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Small group of parents still unhappy with THS English department rather they have objected to the current policy making kids reading the alternative A small but vocal group of parents conbook leave the room. tinues to have problems with how literaAccording to teachers in ture is taught at Teton High the English department, the School weeks after district parents have said they want policy was upheld followtheir children kept in the Writing hits the literary ing the suspension and same room when controcannon and becomes reinstatement of the book versial books are taught, but classic because of “Bless Me Ultima.” only want teachers to talk expression and ideas and Superintendent Monte about the books’ broader enduring understandings Woolstenhulme pulled the themes. They haven’t said and connections that book from the curriculum exactly what they wouldn’t after some parents objected readers make, if we want their kids to hear or to the book’s use of prodon’t discuss specifics in discuss. fanity and one scene that literature then we don’t English teacher Susan implied that a character do the literature justice. Pence said, as an educator, masturbated. The book was _________________ that would be extremely ultimately returned to the hard because the power of Susan Pence, classroom and students who literature lies in the specifTHS English teacher don’t want to read “Bless ics. Me Ultima” are free to read “Writing hits the literary a different book but have to cannon and becomes classic do so in the library. because of expression and The recent emails and ideas and enduring underletters sent to the schools’ English depart- standings and connections that readers make, ment have not objected to any specific book in the upcoming school year’s curriculum, Conflict continued on A12 Scott Stuntz TVN staff
New farm bill may not change much for Teton County Scott Stuntz TVN staff After years of extending the old farm bill and political deadlock, congress has passed a new five-year farm bill. Though the farm bill is a hugely important piece of legislation for both farm and food-aid policy, the new bill may not change things for Idaho that much. The most drastic change to farm programs the new bill will enact is cutting the “direct aid” program that pays farmers every year for how many acres they own, but not how many they actually plant, which means landowners can receive federal money even if they don’t plant a crop. The direct payments will be eliminated in favor of strengthening the existing federally subsidized crop insurance program. University of Idaho extension educator for Teton County, Ben Eborn, said because of what crops valley farmers plant, they won’t really be affected too much by changes to either program. He said most valley farmers can’t receive direct payments because of what crops they plant and of the crops grown here, only barley is eligible for crop insurance. Eborn said Idaho is just not as dependent on government subsidies as other parts of the country. “We don’t really farm the government like the Midwest does,” he said. Eliminating direct payments was actually a point of agreement between Democrats and Republicans as they hammered out the new bill. The real sticking point had been the funding level for the program widely know as food stamps and officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. The new bill cuts $8.5 billion from the food stamp program. Though public information manager Tom Shanahan with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said that because of the way in which the cut will happen, the state should not see a significant drop in either the number of Idahoans who receive food stamps or in the benefits they receive. He said the $8.5 billion comes mostly from changes to a rule that allows Farm bill continued on A12
Victor to hold forums ahead of summer construction projects Image courtesy City of Victor / Natural Dwellings Architecture
Perspective drawing of the pavilion to be constructed at the historic Depot site in spring/early summer 2014.
Scott Stuntz TVN staff The City of Victor is gearing up for some major changes downtown by holding a series of public forums that began on Feb. 4. The renovations to the downtown will include new sidewalks and streetlights along Center Street extending to Depot Way with a new pavilion, a parking lot and restrooms being constructed at the Depot itself. Also a new water main will be installed on the south side of
West Center Street. The most noticeable change though will be the addition of a stoplight at the interception of Center Street and Highway 33. Planning and Zoning administrator Brittany Skelton said the stoplight is being installed for safety reasons, but not just for the pedestrians crossing from one side of Main Street to the other. She said it will also be safer and more convenient for cars since currently vehicles Construction continued on A12
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Snowboarder found in South Leigh after leaving resort boundary Gilliam said the search was comRachael Horne pleted by around 6 p.m. TVN staff A strong storm rolled through A search and rescue mission was the Tetons on Wednesday as well initiated on Wednesand the area received day afternoon after a up to a foot of new visiting snowboarder snow in some areas. Knowing it from New Jersey Visibility was limited skied off the backside during the afternoon was going to of Grand Targhee and avalanche danger Resort into South a precarious was increasing. Leigh Creek Canyon Gilliam said ski area, we and became lost. patrol reported the Bob Gilliam, snowboarder had gone mobilized and undersheriff of Teton through some dangerCounty, Wyo., said just responded. ous terrain prone to before 3 p.m. Wednesavalanche slides. ________________ day, Jason Veres, Veres was trans34, was observed by Bob Gilliam, ported to Driggs by other skiers leaving Teton County, Wyo. SAR where he met up the resort boundary. undersheriff with his companions. Gilliam said it was Gilliam said he was reported to Grand not sure if the snowTarghee Ski Patrol, boarder left the resort who then observed deliberately, or didn’t his snowboard track. see the boundary, but Because it was out of once he was further resort bounds, they notified Teton down slope, he became turned County Search and Rescue. around and could not get back in “Knowing it was going to a bounds. precarious area, we mobilized and In 2010, a man died of hypotherresponded,” said Gilliam. He said mia in the same area after skiing off they also authorized Targhee Ski the backside of Targhee. In that inciPatrol to respond. Two ski patrol dent, personnel from both Idaho and teams responded, one group folWyoming began coordinating search lowing the tracks on skis and the efforts. The search was called off other mobilizing SAR snow machines around 11 p.m. that night because housed in Alta, Wyo. The snow of avalanche concerns and poor vismachine team came from the South ibility. The search resumed the next Leigh trailhead. The two search morning, but the man was found teams met and the snowboarder was dead. The incident later led to a $5 located unharmed. He was transmillion lawsuit against both Teton ported by snow machine to the South County Wyoming and Idaho as well Leigh trailhead, where Search and as the resort. Rescue met the party.
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Victor to move ahead with Southern Valley Trails Project Victor requests OK to build 15 miles of trails
Fitzgerald said that easier trails are not only good for beginning riders, “even the best skiers enjoy a blue square groomer once in a while, or even on a regular basis.” Scott Stuntz TVN staff Teton Basin District Ranger, Jay Pence said that he has seen the city’s proposal and The City of Victor is asking the forest service for permission to build 15 miles of it “appeared to be a reasonable request.” He new trails emanating from the Mike Harris said the first step in the process is to formally accept the proposal, something that may trailhead half of a mile south of town. take a month. The Southern Valley He said before he can Trails Project [SVTP] was accept the request the first initiated in 2010 to You need places for city needs to answer some conduct a formal study questions about the specifof public demand for people to recreate ics of the plan. He said an trails. Former Mayor at all skill levels... example, in the SVTP proand owner of Fitzgerald’s even the best skiers posal, is that the city said Bicycles,Scott Fitzgerald, the summer mountain bike said this is the first conenjoy a blue square trails would also be for use crete step in making the groomer once in a in the winter. SVTP a reality. “Does that mean they while, or even on a Fitzgerald is also part are going to groom them of the newly created regular basis. in the winter?” he asked. Victor Trails Commit___________________ He added that the exact tee. It was created after width of the trail needs to the election of AJ Linnel Scott Fitzgerald, be nailed down. In order to and Molly Absolon to the Fitzgerald’s Bikes do that, the city needs to Victor City Council, who clarify exactly what will be Fitzgerald said ran on a allowed on the new trails. platform of trail developPence gave jogging strollment as a driver of ecoers as a use that could alter nomic activity. the trail’s width. The new trails that Once the SVTP is accepted, the process would be created by the SVTP would be classified as “low angle.” Fitzgerald said that outlined by the National Environmental is important because the valley has great Policy Act, [NEPA] would kick in. One part “steep trails that go deep into the moun- of which is “public scoping,” which involves tains” for more experienced riders, but in reaching out not only to a wider swath of order to fulfill Victor’s goal of encouraging the public but to environmental and other healthy lifestyles, it needs a greater variety special interest groups on a national level. Pence said it could easily be next sumto appeal to more people. “You need places for people to recreate at mer before Victor is told if it can go ahead all skill levels,” he said. Using a ski analogy with the SVTP.
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The real game on Super Bowl Sunday Unfortunately, for the millions of you football fans who tuned in on Fox at half past the hour Sunday evening expecting the battle of the titans between the Seahawks and the Broncos for the Lombardi Trophy, you missed the real game with all of the collisions and the hard hitting. The head butting and face-to-face jawing occurred several hours earlier when Bill O’Reilly sat down in the White House for an exclusive, 10-minute interview with Barack Obama. To be fair and balanced, Obama has always sat for an interview on Super Bowl Sunday with a reporter from the host network, and O’Reilly, a former player in his collegiate days, had on his game face, his ankles were taped and he was primed for the big battle. O’Reilly, famous for being the “no spin zone” guy opened in a gracious manner, complimenting Obama on how well he looked after 5-plus years as Commander-in-Chief. Then, he put his hand on the ground, dug in his cleats, coiled up and the real game began. One of the topics on the table for O’Reilly was the much troubled health care rollout, a program that was three years in the works before its launch, but yet has been hampered with website failures and plagued by many White House staff miss statements, including what has been attributed to Obama as “the lie of the year.” Remember the multiple times you heard him utter, “If you like your medical plan, you can keep it. Period.” “If you like your doctor, you can keep
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him. Period.” Truth be told, although the site might be working better now than at its launch, the program as a whole still is “oozing puss” like that festering sore that does not respond to antibiotics. In staying with the Super Bowl Sunday theme, Obama attempted to fend off a big hit from O’Reilly’s list of alleged scandals when he stated, “I try to focus not on the fumbles, but on the next play.” As bad as the Broncos were victimized by their fumbles and interceptions, Obama faired no better by stumbling with an admission that bonehead decisions were made, and “We’re about a month behind where we anticipated we wanted to be.” Additionally, when asked why he did not fire HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after the disastrous rollout of the Obamacare website, the president, who had promised on multiple occasions an administration of transparency and accountability, once again punted the ball with no answer. However, he argued, in his opinion, “The website now is working the way it’s supposed to.” His message was quite contrary to the non-comedic repartee delivered
by Nancy Pelosi late last week on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show.” Stewart, an avowed Obama supporter, was tossing Pelosi one softball question after another, and the best she could say was, “I don’t know. I don’t know.” Finally, Stewart stated, “How do you not know?” Pelosi, in a most poised and intelligent refrain uttered, “Well, it’s not my responsibility.” Remember, this is the same person who as the then Speaker of the House when asked what was in the 2,000-plus pages of Obamacare famously responded, “We have to pass it to find out what’s in it.” Unbelievably, this administration virtually has torched a health care system where approximately 290 million Americans were insured because it was deemed unfair by Obama, Pelosi, Harry Reid and other Democrats that about 30 million citizens were not. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Main stream media and the masses of low information voters, for whatever reasons, have given this man and his administration a free pass and allowed them to matriculate the length of the field with little opposition, but he still cannot put the ball in the end zone. Much like the Broncos, he continues to be stymied by his own ineptness. It’s game over, Barack, but we, the people, are the real losers, and despite your smarmy attempt to throw in football metaphors, it’s more than just a game to us. You’re playing with our lives.
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It’s not always comfortable: Debit bets and Conceled Carry This was supposed to be the year of non-controversy. In that light the press has had a field day saying that the members of the legislature are trying to play it safe in an election year. I find that not to be the case, and we are tackling the difficult issues that come before us. We had a little bill come before the full House this week that should have been a very non-controversial piece of legislation. Last year, we enacted a bill that prohibited the use of debit and credit cards for automated lottery machines. The new historic horse racing, that was authorized last year is done all by electronic machine. In keeping with what we enacted last year, it was thought that we should make it clear that debit and credit cards could not be used in these machines either. The bill came out of the State Affairs Committee very easily but was defeated on the House floor on Friday. After the bill failed, I was discuss-
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ing it with a member of the State Affairs Committee who changed their vote and opposed the bill. The comment was that a debit card is the same as cash. What I have noticed however, is that there is something about having cash in your hand that is far different from having a piece of plastic with which to spend money. It isn’t the same at all. Cash in the hand makes a link that travels up the arm to the brain. This past week we also had a joint House and Senate State Affairs Committee hearing where we asked five different agencies to come before the panel to
go over the process of negotiated rulemaking that was recently put in to law. We had the Department of Administration, the Department of Environmental Quality, the State Tax Commission, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Department of Health and Welfare make presentations to us. The Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Welfare are the most experienced at doing negotiated rulemaking while the Tax Commission and the Department of Fish and Game are just beginning the negotiated rulemaking, process. It was interesting to hear their responses to questions. I think this was a healthy exercise because I put the agencies on notice that the legislature is very much concerned about how the rules get made. There is also a piece of legislation coming from the Senate having to do with concealed weapons being carried
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on campus at our universities. This year’s effort has a much different approach than last year’s bill. For example this year the bill is requiring that an individual be at least 21 years of age and must have an enhanced carry permit, which has training requirements. Another sideboard is that there will be some discretion on the part of the university presidents to restrict concealed carry at events of all types at the universities. At this time it is expected that this bill will pass. As you can see this probably isn’t the year of non-controversy at all. One of the most interesting experiences I have had in my life, was the very first time that I had to cast a vote in the legislature. It was a strange feeling for me because I all of a sudden realized that I was there to make these kinds of decisions and I absolutely had to vote. It’s not always comfortable but I wouldn’t have it and any other way.
