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SolFest 2013 to Feature Pool Party
Special Olympian Brings Home
Gold and Silver STORY & PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK
BY KAREN BOSSICK
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un Valley puts its party face on this weekend when it stages SolFest 2013 Friday through Sunday. This weekend of skiing, free music, a street party and other events kicks off with a Welcome Deck Party from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Whiskey Jacques’ on Main Street, Ketchum. At 7 p.m. Friday, the FILE PHOTO party moves to the parking lot across from the 511 Building on Leadville Avenue for a 511 Rail Jam with music by DJ Train. Wanna-be rail jammers may register on site. The day concludes with music by Paranoid Social Club at Whiskey Jacques’ beginning at 10 p.m. There is a $3 cover for students with ID. On Saturday, skiers and snowboarders can take part in the A.P.R.E.S. skiing on Baldy—that is Advance Protocol for Ridiculous Endeavors in Sun Valley. Score points for completing ridiculous scavenger hunt-type endeavors, such as skiing backwards all the way down Baldy, cooking bacon in the lift line, having a yard sale on the slop and skiing in Nordic gear all day. A.P.R.E.S. will conclude with an après party from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Apple’s Bar and Grill at the base of the Warm Springs side of Baldy. Scores will be tallied at 5:30 p.m. and prizes, such as Smith goggles and sunglasses and Scott USA gear, awarded for Most Points, Best Costumes, Best Team and Best Overall Performance. River Run Lodge will feature Paranoid Social Club on the patio from 3 to 6 p.m. that day while Apple’s offers free music by El Stash during its après party. The party will move to Main Street, Ketchum, at 7:30 p.m. for a SolFest Main Street Concert featuring Doc Rock and Pool Party, a San Diego band. It’s free and it’s for all ages. “It’s electronic rock music, fun party music, great dancing music,” said Greg Randolph, who heads up Visit Sun Valley. The day concludes with a performance by Minneapolis-based hip-hop artist Brother Ali at Whiskey Jacques’ beginning at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $12, available at whiskeyjacques. inticketing.com. Brother Ali, who just returned from a trip to Mecca, has unveiled his fourth album, which presents a critique of America in such songs as “Mourning in America,” in addition to presenting a hopeful outlook of its possibilities through such songs as “Dreaming in Color.” College students can buy three days of skiing for $99 with a college ID—the pass is good all week long. “We brought SolFest back last year and it was such a great time,” Randolph said. “It’s spring break for a lot of kids, and it gets more kids in the Valley at a time when things would otherwise be slowing down. Once they come, they always come back.” tws
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erry Smith figures he pumped a little iron coming home from South Korea this past month. Make that gold and silver. The Bellevue man lugged home gold and silver medals from the Nordic relay and the 2 1/2K classic race at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games, along with a fifth-place ribbon for the 5K classic. “I was so happy to be a gold medal winner—it makes my day. Everyone tells me I did good. I’m like the Energizer Bunny,” said Smith. Smith, 57, was one of three Idahoans to accompany the American team to PyeongChang, South Korea. He trained with Team USA at Lake Placid in New York prior to traveling halfway around the world. He left an impression on Team USA, according to Team USA’s Nordic Coach Dave Bregenzer. “He’s one of the kindest, most compassionate human beings that I have ever met and he has a passion for skiing that was beyond that of any of our 26 other athletes,” said Bregenzer. “In terms of technical skills, all the coaches agreed he was the best classical skier on the team. His speed was second only to the one skate skier at the competition.” That’s not news to Haley Van Lieshout, recreation program manager at Higher Ground Sun Valley, which oversees the Special Olympics program in the Sun Valley area. Nor to Smith’s coaches, Lisa Huttinger and Mike Treshow. “We have trouble finding coaches who are fast enough to keep up with Jerry,” said Van Lieshout. The adventure left an impression on Smith, who works at Hailey’s Atkinsons’ Market, “making the shelves pretty.” “I set foot on their land halfway around the world. It was an awful long way,” said Smith, who is among six Nordic skiers and 25 alpine skiers in the Sun Valley Special Olympics program. “Their language was a little different from ours—I know, because I couldn’t understand it. I also skied with a lot of strangers—skiers from Russia and other places. I was a little nervous, but I just made myself get the hang of it.”
Jerry Smith has a Team USA and a couple medals with which to remember his stint in the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in South Korea.
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Benefit Concert AUGUST 8
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