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Accidents Occur Over Busy Weekend

On Thursday, Oct. 11, a little before 6 p.m., a head-on collision occurred on Highway 20 in Picabo. Martin Weck, 31, of Philadelphia, Pa., was traveling east on Highway 20 in a 2008 Dodge Caravan when he attempted to turn left into the gas station at the Silver Creek Convenience Store. Weck failed to yield to McKenna Nebeker, 27, of Moore, driving westbound in a 2010 black Nissan Murano. Nebeker was extricated from her vehicle by Carey Rural Fire Department and transported to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello by air ambulance for treatment of her injuries. Weck was treated at the scene for minor injuries. Both vehicles sustained extensive damage. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts. Weck was cited for failure to yield right of way when turning left. On Saturday, Oct. 13, at approximately 1:41 p.m., Blaine County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover crash with injuries near Cathedral Pines, north of Ketchum. A 1999 silver BMW had flipped onto its roof off the southbound side of the highway. The driver and sole occupant, Douglas D. D’Andrea, 62, of Ketchum, was found deceased at the scene. D’Andrea—who was wearing a seatbelt—was apparently traveling northbound at a high rate of speed when the vehicle went off the side of the road, overcorrected, became airborne, flipped, and rolled several times. Next of kin has been notified. On Sunday, Oct. 14, at about 9:30 a.m., a two-vehicle accident occurred on Highway 75 near Galena Summit. The driver of a 2007 silver Chevrolet pickup, Ann M. Wartman, 50, of Meridian, told deputies she was traveling southbound when she lost control at the top of the summit and slid into the northbound lane, striking a 2006 white Ford F-350 pickup, with an 18-foot-long horse trailer with horses inside, driven by Cindy A. Gochnour, 58, of Kimberly. The road conditions at the top of the summit were icy. The Chevy pickup driven by Wartman struck Gochnour’s Ford pickup on the driver side and continued contact to the horse trailer, removing the trailer’s wheels. Both vehicles sustained damage. Wartman was transported, by Ketchum ambulance, to St. Luke’s Wood River in Ketchum and was later released. Wartman’s three other passengers were uninjured. The horses appeared to be uninjured. All parties involved were wearing their seatbelts. The accident is under investigation.

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The Sun Valley Community School Players will stage the musical comedy, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Nov. 1-3, at Sun Valley Community School Theatre. This award-winning production about an eclectic group of six tweens competing in the spelling championship of a lifetime includes audience participation and offers telling and entertaining glimpses into each of the characters’ lives, all the while showcasing the lesson that winning and losing is not everything in life. Tickets are $8 for students and $15 for adults and can be purchased at the door or in advance in the Upper School office during school hours.

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hen Alex Tressor demonstrates stretches on his website, PDontheMove.com, also found on YouTube, he is not just an instructor—who looks like you wish you did—he is a living example of how to “wrestle the beast.” The beast in this case is Parkinson’s disease. Diagnosed 12 years ago, when Tressor was 47, this lifelong professional dancer had an unforeseen awakening. If he, as an athlete, could be struck with this incurable disease, given his strength and healthy lifestyle, what must it be like for those who did not have his advantages? Parkinson’s generally strikes people after the age of 60, though 5 to 10 percent of people with PD are victims of early onset, such as Tressor. Men are more likely to be affected than women. Parkinson’s disease is a neurological condition often referred to as a motor-system disorder. Historians found evidence of the disease as far back as 5,000 B.C. It was first described as “the shaking palsy” in 1817 by British doctor James Parkinson. Over the course of the past decade, Tressor and his wife, Alexis, a medical student in Boston, grew frustrated with the Western medicine response to PD, which relies on drugs and brain stimulation to treat the disease. In 2017, they started PDontheMove.com, on which they share articles and information, personal programs and consultations, along with nutrition, exercise and lifestyle videos. The three-pronged approach is nutrition, exercise and stress relief. The slyly witty Tressor— who looks years younger than his age—will speak about his approach at a talk to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Limelight Hotel in Ketchum. Tressor is also teaching movement classes for Parkinson’s sufferers at Zenergy Health Club in Sun Valley at 11 a.m. every Tuesday. Both classes are free and open to the public. In September, Tressor, who was born in Russia and moved to New York City in 1976, relocated to the Wood River Valley to be Sun Valley Ballet’s new director and ballet master. He is working with the SVB’s board to reimagine the school’s headquarters in downtown Hailey as a creative center. “We can have yoga, meditation and Zumba in the early day and later have ballet school,” Tressor said. “There will be a recital in mid-December where the students will have a chance to sing, act, dance, to exhibit all their talents in one space.” As they work to reimagine the ballet school’s space and its capabilities for the community, Tressor presses ahead in his work to help people with PD while managing his own health.

