). We need to keep it there. It’s already hard enough to afford life in Jackson Hole.

SNOW PACK REPORT STILL SNOWING!

This season storm after storm has pummeled our local region. Due to rapid loading from snow, wind, and rain widespread avalanche cycles occurred during and right after most of these storms. On the few days there have been clear skies, signs of recent avalanche activity like crown profiles and piles of debris have been obvious. As the snow continues to fall it will add to the ten to thirteen feet already covering the mountains. On February 21, this season recorded in Rendezvous Bowl was a 153-inch base with 468 inches of snowfall. The 153-inch base is a record snow depth, but the 468 inches is not a record snowfall total. On the same date in 1997 there were 486 inches of snowfall with a 141inch base, along with higher snowfall counts for mid and lower elevations. This season, after late autumn snowfall, December received about 150 inches, January

I suggest that electeds narrow the items on the May ballot down to two years worth of projects. Then in two years the community will have a chance to reexamine its priorities, and vote on another slate of projects. Start by culling inappropriate projects. Eliminate the Redmond Street Rentals and Land for Workforce Housing - public money shouldn’t be spent to subsidize private businesses and their employees. The Living Center, CWC, The Fire Stations and the Public Works maintenance building should be reworked to include significant employee housing. Pedestrian projects and the boat ramp aren’t urgent. Tribal Trails seems like common sense, but needs a valley wide traffic study. The Children’s Learning Center loan pay off is an inappropriate precedent. Move forward with the replacement of START buses only (no expansion), government employee housing at START and Parks and Rec (public money for public employee housing on land the public owns close to the center of town), Rec Center maintenance only (no expansion). — Judd Grossman

“I met you, Wendell, on the ice skating rink behind the old high school, then the intermediate school. You would play with all us kids from elementary to high school, always encouraging and laughing with us. I never realized at such a young age that you were any different than the rest of us. We all just enjoyed our fun and games. You became such and inspiration to our little town and still are; thank you!” – Sarah Langguth

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“Can’t say enough about this extraordinary man! He contributed to this Valley every minute he was here. He continues to be admired and respected. I miss Wendell and Anne.” – Carla Watsabaugh

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just under 100 inches, and so far February has seen more than 125 inches of snowfall. Needless to say, there has been no lack of smooth, soft, powder skiing. Early this week a wet, warm storm swept across the Tetons. At upper elevations high winds and dense snow formed hard slabs. At mid and lower elevation rain saturated the snow. Cooling temps then helped stabilize the snowpack, but it takes time to cool off such a deep mass of snow. The deep snowpack has widened start zones and buried snow anchors. This change may cause avalanche slopes to be more destructive with smaller crown depth, since the crowns will be wider and entrain more snow. When new snow is settling, travel through the mountains with caution and respect. Check your local forecasts for upcoming storms or changes in avalanche hazard, because we can only wait and see what the next three weeks of winter will bring. – Lisa Van Sciver

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“Jackson is a community of immigrants. Thank you to these brave folk and business for showing how important immigrants are to our work force and community! So proud!!!” –Angell Dillon

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Democrats Reinvented BAYNARD WOODS

Only by renouncing the desire for power can Dems regain it. BY BAYNARD WOODS @baynardwoods

s Democrats choose the new chair of the Democratic National Committee this weekend, the worst thing they could do is claim credit for the resignation of former general Michael T. Flynn as national security advisor and the withdrawal of Hardee’s honcho Andy Puzder as secretary of labor nominee. It will make them underestimate their own weakness, which was painfully apparent at a recent party forum in Baltimore. The forum—the last before the 447 party faithful vote for a new chair in Atlanta on Feb. 26—was held in the same Baltimore Convention Center as a car show, and it had the same atmosphere. Each candidate for party office had a table in the hallway where volunteers presented their candidate as the shiny new model Democrat. And like car buffs refusing to acknowledge their dependence on a nonrenewable resource and the corresponding need to maintain a murderous petro-empire, most everyone at this DNC Future Forum refused to recognize that they were dead. They fluttered around with futile hope, as if everything were ultimately the same. The scene was Woodstock for necrophiliacs. Everyone had taken the brown acid. “What we have seen in these few short weeks is carnage and chaos,” said Tom Perez, establishment front-runner and former Secretary of Labor. “We see it every single day, the assault on our democracy.” The answer, it seemed, for all of them was: Rebuild the party. But what will that look like? Democrats have no hope in 2018, when they will defend 25 Senate seats, only 12 of which seem safe; eight Republicans are up for re-election—and only two of those seats are truly vulnerable. And while they may win a few House seats, there is no possibility of regaining control. We all need to recognize that America is a single-party state. Whoever takes hold of the Democratic Party on Feb. 26 must find non-electoral ways to use the party to help save our democratic institutions. Otherwise, the party will cease to function, even as a ghost. Most of those vying for leadership positions spoke about “resisting Trump” and drawing energy from anti-Trump protests around the country.

Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the favorite of the Sanders faction and the first Muslim elected to Congress, spoke with both passion and charisma— both noticeably absent in many other candidates who seemed to have trained at the John Kerry school of long-winded and indirect answers. Ellison recognized a “climate of dis-ease among Democrats” and understood the need to “engage all citizens-turned-activists moving in on this new movement.” Though he was vastly superior to Perez, the engagement Ellison spoke of easily slips into vampiric attempts to suck the energy from a movement that has grown in spite of him and his party. When hundreds of protesters showed up a few weeks earlier at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, former Maryland governor, presidential candidate and perennial hack Martin O’Malley showed up to grandstand in front of the crowd, as did Congressman Elijah Cummings. The often-grandstanding, pharma-shilling New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and five House representatives from Maryland and Virginia did a little better and went to Dulles International Airport—where they might have made a difference—and demanded to see people being detained by Customs and Border Protection agents. But they left long before the lawyers who did the real fighting. The people running for DNC chair have been slow to catch on, too. On the day of the Women’s March, as millions of Americans moved forward without them, the candidates attended yet another fundraising forum on the future of the party. Only Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had the sense to skip the intra-party event and march with the people of his city. (Ellison and Perez only stuck around part of the time.) Listening to the candidates, I kept thinking: The question is not what can the country do for Democrats, but what can Democrats do for the country. At the very moment that the DNC chair candidates discussed the future of the party in Baltimore, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers racked up more than 600 arrests in a single week in raids that seemed to target sanctuary cities around the country. “The raids on immigrants are things that tear my

heart apart,” Perez said. What if the Democrats stopped worrying so much about rebuilding their party and started to think about defending American institutions? Instead of debating in a convention center, they could physically put themselves between those enforcing Trump’s policies and those most affected by them. They could be out on the streets in Latinx neighborhoods, ready to provide legal aid, witnesses, and, if necessary, people to be arrested. When Flynn resigned amid allegations that he had discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador while Obama was still president, filmmaker Michael Moore tweeted: “We demand that the weak & spineless Democrats bring Congress 2 a halt until investigative hearings are held & impeachment charges are filed.” And he is right. Democrats’ fatal mistake is acting like they will maintain people’s respect by playing it cool. You lost to fucking Donald Trump. You can’t play it cool. All of the Democrats who boycotted the inauguration after Trump insulted Rep. John Lewis did so, in part, because of the courage Lewis showed on the Edmund Pettus Bridge half a century ago. President Johnson may have stepped in to propose legislation after cops smashed Lewis’ head on Bloody Sunday, but Lewis did not wait for Johnson. What if all the candidates for DNC chair went to stand with the water protectors at Standing Rock? Precisely because the Democrats lack political power, they have the potential to become a great moral force if they are willing to be beaten and teargassed and arrested. Instead, they are all blinded by the possibility of regaining power, like underworld shades still pining for their previous lives. PJH

Baynard Woods is editor at large for Baltimore City Paper. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times and The Washington Post. He is the author of the book Coffin Point: The Strange Cases of Ed McTeer, Witchdoctor Sheriff. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy, focusing on ethics and tyranny, and became a reporter in an attempt to live like Socrates. Send your tips to democracyincrisiscolumn@gmail. com

Enshrouding Truth Trump’s techniques for silencing civil servants are nothing new, but they should be widely discussed and recognized. BY TODD WILKINSON

intimidation carefully restrict any threats they make to oral dialogue and hearsay. Such intimidation is supported by applying verbal peer pressure, holding meetings behind closed doors and carrying out harassment over the phone. The point is that it is difficult to accuse someone of wrongdoing if there are no paper trails and no witnesses. A more recent iteration of this in the digital age is for agencies to withhold damning email and internal documents from the media targeted through the Freedom of Information Act, claiming backchannel correspondence is “pre-decisional” and therefore exempted from open data laws. Some states have made it difficult or costly for public interest entities, including the media, to have open records requests processed. If you are a natural resource whistleblower or know one and want to discretely share information, I can be contacted at tawilk@aol.com. PJH Todd Wilkinson has been writing his award-winning New West column for nearly 30 years. It appears weekly in Planet Jackson Hole. He is author of the recent award-winning book, Grizzlies of Pilgrim Creek, An Intimate Portrait of 399, the Most Famous Grizzly of Greater Yellowstone only available at mangelsen.com/grizzly

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corruption, even if they collected or prepared the information themselves. This tactic is often used in the corporate world and was used against whistleblowers trying to show that tobacco companies knew smoking caused cancer. In the case of federal agencies, the “government,” which is to say political appointees who don’t want information released argue that they alone control what information should be made available, even though the information by law belongs to the public. Tactic seven: Substitute a warped view of “democracy” for the scientific method. In other words, employ the bureaucratic equivalent of mob rule. For example, those unwilling to challenge suppression or distortion of science and who are loyal to corrupt managers, outvote whistleblowers or shun them in management decisions. A more subtle variation of this tactic is to misuse scientific peer review as a discrediting tactic by packing an allegedly “objective” panel with people who have a particular bias that is sympathetic to a political agenda or worldview. An administration, for example, may install senior bureaucrats who forbid agencies under their command from acknowledging that climate change is real. Tactic eight: Don’t put anything in writing, especially when it involves people you wish to intimidate. At the same time, autocratically issue informal gag orders against possible dissidents, warning that if they say anything public, talk to the media, or seek outside help they will be punished. Managers skilled in this art of

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ith the Trump administration only weeks old, fear and declining morale are already pervasive in federal land management agencies that together steward some 600 million acres of public land, most of it in the West. Talk of gag orders, clampdowns on how public information is dispensed, disavowing established science, removing mention of climate change from government websites and unilaterally imposing a hiring freeze on agencies struggling to keep up with workloads are just part of a new unprecedented era in civil service. Nearly 20 years ago, I authored a book, Science Under Siege: The Politicians’ War on Nature and Truth, which profiled a wide range of federal and state whistleblowers involved with wildlife and land management agencies. I interviewed attorney Thomas Devine, then with the Government Accountability Project, that represents thousands of clients punished for speaking the truth. Many believe the Trump administration will create a booming business for public interest organizations like the Government Accountability Project and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility specializing in whistleblower protection. Devine identified eight tactics often used by bureaucrats and political appointees to silence civil servants challenging policies that undermine natural resource stewardship. Tactic one: Make dissenters the issue instead of their message. “The first commandment for this brand of ‘political science’ is to obfuscate dissent by attacking the source’s motives,

professional competence, economic credibility, sexuality, or virtually anything else that will work to cloud the real scientific issues,” he said. Tactic two: Isolate the scientific dissenter. “Here the technique is to transfer the ‘troublemaker’ to a bureaucratic Siberia, both to make an example of them and to block the employee’s access to information,” Devine said. At the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency and Bureau of Land Management, “the most popular reprisal technique has been to reassign employees from active environmental monitoring projects in the field to headquarters desk jobs where they don’t receive any assignments and are monitored by bureaucratic babysitters.” Tactic three: Place the dissenter on a pedestal of cards. A common practice is to give the whistleblower an assignment but make it impossible to complete in a timely or professional manner. “This technique involves appointing the dissenter to solve the problem and then making the job impossible through a wide range of techniques, undercutting any realistic possibility of actually getting it done,” Devine said. “The finale then is to fire the employee for being incompetent when the problem is not solved.” Tactic four: Create trumped-up charges against the person the agency wants to silence. “The technique here goes well beyond merely defeating a whistleblower. In order to prove to others that no one is safe, the goal is to make the most outrageous charges possible,” he said. “For example, a dissenter who is renowned for being a gentleman may face sexual harassment charges. A soft-spoken, self-effacing individual will be branded a loud-mouthed egomaniac.” Tactic five: If you can’t make conditions miserable enough so that the whistleblower quits, eliminate the job. A common practice is to lay off employees committed to resource protection even as the agency hires new staff. Also, gut essential funding for research and enforcement. Tactic six: If intimidation doesn’t work, prosecute them. Attack whistleblowers for “stealing” the public information they use to expose

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THE BUZZ

A ‘Day Without Immigrants’ illuminated the young people in Jackson fearful for their families and their futures. BY SHANNON SOLLITT @ShannonSollitt

or one month Nesley Corona waited in Agua Prieta in the state of Sonora, Mexico, with her two older sisters before boarding a truck that would cart her across the border into the United States. While she waited, the person responsible for her transport kept asking her for money. She was 15 years old. Neither of her sisters would make it—one was pregnant, and was injured and arrested before the month was up. The other was arrested and forced to return home. Corona crossed the border alone. Just last week, the soft-spoken 18-year-old found herself in front of a crowd of more than 100 people, leading them in chants of “Si se puede” (Yes we can). As an undocumented immigrant, Corona, a senior at Jackson Hole High School, fears an uncertain future for her and her mother, and immigrants across the country under President Trump’s administration. “I think it’s serious,” Corona said about the president’s proposed immigration policies. “People have been deported. We have to do something about this.” Corona was one of two high school organizers of the “Day Without Immigrants” demonstration last Thursday. She saw a post on Facebook about the day, and asked her friend and classmate Jamie Vargas to organize a march with her. Vargas, Corona said, was the perfect counterpart: she is outspoken, expressive, and well connected. “Without her, I wouldn’t be able to do this,” Corona said.

