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BY KAREN BOSSICK

on-stop flights between Denver and Sun Valley will begin July 2.

The new United Airlines route makes it easier for those living in eastern cities to get to Sun Valley, potentially opening up a whole new market of tourists. And it will make it easier for Sun Valley-area residents to jet to the Mile High City to take in a Colorado Rockies baseball game, or—ahem—check out one of the state’s new pot tours. Locals will also be able to use the connection as a springboard to world travel. Friedman Memorial Airport Manager Rick Baird said voters’ passage of the LOT tax in November was one of the principal reasons Fly Sun Valley Alliance, the airport authority and Sun Valley Resort were able to push ahead to snag the non-stop flights. “The LOT tax voters passed in November, and we received a Small Communities Air Service Development Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Those were the real catalysts to making this a reality as quickly as it materialized,” Baird said. Fly Sun Valley Alliance expects to raise about $2 million annually from the local options tax based on last year’s collection, added Carol Waller. That money will be used to help provide minimum revenue guarantees that United requires. And it will be used to publicize the new flights for Denver residents. “We didn’t want to start down the road without knowing we had long-term finances behind us,” she said. The daily flights will be offered from July 2 through Sept. 24, 2014, using 70-seat CRJ 700 regional jet aircraft operated by SkyWest Airlines. It will operate daily from July 2 through Aug. 25 and five times a week from Aug. 26 through Sept. 23. It will depart Denver at 7:15 p.m., arriving at Sun Valley at 9:03 p.m. The plane will stay overnight at Friedman. It will depart Sun Valley at 7:30 a.m., arriving at Denver at 9:11 a.m. Fly Sun Valley Alliance and its other partners are working to add winter service and hope to confirm a contract by late spring for next winter’s season. The service represents 5,500 additional seats coming into Sun Valley during the summer season.

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Alison Owen Kiesel Bradley, who revolutionized American skiing, credits her father with imbuing herself and her siblings with a love of the outdoors. “He was a mechanical engineer for Alcon Aluminum, cleaning smoke stacks. They kept trying to get him to transfer to Pittsburg, but he turned them down. ‘I’ve got five kids who need to move around the woods,’ he said. I’m so glad we didn’t have to move back to Pittsburgh,” Bradley said. BY KAREN BOSSICK

lison Owen Kiesel Bradley knows what it’s like to be a footnote in history. The former Nordic ski racer, who was inducted into the Sun Valley Ski Hall of Fame last Wednesday, won what was billed as the inaugural women’s Nordic World Cup event at Mount Telemark, Wis., in December 1978. But when Kikkan Randall won a sprint in Rybinsk, Russia, 29 years later in December 2007, Randall was heralded as the first American female to win a Nordic World Cup event. Bradley’s race was just a “test World Cup,” an official with the U.S. Ski And Snowboard Association told Bradley. The F.I.S. didn’t recognize the women’s Nordic World Cup until several years later, he added. The admission was certainly a surprise to Bradley, who has all sorts of newspaper clippings referring to her victory as the first World Cup. Even Bill Koch,the only American to win an Olympic medal in Nordic skiing, used to introduce her by pointing out she won the first women’s World Cup. The admission certainly doesn’t detract from what a young Alison Owen did to open Nordic racing to women. Girls didn’t race—hardly any skied— when Alison Owen’s father enrolled his five children in a new ski program in Wenatchee, Wash., being run by Herb Thomas, an Army biathlete who would later make his home in Sun Valley. Twelve-year-old Alison knew she’d found her true love. “My Dad was a mountaineer who took us kids into the mountains summer and winter. He saw a notice in the paper about a cross country ski team starting and suggested I give it a try,” Bradley recalled. “We were just going around and around in the dark on a golf course. But it was the perfect sport for me since I loved running, hiking, being out in the woods. “And we were tough. We had grit and we liked having grit. We’d train in 105-degree weather in the summer, run through a sprinkler and end up in the river. We’d get up early and go for a morning run when no one else in my neighborhood even thought to do that.”

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Jetting To The Mile High City

Top: Alison Owen Kiesel Bradley skis with her dog at Billy’s Bridge. Photo: Karen Bossick Center: Alison Owen Kiesel Bradley holds a copy of the plaque that will be installed in the Sun Valley Ski Hall of Fame. Bottom: A 13-year-old Alison Owen, part of the Pacific Northwest Team, paved the way for American women to race in Nordic races in 1966 when she became the first female to race at the U.S. Junior National Championships.

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Fire Chief Mike Elle advises the public that the building and surrounding area are extremely hazardous and all access is restricted for public safety. “I personally ask that everyone stay away from the building and obey the closure area for your own safety”, added Elle.

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STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK

harlie Daniels was nowhere in sight, but he shoulda been playing, “Fire on the mountain, run boys run,” early Saturday morning as the snowmaking facility atop Flying Squirrel Lift 9 burned to the ground.

Sun Valley snowmakers found the 1972 building on fire and placed a call to the Ketchum Fire Department at 12:48 a.m. By the time three firefighters arrived by snowcat, the building was completely engulfed, said Ketchum Fire Chief Mike Elle. The building housed the top lift station of Flying Squirrel Lift 9, air compressors, snowmaking equipment and a cellular wireless communications facility. Sun Valley officials immediately shut down the Warm Springs side of the mountain, stringing tape all the way down College Boulevard even though many out-of-town racers had gathered to compete in the Laura Flood race scheduled that day. The fire caused extensive damage to Lift 9, separating the main ski lift cable and sending the cable hurtling to the ground across the cat track that goes between Flying Squirrel and Lower Picabo Street. In addition, the water in the snowmaking system was still there and officials were fearful it would cause slick spots on Warm Springs, endangering unsuspecting skiers and boarders. “We decided to close it for the safety of our guests,” said Jack Sibbach, Sun Valley’s director of marketing. Warm Springs was reopened Sunday. News of the fire spread fast. Volunteers manning the

Boulder Mountain Tour heard about it before the racers ever crossed the finish line just after 11 a.m. Skiers lined the edge of College Boulevard, taking pictures with their smartphones. And small groups of people huddled on Ketchum street corners and pointed toward Baldy, trying to see what they could see of the burnt building. On the mountain, rumors spread fast and furious. An explosion had blown the door of the building off onto College Boulevard, one skier said. Explosions had sent debris onto Warm Springs, another said. None of which was true. By 1 p.m. the building was still smoldering—something it would do for the next couple of days. Embers lay on the I-80 cat track, on which much of the snowpack had been melted. And soot colored the snow on skier’s left of College Boulevard gray. Sibbach said snowmakers worked Sunday and Monday to ensure snowmaking would not be hampered. Cellphone coverage to the Warm Springs side of the mountain and the Warm Springs neighborhood has, however, been impacted. Elle said his department will work with fire investigators to determine the cause. The investigation could take months. Lift 9 took nine minutes to climb from 6,579 feet on skier’s right of Lower Picabo Street to its perch 8,190 feet at the top of what used to be called Plaza. It has rarely been used in the past 10 years except for a few occasions when the Challenger lift was down and lift operators were trying to get people to the River Run side of the mountain. Sibbach said no decision has been made yet about what to do with the downed chairs, cable and destroyed building. tws

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Hailey Police Launches Nixle to Enhance Communications The Hailey Police Department has been in the process of installing NIXLE; an online notification service for law enforcement, governmental agencies, and community groups. This is one of several ways that the department is expanding its use of up-to-date Internet technology to enhance our communications with the citizens we serve. According to Hailey Chief of Police Jeff Gunter, “We are utilizing Nixle to provide The City of Hailey and the surrounding area with information that is both proximate and personally relevant to our community.” Nixle is a free web-based program where users can sign up for e-mail or text message notifications in their area. “It’s a modern communication gateway for the community,” said Gunter, who will be maintaining the site with Administrative Assistant Christina Leos. “I think it just keeps the community up to date and connected with the police department. With Nixle we will be updating the community about anything that will impact them and we feel that is vitally important in maintaining our relationship with our fellow stakeholders,” Leos said. Messages will be put into three different categories; advisory, community, or alert: Alerts are used for weather warnings; advisories are used for traffic accidents, street closures or construction; and community is used for criminal notifications such as breaking and entering, ongoing investigations, missing children/runaways/senior citizens, fraud investigations/bad checks, stolen vehicles and/or property.

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“By subcategorizing these, we can send messages to certain groups like neighborhood watches if there are break-ins or suspicious activity in that certain area or to the Hailey Main Street businesses if we have bad checks or counterfeit bills,” Leos said. Leos said the benefit of the program is that it allows the community to be alerted without having to necessarily be involved. “You won’t be receiving texts or e-mails every four or five hours, but it will allow you to be informed on what’s going on in the area. A lot of people only get involved when something bad happens. We are hoping to see an increase in reporting crimes.” Gunter added that the police department relies on citizen’s assistance with being extra eyes and ears. “Unfortunately, police don’t have regular foot patrol beats like back in the day,” he said. “The neighbors know what’s right or wrong in their neighborhood – what’s out of place, who’s fighting about what and the more they report it, the better. Every little bit helps.”

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A Mother’s Search BY JONATHAN KANE

They say truth is stranger than fiction and nowhere is that axiom more present than in Stephen Frear’s excellent new movie, Philomena. The film is based on a true story reported in Martin Sixsmith’s 2009 book, “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee,” which was adapted by one of the film’s stars, Steve Coogan, along with Jeff Pope. Part of the film’s allure is the incredible performance by Coogan’s co-star, Judi Dench, as the Irish Catholic seventysomething woman who wonders at the fate of her son on his fiftieth birthday – a son that she lost at the age of three. Coogan plays an exBBC journalist looking to bounce back after being fired and falling on Philomena’s story, which he derisively labels ‘human interest.’ Philomena was a young woman when she became pregnant out of wedlock. Exiled to live in forced slavery with nuns in 1952, she gives birth and then relinquishes her child to the church with an-hour-a-day visitation rights. At the age of three, in a gut-wrenching scene, the child is sold to an American couple, with Dench never to see him again. So starts the road picture with Coogan

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and Dench coming to America to see what has come of the boy. Speaking to his editor, who has bankrolled the excursion, Coogan states that the ending will either be “really happy or really sad.” The true testament to the film’s success is that it is both. Frears has crafted a beautiful story and straddles the line perfectly without falling into sentimentality. The story covers a number of themes perfectly, including faith, class differences and the sometimes sad history of the Catholic Church. It is also a comment on the Reagan years and the great AIDS tragedy that cut across all political lines. It is a film that greatly moves you and it is rightfully nominated as one of the best films of the year.

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Student Spotlight: Singing to the Stars BY JONATHAN KANE

arah Arters, Wood River High School senior, is a singer by trade. In fact, she has been singing for as long as she can remember. “It’s my passion in life,” she said. “I just connect with music on a deep level. It’s always been a place for me to go and let my emotions free. It’s also a way to connect with the world and release anything negative that’s going on in my live and just feel really good about things.” Born in Sun Valley, Arters has lived here her entire life except for stints in Twin Falls and Nampa. “I really love it here. There are just so many opportunities for me – especially in theater and music. I’ve made connections here with people that I wouldn’t have otherwise, like my vocal coach R.L. Rowsey and Mr. Stimac at the high school. I really love the energy

“I just connect with music on a deep level. It’s always been a place for me to go and let my emotions free. It’s also a way to connect with the world and release anything negative that’s going on in my life and just feel really good about things.” that both have and they have both had a big impact on my life and art.” Arters’ musical career began at the tender age of three. “My mom had a gigantic CD player and music was always blasting out of it. I just started belting it out along to the music and remember that I instantly took to singing and that I really wanted to be on the stage. My earliest

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memory is of constantly singing along to a Shania Twain CD. I still have it and I still remember every lyric.” When she attended elementary school, music was a required subject. “Everybody was talking about a play they were going to do–Christmas Carol. I tried out and had no idea of what I was doing but I got the lead. It turned out to be so much fun that I couldn’t wait to do it again. I loved the experience and I wasn’t nervous at all. I just went for it and felt that I was totally in my comfort zone on stage. I just let go and was free, which was a real inspiration. I guess I just love the spotlight. It’s a great feeling to accomplish something after working so hard and to see people so happy and connecting to what you’re doing.” This past year Arters got the chance to show her stuff again when she played the lead in a production of the musical, West Side Story. “A lot of people said I should audition and I thought ‘Why not?’ so I tried out. I was pretty surprised to get the main part and the whole thing turned out to be an amazing experience. I think the cast got really close and our directors – Sarah Gorby and Kevin – Wade created an amazing environment to work in. They allowed you to feel really good about yourself and really created an atmosphere of love.” You can be sure that it was a love that Arters generously shared with her audience. tws

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Hailey Chamber of Commerce Invites Everyone to: LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY

Carol Waller says capacity on the new flights from San Francisco could be better. But, given the low snow year, it’s acceptable. “We expected it would take a little while to build up ridership,” she added.

Even though not all those seats will be filled, Fly Sun Valley Alliance representatives estimate that it will inject millions of dollars into the local economy, Waller said. It also will be a boon to local businessmen who need to fly eastward, said Baird. “We talked to businessmen from Bellevue to Sun Valley asking what they needed, and they told us that Denver and San Francisco air service was important to them,” he said. The new air service also should make a difference in ski magazine surveys that always rate Sun Valley as one of North America’s top ski destinations, save for its ease of access. These non-stop flights are going to turn that around, Baird promised. Beginning in July Sun Valley will have a daily non-stop flight to and from Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver, and three daily non-stop flights to Salt Lake. “For a small community, that’s pretty impressive access,” said Baird. The coup is just the latest in a string of success stories Fly Sun Valley Alliance, Friedman Memorial Airport and Sun Valley Resort have had in the past six months: Delta is now flying regional jets between Salt Lake and Sun Val-

ley. A direct flight between Sun Valley and San Francisco started this winter. And the periods that airlines fly into Sun Valley are getting longer. The whole effort actually began when Friedman Memorial Airport asked the Federal Aviation Administration whether regional jets could fly into Hailey. After nine months of a risk management study, FAA authorities concluded, “Yes.” “We’ve turned things around and we will continue to see things grow at a time when airports around the country are losing service,” said Baird. “Over time, non-stop markets build their own market. “Idaho is a rural state and as a rural state we have a problem connecting with the rest of the world. So anything like this is huge not just for Sun Valley but for the entire state,” Baird added. Waller said she expects new visitors using the flights to become repeat customers. “We have a very loyal clientele here and when new people visit, they discover Sun Valley, fall in love with it and come back,” she said.

