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You can’t read that Parents challenge required reading, ‘Bless Me, Ultima’ suspended at Teton High
The English department Jason Suder TVN staff unanimously selected to eachers of the Teton include this piece on the High School Engsophomores’ required readlish department sat ing list, a decision endorsed timidly discussing the fate by High School Principal of their classroom freedoms Frank Mello. Since Sunday, Tuesday afternoon. The preNov. 3, fierce debate has vious night, at the Novemenshrouded this decision ber school board meeting, that began with a Facebook Superintendant Monte post by Shaylee Kearsley. Woolstenhulme decided to Kearsley’s post read, suspend the novel “Bless Me, “Those parents that have Ultima” from the required sophomores in Mrs. Pence’s reading list for sophomores class, they are reading a teruntil further research is conrible book called Bless Me, ducted. Ultima. Please scan through The classic Chicano comthe book, ask your child. It is ing-of-age story centers on a a terrible book and my son young boy’s growth through will not read another page his family influence and his of it. This is a mandatory understanding of good and read. They are half way done evil. Since its publication, it with it. We will be talking to has become the seminal ficthe principal and Mrs. Pence tion in the Chicano literary tomorrow about banning the canon. book.(ed.)” English Teacher Jason Ruff noted that this While a protocol does exist for raising grievtext was part of his summer reading program for ances against controversial teaching, the school ten years while he taught in Bakersfield, Calif. board has put teaching the book on hold until The English department built a list of reasons the December board meeting. In the interim for selecting the novel. The tenth point reads, “The novel can fit thematically into several class- period they will review the novel, giving the room units: search for identity, good versus evil, school board a chance to read the novel. Curcoming of age, nature, faith, the supernatural, rently, students can check the novel out in the the environment, Chicano literature, ethnic lit- library or continue reading the book through their independent reading list. erature, myth.” “I think the whole thing was handled badly,” However, the novel’s use of expletives, specifiMary Madsen, elementary teacher and mother cally the “f” word and premarital sex, have been of two at Teton High School, told the TVN. met with a grievous backlash by the community. “I think this is a valuable book with valuable “There are specific protocol for complaints … and lessons and our English department would not I feel like the teaching should continue until the have chosen it if it weren’t,” said sophomore grievances, that process, were handled properly.” In a 40-minute meeting between the English English teacher Susan Pence. Bless Me continued on A10
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Health insurance benefits mixed bag Bridget Ryder TVN staff The effects of the We’re just small Affordable Care Act, also enough that we don’t known as Obamacare, on get the clout in numhealth insurance plans and premiums is a mixed bag bers to get the rates of fortunes in Teton Valley. that our employees Valley Advocates for would like to have Responsible Development is a well-known land conand that our hospital servation advocacy group in can afford to pay. the valley, but the employ___________________ ees of the non-profit may Anne Loyola, have had good reason to Teton Valley Health Care advocate for health care reforms. Going into 2014 their insurance premiums will drop, if only for one reason—insurance companies can no longer factor gender into their premiums. All three full-time employees, for which the organization provides a group health care plan, are females in their 30s. According to Stacey Frisk, VARD’s executive director, she and her two female co-workers had premiums two to three times higher than the average for males in the same age group. Frisk expected their rates to go up this year, but their premiums went down, and Frisk found even lower premiums for comparable individual coverage on the state health exchange. However, the county’s staff, according to county clerk Marly Lou Hansen, had been expecting a 15 percent jump in premiums, but ended up with only a 6 percent increase. According to Hansen, a 6 percent increase is pretty normal. In her six years working for the county she has seen increases as high as 15 percent in one year. Teton Valley Health Care has decided to drop its corporate health insurance plan. The hospital faced a 24 percent increase in its premiums for 2014 because of overall high utilization. “We’re just small enough that we don’t get the clout in numbers to get the rates that our employees would like to have and that our hospital can afford to pay,” Loyola said. The hospital based its decision on research. The hospital doesn’t know or want to know the total family incomes of its employees, but it ran the salaries it does pay employees through several analysis and each showed that employees would be able to get better coverage at a better price through private insurance or the state health exchange. Insurance continued on A10
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Lucas and Felix Stock relax with their ski team teammate McKenna between exercises on Monday, Nov. 11.
citizen since she was ten, didn’t grow up too far from Jason Suder TVN staff Opportunity abounds in small towns without the ski racing herself. Her father was the race director at Ski metropolitan distractions, and in true Horatio Alger, Windham in New York. With the shared passion, their boys Lucas and Felix the American Dream is alive and well in Teton Valley. A tightknit, Austrian family of four has found their were bound to ensue. They tried public school, but with a nitch teaching ski racing with the strict discipline of the focus on ski racing, they began missing too much school old country and a new world perspective centering on fun. and this became a bullying point for the boys. Now, Markus and Dagi Stock came to the valley in 2007, under strict parental scrutiny, they are educated remotely bringing their infant boys and only a few euros along through the Boise-based Inspire Connections Academy. Every morning they wake up to Markus checking with them. Markus grew up with racing in his blood; their reposed pace, and then they get scooted out of the his cousin Leonhard Stock took the gold in downhill skiing at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. Dagi, a dual Stock family continued on A10 I n d e x Weather....................... A3
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Wyoming avalanche injures valley man Rachael Horne TVN staff the lower elevations.” The Tetons have seen a significant amount of early Teton Valley, Idaho, man was seriously injured but survived an avalanche Sunday while skiing season snow. An early October storm followed by a the Mayonnaise Couloir on Jackson Peak in period of drought has created a weak layer of faceted the Gros Ventre Range. Scott Dixon, 32, suffered a snow at upper-elevations. This is the second avalanche that possible fractured hip, according to has been triggered by backcountry Teton County, Wyo. undersheriff Bob skiers in the Teton area this season. Gilliam. He was skiing with three other It’s pretty early for us On Nov. 1, a backcountry skier was people. caught, carried and injured but not Gilliam said Dixon was flown by a to be getting these buried while skiing Breccia Mountain helicopter from Eastern Idaho Regiontypes of events. We in the Togwotee Mountain area. The al Medical Center to St. Johns Medicertainly want to cauevent also occurred at high elevation, cal Center in Jackson. An advanced 10,600 feet and on 41-45 degree slope. tion everyone to be life support team of two from Teton “It’s pretty early for us to be getting County Wyoming Search and Rescue aware of avalanche these types of events,” said Gilliam. responded and stabilized Dixon, but conditions and check “We certainly want to caution everyone the SAR air ship was not able to fly before going out. to be aware of avalanche conditions in the dark. ____________________ and check before going out.” According the Bridger-Teton AvaGilliam said the early season storms lanche Center, the event was “comBob Gilliam, have made people anxious to get out panion triggered hard slab failed on Teton County, Wyoming there. faceted snow in extreme terrain. Mulundersheriff “We’ve found that people are maybe tiple crowns in the starting zone and taking more risks than they should,” he along the skiers left flank of this very said. “I’m not targeting the folks that steep and rocky couloir tapered from have been rescued so far, I don’t want one-foot-deep to four-feet-deep where to do that, however, everyone should they cut through drifted snow. Averbe using good judgment and using the age slab depth was one to two feet. Due to the terrain backcountry in a safe way.” and conditions this could have easily been a fatality. On Tuesday afternoon, the Teton County Wyoming This couloir was recently skied by another party on a Sheriff’s Office issued a public service annocement after previous day.” The avalanche occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. responsing to two accients in the past 10 days. “These two accidents have alarming similarities as at 10,100 feet on a 41-45 degree slope with a northwest each took place in early season shallow snowpack, very aspect. Tuesday’s avalanche forecast stated, “at the upper steep avalanche terrain, in known avalanche paths, elevations, backcountry travelers venturing into steep, and while the parties were traveling in perceived ‘safe northerly facing avalanche terrain could trigger dense zones,’” it read. “In both incidents, multiple people were slabs up to 30 inches in depth. Daily warming will exposed to avalanche risk at the same time. Although makes these slabs more susceptible to failure. Ava- one person was injured in each incident, the outcome lanches are unlikely at the mid-elevations, and very could have been much worse with additional injuries shallow snow depths and areas of bare ground exist at and even multiple fatalities a possibility.”
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Opinion Details to be considered As our school board deliberates the move from a five-day to a four-day school week, here are some local details that I believe should be considered:
Nola Bredal Former TSD #401 School Board Trustee
• 49 percent of our students qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch, making us a Title 1 school district. This means that TSD #401 receives additional federal funding intended to provide supplemental instruction for economically disadvantaged students. • The correlation between poverty and low academic achievement is strong. “Children raised in poverty rarely choose to behave differently, but they are faced daily with overwhelming challenges that affluent children never have to confront, and their brains have adapted to suboptimal conditions in ways that undermine good school performance.” ASCD, www.ascd.org/. • Time students spend learning needs to meet the needs of the students, not the convenience of the adults. To define proficiency, the Idaho Dept of Education considers the following ISAT scores, the baseline for proficiency in Reading and Math:
the USA take the NWEA MAP assessment, including students in Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Fremont County, Rexburg, Pocatello, Shelley, Boise and more. According to this metric, TSD #401 students scoring “Proficient” on the ISAT are in the following national percentile rankings. 3rd Grade Reading = 192 = 30th percentile nationally 3rd Grade Math = 190 = 16th percentile nationally 10th Grade Reading = 220 = 29th percentile nationally 10th Grade Math = 238 = 41st percentile nationally Another way to view this information is in the chart below. While we as Teton County residents cannot change the expectations of the Idaho State Dept of Education, we can set our own local expectations. Do we really want to be ranked this low nation-
3rd Grade Reading = 192 3rd Grade Math = 190 10th Grade Reading = 220 10th Grade Math = 238 To give these numbers some context, I am using the national percentile rankings from the nonprofit NWEA MAP assessment. Over 8 million students in
Grade & Subject Area 3rd Grade Reading 3rd Grade Math 10th Grade Reading 10th Grade Math
ally? Will changing to a four-day school week increase our students’ likelihood of meeting or even exceeding this low standard of Idaho-defined proficiency? How will our students be able to compete nationally for jobs once they graduate from our local school system? Most educators agree that the most productive minutes of the day for in-class instruction are in the morning. With a four-day school week, we automatically eliminate 20 percent of our most valuable learning time. TSD #401 teachers do a remarkable job with the resources that they are given. Let’s not take away 20 percent of the most important instructional time available to them. Support our teachers and the district’s mission to “Provide a safe and exceptional learning environment where career and college readiness are the academic cornerstones of a relevant and progressive education.” Encourage your school board representative to support the five-day school week. Please attend the school board meetings. They are always on the second Monday of the month beginning at 7 p.m., location on Main Street at the district office.
% of TSD #401 Students Deemed Proficient 75% 77% 90% 67%
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Opinion Respect communities input Editor’s note: This editorial was adapted from comments addressed to the Teton County Board of County Commissioners. The citizens of Teton Valley just spent two+ years crafting an award-winning comprehensive plan for our community. A comprehensive plan is mandated by State law and intended to describe a community’s unique attributes and values. It’s a document that recognizes the uniqueness of this place we all call home, and outlines our shared vision for a prosperous and healthy community. The next step is a rewrite of the county code in order to implement this plan. Although Teton County was already the recipient of a HUD Grant that would have covered all the expenses of having Code Studio do this work, this board opted to instead hire Mr. Stephen Loosli at $50/hr to write the new county code. This was a contentious decision, but as consistently admonished by Commissioner Kunz over the past six months, the community just needed “to just give Mr. Loolsi a chance” to show what kind of work he could do. His work is now done. After billing the taxpayers 130+ hours specifically itemized as “code writing,” Mr. Loosli has submitted his final work product. VARD staff reviewed all 245 pages and found that Teton Valley taxpayers have been billed almost $10,000 for a document that is nearly 100 percent verbatim copied from free, publically available materials (see http:// www.tetonvalleyadvocates.org/LOOSLI_COPIED_CODE.pdf) This goes far beyond using any of these code sections as a “template” or “boiler plate.” Line for line, word for word, the Loosli “Code” is primarily copied from Shelby County, Tennessee (pop. 940,000), other counties, our own pre-existing code, brochures, and other sources. In some places, Mr. Loosli even failed to substitute our County’s name. As a confusing collection of brochures, reference manuals, urban form-based codes and rural codes, the document is wholly unintelligible as written. It is an unusable code. You, the Board of County Commissioners, promised a work product from
Stacey Frisk Executive Director VARD
Mr. Loosli that would reflect our topnotch comp. plan and the uniqueness of Teton Valley. However, after careful review, this “code” bears almost no resemblance to either, and here are just a few examples: • The Loosli “Code” strips away all wildlife habitat protections. Our comprehensive plan called for strengthening protections for critical habitat. • It allows for density bonuses up to 60 units/100 acres anywhere in the rural county. This includes along the Teton River, wetlands, and in critical wildlife habitat. • It allows for developers to pre-sell lots in un-built subdivisions once again. This loophole was closed by our previous Board of County Commissioners to protect the citizens of Teton County from speculative development schemes. Why are we going backwards now? • It creates one zone for the entire unincorporated county. Because of our diverse landscapes and sensitive areas, the comprehensive plan calls for at least 7 zones to be created in unincorporated areas of the county. This new code creates one homogenous zone. • It sends commercial uses and density out into the county. The comp. plan calls for focusing growth and density into the cities. However, the Loosli “Code” provides density bonuses in rural areas up to 60units/100 acres. Commercial uses such as hotels, motels and restaurants area also conditionally permitted in the rural county. • It removes all tools for dealing with obsolete subdivisions. In this new code, all of Teton County’s custom
written, incentivized re-platting ordinances have been eliminated. These are the same ordinances that are used to help incomplete developments like River Rim and Canyon Creek restructure for economic and public benefit. • It lowers infrastructure bonding to only 100 percentage, leaving no room for error. In Teton County, bonding at 125 percent has been mandated out of necessity because of all the incomplete subdivisions where the developer ran out of money for infrastructure. Our county has never had a standard that low before. • Even the best parts are unusable. The Loosli “Code” incorporates the Greater Yellowstone Framework for Sustainable Development - a terrific reference material for green development (which former VARD Executive Directors Sandy Mason and Kathy Rinaldi participated in drafting!) However, this reference manual is not code, and cannot be used as such. Furthermore, the manner in which it is cut-and-pasted into the code bears no relationship to the rest of the document. Community members invested over 1,800 volunteer hours and 4,000 public comments into an outstanding comprehensive plan that incorporates community vision, compromise and action steps into an award-winning document. We are disappointed that the code meant to implement our community’s vision is 100 percent copied from other communities that share few characteristics with this extraordinary valley that we all know and love. Teton County, Idaho, is not Shelby County, Tennessee. Driggs, our County Seat, shares few attributes with Memphis, the center of Shelby County and home to nearly 700,000 citizens. We deserve a code that reflects our unique community vision, challenges and potentials. We request that the Board of County Commissioners refrain from using taxpayer dollars to purchase free, online content that does not respect our community’s input.
Valley Views Were school administrators right to suspend the required reading of “Bless Me, Ultima” after some parents complained?
Tammy Brown Tetonia
Yes
Jill Johnson Victor
I don’t have a problem with the book, or my kids reading it.
Forest Locks Victor
If there’s an overwhelming amount of complaints then yes. But if there are few complaints then no.
Letters to the editor Tech in the classroom We would like to offer our sincerest thanks to the Teton Valley Education Foundation, and to our community who supports them, for awarding the 6th grade teaching team at Teton Middle School a generous grant to purchase tablets for our students. This grant, in addition to one they awarded us last year, allows students one-to-one access to technology they otherwise would not have. Using technology in the classroom is absolutely essential to help students meet the new Common Core State Standards and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Goals. In addition to meeting these goals, the level of enthusiasm for learning and engagement in classroom activities skyrockets when students are given new technology to use! Thank you to all who help Teton Valley Education Foundation make our schools and our students successful. It is greatly appreciated. Mrs. Valerie Copyak, Mrs. Amy Evans, Ms. Connie Mohr, Mr. Brandon Sperber, Mrs. Kimberly Witek, Teton Middle School
Common ground I want to thank each of you who voted against the recall election. Various groups and individuals volunteered to make phone calls and to campaign on my behalf; working hard to help me. Many good people stepped forward to support me during this process. I would like to share part of an e-mail that I received after the recall. “Seeing all the different kinds of people that supported you (including myself) gives me hope that
maybe one day this community can find common ground.” This statement reflects one thought that kept going through my mind the past several months. After the recall petition was filed, my son asked me if I could define which groups in the community were supporting me. My response now is different than the one I gave him then. My response now is that it is a group that is against injustice; a group that crossed all political, religious, and demographic lines. Nancy Arnold
Zone 5 School Board Trustee Support school budget increase. I am disappointed that School Board President Doug Peterson wants to revisit a four-day school week for Teton County School District #401.This idea was turned down just seven months ago. It was proposed as a way for the district to save money during tight financial times. Cost savings to schools that have implemented a four-day school week typically range from 1 to 5 percent. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna has proposed a 5.9 percent increase for education funding statewide, based on recommendations from a governor appointed task force. These funds would help restore recent cuts to K-12 operations and increase the base pay and salary structure for teachers. For District #401, this significant boost from the state would eliminate the need to administer the four-day school week experiment on our children. Please take the time to let your legislators know that you support the budget increase for K-12 education in Idaho.
Go to: legislature.idaho.gov and select “Contacting Legislators by Distict”. Teton County is in District 32. You can e-mail Mr. Tippets, Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Loertscher directly from there. If you prefer to call, their phone numbers are also available. It is time for our community to broadcast the message that funding for education is a top priority here in Teton Valley. Cindy Riegel Victor, Idaho
Correction In regards to the Nov. 7, news article titled “25th Tugboat Memorial Ski Swap” A correction or for your information. The Grand Targhee Ski Team formed in 1971 under Grand Targhee Ski Club. Original coaches were Richard and Paul Beesley, who also taught skiing at the resort and later coached for the Idaho Falls Ski Team. Original ski team competitors, to name a few, were Eric and Tony Peacock, Gary Palmer, Jack Zollinger, Mitch Masting, Kevin and Greg Moss. Tug Boat was not an official team coach, but he was indeed involved with GT race department and worked with various coaches over a period of time. Also, Sage Cattabriga Alosa raced for Grand Targhee Ski Team long before Teton Valley Ski Education Foundation was formed. An addition to the story, it would be nice to recognize Deb, Dana Mackenzie and the Melehes for organizing the first ski swap and memorizing his history at the resort and with the kids. Alice Williamson
Meagan Stanger Victor
I don’t think so, it should be the student’s choice.