For immigrants and immigrant families, particularly those without documentation, safety is never a guarantee. Increased interactions with racism, combined with new immigration enforcement laws under President Trump’s administration, leave young people like Corona feeling even more uncertain about their futures. But many have also been emboldened to communicate their worth to peers and their community at large.

Emboldened racism and heightened fears While she doesn’t believe Trump will follow through on his promise to deport all undocumented immigrants, Corona says she and her mom still live in constant fear. Corona’s mom discouraged her from marching at first for fear her daughter would get in trouble. When rumors circulated last week about federal immigration officers visiting local restaurants, Corona’s mom decided not to commute over Teton Pass. “She was very scared,” Corona said. Local law enforcement dispelled rumors of the raid, but seeing her mom’s reaction inspired Corona to take action. “We have to show the government that we are concerned and that we make a difference in this country,” she said. For young Latinos in Jackson, life in the Trump era is a constant battle of humanity. Seventeen-year-old Michelle Tzompa is a senior at Jackson Hole High School. She says racism in the school’s halls and classrooms has spiked since the election. Comments that she’s heard from classmates like, “We’re gonna take back what’s ours,” and “He’s gonna get you out of here” weigh on the well-being of Latino students—so much so that Tzompa says students have stayed home from school to avoid harassment. Corona reports segregation at school is palpable. “Half of the classroom is separate in our school, half white, half Latinos,” she said. She notices the same separation in the hallways, in the rotunda on breaks, and in the cafeteria at lunch. Making friends as an immigrant is no easy task, she said. “It’s hard to move from a country and then start again from the beginning—new friends, new relationships,” Corona said. She also had to learn a new language. High school government teacher Jim Rooks has also had to mitigate moments of racism as a teacher. The high school,

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American Dreams, Undocumented Fears

Students who participated in a ‘Day Without Immigrants’ on Thursday marched three miles from Jackson Hole High School to Town Square.

he said, is a “microcosm of American society. Everything [students] see in the mainstream news media gets watered down into derivatives within the classroom.” It was in Rooks’ class that Corona conceived the idea to participate in a Day Without Immigrants. Racism was less pronounced in the life of 22-year-old Rosa Sanchez, but the election caused her to question the depth of some of her friendships. Sanchez said she has always felt protected by a community that she feels is “pretty liberal and accepting.” So to see friends and neighbors support Trump was a shock. Even if people in her life are not blatantly racist towards her, she says that voting for Trump reveals a prejudice that she was unaware of in many of her friends. She felt betrayed. “Now I don’t know how to feel about [them],” she said. Before the election, she said she was able to keep politics and her personal life separate. Now, politics are personal. Sanchez is a “Dreamer”—she immigrated to the United States when she was six years old, and qualified for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA, which was passed in 2012, grants conditional residency to undocumented adolescents who were brought to the United States as children before the age of 16. DACA recipients like Sanchez have lived in the United States most of their lives, and would have no home to return to in their country of origin. Proponents argue that children who had no agency in immigrating to the states should not be punished for living here without documentation. Since its implementation, it has granted more than 1.5 million young immigrants temporary residency and the opportunity to legally attend university.

DACA’s future, and therefore Sanchez’s future, is uncertain. Trump campaigned to end DACA, but has yet to act on that promise. “What people fear most through all this is the unknown,” Sanchez said. Sanchez remembers watching the election results come in and thinking, “This is it... I remember him being announced, and I didn’t even wait for his acceptance speech before I was bawling.” Amid her tears, Sanchez says people tried to tell her that it was OK. “It’s not OK, because if tomorrow I wake up and somebody tells me I have to leave this country, they’re telling me I have to leave the place I call home,” Sanchez said. Rooks recognizes his students’ fears but is hopeful about the dramatic increase in participation and political engagement he has seen since the election. As an educator, he is used to fighting “apathy and ignorance” in the classroom. Recently, however, he says his students are interested and involved. The Day Without Immigrants, he said, is a demonstration of democracy at its finest. “I’m so proud to have any students educating themselves and being active participants,” Rooks said. “It doesn’t even matter what they’re protesting for or against, I’m just happy to see them engaged and doing something.”

Childhood cut short

Much of the debate surrounding a Day Without Immigrants focused on the difference between “legal” versus “illegal” immigration. But while many of the marchers were undocumented, Sanchez said the demonstration did not intend to give privilege to any one group. “It had nothing to do with being

It’s also not easy to immigrate legally, Sanchez said. “If there was an easy way, nobody would be crossing the border and risking their lives.” Visa qualifications are stringent, and there is a limit to how many applications are accepted per year. Unless an applicant has immediate family in the U.S., a prospective employer usually in a highly specialized job, or access to humanitarian protection such as refugee or asylum status, there is essentially no “line” for hopeful citizens to wait in. Corona’s mom is applying for a U Nonimmigrant Visa, which is available to survivors of crimes who have suffered physical or emotional abuse and aided law enforcement in the investigation of a crime. The visa program was created in conjunction with the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act, which includes the Battered Immigrant Women’s Protection Act, in 2000, and is intended “to strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking of aliens and other crimes, while also protecting victims of crimes who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse…” according to the Department of Homeland Security’s website. A few years ago, Corona said her mom was in a relationship that ended in stalking and harassment. Corona’s mom reported her partner to the police, and is now working on providing evidence of her abuse. Tzompa and her two younger sisters are U.S.-born citizens, but their mother is undocumented. She is applying for residency, but Tzompa says she is afraid of what could happen if her application is denied. If she were deported, Tzompa and her sisters would be left on their own. The 17-year-old says she marched for her mother. “I’ve seen her struggle and do so many things, I … wanted to do something for her and show her that she is important to this community,” she said.

Painful memories

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Tzompa, Corona and Sanchez are all too young to remember the raids of 1996 that shook the town’s Latino population. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested around 150 “suspected” undocumented immigrants—40 of them actually had legal documentation, the Denver Post reported. Jackson Police Chief Todd Smith was

a low ranking officer at the time, and remembers the morning debrief feeling low-key and fairly routine. Immigration officials expected to detain between 30 to 40 undocumented workers. By the end of the afternoon, however, “what had been … low-key got turned up a notch,” Smith said. Word had spread, and “people panicked … Instead of going into a restaurant [to ask for employees], it turned into one of those things where you went into a parking lot and you’d see people running.” Officers had to utilize the police department’s horse trailer to transport the unexpectedly large group of detained people, which Smith said was one of the more “controversial” aspects of the raid. Smith said he didn’t know how immigration got word of Jackson’s undocumented population at the time, but there has not, to his memory, been a raid of that scope since. Now, immigration only becomes involved when someone is arrested for a crime. U.S. immigration and National Service (INS) admitted that the raid did little more than “kicked up a whole lotta dust,” according to the Denver Post, but nationally, the raids were lauded as one of the great successes of the Clinton administration. Smith acknowledged that 1996 was a different time—immigration was just entering the national dialogue, and most of undocumented workers in Jackson were young men. Families had not yet been brought into the conversation. While there is no proof of any recent raids in Jackson, ICE arrested approximately 680 people across the country last week, according to The Washington Post. Typically, ICE only intervenes in felony criminal cases. But a transgender woman in El Paso, Texas, was detained last week after seeking legal protections against an abusive partner. Another woman in Phoenix, Arizona, was deported for using a fake social security number. Hers is believed to be the first deportation under Trump’s January 25 executive order, which broadens the definition of what is considered criminal. She had lived in the states for 21 years and has two American-born children. Her story is Tzompa’s nightmare. Molly Kelly, chair of One22’s board of directors, encourages people with questions to call One22. “It is a very uncertain time for many families in our community,” she wrote PJH. “As always, One22 is here to provide resources and referrals in English and Spanish to anyone needing more information.” PJH

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illegal, or Mexican, or Latino,” Sanchez said. Instead, it was a display of solidarity for all immigrants of all nationalities. Still, the effects of undocumented immigration on Jackson, and the nation, are far-reaching. Part of the march’s mission statement was, in fact, to demonstrate how critical an immigrant workforce is to Jackson’s economy. A report published by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) in 2016 found that undocumented immigrants contribute around $11.6 billion to the economy annually. Undocumented immigrants in Wyoming contributed $12.7 million in state in federal taxes last year, according to a report from the New American Economy (NAE). And a University of Wyoming study conducted in 2007 found the immigrant labor force to be responsible for 11 percent of Teton County’s $3.2 billion industry output. At the time, Latinos comprised 6 percent of the population—that percentage has since risen to about 33 percent. The young women who spoke with PJH covered the legal spectrum: Corona is undocumented. She and her mother are applying for Domestic Violence green cards based on her mother’s past relationship. Sanchez is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals beneficiary, and could one day obtain full citizenship. Tzompa is a legal citizen, but the daughter of an undocumented mother. All of their stories suggest that legal and illegal immigration are not as clear as they may seem. Sanchez emphasized that she had no choice in her immigration status. At six years old, she did not know that she was immigrating illegally, or what that even meant. “I couldn’t stand up to my parents,” she said. DACA allowed her to gain temporary residence and enroll in college, but there is still a chance of it being repealed. Corona, meanwhile, immigrated to be with her mother. She says she understands why people are upset by illegal immigration, but encourages those people to put themselves in the shoes of an immigrant, and especially their children. She emphasized that people who immigrate illegally often do so under desperate circumstances. “People in other countries have no money, nothing to eat ... They don’t understand the depression,” Corona said. “They don’t know the lives people are living.” “We left my country because it was hard to prosper in it,” Sanchez echoed.