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to your health

Things That Go Numb In The Night…

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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BY GLEN D. SHAPIRO, M.D., FAAOS

o you are sitting in the living room by the fire, cuddling your favorite book, trying to ignore the tingling and numbness you have been experiencing in your hand and wrist for the past three months. Or, we are finally going to get some POWder and your hand bothers you every time you use your ski pole. Or, better yet, you just dropped a coffee cup after experiencing a piercing sharp pain that shot to your thumb and index finger resulting in a spill all over your keyboard or laptop. Does this sound familiar? Does this sound like you? Are these just random passing events or do you have a very common, painful and progressive nerve entrapment – a median nerve neuropathy – or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? The median nerve is responsible for sensation on the palmar side of the thumb, index and middle fingers. It passes through a narrow rigid tunnel of ligaments and bone and travels with a number of tendons. If anything pushes on the nerve (or pisses it off), the results are numbness, tingling, difficulty making a fist, potentially dropping a coffee cup, or the ache in your forearm may wake you up at night – a scenario that is often relieved by “shaking out” the wrist/ hand. Women are more likely to be affected than men by about three to one, and typically the dominant hand is affected first. Pregnancy, diabetes, and metabolic diseases can make you more likely to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. Early diagnosis and treatment are important to avoid irreparable damage to the median nerve. A physical examination, X-rays, and a nerve conduction velocity (NCV) test are often used to confirm the diagnosis. Today, using the latest technology, testing can be accomplished in 15-20 minutes as an in-office procedure at the first visit with excellent predictable results. Better yet, you don’t have to be poked and prodded with needles, as in the past (very painful), and you get the results immediately. Treatment, for less severe cases, includes medications, occasionally diuretics, vitamin D, NSAIDs, and splinting. For those with more severe symptoms, surgical release is the gold standard and can be done the traditional way with an incision and open approach or with special instrumentation endoscopically without a BIG incision. This helps to speed recovery, and allows you to return to activity/work quickly. If this sounds like you, feel free to call the office and set up an evaluation or visit my website www.SkiMD123.com and I’ll help you find out if you have CTS and will help you get back in the game. THINK SNOW, tight lines, stretch, recreate, and stay upright. Remember to cheer on our Valley local athletes who are representing the USA in Sochi at the Olympics! Most important of all, stay healthy, spread compassion, and enjoy time with your family.

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Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful, romantic, fairy-tale opera Saturday, February 8th. Doors open at the Bigwood 4 Cinemas in Hailey at 10:15 a.m. for this colorful storybook production. Dick Brown will give a pre-opera lecture. The topic will be on the rise of Nationalism in opera and especially Dvorak’s founding of Czech National Opera. The opera begins at 11 a.m. Tickets may be purchased at the theatre’s box office and are $24 general admission, $20 seniors and $18 students. The Met HD:Live is co-sponsored locally by Sun Valley Opera and Metropolitan Theatres

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Lauren Robideaux, Liza Buell, Cassidy Simpson, Annie Ashfield, Malila Freeman and Lynntea Strickland used dance to convey elements of compassion for schools throughout the valley last week.

Dancers Weave Thread Of Compassion STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK

Footlight Dancers weaved a thread of compassion through Wood River Valley schools this past week, using dance to demonstrate a kind touch or knowing look to reach out to someone. The dancers danced to familiar songs, such as “Lean On Me,” “You’ve Got a Friend” and “We Are the World,” set against the backdrop of prayer flags schoolchildren had made. “It’s cool to see how powerful our performances can be,” said Liza Buell. “Arts are what makes us human and gives us the ability to express what’s in our soul,” Footlight Dance Director Hilarie Neely told students. “In this case, we’re expressing compassion, which can be as simple as a smile,” she added. “And songs, such as ‘Lean on Me,’ involve the ability to give help, receive help and ask for help.” tws

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From Super to Sochi BY CHRIS MILSPAUGH

t’s over. It was a total rout. The Super Bowl trophy is now in our area of the country and it should stay here for a number of years. Now what? Well, pitchers and catchers are preparing to leave their homes and go to spring training in Arizona and Florida to begin working out for the 2014 Major League baseball season. But first, there’s the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. My memory of the Winter Olympics is one comprised of foreign, mediocre events. The TV networks know this and that is why they fill every event with heartwarming stories to capture the worldwide audience and hook them in. It’s become the soap opera of sports. It goes sort of like this: “Hi, this is Bob McKoy. Welcome to the sport of women’s bobsledding here at Sochi, Russia, site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Today we’ll witness the first round of competition between Russia and Tibet. Before we get into the event, let’s explore the story of Olga Khrysghianhgbzinev, an 18-year-old girl from the Ukraine who was born with just one eye—right in the middle of her forehead. The medical world called her a cyclops but her family called her Olga and treated her as a normal child. School was hell for Olga as the other children teased her unmercifully, causing her to shut out the world and just concentrate on one

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thing in school. That thing was bobsledding. Olga became quite adept at the sport since that’s all she thought of day and night. Because of the sharp focus of her single eye, she was placed in front of the sled and guided it to win after win. Later, in Leningrad, on a sightseeing tour, Olga met Ivan, a man with the same affliction and, realizing that two eyes were better than one, married three months later. Here’s a photo of Olga with a gold medal strapped to her face. I guess you could say ‘She’s got her eye on the prize.’ “On Tibet’s team this year is Soon Tu Soon, who was assaulted by a wild band of emus when she was 11. After an extensive rehab period, Soon acted as a Sherpa guide for mountain -limbing tourists. She became adept at pushing off the baggage-laden sleds and quickly drifted into the bobsled world for her Olympics. Today, she’ll compete with her team against Olga and her team in the bobsled competition. The world awaits the outcome. “Next up will be the heart-tugging tale of Freddi Hickory Doch, a young man who saved several children in Dublin from death by stopping a runaway taxi with his face. After years of plastic surgery, where his face was reinforced with steel, he became a goalie on Ireland’s hockey team, which will meet Angola in tomorrow’s faceoff.” Good luck to all the contestants and nice talking to you.

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ill we see some future inductees into the Sun Valley Ski Hall of Fame at the 2014 Winter Olympics starting Feb. 7? Here are the athletes with Sun Valley and Idaho ties: Kaitlyn Farrington, 24, of Bellevue, will compete in women’s halfpipe Feb. 12. She just reined in a bronze medal at the 2014 X Games in Aspen. Jasmine Campbell, 22, will carry the U.S. Virgin Islands flag in addition to competing in slalom on Feb. 21 and giant slalom on Feb. 18. Born in the Virgin Islands, Campbell moved to Hailey when she was 10. Her father, John Campbell, competed for the Virgin Islands in the 1992 Olympics. Hilary Knight, 24, of Sun Valley, is a forward on the women’s hockey team that starts its games on Feb. 8. Knight was part of the team that won a silver medal in 2010. Sara Studebaker, 29, of Boise, will compete in her second Olympics as a biathlete. She could compete in the 7.5-km. sprint on Feb. 9, the 10k pursuit on Feb. 11, the 15k individual on Feb. 14, the 12.5k mass start on Feb. 17 and the women’s relay on Feb. 21. There’s a slim chance she might also be in the mixed relay on Feb. 19. Whew! Erik Fisher, 28, of Boise, will compete in the downhill on Feb. 9. He made the 2010 team but was unable to compete in Vancouver because of an injury. Nick Cunningham, 28, a former sprinter for the Boise State men’s track team, will compete in bobsled. His team placed 12 in the two-man and 13th in the four-man bobsled in the 2010 Olympics at Vancouver. Nate Holland, 35, of Sandpoint, will compete in snowboardcross on Feb. 17. He competed alongside Hailey’s Graham Watanabe in 2006 in Torino. He finished fourth in the 2010 Olympics. Jessika Jenson, 22, of Rigby, will compete in women’s slopestyle on snowboard Feb. 6 and 9. There are a number of individuals with Sun Valley ties who will be working behind the scenes in Sochi, as well. Among them: Chris Grover, of Hailey, heads up the U.S. Nordic Ski Team. Curt Bacca, of Ski Tek, is a four-time Olympic wax technician who waxes the boards for Seth Wescott and Lindsey Jacobellis. Mike Jaquet, chief marketing officer for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and a former executive for CBS Sports, will be working with the media in Sochi. tws

Hailing The Heroes BY KAREN BOSSICK

t’s been 48 years since Alison Owen Kiesel Bradley paved the way for American females to compete in Nordic racing. Yet another gender barrier will come crashing down when women get to ski jump at the 2014 Olympics starting Feb. 7 in Sochi, Russia, an ebullient Bradley told a crowd at the nexStage Theatre last Wednesday. “I think women will excel at ski jumping because they’re light and you need to be small-boned so you can fly like a bird. One of the reasons women haven’t been allowed is because they’re probably going to out-jump the men, and it’s going to be fun to watch,” Bradley said, adding that women have yet to be allowed to compete in Nordic combined. Bradley opened the doors for women Nordic racers by competing against a field of boys in the 1966 Junior Nationals. She went on to win eight national titles and compete in two Olympics. And last Wednesday she was one of eight Sun Valley-area skiers inducted into the Sun Valley Ski Hall of Fame. Ketchum-Sun Valley Historical Society President Heather Flood Davies said that the ceremony gives the community the opportunity to honor those who have touched and shaped the community with their examples of athletic prowess, tenacity, creativity, generosity and willingness to lead by example. “It’s always nice to take a moment to reflect on where we came from and where we’re going,” Davies added. “Sun Valley has been the leader in alpine and Nordic events around the world since 1937. So we’re recognizing that part of our heritage,” added presenter Nick Maricich, a Sun Valley native who went on to ski race before becoming a Sun Valley SnowSports School supervisor.

nductee Maria Maricich, a 1984 Olympic downhiller racer born in Sun Valley and Nick’s sister, conceded that most people think elite athletes have to have incredible determination and set goals. But that was not her experience. She held up the book “The Inner Game of Tennis,” which she said revolutionized her skiing. “I found you have to get out of your little self and into your big self. The bigger self is the higher self, the more connected self. The smaller self is the critical part, nitpicking about how you do things. I found you still need to train, but you need to trust in the part of you that knows what you’re doing and ignore the critical. That concept has been invaluable not only in my skiing but in the rest of my life,” said Maricich, who is now a Ketchum chiropractor. Presenter Mike Wolter recalled how three-time Olympic biathlete and Nordic racer Jon Engen qualified for the U.S. Olympic team with one hitch— he didn’t have American citizenship. Engen flew from Calgary to Salt Lake for a swearing-in ceremony, then flew back to Calgary to compete, Wolter reiterated. Elephant’s Perch owner Bob Rosso honored inductees Bob Disbrow and Kim Kawaguchi, who purchased a Pisten Bully snow groomer for Galena Lodge, in addition to making large donations to the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. “They totally get it—they lead the way in athletic development and sustainability,” Rosso said. Jenny Busdon honored Teresa Heinz and her family. They gave $325,000 in 1994 to save Galena Lodge, which at that time was closed. And they challenged the

Bob Disbrow and Kim Kawaguchi said they were shocked at the invitation to be enshrined in the Sun Valley Ski Hall of Fame since they don’t consider themselves athletes.

community to raise $250,000 for an endowment fund to maintain the trails, which were not being groomed that year. Former speed ski record-setter Dick Dorworth called Don and Gretchen Fraser, the first Americans to win alpine ski medals at the Olympics, “the foundation of a certain Sun Valley style.” It’s fitting they were inducted together because that’s how they lived their lives, added their granddaughter Heather Fraser, who came to the ceremony from Seattle. Not only did they ski and race together but they died within a month of each other. Nick Maricich noted how his employers—Earl and Carol Holding—had enhanced the mountain experience, changing the lives of millions of visitors by covering Bald Mountain with high-speed quads, some of skidom’s finest trophy lodges and the world’s largest snowmaking system. They also remade the Sun Valley Nordic Center and were instrumental in securing the 2002 Winter Olympics for

Salt Lake City by building a downhill course at Snowbasin ski area. “Sun Valley benefitted from that as national teams came to train here,” Maricich said. “Carol and Earl just wanted to make it nice to ski here and they were willing to go to any length to do so. I’ve talked with Carol and I know Carol considers not only everyone in the Sun Valley work force ‘family’ but everyone in the community ‘family,’ as well.”

inally, the Ski Hall of Fame committee inducted Jimmy Griffith, the first native son to be named to an Olympic team. Griffith died when he hit a grove of aspen while training for the 1952 Oslo Olympics. Jimmy’s sister Mary Jane Griffith Conger said her brother’s life was brief but full. “What was most outstanding was his passion for life,” she said. “To be so imbued with a desire to succeed and be a leader while remaining so humble—it was breathtaking.” tws

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ot so many decades ago, typical American homes were places where socks were darned, lawnmowers rebuilt and curtains were dyed to match the new wall color. By the 1970s, though, tinkering looked like a necessity of deprivation rather than a competency. Buying new and buying often were American ideals—signs of a modern outlook and success. In 1965, my mother proudly showed off her deluxe new sewing machine that embroidered and sewed on buttons, even as she told me that the old cast-iron one still sewed better (it still does, but the deluxe replacement died before 1980). Today the pendulum is swinging back, and the Repair Culture movement aligns with the rising tide of sewing, gardening and the slow-food movement. When you repair something, there’s satisfaction in understanding your world and having power over it, compared to having a cellphone that you can’t even open to replace the battery. It’s the difference in “knowing” the machine you have serviced and repaired, and feeling that you are not just a temporary user. In the end, no accounting of monetary savings and carbon balances can outweigh the psychic rewards of taking charge of a problem and resolving it. Even more rewarding is making simple repairs with your kids; doing a little research, going step by step and not giving up at the first sign of trouble – all are traits that will work in many life situations. Check out instructables.com, fixitclub.com and repairclinic.com and dive in! ERC has more Green Community tips at ercsv.org. tws

Sawtooth Society Ski Clinic The Sawtooth Society will host a free skate skiing clinic at the Park Creek Nordic trails, seven miles west of Stanley on Hwy. 21 on Saturday, Feb. 8. Come learn how to master the fast, exciting art of skate skiing under the incredible Sawtooth Mountains. The clinic will offer beginner and intermediate classes followed by a chili dinner and contra dancing. On Saturday, Feb. 8, the Society has planned this opportunity by hosting a free skate skiing clinic, which will start off with a beginner skate skiing lesson. For those who have never skate skied before and are interested in learning, this session will start at 10 a.m. and finish at 12 p.m. with a focus on skate skiing basics. In the afternoon, intermediate and advanced skiers can hone their skills with a session from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., which will include technique work with an experienced ski instructor. For those who don’t own skate skis, Backwoods Mountain Sports will rent skis, boots and poles at the highly discounted price of $10 for the event. The day will wrap up with dinner at Stanley Town Square’s new restaurant, The Sluice, and contra dancing next door. Skiers can warm up over a hot bowl of chili and then dance it off with a live band. For more information on the free skate ski clinic, contact Kelly Conde at kelly@sawtoothsociety.org or call 208.994.1654. The Sawtooth Society offers memberships, programs, grants and volunteer opportunities to benefit the area and has a number of upcoming volunteer projects and donation opportunities for getting involved. For details and more information, visit the Sawtooth Society’s www.sawtoothsociety.org.