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Courtesy and tolerance I am an old guy who can’t sleep well anymore. The good part is that I listen to talk radio at night, a lot, even when I travel. A recent trip to New Zealand provided a pleasant nighttime experience. The courtesy and tolerance exhibited were refreshing. There is a spirit of mateship which enables cooperation for the good of all. This shines through to the tourist. You instantly become a fellow Kiwi when you arrive. I could use the help of a socialogist to explain how this spirit got inculcated into the character of the people, but empirical evidence makes it abundantly clear that it has. The conversations on the radio were never exclusive or portraying some people as an inferior class . And during our journney which covered 1,600 miles on North Island, everyone we met put our needs first. But, I wasn’t surprised by this. My last visit 40 years ago via farm stays was just as welcoming. Farm stays are still available but my wife and I stayed in motels this time because we were covering more ground. The Kiwis have learned a lot from the U.S. in the interim about the advantages of free enterprise but without losing their social conscience. For example, to allow everyone an opportunity at the essentials in life, New Zealand has adopted the Singapore model where National Health care and education at all levels are substantially assisted. This promotes a strong middle class. Health care is paid for by a mixed public and private system with the government paying 77 percent overall. This system results in the total health care cost per person being half what we pay. The model is beneficial to them in the short term and long term. I was surprised, though, by the level of prosperity since my last visit. How could a country with basically two industries - agriculture and tourism - do it? Then I remembered the advice of investment masters : Stick to what you know and do it well. Of course, the scenery is spectacular, but no better than we have
here in Teton Valley, just different. The unusual plants and birds are New Zealand’s natural heritage which the Kiwis have made a heroic investment to preserve. I am glad our legs were in shape due to hiking in the Tetons and that we had good boots. New Zealand is all about the people and the outdoors. Joe Gerlach Driggs
Forget it To the county commissioners who ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility. Let’s forget forming a working group of untrained, biased individuals to “help” the county personnel prioritize road maintenance. Sometimes committees just add more work to informed, hard-working staff. Let’s not waste the time of our very qualified county engineer and road and bridge supervisor, who have already developed a thorough, fair road and bridge maintenance plan, not to mention bringing in valuable grants. Thanks, Jean Benedict Victor
As if Last week your newspaper published a letter over my name. Mister or Madame Editor you took a letter that I had written and submitted to you for publication and significantly altered it in substance, content and emphasis then published it as if it had come from me. You did this without consulting me or mentioning the fact as a foot note. Is this a common practice? I suspect that you took this action because my remarks did not fit your agenda. The Valley Citizen published the letter as I wrote it. I suggest to your readers if they are curious as to what the real letter said that they get a copy of that paper. Thank you, Kitchener Head Victor
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gotten more critical in what letters and opinions we choose to print in the TVN. Last week we removed a short portion of Kitchener Head’s letter where he accused some of lying and cheating in the 2010 election regarding absentee votes. He also alleged that he was threatened. He did this without proof, and it was not a verifiable fact. Our letters policy, which runs every week on page A4, states we reserve the right to refuse a letter for publication and edit letters for length, clarity and liability. So, it is common practice. We welcome a variety of opinions every week. In this week’s edition you’ll read two guest editorials from conservative writers. Letters may be submitted to editor@tetonvalleynews. net.
Valley Views What Olympic event are you most looking forward to?
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Hard enough Over the last week and a half, I have been contemplating how to relay my thoughts concerning your paper’s January 23rd article covering the death of my husband. Much of the article contained information about how he was regarded as a teacher, how he came to live in Teton Valley, and the scheduled memorial service--appropriate information. When I think of the details included in the article relating to his death, several words come to mind: inappropriate, inconsiderate, insensitive, shameful, thoughtless, disgraceful. These details were noticeably out of place and completely unnecessary, particularly given his position in the community and the fact he has two young daughters that don’t need to be subjected to your carelessness. The Valley Citizen thoughtfully approached me regarding their article about Brandon—which was much appreciated. Your article was disrespectful of Brandon’s privacy and the privacy of his family. Learning to live with a heart-wrenching loss is personal and difficult enough without having to deal with the irresponsible acts of others. Tamara Sperber Victor
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Scott Stuntz TVN staff The National Outdoor Leadership School [NOLS] campus will double in size if the county grants the nonprofit permission to use the land it recently bought. The current five-acre campus is located southeast of Driggs on the site of the old Darby Church near Penfold Farms. The school is seeking a conditional use permit [CUP] to use the ten acres it recently bought to house workers and equipment. The land is zoned for agricultural use so NOLS needs the county to sign off on the permit so it can be used for education, instead. NOLS’ Teton Valley Director Abby Warner said the group plans to use the existing barns to store gear and vehicles and to eventually replace a double wide trailer that is currently on the property with new staff housing. Warner said the group teaches 250 students, though even with ten more acres the students spend most of their time off-site. “It’s our homebase, the classroom is really the backcountry and the Salmon River,” she said. Teton County planning administrator
Jason Boal said the planning and zoning commission has already recommended approving NOLS’ request for the CUP, and his staff report recommends the full Board of County Commissioners approve the request as well. He said before recommending approval of the request, the P&Z board looked at whether the expansion would change the character of the neighborhood or significantly increase the school’s impact on the surrounding area. It also looked at whether letting the school expand would fit into the county’s comprehensive plan. Boal said his office has received a couple of letters in support of the CUP and two people testified in favor of approving the permit at the planning and zoning commission meeting. He said no one has opposed approving the permit. The school originally applied for the CUP in July, but it was not processed because the then Planning Administrator Angie Rutherford resigned that same month. Warner said if NOLS gets permission it will begin improving the barns this spring in order to store river rafting gear, with plans to build the plans the new staff housing in two years.
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LGBT rights’ activists arrested at the State Capitol building Jason Suder TVN Staff Over 40 demonstrators, including former State Senator Nicole LeFavour, were arrested at the State Capitol Feb, 3 for protesting the state’s exclusion of LGBT protections from its antidiscrimination policy. They were charged with misdemeanor trespassing for barring all three entrances to the building, preventing senators from appearing on the floor. Voluntary spokesperson Mike Butts asserted that it was the responsibility of state lawmakers to include the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” in the state Human Rights Act. “It’s a group of concerned community members who want Idaho lawmakers to change the law and put an end to the harm that’s being done to gay Idahoans,” said Butts. “We believe it’s critical that Idaho lawmakers stand up and say that cruel treatment of gays in the state is wrong, and if they’re not going to do that, they might as well be saying it’s okay … to fire gay people, … it’s okay to deny gay people housing for being who they are. It’s okay to deny www.tet onrecycling.org • tet onrecycling@gmail.com
gay people public services at restaurants and other businesses because of who they are.” Currently, the Idaho Human Rights Act protects citizens from housing, educational, occupational, and access to public services discrimination based on race, religion, age or disability. It also classifies violence against these specific groups as hate crimes. Its protections do not extend to the LGBT community. According to a press release, “Organizers are calling the demonstration an act of civil disobedience that became necessary when lawmakers failed for the eighth consecutive year to pass the proposed legislation.” The group of protestors, whose organization does not have a name, were detained five people at a time at the Capitol doors, taken into Room C-401 of the Budget and Policy Analysis division of the Capitol, processed and eventually released on the condition that they did not return en masse to the capitol building again that day. Police confirmed 46 protestors at the capitol, but 44 were arrested onsite.
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There were 214 calls for service reported to the Teton County Idaho Sheriff’s Office between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2. Jan. 27—The 13-year-old son of a Driggs man called the sheriff’s office to report a fight had broken out between his intoxicated father and 16-year-old brother. While deputies responded to the incident the son fled the scene. Arrangements were made for the 13-year-old son and his 11-year-old sister to stay with their mother. There was no medical assistance needed. Jan. 28—A social worker called the sheriff’s office to report that she was going to respond to her client’s report of an altercation. Deputies warned of the dangers of citizens responding to altercations, but because children were present during the fight, she was undeterred. There had been previous reports of domestic violence at this residence and deputies responded, detaining one party. They found that the altercation was strictly verbal and the female who instigated the argument was leaving for the evening. Jan. 29—A Driggs man reported to deputies that he had lost his girlfriend, but found her as soon as he called 911. Jan. 30—Deputies responded to an accident in the freshman parking lot of the high school between a 43-year-old and a 23-year-old. Neither party was willing to claim responsibility for the accident. A report was taken and the scene was cleared. Jan. 30—A traffic stop led to a vehicle search and a 20-year-old being placed in custody for underage consumption.
The driver was sober, but the subject was booked, cited and eventually released. Jan. 31—Child Protective Services informed the sheriff’s office of a possible child abuse situation at Teton Middle School. A female student arrived at school crying, alleging that her father whipped her. Whelps found on her back and legs were consistent with her story and deputies responded to the situation. Jan. 31—A Rendezvous Upper Elementary School administrator advised deputies that one of her students was stealing. Deputies responded to the theft of a candy bar to speak with the student and parents. Feb. 1—Maintenance workers of a house on Bison Drive in Victor reported that the house was disheveled upon their entry. The owners, who were in California at the time had computers, TVs and miscellaneous electronics strewn about. Deputies responded and took a report. Feb. 1—A walk-in report was made of a possible break-in at the Flying Saddle storage facility. A report was taken. Feb. 1—Deputies responded to reports of an intoxicated subject that was having difficulty walking. They made contact with the man’s son who was on his way to retrieve his addled father. Feb. 2—A Driggs resident reported seeing three suspicious males and then hearing two shotgun blasts and “lots of yelling.” The reporting party advised that a herd of deer was nearby. Deputies responded but did not notice any activity and were not able to locate the suspects.
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TVN Staff Fraud case continued again Alan Moore appeared in front of District Judge Gregory Moeller again Tuesday, Feb. 4. He appeared on charges of counts of fraud, but for the second time, his trial was continued so litigators can consolidate new charges brought against Moore. In the interest of judicial economy, Mueller granted the request because Moore would otherwise be tried numerous times for like offenses. Judge Moeller asserted that this would be the final continuance offered in the case and set his jury trial date to begin April 30. It has been alleged that while working at Trail Creek Auto, Moore did fraudulently use client and supplier’s credit card information to obtain goods. Moore has parted ways with the business and Trail Creek Auto is now under new ownership, they changed the name of the business to Trail Creek Auto and Repair. Aggravated assault Briana Green appeared before Judge Moeller Tuesday for her arraignment where she pled not guilty to one felony count of aggravated assault, one misdemeanor charge of drunk driving, one misdemeanor charge of driving without privileges and one misdemeanor charge of injury to a child. It has been alleged that Green had a blood alcohol level of .207 or .208 when she rammed her red GMC pickup into Dustin Smith’s Dodge when
he had his infant son in the car. Her trial is set to begin June 4. Attempted strangulation Judge Moeller arraigned Travis Davis on a felony charge of attempted strangulation and a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. It is alleged he choked the mother of his child, causing her to be lifted from the ground. A no contact order that was issued between them expired Tuesday, but Judge Moeller modified and extended the order to inhibit them from meeting privately. Davis pled not guilty to both charges. His trial is set to begin May 21. One felony, two misdemeanors Gerrit Hardeman pled not guilty to one felony count for attempted strangulation, one misdemeanor charge for malicious injury to property and one misdemeanor charge for possession of drug paraphernalia. He pled not guilty to all three counts after it was alleged he choked Jamie Cisneros while pushing her onto his bed and then snapping her cellphone in half. Days later he was charged with possession of a glass pipe used to inhale methamphetamine. His trial is set to begin on May 21. Sexual abuse The case of William Lee Cook III was not resolved by his pre-trial conference on Tuesday and is set for a jury trial on February 26. Jury notices are anticipated to be sent on Monday, Feb. 10 or the following day. Cook is charged with felony sexual abuse by causing or having sexual contact with a minor under 16 years of age.