“Living with and fighting PD had taught me how to best approach this complex disease,” he said. “The idea with Parkinson’s on the Move is to move it as far away as possible, hopefully to anFIRST MAN other planet.” Tressor admits he didn’t know much about the disease before his diagnosis. But he learned quickly through fellow dancer Mark Morris’s organization, Dancing for PD, which has created dance classes in 250 communities throughout the world. As well, he pored over the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s website, which raises money to fund research and expertise. It was clear that being in excellent physical condition put Tressor ahead in his battle, and that is what he seeks to impart in his own work. “I started after the director of Dancing for PD took one of my ballet classes,” he said. “Then I met with Michael J. Fox at an event at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. I sat next to him and said, ‘If you’re going back to the future, come back with a cure.’” Experts aren’t sure a cure—they barely have a grasp on the cause—will happen in either Fox’s or Tressor’s lifetimes, but he believes in being ready, nonetheless. At the Stamford (Conn.) Medical Center, Tressor designed and taught classes for Parkinson’s sufferers and was able to fine-tune how to help people who weren’t fit already. “For most people, we have to strip everything away and start with a new frame of mind,” he said. For more than a century, "they said you are going to lose strength, balance and muscle tone. You will be reduced to sitting in a chair, then flat on your back. After the bad news, the doctors compound it by laying it out like this. “We don’t know when we’ll get some help, but we must be in the best shape, and to do that you have to be superhuman, and must not deviate from the plan. You have to have complete devotion to your health. Everything else comes in second. Only then can you live with it. “Sedentary and stressful lifestyles and bad nutrition—it’s a combination of these three things,” he said. “After 12 years, I know what works. Nutritionally, the biggest thing is sugar. You can go from slight symptoms to being hospitalized after eating just a piece of cake. Most people don’t know where their food comes from or what’s in it. Parkinson’s is stressful enough and the disease doesn’t let you do that. You have to keep an eye on that. If we can wrestle these three things, we can manage it.” For more information, attend Tressor’s talk on Thursday and visit PDontheMove.com. tws

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THE ADVOCATES’ GREEN DOT PROGRAM FINDS CONTINUED SUCCESS

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he Advocates’ Green Dot program is a communitywide strategy to prevent bullying, partner abuse, sexual assault and harassment, that has been implemented into the Wood River Valley’s schools as well as various establishments in the community. An organization pioneering violence prevention work, Green Dot is a nationwide program adopted by The Advocates eight years ago. It has only been fully integrated into the Blaine County school system in the last five years when it was able to add another staff member, Heidi Cook, a violence prevention educator, to the prevention team. Three Advocates staff members, Cook, Teri Beck and Darrel Harris, have had Green Dot training and teach the programs to middle and high schoolers in Blaine, Custer, Camas and Lincoln counties. While there are many programs that address bullying and violence, they are often aimed at either the victim or the perpetrator; few address bystanders the way the Green Dot program does. By teaching bystanders how to recognize when someone is in danger, they are empowered by Green Dot strategies to safely and effectively intervene. “A lot of other programs about bullying are aimed at the bully or the victim, but a lot of the time you won’t be either, you’re a bystander,” Cook said. “Bystanders have larger numbers so they can have a bigger impact.” The basis of Green Dot strategy lies in the 3 Ds: direct, delegate, and distract. The “direct” step advocates directly intervening in a situation, either pointing out the situation or talking to the person in it and asking if everything is OK. Delegate advocates diffusing the sit-