Call To Artists 2nd Annual Wood River Valley Studio Tour Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Inc., is an Idaho nonprofit organization celebrating the artistic talent of the Sun Valley community by connecting artists and art lovers through a free annual exploration of local artist studios. Visual artists residing in and around the four cities which comprise the Wood River Valley—Bellevue, Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley—collectively open the doors of their studios annually to welcome in community members and visitors to the valley. Call to Artists early registration Feb. 1-March 31, 2014 Extended registration period: April 1-30, 2014 Studio Tour: Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 27-28, 2014, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ARTIST REGISTRATION FEE The 2014 WRV Studio Tour artist registration fee is $100 when a completed application and fee are submitted online by March 30, 2014. The extended registration period is April 1–30, 2014. The registration fee for applications completed during the extended period is $150. Additional information about the Wood River Valley Studio Tour can be found on the Internet at www.wrvstudiotour.org and by phoning 208.725.0600.

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“Good People” Actor Denise Simone calls playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People” a love story for the people of South Boston.

An Exploration Of Social Class, Luck Versus Hard Work, And More BY KAREN BOSSICK

argie Walsh just got fired from her $9-anhour job at the dollar store because of her chronic tardiness. But that doesn’t mean she’s not “good people.” After all, she was late because her daughter’s caretaker never shows up on time. But being “good people” doesn’t pay the rent—especially when home is in the projects of South Boston. And what’s a single mom to do when she has a disabled adult daughter to care for? That’s the quandary that Margie, played with a “Bawston” drawl, finds herself in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s play, which opens Feb. 12 and runs through March 1 at The Liberty Theatre in Hailey. The play of haves and havenots won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play after it opened on Broadway in 2011. It also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. The play explores the division between social classes, poverty and race in a very special way, said Nylda Ria Mark. It also asks such questions as whether we escape our roots through luck or sheer hard work. “It’s not so much about good luck and bad luck as much as it is about what kind of luck you’ve created for yourself and how you’ve gone about doing it,” said actor Joel Vilinsky. At the encouragement of friends, Margie shames an old flame who escaped the projects into inviting her to his birthday party at his new home in one of Boston’s ritzy neighborhoods. Her hope is that she can secure a new job through him. When Mike, a reproductive endocrinologist, calls her to tell her that the party has been cancelled, she assumes he’s too embarrassed to have her mix with his doctor friends. So, she goes to his house—dressed in her Goodwill dress, no less—to crash the party.

There she meets Mike’s elegant, highly successful African-American wife and proceeds to reminisce about Mike’s past, over the objections of Mike who has tried hard to forget—even hide—his humble upbringing. Soon, a discussion ensues in which he claims her problems are her own fault and she retorts that he achieved success through a series of lucky breaks. The playwright—Lindsay-Abaire—grew up in South Boston where he attended Boston public schools until he received a six-year scholarship to attend a small private New England boarding school. Consequently, Simone said, the play does not focus on the stereotypical badasses of the slums; instead, it portrays residents as a tight-knit, hard-working community where people have each others’ backs. Lindsay-Abaire has constructed engaging characters that audiences immediately care about—right down to the goofy landlady who creates tacky rabbit crafts out of flower pots. “The play is really about irrepressible people and how they bounce back from setbacks,” said Director Danielle Kennedy, who last directed Company of Fools’ “Sight Unseen” before heading to Los Angeles where she has been working on such shows as “Grey’s Anatomy,” “CSI” and “The Middle.”

that “folds out” based on where the action is taking place at a given point in time. Kennedy said she thinks the play will appeal to those who wish they could be a fly on the wall at times: “These are people who lead such interesting lives that the people in the audience are going to feel like they got to see something they wouldn’t have seen if David Lindsay-Abaire hadn’t told this story in such a truthful way.” tws

t the core of “Good People” is a timeless piece that asks such questions as “What are good people?” said actor Jana Arnold. “All the people in the play have faults, but don’t we all? All had some good luck, some bad luck. And they screwed up. Even those of us who come from good places screw up now and then,” Arnold said. The play features Denise Simone as Margie, Joel Vilinsky as her old flame, Nylda Mark as the doctor’s wife, Chris Carwithen as Margie’s boss, Jana Arnold as Margie’s landlady and Patsy Wygle as Margie’s other friend. Joe Lavigne has composed an interesting set—a map of Boston

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What: “Good People” When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, through Saturday March 1. The show starts at 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: Wednesday, Feb. 12, is a Pay-What-You-Feel Night. Other shows cost $35 general admission, $25 for seniors and Sun Valley Center for the Arts members and $10 for students 18 and under. The 10 front-row seats are available for $10 each, available at the box office the night of the show. Educators may purchase two $10 tickets in advance for the 3 p.m. Feb. 23 show. Groups of six or more can receive $25 tickets each to any performance. Tickets are available at companyoffools.org, at 208-5789122 or at The Liberty Theatre box office, 110 N. Main St., Hailey. What’s more: The Rev. Ken Brannon of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Father John Moreland of Light on the Mountains Spiritual Center and the cast of “Good People” will offer a discussion exploring the play’s themes following the Sunday, Feb. 23, show.

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he Affordable Care Act (ACA) is in full swing and the impact on our healthcare coverage is significant. March 31 is the deadline and the end of the open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act. The White House, lawmakers, policy analysts and the healthcare and insurance industries are all keeping a watchful eye on this pending date and who is aware of the approaching deadline. A new survey reveals that to the general population, this date isn’t all too significant. According to Bankrate.com, more than over half of Americans don’t know that this is the deadline to sign up for insurance under the ACA. This could be a problem since the law relies on consumer participation. It has been found that one in four Americans believes the deadline to get coverage under the ACA already passed on Jan. 1, or they think they have until the end of 2014 to enroll in a plan. However, there is still time to get enrolled and choose a plan. Enrollment and coverage start dates during open enrollment are the following: If you enroll before February 15th your policy will be effective March 1st. If you enroll between the 16th and the last day of the month, your coverage starts the first day of the next month. Deadline for enrollment is March 31st for a May 1 effective date. March 31st is also the final deadline for open enrollment. You will not be able to enroll as an individual after March 31, 2014. There are some cases where one could enroll outside of open enrollment if you qualify for a special enrollment period due to a qualifying life event such as marriage, divorce, birth or adoption of a child, or loss of a job.

You can enroll in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) any time. There is no limited enrollment period for these programs. Also, if you own or operate a small business, you can start offering coverage to your employees at any time. Those who miss the open enrollment deadline will have to wait until 2015’s open enrollment period to access coverage, barring a major life event like a marriage or divorce. Anyone who does not have coverage by April 1 will face a penalty of $95 or 1 percent of their annual income for failing to comply. It is critical at this time that you get the necessary information to make the right decision regarding you and your family’s health care. It is also important to know that you will not be charged extra for using an insurance specialist to guide one through this process.

For free consultations on the ACA, subsidy qualification, or if you can save on your current insurance policy, call Michelle Sandoz at Idaho Insurance Specialists. Michelle is a Certified Marketplace Agent. You can reach her at 208.788.9209.

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Fishing R epoRt THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR FEB. 5 FROM PICABO ANGLER

ow pressure is the winter fly angler’s best friend. To date, we haven’t had much low pressure over the Sun Valley area. The fishing has remained good, but this week expect it to be great! The snowfall should last into the weekend and the season’s best fishing should come with it. The added bonus to fresh snow is knowing where your fellow angler has and has not been! Tire tracks in access areas and footprints up and down the river will quickly tell you the story of this week’s fishing pressure or the lack thereof. The Big Wood is the place to be if you want to fish dry flies. The midge hatches on the Wood in February are prolific. Surface activity normally gets going around 11 a.m. and can last up to about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. This is a game of small flies and light tippets. Taper your setup to at least 6X and try to fish a combo of flies, with at least one that you can see well. Midge fishing can be a war of attrition, so if at first you don’t succeed, keep casting. The Big Lost River is another excellent option when low pressure comes in. The snowfall may mean spending the night in Mackay so you aren’t driving the highways early or late in the day. We love to stay at the Wagon Wheel and fish below the dam for multiple days! The South Fork of the Boise remains open to fishing and, although the drive can be tricky when the snow flies, if you are able to get in the canyon, you can have a lot of quiet hours alone with some big Idaho rainbows. This is the last month to fish Silver Creek this winter, and it is fishing very well. Don’t plan on seeing enough dry fly activity to make it worth your while, but the cloud cover will bring the big fish from the banks to the middle of the river and anglers can have exceptional streamer fishing. This is certainly one of those weeks we winter anglers look forward to all winter—great fishing, and a lot of choice on rivers and techniques. Stop by the shop in Picabo and we’ll show you all our favorite winter patterns. Don’t forget to say hello to Nick Anderson, our newest fly shop manager, who will staff the shop this coming summer!

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Rise & Shine Yoga w/Katherine Pleasants - 8 to 9 a.m. at MOVE StudioB 600, Ketchum. Info: 208-720-5824 or studiomoveketchum.com Yoga and Breath with Victoria Roper 8 to 9:15 a.m. at Pure Body Pilates, Alturas Plaza, Hailey Booty Barre, Itermeditate level with Alysha 9:30 a.m. at Pure Body Pilates, Alturas Plaza, Hailey Yoga w/Leah - 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Wood River YMCA, Ketchum. Adults work out while children do yoga. For YMCA/child watch members. Info: 7279622. Books and Babies - 10 a.m. at the Bellevue Public Library. Bouncy Castle Wednesdays - 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Wood River YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9622. FREE to the community Fit and Fall Proof - 11 a.m. at the Senior Connection in Hailey. Info: 788-3468. Hailey Kiwanis Club meeting - 11:30 a.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. New Moms Support Group - 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the River Run Rooms at St. Luke’s Hospital. Info: 727-8733 Gentle Yoga with Katherine Pleasants - 12 to 1 p.m. - YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9600. Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan - 2 to 3:30 p.m. 416 Main Street, North entrance, Hailey. Info: HansMukh 721-7478  Intermediate bridge lessons - 3 to 5 p.m. at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church Community Room, Sun Valley. Reservations required, 720-1501 or jo@jomurray.com. SunValleyBridge. com Gentle Yoga with Katherine Pleasants - 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. - YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9600. Taize Services - 5:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Ketchum. Ketchum Community Dinner - free meal: dine in or take out - 6 to 7 p.m. at the Church of the Big Wood. Info: Beth at 208-622-3510 Oil Painting Class with Deanna Schrell’s 6:30 to 9 pm at the Sawtooth Botanical Gardens. For more info call Deanna 726-5835 Kettle Bells, Intermediate/Advanced with Erin 6:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. Trivia Night - 8 p.m. at Lefty’s Bar & Grill in Ketchum. $15 per team up to six people - 1/3 of entry fee goes back to local non-profits. Info: Gary, 725-5522

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Yoga Sauna - 8:10 to 9:40 a.m., Bellevue. Info: 208-709-5249. Pilates Mat, Beginners with Christina 8:30 am at Pure Body Pilates. Yoga and the Breath w/Victoria Roper - 9 to 10:15 a.m. at the BCRD Fitworks Yoga Studio, Hailey. Travel Books Class with Sharon Payne Bolton at The Center for the Arts in Hailey. 10 am to 4 pm. Register at sunvalleycenter.org or 208.726.9491 Stella’s 30 minute meditation class (beginner level) - 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the YMCA, Ketchum. FREE. 726-6274. Connection Club - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Info: 788-3468. Movie and Popcorn for $1 - 1 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Duplicate Bridge for all skill levels - 3 p.m., in the basement of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, Ketchum. Info: 726-5997 WRHS Chess Club - 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Rm. C214 at the Wood River High School, Hailey. FREE for all ages. Info: 450-9048. TNT Thursdays for tweens and teens, ages 10-18 - 4 to 5 p.m. at the Hailey Public Library. Enjoy an hour of crafts and gaming. Come solo or bring a friend. Community Accupuncture with Erin 4 -7 pm am at Pure Body Pilates. (Please schedule with Erin 208-309-0484) FREE Souper Supper (meal to those in need) - 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the St. Charles Parish Hall, Hailey. Restorative Yoga, All levels with Jacqui 5:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates.

