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12 COVER STORY CHASING THE DARE The evolving playbook of women risktakers.

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JULY 5-11, 2017 By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey July is the driest month of the year in Jackson, averaging less than and inch of precipitation in town. That can be misleading, especially since all it would take is one or two good thunderstorms in the month to reach or exceed that number. In 1993 it rained almost the entire month of July, producing a record July rainfall amount of 3.26 inches. That summer went on to become the wettest and coldest summer ever in Jackson.

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Average high temperatures this week are just over 80-degrees, and expect to see some more above average days. That will make up for the below average days we saw last week, the high on the 28th of June was 65-degrees, and only 58-degrees on the 29th. The record high temperature during this week is 94-degrees, that was achieved on five different occasions, most recently on July 6th and 7th, 2007. It was also 94-degrees this week in 1989, 1946 and 1934.

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Average low temperatures this week are right at 40-degrees, and I suspect weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ride at or above that most of the week. The record low temperature this week is 27-degrees and seems to have no threat whatsoever of being broken. That record low temperature was achieved on four different days during this week, most recently on July 8th, 1992. Prior to that, it was also 27-degrees on July 7th and 9th, 1988, as well as July 10th, 1943.

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4 DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS

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Queer dance party descends on Mitch McConnell’s house in response to health care repeal. BY BAYNARD WOODS @DemoInCrisis

swanky stretch of C Street near the Capitol in Washington DC is blocked by a raucous crowd dancing in front of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s house on a cool summer evening. As music blasts from loudspeakers, the scene resembles a Pride block party as about 50 members of the LGBTQ community and their allies attempt to dance away their fears and anger over McConnell’s so-called health care bill, which was negotiated in secret. The group behind the daylight dance party on C Street received an anonymous email with McConnell’s home address, according to Carla Aronsohn, one of the organizers. “By going to his house, we’re giving the message: ‘We’re going to mess with your life if you’re going to mess with ours,’” Aronsohn said. According to the Congressional Budget Office, McConnell’s tax cutting bill will strip health care from 22 million people. The LGBTQ community feels particularly vulnerable to these cuts. “The health care bill that’s currently in the House and the Senate would be a huge step back both for trans people specifically and for all of us who care about the health and the well-being of our neighbors,” Rebecca Kling, of the National Center for Transgender Equality, said. The group first gathered at Union Station to pass out rainbow suspenders, sunscreen, bottles of water, and watermelon slices. Then they marched through the streets to “show with our bodies, with our voices, with our rad

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dance moves that this is an issue that is important to LGBT Americans and it is important to everyone,” Kling said as she assembled a long flagpole, on which she would soon hoist a rainbow flag and the pink, blue, and white trans flag. As they set off, they were bookended by the cars of two authority figures: The mother of organizer Firas Nasr drove a station wagon at the head of the parade, and a police car trailed behind, flashing its own disco lights on the tony brownstones. “We’re out here to send a clear message to the Senate, to Mitch McConnell and his cronies who wrote the bill that we will not tolerate them writing a bill that is not inclusive of all Americans,” Nasr said. “If they’re not working for the American people, then we will be out here werkin’.” Nasr, who wears tight shorts and a pink shirt revealing plenty of chest hair, goes down into a split on the asphalt. Balls deep on C Street. Once the group arrives in front of McConnell’s house, they begin throwing confetti that, Nasr assures everyone, is biodegradable. It is doubtful the confetti will last that long on his sidewalk. “In Washington, [McConnell] lived in a Capitol Hill townhouse where neighbors saw him come out on a regular basis with a broom in hand to sweep away every last bit of leaf or twig from his stoop,” Alec MacGillis wrote in his superb book The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell. McConnell’s office did not respond to requests for a comment on the confetti or the dancing. MacGillis’s 2014 book paints a portrait of McConnell as a man cynical and shrewd enough to recognize his own limitations and to compensate for them with procedural or monetary mastery. He relished the process of raising money and used the cash he collected to pay people like Roger Ailes to create dishonest ads that would discredit his opponents. McConnell hired Ailes in 1984,

when he first ran for the Senate, against two-term incumbent Walter “Dee” Huddleston. According to MacGillis, McConnell later acknowledged that Ailes’s ad showing Kentucky bloodhounds chasing down the incumbent— falsely depicted as a largely absent senator—were “fundamentally unfair.” But still, it helped him win. McConnell’s lack of scruples may make him the most influential person of our era—and may explain how a man who suffered from polio as a child can craft a bill that punishes people with similar illnesses. Even Donald Trump is worried that this bill is “mean” or lacks “heart.” Based on his tweets last week, Trump seems to have only recently learned the word “obstructionist,” but it was McConnell’s rallying cry from the beginning of the Obama administration. It forced Obama to use executive orders to accomplish his goals, and Trump has been able to easily overturn those. While his greatest victory is the theft of a Supreme Court seat, McConnell’s first major binge on obstruction came in the long debate over the Affordable Care Act. McConnell ultimately lost that fight and spent the next seven years talking about repealing and replacing it. Now that he actually has to do it, it’s not so easy. When the Senate bill was finally released, there was chaos at McConnell’s office. Capitol police officers pulled disabled people protesting from their wheelchairs and assistive devices and dragged them away. It was

an outrageous scene. The activists displayed extraordinary courage in the face of McConnell’s cowardice and the moral bankruptcy of officers just following orders. The whole scene was a perfectly symbolic enactment of the bill itself, ripping Americans from the medical systems that help sustain them. Against this backdrop, the crowd ecstatically dancing in front of McConnell’s house was even more surprising in its embodiment of outrage and ecstasy. Trump’s popularity is driven, in part at least, by the joy of anger. This is its opposite, the anger of joy. The queer dance party at Mike Pence’s place just before the Inauguration got a lot more attention, but the joyous outrage on display as the evening sun cast a golden light on all the shaking booties, upraised fists and fluttering flakes of confetti, which ended up in the McConnell’s mail slot, somehow embodied the exact opposite of McConnell, who operates in shadows. On the day after the dance party, McConnell realized he wouldn’t be able to get the votes he needed to pass the bill and postponed it until after the July 4th recess. The delay had everything to do with defecting Republicans and nothing to do with the getting down in front of his abode. Still, on the anniversary of our declaration of independence from England, as people ponder again what America means, I will think of these dancers as they shake it away from McConnell’s house, glowing gorgeous in the slow evening sun. PJH Contact Baynard Woods at democracyincrisis@gmail.com.

Liz’s Climate Disconnect Cheney’s views on climate clash with the U.S. military. BY TODD WILKINSON

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“Climate change is projected to produce more intense and frequent extreme weather events,

multiple weather disturbances, along with broader climatological effects, such as sea level rise. These are almost certain to have significant direct and indirect social, economic, political, and security implications during the next 20 years,” the report states. “These effects will be especially pronounced as populations continue to concentrate in climate-vulnerable locales such as coastal areas, water-stressed regions, and ever-growing cities,” it noted. “These effects are likely to pose significant national security challenges for the United States over the next two decades, though models forecast the most dramatic effects further into the future.” Given Cheney’s assignment on the House Armed Services Committee, perhaps the best reference point might be the Quadrennial Defense Review prepared by the Defense Department, which also highlights climate change. Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, who oversaw the military’s Central Command, is someone Cheney should call to testify before her committee. “We will pay for this [climate change] one way or another,” Zinni wrote in an analysis. “We will pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions today, and we’ll have to take an economic hit of some kind. Or we will pay the price later in military terms. And that will involve human lives.” PJH

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But Cheney isn’t buying it. If she, as a former member of the U.S. State Department, is being honest in professing her knowledge of global affairs, then clearly she knows the current civil war in Syria and upheaval in expanses of Saharan Africa are owed to water scarcity, famine, and unrest caused by drought which many notable policy experts say is a manifestation of climate change. One might also think that in the American West, where the old expression “whisky is for drinking and water is for fighting over” lives large, she would take the expert warnings about coming climate-related water shortfalls seriously. Wyoming is the fifth-most arid state in America. All one needs to do is examine the map prepared by the University of Wyoming showing the percentage of the state encompassed by varying degrees of drought from 2000 to 2016. It, indeed, serves as a wake-up call. Add computer modeling predicting that much of Wyoming will be hotter and drier in decades to come and it isn’t hard to imagine severe stress placed on agricultural producers, municipalities, outdoor recreation and, of course, wildlife and wild ecosystems. If Cheney is remotely interested in educating herself on the link between environment, climate and human conflict, she could this summer start by reading a couple of primers on how those factors have shaped civilization: Jared Diamond’s award-winning tomes, Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel. If that isn’t enough, she can pick up a copy of a memorandum titled Implications for U.S. National Security of Anticipated Climate Change prepared by the National Intelligence Council and released in September 2016.

n just nine words spoken last week on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming offered another revealing window into how she interprets the world. The Equality State’s lone member of Congress, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, opposed an amendment, attached to a defense spending bill, that would have required the Pentagon to compile an annual report on national security threats posed by climate change. Before casting her vote to defeat the amendment, drafted by Rhode Island Democrat Jim Langevin, Cheney, a part-time resident of Wilson, declared “there is no evidence that climate change causes war.” Cheney’s conclusion would be perfectly logical if it wasn’t so thoroughly contradicted by reality. Her claim conveniently ignores the record of human history and current world events. It reveals her inability to grasp cause-and-effect, including her willful ongoing denial of scientific evidence showing that the human burning of fossil fuels is generally warming the planet. Maybe most telling, Cheney’s opinions are in sharp contrast with those of top U.S. military commanders going back 25 years. On the latter, the Congresswoman’s assertion stands squarely at odds with the thinking of retired Marine Corps. Gen. James Mattis, who made the following observation during his Senate confirmation hearings to become President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense. “Climate change can be a driver of instability,” Mattis said, “and the Department of Defense must pay attention to potential adverse impacts generated by this phenomenon.” For years, dating back to the George H.W. Bush Administration, senior leadership within the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines has collaborated with scientific experts from several federal agencies to examine the consequences of climate change as a serious ongoing national security risk. Climate-related droughts causing water and food shortages heighten human misery and can cause the kind of social instability that leads to terrorism. Rising seas create millions of environmental refugees. Other kinds of climate-related natural disasters can increase outbreaks of deadly diseases spreading to areas of the globe, including North America, where previously they had been absent.