uation by getting help from another bystander, friend, or police officer. Distract advocates creating a distraction to deescalate the situation, like spilling a drink, asking for the time, or even dancing. It was due to the statistics and positive results of the Green Dot program that The Advocates decided to implement the program into their own curriculum of violence prevention. A five-year study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which funds The Advocates’ program, along with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, found that 13 high schools in Kentucky that did Green Dot training had a 40 percent reduction in sexual violence and a 50 percent reduction in overall violence versus 13 other high schools that did not participate in the program. For some context, Cook explained that in most programs you see a reduction in violence by only about 6 percent. But doing the program once is not enough. The Advocates’ goal is to make the terminology and ideas—particularly the 3 Ds—something that is reiterated to kids over the years from sixth grade through high school and on to college and even in their adult lives. Emma Drucker, a 10th-grade teacher at The Sage School in Hailey, said adolescents can be “keen observers of the social norms within our society, so equipping them with the tools to not only notice social norms but to also shift social norms makes a huge difference,” she said. “Students use the language of Green Dot and are able to speak more openly, knowledgeably, and compassionately about moments of power-based personal violence that they notice in current events or in their own lives.” Cook, her co-workers and teen interns visit all schools

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in the Valley, as well as in the other counties they serve, to teach a four- to six-hour workshop once a year on the tools that Green Dot advocates. They are also required by the program to revisit those same students a month later for a follow-up. During these visits, they give social-norm surveys to everyone in the school, even those who didn’t participate in the training. The surveys are all sent to the CDC for analysis. In addition to training in schools, overview workshops are available to the community. “In order to make big numbers in reducing violence in our community, everyone needs to be involved,” Cook said. “It’s not just about giving tools; it’s about changing cultural norms around violence.” To learn more about The Advocates’ Green Dot program, visit greendot208.org. tws

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COMMUNITY DINNERS PROVIDE MEALS FOR ALL

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s the weather turns, so too does the need to reach out with resources for people in the Wood River Valley. Meals for those in need are available from both Ketchum Community Dinners and Souper Supper in Hailey. Ketchum Community Dinners are available every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum, through May. Alternatively, Souper Supper meals are available year-round every Monday and Thursday at 5:30 p.m. (except for Thanksgiving and Christmas) at St. Charles Catholic Church in Hailey. Ketchum Community Dinners was started 11 years ago by meals coordinator Beth Ward and Michael Hobbs. The dinners are free, and are available to anyone in need, to dine in or pick up. In the 2017-2018 season alone, 1,180 meals were served, with each dinner averaging 36 people a night and the largest night seeing 60 people showing up. “In 2008, the economy tanked and we felt there was a need for a meal in Ketchum,” Ward said. “We have been doing them ever since. Everyone is welcome and it’s just a great community service.” Many of those who first came to the dinners had lost their jobs in the recession. The clientele of the dinners tends to both change, and ebb and flow, with numbers sometimes increasing to 80 or 90 or decreasing to about 17, which is more average. Some who come don’t have the money to go out and some don’t have money for food at

all. But no matter the circumstances, the dinners are there to provide a hot meal. In the third year, Ward started providing to-go meals, since she often witnessed a kind of stigma for people who did not want to come and eat at the church and feel like they were at a soup kitchen. “I think it’s difficult to live here in Ketchum on regular worker wages,” Ward said. “But this isn’t just about food. A lot of people use our dinners to have social interaction. We have a lot of single men who come who probably never get home-cooked meals. Our meals aren’t processed or frozen—it’s good, homecooked, free meals.” The Ketchum Community Dinners are a registered feeding site of the Idaho Food Bank, which donates primary meat and staples once a month. The Church of the Big Wood also has a budget to help supplement the dinners with such items as cheese and beverages. Additionally, local restaurants often donate to the cause. Ketchum restaurant Rico’s has donated a five-gallon container of salad every week for all 11 years of the dinners. Bigwood Bread donates day-old bread every week, and the Ketchum Grill, Despo’s and the Pioneer Saloon all help supplement the dinners, depending on the week’s cuisine. Nine different groups plan the weekly meals based on what’s in the pantry and then make a main dish and dessert. The menus are available weekly

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on Ketchum Community Dinner’s Facebook page. At the other end of the Valley is Souper Supper, an organization started by Margie Hill and several other women from various faith organizations in 1997 to provide hot meals to those in need. Since its inception, Souper Supper has served more than 75,000 meals to all kinds of individuals, from the elderly and those who live alone, to the young and hungry. “When we started, we just realized that we live in a rather special community and that people didn’t realize there were people who were hungry here and didn’t have the means to make food or buy groceries,” said Lynn Flickinger, Souper Supper co-coordinator for 19 years. “We wanted to make people aware of that and provide those people with meals.” Turnout for the biweekly dinners has fluctuated over the years, from anywhere from 20 to 40 people to as many as 60 people during the recession. Currently, Souper Supper attracts about 20 people for each dinner. On many nights, there is enough food for people to be able to take some home with them. The meals are prepared by “head Soupers” and their crews of three to eight people, all volunteers. All food for the suppers comes from donations, either in the form of food or money to buy food. For more information, visit soupersupper.org. tws