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Draft code turned in, planning commission to tackle document Bridget Ryder TVN staff The Teton County Board of County Commissioners and the Planning and Zoning Commission officially and publically took possession of the controversial draft development code written by contract planner Stephen Loosli. In meetings with both boards on Tuesday, Loosli outlined the main points of the over 200-page draft. “It’s a draft of a series of concepts and ideas specific to the rural county,” Loosli said. Loosli’s draft provides a multiple outcome concept of zoning using a transfer of development rights program and a design criteria points system. The draft does not include a wildlife habitat overlay, it does reinsert the county’s current airport vicinity overlays, hillside overlays, flood plain overlays, scenic corridor overlays and wetlands and waterways overlays. It also allows developers to sell lots before completing infrastructure. Loosli met with the BOCC and then the P&Z in the afternoon, but the draft had already started circulating publicly and residents were leveling criticism at the morning meeting. “I hope you don’t take a step backward on this particular issue,” one resident said. She called the allowance in Loosli’s draft to let developers sell lots after only bonding for the infrastructure rather than having built it “an insult” to the many lot owners who bought lots they have never been able to build homes on because of
developers who did not fulfill their promises. She cited examples of two incomplete subdivisions, Ironwood and Sagebrush. “They all stem back to no regulation protecting the buyers,” she said. The county changed its regulations in 2009 to require developers to install all infrastructures prior to selling lots. Previously it had allowed developers to sell lots with a bond to pay for infrastructure. Loosli told the BOCC that allowing a bond for of the cost of infrastructure was standard, though he recognized Teton County has had a bad experience with developers. However, according to Anna Trentadue, staff attorney for Valley Advocates for Responsible Development, counties in southeast Idaho allow developers to simply bond, but regulations state- and nation-wide generally require completed infrastructure before selling lots. Stacey Frisk, executive director for VARD had also submitted a letter to the BOCC. Frisk’s letter stated that VARD staff “reviewed all 245 pages and found that Teton Valley taxpayers have been billed almost $10,000 for a document that is nearly 100 percent verbatim copied from free, publicly available materials.” According to the Frisk, Loosli had used text from the code of Shelby County, Tennesee, the Teton County Code, the Fremont County Code, a transfer of Development rights program, and the Greater Yellowstone Framework. Commissioner Kathy Rinaldi questioned Loosli on the issue. “All the glue that glues these various sections together is my own work,” Loosli
told the board. He also said the transfer of development rights program within in the draft was original and had never been applied in the West. Loosli proposed a program to allow a development rights to be transferred with in the rural county. “Without buy-in from the cities, the only place you have to send back to is the county,” he said. He said the rural transfer of development rights would create clustering and allow for market-driven development instead of having to decide “right now” where higher densities should be. Loolsi’s draft proposed one zoning density for the entire county which he called a one to 25 ratio or four lots per 100 acres. This was the “default zoning.” All development projects also required a minimum 50 percent open space. However, developers could gain up to 60 units per 100 acres by buying development rights, increasing open space and submitting their projects to a design points system based on the Greater Yellowstone Framework. The criteria included specifics in project planning, land use and conservation, biodiversity, public service and infrastructure, built environment, transportation and connectivity and community vitality on a scale of zero to 100. Loosli said the Greater Yellowstone Framework is a Western version of the LEED Neighborhood Development standards created by the Yellowstone Business Partnership. Loosli repeatedly told the commissioners that the Greater Yellowstone Frame-
work and other parts of the draft could be tweaked to fit Teton County. Commissioner Kathy Rinaldi asked if the draft considered increased costs of service to the county, especially roads, from development in rural areas. Loosli said the developer paid for everything, only the effects of higher population would be left to the county. Lee Einsweiler from Code Studios in Austin, Texas, who is writing a development code for the cities of Driggs and Victor, the county’s areas of impact and the scenic corridor, also updated the BOCC on his progress. He said he would likely begin his work with Teton County in early Spring. At Rinaldi’s request, he also said he could work with the county to review and integrate Loosli’s draft with his work on other parts of the county. The Planning and Zoning Commission will be the first body to tackle the document, however. P&Z chairman Dave Hensel asked the commission to start by taking a step back. “You could argue that we have a lot of work done, but I think this is premature,” Hensel said. Hensel said that, so far, pubic comment had been missing from the process and he wanted the P&Z to make a public outreach plan. With assurance from County Prosecuting Attorney Kathy Spitzer that Teton County’s current development code complied with state statues, Hensel told the commission to review the current code and consider whether it needed a complete overhaul or smaller-scale tweaking.
Teton County Wyo., Idaho commissioners talk shared issues Rachael Horne TVN staff The Teton County, Idaho, and Teton County, Wyo., commissioners met on Tuesday, Nov. 12, to discuss shared border issues. Search and Rescue Teton County, Wyo., Sheriff Jim Whalen said there has been no change in protocol in responding to incidents in Alta, Wyo., but other changes have been made, he said, that should improve service. This year, Teton County Wyo., will be storing two snowmobiles in Alta. Transporting machines with a trailer in the winter can be problematic. Trailers are banned on Teton Pass during the winter months. They’re also working closely with Grand Targhee Ski Patrol. There are also three members of Idaho Search and Rescue who have become members and are training with Wyoming Search and Rescue. There are two members of Wyoming Search and Rescue who live in Teton Valley. “If we have five people that can respond
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and two snowmobiles, we’re looking pretty good,” said Whalen. “It’s still not perfect, but it’s pretty darn close.” As a result of liability issues, response from the Teton County, Idaho, Sheriff’s Office and Search and Rescue was suspended across state lines in 2012.
Line Road from Ski Hill Road north to 5000. Idaho is responsible for everything South of Ski Hill Road on State Line Road. Teton County Attorney Keith Gingery said for the last several years, the county has been working to secure easements along State Line Road. If the county ever State Line Road usefully gains those easements, the comTeton County, Wyo., commissioners missioners would then have to decide said there would be a meeting in Decem- whether to spend money to upgrade the ber of the Alta Advisory Committee to road and build a bridge over South Leigh help facilitate concerns about extending Creek. Currently, there is no money alloState Line Road from 5000 North to cated for that and Gingery said the county 6000 North across South Leigh Creek. is not obligated to maintain that portion Chairman Paul Vogelheim said they’ve of the road because it was never declared gotten mixed feedback and it will help a county road. them gauge what the real interests are. “It’s only in concept form,” said GinSome Wyo. residents in a Leigh Creek gery. “We’re working through the phases.” subdivision have been vocal about buildGingery said they have sent an offer ing the road. To access Ski Hill Road or to the property owner of the easement get to Alta, they currently have to drive needed. State statue allows the owner 65 to Hwy. 33, or drive through private days to respond. property to access the rugged two-track Wyoming commissioner Kelly Park State Line Road that is not currently said, growing up, there was a bridge there maintained by the county. and he didn’t feel it was right to take As the agreement between both coun- advantage of the property owners generties stands now, Wyoming maintains State
osity in allowing people to drive through his farm field. The feild, he said, is prime farmland and though most people are respectful, it could cause a problem. During wet conditions, it’s easy for the road to be rutted out by vehicles. “We should do something to make the access better,” he said. Public Transportation Teton County, Idaho Commissioner Kathy Rindali told Wyoming commissioners she’s heard from some of her constituents about the possibility of adding an additional stop in “Drictor” on the START bus line. Rindali said they have been awarded a grant that would provide a park and ride spot on 5000 South. Right now the area between the highway and the frontage road is a de-facto parking lot on gravel. She said there is also some interest in adding an additional stop on the way back to Teton Valley from Jackson in the evenings. Rinaldi said the return is limited so that keeps many people from taking the bus.
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What is the MLS, what does it mean to me?
The MLS is short for “Multiple List Service”. It is an organization of Realtor’s listings, or offerings, with one goal that’s fairly unique to real estate: help me sell my inventory, and I’ll help you sell yours. The MLS is basically a database of listings available to participating brokers, and the public through those brokers. Several regions throughout the US make up some 800 databases. Teton Valley’s region is called the “Teton MLS” and covers Several Counties in WY & Teton County, ID. The coverage also merges into some surrounding counties. The “Wyoming MLS” to the East covers the majority of central Wyoming, and the “Snake River MLS” covers most of the rest of SE Idaho.
Almost ALL real estate websites use a service that syndicates or sends the listing from each MLS to a central website. Even though the Teton MLS & Snake River MLS are totally different with completely different formats and operating systems, the data feeds to one website, then that site converts it to a user friendly interface. MLS means several things. Most importantly: 1. Agent Smith CAN sell you any listing in ANY MLS as long as she is licensed in that state. Do your agent a favor, if you are thinking of Buying or Selling, give them a call. If they can’t help because they aren’t a member of that MLS, or aren’t licensed in that state, they can probably refer an
agent who is. Buyers should pick an agent they are comfortable working with, and stick with them through closing. Every now and again an agent might steer you toward their own listings, but it’s not common. For the most part, Agents are trained, and ethical professionals. 2. To get your listing up on conglomerate websites like truzillio.com quickly use an MLS BASED website with a direct feed to that particular system. For an example, check out www.TetonValleyRealty. com (hey, I have to promote the crew somehow!) Other options include signing up for an auto email service or customized search portal - any of our agents can help you with that too. ~Happy Hunting!
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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Notes Nov. 12 service in a more innovative direction by expanding into community paramedics a concept that puts EMS personal out in Ambulance Service the community making house visits and Teton Valley Health Care, the Teton health checks to individuals identified as County Ambulance District and the at risk for an emergency. Booker said there are a lot of residents Teton County Fire Protection District presented a united front to the Board known to both the fire district and the of County Commissioners at their Nov. hospital and by proactively intervening in the home situation or providing ser12 meeting. Keith Gnagey, CEO of TVHC; Ange- vices, such as vaccinations, emergency la Booker, head nurse; Rob Veilleux from calls can be cut down. Gnagey said it is the ambulance district; and Jason Letham, a model that has been working well too fire commissioner, together presented the in Ada County. BOCC with suggested requirements for The BOCC also approved a joint grant the a Request for Qualifications for the application by the hospital and the fire ambulance service. The current contract district for a $20,000 grant to experiment with TVHC ends in a year. Gnagey said with community paramedics. The money the objectives for ambulance service iden- would allow the agencies to identify the tified by the Mercer Study and the ambu- diseases, care plans, and other specifics lance service steering committee was a for the community paramedic concept. greater scope of work than a single agency could handle alone. What Gnagey pro- Fat bike stickers posed would also take county ambulance Wade Kaufman, president of the Sky-
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liners Motor Club and a groomer for District 33 Grooming, proposed a resolution that would institute a required $25 registration sticker for fat tire snow bikes to use the groomed snow mobile trails in the Big Holes that District 33 Grooming maintains. The district maintains winter trails in Teton County, Madison County and Jefferson County.
ordinance would not conflict with federal regulations on public lands. Scott Fitzgerald, owner of Fitzgerald’s Bicycles in Victor, also expressed support for the resolution, though he warned that cyclists would not want to be “double taxed” should other counties create similar regulations. Fitzgerald said that most snow bike cycling takes place A voluntary snow bike sticker pro- outside of Teton County. gram was created by Memorandum of Tamara Cikaitoga, director of the Understanding with local cyclists three Fremont County Parks and Recreation years ago and bikers and bike shops have Department, also attended the meeting. contributed approximately $1, 400 to the She said non-traditional use of winter grooming district in the last two years, trails is increasing. In Fremont County, according to Kaufman. He made a similar dogsled racers use the groomed trials in proposal for a required sticker last fall Fremont County to train and are also but the county has hesitated to formal- looking for a way to contribute to the ize the program by ordinances because expense of grooming. She said she spent of conflicting language in state statutes last fall and winter advocating at the state and Forest Service travel plans. County level for recognition and regulation of Prosecuting Attorney Kathy Spitzer said the diversified uses of winter trails, but she first needed a letter from district for- county commissioners will have to take est ranger Jay Pence stating that a county the lead in creating the change.
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Anniversary____________________ Bill and Lerna Beard celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov. 12, 2013. Bill and Lerna were married on this day in 1953 in Darby, ID. The couple lived and raised five children up South Leigh Creek, Wy. Bill is currently active enjoying ranching, working with oxen, and using the sawmill. Lerna has been by Bill’s side working and raising a family. She enjoys her music and playing the guitar, and has a gift of teaching her children and grandchildren the love of music. Their children are Lana (Tetonia) Shirley Lerwil (Thermopolis, WY) Jim and Bethann (Felt), Clayton and Tresha (Driggs) Loris Clint Calderwood (Victor) They have 17 grandchildren and 21 great grand children.
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Water facility online, open house set for November 21 The City of Driggs is excited to announce that the Teton Regional Water Reclamation facility is on line and treating effluent. The first round of tests has indicated that the discharge water is well below the permitted levels on all tested parameters. The City will be hosting a dedication ceremony at the facility, located at 1250 W. Bates road in Driggs (1 mile west of the traffic light) on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 at 3pm. We welcome the media, local leaders, and general public to tour the facility and see the magic of the little bugs. The City began work on upgrades to its previous wastewater treatment facility in the fall of 2012. That facility was nearing capacity to treat additional waste, and
the City was struggling to make a lagoon system work to meet discharge permit requirements in such a cold climate. After several years of research and study, the City chose to upgrade via a Multi-Stage Activated Biological Process (MSABP) system utilizing modules from Aquarius Technologies, earning an IRWA award for Wastewater System of the Year in 2011. Driggs will be the first city in Idaho to utilize this technology, which leads to a total consumption of solids, virtually eliminating waste sludge and reducing associated operating costs. The MSABP system carries a price tag of approximately one-third of the other mechanical plant processes that were investigated.
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Bless me continued from A1______________________________________________________________________________________________________ department, Principal Mello and SuperThere is an alternative novel to intendant Woolstenhulme, Woolsten“Bless Me, Ultima,” but students optI don’t ever want hulme noted that he could not support ing to read the alternative would not to be in a position the use of that book as required reading have in-class discussions or the same with such profanity. in-depth analysis of the text. The where I have to However, Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” alternate proposed was Emily Bronte’s take a book out of and Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn,” two “Wuthering Heights.” novels with extensive profane language, “As a department,” said Pence, “we a child’s hand like utilizing blasphemy, subversion and the chose “Wuthering Heights” because I did yesterday “n” word, remain on reading lists at Teton it was a classic novel that we didn’t High. think anyone would raise an objection and today. During the public comments section to reading.” ______________ of Monday’s school board meeting, two Diane Green, another English Susan Pence, parents expressed their concern about teacher at Teton High, elaborated THS English teacher future censorship. saying it is, “fair to say it’s clean. Is Alluding to the school district’s that the standard we want to use for mission statement, a local father, Tim selecting literature?” Weiner noted, “banning books is neither For the time being, teachers are relevant or progressive.” finding difficulty foreseeing how their Sue Berkenfield also stood at the meeting and cau- curriculum will remain in their hands. One parent at tioned the school board about the precedent banning Monday’s school board meeting argued that by enrolla book might set. ing her children in Teton School District she is tacitly
giving permission for teachers to decide how best to teach the common core state standards. Principal Mello mailed letters to parents of sophomore students informing that, as it currently stands, the book will not be finished and teachers will move forward with other curriculum while administrators review the book and its appropriateness in the school’s policies and procedures. “I don’t ever want to be in a position where I have to take a book out of a child’s hand like I did yesterday and today,” said Pence. TVN en Español En la reunión de la junta escolar en noviembre, Superintendente Monte Woolstenhulme decidió suspender de la lista de lectura obligatoria para estudiantes la novela Bless Me, Ultima hasta que más investigación se lleva a cabo. Una madres quejaron de que el libro uso palabritas y tiene un escena explicito del sexo. El clásico Chicano se centra en un joven muchacho madurando a través de su influencia familiar y su comprensión del bien y mal. Desde su publicación, se ha convertido en la ficción seminal en el canon literario Chicano.
Insurance continued from A1_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Loyola is a good example. She recently signed up available on the government health exchange. One for insurance on the Wyoming state health exchange plan offers a no deductible policy for around $98 a and was pleasantly surprised at the price. month. But what’s available at what price depends on Loyola suffers from systemic lupus, and, while income. Ballard also warns buyers to consider careshe and her family have been insured fully before purchasing. One plan, through the hospital’s corporate covfor example, offers great benefits at a erage since she started working there, great price, but according to Ballard, The insurance she has looked into private insurance. Teton Valley residents won’t find a For herself alone, premiums on indidoctor that works with it. Ballard system used vidual policies came in around $1,400 recommends shopping the exchange to discriminate dollars a month. On the state health and then seeing an insurance broker exchange she found coverage for herbefore purchasing. Working with a against women, self, her husband and two teenage broker comes at no extra cost. Loyalo, the chronically ill children for less than $700 a month. too, sought professional advice as But the hospital will still help she considers exactly which plan to and elderly. Now its employees pay their premiums. purchase. single people and Employees can bring their insurFundamentally, the Affordable ance premium bills to the accounting Care Act is a flip-flop according to empty nesters are Ballard. The insurance system used department every month and receive watching their a reimbursement based on their salto discriminate against women, the ary. The percentages are still being chronically ill and elderly. Now single premiums rise. worked out. people and empty nesters are watchTeton County, on the other hand, ing their premiums rise. is keeping its group insurance plan Loyola said at the TVCH queswith a rise in premiums. Though the tion and answer forum that many 6 percent increase is normal, more of have found the premiums on the state the higher premium price does come health exchange high before being directly from the Affordable Care Act. Four percent reduced by federal subsidies. Changes that level of the increase is to pay a new premium tax that helps premiums between men and women and eliminate fund the federal subsidies provided for low-income maximums and consideration of preexisting condifamilies and individuals who buy insurance through tions are a risk for both the government and insurance government-run health exchanges. Other require- companies. Hopes are set on the young and healthy ments of ACA, such as no maximums and limits of called “the invincibles,” buying health insurance. If pre-existing conditions, also affected the premiums enough of Teton Valley’s healthy retirees, liftees and rate. Next year the county will have to add pediatric ski bums get insurance, the principle is that it might vision to its policy. balance out the market. However, insurance agent Travis Argyle is see- TVN en Español ing those with individual plans losing the coverage Un unida familia austríaca de cuatro ha encontrado su they like because it does not provide the 10 essential nitch. Markus y Dagi Stock vinieron al valle en 2007, trabenefits required by the ACA. According to Argyle, yendo sus bebés y sólo unos pocos euros. Markus creció these clients have to buy coverage they don’t want con carreras en su sangre; su primo Leonhard Stock llevó for higher premiums. el oro en esquí alpino en los Juegos Olímpicos de Lake “They are getting more for more money,” insur- Placid 1980. Dagi, un ciudadano con doble nacionalidad desde que tenía 10 años, no creció demasiado lejos de ance broker Randy Ballard said. According to Ballard those with incomes between carreras de esquí. Su padre era el director de la carrera de 100 percent and 250 percent of the poverty level esquí en Windham en Nueva York. Ahora sus hijos, Lucas and Felix, entrenen para esquiar. are benefiting most from the policies and subsidies
Healthcare facts • Deadline to register for Healthcare Exchange is Dec. 15, if you want to retain coverage by Jan. 1. Old plan will become defunct Jan. 1 if it does not meet minimum requirements. • Starting Jan. 1, health care providers will no longer be able to use pre-existing conditions to disqualify you or increase your premium. Major factors in determining premiums are based on ZIP code, age, and status as a smoker. • Subsidies are available through exchange based on gross income. Cost sharing assistance are available for gold and silver exchange options only; premiums assistance is available for all exchange options. Subsidies can be calculated at <http://kff. org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/>, and must be annually recalculated. • Open season for registration is Oct. 1 – March 31. You will be penalized if you are uninsured after March 31. Payment is due by Jan. 1. • Penalty will be 1 percent of gross adjusted annual income or $95, whichever is higher. • Penalty will be realized while filing 2014 taxes, and will increase each subsequent year. • You can also be penalized $300-2,500 for income miscalculation. • In-Person Assistors (nationally: navigators) will be available, six at Teton Valley Health Care, to answer questions about private and Exchange options. They cannot make recommendations, but insurance brokers can. • Check your network as some Idaho plans do not extend to Wyoming. For example, Wyoming and Montana are out-of-network Regence Blue Shield of Idaho plans, but Utah, Colorado and Oregon are in-network plans with Regence. • Teton Valley Health Care is not changing their coverage network.