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Where Have All the Lawmakers Gone? Citizens will hold a town hall meeting Friday despite absence of Barrasso, Enzi and Cheney. BY ROBYN VINCENT @TheNomadicHeart

n Saturday morning, as Congress began its weeklong recess, Americans woke up to live broadcasts of town hall meetings across the country. A civic engagament tool dating back to 17th century New England, town hall meetings allow constituents face time with lawmakers—the opportunity for citizens to ask legislators hard questions or voice their support. Similar to the town hall meetings of 2008, where Tea Partiers aired their grievances to lawmakers, the 2017 sessions are also born from discontented voters, this time often left leaning constituents. In Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, Republicans Rep. Mark Sanford and Sen. Tim Scott faced a boisterous crowd that pressed Scott on his vote for Education Secretary Besty DeVos. In New York, Republican Congressman Tom Reed appeared at an outdoor event where constituents bundled in puffy jackets and scarves railed against his vow to repeal the Affordable Care Act instead of trying to improve it. Here in Jackson Hole, comprised of an increasingly politically engaged populace, it’s no surprise a group of residents organized a town hall meeting for 4:30 p.m. Friday at Teton County Library. What is also perhaps unsurprising is that the guests of honor, Sens. John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, and Congresswoman Liz Cheney, will not be attending. “Senator Enzi has commitments in other parts of

Although they have received multiple invites from Jackson constituents, Sen. Mike Enzi, Rep. Liz Cheney, and Sen. John Barrasso will not be showing up to the town hall meeting Friday in Jackson.

the state that Friday and will be unable to participate in the town hall,” said Enzi press secretary Max D’Onofrio. “Senator Enzi has held listening sessions in the past, and will likely have some in the future. If constituents from the Jackson town hall would like to share with him what was discussed, he would be happy to receive those comments.” D’Onofrio did not reply to an email inquiring what Enzi’s commitment happened to be. When asked why Barrasso is skipping out on the Jackson town hall meeting, press secretary Laura Mengelkamp pointed to the myriad other Wyoming locales that Barrasso will visit instead. “Senator Barrasso is attending public events across the state this week at community meetings, schools and local businesses. By the end of the week, he will have been in Casper, Cody, Gillette, Greybull, Moorcroft, Newcastle, Riverton, Saratoga, Sheridan and Torrington. While he won’t be able to attend the MoveOn.org ‘Resistance Recess’ event, he will continue to travel around Wyoming meeting with constituents across the state.” Just not in Jackson Hole. Meanwhile, press secretary for Rep. Liz Cheney, Amy Edmonds, said the Wyoming Congresswoman can’t attend the Jackson town hall because of meetings she has scheduled in the state capital. “Congressman Cheney will be in Cheyenne on Friday meeting with the state legislature, members of the Chamber of Commerce, and other constituents,” Edmonds said. “She is continuing to work closely with citizens all across our state as we work to implement the changes voters called for in last year’s election. These include repealing and replacing the failed Obamacare and working to roll back out of control federal regulations.” It is these lawmakers’ resistance to meet with Jackson constituents—who say they have repeatedly called, emailed and visited their representatives about a town hall meeting—that urged several residents to organize an event, with or without them. “I feel like Wyoming [politics] were more centrist than the direction it is headed now,” explained

Susan Mick, one of the town hall organizers. “There was always room for dialogue and now that seems to be getting shut down … I’ve been getting canned answers from Barrasso and Enzi that follow the party line, responses that pretty much say, ‘I don’t care how you feel, this is how I’m voting.’” Mick pointed to the Senate confirmation of DeVos. As an educator, she says she was particularly concerned about DeVos’s lack of experience and emailed and called Barrasso and Enzi. She also paid several visits to Enzi’s Jackson office. Both Wyoming senators voted in favor of DeVos. In her late 50s, Mick says the last time she was this politically active was during the 1970s feminist movement. Now, she finds herself concerned about some of the same issues—women’s rights, the environment. “We feel frustrated that they don’t seem to hear us,” she said. “But people are more than frustrated—they are angry that those paid to represent us don’t seem to be … we have written, emailed, called, and this seems like the next step.” Mick, Heidi Harrison and several others who organized the town hall are following a blueprint from the national activist group Indivisible. It directs people whose lawmakers refuse to attend a town hall meeting to organize a citizens’ town hall. During the meeting, people engage in recorded dialogue with one another while seats will be reserved for absent lawmakers, a reminder to folks and local media that their representatives were no-shows. The Cowboy State legislators are not the only Congress people seemingly reluctant to face their constituents right now. Republican lawmakers across the country canceled town hall meetings on the heels of a meeting featuring Rep. Jason Chaffetz-R, Utah, where an irate crowd erupted into the chant, “Do your job.” The chant was in reference to his role as chairman of the House Oversight Committee, as reported in Salt Lake City Weekly. Specifically, attendees were critical of Chaffetz for what they viewed as his failure to investigate potential conflicts of interest between Trump’s businesses and his role as president. PJH

A Mighty Life Lived During his brief time on Earth, John “Jack” Fields left an indelible impression on Jackson Hole and abroad. BY SHANNON SOLLITT @ShannonSollitt

John ‘Jack’ Fields

hunger for literature,” Pramer said. Every time Pramer was excited to tell Fields about a new book he had just read, “[Fields] had already read it.” Despite being tone-deaf, Fields was always writing “hilarious songs about relevant stuff,” usually criticizing some aspect of the world around him, Pramer said. Fields moved to Jackson to pursue his dream of eventually living in Driggs and owning a workshop selling furniture, Pramer said. In addition to his mountaineering achievements, he was also a talented carpenter and blacksmith. “He wanted to live the simple life,” Pramer explained. “He was totally on his way. Moving here was just a step.” “[Fields] was quiet and calm, but he had goals,” Gilbaine echoed. Friends blame his accident on gear malfunctions and a route-finding error. Conditions that day were also variable—Grand Teton National Park spokeswoman Denise Germann said that temperamental conditions across the park, including rain from the winter storm, “definitely had an impact on the snow layers. [Conditions] can change several times throughout the day,” she said. Germann emphasized that all backcountry travelers should have the proper experience and equipment, and always let people know the route they plan to take. “Know before you go,” she said. Fields is survived by his parents Robin and John Fields, his brothers Sam and Charlie, his paternal grandparents, 19 cousins and 13 aunts and uncles, “all of whom will miss him greatly,” his younger brother said. Memorial contributions can be made in Fields’s honor to High Mountain Institute or the Ritt Kellogg Memorial Fund of Colorado College. PJH SEND COMMENTS TO EDITOR@PLANETJH.COM

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Teton Valley Ranch Camp every summer and “developed a love for the Tetons,” his brother said. His affinity for the outdoors blossomed further over a summer at High Mountain Institute in Leadville, Colorado. As a junior in high school, he learned to telemark ski and rock climb, and pursued both with passion for the rest of his life, his brother said. Fields funded adventures throughout college with a pair of grants from the Ritt Kellogg Memorial Fund. One grant allowed him to summit and ski seven peaks in the Selkirk Mountain Range. Another took him to British Columbia for two weeks of rock climbing. The mountains were where he felt most at home. “He was a super crusher,” said longtime friend Max Pramer. Just being around him, “watching him go through the forest … the course he’d take, was super noteworthy. It was clear that he was in his element.” “[Fields] was definitely one of the most graceful, beautiful skiers,” Pramer continued. “And a fearless and confident rock climber.” Fields’s adventuresome spirit was matched by his sense of altruism, which guided many of his journeys. During a gap year spent in India and Nepal, he summited Stok Kangri, a 20,000-foot peak in the Himalayas, but only after teaching sustainable farming to a leper colony. After graduating from Colorado College in 2012, he led a group of high school students to Alaska to help repair housing for indigenous people. Once, on a backcountry ski tour, he shared some of his almond butter sandwich with friend Abbott Gilbaine, who happened to be allergic to treenuts. But Fields, always prepared, also had an Epipen on him. “He almost killed me, and saved my life,” Gilbaine laughed. Fields was also a gifted communicator, friends recalled. He became fluent in Spanish after a year studying in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Pramer noted that what struck him most in his shared adventures with Fields “wasn’t the thing we were doing, it was the conversations we were having.” He had a “voracious

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ohn “Jack” Fields Jr. never shied away from adventure. It’s what took him to Nepal, India, Patagonia, Canada, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and, most recently, Jackson Hole. He moved to the valley in December to join his parents and his older brother Sam. Fields died last Wednesday from a 1,400-foot fall off a couloir on the south face of the Teton. He and three other skiers were attempting to ski the Amora Vida Couloir. According to reports from friends, instead Fields and his group navigated into a different, identical looking couloir. He fell trying to reinsert his heel into his Dynafit binding after it unexpectedly popped out. Fields was a recent addition to the Jackson community, but the Q Roadhouse filled to the brim with friends and family in a celebration of his life on Sunday. People close to him painted a picture of a young man who was no stranger to the mountains. “He lived an incredible life,” said Charlie Fields, his younger brother, who joked that his own memorial would be filled with pictures of him drinking from solo cups (he’s a senior at the University of Colorado in Boulder). Pictures of his brother, meanwhile, are all on top of mountains. Fields grew up in Wilton, Connecticut, and learned to ski over winter breaks in Jackson. He attended

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Wrong Place, Wrong Time

An Abbotsford, British Columbia, burglar was successful in his Feb. 7 break-in at a home, but his getaway was thwarted by a snowfall that blocked him in on a roadway. He eventually decided to ask a passerby for help—and inadvertently picked out a man (of the city’s 140,000 residents) whose house he had just broken into (and who recognized him from reviewing his home’s security camera footage). The victim called police, who arrested the man (and reported that it was the second residential break-in that night in which the snowfall had foiled a burglar’s getaway.)

Everyday Hazards

In Portland, Ore., in January, Ashley Glawe, 17, a committed “goth” character with tattoos, piercings and earlobe holes (“gauges”) was, she said, “hanging out” with Bart, her pet python, when he climbed into one of the lobes. She couldn’t get him out, nor could firefighters, but with lubrication, hospital emergency workers did (thus avoiding an inevitable split lobe if Bart had kept squeezing his way through).

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“core” of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan (which melted down in a 2011 earthquake) returned a reading of 530 “sieverts” per hour. (Some scientists label just 4 Sieverts an hour fatal to half the people exposed to it.) Since the robots stopped short of the actual nuclear fuel, and since they only visited one of the three cores, the true danger of Fukushima remains unknown. (On a more optimistic note, scientists in February said they have developed a computer chip that would survive on the surface of Venus for 21 days, eclipsing the old record of two hours—long enough to send back meaningful data, including the temperature. The current estimated temperature is 878 degrees Fahrenheit.)

WEIRD

San Francisco’s best-paid janitor earned more than a quarter-million dollars cleaning stations for Bay Area Rapid Transit in 2015, according to a recent investigation by Oakland’s KTVU. Liang Zhao Zhang cleared almost $58,000 in base pay and $162,000 in overtime, and other benefits ran his total income to $271,243. He worked at San Francisco’s Powell Street station, a hangout for the homeless, who notoriously sullied the station 24/7 (urine, feces, and needles, especially), necessitating overtime hours that apparently only Zhang was interested in working. In one stretch during July 2015, he pulled 17-hour days for two and a half straight weeks.

n Iraqi forces taking over an ISIS base in Mosul in January reported finding papers from at least 14 Islamic State “fighters” who had tried to claim “health” problems, asking commanders to please excuse them from real combat (and martyrdom). One (a Belgian man) actually brought a note from a doctor back home attesting to his “back pain.” Five of the 14 were initiated by volunteers from France, a country that endures a perhaps-deserved national reputation for battle-avoidance.

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Legislators in Iowa and Florida recently advanced bills giving women who receive legal abortions up to 10 years (or longer, in Iowa) to sue the doctor if the abortion winds up causing them “emotional distress.” (Doctors in all states are already liable, of course, for actual “negligence” in their practice.) In the Iowa version (which the Des Moines Register reported would likely face amendments), even a signed consent form by the patient would not immunize the doctor (but might mitigate the amount of damages awarded).

Great Art!

German art collector Rik Reinking paid the equivalent of about $138,000 in 2008 for a resplendent, complex drawing by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye, but it was one created in ink on the skin of (the still-alive) tattoo parlor manager Tim Steiner—to be delivered only upon Steiner’s death, when his skin will be displayed in Reinking’s collection. (The deal also requires that, in the meantime, Steiner personally showcase his back at galleries three times a year, and BBC News recently caught his latest appearance.)

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The first robots to have survived journeys close to the

Priests Gone Bad

Prominent Tallahassee, Fla., pastor O. Jermaine Simmons, a community leader who ministers to the homeless and downtrodden, was rescued by police on Jan. 17, naked and hiding behind a fence after making a run for it when the husband of his mistress found the two in bed. The husband, screaming, “I’m gonna kill him,” ran for his handgun, and the mistress summoned police, but by Jan. 30, all involved had declined to press charges. Simmons, married with a son, is highly regarded for good deeds such as running a “cold night” shelter. n The decidedly uncelibate Catholic priest Don Andrea Contin, 48, of Padua, Italy, was accused by three women in December of having as many as 30 different lovers over the years, organizing “orgies” on church property, visiting a “swingers’” resort in France several times, making pornographic home videos of his trysts, “encouraging” one woman to have sex with a horse and “always” carrying a briefcase full of vibrators, sex toys and bondage equipment. Contin has not yet been charged with a crime but, said a Catholic official, is “finished” as a priest. (Bonus: The boxes for his home videos were labeled by the names of Popes.)

Wait, What?