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR ANITA TIGERT

LETTER TO THE EDITOR LEN AND CAROL HARLIG

I came to live in the Wood River Valley from Alaska almost three years ago. I find that there are many similarities between Alaska and Idaho—beautiful landscape, outdoor seeking people, people concerned about what matters in their community. Healthcare delivery in both states share commonalities as well—difficulties of rural healthcare access and high cost of healthcare. Medicaid expansion was a positive solution for getting healthcare to Alaskans. I think that it is critical for Idaho as well. Medicaid expansion brings healthcare to people who earn too much for current Medicaid coverage and not enough for healthcare benefits through Idaho’s health insurance exchange. Medicaid expansion brings back to Idaho federal tax dollars, which in turn bring dollars into our economy to improve healthcare access and healthcare delivery. These dollars also bring jobs to rural communities. Medicaid expansion decreases the need for high-cost emergency room visits. Excessive and inappropriate emergency room visits drive hospital costs and insurance premiums up for all of us. Medicaid expansion is a win for Idaho—and there are no new taxes. Muffy Davis wants to improve healthcare for Idaho. She has worked professionally with healthcare providers and understands the issues. As a person with a spinal cord injury, she knows firsthand the strengths and weaknesses of Idaho’s health delivery system. I believe that Muffy Davis knows how to improve healthcare for Idahoans. We need Muffy Davis in our state legislature. Please vote for Muffy Davis on November 6th.

Blaine County voters for county commissioner have an opportunity to port for competence and commitment. We have a competent, hardworking, commissioner named Angenie McCleary in District #3.We should vote for h November 6, or sooner by absentee ballot or early voting at the County Cour her working for all of us. County commissioners are required by Idaho law under a political designation; however, in Blaine County, commissioners partisans; they are hardworking public servants. Independents, Republicans can all comfortably vote for Angenie. Because Blaine County is facing a number of crucial problems in the f county commissioner who represents our community in a positive way: on leadership experience in county government; one who is thoughtful rathe one who studies each issue thoroughly and deliberates in a calm quiet m listens to all sides of an issue rather than taking a dogmatic or flamboyant s one who works with other officials and the public; and one who seeks conse is Angenie McCleary. As a former county commissioner and as a community advocate for man of us both support Angenie. Please join us and our friends in voting for Ang Our community gets all the positive benefits with Angenie, and no negati let’s vote thoughtfully for Angenie McCleary.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR MICHAEL LEACH

Miller Is A Man Of Integrity, Honesty & Hard Work

I’ve had the honor of getting to know Rep. Steve Miller since he was elected. I have found him to be a man of integrity, honesty and hard work. He has been a staple in our community, and done countless things to help our state. I’ve especially respected Steve for his work with education in Idaho. He’s worked to make diverse education opportunities—community college, technical education, universities—available to everyone. Steve was born, raised and educated in Idaho, and is working to ensure that students now have the opportunities to live and work right here in Idaho. I have not agreed with every vote that Steve has made, but he has always been able to explain his position to me. I know that he will always do what he believes is best for Idaho. I trust him—something that is rare in politicians these days. Steve is the candidate best qualified to represent our district, and I hope you’ll support him in November. Michael Leach Hailey resident

LETTER TO THE EDITOR LORA SILVER

Cast Your Vote For Steve Miller

I have been a teacher thirty years in Idaho schools in a variety of roles: Title One Teacher K-5th, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade Teacher, Library Director, Literacy Specialist, Music and Performing Arts Teacher/ Director. My passion is teaching and helping young lives learn not only all the basics, but to love learning. I am aware of the progress, the needs and challenges in our educational system. Without question, I will be casting my vote for Steve Miller for District 26A in the Idaho House of Representatives. Steve has worked tirelessly on the JFAC (Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee) for the past six years to allocate funds toward encouraging effective spending for education. He raised children in Idaho who have gone on to successful careers in the military, medicine, farming and engineering. Steve is a legislator who believes in giving school districts more local control of how they spend their state funding. He is an intelligent individual who works for our schools to assure that students have the educational tools they require. He believes in accountability in education giving districts more local control. He supports Idaho students to be competitive in the workforce and successful in higher education. Steve has the experience, knowledge and commitment to work diligently for the people of Idaho. Please join me in voting to reelect Representative Steve Miller, District 26A. Lora Silver Hagerman resident