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THE BUZZ Mourning Arndt Community grapples with loss as a trial moves forward to prosecute the drunk driver who allegedly killed Bob Arndt. BY SHANNON SOLLITT @ShannonSollitt

“He was a doer and a thinker”

Bob Arndt

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“tried to solve the world’s problems.” The solutions were “awesome.” Fenn ran into him at Albertsons that day. She was looking for a rack of lamb, but couldn’t find one she liked. “[Bob] said I could have one from his freezer,” she said. “He was willing to run up to Kelly and get it for me.” “He was just a really sweet, really genuinely extraordinary person,” Fenn continued. Heffron says he and the community at large are still processing such a sudden loss. “People are just beside themselves, me included. I’m working through the grief part of it, trying to make sense of it. It’s dang near impossible in this situation.” Still, Heffron says Arndt’s legacy will live in the way he treated his countless friends. Everyone that met him felt like his best friend, Heffron said. “He will always be known as someone who is generous to a fault. Just a tremendous guy to be around.” PJH

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Friends remember Arndt as selfless and ambitious. He was a food lover and an entrepreneur, and saw many dreams brought to life in his 53 years on earth. “He was the kind of guy who always had ideas and would actually make them happen,” friend Roger Hayden said. Many knew Arndt for his organic bakery and café Harvest, which he owned with Harrice. He combined Harvest and Choice Meats into Food Town, and renamed it Jackson Whole Grocer at the location where Lucky’s now lives. When the store grew big enough, he sold it to Jeff Rice, who moved it to its current location on Highway 89. His most recent endeavor was a business called Mountain Roots, which sourced products from local farms and ranches and distributed them to local grocers. He was one of the most loyal clients at Heffron’s Alta farm, Purely by Chance. “He was a business man at heart,” said Annie Fenn, Arndt’s friend of 15 years. “He had his hands in lots of things all of the time.” Fenn said Arndt was the person she turned to for business advice and life advice. “He was a really good touchstone for me,” she said. “I always valued his

input and opinion.” Heffron echoed that some of his best ideas happened over coffee with Arndt. “The conversation was about ideas,” Heffron said. “He was a doer, but he was a thinker, too. It was fun to be around him and bounce ideas off of him.” And whenever a friend had a business idea, or wanted to do something innovative in the food space, Fenn directed them to Arndt. “He was always behind the scenes making things happen,” she said. Through all Arndt’s hard work and leadership, Hayden says he never saw Arndt lose his temper. “In the world he was in, there were plenty of opportunities for that,” Hayden said. “He was perpetually positive from what I could see.” And Arndt also knew how to have fun. Fenn says it was her favorite thing about him. She recalled that Arndt wasn’t much of a skier, but would hike into high-country lakes with his ice skates. He was a gifted sailor from his Connecticut upbringing, and a talented horseback rider from the roots he planted here. Heffrom had just discussed plans for their next horseback ride up the Sleeping Indian. He was quick to share a joke, and didn’t mind being the butt of one—like when he tried to help Hayden on a carpentry project, but “he didn’t have those kind of skills,” Hayden said. “I kept teasing him, ‘Don’t hold [the drill] that way, hold it like this.’” Carpentry was perhaps his biggest weakness, but he didn’t shy away from it, nor did he shy away from jokes made at his expense. He also “totally adored his wife,” Fenn said. “That was obvious every time I saw them.” Heffron and Fenn both saw Arndt the day of the accident, and their interactions with him paint a clear picture of the person he was. Heffron sat on the deck of Arndt’s Kelly home, and they

he investigation into the collision that killed Robert (Bob) Sumner Arndt is ongoing, but many are already feeling his absence. “He had so much promise, so much left to give. It feels like such a loss to our community,” said friend Andy Heffron, a local farmer. Arndt was involved in a head-on collision while driving east on Highway 22 Friday night. His Porsche was hit by the driver of a pickup headed west reportedly driving in the wrong lane without headlights. Wyoming Highway Patrol identified Rudy Isla-Mejico, of Driggs, Idaho, as the driver of the pickup. He is being held in Teton County jail under two felony charges, aggravated vehicular homicide and aggravated assault and battery, and four misdemeanors including open container, driving without headlights and driving in the wrong lane. A vehicular homicide charge, state trooper Justin Gardner explained, determines that the drivers’ actions “caused the death of another person.” “Him being drunk, driving down the road with his headlights off, had he not done that the other person would probably be alive today,” Gardner said. The aggravated assault and battery charge is determined by actions perceived as “reckless and under extreme indifference” to public safety causing “serious bodily injury to another person,” explained circuit court judge James Radda at Isla-Mejico’s first hearing Tuesday afternoon. Arndt’s wife Melanie Harrice was in the car, and is being treated for injuries in the intensive care unit but is stable. A third car was also involved, but the driver was unharmed. A motorist driving in a white Suburban driving behind Arndt swerved to miss the accident, but ended up colliding with the pickup and pushing it off the road.

Teton County Sheriff’s office is assisting WHP with the DUI investigation, but Teton County Sheriff Jim Whalen told PJH results from the blood sample could take weeks. Gardner predicts the results of the blood test will reveal Isla-Mejico was “even more intoxicated than what the portable breath test indicated.” A preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon was continued to Thursday, July 6 to give Isla-Mejico time to seek an attorney. If it is determined he cannot afford one, he will apply for a public defender. Isla-Mejico is being held at Teton County jail with a $500,000 bond. In light of previous DUI convictions and one pending DUI charge, Radda and prosecuting attorney Steve Weichman determined that such a bond was high enough to communicate the consequences of violating conditions should Isla-Mejico post bail. “[Isla-Mejico] is the most perfect manifestation of a public threat I can recall in my career,” Weichman said at the hearing. Gardner said the accident is a sobering reminder of the consequences of drinking and driving. “When people make the decision to drink and drive, they’re putting a lot more than their own lives in danger,” he said.

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THE BUZZ 2 Ill Wishes The Senate health care bill would disproportionately hurt Wyoming women and vulnerable groups. BY ROBYN VINCENT @TheNomadicHeart

ver the past decade, Lisa MurphyWeeks has confronted loss on several levels, the loss of her husband, her business. Through it all she’s remained unflappable, until a recent phone call to her senator’s office. She was speaking to Sen. Mike Enzi’s staff about the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate health care bill that Enzi, along with Sen. John Barrasso and 11 other male senators, drafted behind closed doors. “Anyone who knows me knows it takes a lot to break me and make me cry,” Murphy-Weeks wrote. “Senator Enzi’s office just did it.” Murphy-Weeks says she was describing to a staffer the near million dollars in medical debt she and her late husband Darrel accrued following his ruptured brain aneurysm in 2004. Then, she said, the staffer hung up on her. Enzi’s office did not reply to PJH’s request for comment. Although the family had health insurance, bills amassed quickly. A month at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center was more than $350,000. After months of treatments and therapy, Darrel defied doctors’ prognoses—he was ready to return home. It was a miracle, albeit a costly one. For the next five years he and Murphy-Weeks navigated a mountain of escalating bills, incessant phone calls, and, ultimately, collections. Then in 2009 Darrel died from a heart attack. Murphy-Weeks was left to chip away at her late husband’s medical debt. Now Murphy-Weeks, 52, wants to tell her story to anyone who will listen. Her message is that under BCRA her nightmare would become a reality for people who face catastrophic medical costs. That’s because BCRA would undo the provision under the Affordable Care Act that banned lifetime limits. The Affordable Care Act prohibits insurance companies from placing a dollar limit on what they spend on a person’s health plan—private or through the marketplace. Before ACA, patients were required to pay the cost of all care that exceeded their lifetime limit. Since Darrel became

ill before ACA was enacted, he was among this group. Because there were lifetime limits on the Weeks’s plan, medical debt enslaved them. They were forced to sell the family business and their credit was ravaged. Murphy-Weeks had to relinquish her insurance, and the insurance of her two teenage sons, to pay for Darrel’s. As property owners in Teton County, they could not file for bankruptcy. “I lived through it for 12 years of my life and almost lost everything that I had worked for,” Murphy-Weeks told PJH. “We were just middle America small-town business owners with insurance. This could happen to anyone.” In contrast to the Affordable Care Act, BCRA places decisions about lifetime limits into the hands of states. Experts say this is problematic. According to a Brookings Institution analysis by Matthew Fielder, states would need to meet only tenuous standards to obtain a waiver under the Senate bill. “The waivers,” he wrote, “could have wide-ranging implications for the extent and affordability of insurance coverage.” States, then, could use this expanded waiver authority to eliminate the requirement that health plans cap annual outof-pocket spending, Fielder noted. “States could also ... effectively eliminate ACA requirements that limit out-of-pocket spending and the ban on individual and lifetime limits.” They could do this, Fielder wrote, by setting a definition of “essential health benefits” that’s weaker than the definition under current law.

Groups hit hardest in Wyoming Lifetime limits is not the only measure in the Senate health care bill stirring concern among Wyomingites. The Senate bill with deep cuts to Medicaid and tax breaks for the wealthy would disproportionately affect women in Wyoming, the state with the largest wage gap in the country. According to U.S Census data, in 2015, full-time working women in Wyoming earned about 66 cents for every dollar a man earned. Before ACA, women in the state were grappling with another disparity: they were paying some of the highest premiums in the country in comparison to men. A National Women’s Law Center 2016 report noted prior to the Affordable Care Act, women in Wyoming were charged as much as 41 percent more than men for the same coverage. The Affordable Care Act eliminated gender rating, the practice of charging

women different premiums than men, in the individual market. Prohibited under ACA, too, the report noted, is sex discrimination in health plans from insurance companies that receive federal funding or are involved with the federal government. However, with the Senate health care bill, gender rating would likely return. Under BCRA there are no provisions to protect women from gender rating. In states that have not banned gender rating—like Wyoming—more than 90 percent of best-selling plans were practicing the discriminatory measure before ACA became law, the NWLC report noted. In addition to higher premiums, experts say women in Wyoming will be affected in other ways. “Before ACA, most plans did not cover maternity services,” Eliot Fishman told PJH. He is the senior director of health policy at Families USA, a non-partisan organization that advocates for affordable health care in the U.S. Today health care plans in Wyoming are required to cover maternity services. But this would likely change under the Senate bill, he said. That many low income expecting mothers rely on Medicaid for their maternity needs would also impact Wyoming women, Fishman noted. Two other groups in Wyoming, Fishman said, which rely on Medicaid would also be disproportionately affected: veterans and children. Under the Senate health care bill, 10 percent of Wyoming’s veterans, about 3,000 people, would lose their health insurance. “People think the [Veterans Association] takes care of all veterans,” he said. “But it simply doesn’t have the resources to provide total care, so many have to depend on Medicaid.” The number of Wyoming children who would lose insurance is staggering. About 9,000 children are uninsured in Wyoming. Under BCRA that number would spike to about 15,000 children, an increase of more than 70 percent. It’s true that Wyoming is among the states that didn’t expand Medicaid under ACA. But some were hopeful it was moving in that direction. Governor Matt Mead, once a vociferous opponent of Medicaid expansion, has been urging the Wyoming legislature to expand Medicaid for the past two years. Now, providing coverage to Wyoming’s 31,000 uninsured adults eligible for Medicaid seems less likely. “Wyoming was seriously considering Medicaid expansion, but [BCRA] forever takes that off the table,” Fishman said. “Under the ACA, Wyoming could have

found a way to cover that [uninsured] population. This bill would foreclose that option.” For many others, Fishman says the future is no more promising. “For people with incomes 350 percent above the poverty line ($41,000), for older people, and for people who have been purchasing silver level plans (the most common level), their premiums will all be going up.” “The second component,” he continued, “is that deductibles will also be going up because federal government will be reducing the benchmark level of coverage that it subsidizes.” Out of pocket deductibles he said, would rise 40 percent. According to the Congressional Budget Office, under BCRA by the year 2026, 23,500 people in Wyoming will lose Medicaid coverage and 25,600 will lose inidividual insurance.