In January, a New York City judge dismissed the original indictment of John Kennedy O’Hara, 55, who had been convicted in 1996 of the crime of “felony voting”—the only person convicted under that state law since Susan B. Anthony, who cast a ballot in 1872 even though females were barred from the polls. O’Hara was indicted for voting in 1992 and 1993 after registering in Brooklyn elections from a “bogus” address—a basement apartment that was considered uninhabitable. (A judge in 2017 determined that the apartment “could” have been habitable.) O’Hara paid $15,000 in fines and did 1,500 hours of community service.

Least Competent Criminals

Recurring Themes: Once again, in January, curiosity got the better of a perp. Adriana Salas, 26, allegedly stole a truck in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and drove it to Fort Smith, 260 miles away, but then could not resist stopping by the local sheriff’s office to ask whether the truck had been reported stolen. (It had; deputies, taking a look outside, read Salas her Miranda rights.)

The Passing Parade

Belgium’s federal parliament decided to keep supplying free beer and wine during legislative sessions (over the objection of its ethics committee) because, since drinkers would continue to drink off-premises, anyway, serving the items on-premises would at least improve attendance. Thanks this week to Anthony Yeznach, Robin Daley, Michelle Jensen, Michelle Collier, Mark Lillicrap, Mel Birge and the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

PREPARING FOR DARKNESS

Unmasking the Great American Eclipse in Jackson Hole and beyond. By Jessica Sell Chambers

Great American Eclipse

Fascinating history: ancient eclipses Eclipses occur frequently with the sun, moon, and Earth. When the Earth passes between the sun and the full moon, a lunar eclipse occurs. When the moon blocks any part of the sun, a solar eclipse happens. Partial solar eclipses are far more common than total solar eclipses, which only occur every 12 to 18 months and are largely due to an astronomical coincidence. According to Astronomy Magazine, eclipses are thanks to a cosmic quirk of geometry: the sun’s

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On August 21 the moon will pass in between the Earth and the sun, shrouding the sun from view and casting a shadow on the planet. The path of this summer’s total eclipse will span the entire country, from coast to coast—something that hasn’t happened in almost a century. Jackson Hole is squarely situated within the 70-mile-wide path of the shadow, making the valley an even more desirable destination this summer. Most total eclipse paths fall over uninhabited regions of the planet or over vast bodies of water. According to space.com, the eclipse will be the first time since 1776 that a total solar eclipse’s path of totality will remain wholly within the United States. Known as the “Great American Eclipse,” this summer’s eclipse is particularly rare because it will be so accessible. Its “path of totality,” known as the umbra or path of total shadow, will make landfall across 12 states in the U.S., from Oregon to South Carolina. For the lucky 12 million people living within this path, residents of Teton County among them, all they have to do is step outside and look up. First contact with the continental U.S. will be on the coast of Oregon at 10:15 a.m. The umbral center line of the total solar eclipse will pass into Wyoming from Idaho just around 11:35 a.m., and at its longest duration over Illinois, “totality” will last a maximum of two minutes and 40.2 seconds. Its final point of contact with the U.S. will be southeast of Key Bay, South Carolina, along the Atlantic Ocean. For the lucky people in the path of totality, an

eclipse offers a once in lifetime experience, an opportunity for increased exposure—needed or not, of a location and all it has to offer. However, these momentary cosmic occurrences present certain challenges to these same communities, such as a sudden and brief influx of thousands of people and their vehicles, their accommodations and needs, and their expectations, as well as those of the locals who host them, and public safety. Some communities hope eclipse chasers will inject local economies with a supplemental revenue source in the face of shortfalls, while other locales, mainly Jackson, don’t really need more in the way of summer tourist dollars. Locally, the hope is that the eclipse may provide the opportunity to address increasingly grave issues of traffic, congestion, and overcrowding that have diminished quality of life for residents and hampered visitor experiences. But it’s still unclear just how big of a crowd will make its way to Jackson to witness this historic event.

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erched on a verdant mountaintop with sweeping views of where the Makassar Strait meets the Palu River, Dr. Kate Russo, Aussie eclipse expert and self-proclaimed “eclipse chaser,” stood among pitched camping tents and people staring into the sky. It was March 9, 2015, and Russo was on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi where she had ascended to a Wayu Village in the southern hills of Palu City. She stood with villagers and visitors in the full sun as the temperature rose to 90 degrees. “The skies were clear, the sun was high up, and the atmosphere electric,” she remembered. “At first contact, [when the moon met the path of the sun] a traditional music song was played ... like a single didgeridoo, which echoed down the valley.” Just a little before 9 a.m., the lighting became odd and the birds got confused. “It was thrilling,” Russo said. “The shadow was not as pronounced as other eclipses, but the moment of second contact was incredible. The diamond ring hung there beautifully and seemed to last a lifetime. And then, totality.” The crowd hooted and hollered, growing silent as the sun was totally eclipsed by the moon at 9 a.m., leaving only a crown of light on its perimeter. “Two planets were clearly visible, although the sky did not darken too much ... The light on the horizon was beautiful.” Russo was grateful the clouds had stayed away. The third contact occurred marking the end of Russo’s tenth total solar eclipse.

some historians used astronomy to pinpoint the time of Jesus’ death. Historians speculate Jesus either died during the one minute 59 second total solar eclipse in 29 C.E. or during the total solar eclipse in 33 C.E. that lasted four minutes and six seconds. The Koran too notes eclipses occurring before the birth of Mohammed in 569 C.E. that lasted for three minutes and 17 seconds. A second eclipse that lasted one minute and 40 seconds apparently occurred following the death of Mohammed’s son, Ibrahim. However, Mohammed later dispelled the myth that the sun or the moon was linked to the birth or death of any person, and the eclipse was not seen as a sign from God.

Etched in memory Regardless of how the eclipse is interpreted, the event itself is sure to be memorable for any number of reasons. The last time the U.S. saw a total solar eclipse like the Great American Eclipse was February 26, 1979, when Jimmy Carter was president and Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” was a rising hit. However, the 1979 eclipse’s path of totality was only over five Northwestern states (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota), and the viewing for most was obscured by uncooperative weather. The next Great American Eclipse won’t happen again until April 2024, when the path stretches from Maine to Texas. During a total solar eclipse, the sun’s corona, it’s vast outer atmosphere, radiates around the dark lunar disk and may be viewed by the naked eye. Russo, the Australian psychologist, eclipse chaser and planning consultant, has been chasing eclipses for 18 years and has witnessed 10 total eclipses. She describes seeing the corona as particularly special. “It’s like an ethereal, wispy light emanating

from the eclipsed sun. Every one is different. Sometimes it is elongated, and other times it’s more circular, almost like petals on a flower,” she said. “There is also great beauty all around—the world looks surreal, a little wrong. Everything feels otherworldly. It is such a unique feeling—it doesn’t just happen above you, but also around you and within you.” That’s not all. Astronomy Magazine reports that nature will assume a strange aesthetic and ambience—shadows will become sharper, breezes usually dissipate, and birds will likely stop chirping. A temperature drop of 10 to 15 degrees is also possible, especially here in Wyoming. Russo is among the thousands of people who will travel many miles and spend beaucoup dollars to see a total eclipse. She’s working with a tour company, Independent Traveller, which narrowed down the options to a few locations, Grand Teton National Park being one of them. The company finally settled on the Tetons. Around 30 international “chasers,” Russo among them, will be along for the ride. “I’ve heard so much about [the valley]. There’s something about Wyoming that really calls to me. I’m not just coming for the eclipse. I’m also coming to view the state.” Russo has been giddily eyeing weather reports and keeping up with daily happenings. She’s also been monitoring GTNP attendance for the past couple of summers and realizes the specific challenges the eclipse may present during peak tourism season. “You’re in one of the most beautiful locations across the path of totality, and I think you’re also in a location that’s at peak visiting time—it’s going to be in August—so you’re already at peak demand,” she said. “So I think it’s fair to say you’re one of the most attractive locations for viewing the total solar eclipse but it has

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diameter is 400 times wider than the moon’s but it is also 400 times farther away, which means that when they align perfectly, the moon completely blocks the sun. If the Earth and the moon were orbiting in the same plane, there would be two eclipses every month, one total lunar eclipse and one total solar eclipse. But the moon is orbiting a hair—five degrees—off from the ecliptic orbit, making solar eclipses far more rare and spectacular. People have been witnessing eclipses since the beginning of mankind and they have taken on varied meanings—or no meaning—to those staring up from Earth. There’s documentation of eclipses dating back as far as 1300 B.C. According to an article in Live Science, the earliest eclipse was described on a clay tablet in Ugarit, a port city in what is modern day northern Syria. Analysts determined that Ugarit’s eclipse darkened the sky for two minutes and seven seconds on March 5, 1223 B.C. and it is reported that Mesopotamian historians in Ugarit said the sun was “put to shame” during the eclipse. Another eclipse in 763 B.C., during the Assyrian Empire, darkened the sky over present day Iraq for five minutes and records suggest the people linked the cosmic event with an insurrection in the city of Ashur, presently known as Qal’at Sherqat, Iraq. In China, at the time of an eclipse in 1302 B.C., the sun represented the emperor, and when a total eclipse blackened the sky for six minutes and 25 seconds, the emperor saw it as warning. Eclipses have also been noteworthy in two prominent religions. According to Live Science, the biblical story of Jesus’ crucifixion, which mentions the sky went dark, was quite possibly detailing an eclipse. Accordingly,

challenges because of the desirability factor.” Cautioning against turning all attention to visitors traveling to the valley for the eclipse, Russo said planners and local government should focus largely on locals and how to build community around the phenomena. “I know it’s cliché, but this is a once in a lifetime experience,” she said, “in any one location, a total eclipse doesn’t happen but once in every 375 years … your community will remember this event forever.”

Prepping for total eclipse

Moon over the Tetons

Left: The Indonesian island of Sulawesi and a view of the 2015 eclipse from the island. Right: Casper eclipse coordinator Anna Wilcox

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Relative to Casper, Jackson is getting a late start planning for the natural event. The Town of Jackson hired an eclipse event coordinator, Kathryn Brackenridge, just last month. “I wouldn’t say we’re behind,” said Rich Ochs, Teton County’s emergency management coordinator. “We still have an adequate amount of time.” Ochs cites concerns with the standard issues of power outages, floods, and wildfires for that time of year. It’s all dependent on Mother Nature. There’s been massive snowfall this winter. But August concerns will depend on how quickly or slowly the snowpack melts. Therefore Ochs said they have contingencies for everything. “As a public safety team, we needed to talk to others to understand the scope of how big this can be. Once we figured that out, we started to lobby elected officials.” Often, when a community is in the path of totality, they know that there will be an influx of eclipse chasers, but it’s difficult to estimate exactly how many. Brackenridge noted: “All lodging is pretty much full and by the time the eclipse rolls around they will all be full.” Brackenridge said she’s

hesitant to offer a number because she said she is still in a nebulous planning stage. But using the same metrics of other eclipse communities, adding numbers for lodging—“heads-in-beds,” camping, transients and day trippers, and visitors staying with residents, and multiplying that by four results in 87,000 visitors, a very soft estimate, she stressed. Short term rentals are already reserved beyond normal August levels. Jon Burnett of Jackson Hole Reservations Company said of the 350 units they book in Jackson Hole, only seven units are available over eclipse weekend. “Christmas is typically our busiest time, and this is above what’s typical for that,” Burnett said. “Right now we’re looking at 95 to 98 percent, which is absolutely nuts for us. We’re getting a lot of calls and have had to turn people away.” Town of Jackson’s public information officer Carl Pelletier confirmed that local officials have been meeting since 2015 to plan for and address challenges that the eclipse will present. Like Casper’s Wilcox, Brackenridge was hired specifically to streamline planning efforts between agencies. Brackenridge’s background is in information sharing and marketing, making her an ideal person for a job calling for more management and coordination over planning or promotion. “This is unique because we have so many land agencies and stakeholders involved,” Pelletier said. The hope is that Brackenridge will be the key player in bringing all these actors and information together. Brackenridge has been on the job a mere three weeks, and one of those weeks was during a state of emergency that had emergency planners occupied. Pelletier likened her first couple of weeks to drinking water out of a fire hose. Both he and Brackenridge stressed the town and county are not promoting the eclipse but instead are simply trying to manage it. “It’ll be a real chapter in the history of an extraordinary place and we want people to come here and enjoy it,” Brackenridge said. “And we need

