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The House on the Hill Creating Intimate Spaces in an Expansive Setting

BY laurel holland photography tim brown

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There’s No Place Like Home A Designer’s Dream Comes True in West Ketchum

BY Cheryl Haas photography tim brown

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Randy Edgar – custom woodworking Nate Galpin – metalworking Jon Nasvik – decorative concrete

BY matt Furber & Laurel Holland photography ray j. gadd

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A Flicker in the Stream

The Search for Idaho’s Gold and How It Ushered in a New State

BY ADAM TANOUS

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Water of Life

The History and Art of Whiskey in the West

BY LAURIE SAMMIS

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Jennifer and Cory Smith expanded a 700-square-foot home (formerly a barn) and created a dream home with exquisite design in West Ketchum.

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Rick and Kim Selby’s Sun Valley home features a carved, art deco wooden banister that adds an elegant flare to the home’s grand staircase.

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126 60 Clockwise from above: Community School students hike to class; base camp for Austin Riggs’ hunt of a lifetime; “Novolobodskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2014” by David Burdeny; the Power House gets a new home.

86 43 Local Buzz Life at the Jetsons

73 Body & Soul Spa Nirvana

Homemade Home

Trends in Design

Restaurant Rebirth

81 Get Out There The Making of a Champion

A New Era in Luxury Lodging

When classroom walls come down students learn

Learning the Value of Generosity Students give time and treasure to nonprofits

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Hunt of a Lifetime

Fulfilling a boy’s dream

120 Topics of Conservation In Perpetuity

Coming to terms with “ forever”

125 In the Arts Vestiges of Form in a Vast Landscape

The minimalist sensibilities of David Burdeny

Also in This Issue 24 From the Publisher 26 Contributors 67 Home Treasures 88 Calendar of Events 134 At the Galleries

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The dining scene lights up with new cuisine & ambiance

When dreams and waking life overlap

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Follow Your Dreams

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A couple’s experience with upcycling

The pampering just gets better

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A look at living wirelessly

P ho t o g r ap h er : Ma tt h ew Mi l l man

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We’ve collected some of the fine works of our three profiled craftsmen: Rando Edgar, Nate Galpin and Jon Nasvik.

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On the Sun Valley Magazine homepage we have revamped our Local Buzz Blog to include fresh new content, including snippets on current events and happenings in the Valley. This month, check out Kelly Hennessy’s series, “An Idaho Bucket List,” in which she takes us on some of the must-do adventures nearby.

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As reported in our article “Restaurant Rebirth,” the Wood River Valley dining scene is more vibrant than ever. To keep up on the latest chefs, menus and culinary trends, take a peek at our publication Taste of Sun Valley, available on stands and online at sunvalleymag.com/Dining/.

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Fromthepublisher // insight

reaming, which is at the root of all truly inspired home design and architecture projects, is really just another form of planning. Fortunately for those of us planning our next design project, the stunning homes and creative individuals featured in this special HOME ANNUAL issue of Sun Valley Magazine have created imaginative spaces that are filled with vision, experience and ingenuity.

Explore the intimate spaces created within the expansive setting of Rick and Kim Selby’s mountainside home in Elkhorn, which was painstakingly drawn by hand by architect Doug Burdge to frame Sun Valley’s most iconic vista and designed to incorporate both lavish entertaining and intimate gatherings (page 92). Experience the soothing detail with which owner and interior designer Jennifer Hoey Smith transformed a small West Ketchum barn into a contemporary home (page 96). The project was a labor of love that provided Hoey Smith with an open canvas to design for herself, but which was limited by space and an irregular lot shape that necessitated a true collaboration between Hoey Smith, architect Gretchen Wagner of Scape Design Studio and Mike Pfau of Lee Gilman Builders.

Imagination and the act of creating physical objects from ideas that may exist only as shadowy intuition is at the heart of Sun Valley Magazine’s featured craftsmen and artisans (“Masters of Craft,” page 100). Step inside the workshop of Randy “Rando” Edgar, who takes bits and pieces of gnarled wood and shapes them into items of beauty, substance and functionality—countertops, bars, circular staircases, wooden dories, canoes and ski patrol rescue sleds in the style originally invented by U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame member and Sun Valley local Nelson Bennett. Follow the creative imaginings of both Nate Galpin, a maverick craftsman who bends and sculpts, cuts and welds metal into functional works of art at Isotope Design Lab in Hailey, and artisan Jon Nasvik, who builds waterfalls of concrete with boulders nearly indistinguishable from the real thing, but finds his true passion in the fluid interpretation of concrete into solid forms of art that defy the nature of the material.

Our valley is in the midst of a thrilling revival of imaginative spaces—with new hotels planned for downtown Ketchum (page 54), multimillion-dollar spa renovations at Zenergy and the Spa at Sun Valley (page 74) and a restaurant rebirth that is shaking up the culinary scene in both Ketchum and Hailey (page 52).

Our interpretation of imaginative spaces extends beyond the real of architecture and design to our definition of traditional spaces. Read about several local schools—Community School, The Sage School and Syringa Mountain School—each of which is imagining new methods of learning with expanded classrooms that get outside the traditional as a way to increase engagement, environmental stewardship and community action (page 60) in a manner that truly embodies Albert Einstein’s claim that: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

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BRYANT DUNN, who owns Sun Valley Outfitters, operates in Idaho’s central mountains. He has been donating his services to the Hunt of a Lifetime Foundation for more than a decade. When not leading hunting groups, Bryant works as a supervisor on the Sun Valley Ski Patrol, leads international fly fishing expeditions through his business Himalayan Flyfishing Adventures and explores the local wilderness with his wife and four children (On the Hunt of a Lifetime, p.86).

Ray J. Gadd, paying homage to light, composition and interaction, melds these detailed technical skills while stressing the importance of living in the moment. While the outdoors continues to be his muse, his photographic work is as diverse as the species of flies found in his fly fishing box. From personalities to landscapes, Ray’s photographic spectrum is far and wide. Find his work via the likes of the FlyFIsh Journal, Red Bull Content Pool and SUP Magazine. Find him navigating the gamut of nearby and far-off fisheries, wandering endless single-track trails, and chasing the occasional surf swell (Masters of Craft, p.100).

TIM BROWN was born in Sun Valley. His unique perspective on the world is evident in both his photography and videography work. Whether a voyeuristic angle or an insider’s bird’s-eye view, he manages to capture the most intriguing aspect of any given subject. He has worked for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, The Tennis Channel, Men’s Journal and EuroSport. He studied fine art photography before moving on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Brooks Institute of Photography (The House on the Hill, p.92; A Designer’s Dream Come True, p.96).

DIANE JOSEPHY PEAVEY writes about life on her family’s Idaho sheep and cattle ranch—its people, history and the changing landscape of the American West. These stories aired weekly for 18 years on Idaho Public Radio. Diane is the author of “Bitterbrush Country: Living on the Edge of the Land.” Her other writings have appeared in numerous magazines, journals and Western anthologies. She also completed two librettos for the Caritas Chorale on Lewis and Clark and the Nez Perce Indians (In Perpetuity, p.120).

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The Wood River Valley has long offered an eclectic mix of fine dining, from the classic Pioneer “d-cut” to blueberry chia smoothies at Glow or authentic Mexican tacos at Lago Azul. This year a wealth of new dining options are in the mix.

Writer Karen Bossick walks us through what’s new and delectable in Valley cuisine, including Mediterraneaninspired dishes from Scott Mason and a new expanded Power House in Hailey, favorite of the athletic crowd.

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localbuzz // smart homes

life at the jetsons smart homes come of age

BY Jon Duval The Internet of Things may still be a ways into the future, but there’s no doubt that connectivity within our environment is increasing every day. With seemingly every pedestrian, coffee shop customer and driver (scarily) sporting a smartphone or tablet, our ability to instantaneously pass information, whether texts, photos, financial information or funny cat videos, is speeding up at a pace that most of us can barely keep up with.

However, for those on the cutting edge— the early adopters, as they say in the tech industry—life is inching ever closer to the world envisioned by the creators of the Jetsons.

We’re not quite talking about robot butlers, but it’s becoming increasingly common to use technology to control more and more functions throughout households everywhere, and the Wood River Valley is no exception.

Homeowners, architects, contractors and technology specialists are all teaming up to bring integrated systems that control temperature, lights, blinds and audio/visual equipment in a manner that’s simpler than ever.

“The last chapter was five remotes put into one,” said Gary Leeds, owner of Leeds High Fidelity and the new Leeds Look & Listen studio in Ketchum. “The new chapter is no remotes, controlling more, with updates able to be downloaded instantaneously.”

Leeds, like a number of audio/visual companies throughout the Valley, has seen an increase in the number of projects in which their services are becoming an integrated part of the building process, rather than a tacked-on, rigid part of the construction budget.

In addition to the removal of multiple remotes to run a system, smart homes are also becoming marked by a noticeable absence of wires, with multiple functions operated over WiFi, Ethernet and “the cloud.”

Beyond the aesthetic advantages, using wireless systems also gives homeowners

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nest learning thermostat This user-installed, wireless device enables homeowners to control the temperature of their homes from the wall or remotely via a phone software application.

What’s more, after a few days of manual settings, the thermostat “learns” the temperature cycles an owner prefers. The device also alerts users not at home to over heating or excessive cooling.

control through a mobile device, such as an iPad or smartphone. This could mean using a sensor in the driveway so that your lights turn on when you pull up to your house, controlling the house temperature from anywhere in the world, or being alerted to any smoke issues without the need to hire a third-party provider, such as a traditional security company.

“All the growth in technology over the past 10 years means people are used to having this kind of information and control right at their fingertips.”

–kyle baysinger, maestro

This latter point is surely an attractive feature of the smart home—namely, negating the need to make a service call in the evening and waiting for someone to show up to get everything back online.

The increasing trend in smart home technology is not only seen with homeowners, but is also evidenced throughout the technology industry, as with Google purchasing Nest, a remote thermostat (along with carbon monoxide and smoke alarms) company, for $3.2 billion. That acquisition is a fairly clear indication that some of the most progressive companies in the world think this market is only going to grow.

For Leeds, one of the most significant improvements is the scalability of the new systems. By using high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) over the Internet, homeowners can make upgrades much easier as new technologies are introduced—which they surely will be—as opposed to “legacy” equipment—those pieces that, once installed, make it difficult to change without a major overhaul of the entire system.

“For homeowners in this area, a lot of whom are part-time residents, they want the opportunity to have remote management,”

sonos wireless subwoofer The Sonos audio system enables users to wirelessly connect their sundry digital music collections to high fidelity, also wireless, speakers. In addition, software connects users to a variety of streaming music services, all of which can be controlled through Bluetooth devices.

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This high-definition security camera operates in low-light situations with up to a 145-degree horizontal viewing angle. The dome camera is tamper and vandalism proof, as well as being suitable for harsh weather exposure.

said Kyle Baysinger, owner of Maestro Technology Solutions. “This can mean video cameras (both for security or just to see how much snow is in the backyard for an upcoming ski trip), thermostat regulation and more, all integrated with their security and lighting control.”

As well as convenience and increasing simplicity, there are other real benefits, notes Baysinger. By operating temperature and shading remotely, homeowners can maximize efficiency in their houses, lowering both electricity and heating bills.

“All the growth in technology over the past 10 years means people are used to having this kind of information and control right at their fingertips,” Baysinger said.

“They want to be able to use a tablet or phone to do all of this.”

However, this type of system and technology is still in its relative infancy, with the contractors, electricians and audio/visual specialists all working together to accomplish the homeowner’s goals. According to Adam Elias, owner of Ketchum-based Elias

Construction, these systems require that different members of the building team coordinate much earlier in the process than they would on a more conventional home.

While current local smart homes mostly work the low-voltage systems—again, the audio/visual, shading, heat and lighting— Elias said that the future systems would likely not only manage all of this, but also make significant strides toward temperature management and efficiency. In this case, the home’s system would know to increase the solar gain or shading according to a clock and the home’s sun exposure, automatically adjusting the interior temperature to minimize cost and energy output.

Although these kinds of systems will more likely find early adoption in hotter, desert climates, the trend heavily suggests that as new construction regains momentum here, wireless mobile devices will provide more and more control of residential systems. And once the robot butlers become available, we’ll definitely let you know about it.

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BY Karen Bossick The handmade tile came from Erin Griffith’s great-grandmother. The oak flooring and beams were left over from her grandparents’ projects. She got glass blocks to insert into her staircase at the Building Materials Thrift Store.

Erin Griffith and Jake Chaney’s new 2,200-square-foot home is a poster child for resourcefulness: from dumpster diving to save money on building materials, to Internet surfing to learn about structural insulated panels for the walls.

Their home near Old Cutters in Hailey cost about $50 a square foot for materials, compared with nearby properties that they were told cost between $200 and $300 a square foot, including labor.

And they gained a treasure trove of memories as they worked every day for nearly two years with Erin’s parents to build a home from the ground up.

Erin, a waitress at Ketchum Grill, and Jake, who works for Wiseguy Pizza, wanted their own home. But they couldn’t find a suitable home that they could afford.

So, the two quit their previous jobs to build on a lot that Erin’s parents had purchased a decade earlier. It is a few blocks from where Jake’s parents—Dale and Lisa Chaney—still live.

The couple started designing the home of their dreams on Christmas Day 2013. They mapped the house around their baby grand piano. They started with one story, and then added another. And they provided walk-in storage for backcountry skiing and biking gear.

When they had finished, they took the draft to Erin’s parents, John and Jini Griffith, who made suggestions and sent the couple back to the drawing board.

“Both my father and grandfather were builders, so building runs in the family,” said Jini, who remembers mixing roof tar as a youngster. “Some of my best memories are working alongside my father. John and I helped him build 10 homes in the FlagstaffSedona area. This is the fifth home we’ve built here.”

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Erin used heart-shaped stones her mother has collected since Erin was a toddler for drawer handles. Jake refinished doors that were rejects from other building projects.

They bought ceiling lights at The Advocates thrift store, The Attic. And they scoured garage sales and dumpsters for cabinets and other building materials.

“We’ve got our favorite dumpsters—we’re always looking for stuff,” Jini said. Erin handcrafted a slide-out chopping block atop a compost and garbage bin for those days when there isn’t enough room on the kitchen counter. She designed a wine holder and endowed cabinets with decorative carvings.

And the couple hand-poured a concrete countertop, inserting decorative copper elements into it.

Erin built mirror frames herself, installed hand-painted Japanese flower tiles she found at a garage sale around the vanity and installed toilet roll holders that her father had made.

Then she and Jake built their bed out of cherry wood they found at a garage sale, designing it so they could put their heads either way and leaving space underneath for the dog’s bed.

Erin’s parents helped them wire and plumb the house. They covered the exterior with corrugated metal they got from a potato barn. And they spray-painted it to give it a contemporary sheen.

“It was cool watching them take control in all phases of construction,” said Jini. “That’s how John and I survived in this Valley—by knowing how to fix what’s broken and how to build things ourselves instead of calling

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Clockwise from top left: John Griffith installs glass blocks from the Building Materials Thrift Store into the stairway; Erin Griffith shows off the cutting board that doubles as a top to the recycle bin; nearly all of the construction work on the house was done by family members; Erin inlaid decorative items in her concrete kitchen and bathroom sinks; in time, the Griffiths plan to replace the homemade raised garden beds with a greenhouse; the baby grand piano served as a starting point for designing the house.

someone to do it for us. The only parts they hired out were blowing insulation in the ceiling and pouring the base layer of the concrete flooring over the radiant tubing.”

The toughest part was coloring the concrete floor.

“Each person had a different trowel style and it looked blotchy at first,” Erin recalled.

“We worked on it several days in a row, and it wasn’t working. I cried big splotches of tears and completely ruined it. Finally, I shooed everyone out, had Jake mix the colorant, and I did it as fast as I could.”

The couple strung lights that shine through the glass blocks inserted into the wooden stairs.

