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Fourth of July Activities Continue Page 5
Fools Heat It Up Tonight with Das Barbecü Page 6
Purdy Family Represent Idaho’s Homesteaders Page 12
J u l y 4 , 2 0 1 2 • Vo l . 5 • N o . 2 7 • w w w.T h e We e k l y S u n . c o m
BY KAREN BOSSICK
D Over the Bars.
PHOTO: bob law
Fat Tire Photo Shootout Among This Week’s Bike-tivities BY KAREN BOSSICK
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he bicycle fun continues this week with a host of activities for riders and non-riders alike. Here’s a look at the schedule. July 4—Hailey Fourth of July Criterium Road Bike Race in Hailey July 5—8 a.m. XC-CAT 3/All Age Groups; 10:30 a.m. XC-CAT 2/All Age Groups; 1:30 p.m. STXC-CAT 1/ Female All Ages; 2:15 p.m. STXCCAT 1/Male 19-29; 3 p.m. STXC-Cat 1/Male 30-plus; 3:45 p.m. STXC-ParaCycling Off-Road—Hand-Cycle Male and Female; 4:30 p.m. STXC-Para-Cycling Off-Road/ 2-Wheeled/Male and Female. All on Baldy. July 6—9 a.m. XC-U23/Female and XC-Cat 1/Female 17-18 and 15-16; 11:30 a.m. XC-U23/Male and XC-Cat 1/Male 17-18 and 15-16; 11:30 a.m. XC-U23/Male and XC-Cat 1/Male 17-18 and 15-16; 1:45 p.m. XC Junior 13/14 Male and Female; 3:15 p.m. XC Junior 11-12 Male and Female; 4:30 p.m. XC-Junior 10-and-Under Male and Female; 6 p.m. Kids Race (free race open to kids ages 3-12). All on Baldy. July 7—8 a.m. XC-Cat 1/Male 1924 and 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 4549, 50-54; XC-Male/Single-Speed; XCMale/Masters 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-plus; 10:45 a.m. XC-Cat 1/Female 19-24, 25-29, 30-34,-35-39, 40-44, 4549; XC-Female/Single Speed; XC-Female/Masters 50-54, 55-59, 60-plus; 1:30 p.m. XC-Pro-Female; 3:45 p.m. XC-Pro/Male. All on Baldy. July 8—9 a.m.-1 p.m. Super-Duper D; 2 p.m. STXC-Cat 1/Male 15-18; 2:45 p.m. STXC-Pro/Female; 3:30 p.m. STXC-Pro/Male. All on Baldy.
For the Spectators
Free guided Ride Sun Valley Local Stoker bike rides meet at Sun Valley Visitor Center. July 4 ride meets at 9 a.m. and takes in the Greenhorn, Mahoney and Cow Creek trails; July 5’s ride meets at 9 a.m. and heads to Curley’s near Easley Hot Springs; and the ride on July 6 meets at 9 a.m. and heads to Fox Peak. The Sun Valley Fat Tire Photo Shootout will be held at 6 p.m. July 5 at Whiskey Jacques’ on Main Street, Ketchum. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door, if available, and
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Take a Thrill Ride on the Newly Installed Zip Line in Twin Falls
read about it on PaGe 20
presented by Caritas Chorale
ick Brown should have been celebrating as the Caritas Chorale sang the last note of a choral work celebrating Lewis and Clark’s journey through Idaho. But he had a gnawing sense that it was incomplete. The Lewis and Clark piece had told the story of America’s great exploration through Idaho. But what had happened to the people who helped them? Their story had to be told, he resolved. Brown commissioned Diane Josephy Peavey, whose father had written some of the definitive histories of the Nez Perce people, to write the lyrics. He had Boise composer David Alan Earnest, who had collaborated with Peavey on the Lewis and Clark piece, to write the music. Now, seven years after the Lewis and Clark piece was presented, Brown and the Caritas Chorale will do just that when they present “Nez Perce: Promises.” The 65-member chorale will present the chorale work on July 14 and 15 in Sun Valley and Hailey accompanied by a 40-piece string and percussion orchestra. Page Klune will narrate. Members of the Nez Perce tribe, who live at Lapwai east of Lewiston, Idaho, will present several cultural performances in conjunction with the chorale performance. Among them: storytelling by Nez Perce historian Tony Tall Bull, a demonstration by Nez Perce dancers and singers, a wildflower walk by tribal botanist Brian McCormack and a recital by a young Nez Perce woman. There will also be a selection of native crafts at the Ketchum and Hailey farmers’ markets on July 10 and 12. “I was always curious what happened to the people Lewis and Clark met along the way. And the Nez Perce story was one of the best because they had an opportunity to kill or let the members of the expedition starve to death. Instead, they met them with hospitality and showed them the way to the ocean,” said Brown. “But what happened after that trip is typical of what happened to Native Americans in the West—one broken treaty after another. One of the worst indignities was that they were forced to plow the land—Mother Earth, essentially turning them into farmers. This went against everything they believed in.” “Nez Perce: Promises” brings full circle Brown’s passion for history and the rela-
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Tamkaliks Dancer, July 2011
COURTESY PhotoS: ROGER M. PETERSON