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For a place like Jackson Hole already accustomed to tourism, accommodating an influx of visitors is easier than for a place like Casper, which is also in the path of totality. Anna Wilcox became Casper’s eclipse coordinator in June 2016. She said the job has been somewhat difficult because there’s not really a blueprint for how to prepare. “The greatest challenge has been just figuring out the overall direction, goals, and what we want to accomplish,” she said. “Our biggest realization … was the idea that we needed to sit back and listen to the community, whether by taking questions, comments, expectations, and needs and figure out how they factor in and what overall direction to take with the festival.” Wilcox said she and Casper officials recognize they don’t need to reinvent the wheel for the eclipse weekend, that there were all kinds of event planners, service providers, and the like ready and able to handle the event side. Her largest role is acting as a liaison between agencies and parties. In preparing, Wilcox talked to many eclipse chasers who detailed amazing world adventures to witness a total solar eclipse. “The whole process becomes part of the experience—taking snowmobiles five hours to the North Pole to see a total solar eclipse. We’re lucky to be in Wyoming,” Wilcox said. “We don’t need to create some sort of big crazy over the top event, we already provide something most places don’t simply by being Wyoming.” Casper is planning for 35,000 visitors the weekend of the eclipse, Wilcox said. They hope to finalize that number as hotels book rooms over the next couple of months. Another major piece of Wilcox’s job is getting

information out to the public and to businesses. “One of the biggest misses in most of the communities [in the path of totality] is that the people who are living right in the path don’t even know it’s happening. We want to make sure no one shows up to work on Monday and wonders why they’re the only one there.” Her hope is that the eclipse crowd will provide a huge financial injection for the community, struggling in the face of dwindling oil and gas revenues. Therefore, she said another aspect of planning is getting local businesses the tools and info they need to make decisions about how to prepare for the influx of people. Getting people to return to Casper, Wilcox says, to generate tourism dollars in the future is also on her radar. NASA’s live stream of the eclipse will be broadcasted from Casper as well.

toilets, to ensure everything goes off without a hitch. Amassing people in different locations is much better than having tons of random people poaching lawns, driveways, or public lands, she said. One of the main objectives is “how to get people engaged and participating without it taking too much of a toll on the community,” Brackenridge explained. This means tackling traffic and congestion. Solutions to mitigate impact of so many cars and people on the roads and on public and protected lands have yet to be discussed. According to the National Park Service website, Great Smokey Mountain National Park is issuing tickets to view the eclipse from Clingmans Dome to minimize cars, congestion, and impact. Brackenridge said she hasn’t begun to think along those lines, but given the overlap of land agencies in the area, such a solution, though useful, is hard to imagine. Ultimately, any decision for how to handle access, Brackenridge says, will be left to the Teton County commissioners and town council. Issues such as this are coming down the pipeline. Commissioner Greg Epstein is ready to address whatever is presented to him and cautiously expects a crowd much larger than Jackson has seen. “If the weather is favorable I think the 2017 eclipse will be July Fourth times ten.” Brackenridge hopes that some of the solutions found for this event will translate to future solutions for public transportation year-round. Overcrowding has become a major summer conundrum and there does not appear to be an end in sight, especially in Grand Teton National Park. The National Park Service website for GTNP has no information on this summer’s eclipse yet. GTNP spokesperson Denise Germann said they don’t yet have all of their resources assembled for updating the

website but plan to have more information in the next few weeks. “We are expecting lots of people … We’re looking at trying to set up some guidelines to have an enjoyable and safe visit at the park. We know that we’re going to get a large influx of visitors not only on the weekend but also the week before and after,” she said. Grand Teton National Park will hold special programs throughout the summer geared to sky viewing, and at the time of the eclipse there will be ranger-led programming. Germann also said to expect congestion, but she encourages people to use the pathways for hiking and biking and to use alternative means of transportation. There is a chance that any park and ride solutions could pave the way for the future. “Why not incentivize tourists to leave their cars?” Brackenridge asked. “If you look at Jenny Lake this summer, yes, it was a milestone moment with the centennial in the park, a very specific moment in time; we’ve passed a certain mark, and we’re seeing unprecedented numbers of cars backed up on highways and roads. It was never like that five years ago. It’s inhospitable to visit and it raises real questions about how we handle cars in the valley.” Ultimately, Brackenridge says the eclipse will force people in the valley to confront what the future may hold. “This summer’s eclipse could usher in a much larger conversation [about] how we conduct ourselves as a community going forward, in terms of volume and enjoying our surroundings without it being claustrophobic,” she said. “This is an opportunity to problem solve and find solutions, which is one of the most compelling aspects of this task.” PJH

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to embrace it and make sure it’s a safe, peaceful and happy event for all.” Often, in the haste to view the eclipse unobstructed, people clamor to find desirable locations, and ignore trail designators or fences. “We need to have a preservationist mentality about it all—our public lands are up for grabs if we don’t plan accordingly and we are inundated with people,” she said. For the moment Brackenridge is tackling public safety and emergency management issues and then plans to move on to the more fun stuff. “I’m in the public safety and in the emergency planning phase, addressing concerns and summarizing them and then I’m presenting the facts and recommendations to policy makers.” The eclipse falls on a Monday, which likely means the weekend will be chaotic. “If the numbers we anticipate show up here this place is going to be quite crowded and everyone who lives and works here needs to be prepared for that.” For instance, she said, the community needs to know that calls to dispatch will be prioritized based on emergency and the likelihood of getting a response to someone being on a private lawn or drive will not take precedence as responders will be stretched thin. Teton County is primed for an event like this, and unlike Casper, is already visitor friendly. “I don’t want to sound alarmist. It’s going to be business as usual with an exclamation point,” Brackenridge said. There are already eclipse viewing events planned at Snow King Mountain and at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, and there are more in the works. Keeping track of what’s going on is central to Brackenridge’s work. Part of controlling the chaos, Brackenridge noted, is making sure events are well attended and that hosts have or are able to acquire what they need, such as portable

THIS WEEK: February 22-28, 2017

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Sleigh Rides 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, $15.00 - $21.00, 307-733-0277 n Intermediate Throwing 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $154.00 $184.00, 307-733-6379 n Toddler Time 10:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n JD High Country Outfitters Brown Bag Fly Tying 11:00am, JD High Country Outfitters, Free, 307-733-3270 n After School Monthly Workshops 3:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $180.00 $216.00, 307-733-6379 n Stackhouse 3:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Après Ski and Art 5:00pm, Diehl Gallery, Free, 307-733-0905 n Snow King Hotel & Grand View Lodge Chamber Mixer 5:00pm, Grand View Lodge, Free, 307-733-3316 n REFIT® 5:15pm, First Baptist Church, Free, 307-690-6539 n FOODtalks 5:30pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church Hansen Hall, Free, 307-733-2603 n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Stores, Free, 307-733-3316 n Intro to Papermaking 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $132.00 $158.00, 307-733-6379 n Sponsor a Reader Pop Quiz Challenge & Dinner 6:00pm, Hotel Terra, $150.00, 307-733-9242 n Glaze Chemistry 101: A Guide To Creating Custom Glazes and Firing Kilns 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $184.00 $220.00, 307-733-6379

n Tricks of the Trade: Local Adjustment Tools in Lightroom 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $38.00 - $45.00, 307-733-6379 n One Night Seminars on Fly Fishing 6:30pm, JD High Country Outfitters, 307-733-3270 n Armchair Adventures: Hiking the Dolomites 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $5.00, 307-739-9025 n Jackson Hole Communty Band 2017 Rehearsals 7:00pm, Centre for the Arts, Free, 307-200-9463 n Riot Act, Inc. Presents The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare 7:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $15.00 - $20.00, 307-203-9067 n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n A-Mac DZ 9:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Open Studio: Portrait Model 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $10.00, 307-733-6379 n Sleigh Rides 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, $15.00 - $21.00, 307-733-0277 n Feathered Fridays 12:00pm, Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center, Free, 307-201-5433 n Snowshoe with a Ranger 1:30pm, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-739-3399 n Brain Works 3:00pm, St. John’s Medical Center, $300.00, 307-739-7493 n Willie Waldman Project 3:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307-353-2300 n Screen Door Porch 3:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Friday Tastings 4:00pm, The Liquor Store of Jackson Hole, Free, 307-733-4466

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n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Digital Photography 9:00am, CWC-Jackson, 307-733-7425 n Sleigh Rides 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, $15.00 - $21.00, 307-733-0277 n Fables, Feathers & Fur 10:30am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n Snowshoe with a Ranger 1:30pm, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-739-3399 n Get Your Taxes Done For Free 3:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307-733-2164 n PTO 3:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Wednesday Night Lights 5:00pm, Snow King Mountain, $12.00, 307-733-6433 n MELT® Hand & Foot 5:45pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Open Studio: Figure Model 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $10.00, 307-733-6379 n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Stores, Free, 307-733-3316 n Intermediate Spanish 6:00pm, CWC-Jackson, $110.00, 307-733-7425 n Ramen Night At The Handle Bar 6:00pm, Handle Bar, 307-732-5056 n Scholarship Application Help Nights 6:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307-733-2164 n Flies for Every Season 6:30pm, JD High Country Outfitters, $75.00, 307-733-3270 n Donation Dry Needling Clinic 7:00pm, Medicine Wheel Wellness, 307-699-7480 n KHOL Presents: Vinyl Night 8:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500

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MUSIC BOX Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras weekend bring Pimps of Joytime with March Fourth, B-Side Players and Jackson 6. BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

he cultural energy of Mardi Gras, or Carnival, brings a blitz of New Orleans-inspired sound waves to the Tetons this week. Fat Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday, which is always 46 days before Easter, which can fall on any Sunday from March 23 to April 25. Got that? If you guessed that Fat Tuesday falls on the last day of February this year, you’re right. The festive atmosphere through the weekend is a surefire way to pretend that you are in the Crescent City. You may want to consider starting your Fat Tuesday by grabbing festive Cajun grub at Snake River Brewing for a foundation before catching local Dixieland staples Jackson 6 at the Silver Dollar (7:30 p.m., free), and ultimately touching down across the street at the Pink Garter Theatre for a super double-bill. Brooklyn’s Pimps of Joytime will follow a set by the 20 musicians, dancers and circus-like artisans of March Fourth Marching Band, who decidedly have their scope on the Fat Tuesday that falls on March 4 in 2025. Pimps of Joytime have a contagious sound. Its new release, Third Wall Chronicles, drops March 24 and is an album co-produced by Pimps’ lead man Brian Jay and Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin. The Joytime arrives at a warmly produced intersection of the Brooklyn indie

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music scene, New Orleans funk and San Francisco soul, along with massive dance beats. It’s largely Jay’s in-house production style that makes this set sound rather fresh. In the case of the track “Jack Stackin,” he pulls from samples via his vast catalogue of recordings for base elements while layering atop, in this case, vocals through a low-fi mic purchased for $40 at a thift shop. “Brian Jay is a bit of a genius,” said Steve Berlin, who won Grammy awards with such varied sounds as Los Lobos, Buckwheat Zydeco, Ozomatli, and John Lee Hooker. “It was a blast just coming in and making a few things larger and more colorful. He has the remarkable ability to get an idea, get a sound and make it real at a speed that I’ve never seen before.” The fourth full-length release from the band

also reflects Jay’s heavy rotation of Afrobeat and Tame Impala-inspired EDM. It’s a new direction for the five-piece, which also consists of Mayteana Morales (vocals), Kimberly Dawson (vocals), David Bailis (drums) and John Staten (guitar). The heart and literal soul of the project pulls from the brain of Jay, who finds equal inspiration from simply one man singing with an acoustic guitar to infusing a Brooklyn DJ attitude with NOLA funk and the vocal stylings of the great soul singers of the 50s and 60s. It doesn’t get much slinkier than “Mud,” a tune that has guest Ivan Neville singing over an irresistible lesson in slow groove. “There’s a soulful G spot that I am forever trying to please with vintage tones or even a single note on the guitar,” Jay said. “I’m always trying to get off in a

WEDNESDAY PTO & Stackhouse (Mangy Moose), The Bo & Joe Sexy Show (Town Square Tavern), THURSDAY A-Mac DZ (Town Square Tavern), Major Zephyr (Silver Dollar) FRIDAY Willie Waldman (Trap Bar), B-Side Players (Knotty Pine), Screen Door Porch (Silver Dollar) SATURDAY 49er Ball with Bootleg Flyer (Virginian), B-Side Players (Knotty Pine)

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musical sense. I love a fat groove that has some stank on it, but centered around the best song I can possibly compose.” Beads, masks, wigs, and jesters will all come in handy for this one. Pimps of Joytime and March Fourth Marching Band, 9 p.m. Fat Tuesday, February 28 at the Pink Garter Theatre. $20 to $25. PinkGarterTheatre.com

B-Side: Down to the Brown Knotty Pine owner Brice Nelson has been producing shows at the Teton Valley venue and supper club for two decades now. For him, San Diego-based eightpiece B-Side Players are “a special band that has been a cornerstone for our local music scene for 20 years.” With grit and unrehearsed moments of zen driven

SUNDAY Miller Sisters Hymnal Album Release Party (Silver Dollar), Dirt Road Band (Trap Bar)

by polyrhythmic groove and a worldly musical language, these Players can effortlessly drop you down into Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil, owning funk, rock, jazz, cumbia, salsa, and boogaloo. What this largely means is a slammin’ dance party and, it’s the real deal. B-Side Players Down with the Brown Tour, 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, February 24 and 25 at the Knotty Pine in Victor. $12/show or $20/both nights. KnottyPineSupperClub.com. PJH Aaron Davis is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer, member of Screen Door Porch and Boondocks, founder/host of Songwriter’s Alley, and co-founder of The WYOmericana Caravan.