And they installed such energy-saving features as a solar panel and R50 insulation. And they spent “a ton of time” researching sustainable

building techniques like sealing the house from small air leaks.

“The boiler was brand new in the box but ‘used’ so we got it for a quarter of the price,” John said.

Jini looked around at the family room that houses the piano and an L-shaped couch that Erin designed to allow space for pullout baskets containing knick-knacks.

“This is truly a family room. My father made the tables. My mother made the tile for the top of those tables,” she said. “I could feel my parents’ presence throughout. Every time I picked up a tool, I thought, ‘This was my Dad’s tool. This was the way Dad would’ve done this.’ ” The couple spent the summer building a patio in the xeriscape yard, which features plants growing out of hay bales and raised beds made of logs. Next on the agenda: building a greenhouse.

“This is the first time I’ve been involved in something like this from the ground up, and it was an awesome experience,” Jake said. “Not only do we get to live close to our parents, but we get to live in a place where we want to live—with its backcountry skiing, biking and hunting. Not many people like us, who are 30 years old, can say they’ve built a home from the ground up—and be debt-free, besides.”

Erin agreed. “There were days during the framing process that were so hot I lay down, fully clothed, in the canal in the backyard. And there were days during plumbing that we were so cold we could barely work. But everything that was put into this house was built with love and a certain pride that only comes with the knowledge that you did it yourself.”

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What are your favorite eco-friendly materials for interior design?

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I love using natural materials such as reclaimed wood, steel, stone and concrete. You can create such a beautiful and interesting look with simple materials such as these.

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Caesarstone or PentalQuartz made from recycled granite. Also, low- to zero-VOC (volatile organic compounds) paint colors by Benjamin Moore or Devine.

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For the bedroom, cotton, cotton, cotton. Preferably thin, and lightweight, and soft. There is nothing better than sliding into really nice crisp cotton sheets.

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Reclaimed barn wood I started using five years ago. Recycled glass tiles­— the colors and textures are great. Vintage or used lighting fixtures.

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Their value is twofold in that they ensure healthy air quality for home occupants while also being eco-friendly by capturing heat from exhausted air.

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Restaurant Rebirth What’s New in Valley Dining

BY Karen Bossick A former breakfast nook has been reborn as a Mediterranean tavern. The Sun Valley Lodge now boasts four restaurants ranging from a retro bowling alley to a retooled Gretchen’s. And what was at alternating times Slavey’s, The Beach, The Roosevelt Tavern and B is now a craft whiskey distillery.

With the regional and national economy finally blossoming, the Wood River Valley is enjoying several new and re-imagined restaurants.

To wit, Scott and Anne Mason snatched up the former Moose Girls’ space across from Ketchum Town Square and turned it into a contemporary take on a roadside tavern. Patrons look out glass doors offering panoramic views of Baldy while nibbling on couscous inspired by Morocco, Spain, Turkey, Israel and Southern France.

The Town Square Tavern sports 10 beers on tap and wines not traditionally found here, as well as a large family-style table at which smaller parties may sit together.

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and different won out,” said Scott Mason, who also owns Enoteca with his wife, Anne. “The grueling part is the birth. If the parenting and genetics are solid, everything will work out okay.”

Just down the road at Sun Valley Resort, chefs John Murcko and Derek Gallegos devised four new menus that reflect the heritage of the 80-year-old lodge while utilizing the fresh, local food so prized today.

The new Gretchen’s reflects that in its décor, which includes memorabilia of its namesake Olympic ski racer, Gretchen Fraser, along with a working table where waiters can pluck live lavender or shave fresh Parmesan from a cheese round.

The breakfast menu is highlighted by crab cake eggs Benedict and Gallegos’ traditional huevos rancheros on blue corn chips topped with New Mexico red chili sauce.

Fish and chips made of beer-battered wild cod is a popular lunch item, while dinner includes such starters as a taste tantalizing seared ahi paired with watermelon and a drizzle of basil oil, lime and jalapeño. Entrées include a rack of lamb flavored with fig and mint because Sun Valley has always been

known for its lamb, said Murcko.

The Duchin Room now offers a continental breakfast, along with such appetizers as an in-house cheese ball made of five cheeses and covered with pistachio nuts.

Mac Tots—tater tots topped with macaroni and cheese, and Lit’l Smokies—is served up on bamboo plates in the bowling alley. The new Poolside Café features a hamburger made from a combination of meats, including brisket.

A penchant for brewing craft beer led a young California lawyer named Alex Buck to join forces with Ben Bradley, a marketing rep, to create a whiskey distillery in the building that once housed The Roosevelt.

They gutted the brick building and rebuilt it from the floor up with a brewing room that allows passersby to watch brewmeisters shoveling grain into one of nine 310-gallon tanks. Diners can also enjoy a wind-protected, rooftop deck with stunning views of Baldy.

They named it Warfield Distillery and Brewery after a mountain bike ride near Warfield Hot Springs. And they brought on former Globus chef Ryan Stadelman and Dashi’s Rob Jensen to concoct upscale pub fare like nachos served in a cast iron skillet, chicken waffles and a vegetarian sloppy Joe supplemented by homemade chips and buns.

In Ketchum’s light industrial district, Bigwood Bread moved across the street from its original tiny bakery into a spacious barn-

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Then they expanded the menu to feature a variety, including a buffalo Bolognese spaghetti made with bison meat, grilled portobello French dip and pesto pizza with artichokes, roasted peppers and goat cheese.

“Maybe Mom wants a salad; Dad, a burger; and kids, a pizza,” said Kriesen.

“Here, everyone’s happy.”

Indeed, in this era of new and exciting dining options up and down the Valley, who wouldn’t be?

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Head chef Alicia Tejida makes everything from scratch, including Mama Berta’s traditional enchiladas and sopas, fire-roasted grilled chicken quesadilla and chicken chipotle salad. And pastry chef Carley Tempest adds a sweet touch with chocolate croissants and birdseed cookies, along with the French baguettes and sourdough breads that find their way into half the Wood River Valley’s restaurants, all of its supermarkets, and Whole Foods and the Boise Co-Op in Boise.

In Hailey, Billy Olson couldn’t stand the thought of shuttering the Power House restaurant when he was forced out of the 1895 house it had been in. So, he converted an old Mexican restaurant across the street, doubling his restaurant space and moving his bike shop into an old garage on the property.

Hailey artist Nate Galpin built a metal bar and tables resembling bike derailleurs.

Olson hung maps of Tour de France, Levi Leipheimer’s bike jerseys and racing bikes on the wall. And Mountain Rescue Pale Ale took its place in a restaurant where the menu features nine pages of beer and two of dishes such as grass-fed Wagyu beef burgers and blackened ahi tacos and truffle fries.

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A New Era in Luxury Lodging The Valley’s Hospitality Sector Takes Off

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The Wood River Valley is seeing more change in the next two years than it has in the previous 25, with two new hotels coming to Ketchum and a major renovation on a classic shaking up the status quo. The Aspen Skiing Company and Auberge Resorts are jumping into the luxury hotel mix along with Sun Valley Resort and the Knob Hill Inn, a Columbia Hospitality property.

Grande Dame Re-Imagined The historic Sun Valley Lodge recently finished a major renovation, adding 30,000 square feet, a new spa, updated lobby, refurbished guest rooms and more. While the Lodge lost a few rooms, it more than made up for it with both bigger rooms and bathrooms. In addition, the interior design has been revamped and made more contemporary. This is all not to mention the new state-of-the-art, 20,000-squarefoot luxury spa adjoining the Lodge.

Experiential Travel The first of the new hotels coming to downtown Ketchum is the Limelight Sun Valley, operated by Aspen Skiing Company.

This is Aspen Skiing Co.’s first endeavor outside of Colorado, where they operate the Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, Snowmass and Aspen Highlands ski resorts. Slotted for 151 S. Main Street in Ketchum, site of the historic Bald Mountain Hot Springs (1929), the hotel will have 119 rooms and 11 residential units tailored to the “social adventurers” the hotels seeks to attract, according to Aspen Ski Co. Director of 54 sunvalleymag.com | fall 2015

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Intimate Luxury Local developer Jack Bariteau and renowned hospitality company Auberge Resorts will open a second new hotel along Trail Creek in downtown Ketchum in 2017. The luxury development will have 62 hotel accommodations and 14 residences, including six penthouses, as well as a full service spa, restaurant and bar, and meeting facilities. This hotel has been a long time coming; Bariteau began the process in 2004, but his efforts were stymied by the 2008 recession.

Increased air access, facilitated by the Valley’s A3.02R approval of the LOT tax initiative in 2012 and 2013, has given the project new life. Bariteau, an experienced and successful local developer who has worked in the Valley since 1998, has paired with the acclaimed Auberge Resorts to offer the Auberge Resort Sun Valley. Bariteau and his partners saw an opportunity to revitalize downtown Ketchum by offering a “true, fivestar, luxury property into the market,” he said.

Both he and Auberge have a dedication to and a reputation for tailored, personal service, making them a natural fit as partners.

Auberge Resorts has “developed a following,” Bariteau noted, “because of their attentiveness to the experience.” They focus on “knowing their customers, so that when you arrive they know who you are …your name … the things that you like to do.” While providing this, they hope to attract a “wealthier traveler who doesn’t mind paying for that experience.” The Auberge Resort Sun Valley is set to open in October 2017, in time for the 2017-2018 ski season.

All of this development should revitalize and reinvigorate a community that hasn’t seen much movement in the hospitality department in quite some time. With new air access and a surge in new construction, the Valley can expect a rash of new visitors, all ready to fall in love with the area and all it has to offer.

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For a relatively small community, the schools in the Wood River Valley have remarkably diverse approaches to education.

There are strong public schools, private schools stressing sustainability, others that employ Montessori or Waldorf methods, still others that attempt to develop “grit” in students. Almost all, to differing degrees, employ the natural world to further their goals. These aren’t just fun field trips, they are true experiential outdoor classroom efforts. See what they’re up to on page 60.

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For over 42 years the Community School has been leading its students into the backcountry, taking 350 kids into the wilderness for two and a half weeks each year to participate in any number of adventures, from winter camping in snow caves in the Sawtooth Mountains to multi-day raft trips down the Salmon River. These forays into nature seem to have a lasting impact on students, building character strength by pushing adolescents outside of their comfort zone, and asking them to deal with adversity and take on rather mature leadership roles.

Although we sense, perhaps instinctually, the lasting benefits for the school’s graduates, the impact had yet to be formally measured.

Last year, David Holmes, Head of School, began seeking to answer the question of how the experience of an outdoor program affects participants after high school. After sending the first round of questionnaires around to alumni, the initial results are in: 88.89 percent of Community School graduates feel that the outdoor program was “extremely valuable.” And students overwhelmingly agree that the skill they obtained that best translates to their life after high school is risk-taking (90 percent), followed by being a leader, taking a leadership role among peers and technical outdoor skill.

These findings support a growing body of research, including a study by the American Institute for Research, concluding that participation in outdoor education programs leads to improvements in social and personal skills of participants. An analysis of Outward Bound’s adventure education in the Review of Educational Research found that “adventure programs positively impact self-esteem to a greater extent than do other types of educational programs,” with an increase in independence, confidence, self-efficacy, selfunderstanding, assertiveness and improved decision-making abilities over the long term.

However, what is unique about the Community School is that these outdoor programs are not extracurricular, “out-of-class”

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experiences. They are built into the academic year, replacing what would be at-the-desk class time in a more traditional school.

The Community School is not the only educational institution in the Wood River Valley invested in bringing the outdoors into the classroom and the classroom into the outdoors. Both The Sage School, a sixththrough 12th-grade private school in Hailey founded in 2009 by Community School alumnus, Harry Weekes, and the Syringa Mountain School, a K-6 Waldorf-inspired charter school that opened in 2014, are similarly committed to outdoor learning.

For Mende Coblentz, education director of the Syringa Mountain School, this trend to engage with the natural world isn’t surprising.

“Nature is so readily accessible in Blaine County,” she said. Coblentz has worked at schools in an urban setting with much more limited access to nature than is available here. Yet even there she saw the importance of getting children outside. “Being inside all day can be a stressor. Being outside improves learning and increases calm. There’s a therapeutic element to it,” she said.

In addition to daily hikes where children as young as kindergarten learn to recognize flora and fauna as they exercise, the Syringa Mountain School last year implemented an experimental farm-to-school lunch program.

Garden beds were built in the schoolyard this year. Next year the students will plant and grow the food, harvest and consume it.

Coblentz hopes that by actively participating in the food cycle, the students will come to understand not only where their food comes from, but they will also build eco-literacy and a care for their environment. This type of project-based learning that the school is

known for, is “really heart based,” she said.

The value of the outdoor world to our daily lives is not a new one. Wilderness is man’s “daily food,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson; John Muir proclaimed it “a necessity.”

Head of The Sage School, Harry Weekes echoes the sentiment of these early naturalists when explaining his pedagogical approach: “Consistent and persistent exposure to nature is critical.” When speaking of outdoor education, Weekes isn’t simply referring to the adventure-

based variety, although they do this, too.

He defines the outdoors more broadly.

“Culturally, we consider that teaching happens in schools, but that is not how people learn,” Weekes said. “As humans, we are built to learn. So we are going to learn all of the time.” The classroom then, in practice, is everywhere. And, according to Weekes, a major part of your “classroom” experience is developing your identity.

By enabling students to learn from their social, natural and built environments (a tripartite Weekes calls “human ecology”), these settings become tools for adolescents to understand who they are.

Sage School students engage “human ecology” daily, whether as part of field study like a trip into the wilderness, community action like restoring a local stream, or wellness-oriented activities such as play or simply running around outside.

By challenging the idea that learning only happens within the walls of the traditional classroom, Weekes has created an inspiring program of study that actively engages the surrounding environment and local community, crafting a careful balance between student self-direction and meaningful mentoring.

The result? Sage, Syringa Mountain and Community School students develop a strong sense of their own identities as they work toward becoming fully engaged citizens committed to environmental stewardship and community action.

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Imagine a mother, short of food one day, is unable to pack her daughter’s lunch.

Happily, she is saved by The Hunger Coalition’s Snack Attack program, which helps provide healthy food for children who may not have anything to eat on a given day. Another family might experience its dog running away during the Fourth of July fireworks, only to find him safe and sound at the Animal Shelter the next morning. Or perhaps a different dog and the young boy of this family begin each morning running on a trail maintained by volunteers, one flush with native vegetation planted by The Nature Conservancy in an effort to restore what was lost in a fire the previous year.

Every day, people throughout Blaine County cross paths with the nonprofits that serve them without knowing the true impact they have.

The Wood River Foundation, through its Wow-Students program, strives to teach

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kids about the integral role nonprofits play in all of our daily lives by involving them in the process, donating money in their honor and providing projects for their benefit.

The foundation connects classrooms and local nonprofits, providing a platform for the two to support each other, as well as the community as a whole. Through this connection, Morley Golden, Wow-Students founder, wants to teach the children of the Valley about “all aspects of generosity: time, talent, treasure, and…voice.”

The Wood River Foundation’s investors provide the treasure, the fiscal aspect of philanthropy. Each participating student has $25 donated on his or her behalf by the Wood River Foundation to bestow upon the nonprofit selected by the child’s class.

The other three aspects of philanthropy are taught through projects the classrooms adopt, each specifically created or tailored to them by local nonprofits.

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All of the participating nonprofits directly serve Blaine County. It is up to the students and their teachers to decide how they select a nonprofit and project. Some invite representatives of the nonprofit to make a presentation to the class, while others simply vote based on the descriptions they’ve read on the Wow-Students website.

A number of teachers have made selecting a project into a project itself, having students make presentations on their favorites, which are then voted on. This all serves to demonstrate to students the multitude of ways they can help their communities, as well as the wealth of opportunities available to them.

Some students have fully embraced the possibilities, created projects or sought out causes dear to their hearts.