Driggs Health Clinic 283 North First Street East Driggs, Idaho 83422 (208) 354-2302 Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Walk-ins begin at 9 a.m. Saturday - Sunday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Teton Valley Hospital 120 East Howard Avenue Driggs, Idaho 83422 (208) 354-2383 Open 24 hours
Victor Health Clinic 252 South Main Street Victor , Idaho 83455 (208) 354-6307 Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday - Pediatric Clinic 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Birthday_________________________________ 90th Birthday February 4, 2014, marked 90 years in the life of Carol Stevens Henrie. On Saturday, February 8, friends and family are invited to celebrate that good life with Carol at the Henrie residence at 592 South Bates Road, the first house on the right, west of Highway 33. The informal celebration will take place from 2:00 to 5:00 Friends and family are invited to stop by with a story and a hug. No gifts please. Light refreshments will be provided. Carol was born in Victor, Idaho in 1924, the daughter of Arden and Edith Stevens, and has lived in Teton Valley for most of her life. She was born feisty and has maintained her attititude. She and husband Gary Henrie have three children, 14 grandchildren, and, at last count, 27 great grandchildren. Teton County will turn 100 years old on Jan. 26, 2015. If you want to help plan the year-long celebration, you are invited
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to attend an organizational meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Teton County Courthouse in the Commissioners Meeting room. The goals of this meeting will be to brainstorm event ideas, establish a centennial committee and select a chairman. If you want to help, but can’t attend the meeting, send an email with your name and contact information to 100years@co.teton.id.us.
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Emily Bates will be serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Sanitiago, Dominican Republic Mission. She reports to the Dominican Republic MTC on Wednesday, Feb. 12 and will speak in church on Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. in the Driggs 1st ward.
ObituarY_________________________________ Beloved husband, father and grandfather, Andrew Reese Chambers passed away at Teton Valley Hospital in Driggs, Idaho on Friday, January 31, 2014. Reese was born in Jackson, Wyoming on January 28, 1922 to Andy and Ida Chambers, the 2nd oldest of 7 children. His family homesteaded on Mormon Row, in the Antelope Flats area and up the Gros Ventre River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He attended school in Kelly, graduating from high school in Jackson. He attended the University of Wyoming for 2 years receiving his pilot’s license and had an avid love of flying. He then enlisted in the US Navy and served in California during WWII. He returned to Mormon Row after the passing of his father to help run the family ranch and care for his younger siblings. Reese later moved to Teton Valley, Idaho and bought the Teton Hardware and Implement Business and the John Deere dealership where you could purchase something as small as a bolt or pocket knife to a new snowmachine or a John Deere tractor. There he made many lifelong friends and served his community. He married the love of his life, Roene Gasser in Jackson, Wyoming. Together they raised 3 children. He ranched throughout his life with Roene beginning on the Homestead in Jackson Hole; now part of Grand Teton National Park, and the Flying V Dude Ranch; now the Gros Ventre River Ranch; and for the last 42 years the Chambers Diamond Bar Cattle Ranch in Tetonia Idaho. In what is now considered the Olden Days he trailed cattle on horseback over Teton Pass to and from Jackson and the railhead in Victor. He flew is plane all over the surrounding areas and even used it to deliver parts and repair equipment for remote farmers and ranchers. He also brought the first snowmobile dealership to Driggs. Reese has served as a Teton County commissioner, was Grassman of the Year, served on many boards and committees and was honored as the Grand Marshall for the infamous
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Tetonia Rodeo. He is survived by his wife Roene Chambers, of Driggs, children, RJ (Ellen) Chambers, of Val Verde, CA, Irintha (Danny) Harris of Rigby, Ken (Jayne) Chambers, of Tetonia, sister Inez (Jerry) Jacobson, of Boise, and brother, Roy (Becky) Chambers, of Jackson, WY. He will be missed by his grandchildren Mandy (Stanley) Miller, Jennifer (Richard) Little, Sage Chambers, Will Chambers, Amber Chambers, Hailey Chambers and his great grandchildren Houston Miller and Macie Miller. He was preceded in death by his parents Andy and Ida, his sisters Vera Crandall, Cora Chambers, Anita “Peach” Chambers and his brother Glen Chambers. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 8th at the Tetonia LDS Church at 11:00 am. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00 pm on Friday and from 9:30 to 10:45 am on Saturday, both at the church. Burial will be in Cache-Clawson Cemetery. Services are under the care Eckersell Memorial. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.eckersellfuneralhome.com
105 YEARS 4-H News_______________________________ On February 3, 2014, the 4-H group met at the Alta school for community game night. The officers: Morgen Beard, Monte Beard, Amelia Wilson, and Isabel Wilson planned the night of trustworthy games. A few of the games were trust falls,
relays and the spider web. The meaning of the games was to work together and gain each other’s trust. The next community meeting will be held in March at the Alta school. Written by: Maggie Graupner
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Education Foundation postsecondary scholarships available In order to support Teton School District’s mission of “Providing a safe and exceptional learning environment where career and college readiness are the academic cornerstones of a relevant and progressive education,” Teton Valley Education Foundation makes $2,000 of funds available to award to graduating seniors for post-secondary scholarships. Eligibility: Graduating high school senior from Teton High School or Basin
High School entering their first year of post-secondary education. There is no financial need requirement. Applications are due on March 28, 2014 and award notification will begin the second week of April. For a copy of the scholarship application, please contact Mrs. Woolstenhulme or Mrs. Mello at the Teton High School, 354-2952.
Targhee volunteer ski patrol tryouts The Grand Targhee Volunteer Ski Patrol (GTVSP) is looking to increase its membership for the 2014-15 season and beyond. Those interested in joining GTVSP should be advanced/expert skiers/ snowboarders, be able to ski/ride all areas of Grand Targhee with confidence/control, and be interested in helping people. They should also plan on attending a mandatory information session (approximately one hour in length) held in Driggs on
Wednesday, Feb. 19 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Tony’s Pizza. Ski tryouts will be conducted on two concurrent Saturdays, March 8 and March 15, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will be open to those who attended the information sessions. Skiers/riders trying out will be responsible for their own day ticket and will be required to sign a waiver. For more information, contact Jim Kitchen at (508) 208-4156 or Ed Couillard at (208) 844-0080.
Fall River members approve by-law change Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative owner-members approved a change in the nonprofit’s by-laws at a special meeting this week at the cooperative’s headquarters in Ashton. The by-law change will now allow Board of Director members to serve five consecutive terms of three years each, instead of the previously approved four terms. The change was recommended by a special ad hoc committee, formed under the direction of the board. Fall River General Manager Bryan Case said, “After vigorous discussion, the twenty member committee recommended extending the term limits, in order to benefit more fully from the costs of training new board members and retaining their experience.” In an effort to involve more members in the election process, the board also added the element of allowing member votes to be submitted via mail-in ballots and electronic online balloting. Manager
Case went on to say, “The implementation of these innovative election methods by the board resulted in the largest number of votes cast in any election in the history of Fall River Electric. Nearly 30 percent of the entire ownership of the Cooperative cast votes, some members from as far away as Florida.” “The historic turnout of voters who took advantage of our new online electronic voting and mail-in balloting, will lead the Co-op’s board to employ this same process when our annual meeting comes up in June,” commented Manager Case. “Our June 7 annual meeting, which will be held for the first time in Co-op history in Driggs, will be the time when we elect new board members, and owner-members will also be able to vote in-person at Teton High School as well as electronically and by mail,” Case concluded. The newly approved by-law change goes into effect immediately.
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New face to the valley offers unique healing for athletes Scott Stuntz TVN staff The Teton Valley is an active community, and when you have large numbers of people biking, hiking and skiing, there are always going to be injuries. The valley is getting a new person in the business of helping remedy those injuries. Suzanne Arden has just opened her practice in “flexssage” and energy healing. Arden said she likes to call what she does “body work,” rather than massage, because it is intended to heal specific injuries and unlike massage it is done with clothes on. “It’s not a fluff and buff massage [where] you get your neck rolled when all you want is your calf worked out,” she said. Arden and her husband had spent time in the valley for years and moved to the area from New Jersey in 2007 after her husband retired. Though she loves the skiing, which is why they chose this area, she wasn’t ready to give up working. “I can’t be retired, I’m too young,” she said.
Her services include flexssage, which combines also offers “energy healing.” This form of treatment clothed massage and assisted stretching, as well as directs the flow of energy within the body to promote Active Release Technique or ART. Arden said ART healing. Arden is also a Reiki master, a Japanese art that helps endurance athletes recover faster relieves stress and also promotes from injuries by helping free muscles healing through the manipulation from being bound by scar tissue. She of energy. Reiki comes from the said she actually went to Hawaii to Japanese words Rei meaning god’s perform ART on athletes for the 2006 wisdom or a higher power, and Ki Ironman competition. While there, or life force energy. she saw someone who would become She said she and her husband’s a familiar face after she moved, Dick friends from the East Coast come Weinbrandt. to visit and love the area, but some She remember thinking, “Hey! remark that they couldn’t live here That’s the guy from Peaked.” because the of the lack of places to She said that her services are intendgo shopping. ed to help athletes who have injuries “I’m willing to sacrifice stores that affect their performance but for everything else,” she said. maybe don’t rise to the level of seeking Arden is now accepting appointhelp from formal medical treatment. ments and can be reached at Aside from things like personal TetonWholeHealing.com or at training and assisted stretching, Arden (732) 330-8023. Suzanne Arden
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Give your dog a bath Jason Suder TVN staff The winter grows colder as your best friend stares you down with tempered eyes, hopeful to explore the new snow and twist his mangy fur into further knots. This trend is felt by all dog owners, and the fear of wrangling your pet pooch into the bathroom for a mid-winter shower falls further into defeat. He continues to smell as you suffer the stench in your bed, on your couch, on your children’s clothes. You come in, wash Yet, a savior emerges your dog and go in these dark days. The Pet Center has accrued back out. No call, an apparatus for fighting no reservations, this scenario without the nothing like incessant mess innate to the activity. Now, their that. We clean fully operational selfup the mess so dog washing machine is available for use. Stayou don’t make tioned in a room speyour bathroom a cially constructed by the hands, sweat and labor of disaster. The Pet Center’s owner _______________ Steve Boyer, the machine Jason Wilcox costs $10 for 10 minutes of use, offering premixed shampoos, conditioners, flea repellants and blow dryers to suit the brute’s needs. Rubber smocks are available to keep you clean, as well. “You come in, wash your dog and go back out. No call, no reservations, nothing like that,” said Boyer’s son-in-law Jason Wilcox. “We clean up the mess so you don’t make your bathroom a disaster.” The dog wash operates like any other puppy spa. A door opens to a contained tub where safety chains can keep your dog from fleeing, and a single hose offers all options for cleaning needs. “It’s a panic mode for people who don’t know what to
Jason Wilcox proudly shows off the new self dog wash at his family’s business, The Pet Cetner in Driggs.
do,” said Sidney Wilcox, Jason’s wife and Steve’s daughter. DogJax in Jackson Hole housed the first of these self contained animal cleansers, but since its closing, The Pet Center can boast the only one. The idea came from Wilcox’s do-it-yourself outlook on life and admiring the machine’s ease at a major pet exposition, SuperZoo, held annually in Las Vegas. Further, recognizing that the outdoor lifestyle inherent to Valley living generally means your dog is rolling around in something awful, at least on occasion.
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“The biggest thing about fighting skunk [spray] is you have to use hot water,” said Wilcox. “You can’t use a garden hose.” In the winter, it’s too cold for your dog to be cleaned outside, and the stench is too rotten to bring them in. The dog washer has constant 70-degree water and allnatural shampoos to fight the odors. Currently, the machine is available whenever the Pet Center is, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10-3p.m. Saturday.
