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Baking up some hospitality Q business uality of life 2005, opened for guests is what it’s one year ago followed about for by a restaurant and entrepreneurs bar this May. BookTim and Becky ings for the hotel’s Cron, and Kelli accommodations are Kerns, Becky’s solid and the restausister. The trio, rant has done well by: JIMA past residents of every night since it Rice, Ph.D. the Wood River opened. Valley, are owner/ This is a distinctive operators of two thrivaccomplishment for ing businesses in Stanley: three people who nevthe Stanley Baking Company er planned to own a and the Sawtooth Hotel. business. “Becky and I The Baking Company, purjust wanted to put down chased by Tim and Becky in roots in Stanley,� Tim says. “We 2002, has a line of customers like to climb and ski and hike stretching out the front door for and love it here. We’d visited the breakfast and lunch virtually ev- bakery a lot, but never thought ery summer’s day. The Sawtooth of starting a business.� “Then Hotel, purchased by the trio in I saw the bakery was for sale,�
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Becky chimes in, “and it was like, ’Whoa, the bakery’s for sale.’� Everything seemed to fall into place after that. Having bartended at Grumpy’s, The Pioneer and The Cellar (Tim), and waitressed at The Pioneer (Becky), the couple had some restaurant experience. “Plus, we love food,� laughs Becky. “And she’s a great baker,� adds Tim. The pair put the deal together with a Ketchum bank, using an appreciated condo for collateral, and revamped their lives. That first year, they camped out in Stanley, unable to afford rent, while preparing to open. The bakery was an immedi
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Kelli Kerns and Tim and Becky Cron behind the bar at their Sawtooth Hotel restaurant in Stanley. Photo: JIMA RICE/TWP
Lee Pesky dinner
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avid Holmes is trying to create a level playing field for every child. That means no child left behind due to a by: Karen learning differBossick ence or trouble handling different social environs. That’s why Saturday’s Dinner and Auction for the Lee Pesky Learning Center is so important, in his mind. “We’re 13 years old and we want to live forever,� said Holmes, executive director of the learning center. “Unfortunately, there will always be children with learning disabilities. There will always be a need.� The learning center’s annual dinner and auction, which raises the money that enables the learning center to do what it does, will be held at 7 p.m. at The Community School in Sun Valley. The live auction will include such items as a week in an exclusive Bermudian beach-front retreat and a stay at Montana’s Yellowstone Bend Ranch, a private hunting and fishing
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For birds and dogs
Next Friday’s Dog Days benefit will also feature over 35 one-of-a-kind birdhouses and feeders created by local artists, architects, craftsmen and friends of the Animal Shelter.
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inside: GIVEAWAY, PG 5 | FINANCIAL PLANNING, PG 11 | CLASSIFIEDS, SECTION TOO