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Congress has delayed its vote on the bill until after its July Fourth recess, as a handful of Republican senators say they won’t support it as is. The bill has zero Democratic support. It’s even less popular with the public. According to at least one survey, BCRA has an approval rating hovering at 17 percent. Patient, medical and insurance organizations have also decried the bill. The American Medical Association issued a statement last week that said the bill would undermine physicians’ ability to uphold the Hippocratic Oath which says doctors must “first, do no harm.” “The draft legislation violates that standard on many levels,” the statement reads. Barrasso, a physician himself and co-architect of the bill, did not respond to a request for comment about AMA’s statement. Meanwhile, local health officials like St. John’s Hospital CEO Dr. Paul Beaupré are advising folks not to panic. He thinks the bill will evolve from its current state. He also emphasized St. John’s role in the community. “We would never turn someone away and have never done so in our 100 years,” he told PJH. Still, he also noted Teton County— where an estimated 3,000 people could lose coverage—has the highest percentage of folks in the state insured under ACA, people like Murphy-Weeks. For her arthritis and fibromyalgia, Murphy-Weeks takes prescription medication that would cost almost $200 each month. If she lost her insurance, she said she would “have to decide each month whether to buy food or medicine.” PJH

THE BUZZ 3 How Jackson Hole dynamics have created a culture that normalizes non-consensual sex. BY SARAH ROSS

“A bad ski town hookup”

Not a kind place for victims

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Though rape happens everywhere, some of what Jaroch describes is specifically relevant to a small, rural ski town. Shannon Nichols, the director of education and prevention for the Community Safety Network (CSN), frequently works with survivors who have had experiences akin to Jaroch’s. “Most people who come to Jackson come without a support group—people are trying

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When she moved to Jackson in 2008, Jaroch, now 32, embraced the ubiquitous opportunities to go out and meet new people. “Looking back, many of those new sexual experiences were coercive and borderline non-consensual because though I did eventually consent, most of the sex I had I didn’t really want. It was sex I thought I was ‘supposed’ to have. Because he wanted it, and that’s what everyone does in a ski town, right? Get drunk and hookup.” This idea contributed to Jaroch’s confusion about whether what happened to her was assault. She felt a discomfort and shock that she repressed, until one night, out with a new friend, she blurted out that she was raped. The night of the assault, Jaroch explicitly said she didn’t want to have sex. She was asleep when the person she’d

to put themselves out there, which leads to choices that put them at risk. At home, you know somebody near you, or you know your way home,” Nichols said. “People come here with the mentality that it’s time to cut loose.” As Nichols noted, “There’s accountability because it’s a small community, but there’s anonymity too because it’s so transient.” Nichols says most survivors she works with don’t choose to prosecute. “They want to see justice, but sometimes the process just isn’t worth it,” she said. Jaroch was correct to be concerned about her personal life being dissected. As Lieutenant Roger Schultz, of Jackson Police Department, said, “When a victim does come forward, the justice system is not kind to them. When prosecution mounts a defense, the defense attorney digs into the lives of the victim to paint a picture that places blame on the victim.” Even Jackson’s housing crisis impacts survivors’ grappling with reporting. “For example,” Nichols said, “if somebody is sexually assaulted by a co-worker and they’re afraid they’ll lose their housing if they make a report because their housing is connected to their job, and it’s not an immediate safety issue, they know it’s a difficult case to prove and not worth the potential consequences.” The housing crisis also impacts survivors’ access to care, as Connie Baumer, the lead examiner of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) team at St. John’s, explained. There is no shortage of nurses in Jackson but there is a shortage of housing for them: “I live in Star Valley, another nurse lives in Irwin, and two more live in Victor.” That means that for

n the nine years she’s lived in Jackson, Jaclyn “JJ” Jaroch has been sexually assaulted twice, first by someone she was casually dating, and more recently, by a friend. It wasn’t immediately obvious to her what happened was, in fact, assault. In a town often compared to a college campus, drunken hookups are the norm and it’s not always easy to differentiate between a misguided fling and a violation. Sexual assault is primarily committed by men against women. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center reports that one in five women will be raped at some point in their lives. However, the number may be higher—sexual assault is often underreported. Jaroch’s experiences highlight why rape is underreported, especially in Jackson Hole, where a transient lifestyle, party culture, and housing crisis contribute to a unique sexual culture that normalizes non-consensual sex and discourages survivors from coming forward.

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thought of as a friend pulled down her pants and began having sex with her. However, her assailant wouldn’t call it rape. He would have dismissed what happened as “nothing more than a bad skitown hookup.” When Jaroch awoke to find her pants down, she didn’t know what to do. So she tried to participate, to try to make the experience consensual again, to regain control of the moment. She didn’t scream, he wasn’t a stranger in an alley, so from his perspective, it wasn’t rape: “There was no rape kit, no physical evidence, no visible trauma to connote that what had happened really was anything besides a bad hookup.” Like many women, Jaroch decided not to report it. She didn’t feel she had enough evidence to do so, and the idea of being questioned would have compounded the trauma: “The major thing that kept me from reporting was the mountain of things I could imagine being brought up in a courtroom … I didn’t want my sexual history brought up in public efforts to discredit me. I didn’t want to be accused of ‘asking for it’ because I went to sleep in someone else’s bed.” Jackson Hole taught Jaroch to “try and be OK with sex I didn’t want.” When she awoke to being assaulted, Jaroch tried to do what she’d done so many times before. “I even attempted to enjoy [it] before finally succumbing to the heebie-jeebies of trying to have sex with someone I never wanted to have sex with in the first place.” She didn’t want that brought up in a courtroom as evidence that she consented.

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about 10 nights a month, there is not a SANE nurse in town who can be on call if a sexual assault victim comes to the hospital. In addition to a housing crisis that prevents the eight SANE nurses from being as present for survivors as they would like, they have to contend with other obstacles endemic to small and rural communities. Baumer has seen women who have traveled to see her from as far as Sublette and Lincoln Counties. Both of those counties have SANE nurses, but in one of the hospitals, there’s a visible waiting room for sexual assault victims. “It’s a small town, and if someone sees you in there, they know why you’re there,” Baumer said. Baumer and her team perform examinations on anywhere from 12 to 20 women a year. However, they know there are many more women who experience rape than they ever see. Baumer believes much of this can be attributed to victim blaming. “There’s still a stigma around being assaulted, and people still aren’t believed,” she said. “Look at the Bill Cosby case. People don’t want to be seen as victims, or they don’t want to get someone in trouble, they feel like they did something wrong, or they don’t want their parents to know.” In addition, because most rapes are by acquaintances, some women don’t see the point of collecting DNA evidence. “An acquaintance won’t deny that sexual contact happened,” CSN’s Nichols said, “they will deny that it was nonconsensual.”

If women do decide to seek medical care, it can be trying. The SANE nurses do a full body and pelvic exam to gather evidence that can be used to prosecute a rapist. The exam must happen shortly after sexual contact, and it can be uncomfortable for patients. “They want to forget about what happened, not remember,” Baumer said. Ideally, survivors are not supposed to change their clothes, shower, or even go to the bathroom beforehand—all can interfere with the nurse’s ability to gather evidence, which can include semen, pubic hair, or saliva. Though it can be difficult, Baumer also sees that it gives women the opportunity to reclaim control. “They have to go through a lot, in the end they appreciate it. I’ve seen women be so grateful for the evidence,” she said. Rape kits are sent to the crime lab in Cheyenne, where they are destroyed after 1.5 years. Survivors have that amount of time to decide if they want to use it. Though this is not a problem in Wyoming, many towns and states have a backlog of untested rape kits— sometimes tests languish for decades without the money or resources to get them tested, preventing the prosecution of rapists. The SANE team notices an influx in sexual assault cases seasonally and during events. “It’ll be around events like the hill climb and during summer,” Baumer said. Nichols confirms these trends—the number of people seeking CSN’s services

dramatically increases during the summer. Many of those people work for the park, which Nicholas describes as the ultimate college-type environment.

“When you come to Jackson, there are expectations” Schultz said the police department does all it can to empower survivors to make choices about their cases. “Victims didn’t have the choice in being a victim,” he said. “When they report, they should have a say in where their case goes.” Many survivors won’t report to law enforcement or receive a medical exam, but Schultz said it has been the informal policy of Jackson Police Department to allow victims to make “informational reports.” This means they can talk to an officer and name their assailant without an investigation being launched. “It’s not an official policy … but [victims] need control, and we don’t want to act against their wishes and consent,” he said. Despite their options, many survivors don’t know how to move forward without further traumatization. Many blame themselves, or dismiss their experiences. When asked how many of her female friends have been assaulted in Jackson Hole, 33-year-old Justine (not her real name) replied without hesitation: “Every single one.” But, she added, “They might say they were raped, but then they’d immediately say, ‘Oh well I was drunk,’ or ‘I shouldn’t have gone home with him,’ or ‘It wasn’t that bad.”

SINGLE-TRACK MIND I hope everyone ripped some sweet singletrack to celebrate the 4th of July. It’s always a crazy weekend here in JH but we’re spoiled with the relative solitude found on the trails. If you want a fairly quick ride with a backcountry feel, head over the pass to Mike Sell for a classic descent. There are two ways to access it, but right now, going up Pole Canyon and across the ridge is better than going up Mail Cabin. Mail Cabin still holds quite a bit of snow and there are numerous downed trees. Speaking of trees, watch for deadfall. There are plenty of snipers out there. I have to give a huge thank you to everyone involved in the Cache Creek MTB Race. The weather was looking a little questionable, but JH Cycling made the right call and held it as planned. With the help of all the volunteers, The Hub Bikes, Pizzeria Caldera, Snake River

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Women learn how not to get raped, or how to deal with the aftermath of assault, Justine said. “But men don’t learn how to not rape, how to ask for consent.” These experiences can be especially painful for women because perpetrators are so often friends or acquaintances. “Everybody knows everybody,” she said. This can be good, Nichols said, if people feel a responsibility for their fellow Jacksonites. A new CSN campaign seeks to shift sexual culture in Jackson by placing power with individuals to end sexual violence, and creating community standards around sex. “The idea is that our individual actions impact sexual assault … and, when you come to Jackson, there are expectations. For example, you don’t poach the powder. We have guidelines.” Nichols hopes expectations of respect and consideration can apply to more than ski lines. For Jaroch, shifting the valley’s sexual culture will also require acknowledging rape culture as a reason why many local women have experienced sexual violence, and why men aren’t often held responsible. “I now understand that the mountain of things that kept me from reporting is the definition of rape culture,” Jaroch said. She defines this as “a sexual culture that celebrates a man’s ability to conquer, control, and dismiss a woman … and that capitalizes on a woman’s expected and stereotypical weakness to take away her agency and strength.” PJH

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The evolving playbook of women risk-takers. By Shannon Sollitt

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many who grow up in the valley, or move to town seeking adventure. “I think Jackson Hole probably more than anything shaped my comfort zone of being in dangerous situations,” professional skier and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort athlete Jess McMillan said. “The Tetons as a playground would probably shape that.” But the experiences of female daredevils suggest a kind of perseverance that is not required of their male counterparts. “Women tend to be more riskaverse,” author and risk-taker Bernadette Murphy said. Her book Harley and Me: Embracing Risk on the Road to a More Authentic Life explores her relationship to risk from

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progress, and her shortcomings, to her femininity. Impressive lines she skis are more impressive because she’s a woman. But backing out of a line is also OK for the same reason. For women, navigating the path to extreme athlete professionalism isn’t easy when so few before them have done it. “For a girl to watch a ski movie and see like, one or two women in a 30-second segment leaves so little room for inspiration,” Smith said. “Without that really strong female image to rely on, there was still a lot of confusion. Like, why aren’t there women? There’s no one to look up to.” Risk is woven into the DNA of

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Myriad research supports Murphy’s suspicion that risk is a masculine domain. Social scientists have long studied sports and risk-taking as a gendered experience. Sociologist Jason Laurendeu’s research suggests that risk is traditionally associated with masculinity, while risk management and control is attributed to femininity. Meanwhile, sport sociologist Mark Stoddart notes outdoor landscapes themselves are “masculinized” spaces. Mountains, he explained, are associated with speed and risk, and by proxy masculinity. The softer landscapes, on the other hand, are associated with control and caution, and are therefore feminine (think: bunny hill, ski bunny, etc.). This association happens largely because of who is more frequently visible in those landscapes. Stoddart found that ski magazines feature male skiers much more frequently than female skiers, positioning them as the “natural inhabitants” of the terrain. Athletes like Smith who excel in those spaces, then, are seen as “exceptional” rather than normal. Stoddart also found that risk-taking is constructed as a “pleasuring process, promoting optimal flow sensations.” The language of pleasure and sensation, Stoddart said, is also often associated with male pleasure. So in the context of a landscape, the association sticks: mountains exist for male pleasure. This research resonates with Smith. “We use language when talking about risk, or outdoor or more dangerous things, very similarly to how in history we’ve talked about women,” Smith said. Mountains are meant to be conquered. First lines, first ascents, first descents, all suggest a level of purity that mountains offer, that humans then take away. It’s one of the greatest

t 19, Elsa Smith competed in the Big Mountain Collegiate Freeskiing Open at Grand Targhee last winter. Not only did she win the competition, but she also earned a “Sick Bird” belt, granted to the skier who throws the most impressive trick of the day. “I was more excited than I’ve ever been, prouder of myself than I’ve ever been,” Smith said. But her excitement and pride were tainted by another feeling: the thought that she might have only won such a title because she’s a woman. Such notions have haunted Smith for much of her young semi-pro skiing career. People often tie her

the seat of a motorcycle following a mid-life divorce and a lifetime eschewing adventure to fit into a more “feminine” role. “Our culture spends so much time saying, ‘Don’t take risks,’” Murphy said. For her, there were also biological concerns: she had kids. Her body told her to nurture, instead of to dare. It was never expected of her to take risks, and indeed when she did, she was often ostracized for it.

