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Courtesy photo by Paul Hopfenbeck Ketchum resident Carson Johnston holds up a prize Lahontan cutthroat trout at Pyramid Lake in western Nevada last week. “They look like they lived with the dinosaurs. These beautiful fish have been known to get over 60 pounds!” Johnston said. For more information, see On The Cover on page 3.

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Photo courtesy of Blaine County School District Construction Academy students from Wood River High School are shown here working on a house in the Woodside area of Hailey in 2010.

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Dent returns to Sun Valley March 20-23 for their fourth annual conference.

The conference is a creative retreat for people who want to become more effective leaders and who are driven to dent the universe. (Publisher’s Note: Blaine County residents receive 50% OFF.) For a story, see page 13.

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…Continued from page 1: Johnston spent seven days in search of the ancient fish, the largest subspecies of cutthroat trout. “Not easy, but we found ‘em,” he said.

Lahontan cutthroat trout are endemic to the Lahontan basin of northern Nevada, eastern California and southern Oregon, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES NEW CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY WORK Students to resume house-building program in Carey and Hailey

CITY HALL TOURS Police Chief Dave Kassner and Fire Capt. Tom McLean are leading tours through City Hall. To attend, call 726-7803 or email participate@ketchumidaho.org.

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BY JEAN JACQUES BOHL

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he Blaine County School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on March 8 to authorize new house construction by students enrolled in the district’s Residential Construction Academy.

The program had been on hold for two years, but will now be resumed with improvement of the housing market in the Wood River Valley. The board’s approval authorizes projects by both Carey School and Wood River High School students.

The new home construction projects are planned for startup in the fall of 2016, with completion scheduled for the spring of 2019.

The Construction Academy, officially known as the Jim Woodyard Construction Academy, was established in the district in 1999 at the urging of Sue Woodyard and the Building Contractors Association of the Wood River Valley. The Academy was named in memory of Woodyard’s late husband, who thought of the concept.

According to Sue Woodyard, the mission of the academy is to serve students “who have a curiosity and a desire to build.”

There are presently 29 students enrolled in the academy at WRHS and 11 at Carey School.

The desire to resume academy construction was brought to the school board on Feb. 9, when Sue Woodyard made a passionate presentation about the benefits the academy has brought to the Wood River Valley by providing the building industry with a skilled and educated local workforce. She said most graduates have found employment locally.

She further provided the school board with numerous written testimonies from businesses and former students, all of them praising the academy.

Woodyard also thanked the many Valley contractors for their help and support in the form of donating equipment and tools or by offering students internships and summer employment.

“These are really nice houses,” said Mike Walsh, who supervised construction of the houses in Hailey from 2007-2014.

Typically, homes built by the academies are of about 1,300 square feet and have three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fully-equipped kitchen and a twocar garage.

Construction of a home takes about two years because students

can only work on a home for about one-and-a-half hours a day during the school year.

Once a home is sold, the district is reimbursed for materials and land costs. According to the district, all supplies and materials are purchased locally.

Past homes built and sold in Hailey went for an average of $230,000, while houses built and sold in Carey typically go for less because of a difference in property values.

So far, the WRHS academy has built two houses. Students at Carey School have built five, one still being for sale. Located at 31 Lucky Lane Drive in Carey, the house has been appraised at $130,000 and the district expects it to sell in the near future.

The district Residential Construction Fund, which bankrolls academy construction costs, currently has a negative balance of $80,000 but district business manager Mike Chatterton said the anticipated sale of the Carey house will bring it back in the black.

“The process of selling this one unsold house in Carey has begun and will be finished in the next five to six weeks,” Chatterton said. tws

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KETCHUM APPROVES SMITH BUILDING RETROFIT Community School to start work on new dormitory in May

BY DANA DUGAN

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he Ketchum City Council wanted more clarification, and they got it Monday, March 7, when they approved Community School’s proposed Ketchum Campus Residence Hall. Also known as the Ketchum Campus, it will be located in the Smith Sport Optics Building at 280 Northwood Way. Sun Valley’s independent day and boarding school will remodel the three-story office building into a student dormitory, complete with study rooms, for junior and high school boarders. The facility will also have an athletic training center.

Community School bought the building from Smith in October 2015, after looking at several alternative ideas for a new boarding facility. Currently, 19 boarders live in a leased building at the base of Bald Mountain.

The Ketchum Planning and Zoning Commission held the first public hearing on Nov. 9, 2015.

Subsequently, there were two more meetings with the P&Z and three with the city council. But in order for the school to have a residence hall in Ketchum’s light industrial area, zoning had to be amended by adding standards and revising a new development agreement.

“A development agreement is one between the city and a pri-

vate entity that requires things above and beyond zoning code,” said Micah Austin, Ketchum’s planning and building director.

