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A Persian fire pit sits in Linda Barker’s small “pocket park.” PhotoS: KAREN BOSSICK/TWP
im Feldbaum death. And he’s substiis letting natuted chokecherries, tive grasses currants and other and wildflowers native shrubs for reclaim his yard the noxious weeds along the Big that dominated the Wood River. area before. by: Karen The ex-FloridNot only have Bossick ian has divided the changes he’s his yard at 531 made brought the River Trail into birds back, but his eight zones. He’s put backyard has become decorative plants that take a a corridor for wildlife fair amount of watering in one drinking from the Big zone. He’s cut the water in anWood River. other area, planting sagebrush “It didn’t make sense to starts to augment the native be living in a higher desert and bunch grasses that are sprouting having a big turf lawn,” said as his turf lawn recedes. Feldbaum, who has founded In back he’s waging war with continued, page 20 a vine that choked one tree to
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A child’s bulldozer sits in the veggie garden outside the Ritzau-Harned home.
Reopening history Photo & Story By KAREN BOSSICK
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he Ketchum/ Sun Valley Ski and Heritage Museum reopened with a new look Thursday night. The museum sports the look of an art gallery, thanks to Director Megan Betty Murphy, a longtime Lengyel, a former employee of the Sun volunteer at the museum, shares a moment with Dick Valley Center for Dorworth, a former speed the Arts. skier. Lengyel traded the busy clutter of yesterday for a new look where one item might grace an entire wall. What’s more, the two one-room museum buildings now sport shifting walls that allow Lengyel to change room layouts. “This is a work in progress. We’ll be changing exhibits regularly,” promised Betty Murphy, who was marking her 11th year as a museum volunteer. Patrons strolled through the two museum buildings—former Forest Service buildings built in 1933—sipping margaritas and wine and nibbling on Mexi-wraps as they perused exhibitions devoted to Sun Valley’s ski heritage, Ernest Hemingway, Lewis and Clark and the 10th Mountain Division. “It’s an amazing new look,” said Anne twp Zauner.
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Maximilian Riedel pours wine into one of his most unusual stemware pieces during last year’s wine symposium. PHOTO: KAREN BOSSICK/TWP Read about it on page 12
inside: get nourished, pg 4 | hollyhocks, pg 8 | events, pg 11 | maestro, pg 14