Stock family continued from A1____________________________________________________________________________________________________ house for a one-mile warm-up run, after a nutrient rich breakfast. Their pulse is measured again and they hit the virtual books, Dagi’s department. She stays tough on their grades, both parents do. If their cumulative grades in any subject drop below 85 percent, they cannot train, they cannot race, they cannot play until raising them. This is not a matter or harsh discipline, it is the Stocks holistic approach to teaching their boys. Skiing is the philosophical focal point of their children’s upbringing. To the Stocks, being a polyglot is essential, considering English is the universal language, and German is the universal skier’s language, but furthermore, they have instilled a global view, a duality
within western cultures, into their boys. Lucas and Felix are dual Austrian and American citizens, and their education is a rounded one. Following their studies, they meet their father in the basement for a training regiment of military precision, including creative slack-lining for their balance and posture, trampoline exercises for their endurance and small weights for strength. It is a wonder to see nine- and 10-yearold boys laugh and joke with each other, especially in two languages, as they sweat and pant. These are normal kids. They laugh, push each other, wrestle when their father isn’t looking, play Wii and, if they’re good enough, they get to wake up at 4 a.m.
to watch European soccer matches with their father. Rather than bantering about the different misadventures of cartoons, they discuss Wladimir Klitschko’s rise to heavyweight champion and Bill Johnson’s emotional fall. Then they ask about your favorite superhero. Markus and Dagi have embraced American culture, without ever letting go of the drive and discipline common to their Austrian upbringing. This dedication has been instilled in their boys, who play just as hard as they work, training to someday take Olympic gold medals in skiing. If that goal changes, Markus and Dagi smile and note that the doors of the world are open to boys with as varied and honed skills as theirs.
Log on to tetonvalleynews.net to get an inside view of the Stock family. TVN en Español Los efectos de la Affordable Care Act, también conocida como Obama Care, en planes de seguro médico es un grupo heterogéneo de fortunas en el valle Teton. Según Ruby Ballard aquellos con ingresos de entre 100 y 250 por ciento del nivel de pobreza benefician de las políticas y subsidios disponibles en el mercado de salud del gobierno, pero la gente joven y sana tienen que pagar más para segur medico.
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Redskin Roundup Girl’s Basketball • Friday, Nov. 15 vs. North Fremont • Saturday, Nov. 16 vs. West Jefferson • Tuesday, Nov. 19 vs. Snake River • Thursday, Nov. 21 vs. Salmon • Friday, Nov. 22 at Ririe Boys Basketball • Wednesday, Dec. 4 at Ririe • Friday, Dec. 6 vs. Snake River Wrestling • Wednesday, Dec. 11 at Bonneville duals • Friday, Dec. 13 at North Fremont duals
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A skier hucks a cliff at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in this 2011 file photo. The resort is opening on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, and will offer a free ski day on Friday, Nov. 29.
Ski Free at the village Jackson Hole Mountain Resort will open for the 2013-14 season on Thanksgiving day, then offer a free ski day on Friday, Nov. 29. New for this season as part of Jackson Hole being named Ski Magazine’s #1 North American Ski Resort, the opening weekend will feature a community celebration, with free skiing at JHMR on Friday. There is a suggested $1 donation that will be given to area nonprofits. “We wanted to say thank you to everyone in the community and all our
guests who helped us achieve the #1 SKI Magazine ranking, and free skiing seemed the perfect gift,” stated JHMR President Jerry Blann. “In the spirit of giving back to our community, donations will be given to Teton Adaptive Sports and Friends of Pathways,” Blann added. In the same spirit, JHMR will match the total amount donated up to a total of $5000. Friday’s festivities will include live music all day, food and drink specials at Nick Wilson’s Café beginning at 1p.m.
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and a raffle drawing at 3pm. The party continues Friday evening with the Jackson Town Square lighting and onto Saturday, November 30th, with the 2nd Annual Snow Peep Show at 4pm at the Four Seasons Cottonwood Ballroom. “This Thanksgiving holiday weekend is really an excellent time to visit Jackson Hole, with value lodging packages, shopping deals, free skiing and great events,” stated Jeff Golightly, Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce CEO.
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Coaches from the 3A District 6 girls soccer teams met recently to select the All-District team. Teton had three players named to the first team, and one honorable mention.
Kailey Jorgensen, Shelley High School, Senior, Defense Heather Smith, Teton High School, Senior, Defense Tayler Arnold, Teton High School, Junior, Keeper
Most Outstanding Player Jasmin Vega, Shelley High School, Sophomore, Forward
All-District Second Team Alexis Belnap, Sugar-Salem High School, Senior, Forward
Emily Chelson, South Fremont High School, Senior, Forward All-District First Team Halee Allred, South Fremont High School, Senior, Midfield Allyx Lenz, North Fremont High School, Freshman, Forward Sally Anderson, North Fremont High School, Senior Midfield Kylee Masters, North Fremont High School, Junior, Jacee Jensen, Firth High School, Junior, Midfield Forward Sam Luthy, Sugar-Salem High School, Senior, Defense Sydnee Staker, Teton High School, Senior, Forward Alexis Parker, Sugar-Salem High School, Junior, Defense Hannah Brown, North Fremont High School, Senior, Maggie Sheetz, Shelley High School, Sophomore, Defense Midfield Melia Dayley, Sugar-Salem High School, Senior, Midfield Danae Knight, North Fremont High School, Senior, Defense Kira Marlow, Shelley High School, Sophomore, Midfield Honorable Mention Katelyn Cox, Shelley High School, Senior, Defense Andee Calderwood, Teton High School, Senior, Midfield Kennalee Howell, North Fremont High School, Senior, Becca Rivas, North Fremont High School, Senior, Defense Defense
Volleyball All-Districts * Bold denotes home game
Brooke Rammell was recently named to the 3A District 6 first team in volleyball. Jessica Carson and Jenna Abbott were named to the second team while Kati Dery was an honorable mention selection. Carson was also selected for the Mountain Rivers Conference senior All-Star Game.
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TeTon Valley SupporT groupS Sunday • Driggs Al-Anon, noon, American Legion.
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.
Monday • Driggs AA, 7:30 p.m., American Legion. TueSday • Driggs AA, noon, American Legion. • LDS Family Services Addiction Recovery Program 7:15 p.m., Driggs LDS Seminary. (208) 456-3014 for info. • Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., American Legion, Driggs • Relaxation and Guided Imagery support group for women survivors of trauma, 6-7 p.m., Tree of Life Counseling, Victor Crossroads Bldg. with Christina Riley, LCSW. (208)354-8057 for info. ThurSday • 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.
Friday • Driggs AA, noon, American Legion. • Alta AA, 7:30 p.m., St. Francis of the Tetons Episcopal Church. • Reformers Unanimous Addictions Program, 7-9 p.m. at Mtn. View Baptist Church in Jackson. (307) 733-3604 for info. 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.
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Teton County second largest producer of seed potatoes Acres of potatoes certified in East Idaho under the Idaho Crop Improvement program for 1953 increased substantially over the past two years, Earl F. Spencer, district fieldman, said in the annual report last Saturday. His figures showed 7,857 acres were accepted, far above the 6,363 in 1952 and 6,266 in 1951 for the 12 potato-producing East Idaho counties.
20 years ago Truck flips, injures four teens A near fatal automobile accident Sunday morning left four teens lucky to be alive, the Teton County Sheriff’s Office said. “I don’t know how any of them actually lived,” said Deputy Austin Edwards. Although no results were released on a blood-alcohol test, one of the teens was driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding, said Edwards.
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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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• On Nov. 12, 1799, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an early American astronomer born in Vermont, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys. Douglass’ journal entry is the first known record of a meteor shower in North America. • On Nov. 17, 1869, the Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas, is opened. The canal was only 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, and 200 to 300 feet wide at the surface. Fewer than 500 ships navigated it in its first full year of operation. • On Nov. 16, 1907, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory enter the United States as Oklahoma, the 46th state. Oklahoma initially prospered as an agricultural state, but the drought years of the 1930s made the state part of the Dust Bowl. • On Nov. 14, 1941, “Suspicion,” a romantic thriller starring Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, makes its debut. The film marked the first time that Grant, a Hollywood leading man, and Hitchcock, one of the greatest directors in movie history, worked together.
• On Nov. 15, 1957, Nikita Khrushchev challenges United States to a missile “shooting match,” claiming that the Soviet Union had missile superiority over the United States. He also claimed that the United States did not have intercontinental ballistic rockets; “If she had,” the Russian leader sneered, “she would have launched her own sputnik [satellite].” • On Nov. 13, 1969, in Washington, protesters stage a symbolic “March Against Death” with more than 45,000 participants, each with a placard bearing the name of a soldier who had died in Vietnam. The march lasted for two days and two nights. President Richard Nixon was deeply angered by the protests, but publicly feigned indifference. • On Nov. 11, 1973, the Soviet Union announces that, because of its opposition to the overthrow of the government of Chilean President Allende, it would not play a World Cup Soccer match against the Chilean team. It was the first time in the history of World Cup Soccer that a team had boycotted over political issues.
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Driggs sixth grade gets digital Jason Suder TVN Staff In an effort to support technology in the classroom, the sixth grade at Driggs Middle School is acquiring 12 new Acer digital tablets this year, according to Principal Steve Burch. This will raise the number of sixth grade tablets to nearly a full classroom set of 27 total tablets. According to Diane Temple, executive director of the Teton Valley Education Foundation (TVEF), the state has adopted new common core standards for the classroom that must meet certain technology requirements. Furthermore, digitizing the classroom will help consolidate the children’s curriculum into an interdisciplinary unit. With the implementation of the tablet, the sixth grade teaching team collaborate studies into a single exercise. In English/ Language Arts, they are going to compose an informative travel brochure with graphics about a country in the western hemisphere while their research will be done in social studies class. Mathematics class will have them track and research the currency of their particular country, and they will explore the physical geography on scaled maps of their country in science class. Considering the menial attention span of a sixth grader, especially when a wealth of recreation lies at their fingertips, Prin-
cipal Burch has taken the necessary steps to block web content and halt their ability to download applications. However, he does recognize there are games that can be used for educational benefit. Burch cited quick math fact games as ones that can be used as motivation for students. “If you can have educational games that are fun, that can be an incentive,” said Burch. Some such games have already been loaded onto the tablets to keep students occupied and learning even after completing their lessons. Last year, the TVEF filled grants for 15 tablets, and they will be providing the funding for eight more this year. Four more will be purchased through the school’s budget. Through donor funding, the TVEF consistently helps supplement teachers who have new ideas for curriculum and classroom but lack the budget for their application. Three times annually, teachers can apply for grants through the TVEF. “If we have a need, they find a way to fill it,” said Burch in regards to the TVEF. Last year, the seventh grade team secured 30 Google Chrome tablets through grants from Teton Springs Foundation. The eighth grade team has access to a computer lab. “We will be searching for partners for eighth grade,” said Temple, in regards to securing tablets for them, as well.
Nov. 11 School Board Meeting notes the school board’s specifications when proposing his bargain. Berry threatened that if all offers were Teton School District Board of thrown out, he would never bid again. Trustees met on Veterans Day, MonThe board ultimately decided that the day, Nov. 11. Board Chairman Doug Petersen began would have a full rebid during the Decemthe meeting honoring and thanking the ber meeting, but would not accept an offer men and women who have served this that didn’t meet their specifications, i.e. a country. In a show of patriotic irony, the fixed price for fuel cost. Adding emphaboard approved full salary compensa- sis to his threat, Berry left the meeting tion and medical coverage of reservist before the school board voted on the employees away on leave in a unanimous specifications. five-zero vote. Digitizing The meeting continued with a disWinter Sports cussion about the benefits of digitizing The school district will continue their partnership with Grand Targhee Resort to the schools. Each school now has Wifi extend the winter sports program through capabilities, and students have been given the 2014 school year. The cost of enroll- a school gmail account. This allows stument jumped 50 cents this year raising dents to privately contact administrators the price of lessons to $25 per student and teachers directly with questions and per week for elementary school students concerns, and utilize Google Docs for and $17 per student per week for student information sharing. Trustees also elaboin grades four through 12. GTR season rated on the benefits iPads could bring pass holders get a discount on their enroll- to the students. Spending a few dollars on a virtual textbook versus hundreds of ment cost. dollars per book will save money, space GTR’s professional staff will instruct and allow students to carry their old notes weekly lesson for five weeks in Jan./Feb. for elementary students (four weeks in along with them through post-secondary Feb./Mar. for middle and high school education. The middle school also has a students) and conclude the program with number of tablets coming in to aid their technological prowess. the Evan Floyd Memorial Race. Intermediate and advanced level high Books suspended school students have the option of four The meeting adjourned after a short additional classes to become ski/snowdiscussion about “Bless Me, Ultima,” a board instructors or ski patrol. Of the 25 novel on the sophomore class required students that took the advanced course, reading list. The topic has become a point two have since been hired as TGR instrucof contention among parents who feel tors. that the language is too graphic and the Scholarships will be offered through content too profane for their children. the program to cover 50 percent of the The Board voted to suspend the novel cost. There will be up to 10 scholarships from the required reading list until the offered to each elementary school, includDecember meeting after further review ing Rendezvous, 30 for Teton Middle can be made. School and 30 for Teton High School. Parents cautioned that banning the Fuel Bid novel could set a dangerous precedent, The fuel bid that was accepted during but Angie Hill thought keeping “very the October meeting was challenged by detailed sexual experiences” away from Berry Oil, who was not awarded the deal. their children was more important. Based on the board’s legal counsel, they Brooke Kersley felt that the best option could either reject Hartshorn’s initially would be to remove the novel from the accepted bid and take Berry’s, or they required reading list but keep it available could reject all previous offers and call for as independent reading allowed by the for a rebid. Hartshorn Oil did not meet school. See related story on A1.
Jason Suder TVN staff
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Gearing up for giving with Subs for Santa in Teton Valley, Head Start, Family and put together the gift Safety Network and the District 7 boxes for families. ReynFor 25 years, Subs for Santa has been Health Office. olds said they are hoping keeping the magic, love and spirit of Each year, Reynolds and numerto secure the VFW Hall, Christmas alive for less fortunate fami- ous volunteers start gathering funds but in the mean time, she lies in Teton Valley. The nonprofit is and collecting items to give to famisaid she wanted to thank gearing up for another season of holiday lies who might not otherwise be Ken Dunn of Sage Realty, giving where they’ll distribute Thanks- able to provide a Christmas for their MD Nursery and Russell giving baskets and Christmas collections. children. Parsons of Table Rock Applications for those needing a little extra Donation boxes will go up at Building for offering space. help are due Nov. 22. This year’s party is various valley businesses soon. Gogie Reynolds Reynolds said they are scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Reynolds said they are also asking also looking for volunteers Driggs LDS stake center. for donations of gently used chilto sponsor families. At the annual party, children will get to Gogie Reynolds, who has been dren’s books. The organization is looking for a visit with Santa while their parents collect involved with the program for the last 25 years and its director for the last nine, permanent home to serve as a Santa’s a bag full of goodies to help Santa in his said applications are available at schools workshop, where they will store items efforts come Christmas Eve. TVN staff
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Bridget Ryder TVN staff A cooperation of forces is coming together on Monday, Nov. 18, for Teton Valley International Night. The Teton Valley Hispanic Resource Center, Teton High School’s VOICE, and the high school Latino Club and foreign exchange student Nurani Aprilia are working under the coordination of Sabine Shannon to create an evening of food and dance at the Driggs Senior Center. Shannon, a native of France, said the idea started with Aprilia, a foreign exchange student from Indonesia attending Teton High School. She has been living with Shannon and her family since September. From the enthusiasm of Aprilia, Shannon got VOICE, the Latino Club, and the TVHRC involved. Other families with foreign origins have also come out of the woodwork. So far, the event will include performances from Aprilia, Ballet Folklorico, and the Latino Club. There will also be Mexican, French and Indonesian food samplings. Students from VOICE are handling the decorations and set–up. Anyone wanting to share culture or food can call Shannon at (970)-846-7838. The free event takes places from 6p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Senior Center in Driggs.
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Rescued moose released thanks to valley volunteers There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child, in this case On October 23, Idaho Departit took the help of many commument of Fish and Game (IDFG) nity members in the Teton Valley biologists released two orphaned to care and rear these animals, moose calves onto the Mud Lake while department staff developed Wildlife Management Area a release strategy. Moose calves (WMA). The calves were born in are very difficult to care for due Teton Valley in late May but their to their dietary requirements mother was struck and killed by and the best intentioned human a vehicle in July. efforts often fail. Like all young mammals, they need their mothers milk, Because the calves but moose also require fresh green forage from woody species were treated as wild such as willows or aspen (called animals and not pets, browse) to ensure healthy development. they did not become The moose calves were cared overly familiarized for by Brent Knight and his son Alex; and by Susan Eirich and the to humans and have staff and volunteers of the Earthmade themselves fire Institute. The calves were scarce to people now originally kept at the Knight’s Farm in Tetonia, where they had that they have been access to a ready supply of goat’s released on the WMA. milk. In August, Department Biologist moved the calves to _______________ a secure enclosure at the Wild Curtis Hendricks, Bunch Ranch/Earthfire Instimanager of Mud Lake tute. Volunteers continued to feed them goat’s milk provided Wildlife Mnagement Area daily by the Knights, mixed with a special moose formula and fresh willow, dogwood and By Idaho Fish and Game
Photos Courtesy Idaho Fish and Game
The twin moose before being released back into the wild.
A volunteer carries one of the moose on his back after its mother was struck by a car and the moose left abandoned.
aspen browse. These natural foods were collected fresh daily by volunteers from the community. Dr. Don Betts and the staff of the Driggs Veterinary Clinic treated the two moose for minor infections, and generally monitored the health of the calves.
to have the support of the public. We thank the Knight family, the staff of the Earthfire Institute and the Driggs Veterinary Clinic for their commitment to the care and release of the twin calves back to the wild.”
According to IDFG Wildlife Biologist Rob Cavallaro, “The Idaho Department of Fish and Game best serves our pubic when we focus on management of wildlife populations and habitat. However, in the rare instance when we engage in management of orphaned wildlife, it is valuable
According to biologist Curtis Hendricks, manager of Mud Lake WMA, “Because the calves were treated as wild animals and not pets, they did not become overly familiarized to humans and have made themselves scarce to people now that they have been released on the WMA.”