Knitting and Crocheting Maker Space - 6 p.m. at the Hailey Public Library. All skill levels are welcome. the library provides the space and time for you to meet as well as helpful books and online resources. GriefShare, a non-denominational program for persons suffering from the death of a loved one - 6 p.m. at he Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum. Ladies’ Night - 6 to 9 p.m. at The Bead Shop/Bella Cosa Studio, Hailey. Info: 788-6770 Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan  - 6 to 7:30 p.m. 416 Main Street, North entrance, Hailey. Info: HansMukh 7217478

FRIDAY, 2.7.14

Wake up and Flow Yoga, All levels with Alysha 8 am at Pure Body Pilates. Booty Barre, Itermeditate level with Jacqui 9:30 a.m. at Pure Body Pilates, Alturas Plaza, Hailey Fit and Fall Proof - 11 a.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. 788-3468. Therapeutic Yoga for the back with Katherine Pleasants - 12 to 1 p.m. at the YMCA, Ketchum. 727-9622. Alanon Meeting - 12 p.m. at The Sun Club, Hailey. Info: thesunclub.org Afternoon Bridge - 1 to 4 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. 788-3468. S The Shook Twins - 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at River Run Lodge. FREE Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhato 3:30 p.m., 416 Main Street, North entrance, Hailey. Info: HansMukh 721-7478 Duplicate bridge for players new to duplicate - 3-5:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church Community Room, Sun Valley. Reservations required, 720-1501 or jo@sunvalleybridge.com. SunValleyBridge.com. Cribbage tournaments double elimination - 6 p.m., location TBA. $20. Call for info: 208-481-0036 T Kids Clay - 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Bella Cosa Studio, Hailey. Learn the basics of hand-building and sculpture from artist Sarah Long. Call 721-8042 to reserve a space. Community Accupuncture with Erin 4 -7 pm am at Pure Body Pilates. (Please schedule with Erin 208-309-0484) S Hat Trick, 7 pm at the Town Pump in Hailey. FREE for all ages. S Jerome Rose, Piano. $24. 7 pm at Ketchum Book Stores or www.svartistseries.org, 725-5807 S Live music from Ian Timoney, 7pm at Sawtooth Brewery No cover Game Nights at Rotarun the month of Feb. 6 pm. For more info call Troy at 7889893. T Line DancZen Class - 7 to 8 p.m. at MOVE Studio in Ketchum. $10, no partner required. No experience. RSVP/Sign Up: Peggy at 720-3350. T S Hanger 17 playing live at the Silver Dollar. 9:30 pm.

SATURDAY, 2.8.14

Kettle Bells, Intermediate/Advanced with Erin 8 am at Pure Body Pilates. The Sawtooth Society is hosting a free skate skiing clinic at the Park Creek Nordic trails, 6 miles west of Stanley on Highway 21 at 9:45 am Please contact Kelly Conde at kelly@sawtoothsociety. org or (208)994-1654 if you would like to participate. Valentine’s Day Stories and Card Making. 10:30 am the Children’s Library. Paws to Read: Read a Story to a Special Dog. 11 am the Children’s Library. S The Shook Twins - 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at River Run Lodge. FREE Restorative Yoga with Katherine Pleasants - 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. - YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9600.

SUNDAY, 2.9.14

The Shook Twins - 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Lodge. FREE Papoose Nordic Cup at Sun Valley Nordic 11 am www.nordictownusa.com Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan  5 to 6:30 p.m., 416 Main Street, North entrance, Hailey. Info: HansMukh 7217478

MONDAY, 2.10.14

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Connection, Hailey. 788-3468. Gentle Yoga with Katherine Pleasants 12 to 1 p.m. - YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 7279600. Laughter Yoga with Carrie Mellen 12:15 to 1 p.m. at All Things Sacred (upstairs at the Galleria), Ketchum. Basic Bridge Lessons - 3 to 5 p.m. at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church Community Room, Sun Valley. Reservations required, 720-1501 or jo@jomurray. com. SunValleyBridge.com Feldenkrais - 3:45 p.m. at BCRD. Comfortable clothing and an inquiring mind are all that is needed to join this non-competitive floor movement class. Yin Restorative Yoga, All levels with Mari 5:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. NAMI - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill “Connections” Recovery Support Group for persons living with mental illness - 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the NAMI-WRV office on the corner of Main and Maple - lower level, Hailey. Info: 309-1987 Casino 8-Ball Pool Tournament 6:30 pm sign up. tourney starts at 7 pm. At the Casino. $5 entry fee - 100% payout

TUESDAY, 2.11.14

Yoga Sauna - 8:10 to 9:40 a.m., Bellevue. Info: 720-6513. Pilates Mat, Intermediate level with Alysha 8:30 am at Pure Body Pilates. Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan 8:15 - 9:45 am and 6:00 - 7:30 pm. New: Kids Class Ages 3 - 8. 3:30 - 4:30 pm. 416 Main Street, North entrance, Hailey. For questions: HansMukh 721-7478 Science Time With Ann Christensen at The Children’s Library 11 am Connection Club - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Info: 7883468. Let’s Grow Together (Wood River Parents Group): Let’s Make Smoothies With Nurture, open tumbling - 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Wood River Community YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9622. FREE to the community Rotary Club of Ketchum/Sun Valley meeting - 12 to 1:15 p.m. at Rico’s, Ketchum. Info: Rotary.org Guided Meditation - 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at St. Luke’s Wood River, Chapel. Info: 727-8733 Blood Pressure Check - 12:30 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Info: 7883468. BINGO after lunch, 1 to 2 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. 788-3468. Sewcial Society open sew - 2 to 5 p.m. at the Fabric Granary, Hailey. Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan - 2 to 3:30 p.m. and 6 to 7:30 p.m. 416 Main Street, North entrance, Hailey. Info: HansMukh 721-7478  Duplicate bridge game for those new to duplicate - 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Wood River YMCA, Ketchum. Reservations required, 720-1501 or jo@ sunvalleybridge.com. SunValleyBridge. com Yoga Flow, Intermediate level with Jacqui 4:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. Weight Watchers - 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Info: 7883468. Community Meditation all welcome with Kristen 5:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. FREE Hailey Community Meditation 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Pure Body Pilates, across from Hailey Atkinsons’. All welcome, chairs and cushions available. Info: 721-2583 S They Came to Play, FREE 6 pm at Ketchum Community Libraryor www. svartistseries.org, 725-5807 Intro to the Art of Tai Chi, Beginner level workshop 6:15-7pm at Light on the Mountains Spiritual Center. $48 for entire series of four sessions, through the month of Feb. Call 726-6274 to register.

Alysha 9:30 a.m. at Pure Body Pilates, Alturas Plaza, Hailey Yoga w/Leah - 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Wood River YMCA, Ketchum. Adults work out while children do yoga. For YMCA/child watch members. Info: 7279622. Books and Babies - 10 a.m. at the Bellevue Public Library. Bouncy Castle Wednesdays - 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Wood River YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9622. FREE to the community Fit and Fall Proof - 11 a.m. at the Senior Connection in Hailey. Info: 788-3468. Hailey Kiwanis Club meeting - 11:30 a.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. New Moms Support Group - 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the River Run Rooms at St. Luke’s Hospital. Info: 727-8733 Gentle Yoga with Katherine Pleasants 12 to 1 p.m. - YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 7279600. Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan - 2 to 3:30 p.m. 416 Main Street, North entrance, Hailey. Info: HansMukh 721-7478  Intermediate bridge lessons - 3 to 5 p.m. at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church Community Room, Sun Valley. Reservations required, 720-1501 or jo@ jomurray.com. SunValleyBridge.com Sewing Club at The Children’s Library 4 pm Gentle Yoga with Katherine Pleasants 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. - YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9600. Pilates Mat, All Levels with Alysha 5:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. Taize Services - 5:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Ketchum.

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Ketchum Community Dinner - free meal: dine in or take out - 6 to 7 p.m. at the Church of the Big Wood. Info: Beth at 208-622-3510 6.14 Oil Painting Class with Deanna Schrell’s 6:30 to 9 pm at the Sawtooth Botanical Gardens. For more info call Deanna 7265835 Kettle Bells, Intermediate/Advanced with Erin 6:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. Trivia Night - 8 p.m. at Lefty’s Bar & Grill in Ketchum. $15 per team up to six people - 1/3 of entry fee goes back to local non-profits. Info: Gary, 725-5522

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Belly Dance Class for women of all ages and abilities - 6:30 p.m. at Pure Body Pilates in Hailey. $10/class. Info: 208-7212227 FREE acupuncture clinic for veterans, military and their families 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Cody Acupuncture Clinic, Hailey. Info: 720-7530.

WEDNESDAY, 2.12.14

Yoga and Breath with Victoria Roper - 8 to 9:15 a.m. at Pure Body Pilates, Alturas Plaza, Hailey Trivia Night - 8 p.m. at Lefty’s Bar & Grill in Ketchum. $15 per team up to six people - 1/3 of entry fee goes back to local non-profits. Info: Gary, 725-5522 T Booty Barre, Itermeditate level with

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UR TAKE A CLASS SECTION IN OUR CLASSIFIEDS - DON’T MISS ‘EM! Yoga Studio, Hailey. Stella’s 30 minute meditation class (beginner level) - 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the YMCA, Ketchum. FREE. 726-6274. Stella’s 30 minute meditation class (beginner level) - 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the YMCA, Ketchum. FREE. 726-6274. Connection Club - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Info: 7883468. Movie and Popcorn for $1 - 1 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Duplicate Bridge for all skill levels - 3 p.m., in the basement of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, Ketchum. Info: 726-5997 WRHS Chess Club - 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Rm. C214 at the Wood River High School, Hailey. FREE for all ages. Info: 450-9048. TNT Thursdays for tweens and teens, ages 10-18 - 4 to 5 p.m. at the Hailey Public Library. Enjoy an hour of crafts and gaming. Come solo or bring a friend. Community Accupuncture with Erin 4 -7 pm at Pure Body Pilates. (Please schedule with Erin 208-309-0484) Film Screening: National Lampoon’s Vacation $10 a ticket. At the Magic Lantern www.sunvalleycenter.org or 726-9491. FREE Souper Supper (meal to those in need) - 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the St. Charles Parish Hall, Hailey. Restorative Yoga, All levels with Jacqui 5:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates.

FRIDAY, 2.14.14

Wake up and Flow Yoga, All levels with Alysha 8 am at Pure Body Pilates. Booty Barre, Itermeditate level with Jacqui 9:30 a.m. at Pure Body Pilates, Alturas Plaza, Hailey Fit and Fall Proof - 11 a.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. 788-3468. Therapeutic Yoga for the back with Katherine Pleasants - 12 to 1 p.m. at the YMCA, Ketchum. 727-9622. Alanon Meeting - 12 p.m. at The Sun Club, Hailey. Info: thesunclub.org Afternoon Bridge - 1 to 4 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. 788-3468. S Whitewater Ramble - 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at River Run Lodge. FREE Olympics Party at The Children’s Library 3 pm Duplicate bridge for players new to duplicate - 3-5:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church Community Room, Sun Valley. Reservations required, 720-1501 or jo@sunvalleybridge.com. SunValleyBridge.com. Kids Clay - 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Bella Cosa Studio, Hailey. Learn the basics of hand-building and sculpture from artist Sarah Long. Call 721-8042 to reserve a space. Community Accupuncture with Erin 4 -7 pm am at Pure Body Pilates. (Please schedule with Erin 208-309-0484) S Don Ciccone, Songs & Stories. 6 pm at The Nexstage Theatre. 726-4TKS or www.nexstagetheater.org Cribbage tournaments double elimination - 6 p.m., location TBA. $20. Call for info: 208-481-0036 T Line DancZen Class - 7 to 8 p.m. at MOVE

Studio in Ketchum. $10, no partner required. No experience. RSVP/Sign Up: Peggy at 720-3350. T Valentine’s Dance at Studio Move. $20 a person. 8 pm www.studiomoveketchum. com

SATURDAY, 2.15.14

Kettle Bells, Intermediate/Advanced with Erin 8 am at Pure Body Pilates. S Whitewater Ramble - 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at River Run Lodge. FREE Restorative Yoga with Katherine Pleasants - 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. - YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9600.

SUNDAY, 2.16.14

Whitewater Ramble - 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Lodge. FREE Boulder Classic Tour at Park Creek and Alturas Ski Trails. All Day. www.nordictownusa.com Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan  5 to 6:30 p.m., 416 Main Street, North entrance, Hailey. Info: HansMukh 7217478

MONDAY, 2.17.14

Wake up and Flow Yoga, All levels with Alysha 8 am at Pure Body Pilates. Toddler Story Time - 10:30 a.m. at the Bellevue Public Library. Connection Club - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Info: 7883468. Fit and Fall Proof - 11 a.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. 788-3468. Gentle Yoga with Katherine Pleasants 12 to 1 p.m. - YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 7279600. Laughter Yoga with Carrie Mellen - 12:15 to 1 p.m. at All Things Sacred (upstairs at the Galleria), Ketchum. S Whitewater Ramble - 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at River Run Lodge. FREE Basic Bridge Lessons - 3 to 5 p.m. at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church Community Room, Sun Valley. Reservations required, 720-1501 or jo@jomurray. com. SunValleyBridge.com Feldenkrais - 3:45 p.m. at BCRD. Comfortable clothing and an inquiring mind are all that is needed to join this non-competitive floor movement class. Yin Restorative Yoga, All levels with Mari 5:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. Casino 8-Ball Pool Tournament 6:30 pm sign up. tourney starts at 7 pm. At the Casino. $5 entry fee - 100% payout NAMI - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill “Connections” Recovery Support Group for persons living with mental illness - 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the NAMI-WRV office on the corner of Main and Maple - lower level, Hailey. Info: 309-1987

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the Senior Connection, Hailey. Info: 7883468. Let’s Grow Together (Wood River Parents Group): Let’s Make Smoothies With Nurture, open tumbling - 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Wood River Community YMCA, Ketchum. Info: 727-9622. FREE to the community Rotary Club of Ketchum/Sun Valley meeting - 12 to 1:15 p.m. at Rico’s, Ketchum. Info: Rotary.org Guided Meditation - 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at St. Luke’s Wood River, Chapel. Info: 727-8733 Blood Pressure Check - 12:30 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. Info: 7883468. BINGO after lunch, 1 to 2 p.m. at the Senior Connection, Hailey. 788-3468. Sewcial Society open sew - 2 to 5 p.m. at the Fabric Granary, Hailey. S The Chris Lager Band - 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at River Run Lodge. FREE Yoga Flow, Intermediate level with Jacqui 4:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. Community Meditation all welcome with Kristen 5:30 pm at Pure Body Pilates. Belly Dance Class for women of all ages and abilities - 6:30 p.m. at Pure Body Pilates in Hailey. $10/class. Info: 208-721-2227

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Berghdahl Billboards BY KAREN BOSSICK

un Valley area residents have been pleasantly surprised to find billboards reminding viewers not to forget Bowe Bergdahl lining the highways and byways around Boise. The billboards show the young Hailey man’s face while exhorting “Bring Home Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl U.S. Army POW.” The billboards also exhort viewers to call their congressmen and offer the website “BringHomeBowe.com.” Bergdahl, the only American POW in the Afghanistan war, was raised in Hailey. The 27-year-old Army sergeant was taken captive on June 30, 2009. The 13 billboards were instigated by Gary D’Orazio, a member of the Boise Lions Club. D’Orazio said he was surprised that these kinds of billboards were up all over the United States but absent from Bergdahl’s home state. Lamar Advertising, which is based in Baton Rouge, La., and has more than 200 offices in the United States and Canada, donated the billboards. A company spokesperson said the donation amounted to $28,000 worth of advertising. They will be up another couple weeks. tws

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I’m sorry Alexander, but it looks like the IRS has started to garnish your wages. Avid weekly paper reader, Susan Littlefield, who has lived in the Valley for over 35 years, claims that laughter is the best medicine. She creates these scenarios in her husbands N-scale model railroad.