LETTER TO THE EDITOR NATHAN WHITTLE

Camas County Principal Endorses Mike McFadyen For House

During my time as principal of Camas County Schools, I have had the pleasure to observe and work closely with Mike McFadyen. I find him to be very dedicated to our students and to our district. Mike is a man of integrity and is devoted to his family, friends, and community. I trust Mike implicitly because he is a man of his word. I have never met anyone who has such a strong desire to be a positive influence nor have met someone who will drop anything to help a neighbor or a friend like Mike does. He has spent countless hours unleashing his talents throughout our schools, in an effort to improve our facilities, and he takes offense to any offer of compensation. He also volunteers as a cook, has substitute taught and has hosted successful field trips aimed at igniting our students’ interests in science and technology. I haven’t had the opportunity to work with the other District 26 legislative candidates as closely as I have with Mike McFadyen. I have heard great things about all of the candidates and it is my understanding that we are fortunate to be well represented. However, I do know Mike McFadyen very well and I know that he is not only capable of representing my community, but he will get to know the needs of all of the communities he represents. He will listen to your concerns and he will be your strongest advocate. If he is elected as a District 26 legislator, I stand behind my statement that he will do the job and do it well. Nathan Whittle K-12 Principal, Camas County Schools Fairfield resident

Let’s Vote Thoughtfully

Len and Carol Harlig Blaine County residents

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ALAN REYNOLDS

Vote For Muffy Davis

I would like you to consider voting for Muffy Davis for District 26 Repre knowledgeable, hardworking and very tuned in to her constituents’ (us) desi ations. She supports increased funding for education and increased access also believes that public lands should be kept in public ownership for acce viability. These goals are in stark contrast to her opponent Miller who for si against education spending and Medicaid availability and for his own pe privatizing OUR public lands for corporate gain. This is in direct violation U.S. Constitutions, which he has sworn to uphold. It is time for a Representa represents us instead of his own agenda. Alan Reynolds Ketchum resident

LETTER TO THE EDITOR MARCEE AND JOEL GRAFF

Roll Forward With Muffy

We have known Muffy Davis since she was 8 years old. Muffy is drive (which are many) and has grown into a kind, dedicated woman with a deep Idaho and a long-term vision for our state. Muffy hopes to help and change lives by running for seat A in our Le 26. She will fight for Idaho’s public school education, affordable healthcar public lands. Please vote for Muffy Davis on November 6th. She can make Idaho go fo Marcee and Joel Graff Hailey residents

LETTER TO THE EDITOR C. LEE BARRON

Vote For Steve Miller

The people of Idaho District 26 are once again going to the polls to elect t tives to the Idaho Legislature. The incumbent from District 26A, Republic is faced by Democrat Muffy Davis. Ms. Davis is a mom and a famous Olympian who has won many champ abled and is a world-class exemplar for grit and determination. She was bo and went through elementary education here. She left the state and rec education in California and has traveled the world pursuing her sports. know about her? She, like every other Idahoan, wants our children to have a she wants a clean and healthy environment, and wants all Idahoans to hav healthcare. Beyond that, we know very little about her. How does she feel a same-sex marriage? How does she stand on the electoral college? How does appointment of Brett Kavanaugh? She favors the expansion of Medicaid— for it? Is she a Social Democrat like the leaders of the national Democratic know what committees in the Legislature she should serve on to achieve her she stand on the 2nd Amendment? Does she believe in strict interpretation stitution or does she consider the Constitution a “living document”? How d get her agenda through the Legislature? If we are to vote for her, Muffy need she stands and how she, as a Democrat, can influence the legislation that sh does she advocate issues that you yourself wish to see codified. Steve Miller, like Muffy, was born and educated in the District. But S ate of the University of Idaho, with a degree in engineering. Steve grew u now operates a large ranch, much of it under irrigation. He has been succe with livestock and their management. He is well known in the entire dist Ketchum-Hailey area. He has operated a chain of grain elevators and a ha kerage. He is a leader in his church. Steve is a proven environmentalist, hav local, state and National Association of Conservation Districts for a good p Steve was on the executive board of the national association when he was ele Legislature in line to be the national president, but declined that position to s Legislature. In the Legislature, Steve is a ranking member of both the Joint propriations (the most influential legislative committee) and the Resources a committees. He is a committed Conservative. He has invaluable prestige a know where he stands on the issues that matter to us. The choice is clear, vote for someone that will make a difference in the L Vote for Steve Miller. C. Lee Barron Corral resident