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Thursday, Nov. 14 Teton Arts Council presents the 5th Annual Souper Bowl. 6-8 p.m. at the Senior Center in downtown Driggs. $25 for adults and $20 for children; $20 and $15 respectively for TAC members. All proceeds to benefit the Teton Arts Council and the Teton Arts Council Ceramics Department. Visit tetonartscouncil.com for more information. Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce seminar “Quickbooks, how to get started,” presented by Ed Hoth. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce office in Driggs. Friday, Nov. 15 Teton Regional Land Trust is looking for volunteers to help with a fencing project on conservation easements in Teton Valley. Volunteers will be helping to remove run down fencing along Dick Creek, repairing fences as well as letting down wildlife friendly fencing for the winter. The project is scheduled from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Teton Regional Land Trust will provide lunches. Project is weather permitting but be prepared with warm clothing and leather gloves. Interested volunteers should RSVP to Mari@ tetonlandtrust.org or call (208)354-8939. Celebrate America Recycles Day with Teton Valley Community Recycling at Broulim’s. Drop off your batteries, inkjet cartridges, and handheld electronics for recycling. Pick up a free reusable shopping bag and learn about recycling programs in Teton Valley. 4 to 7 p.m. More information at tetonrecycling.org. Saturday, Nov. 16 Jackson Giants American Legion baseball presents BBQ Ribs and Casino night fundraiser. Fun for the entire Family. 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for kids or $50 for a family (up to 6) this will include your dinner, gambling chips, and door prizes. There will also be silent auction, chance to win a trip to Las Vegas, round of golf with a cart, fishing, BINGO and raffles. Tickets available at the door.
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Monday, Nov. 18 Valley of the Tetons Library is hosting family read week and is having a retro game night from 6-8 p.m. The community is invited. Light refreshments and door prizes.
Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce mixer at Three Peaks Cafe. Holiday food and wine pairing. Chef Steve Murphy will be preparing four courses for a traditional holiday meal and pairing wines with each course. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. upstairs at MD Nursery in the Three Peaks Cafe. VARD Sustainable Development Workshop, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m at the Driggs senior center. Wednesday, Nov. 20 Beef School for livestock producers in Teton, Fremont, and Madison counties offered by the University of Idaho Extension. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Frontier Pies Restaurant in Rexburg. Cost is $10 per person. For questions, contact the Teton County Extension office at 354-2961. Friday, Nov. 22 Watch a free screening of the acclaimed documentary, “Trashed,” which follows the path of the waste we create. Popcorn and beverages will be provided. Bring your own mug and bowl to be eligible for door prizes! 6 to 8 p.m. at the Senior Center in Driggs.
Local architects and developers will discuss techniques used to make buildings more environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout the building’s life cycle (i.e., location, design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition).
e v e n t s 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 Branch Library to listen to audiobook dramas and adventures for the whole family. Simple snacks, deserts provided by the group.
Tuesday, Nov. 19 In honor of National Memory Screening Day, St. John’s 4 Peaks Clinic will offer free, confidential memory screenings between 9 a.m.-noon. These screenings are appropriate for adults who are experiencing signs of memory problems, as well as those who wish to have a baseline assessment for future comparison. Screenings are offered by 4 Peaks Clinic at Seniors West of the Tetons in Driggs. Please call 4 Peaks at 208-354-4757 by November 15 to schedule an appointment.
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Orientation to printmaking at the Teton Arts Council. This is a one time special, free class: 6-8 p.m. Space is limited, more info at tetonartscouncil.com.
Sustainable Development Workshop Tuesday, Nov 19 6:30-8:30pm
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Suicide survivor support group will meet the first Wednesdays of the month at the Family Safety Network in Driggs at 7 p.m. Contact Adam at (208) 705-7898. Teton Valley Food Pantry donation day. Every third Saturday of the month at Broulim’s from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Tony Jewell gives his son, Aiden, a ski tow Sunday at Grand Targhee Resort. The slopes will open to lift-service skiing on Nov. 22, but with plenty or early season snow, locals have been hiking for their turns.
Saturday, Dec. 7 City of Victor holiday festival. noon to 6:30 p.m. Festivities include bowling for turkeys, a snow man making contest, children’s storytelling at Valley of the Tetons Library, performances of A Christmas Carol at Pierre’s Playhouse, a free baked potato and cookie lunch, Businessman’s Bingo and raffle prize drawing, Music and Mangers with live entertainment at Victor Elementary, a parade of lights and a fireworks display.
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The Music in Me infant toddler sessions at Teton Valley Community School, Victor dates: Saturday mornings 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, (no class 11/30), 12/7, 12/14. 9:30-10:30 a.m. for 9-17 months or, 10:45-11:45 a.m. for 8-36 months. Cost: $60/session. To register, call (208)-787-0445 or email melissa.young@tetonvalleycommunityschool.org.
Arts Council classes: Paint your Own Pottery: a Drop-in Class 4-6 p.m. Sundays starts Nov. 17. Wheel Throwing 6-8 p.m., Tuesdays starts Nov. 19 Pet Portraits (a kid’s class) 3-5, Tuesdays, starts Nov. 19 Kid’s Clay 3:30-5 p.m., Wednesdays, starts Nov. 20 The Basics and Beyond 6-8 p.m. Thurs., starts Nov. 21 Monday Clay (for 3-7 yr. olds) 10-11 a.m. starts Nov. 25 More information at tetonartscouncil. com. 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
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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 Noon Meditation at The Center for Energy Healing. Hosted by it’s owner, So la meé Heneage. Noon-1 p.m. All levels of experience are welcome. Silent meditation is followed by a brief discussion. Donation basket. For information go to energyheals.net or call (208) 705-8241. Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m. Relaxation & Guided Imagery a 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 5-6 p.m. – Women’s Wisdom: Discovering the Best You a free, confidential, support
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group for women 18+ at Tree of Life Counseling, 1300 Arrowhead Plaza Way, Driggs with Christina Riley, LCSW (354-8057 for info). Learn CPR. Get the skills needed to assist in a life threatening situation. Certification in BLS or childcare are offered, but anyone who deals with people should have this training, moms, guides, fitness trainers, teachers. There is also a special class for babysitter leadership training with infant/child CPR. Class sizes from 1-12. Cards good for two years. Call to reserve your space now (307) 2037915 or email trish.takecprtoday@ gmail.com. Alta Library Storytime 11-11:45 a.m., ages 2-5. Every Wednesday. Valley of the Tetons Victor Story Time Ages 3-4, 10 a.m. Wednesdays through Jan. 1.
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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. Teton Valley Museum Winter Hours: Fridays 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.
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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Tetonia City Council meets the second Monday of every month at the Tetonia City Hall, 105 Perry Ave. Victor City Council meets the second and fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Victor City Hall. Tetonia Planning and Zoning meets the first Monday of every month at Tetonia City Hall on 105 Perry Ave. starting at 7 p.m. Victor Planning and Zoning Commission meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Victor City Hall on Elm Street starting at 7 p.m.
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Teton County Board of Commissioners meets the second and fourth Monday of the month in the new courthouse in Driggs. Visit tetoncountyidaho.gov Teton County Planning and Zoning Commission meets the second Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. in the Teton County Courthouse. The Teton County Fire District meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at the fire hall at 2 p.m. in Driggs. The Teton County Fair Board meets the second and fourth Wednesdays at 7 p.m. The Driggs Urban Renewal Agency meets the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Driggs City Hall conference room.
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
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Collection of Curiosities
If the cabinet is a reflection of the person who has organized it, then this collection will Tickets: $50 give you a marveling glimpse at Jackson’s ________________________________________ diverse and compounding identity. NMWA Assistant Curator Brownyn Minton has given Thurs., Nov. 14 – Sat., Nov. 16 the exhibition focus with pieces from the museum’s collection, loaners from commu- The Phantom Tollbooth nity members and works commissioned for Off Square’s Annual Youth Musical in the the exhibit, running through April 13. Center Theater will be a musical adaptaTickets: $12 adults; $10 seniors; $6 children; tion of the classic children’s book by Norton Juster celebrating the novel’s 50th anniverfree under five years old sary. See jhcenterfortheart.org for times and ticket prices.
Teton Arts Council
Monday, Nov. 18
NEW Printmaking Program with FREE introductory class 6-8 p.m. The Teton Arts Council and professional printmaker Wynn Udall are opening a studio to promote the art of printmaking in the TAC space at 110 Rodeo Rd. in Driggs. Presses, ink, tools and everything you need for quality printmaking are available at the new studio, and a free introductory class to teach proper equipment use and care will be given by Udall. Linocut classes will be offered in December, and a series of workshops will run from Feb. to May. Tickets: Free on Nov. 18; 10-session open studio punchcards are $45 for TAC members, $50 for non-members Knotty Pine
Sunday, Nov. 17
Pink Garter/The Rose
Saturday, Nov. 16
Grieves with Sweatshop Union Door 8 p.m./Show 9 p.m.
Courtesy photo: Wynn Udall
Wynn Udall sets up a woodblock print at Teton Arts Council’s newly-expanded printmaking studio
experience the majesty of Alaska, Bolivia, the Himalaya and beyond, Into the Mind paints a philosophical portrait of human kind. How do we balance risk versus reward? Why are we inspired to rise to the challenges in our lives and what do we learn on this journey to attain them?
Into the Mind 8 p.m.
introductory knowledge via class or other experience.
Sherpas Cinema presents “Into the Mind,” their newest feature film. With stunning cinematography and groundbreaking storytelling techniques, Sherpas blur the Tickets: $10 at the door. lines between dream state and reality, and immerse you into the mind of a common skier National Museum of Wildlife Art as he attempts to climb and ski the ultimate mountain. Innovative athlete segments are Friday, Nov. 15 actually a glimpse into his dreamscape, each one harboring messages that help inform OPENING: Wonder Cabinet: A our hero’s current, real-life choices. As you
Chicago-born, Seattle-rapper Grieves is bringing his captivating and emotional charm to the Garter this Saturday, in what should reverberate the lyrics that bonds us all. Tickets: $13-15 Center for the Arts
Tickets: $12 youth; $17 senior; $22 adult
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Puccini’s Tosca 7 p.m.
Puccini’s classic score of a jealous diva, her lover and the villainous Scarpia will be broadcast live in HD from The Met. A reception with refreshments will be held from 6-7 p.m. in the Center Theater Lobby.
Tickets: $20 adults; $12 students ________________________________________
Thursday, Nov. 14
Wednesday, Nov. 20
Advanced Knife Skills for the Kitchen
Music in Harmony Concert Series: Falling for Music
6-9 p.m.
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Quite possibly the most important kitchen skill is good knife technique. Take this class to learn advanced cuts and impressive presentation. All food for class is provided, including the fish you will learn to properly filet. This is an advanced class, so you need
This is the first of four winter concerts showcasing local musical talent. The causal performance is free and open with artists mingling between recitals. Tickets: FREE
America Recycles Day helps keep America beautiful On November 15, Teton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) will join thousands of local organizers holding recycling events across the country to celebrate America Recycles Day, the only nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States. TVCR will be at Broulim’s from 4-7 p.m. to give away free reusable shopping bags and share information about recycling and waste diversion programs in Teton County. They will also collect used batteries, inkjet cartridges, and handheld electronic devices for recycling. “Many people do not realize that electronics can be recycled in Teton Valley. We hope to increase awareness of materials that can be recycled locally while providing a convenient drop off location,” says TVCR’s executive director Tanya Anderson. The celebration will continue on November 22nd with a screening of
the documentary, “Trashed,” at the Senior Center from 6-8 pm. Popcorn and beverages will be provided at this family-friendly event. To encourage attendees to help make the event zero waste, TVCR will give raffle tickets for door prizes to everyone who brings their own mug and bowl (or bandana). The screening is made possible by generous funding from Targhee Protect Our Winters. Two more environmental films will be shown this winter on February 7th and March 14th. “We are very proud supporters of TVCR’s America Recycles Day event and commend their efforts to promote recycling in Teton County. Recycling is the easiest thing we can all do to save energy, conserve natural resources and create green jobs. Currently our national recycling rate is 34.7 percent annually and collectively, through events like these, we aim to make recycling bigger and better 365 days a year,” said Brenda
Pulley, senior vice president of recycling at Keep America Beautiful. For more information about recycling, visit www.tetonrecycling.org or call (208)-354-2800. America’s leading companies are proud to make America Recycles Day possible. National sponsors of America Recycles Day are: Anheuser-Busch, Amcor, America Chemistry Council, the Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies, Rubbermaid Corporation, The Home Depot and Waste Management.
Recycles Day on November 15 to educate, promote environmental citizenship, and encourage action. Learn more at AmericaRecyclesDay.org. About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Keep America Beautiful is the nation’s leading nonprofit that brings people together to build and sustain vibrant communities. With a strong national network of 1,200 affiliates and partners including state recycling organizations, we work with millions of volunteers who take action in their communities. Keep America Beautiful offers programs and engages in public-private partnerships About America Recycles Day America Recycles Day is a national that help create clean, beautiful public program of Keep America Beautiful, and places, reduce waste and increase recyis the only nationally recognized day cling while educating generations of and community-driven awareness event environmental stewards. Through our dedicated to promoting and celebrating actions, we help create communities that recycling in the U.S. Since its incep- are socially connected, environmentally tion in 1997, communities across the healthy and economically sound. For country have participated in America more information, visit kab.org.
Free, confidential memory screenings Tuesday, November 19 - 2 convenient locations
Screenings provided at St. John’s Urgent Care
Screenings provided at Seniors West
Smith’s Food Center Plaza in Jackson Call 307 739 7434 by Nov. 15 for your appointment
City Center Building in Driggs Call 208 354 4757 by Nov. 15 for your appointment
9am-5pm
9am-12pm
Screenings are appropriate for adults who are experiencing signs of memory problems, as well as those who wish to have a baseline assessment for future comparison.
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Margarita Galicia spends a lot of time in her kitchen making traditional Tlaxcalan food.
TVN Photo/Bridget Ryder/TVN Staff
The story of a family Bridget Ryder TVN staff “My child, you’re going to be shocked,” Margarita Galicia said. “I got married when I was 14 years old.” across That was 50 years ago, and her borders husband, Marcos Bridget Ryder Enrique Franco, was 26. Two of their 9 children live in Teton Valley—Margarita and Lucho Galicia Franco. Margarita is active in the Hispanic Resource Center and Lucho helps recreate Mexican fiestas at Good Shepard Catholic Church in Driggs. He’s usually the one tending the barbeque or serving the fermented pineapple juice he made in a method similar to the way his father turns the juice of the maguey plant juice into thick, alcoholic pulque. The Galicia Franco’s story is steeped in the history of Mexico. “My grandfather was a Spaniard,” Galicia said. She heard from her grandmother about how the tall fair-skinned, blueeyed European was conscripted into the army, fought in the “last war,” and then took the indigenous woman as his wife when she was 12 years old. Which war may have been last, she admits she cannot say. She never went to school. “I can’t read but if you give me a thousand pesos I can count them,” she said. She’s certainly counted more than a thousand pesos in her life. By selling tamales and tacos on the side of the road, she earned the money that bought the materials to continue to add onto the house room by room. “We were in the street every day for
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that is effectively a sale. Franco, though, still works the land he inherited. Galicia jokes about needing a bigger kitchen and cooking the pears because they don’t have the teeth left to eat them raw while Franco sips a hot breakfast drink of atole a thick, sweet corn concoction accompanied by corn gorditas—substantial pancakes flavored with guava. “I can work at the ranch until one in the afternoon with this,” he said. It’s a ten-minute walk out of town to the parcel where he’s building a house for his son. He passes the fields of his cousins and runs into his godson herding sheep. At the “rancho Escondido,” or hidden ranch, there is Lucho’s half-finished concrete block house and behind it a couple of ramshackle sheds and piles of dried TVN Photo/Bridget Ryder beans. One shed has a bed where Franco Marcos Franco plays the harmonica at the “hidden ranch” where he is building a house for slept to guard the building materials and his son Lucho Franco who sends money back from Teton Valley. where he keeps a bike to ride to another parcel further out of town. The other thirty years,” she said. was gradually reparti- shed shelters bales of dried cornhusks and Her husband built the tioned to the residents of stalks. He’s saving it as food for the cow I can’t read house, grew the corn and Hueyotlipan, according he wants to buy so Lucho has a source raised the animals. Franto historian Alex Perez of milk when he returns. but if you give co, she said, is a campesino Olvera. Technically, this “He has to have a cow to milk,” Franco who inherited land from land cannot be bought said. me a thousand his father. The land suror sold, it remains the Then he places a chair in front of the pesos I can rounding Hueyotlipan was inheritance of the fam- shed, sits down and takes out his harlargely in the haciendas of ily and the “property of monica. Here he can also relax, make count them. Spaniards until the revoluthe nation,” though sales music and drink pulque. _______________ tion. Many families have arrangements are made stories of the uncles and that evade the technicali- TVN reporter Bridget Ryder is spending Galicia Franco, grandfathers who worked ties of the law. Like the two weeks in Mexico on a special editorial Tlaxcalan, Mexico on the large farms. SevGalicia Franco children, project, reporting on the Hispanic comeral around Hueyotlipan younger generations have munity and their Teton Valley connections. are well-preserved still chosen to find work else- Ryder was the recipient of the Don Watkins giving evidence of the where instead of eking Mid-Career Scholarship awarded through miserable living quarters of the work- out a living on a few hectares. To pay the Idaho Press Club last spring to help ers. In the decades following the revolu- a coyote to help them cross the border, fund this project. tion, the land attached to the haciendas many lease their land in an agreement
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There were 181 calls for service reported to the Teton County Idaho Sheriff’s Office between Nov. 4 and Nov. 9. The Sheriff’s Office has issued a caution that a scam is circulating locally and nationally in which a caller poses as a representative of an electrical company and advises of an outstanding balance. If the balance is not immediately paid then their service will immediately be cut. The Sheriff’s Office advises residents to be cautious of all calls requesting payment of services, and if any questions arise do not hesitate to call your utility company or the sheriff’s office at (208) 354-2323. Nov. 4—A domestic disturbance call was reported after a disagreement broke out between a Victor man and his girlfriend. The man alleged that his girlfriend stole the title to their car and the month’s rent money, but because they were community property, the sheriff’s office advised they would have to solve their problem.
assailant was picked up by a female and was unable to be located. Nov. 5— A call was made to the sheriff’s office after one driver from a mutual accident was harassed at his workplace by the other driver. The reporting party advised he would go to court for a restraining order. Nov. 6—A Driggs resident called the Sheriff’s Office about an altercation that continued for over an hour at his neighbor’s home. The neighbor’s daughter had apparently returned home after underage drinking and a domestic disturbance ensued. Deputies responded but the mother did not want criminal action. Deputies left the mother to her own disciplinary devices.
Nov. 4—A burglary was reported when a man found a case of PBR, his sunglasses and a bag that held personal information missing from his car. The car had not been locked and was parked outside of a party on Edgewood Lane in Victor. Deputies responded and gathered information.
Nov. 8—What began as a civil dispute over joint custody turned violent. The child’s mother initially called the Sheriff’s Office to report the incident, however, it escalated, and deputies responded after a second party reported the altercation. The mother was taken into custody with a battery charge for striking her ex-husband. It was assumed the child stayed with the father, but the sheriff’s office could not answer definitively as to the child’s condition.