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Rotarun Until enough snow can be packed down to ensure the return of safe racing, Friday Nights in February will be game nights at Rotarun. Friday, Feb. 7 will be a backgammon tournament to learn to play and determine the 5B backgammon champion. Sign up and learn to play at 6 p.m., dice roll at 7 p.m. Food, beverage and bonfire group snow dance at 9 p.m. Suggested donation $5 for kids and beginners, $20 for wannabe champions. For more info call Troy at 208.788.9893.

February Business After Hours Silver Creek Ford and co-hosted by Sun Valley Title Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 5-7 p.m. The Hailey Chamber of Commerce would like to invite businesses and the public to the February Business After Hours hosted by Silver Creek Ford and co-hosted by Sun Valley Title. It will be held at Silver Creek Ford located at 920 S. Main St., in Hailey from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Come and look at some fast new cars and meet Kurt Archibald and his staff as well as Cassie Jones and the crew from Sun Valley Title while you taste light food fair and refreshments that are provided for all to enjoy. Don’t forget to bring your business cards for our monthly raffle. Enjoy an evening at this free monthly networking event. It is a great way to make new contacts and learn about our community businesses. Please call 208.788.3484 for additional information.

Papoose Club Nordic Cup February 9 At The Sun Valley Nordic Center - Change In Venue!

Frazier: On Horseshoe Crabs And Siberia BY KAREN BOSSICK

an Frazier is winter-weary, having gone through the deep freeze and deep snows that have plagued New Jersey where he lives. But this humorist for “The New Yorker” is waxing eloquent about beach walks and horseshoe crabs. Frazier says his curiosity about the crabs was stoked while doing research for a couple of articles about the seals that now live in the New York City harbor. He’s now immersed in writing about the crabs. “Having lived in Montana, I like to do stories about wildlife— and that means doing stories on wildlife in urban areas now that I live in New Jersey. There are fewer opportunities to find wildlife in urban areas, but you can find them if you seek them,” says Frazier, who will speak in Ketchum on Thursday. Frazier says he was fascinated by the crabs, which are actually invertebrate that live on the bottom of the ocean and spawn on the land. They live on the East Coast and on the coasts of Japan and China—they don’t exist on the West Coast. And, since they lay eggs on the land, they supply birds migrating from Chile to the Arctic with fast food along the way. The crabs spawn in New York City, Frazier adds. So if you want to see a wild natural event in New York City, mark Memorial Day weekend on your calendar. They’ve been around 485 million years—longer than most creatures on the planet. And medical researchers extract their blood to detect bacterial endotoxins. “They look like army helmets,” says Frazier, who is known for conducting in-depth research on American history, Native Americans and the outdoors for such works as “Great Plains” and “On the Rez.” Frazier will speak in Ketchum on Thursday as part of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts’ 2013-14 Lecture Series. His talk starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, Warm Springs and Saddle roads. Frazier says his talk on Thursday will center on travel,

particularly on “Travels in Siberia,” his latest book. “There are people who are fascinated with other countries—Russia’s the country that fascinates me. Russia fascinates me because I’m very familiar with it growing up during the Cold War, as I did,” he says. Frazier purports that Russia and America developed mirror images of each other during the Cold War. Yet, at the same time, they’re completely different from one another. Russia has an older, much rougher history. Its people have a kind of sophistication—a world weariness that contrasts with Americans’ optimism, Frazier says. It’s the Russians’ unique sense of humor that has gotten them through the tough times. “America thinks of itself as a city on the hill—that we’re going to get it right. Yet, Russians also consider themselves as a refugee of true spirituality. They had the same utopian view, albeit with a darker side,” he says. “We have dreams of the West. They have the nightmare of Siberia. We ride off to the sunset. They head to the sunrise… a not-so-hopeful scenario.” Frazier says he wishes we could get along better with Russia: “If we did, I think many things in the world could be easier—we could solve the Iran crisis, for instance.”

The Papoose Club’s Nordic Cup (previously known as the Quigley Cup) will be held on Sunday, February 9 at the beautiful Sun Valley Nordic Center located in the Sun Valley Club just 1/2 mile east of the Sun Valley Lodge. This fun, free event for young cross-country skiers ages 3-13 features ski races in both skate and classic disciplines. Registration will be held from 10:00 – 10:30am on the day of the event and the racing action will begin at 11:00am. All skiers will receive a participation a cap. Hot chocolate will be provided by Main Street Market. The Papoose Club Nordic Cup is a free community service event put on by Papoose Club volunteers in partnership with staff from the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s Nordic ski program and the Blaine County Recreation District. The event was introduced in 2007 as a cross-country skiing complement to Papoose Club’s long-standing downhill skiing event for kids—the Kindercup (March 9 at Dollar Mountain). “We are thrilled to hold this event at the Sun Valley Nordic Center again this year,” says Tizz Miller, chair of the Papoose Club Nordic Cup. “It is world-class venue offering stunning views and a sweet course. The kids will have a ball!” For more information about Papoose Club’s upcoming events or to make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit www.papooseclub.org.

Film Screening: National Lampoon’s Vacation

The Sun Valley Center for the Arts will be screening the quintessential American family road trip movie, National Lampoon’s Vacation, on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. at Magic Lantern Cinemas in Ketchum. The film is part of The Center’s current multidisciplinary project, Wish You Were Here. Tickets are $10 for Center members and $12 for nonmembers and are available at www.sunvalleycenter.org or 208.726.9491. The Magic Lantern is located at 100 2nd Street West in Ketchum.

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e live in a busy world. With all of the daily activities, technologies and relationships vying for our attention how much time is actually spent making an intention and more importantly, following through on it. An intention can be a pact with a friend, a promise to a sibling, or an agreement with a spouse. We would like to share a story with you about Garth and his only daughter, Emma. Rather than subjecting Emma to cafeteria food, Garth has packed her school lunch since the second grade, always including a note of love or encouragement. Emma came to expect the notes and in fact, collected her favorite notes in a scrapbook, this unbeknownst to Garth. Emma was 12 years old when Garth was told by his oncologist “You are going to die of cancer” Garth was 44 years old and has been diagnosed with cancer three times since November 2011. Statistics say he has an 8% chance of living past five years. Garth didn’t fear death, he feared Emma eating her lunch without a napkin note. After reading an article about the non-profit Because I said I Would (http://becauseisaidiwould.com), Garth made a promise to himself, solidified on an intention card. His promise was to write one napkin note for every day of school Emma had until she graduated from high school. He is writing 826 napkin notes, simply because he said he would.

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From Kindergarten to their last day of 12th grade your child will spend 2,340 days at school. Imagine if every time they received a note they knew that you were thinking of them, that you are on their side, that they are safe and cared for. Take advantage of family time around the dinner table and have everyone share 3 things they are grateful for in that day. Not only does this spark conversation about each persons day, but it creates a bubble of generosity that thrives in the family setting.

So take the time to set an intention, get your friends and family involved to hold you accountable, and start spreading the movement. Wow-students has experienced first hand the “wildfire” of generosity in the Wood River Valley. Keep reading our weekly editorial for more stories, experiences, opportunities and conversation starters to get your family involved. To read more about Garth’s story, visit: www.napkinnotesdad.com/

have always been a big advocate of community generosity, raising money for and contributing my time with local families and children. Whether volunteering at the Advocates over Christmas or being a counselor at Camp Rainbow Gold, I always tell people that it just makes you feel good knowing how your kind spirit and energy can change someone’s life without even trying. By simply showing up and being yourself, you can have a life-changing impacts on these kids and families. At the end of the day, I feel selfish, because I get more back from these experiences than I could ever give. GET TO KNOW ‘EM • GET THEIR STATS!

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Robotics Program To Seek Help BY KAREN BOSSICK

obots can do a lot of things. But Wood River students haven’t figured out how to program them to manufacture $8,000. They’re counting on the humans in the Wood River Valley to do that. The district-wide robotics program has received an $8,000 matching grant from an anonymous donor, and they’re hoping school patrons will step forward with the money to match that grant. “The school district and 4-H club have created a consortium to form BCB Bots this school year. It is a fourth-through-12thgrade program that will provide the opportunity for students to problem solve, create and apply math and science skills to robotic applications. The grant will help us get started but we need the other $8,000 to help us complete the first grant request,” said Kevin Lupton, who oversees the program at the high school level. Robotics has taken off in the past five years, said Lupton. Wood River High School students began applying science and technology to build the robots five years ago. And recently three competitive teams were formed at Wood River Middle School.

The program is now making its way into the elementary schools. Other teachers involved include Bellevue Elementary School tech teacher Krista Jones, and Jeremy Silvis, engineering teacher at the middle school. Competition at tournaments gets as exciting as that at a basketball game, said Lupton: “There’s an offense and a defense and it can get pretty intense.” The $16,000 will be used to supply high school and middle school students with an updated Vex robotics system. It also includes embedding robotics curriculum into the middle school’s engineering classes and expanding the high school’s ninth-grade mechanical design program to incorporate robotics. A new, advanced robotics course would be offered sophomores through seniors in the fall of 2014. The second phase would supply elementary schools’ after-school teams with Lego NXT & EV3 robotics systems. Teachers are pursuing other grant opportunities for that phase. To help, contact the teachers or the Blaine County Education Foundation at 208.578.5449 or kmccabe@ blaineschools.org tws

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Historian Addresses History Of The Railroads BY KAREN BOSSICK

Sun Valley residents don’t need to be told how the railroad impacted tourism. After all, Union Pacific Railroad created Sun Valley as America’s first destination ski resort to beef up the number of passengers it catered to. Tourist travel in the American West from the 1870s into the 1920s would not have been possible without the iron horse to haul the tourists to and from the region’s greatest attractions, says Peter Blodgett, curator of Western American History at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif. Blodgett will talk about the history of railroads and tourism at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Ketchum. Admission is $10 for Center members and $12 for non-members. Although railroads encouraged potential tourists to visit the West by train, they often relied upon the automobile once the tourists reached their destinations, Blodgett said. The Santa Fe Railroad sponsored motor tours in Arizona and New Mexico under the title of “Indian Detour.” And most western railroads such as Union Pacific or the Burlington Route arranged for motor car or motor bus excursions to scenic or historic wonders where their tracks did not run. As ranch owners in different parts of the West began to turn their properties into “dude ranches” to attract paying guests, railroads such as the Burlington Route, the Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific collaborated closely with them, promoting them in railroad-sponsored brochures and pamphlets and supporting the creation of industry-wide organizations such as the Dude Ranchers’ Association. As the American railroad network spread farther and farther across the West, various railroads also devoted time, energy and political capital to promoting the creation of national parks as a means of attracting visitors to the region who would travel by train. The Great Northern Railroad, for example, aggressively promoted the legislation to create Glacier National Park and the Southern Pacific Railroad took a special interest in Yosemite. tws

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Pumori in late afternoon, a neighbor of Mt. Everest o amount of both instances we shrink marijuana or in significance, yet we soar any other drug with the expansive force. could ever match the Basically, drugs induce an elation I felt standing egocentric, self-centered, atop 19,000-foot Tesi self-contained experience. Lapscha Pass. There At best, the user generates was a slingshot effect his own content, often illuof the struggle it took sory. This was real, not an Bali Szabo to get here. It was as abstraction. We partnered if I had stepped into with something other than heaven and shed all of life’s ourselves, with something untravails. At this altitude, the speakably larger that physically view was truly breathtaking, touched us and then set off a but it didn’t cause the exhilarachain reaction that radiated both tion. One side, the route we had inward and outward. Our eyes taken, was a tangle of gullies, would never be the same. avalanche slopes, couloirs, The clouds on the lee side hanging glaciers and seracs, the were moving toward us. The mountains’ inevitable journey to crows rode the thermals and the river. The other side, the lee settled on a black spire of rock side, was a series of gentle snow nearby. Somehow they heard the slopes feeding the Thami Khola. lunch bell. Earlier on the trip, The pass stood aside two drainwe witnessed the birth of clouds ages, like a Continental Divide. as a flow of air crossed a ridge. We had decided to have lunch Here we had the opposite. The here, which gave me time to clouds moved uphill rapidly, as savor the rush of feelings. If I if shot out of a cannon, and then, could, I would have spent the right before my eyes, just a few rest of my life here. To me, this feet from my face, they disapwas the most beautiful place on peared. Here one minute, gone earth. The tears that flooded my the next—an apt illustration eyes were not from the wind. On of the Buddhist experience of this day, Tesi Lapscha dwarfed impermanence and nothingness all previous great scenic mo(shunyata). ments. Through photographs, I We began the descent, collected those precious motaking up the rear. Like on the ments, jewels all, and I keep way up, there was a 1200-foot adding to the collection. This losteep snow slope to negotiate, cation was rare, one of the most and looking at the tracks, there inaccessible places on earth. were three methods used. Some Mountaineers ignore it because just ran down, headlong into there are no trophy peaks here. a dense bank of clouds. Some Tourists lack the knowledge, the slid down; others used a fixed means and the will. After all, rope and plunge-stepped down. there is nothing here. It was fun, but I left heaven This ‘high’ differed sigwith a heavy heart. Soon, in the nificantly from a drug high. The Everest region, we’d be face to location and its dynamic magneface with tourism, and a series of tism resembled that of love. Both iconic mountains. are greater than us alone. In tws

Chris Tatsuno, a Ketchum native, is featured on the February cover of “Powder” Magazine. Chris, son of longtime Sun Valley Ski Instructor Rod Tatsuno, currently teaches adaptive skiing at Snowmass in Colorado.