“We encourage the teachers and students to come up with their own creations,” Golden said. He recalled a time last year when, “a classroom, because of a family member of one of the students, wanted to participate in the Meals on Wheels program, which was not a project you could find on our website.” Wow-Students connected the students’ teacher and the Wood River Valley organization, The Connection, which runs Meals on Wheels. “We asked what we could do so the kids could get time, talent, treasure and voice, and all of this in there …They concocted a program that met our criteria, that met the teacher’s criteria,” Golden said. Children can inject their voice into these “generosity experiences,” as Wow-Students describes them, through the selection or creation of these projects, as

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Students learn about the value of “time and talent” throughout the endeavor. They use their unique skills and perspective to shape the projects and devote their class hours and field trips to volunteering.

For example, this year’s third-grade at Hemingway Elementary decided to adopt the Wood River Community YMCA’s Make-a-Splash program, which teaches water safety and swimming to every child in the Valley. These students participated in the program themselves, but decided to, as Golden phrased it, “augment it with the time and talent piece,” by putting together skits on water safety and performing them at all of the preschools in the Valley. These children were able to learn the impact they could have on the people around them by contributing their time and talent.

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The children of Blaine County are learning their power. Through WowStudents, they learn about the importance of generosity and how to devote time, talent, treasure and voice into these endeavors. This program is a success if, Golden said, “They walk out of the 12th-grade and … they realize there is a broad spectrum of nonprofits serving this and every other community, and that they can tap into those.” Through these projects, students learn, Golden stressed, that “they matter. They make a difference.

They don’t have to be Bill Gates to be a philanthropist. You can make a difference in your community.”

Golden hopes that these lessons have a ripple effect, and that time and money spent on this program is not just an investment in local nonprofits, but in our world as a whole.

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Sun Valley Lodge and Spa reopened this summer after an extensive facelift that restored the grande dame to its youthful splendor, while retaining the dignity of her age. The resort was transformed from the inside out—much like what the Spa’s new HydraFacialMD® treatment can do for your skin. This ultramodern technique combines the benefits of hydradermabrasion, a chemical peel and painless extraction of impurities. Antioxidants and peptides delivered to your subdermal layer moisturize your skin from the inside out.

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Zenergy’s trending addition to skincare is their new BIOGENIX peel system. TCA, glycolic and mandelic acids are blended together in a hydroalcohol base to gently penetrate the medium and superficial layers of skin, treating fine line wrinkles, blemishes and acne scars. And there’s a quick recovery time, explained Marketing Director Liz Kantor.

“Rounding out our beauty line, we now have a certified lash stylist for lash extensions, and we’re the exclusive retailer for bareMinerals makeup,” Kantor added. “This complements our current organic lines, Eminence and Cellex-C.” Some treatments are too good to go away: Zenergy’s Microdermabrasion facial is back by popular demand with a new state-of-the-art machine. The Active Isolated Stretching (AIS), offered in combination with massage, continues to be a perennial favorite with Zenergy regulars.

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Consistently voted “Best Spa” in the Wood River Valley, Zenergy was named to CNBC’s list of “Most Luxurious Fitness Facilities Across America.” Known for its award-winning health club and athletic clientele, Zenergy also offers a full pamper for brides-to-be and those of us who just feel we deserve a little extra. (Spa guests receive a complimentary day pass to the Health Club.)

Their expanded menu includes dedicated rooms for facial and beauty treatments, waxing services, a wet bar and the Greg Hinshaw Hair Studio. “We take pride in keeping up with spa trends,” said Spa Director Mollie Holt. Check out the vibro-acoustic chairs in the Calming Lounge—they use a technology in which pulsed,

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day. Also, when a person dreamed of fighting with their partner, they were often more likely to fight with them on the subsequent day.

Selterman said that dreams “prime” us to think or feel something related to the dream content. Once a thought or emotion is active, it then influences our behavior. In this case, a dream is a trigger that can put us in a good or bad mood the next day.

“So, the take-home message is pay attention to your dreams and your partner’s dreams. They may affect your relationship behaviors. If you have a fight, ask yourself if you or your partner misbehaved in a dream the night before,” Selterman said.

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Follow Your Dreams How Understanding Dreams Can Help Guide Waking Lives

BY Patti Murphy You are standing in the middle of a field and all around you are trees and hills, and over there are some buildings. You extend your arms and suddenly, with no more effort than a blink or a breath of air, you lift up into flight. Like Superman, you need no wings; you are carried on the wind, and you can rise and fall, go faster, slower, higher, lower, all at your own will.

You look down at the tops of trees and soar over buildings and you decide to land, gently touching down, knowing that you can choose to fly again, whenever you want. Then, you wake up and wonder, what does this all mean?

Of all life’s mysteries, our nightly dreams are among the most confounding. Science, therapists and curious laypeople throughout time have tried to understand what dreams are made of, yet no one knows, definitively, how dreams work or where they come from.

Nonetheless, researchers continue to explore our nighttime adventures. Recent studies have shed some light on how our dreams can affect our waking lives.

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something they did in your dream, consider yourself normal, according to a 2013 study published in The Social Psychological and Personality Science journal. The study showed for the first time that people’s nighttime dreams play a role in their daytime relationship behavior.

“So, the take-home message is pay attention to your dreams and your partner’s dreams. They may affect your relationship behaviors.”

–dr. dylan selterman, university of maryland

Researcher Dr. Dylan Selterman of the University of Maryland’s DREAM lab asked 61 people in committed relationships to keep a two-week dream journal and to record both their dreams and the activities of the following days. After having a dream that included infidelity or jealousy toward a partner, participants reported feeling less love and feelings of intimacy with their partners the next

Carey Morewedge, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, led a second study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. It asked 182 commuters at a Boston train station to imagine that one of four possible scenarios had happened the night before a scheduled airline trip: The national threat level was raised to orange, indicating a high risk of terrorist attack; they consciously thought about their plane crashing; they dreamed about a plane crash; or a real plane crashed on the route they planned to take.

Participants reported that a dream of their plane crashing was more likely to make them avoid a future flight than either thinking about a real crash or a government warning.

Finding Purpose in Dreams Sandy Hyde, a Ketchum psychotherapist who has led dream groups for more than 30 years, said dreams come to tell us things we have overlooked or repressed in our lives.

“They’re not coming to tell us something we already know,” she said. “They are bringing insights to us that we may have forgotten or missed, or that are emerging into consciousness.”

Hyde, who primarily follows the dream theories of Carl Jung, said that many aspects of a dream, including the characters in it, represent ourselves. “Say you have a dream of an old forgotten friend. You might wonder, ‘Why now? What does this person represent in my life?’” Hyde said. “On an outer level, it may have meaning about that old friend, but it can mean something to us on an inner level as well, as all aspects of the dream are parts of ourselves.” Hyde said recurring dreams are common and, depending on the dreamer’s

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feelings, they could be trying to get one’s attention about something in his or her life or help one resolve an issue.

And flying dreams can also have several meanings. “Sometimes it’s a joy factor. Ask, what is bringing me the joy to be able to fly high and be on top of the world? Or what am I trying to escape, rise above? Maybe it’s a reflection on being too grounded in my thoughts and behavior, and I am being offered another perspective.”

Deciphering Dreams So, then there’s that scary dream about being chased, or a dream in which one is naked at work. How does one figure out what they mean? Dream experts agree that dream dictionaries and online interpretation sites offer only common metaphors and a “one size fits all” interpretation, and whether or not it is meaningful depends on the dreamer’s own experiences.

However, some common metaphors might help dreamers start finding their own interpretations. One online site, dreammoods.com, provides an A-to-Z dream dictionary, discussion boards, common dream types, information on notable dream therapists and more.

Hyde said that understanding our dreams begins with keeping an ongoing dream journal. “Upon waking, write down the dream in the present tense as if you’re still in the dream. Make associations to the symbols.

Note the actions taking place. What’s going on in your life when you have the dream?

Who were the main characters, what were their characteristics and what parts of you are like them?”

She suggested that before going to sleep, encourage your dreams and ask for what you want. “Say, ‘I want to remember, I want some more information. Please comment more on this subject.’

“A dream is like a scene in a movie and our movies are ongoing. If you take a dream all by itself, one scene, it may not mean as much as if you collect your dreams for a period of time and look for themes,” she said. “Dream work is all about personal growth, which is a lifelong process,” Hyde said. “Remember, you’re the dreamer. You write the dream, you write the script and the screenplay, and your psyche or soul is the director.”

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As the CEO of St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center (SLWRMC) I often interact with community members in a variety of settings regarding their experience with St. Luke’s. People’s comments frequently begin with complimenting our amazing stateof-the-art facility and then quickly expand to relay how their experience was made exceptional due to the attention and care given by one or more of our 425 dedicated employees.

In the 3 ½ years I’ve had the privilege of serving as the administrator, I have witnessed how the scope of care at SLWRMC has expanded as a result of our being part of the greater St. Luke’s Health System.

When St. Luke’s decided to form a governance and operating structure based on where patients seek their care, an East and West region of St. Luke’s was formed.

SLWRMC became part of the East region along with the hospitals in Twin Falls and Jerome. This new model has spurred several partnerships in which specialists in the fields of Ear, Nose and Throat, Gastroenterology, Urology, General Surgery and Hospital Medicine now practice at multiple locations throughout the region to fill previously unmet community needs. Initiatives such as eICU and infusion services allow patients who would have otherwise had to leave the community for care to stay close to family and friends.

St. Luke’s and all of us who get to be part of our organization play a rare and amazing role in the life of the community, providing a growing and expanding array of services with exceptional care and compassion, whether it be the birth of a child or saying goodbye to a loved one. I value all the relationships we’ve built together, and look forward to those we’ll build going forward.

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The Making of a Champion From a Small Ketchum Company Comes an Elite National Dog Competition

BY Patti Murphy It is a cool, overcast May morning in Huntington Beach, Calif., and I have just arrived at the beachside site of the Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge (IDC) Western Regional competition. Already, the bleachers are filling with spectators who will spend the weekend watching dogs compete in events like diving dog, flying disc, Jack Russell hurdle racing, surf dogs and the agility course.

From the smallest papillon to the muscular Doberman and the tail-wagging, ball-chomping Labrador, more than 60 dogs have come to show their stuff. Many are past competitors who received a personal invitation from Purina; others showed up to see if they could qualify to compete against the veterans.

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played in cities throughout the U.S., bringing the best canine athletes together for a test of skill, speed and endurance.

Small Company, Big Events One might think that this large, complicated event involving dogs and people from all over the country, plus a mega sponsor like Nestlé Purina, would be produced by a sizeable company out of New York or Los Angeles. But the program was the brainchild of Kathy and Paul Carson, two Ketchum locals whose sports promotion company, Carson International, has overseen and built the event over the past 18 years.

Its beginnings were modest. “We were putting on pro beach volleyball competitions for Jose Cuervo, and we were doing a Super Bowl event in San Diego,” explained Kathy Carson, president of Carson International.

“Our halftime show was a Frisbee dog exhibition, and the ESPN executives who were there thought it was cool and said, ‘We should talk about doing this on TV.’ So we came up with an idea for sort of an X Games for dogs. Once ESPN agreed to do one show, we reached out to Purina in a cold call. They had just changed their marketing slogan to ‘Incredible dog food, incredible dogs,’ and it has been a success ever since.”

At the same time, Carson International and Purina introduced the original diving dog event. That first year, dogs dove perhaps 15 feet off a dock into a pond at Purina Farms.

Today, with the IDC’s specialized runway and a 45-foot diving pool, dives can reach 34 feet.

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television and event staff who arrive like clockwork to work at the competitions. The company routinely uses many Ketchum vendors and services for the events to support the local community and economy.

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“It’s a lifestyle, and it has truly built a bond and companionship between people and their dogs.”

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The privilege of being able to produce an internationally known event from a remote Idaho mountain community is not lost on Kathy and Paul Carson. “We love Ketchum, the outdoors and the people,” Kathy said.

“We are so lucky to do these amazing events in places around the country, and then come back here to our home and raise our family and live in this paradise.”

Every year Carson International produces two regional IDC competitions and a national championship, all of which are filmed and syndicated for national broadcast by Carson’s television production arm.

They also produce another well-known First Lite dog event, The National Dog Show Presented Caesar Guerini

by Purina, which airs every Thanksgiving Day on NBC. This partnership between Carson, Beretta NBC, Nestlé Purina, and the Philadelphia Sig Sauer Kennel Club is one of the most watched dog shows of itsVortex kind, with more than 20 million people tuning in last year.

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In Huntington Beach, the Carson team Browning worked more than 27 hours to set up the Swarovski event site atop an asphalt beachside parking Buckit into a sprawling athletic lot, transforming arena with an ocean view to die for.

Helle In the center of the expansive site, a Filson 9,800-square-foot sod field has been installed Kimber for the agility, flying disc and Jack Russell racing events. At the end of the weekend, Carson and Purina will donate the sod to a local school’s soccer club.

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Amy Peterson and her Belgian Malinois, Hudson, drove from Vacaville, Calif., to compete for the fourth time in the diving dog event. In 2014, Hudson tied the world record but missed taking second place by 3 inches.

She and Hudson have made it to the IDC Nationals twice but have not won…yet.

The team competes in diving events sponsored by other organizations, but Peterson said about the IDC, “This is, by far, the most fun and well-run event that we attend. The caliber of dogs is amazing; the crowds are huge, which always makes the dogs jump bigger. The dogs really feed off the energy of the crowd.”

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events. All the water from the pool will also be donated to the city of Huntington Beach for its drought-suffering plants and parks.

There are VIP and merchandise tents, television production trucks, jumbo video screens, bleachers and television cameras encircling the event area. Nothing has been overlooked, from unlimited dog watering bowls, to all-day catering for competitors, and a never-ending beat of funk, hip hop, and rock music to fuel the crowd.

A mile down the beach is the site of the unique surf dog competition where dogs of all sizes are riding the waves. The Carson team worked with lifeguards to find the safest spot for the dogs to surf. Kathy Carson noted that safety is always the highest importance. “Every surf dog wears a life vest and has three lifeguards surrounding them during their ride,” she said

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Opposite page, top: Aries, owned and handled by Ursula Kinley, takes the plunge at the Huntington Beach distance jumping event. The winning jump was 30 feet, 10 inches.

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dive, yet he still placed fourth, which was a testament to the level of competition. The winning diving dog flew 30 feet, 10 inches.

“The best part is seeing your dog have fun,” said Peterson, a professional dog trainer. “I do a lot of obedience training with my dogs, and there are a lot of rules involved in that, so it’s nice to have a sport they can just enjoy.”

Run Dog, Run! Keith Highley and his 6-year-old corgicattle dog mix, “Cisco,” traveled from Riverton, Utah, to compete in the small dog agility, a fast-paced sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course as fast and as accurately as possible. Cisco, a short-legged former rescue dog, zipped through the course in record time, earning first place and a trip to the IDC Nationals in St. Louis.

“Cisco is such a fierce competitor,” said Highley, a freelance sound mixer for reality television shows and documentaries. “We’ve been competing together for about five years.

He’s the true athlete on the team, and it was up to me to come up to his level.

“Agility means different things to different people,” he added. “Some people feel it’s like playing with their dog; some people want to get ribbons and titles. I admit, I love the competition, but I love running with him as fast as we can while staying on course. It’s a rush.”

Dog people compete in the IDC not for money or rankings, but for a beautiful gold medal, bragging rights and the chance to win a national championship. In addition, Peterson and Highley agree that the IDC has

rewarded them with longlasting friendships.

“I’ve met people all over the U.S. and Canada who I would’ve never met. I’ve even been on national TV, and it’s all because of my dog,” Peterson laughed.

“There is so much mutual respect among us,” Highley said of his fellow competitors.” Almost without exception, people are so encouraging, and they really want you to succeed.”

At the end of the weekend, Carson’s sleek, black 18-wheel semi-tractor trailer rumbled away, packed to the brim with nearly every piece of equipment used during the competition. On the trailer, graphics depict some of the large national events Carson has managed over the years, from ski races and beach volleyball, to speed boat races and dog events. The motto, “We Bring It!” reflects Carson’s goal to create cutting-edge programs.