Nov. 4—The Sheriff’s Office received a call from a Victor woman whose son’s bicycle had been vandalized. The son found the seat, cables and levers missing from his $500 bike. Deputies responded, but do not have any suspects.
Nov. 9—Two fights broke out at the Timberline Bar and Grill that necessitated calls to the sheriff’s office. Backup was called from Rexburg, and two extra units were dispatched. By the time deputies arrived, everyone involved had left.
Nov. 4—Reports came in from the apartments on Mt. Laurel Drive that the reporting party’s son was being threatened at knifepoint. The son allegedly owed the armed man money from a hydrocodone sale. By the time deputies responded the
Nov. 9—Three juveniles were caught shoplifting two cans of Coca-Cola and a Cranberry Redbull at Broulim’s. Deputies responded and took a report of the incident before the perpetrators were released to their parents.
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HERBERT HEIMERL, ISBN 7849 HEIMERL LAW FIRM P C 217 SOUTH MAIN ST. P.O. BOX 499 VICTOR, IDAHO 83455 208.787.0337. - 208.787.0334 FAX herb@tetonlawfirm.com ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TETON Case No. CV-2012-421 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF PROPERTY UNDER FORECLOSURE TETON SPRINGS HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., v.
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CATHY PASKIN, Defendant. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF EXECUTION issued on the 8th day of August 2013, out of and under the seal of the above-entitled court on a Decree of Foreclosure recovered in said court on August 8, 2013, in favor of the above-named Plaintiff and against Defendant, Cathy Paskin, for the principal sum of $9,568.00, interest of $140.37, and an additional principal amount of $435 for the 2013 fourth quarter "Quarterly Cabin Dues", plus attorney's fees and costs of $6,000.00 for a total sum of $16,143.37, lawful money of the United States, I am commanded and required to proceed to notice for sale and to sell at public auction the property described in said Writ of Execution free and clear of the claims of the above-named defendant, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the satisfaction of said Decree of Foreclosure, with interest thereon, statutory advances, taxes, fees and costs, plus my fees and costs. The real property directed to be sold is hereinafter described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated by reference, along with a home upon said real property, together with all tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or used in connection therewith, all to be sold as one item. The above-named Defendant shall have the right of redemption within six (6) months after the date of the sale in accordance with Idaho Code § 11-402. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 4th day of December, 2013, at the hour of 10:15 AM, in the lobby of the Teton County Courthouse, 150 Courthouse Drive, Driggs, Idaho, I will offer, and sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder therefore, for cash, lawful money of the United States, the above-described property thus directed to be sold to pay and satisfy the Decree of Foreclosure as set out in said Writ of Execution. DATED this 5th day of November, 2013 ___________________________ /s/TONY LIFORD TETON COUNTY SHERIFF EXHIBIT "A" Lot 1, Block 29 of the Teton Springs Golf & Casting Club Phase 4 (South East Forest Cabins), Teton County, Idaho, as per the recorded plat thereof recorded in the records of Teton County, Idaho on July 26, 2004.
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Notice of Trustee's Sale Loan No. 0008895320 T.S. No.
201100410 - 34301 On 02/14/2014 at 11:00 am (recognized local time), at the following location in the County of Teton, State of Idaho: In the lobby of the Teton County Courthouse, 150 Courthouse Drive, Driggs, ID 83422, Pioneer Title Company of Ada County dba Pioneer Lender Trustee Services, 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 real property, situated in the County of Teton, State of Idaho, and described as follows: Unit E-7 inclusive, Sage Hen townhomes, Phase IV Condominiums, together with all the rights, obligations and restrictions appurtenant to the units, pursuant to that certain Sage Hen Townhomes Condominiums Declaration, recorded February 23, 2006 as Instrument No. 174988 and as delineated on that certain Plat of Lot 3, Block 2 of Sage Hen Townhomes Condominium, recorded October 10, 2007 as Instrument No. 192127, records of Teton County Idaho, Amended Sage Hen Townhomes Condominium Declaration, recorded October 30, 2006, as Instrument No. 181907 records of Teton County Idaho. Together with those certain Common Areas described in the Declarations and delineated as Common Areas on the Plat of Lot 3, Block 2 of Sage Hen Townhomes, Phase IV, Condominiums, recorded October 10, 2007 as Instrument No. 192127, records of Teton County, Idaho. The Trustee has no knowledge of a more particular description of the above referenced real property, but for purposes of compliance with Section 60-113 Idaho Code, the Trustee has been informed that the address of 7580 Mountain Laurel Drive, Unit # E7, fka 524 Mountain Laurel Drive, Unit # E-7, Victor, Idaho 83455 is sometimes associated with said real property Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty 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 Kajsa J. Krieger, an unmarried woman, as grantors, to First American Title Company, as Trustee, for the benefit and security of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, as Beneficiary, dated 12/31/2007 and recorded on 12/31/2007, as Instrument No 194510, and re-recorded on 01/11/2008, as Instrument No 194705, of Official Records of Teton County, Idaho Please Note The above Grantors are named to comply with section 45-1506(4)(A), Idaho Code, No representation is made that they are, or are not, presently responsible for this obligation set forth herein. The Default for which this sale is to be made is the failure to pay when due, under Deed of Trust and Note dated 12/31/2007 The monthly installments of principal, interest, and impounds (if applicable) of 1058.62, due per month for the months of 10/1/2010 through 10/3/2013, and all subsequent installments until the date of sale or reinstatement. The principal balance owing as of this date on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is $191,999.90, plus accrued interest at the rate of 6% per annum from 09/01/2010. All delinquent amounts are now due, together with accruing late charges, and interest, unpaid and accruing taxes, assessments trustee's fees, attorney's fees, and any amounts advanced to protect the security associated with this foreclosure and that the beneficiary elects to sell or cause the trust property to be sold to satisfy said obligation. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse T.D. Service Company 4000 W. Metropolitan Dr., Suite 400, Orange, CA 92868 Sale Information Line: 714-2597850 Reinstatement and Pay-Off Requests: (714) 480-5472 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: 10/10/2013 Pioneer Title Company of Ada County dba Pioneer Lender Trustee Services By: Ronald W. Jantzen, Vice President A-4421813 11/07/2013, 11/14/2013, 11/21/2013, 11/28/2013
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Notice of Trustee's Sale Idaho Code 45-1506 Today's date:
October 9, 2013 File No.: 7037.101446 Sale date and time (local time): February 13, 2014 at 11:00 AM Sale location: in the office of First American Title Company, 81 North Main Street, Driggs, ID 83422 Property address: 892 Tonya Road Victor, ID 83455 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: Todd Goodno, an unmarried man Original trustee: Targhee National Title 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: 03/03/2009 Recorder's instrument number: 203213 County: Teton Sum owing on the obligation: as of October 9, 2013: $238,069.35 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 60-113 but is not warranted to be correct. The property's legal description is: Lot 95 of Valley Vista Estates, Teton County, Idaho, as per the Plat recorded June 27, 2002, as Instrument No 148903. 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# 7037.101446) 1002.258280-File No.
Notice of Trustee's Sale Idaho Code 45-1506 Today's date:
October 7, 2013 File No.: 7021.17749 Sale date and time (local time): February 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: 7906 Mountain Shadow Way Victor, ID 83455 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: Jesse E. Willcox and Leah S. Willcox, husband and wife Original trustee: Fidelity National Title Original beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for FPF Wholesale, a division of Stearns Lending, Inc., its successors and assigns Recording date: 11/02/2009 Recorder's instrument number: 207897 County: TETON Sum owing on the obligation: as of October 7, 2013: $336,783.98 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: Lot 5 Block 1, amended plat for Mountain Shadows Addition to the City of Victor, Teton County, Idaho, as the same appears on the Official Plat thereof recorded March 2, 2004 as Instrument No. 160092. The sale is subject to conditions, rules and procedures as described at the sale and which can be reviewed at www.northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. The sale is made without representation, warranty or covenant of any kind. (TS# 7021.17749) 1002.258116-File No.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee's Sale No. ID-BVS-
13014185 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, PIONEER TITLE COMPANY OF ADA COUNTY DBA PIONEER LENDER TRUSTEE SERVICES, the duly appointed Successor Trustee, will on February 27, 2014, at the hour of 11:00 AM, of said day, IN THE LOBBY OF THE TETON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 150 COURTHOUSE DRIVE, DRIGGS, ID, 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 and personal property (hereafter referred to collectively as the "Property"), situated in the County of TETON, State of Idaho, to-wit UNIT 217 IN BANNOCK BUILDING NO. 1 OF CREEKSIDE CONDOMINIUMS, IN LODGE UNIT LOT 6, OF TETON CREEK RESORT PUD, TETON COUNTY, IDAHO, AS PER THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The Trustee has no knowledge of a more particular description of the abovereferenced Property but, for purposes of compliance with Section 60-113 of Idaho Code, the Trustee has been informed that the address of 2740 SHADOWMOON LANE, UNIT 217, DRIGGS, ID 83422, is sometimes associated with said real property. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty 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 BLUE SKY INVESTMENTS, LLC, A WYOMING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, as Grantor, to ALLIANCE TITLE AND ESCROW CORP., as Trustee, for the benefit and security of FIRST BANK OF IDAHO FSB, DBA FIRST BANK OF THE TETONS, as Beneficiary, dated 6/4/2008, recorded 6/16/2008, under Instrument No, 198257, Mortgage records of TETON County, IDAHO, the beneficial interest in which is presently held by BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC. THE ABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 45-1506(4) (A), IDAHO CODE. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBLIGATION. The default for which is sale is made is the failure to pay when due under the Deed of Trust Note dated 6/4/2008, FAILURE TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE WHICH BECAME DUE 6/5/2013 AT MATURITY, TOGETHER WITH ACCRUED AND ACCRUING INTEREST, CHARGES, FEES AND COSTS AS SET FORTH. Amount due as of October 1, 2013 Unpaid Principal $27,156.13 Interest $954.99 Accrued Late Charges $999.99 Suspense Balance: $(107.95) Recoverable Balance: $282.45 TOTAL: $ 29,285.61 All delinquencies are now due, together with unpaid and accruing taxes, assessments, trustee's fees, attorney's fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The principal balance is $27,156.13, together with interest thereon at 6.000% per annum from 3/5/2013, until paid. The Beneficiary elects to sell or cause the trust property to be sold to satisfy said obligation. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 10/1/2013. PIONEER TITLE COMPANY OF ADA COUNTY DBA PIONEER LENDER TRUSTEE SERVICES, AS TRUSTEE By: c/o PEAK FORECLOSURE SERVICES, INC. 5900 Canoga Avenue, Suite 220 Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Phone: (877) 237-7878 A4419806 11/07/2013, 11/14/2013, 11/21/2013, 11/28/2013
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. P1372283-ID Parcel No. RP000540010130A On 3/5/2014, at 11:00 AM (recognized local time), In the lobby of the Teton County Courthouse, 150 Courthouse Drive, 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 13, BLOCK 1, MURDOCK ACRES SUBDIVISION, TETON COUNTY, IDAHO, AS THE SAME APPEARS ON THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 13, 1973 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 73644 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: 4191 SOUTH 600 WEST, VICTOR, ID 83455, (FKA 419 SOUTH 60 WEST, VICTOR, ID 83455), 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 RENE MARTINEZ AND HEATHER FWANK, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor, to PAT COLLINS as Trustee, for the benefit and security of HOMEGOLD, INC. A SOUTH CAROLINA CORPORATION as Beneficiary, dated 10/22/2001, recorded 11/15/2001, as Instrument No. 145112, 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 1/12/2012 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 $132,215.07, 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: 10/30/13 Signature/By: Elisa Magnuson, Esq., A4425454 11/14/2013, 11/21/2013, 11/28/2013, 12/05/2013
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Lance E. Olsen/ISB #7106 Derrick J. O'Neill/ISB #4021 RCO Legal, PC 300 Main Street, Suite 150 Boise, Idaho 83702 Telephone: 208-489-3035 Facsimile: 208-854-3998 doneill@rcolegal.com Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TETON Case No. CV-12-499 NOTICE OF SALE WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., vs.
Plaintiff,
JAMES L. KING, SR (Deceased); Unknown Heirs, Assigns and Devisees of JAMES L. KING, SR.; PATRICIA ANN KING; STATE OF IDAHO, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE; and Does 1-10 as individuals with an interest in the property legally described as: The West half Southeast Quarter Northeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 6 North, Range 44 East, Boise Meridian, Teton County, Idaho. LESS the following: Beginning at the Southwest corner of the West half Southeast Quarter Northeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 6 North, Range 44 East, Boise Meridian, Teton County, Idaho, and running thence North 502.62 feet; thence East 260 feet; thence South 502.62 feet; thence West 260 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING Which may commonly be known as: 538 W. 1050 N., Tetonia (Felt), Idaho 83424-5110. Defendants. Under and by virtue of an Second Order for Sale of Foreclosure executed on September 17, 2013 and entered with the Court on September 19, 2013 and a Writ of Execution issued on October 1, 2013, out of and under the seal of the above-entitled Court on a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure recovered in said Court in the above-entitled action on the 7th day of May, 2013, in favor of the above-named Plaintiff, I am commanded and required to proceed to notice for sale to sell at public auction the real property described in said Second Order for Sale of Foreclosure and Writ of Execution and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the satisfaction of said Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure with interest thereon and my fees and costs. The property directed to be sold is situate in Teton County, State of Idaho, and is described as follows, to-wit: The West half Southeast Quarter Northeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 6 North, Range 44 East, Boise Meridian, Teton County, Idaho. LESS the following: Beginning at the Southwest corner of the West half Southeast Quarter Northeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 6 North, Range 44 East, Boise Meridian, Teton County, Idaho, and running thence North 502.62 feet; thence East 260 feet; thence South 502.62 feet; thence West 260 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING Which may commonly be known as: 538 W. 1050 N., Tetonia (Felt), Idaho 83424-5110. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 4th day of December, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a.m., at the location of Teton County Courthouse, 150 Courthouse Dr, Driggs, Idaho, I will attend, offer and sell at public auction all or so much of the above-described property thus directed to be sold as may be necessary to raise sufficient funds to pay and satisfy the Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure as set out in said Order for Sale of Foreclosure to the highest bidder therefore in lawful money. The time period for redemption of the above property is six (6) months from the date of sale herein. The Sheriff, by a Certificate of Sale, will transfer right, title and interest of the judgment debtor in and to the property. The Sheriff will also give possession but does not guarantee clear title nor continue possessory right to the purchaser. DATED This 16th day of October, 2013. ___________________ /s/Tony Liford TETON COUNTY SHERIFF By: Renee Leidorf, Civil Deputy November 14, 21, 28, 2013 LN211
Notice of Trustee's Sale Idaho Code 45-1506 Today's date: October 25, 2013 File No.: 7345.27386 Sale date and time (local time): February 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM Sale location: in the office of First American Title Company, 81 North Main Street, Driggs, ID 83422 Property address: 7261 Lakeside Rd fka 729 Lakeside Rd. Victor, ID 83455 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: Reid Kraft, and Jacqueline Kraft, husband and wife Original trustee: ServiceLink Original beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Recording date: 07/01/2008 Recorder's instrument number: 198539 County: TETON Sum owing on the obligation: as of October 25, 2013: $309,293.39 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: Lot 8 of Aspen Lake Subdivision, Teton County, Idaho, as per the plat recorded February 28, 1994, as Instrument No. 115448. 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# 7345.27386) 1002.259168-File No.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. 004733-ID Parcel
Notice of Trustee's Sale Idaho Code 45-1506 Today's date:
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No. RPB01430000820A On 2/20/2014, at 11:00 AM (recognized local time), In the lobby of the Teton County Courthouse, 150 Courthouse Drive, 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 82, WILLOW CREEK RANCH ADDITION TO THE CITY OF VICTOR, TETON COUNTY, IDAHO, AS THE SAME APPEARS ON THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 8, 1993, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 113757. 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: 8454 WHITE OWL WAY, VICTOR, ID 83455, 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 BRANDON REEVES AND AIMEE REEVES, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor, to TETON COUNTY TITLE as Trustee, for the benefit and security of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANK, CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS as Beneficiary, dated 4/24/2009, recorded 4/24/2009, as Instrument No. 204231, 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 11/1/2012 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 $219,869.19, 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: 10/17/13 Signature/By: Elisa Magnuson A-4423063 10/31/2013, 11/07/2013, 11/14/2013, 11/21/2013
October 15, 2013 File No.: 7021.17772 Sale date and time (local time): February 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM Sale location: in the office of First American Title Company, 81 North Main Street, Driggs, ID 83422 Property address: 361 W 1300 N nka 12801 N 3750 W Felt, ID 83424-4923 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: Andres D Johnson, an unmarried man Original trustee: Fidelity National Title Insurance Co Original beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Countrywide Bank, N.A., its successors and assigns Recording date: 11/15/2005 Recorder's instrument number: 172742 and modified on 4/3/2007 under AF#186430 County: TETON Sum owing on the obligation: as of October 15, 2013: $423,002.16 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: Parcel 1: A part of the East Half Northwest Quarter Section 29, Township 7 North, Range 45 East, Boise Meridian, Teton County, Idaho, being further described as: From the North Quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 20'19" East 678.62 feet along the East line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29 to the True Point of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 20'19" East 678.62 feet along the East line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29 to the True Point of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 20'19" East 678.71 feet further along the East line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29 to a point; thence South 89 degrees 59'00" West 1283.54 feet to a point; thence North 00 degrees 21'14" West 678.71 feet to a point; thence North 89 degrees 59'00" East 1283.72 feet to the Point of Beginning. Subject to a 60 foot road and utility easement along the Western property line. Parcel 2: Together with a road and utility easement being the 60 feet directly East of the following described line; from the North Quarter corner of said Section 29, thence South 89 degrees 59'00" West 1283.90 feet along the Northern Section line to the True Point of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 21'14" East 678.62 feet to the point of ending. 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# 7021.17772) 1002.258568-File No.
