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Ribs, Rangers, Rodeo By KAREN BOSSICK
G
ot a knack for barbecue? You could win a fourburner charbroil stainless steel gas grill donated by Lowe’s in Twin Falls or a host of other prizes in Saturday’s BBQ Cook-off. The cook-off—a benefit for the Hailey Rodeo Park expansion which will include an expanded skatepark, covered ice rink and events center—will also feature music by Saddlestrings and Ernie Sites. Backyard chefs may enter any or all of six categories: beef, poultry, vegetarian, lamb, pork and Dutch oven. Entry fee is $25
per class and you can fire up the grill at 8 in the morning. Five judges will begin judging at noon with the final judging at 6. Fifty spectators can pony up $5 to judge and vote in People’s Choice. While the barbecuing is taking place inside the arena, a skateboard contest will be going on outside, where there also will be food vendors, a beer garden and artisans. Saddlestrings, a Western group out of Heber City, Utah, will begin performing at 11 a.m., ending with a concert from 6 to 7 p.m. There also will be music and
cowboy poetry by Ernie Sites, in addition to cowboy poetry by Stan Tixier, Robin Arnold, Sam DeLeuw, Brian Dilworth and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Peterson. General admission is $5 per person, with children under 6 admitted free. “We’re trying to show how fun it will be once it’s completed. It’s going to be an event center, not just a rodeo arena,” said Lorna Hazelton, a member of the Sawtooth Rangers Riding Club organizing the fundraiser. Hailey voters passed a $3.5 million levy to build the new $7 million-plus center, which Becki
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Scotty Pike and others will see an expanded skatepark featuring railings, pyramids and ledges, thanks to last week’s approval of a levy that will turn the Hailey Rodeo Arena into an indoor ice rink and multipurpose event center.
7:00 ACH 2 E UNE R $10 J nexStage Theatre presents IEW LE FO V E WINNER 2002 TONY AWARD - BEST PLAY PR AB L L I A A I V C SPE KETS A IC 50 T “One of the funniest and wittiest plays Albee has ever written.” — Clive Barnes, New York Post
Photo: KAREN BOSSICK/TWP
Regulation rarely works
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n the past several months we have had plenty of news coverage about the failure of regulatory agencies to properly oversee by: JIMA the banking and Rice, Ph.D. oil industries. Regulatory failure should not be a surprise, however. It has always happened and always will in virtually any industry that we might choose to regulate. We shouldn’t expect otherwise given elements of human nature: relationships tend to arise from proximity and familiarity, conflict-avoidance is high, and ethical standards are mutable. The job of calling to account faulty or outright illegal behavior requires a regulator to stand up to power holders with deep expertise and determined agendas in the
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Vaseflowers now nodding
Photo and Story By KAREN BOSSICK
NEXSTAGE THEATRE JUNE 3-12, 2010 726-4TKS
I FOR MATURE AUDIENCES
f you think you hear a tinkling while you’re a-walking, check out the Vaseflower, also known as the Sugar Bowl or Hairy Clematis. This hairy, bell-shaped purple flower, found in late spring and early summer after the snows melt, is a member of the buttercup family. This particular one was found growing with its kin in the Democrat Gulch area this past week. Pioneers boiled its leaves to treat headaches. And the Navajo Indians used the root to treat nose congestion. Be careful, though: some members of the genus are mildly poisonous, according to Plant-Life.org
inside: GRAB GARTH TIX FOR $25, P5 | CELTIC FAIRE IN TOWN, P8 | GRADUATES, P16 & 20