MONDAY Teton Dixie Kings (Trap Bar), BOGDOG (Mangy Moose) FAT TUESDAY Pimps of Joytime and MarchFourth Marching Band (Pink Garter), Jackson 6 (Silver Dollar), DJ BanjoBeats (Snake River Brewing)

n Pam Drews Phillips Plays Jazz 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free, 307-733-8833 n Moose Hockey Game 7:00pm, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $10.00, 307-201-1633 n Riot Act, Inc. Presents The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare 7:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $15.00 - $20.00, 307-203-9067 n Free Public Stargazing 7:30pm, Center for the Arts, Free, 844-996-7827

n Screen Door Porch 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Canyon Kids 9:00pm, Town Square Tavern, $5.00, 307-733-3886 n A-Mac DZ 9:00pm, Mangy Moose, $7.00, 307-733-4913 n Friday Night DJ featuring Fiesta Bob 10:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free, 307-733-1500 n B-Side Players 10:00pm, Knotty Pine, $12.00 $20.00, 208-787-2866

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Adding Pizazz to your Digital Images with Lightroom 8:30am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $38.00, 307-7336379 n REFIT® 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Sleigh Rides 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, $15.00 - $21.00, 307-733-0277

n Teton Valley Winter Farmers’ Market 10:00am, MD Nursery, Free, 208-354-8816 n Get Insight into Islam with Teton County Library Book Discussion 10:00am, Teton County Library, Free, 307-733-2164 n Broadside Printing 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $99.00, 307-7336379 n Snowshoe with a Ranger 1:30pm, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-739-3399

n Mardi Gras Party with Teton Dixie Kings 3:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307-353-2300 n A-Mac DZ 4:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Après Ski and Art 5:00pm, Diehl Gallery, Free, 307-733-0905 n Pearls and Twirls Father and Daughter Dinner and Dance 5:30pm, Grand View Lodge at Snow King Resort, $80.00, 307739-9025

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n FREE Friday Tasting at Jackson Whole Grocer 4:00pm, Jackson Whole Grocer & Cafe, Free, 307-733-0450 n Après Ski and Art 5:00pm, Diehl Gallery, Free, 307-733-0905 n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Stores, Free, 307-733-3316 n Broadside Printing 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $99.00, 307-733-6379 n James and the Giant Peach, Jr. 6:30pm, The Center Theatre, $8.00 - $18.00, 307-733-3021

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

n Dick’s Ditch Classic Banked Slalom 9:00am, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307733-2292 n Sleigh Rides 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, $15.00 - $21.00, 307-733-0277 n Broadside Printing 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $99.00, 307-733-6379 n James and the Giant Peach, Jr. 1:00pm, The Center Theatre, $8.00 - $18.00, 307-733-3021 n Dirt Road Band 3:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307-3532300 n Major Zephyr 3:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Aaron Davis & the Mystery Machine 4:00pm, K Bar, Free n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Stores, Free, 307-733-3316 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307-733-4407 n Bootleg Flyer 7:00pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Perpetual Painting 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $160.00, 307-733-6379

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Shook on Shakespeare Macey Mott and cast deliver a contemporary rendition of the classic work Hamlet. BY SHANNON SOLLITT @ShannonSollitt

amlet is Macey Mott’s bucket list play. “I’ve been in love with Hamlet since the first time I read it,” she said. Now, as a seasoned director of Riot Act Inc., Mott feels ready to direct the play herself. Her rendition of The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare debuts Thursday. Mott’s Hamlet takes place in a contemporary setting, but foregoes neither language nor plot. “We like to challenge our actors and our audience, intellectually, emotionally and physically,” she said. The adaptation is still Shakespearian, but makes the play slightly more palatable for a contemporary audience. “It’s also a very physical show,” she explained, which adds to the performance value. Indeed, Hamlet has a bit of everything: incest, vengeance, ghosts, exile, and romance. Without revealing too much, Mott said that the action on the show ranges from guns to sword fights to hand-to-hand combat. Mott recruited fight choreographer Michael Johnson from Washington D.C. to work with the cast on the countless scenes of physical confrontation. Last time cast member Andrew Munz remembers working with him was 10 years ago for Off Square Theater’s Romeo and Juliet. “I don’t think I want to endure another decade without a rapier in my hands,” Munz said. Munz plays Laertes, the brother of the play’s damsel Ophelia. It is his first “villainous,” role, and his first (spoiler alert) stage death, so he says he’s having a lot of fun with it. “Having each other die in rehearsals is always a treat.” Hamlet is certainly violent, but it’s not all fight scenes. “We do have some humor in it too,” Mott assured. The play is also riddled with sexual

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n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Stores, Free, 307-733-3316 n James and the Giant Peach, Jr. 6:30pm, The Center Theatre, $8.00 - $18.00, 307-733-3021 n Moose Hockey Game 7:00pm, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $10.00, 307-201-1633 n Riot Act, Inc. Presents The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare 7:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $15.00 - $20.00, 307-203-9067 n Screen Door Porch 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Lions Club ‘49er Ball 7:30pm, The Virginian Conference Center, $15.00 - $20.00, 307-734-8226 n A-Mac DZ 9:00pm, Mangy Moose, $7.00, 307-733-4913 n BanjoBeats 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-7333886 n B-Side Players 10:00pm, Knotty Pine, $12.00 - $20.00, 208787-2866 n Live Music w/ Willie Waldmen Project 10:30pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free, 307-7331500

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The murderous madness of Hamlet (Tyler Babcock) sweeps Rosencrantz (Diana Edlinger) off her feet.

references, so Mott cautions parents bringing young children. Otherwise, this production will resonate with a diverse audience, she said. The story (lest anyone lied about reading the Shakespearean work in English class) follows Prince Hamlet of Denmark after he returns home for his father’s funeral. Upon returning, Hamlet is shocked to find his mother already remarried—to his uncle, the late king’s brother. What ensues are three hours (by Mott’s estimation) of plotting Hamlet’s revenge, complete with a play within the play and an apparent descent into madness. Mott first read the play in high school, and has been in love ever since. Despite the Shakespearean drama, she says the characters are actually “very relatable and interesting … they have so much depth that there’s always something new to find in it.” She feels the same way about the plot. Every time she revisits Hamlet, she says she discovers new things about it. “Even in rehearsal, we’re finding new stuff,” Mott said. “Even just the little subtle things that you might not get watching it the first time.” Shakespeare scholars who are familiar with the play will be pleased, Mott said. It is also a chance for anyone who skipped reading it in her high school English class to understand what the hype is about. “I’m actually surprised by how many have never seen or read it,” she said. Mott and the 19-person cast have been rehearsing since December. The first hurdle, she said, was cutting the script down from its original four-hour

run time. “The language is just so beautiful,” Mott said. The next challenge was mastering the language—to be able to perform it, one has to understand it. Scheduling rehearsals for 19 volunteer actors was also “a bit of a nightmare,” Mott admitted, but overall she has been impressed with the crew’s willingness to make it work. The cast is a diverse group of actors with varying levels of experience. The oldest actor is 80 years old; the youngest is 20. Veteran actors like Munz, and Stephen Lottridge, who has been on Jackson stages since Munz can remember, will share the spotlight with people who have never been in a play before. Munz emphasized that even for those who are perhaps intimidated by Shakespeare, community theatre is worth the attention. “It’s the one art form that is constantly offering something new and different in an attempt to challenge the minds of our town and offer diversity in programming,” Munz explained. He noted that despite the huge success of Riot Act’s Rocky Mountain Horror Show a few years ago, Mott has refused to put on the show again for diversity’s sake. “That’s what makes Riot Act unlike other nonprofits,” Munz said. “Creative integrity reins supreme.” PJH

Hamlet opens 7 p.m. Thursday, February 23 at Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village. It runs the same time all weekend, then again the weekend of March 2. $15 for students and seniors, $20 for adults. Buy tickets at the door, or before the show at RiotActInc.org

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Guess Who’s Coming to Die Here Get Out offers satirical horror on race in the suburbs. BY ERIC D. SNIDER @EricDSnider

et Out plays as a feature-length version of the not-quite-joking sentiment among African Americans that the suburbs—what with their overwhelming whiteness and cultural homogeneity—are eerie twilight zones for black people. Far from being a one-joke movie, however, Jordan Peele’s feature directorial debut is a clever, consistently funny racial satire and horror film mocking white liberal cluelessness and finding humor in (without dismissing) black people’s fears. Thematically, it’s very of-the-moment, though Peele (half of Comedy Central’s Key and Peele, flying solo) has smartly avoided any acutely topical references. His screenplay, which he swears is not based on his wife’s family (he’s married to Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Chelsea Peretti), has a 20-something black man named Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) traveling with his white girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), to meet her affluent family in their prim, well-manicured community. Rose has not told her parents that her boyfriend is black, but she swears they’re so progressive that the only race-related problem will be how much her dad talks about his love for Obama. Sure enough, Rose’s folks—neurosurgeon Dean (Bradley Whitford) and psychiatrist Missy (Catherine Keener)— are educated, gracious and clumsily welcoming; Dean greets Chris with “my man” and tells him proudly of how his

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own father’s claim to fame was losing to Jesse Owens in a 1936 Olympics pre-trial. (This is a gag, but like many gags in the film, it’s also foreshadowing.) Dean feels embarrassed to be a wealthy white man who employs black servants (a maid and a groundskeeper), but they worked for his parents before they died and now they’re part of the family—a part of the family that, Chris notices, is unusually deferential and mild-mannered, like Stepford wives. There’s more weirdness when the extended family and neighbors arrive for the annual summertime gathering. (Rose also has a brother, played by Caleb Landry Jones, who serves no function in the story.) Chris is the only black man among them, save for one (Lakeith Stanfield) who’s married to an older white woman but is as docile as the servants, and dresses as though he were his wife’s contemporary. Everyone is effusively polite to Chris, earning laughs with their self-satisfied manifestations of “acceptance”—for example, making sure to mention that Tiger Woods is their favorite golfer—that are sure to ring true for a large part of the audience. Chris occasionally checks in via phone with his friend Rod (LilRel Howery, soon to be a breakout star), a TSA agent back in the city whose speech and manner are more authentically—perhaps stereotypically?—African American. In narrative terms, Rod is the stereotype “Jive-Talking Black Friend,” the person in the horror movie who says, “Aw, hell no, I ain’t goin’ in there, you people are crazy!”—the voice of reason, in other words, and the voice

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of the presumed audience. That he is, in this case, the Jive-Talking Black Friend to someone who shouldn’t need one, whose own interior monologue should be doing the job of warning him, is part of the film’s humor about varying levels of “blackness.” No one comes out and says it, but there’s the implication that Chris’s dating a white girl has made him lose some of his natural instincts. Get Out is a comedy first and foremost, but there are thriller elements sprinkled throughout, including a trippy hypnosis scene with Chris and Rose’s psychiatrist mom, and in the end the plot turns to overt horror. Peele’s facility with comedy is well documented, but his deft touch with the scary parts is a nice surprise, and genre fans will appreciate his willingness to deliver satisfying violence when it’s called for. Best of all, though, is his ability to embed themes of racial equality in a mocking satire masquerading as a datenight horror-comedy, and to make fun of white people without assuming the “Angry Black Man” stereotype (not that this will stop Bill O’Reilly from calling him one). Biting but good-natured, incisive but not preachy, this is the kind of self-reflective comedy that can bring America together. PJH GET OUT BBB Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Bradley Whitford Rated R