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October 30, 2013 File No.: 7314.05623 Sale date and time (local time): March 4, 2014 at 11:00 AM Sale location: in the office of First American Title Company, 81 North Main Street, Driggs, ID 83422 Property address: 4781 West 2000 South fka 200 South 481 West 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: Michael Sewell, and Kimberly B. Sewell, husband and wife Original trustee: Chicago Title Insurance Company Original beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. Recording date: 05/04/2007 Recorder's instrument number: 187280 County: Teton Sum owing on the obligation: as of October 30, 2013: $1,160,508.09 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 60-113 but is not warranted to be correct. The property's legal description is: A part of the NE1/4NW1/4NW1/4 of Section 7, TWP. 4N., RNG 45E., B.M., Teton County, Idaho, being further described as: From the Northwest corner of said Section 7, S 89 deg. 47' 23" E. 964.76 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence S. 89 deg. 47'23" E, 383.22 feet along the North Section line to a point; thence S 00 deg. 30' 02" W, 491.52 feet to a point; thence N. 85 deg. 13' 12" W, 370.26 feet to a point; thence N. 01 deg. 14' 00" W, 462.16 feet to the Point of Beginning. Contains 4.12 acres more or less. Subject to a 30 foot county road and utility easement along the Northern property boundary. 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# 7314.05623) 1002.259341-File No.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TETON Case No. CV-13-164 SUMMONS WESTERN STATES EQUIPMENT CO., INC., an Idaho corporation, and dba The CAT Rental Store, Plaintiff, vs. PATRICK TOM SULLIVAN, an individual; and HOLIDAY TRUCKS LLC, an Idaho limited liability company, Defendants. TO: TOM SULLIVAN and HOLIDAY TRUCKS, LLC You have been sued by Western States Equipment Co., Inc, the Plaintiff, in the District Court in and for Teton County, Idaho, Case No. CV-13-164. The nature of the claim against you is for account due and/or contract. Any time after 20 days following the last publication of this summons, the court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the proper form, including the Case No., and paid any required filing fee to the Clerk of the Court at Teton County Clerk, Room 307, 150 Courthouse Drive, Driggs, Idaho 83422, 208-354-2239 and served a copy of your response on the Plaintiff's attorney John Goodell, Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey, Chartered, 101 S. Capitol Blvd., Ste. 300, Boise, Idaho 83702, 208-395-0011. A copy of the Another Summons and Amended Complaint can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for Plaintiff. If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter. DATED this 1st day of November, 2013. TETON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
November 14, 21, 28, 2013 December 5, 2013
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE OF WATER RIGHT TRANSFER NO. 78898 THOMAS CARL LAUGHLIN AND BARBARA ANN LAUGHLIN REVOCABLE TRUST, PO BOX 2375, JACKSON, WY 83001; has filed Application No. 78898 for changes to the following water rights within TETON County(s): Right No(s). 22-13256; 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 change the point of diversion. The point of diversion is in the NWSESW Sec 2 T5N R44E for 0.22 cfs from ground water. The place of use remains the same for 15 acres. 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 December 2, 2013. The protestant must also send a copy of the protest to the applicant. GARY SPACKMAN, Director Published on November 14 and 21, 2013
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October 2013
Autumn 2013 Issue 1
Crash test at TMS Drill at Teton Middle School readies community respondents
Scout Invie “911. What’s your emergency?” “There seem to be dozens of bloodied and mangled middle schoolers coming from the school building.” “Wait, what?” On Sep. 25 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Teton Middle School, the majority of paramedics and officers alike from the Fire Department, Teton Valley Ambulance and Hospital, EMS, and Law Enforcement showed up in a caravan of flashing vehicles to haul volunteer students from the floor of the gym to the safety of the hospital. It seems like a fiasco. Luckily, it was all a drill. “This is a county-wide exercise for emergency preparedness in the outcome of a disaster,” said Bonnie Burlage. The drill aimed to ready the emergency respondents of Teton Valley for a disaster that could inflict upon many. “The fire department and hospitals asked the Middle School to take part in this exercise,” said Steve Burch, Principal of TMS. In the midst of fire alarms, the majority of Teton Middle School students evacuated to the high school where they proceeded to watch a movie. Meanwhile in the gym of TMS, students sported various injuries and had cards, which allowed medics to know their condition and how to act on their injuries. Daniel Radovitch was one of the students in critical condition during the drill.
“As you can see, I have a piece of glass through my back,” said Radovitch, whose card stated that he suffered much pain, numbness, tingling, and had a physical object impaled in his spine. Most students were covered in “blood” which Radovitch guessed was made up of corn syrup and food dye. Paramedics arrived at 12:55 p.m.. Once medics arrived, students in critical condition were strapped to spinal boards and taken into ambulances to be transported to the hospital. One student was to be life flighted, but because of liability issues, paramedics took a mannequin into the helicopter in place of the student. “If you can walk, walk towards me,” said an officer in the gym. Students who were not in critical condition acted in a panic, screaming and walking around to make the situation more realistic. Airyauna Hoyle was asked to act as if she was having an anxiety attack. “What’s happening?” Hoyle repeatedly said throughout the gym to various officers and paramedics. So, after a county disaster where a possible plane impacts the school, the community respondents see the possibility of many students horribly affected, but at the end of the day, it’s comforting to know that all the emergency members in our community are ready and able to act.
What's Inside Fall Sports
Halloween
Homecoming
Photo Credit: Rebekah Bernal Math teacher Dana Long performs a warm up dance routine for the teacher’s skit during Homecoming week. Homecoming on page 3
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“What does the fox say?” - Sabrina Kaufman
“What does the fox say abercrombie and fitch edition” - Tyler Pinardi
What is the funniest “Ghost in the stalls” video -Russ Egbert you’ve seen?
“What does the fox say?” - Kylie Henrie
Josh Robison Virgo: Your ability to organize may come in handy during the next month, but don’t enforce your bias on others. Results may vary. Libra: You will find love easily this month, but beware of your own gullibility. Keep up your guard and don’t back down. Taurus: Your strength will be needed by many during the coming year. Keep your chin up and look for opportunities to help. Gemini: Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild
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beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” -Buddha Aries: Don’t let the rage inside boil over. Take a deep breath and let it out. Listen to some calming music, take a walk. Enjoy life. Pisces: Try something new. Who knows, you might like it. Whether it is rock climbing, making ceviche, or sporting a new hairdo, let yourself show in individuality as you try that new thing. Aquarius: Problems are much smaller than they look up close.
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Take a step back and see the big picture, whether it is an upcoming test or asking your crush out, and see what the problem really is. Capricorn: Show individuality during this next month. Try changing your style of clothes or your eating habits. As far as individuality goes, the sky’s the limit. Sagittarius: Don’t start setting your resolutions at New Year’s, start coming up with your goals early so that you will have plenty to do next year. Scorpio: You will make new friends this next month. Make
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HOMECOMING
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Jackson Pauroso One of the events students look forward to during late fall is homecoming. This year for the first time in as long as Mr. Birch can remember our homecoming week is in October. The reason for this late homecoming is our first home game was our first week back at school. Our second home game was the week before the ACT. This week’s home game was designated homecoming week. The week leading up to the homecoming game is full of costumed days, hallway decorations, float preparations, and skit formulation. The Friday before homecoming week each class gathers
together, the freshman in the gym, the sophomores in the cafeteria, the juniors in the library, and the seniors in the auditorium. When each class meets, the class divides into people who want to participate in each event. Students choose from working on the skit, making the float and decorating the hall. Each class also decorates a hall. The freshman decorate the band hall; the sophomores, the library; the juniors, the trophy hall; and the seniors, the south hall. Two years ago, the senior class won by default when the freshman class was disqualified for shady and political reasons--“because.”
Last year, the senior class won yet again, and this time the sophomores were runner’s up. This year the Junior class won. The costume days were as follows: Monday-Twin day, Tuesday-Crazy Hair day, Wednesday-Classy or Trashy day, Thursday-Era day, Friday-School Spirit day. Each class gets points depending on how many of their classmates dress up. Although it’s a week of celebration, most kids still go home to loads of homework, chores, and general life.
Above: THS dirtbikers line up before the parade starts Below: Mindy Kaufman grins big while sitting atop her horse.
Above: Junior girls give shining smiles from the float. Left: Mr. Romano rocks a big orange bow.
Below: Queen Katie Bates was accompanied by King Taylor Peterson. Above: Emily Blair holds flying balloons in Teton colors. Below: Megan Mason rides her horse in the parade.
Above: Sam Champlin plays some smooth tunes on the THS band float.
Photo credit: Rebekah Bernal
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TV Obsession Lauren Birch Most of America can say they are obsessed with at least one TV show. And teenagers are the biggest offenders of non stop watching. Thanks to the Internet, anyone can watch practically any show episode, which makes life for a high school student with Wifi or Television challenging. James Raube, a sophomore who watches about two hours of television a day, said “(without TV) I would probably spend my time outside in the wilderness.” In 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics wrote that on average most people watch TV for 2.8
hours a day. In one week, that adds up to about 20 hours of television. That much time should be enough to scare anyone, but there isn’t just TV. According to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, we spend 7.5 hours a day on technology altogether. On the NHLBI web site it is highly encouraged that people spend as little time as they can looking at screens to maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle. It’s hard to imagine what it would be like if computers and all the technology we use to entertain ourselves just disappeared. Having all this entertainment and computers in our lives is not essential.
Dear mom and dad... (decisions take time)
Rebekah Bernal
College. Many believe that this one subject determines the path in which your life will travel. Society has this image, this thought, “Without college you cannot get a ‘respectable’ job. Without college, you cannot be successful.” I, for one, disagree with this idea. I know it is a cliche but I honestly believe that when you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything. It bugs me the amount of pressure that is placed on the shoulders of youth about attending college after high school. Pressure that is applied by the public, and a lot of times, parents. My whole schooled life has been based around the thought, “I have to go to college right away.” It’s a stressful thing. Sure, I understand the importance of a well-executed education. I understand that many jobs require a degree of some sort. I understand that college is the “normal” way to go about your life. What I don’t understand is why. Think about it. Why is it so important to go to college once you graduate from high school? Why must I go through twelve years of schooling just to go through more years of schooling? I’ve heard life is short. I believe it has the potential to be long. What’s the point if you don’t take advantage of that? I want to travel. I want to experience life for everything it has to offer before shutting myself in another classroom. I want to take a year or two off of school to discover who I am, who I want
to become, and where I want to go. Some people know exactly that, even at a young age. I know people who have known their whole lives what it is they want to do, and have stuck to it. I envy that because I definitely don’t have it figured out yet. Perhaps I want to write or become a cosmetologist or a teacher. Or perhaps I want to pursue other dreams like volunteer work or full-time traveler. I’m not saying I want to go to college, but I’m also not saying I don’t want to go to college. I want to cross that road after I’ve journeyed the path to it. After I have figured out who I am. After I have truly become comfortable in my own skin. After I have become confident in my abilities. After all of that, that is when I will decide, for myself, the path in which my life will travel.
Ladies, lock up your sports bras! Nicole Etchemendy
Teton High School has only been in session for a month or so and already around 500 dollars have been stolen, snatched out of lockers, backpacks, and even the depths of any individual’s wallet. This issue has been around for many years, yet an easy solution is still to be uncovered due to the fact that cameras can’t be put into locker rooms for privacy purposes, making locker rooms a perfect target for theft. Kids bringing large amounts of money to school for after school activities or even lunch money has become an issue. Signs outside the locker rooms read, “High theft area”. It only takes a short amount of time for the thief to sneak in and out without ever being detected because video cameras cannot be placed in the locker room. School officials are left without answers, after watching school video footage over
and over in search of any unusual patterns of kids leaving class. “When money is stolen, if you do not report it, we won’t know what to watch for on the tapes,” said assistant principal Brody Birch. Only six reports have been made about the thefts while many remain unspoken for. Sophomore Libby Cooke has had experiences with personal items being stolen. “I was in P.E. when it [her backpack] was stolen. When I checked my bag after school it was all gone. Even my change. I was going to use the money to get into rodeo, and wasn’t able to”, said Cooke. There have been more cases of theft in the girl’s locker room than the guy’s since girls tend to leave their lockers unlocked and bags open. When asked, 90 percent of kids said that they would turn their friends in if they found that they had stolen.
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Sick of being sick The joy that illness brings . . . not.
Scout Invie Beware of illness. It’s about that time of the year. The eight months of ongoing winter cold that bring on the worse of illnesses. It’s like the zombie apocalypse, but each time you get well you turn back into a zombie, and you don’t have the ability to blow out your aching brain with a box of tissues. It’s only October and already I’m looking forward to that sore throat and those sneezes that could blow the house down. Although the entire concept of a cold is loathsome, the upsetting fact is that there is no way of avoiding it. You can’t run from a cold. There’s no possible way to pack up your bags and go into quarantine, saying “bye-bye” to illness forever, unless you plan on living in a plastic box for the rest of your measly little life. It’s quite miserable. There is no way of avoiding illness. You’re living in the midst of it. You can, however, take precautions. Though sometimes the precautions are worse than the cold itself. Medicine is unassailably worse than the cold in my opinion. There are handfuls and handfuls of medication, but it’s all the same. They just come in different forms. Here’s the pill bottle that you need for nine dollars, the grape syrup that will supposedly heal the worse of sore throats, the Nyquil that looks like kool aid but tastes like toilet water. That’s another thing. All the medication taste horrible. Couldn’t they ease anything about a cold? No. They had to make every sub-
stance taste like poison. Oh, look Mom, it’s bubble-gum flavored! Just kidding Mom, it’s actually an acidic monstrous pink goo that sticks in your throat and causes you to feel even more terribly, awfully, head-swimmingly ill. Loved ones say to take the day off and rest. Watch a series that takes up nine seasons with twentysix, forty-three minute episodes in each. That’s not what you need to do. What you really need to do is concentrate on the heaps of makeup homework that are piled on by missing eight hours of school, but that is even more unbearable than the taste of the medicine. Really, there’s no way to focus on homework when you can’t even figure out how to work the buttons on the television remote, let alone get through three stories in a text book. Your head is buzzing with random thoughts, possibly the answers to everything ever in the universe, but God forbid you cannot make them out because of how much nonsense is taking place inside. Try doing pre-calculus lessons as you’re hallucinating about a steaming bowl of chicken-noodle soup that talks to you. I promise you that it will not be a fun time. “Oh dear, I can’t even make out the ceiling. How am I supposed to walk down the stairs to the medication?” Trick question. You will fall down the stairs and require even more medication. But hopefully, you’ll feel better in the morning.
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Breaking mirrors and the seven years of bad luck that follows
Kati Dery I didn’t mean to hear it. I wasn’t a part of the conversation; I was just walking down the hall on the first day back to school when I overheard the careless comment: “Don’t they know that punk’s dead?” It was obvious who they were talking about-- a fellow classmate who I had just passed in the hall. With dyed hair and edgy clothes, the student certainly stuck out from the crowd, but that didn’t give anyone else the right to make fun of them. Judgment in middle and high school is as common as pens and pencils. For seven years, if you chose to be different, there’s a high probability that you’ll have some bad luck with being laughed at or judged. Whispered comments and playful teasing is everywhere, not hurting or offending anyone, but sometimes it goes past that. Words are mumbled behind the backs of other students, and despite a thrown in “no offense,” the distasteful sentences can do a number on the confidence of the victim. If you look down the hallway at any middle or high school, at first glance everyone appears to be sporting a menagerie of different fabrics and colors. Keep looking, and you’ll start to see patterns of similarity appearing. Eventually, after watching the mayhem that is public school for long enough, the styles begin to blend together into one giant blob of similarity. It’s as if everyone is wearing giant mirrors and simply reflecting each other’s styles. To most students, getting the right clothes or wearing the right makeup is just as important as ac-
ing your math exam. Parents shake their heads or roll their eyes when their kids grab the most expensive pair of jeans and insist that they have to have them in three different shades of blue, but for a lot of our generation the struggle to be liked and fit in is very real and very threatening. Keeping your mirror on is safe and comfortable. It’s what everyone knows, so when someone has the courage to break their mirror, it scares people, and that’s when assumptions and judgment begins. Putting crazy colors in your hair or wearing studded boots is automatically considered too different and weird to be okay, and a lot of the time the person’s personality isn’t even taken into consideration before they’re labeled as ‘edgy’ or ‘punk’. While judgment of other’s appearances takes place everywhere, the seven years kids spend in middle and high school is by far the harshest. Being laughed at, teased, or even shunned by their peers because they chose to dress in a way that made them feel comfortable hurts. People across the country are bullied every day because they chose to be themselves. They broke their mirror, but why does that mean they are inflicted with the bad luck of being teased and humiliated through all 7 years of middle and high school? Clothes, dyed hair, and inked skin do nothing to change who a person is. Don’t look down on someone for shaving half their head or wearing knee high sneakers, admire them for being courageous enough to break their mirror and face the people who can’t see past their own.
true selves. The System implies that conformity is a must in order to be happy, successful and wellliked. It can creep into your mind and make you believe that doing anything that is seen as peculiar, eccentric, kooky, unnatural or outside of the norm will result in dysphoria, when reality is the exact opposite. There is concrete, scientific proof that living for yourself and doing the things that truly bring you joy result in real, genuine happiness. Finding your kairos will bring you euphoria. Examples of people in history who have lived by this principle
include Anne Hutchinson, who was banished from the Massachusetts Colony for inviting friends into her home to discuss religion. Albert Einstein, a famed scientist and physicist, was also true to himself in everything he did. Because of his individuality, science and math progressed further than was ever imagined and an unbeatable hairstyle came into existence. The list of these individuals who have fought the System could continue on for eons and be comprised of well-known people like John Lennon, Vincent van Gogh, Snoop Dogg, Miley Cyrus, Bob Marley, Marilyn Monroe and Michelle Obama. But the point is, being yourself can, in fact, lead to bliss, and in some instances, fame and wealth. Be yourself. Fight the System.
Advice: Fighting the system
Sara Madsen and Emma Hodgson Kids, fight The System. The System is not anything that you want to be a part of. Although it may seem to have its perks, conforming to The System’s standard is not in your best interest. The System works to homogenize individuals in the same way milk is processed. We understand that The System can be manipulative. At first it can seem inviting, but not long after being incorporated into The System you may realize it’s deceptive characteristic. Unfortunately, after you enter the system, it is difficult to extract yourself. Or so it seems. We are here to enlighten you. The process is not as daunting as it first appears. Being a part of The System is seemingly ingrained into your lifestyle, but that is easily curable. The cure lies in your individuality and self expression.
Take a look around. Notice the ten pairs of Tom’s under the desks in your classroom. Count how many heads of hair have been bleached or darkened. Look at the bejeweled jeans. The maxi-dresses. The snapbacks. Chances are you have complied with the system by wearing one or more of these things. Maybe you even feel like you’re being true to yourself by representing yourself in these ways. If that is true for you, it’s perfectly okay. The problem lies in the kids who dress or act in conforming ways that don’t represent their
Finding your kairos will bring you euphoria.