“If it doesn’t fit in the existing zone, they can apply for a development agreement.”

The approved development agreement provides for a new bus stop, two employee housing units in the building, three new crosswalks, pedestrian flasher lights, pedestrian access to the intersection of Saddle Road and state Highway 75, additional street lighting, and access for other nonprofits as deemed appropriate. It also calls for a full-service kitchen and dining area, and dorms to accommodate at least 50 people, as well as utilities, parking and landscape improvements.

“The Ketchum Campus will be a home away from home for our boarding students, as well as a center of activity for our entire school,” said Community School Head of School Ben Pettit.

Austin recommended approval.

“Light industrial zones are important economic engines for the city,” he said. “It’s been a pleasure to work with the Community School. It’s a class-act team.”

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The Smith Building in Ketchum’s light industrial area will be retrofitted as a student dormitory with athletic training facilities.

the school for academic purposes, but the current dormitory has limitations due to its size and ownership, which restricts recruitment to the program.

The Smith Building is “right on the bike path and very convenient for our academic, outdoor and athletic programs,” Pettit said about the choice of location for the residence hall. “We also believe this is a good thing for the City of Ketchum because it offers an educational option in junior high and high school level that doesn’t exist. It expands a

nonprofit business in the Valley and attracts people to the Valley.”

Indeed, according to Community School data, 56 families moved to the Wood River Valley in the last five years, who “wouldn’t have if it weren’t for the school,” Pettit said. Community School parents founded 35 new businesses in the past seven years, and Community School parents also donate generously to local nonprofits.

“We’re really pleased with the outcome and thrilled to move forward on this critical project

for the school,” Pettit said.

The facility’s athletic training center will be used for the Sun Valley Ski Academy, which is a partnership for student athletes between Community School and the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. The facility will also be available to other foundation athletes, regardless of school affiliation.

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‘CHAMP CHAT’ COMING TO COMMUNITY SCHOOL Girls 8-18 invited to meet inspirational female athletes

BY DICK DORWORTH

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irls 8-18 are invited to attend “Champ Chat,” an inspirational event held by elite female athletes, from 3-5:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, at the Community School gymnasium in Sun Valley. The event is open to all girls regardless of ability level.

The athletes, including Resi Stiegler, Paula Moltzan, Lila Lapanja, Anna Marno, and other members of the U.S. Ski Team, are members of Fast and Female, an organization to promote female participation in sports.

“If you have a daughter age 8-18, get ready for an incredible, inspirational event to be held just for them in the Sun Valley area during the Spring Alpine Championships,” states a press release about the event. Champ Chat is further described as “all about creating a tornado of inspiration for girls evolving in sports clubs. As part of a Champ Chat, girls get to meet at least one inspirational female athlete and take part in empowering activities for the mind and soul.”

The mission of Fast and Female, as described on their website, is to “keep girls healthy, happy and active in sports through their teens. This mission is actionable and measurable (with past participant surveys). The dream is that girls make it through at least their teens being active. This gives them leadership skills and a foundation to be healthy and active for the rest of their lives.”

Fast and Female was founded in 2005 by Canadian Olym-

pic Nordic skier Chandra Crawford. It is led in the U.S. by American Olympic Nordic skier Kikkan Randall.

Crawford won an Olympic gold medal and seven World Cup medals, including two golds during her career. Randall won 17 U.S. National titles, competed in three Olympic Games and was the first American woman to win a cross-country World Cup. She and Jessica Diggins were the first Americans to win gold in a cross-country world championship.

The Fast and Female mission is inspired by the fact that girls drop out of sports at six times the rate of boys in their early teens. The main reason for this exodus out of physical activity, according to Fast and Female, is the experience of a lack of social belonging.

The Fast and Female Champ Chat is a chance for girls to meet some of their athletic heroes and spend an afternoon of social belonging and athletic inspiration.

Reservations for the Champ Chat are required. To sign up go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fast-and-female-champchat-in-sun-valley-tickets-20590261025.

“We’re so excited to be coming to Sun Valley to host this event in conjunction with the U.S. Alpine Championships,” said Fast and Female Executive Director Abby Weissman.

“It’s a great chance for local girls to not only get to meet their heroes but to get to hang out with them for the afternoon. These are once-in-a-lifetime experiences that the girls will remember for a long time.”

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new ordinance banning the use of handheld cellphones while driving in Ketchum could take effect after April 4 following unanimous approval of the ban by the Ketchum City Council on March 7.Two more readings of the new ordinance, one planned for March 21 and the other for April 4, are required before the ban becomes law. The public will be provided the opportunity to comment on the new law following the readingsInstead of citations for infractions, offenders will be given warnings during the first year of the ban.