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Conflict continued from A1____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ if we don’t discuss specifics in literature then we don’t do the literature justice,” Pence said. English Department head Diane Green pointed out that “Bless me Ultima” was to be read last semester by the sophomore class. They are currently reading “Oedipus Rex,” a literary classic with some bloody and challenging scenes. The English department unanimously selected
to include this piece on the sophomores’ required reading list, a decision endorsed by High School Principal Frank Mello. “We have not received any complaints this week,” Green said, “but we have received suggestions regarding how to teach literature in our high school classrooms.” She, along with Pence, mentioned they want to be open about the entire exchange
with the parents, but said they were not sure how much they were allowed to release to the media. “The community cares about education, clearly, and the community should know what’s happening in the schools,” Green said. Both teachers said responding to the letters and emails has taken up time they would have spent planning for classes and
grading assignments, especially since each email requires the entire department to meet and respond as a whole. Also, since the recent round of letters and emails has not focused on any literary work but rather on how they teach, both Green and Pence said it has been tough from an emotional standpoint.
Farm bill continued from A1___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ anyone who receives money for heating assistance,to be automatically signed up for the SNAP program. Shanahan said some states used a practiced dubbed “heat and eat,” where people were given small amounts of heating aid just to be able to get food stamps. Since Idaho has never done anything like that, he said, the rule changes will not affect the state too heavily. Coordinator of the Teton Valley Community Food Bank in Driggs, Sharon Froberg, said there is a definite need for food stamps in the valley and any changes will be felt by people in the program. The pantry does not distribute food aid but does serve the same population
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that uses the SNAP program. Froberg said she serves around 700 people a month, 643 people in Teton County are enrolled in SNAP. She said that she saw an increase in the number of people needing the pantry’s help when benefits were cut in November after a temporary boost to the program provided by the 2009 stimulus ran out. At 6.4 percent, Teton County has a lower percentage of people on the program than many other counties in Idaho. Canyon County just west of Boise’s Ada County has the highest participation rate in the state at 20.9 percent. Nearby Madison and Fremont counties also
have food stamp rates significantly higher than Teton County, coming in at 10.7 percent and 12.9 percent respectively. Even though Teton County is better off than some of its neighbors, Froberg said “There is a whole lot more need here than you know.” The $8.5 billion in cuts in the bill are far below the $39 billion included in the House’s earlier proposal, but are still greater than the $4 billion in previous Senate proposals. Both of Idaho’s senators and one of it’s congressman, representative Mike Simpson, voted for the bill.
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can be stuck trying to cross the highway for several minutes and may try to cross at less than safe times. Shelton, who was hired in part due to her expertise in public outreach, said the forums are a way to “start the conversation” within the community about the project and get concerns out into the open early. “This upcoming extension and outreach is that so no one feels blindsided when they go to work and there is a bull-
dozer tearing up the ground,” she said. Owner of the Victor Valley Market, Tom Bivens, said that in communication with him about the projects, the city has been, “super good, I don’t know how they could do better.” Brice Nelson, owner of the Knotty Pine, also said the city has been doing a great job on outreach. He said he may not attend the forums in the evening because that’s the Knotty’s busiest time. Though he said he feels the city would
be open and ready to hear any concerns he would have whether he went to the meetings in person or if he called city hall. Nelson said he’s not looking forward to the construction itself, but is excited to see the completed projects. “It’s going to hurt a little bit, but won’t it feel nice when it’s done?” he said. He also agreed that a stoplight will make the town safer, especially with the Victor Elementary at the intersection on
Main and Center Streets. The first forum was Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Victor City Hall. The next two are Thursday, Feb. 6, 10 a.m. at Pierre’s Playhouse and Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. at Victor City Hall. The city will post the documents from the meetings online for those who cannot attend. Construction on the water main project will begin near the end of April.
Driggs Cit y Council TVN Staff For three years, the Presbyterian Church in the Tetons has rented space in the Driggs Community Center from the Senior’s Center. During this time, the church has used the building’s foyer as a Sunday school space free of charge on an unspoken agreement. This arrangement recently came to light, and as the city rents out the space on a per use basis of $25 per use to non-profits, in the interest of equitable treatment the council discussed seeking a reimbursement arrangement with the church. Reverend Karlin Bilcher addressed the city council noting that of the 48 weeks annually they utilize the space, only one or twice is it shared with avalanche safety guides. Bilcher said he was at the mercy of the Mayor about the fee because it would stretch the church funds. Johnson, as executor of day-to-day city management has the discernment of how to enforce the fee and the decision does not lay with the city council. Driggs’ Mayor Hyrum Johnson reiterated city attorney Steve Zollinger’s view that the church must be treated like all other non-profit organizations. “We can’t deviate from the policy in place,” said Johnson. He will meet with Rev. Bilcher where they are to negotiate a servicein-lieu agreement. Johnson noted that this precedent was set by an agreement established with the Hispanic Heritage Center, where he noted that translations are a common service performed. New gym will rock The lease for the new rock gym pro-
posed to be constructed in the Community Center was approved by the city council. It was approved inclusive of a mutual release of liability clause and that signs prohibiting unauthorized entry be posted around the building in English and Spanish. “The intended purpose of warning signs is to warn the population that you’re aware will be passing the signs. If you have a working knowledge that a number of the people walking past your signs are not bilingual and they speak Spanish, your sign is worthless unless you post it in the languages that you reasonably expect to address the … audience,” said Zollinger. The lease was not signed by gym manager Brady Johnston by time of print, but is expected to be signed soon. Water System Facility Plan The city council unanimously approved a plan to improve the city’s fresh water supply lines. Over the next 20 years, the city will enact a series of projects to improve capacity in shallow buried water lines, water quality and conservation efforts. The proposal was opened to public hearing, however, no one commented on the matter. The first priority of the plan is to construct a water loop along 5th street from the high school to the new middle school that will increase flow and decrease pressure loss during peak usage hours. However, in order to obtain state funding, the city must first submit a $4,000 Environmental Information Document[EID] to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. If the EID is approved by the state, the plan will again be opened to public scrutiny. This is not expected within the fiscal year.
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Lease signed for new Driggs’ rock gym “If you grow up in Teton Valley, it’s something you should know how to do,” said Johnston. “The City of Driggs really The Tetons are a world renowned des- wanted it and gave me this amazing space.” Because the trusses are still being tination for mountain climbers, however with the months of winter, ice and snow, built, the gym’s opening date has yet to be determined, however the area conspicuously the gym is expected to lacks a gym for the avid be roughly 70 percent mountaineer to maintain climbing and 30 pertheir skills through the For kids, it’s a really cent bouldering, with off season. great sport, it builds the bouldering sections “I can’t wait for it to a lot of self esteem scheduled to be comhappen,” said Worldand team work, pleted first. wide Adventure Guide “It’s when it gets belaying each other Christian Santelices. “It’ll here,” said Johnston. mean a lot for someone and looking out for Johnson noted that like me who makes my each other. So, I after school programs living as a guide. It’ll be will be available as will think it’ll be amazing a place for me to go train summer activities simiaddition to the and do my job better.” lar to the Teton Indoor Brady Johnston signed valley, Sports Academy’s the lease for the 3000 ___________________ (TISA) gymnastics prosquare foot space inside grams. Brady Johnston, the Driggs Community “For kids, it’s a really Teton Rock Gym Center where he will great sport, it builds a build this rock climbing lot of self esteem and gym. team work, belaying “We live in a world each other and looking class mountaineering out for each other. So, [location],” said Johnston who will manage I think it’ll be amazing addition to the the gym. “This will give the valley a base valley,” and place to promote that as something Further, the gym will be open Monto do. It’s something to do in the winter, day through Friday from 2-9 p.m., with too, that’s healthy and fun, too.” weekends to follow if Johnston can find Johnston grew up in Jackson, where funding. “I’ll be able to climb a few days a week climbing became his routine after school as opposed to hardly any day at all,” said activity. Jason Suder TVN Staff
TVN file photo courtesy Brady Johnson
An early rendering of the Teton Rock Gym to be constructed in the Driggs Community Center.
Santelices. “ In the wintertime, I’m primarily skiing and teaching avalanche courses. It’ll make a big difference in terms of personal climbing fitness when spring and summer roll around.” However, the effort has had many supporters. Victor City councilwoman Molly Absolom donated roughly 1,000 holds to the effort, while the non-profit received a $1,000 grant from Silverstar through the
Tin Cup Challenge and a $5,000 grant from the City of Driggs. The biggest investment came from TISA’s flooring donation. Rock Gym’s require a special flooring, similar to other fitness gyms, but the expense is vast, advancing toward $10,000. “It’s a big effort that they’re putting in,” said Johnston, but after two years of planning, the project is coming to fruition.
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Guide to the 2014 Winter Olympics TVN staff The 2014 Winter Olympic Games begin today, Feb. 6 in Sochi, Russia. America and the world will tune in each night to watch sports they might know little about. Here in Teton Valley, though, we know winter sports. We reached out to locals for an inside perspective on a few of the events that are popular activities in our own winter abode.
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uilt from the event that has gripped the extreme sports world like an angry lobster and erupted from the popularity of the winter X-Games held annually in Aspen, Colo., slopestyle snowboarding is being featured as an Olympic game for the first time during the Sochi Games. “It’s a ski-based decision for them to bring slopestyle in, and it took a long time for … snowboarding to be accepted into the Olympics,” said Teton Valley Ski Education Foundation snowboard coach Josh Johnson. “It was on vote for four or five months before slopestyle was accepted into Olympic sports. I mean, it’s a young sport.” Slopestyle follows a specific course designed to send riders to the highest amplitudes off jumps and across the most aggressive rails they can build. It comes from the lines riders take in terrain parks to perform a series of tricks rather than attempting a single “jib.” Slopestyle continued on B7
How to tune in NBC’s television broadcast coverage begins at 6 p.m. MST (8 p.m. EST) with the preliminary rounds of snowboarding, freestyle skiing and figure skating. Daily coverage will consist of afternoon broadcasts and a prime-time show and there will be a late-night recap every night at midnight. Since Sochi is nine hours ahead of the eastern-time zone, almost all broadcasts will be
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hey line up at the start gate, four at a time. The buzzer goes, sending the racers into a fury as they cut around turns, flags and over snow rollers. These athletes are the best boardercross racers in the world and for the third time in history, the Winter Olympics are hosting a competition. The courses are typically narrow with sloped turns, berms, drops jumps and steep declines. Every obstacle is designed to test the riders control, and if they collide, that is just an expected part of the sport. There are no points for style or grace in boardercross. It is a simple judgement system. The first competitor to cross the finish line wins and advances to the next round. “You have four racers and you usually in the very beginning … have qualifications and that’s just a timed run. You and the clock; and, that’ll set your brackets,” said TVSEF Snowboard coach Josh Johnson. “You have, let’s see, three different Boardcross continued on B7
tape-delayed. The exceptions are the men’s and women’s hockey finals. NBC is also streaming all events live on NBCOlympics.com and via the NBC Sports Live Extra mobile app, but, you’ll have to have a cable or satellite subscription. The opening ceremonies will be held on Feb. 7. Coverage will conclude on Feb. 23 with the men’s hockey finals as the last event.
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f those who consistently follow alpine ski racing are in a small c r o w d , t h e n those who follow certain styles of Nordic racing year round are a “vanishingly small” group. That’s according to long time Nordic fan and the first director of Teton Valley Trails and Pathways John Borstelman. He said even though the fan base may be small, Nordic events actually offer more medals at the games than all of the other events combined. That’s because there are multiple disciplines such as classic, skate and ski jumping as well as multiple distances in those disciplines. Borstelmann said the U.S. women’s’ team has a shot to medal, something that has never been done before, in the form of Kikkan Randal of Alaska. Randal would be the first woman and second American crosscountry athlete to win a place on the podium after Bill Koch earned silver in the 1976 Innsbruck games. He said the U.S. Nordic continued on B7
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Staying alive Teton takes another tough loss to Shelley, but hope remains in districts TVN and Post Register staff The Teton Lady Redskins basketball team fell to Shelley in the last game of the regular season Friday, then had to turn around and face the Russets again in the opening round of the 3A District 6 tournament on Tuesday. Despite an early lead, Teton lost again, 46-37 and will now compete in the consolation bracket of the tournament. They’ll face South Fremont on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Madison Junior High School. In the opening round of districts, Teton lead 19-10, but the Russets tied the game at halftime. They went up by as much as 14 points in the third quarter and held off a late Teton run Patience paid off for the Russets in the third quarter as Shelley finally found an answer to Teton’s man-toman defense. Shelley scored 16 points
in the third while holding Teton to a single field goal. Teton closed to within five at 42-37 with a little more than a minute remaining, but three free throws from Shelley sealed the game. Brooke Rammell led Teton with 15 points, Heather Smith at six, Megan Mason and Jenna Abbott four each and Avery Kunz, Kylie Walker and Shelby Kincaid had two points a piece. Hope remains for the Lady Redskins though. The district will send 1.5 teams to the state tournament, meaning the second place team from 3A District 6 will play the second place team from District 5. A win Thursday keeps Teton alive, a loss end their season. In the final regular season game against the Russets on Friday night, Teton fell 50-31. IN the previous meeting between the two teams, they went into double overtime, with Shelley squeaking out a 52-49 win. Shelley took TVN courtesy photo / Rand Hillman the second place seed into the District Brooke Rammell puts up a shot in the first round of tournament, behind favorite, Sugarthe 3A District 6 basketball tournament at Madison Salem. Teton got the third place seed. Junior High School on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
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Redskin Roundup Girl’s Basketball • Friday, Jan. 31, Teton 31, Shelley 50 • Tuesday, Feb. 4, Teton 37, Shelley 46 in 3A District 6 Tournament • Thursday, Feb. 6 in 3A District 6 Tournament at Madison Junior High, 6 p.m.