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Teen writers on writing
Josh Robison
Teton High School harbors a number of aspiring writers, among those is sophomore Tom Bates. “Hit the good days hard, because sometimes you’ll hit a slump and you won’t write anything,” is his advice to his fellow writers. Bates writes the genre of science fiction and is inspired by video games. According to the statistics from NaNoWriMo, one of the largest yearly writing programs in the United States, their youth program hosted over 81,000 young adult and teen writers during the month of november in 2011, showing a 19% increase from the year previous year, also showing the number of teen writers increasing. Another Teton High School aspiring author is Kati Dery. She specializes in writing news at school, and writing short stories at home. She is inspired by J. K. Rowling and Aprillyne Pike. “Read everything you can get your hands on, write whatever you can. Don’t go back and revise until after you are done writing,” said Dery, giving her tricks of the trade to her fellow authors. Representing the poets at Teton High School is Saphronia Fullmer. The things that inspire her in her writing are just the ordinary things. “I love poetry and love to express myself in a different way,” said Fullmer. Another aspiring writer at THS is Antigone Southwind. She likes writing dark fiction and is inspired by Dorothy Parker. “Inspiration strikes when you least expect it,” is her advice to her literary colleagues at THS. Sam Morgan, an agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York, gave his advice to teen writers at Teton High School. “The industry works the same for young writers as it does for elderly writers. If you can write well, someone will publish you. Age isn’t really a factor. Veronica Roth was 22 when she had DIVERGENT published. Chris-
topher Paolini was 19 when ERAGON was published. On the flip side, Laura Ingalls Wilder didn’t publish her first book until she was 65. So age doesn’t really matter. What matters is experience. I’ve met young writers (age 21ish) who had written something like half a dozen novels. I’ve met writers who are in their 40’s and they just completed their first novel. When they query us, both of those writers are on the same playing field and the only thing that matters to us or an acquiring editor is whether they can write well. Of course, if you can write really well and you’re really young, then that’s a selling point and would help drive sales.” Another member of the aspiring writers is Rebekah Bernal. Her role models in writing are Stephen King and James Patterson and she tends to write about darker subjects. “Do not get discouraged if your work does not work out at first. Getting discouraged sets you up for failure,” said Bernal. One more literary aspiring writer is Sapphire Moosman. She writes because she can express herself and is inspired by landscapes. Moosman’s advice is “Take your time and don’t try and be too structured.” In an email correspondence, Lisa Mangum, an author for Shadow Mountain Publishing, talked to the War Cry. “ The publishing industry is essentially the same for adult writers as is it for teens. Agents and editors are looking for quality writing and excellent stories-and they are often not as concerned about the age of the author,” said Mangum, “For teenagers interested in learning more about the craft of writing or publishing, I would recommend the follow two writing conference specifically aimed at teen writers: The Teen Writer’s Conference at http://www.teenwritersconference.org/ and Teen Author Boot Camp http://teenauthorbootcamp.com/”
“Inspiration strikes when you least expect it.” - Antigone Southwind
F e e l i n g
L o s t
IN TIME, THOSE WHO ARE FEELING LOST, WILL BE FOUND Rebekah Bernal Sometimes we are faced with losses. These losses can be minor, like losing your favorite toy as a kid, or major, like losing someone you love and care about. No matter what the loss, one thing is for sure, it will affect you. As I have grown and learned, I have come to this harsh realization, that not everything is going to last forever. When we’re little, we see the world as this wonderful beautiful place full of happiness and life. Then, when you start getting older you start to realize that yes, the world is beautiful, but it can also feel betraying at times.
I am seventeen years old and in the past four years I have lost eight people that were close to me. Teton Valley has seen a lot of death and sadness, and because of how small the valley is, it seems to affect everyone. Except, not everyone will respond the same way. Some get angry and blame the cause on outer objects or people. Some feel guilt, wondering what they could have done. Some become depressed and don’t see how things could get better. But that’s the thing; it does get better as time allows. I understand that state of feel-
ing lost after experiencing what it is like to have someone suddenly disappear from your life. The emptiness left in your heart. The random impulses for the need to cry, to scream, to run. It took time for me to understand this though, “somewhere someone knows exactly how I feel.” That thought comforts me, knowing I’m not alone in this tough situation. No one is ever truly alone. Not you. Not me. Not some random stranger in some random town. No one. There is someone there to help, people who care. In time, those who are feeling lost, will be found.
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Haunted houses for Halloween
What’s scarier than a horror movie?
It’s the time of year when people begin to hang decorations and place pumpkins outside their houses. They buy extra candy in order to insure leftovers, and they stress over the satisfaction of neighborhood children consuming copious amounts of candy. The Halloween season is nothing less than exhilarating, and even before the thirty-first, people start in on festivities. Haunted houses reappear every Halloween season to offer the simulation of being in a scary movie or reliving childhood fears. These haunted houses include monsters, creatures, men with chainsaws and, of course, the optical illusions that we all know and love. Around our valley, there are only a few haunted houses but they are popular all the same. These are a few well-known haunted houses and some facts about them: Doctor Slaughters - On 1st street in Idaho falls, a new and also very popular haunted house has been
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thriving for a few years now! Teton high school students rated it and average 3.5 stars out of 4! Other attractions for a thrilling time include: The Haunted Mill - An old flour mill that has been turned into quite the booming spook house in Rexburg. Both indoor and outdoor attractions. The Corn Maze - On Broadway in Idaho falls this is the newest of the local haunted houses, Features Johnny out of the shining, and an authentic corn maze where you can get lost for hours. Baby Killers - An actual haunted house hidden in the back hills of Tetonia where a man supposedly murdered his family and newborn baby. The sounds of babies crying and footsteps haunt the shattered structure to this day. With all of these options, why sit around this Halloween? Why watch a scary movie when you could live one?
Halloween to a teen
About three years ago, I told myself that I was way too old for Halloween and that only children trick-or-treated. I made sure to let all my friends know that I wouldn’t be walking around town and asking for candy from any house that would open their doors. That year, I sat at home regretting my boring decision, while everyone else was enjoying my favorite holiday. Since deciding to trick-or-treat, I’ve gotten some interesting things during Halloween. I remember I was trick-or-treating at one house and instead of handing out candy, they gave everyone water bottles. They were probably just parents concerned about other children’s hydration. But the time I was given a package of microwaveable noodles was definitely because of forgetfulness. It’s a fact that you have to be insane to pass up the chance to wear a cos-
tume all night and collect free candy. Most people don’t even go door to door, they just throw some party so they still have the chance to wear a costume. I was surprised by the number of teenagers that celebrate Halloween. When it’s dress up day at school, almost everyone dresses up. Nobody wants to stop being a kid. Halloween is eerie in a lot of ways and sometimes I think it shouldn’t be a children’s holiday at all. Walking around at night probably isn’t a good idea any time of the year. I made the mistake of walking into this elderly man’s house after he invited me in. My friend didn’t realize how bad of an idea it was to go into a stranger’s house until after we left with our candy. Who knows? Maybe I just like candy way too much.
Escaping one.
What is a person supposed to do during the month of October when they don’t even come close to startling from watching the most gut-wrenching horror flicks? What about this. Imagine a scenario where you’re put into a horrible situation as a victim. All through the night you’re running and escaping from an asylum with nothing but a flashlight and a camera, and dont forget about the serial killers, mentalists, and gore all around, chasing you to your wit’s end. It’s time for all you fellow gamers to rejoice during this upcoming Hallow’s Eve. That’s right. Drum roll. It’s time to pass all the levels in those heart-stopping horror games. Here’s a list of recently released games that will surely make you squeal with delight and angst at the same time, and if these games don’t give you a single jumpscare, then you’re obviously dead inside. Happy Halloween. For those of you who have played Amnesia: The Dark Descent, you may be overjoyed to know that an exciting sequel, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs was released on Sept. 10. “It seemed like there were a ton of earthquakes going on. Everything was shaking because of the amnesia,” said Sophomore Teage Dayton. The sequel focuses on Oswald Mandus as he wakes up from fever after months with no recognition of what has happened since he was last awake during an expedition in Mexico. “As he struggles to his feet, somewhere beneath him, an engine splutters, coughs, roars into life,” as posted on the webpage for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. From the creator of Slender: The 8 Pages and in collaboration with Blue Isle Studios brings you Slen-
der: The Arrival. The sequel, which came out in early 2013, puts the game player in a traditional isolated forest and surrounding areas with the hopelessness of having nothing but a flashlight and the will to avoid that tall, no-faced monster Slenderman, while collecting the traditional warning messages. Each message discovered brings the monster and the fear even closer. Slender: The Arrival is notorious for having much better graphics than The 8 Pages. The Arrival also follows more of a horror plot than the first, making the game player take the part of the protagonist Lauren as she searches for clues of her friend Kate’s disappearance in a remote forested area. Last, but not least, Outlast, released on Sept. 4, is sure to thrill you beyond measure. “It was so scary. It made me cry,” said Dayton. The game puts the game player in place of main character Miles Upsher, a freelance journalist who enters Mount Massive Asylum in an attempt to record a bone-chilling story. Once inside, the gameplayer finds that the bodies of the asylums staff are strewn all over, gorilly, by escaped inmates. “It had so many jump scares. At one point I tripped over a chair and fell into a ping pong table trying to run out of the room,” said Dayton. The game player is forced to find a way out of the asylum whilst crawling through sewers and cells and avoiding dangerous inmates that are on the heels of the poor soul playing nearly every minute. One more thing. The only way to see in the majority of the pitchblack mental facility is through a night vision camcorder, and the battery is running out fast... “Don’t play these games by yourself,” said Dayton.
THE HOLIDAY OF
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Kati Dery Originally, Halloween was the night that people believed the dead, demons, and other horrific creatures could walk the earth among them. They began wearing costumes and masks as protection against the supernatural forces, and over time the practice was twisted and changed until it came out as the holiday we have now. Children gathering candy by going house to house is far from similar to the original purpose of Halloween, but the tradition of wearing costumes is still as common as it was then. Every department store you go into during the month of October will be stocked full of many different types of costumes; scary, cute, glamorous, adult, children’s, the list goes on and on. While people still enjoy wearing masks, another way of disguising your face has gotten very popular: face painting. People paint their faces into various detailed creations every year, sometimes spending hours making sure it’s perfect. Face painting take a lot more time and patience than masks, but most of the time the final outcome is far more realistic than
6 simple makeup ideas
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1. Pull your hair back away from your face. If you have long hair put it in a ponytail, if you have short hair use a headband or a hat (This goes for you, too, guys). 2. Clean your face. I suggest using a low-content, alcohol-based face wipe, but just washing it with water is fine, too. 3. Make sure you have all your makeup supplies together before you start so you don’t have to get up in the middle of application to find something else.
How to turn yourself into a
MARIONETTE DOLL One very common costume with fairly simple makeup for beginners is a doll. Most people consider doll makeup to be girly, but if you do it correctly, a masculine doll can prove to be a very interesting costume, so don’t rule it out right away, boys. A neutral-gender doll that you can try is a marionette doll. The appearance of the separated chin will set you apart from the rest of the costumes at school this year. 1. Put on lipstick. Choose a shade of red or neutral lipstick and apply it thoroughly to your lips. Try to make it as perfect as possible.
2. Add rosy cheeks. Using red face paint, draw circles on your cheeks. These can be as big or small as you want.
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Basic starter steps for any makeup
fect. For eyeshadow, chose a very dark brown or black and add a lot. Make sure you fade it out as you move away from your eyes, and have it go almost all the way up to your eyebrows. Eyeliner is optional, but I suggest using it. For your eyelashes, either use a volumizing mascara that will make your eyelashes look very big or invest in a pair or false eyelashes. You can also add triangular designs below your eyes using black eyeliner or face paint, this is a very common aspect of marionette makeup.
3. Add mouth lines. With a thin paintbrush and black face paint, draw lines going straight down from the corners of your lips to your 5. Touch up. No doll is the same, chin. If you so if you want to add something want these to or change it up a little bit to make flow all the your own, do it! way through, you can connect them under your chin. When the black has dried, take a brown powder paint (Brown eyeshadow works great for this step) and shade the inside of the lines so it is darkest right next to them and fades out as you move into the center of your chin. 4. Accentuate your eyes. Making your eyes look big will assist in the effect of a doll-like face, so they are the vital point in this makeup. Make sure your eyes are per-
the war cry - November 2013 - page 9 ly as possible. Be and do it right. How to turn yourself into a extremely careful If you need to, around your eyes, you can look you don’t want to at a picture of Another fun idea is taking a very common costume and making get it in them. a skull and try it more complicated or putting a fun spin on it. It’ll make you stick imitating some 4. Outline the out from the crowd, and it isn’t hard to look impressive compared to teeth. Very careof things you people wearing the same type of costume. see on it. If you fully, draw the One of the most common costumes you’ll see on Halloween is a lines for the teeth painted your neck, skeleton costume. Tons of little kids wear simple skeleton costumes on your lips. The lines should fade add the spine as well. while teens and adults turn to it for a last minute costume idea. With out as they farther away from the Use the same procedure you did the right makeup, you can make your skeleton makeup outshine all center of your mouth. If you mess for the skull, outline first then fill the rest. in the empty spaces with up, you’ll have to wash off both the black. 1. Put on a white base coat. Using 2. Outline the skull. Using a thin black and white over that area, cream makeup or white facepaint, brush and black 6. Touch up. Make reapply the white and wait for cover your whole face evenly. Try face paint, outsure everything is it to dry, then finally add the not to clump it up too much. The line the edges symmetrical or black lines again, so try to smoother the coat the better the end of the skull. very close to symdo it right the first time. result will Make the sides metrical, add last look. If you as symmetrical minute details, want to do as possible so it and you’re full makeup, will look realisdone! you can also tic. Don’t start paint your with the teeth yet, they’ll come neck and add later. 5. Add details. Cracks a spine going 3. Fill in the empty areas. Even- and shadows add depth down into ly paint over the white with your to the makeup, so take your shirt. black, and again try to do it as even- your time with them
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How to turn yourself into a
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Face painting is also the best option for people who want to make their costumes as detailed and complicated as possible. Halloween enthusiasts go all out, turning themselves into creatures of horror with liquid latex, fake blood, and various prosthetics. For someone who doesn’t want to spend the time and money on costumes that intricate, there are still options to have really good makeup. The key is to include a ton of detail and shades in your painting job, which can take a lot of time, but the final product is worth it. If you’re feeling up for a challenge and want a very gorey, creepy makeup, turning yourself into a zombie is a great thing to try. 1. Choose a base color for your zombie’s skin. I would suggest using a grey or green color, but if you’re feeling adventurous you can use the natural color of your face and only add highlights using natural colors for a more realistic look. This sounds simple, but it can be much more challenging because you have to know all the right places to add shadows and highlight colors.
2. Find your highlight colors. Because I will be making a natural looking zombie, I need to find colors that won’t make look out of place, so different shades of browns, yellows, and greys are the best option. If you are going for a more unrealistic effect, experiment with different colors like blues, purples, and greens.
3. Apply the base coat. If you are using a base color, apply this to your face with your finger or a makeup sponge. Try to get the color as even as possible, but be careful around your eyes, mouth and nose. Get it as close to your hairline as you feel comfortable; the more of your face it covers the more you’ll look like a zombie. If you are going to blend your lips into your face, you should put the base
coat over them as well.
4. Accentuate your cheekbones. The easiest way to look dead is to make your face appear sunken. Take a darker shade of your base coat and shade underneath your cheekbones, then a lighter shade of the base coat or white and highlight above your cheekbones. Make sure these colors blend or the final effect will look blocky and unrealistic. 5. Darken around your eyes. Take a very dark shade of your base color or black and apply it around your eyes, starting at the creases in your eyelids. You might want to get help from a friend with this step so you don’t get any into your eyes. To make your eyes appear sunken, it should be darkest at the creases of your eyelids and fade out as it gets
closer and farther away from your eyes. 6. Darken the edges of your face. Take a grey or black and add shadow around your hairline, next to your ears, and along the edge of your chin.
7. Color your lips. If you put your base coat over your lips, add a slightly darker shade of the base coat on your lips and blend it into the base coat until your lips look like part of the base makeup, but slightly darker. If you left your natural face and accented it, dull your lips out with a dull pink or a neutral skin tone so they blend into your face a little more. If you don’t want to put makeup on your lips, don’t fret! just put a bunch of fake blood over them and it’ll look like you’ve just had a meal.
8. Make injuries. Depending on how gorey you want your zombie to look, this step can either be very simple or very complicated.
a. To make cuts, pick a spot then blend some paler red into your base coat over the general area. This will make the cut look inflamed, so don’t worry about it looking messy, it’s supposed to. Next, outline the cut with black; make sure it’s very dark. Add some dark red splotches over and around the top of the gash, then top it off with a generous amount of fake blood. b. To make bruises, get the
All photos credit to Kati Dery
colors red, yellow, purple, and blue. These are your basic bruise colors, and the best way to make a bruise is to experiment with combining these colors in different orders. Remember that you don’t have to use them all and that bruises are supposed to look nasty, so whatever you create will most likely look good. c. To make scrapes, blend a pale red over an area of your skin. Using a slightly darker red, add shaky lines where you want the scrapes to be. you can make these as dark or light as you want. Finish it off with a light spattering of fake blood.
9. Touch-up and add blood. After you have finished all these steps, go back and look at yourself to make sure you’re happy with the way it turned out. If something looks funky, experiment around and do your best to fix it. Finally, add blood splatters or drips wherever you want. There doesn’t have to be a cut or scrape there, zombies are always covered in blood. When you’re happy with the amount of blood you’ve applied, you’re done!
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Don’t hate, appreciate Sara Madsen
Appreciating what we are given or already have, for whatever reason, can sometimes be difficult. The problem is not that we realize and view what we have, and make the decision to be ungrateful, but rather that miniscule problems tend to overshadow the multitude of wonderful aspects in our lives. There are people who love you, there are activities in which you are able to partake that fill you with joy, and you are given the inexplicably lucky opportunity to learn new things every week; the list goes on, with every person having his or her own specific parts of life to appreciate. All that is necessary to truly feel appreciative is to take a little time every once in a while to think of what those aspects do to make your life that much better, and stop taking advantage of the seemingly ever-present characteristic of such.
Sophomore Maddie Chamberlin is able to appreciate the little things, and that includes the dull gray adhesive roll known as duct tape.
preciate the fact that you are able to breathe fresh air, not everyone has that privilege. Freshman Gary Matkin appreciates something with a more
“Living is extraordinary” “I truly appreciate duct tape. It helps me fix my car when I run into mailboxes. My car falls apart and duct tape fixes it,” Chamberlin said. Appreciate where you live. It is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Appreciate your pets, for their undying love. Ap-
universal effect. Matkin said,“I appreciate technology, the way it helps us get places faster and the way it helps with medicine to save lives.” Appreciate sleep and the rejuvenation it brings. Appreciate the stars and their vast ambiguity. Appreciate the fact that every
movie is not as long as The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Appreciate holidays that allow you to celebrate something heartening. Appreciate Chai and pumpkin pie. Appreciate your ability to create your own path in life. Senior Rachel Etchemendy appreciates a lovely characteristic in people. “I appreciate good listeners because it’s really good to find somebody who doesn’t only care about themselves but is willing to help you through your own problems,” Etchemendy said. There are clearly so many things in life to be appreciated that they cannot be counted. Although likely unknown to many, Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder made a compelling point when he said, “Living is extraordinary”. Appreciate life itself.