Ketchum city officials reported that the ban comes about after multiple discussions over the past few years, coupled with statistics that show that texting while driving is worse than drunk driving.

Current Idaho law only bans texting while driving throughout the state, but cities are able to set up ordinances of their own.

City Councilman Michael David explained some of the reasoning behind the ban: “There is a no-texting-while-driving law, but it has been difficult to enforce that ban. The only way we’re going to eliminate texting while driving is having a handsfree ban. We’ll get the phones out of the hands of the drivers.

“Idaho’s way behind a lot of other states,” David said. “If they’re not ready to do a handheld ban, then hopefully Ketchum

can lead the way. And I’m really hopeful that Sun Valley, Hailey and the county will do the same.”

David said public feedback has been mainly positive throughout the city.

“I’ve never had such positive feedback on another regulation that we’ve passed since I’ve been on city council,” he said, adding that members of the public have told him: “This is long overdue” and “it’s amazing that we don’t have this already.”

David said there have been a few negative comments, but they mainly came from people who were misinformed.

“There was one person that posted on Facebook that ‘the city is taking away another freedom of ours,’” David said, but further explained that the commenter thought that it was a ban on using a phone at all.

David said another negative comment regarded tourists who wouldn’t know of the rule.

Regarding the youth of the Wood River Valley, David said he’s heard positive comments from his children and their friends.

Ketchum Mayor Nina Jonas said those who walk a lot in Ketchum are appreciative of the new law.

“I’m a pedestrian quite a bit and people are distracted a lot,” Jonas said. “I think it’s a good idea. I certainly think the police will use it responsibly, and I always encourage public input.” tws

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RAMSEY NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION

Steve Harkins announces candidacy for sheriff’s post

BY TERRY SMITH

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laine County Sheriff Gene Ramsey plans to retire and is not seeking re-election this year. Instead, Ramsey has endorsed the candidacy of Steve Harkins, his chief deputy for the last two years.

The deadline for filing for county office was Friday, March 11. Harkins, who filed as a Democrat, was the only person to file for the county’s top police position.

According to the Blaine County Election Office, Harkins will be the only name to appear on the ballot for the May 17 primary election. Anyone else who wants to run for the position will have to file as a write-in candidate.

Ramsey has served as sheriff for five years, having been appointed to the post in 2011 to replace former Sheriff Walt Femling, who retired then for health reasons but is now police chief in Sun Valley. RamChief Deputy sey was elected as sheriff Steve Harkins in 2012.

Harkins has served as chief deputy to Ramsey since 2014. Prior to that, he was police chief in Ketchum for five years. He served as a detective with the sheriff’s office from 1998-2009. Before that, Harkins served as a patrolman with the Hailey Police Department.

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River Valley since 1992. He currently lives in Hailey with his wife Lisa Thilmont, a teacher at Hailey Elementary School, and a teenage daughter who attends Wood River High School.

In a press release, Harkins praised Ramsey as a “strong leader in the local law enforcement community, establishing high levels of trust and integrity within and outside our valley.”

“I’ve had the privilege to serve with Sheriff Ramsey for 18 years, with the last two as his chief deputy, and have witnessed his service and dedication firsthand on a daily basis,” Harkins stated.

“I sincerely appreciate his mentoring and wish him the utmost happiness in a well-earned retirement.

“I am honored to have sheriff’ Ramsey’s endorsement, and believe that I will continue building upon his legacy of trust and integrity,” Harkins stated.

“I pledge to the citizens of Blaine County that I will strive to do the right thing at all times, and I would appreciate your support in Sheriff Gene Ramsey the upcoming election.

“As your next sheriff, I assure you that I will dedicate myself to providing each individual in our community with service, transparency, follow-through and respect. I will welcome citizen input, embrace new ideas and join forces with other community leaders to eliminate obstacles and make our county safe and prosperous.” tws

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CRUMBLING WALL FORCES BUILDING CLOSURE IN BELLEVUE Engineer to analyze condition of Larsen Building on Main Street

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ccess to a building in downtown Bellevue was temporarily restricted last week after a back exterior wall began to crumble into an alley.

The Larsen Building, at 117 South Main Street, remained closed on Tuesday, awaiting analysis by a structural engineer today.

“We have the building blocked off in front and we have the back taped off,” said Diane Shay, Bellevue community development director. “We’re just trying to keep people away from it until we know what’s going on.”

The crumbling wall caused a bit of a stir in Bellevue when it was discovered spilling rubble into the alley at about 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. City officials, the Bellevue Marshal’s Office and the Bellevue Fire Department rushed to the scene to appraise the situation and ensure public safety.