TVN and Post Register staff Teton’s Tristan Hansen and Teton’s Garrett Beard went undefeated in the Dick Fleishman Classic wrestling tournament at Aberdeen High School on Friday and Saturday. Hansen, wrestling at 145 pounds, went 7-0 with four pins in six contested matches. Beard, wrestling at 126 pounds, went 5-0. Teton’s Cade Cooke at 120 pounds and Kody Hill at 138 pounds, both went 6-1 on the tournament. Teton led area teams with a 5-2 record, earning wins over Century, Preston, Timberline, Boise and Snake River while losing to Highland and Pocatello. Teton 59, Century 18 Teton 48, Preston 27 Teton 58, Timberline 30
Boys Basketball • Thursday, Jan. 30, Teton 41, South Fremont 46 • Saturday, Feb.2, Teton 39 Shelley 52 • Wednesday, Feb. 5 vs. Sugar, unavailable • Friday, Feb. 7 vs. South Fremont • Saturday, Feb. 8 at Marsh Valley Wrestling • Thursday, Feb. 6 vs. South Fremont • Thursday, Feb. 13 at Shelley
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Highland 53, Teton 28 Pocatello 47, Teton 28 Teton 53, Boise 30
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Chris Fullmer puts a hold on an opponent from Sugar-Salem Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Driggs. Teton 42, Snake River 38
Teton will host South Fremont in a league dual this week on Thursday, Feb.
6. Junior Varsity matches begin at 6 p.m. They’ll travel to Shelley in the final regular season dual of the season on Feb. 13.
After hot streak, Teton falls to Shelley Post Register staff Teton fell to Shelley on Saturday during a 52-39 loss on the road. Shelley’s Dalton Nelson’s presence in the paint helped force Teton out of its balanced offense and into a situation where it jacked up 19 3-pointers and shot 31.1 percent from the field. Teton came into Saturday night’s game on a hot streak, winning three of its previous four, including a 46-41 win over South Fremont in both teams’ conference opener Thursday. Shelley was having none of it, however, jumping out to a 10-point lead late in the second quarter thanks to an 8-0 run. Shelley pushed its advantage to 12 by the end of the third quarter, and blew the
game open with a 13-2 fourth-quarter run that stretched the Russets’ lead to 19. Teton had little answer for the Shelley defense in the second half, getting most of its points on free throws, turnovers or offensive rebounds. Redskins coach Tony Wade noted his team was lacking the intensity that led to the win over South Fremont. “We couldn’t get into our offense, and without that we couldn’t get the shots we needed to be successful,” Wade said. “We didn’t come out and play with the defensive authority like we did against South. It just seemed we weren’t mentally ready to play tonight.” Sophomore Austin Jacobs came off the bench to lead Teton with 10 points, hitting all four of his field goal attempts.
Teton is 7-8 overall and 1-1 in conference. They’ll host South Fremont on Friday, Feb. 7. SHELLEY 52, TETON 39 Teton 11 7 9 12 — 39 Shelley 15 8 16 13 — 52 TETON (39) — Austin Jacobs 10, Jaxon Reiley 8, Justin Wade 7, Josh Phillips 6, Taylor Petersen 3, Stephen Hales 3, Kade Lemieux 2. FG: 14-45. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 3 (Wade, Reiley, Hales). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none SHELLEY (52) — Carter Cannon 12, Dalton Nelson 9, Tyler Fredrickson 7, Keifer Higham 6, Blaine Rumsey 6, Marcos Vega 5, Bracken Nelson 4, Jace Russell 2, Taylor Lund 1. FG: 20-46. FT: 8-15. 3-pointers: 4 (Rumsey 2, Cannon, Vega). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none.
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TeTon Valley SupporT groupS Sunday • Driggs Al-Anon, 6:30 p.m. at Family Safety Network. Monday • Driggs AA, 7:30 p.m., American Legion. TueSday • Driggs AA, noon, American Legion. • Driggs Al-Anon, 6:30 p.m., American Legion. • LDS Family Services Addiction Recovery Program 7:15 p.m., Driggs LDS Seminary. (208) 456-3014 for info. WedneSday • Women’s Wisdom–Discovering the best you 4-5 p.m with Christina Riley, LCSW at Tree of Life Counseling 1300 Arrowhead Plaza Way, Driggs (208) 354-8057 for info. ThurSday • Trauma Survivors Skills Training 5-6 p.m. with Christina Riley, LCSW at Tree of Life Counseling, 1300 Arrowhead Plaza Way, Driggs (208) 354-8057 for info. • Driggs AA, 7:30 p.m., American Legion—Big Book Study • Overeaters Anonymous, 8-9 a.m., American Legion (307) 699-1140.
• Survivors of sexual assault, 6:30 p.m., Family Crisis Center Office, Rexburg. Children’s support group offered at the same time. • LDS Family Services Addiction Recovery Program in Jackson 7:45 p.m., Jackson LDS Church. (208) 787-2714 for info. Friday • Driggs AA, noon, American Legion.
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Victor woman killed in accident last Thursday Mrs. Verna H. Bagley, mother of four children, was killed while driving with her husband, collided with another about 22 miles out northwest of Driggs.
SaTurday • Victor AA, 7:30 p.m., Victor City Hall. JackSon MeeTingS Meetings daily at noon in the basement of Browse and Buy. Many other meetings are scheduled at 8 p.m. and some mornings. Call AA/Al-Anon at (307) 733-5322. Notice: Changes to this ad will be done the first week of each month.
20 years ago Iron Horse carves recreational paths Across the country thousands of miles of historical railroads are being converted to paths. The Teton Valley Economic Development Council is working on bringing the Rails to Trails program to Teton Valley.
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BiBle teton valley Bible Church at the corner of Howard Avenue and 2nd Street, Driggs
Pastor Jim Otto Youth Minister Andy McCune Info: 354-8523
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CatholiC good Shepherd Catholic Church 245 S. Hwy 33, Driggs (next to MD Nursery)
Reverend Camilo Garcia Delgado Info: 624-7459
SaturDay maSS SCheDule: english at 4:30 p.m., Spanish at 6 p.m. reconciliation: Saturday 3:30–4:14 p.m. WeDneSDay SCheDule: mass: 6:30 p.m., adoration: 12-6:30 p.m., reconciliation: 5-6:15 p.m.
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tRaditioNal pRotestaNt our redeemer Church American Legion Hall, Driggs
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FouRsquaRe Gospel the Summit 30 N. 1st E., Driggs
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the ChuRCh oF Jesus ChRist oF latteR-day saiNts teton valley Wards: Driggs I, II & III Tetonia I & II Victor I & II
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NoN-deNomiNatioNal Calvary Chapel teton valley 53 Depot Street, Driggs
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Baptist victor Bible Study Frontier Corner, 176 North Main (Entrance and parking in the back)
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Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. for the entire family. Service: Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. & Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. (Nursery available for all services.) Website: www.victor4christ.com
pResByteRiaN Church in the tetons Driggs Community Center, backside • 60 S. Main, Driggs
Rev. Karlin Bilcher (208) 354-HOPE (4673)
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seveNth-day adveNtist Teton Valley Seventh-Day adventist Church Meet at Episcopal church in Alta
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eaGle orThopediC & sporTs physiCal Therapy Christi Lundberg, PT & Michael Bleffert, PT 600 Valley Centre Dr, Driggs • 354-0089
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Sabbath School: Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Church Service: Saturday at 11 a.m.
ChurCh in The TeTons Worship Sundays at 9:15 am Community Center, 60 S. main, Driggs Michelle (208) 766-3605 e-mail: admin@churchinthetetons.org
Foursquare Gospel - The summiT pastor mick Fraser Sundays at 10 am - Nursery and Children’s class 30 n. 1st e., Driggs 208-354-8822 www.thesummitlife.com
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• On Feb. 3, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed when their chartered plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with “That’ll Be the Day.” • On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, is unanimously elected the first president of the United States. John Adams of Massachusetts was elected vice president. • On Feb. 5, 1934, Henry Louis Aaron Jr., the baseball slugger who broke Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714 homers, is born in Mobile, Ala. Aaron began his professional baseball career in 1952 in the Negro League and joined the Milwaukee Braves of the major leagues in 1954. • On Feb. 6, 1820, the first organized immigration of freed slaves to Africa from the United States departs New York harbor on a journey to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in West Africa. The expedition was partially funded by the U.S. Congress, which had
appropriated $100,000 for the trip. • On Feb. 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport — and “Beatlemania” arrives. It was the first visit to the United States by the Beatles. The British rock-and-roll quartet had just scored its first No. 1 U.S. hit with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” • On Feb. 8, 1985, Sir William Lyons, founder of the British luxury automaker Jaguar, dies at the age of 84 in Warwickshire, England. Initially named SS Cars Ltd., the company changed its name to Jaguar Cars Ltd. to avoid any association with the Schutzstaffel, the Nazi paramilitary group also referred to by the initials “SS.” • On Feb. 9, 1992, after stunning the world three months earlier with the news he had contracted the HIV virus and was immediately retiring from the game, basketball great Magic Johnson returns to play in the 42nd NBA All-Star game in Orlando, Fla. The crowd greeted him with a standing ovation.
Wyoming Public Radio changes frequencies in Driggs Scott Stuntz TVN staff Public radio listeners in the valley will need to update the presets on their car radios. Wyoming Public Radio’s signal has officially moved from 91.3 FM to 91.7 FM. Along with the change, the signal is being boosted from 99 to 250 watts and the transmitter located in Driggs will be raised higher. WPR’s chief engineer Reid Fletcher said the project has been in the works for a while and it was in response to high demand for public radio programming in the area. He said the slight increase in height and the definite increase in power
should make a noticeable improvement in the listening experience in both the quality of the signal and its reach. saying it should, “illuminate more of the area.” The signal change was due in part to interference from the Christian music station Your Network of Praise that broadcasts from Ashton also on 91.3 FM. Wyoming Public Media General Manager Christina Kuzmych said there are many dedicated listeners in Teton Valley and that WPR had received complaints about the quality and reach of the signal. “We’re very excited that there is now a good signal in the area,” she said.
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Mary’s Nipple fundraising challenge returns Grand Targhee Resort announces The Pattie Layser Mary’s Nipple Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. The name of the event has changed this year in memory of Pattie Layser who acted as the driving force behind the fundraiser along with the Great Old Broads For Wilderness. All funds raised will be donated to the St. John’s Medical Center Oncology Fund and earmarked for breast cancer patients. The Oncology Fund offers financial assistance to cancer patients, helping cover costs of prostheses, travel costs associated with radiation treatments and house cleaning services for patients going through treatment.
Supporters can also purchase prayer flags and turn Mary’s Pink! Leave a message for a loved one and help raise money for those who will need help at a difficult time. A message flag will be a $25 donation to put a message on one prayer flag or $50 for three flags. The prayer flags will be raised up on the top of Mary’s for their messages to be carried on by the wind. A photo will be taken of all the prayer flags and sent to all people who donated to the prayer flag fund. The Pattie Layser Mary’s Nipple Challenge Raffle is off to a great start. There are raffle prizes from local businesses and more donations are being made every day. Tickets are $5 each or five tickets for $20; participants do not have to be present to win raffle prizes. Please contact Elaine Simmons if you are interested in donating to the raffle at eqsimmons@ hotmail.com.