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At the Folklife Fair on Saturday, a woman briefly takes on the perspective of a wool unicorn during the 22nd annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival. Photo by Dana DuGan

A group of students share the love by the Liberty Theatre during Wood River High School’s homecoming parade in Hailey on Friday, Oct. 12. Photo by Dana DuGan

Candidate for the Idaho State Legislature and Paralympian Muffy Davis, center, rolled up to the Blaine County Courthouse Monday morning with friends and supporters, to vote early in the midterm elections. There were 282 voters for the first day voting was available in the county. Photo by Dana DuGan

Dan Cuellar, 10, and Naomi Gorringe, 9, both students at Syringa Mountain School in Hailey, prepare for the benefit party at Black Owl Coffee on Friday. Photo by Dana DuGan

At the Folklife Fair in Hailey, Cara Drougas, of Hailey, cuddles a woven blanket available from the Lovely Valley Wool Company in Nevada. Photo by Dana DuGan

A portion of the Class of 2021 gleefully rides by during the Wood River High School homecoming parade on Friday. Photo by Dana DuGan

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Book Sale To Be Held At Community Campus

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Scott Boettger, left, executive director of the Wood River Land Trust, and Hailey Fire Chief Craig Aberbach enjoy a firefighters Appreciation Night at the Sawtooth Brewery The Boise Highlanders march along Main Street in in Hailey last week. Courtesy photo by Mike Ketchum on a sunny fall afternoon, Sunday, Oct. 14. Photo by Dana DuGan McKenna

The Friends of the Hailey Public Library will hold its popular annual Used Book and Bake Sale, Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 25-27, in the Queen of the Hills Room at the Community Campus in Hailey. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and will culminate in a bag sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Bargain hunters can fill up a reusable bag with books for only $7. The sale will have popular and classic literature, DVDs and CDs, as well as delicious fresh-baked goodies and other delectable items. The Friends of the Hailey Public Library raises money to fund the enhancement of the programs, services and collections to an extent beyond what is possible within normal library budgets. Recently, The Friends funded the installation of new shelving and carpet for the children’s library. The book and bake sale is one of the nonprofit’s major annual fundraisers. Help is always welcome for the book and bake sale and other Friends’ activities throughout the year. To volunteer, sign up at the library front desk, email haileylibraryfriends@gmail.org or call (208) 720–7395.

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COLUMN NO BONES ABOUT IT THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR OCTOBER 17 - 23, FROM PICABO ANGLER

he fish are still taking advantage of these sunny fall days, and hopefully anglers are as well. More sun is in the forecast and conditions should remain stable and the fishing should remain great as the day warms. No need to get to the water early. In fact, start later and finish later. The hatches in the late afternoon are the best of the day. Silver Creek is still seeing decent amounts of Fall Baetis, Mahogany Duns and October Caddis. The rise normally starts around 1:00 p.m. and will last until sunset. During the last few hours of light, anglers should see all the listed bugs in one stage of life or another. A lot of brown trout are spawning right now, so please avoid their spawning areas and let them do their thing. If none of the above is working for you, it is not too late to cast terrestrials like Ants, Hoppers and Beetles. You will be surprised how late in the season trout will take a Hopper fly. The Big Wood is still a lovely place to fish right now. Fall Baetis in the late afternoon, along with Midges toward sunset, are bringing fish up. No need to be on the water before lunchtime, but if you start early, plan on Nymphing and Streamer fishing. Prince Nymphs are a great choice in the fall, as well as Copper Johns and Zebra Midges. A San Juan Worm is also a great choice. You may find brown trout redds (spawning beds) in the Wood. If you do, try fishing red-colored nymphs behind them to pick up the fish locking in on random trout eggs floating downriver. The lower Lost River remains one of the better fisheries right now. The fish are well distributed and ready to eat. Fishing Micro-Nymph combos under a strike indicator is your best bet. Think black and red colors. Copper Johns, Zebra Midges, San Juan Worms, Chamois Flies and Lightning Bugs are great choices. This is also another place where you may see redds, although here it would be Kokanee washed through the dam. If you see these bright-red fish spawning, try fishing the nearby riffles with red-colored nymphs, egg patterns or even flesh flies as the fish die and decay after spawning. Lastly, the South Fork of the Boise is still seeing Fall Baetis hatches. Try to fish between lunch and dinner, and weekdays if possible. Happy fishing, everyone!