AP Biology Class Only Survives One Year Sara Madsen
Students interested in taking AP Biology in the 2013-14 school year were met with disappointment when, after one week of school, a decision was made by THS science teacher Dan Romano and Principal Frank Mello to drop the class. “Last year was the first year (AP) Biology hit the school and last year we had some pretty small classes,” said Mello. Taking into consideration the excess number of freshman students in physical sci-
ence classes, Romano and Mello decided it would be more beneficial to students if they were to use the class period reserved for AP Bio for an additional physical science class. “With our incoming freshmen being so many in number it just didn’t make sense to devote a period, a classroom, and time every other day for five students when we could make our freshmen classes a little smaller,” said Romano. Dan Abraham, former Teton High science teacher, who taught the class last year was skeptical about the level of beneficiality. “I remember Mr. Abraham wasn’t convinced, with all the needs of the school, that we were getting the bang for our bucks,” Mello said. Both Mello and Romano were adamant in saying that the class is not gone forever, and has
the likelihood of being a class offered every other year. “We’re not dropping it off the radar for good, it may be that in a school this size we offer it every other year,”said Mello. With the class potentially being offered every other year, Romano thinks it will be a little more difficult to ensure that the teacher is using the best teaching methods, but acknowledges that it is just the nature of where we are as a school and district with funding. With the possible offer of the class next year, senior Sydnee Staker encourages students to take it. “I felt like it was a challenge but it was worth it,” said Staker. Although students were unable to take the class from one of THS’ science teachers, some chose to take the course online through IDLA. “That’s one thing we have to work for ,even though we’re not offering it here, we have a good alternative to take something else we’re offering, through IDLA,” Mello said. With the class having potential for the future, students should keep their eyes on the list of classes offered in the next few years.
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Great Food, Great Entertainment
Joshua Robison
Sat., Sept. 21, the Teton High School Music Program threw its Seventh annual Potato Bar Fundraiser. “It gets better every year. We get more customers, more sponsors, it’s great,” said music teacher, Kristy Romano after the performance. The Potato Bar is the Teton High School Music Program’s annual fall fundraiser to earn money for more musical instruments and to pay for the various competitions, including workshops and Music in the Parks, that the program competes in throughout the year. This year, unlike other years, the event took place inside the Teton High School gym, rather than the school cafeteria due to the increased size of attendance by the community. “We did okay considering it was in a gym,” said Junior Jordan Warburton, referring to the echoing space in the gym. The sales of the music program were quite large, with 293 tickets sold and with 190 people participating. Twelve sponsors for the event, businesses, individuals, and parents of music students: Walters
& Walters Produce, Teton Valley News, Valley Citizen, Mountain River Dental, Joshua Robison, The Brakeman Grill, Double H Bar, Alene Breckenridge, and Teton County School District #401 Cooks. The event began with Josiah Otto, CA Newcomb, and Sam Champlin on the songs Paper Moon, Somebody to Love, and Till You Were There. High School Freshman CA Newcomb composed the latter song. These songs were followed by the Teton Jazz Ensemble with the songs Malguena, Birdland, Summertime, and Born to be Wild. Patty Lazalde followed this performance on the violin. These musical acts were succeded with Women’s Choir singing The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Ladies Ambiance singing Breaking Up is Hard to Do, and Men’s Ambiance singing Coney Island Baby. “We could have been more flirty, but I think we did good,” said Sophomore Nicole Ripplinger, after singing Breaking Up is Hard to Do. “I think we did pretty good, as long as we were confident,” said Junior Gabby
Bostian, giving voice to the general air of the performance. Dinner was served at the event, consisting of baked potatoes, with
checkups were raffled away during this event using products given to the program by the sponsors. Another fundraiser that the mu-
toppings such as chili, cheese, and broccoli, as well as a side dish of salad. After the bands had played and before the choirs performances, there was a raffle drawing. Items such as candles, t-shirts, lanyards, chocolate, sleigh rides, and free dental
sic program will put on this year is the Sit and Swing, which will be held this spring, at Teton High School featuring similar performers, and more songs to be enjoyed by the community.
Hats on to the dress code!
By Kati Dery After years of conflict and multiple rebellions, the students of Teton High School have been given permission to wear their hats during school hours. Before the 2013-2014 school year began, teachers and staff decided they had gotten tired of constantly berating students about their headwear and changed the rule. “It makes my day easier, I don’t have to police it anymore.” said teacher Abby Williams. Under new guidelines, students are now allowed to wear their hats in the halls and in classes, unless a teacher’s personal classroom rules requires you take them off. “I allow hats, but students are not allowed to wear them if they are delivering a speech or an oral presentation.” English and Speech teacher Diane Green said in regard to her classroom rules on hats. According to a classroom survey taken by the War Cry news team, nearly half of the students at school last year had their hats confiscated one or more times, while hardly any have dealt with that problem this year. Green and Williams both agree that there has been a visible drop in studentteacher conflict since the begin-
ning of the school year. “It’s just an accessory,” commented a ninth grade student on the anonymous survey. “saying no hats is like saying no earrings.” Overall, the teacher opinion has been found to be very similar to the student opinion. “I like the new rule, I don’t really mind kids wearing hats.” said Williams. “I think it’s important for them (students) to remove their hats to show respect in certain environments and circumstances,” Green added. “As long as they’re respectful about when and how they wear their hats and respectful about their hats in general.”
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SPORTS
Jake Schultz
As early signing periods are approaching, high school student athletes all over the nation are going over their options and trying to find a school that matches their academic and athletic needs. Although nearly all of the five star recruits come from bigger schools, Teton High School has managed to put a few athletes into college athletics over the last few years. Last year, four seniors signed with colleges to go play sports. Sean Riley (baseball), Braiden Jorgensen (baseball), Ashlie Hopkins (soccer) and Wyatt Johnson (basketball). Riley and Jorgensen both signed with Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota, and will attempt to carry on their pitcher/catcher combination that had so much success here at Teton High School. Johnson is attending Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington, on an athletic scholarship. Big Bend has one of the best basketball programs in the nation on the community college level. Hopkins signed with Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas, but tore her ACL before the season began, which caused her to redshirt for her
Small Town Recruits freshman year. “Obviously, it was a very rough to suffer an injury of that severity and have to sit out, but at least I got to redshirt and save the year of eligibility,” said Hopkins. The class of 2014 has a handful more recruits that have a very good chance to be student-athletes at the next level.
Hole, Wyoming over the summer, the program has gained them great exposure and links to college coaches. Zach Neuhaus also played in a few showcase tournaments with the Wyco Braves, a scout team for Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves. “We play a very demanding
Senior baseball recruits Kolton Bleggi and Coleman McCallum pose for the camera This year’s recruits include baseball players Coleman McCallum, Kolton Bleggi, and Zach Neuhaus, as well as a softball player in Shelby McCashland and a golfer in Jake Schultz. McCallum, Bleggi, and Neuhaus all played American Legion ball in Jackson
schedule against high level competition and it is a grind at times but we all love to play and it has absolutely improved us and opened doors for our future,” said Neuhaus. It can be tough to put so much time and effort into a sport while
still maintaining good grades and a social life in high school. But if you want it bad enough things must be put aside in order to achieve the level of athletic success necessary to get to the next level. There is also a lot that goes into being recruited especially in a small town like Driggs. “You really have to get out there and sell yourself and give schools reasons that you will be an asset to their school athletically and academically. Living in a small town you don’t get very much exposure which makes the process require even more effort on your part,” said Johnson. Although the recruiting process can be grueling at times, it is also very fun and exciting when the work pays off and you start being contacted by schools all over the country that are interested and want you to come play a sport at their school. The bottom line is that it is very exciting and is something that can only be experienced one time, hopefully Teton will continue to put out college athletes in years to come.
Harriers have high hopes
Emma Hodgson
Teton High School’s cross country team, coached by Neil Gleichman, has become somewhat of a legend throughout the running community. The men’s team is a top competitor at state each year and the women’s team is never far behind. The men’s team is currently ranked seventh, but is looking for that ranking to improve with their upcoming races. The women’s team is uncertain about their current ranking but is also optimistic about the rest of the season. Some runners experienced a challenging start to the 2013 XC season. One of the men’s team captains Elio Radovitch said, “My season started out really bad, in my opinion. I definitely didn’t run as best as I could, I think. . .In Twin Falls, I finally ran a good race. I just started noticing that I was putting more work in.” The men’s team also lost many
star seniors, such as Caleb Mooseman, Gabriel Wilson and Wyatt Christensen. However, the new additions to the team have really stepped up. “Ethan Marcum, James Letham, RJ Ceja and Josh Miskin have all been great this season,” said Radovitch. The consensus among the men’s team veterans is that the team is less unified than previous years, but despite the challenges they’re aiming to up their seventh place ranking and show up to compete at state. The women’s cross country team has not only lost their seniors, but they lost a coach. One of the women’s team captains, Alex Haar, said, “I don’t think it’s really affected our team’s ability, but the connection that is possible to form with a women can be helpful for some girls.” However, Haar doesn’t believe the team has lost any form of leadership. “Mary [Hannon, the other
women’s captain and a senior] and I are a really good combination that I think appeals to everyone in one way or another. She’s gentler and I push the girls really hard so it works for everyone on the team.” Newcomer Marisol Trejo, a junior, has no regrets about leaving behind her first sport, cheerleading, for cross country. “The two sports are really different, but I enjoy cross country more. I guess I
didn’t really like doing cheer, I just liked the competition which only happened once a year. Cross country competes all season.” Trejo is a varsity runner with a personal record of 22 minutes, down from her first 34 minute race. “The girl’s team, I’m really excited for them. We are shooting for the stars,” said Haar.
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Calderwood Girls
Sayla Child She is confident that her team Two team captains from the could’ve done better in some of Teton girl’s soccer team are now their games, but is very proud of at the peak of their high school them for making it to state, “especareers and are both ready to go cially freshmen,” she said. Kenzie out into the world. is happy with her team because These two are not only fellow teammates, but family as well. The there was never any drama, and Calderwood girls are very skilled and determined soccer players, ready to go off to college, but still plan to stay involved in the great sport of soccer. Kenzie Calderwood started playing soccer when she was in the seventh grade. “The best thing about soccer is your teammates because usually people who play soccer are pretty cool,” Kenzie Calderwood said. Kenzie plans to attend BYU Hawaii when she graduates from high school, and she wants to play for their intramural Kenzie Calderwood calls for team. a pass. “Go to summer sessions because they’re fun and were very reliable. “ they’ll help you improve a lot”, What I’ll miss most about playwas Kenzie’s advice to her underclassmen on the THS soccer team. ing for THS is being a part of a
PGA Tour
Jake Schultz On Sunday, Sept. 22, the PGA tour season wrapped up with Henrik Stenson shooting a round of two under par to wrap up his win at the Tour Championship, which also moved him passed Tiger woods to the top spot on the FedEx Cup leaderboard earning him a whopping 10 million dollars. The 37 year old from Gothenburg, Sweden, managed to win the points award by playing his best in the big events, finishing in the top five in two of the season’s four major tournaments, second at the Open Championship and third at the PGA Championship. Also, he managed to finish atop the leaderboard at two of the four tournaments included in the FedEx Cup playoffs, the Deutsche Bank Championship, and the Tour Championship. Stenson was not the only stand out performer of this season, though. Tiger Woods won an astounding five tournaments in just 16 appearances
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team and being in such a competi- most of it as you can,” is Andee’s tive league” Kenzie said. As team advice to her underclassmen on captain and senior of THS, her the team. team and fellow peers wish her She thinks the season went very well, in hopes for a bright future. well for the team, considering Andee Calderwood has played they’re going to state. “Taylor Arnold improved the most because for three years in high school. she has become “My famore confident vorite thing and know what about soccer shes doing,” would have to Andee said. be how i can She is very just go on the happy with her field and forteam because get about all they have bemy stress and come close and concentrate push each other. on soccer.” What Andee Andee said. will miss most Andee about playing would like to for THS is her attend BYU teammates and University all the fun expeafter graduariences they’ve tion and study had together. in a medical As a team capprofession. tain and student She would Andee Calderwood looks at Teton High also like to fiercely at her oppents School, everykeep up with one is confident the sport play intramurals in college. “Don’t take she will achieve great things in the future. anything for granted, make it the
and Henrik Stenson all tied for second most wins with two each. Adam Scott had the second best percentage as he won two tournaments in 16 appearances, about 12 percent. Scott also captured his first career major championship at the Masters this past April. The other golfer that made big news was superstar Phil Mickelson as he captured his first Claret Jug in late July at the Open Championship. One player who was very impressive was Jason Day, the 25 year old from Queensburg Australia did not miss a cut all season long and was a contender nearly every week on sunday. He finished with seven top ten finishes including three in majors, tied for 2nd at the U.S. Open, 3rd at the Masters, and tied for 8th at the PGA Championship. Although the young Aussie didn’t manage to break through and get a win in 2013, he played good golf and the golf community will be looking for big things from him in the 2014 PGA Tour season. Golf fans everywhere found the 2013 tour season extremely entertaining, competition ranged from tour veterans like Tiger and Phil dominating to rookies Russell Henley and Scott Langley battling for a win in their first tour appearances in early January. It is difficult to find another sport with the same type of incredible individual moments that golf produces on a weekly basis, that is why the fans love it and 2013 did not disappoint.
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#Selfie Swag Nicole Etchemendy
Below: Von Anderson, Jeremy Olivas, and Mason Atkinson pose for a group selfie.
Above: Maddie Chamberlin and Amy Ortiz look sophisticated for the camera. Selfies: pictures taken of oneself while holding the camera at arm's length. This egocentric fad has evolved from self portraits to the simple use of any camera device. Sites such as twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Vine praise people who can angle the camera just right to reach the facade of perfection. A quick check on Wednesday, October 16th showed that Instagram had 140,850,965 posts with the Hashtag "me," and the numbers are growing. Another shocking discovery is that the majority of Teton high school admits to taking up to 60 or more selfies in one day including Snapchat photos. Today around 200 million Snapchats are sent on a daily basis. Self taken photos have been around for a long time but as technology advances and cameras are more easily accessed, the number of people taking pictures of themselves has multiplied rapidly.
Above: Rachel Etchemendy gives a half smile while snapchatting in art class. Below: Aubrey Derbin, Andee Calderwood and Kenzie Calderwood take selfies in the hallway.
Above: Sam Champlin lets his feminine side take control.
Frank Mello, snaps a picture of himself making the duck face.
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Driggs thinks outside the box Lauren Birch
Teri McLaren, owner of The Local Galleria Once again, Fall River Electric and the Teton Arts Council worked together to give local on Main Street, said, “People are most tied to their community through public art, says artists the opportunity to add color to downresearch. The art boxes have town Driggs. taken a great step toward creatSince 2011, he art boxes have taken a great ing a more cohesive community there have been brightly step toward creating a more cohe- through art.” painted sive community through art.” Creativelectric -Teri McLaren ity was power boxes key in this around the contest. Since there was main street area. no required theme, and no This year 10 were painted and submissions required media, artists had were sent in early September. Electric boxes a lot of freedom to create all were painted brightly with wildlife and colorful landscapes. Locations included; corner their unique design. “A diversity [of ideas] of Ross Ave. in front of Teton High School, is great. That’s why there Courthouse Dr., and besides the Blackhawk is no major criteria,” said Building.
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Sayla Child Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, and Nicki Minaj. All well known musicians who have become very successful in their careers, aside from the fact of their constant hate mail and negative fans. All have become a figure that to some, is “crazy”, “gay”, or “alien”. With all of their different styles come negativity, or even worship. Half of the tween girl population around the world see Justin Bieber as the greatest man to ever live, when the other half hate everything about him. Miley Cyrus was once a famous
McLaren about what she would have liked to see on the art boxes. Although there were no guidelines to what artists could paint, most of the painted boxes stuck to a similar theme of nature and wildlife relating to the valley.
Music overkill
Disney Channel pop sensation , and now she’s seen as the one who twerked on the VMA’s 2013 music awards. Nicki Minaj is an excellent rapper to the world, but because of her strange styles and odd facial expressions, many decide to sat and write horrible things about her. Most have an overkill on expressing their feelings toward these artists. this is considered a form of bullying. Both to the artists and their fans. Many children get put down or hated for
being interested in the popular musician they enjoy listening to. Some go to extreme lengths to share their hatred for one specific singer, and causes huge debates between classes, friends, and even family. Such behavior should be stopped and allow others to express themselves freely, especially the artists who are affected by this the most. Accept others for who they are and allow free will.
Despicable Me 2 tops THS students movie list Sayla Child Audiences of all ages enjoy seeing the occasional movie in theaters nearest them. The summer of 2012 had a wide variety of movies released, all of which both good and bad reviews. THS students were surveyed during the month of October said they see an average of one to five movies a year. Movies create an alternate world
for us to experience and enjoy, most of which contain computer graphics or extraordinary events. This summer there were many movies in which there were positive and negative reviews. According to the students of THS the top 3 movies of the summer were Despicable Me 2, which came in first and World War Z which came in second, closely followed by Fast
and Furious 6. These films came in a variety of genres and age differences. The movie voted the worst of the summer was The Smurfs 2. Sadly, this movie had no positive votes and won the award of worst movie of summer 2012, according to the students of THS. The movie R.I.P.D starring Ryan Reynolds seemed confusing and
cheesy to most, putting it second to last on the list. Next, the movie Lovelace, was seen by few and enjoyed by none. It is Hollywood’s goal to direct and produce the best movies and earn billions in return, but when a movie goes sour, the ones who made it possible lose money. Let’s hope for a better turn out next year.
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Toying Around Jackson Pauroso Childhood toys. Should they be played nostalgic caring, or left in your childhood, where some people think they belong. Whatever your opinion one thing is certain, many kids in high school still play with their childhood toys. Different types of childhood toys range from Nerf Guns and Nintendo games to Legos and Pokemon. Rebekah Bernal, a junior, still has and plays with childhood toys. Her favorites are her Gameboy
and Legos. They are special to her because her brothers and her used to play with them when they were young and also because they are fun. In her opinion, people still play with toys from their childhood because it makes them feel like a kid again. However, Bernal also thinks that one of the main reasons that kids give up the toys they used to play with is because they think it makes them look childish. “I can’t see a problem with it,” said Bernal. Bernal also thinks that kids don’t want to
be seen as immature or childish and want to be adults. Duke Davis, also a junior, is in agreement with Bernal’s statements. It brings back childhood memories and fun, according to him. Davis holds on to his old Nintendo games from his childhood. Davis’ reasoning for why people have the impression that childhood toys are not acceptable is similar to Bernal’s. “People think you need to be more adult like rather than like a kid,” Davis said. “Still keep those childhood memories with you,” was Davis’ closing comment. In contrast junior Alix Jeppson told me that she did not still play with or have any of her childhood toys. The main reason for her loss of interest is because all of her siblings are older, so when they lost interest so did she. Jeppson told me that an understandable reason for playing with old toys is that it brings back memories of being young. Jeppson specifically cited times when she was babysitting and saw a toy she had as a child. “It makes me realize that I played with these toys as a kid,” said Jeppson. The phrase ‘grow up’ is probably one of the reasons that most kinds no longer play with their childhood toys. As people grow up,they are pushed to be mature and move on to bigger and more adult things. Kylie Henrie, a junior, is in the same situation as Jeppson but for different reasons. She lost touch with childhood toys because she was put into a situation where she had to grow up fast and take a lot more
responsibility. “People all have that little kid in them,” said Henrie. Except, that now in high school everyone is expected to be a mature adult when we still have that little kid inside and sometimes outside. Some people are just better than others at hiding that childish side of themselves. Ben Klausman, a freshman, still owns and plays with toys from when he was younger. Klausman has Nerf Guns and Legos. He told me he kept them because he used to play with them for hours as a kid and they’re still fun. He agreed that one reason that people give up their toys is because it’s not ‘cool’ to still play with childhood toys. He ended his interview by saying, “I love my toys.”