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11 a.m. Tuesday Mardi Gras Party at SRB It’s time to GEAUX BIG OR GEAUX HOME for this year’s Mardi Gras party at Snake River Brewing. SRB will be serving traditional Cajun food, Hurricane cocktails and Jell-O Shots all day long starting at 11 a.m. DJ BanjoBeats will be spinning grooves 9 p.m. to close. n Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornan’s, Free, 307-733-2415 n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Stores, Free, 307-733-3316 n Printmaking 101 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $200.00 $240.00, 307-733-6379 n Foreign Policy Series 6:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307-733-2164 n Contemporary Violence with Fight Choreographer Michael Johnson 6:00pm, The Black Box Theatre, $150.00, 307-733-3021

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n Dance & Fitness Classes All Day 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n REFIT® 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Sleigh Rides 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, $15.00 - $21.00, 307-733-0277 n Toddler Time 10:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307-733-2164 n Adobe InDesign 11:00am, CWC-Jackson, $200.00, 307-733-7425 n White Lightning Open Mic Night 3:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307-353-2300

n Brain Works 3:00pm, St. John’s Medical Center, $300.00, 307-739-7493 n The Maw Band 3:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n POP UP: Art FUNdamentals 3:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $70.00 - $84.00, 307-733-6379 n Hand and Wheel 3:45pm, Ceramics Studio, $180.00 - $216.00, 307-733-6379 n REFIT® 5:15pm, First Baptist Church, Free, 307-690-6539 n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Stores, Free, 307-733-3316 n Indian Cooking- Chicken Curry 6:00pm, CWC-Jackson, $65.00, 307-733-7425 n Basic Excel 6:00pm, CWC-Jackson, $40.00, 307-733-7425 n Intro to Silversmithing 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $154.00 $184.00, 307-733-6379 n Mardi Gras with the Jackson Six 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n B.O.G.D.O.G. 9:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Pimps of Joytime, MarchFourth 9:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $20.00 - $25.00, 307-733-1500 n The Groovement 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, 307-733-3886

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n Digital Photography 9:00am, CWC-Jackson, 307-733-7425 n Create with Me: Ages 2 & 3 with caregiver 9:15am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $75.00 - $90.00, 307-733-6379 n Sleigh Rides 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, $15.00 - $21.00, 307-733-0277 n Kindercreations Ages 3-5 10:30am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $80.00 - $96.00, 307-733-6379 n Adobe InDesign 11:00am, CWC-Jackson, $200.00, 307-733-7425 n Foreign Policy Series 12:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307-733-2164 n Snowshoe with a Ranger 1:30pm, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-739-3399 n B.O.G.D.O.G - Band On Glen Down on Glen 3:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n After School Kidzart Club: Grade K-2 3:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $165.00 $198.00, 307-733-6379 n Handbuilding Plus! 3:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $150.00 $180.00, 307-733-6379 n Pica’s Margarita Cup presented by JHSC 3:30pm, Snow King Mountain, 307-733-6433 n Studio Sampler 3:45pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $264.00 $316.00, 307-733-6379

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

Trendy Sips How to impress your somm and friends with these popular new grapes. BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

f 2016 was any indication, 2017 promises to be a tumultuous year. I, for one, will be drinking more than usual. But what and how I drink will be partly determined by trends in the food and wine industry. I’m certain, for example, that the popularity of biodynamic, organic and natural wines will continue to blossom. As they are with their food purchases, people are becoming much more savvy about what goes into (or doesn’t go into) their wines, and that will lead them more and more to natural products. This is particularly true when you factor in that an increasing

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sector of the market is impacted by millennials, who tend to be smart, informed consumers, and accounted for a whopping 36 percent of all wine purchases last year. “Biodynamic is the future for Champagne,” said JeanBaptiste Lecaillon, Louis Roederer cellar master. Sparkling wines other than Champagne will continue to be popular. The last couple of years showed an astonishing growth—estimated to be as much as 40 percent—of non-Champagne sparkling wine sales, with Italy’s prosecco leading the charge. Prosecco, which is typically a great value and quite food friendly, will continue its climb in popularity. But so will Spanish cavas and sparkling reds. Look for lesser-known white wine varietals from Europe in stores and restaurants this year. Wine buyers are getting smart about the relative bargains to be had with wines such as Portuguese whites (like Vinho Verde) and chardonnay-like varietals (such as Encruzado, Antão Vaz and Arinto). Likewise, I expect to see more Austrian Grüner Veltliner being poured, along with Albariño/

IMBIBE Alvarino from Spain and Portugal, and Spain’s verdejo-based Rueda wines. Look also for white rioja/rioja blanco, which is becoming a darling of some sommeliers around the world. I find myself experimenting with more obscure wines and I think others will, too. It’s not that I don’t love pinot noir, chardonnay, Bordeaux, and all the other rock stars of the wine world. But in addition to “orange” and pétillant wines, I’m enjoying tasting obscure wines like Picpouls, Mondeuse, Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia Istriana, Viura, Silvaner, Mourvedre and Moschofilero— just to name a few. Likewise, sommeliers and wine buyers are unearthing quality wines from little-known wine regions. So, look for interesting wines from countries like Croatia, Greece, Lebanon, Romania, Canada, Uruguay, Slovenia, Turkey

(which has the fourth-largest vineyard acreage in the world) and Morocco. In the U.S., there’s increasing interest in vino from the lesser-known regions of California—like Mendocino and Lake Counties, Santa Barbara County, the Sierra Foothills, and others. Anyone can order a bottle of French burgundy, but you’ll really impress your somm by knowing to order a California pinot noir from the Santa Lucia Highlands. Unpredictable food and wine pairings will become more common this year. There’s a whole world of potential wine and food pairings that have yet to be discovered. Austrian white wines, for example, tend to be very clean and are a beautiful match for fish and seafood dishes. And my brain nearly breaks when I think of the beauty of an unorthodox pairing like that of Leroy Bourgogne Rouge with black sea bass and hot-and-sour soup—the creation of the genius Le Bernardin sommelier, Aldo Sohm.PJH

Trio is located just off the town square in downtown Jackson, and is owned & operated by local chefs with a passion for good food. Our menu features contemporary American dishes inspired by classic bistro cuisine. Daily specials feature wild game, fish and meats. Enjoy a glass of wine at the bar in front of the wood-burning oven and watch the chefs perform in the open kitchen.

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ASIAN & CHINESE TETON THAI

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

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Home of Melvin Brewing Co. Freshly remodeled offering modern Thai cuisine in a relaxed setting. New tap system with 20 craft beers. New $8 wine list and extensive bottled beer menu. Open daily for dinner at 5pm. Downtown at 75 East Pearl Street. View our tap list at thaijh.com/brews. 307-733-0005.

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THE BLUE LION

A Jackson Hole favorite for 38 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Early Bird Special: 20% off entire bill between 5:30-6:0pm, Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reservations recommended, walkins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com.

CAFE GENEVIEVE

Serving inspired home cooked classics in a historic log cabin. Enjoy brunch daily at 8 a.m., Dinner Tues-Sat 5 p.m. and Happy Hour TuesSat 3-5:30 p.m. featuring $5 glasses of wine, $5 specialty drinks, $3 bottled beer. 135 E. Broadway, (307) 732-1910, genevievejh.com.

ELEANOR’S

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

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FULL STEAM SUBS

The deli that’ll rock your belly. Jackson’s newest sub shop serves steamed subs, reubens, gyros, delicious all beef hot dogs, soups and salads. We offer Chicago style hot dogs done just the way they do in the windy city. Open daily11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Located just a short block north of the Town Square at 180 N. Center Street, (307) 733-3448.

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Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally FRESH FOOD at reasonable prices, is a always a FUN PLACE to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel RIGHT AT HOME and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit.

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Serving authentic Swiss cuisine, the Alpenhof features European style breakfast entrées and alpine lunch fare. Dine in the Bistro for a casual meal or join us in the Alpenrose dining room for a relaxed dinner experience. Breakfast 7:30am-10am. Coffee & pastry 10am-11:30am. Lunch 11:30am-3pm. Aprés 3pm-5:30pm. Dinner 6pm-9pm. For reservations at the Bistro or Alpenrose, call 307-733-3242.

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LOCAL

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Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square. Our menu features both classic and specialty cuts of locally-ranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonally-inspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locallysourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am. Dinner Nightly 5:30pm. 55 North Cache, (307) 201-1717, localjh.com.

LOTUS CAFE

Serving organic, freshly-made world cuisine while catering to all eating styles. Endless organic and natural meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices. Offering super smoothies, fresh extracted juices, espresso and tea. Full bar and house-infused botanical spirits. Open daily 8am for breakfast lunch and dinner. 140 N. Cache, (307) 734-0882, tetonlotuscafe.com.

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

MOE’S BBQ

Opened in Jackson Hole by Tom Fay and David Fogg, Moe’s Original Bar B Que features a Southern Soul Food Revival. Moe’s Original Bar B Que offers award-winning Alabama-style pulled pork, ribs, wings, turkey and chicken smoked over hardwood served with two unique sauces in addition to Catfish and a Shrimp MoeBoy sandwich. Additionally, a daily rotation of traditional Southern sides and tasty desserts are served fresh daily from recipes passed down for generations. With a kitchen that stays open late, the restaurant features a menu that fits any budget. While the setting is family-friendly, there is a full premium bar offering a lively bar scene complete with HDTVs for sports fans, music, shuffle board and other games upstairs. Large party takeout orders and full service catering with delivery for any size group for parties, business lunches, reunions, weddings and other special events is also be available.

MILLION DOLLAR COWBOY STEAKHOUSE

Jackson’s first Speakeasy Steakhouse. The Million Dollar Cowboy Steakhouse is a hidden gem located below the world famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Our menu offers guests the best in American steakhouse cuisine. Top quality chops and steaks sourced from local farms, imported Japanese Wagyu beef, and house-cured meats and sausages. Accentuated with a variety of thoughtful side dishes, innovative appetizers, creative vegetarian items, and decadent desserts, a meal at this landmark location is sure to be a memorable one. Reservations are highly recommended.

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.

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 2012-2016. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, strombolis, calzones and many appetizers to choose from. Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special. Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sun.- Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts. Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. to 2 a.m. 50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.

PIZZERIA CALDERA

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

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

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Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9. No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

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rapper 70 Pay attention 73 More than apologize 74 New York governor Andrew 75 Catch a bug, say 76 Amassed, with “in” 77 When tripled, a story shortener 78 University town near Bangor 79 Brilliant display 81 Emphatic assent, in Sonora 82 Govt.-issued aid 83 Complimentary hotel apparel? 86 Changed-my-mind key 87 Protective film 89 Boundaries 90 Zeroes in on 92 Stunning instruments 93 “The Picasso of our profession,” to Seinfeld 95 Folk first name 96 Unabbreviated 98 “Check out those platters of candy and fudge!”? 104 Tournament-changing scores? 108 Gaucho’s turf 109 Couture monthly 110 Kibbles ’n Bits shelfmate 111 Brief concession 112 “Don’t care what they do” 113 Upswing 114 Elaborate ruse 115 Cookware brand 116 Puts one over on 117 Call for 1 Hardly thrilling 2 Taylor of “Six Feet Under” 3 Webby Award candidate 4 Words written with an index? 5 Party bowlful 6 Longtime photo lab supplier 7 Somewhat 8 Doctor Zhivago 9 Passes in a blur

“How relaxing!” Ill-gotten gains With room to spare Noodle sometimes served with a dipping sauce 14 Provider of cues 15 Get in on the deal 16 __ Fit: video exercise game 17 Par-four rarity 18 “No doubt” 26 Penetrating winds 28 Capital of Yemen 29 Scorch 33 Strict control 35 Snacks Batman can’t have? 36 Primary course 37 They may be wild 38 Rough patch 39 Really cold 40 Protective tops for cattle drivers? 41 Guzzles 42 Novel conclusion 43 Phillips of “I, Claudius” 46 Incites 47 Angora and alpaca 48 Modernists, informally 51 Signal receiver 54 Citation Mustangs, e.g. 56 Cliff dwelling 58 Coptic Museum city 59 Bill add-on 61 “The Blacklist” network 62 Contingency funds 63 Water__: dental brand 65 Illegal laundering operation, say 66 __ Lama 67 Reacts to, as a dog does the moon 68 Minnesota

lake 69 OutKast and others 70 Is inclined 71 “The Gondoliers” bride 72 Royal order 74 First Nations tribe 75 Heat rub target 78 Surpass 79 Deep-fried appetizers 80 Elegant cafés 83 Bouquet __ 84 Object of adoration 85 Rural structure 88 Driver’s starting point 91 In step with the times 93 Earlier offense 94 Singer Della 95 Late-’60s Maryland governor 97 In a laid-back manner 99 Author Robert __ Butler 100 Green Hornet sidekick 101 Netman Nastase 102 Apart from this 103 Flower child? 104 “What nonsense!” 105 Worldwide workers’ gp. 106 Scholastic meas. 107 It sells in advertising

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Be Evolutionary

about perfection; it is about continuing to move in the direction of embodying higher states of being.