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adventurers to broadcast their own stories, by their own means. “We need to encourage each other to tell those stories, and live those stories,” Murphy said. Such was her reason for writing her book. Change, she said, happens “one person at a time.”

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honors in the outdoor sports community to be the “first” to conquer anything: a climb, a trick, a ski line. Growing up, Smith’s peers were equally as adventurous as she was. They were also mostly men. “All I had experience with was skiing with boys and seeing them do those things,” Smith said. That’s not always a bad thing, she said. Her male cohorts encourage her to push herself. But to create space for herself and be taken seriously as an athlete, she said she has to constantly think about the image she puts out to the world: is it one of burliness or one of exaggerated femininity? The dream, Smith said, is for female skiers to “represent women in a way that shows we are capable … sending as hard, skiing as well… but it’s also so much harder to do that if you’re not marketing yourself as a commodity, a token female.” Murphy agreed. Female athletes should not have to brand themselves as such to be taken seriously, she said. In fact, such a label often harms their reputation. “There’s something pejorative in our culture that makes it ‘less’ than [male] athletes,” Murphy said. “It’s not because it’s not as interesting, it’s because culturally we’ve come to appreciate one over the other.” Representation is perhaps one of the biggest barriers to entry for women in the outdoors. For Smith,

it’s about mentorship and who she should look up to. But Murphy said it’s at least as important for men to see women taking risks as it is for women. “It not only says it’s OK, it also says they belong in that realm,” Murphy said. Her book tells the story of a cross-country hitchhiker who constantly had to stave off concerns of assault danger. Risk is more than just the situations we put ourselves in, Murphy said. It’s the situations we find ourselves in with others. “If we don’t see those [success] stories in the larger culture, but we do see victims, we assume anyone who puts themselves in that situation is asking to be victimized,” Murphy said. “I can’t tell you the number of people who, when I’d tell them what I’m going to do, said I was asking for trouble. No, I shouldn’t be asking for trouble. “ Like Smith, Murphy also found herself battling stereotypes within the motorcycle community. Female riders are often relegated to two categories: sexy co-pilots, or “butch” solo riders. Murphy is petite, but strong, nurturing but independent. She fits neither of those stereotypes. And she found neither did the women she rides with. The problem, Murphy said, is “we cut the mics of people who aren’t telling the stories we want to hear.” That puts a lot of pressure on individual

Climber, alpinist and director of St. John’s Wellness Department, Julia Heemstra clearly delineates the difference between her perceived risk, and how others perceive the risks she takes. As a woman, she says she is subjected to different levels of scrutiny than she might be as a man. “Our society doesn’t quite know how to categorize women who take risks,” she said. “Sometimes I think the scrutiny kind of derives from this idea that women shouldn’t necessarily be taking risks. I don’t agree with that.” “I do think our society,” she continued, “whether we admit it or not, still has certain categories that women are supposed to fit into. There just isn’t a risk-taking woman category that I’ve found yet.” Heemstra became somewhat of a champion for women’s expeditions after Osprey Packs made a film about her and her climbing partner Kim Havell climbing their way through the Wind River Range. The film, Equal Footing, explores what it means be a woman in the mountains, and to climb with women in the mountains. Heemstra was also the first woman to complete the Grand Picnic and the Moranic unsupported. “I received a lot of feedback from people about that level of risk,” she said. Heemstra was the first woman to complete the so-called “Picnic,” or Grand Teton Triathalon solo and unsupported. It involves a bike ride from town to Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park (20.5 miles), followed by a swim across the lake and a climb up the Grand Teton, and then the reverse. She also set a record for the “Moranic,” which was previously held by a man. She bicycled from town to GTNP’s Leigh Lake (25 miles), swam two miles across the lake to the base of Mt. Moran, climbed Moran and then did it in reverse, also without any assistance. “I received a lot of feedback from people about that level of risk,” she said. But much of the scrutiny, Heemstra said, stems from a misunderstanding of risk itself. It’s not reckless. On the

contrary, the risks Heemstra takes are meticulous and calculated. “Risk and preparation are intimately intertwined,” Heemstra said. “I have tried as much as possible to explain that, for me, when I go do something that’s perceived to be risky, it’s not just a random decision on a random day. It’s months and months, sometimes years of preparation.” McMillan ventured to say perhaps femininity makes women better risk-takers than men. If women are traditionally risk averse, maybe there is a survival instinct that drives them to approach risk intelligently, and better prepared. “I think women have some sort of preservation instinct,” she said. “We approach things differently. We tend to want to know all the ‘whatifs,” where men typically just go for it and see what happens. The outcome is similar, and the risk is probably the same, but the way we evaluate it may be different.” McMillan and Heemstra both know all too well the devastating consequences of taking risks in the mountains. At her first competition, McMillan watched a young competitor die after skiing off his line. Heemstra lost her long-term boyfriend Steve Romeo to an avalanche in 2012. “It took a while to really start to feel comfortable with some of the levels of risk,” Heemstra said. “I think that Jackson itself is a community where death and the decision to return to the mountains is perhaps more concentrated than in other places.”

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There is a silver lining here: if risk-taking is still less accessible for women than it is for men, it is also often more rewarding. For both Heemstra and Murphy, it allowed them to claim control in their otherwise chaotic lives. “My thought process was, if I’m gonna get through really difficult stuff over the course of my life, it’s gonna take a certain amount of fortitude and resilience,” Murphy said. “How do we build that except by putting ourselves in situations that scare us?” What Heemstra loves “the very most” about climbing is that it “constantly forces me to redefine my limitations in the most tangible way possible. I’m pushing through perceived boundaries on a regular basis.”

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motorcycling is such a male-dominated world, the culture “doesn’t really have space for us,” she said. So the women she rides with make their own space. “They’re all women who had one way or another to make their own path. The path to them wasn’t obvious, so they sort of had to bushwack.” But once they did, they brought whole versions of themselves to the table, she said. Indeed, Smith, McMillan and Heemstra all agree female camaraderie is perhaps one of the most effective tools for infiltrating male-dominated spaces. Smith is wary of female-centric activities and groups that try to soften or diminish women’s potential. But being surrounded by equal parts support and talent, she said, is “totally magical.” “I’m into using femininity as a tool rather than an excuse,” Smith said. “It comes down to the desire to push the sport together. When it’s there, a group of women can shred harder than any group of guys.” It’s why McMillan skis with Jackson Hole Babe Force, and leads all-women ski camps around the world. Women, she says, are more willing to listen, and to adapt. “Almost all of us have the same fears, the same hangups,” McMillan said. “But it’s scary to

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“Risk can be an incredible metaphor,” Heemstra added. “I certainly use my mountain adventures in my day-to-day life to remind myself of the strength I’ve had in those moments.” Climbing also allows her another freedom. “One of the really exciting things about deciding as an athlete that you want to do certain things, is you can really break out of pigeon holes,” she said. Heemstra has often found herself climbing with men who were less experienced than she is. “I really ended up in that leadership role. That reversal of roles perhaps really made me more aware of those more subconscious gender roles that are so easy to slip into.” Murphy found the same kind of liberation on the seat of her motorcycle, and then eventually on top of mountains. The idea of riding her motorcycle was not the catalyst to divorce her husband. But riding it, and knowing she could ride it, gave her courage she might not have otherwise found. “I bought my own place two years ago,” Murphy said. “Before, I would have felt the need for someone to make it possible. Now I’m going, ‘I can do that.’” Murphy has also found strength in her female counterparts. Because

male partners treat her as equal, and she wouldn’t climb with them otherwise. But there’s something different, and magical, Heemsta said, about going out with a female partner and knowing you only have each other to count on. “Between the two of you, you had to figure it out,” she said. “Inevitably, someone’s gotta do it.” Moments where she has simultaneously learned from her partner, and been a mentor for her partner, are the moments she feels most rewarded as a climber. Heemstra’s expedition for Equal Footing was one such journey. Mountains, Heemstra and Havell agree, can provide equal footing to all who attempt to climb them. “We’re a team up here,” Heemstra said. “We’re both equals in this … we can figure this out on our own.” PJH

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talk about them and scary to admit it. When you get around a group of women… it just takes one person to start the conversation, and typically everyone else has the same feelings.” That’s not to say that women are timid and afraid in the mountains. They’re just more willing to open up about their reservations, McMillan said. It’s not being risk-averse, it’s being smart. “Unless Yellowstone blows, all those jumps will be there,” McMillan said. “I want [women] to pick it when it’s absolutely perfect. Emotionally, physically, mentally—I want all of those to line up.” Women are also more likely to challenge what is “worthy” of praise. “You don’t necessarily need to huck a 50-foot cliff to have an awesome film segment,” she said, though you certainly can. But real strength and prowess in a sport comes from “learning what you’re really good at, and showcasing it.” Some of Heemstra’s proudest moments in the mountains were times of “horizontal” mentorship in the company of other women. “I want to be really clear, I have phenomenal male climbing partners as well as female,” Heemstra said. Her

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n Dance & Fitness Classes 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Meet The Masters 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307-733-6379 n World Art 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307-733-6379 n Plein Air for The Park 9:00am, The Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3606 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Print Lab 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307733-6379 n Historic Walking Tours 10:30am, Meet in the center of Town Square, Free, 307-733-9605 n Fables, Feathers & Fur 10:30am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-732-5417 n Vertical Harvest Tours 1:00pm, Vertical Harvest, 307-201-4452 n Tech Time 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Raptor Encounters 2:00pm, Teton Raptor Center, $15.00 - $18.00, 307-203-2551

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n Business Over Breakfast 7:30am, American Legion, $16.00 - $25.00, 307733-3316 n Dance & Fitness Classes 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Meet The Masters 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307-733-6379 n World Art 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307-733-6379 n Community Volunteer Day 9:00am, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-7393379 n Plein Air for The Park 9:00am, The Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3606

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Driftwood

Drifters, Troubadours and Female Force Music on Main hosts Driftwood with Troubadour 77, Knock On carves a niche. BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

aucous spirit is the opposite of what you’d expect from a band named Driftwood. Though that’s exactly what the upstate New York quartet brings to the stage. Three of the four members have been playing together for about a decade—banjo player/vocalist Joe Kollar, guitarist/vocalist Dan Forsyth and fiddler/vocalist Claire Byrne—along with upright bass player Joey Arcuri joining more recently. This longstanding chemistry is evident, especially when you hear the three-lead-vocalist/three-songwriter attack on any one of the stringband’s five releases. A solid introduction is 2014’s Live at Grassroots, a set that showcases their ability to charm an audience with folkpop songs over bluegrass instrumentation and, occasionally, a rock flare sans anything electric. As for the band’s latest, last year’s City Lights, the immediacy lies

within the pop sensibilities and chorus hooks with a fair amount of quirky lyrics: “Life’s a bitch and then your dead/that’s what my father’s father said.” The maturity is there, and the band is seemingly in a solid mid-career groove. “Getting older is really fun, like I look back now, and I was like, ‘Wow, I was so dumb when I was in my 20s, I made the stupidest mistakes,’” Byrne told The Declaration. “I had a lot of fun doing it, you know, gone are the days of going out and drinking a few nights in a row and staying up until five in the morning, and going out and playing shows directly after that. I just don’t really have the desire to do it anymore, and I just feel like crap if I do that. You know, I’m not at that phase where it’s like, ‘Oh, gray hairs, my body hurts,’ it’s just, it’s been kind of fun to mature through this process, and I think everybody feels that way. And basically, I feel like the more time passes that you’re doing whatever you’re doing, whatever path you decide to go down, but in this case music, you kind of like, you hone your craft, and really figure out the little nuances of the art of the whole thing.” Show openers Troubadour 77 are listed as being out of Nashville, though the husband-and-wife project appears to be based out of Huntsville and Salt Lake City, Utah. Monty Powell and Anna Wilson spent 25 years in Music City crafting hit songs for country stars like Keith Urban and Reba McEntire until the industry slowly eroded. Troubadour 77 is the couple’s new path—a modern spin on the 1970s Laurel Canyon, California, sound. The band’s namesake is homage to the famous L.A. club that hosted such acts that defined the sound such as James Taylor and The Eagles.

