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Hitched on history Wagon Days events span next five days
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he biggest Labor Day celebration for hundreds of miles around gets underway tonight when local historian Ivan Swaner waxes his handlebar mustache and recounts the rich mining history of the Wood River Valley. Over the next five days, the valley will burst at the seams with live music, paragliding displays, a rubber duck race, a concert featuring one of the world’s premiere classical pia-
nists and the Big Hitch money for youth organiParade—one of the zations, student schollargest non-motorarships, holiday food ized parades in the baskets and Search nation. and Rescue efforts. And the reason More than for it all will be the 20,000 rubhistoric Big Hitch ber ducks, for by: Karen ore wagons, which instance, are Bossick will be pulled by a expected to take a team of 20 mules. swim in the Big Wood The wagons, coveted River on Sunday durby Walt Disney and others, ing the Wagon Days Duck attract up to 15,000 gawkers Race, according to Josh Fields, each Labor Day Weekend. Ketchum/sun Valley Rotary Club Much of the weekend will be president. for pure fun. Other events, such The duck race will get underas the Papoose Club flapjack way at 1 p.m. with music and breakfast and the Wagon Days continued, page 14 Duck Race are meant to raise
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For better or worse, Part II
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ast week I offered a partial summary of a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the state of the U.S. economy. by: JIMA The summary Rice, Ph.D. covered the testifying expertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comments on what caused the recession, where we are now, and changes we can expect. Part II offers a summary of the expertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comments on how we might move out of this mess. The committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general conclusion was that our government must design and commit to a credible plan to achieve long-term fiscal sustainability, involving nothing less than an immediate fiscal consolidation program and significant reforms to bring down our debt. We must be able to show our willingness and ability to put our fiscal house in order if we want to recover national and global credibility. A soft outcome of this effort will be to bring some â&#x20AC;&#x153;certaintyâ&#x20AC;? to a highly uncertain climate that is paralyzed. Greater certainty about the long-term future will increase the near-term confidence needed to loosen access to credit, stimulate business investment and hiring, and provide breathing room with our foreign debtors. Such a plan should effectively address the housing crisis, tax policy, health care issues, and our global positioning. 1. Housing. We must help homeowners reduce their debt responsibly. This includes
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Starry Eyed
PHOTO: KAREN BOSSICK/TWP
Stephen Pauley will take those at the Caritas Chorale benefit on a tour of the universe through his Meade Lx200 EMC telescope, one of the most advanced amateur telescopes ever manufactured. Read about it on page 10
inside: SPRINGER SALUTED, PG 5 | WEEKEND EVENTS, PG 14 | GALLERY WALK, PG 15