Participants have four options for the challenge (participants may combine options 1-3 to complete the most laps): Option 1: Hike Mary’s Nipple Loop from the Base of Mary’s Fundraising Value: 1.5 laps or 2500 vertical feet
Raffle tickets and prayer flags go on sale Feb. 1 at the Grand Targhee Activity Center, Habitat in Driggs, St. Johns Medical Center and at Broulim’s Feb. 14 and 15.
Option 2: Base of Dreamcatcher Lift to Mary’s Nipple Boot Pack Fundraising Value: 1.5 laps or 2500 vertical feet
For a detailed list of prizes and all event information, including registration paperwork , please visit the Grand Targhee, Mary’s Nipple Challenge website at: http://www.grandtarghee.com/the-resort/news-even ts/1782/2014MarysNippleChallenge.php
Option 3: Dreamcatcher Lift Laps Fundraising Value: 1 lap or 2000 vertical feet Option 4: Snowed In for The Cure Raise money and donate it to the Oncology Fund The event kicks off at noon and participants have three hours to complete as many laps as possible. Any donation amount is appreciated. The Resort is offering a special 20 percent off room rate for all challengers, so make it a fun weekend with friends while making a positive difference in your local community. Prizes will be awarded following the event and there will be live music at The Trap Bar & Grill.
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Winter Olympic Guide continued from B1 Boardercross heats. You have your to be the final episode of qualification heat, your “Greg Stump’s World of The cool thing semi-finals and then Extremes” for FOX TV. about boardercross Fast forward 23 years, you go into finals. … It’s broken down into and Idaho is sending Sandthis year is that the top two … of each point’s Nate Holland to one of our Jackson heat that wins gets to represent our small comfrequents [is] on go on into … the next munity and the country round.” as a whole in the Sochi the US Olympic As is his custom, Games. team. skifilm pioneer Greg “The cool thing about _________________ Stump set out to change boardercross this year is the sport, and out of that one of our Jackson Josh Johnson this ethos, he, along frequents [is] on the U.S. TVSEF Snowboard with Steve RechtschaffOlympic team,” said Johncoach ner invented the sport son. at Blackcomb MounThe women will race tain in British Columfirst, scheduled to move bia in the spring of on Feb. 16, with the men 1991. The first boardercross event was following the next day.
slopestyle Because this is the sport’s first year, his collarbone with resulting demands it is still ambiguous how the sport will that the course be modified down from be judged, but Johnson assumes the its harsh magnitude. A triple cork is the X-Games will be used as a base for their combination of three inverted rotations point system, however at while suspended in a the X-Games points are single trick. awarded for amplitude, “Triple corks have The biggest leap difficulty and execution been around since Toron each obstacle with stein Horgmo landed the forward in slopestyle 100 being the best posfirst frontside triple in progression sible score. 2010, followed by Mark emerged last year “It’ll be interesting to McMorris who landed at the 2013 Winter see how it is judged and the first backside triple X-Games where whether they do, ‘so-andin 2011. But it took a Mark McMorris, Max so did this trick, so they while for riders to conParrot and Seppe win it all’ or if they are sistently add those tricks going to go with fluidto their contest runs,” Smits all threw ity and amplitude,” said said Gerhard Gross in a triples in their runs Johnson. “The X-Games Transworld article. “The for the first time. has been doing it for so biggest leap forward in _________________ long, and the crowds are slopestyle progression Gerhard Gross in a just getting bigger and emerged last year at the Transworld article bigger and bigger, and, 2013 Winter X-Games you know, that’s why I where Mark McMorris, think the Olympic comMax Parrot and Seppe mittee maybe just looked Smits all threw triples at that and they were like, in their runs for the first “holy cow, it’s kind of a money maker.’” time.” This year’s X-Games have raised the Both men and women’s slopestyle bar so substantially, that Transworld qualifiers are scheduled for Feb. 5, with Snowboarding Magazine has dubbed men’s semi-finals and finals set for Feb. this “The Triple Cork Games.” During 8 and women’s the following day. Watch the first practice session of the Sochi Rigby’s own Jessika Jensen compete as course, Norwegian competitor Torstein one of the three women representing Horgmo , the first snowboarder to land a the U.S. in the sport’s Olympic debut. triple cork in a major competition, broke
Half-Pipe you know the amplitude’s still there.” The event goes back to the roots of board sports, the ocean. The fluid continuity of the waves California surfers were riding translated in the mid-1970s to the progressive skateboarders riding smoothly down drainage ditches instead of on flat streets. The half-pipe then came from these same skateboarders mimicking the tangential ride of the ditch walls but building them with smoother transitions. When snowboarding emerged shortly thereafter, the frozen creek beds
around lake Tahoe harbored the same transitions these pioneers were used to riding in the ocean. From there the sport evolved to the 234 foot half-pipe with 23 feet walls Olympiads will be riding at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park outside of Sochi. Forty-three men will compete in the half-pipe qualifiers on Feb. 11, with four of them representing the United States. The women’s competition will be held the following day with 29 women scheduled to compete.
NORDIC men have an outside chance of winning a medal, though not as high of one as their female counterparts. Andy Newell and Noah Hoffman are the two most likely to win top spots he said. Newell is competing in the 1.5k sprint, which Borstelmann said is a particularly exciting event for those who are not especially versed in Nordic competitions to check out. Aside being fast paced, racers are so close to each other that contact is inevitable and it’s a bit rough and tumble. “It’s kind of roller derby on skis,” he said. The Olympics also feature 15k, 30k and 5k cross-country races, including a 30k “skiathalon” in which racers classic ski for 15k, change skis and skate for the remaining 15k. He said the relay races are also particularly exciting events to watch and ski jumping is also, of course, fun to watch, as well. He said Billy Demong and Todd Lodwick are two U.S. skiers to watch in the Nordic combined, which puts together jumping and Nordic racing events. “They are bad to the bone,” he said. Aside from the U.S. athletes to watch, Borstelmann said the Norwe-
gian, German and Russians are almost always dominant in the Nordic events, though he said in Russia’s case, while they have great cross country athletes, their ski-jumping team is weak and has been historically plagued by doping allegations. He said some specific competitors to watch are Russians Alexander Legkov and Maximilian Vylegzhanin, Norwegian Peter Northang, and from the UK, Scottish Skier Alexander Musgraves. He said Musgraves is a stand out among a usually lackluster, to say the least, British Nordic team. “I’ve never seen anything like it, there never has been anything like it,” he said. Borstelmann said that while insiders to the sport have kept their eye on Musgraves for a while, if he medals it will shock many who follow the sport less fanatically. He said though some may only see Nordic competitions every four years, the fun for him is to see racers develop over the years on their way to the games. “The Olympics aren’t one event out of the blue,” he said.
Alpine said he is looking for strong showings from Austrian Marcel Hirscher and German Felix Neureuther in slalom, as well as American Ted Ligety, and Neureuther in the giant slalom. In the downhill, he expects Bode Miller to win a medal. He said that is important for Miller to place not just for national pride, but because its important in order to grow the sport that Stock and his whole family have dedicated so much sweat and time to. Unlike countries where skiing is more
entrenched in the nation culture, a high medal count is important for the ski race industry and culture in the U.S. He said for casual fans of skiing, “when an American wins a gold medal, that’s all they hear.” On the women’s side, he said with Lindsey Vonn not competing, American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin is likely to a presence on the podium for the US. Jackson, Wyo. native Resi Steigler is also on the Olympic team.
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Friday, Feb. 7 Join TVCR for a free screening of the award-winning documentary, “Bidder 70,” which tells the story of Tim DeChristopher, who risked prison time and fines when he disrupted a contentious oil and gas sale in Utah to protect the land he loves. TVCR will provide popcorn and juice; bring your own bowl and mug to help us keep the event zero waste. 6:30 p.m. at the Senior Center in Driggs. Free. Saturday, Feb. 8 Teton Valley Community School - All School Open House. Learn more about Teton Valley Community School and how the Pre-K through 6th grade school educates the whole child by integrating academic excellence and character development with a community focus. Contact Laurel Loveland, 787-0445. IFSA Jr. Freeskiing Intermountain Cup at Grand Targhee. Teton Arts Council Kirigami class. Learn to create interesting 3D objects and cards using precisely cut paper. Cost is $30 members, $35 non-members. Teton Arts Council Calligraphy class. Learn beautiful writing techniques in italics and cursive. For all skill levels. Cost is $30 members, $35 nonmembers. Open Studio at Idaho Teton Yoga Co-Op. Free. 5:30 to 9 p.m. Live music, movie screening of Baraka. Cal 208-7162670 for more information. www.idahoyogaco-op.com Monday, Feb. 10 Free Body Work demo at Anytime Fitness. 5-8 p.m. Suzanne Arden of Teton Whole Healing energy healing. Open to members and non-members. Sign-ups encouraged. Walk-ins welcome. Tuesday, Feb. 11 Math Classes. Want to brush up on the basic math skills you need in your daily life? Need to get a jump start studying to take
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Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce open house at Idaho Teton Yoga Co-Op. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Music, snacks, yoga demo. www.idahoyogaco-op. com
Teton Valley Food Pantry donation day. Every third Saturday of the month at Broulim’s from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13 First session of nine-week course from Financial Peace University, 7 to 9 p.m. Register on line at daveramsey.com. No class fee. The Summit Four Square Church, 30 North 1st Street. Friday, Feb. 14 Seniors West of the Tetons will be hosting their annual Valentine’s Dinner at the Senior Center at 6:30 p.m. Please call for reservations 3546973; $30/person, $50/couple or $135/table for 6. Limited seating available. Transportation available, please mention when making your reservation. Enjoy a romantic evening with friends. Menu by Sue Cicero, live music, photo memories available.
Teton Valley Food Pantry will be open every other Wednesday from 6-7:30 p.m. or by emergency need. First and Howard Street. Estaremos abiertos cada dos semanas — Miercoles 6-7:30 p.m. For more information, visit tvfoodpantry. com. The American Legion meets the second Wednesday at the American Legion Hall at 7:30 p.m.
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The sun starts to sink over the horizon through the tress last week in the Teton backcountry.
Saturday, Feb. 15 Sweetheart Smash Coed 6:6 Volleyball Tournament. Power and Semi-Power Divisions/ Teams of 3 men - 3 women. All profits to benefit Volleyball Club of the Tetons Youth Volleyball. For more information call Sue Muncaster (307) 690.3509, or smuncaster@ gmail.com.
Beginning Jan. 21. Open to all. Ping-Pong every Monday night at the Wildwood Room in Victor. 6 p.m. until the end. Tournament starts at 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 19 The Annual Meeting of the Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce, 5:30-7 p.m., in the Conference Room of the Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce, 57 South Main Street, Driggs, Idaho, behind Dreamchasers. Beverages and appetizers will be available. The meeting is open to the public. ONGOING Tuesday Blessings. The Summit Church in Driggs is offering a free meal from 6 to 7 p.m.
Centering Prayer Group meets Wed. 11 am and Thurs. 4 p.m. All are welcome. St. Francis Episcopal Church in Alta. Call (307)-353-8100 for more information. Arts Council classes: Sundays: Paint your own Pottery 4-6 p.m. Ongoing. In this class, participants will purchase premade cast pottery, and sculptural pieces and then learn how to apply glaze to create finished pieces. Tuesdays: Kids intro to clay: 3:305 p.m., 2 sessions: Feb. 18-25 (2 classes), Mar 4-18 (3 classes) Handbuilding for Pottery & Sculpture (adult class). 6-8 p.m., 2 sessions: Feb. 18-March 4 (3 classes) & March 11-April 1 (4 classes) Wednesdays: Basic Drawing 5-7
p.m., Feb. 12-26. Learn to craft a realistic drawing by studying positive/ negative space, contours and shading. Materials included. Wednesdays: Portraits in Pencils, 7-9 p.m., Feb. 12-26. Drawing features is easy! Learn to draw life-like features, hair, and clothing to create a believable portrait. All materials included. Thursdays: Still Life Oil Painting 6-9,Feb. 20-March 6. Materials not included. Please bring your own. Ceramics Open Studio times: Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information visit tetonartscouncil.org Tai Chi classes at the Driggs City Center. Each week the class will progress as new skills are learned. The class will meet every Tuesday and Friday at 10 a.m. Contact Ed Kenny 354-6688. Free.