It’s a Lifestyle Back in Ketchum, Kathy Carson reflected on what the IDC and other competitions have brought to both the competitors and the spectators.

“It’s a lifestyle, and it has truly built a bond and companionship between people and their dogs,” she said. “It gets people off the couch; it gets them active. We’ve had people who have gone through cancer treatment and have come out and done this. Today we have competitors in their early 20s who watched this event when they were kids and said, ‘I want to do that one day,’ and here they are.

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On the Hunt of a Lifetime Nonprofit Makes Hunting Dreams Come True

BY Bryant Dunn / PHOTOGRAPHY Ty Hartwick

Though the golden-hued October sunrise over the Smoky Mountains was a miraculous sight to behold, Austin Riggs stared directly away from it. After all, he had a far more important focus on that crisp autumn morning.

“The big bull is pushing his cows up the mountain toward the ridge top,” the thin-framed 15-year-old said quietly, not wanting to spook the grazing herd of elk.

“We have to hurry.” As a longtime hunting outfitter, I knew Austin’s estimation of the situation was right on target. “Let’s move,” I replied.

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later, Austin was lying in a prone position with the bipod of his rifle extended.

Searching desperately for the 800-pound bull elk through his riflescope, Austin’s posture stiffened and then relaxed. “I see him! Should I shoot?” he asked.

“Wait for him to turn broadside,” I advised. “When he does, take a deep breath and slowly squeeze the trigger.”

Two thousand miles away in his home state of Kentucky, Austin’s family was waiting near the phone for a report from the ongoing hunt. That phone on the living room table had served an important role in the Riggs’ life, including when the

hospital had dialed it to share the terrible news that Austin’s recent fatigue had been the result of cancerous growth spreading throughout his young body.

“It was devastating news,” shared Neil Riggs, Austin’s grandfather and mentor.

“That phone call dropped us to our knees.”

It was a similar call in February 1998 that led to Tina and Chet Pattison’s determination to provide hunting opportunities for children with life threatening illnesses through their nonprofit organization, Hunt of a Lifetime (HOAL).

Their son Matthew was diagnosed with a type of cancer that was usually curable. In

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Clockwise from opposite page: Base camp for Austin Riggs’ elk hunt; the real work begins with the packing out of the elk; Austin shows off his bull elk with outfitter Dunn.

Matthew’s case, it was not.

In order to try and fulfill Matthew’s final wish of hunting moose in Canada, Tina turned to a wish granting foundation.

However, the group refused the request, as its policy was to not grant hunting wishes to children. “Trembling and heartbroken, I wiped at the tears rolling down my face and wondered who would be able to help make Matthew’s wish come true,” Tina shared on the foundation’s website, huntofalifetime.org.

After many phone calls and timeconsuming research, Tina found an outfitter who was willing to rise to the challenge. In fact, the entire town of Nordegg, Alberta, came together to cover the cost of groceries, horse feed, butchering and even a helicopter ride.

Matthew harvested his trophy bull moose on the first day and the Hunt of a Lifetime Foundation became a reality thanks to Tina and Chet’s hard work.

Today, HOAL has established organizations in all 50 states, four Canadian provinces, Africa and New Zealand. They contact hunting outfitters like myself— Smoky Mountain Outfitters—to arrange the hunts, which are generally donated by the outfitters.

“The elk hunt gave my grandson another reason to fight. I believe it made a difference.”

–neil riggs, austin’s grandfather

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“The elk hunt gave my grandson another reason to fight,” said Neil Riggs as we sat

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around the campfire the night before the hunt began. “I believe it made a difference.”

Back on the hunt, the scent of sagebrush and pine trees wafted around us as early morning thermals brought the heavy air downhill. Austin’s breathing suddenly deepened as the bull turned broadside.

“Now,” I calmly encouraged. A moment later, the firing pin ignited the gunpowder in the bullet’s casing with a crack.

Once certain that the bullet had found its mark, Austin sat up abruptly and let out an exultant war whoop. Nearly as excited as Austin, I scooped him up in a bear hug. Grandpa Neil joined us shortly afterwards, and together we made the difficult trek across the canyon to the fallen monarch.

The sun had risen only slightly above the eastern horizon and Austin turned to take in the miraculous scene. Bathed in yellow autumn light, the look on his face was one of elation and exhaustion. Clearly, as he stood on that Idaho mountainside, he felt more alive than he ever had before.

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There is never a shortage of fun and eclectic events in the Wood River Valley.

Whether it’s an academic discussion of Hemingway or a good oldfashioned parade, there’s something for everyone. Here we have collected some of the highlight events for the year moving forward—get out there and enjoy!

Ernest Hemingway Festival September 10-12, 2015

The Community Library in Ketchum presents “Hemingway At The Edges,” a three-day celebration of the famed author. The event comprises scholarly lectures, breakout sessions, tours and a gala dinner. comlib.org/hemingwayfestival/

Baldy Hill Climb September 26, 2015

The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation puts on its 37th annual running, hiking and biking challenge to reach the summit of Bald Mountain at 9020 feet. For the truly hardcore, there is the Cheeso Double, which involves two trips to the top­—one on bike and the other on foot. svsef.org/fundraising-events

Trailing of the Sheep Festival October 7-11, 2015

The five-day festival celebrates sheepherding history and culture with sheepdog trials, a lamb barbecue, cooking classes, live music by Hot Club of Cowtown, a folklife fair and more. trailingofthesheep.org

Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival October 14-18, 2015

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December 5, 2015 – March 14, 2016 The Sun Valley Suns hockey games are a great way to spend a winter weekend. The semi-pro team takes on clubs from Jackson, Park City, Bozeman and Boulder. The action at the Sun Valley hockey rink is fast and fun. sunvalleysunshockey.com

Sun Valley Nordic Festival January 29 – February 7, 2016 of an original American musical genre. This year the festival offers 40 bands and over 200 musicians playing vintage jazz, contemporary jazz, cabaret jazz, swing, Western swing, big band, zydeco, gypsy jazz, and blues. sunvalleyjazz.com

Crosstoberfest

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October 16-17, 2015

The 12th annual Crosstoberfest cycling and brew festival offers seasonal and specialty beers, live music, and wild cyclocross races in downtown Ketchum. Bike and beer lovers unite in this family-friendly weekend. crosstoberfestidaho.com

Lunafest

November 7, 2015 The Girls on the Run organization, which works to empower young girls and women, presents the Lunafest Film Festival. The one-day festival, held at the nexStage Theatre in Ketchum, screens films that highlight women’s issues and women filmmakers. lunafest.com

SVGA Gallery Walks

November 27, 2015 – September 2016 On select Fridays and Saturdays each month, the Sun Valley Gallery Association hosts Gallery Walk from 5 - 8 pm. Galleries open their doors to art lovers who wish to see what’s new and provocative in the art scene. Enjoy a glass of wine and conversation with the artists. See the association’s website for specific dates. svgalleries.org

The Nordic Festival draws elite and amateur skiers from all over the country to celebrate cross-country skiing. The festival features races, clinics and other fun events. The week ends with the running of the world famous Boulder Mountain Tour. nordictownusa.com

Boulder Mountain Tour February 6, 2016

Due to the weather-related cancelling of last year’s race, the 2016 Boulder Mountain Tour promises to be bigger and better than ever. The full Boulder race is 34 kilometers and draws elite skiers; the half-Boulder is a more relaxed event and clocks in at 15 kilometers. bouldermountaintour.com

Family of Woman Film Festival February 22-28, 2016

The festival presents five films from around the world that highlight women’s issues in different societies. The festival offers daily screenings, guest speakers and programs for the local schools. The Bonni Curran Memorial Lecture this year will be given by Christy Turlington Burns, founder of Every Mother Counts. familyofwomenfilmfestival.org

Janss Cup Pro-Am Classic March 31 – April 2, 2016

The annual fundraiser for the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation brings amateur and pro skiers together for a fun-filled race series.

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Sun Valley Wellness Festival May 26-30, 2016

The Sun Valley Wellness Festival is an annual gathering of the top speakers and practitioners of mind, body, spirit and environmental wellness. sunvalleywellness.org

Sawtooth Relay June 11, 2016

Relay teams of six begin the 62-mile race in Stanley, climb over Galena Peak and finish at Atkinson Park in Ketchum. sawtoothrelay.com

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Fourth of July Parade and Rodeo June 30 – July 4, 2016

Hailey is host to the annual Fourth of July festivities, which always include a Main Street parade, rodeo events, antique fairs, and fireworks. haileyidaho.com

Sun Valley Road Rally July 2016 (Date TBD)

One day a year, Highway 75 north of Ketchum has no speed limit. Drivers from around the country come to put the pedal to the floor and see how fast they can go with prized cars. Some drivers have exceeded 200 mph. sunvalleyroadrally.com

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Enjoy three days of competitive races, concerts, bicycling events and a product expo held throughout the Wood River Valley. ridesunvalley.org

Sun Valley Summer Symphony

In Focus Series July 24-28, 2016 Orchestra July 31 – August 18, 2016 A true treat of visiting or living in the Sun Valley area is attending the free, world-class Sun Valley Summer Symphony. Bring a picnic and a bottle of wine and enjoy music in the mountains. svsummersymphony.org

Sun Valley On Ice July-August, 2016

Sun Valley Resort brings some of the best skaters in the world to perform Saturday nights at the outdoor rink in Sun Valley. sunvalley.com/things-to-do/iceshows

Ketchum Arts Festival July 8-10, 2016

With live music, a kids’ activity tent and over 100 Idaho artists sharing their art, this festival held at Festival Meadows on Sun Valley Road delights locals and visitors alike. ketchumartsfestival.com

Sun Valley Writers’ Conference July 12-15, 2016

Literary giants of our time descend on Sun Valley for four days of presentations, breakout sessions, and informal discussions. svwc.org

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The festival offers avant-garde independent films, mixed-media shorts, premieres and discussions with filmmakers and screenwriters. sunvalleyfilmfestival.org

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Sun Valley Film Festival

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Above: Sheep make their way down Main Street in Ketchum during the Trailing of the Sheep Festival Right: Cinephiles from around the country flock to the Sun Valley Film Festival to see screenings of independent films, as well as to participate in screenwriter panel discussions and musical events.

SVCA Annual Wine Auction July 21-23, 2016

Join the Center in its annual fundraiser that celebrates wine, food, art and culture. Some of the best wines in the world will be available at auction. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the auction. sunvalleycenter.org

Northern Rockies Music Festival August 6-7, 2016

This family-friendly event brings great folk music to Hailey’s Hop Porter Park every August. The festival features bands from across the country, food and arts vendors, raffles. northernrockiesmusifestival.org

SVCA Summer Concert Series June-August, 2016

SVCA Arts & Crafts Festival August 5-7, 2016

This three-day outdoor exhibition of artists from around the country features a wide range of fine arts and crafts. In addition to the exhibition, there will be food, music, and artist demonstrations. sunvalleycenter.org

Wagon Days

September 2-5, 2016 The annual celebration of the early days of the Wood River Valley features the Big Hitch Parade, the Papoose pancake breakfast, a children’s carnival, the always popular duck race, and arts, crafts, and antique fairs. wagondays.org

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Creating Intimate Spaces in an Expansive Setting

BY Laurel Holland | PHOTOGRAPHY Tim Brown If ever there were a Valley home made for elaborate parties and impromptu gatherings, the Selby residence on Wedeln Lane in Sun Valley would be it. Here, extravagant New Years’ Eve fêtes and intimate Sunday suppers have been hosted; musicians have improvised on the great room’s polished baby grand; and screenings of not-yet-intheaters film projects have been held in the 15-seat cinema downstairs.

Under this roof, a swath of guests spanning L.A.’s upper crust, New York’s brooding art scene and ranchers hailing from Big Sky country have converged to raise a glass and share a drink.

There is nothing diminutive about the Selby residence, a mountainside home-away-from-home to Southern California entrepreneur Rick Selby and his wife Kim, a once-competitive ice skater-turned-actor and producer. Indeed, the 17,058-square-foot home (all roofed enclosures including the guest house and garages) is visible from nearly every open expanse in the Sun Valley Village.

But despite its physical magnitude and grandeur, the home’s interior is endowed with genuine warmth that fosters a sense of intimacy, no matter the size of the guest list.

This is in no small part thanks to the craftsmanship of architect Doug Burdge, founder and owner of Burdge & Associates Architects.

One of a shrinking number of artisans who still maps his designs by hand, Burdge has garnered praise in recent years for his “rustern” aesthetic, a term he coined to describe a hybrid of rustic mountain home with traditional, hand-hewn alder accents and a modern, open floor plan—the very style executed with such grace and skill in the Selby dwelling.

When Burdge came aboard the 33-month project in late 2010, his first item of business was to design a great room around the mountainside vistas. “On property like, this where you’ve got a bird’s-eye view of the Valley’s most recognizable landmark, you’re not doing your Left: The great room of the Selby home features an 11-by-15-foot window framing Bald Mountain. The tempered pane is 2 inches thick and requires a 30-foot transom to support it.

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Above: The kitchen became a design starting point for the rest of the house. It includes an oversized island for storage, an eating banquette to accommodate 12 and a back service kitchen. Clockwise from top left, opposite page: The pool area has expansive views of the ski mountain; the formal dining area; Kim Selby’s two-story, walk-in closet as reflected in the mirrored stairway; Kim’s bathroom features hand-selected pink onyx counters; architect Doug Burdge designed the 17,058-square-foot Selby home.

job if you’re not trying to incorporate a view of Baldy into every room.

When you walk through the front door, the ‘wow’ has to happen.”

And Kim Selby knew precisely what the “wow” required: a giant, single-paned window that would offer an unobstructed view of Baldy and frame it as a piece of natural art.

In close collaboration with Selby, project manager Alan Khedari located a factory in Rochester, New York, that could manufacture such a large pane of glass. At 11 by 15 feet, the 2-inch-thick tempered pane is the largest manufacturable, shippable and warrantable single pane of glass available in the United States. Made in Rochester and shipped cross-country, the pane and 30-foot transom unit was one of the last items to be installed in the house.

Recalling the entire process from daydream to its realization, Selby giggled and gave a “what’s-a-girl-to-do” shrug. “It’s a running joke in our family that Rick gave me an unlimited budget and I still managed to exceed it.”

A key driving force behind the finished design was the Selbys’ holistic approach to good health, a key consideration in the layout of both the main-floor kitchen as well as the downstairs gym.

“The first thing Rick and Kim do every day when they wake up is exercise,” Khedari explained. “They wanted a full-sized gym to accommodate their routine.” The space also needed loads of natural light, views of the surrounding mountains and easy access to the adjoining outdoor hot tub and cold plunge.

And, because nourishment is a fundamental part of the Selbys’ daily family life, the kitchen design in many ways fueled the house’s design as a whole.

“Kim is an incredible cook and spends a lot of time there. She loves to nourish people and to feed her friendships,” Burdge recalled. “For guests, a kitchen is often the focal point. It’s a place of comfort. It’s where everyone always wants to be.”

Inspired by the open floor plans typically seen in beach and warmer climate residences, Burdge designed a multi-functional living space that would flow effortlessly from the front door entrance through the great room and past the bar. Complete with an oversized island for

flatware and silverware storage, a comfortable seating area that opens out onto a west-facing patio, a dining nook and banquette that could comfortably seat 12, and a back service kitchen, the finished kitchen is three times the standard size.

“When you’re working with a home of this scale, the challenge is to curate a space that can accommodate a range of foot traffic without feeling overwhelmingly large,” Burdge explained. “Once you’ve designed the great room, the trick then is to divide the house into a series of small houses. No matter the overall size, intimate spaces are needed in every home.”