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Experimenting Is A Big Hit... Again!

Boys toe the line as they ready to race during the Nordic Sprints.

Maggie Campfield and Luke Baker discover the mysteries of “Mystic Milk” as dish soap and fat molecules from milk dance around a make colorful designs.

Chase, Jordyn and Shawn Bennion learn about air pressure in the “Magic Straws” experiment.

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NordicTown USA Rises To The Occasion With Fire And Snow! STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK

hey came to celebrate snow. But it was fire that stole the show. Reid Pletcher, a former Nordic racer who will guide Paralympian Jake Adicoff at the Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, lit up the inaugural Opening Night Celebration for the Sun Valley Nordic Festival last week at Ketchum Town Plaza. He twirled colored lights above his head and around his waist. Then he shed his coat, despite the subfreezing temperatures, and began playing with fire. Pletcher said he became intrigued with fire juggling when he saw a man do it during a raft trip through the Grand Canyon. He studied juggling examples online and perfected his own tricks while guiding river trips last summer. About 200 people turned out for the party, which featured a Bavarian spoons demonstration by Sigi Vogl, music by The Bobos and a ski fashion show featuring models from the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. Summer Olympic high jump gold medalist Dick Fosbury introduced nearly a dozen Olympians who were in the audience, including Lisa Marie Allen, Jon Engen, Laura Todd, Alfredo Rego and Jonna Mendes. He also saluted local athletes like Hilary Knight and Kaitlyn

Farrington, who are headed to the Winter Olympics, which begin Feb. 7 in Sochi, Russia. “This summer we will be adding some new names to our plaques,” Fosbury promised, gesturing toward plaques hanging around the Town Plaza that honor local Olympians. Emcee Andy Munter even figured out a way to salute the low snow year. “During the low snow years in the mid-1980s, that’s when Nordic skiing took off. People skied with bluebird skies, hard fast tracks and decided they liked them!” Munter said. NordicTown USA found a way to work around the low snow. Volunteers shoveled snow onto the last few kilometers of Saturday’s Boulder Mountain Tour race course across from the Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters. And the Ketchum Street Department hauled 25 loads of snow from the Baker Creek parking lot north of Ketchum to the empty lot across from the Ketchum Post Office so that Thursday night’s sprint races could go on. Still, Blaine County Recreation District Director Jim Keating isn’t about to shave his face. “I started growing this beard about Christmas when I got so frustrated by the lack of snow. And I’m not going to shave it until we get a dump of at least 12 to 15 inches!” he said. tws

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Last Chance For Tracking There’s one final chance this winter to examine the messages animals leave behind in the snow with local legend and tracker Ann Christensen. Ann will introduce tracks and tracking at the ERC offices (471 N. Washington Ave. in Ketchum), then lead a snowshoe exploration north of Ketchum. Ann encourages families to bring children (but no dogs, please.) Participants should have snowshoes (poles optional), water, a snack and warm clothing. Saturday, Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations appreciated. Please pre-egister by calling the ERC at 208.726.4333.

Cancer Prevention Charles Smith, M.D., radiation oncologist from Mountain States Tumor Institute, will provide information on the latest in cancer research, prevention, diagnoses, treatment and aftercare. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 12:15-1:15 p.m. St. Luke’s Clinic, Hailey Carbonate Rooms Bring your lunch and a friend and join us! All Brown Bag lectures are free and no pre-registration is required. Please call St. Luke’s Center for Community Health for information on this or other educational programs. 208.727.8733

ailey Elementary Family Science Night provides a fun-filled evening of hands-on science activities where students and parents can work together to explore, experiment and talk about science. Event co-organizer Kathy Baker says the event is always a big hit. “This event is a favorite of the kids and they look forward to it every year. This year approximately 125 students and their families from across the Valley attended.”   Wendy Barckholtz, who has been involved with the event since the beginning, said, “One of the special aspects of the night is seeing the girls basketball team helping the younger students

Mandy and Story Sharp, Mallory Barckholtz, and Cathy Tyson-Foster and Conrad Foster experiment with creating a vacuum using a candle.

explore science.” This is the fourth year of the Family Science Night and it’s held as a kickoff to the science fair held in March. Baker went on to say, “Hailey Elementary PTA partnered with Woodside Elementary PTA this year because they want to start a science fair after seeing how successful ours has been in the past. We can’t wait to see what exciting projects the kids come up with this year.”

OUR STUDENTS NEED YOU BLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCES A VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN TRUSTEE ZONE NO. 4

General Description of Trustee Zone 4 Boundary: Areas of Blaine County and all of Ketchum West of Highway 75 and North of Deer Creek Road to the Custer County line. Please direct specific questions regarding Trustee Zone 4 boundaries to the Board Clerk.

School boards are volunteers charged with decisions that impact what students learn, how students are taught, how learning is measured, how teachers are supported with professional development, how funds are focused on District priorities, and how effectively the community is engaged with student learning. Anyone interested in this vacancy should contact: Laurie Kaufman, Board Clerk, Blaine County School District #61, 118 West Bullion Street, Hailey, ID 83333, (208) 578-5003, lkaufman@blaineschools.org

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At 13 Bradley qualified for the 1966 Junior Nationals. But she arrived at Winter Park, Colo., to discover there was no room for girls. Many of the coaches and racers didn’t want a girl potentially showing them up. But Thomas got her in and she beat many of the boys in the process. “I was a girl in a boy’s world. And they didn’t know what to do with me so they finally let me do it. But my showing led to the formation of a girl’s U.S. National Cross Country Skiing division the next year,” Bradley said. In 1968 Alison accompanied the first U.S. Women’s Nordic Ski Team to Europe where she raced in Scandinavia and competed in the first international Nordic race U.S. women ever competed in. “In those days they weren’t called World Cups—just Swedish National Championships and Finish National Championships,” she said. Bradley was asked to be on the first women’s college Nordic team at the University of Anchorage. And at 19 she became one of the youngest competitors at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics. She drew Bib 1 for the first event of the Olympics—a 5-kilometer race—making her the first on the course. “I was so green—a young girl from a small town. And I was so nervous. But my Mom was there and she was my mental coach. She told me, ‘Don’t worry. You’re not out there to impress anyone. You’re just there to express the qualities of skiing—balance, strength endurance, quickness, timing—the things you do so well.” Bradley drew the last number in the 10-km., and that spurred her on, as well. “I thought, ‘I’ve got to hurry up or the sweepers will pass me!’ ” In 1978 she won the Finlandia Award as the outstanding Nordic skier in the United States. And in 1979 she won the 5-km. and 10-km. U.S. Championships—among eight U.S. National Titles she would win. After sitting out the 1976 Olympics for college, Bradley competed in 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid after having several top 10 finishes at competitions that are now called World Cup events. She won the silver medal in the prestigious 10-km. Holmenkollen World Cup Race in Norway two weeks after the Olympics. She retired from ski racing in 1981 at 28 and married Rob Kiesel, who started the Nordic race program in Sun Valley. “Society then dictated that as a woman of 28 you’d better get on with life,” she said. “In retrospective I was just beginning to peak. Nordic skiers peak later—at 28, 30 years of age. But we didn’t know that then.”

Top: Alison Owen competes in the first race of the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Olympics in which the United States fielded a women’s Nordic team. Bottom: Alison Owen competes in the first race of the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Olympics in which the United States fielded a women’s Nordic team.

For many years Bradley coached for the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. She watched her children—Jess and Kaelin Kiesel--become elite Nordic skiers who each got to spend a winter racing in Scandinavia. Today Bradley splits her time between homes in Ketchum and Boise where she and her husband Phil Bradley have a small ranch boasting chickens and a green house near Dry Creek. Just a few weeks ago she was taking care of eight 4-inch-long black baby piglets just five days. Come summer they take their cows to an 18-acre “summer camp” near McCall for cooler pastures. “We’re just play farmers,” she said. “Phil wanted more elbow room after he sold his software company to Microsoft. And we wanted to grow our own food after seeing movies like ‘Food, Inc.’ ” Bradley still gets out and skis. She’s also learning to teach Kundalini yoga—yoga with a spiritual bent. “I always had a big interest in God, the divine. And I always did my skiing with a focus on that. I had my feet on the ground but my head in the clouds. And I tried to bring these spiritual principles into my skiing,” she said. That spiritual bent has helped her get over that inaugural World Cup. “To this day, I’m still confused about it. But I’m fine with it—I was there and I know what was what, whatever anyone else wants to say. And my newspapers tell me I was a World Cup gold medalist before Kikkan,” she said. “Really, who would have believed what would have come from that little neighborhood team I started with! The whole thing is like a dream.” tws

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Top: The elite male racers begin double poling at the starting line near Galena Lodge. Right: Josie Arias and Jean Cooper had goodies awaiting a record number of 40 Vamps racing in the Boulder Mountain Tour. Left: Emma Garrard of Park City massages her numb feet following the race

BY KAREN BOSSICK

un Valley skiers nearly swept the spots on the podium at Saturday’s Boulder Mountain Tour. The only skier standing in the way was Sylvan Ellefson, of Vail, Colo. Ellefson, who won the 2013 and 2011 tour, won the 39th Boulder Mountain Tour in 1 minute, 16 seconds and two-hundredths of a second— seven-hundredths of a second ahead of Matt Gelso of Ketchum. Miles Havlick of Ketchum took third—24 seconds behind. Patrick Johnson of Truckee, Calif., outsprinted Michael Sinnott of Ketchum for third place. Chelsea Holmes of Ketchum easily took first place among the women, coasting to a time of 1:23:55.89. Rose Kemp of Ketchum posted a time of 1:26:34:19, while Brooke Hovey took bronze with 1:28:19:77. Alexa Turzian, of Hailey, was just less than a half-second behind. “I was pulling Rose along and then she dropped off right

before Prairie Creek so I just kept going,” said Holmes. “The conditions were really good—it was a super fun race.” Ketchum’s Colin Rodgers, who lost a little time when he broke his pole, and Rose Kemp both praised what they called “perfect conditions… a perfect race.” “The fresh snow made for smooth sailing, even though our times were probably a little slower,” said Kemp. The race was a warm one as Boulder Mountain Tours go. The temperature, which normally hovers close to zero, was in the upper teens as the mountains surrounding Galena Lodge turned pinkish and the first bus of racers arrived. By race time, it was 22 degrees with light flecks of snow falling. “Guys, when the elite women catch you—and you know they’re going to—step aside and let them pass,” Sun Valley’s head Nordic coach Rick Kapala told the elite men standing on the second and third rows of the first wave of racers. “Ladies, you have a sharp point on the end of your poles. Feel free to use it,” he added just

before blowing the airhorn signaling the beginning of the race. This year’s race saw more problems crop up than the combined total of the past five years, noted head coach Kevin Swigert. Volunteers spent two days shoveling snow onto the snowstarved bottom of the course before 5 inches of snow fell on Wednesday, throwing racers’ waxing plans into a conundrum The race course was tighter in some places due to lack of snow and soft on the edges where it hadn’t been groomed much this year, making it difficult to pass in some areas. And the racing chips that time the race were a no-show, forcing head timer Bobby Noyes and his crew to resort to old-fashioned timing methods. But never once did Swigert hear the word “cancel.” “Every idea that came forward was designed to solve the issue of how do we get from here to there safely and with the highest possible level of quality. It was for me very inspirational to work with such positive focus,” he told volunteers. tws

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• • • Carry: After acquiring items from two baby showers, it's likely you could do both! It's amazing how many things collect from the first few years of having a child. Passing those items along to

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According to surveys of expected moms, parents spend an average of over $10,000 in the baby's first year. But the spending doesn’t end there. More than 52% of parents find that they need to upgrade to a larger vehicle. Nearly 32% decide they have to move or plan to move for more space. And about 10% choose to renovate or make plans to expand for the added room. Regardless of the changes, most of the parents say it's all worth it!

Believe it or not, I met my friend at a yard sale when we were both reaching for the same baby item. Now, four years later, we get our children together for play dates. My son Robby is the typical boy. He loves fire engines and police cars and wears his police badge wherever he goes. When we get together with my friend though, play is a little different. Her daughter Mary likes to dress up and play wedding. One day when we arrived, Mary immediately brought my son to her pretend alter. "Let's play wedding," she said abruptly. "I promise to love you forever." Grabbing his hand she continued, "Now you go." Looking rather stunned, Robby said the only vow he knew, "You have the right to remain silent…" (Thanks to Samantha N.)

Price of a Baby someone who could use them is a great idea. Cash: Most baby showers are not only a celebration, but help new couples acquire many of the things they will need for the first year. Since the initiation opened the door for "gently used items", you're not out of line in putting together a package from your own attic. Carry: However, if you feel uncomfortable about the idea or are worried about misinterpreting the invitation, call your friend to see if the items would be helpful. If the party is a surprise, talk to the parents who are hosting the shower instead. Cash: We would guess that if

the invitation confused you, it might have been confusing to others as well. However, it was a great idea of the parents to include bringing "used items" on the invitation. Carry: A large basket of useful baby items is sure to get a "wow" from your friend. Your experience with two children will be very helpful in choosing which items are most important versus those that were hardly used. Cash: Since you're simply trying to do what's best for your friend, there's no need to worry about what others may think. Besides, after all the gifts she gets at her baby shower, maybe the two of you can have a yard sale together!