Bible education book club, Monday nights, 6 p.m. at St. Francis of the Tetons in Alta. Current book series by Capon on the Judgment Parables. Books available. Fun and lively discussions. Friday Meditation at The Center For Energy Healing from noon –1 p.m. Hosted by Certified Master Instructor, So la meé Heneage. Silent meditation is followed by discussion or sharing. Some cushions or chairs available. Donation basket. All levels of experience are welcome. 60 Ashley St. Suite A, Driggs. www.energyheals.net. Wednesdays from 5-6 p.m. Relaxation & Guided Imagery, a trauma survivors skills training. Free, confidential, support group for women 18+ at Tree of Life Counseling, 1300 Arrowhead Plaza Way, Driggs (behind King’s) with Christina Riley, LCSW (354-8057 for info).
Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m. Women’s Wisdom: Discovering the Best You a free, confidential, support group for women 18+ at Tree of Life Counseling, 1300 Arrowhead Plaza Way, Driggs with Christina Riley, LCSW (354-8057 for info). Alta Library Storytime 11:15-11:45 a.m., ages 2-5. Every Wednesday. Valley of the Tetons Victor Story Time ages 3-4, 10 a.m. Wednesdays. Lap sit story time on Fridays, 10:30 a.m., age 3 and under. Fit and balance class every Monday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Driggs Community Center, 60 S. Main. A fitness class for older adults including exercises for mobility, strengthening, balance and flexibility. Free. Contact: Eagle Physical Therapy 354-0089. Alta Audio Book Club. 7-8 p.m. Ages 8 to adult. This unique book club meets each Thursday at Alta
Teton Valley Museum Winter Hours: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. And by appointment. The museum is collecting written and oral histories, artifacts and pictures of early pioneer families and infrastructure of the valley. Call (208) 354-6000 or (208) 456-2259 for more information. Teton Valley Rotary Club meets weekly at the Senior Center in Driggs on Wednesdays at noon. The Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce meets the third Wednesday of every month at 5 p.m. at 57 S. Main St. in Driggs. Government meetings Driggs Planning and Zoning Commission meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Driggs City Hall. Driggs City Council meets the first and third Tuesday at the Driggs City Hall Building. 7 p.m. Teton District 401 School Board meets the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the district office at 445 N. Main St., Driggs.
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69,000 pounds of food kept from landfill waste Jason Suder TVN Staff From farm to fork, Americans are losing up to 40 percent of the food produced in the United States, according to a report by the National Resources Defense Council. Putting food on our tables accounts for 10 percent of the total federal energy budget and consumes 80 percent of American freshwater supplies. With these losses totaling $165 billion annually, Jackson’s own Alison Dunford is fighting back. Hole Food Rescue, a volunteer-based program through the Jackson Cupboard, is basically an organized group of dumpster divers. This recycling initiative relocates food “waste” by partnering with area grocers to collect food that has neared its expiration date but lost its aesthetic value. The food is then redistributed to community groups to feed those in need. In the first two months after its June 23 inception, Hole Food Rescue saved 8,493 pounds of food from imminent disposal. In total, they have diverted 69,000 pounds from entering the waste stream. “We haven’t even gotten all the grocery stores in Jackson Hole,” says Dunford. “There’s work ahead of us.” The idea spawned from a relationship Dunford had in College. Her boyfriend at the time was an avid dumpster diver who showed her a fruitful, and still sanitary, life could be maintained through grocery disposal. “He really opened my eyes to the amount of waste that is in existence on the grocery side,” remembers Dunford. Dunford continued dumpster diving when she moved to Jackson in 2012, but about six months into her move, she and a roommate opened the lid of one dumpster to find what she measured as hundreds of pounds of packaged chicken breasts marked to expire that day. “Being a vegetarian, that upset me on multiple levels,” she recalls. What began was a campaign to change the way the American grocery system operates. Dunford attributes large quantities of Jackson Hole’s waste to it being a tourist destination. Because grocers cannot predict or quantify what traveler’s culinary trends will be, says Dunford, they overstock on everything. “We, as Americans, are expecting to get our spinach whenever we want,” she said. “We’ve got this mindset that we can have whatever we want and grocery stores uphold that.” Having been exposed to a similar initiative in Boulder, Colo., her paradigm for Hole Food Rescue was already set, and she knew food could be rescued. At the bequest of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, she set out to partner with the Jackson Cupboard to bring her plan into fruition. “The last thing people want to hear is, ‘we’re another non-profit, donate to our
cause,’” said Dunford. It seemed a match reserved for a Jane Austen novel, since the Jackson Cupboard already feeds the area’s hungry. From there, the Good Samaritan Mission, Latino Resource Center, Community Safety Network and the Senior Center of Jackson Hole have climbed aboard this cause. The process begins by going to local grocery stores. Dunford first approaches the produce department to build a relationship, and after their approval,contributors pull food for human consumption to be set aside rather than in a dumpster, for a volunteer to pick up. They are then dropped off at Dunford’s residence for sorting and redistribution. Store managers’ consent is not required for this agreement, although it was first sought and given when she approached Jeff Rice, owner of Whole Food Grocer, about getting his store on board. Because of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, which President Clinton signed into effect on Oct. 1, 1996, companies involved in donating food and grocery products to nonprofit organizations for distribution to individuals in need, “A person or gleaner shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of apparently wholesome food or an apparently fit grocery product that the person or gleaner donates in good faith to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to needy individuals.” Further, “A nonprofit organization shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging or condition of apparently wholesome food or an apparently fit grocery product that the nonprofit organization received as a donation in good faith from a person or gleaner for ultimate distribution to needy individuals.” Now, Hole Food Rescue receives donations from Jackson Whole Grocer, Albertsons, Saturday Farmers Market and Persephone Bakery. Weekly, thousands of pounds from solely Jackson are being kept out of landfills and the impending anaerobic decomposition of the produce into methane gas. This process occurs when biodegradable material is broken down in the absence of oxygen. The organic material begins to ferment, similar to the process that takes place in beer production, with the resulting byproduct being the release of a greenhouse gas that the Environmental Protection Agency deems 20 times more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide. While there is still work ahead of her, Dunford hopes to expand to Teton Valley soon where she can encourage restaurants, hotels and grocers to join food diversion programs to ensure that the one in six Americans who are food insecure know that their dinner is not being thrown away.
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Homegrown at Range, new gourmet dining at Teton Springs
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Executive Chef Jeff Sordahl of Range has taken over the reins of the food and beverage department at Teton Springs, formerly the Headwaters Grille.
Jason Suder TVN staff I want, it’s about what the guests want.” Although what constitutes good food might be a To this end, he has tapped into the local farms, subject as touchy as politics, religion or economics, working with Snowdrift Farms, Mountain Valley it can be agreed upon that fine dining does not have Mushrooms, Teton Valley Creamery and others, to mean haughty fusions done up to find the freshest ingredients with cosmopolitan pretenses. For endemic to the Tetons. Fresh dining to be fine, the parts of the ground peppercorns and kosher meal need to fit together like boots salt wait on the table, and northYou want the into skis, the perfect combination western fish are flown in daily. product to speak of daring, snug and security; it’s a Ninety-five percent of the menu feeling, or in this case, a taste. The starts from scratch. for itself. I’m a meats and fish have to be fresh, the “You want the product to speak produce has to be complementary firm believer in the for itself,” insists Sordahl. “I’m a and the wine cannot be overbearfirm believer in the ethics of the ethics of the ranch ing. Fine dining means that the ranch or the farm and the qualfood is done right. ity of the product and what their or the farm and The Headwater’s Grille, Teton practices are.” the quality of the Valley’s classic gourmet destina“We want to share good food tion, welcomed a new name, intewith anyone that could come in,” product and what rior and proudly presents a new says Sordahl’s wife, business partchef, Rick Sordahl. Range at Teton their practices are. ner and Teton Springs’ Director Springs is now open. ____________________ of Sales Dana Sordahl. Sordahl comes across the The prices are steep, with pass from the esteemed Amanentrees ranging from $23-$48 per Chef Rick Sordahl gani Resort and brings with him plate, but with the most advanced some of the highest accolades a wine list in the valley paired with North American chef can receive, a Teton casual dress code, you pay including a top ten award from for the experience. Sordahl comes Zagat. Hailing from and training to your table to ensure the order is to your liking, in Seattle, he traveled across the country cooking in Phoenix, Ariz. and Jackson, Wyo. before settling share the recipe and accommodate vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free alternatives by request. in Florida for 20 years. Range opened its doors on January 13, but the “My style really hasn’t changed, I still approach food as finding the best product and letting the Sordahls are preparing for the summer. A greenproduct speak for itself. You know, don’t mask it, house is being built for employees to grow their don’t cloud it, don’t make it confusing. I mean I like own produce and a flatbread oven is waiting to be simplicity and good flavors,” says Sordahl of his food. fired up as the possibility of a wine cuvee and cigar His eclectic and firsthand experience working humidor are explored. with the country’s varieties of food has developed This is not to excuse the now. Every open night into a passion for all food types. However much he since its inception, Range has been sold out. Reserprefers black grouper when eating fish, “the biggest vations are accepted, and everyone is invited to try thing you learn in this business is it’s not about what the newest gourmet menu on this side of the pass.
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The Habitat Freestyle Series allows freestyle skiers to try new jibs and features before the rest of the passholders.
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Rail Jam kicks off 2014 freestyle series Jason Suder TVN Staff The 2014 Habitat Freestyle Series kicked off at Grand Targhee Resort Saturday, Feb. 1, with a rail jam. This was the first in the annual three-part series that includes a rail jam, slopestyle and banked slalom competitions. “We’re super stoked to have everyone
out and offer an opportunity for the kids so they can get out and kind of showcase what they’ve been doing in the park,” said the freestyle event coordinator Keith Griffin. Park crew members spent days leading up to the event setting and resetting the different jibs. From a fat-down box, up box, down rail, barrel jib and quarter pipe
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with coping, the crew upped the challenge before setting ticket holders loose on their terrain park enhancements. “[The rail jam] gives us a chance to come out and build some different features … We have never had a quarter-pipe with a coping,” said Griffin. “This is where we push the envelope.” Whether they were 6-years-old or 35, they all threw down. Teton Valley Ski Education Foundation students barely standing up to your waist threw 270s off boxes and fearlessly climbed the quarterpipe wall to skid across the coping. It was mellow. Fun, wacky, but mellow. STS9, electrojam pioneers, pumped through speakers during the 30-minute jam session. Riders and skiers took turns hitting the jibs, stomping tricks or tweaking their lines, and after the allotted time, they wanted more. The session was extended another fifteen minutes, as though the first heat were just a warmup, coming back out to try cab 540s over the barrels or cab 180s to tail presses on the down rail. In the end, it was a contest, and each competitor was judged on a strict criteria.
“We’re looking for style. We’re looking for creativity—creativity’s a good one— nailing the tricks, but the main thing we’re looking for right now is just having fun,” said judge Jeremy Homestead. “Smiles, happy faces, you can’t go wrong with that.” Even after the judging was done, the style didn’t stop. While Jeremy tried to wrangle the competitors together to award placements, a group of snowboarders started a game of SKATE (the board sports equivalent of basketball’s HORSE) that postponed the awards ceremony. They eventually paused the game, and as it turned out, everyone won. First place winners got first option at a Dakine backpack, Never Summer skateboard, park gloves, beanies, under armor and stickers galore. The series continues March 8 with the slopestyle competition through the Grand Targhee terrain park and concludes April 5 with the banked slalom. Sponsors include Never Summer Snowboards, SmtithOptics, Habitat High Altitude Provisions, Flux and more. Check out footage of the event at tetonvalleynews.net.
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Gallim Dance: Fold Here 8-10 p.m. The evening of dancing fusion of movement, theater, video, lighting and cardboard boxes should leave you breathless. Tickets: $20 students, $35 balcony, $45 Orchestra
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TAC Calligraphy Class Learn to write something special and worthy of the refridgerator magnets. Tickets are 50 percent off if you’veregistered for Kirigami.
9 p.m. The only thing you know you’re going to get with this eclectic jam master is great music. Funk, bluegrass, one-man-band, this is a show to impress upon your friends so you’re not the only “freeker by the speaker.”
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9 p.m. They’ve toured with Pepper, Rebelution, The Expendables, Umphrey’s McGee and performed with acts such as: Kings of Leon, Airborne Toxic Event, White Lies, Far, Sean Kingston, Slightly Stoopid, Ziggy Marly, Steel Pulse, Stephen Marley, Don Carlos, Shwayze ft. Cisco Adler, Soja, George Clinton and P-Funk, Fishbone, as well as many others… either you get it or you don’t.