From the upstairs library overlooking the great room, to the living area and dining nook directly off the main floor kitchen, to the secret panels and passageways in each of the children’s loft bedrooms, there are points of intimacy sprinkled throughout the residence. A person could get lost simply cataloging the incalculable detail that render the house a home: the gold leaf detail inlaid in the coffered ceiling above the bar, the carved Art Deco wooden banister that curves suggestively up the grand spiral staircase, and the slabs of powder pink onyx Selby hand-selected for the lady’s master bathroom.

On an evening in July, Joseph Itaya, a dear friend of the Selby family, was dining with Selby, her daughter and other friends. Itaya reminisced about the many happy times they had shared at the house: “Just think of the stories that have happened under that roof—man, that house!” he exclaimed, lightly drumming the table for emphasis.

“Talk about a soul, you know? Really, it’s just an extension of Rick and Kim and the kids. They bring people together.”

From the system of slate-lined outdoor waterfalls and springs to the giant boulders used to leverage 15 vertical feet of steep mountainside abutting the home’s back side, the Selby residence was designed to incorporate its natural milieu and marry practicality with whimsy.

Everything, it seems, was considered, from the functionality of a three-sided bar and additional gas hookups for large parties to the eccentricity of a lady’s two-story walk-in closet. Extravagant? Perhaps.

But then again, aren’t cloud-capped towers and gorgeous palaces the stuff of dreams?

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hen Jennifer Hoey Smith and her husband, Cory, decided to expand their “tiny house” in West Ketchum, Jennifer had a vortex of creative ideas swirling in her head. The owner of Jennifer Hoey Interior Design, Hoey Smith is the diva of detail and knew exactly what she wanted to see when the dust settled.

“It’s a designer’s dream to design their own home in a style reflective of their own aesthetic,” she said, “and over the last year, I’ve been lucky enough to realize this dream.”

She quickly assembled a crackerjack team, starting with architect Gretchen Wagner, AIA, of Scape Design Studio. “I was drawn to Gretchen’s sensibility and womanly approach to architecture,” said Hoey Smith.

Originally, the house had been part of a ranch dating from the early 1900s, a small barn situated on an irregular lot on a street no wider than an alley. Cory and Jen had remodeled the barn themselves into an intimate 700-square-foot home. But as their family grew, they realized it was time to expand the house, too.

Knowing that an addition could potentially dwarf the original structure, Wagner designed what Hoey Smith calls a “series of barns” connected by flat roofs. “We took care to create a rhythm of forms that looked like they belonged together,” explained Wagner.

“The two-story part of the addition repeats the same gable as the original house in pitch, proportion and window type. Then, these anchoring forms were connected by smaller stone elements to the main perpendicular gable in the center. The lot is a tricky shape so we sweated inches in every direction. We even measured Jennifer’s car to make sure her hood would fit under the stair in the garage!”

Mike Pfau oversaw construction for Lee Gilman Builders and kept the project on schedule despite the challenging logistics posed by the small lot and narrow street. “We used structurally insulated panels, which are

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Clockwise from top left: The volcanic limestone tub by Victoria + Albert is adorned by a custom reclaimed oak tub caddy; the living room features a sofa and chairs from Verellen and a vintage Oushak rug; antique hewn timbers add a touch of patina to a minimalistic farmhouse design; the whitewashed oak cabinetry in the kitchen complements the stainless and granite countertops.

like big foam-filled Legos that arrive as preassembled walls. Getting them off the truck, onsite and staged was difficult,” he said, “but the project’s time constraints didn’t allow us to stagger shipments.” Pfau likened himself to an air traffic controller on a busy day at O’Hare Airport. “It’s a matter of sequencing to keep the timeline going. But it was a fun project.

Jennifer’s detailing is immaculate, and we wanted the finished product to reflect this.”

Hoey Smith’s attention to detail is evident throughout, including the steel surround that

the door hardware reveals two-toned bronze and a white leather inlay. In the master bath, Hoey Smith used a blend of light and dark metals and polished and brushed finishes for the plumbing and lighting fixtures. She integrated bronze rails into the cabinetry of the limestone slab vanity for use as towel bars.

Hoey Smith described the overall style of the home as clean and fresh with a slightly minimalist feel. “The rural structure of the original house ‘drove the bus,’” she said. “I wanted to respect that, but I made it as modern as I could. There’s sort of a Scandinavian barn feeling, but it’s very warm.”

Hoey Smith wanted to achieve “a sense of space and connection to the outdoors,” which she accomplished by flowing materials such as stone flooring in the front entry from outside to the inside, and placing a tall window in the powder room directly opposite the front door, so the first thing a visitor sees after stepping inside are the trees outside. The yard was landscaped to create “outdoor rooms” that extend the family’s living space.

The great room area is light and open and anchored at one end by an oversized white cement fireplace. Trough lighting in the mantel creates a subtle effect. The roofline follows a false gable, seemingly supported by hewn beams. In contrast, the ceiling of the kitchen is flat, which visually creates a separation of space. Hoey Smith juxtaposed the sharp lines of the glass-fronted cabinetry and stainless steel counters with the softer rusticity of the reclaimed wood floors and ceiling beams. “We love to cook, so the kitchen is a big component of the design,”

frames the exterior kitchen windows for an edgy touch, vintage orange Eames chairs and an antique mustard Oushak rug that throws warmth and color into the minimalist room.

The wood floors are an antique oak that was bleached, sanded and tinted with a grey wash to take the yellow tone out and give her the patina she wanted. Looking closely at

she said. Her father crafted the custom cabinetry throughout the house.

Hoey Smith is pleased with her dream home and doesn’t hesitate to credit the people she worked with to realize her dream. “I’m a huge proponent of teamwork,” she said, “and we all worked so well together. I had an amazing team!”

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The Wild Twist of a Rando Wood Finish Randy Edgar Shapes Works of Art from Nature’s Best

BY Matt Furber / PHOTOGRAPHY Ray J. Gadd In a cottonwood clearing just off Broadford Road, woodworker Randy “Rando” Edgar lives in an octagon-shaped building with his wife Maggie Shaughnessy. There he dreams up ways to integrate the magic of the woods with all its twists and curves into the right angles of any home or business. Along with his finish carpentry inventions, Edgar builds boats— dories, Cosine Wherries, Silver Creek canoes and even ski patrol sleds, which are reproductions hewn from U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame member Nelson Bennett’s original “Sun Valley Rescue Sled.” With Edgar’s help, the design is still found at the nation’s steepest resorts. Sled construction even has a dedicated space in Edgar’s 3,000-square-foot shop (the envy of any woodworker) just steps away from the octagon.

Edgar’s frequent use of burl wood, which has a distinctly Western look, is not uncommon where craftsmen integrate nature’s non-linear building materials, but in the Rocky Mountains it’s most popular in towns like Jackson, Wyoming. Since celebrities and even regular customers often demand blood oaths of secrecy when he’s on the jobsite, many of Edgar’s installations remain shrouded in private retreats.

One outdoor and very public example of his work is the façade of KB’s Burritos on Main Street in Ketchum with its lumpy and welcoming wood framing. Another customer, Larry Shupnick, co-owner of The Cliffs Resort above the Pacific in Pismo Beach, Calif., and V Wine Cellar in Napa, learned of Edgar’s work after speaking at a conference in Sun Valley.

Curious about Edgar’s boat building, Shupnick negotiated with Edgar for a bar he had built that was a near-casualty of the Great Recession when a customer couldn’t afford to pay. A deal was struck, and the bar is now installed outdoors in Napa overlooking the vineyards. In addition to the woodwork, the bar integrates metalwork and painted images of Shupnick’s annual horseback rides near San Luis Obispo.

“The rail on the bottom of the bar is from a (mining car) track. It helps you get up on the bar stool,” Shupnick said during a recent house move in Hailey. “I’ve never seen anybody have such an eye with wood.

I had a 75th birthday party with 200 people and everyone was blown away with the bar.

Through the process, Randy and I have become very good friends.”

Shaughnessy, Edgar’s wife, was raised upstream on the Big Wood River in Hulen Meadows. A reading specialist at Alturas Elementary School in Hailey, she has helped her rambling, woodworker husband, now 58, deepen his roots in Blaine County. It’s been a long time since the Arcadia, Calif., native shredded the slopes by Cedar Breaks in Utah where he commuted on Telemark skis between Brian Head Ski Resort, his teepee and town.

Some have called Edgar “river trash” for the ski bum’s penchant to frequent rivers, including dozens of runs through the Grand Canyon. Since the late 1990s he has taken eight or nine red wall trips in a wooden dory that sports the name “basura del rio.” In a sequence of shop photographs, blown up and merged to document high action in high water, the nearly 20-foot-long vessel looks absolutely tiny in the froth.

“We submarined for 20 yards underwater, but it has a watertight hold,” Edgar said. Even with expert captaining, the dory has its fair share of dents from unavoidable rocks—dents that serve to protect indelible memories.

The most remarkable evidence left in wood to be found in Edgar’s shop are tree rings from a massive white bark pine. The snag is currently placed against a shop wall awaiting further attention from the master. Some rings are so tight a magnifying glass helps, as does the flood of light coming in through great swinging shop doors. The tree was more than 1,000 years old before it died. White bark pines are known for the way they twist clockwise with the sunlight.

(In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the other way around.) After about 700 years, the tree was struck by lightning, Edgar said. The main trunk turned grey, but some green survived and the tree kept growing and twisting for another 300 years—the older grey entwined with the living, younger wood that has a fresher, yellow hue. The integrated twist is stunning, something Edgar hopes to fit, one day, into a dramatic, possibly circular, staircase and handrail. Mantles, chandeliers, doors and vanities are just some of Edgar’s unique creations. Then, there are the bars and not just in Bellevue.

“I kind of like bars,” Edgar said.

In the shop’s “Room of No Profit,” many treasures await homes, including a canoe bathtub with a custom pedestal prepped for tile and a burl wood vanity with a bronze sink cast in lost wax, complete with a motionactivated faucet and waterfall.

One of the ironies of the octagon is that Shaughnessy helps pupils find their reading groove and Edgar is dyslexic. He finds his muse in the twists and curls of ancient wood rather than on paper.

“Being dyslexic helps with fitting things together,” Edgar said over coffee at his own outdoor bar. It was hewn from a massive chunk of wood with fist-sized burls that emerge from the edges of the smooth, inviting 12-foot bar top. The smooth, hand-finished shapes of the bar are beautifully formed by Mother Nature and fashioned for endless enjoyment. The bar has a roof over it and a fire circle nearby. Edgar starts winter off with a sheltering stack of wood typically eight cords high and deep that keeps the conversation going in the darker and colder months.

“I can see how things will fit together before I start building. It’s a gift to be able to see things in three dimensions.”

A gallery of Randy Edgar’s work is available at sunvalleymag.com/Arts/.

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The Inner Workings of Nate Galpin and Isotope Design Lab

BY Laurel Holland / PHOTOGRAPHY Ray J. Gadd

On an overcast July afternoon, as the annual parade of private jets transporting Allen & Company VIPs streamed steadily into Friedman Memorial Airport, it was business as usual over at Isotope Design Lab, and Nate Galpin was dressed for a day at the office.

Galpin, the brains and brawn behind the Hailey metalworking studio, was sporting a crimson Western button-down with white embroidery and under-arm fringe paired with a pale yellow silk twill necktie depicting a graphic of an octopus.

“Actually, it’s a cuttlefish,” he grinned, smoothing the length of his tie. “Eight arms, two tentacles.”

Step inside Isotope HQ and be met with that same playful irreverence. From the confetti of steel and aluminum scraps collecting in the trough of the forest-green lathe at the studio’s center, to the quarter-scale models of experiments and completed projects displayed on walls and shelves, an electric current radiates from this place. Here, metal and might converge, and, sparked by just the right amount of madness, ideas formed in the ether of daydreams begin to take physical shape.

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and Galpin’s insatiable, lifelong curiosity for form and function.

A locally-grown hero with a history as a multidiscipline World Cup athlete for the U.S. Snowboarding Team, Galpin helped champion the eventual acceptance of snowboarding culture when it first came to the Valley in the 1990s and was met with widespread disdain. As an undergrad at the University of Puget Sound, Galpin majored in fine arts with a concentration in printmaking.

In his first semester of sculpture, he was introduced to metalwork.

With an already extensive résumé of summertime construction gigs he’d worked in his teens and early 20s, Galpin’s foray into metal sculpture initiated a new trajectory for him, and the builder began to fuse with the artist. Thanks to a 1997 stint at an architectural firm in Dallas, Galpin was introduced to computer-aided design (CAD), the programming software that designers and architects rely on to render two- and threedimensional models. This allowed Galpin to generate more precise and technical models for his own designs, which, in turn, paved the way for the prolific body of work that followed.

With an explosion of strawberry blonde hair and 6-foot-2-inch frame, not to mention the curvy 1958 blood-orange Viking Chevy truck parked in front of the Lab, everything about both Galpin and his work seems larger than life. But there’s a bare and simple beauty to his craftsmanship that bespeaks an eye for the details others might disregard and a softness for all that the human eye can’t

see. From the derailleur pulley that inspired the oversized spinning bar top at Power House, to the inspiration behind Isotope’s name, much of Galpin’s process is an act of stripping down, often to the barest, simplest form possible: a single bike gear, a tail feather, a hydrogen atom.

When Galpin founded his studio seven years ago, it was predicated on the concept of human-as-isotope, the notion that we are all made of the same infrastructure, the same elements, the same connective tissue, but that even in repetition, there is variance.

Here, where the only rules of the game are the laws that govern science, channeling what’s inherently given is vital. “A conceptual artist needs to pay attention to the idea, not the process,” he explained. “You have to learn to be an organism and grab at the best pieces.

Extract what’s best and then step aside. Once you’ve done the work, you have to get out of the way.”

With 17 active residential projects in the works and a growing fleet of commercial and public commissions on tap, Galpin—a proud father of two and a volunteer firefighter and EMT—has come to value what little free time he has these days. “Everyone here has 19 irons in the fire. It’s a process of distillation.” He paused. “It’s okay to spend some time with your head in the clouds. There’s always room for stillness and quiet. You have to make room to breathe.”

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Jon Nasvik Shapes Art from an Unlikely Material

BY Matt Furber / PHOTOGRAPHY Ray J. Gadd Jon Nasvik, 64, has been working with concrete since he was 14 when the St. Paul, Minn., native worked as a part-time grunt for a tough and terrible German builder who’d been in the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth).

“They’d drop me off at jobs and leave me to work until they picked me up for the next job,” Nasvik said during a conversation at the café tables atop a stained concrete floor inside Ketchum’s Main St. Market. Although construction work started as a way to save money for college, Nasvik said he’s never really applied for a job, and, although he went to the University of Minnesota for four years as a studio art major, he never got a degree. He took extra art classes and failed to satisfy math and science prerequisites. “They would have helped along the way, but art training has been very useful in the work I do now.”

Nasvik makes his own mixes of concrete by combining proportions of cement, aggregate and fibers that fit the custom specifications of surfaces and objects he aims to build. It’s normal work for him to move 1,000 pounds of materials several times during his preparation for installation. Aggregate—the sand, gravel, pebbles and other particles added to concrete mixes for strength—is exposed in all its colors and shapes when, for example, the city grinds down the edges of sidewalks distorted by tree roots pushing from beneath. The artful and surprising surface wrought from a plain grey sidewalk is the kind of look Nasvik loves to produce in his most creative moments.

Nasvik’s house in Zinc Spur just north of Hailey is a playground for concrete construction. In one still-life exercise, Nasvik built a mural of swimming fish revealed in a concrete mosaic. First, he crushed glass that he separated by color and then sprinkled in a design and sealed it in a concrete slip. Then, he ground the surface to expose the swimming fish scene in aggregate. The finished product

gives the art a real aquarium feel.

Nasvik’s experience as a self-employed, creative force in the trades took off when he started building concrete formations made to look like real rocks for zoos and hotels around the world. The 62-foot-tall flume ride at the Mall of America is his creation. He recently revisited Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo where Nasvik led the construction of fake rocks for gorillas in the Tropical Forest pavilion 30 years ago.