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Revolutionary consciousness

f we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do.”- Mahatma Gandhi

At our best I was on the fence about participating in the women’s march on Jackson January 22, knowing I would not be a fan if the prevailing tone were one of anger and divisiveness. To my delight the vibe among the crowd of participants was positive and inclusive, attributes coming from love rather than fear. Women and men and children were standing up together for the greater good of all people and for the Earth. It felt noble and inspiring, an example of how it can be. The experience gave me pause to reflect on the consciousness of evolution, of being an evolutionary and how it differs from the consciousness of revolution, or being a revolutionary.

Evolutionary consciousness The consciousness of evolution has an element of grace, which is powerful and understated. It is turning toward and unfolding a higher state of being. Its hallmark is moving forward without taking a position for or against what is or what was. Being evolutionary is about taking purposeful steps to upgrade oneself from the inside out, so that the best of who we are and what we create in the external world reflects the wisdom and universal truths of higher states of consciousness.

Getting there The process is about clearing the way for the heart/ soul to be in the driver’s seat of life and to place the ego in the passenger’s seat. Living through the lens of the heart/ soul means being who we truly are. That lens connects us with the higher intelligence and love of the universe. It’s something like removing static on the line so we have a clear connection to call home and for home to contact us. The evolutionary bottom line is to make it a way of life to choose love over fear. This shift happens naturally as the byproduct of healing and letting go of old hurts, living a healthy lifestyle, practicing forgiveness, dismantling outdated beliefs, retiring from the ego driven life, and choosing to live through the lens of an open heart. Science has discovered that we are hard-wired to seek and to reap the benefits of growing in these ways. It is not

The consciousness of revolution is fueled by anger and frustration. It is fighting against something, overthrowing something or someone considered the enemy, usually by force. This kind of change is accompanied by deep polarizing convictions of who’s right and who’s wrong. It typically creates change with collateral damage. There are always winners and losers, victims and perpetrators. Regardless of who wins or loses, the negative energies and the wounds incurred don’t disappear. They are buried like splinters in the collective psyche of both sides. And like splinters, they will inevitably work themselves to the surface again. Polarities will always flip-flop; when there’s war there will be peace and vice versa.

Room for both The consciousness of revolution and that of evolution are both calls to action reflecting two different paradigms. Both have their place. One focuses on identifying and defeating an external foe (the way it has been for thousands of years). The other begins as an inside job to bring forward states of being, which are not about polarization and offer a lasting quantum leap in human evolution.

Your calling You might enjoy a bit of soul searching now. If you are interested, here are some important questions to ask yourself. What are your deepest, bottom-line values? What form of contribution and change nourishes your core values and therefore most enlivens you and supports your soulful self-worth? At the end of the day, is the path of the revolutionary or the evolutionary, or a combination of both, most congruent with who you are? Give yourself ample time to reflect on your answers and act on your clarity.

Two ways to play a game The revolutionary and the evolutionary consciousnesses lead to different experiences, states of being, and outcomes. This very simple example of two different ways to play a volleyball game can illustrate the options. One way to play the game is to be on opposing sides of the net, put the ball in play, try to beat the other team, and the side that scores the most points wins. The other option is to have a team on each side of the net, put the ball in play, and see how many times the ball can be successfully passed back and forth over the net. Think about it. PJH

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thics experts are criticizing Hog Island Mayor Ndogo Uume for using the office of mayor to promote his and his family’s private business interests. This reporter discovered that Jackson Hole Distributing donated to Uume’s campaign in exchange for his cooperation in breaking the Bud Lite monopoly in Hog Island. Just last week Uume tweeted, “JHD big supporter of me! Drink Coors!” Later that week Uume blasted Wyoming Outfitters in a tweet for removing his daughter’s line of camo wear. “My daughter Igotalot has been treated so badly by Wyoming Outfitters. She is a great person. Never filed charges against me. So unfair!” According to Uume, Igotalot’s brand of camo wear is specifically designed for the modern trailer dweller who wants to look stylish while remaining unseen. In a press release, Wyoming Outfitters said the brand was dropped because of poor sales: “Bow hunters complained there were too many snaps on the clothes and they were coming loose while they waited in cold tree stands.” Igotalot who, besides her line of camo wear also works as a stripper for Bare Necessities, begins her dance performance in camo. She said snaps make clothes easier to remove. “It’s a fashion statement,” she said. “There not made for the outdoors!” In other news, Uume’s attempt to normalize ties with the West Bank has alienated John Mican, a member of Uume’s party who is highly critical of the new mayor’s foreign policy, especially as it applies to the West Bank. Mican has criticized Uume and his connections with West Bankers and accused the mayor of promoting chicness and voguish-ness in an attempt to

impress realtors. Uume has made no secret of his admiration for Sotheby’s, for its ruthless and iron fisted control of Teton Pines real estate market and repeated use of the word fantastic in its property ads. The issue came to head during a recent Hog Island town meeting when, instead of Little Debbie doughnuts and mini muffins for snacks, there were only dry salt bagels with herb cream cheese. “It’s what Muldoon has at Jackson Town Council meetings,” Uume explained to outraged council members. What the hell is this foam in my coffee?” asked Councilman Ben Thergood. “It is a latté,” Uume explained. Thergood pushed it away. “I can’t drink that! It could turn me into a socialist or worse, a liberal or Democrat, even a Prius driver!” Mican was furious. “West Bankers have made huge gains in the Bubba’s civil war,” he claimed. “Just look at the new menu—two-dollar coffee! A Portobello Benedict with goat cheese! A grilled crostini with arugula, sautéed vegetables, balsamic drizzle, avocado and sunflower seeds! Egg white omelet stuffed with broccoli, squash, tomatoes and Gruyère! What the hell is Gruyère? If the West Bank can gentrify Bubba’s, then no one is safe!” Mican is recommending invoking the nuclear option restricting Hog Island’s famously fun rednecks from pleasuring bored West Bank wives. Even those who agree in principle with Mican bristle at this extreme sanction. “How could we do that to those poor girls?” lamented one sympathetic Hog Islander. PJH

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) What would your best mother do in a situation like this? Please note that I’m not asking, “What would your mother do?” I’m not suggesting you call on the counsel of your actual mother. When I use the term “your best mother,” I’m referring to the archetype of your perfect mother. Imagine a wise older woman who understands you telepathically, loves you unconditionally and wants you to live your life according to your own inner necessity—not hers or anyone else’s. Visualize her. Call on her. Seek her blessings. ARIES (March 21-April 19) My astrological radar suggests there’s a space-time anomaly looming just ahead of you. Is it a fun and exotic limbo where the rules are flexible and everything’s an experiment? That might be cool. Or is it more like an alien labyrinth where nothing is as it seems, you can hear howling in the distance and you barely recognize yourself? That might be weird. What do you think? Is it worth the gamble? If so, full speed ahead. If not, I suggest a course correction. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Someone on reddit.com asked readers to respond to the question, “What is the most liberating thought you’ve ever had?” Among the replies were the following six. 1. “If new evidence presents itself, it’s OK to change my beliefs.” 2. “I get to choose who’s in my life and who isn’t.” 3. “I am not my history.” 4. “You can’t change something that has already happened, so stop worrying about it.” 5. “I am not, nor will I ever be, conventionally beautiful.” 6. “I don’t have to respond to people when they say stupid s*** to me.” I hope these testimonies inspire you to come up with several of your own, Taurus. It’s a perfect time to formulate liberating intentions. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) It has been a while since I told you that I love you. So I’m doing it now. I LOVE YOU. More than you could ever imagine. And that’s why I continue to offer these horoscopes to you free of charge, with no strings attached. That’s why I work so hard to be a playful therapist and an edgy mentor for you. That’s why I am so tenacious in my efforts to serve you as a feminist father figure, a kindly devil’s advocate and a sacred cheerleader. Again, I don’t expect anything in return from you. But if you would like to express your appreciation, you could do so by offering a similar type of well-crafted care to people in your own sphere. Now would be an excellent time to give such gifts.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) How would Buddha ask for a raise or promotion? How would Jesus tinker with his career plans as he took into consideration large-scale shifts in the economy? How would Confucius try to infuse new approaches and ideas into the status quo of his work environment? Ruminate deeply on these matters, dear Libra. Your yearning to be more satisfyingly employed might soon be rewarded— especially if you infuse your ambitions with holy insight. How would Joan of Arc break through the glass ceiling? How would Harriet Tubman deal with the inefficiencies caused by excess testosterone? How would Hildegard of Bingen seek more emotional richness on the job? SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) I suspect you would benefit from acquiring a new bedroom name, my dear. But should I be the one to give it to you? I’m not sure. Maybe you could invite a practical dreamer whom you adore to provide you with this crazy sweet new moniker. If there is no such person to do the job (although given the current astrological omens, I bet there is), I’ll offer the following array of amorous aliases for you to choose from: Wild Face, Kiss Genius, Thrill Witch, Freaky Nectar, Boink Master, Lust Moxie, Pearly Thunder, Peach Licker, Painkiller, Silky Bliss, Slippery Diver, Swoon Craver.

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Soon I’ll be off on my first vacation in 18 months. At first glance, it might seem odd for an astrologer like myself to have selected two Sagittarians to be my housesitters. Members of your sign are reputed to be among the least home-nurturing people in the zodiac. But I’m confident that, by the time I return, raccoons won’t be living in my kitchen, nor will my plants be dead, my snail mail stolen or my TV broken. The current astrological omens suggest that most of you Centaurs, at least for the foreseeable future, will display an uncommon aptitude for the domestic arts. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

The near future will be mutable, whimsical and fluky. It’ll be serendipitous, mercurial and extemporaneous. You should expect happy accidents and lucky breaks. Your ability to improvise will be quite valuable. Do you believe in lucky numbers? Even if you don’t, yours will be 333. Your sacred password will be “quirky plucky.” The cartoon characters with whom you will have most in common are Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner. The place where you’re most likely to encounter a crucial teaching is a threshold or thrift shop. Your colors of destiny will be flecked and dapLEO (July 23-Aug. 22) pled. (P.S.: I suspect that an as-yet-undiscovered talAre you familiar with psychologist Carl Jung’s concept of isman of power is crammed in a drawer full of junk.) the shadow? It’s the unflattering or uncomfortable part of AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Treat your body like a sublime temple, please. And regard your imagination as a treasured sanctuary. Be very choosy about what you allow to enter in to both of those holy places. This strategy is always a wise idea, of course, but it’s especially so now, when you are extra sensitive to the influences you absorb. It’s crucial that you express maximum discernment as you determine which foods, drinks, drugs, images, sounds and ideas are likely to foster your maximum VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) well-being—and which aren’t. Be a masterful careYou could make a vow like this: “Between now and April taker of your health and sanity. Go to RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes. Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) “I like the word ‘bewilderment’ because it has both ‘be’ and ‘wild’ in it,” poet Peter Gizzi says. I propose that you go even further, Cancerian: Express a fondness for the actual experience of bewilderment as well as the word. In fact, be willing to not just tolerate but actually embrace the fuzzy blessings of bewilderment. In the coming weeks, that’s your ticket to being wild in the healthiest (and wealthiest) ways. As you wander innocently through the perplexing mysteries that make themselves available, you’ll be inspired to escape formalities and needless rules that have kept you overly tame.

15, I will be relentless in getting my needs met. I will harbor a steely resolve to call on every ploy necessary to ensure that my deepest requirements are not just gratified, but satiated to the max. I will be a dogged and ferocious seeker of absolute fulfillment.” If you want to swear an oath like that, Virgo, I understand. But I hope you will try a softer approach—more like the following: “Between now and April 15, I will be imaginative and ingenious in getting my needs met. I will have fun calling on every trick necessary to ensure that my deepest requirements are playfully addressed. I will be a sweet seeker of unpredictable fulfillment.”

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