PLANET PICKS WEDNESDAY Greg Creamer & Ted Wells (Warbirds Café); Brian Ernst (People’s Market) THURSDAY Driftwood with Troubadour 77 (Victor City Park); Honey of the Heart (Knotty Pine)

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Aaron Davis is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, member of Screen Door Porch and Boondocks, audio engineer at Three Hearted Studio, founder/host of Songwriter’s Alley, and co-founder of The WYOmericana Caravan.

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SUNDAY Knock On (Silver Dollar); Open Mic (Pinky G’s) MONDAY The Minor Keys (Jackson Lake Lodge); JH Hootenanny (Dornan’s) TUESDAY Stackhouse (Mangy Moose); Canyon Kids (Hatch)

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SATURDAY Calamity Jones (Silver Dollar); Erin & the Project (Mangy Moose)

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All-female bands are uncommon. Local all-female bands are a sure anomaly. But we’re talking a local all-female band in which each member is a contributing songwriter and vocalist: Knock On. Let’s take that a step further. Not every member of Knock On is playing her

first instrument, and there is a rotating of instruments. This group of experienced musicians and driven individuals has been in multiple projects over the years, joining forces about a year and a half ago—Willow Star Delia (drums/vocals), Susan Jones (keys/guitar/vocals), Molly Moon Thorn (bass/guitar/vocals), and Jessie Lestitian (banjo/vocals). With a festival show in the horizon and a handful of local summer gigs, the bar is about to be raised. “Because it’s a focus on original material and we’re trading instruments and learning some as we go, it’s a slower process to reach the collective vision,” said Willow Star. “We’re ready to take it to the next level.” Knock On, 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday at the Silver Dollar Showroom. Free. 732-3939. PJH

“What if we actually tried to be a new band making new music that sounds like it could live alongside those playlists and songs and artists? We felt that the kind of people that are pursuing those kinds of songs and those kinds of artists for nostalgia’s sake would welcome the fact that there’s a new band out there making new music,” Wilson recently told Salt Lake Tribune. “Our mission is to be in that niche. We just kinda thought we needed to step out and regroup and rediscover what it is we love about music and what it is that is important to us.” Driftwood with Troubadour 77 at Music on Main, 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday at Victor City Park. Free, all-ages. TetonValleyFoundation.org.

FRIDAY Head to Head and Metsa (Pink Garter); Amoramora (Town Square Tavern); The American Hitmen (Silver Dollar)

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CREATIVE PEAKS n Print Lab 10:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307-733-6379 n Teton Toastmasters 12:00pm, Teton County Commissioners Chambers, Free, n Raptor Encounters 2:00pm, Teton Raptor Center, $15.00 - $18.00, 307-203-2551 n Library Summer Fun Craft: Sharpie TieDye T-Shirts 2:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307-7332164 n Docent Led Tours 2:30pm, Murie Ranch of Teton Science Schools, Free, 307-739-2246 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:30pm, Bar T 5, $38.00 - $46.00, 307-739-5386 n Alive@Five: Wild Things of Wyoming 5:00pm, Teton Village Commons, Free, 307733-5898 n Music by the Pool - Chanman 5:00pm, SpringHill Suites by Marriott, Free, 307-201-5322 n Email Marketing with MailChimp 5:00pm, Gliffin Design, Free, 307-200-8999 n Bar J Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Bar J Ranch, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-7333370 n Covered Wagon Cookout 5:30pm, Bar T 5, $38.00 - $46.00, 307-733-5386 n Dine to Music at the Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Dornans Chuckwagon, Free, 307-7332415 n Music on Main 6:00pm, Victor City Park, Free, 208-399-2884 n Jackson Hole Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free n The Unsinkable Molly Brown 6:30pm, The Jackson Hole Playhouse, $37.10 $68.90, 307-733-6994 n SUMMER SING! A Program of Cathedral Voices 7:00pm, The Center for the Arts Music Center, Free, 307-774-5497 n Free Country Swing Dance Lessons 7:30pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, Free, 208870-1170 n Canyon Kids 7:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n GTMF Presents: Violinist Augustin Hadelich 8:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $25.00, 307-733-3050 n Salsa Night 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Billy Pane Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Honey of the Heart 10:00pm, Knotty Pine, 208-787-2866

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Bravery to the Stage Library brings the bold brilliance of author Sherman Alexie to the valley. BY SHANNON SOLLITT @ShannonSollitt

herman Alexie cannot recall a single instance of his mother saying, “I love you.” The absence of such a word made Dusty Springfield’s hit song “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” an appropriate title for his new memoir. The memoir centers on his relationship with his mother Lillian, who Alexie describes as “the lifeguard on the shores of Lake Fucked.” The song came out the year Alexie was born. His mother likely sang along as it played on the radio, but such overt affection was scarce on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Alexie will unravel his reservation upbringing, his journey to becoming an award-winning author, and doing it all as an “androgynous,” bookish Indian, when such an identity could have killed him, Monday at the Center for the Arts as part of Teton County Library’s Page to Podium series. Alexie is among the more controversial authors of his time. His book is “one of the most banned and challenged in American history,” he writes in his memoir, “and that makes me giddy with joy.” Best known for his semi-autobiographical young adult novel The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian, Alexie’s stories fit neither white America’s expectations of Native American identity, nor fellow Native constructions of it. “The kind of Indian that’s expected,” he told BuzzFeed News, doesn’t say “fuck” or talk about masturbation in a young adult novel, or homophobia or politics for that matter. Alexie does all of those things, and more. He does them in part because he gets a rise out of ruffling people’s feathers—especially other Indians, he said. But more importantly, he does it because such a voice helped him survive an unforgiving upbringing. “I didn’t survive all the stuff you’re gonna read about in because of humility,” Alexie

Sherman Alexie

told BuzzFeed. “I survived because I’ve been pissed off for 50 years.” On the rez, as he calls it, Alexie grew up coddled by alcoholism, toxic masculinity, poverty—the things that plague Indian reservations across the country. His first attempt at distance was in junior high, when he enrolled in a predominantly white school just outside the reservation where “the only Indian was the mascot,” Alexie writes. He traded bullying on the rez for racism in the halls and in the homes of his new classmates. “It was like, ‘We know you’re this cool person, but we’re also made uncomfortable by you, and we need to have some power over you,” Alexie told BuzzFeed. But rather than fight back with venom, Alexie rebelled by simply being the best at everything he could be. He became prom king, captain of the basketball team, and president of Future Farmers of America. He became a “parttime Indian.” Alexie’s 24 books since then have grappled with some degree of part-time Indian identity. He told NPR he remembers a “golden era” of Native American literature, but it has since subsided. Alexie jokes that he’s been the “Indian du jour” for a “very long day.” As an Indian author, as with any prominent voice of a historically marginalized group, Alexie feels a lot of pressure to speak on behalf of all Indians. But his books cannot, because his life has been such a deviation from the “Indian that’s expected.” That deviation has made him one of the most controversial, but also prolific, writers of his time. “He doesn’t just write about being

Native American,” Leah Shlachter, Teton County Library adult program coordinator, said. “He talks about a lot of things, through the context of being Native American.” His writing, then, is for audiences from all walks of life. “He’s a wonderful storyteller in lots of different mediums,” she said. Indeed, Alexie has written children’s books, young adult novels, adult fiction, poetry, screenplays, and now a memoir. Perhaps what makes his writing most powerful, Shlachter said, is the “range of emotion he can tap into.” She remembers reading The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian and being “amazed at how one page you’re laughing, the next page you’re crying.” And he’s not just prolific on paper. His talks, Shlachter said, are funny, charismatic, and poignant. Even if you haven’t read his books, or even heard of his books, “listening to him speak will make you want to read his books. That’s why you should come.” Teton County Library Foundation will host a welcome reception with the author from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Monday, July 10. The reception is $50, $20 of which is a tax-deductible contribution to the Library Foundation. Sherman Alexie takes the stage at 7 p.m. All free tickets have been claimed, but a standby line will be available at 6:45, and communications manager Rebecca Huntington encourages people to standby. She also encourages anyone who cannot use their ticket to click “refund” in the Eventbrite app, or email Shlachter at adultevents@tclib.org. PJH

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n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Teton County Fairgrounds, $15.00 $35.00, 307-733-7927 n Festival Orchestra: Masters in the Mountains 8:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $25.00 - $55.00, 307-733-3050 n Honey of the Heart 8:00pm, Knotty Pine, 208-787-2866 n Free Public Stargazing Programs 9:00pm, Rendezvous Park, Free, 1-844-996-7827 n Amoramora 9:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Billy Pane Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307733-2207 n Friday Night DJs 10:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Head to Head - Late Show 10:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $8.00 - $10.00, 307-733-1500

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IN MEMORY Wild and Free Ahead of a celebration of Sawyer Gordon’s life, friends remember his bright light. BY SHANNON SOLLITT @ShannonSollitt

awyer Gordon never backed down from a challenge. In the mountains, in the classroom and at home, Gordon whole-heartedly followed through on every commitment he made. “Sawyer kind of marched to the beat of his own drum,” said lifelong friend Connor Liljestrom. “That was the really beautiful thing about Sawyer, was that when he wanted to do something, that’s what he did.” That same determination drove him to fly, and ultimately crash, in a wingsuit off of Mount Wire near Salt Lake City the day before his 22nd birthday. Gordon died from injuries sustained in an accident four days later on June 11. But Liljestrom said he and Gordon’s friends from home have experienced an “unexpected peace” about their friend’s death. Perhaps, Liljestrom said, because they had talked about death before. With someone like Gordon, it was hard not to. “Ironically, last summer, he and I had a conversation where he was like, ‘We’re Jackson kids, we’ve grown up here going a little harder than most kids, but not that extreme.”’ The discussion turned into Liljestrom and Gordon detailing how they would want to be celebrated if they died—and a celebration, they agreed, was the most important part. “We’re not trying to avoid death,” Liljestrom said. “We skipped that part of the conversation and went straight to ‘How do you want to be remembered.’” Liljestrom, who was born six weeks after Gordon and grew up beside him all his life, remembers Gordon most for his tenacity and intensity. He was a genius, Liljestrom said, or at least wanted to be. “He was enamored with genius,” Liljestrom said. Steve Jobs was Gordon’s life-long hero. His bookshelves were filled with biographies of brilliant people, historical fiction, and non-fiction. What Gordon lacked in “natural” genius, Liljestrom said, he made up for in effort.