As his peripatetic career as a concrete mason took him around the world, he eventually decided to make Idaho his base. He still travels to exotic projects like Maui’s Grand Wailea, a hotel where he once built a 300-footlong waterfall, waterslides, and a smoking volcano with grottos and a bar. “What I gained from that is what you have to do to make fake rock look more real.” His favorite of seven waterfalls he’s built in Golden Eagle is 70 feet long and 18 feet high. It’s hard to discern it from the real McCoy. “I still do two or three rock installations a year. The beauty of concrete being liquid is it can be morphed into about anything. It’s an amazing material, really.”

He’s working now on a series of concrete Adirondack chairs that have lots of fibers in the mix to add strength. The surfaces of Nasvik’s chair, the arms, legs and seat, are 5/8 of an inch thick, and it’s cast as one piece. It weighs about 110 pounds when pulled from the form, so two people can move it with relative ease. Nasvik’s latest experiment in business with a partner in Vermont is to create a series of objects in concrete, including sinks and the chair that can be easily boxed and shipped directly to the consumer. It’s a very different aesthetic experience from his previous forays into production work. In the 1980s he invented texture stamps that easily replicate in concrete the look of Chicago Brick or the Ashlar Slate pattern. However, Nasvik’s bread

and butter today is specialty concrete and decorative work.

“I do a lot of plain functional stuff like remove carpets and add half an inch of cement,” Nasvik said. The work falls into the category of quick refurbishment. “I’m now working on a remodel. We gutted the house,” he said. When complete, sections of the floor, countertops, fireplace spaces and the entry will have concrete finishes.

“Every new project has a new twist,” Nasvik said, explaining that for most of his work the owner is calling the shots. “Every year they’re pushing my limits.”

In turn, Nasvik sometimes pushes code inspectors. One mantle project of his looks as if it has a large rough-hewn beam across the top of the fireplace. The inspector said the beam had to go, but the truth was discovered.

The mantle is concrete made to look like wood, not unlike the concrete siding used to lend a similar appearance to the Sun Valley Lodge built in 1936. Nasvik once helped the Sun Valley Resort match the original stain for a renovation to the old Lodge spa.

“We knew about Jon,” said Michael Bulls, an architect with Ruscitto-Latham-Blanton, the firm that recently designed a new spa and renovations at the Lodge. “When we did a locker room addition (years ago), Jon did the staining. That was great work, and you couldn’t tell the new from the old.”

At the time, resort owner Earl Holding came out to inspect the work, which by all accounts pleased him because it was indecipherable from the original finish.

However, the recent remodel for the new spa made Nasvik’s Lodge work largely a relic of history, but then, all concrete eventually crumbles, just like real rocks in the mountains.

A gallery of Jon Nasvik’s work is available at sunvalleymag.com/Arts/.

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The Search for Idaho’s Gold and How It Ushered in a New State

At one time, across the wild land that would become the state of Idaho, small cities sprang up in places where, but for sparse and intermittent populations of Native Americans, people had never been. Bustling new towns emerged from the dust of a vast wilderness. There were few, if any, roads or, for that matter, little else useful for building communities. There was, though, gold dust in the streams and veins of quartz streaking the

mountainsides. Seams of lead and silver lay married together deep underground.

These were places called Roosevelt, Orofino, Idaho City, Bullion, Coeur d’Alene, Custer, Silver City, Atlanta, Warrens, Elk City, and Loon Creek. They boasted hotels and saloons, homes and schools, watchmakers and doctors, bookstores and barbershops.

Most of the cities are gone now. But if not for the flurry of their rise and fall, the draw of

people and industry they generated, a new state, the 43rd, would not have come into being when it did. A flicker in the stream changed it all.

The Long View That there ever was a glimmer of gold in an Idaho stream or, for that matter, a mass of mountains dominating the state, is the result of almost incomprehensible geologic forces and time. Geologists estimate that 80 million years ago two tectonic plates, the oceanic Farallon Plate and the North American Plate, collided, the former diving under the latter.

Tremendous heat was generated, creating magma, which rose toward the surface, ultimately forming Idaho’s mountains.

Simultaneously, superheated water rich in minerals circulated throughout the lithosphere filling cracks and voids. Over time, earth and water cooled, and rich veins of gold and galena (lead-silver) were left trapped underground.

Needless to say, a lot can happen in 80 million years, including relentless glaciation— the advance and retreat of glaciers—and repeated cataclysmic floods such as the Bonneville and Missoula floods that literally Left: By May 1863, Silver City emerged in the Owyhee Mountains as one of the new “gold cities.” This image was taken sometime between that time and 1880.

Opposite page: Miners in a Coeur d’Alene silver-lead mine take a break circa 1909. At one time, the Coeur d’Alene Mining District was the largest silver producer in the United States.

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Left: Opposite page: Men load up in light gauge railway cars to go work silver mines in the Coeur d’Alene area.

Right: Gold prospector, Archie Smith, sits on the porch of his cabin near Murray, Idaho (ca. 1909).

shaped much of Idaho approximately 12,000 to 18,000 years ago. As mountain ranges were eroded and river valleys formed, all of those veins and shiny loose nuggets eventually found their way toward the surface. There they lay for thousands of years.

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Gold in the Water Certainly, the widespread settlement of Idaho, which was driven by the discovery of gold, never would have materialized without Lewis and Clark’s successful Corps of Discovery expedition commissioned in 1803. The two discoverers not only found a way to the Pacific and revealed an unknown territory, they, importantly, managed to establish good relations with the estimated 6,000 to 10,000 Native Americans—Nez Perce, Shoshoni, Bannock, Coeur d’Alene and others—living in those lands at the time. In effect, Lewis and Clark, through the goodwill they created, enabled a wave of fur traders to flood the territory beginning in about 1808. These would be men with names still familiar 207 years later: John Jacob Astor (who later built a New York real estate fortune), Alexander Ross (who explored the Stanley Basin), Francois Payette (the namesake of the Payette Lakes and Rivers near McCall), and John Colter (who was credited with later discovering Yellowstone).

One trapper whose name is less known but whose efforts had a profound effect on the course of Idaho’s future was Elias Pierce. After serving in the Mexican-American War (18461848), Pierce joined thousands of “49ers” chasing after the shiny metal James Marshall first discovered in Coloma, California, the previous year.

After his time in California, Pierce joined a trapping expedition to Nez Perce country in the Clearwater River basin of Idaho. However, his interest in fur was short-lived; he couldn’t shake his gold fever. Camping at Lewis and Clark’s Canoe Camp, Pierce became convinced he was in gold country again. In 1860, he led a group of prospectors—surreptitiously and against the wishes of the Nez Perce Indians living there—up along what would become Orofino Creek, a tributary of the Clearwater River. On September 30, 1860, the prospectors discovered “fine gold” in the

creek bed. With that, the Idaho gold rush began.

At the time, what we now call Idaho was part of Washington Territory (Idaho became a territory in 1863 and a state in 1890). While there was ostensibly federal governing of the area, it was still the Wild West.

This is not to mention the fact that the majority of governing officials back East were consumed with the impending Civil War. The temptation for lawlessness notwithstanding, the Idaho miners were surprisingly forward thinking in the heat of gold fever. Mining districts were organized with officers and specific rules about claims.

For instance, only citizens could locate and hold a claim, which extended 150 feet upstream and downstream of a claim and from bluff to bluff (across a stream). The claims had to be “worked” six days a week; if a claim sat idle for 15 days, it was lost (unless the miner was resupplying). And, due to the heavy snowfall, one could leave a claim idle from December to June without forfeiting it.

The Rush South Almost immediately, the gold rush spread from Orofino like a brushfire. In May of 1861, wide-eyed miners ventured southeast to Elk City to make finds; in July, another group from Orofino discovered gold along the Salmon River near Florence. The following year, groups traveled southeast to Warren and due south to the Boise Basin to make more placer discoveries.

As the snow cleared in 1863, the rush spread even farther south, with gold “cities” popping up in Rocky Bar, then Atlanta, and by May, in Silver City of the Owyhee Mountains.

In each instance, hundreds if not thousands of people would follow initial discoveries.

For example, by the end of 1863, there were upwards of 16,000 miners in the Boise Basin, which included the newfound cities of Idaho City, Placerville, Centerville, Buena Vista, and Bannack. At least $6 million in

gold dust was pulled from the area (more may have left surreptitiously). In addition to miners, the gold rush attracted the support services of doctors, lawyers, blacksmiths, assayers, packers and stage drivers. In fact, stage driver to the Boise Basin was John Hailey, who would later donate his land and lend his name to the Wood River Valley city.

For the most part, the early discoveries in the ’60s were placer finds; that is, gold found through panning the creek beds (gold is heavier than other silt and so falls to the bottom). Eventually, miners found gold-quartz ore veins in which the gold was locked up. Ore had to be removed from underground, then crushed and separated from the quartz. Early on, miners used an “arrastra,” a circular area in which large drag stones were moved around a pivot point by mules to crush the ore. By 1864, steam-powered iron stamp mills to crush ore were being brought in to remote mining areas by mule train. In the Idaho City area, miners employed high-pressure water to blast mountainsides, then collected the gravel slurry in big sluice boxes to sort out the gold.

Despite the somewhat crude technology, plenty of gold was pulled from the land.

From 1860 to 1866, approximately $20 million of gold was extracted from the Salmon River-Nez Perce country. The Clearwater drainage produced $23.8 million.

And though it ran over a longer time period, the Boise Basin mines generated nearly $66 million in finds.

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Orofino – Elias Pierce and a group of prospectors working a tributary of the Clearwater River—later to be known as Orofino (“fine gold”) Creek—make the first discovery of gold in Idaho.

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Elk City – A group of prospectors splits off from the encampment at Orofino and travels southeast to Elk City to stake out claims. By the end of summer, prospectors are pulling out a respectable ounce per day at $16 per ounce.

July, 1861 Florence

second group from A the original Orofino prospecting group travels south near Florence to make new finds along the Salmon River. The following summer, the area hits its peak production of $50,000 per day.

9 1883 to 1885 – Silver Coeur d’Alene

New discoveries in Kellogg, Murray and Wallace ultimately make the Coeur d’Alene mining district the largest lead-silver producer in the United States.

4 July, 1862

Warren’s & Boise Basin

The rush continues south as new miners flock to Warren’s, then farther south to the Boise Basin area, where numerous tent cities spring up, including Bannack, Idaho City, and Centerville. At the peak of the rush, 16,000 people take up residence in the Basin.

6 Summer, 1876

Bonanza and Custer

Miners working claims on Loon Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, explore south and start gold mining settlements on the Yankee Fork at Custer and Bonanza. By May of 1879, new claims are made due south of Bonanza in Vienna and Sawtooth City.

7 May, 1879 – Silver Wood River Valley

David Ketchum discovers lead-silver ore at the headwaters of the Big Wood River. By the following year, new mines are established at Galena, Ketchum, Warm Springs Creek, Deer Creek, Hailey and Broadford.

5 Spring, 1863

Rocky Bar, Silver City, Atlanta

As the snow clears, “gold cities” spring up first in Rocky Bar, then Atlanta, and by May in the Owyhee Mountains at Silver City.

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The Oregon Short Line

ue to high demand for moving heavy loads D of ore out of the Wood River Valley, the Union Pacific Railroad extends the Oregon Short Line from Shoshone to Hailey. The following year it extends to Ketchum.

The Panic of 1893

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The long-running Hercules mine was, however, the anomaly to the rule. Most claims— gold in the ’60s and lead-silver in the ’80s— were depleted after just a few years of being worked, at least, at the given metal prices and costs and technology of extraction. Most often, people simply moved on to the next hot spot where the early finds would be easier to extract.

However, few mines and their miners escaped the Panic of 1893 when the United States entered an economic depression that brought unemployment rates in the East to between 25 and 43 percent. Banks, some Western railroads and thousands of businesses failed. That same year, Congress repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, and the price of silver dropped precipitously. Previously profitable silver mines were closed, never to be reopened.

Above: The Philadelphia Mining and Smelting Company was located at the junction of Warm Springs Creek and the Big Wood River. The smelter enabled miners to separate out lead and silver from other ore impurities.

The Silver Wave As the gold played out, a second wave of mining swept through Idaho in the 1880s.

Miners at Loon Creek on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River explored south in 1876, finding major quartz lodes on the Yankee Fork River. There, the General Custer mine and city and the settlement of Bonanza were established. Subsequently, miners moved to new finds at Vienna, Sawtooth City, and, in 1879, Ketchum. By the following year, mining camps were in full swing at places that came to be called Galena, Ketchum, Warm Springs Creek, Deer Creek, Hailey and Broadford.

While gold was present, bigger veins of lead and silver were discovered. The Minnie Moore mine in Broadford, the Bullion mine west of Hailey, and the Queen of the Hills mine near Bellevue were all big producers.

The difficulty with silver mining was that silver was often found in galena, a lead ore that had to be smelted to separate out the metals. For the Wood River Valley, this meant initially that heavy loads of galena—700,000 pounds over the course of a year—had to be carried by wagon train to Salt Lake City, Denver or other smelting centers.

This enormous demand, however, provided the impetus in 1883 for the Union Pacific Railroad to extend its Oregon Short Line

from Shoshone to Hailey (and to Ketchum the next year). Supplies and people were brought in, and ore, by the ton, was shipped out. The rail line also enabled large smelters to be brought in to process the galena in the valley. Ultimately, there were smelters in Ketchum (the Philadelphia Smelter), Galena, and Indian Creek and Muldoon near Hailey.

The railroad, as well as the general wealth created by mining, ushered in other modern conveniences of life. These included Idaho’s first electric plant, which served residents of the area, as well as the Philadelphia Smelter, which sat near the confluence of the Big Wood River and Warm Springs Creek. In addition, the telegraph and Idaho’s first telephone system, serving households in the Wood River Valley, came online towards the end of 1883. The following year, Hailey developed Idaho’s first water utility.

Northern Claims Concurrent with the rush in the Wood River Valley, placer gold and then lead-silver veins were discovered in Murray and Kellogg (near present-day Coeur d’Alene). The Bunker Hill and Sunshine mines, first claimed by an out-of-work carpenter named Noah Kellogg, would eventually make the Coeur d’Alene mining district the largest silver producer in the United States. Another big producer in the area was the Hercules mine near Wallace.

This mine continued to be productive through 1925, grossing nearly $75 million.

A Foundation for a New Era Some mining towns, like those in the Wood River Valley, survived because new industries such as agriculture, forestry and tourism eventually took hold. Other towns simply emptied out; the vestiges of life—stamp mills, schools and homes—slowly fell back to the earth. Nonetheless, during the boom and bust cycles roads had been forged, rail lines built, electricity and telephone systems installed. Most importantly, the lure of gold and silver had brought thousands of people to what was in 1860 the Washington Territory and in 1863 the Idaho Territory. And Idaho’s gaining statehood, which required achieving a population of 60,000, surely would not have occurred in 1890 or anytime soon thereafter had there not been the frenzied rush to strike it rich in the Gem State. The pursuit of the illusive set in motion Idaho’s real and modern history.

While names rattle around in our geographical lexicon—Pierce, Payette, Wallace, Kellogg, Mayflower, Ketchum, Hailey—the clarifying fact is that these were actual people who faced tremendously hard lives with rare equanimity. They built full lives, found love if not gold, raised and educated children with little but their own wits. They had an eye on the horizon, always a foot moving forward.

These people saw promise in the streams and mountains, in places most others considered simply too forbidding. And they struggled mightily to realize that promise.

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The History & Art of Whiskey in the West

BY Laurie Sammis

Whiskey, a deep honey-colored, often wood-aged spirit, has been called both the devil’s drink and pure, liquid sunshine. It is, in fact, a holy spirit, first invented by ancient alchemists and then brought by Western European monks to Scotland and Ireland sometime between 1100 and 1300. It crossed to American shores on merchant ships with the early colonists in the 1600s, taking root in the New World with a vengeance and working its way deep into the American psyche and historical records.