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OBO. Antique white double laundry sink from original Flower’s Mill. $200 OBO. 720-2509

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Graphic Designer - Is your website straight out of the 80’s? Logo look like clip art? Call Carson at 720-6566 for professional design services on anything from business cards and posters, to website design and digital video. HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES.-Experience,Recommendations,Responsible, free estimates available in areas Bellevue, Hailey, Ketchum, Warm Spring, Sun Valley call:2087205973 or beatrizq2003@hotmail. com BOOKS CAN CHANGE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER PERSON: So if you have some that are taking up space and would like to donate them, call Fabio at 7883964 and we’ll pick them for free. AVON PRODUCTS.-www. youravon.com/beatriz5 PRODUCTOS AVON: Puedes ver los catalogos y hacer tus pedidos en www. youravon.com/beatriz5 o al telefono 7205973. Experienced tutor and former teacher available to help students of all ages organize work and establish good study habits, specializing in improving reading and writing skills. Please call Leigh at 788-2449. Private Chef Peter Weisz owner/ chef of Peter’s restaurant, European Trained Available now for private dinners and parties. Please call. 7211770 UNIQUE GIFT!? A pen and ink rendering of your home or business. Drawing includes detail to your specifications. Free estimates. 7884925 Deck Refurbishing, sanded and restained or painted. Reasonable rates. 720-7828 Alterations - Men’s, woman’s and children. Fast and efficient. Call 7208164 Twin Falls Train Shop & Hobbies trains and parts, lionel trains, repairs. Consignment, buy, sell, and trade. 144 Main Ave. S., Twin Falls, Idaho. Call Simon at 208-420-6878 for more info. Professional Window Washing and maintenance. Affordable rates. 7209913. Books can change the life of another person, so if you have some that are taking up space, and would like to donate them, call Fabio at 7883964 and we’ll pick them up for free. Two guys and a truck - Furniture moving & hauling. Dump runs. No job too small. 208-720-4821. MOVING MADE EASY - The little ladies will pack’em and stack’em and the mighty men will load’em and totem. We’ll even do the dreaded move out clean. Call 721-3543 for your moving needs.

JACK OF ALL TRADES - One call does it all, whether your job be big or small. Drywall, paint, small remodels, maintenance, tiling, woodwork, electrical plumbing, framing, etc. Don’t stall, give a call, 720-6676.

21 lawn & garden

Thank you from the Black Bear Ranch Tree Farm for another successful season! See you in the Spring!

22 art, antiques and collectibles

Dan Marino football card for sale. A year 1999 “Collector’s Edge Odyssey,” Mint 9, #181. $25.00. Call 208309-1959. Peyton Manning football card for sale. A year 2000 “Collector’s Edge EG”, Gem Mint 10. $25.00. Call 208309-1959. Huge basketball card collection for sale. 1980-2000. Great condition. Well organized. $275 for all. Call 208309-1959. Antique small table. 12’ wide by 18’ tall. beautiful end table. 309-0917 Antique MFG Enterprise meat grinder. $200. 309-0917 Two western prints with frames. One $45 other $50. 309-0917 Antique office chair by Marble Chair Co. $150. 309-0917 Antique rocking horse. Very unique. $100 720-2509 Original and unusual artworks three original Nancy Stonington watercolors, varied sizes and prices from $500 - $1,000. Also an unusual poster from the Sunshine Mine’s 100th anniversary, nicely framed $150. Call Ann (208) 726-9510

24 furniture

Brand new , Fullsize Ikea Stora Loftbed Black and Sulan Spring Mattress Needs 8’10” ceiling. $400 firm. call 720-3345. 7’ sofa/matching chair (neutral-beige/grey $300. Moving - prefer email:gerrip2749@gmail.com or lv msg 720-3431. Round coffee table $45 (glass top/ walnut base & trim). Moving - prefer email:gerrip2749@gmail.com or lv msg 720-3431. Pine shelf unit - $75. Moving - prefer email:gerrip2749@gmail.com or lv msg 720-3431. Victorian desk $200. Moving - prefer email:gerrip2749@gmail.com or lv msg 720-3431. Large, beautiful designer armoire, could hold up to a 45’ tv, or great for storage. Retailed for $3,000 asking $600. Must see! 309-0917 The Trader is now accepting consignments for furniture, home accessories and collectibles. Call Linda at 208-720-9206. Blonde Oak Dresser with hand carving - (3 drawer) $250. 788-2566

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Greco baby buggy stroller. very good condition. hardly used. make offer. 788 -4929 Refrigerator $50. 788-3080 NESCO 18 Qt. Roasting Oven. $25 call 788-4347. New Moen shower head & tub faucet w/adaptor $60 (both stainless). Moving - prefer email:gerrip2749@ gmail.com or lv msg 720-3431. Banana, Jute, Sisal area rugs - 4’ x 6’ and 6’ x8’. Both for $150. Retail is $1,200. 309-1088 Nice, warm, low operating cost far infrared heaters for sale. Two sizes. Call 788-2012

32 construction/bldg.

Some cherry Kraft maid cabinets. Lower and upper corner, pull out 12” wide, fridge high, full depth pantry, some othe upper and lowers. Complete island with heavy stone top. Come and make an offer. 720-2509

34 cameras

Sony Handycam 8mm video camera w/ extra battery, cords, etc. for sale. Great condition. $125.00. OBO. Call 309-1959. NO TEXTS. 1970’s Vivitar 35mm camera. With 2 lenses, electronic flash, book, and bag. Great working condition. $115.00. Call 309-1959. NO TEXTS. CAMERA - OLYMPUS OM77af SLR Camera (not digital) $75. Includes 2 lenses (wide angle & 35-70mm) and hard case. Please email for photo’s: gerrip2749@gmail.com or lv. msg 720-3431

37 electronics

Cable for Cox HD (HDMI) Television. 6 ft Premium 1.4 Blueray 1080P. In other words: cable works perfect to connect your Cox HD to your television! Brand New. $10, call: 721-2144 HP 13X PRINTER black ink CARTRIDGE. Opened box but never used. Wrong cartridge for my printer. $120 retail. Yours for $20 720-2509 XBOX 360 Games - gently used, all rated M. Red Dead Redemption 3-part package (game, map & level book) - $20 OBO; Gun - $10 OBO; Viking, Battle for Asgard - $10 OBO; Conan - $10 OBO; and Turock - $10 OBO. Call 309-1566

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I am looking for Harmonica lessons here in Hailey, Idaho. 788-4929 Professional Unionized Performer, Vivian Lee Alperin, now accepting students for voice, piano and drama. Children and beginners especially welcome. 720-6343 or 7279774. ROSEWOOD MUSIC - Vintage, collectibles and pawn, instrument repair and restoration. Why leave the Val-

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COST All Line Ads 20 words or less are FREE in any category. After that, it is 17.5¢/per word. Add a photo, logo or border for $7.50/per week in b/w, or $45 for full color. Classified Display Ads are available at our open rate of $10.98/column inch ley?! Call Al at 481-1124 SALMON RIVER GUITARS - Custom-Made Guitars. Repair Restoration since 1969. Buy. Sell. Vintage. Used. Authorized Martin Repair Center. Stephen Neal Saqui, Luthier. www.SalmonRiverGuitars.com. 1-208-838-3021 Rehearsal Space for Bands Available - area has heat and restrooms. Call Scott at 727-1480. Guitar and drum lessons available for all levels of musicians. Our studio or yours. Call Scott at 727-1480.

48 skis/boards, equip.

Toddler Skis - pink Rossignols - left at Dollar Mtn January 20th. Name on Skis: Payton. Please call: 720-1509 Men’s Snow Boots-size 13. Brand New-$30.00. call 788-4347 Great Skis at Rock Ski Prices! Baldy Sports, 312 S Main, Hailey Race ready 210 Atomic DH 10-18 Atomic bindings $450 206-9634141 Best Baldy groomer made Atomic 174 Supercross $300 206-9634141 Volkl Mantra 177 Fitfchi Bindings $350 206-963-4141 Volkl Gotama 184 W/O bindings $150 206-963-4141 Dalbello womens kryzma with I.D. liner. Brand new, in box. Retail $695, sell for $275. 309-1088 2013 Volkl Code Speedwall S. 173cm. Brand new with marker DIM 16 binding. Retail $1235, sell for $600. 309-1088

50 sporting goods

AB Lounge Ultra: Great core builder and tummy tucker. Hardly used. $50.00. 788- 4929 Brand New Sports Gear @ 30-70% off Retail! Baldy Sports, 312 S Main, Hailey No matter the weather, we gotcha covered: Skis -o- Rollerblades, Skates -o- Bikes. BALDY SPORTS, 312 S Main, Hailey Winchester Model 70 XTR 7mm Featherweight . Leopold 3x9 scope. Like new condition .$700.00. or would trade for pre 64 270. Call 7205480 Rocky Mountain Element 50. 18” Medium. Fox fork & shock XT/LX Drivetrain. Formula hydraulic brakes, Mavic 317 wheel set. Mechanic owned and maintained. Pristine condition. New $3,000 - asking $995. Call Greg at 721-0188. TERRA SPORTS CONSIGNMENT is accepting all gear. Ketchum is the best place to sell. Check our website for info. www.terrasportsconsignment.com Weight bench and treadmill. Call for info. 720-5153 Masi Road Bike for sale - excellent condition. $1,000. Call for more info 208-720-5127 We pay cash for quality bicycles, fly fishing and outdoor gear - Ketchum Pawn. 208-726-0110.

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60 homes for sale

HUNTING-FISHING out your back door. 2 homes/5 bed/3 bath on 4.43 acres in Buhl, ID., $395,000. MLS#98534971, 1000 Springs Realty, Call Judy 208-539-9926 SALMON RIVER: 2+1 log home, studio +1, bunkhouse, 2-car garage (1,500-sf total living), 3-stall barn on 3.14 level fenced acres w/350ft river-frontage, 80-miles north of Ketchum w/hunting, fishing, riding @ $199,900. Adjacent 3.76 level fenced acres w/350-ft river frontage available @ $119,900. Both parcels (6.9-acres + improvements) @ $299,900. Betsy Barrymore Stoll, Capik & Co. 208-720-4455. Beautiful 3 bed/2 bath mountain lodge-style home on nearly 2 acres 3.6 miles west of Stanley (Crooked Creek Sub.). Asking $495,000. Jason Roth, Broker, Legacy Group, LLC, 208-720-1256 Fairfield - 3bd/1ba, big fenced yard, fire pit, 2-car garage, outbuildings, chicken coop, woodstove. On 3 lots in town, walk to bars and restaurants. 1,792 sf, 2-story, propane, city water and sewer. Call 208-329-3109. Owner carry.

64 condos/townhouses for sale

For Sale in Hailey: $195,000 2bdrm 2ba 2car garage. Granite counters, GFA, energy efficient twnhm at Sweetwater Community ‘on the park’ location w/ northern mtn views! Luxury at a low cost! 917 Heartland. Call Today! Karen and Sue, Realtors, The Realty Advisors of Sun Valley, 208.788.2164 www.SWHRealty.com Sweetwater • Hailey, ID

Started with 49 Homes 48 SOLD • 1 Under Contract Sweetwater Townhomes KEYS TO NEW HOMES COMING SOON. Pricing Available Soon, Call or Stop by For More Information. Green Neighborhood www.SweetwaterHailey.com Village open 7 days a week (208) 788-2164 Sales, Sue & Karen The Realty Advisors of Sun Valley

70 vacation property

Spectacular Williams Lake, Salmon, ID 2BR 2BA 120’ lake-front cabin see www.lakehouse.com ad #1418 Hey Golfers!! 16 rounds of golf & 2 massages included w/ luxury 2 BR/ 2 Bath unit on beach in Mexico. Choose between Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun on availability $2900/ week. 788-0752.

73 vacant land

ONLY 2 acre lot/Phase II., Allows horses. Gorgeous views, community park and water in Griffin Ranch. $335,000 OBO. 425-985-2995 ALL lots in Tews Ranch Subdivision on Highway 20 REDUCED 50%.. Has electricity & phone. Call Canyon Trail Realty 208-731-7022 REDUCED! 19 river front acres, 4 miles S. of Mackay. Fenced, fishing, wildlife, views, gorgeous!. $110,000. photos available jjgrif@ gmail.com. 208-726-3656. 50% REDUCTION SALE by owner - 2.5 acre lots near Soldier Mountain Resort and Golf Course. Great skiing, underground power and telephone completed in scenic subdivision. $24,500. 720-7828. SALMON RIVER: 3.76 level fenced acres w/350-ft river frontage, 80-miltes north of Ketchum w/fishing, hunting, riding @ $119,900. Adjacent 2+1 log home, studio +1, bunkhouse, 2-car garage (1,500-sf total living), 3-stall barn on 3.14 level fenced acres w/350-ft river-frontage, 80-miles north of Ketchum @ $199,900. Both parcels (6.9-acres + improvements) @ $299,900. Betsy Barrymore Stoll, Capik & Co..208720-4455. Hagerman. Vacant lot in North view mature sub-division with own well system. Poor health forces sell. Great neighborhood. Hot springs, Snake River and bird hunting near surrounding area. $29,000, owner consider carry paper. 208-7882566

77 out of area rental

New Zealand - Lake Wanaka, 2 acres with Lake & Mountain views. google: Sotheby’s Wanaka NZ, “29 Elderberry”; kyak4422@mypacks. net Great house for rent, Fairfield. 6’ privacy fence. Pets welcome. Reduced rent to $550. Call for info 208727-1708 2bd, 1ba home on Salmon River Furnished - $650 month plus utilities. No smoking. First, last and deposit, pets neg. References requested. Located across from Old Sawmill Station between Stanley and Challis with easy access to River. Call Denise at 788-2648.