“He really tried to be the outstanding person that he really desired to be,” Liljestrom said. If anyone from their high school friend group was on the way to making something of himself, another friend said, it was Gordon. His younger sister Sloane followed Gordon to the University of Utah, where he was pursuing a degree in electirical engineering and computer science. Between classes, Gordon fully invited his sister into his world. “As soon as I arrived he introduced me to his friends, and included me in whatever I wanted,” Sloane said. His degree choice came as no surprise to his former teachers at Jackson Hole Community Schoool. “Sawyer Gordon was an exceptionally bright mathematics student who showed an unusual capacity for creative thinking in his problem solving,” math teacher Burr Storrs said. “I am so sad and sorry that we will not get to see the substantial acheivements Sawyer surely sould have produced with his keen mind and boudless energy.” Gordon’s interests stretched far and wide. During Matthew Budzyn’s first year teaching Spanish, Gordon approached him at the club fair to ask if he would sponsor the newspaper club. The paper didn’t amount to much, Budzyn said, but it gave Budzyn his first glimpse “of how much potential this young man had.” “Sawyer was resolute and fearless,” Budzyn continued. “When he decided to do something, he simply did it, regardless of consequence.” Like the time JHCS was on a school trip, Budzyn recalled, and Gordon decided he wanted to learn to do a standing back flip. “I cannot tell you how many times he face dived, but he kept trying over the course of the week. By the time the trip ended, he had successfully executed a back flip. “As someone who frequently exceeds boundaries, I admired Sawyer’s unapologetic way about himself,” Budzyn said. Even the things he didn’t do well, he pursued with passion. “He might be the worst fly fisherman on the Snake,” Liljestrom said. “But he loved it. He wouldn’t take any advice, he would just go out there and bullwhip the water for a little while, and leave.” Liljestrom said he struggled to think of memories to describe Gordon because he’s never known a life without his

Sawyer Gordon

friend. “There is not a conscious level of existence without an interaction with Sawyer,” he said. But really, memories abound. “Adventures and misadventures in the mountains,” Liljstrom said, were common themes in Gordon’s life. One late night last summer, he decided he was going to climb, and ski, the Middle Teton. And he did. He left his friends behind, and returned home while they were still waking up. “Like, what? Why? How?” Liljestrom mused. “But it was also just kind of a little bit impressive, a little extreme.” But something Liljestrom admired about Gordon was that he never put others at risk while he risked his own life. “What sets [him] apart from when other people do that is Sawyer did it without compromising others,” Liljestrom said. He spent time in the mountains because they were where he felt most at home, but he was a thoughtful and generous host. “His love for nature rubbed off on all those he knew,” Sloane said. “We spent many days smiling through waistdeep powder skiing together this winter. I will always remember him that way: happy and in the mountains.” Gordon’s friends recently celebrated his life exactly as Gordon would have wanted them to. “There was a lot of love, a lot of positivity, and nudity and inebriation. Everything Sawyer would have wanted,” Liljestrom said. An official celebration of his life is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 15 at the Commons in Teton Village. Donations can be made to the Sawyer Gordon Wild Places Memorial Fund at Bank of Jackson Hole, or online at GoFundMe.com/sawyer-gordon-wild-places-memorial. Funds will go toward protecting wild spaces in Utah that Gordon loved best. “We are all attempting to carry on his legacy of skiing fast, doing what makes us the happiest, appreciating the outdoors, and of course never, ever giving up,” Sloane said. PJH

CINEMA Spider-Man: Homecoming brings a welcome focus on a 15-year-old hero. BY Scott Renshaw @scottrenshaw

“The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012) Andrew Garfield Emma Stone Rated PG-13

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING BBB.5 Tom Holland Michael Keaton Robert Downey Jr. PG-13

“Cop Car” (1979) (2015) Kevin Bacon James Freedson-Jackson Rated R

“Captain America: Civil War” (2016) Chris Evans Robert Downey Jr. Rated PG-13

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chops to make it easy to forget that his big résumé item before this was the indie thriller Cop Car—a movie where the only similarity to this one might be young people in over their heads. Yet that small connecting point—the idea of being asked to grow up too fast— proves to be crucial. As fun and frisky as this movie is—including a post-credits tag scene that is easily the best one the Marvel Universe films have delivered to date—everything is anchored by Holland’s engaging performance, full of equal parts eagerness and insecurity. It’s a perfectly Peter Parker moment when, during a school trip, the girl he has a crush on (Laura Harrier) invites him to hang out in the pool, but Peter has to make a choice to follow a lead on the bad guys. The adolescent tug-of-war between the carefree life of a kid and the moral choices of an adult are everywhere here, making for a rich narrative beyond the fights and explosions. If Spider-Man is going to be with us for a while, let it be a Spider-Man whose high-flying exploits are complicated by a friend who reminds him, “But we have a Spanish quiz.” PJH

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obody needed another SpiderMan movie. The jokes about multiple reboots of the web-slinger are all valid, and even keeping in mind the admirable restraint in Spider-Man: Homecoming of not revisiting the most familiar material—no radioactive spider, no death of Uncle Ben, no J. Jonah Jameson, no redheaded Mary Jane—it’s understandable if we’re all a bit weary of this character. There are, however, a few layers of meaning buried in the title of SpiderMan: Homecoming suggesting why, if we had to get another Spider-Man movie, we should be glad it’s this one. It’s certainly a nod to Spider-Man returning to the fold of the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, connected to this incarnation’s popular debut appearance in last year’s Captain America: Civil War. Most literally, it’s a reference to a dance at the Queens high school of Peter Parker (Tom Holland). But connected to that is a reminder that this character is a 15-year-old kid, with the typical problems of a 15-year-old kid in addition to the ones he encounters while fighting super-villains. Director Jon Watts gets back to the fundamental story of a teen coming-of-age as a super-hero, and it’s a welcome approach. Watts kicks off that sensibility by efficiently reminding us of Peter’s adventure during Civil War’s Berlin battle through Peter’s selfie videos; if this kid is a teenager, he’s a teenager of his time, compulsively documenting his life. After those events, however, Peter finds himself adrift: He wants to be the kind of hero who saves the world with the Avengers,

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but while he awaits mentor Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) phone calls that never come, he’s left foiling bicycle thefts and giving directions to nice little old ladies as a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. When he discovers a network of criminals selling powerful weapons— led by the mechanical-winged Vulture (Michael Keaton)— Peter wants to jump in to help, even as Stark warns him to stay in his inexperienced lane. The context of Peter Parker as a highschool nerd permeates Homecoming, as Watts aims for a vibe with more than a few nods to 1980s John Hughes comedies. A couple of key scenes are scored not to contemporary hits, but to vintage tunes by The English Beat and A Flock of Seagulls. A scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off makes a cameo appearance in a sequence where Spider-Man races through multiple suburban backyards. Even the supporting cast of misfits—from Peter’s best friend, Ned (Jacob Batalon), who learns of Peter’s secret identity, to anti-social Michelle (Zendaya) and her spin on Ally Sheedy in Breakfast Club—and checked-out teachers feels comfortably familiar, although considerably less lily-white than Hughes’ movies. This is also a comic-book movie, of course, and Watts understands how to make this story work in that idiom, too. It may not be possible for anyone to match the freewheeling kineticism Sam Raimi brought to the original Spider-Man trilogy, but Watts finds considerably more exuberance in his choreography than Marc Webb dribbled onto the Andrew Garfield-led Amazing Spider-Man movies. This is the chatty, trash-talky SpiderMan of the comics, and while the big final set piece does get a bit too frantic and busy to absorb fully, Watts shows enough

n Festival Orchestra: Masters in the Mountains 6:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $25.00 - $55.00, 307-733-3050 n Jackson Hole Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free n Party in the Park 6:00pm, Miller Park, $125.00, 307-733-6379 n The Unsinkable Molly Brown 6:30pm, The Jackson Hole Playhouse, $37.10 $68.90, 307-733-6994 n Ann Carlson’s “Doggie Hamlet” 6:30pm, Snake River Ranch, $27.00 - $37.00, 307-733-6398 n Calamity Janes 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n Thin Air Shakespeare Presents The Tempest! 7:30pm, Center Amphitheatre, Free, 307-7333021 n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Teton County Fairgrounds, $15.00 $35.00, 307-733-7927 n Amoramora 9:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Billy Pane Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207 n Erin and The Project 9:00pm, Mangy Moose, 307-733-4913

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NEWS n Bar J Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Bar J Ranch, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307-733-4407 n Ann Carlson’s “Doggie Hamlet” 6:30pm, Snake River Ranch, $27.00 - $37.00, 307-733-6398 n Knock On 7:00pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Thin Air Shakespeare Presents The Tempest! 7:30pm, Center Amphitheatre, Free, 307-733-3021 n Hospitality Night 8:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Billy Pane Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307733-2207

MONDAY, JULY 10

n Dance & Fitness Classes 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Imagine, Create! Clay & Sculpture 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307733-6379 n Move With It 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307733-6379 n Plein Air for The Park 9:00am, The Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3606 n Art Education: Kindercreations 9:30am, Art Association Borshell Children’s Studio, $16.00, 307-733-6379 n Draw, Paint, Print 9:30am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307733-6379 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Docent Led Tours 2:30pm, Murie Ranch of Teton Science Schools, Free, 307-739-2246 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:30pm, Bar T 5, $38.00 - $46.00, 307-739-5386 n Chance Meeting 5:00pm, Hayden’s Post, Free n Bar J Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Bar J Ranch, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Covered Wagon Cookout 5:30pm, Bar T 5, $38.00 - $46.00, 307-733-5386 n Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornan’s, Free, 307-733-2415 n Jackson Hole Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free n The Unsinkable Molly Brown 6:30pm, The Jackson Hole Playhouse, $37.10 $68.90, 307-733-6994 n Page to the Podium Sherman Alexie 7:00pm, The Center Theater, Free, 307-733-2164 n Movies on the Mountain: E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial 7:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, Free, 307-733-1128 n Isaac Hayden 7:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Billy Pane Band 9 pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00, 307-733-2207

n REFIT® 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Teton Plein Air Painters 9:00am, Outdoors, Free, 307-733-6379 n Imagine, Create! Clay & Sculpture 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307733-6379 n Move With It 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307733-6379 n Plein Air for The Park 9:00am, The Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Free, 307-739-3606 n Draw, Paint, Print 9:30am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307733-6379 n Historic Miller Ranch Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free, 307-733-9212 n Photography Open Studio 12:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Free, 307-733-6379 n Docent Led Tours 2:30pm, Murie Ranch of Teton Science Schools, Free, 307-739-2246 n Covered Wagon Cookout 4:30pm, Bar T 5, $38.00 - $46.00, 307-739-5386 n Alive@ Five: Jackson Hole Historical Society 5:00pm, Teton Village Commons, Free, 307-7335898 n REFIT® 5:15pm, First Baptist Church, Free, 307-690-6539 n Bar J Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Bar J Ranch, $25.00 - $35.00, 307-733-3370 n Covered Wagon Cookout 5:30pm, Bar T 5, $38.00 - $46.00, 307-733-5386 n CHANMAN - SOLO 5:30pm, Huntsman Springs, Free n Dine to Music at the Chuckwagon 5:30pm, Dornans Chuckwagon, Free, 307-733-2415 n Jackson Hole Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free n Teton Trail Runners Run 6:00pm, Different Location Each Week, Free n Hoback Group MTN Bike Ride 6:00pm, Hoback Sports, 307-733-5335 n Advanced Photography Techniques 6:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $65.00 - $78.00, 307-733-6379 n The Unsinkable Molly Brown 6:30pm, The Jackson Hole Playhouse, $37.10 $68.90, 307-733-6994 n Stackhouse 7:30pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Bluegrass Tuesdays with One Ton Pig 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-7323939 n Inside the Music with Hosts Stephanie Key & David Mollenauer 8:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, Free, 307-733-3050 n Billy Pane Band 9:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5, 307-7332207

TUESDAY, JULY 11

n Dance & Fitness Classes 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398