To taste American whiskey is to step into the political machinations of a country on the edge of being born and to follow it through 250 years of self-determination, independence, rebellion and opportunity. Ghosts swirl in every glass, whispering of rebels and smoke-filled rooms, westward movement, Jazz Age speakeasies and vast fields of grain bending above an endless plain.

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From above left: A potpourri of craft whiskeys of the West for the choosing at Warfield Distillery’s Restaurant in Ketchum; aging in wood barrels provides whiskeys with their distinct flavors; the still at High West Distillery in Park City, which may be the country’s only ski-in distillery.

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dust in 1885. Whiskey was both a spirit of contention during the Civil War and part of the spark that ignited the crusade that led to Prohibition. It was responsible for President George Washington mustering federal troops to tamp down the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, an uprising in response to a federal excise tax on whiskey— the first domestic tax for the fledgling federal government— proposed by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and passed by Congress in 1791.

Whiskey helped fuel the country’s westward expansion, quickly becoming the drink of the Wild West. For health reasons, early colonists and pioneers tended to drink alcoholic beverages. Water was often unpalatable, and alcohol not only had a longer shelf life but would prevent organisms from growing in the beverage. Thus, whiskey actually helped pave the way west, where it was ordered with authority, and in great quantity, by men with gold in their pockets and adventure in their eyes.

In an image popularized by John Wayne and Clint Eastwood movies, whiskey was ordered as a shot, three fingers high, then slid down the bar directly into the hand of a lone desperado— seemingly about to take his last gasp, hat riding low—who grabbed it without a glance up.

Ironically, the whiskey of the Western frontier was, quite

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The name of the spirit originates from the Gaelic “uisge beatha” (shortened to “uisge,” from the original Latin “aqua vitae”), which translates literally to “water of life”—a testament to how vital the spirit was to early monks as a medicinal cure and tonic. The practice of Medieval period monks carried forward hundreds of years. A little known fact is that during Prohibition, when all alcohol sales were banned across the United States, the federal government made a medical exemption for whiskey when prescribed by a doctor and sold through licensed pharmacies.

Made from water, yeast and grain, whiskey is basically distilled beer. This was good news for early colonists on American shores who found few grapes readily available for making wine but were blessed with seemingly unbroken fields of grain. Because the “water of life” was deemed to prolong life and cure ills—used as everything from antiseptic to anesthesia—nearly every household in colonial America had its own backyard still. Distilling whiskey also offered an economical use for surplus grain, and thus whiskey became a vital component of the barter system in small towns and territories in the New World.

Not only was whiskey used as currency during the American Revolutionary War, a century later in the West it was as valuable as gold: a drink of whiskey cost a saloon patron one pinch of gold

literally, killing people. Resembling almost nothing of what we drink today, the whiskey of the Wild West was often cut by enterprising saloon owners, using whatever was on hand— ammonia, chewing tobacco, turpentine or gun powder—which created wicked and deadly combinations dubbed with colorful names such as tanglefoot, firewater, chain lightning, tarantula juice or coffin varnish.

It wasn’t long before lobbyists (more established bourbon and whiskey distillers farther East) petitioned for some regulations, prompting the U.S. federal government to step in with the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897, which was the first consumer protection act in United States history (a precursor to the Food and Drug Administration).

Issues of quality control and taxation became a moot point, however, with the enactment of the Volstead Act in 1920 and the era of Prohibition. All whiskey production went underground, linked with speakeasies and bootleggers who would make and sell untaxed, illegal whiskey by the light of the moon (darkness would hide the smoke of the stills from legal eyes, hence the term “moonshine”). These were the dark days of whiskey production, when the spirit was linked with harsher, less refined versions of moonshine or “white whiskey” that had none of the character and

smoothness of the whiskey sold today.

Prohibition was repealed in 1933, and whiskey has been growing in popularity ever since, experiencing a boom in recent years that has been fueled by the craft distillery movement—most of which has been centered in the West.

“Craft distilleries have opened people’s eyes to whiskey in the West,” said Andy Koenig of Koenig Winery and Distillery in Caldwell, Idaho. “Americans are returning to our roots, but the whiskey craze is global. Asians have decided they like American whiskey. Europeans have decided they like American whiskey.”

Indeed, exports of American whiskey have been growing steadily in the last decade, and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) posted global U.S. spirits exports at over $1.56 billion in 2014, with bourbon and whiskey accounting for nearly $1.02 billion of the total (tripling from just under $327 million in 1999).

In 1999, when Kevin Settles, CEO and founder of Bardenay Distillery and Restaurant in Boise, Idaho, first started in the business, the craft distillery movement was basically nonexistent— there were only about 20 distilleries operating in 20 states. Now there are over 800 distilleries, with craft distilleries in all 50 states and several Canadian provinces.

“There just weren’t any distribution channels for small

“Craft distilleries have opened people’s eyes to whiskey in the West.

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“We want to create a legacy, which means we have to be long-term minded and have patience through the aging process.”

-Alex Buck, co-founder Warfield Distillery & Brewery

producers,” Settles said, “which is why we developed a restaurant; to cut out the middle man and deal directly with our end customer and their tastes.” The process involved two years of research, lobbying and legislation at both the federal and state levels.

Ultimately, however, Settles established Bardenay as the nation’s first restaurant distillery.

And with a nod to Settles and his groundbreaking work in Boise, the Warfield Distillery and Brewery in Ketchum, Idaho, is about to become Idaho’s newest restaurant distillery. The Warfield co-founders and head distillers Alex Buck and Ben Bradley see Idaho as a logical location for whiskey distilling. “We are in the heart of the barley-growing capital of the U.S.,” said Bradley. Buck added that they are cultivating local sources for barley for their pot-still whiskey, the first batch of which is expected to be ready in about two years. “We want to create a legacy,” Buck stated, “which means we have to be long-term minded and have patience through the aging process.”

This sentiment is echoed by many of the craft distilleries in the West where producers take tremendous pride in their craft.

Koenig wanted to control their product, so their Seven Devils Bourbon is distilled in Kentucky, but aged in Idaho and filtered and bottled here. Wyoming Whiskey, just over the eastern border

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of Idaho, in Kirby, Wyoming, pulled master distiller Steve Nally (who had 30 years of experience making whiskey in the heart of Kentucky’s bourbon country, most notably at Maker’s Mark) out of retirement to help establish and fine tune their distinctly western brand of bourbon, which is sourced locally, made from 100 percent Wyoming grains and uses water from a mile deep limestone aquifer that hasn’t seen the light of day in 6,000 years.

“One of the most important things is the water,” said David DeFazio, co-founder and COO of Wyoming Whiskey. “There are so many different minerals that are in water: some are helpful, some are not. You don’t want iron, it turns whiskey black; but limestone acts as a natural filter, so we’ve got the most pure, true water you can find in the West for whiskey.”

Larry Price, president and co-founder of 8 Feathers Distillery in Boise, Idaho, echoed this statement, adding that water is to whiskey what air is to wine. “Pure, clean water is essential to great whiskey,” added co-founder and head distiller Greg Lowe, “but there are a thousand other components that affect the final spirit, such as the type of grain used, starch content, grain ratios, mash temperature, yeast pitch rate, fermentation time, speed of distillation and quality of water used for bottling.” Idaho artesian wells supply the water for 8 Feathers brand of pure Idaho Corn Whiskey, a recent release

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What’s in a Name?

Whiskey 101 “Whiskey” (with the “e”) is the spelling for the drink in Ireland and the U.S. “Whisky” is the spelling for the drink in Scotland, Canada, Australia and, most recently, Japan. And to confuse matters more, the Welsh spell it “Wisgi.”

All whiskey starts life as beer. It is made from wort, which is the “beer” that gets distilled and cooked into mash.

From left, opposite page: Looking up at the 38-foot column still at Wyoming Whiskey; barrels are branded prior to aging; grain fields in Kirby, Wyo., just south of Wyoming Whiskey Distillery.

that illustrates the spirit of originality and innovation that defines craft distilleries in the West in particular.

“True craft distilleries out West aren’t necessarily following a recipe that has been handed down from generation to generation, like they do back East,” said DeFazio of Wyoming Whiskey, “so, what you are finding is that these companies are experimenting with different recipes and mash builds and yeast components.”

Similar to wine, whiskey evokes the land and place of its making. Weather and climate influence its fermentation—aging much faster in Western climates where temperature swings from hot to cold bring it to maturation sooner. (The heat gets inside the barrel, making it expand, which pushes the whiskey into the wood.

The barrel contracts during colder nighttime temperature swings, forcing the whiskey out, all of which creates more interaction with, and flavoring from, the wood.)

Whiskey carries a rich history. It tastes of the past but carries a bit of the rebel within it and has been embraced wholeheartedly by a new generation of enthusiasts. It is a spirit with backbone and depth; one in which an entire field of grain is cooked and mashed, distilled and aged down to a single drop of liquid gold, spurring Mark Twain to state quite simply, “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.”

All whiskeys (or whiskys), regardless of the type, are made from a fermented mash of grain—which can be corn (bourbon), rye, barley or sometimes wheat. Straight whiskeys are bottled from the casks in which they are aged, with water added to reduce their proof. Blended varieties, such as bourbon and Tennessee whiskey, can be made by either using “sweet mash” (fresh yeast) or “sour mash” (starter yeast culture saved from a previous batch).

Bourbon is the only alcohol written into the American legal code, which mandates that it must be made from at least 51 percent corn, be distilled to no more than 160 proof (80 percent alcohol by volume), contain no additives other than water and be aged only in new, charred oak barrels.

To be called “straight bourbon” it has be aged a minimum of two years. It doesn’t have to be made in Kentucky, but to be called Kentucky straight bourbon, it has to be aged in Kentucky.

Scotch can only be labeled as such if it is made in Scotland and aged a minimum of three years.

Malt whiskey is made only from malted grains (in Scotland, always barley) in a pot still. A single malt whiskey comes from just one distillery.

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in perpetuity Preserving a Family Ranch for All Time TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHY Diane Josephy Peavey “In perpetuity” is a humbling piece of legal language that carries a weight difficult to comprehend.

As illusive as the idea of forever, it is an urgent prayer sent into infinity that a piece of unique land will be preserved as it is today forever, or “in perpetuity.”

Specifically, these words are the heart of the legal document for a conservation easement. The landowner agrees to sell to the buyer (usually a nonprofit organization like The Nature Conservancy or land trust such as the Wood River Land Trust, occasionally a federal, state or local agency) all of the future development rights to the land specified in the conservation easement. The owner continues to own the land, and, if the property is a working landscape, provisions are made for the family 120 sunvalleymag.com | fall 2015

to continue ranching or farming it following best conservation practices.

Naturally, an easement reduces the market value of the ranch because the property can never be developed should the family ever choose to sell out. On the other hand, for buyers interested in the preservation of open space and wildlife habitat, the conservation protections can be seen as an enhancement.

But even more concerning for families than this “forever” arrangement is the responsibility they assume for generations to come. What follows is the story of my family’s ranch, Flat Top Sheep Company, and how we came to put it into a conservation easement.

Our open space had been well cared for by our family since the 1920s making it an appealing project for protection.

When our family began to think about what a conservation easement could mean to our large Idaho ranch, we were absorbed in an immediate crisis in which future generations played little or no part. We—my husband and I, our son, and his sons— teetered on disaster as we looked at every conceivable possibility to save Flat Top Sheep Co., our sheep and cattle ranch in south central Idaho. The land was my family’s identity, our home and livelihood and had been for four generations.

These ranch lands are a sprawling property north of Carey, in the Little Wood River drainage, a part of a huge ecosystem that provides natural habitat areas and migratory corridors for wildlife and an array of spectacular birds. At the same time, it is only a ridgeline away from the actively developing resort communities of the Big Wood River Valley.

Flat Top Sheep Co. was started in the late 1920s by my husband’s grandfather, John Thomas, a Gooding businessman and banker who was twice appointed to the U.S. Senate.

Every year he ran sheep north from Twin Falls through the Little Wood River and Big Wood River Valleys, over Galena Summit and into the backcountry of the Stanley Basin on the annual migration and life cycle of these animals.

Thomas’s daughter, Mary, and her son, John, grew up immersed in the rhythms of ranch life and the land. Years later, in the early 1980s, I was brought into this life—an urban-raised, new wife.

I approached the landscape starry-eyed.

The wild, rugged and lovely Western landscape was thrilling. I knew little about what that meant economically, emotionally

or environmentally, or how the land would dominate my life far into the future. But I did realize almost immediately that ranching, farming and rural communities were in crisis, not only in Idaho but across the United States.

In the 1980s, there was a nationwide exodus from the land caused by farm credit policies that promised the moon but soon backfired as commodity prices began to spiral downward. Bankers and other lenders panicked, and foreclosures on delinquent loans became commonplace. Rural America began shutting down.

Only several decades earlier, agriculture was the livelihood of over 50 percent of Americans. Today, less than 2 percent of our population is involved in raising food from the land.

It was a devastating crisis, impacting not only the quality and sources of our food today, but it also spelled impending disaster for our open spaces across the country, which for generations had been largely preserved by ranching and farming families.

As the land values and commodity prices crashed in the 1980s and 1990s, many ranchers and farmers had little choice but to sell out to eager developers ready to redesign vast open space into population centers. This was an unacceptable option for our family.

It was then that we began to pay attention to the growing phenomena of conservation easements as a way to protect the open space, working landscape, natural habitat and wildlife that surrounded us.

We first learned of this opportunity from The Nature Conservancy, specifically its brilliant, quiet, behind-the-scenes strategist, assistant director Lou Lunte and former

Clockwise from opposite page: The Flat Top Sheep Company base of operations sits at the foot of basalt ridges north of Carey, Idaho. In sum, the owners of the ranch, John and Diane Peavey, have put over 23,000 acres into conservation easements; sheep cross the road into the ranch; the view of the Pioneer Mountains from the ranch; John Peavey collects bitterbrush for the ranch cabin.

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state director Laura Hubbard who worked tirelessly with us over many years to make our conservation dreams a reality. There was also important strategy input from the Wood River Land Trust and a new organization called the Pioneer Alliance that comprises environmental groups, representatives of federal, state and local agencies, and local landowners. The Alliance explored conservation measures to save the Pioneer Mountains-Craters of the Moon ecosystem and its working families who had preserved that landscape for generations. The timing was right. Conservation easements provided new hope for struggling ranchers and farmers whose only means of help prior to this had been to succumb to pressures from developers and leave their homes forever.

All the while the challenge of “what if” haunted us. How to speak for future generations? Will these things continue to be of value 100 years from now?

Through the work of the Pioneer Alliance, it became clear that our ranch made up a sizable part of the lands the group was trying to save. Our open space had been well cared for by our family since the 1920s, making it an appealing project for protection.

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was a time of daily stress as we worried over language in the legal documents, over every acre we hoped to save for family use, every field we needed for our sheep and cattle, every stream and spring we wanted to protect, every acre we farmed, every access road into the backcountry, every scarred hillside that needed to be closed to rogue ATVs in trespass. We considered the inholding campground surrounded by our private lands, beaver habitat along creeks, sagebrush hills for sage grouse, migratory wildlife corridors, all the land that could provide income beyond our ranching lives, our son’s dreams of a hunting lodge, and my dream of a few cabins for a writers’ retreat.

It all needed to be itemized and protected in this legal document.

All the while the challenge of “what if ” haunted us. How to speak for future generations? Will these things continue to be of value 100 years from now? Will food continue to come from the land for the generations ahead?

And what of the adversities that we fretted over as we reworked easement language and the huge changes ahead for our industry?

Today, there is growing carelessness around us, from the beer cans thrown from pickups crossing our lands, to weekend hunters trying to find the quickest (often reckless) way to favorite hunting spots. What of wolves, GMO foods, sage grouse, hunting lodges, water flows? Will these issues exist and, if so, what will they look like in 30 years? How can we sign with confidence?