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The event we’ve all been waiting for is here! Bigger than the moon landing, Vladimir Putin’s ego and Rhode Island rolled into one, this collosally styled, wonderfully grizzly and slightly suspicious winter praise to the fuzzy mountain man within us all, the championship is back at the Knotty. Just to keep to the Tetonic theme and add to the event’s gusto, Colorado’s honored bluegrass, jam band Mountain Standard Time will honor us with their proud pickings. Tickets: $10 without a mustache, FREE with one.
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The acoustic-driven rock band with wide influences should really compliment a cold beer and cool down from a fluffy Tarhee day. Knotty Pine Supper Club
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Monday, Feb. 10
A two-hour workshop will help you learn techniques in dealing with the strains and stresses of parenthood.
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Tickets: $30 for members, $35 for nonmembers
Don’t let your day stop just because the lifts did. Sunday, Feb. 9
7th Annual Teton Adaptive Sports Benefit Raffle The night begins with a screening of TGR’s “Way of Life” and then gives way to the rock rhythms of Uncle Stackhouse followed by Black Mother Jones. Grand prizes include custom Igneous skis or snowboard, 10-day Jackson Hole Pass, a Targhee season pass for 2014-15 and more. Tickets: Free entry, $5 for 1 raffle ticket or 5 tickets for $20
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that on Thursday, the 5th day of June, 2014, at the hour of 10:30 a.m., on said date, in the foyer of Teton County Title, 65 S. Main St., Driggs, Idaho 83422, GREGORY L. CROCKETT, as Successor Trustee, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, in lawful money on the United States of America, payable in full at the time of sale, the following described real property located in the County of Teton, State of Idaho, more particularly described, as follows:
Timberline Partners, LLC have requested a Third Amendment to the January 11, 2007 Developer s Agreement and the two subsequent amendments to the Developers Agreement. The Third Amendment requests that Phase IB be completely separated from Phase IA.
Ari D. Kotler, at PO Box 1101, Driggs, Idaho 83422, has requested a Special Use for his property at 63 N. Beryl, Victor, Idaho. This property is within the Victor city limits in the Transitional Business zone.
TAX NO. 950: Beginning 16 feet North and three rods West of the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 5 North, Range 45 East, Boise Meridian, Teton County, Idaho and running thence West 264 feet, North 72 feet, East 264 feet, South 72 feet to the place of beginning.
A copy of the application materials is available for public review at Victor CIty Hall during posted business hours.
Street Address: 260 North Main Street, Driggs, Idaho 83422 Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligations secured by and in accordance with the power of sale conferred by that certain Deed of Trust executed by JERE LEMIEUX and KAREN LEMIEUX, husband and wife, as Grantors, to TETON COUNTY TITLE, LLC, as Trustee and BANK OF IDAHO, as Beneficiary, dated October 21, 2008 and recorded October 24, 2008, as Instrument No. 200860, in the records of Teton County, Idaho. THE ABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 45-1506(4)(a), IDAHO CODE. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT SAID GRANTORS EITHER ARE OR ARE NOT PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUBJECT OBLIGATION. The default for which this foreclosure sale is to be made includes the failure to pay monthly installments of $3,163.33 on or before October 21, 2013, and each month thereafter; plus interest and late charges, due under said Deed of Trust dated October 21, 2008, and the related Promissory Note and Business Loan Agreement dated October 21, 2008. The Grantor, and/or their assigns, have also failed to timely pay real property taxes owed to Teton County, Idaho. The total sum owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is $365,063.42, plus late charges, collection fees, accrued and accruing interest as provided in said Promissory Note according to the terms thereof and said Deed of Trust, together with all costs of foreclosure, attorney fees and the fees of the Successor Trustee herein and together with all sums properly advanced or expended under the terms of such Deed of Trust to protect the value of the security. Said Beneficiary reserves the right to make a credit bid at the time of sale up to an amount equal to its entire indebtedness; together with costs and fees incurred. DATED this 22nd day of January, 2014.
City Council will conduct a hearing for these proposed changes on February 13, 2014 at 12:00p.m. at Victor City Hall.
Written comment for the City Council will be accepted until 5:00p.m. February 7,2014 via US Mail at Victor City Hall, P.O. Box 122, Victor, Idaho 83455, email will be accepted at (roberth@victorcityidaho.com) or hand deliver to the city offices. Valee Wells City Clerk Published in Teton Valley News January 30, 2014 and February 6, 2014 LN12
February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013 LN13
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE OF WATER RIGHT TRANSFER NO. 79052
CITY OF DRIGGS, PO BOX 48, DRIGGS, ID 83422; has filed Application No. 79052 for changes to the following water rights within TETON County(s): Right No(s). 22-2132, 22-7529, 227698, 22-7790, 22-7814; to see a full description of these rights and the proposed transfer, please see www.idwr.idaho.gov/apps/ExtSearch/WRFiling.asp. The purpose of the transfer is to change a portion of the above rights as follows: The applicant proposes to add a point of diversion. The points of diversion are in the NWSW Sec 23, SWNW Sec 25, NENESE and NENW Sec 26 and NWNE Sec 35 T5N R45E and in the NWSE Sec 19 and NESW Sec 20 T5N R46E for 7.06 cfs from ground water. The place of use remains the same. For additional information concerning the property location, contact Eastern Region office at (208) 525-7161. Protests may be submitted based on the criteria of Idaho Code Sec. 42-222. Any protest against the proposed change must be filed with the Department of Water Resources, Eastern Region, 900 N Skyline Dr Ste A, Idaho Falls ID 83402 together with a protest fee of $25.00 for each application on or before February 18, 2014. The protestant must also send a copy of the protest to the applicant. GARY SPACKMAN, Director Published on January 30 and February 6, 2014 LN08
NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed proposals will be received by the IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD only at the office of the IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, 3311 WEST STATE STREET, BOISE, IDAHO 83703, ATTN: ROADWAY DESIGN until two o'clock p.m., on March 4, 2014, for the work of constructing an intersection with curb & gutter, sidewalk, storm drainage system, and traffic signal installation; Victor Main St Improvements, known as Idaho Federal Aid Project No. A009 (560), in Teton County, Key No. 09560. [ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: RESIDENT ENGINEER ***MATT DAVISON***AT (208) 745-5686]
Notice of Trustee's Sale Idaho Code 45-1506 Today's date:
December 31, 2013 File No.: 7037.104716 Sale date and time (local time): May 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM Sale location: in the office of First American Title Company, 81 North Main Street, Driggs, ID 83422 Property address: 2740 Shadowmoon Lane #218 Driggs, ID 83422 Successor Trustee: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., an Idaho Corporation P.O. Box 997 Bellevue, WA 98009 (425) 586-1900 Deed of Trust information Original grantor: Steven H. Tuck, A Single Person Original trustee: First American Title Company Original beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A., its successors and assigns Recording date: 11/30/2009 Recorder's instrument number: 208435 County: TETON Sum owing on the obligation: as of December 31, 2013: $155,031.45 Because of interest, late charges, and other charges that may vary from day to day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. Hence, if you pay the amount shown above, an adjustment may be necessary after we receive your check. For further information write or call the Successor Trustee at the address or telephone number provided above. Basis of default: failure to make payments when due. Please take notice that the Successor Trustee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for certified funds or equivalent the property described above. The property address is identified to comply with IC 60113 but is not warranted to be correct. The property's legal description is: Unit 218 in Bannock Building No. 1 of Creekside Condominiums, in Lodge Unit Lot 6, of Teton Creek Resort PUD, Idaho, the same appears on the official plat thereof recorded June 23, 1998 as Instrument No. 130672. The sale is subject to conditions, rules and procedures as described at the sale and which can be reviewed at www.northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. The sale is made without representation, warranty or covenant of any kind. (TS# 7037.104716) 1002.262397-File No.
January 23, 30, 2014 February 6, 13, 2014 LN05
The Chairperson may impose reasonable time limits on the statements given to assure completion of the meeting agenda. If you need communication aids, services or other accommodations to participate, please call (208) 787-2940 so we can adequately meet your needs. Written comment will be accepted until 5:00 pm, Monday, February 17th, 2014, for the P&Z Commission via US mail (PO Box 122, Victor, ID 83455), email (brittanys@victorcityidaho.com), or hand delivery to the city offices. Any written comment received after that time will not be included in the public record. A copy of the application materials is available for public review at the Victor City Hall during posted business hours. Public comment is encouraged. Brittany Skelton Planning & Zoning Administrator
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE _____________________________ /s/GREGORY L. CROCKETT HOPKINS RODEN CROCKETT HANSEN & HOOPES, PLLC 428 Park Avenue Idaho Falls, ID 83402 (208) 523-4445
The Victor Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the Special Use at 7:00 PM Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 at the Victor City Hall.
Plans, specifications, form of contract, proposal forms, and other information may be obtained from the Idaho Transportation Department website at http://www.itd.idaho.gov/design/contractors/contrinfo.htm. Dated January 30, 2014 JAMES “JIM” F. CARPENTER, P.E. Chief Operations Officer February 6, 13, 2014 LN14
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Don L. Thompson et al Thompson Brothers Properties LLC, at PO Box 584, Victor, Idaho 83455, has requested a Lot Split for their property at 216 South Main Street, Victor, Idaho. This property is within the Victor city limits in the Central Business zone. The Victor Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the Lot Split at 7:00 PM Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 at the Victor City Hall. The Chairperson may impose reasonable time limits on the statements given to assure completion of the meeting agenda. If you need communication aids, services or other accommodations to participate, please call (208) 787-2940 so we can adequately meet your needs. Written comment will be accepted until 5:00 pm, Monday, February 17th, 2014, for the P&Z Commission via US mail (PO Box 122, Victor, ID 83455), email (brittanys@victorcityidaho.com), or hand delivery to the city offices. Any written comment received after that time will not be included in the public record. A copy of the application materials is available for public review at the Victor City Hall during posted business hours. Public comment is encouraged. Brittany Skelton Planning & Zoning Administrator Published in the Teton Valley News, January 30th, and February 6th, 2014 LN10
Published in the Teton Valley News, January 30th, and February 6th, 2014 LN11
T.S. No. 008121-ID Parcel No. RP001390000220A NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE On 6/4/2014, at 2:00 PM (recognized local time), AT THE TETON COUNTY COURTHOUSE FRONT STEPS, 150 COURTHOUSE WAY, DRIGGS, ID 83422, in the County of Teton, ELISA MAGNUSON, ESQ., a member of the State Bar of Idaho, of PITE DUNCAN, LLP, as trustee, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Teton, State of Idaho, and described as follows, to wit: LOT 22, BIG HOLE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, TETON COUNTY, IDAHO, AS PER THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED OCTOBER 22, 1992, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 111311 The Trustee has no knowledge of a more particular description of the above referenced real property, but for purposes of compliance with Idaho Code Section 60-113, the Trustee has been informed that the address of: 1906 AUTUMN GLEN CIRCLE, VICTOR, ID 83455, (FKA 190 AUTUMN GLEN CIRCLE VICTOR, ID 83455-5328), is commonly associated with said real property. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in the Deed of Trust executed by SUSAN WARD, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY as Grantor, to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE CO. as Trustee, for the benefit and security of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS as Beneficiary, dated 6/24/2005, recorded 6/27/2005, as Instrument No. 168957, official records of Teton County, Idaho. Please note: The above named Grantors are named to comply with Idaho Code Section 45-1506(4)(a); no representation is made that they are, or are not, presently responsible for the obligation. The default for which this sale is to be made is the failure to make monthly payments when due from 7/1/2013 and all subsequent monthly payments thereafter, including installments of principal, interest, impounds, advances, plus any charges lawfully due under the note secured by the aforementioned Deed of Trust, Deed of Trust and as allowed under Idaho Law. The sum owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is $174,654.72, including interest, costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation thereunder or in this sale, and trustee's fees and/or reasonable attorney's fees as authorized in the Note, Deed of Trust or as allowed under Idaho Law. All delinquent amounts are now due, together with accruing late charges, interest, unpaid and accruing taxes, assessments, trustee's fees, attorney fees and any amounts advanced to protect the security associated with the Deed of Trust described herein as provided under the Note, Deed of Trust and as allowed under Idaho Law. ELISA MAGNUSON, ESQ., a member of the State Bar of Idaho, of PITE DUNCAN, LLP DATED: January 24, 2014 February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014 LN16