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DOGS AND CATS, OF COURSE!

BY FRAN JEWELL

his summer, I adopted my first cat in almost 20 years. What a journey that has been, considering my house full of German shepherds. I thought I might share some of my experiences with you in the event you are trying to bring an “opposite” species into your home, too. Fiona came here the first of August, at what we think was about 12 weeks old. Obviously, we don’t know for sure, since she is a rescue. I have been searching for a long time—in fact, for YEARS—to find a kitty I thought could handle the mischief at my home with my prey-driven German shepherds. After wonderful experiences with Maine Coon cats that belonged to several of my clients, I have been convinced this would be a breed I could maybe “train” (if you can ever train a cat!), was loving and affectionate, and would be big enough to stand up to the shepherds. For years, I visited websites and chatted with breeders of Coons all over the country. Then the day came that I found this kitty, now named Fiona. She had huge white tufts of hair in her ears, and a long coat. But, since she was a rescue, no one knew if she was a Maine Coon or not. I talked to the rescue that had her, and the executive director, whom I know very well, assured me Fiona was affectionate and would not run from my dogs, inciting their prey drive. Trusting her word, I adopted Fiona. Boy, howdy, is she affectionate! I can’t sit still without this kitty climbing up to snuggle around my neck. I had a plan for bringing her into my home. I wanted her safe and comfortable until she was ready to make her moves on the dogs. I

made my office her homeroom. I put a gate across the office door that was off the floor so she could scoot under if she wanted to be inside, or could go venture out at her leisure. Her box and her food were there. I also put a HUGE dog crate with the essentials in the office so I could put her in the crate at night so there would be no “oops” encounters between dogs and cat. Fiona quickly decided she liked her crate filled with toys, food, a small cat box and a snuggly bed. Little by little she would venture out of my office while all the dogs were outside, exploring the house, all the high places, including a cat tree, and all the hiding places. Within about a week, she had the whole house mapped with her escape routes. I started by introducing her to my older dogs, Brinx and Baewulf. Day by day, Fiona would venture closer to Brinx until, finally, she came into my bedroom where Brinx and Wulf sleep and walked by Brinx, gently tapping him on the nose to let him know she was the boss! Next, she bravely conquered Baewulf. Then, off to Kalidor. As she gained confidence over the next month, she began to come into the living room while I would watch TV. There, she would sleep next to me, daring any dog to come close. Once in a while I would hear a hiss, or a spit and a threat of a paw lashing, but she never moved from my side. She now has Cloud respecting her, but Mariah is still trying to get Fiona to run so she can chase. It is now October, and the process has taken time. I have been careful with management to be sure Fiona has had an escape route and a safe place the dogs couldn’t get to. She has been every bit the confident kitten

Cats and dogs can live together, but make a plan to give them time and a safe space. Photo by Fran Jewell

I needed that would not run from the dogs. Dogs and cats CAN live together, if you do some planning, stick to the plan and don’t push Mother Nature. Fiona now sleeps with Kalidor and rolls on her back to invite Cloud to play or bat him. Once in a while she eats out of Cloud’s bowl while he is eating! The process has been so rewarding to watch and given me so many more reasons to enjoy each of my dogs and discover more about who they are. Fran Jewell is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, IAABC-certified dog behavior consultant, NADOI-certified instructor #1096 and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC, in Sun Valley. For more information, visit positivepuppy.com or call (208) 578-1565.

