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N o v e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 3 • Vo l . 6 • N o . 4 6 • w w w.T h e We e k l y S u n . c o m
with Spencer Brendel STORY & PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK
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Delta Begins Regional Jet Service between Sun Valley and Salt Lake City in January
Spencer Brendel scoops his PlayHard GiveBack trail mix into a rice paper bag which is easy on the environment.
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elta Air lines (NYSE: DAL) will introduce jet service on its Sun Valley to Salt Lake City route beginning January 6, 2014. The flights will be operated by Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines using 65-seat, two-class Bombardier CRJ-700s. Each aircraft is equipped with nine first-class seats, eight economy comfort seats and 48 economy seats as well as on-board Wi-Fi. The change to a larger aircraft will add approximately 3100 additional Delta seats into SUN in 2014, with three round-trip flights per day during peak winter and summer seasons and two round-trip flights per day during the off-peak time periods. Friedman Memorial Airport Manager Rick Baird said this would be one more positive enhancement to air service for both local residents and visitors. “While the daily flight frequency will be reduced in the short term because of the increase in seat capacity of the jets versus the turboprops, we are optimistic this new aircraft, along with competitive fares and enhanced cooperative marketing between our community and Delta Air Lines, will encourage more people to fly SUN,” he remarked. “And if we can fill these additional seats, we can continue to discuss additional frequency with Delta, because we know that is very important for our business and leisure travel market here,” Baird added. Flights can be booked at www.delta. com
Santa Paws
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“…it gives them a chance to give back to the community, kids in need, planet Earth, our big green playground.”
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oin the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley for a fun family photo with your pet and Santa Paws! Santa Paws will be making his appearance at Sun Valley Animal Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16 and again at the Sawtooth Animal Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17. No advanced reservations are necessary! Photo packages are just $20 and include two 5x7 and four 4x6 prints from the professionals at 5B Photo (formerly Flolo’s)! While waiting for your turn with Santa, share the holiday cheer with free refreshments and snacks. Participating in Santa Paws is just one easy way to support this community’s no-kill animal shelter. One hundred percent of the proceeds from Santa Paws support the animal shelter’s life-saving programs and services. For more info call 208-788-4351
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pencer Brendel sticks his scoop in a giant bowl of chocolate-covered espresso beans, salted almonds, dried cranberries, cashews, sunflower seeds, date roll pieces, dried mango and coconut flakes. With a twist of a muscular wrist used to hitting a hockey puck, he stirs the ingredients into one colorful blended mix aptly named “Wired.” These are the ingredients that Lexi Dupont, a big-mountain skier from Sun Valley, chose as her go-to mix when she needs a pick-me-up while shredding powder for film cameras. But the PlayHard GiveBack mix is more than a trail mix. In Brendel’s eyes it’s a micro-social enterprise that will change the world for the better. Customers can support a roster of 19 athletes like national mountain biking champion Rebecca Rusch, skiercross champion Langley McNeal and Sun Valley’s American Hockey League player Joey Sides by purchasing the AthlEats Performance trail mixes. Fifty cents of the cost of every bag s of boutique trail mix that’s sold goes to support the athlete’s career; another 50 cents goes to support the athlete’s pet cause—a list that includes the Wood River Bike Coalition, Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, Protect Our Winters, No Kid Hungry and Higher Ground Sun Valley. The bags retail for $6.95 in stores. “It’s a quick easy way for athletes to get energy and protein. And it gives them a chance to give back to the community, kids in need, planet Earth, our big green playground,” said Brendel, who graduated from Wood River High School in 2007. “We find some people are buying the mixes to support the athletes. Others are buying them because they liked the mix of ingredients the bags contain.”
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