But then, how can we NOT sign and sign immediately when we see the land abused

and in jeopardy? Through conservation easements, we have found partners who have not only taken the threat of development rights off the table but are committed to helping us handle many of these challenges and improve our conservation activities on the land—something we could not do alone.

The final easement was completed in 2013. Close to 23,000 acres became a series of conservation easements to be managed as a working landscape and for the preservation of the land and the habitat it provides to wildlife “in perpetuity.” In the end, this was made possible with the help of foundations, private funders, and state, federal and local government agencies who understood the importance of preserving such a huge swath of land.

This was our story. In moments of indecision and doubt we took courage from the actions of those who went before us, such as John and Elizabeth Stevenson, who were the first in the area to put a conservation easement on their farmland in the Silver Creek landscape. Their restoration efforts today filter farm water from the north as it passes through their land on the way into Silver Creek and, with the addition of a large pond that now covers land where cattle once grazed, they have created a wetland filled every year with returning birds and waterfowl. We learned from the Purdy family and John and Elaine French, among others, who have made large easement contributions across their lands to protect the pristine waters and world-famous trout fishing in Silver Creek.

Once we began exploring conservation easements, we watched this concept fan out to include several of our Carey and South Valley neighbors, among them the Bairds, the Bartons and the Molyneuxes.

These agreements—some completed, some

Clockwise from top left: The Kimama desert, south of Carey, where the Peavey’s winter their sheep; looking out the back door of the ranch cabin onto basalt ridges; the “cow camp” on the move. The roofed structure on the flatbed is where ranch workers eat and sleep when working away from the main ranch. The trailer in back is used as a feeding structure for the sheep.

ongoing—have saved valuable wildlife habitat and migratory corridors and, in many cases, given families the economic breathing room to protect, improve and remain on the land they have cared for throughout the last century and that hold their personal histories.

In the end, for us, it is the personal story of our family, its past and now its future. It is also about the Laidlaws, sheep ranching pioneers who first homesteaded a large part of this land; and about John Thomas, who began Flat Top Sheep Co.; Mary Brooks, his daughter; John, Tom, Cory and Jake his grandson, and great, and great, great grandsons who continue the tradition. It is about the Burks—Sam, Dennis and Denny—the three generations of sheep managers who worked side by side with our family for over 80 years. It is about every Flat Top Sheep Co. herder, from Dirty Dutch over 60 years ago, to Efrahin and Wuilder today, and about every Scot, Basque and Peruvian who left his mark on a piece of aspen bark in this landscape. All of them will live on at Flat Top Sheep Co. now “in perpetuity.”

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David Burdeny, an architect and designer by training, creates photographs that mesmerize in their expanse and beauty. Twin themes of architectural form and vast landscape weave through his work. Burdeny, a native of Winnipeg, Canada—for the most part, a waterless prairie land—is often enthralled by expansive bodies of water and their ethereal grandeur.

Adam Tanous explores Burdeny’s approach to art and life on page 126.

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“Novolobodskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2014”

Vestiges of Form in a Vast Landscape The Photography of David Burdeny

BY Adam Tanous Architecture, almost by definition, is a distinctly human endeavor. While the two underpinnings of architecture—form and function—exist in a healthy tension, the two are employed in varying degrees of balance but always in the service of people shaping a world in which to live.

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architect and interior designer who shows in Canada, Brussels, New York, Boston, Newport Beach, and Ketchum at Gilman Contemporary—frequently addresses our efforts to frame human spaces amidst a titanic landscape. However, what is often not so subtly missing from Burdeny’s photographs are people.

“When you remove the people, you

think about the space and invent your own narrative,” Burdeny explained in a phone interview from Vancouver. “It’s like a stage set where there is the anticipation of what happened and what will happen.”

In his most recent series, “A Bright Future,” Burdeny photographed the Moscow and St. Petersburg metros: elaborate chandelier-lit, marble subway stations built

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by Stalin. All are devoid of people. While one motivation of the work, according to Burdeny, was aesthetic—the stations are beautiful and remarkable demonstrations of human creativity—another was his “longstanding interest in the relationship between architecture and power.” To elaborate, Burdeny posed the question, “What is the underlying reason we build things the way they are?” Much has to do with the projection of power and how it is imposed on others, he added.

Despite their beauty, the metro stations— photographed in 2015—can also be viewed with some irony, particularly given the historical context. With the elaborate tunnels in the images receding in the distance to a confining point, the future portrayed does not, in fact, seem so bright. Nor did it end up bright for millions of Soviet Union citizens killed during Stalin’s Great Purge.

Top: “Rice Terraces, (Laohuzui II), Yunnan, China, 2013” Bottom: “Carnon-Plage, France, 2012”

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In a 2013 series themed “Suadade,” a Portuguese word akin to the English word “longing,” Burdeny included several images taken from the air of intricate rice terraces in China. They present the quintessential architectural dialectic. From afar, the large images are exquisite abstract forms, beautiful in color and structure. At a more granular level, they are the ultimate demonstration of function and our penchant to architect the natural world for utilitarian reasons.

Burdeny, the son of an engineer and a designer, was raised in Winnipeg, a city surrounded by vast prairies and skies. The landscape of his childhood clearly informs his work; many of his images reveal wide horizons, enormous skies, and light captured at the edges of the day that lends a surreal 130 sunvalleymag.com | fall 2015

quality to the photographs.

Much of Burdeny’s early work was done with a large, 8-by-10-inch-format camera that employs a 240-millimeter lens. The camera enabled him to capture exceptional detail and wide horizons. It also compressed foreground and background, which had not only a spatial but also a temporal effect: the images seem to exist outside of time. However, the process entailed using cumbersome equipment: big bellows, heavy supplies of film, a large tripod, dark cloth and focusing ground glass.

Commonly, he would shoot with 5- or even 10-minute exposures. It was not unusual for him to dedicate an entire day to creating a single image. While he has moved to a digital format for practical reasons (the film is no longer available), Burdeny loved the lengthy

process. He likened it to making a movie. “I was forced to sit and observe and experience taking a photograph. I didn’t always get a usable image, but it was meditative.”

Though he uses digital technology now, he makes all of the technical adjustments manually. So, it is still a time-consuming process. However, Burdeny said, the resolution of the modern digital camera is finally approaching that of the old 8-by-10format cameras. He is now able to capture highlights and shadows similar to what he could achieve with his film camera.

When Burdeny feels he has a usable image, he will spend up to a week printing one of his 44-inch- or occasionally 50-inch-wide photographs. It will involve printing small images, posting them on his wall and living

with them for some time to fully contemplate and decide on any color corrections or printing settings he might want to implement for the final product.

Several images in Burdeny’s 2013 series “Suadade,” as well as a number in “Traces of Time” (2012), “Traverse” (2011), “Ancora” (2010), and “Sacred & Secular” (2009), incorporate dreamlike vistas of water with architectural forms. Burdeny attributes his fascination with coastlines and water to his upbringing on the waterless prairies of the Winnipeg area. In many of his photographs, the water is measureless and commanding, the human traces slight and diminished. By contrast, Burdeny pointed out, everything in a city is built to our scale. “At the ocean, you feel human again. You remember you are human and … insignificant.”

Burdeny’s image “Carnon-Plage, France 2012” is one such image that strikingly exemplifies his minimalist sensibilities but one that also conveys the artist’s attraction to aesthetic human constructs. In the photograph, vestiges of architectural forms— perhaps the wooden pilings of a pier—are subsumed by a seemingly limitless sea and sky. The colors are subtle and the forms simple. The image is at once dreamy and haunting, absent of people, of course. The narrative is there, but only barely so.

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Seeing What Isn’t There How Virtual Installation Is Transforming the Industry of Art

BY Adam Tanous A year ago, Andria Friesen, owner of Friesen Gallery in Ketchum, received a phone call from a potential client in Southern California who was looking for a piece of art to place in her new home. The client was not sure what she was looking for, but she had a spectacular home with a living room that she was convinced would benefit from a work of art.

The client emailed Friesen a photograph of her furnished living room with one empty wall.

Seeing the décor of the room, Friesen said in a recent interview, “One particular artist in Santa Fe immediately spoke to me.” Friesen called up artist Lawrence Fodor and described, in general terms, what she had in mind. Fodor had a piece he thought might work, photographed it and emailed it back to Friesen. With the help of Photoshop, a photo-editing software program, Friesen inserted the image of the artwork into the photo of her client’s living room. With just a single dimensional frame of reference—say a power socket (2 ¾ by 4 ¼ inches) in the living room photo—Friesen was able to size the artwork photo precisely 132 sunvalleymag.com | fall 2015

so that the scale of it matched the scale of the living room wall. She then emailed the virtual installation image to her client who, now able to visualize the artwork in her living room, ordered the piece. Fodor shipped the piece directly from Santa Fe to Southern California.

The entire three-way transaction took place despite the fact that the client had never been to Idaho, Friesen had never been to her client’s home nor had seen the piece of art in person, and the artist had never previously met or interacted with the client.

This is not the way the art world has traditionally operated.

Two years ago, a typical scenario might have unfolded as follows. An art collector from Pittsburgh, while vacationing in Sun Valley, might have happened upon a piece of art he loved but one he was not quite sure would work in his house 2100 miles away. At that point, Friesen would likely offer to have a crate built for the art (at a cost of approximately $450) and ship it on trial to Pittsburgh ($400 one way). The client would then arrange to

have the art physically installed to see if it looked as good in his home as it did in the gallery. If not, the whole process would have to be reversed.

Despite the fact that she was willing to bear all of the costs, Friesen said, “Clients just didn’t want to deal with all of that—the crating and shipping.” Instead, she can virtually install a work of art in the client’s “home” and provide a way for the buyer to visualize the art in context.

Adam Elias of Elias Construction in Ketchum has experienced the power of virtual installations in the building industry. On more than one occasion, the art has come before the building. As he pulled up a computer image of a piece of art, Elias explained: “A client will say, ‘We have this piece; this is going in the master bedroom.’ So, then we will build the wall or build the lighting or the ceiling system—with everything balanced—to carry the piece of art.”

By dropping in a scaled image of the artwork into an architectural program like Revit, the architect, along with Elias, and perhaps an interior designer, can make

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numerous iterations of the room dimensions and design, with the end goal of finding the design that best highlights the art. They can even simulate different lighting scenarios— morning, evening, bright day—and see how it affects the way the art looks.

Without a tool like virtual installation, even Elias’s savviest building clients struggle to visualize an artwork in a yet-to-be-built home, he said. “This enables clients to make educated decisions up front, which leads to less change.

It’s a big cost saving. If you want to save money in construction, spend the money in design… the walls and rooms get built more specifically to accommodate gallery pieces, or to create the room and atmosphere appropriately with a whole lot less misdirection.”

According to Friesen, the virtual installation process also facilitates the commissioning of custom works. A client might love a given work, but it might be altogether the wrong scale—too small, for example—for a particular wall. So, working with photographed sketches and conceptual drawings from an artist, Friesen can place (virtually) a larger piece on the client’s wall. Working back and forth this way, the client, artist and Friesen can envision what a custom artwork—yet to be created—will look like in the home.

Virtual installation is an unexpected, though not isolated, example of art merging with technology for positive effect. And the marriage brings new avenues for art industry and appreciation. Two disciplines once thought to be all but mutually exclusive, it turns out, might actually inform one another.

Friesen, for one, is a believer. “I’m telling you, this is a game-changer.”

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Left to right: “R&R” by John Westmark, represented by Gilman Contemporary; “Spring Break” by William Berra, represented by Kneeland Gallery.

at the galleries fall exhibits showcase new work

friesen gallery Sun Valley Road at First Avenue Ketchum, ID 208.726.4174 www.friesengallery.com

GAIL SEVERN GALLERY 400 First Avenue North Ketchum, ID 208.726.5079 www.gailseverngallery.com

Michael Gregory, Sweet November, oil on canvas / panel, 45.5” x 85.75” Christopher Brown, HINDU egg tempera, gouache, casein on paper; framed, 27” x 35”

Julian Voss-Andreae, Slender Woman, Bronze Sculpture, 71” x 14” x 12”

Established in 1994, Frederic Boloix Fine Arts specializes in 20th Century Masters and Contemporary Art. Over the past 20 years we have shown and represented works by masters Picasso, Matisse, Miró, Chagall, Francis Bacon, Françoise Gilot and by contemporary artists Gustavo Acosta, Salustiano, Rainer Gross, Julian Voss-Andreae, Martin Herbst and Julio Larraz. We also offer consulting services and expertise in building art collections.

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Friesen Gallery exhibits contemporary paintings, glass and sculpture by widely recognized and acclaimed artists: Adela Akers, Christopher Brown, Mia Brownell, Rachel Brumer, Nicole Chesney, Ford Crull, Dennis Evans, Lawrence Fodor, Jeff Fontaine, Gregory Grenon, Isabella Huffington, Steve Jensen, Richard Jolley, Mary Josephson, Tom Lieber, Holly Lyman, Dara Mark, Nancy Mee, William Morris, Trinh Nguyen, Piper O’Neill, Lisa Occhipinti, Phranc, Chris Richter, Ginny Ruffner, Lino Tagliapietra and Barbara Vaughn, among others.

Celebrating 40 years featuring contemporary painting, sculpture and photography: Jenny Abell, Victoria Adams, Nicolas Africano, Squeak Carnwath, Linda Christensen, James Cook, Kris Cox, David deVillier, Raphaëlle Goethals, Morris Graves, Michael Gregory, Rod Kagan, Jun Kaneko, Margaret Keelan, Lisa Kokin, Gary Komarin, Hung Liu, Robert McCauley, Laura McPhee, Cole Morgan, Gwynn Murrill, Ed Musante, Marcia Myers, Luis González Palma, Robert Polidori, Joseph Raffael, Christopher Reilly, Jane Rosen, Brad Rude, David Secrest, Anne Siems, Mary Snowden, Julie Speidel, Mark Stasz, Allison Stewart, Inez Storer, Boaz Vaadia, and Theodore Waddell. Visit Severn Art Services for all your custom picture framing, art installation needs, art packing and shipping. Follow us on Twitter Gail_Severn.

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frederic boloix fine arts Galleria Building 351 Leadville Avenue Ketchum, ID 208.726.8810 www.boloix.com

courtesy kneeland gallery

The art scene in the Wood River Valley is vibrant and unusually diverse.

Here’s a taste of what’s in store for art lovers this fall.

gilman contemporary 661 Sun Valley Road • Ketchum, ID 208.726.7585 www.gilmancontemporary.com

Greg Miller, Rose / 5th, acrylic, collage and resin on canvas, 48” x 48”

At Gilman Contemporary we believe art should be thought-provoking, inspirational and resonate in a deeply personal place for our clients. Our collectors appreciate the diversity of our artists and have come to find the gallery a place of conversation and discovery. Our artists range from the whimsical black and white photographs by Rodney Smith to the neo-Pop mixed media works by Greg Miller. Visit our website and discover Gilman Contemporary. wood river fine artS 360 East Avenue • Ketchum, ID (In The Courtyard) 208.928.7728 www.woodriverfinearts.com

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G. Russell Case , Ranch At Thunder Mesa oil on linen, 24” x 36”

Wood River Fine Arts features traditional and contemporary works by artists who capture the natural grandeur and unique peoples of the American West. The award-winning paintings and sculpture of these contemporary masters have received national and international acclaim and appear in private, corporate and museum collections throughout North America. In addition to CAA gold medalists Grant Redden and R.S. Riddick, and Prix de West Purchase Award winners Christopher Blossom, Terri Kelly Moyers and Andrew Peters, the gallery proudly represents Kenneth Bunn, G. Russell Case, Walt Gonske, Logan Maxwell Hagege, Quang Ho, Richard Loffler, Dave McGary (1958 - 2013), Jim Morgan, John Moyers, Ralph Oberg, Daniel Pinkham, Mary Roberson, Amy Sidrane, Matt Smith and Kathryn Stats.

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