COLUMN SKETCHBOOK HIKING

BY LESLIE REGO

THE REGAL ASPEN

n the sixties, when my father visited London, he stayed at The Cadogan Gardens. I know this because I received letters from him written on the hotel’s stationery. When I visited London with my kids, I also stayed at The Cadogan Gardens, in honor of my father. I have been reading “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair, and in the chapter on yellow, I was fascinated that Oscar Wilde was arrested outside of the Cadogan Hotel in London in 1895. The headline in the Westminster Gazette was, “Arrest of Oscar Wilde, Yellow Book Under His Arm.” Apparently, in that time period, sensationalist literature was pressed between bright yellow covers! Throughout history there has always existed the good and the bad with the color yellow. The pigment gamboge comes from the sap of the Garcinia tree in Cambodia. Hollow bamboo is used to catch the sticky secretion. It takes over a year to gather a small amount and then the sap must harden in order for it to be used as a colorant. Besides being used as a paint, gamboge was also a powerful diuretic. Workers who crushed the hardened gamboge at the Winsor & Newton artist supply shop had to excuse themselves regularly to rush to the toilet. Another artist color, Naples yellow, was so unstable it could quickly descend into black. Indian yellow, from India, was thought to be extracted from the urine of cows fed mango leaves, which produced an extraordinarily brilliant yellow pee. In China, yellow was kept for the emperors who dressed in yellow silk clothes. Royal palaces had yellow roofs. Common people were forbidden from wearing any shade of yellow. In 1903, Katherine Augusta Carl, an American artist trained in Paris, traveled to the Forbidden City in China. Once there, she

Leslie Rego, “Aspens, from my sketchbook,” watercolor, nib pen and ink.

was instructed to paint the portrait of the empress dowager Cixi, a former concubine who became so powerful she ruled China for 40 years. Cixi’s gown was of shimmering golden silk. At precisely 11 a.m., all 85 clocks in the throne room began to chime. This was the moment the royal augers had prescribed as the most auspicious time for the portrait painting to begin. Hands shaking, Katherine Augusta Carl took deep breaths and dipped her brush into the imperial yellow paint. In Idaho, the aspen tree is attired in a golden garment that shimmers throughout the au-

tumn. The leaves are the filament that binds the cloth together, weaving the most regal garb of any royalty anywhere. (Many thanks to Kassia St. Clair, the author of “The Secret Lives of Color”). Leslie Rego is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, artist and Blaine County resident. To view more of Rego’s art, visit leslierego.com.

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COLUMN ON LIFE’S TERMS

ANGER, PUBLIC AND PERSONAL with examples of rage and divisiveness in our country which seem to have gone overboard and his is not a column about the “#MeToo” disrupted patterns of civility in public places and movement, though the emotions around it, even among families. from both females and males, pacifists and In my case, I am having a hard time dealing activists, Republicans and Democrats, and all the with the emotions attached to anger, even if it vast undecided in between, have run higher than may be justified. I won’t argue the issues around most Americans have ever seen, perhaps since the the recent Supreme Court nominee hearings, as sixties and seventies. I believe they are so complex and ugly that there In 1968, a year well-recounted reis not time in this brief column, cently in celebration of its 50th anniand even in hours of reading and versary, U.S. citizens saw prominent contemplation, to find a solid conissues peak, stimulating debate and clusion. I do feel anger welling in involvement: the Vietnam War, civil me over the whole fiasco—the rights, the assassinations of revered diatribes, the tempting 15-moleaders, the displays of “freer” love, ments-of-celebrity behavior in civil disobedience, and women’s libfront of cameras, the pubic hueration were prime causes for debate miliation of people on both sides and demonstration. of the confirmation debacle, and My generation had been taught the fear that our democratic prinnever to discuss religion or politics ciples are being eroded by the as guests or at the dinner table (in egos of the powerful. an era where families usually dined Having barely ever exhibitCourtesy photo together every night), so many of us ed anger, except in the confines were aghast, though also excited, JoEllen Collins—a longtime of my own home or car, or with at the omnipresent discussions and resident of the Wood River like-minded friends, I have finaldemonstrations of anger aimed at Valley—is a teacher, writer, ly been able to honor that emofabric artist, choir member the status quo. Many of us did even- and unabashedly proud tion, although I also fear that this tually stand up for our beliefs in grandma known as “Bibi Jo.” is a mixed blessing. I agree with ways we had never imagined. Mark Twain, also quoted in the As a society, we have experienced above New Yorker article, who changes that would not have occurred had citi- said, “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to zens not learned that expressing anger could en- the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on courage change. I found a quote that chronicles which it is poured.” this emotion’s power in “The New Yorker.” Uncomfortable with anger, I think what we do Rebecca Traister, in her book “Good and Mad: with this strong emotion is an essential compoThe Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger”, nent of living in this chaotic world. I need to be suggests that “‘women’s anger spurs creativi- courageous and explore this behemoth of feelty and drives innovation in politics and social ings, both personal and civic. tws change.” Now, however, many of us are dealing