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Playing the Hits

By CHUCK SHEPHERD

OF THE

WEIRD

Weird News is forever, but this is my last “News of the Weird” column, as I am now exhausted after almost 30 years in the racket. In this final edition, I remember a few of my favorites. My deep thanks to Andrews McMeel Syndication and to readers, who started me up and kept me going. Y’all take care of yourselves. —Chuck Shepherd

n (2002) The Lane brothers of New York, Mr. Winner Lane, 44, and Mr. Loser Lane, 41 (their actual birth names), were profiled in a July Newsday report—made more interesting by the fact that Loser is successful (a police detective in the South Bronx) and Winner is not (a history of petty crimes). A sister said she believes her parents selected “Winner” because their late father was a big baseball fan and “Loser” just to complete the pairing. n (1996) A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for Lamar, Mo., on Joyce Lehr’s lawsuit against the county for injuries suffered in a 1993 fall in the icy, unplowed parking lot of the local high school. The Carthage Press reported that Lehr claimed damage to nearly everything in her body. According to her petition: “All the bones, organs, muscles, tendons, tissues, nerves, veins, arteries, ligaments … discs, cartilages and the joints of her body were fractured, broken, ruptured, punctured, compressed, dislocated, separated, bruised, contused, narrowed, abrased, lacerated, burned, cut, torn, wrenched, swollen, strained, sprained, inflamed and infected.” n (2002) From time to time “News of the Weird” reported on the fluctuating value of the late Italian artist Piero Manzoni’s personal feces, which he canned in 1961, 30 grams at a time in 90 tins, as art objects (though, over the years, 45 have reportedly exploded). Their price to collectors has varied (low of about $28,000 for a tin in 1998 to a high of $75,000 in 1993). In June 2002, the Tate Gallery in London excitedly announced it had purchased tin number 004 for about $38,000. (The price of 30 grams of gold in 2002 was a little over $300.)

n (2001) A child pornography investigation in Minneapolis turned up 1,000 suspect images on the office computer of a 58-yearold University of Minnesota classics professor—named Richard Pervo. n (1993) In May, Elk River, Minn., landlord Todd Plaisted reported that his tenant Kenneth Lane had fled the area, abandoning his rented farmhouse and leaving behind at least 400 tons of used carpeting, at least 10,000 plastic windows from Northwest Airlines planes, and rooms full of sofas, mattresses and washing machines, among other things. Lane told townspeople he ran a “recycling” company, but there was no evidence of sales. A deputy sheriff driving by the farmhouse the year before saw Lane burying carpeting with a tractor and said Lane merely muttered, “I don’t know what to say. You got me. I can’t even make up an excuse.” n (1990) An FBI investigation into interstate trafficking by diaper fetishists resulted in the arrests of five men belonging to an organization called the Diaper Pail Foundation, which has a letterhead and publishes a newsletter and information exchange for members. A Madison, Wis., man, arrested in April for possession of child pornography, was found inside a van taking pictures of a child relieving himself. The man had offered service to the child’s parents as a toilet trainer. n (1992) The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in June on the local “Silent Meeting Club,” consisting of several people who gather at various spots around town and make it a point not to speak to each other. Founder John Hudak said his inspiration was his observation that people often feel obligated to talk when they really have nothing to say, such as at parties, and wondered how nice it would be “to have a group of people where you wouldn’t have to talk.”

n (1994) The New York Daily News reported in April on a cellblock fight between murderers Colin Ferguson and Joel Rifkin at the Nassau County jail. Reportedly, Ferguson (convicted of six race-related murders on the Long Island Rail Road in 1993) was using a telephone and told Rifkin (a serial killer serving 203 years for nine murders) to be quiet. According to the Daily News source, Ferguson told Rifkin, “I wiped out six devils (white people), and you only killed women.” Rifkin allegedly responded, “Yeah, but I had more victims.” Ferguson then allegedly ended the brief incident by punching Rifkin in the mouth.

n (2004) The New York Times reported in February on a Wash., D.C., man whose love of music led him, in the 1960s, to meticulously hand-make and hand-paint facsimile record album covers of his fantasized music, complete with imagined lyric sheets and liner notes (with some of the “albums” even shrink-wrapped), and, even more incredibly, to hand-make cardboard facsimiles of actual grooved discs to put inside them. “Mingering Mike,” whom a reporter and two hobbyists tracked down (but who declined to be identified in print), also made real music, on tapes, using his and friends’ voices to simulate instruments. His 38 imagined “albums” were discovered at a flea market after Mike defaulted on storage-locker fees, and the hobbyists who found them said they were so exactingly done that a major museum would soon feature them.

n (1999) At Last! A Job That Actually Requires Geometry! Commissioners in Florida’s Seminole County and Manatee County passed ordinances regulating public nudity by requiring women to cover at least 25 percent of the area of their breasts and at least 33 percent of the buttocks, with detailed instructions as to the points from which each coverage must be measured. (Refresher for law enforcement: The lateral area of a cone is pi (times) r (times) s where r=radius and s=slant height; for the surface area of a sphere, it’s pi (times) r (squared), and, alas, for a flat surface, it’s length times width.)

n (1999) From a May police report in The Messenger (Madisonville, Ky.), concerning two trucks being driven strangely on a rural road: A man would drive one truck 100 yards, stop, walk back to a second truck, drive it 100 yards beyond the first truck, stop, walk back to the first truck, drive it 100 yards beyond the second truck, and so on. According to police, the man’s brother was passed out drunk in one of the trucks, so the man was driving both trucks home (though the success of such a scheme is better imagined if the driving brother has a high blood-alcohol reading, too—which was the case).

n (1998) On the day before Good Friday, reported the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Ernesto A. Moshe Montgomery consecrated the Shrine of the Weeping Shirley MacLaine in a room in the Beta Israel Temple in Los Angeles. Inspired by an image he said he had while riding in the actress’s private jet, Montgomery said a subsequent large photograph of him with MacLaine was “observed shedding tears,” which had inspired prayers and testimony of miraculous healings.

n (1988) And, from the very first “News of the Weird” column came good ol’ Hal Warden, the Tennessee 16-yearold who was married at 15 and granted a divorce from his wife, 13. Hal had previously been married at age 12 to a 14-year-old (and fathered children with both), but the first wife divorced Hal because, as she told the judge, “He was acting like a 10-year-old.”

The Tequila Trials Sampling a slew of titilating tequilas. BY TED SCHEFFLER @Critic1

I’ve written extensively in the past about tequila and its types: silver, añejo, reposado, how they’re made, etc., so I won’t rehash that here. Instead, I’d like to share some thoughts about some tequilas I recently tried—mostly ones I wasn’t familiar with. For starters, I sipped some offerings from Gran Centenario, a tequila producer based in Jalisco, Mexico, whence much tequila originates. Gran Centenario makes tequilas ranging in price from $40 for their Plata (silver), all the way up to $250 for Leyenda Extra Añejo. Sadly, I didn’t get to try the latter. The Plata caught my attention, visually, because it doesn’t look like Plata. Instead of being clear, like most Plata/Silver tequila, this has a light straw hue to it and comes, like all of the Gran Centenarios, in an Art Decostyle bottle. I suspect the color comes from the tequila resting

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for almost a month in French Limousin oak barrels. The barrels serve to soften the harsh edges that often accompany silver tequila, and this one is smooth enough to sip straight or to use in cocktails, with a slight peppery finish. Made from 100 percent blue agave, Gran Centenario Añejo ($50) is a mild, light-bodied añejo with hints of vanilla from toasted American-oak barrels along with sweet, floral aromas combined with smokiness. This is a very good añejo for the price. Going the route of flavored vodkas, I’m increasingly seeing infused tequilas. One is Gran Centenario Rosangel ($30). This, essentially, is Gran Centenario reposado that is aged for two months in Port barrels and then infused with hibiscus flowers, lending it a slightly pink tone in the glass. I didn’t really expect to like tequila tarted up with hibiscus, but it surprised me. Slightly sweet, floral flavors and aromas eventually give way to a back end of agave, making this a very interesting spirit to sip and contemplate, maybe on the porch in warmer weather. Since I had a bottle of Sauza Hornitos Reposado ($30) in the house, I decided to toss that into the tequila mix. This is a very

good value: 100 percent agave reposado, which is very appealing sipped straight, with lots of fruit and floral flavors. Next up: An interesting blended tequila called Maestro Dobel Diamond ($50), which combines 100 percent agave reposado, añejo and “extra” añejo. This is part of the Cuervo empire, named for tequila maker Juan Dobel. The bottle alone seems like it should cost $50: a thick, metal base and crystal-cut design, topped by an iron closure with the weight of a small skillet. Ah, if only what were inside was as good as the packaging. I guess I’d say this is very drinkable tequila, but not very memorable. It’s extremely “clean” tasting; maybe too much so. Due to a unique filtration system, this reposado/añejo is actually clear, like a plata. Some would call this tequila subtle; I’ll call it wimpy. Again, I won’t go into detail here because I’ve already written about Vida tequila. But, the clear winner at our tequila tasting was Vida Añejo ($56) which, quite simply, blew everything else away. Try some. PJH

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’ve been toying with tequila. Well, tasting some interesting ones, actually. And, that’s easier said than done, given the mind-bending properties of tequila that most of us are all too familiar with. One has to be extraordinarily disciplined to keep one’s objective wits intact when sampling firewater like this. Thankfully, I’m a trained professional.

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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.

THAI ME UP

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

CONTINENTAL ALPENHOF

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

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

THE BLUE LION

A Jackson Hole favorite for 39 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Early Bird Special: 20% off entire bill between 5:30 & 6 p.m Must mention ad. Reservations recommended, walkins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com

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PICNIC

Our mission is simple: offer good food, made fresh, all day, every day. We know everyone’s busy, so we cater to on-the-go lifestyles with quick, tasty options for breakfast and lunch, including pastries and treats from our sister restaurant Persephone. Also offering coffee and espresso drinks plus wine and cocktails. Open Mon-Fri 7am-5pm, Wknds 7am-3pm 1110 Maple Way in West Jackson 307-2642956www.picnicjh.com

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FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT

FRESH, LOCALLY SOURCED OFFERINGS TAKE OUT AVAILABLE

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

MOE’S BBQ

A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965

Opened in Jackson Hole by Tom Fay and David Fogg, Moe’s Original Bar B Que features a Southern Soul Food Revival through its 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 Moe-Boy sandwich. A daily rotation of traditional Southern sides and tasty desserts are served fresh daily. Moe’s BBQ stays open late and features a menu for any budget. While the setting is familyfriendly, a full premium bar offers a lively scene with HDTVs for sports fans, music, shuffle board and other games upstairs. Large party takeout orders and full service catering with delivery is also 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

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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LOCAL & DOMESTIC STEAKS SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK @ 5:30 TILL 10 JHCOWBOYSTEAKHOUSE.COM 307-733-4790

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.

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LOTUS ORGANIC RESTAURANT

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.

HOUSEMADE BREAD & DESSERTS

Reservations at (307) 733-4913 3295 Village Drive • Teton Village, WY

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.

MANGY MOOSE

PIZZAS, PASTAS & MORE

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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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 twotime gold medal wings. Open at 11 a.m. daily. 832 W. Broadway, (307) 733-7901.

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.