78 commercial rental

Bellevue Main Street 254 sq-ft to 1193 sq-ft Office/Retail & Fully Operational Bank 2619 Sq-ft, Allstar Properties, Jeff, 578-4412 Ketchum Main Street Office/Retail 1946 sq-ft, Allstar Properties, Jeff 578-4412 Cold Springs Business Park 2 Shop/ Storage Spaces across from St. Luke’s Hospital & US 75. Space H: 1120sf with 7’bay door, small office, bathroom; Space C: 480 sf with full bay door access,office, bath. Great rates for winter or long term 622-5474 or emil@sun valleyinvestments.com PARKER GULCH COMMERCIAL RENTALS - Ketchum Office Club: Lower Level #2-198sf, #4-465sf. Call Scott at 471-0065.

80 bellevue rentals

Rent with option to buy. 3BD/2BA, Private home, new roofing, landscaped, quite neighborhood, appliances stay. Pets negotiable. Available May 1st. 720-3157

81 hailey rentals

Hailey: 4BD/2.5BA Home w/ 2 Car Garage, W/D, Fireplace, Gas Heat, Mature Landscaping, Fenced Yard, Backs up to Foxmoor Park, Hot Tub, Bonus room, Storage Shed, Custom Kitchen. No Smoker, Pet OK. $1800/ mo + security. No last month. 3091947 3 BD/2 BA duplex, Just remodeled! No smoking, pet possible, avail early April. $1100/month + utils. Brian at 208-720-4235 or check out www. svmlps.com Nightly/weekly/monthly! 2 BD/1

BA condo, fully furnished/outfitted. Prices vary depending on length of stay. 208-720-4235 or check out www.svmlps.com

82 ketchum rentals

horse boarding at an active kid and adult friendly environment, lessons available with ranch horses. Heated indoor arena and many other amenities included. Please contact Katie (208) 788-4844.

400 share the ride

Need a Ride? http://i-way.org is Idaho’s source for catching or sharing a ride! For more information or help with the system, visit www.mountainrides.org or call Mountain Rides 788.RIDE. THE COOLEST SKI-LOFT IN THE VALLEY 1307 Warmsprings Rd is available for rent or long-term lease. A unique, contemporary 1 bd. 1&1/2 bath, fully furnished, 50 yards from the shuttle stop and 1/2 mile from down town and Warmsprings lift. Live in Art! 213-839-0024 or 208309-1944 Warm Springs - Limelight 2+bunk room, furnished, 2 bath, balcony, bus line, pool, W/D, parking, on bike path. $1200/mth + utilities. Long term. Penny 309-1130

84 carey, fairfield, or picabo rentals

Carey. 4+ bedroms, 2 baths, fully remodeled, new paint, new carpet, fenced yard. 1st, last + damage. No smoking. $750 per month. Call 7881363 or 481-1843.

89 roommate wanted

Roommate wanted. Mature, moderate drinking, no drugs. 2bd available for 1 person. North Woodside home. $350 + utilities. Wi-fi available. Dog possible, fenced yard. 720-9368. Looking for someone to share the cost of living these days? Say it here in 20 words or less for free! e-mail classifieds@theweeklysun.com or fax to 788-4297

100 garage & yard sales

List Your Yard Sale (20 words or less is always free) ad and get a Yard Sale Kit for only $9.99. Your kit includes 6 bright 11 x 17 signs, 6 bright letter-size signs, 100 price stickers, 10 balloons, free tip book. What are you waiting for? Get more bang for your buck when you list your ad in The Weekly Sun!

201 horse boarding

Barn for Rent - 2 stalls w/ 12’ x 36’ runs. Small pasture area, large round pen, hay shed, storage area, heated water. North Hailey near bike path. $200 a month per horse. Call 7882648 Horse Boarding available just south of Bellevue; experienced horse person on premises; riding adjacent to property. Shelter and Pasture available. Reasonably priced. Call 7883251.

203 livestock services

Ariat Volant Vented Tall Boot. Never used . Size 7.5, New 499.95, now 200.00. 788- 4929

302 kittens & cats

Please call Edna Benziger 914319-0692. Blessings and gratitude Big Fluffy Female Kitty needs home; indoor/outdoor. Great w/kids; potty trained (will go outside too). Great mouser. Move forces finding a new home. Free to a good home. 208721-0447.

303 equestrian

Well built, older TexTan adult western saddle, breast collar, hobbles, headstall with bit. Very nice. $550. 788-4156 Shoeing & Trimming: Reliable, on time. If you don’t like my work, don’t pay. (208) 312-5165 Farrier Service: just trim, no shoeing. Call 435-994-2127 River Sage Stables offers first class

5013c charitable exchange

Does your non-profit have a service, product or item that you need or could share with another organization who needs it? List it here for free! Say it in 20 words or less and it’s free! We want to help you spread the word. Just e-mail classifieds@ theweeklysun.com

502 take a class

Sculpture for adults at Bella Cosa Studio, Sunday Feb 9th. Create a “fairy house” or “bird house”out of clay! 12 - 4 pm. Call Sarah 721-8045 to reserve. KIDS NIGHT OUT at Bella Cosa Studio. The last Friday of each month. Drop he kids off from 6 - 9pm for a fun craft night....while you enjoy a quiet evening out! Limited space so please reserve in advance! 721-8045 Sculpt Your Inner Goddess – class registration in progress. Call Sarah with Bella Cosa Studio at 721-8045 for details. Limited to eight participants. Ongoing Weekly Writing groups with Kate Riley. Begin or complete your project! 2014 Writing Retreats and more! Visit www.kateriley.org Hot Yoga in the South Valley - 8:10 to 9:40 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. $10/donation. Call for location/ Info: 720-6513. Tennis 101. Fun, family, fitness, a tennis program designed to teach the basics to all ages. 9-10:30 a.m. at WR High School, 1250 Fox Acres Road. Register at idtennis.com, (208) 322-5150, Ext. 207.

506 i need this

long black gloves (prom type or like what Audrea Hephern worn is Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Can I borrow for a week end. call Nancy 788-4347 BOOKS CAN CHANGE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER PERSON: So if you have some that are taking up space and would like to donate them, call Fabio at 788-3964 and we’ll pick them for free. NEEDED - Aluminum cans - your donation will support new play ground equipment Hailey. Drop donations off at 4051 Glenbrook Dr., Woodside Industrial Park or call Bob 788-0018 for pick-up.

509 announcements

From Margot’s Table to Yours Specializing in Small B&B styled Menus. Parents, enjoy special time with your family and let Margot do the cooking. Contact Margot for all of your cooking needs including special occasions or parties. 208-7213551 margot6@mindspring.com or blog.tempinnkeeper.com THE OCTOPUS HOOK MURDERS happened in the Wood River Valley. In Kindle or Paperback. Amazon. com books. We pay cash for quality bicycles, fly fishing and outdoor gear - Ketchum Pawn. 208-726-0110. Are you struggling to make ends meet? Not always enough to pay the bills and buy groceries? The Hunger Coalition is here to help. Hundreds of local families individuals have food on their table and some relief from the daily struggle. Confidential. Welcoming. Supportive. There is no reason to face hunger alone. Call

788-0121 Monday - Thursday or find out more at www.thehungercoalition. org. Have an announcement you’d like to share? Send someone wishes for their special occasion, or list events for your businesses, etc. Say it here in 20 words or less for FREE! E-mail classifieds@theweeklysun.com or fax 788-4297.

510 thank you notes

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512 tickets & travel Frequent trips to Boise. Need something hauled to or from? Call 208-320-3374

514 free stuff (really!) FREE BOXES - moving, packing or storage. Lots of sizes. Come and get ‘em or we’ll recycle them. Copy & Print, 16 W. Croy St., Hailey.

518 raves

Like something? Don’t keep it to yourself! Say it here in 20 words or less for free. e-mail your ad to classifieds@theweeklysun.com or fax it over to 788-4297 by Noon on Mondays.

600 autos under $2,500

1997 HONDA ACCORD for sale. Good condition, well maintained. 142,400 miles. 29 mpg. $2,000 OBO. Contact akchelseamarie@hotmail. com or 907-244-7761

602 autos under $5,000

1988 Range Rover for Sale! Spotless interior, white exterior, 4wd, and 68,964 miles. Starting at $4,500. 208-788-3854 for more details. Subaru Outback Wagon AWD 152K Good shape, great tires. Local daily driver. $3500 721-3312

604 autos under $10,000

2004 GMC Yukon SLT 4WD, good condition, 215k miles, one owner, $8,500. 208-308-2550

606 autos $10,000+

PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE - For all of your automotive needs. Call 208-788-3255

610 4wd/suv

1982 Ford Bronco - 4x4, white, standard 351. New battery, runs good, good tires. 73,000 orig. miles. $2,500 OBO. 208-329-3109.

611 trailers

2009 Jayco Jay Flight 26’ bumper hitch travel trailer. Like new. Private owner. Photos and information from drifter@svskylan.net 1962 Vintage Airstream like trailer by Avion, 20 ft. Call for more details, $4,700. 788-3674 Small enclosed specialty trailer. Perfect to tow with compact vehicle or small SUV. $2,250. 788-3674

612 auto accessories

HANKOOK WINTER RADIAL STUDDED SNOW TIRES 195 / 60 / R15 (Set of four) . Like new with 90% tread. $195. Call Jon (208) 3092449

617 four-wheelers

1995 Kawasaki bayou 350 4x4 four wheeler. Has a winch and snow plow. $1200.00. Call 720-5480.

620 snowmobiles etc.

1997 700 RMK - custom paint, skis. Always garaged. $1,500 OBO. Call 208-721-1103. PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE - For all of your snowmobile needs. Call 208-788-3255

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Sun Valley Artist Series SUN VALLEY ARTIST SERIES, now entering into its fifth season, will present internationally acclaimed pianist Jerome Rose in concert. On February 8th at 7 PM, pianist Jerome Rose will take the stage in a virtuoso solo performance that will feature works by romantic and classical music composers including Brahms, Schubert, and Chopin. Mr. Rose has been hailed as the “The last romantic of our own age” and is one of America’s most distinguished pianists. The concert will be preceded at 6:15 PM by an informal “Meet the Artist” onstage interview hosted by SV Artist Series Artistic Director Susan Spelius Gannon. Arrive early for this popular addition to the series and get to know Jerome Rose before his performance. Tickets for Jerome Rose are on sale online at local Ketchum bookstores and online at www.svartistseries.org. Adult tickets are $24 and student tickets are $10. Music students, music teachers, and those with financial need who wish to attend will be admitted free (please call ahead for reservations). Who: Sun Valley Artist Series What: Solo Performance: Jerome Rose, piano Where: Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood When: February 8, 2014 at 7 PM; Preconcert Talk at 6:15 PM Contact: Steve Gannon, Executive Director: steve@svartistseries.org Susan Spelius Gannon, Artistic Director: susan@svartistseries.org

Silver Turns, New Classes For Seniors BY KAREN BOSSICK The Sun Valley SnowSports School is launching a new program expressly designed for those 55 and older. Silver Turns is designed for seasoned skiers who want to learn low-impact techniques that allow them to ski with less stress on their joints. It’s also designed for those who have been away from the slopes because of an injury, new hips or knees, or some other reason and want to ease their way back in. “It’s a growing niche in ski resorts across the country,” said ski instructor Tom Watson, who championed the local program after attending instructor training geared for this particular group of people. “The big emphasis on a big mountain like Baldy is carved skiing. And carved skiing takes a lot of muscular and physical strength. This program can show people how to make more of a rounded turn on a flatter ski, relying more on skeletal than muscular finesse. It’s softer, lighter, smoother two-footed skiing,” said Martina Vala, a supervisor with the SnowSports School. The program will utilize some of Sun Valley’s best ski instructors, said Vala. It also is designed to encourage its participants to develop friendships and camaraderie with others who share their love of skiing and the mountain lifestyle. The morning will start with a brief indoor training session over coffee and end indoors where the instructors will recap the day’s focus and skiing success. “We’re talking about a fun, social, confidence-building group,” said Vala. The four-session program will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays, Feb. 10 and 24 and March 3 and 10. Price is $299. Participants can ski on Baldy or they can start on Dollar if they’re not ready to tackle Baldy right off the bat, said Vala. For information, call 208.622.2289.

Young Farmers And Ranchers Embracing Technology In The Field BY BRETT WESSLER

oung farmers and ranchers shared their view of the industry last weekend, identifying trends they’re most excited about as well as areas of concern. Participants of the Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference on Jan. 24 and 25 are embracing the growing use of technology to manage farm operations more efficiently and increase production. The Nebraska Farm Bureau reports more than half of the participants in the survey said the growth in technology, in seeds, machinery and the general scope of precision farming, where inputs and management decisions are made on a more detailed level, are the most exciting thing about being involved in agriculture. “The use of technology to improve production practices on the farm and to allow us to better protect the environment – our land and water – and grow more with less is important,” Todd Reed, chair of Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers committee, said Jan. 30. “Having instant access to information and incorporating communication tools into agriculture is the ‘new normal’ and that’s not going to change.” Technology continues to play a vital role in the agricultural industry as land and water resources are affected by consecutive years of drought. Ranchers at the conference are excited about the rebound in

the cattle industry and attendees are optimistic about the number of ag-related jobs, both on and off the farm. Ranchers are anticipating more moisture this year and better grazing pastures as drought conditions ease.

erry Klopfenstein, animal sciences professor at the University of Nebraska, says cattle producers are ready to expand their operations, converting corn fields back to pasture as corn values decline. The conference helps a new generation of farmers and ranchers address issues they may have not experienced on their own. The young audience raised in the era of social media is

aware of their responsibility to share agricultural production from the farmer’s point of view. Participants view the public’s disconnect with agriculture as a primary concern, fueled by persuasive communication tactics by major companies like Chipotle and Panera. “If we aren’t telling our story, somebody else will. And if we don’t tell our story, we’re not going to have a story to tell at some point,” Reed said. The survey found the group is also facing challenges with the growth in activist groups who oppose modern farming practices and increasing government regulations for farm operations.

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