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SUDOKU

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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1 Hunk 5 Tortilla-wrapped serving 11 Hardly a haymaker 14 Pulled up a chair 17 Whom Samwise accompanied to Rivendell 18 Backspace key, often 19 One who might err on the safe side? 20 __ dixit: assertion without proof 21 Add zing to 22 Berate 23 “Heavens!” 25 *Lids for a fancy box? 27 *Eas y order for a mixologist 29 Zing 30 Donizetti aria “Regnava __ silenzio” 31 Bee bunch 33 Watergate figure with a radio talk show 34 Exude 36 Learn 37 Giant __, world’s largest antelope 39 *Ceremonious choreography 42 *Lothario’s organ 46 Bearded blossom 47 G, in the key of C 48 Adjust, as a chronometer 49 Tat misreadable as WOW 50 Honey 52 Tweaks 56 “Is this some kind of __?” 58 New England cape 59 __ chi 61 Biting 62 “Good-bye, cruel world!,” in Westerns 65 *Ring leaders 68 Worldwide anticrime gp. 71 Rod’s partner 72 Author Deighton

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Bench press muscle Ethel on “I Love Lucy” Produce a steady stream of Words with remember or forget Bon __: Comet rival “__ the loneliest number” “Argo” org. Fine __ *Joe may come from one *Moved like a crowd Crease-resistant fabric Estefan with Grammys Consider to be Steel, e.g. Form opener Key preposition Boxer with feats of Clay? *Significant other Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? Rank people? Swab’s assent Blink of an eye D.C. pros Cleo’s undoing Fix, as a pump Former Midwest territorial capital Is for you Steely __ Airborne camera holders Many a competition

11 Handled containers 12 Every which way 13 Fraternal initials 14 Leadfoot 15 Syrian president 82 16 Touchy 83 17 Bomb 85 20 Baseball unit with distinct 87 halves 88 24 Musician with a Nobel Prize 91 26 Bread butts 95 28 The Who classic 96 32 Female in WWII 98 35 Boot from power 99 36 Heavenly topper 101 37 Original sinner 102 38 Fired up 103 39 Dexter’s wife in “Dexter” 106 40 Metal that’s pumped 110 41 __ effect 43 Alternate version, in scores 44 Farm connection 113 114 45 ER part: Abbr. 116 48 Word with debt or guilt 117 51 HBO rival 118 53 Beaver’s work 119 54 Victim of hot wings? 120 55 More classy 56 Bond or bonding 121 follower 122 57 Delight 123 60 Dada daddy? 124 63 “Uncle” of old TV 64 Flagon filler DOWN 65 Risk 1 Bone to pick 66 Peptic problem 2 Fictional turn-on 67 Rain-__ gum 3 Smelly-sounding German 68 Apple computer river? 69 Nautilus captain 4 Windfall 70 Like poison ivy 5 Wild 73 One who remem6 Smell __ bers old flames 7 Fugitive portrayer before Ford with fondness? 8 Believer’s suffix 74 Shocked accusa9 Pots, cups, etc. tion 10 Prefix with -pod

75 Outlay 78 Actor Pat of Batman films 79 NCAA’s Bruins 81 Broccoli __ 83 LBJ’s antipoverty agcy. 84 “The Sound of Music” extra 86 Calculating snake? 89 Leads, as a band 90 “Family Ties” mom 91 Ancient Roman currency minter 92 Anger 93 Go-between 94 Bubbler 97 Gecko, for one 99 Dryer brand 100 Texas university in Beaumont 102 Fairy tale baddies 104 Café con __ 105 Thought 107 Campus area 108 Heavenly bear 109 “Monday Night Football” channel 111 Shade of green 112 Hogwarts librarian __ Pince 115 That thing in Tijuana

Finding Answers in Dreams

Inventions that came from dreams

These true stories are a reminder that dreams are a way to expand what we know, what we can create, solve, invent, and discover. Here is one among many ways to set the stage for dreaming practical answers and creative solutions to whatever is on your mind. Last thing before you fall asleep, ask yourself to have a dream revealing the answer to something you’ve been wanting to know. Be sure to make the request specific. Example: “I am asking for a dream to reveal to me why I am stuck in my life.” And then tell yourself that you will remember a significant dream on awakening. First thing as you awaken, before turning on a light, talking or thinking about your day, lie in bed with your eyes closed and ask to recall your dreams. Sometimes this is immediate. Sometimes an event during the day or something random another person says will trigger the memory of an important dream. Trouble remembering dreams? Ask your mind to make sure the dream is impossible for you to forget. Here’s a personal example. I once did this kind of dream request, and woke up in the middle of the night needing to go to the bathroom. At first I was annoyed as middle of the night bathroom trips are rare for me, until I realized I had just had the dream I was asking for. Working with your dreams takes practice, and we all dream as we sleep. Be patient. Be curious. Be inspired! Happy adventures in consciousness. PJH

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Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author, and clairvoyant. Got a Cosmic Question? Email carol@yourcosmiccafe.com

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The Periodic Table Dmitry Mendeleyev was working for three days straight when he finally gave in and fell asleep. In his own words Mendeleyev said, “I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper ... Only in one place did a correction later seem necessary.” Jack Nicklaus’ Golf Swing Nicklaus was perplexed why his game was off, when he had a dream in which he was truly on top of his game. After reviewing the dream, Nicklaus realized he was gripping the club differently in the dream than he did in real life. In his own words, “I tried it the way I did in my dream and it worked… it really happened in a dream.” Einstein’s Theory of Relativity When Albert Einstein was a teenager he had an elaborate dream in which he was walking through a farm. He came upon a bunch of cows huddled up against

Dream weavers

f you could know anything, what would that be? Have you ever considered asking yourself to receive the answer in a dream? Is there a problem you’ve been struggling to solve? It is possible to ask yourself to dream the most elegant solution. Whether what you’d like to know is simple or complex, mundane or spiritual, your dreaming self is a proven resource for incredible inspiration and insight. The dream state allows us to download information from other realities and from the wealth of information in our subconscious, neither of which are readily accessible in the waking state. There are examples from Thomas Jefferson to Jules Verne, and Beethoven to Paul McCartney, who each received in dreams the inspiration for their respective writing and musical compositions.

an electric fence. In the dream, the farmer suddenly switched the fence on, and Einstein witnessed all the cows jump back at the same time as they were shocked. Still in the dream, Einstein told the farmer that he just saw all the cows jumping back at the same time when. The farmer had been standing at the opposite end of the field and told Einstein he saw it differently. The farmer had seen the cows jump away one by one. Einstein woke up totally intrigued by the dream. Thinking deeply about the dream, he started to put together the idea that events look different depending on where you’re standing because of the time it takes the light to reach your eyes. This was the inspiration for his theory of relativity.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) As a recovering save-the-world addict, I have felt compassionate skepticism towards my fellow junkies who are still in the throes of their obsession. But recently I’ve discovered that just as a small minority of alcoholics can safely take a drink now and then, so can a few save-theworld-aholics actually save the world a little bit at a time without getting strung-out. With that as a disclaimer, Aquarius, I’m letting you know that the cosmos has authorized you to pursue your own brand of fanatical idealism in the coming weeks. To keep yourself honest, make fun of your zealotry every now and then. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The potential breakthrough I foresee for you is a rare species of joy. It’s a gritty, hard-earned pleasure that will spawn beautiful questions you’ll be glad to have awakened. It’s a surprising departure from your usual approach to feeling good that will expand your understanding of what happiness means. Here’s one way to ensure that it will visit you in all of its glory: Situate yourself between the fabulous contradictions in your life and say, “Squeeze me, tease me, please me.” ARIES (March 21-April 19) Unless you were raised by a pack of feral raccoons or a fundamentalist cult, now is a perfect time to dive in to your second childhood. Is there a toy you wanted as a kid but never got? Buy it for yourself now! What were the delicious foods you craved back then? Eat them! Where were the special places you loved? Go there, or to spots that remind you of them. Who were the people you were excited to be with? Talk with them. Actions like these will get you geared up for a full-scale immersion in innocent eagerness. And that would be just the right medicine for your soul. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) What I wish for you, Taurus, is toasted ice cream and secrets in plain sight and a sacred twist of humorous purity. I would love for you to experience a powerful surrender and a calm climax and a sweeping vision of a small but pithy clue. I very much hope that you will get to take a big trip to an intimate turning point that’s not too far away. I pray you will find or create a barrier that draws people together instead of keeping them apart. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

In Dr. Seuss’s book, Horton Hatches an Egg, an elephant assumes the duty of sitting on a bird’s egg, committed to keeping it warm until hatching time. The nest is located high in a tree, which makes the undertaking even more incongruous. By the climax of the tale, Horton has had to persist in his loyal service through a number of challenges. But all ends well, and there’s an added bonus: The creature that’s born is miraculously part-bird, part-elephant. I see similarities between this story and your life right now, Gemini. The duty you’re carrying out doesn’t come naturally, and you’re not even sure you’re doing it right. But if you keep at it till it’s completed, you’ll earn a surprising reward.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) The best way to go forward is to go backward; the path to the bright future requires a shadowy regression. Put another way, you should return to the roots of a triumph in order to find a hidden flaw that might eventually threaten to undo your success. Correct that flaw now and you’ll make it unnecessary for karmic repercussions to under-

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Are you familiar with the psychological concepts of anima and animus? You’re in the midst of being intoxicated by one of those creatures from inner space. Though you may not be fully conscious of it, you women are experiencing a mystical marriage with an imaginal character that personifies all that’s masculine in your psyche. You men are going through the analogous process with a female figure within you. I believe this is true no matter what your sexual orientation is. While this awesome psychological event may be fun, educational, and even ecstatic, it could also be confusing to your relationships with real people. Don’t expect them to act like or live up to the very real fantasy you’re communing with.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Here’s your riddle: What unscratchable itch drives you half-crazy? But you’re secretly glad it drives you half-crazy, because you know your half-craziness will eventually lead you to an experience or resource that will relieve the itch. Here’s your prophecy: Sometime soon, scratching the unscratchable itch will lead you to the experience or resource that will finally relieve the itch. Here’s your homework: Prepare yourself emotionally to fully receive and welcome the new experience or resource. Make sure you’re not so addicted to scratching the unscratchable itch that you fail to take advantage of the healing it’s bringing you.

mine you later. But please don’t get all solemn-faced and anxious about this assignment. Approach it with humorous self-correction and you’ll ensure that all goes well.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) It’s prime time for you to break through any inhibitions you might have about accessing and expressing your passion. To help you in this righteous cause, I’ve assembled a batch of words you should be ready to use with frequency and sweet abandon. Consider writing at least part of this list on your forearm with a felt-tip pen every morning so it’s always close at hand: enamored, piqued, enchanted, stirred, roused, enthused, delighted, animated, elevated, thrilled, captivated, turned-on, enthralled, exuberant, fired up, awakened. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Matt Groening, creator of the cartoon series The Simpsons, says that a great turning point in his early years came when his Scoutmaster told him he was the worst Boy Scout in history. While this might have demoralized other teenagers, it energized Groening. “Well, somebody’s got to be the worst,” he triumphantly told the Scoutmaster. And then, “instead of the earth opening up and swallowing me, instead of the flames of hell fire licking at my knees—nothing happened. And I was free.” I suspect you may soon be blessed with a comparable liberation, Leo. Maybe you’ll be released from having to live up to an expectation you shouldn’t even live up to. Or maybe you’ll be criticized in a way that will motivate your drive for excellence for years to come. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Nineteen of my readers who work in the advertising industry signed a petition requesting that I stop badmouthing their field. “Without advertising,” they testified, “life itself would be impossible.” In response, I agreed to attend their re-education seminar. There, under their tutelage, I came to acknowledge that everything we do can be construed as a kind of advertising. Each of us is engaged in a mostly unconscious campaign to promote our unique way of looking at and being in the world. Realizing the truth, I now feel no reservations about urging you Virgos to take advantage of the current astrological omens. They suggest that you can and should be aggressive and ingenious about marketing yourself, your ideas, and your products. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) In 2003, the American Film Institute announced the creation of a new prize to honor acting talent. Dubbed the Charlton Heston Award, it was designed to be handed out periodically to luminaries who have distinguished themselves over the course of long careers. The first recipient of the award was, oddly enough, Charlton Heston himself, born under the sign of Libra. I hope you’re inspired by this story to wipe away any false modesty you might be suffering from. The astrological omens suggest it’s a favorable moment to create a big new award named after you and bestow it upon yourself. As part of the festivities, tell yourself about what makes you special, amazing, and valuable.

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