The building had been occupied by Centerlyne Design, which temporarily has vacated its office awaiting Sun photo by Jennifer Simpson the results of the structural analysis. Centerlyne, however, remains open for business and can be contacted at The back exterior wall crumbled last week on 208.481.0142. the Larsen Building in downtown Bellevue. tws

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WINNERS ANNOUNCED FROM ANNUAL SNOW BOX DERBY

About a dozen snow box racers made from cardboard, paint, glue and Duct tape competed in the annual Snow Box Derby races on Saturday, March 5, at Rotarun Ski Area west of Hailey.

A press release describes this year’s entries as a fire truck, a Bugatti, a moving van, a “glamorous” Pegasus, a flaming chicken, a Kiwanis kids dish, a mermaid’s lounge, a flying bird, a fireball flash and a “charming Finn.”

The derby, sponsored by the Kiwanis in cooperation with Rotarun, was assisted by the ski patrol and local EMTs and firefighters.

The best time, 12:03, for a downhill run was recorded by Souther Hood, who also topped the corporate category, racing for Kiwanis. Other corporate entries were for Sun Valley Transfer & Storage, Hailey Fire Department and Hyperbarics of Sun Valley.

The top teen category racer was Kai Younger with a time of 12:42. Also racing in the category was Zach Younger.

Leading the junior category was Leo Star with a time of 12:68. Other junior racers were Rowan Star, Charlie St. George, Gabreille DeLora Firth, Finn Green, and Zoe Lineratore.

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STENNETT TO JOIN CATASTROPHIC HEALTH CARE BOARD

The resignation on March 9 of Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow, from the State Catastrophic Health Care Cost Program Board, leaves a vacancy that the Idaho State Legislature reported will be filled, as statutorily required, by Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum.

“I’ve learned a lot about health care funding in Idaho and an thankful for this opportunity, Sen. Dan Schmidt but I cannot continue to serve on the board of a program I fundamentally believe should not exist,” Schmidt stated in a press release. “By my stepping aside, I hope another senator will have the opportunity to learn as much as I have.

“We have seen indigent and CAT fund costs drop with the successful and courageous implementation of the state health insurance exchange, but we are now stuck, unable to make the next step,” Schmidt stated. “I appreciate that the learning and understanding necessary for my colleagues to take that step may be a long time, so I would hope they could take advantage of this opportunity.

“I have reviewed over 1,000 applications each year, many of them leading to bankruptcy of the afflicted,” Schmidt stated.

“While I appreciate that having health insurance would not prevent all these injuries or illnesses, it sure would change how the care is paid for. And that needs to change.”

The state’s Catastrophic Health Care Cost Program, which helps fund how recipients pay for uninsured and unexpected high health care bills, obligates a recipient to reimburse a “reasonable portion of financial assistance that was received.” Typically, liens are filed on a recipient’s property to recover costs paid by the fund.

FUNDRAISER SET TO BENEFIT CONSERVATION GROUPS The Wood River Sustainability Center has teamed with Pride of Bristol Bay, a new business in the Wood River Valley, for a wild salmon barbeque on April 9 to benefit the Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Rivers United and Trout Unlimited.

The barbeque, “with all the fixings” and beverages from Sockeye Brewery, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at the Wood River Sustainability Center at 308 South River Street in Hailey. The cost to attend is $12 a plate.

April 9 will also be pick-up day for people who have reserved fresh frozen fish through the Sustainability Center.

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he weather keeps coming, and with it the water our fish so desperately need all summer, which is great news for fish and anglers alike. With nighttime temps in the 20s for the coming week, we should be holding onto this snow until the end of the month.

On the Big Wood, anglers should expect a return to winter fishing conditions. Expect exceptional Midge hatches accompanied by the Little Black Stones. Be prepared to nymph and fish the dry. Standard winter patterns are all you need – Zebra Nymph, Brassie, Tie-Down Midge and Griffiths Gnat. If you start before the hatches, try Streamer fishing.

The pre-spawn rainbows should be very aggressive right now.

Silver Creek remains closed, but the water levels are to the tops of the banks, giving the Creek a good flush. Expect an amazing opening weekend down here in Picabo.

The Lost continues to fish well. Bring all your same Big Wood River patterns and enjoy some of the season’s best fishing near Mackay for the next month or so. Don’t forget the Lost can be a great fallback for steelhead anglers when the Salmon decides to blow out.

That shouldn’t be the case this week as temps remain cold and the forecast isn’t showing a lot of precipitation.

Steelhead should be getting on the move up on the Salmon River with a little influx of moisture and daytime temps warm enough to melt some snow off the banks and giving the fish the sign that it’s time to start moving up the system.

Fishing should be better closer to Challis the next few weeks than the upstream portion, but the fish are where you find them.

Anglers fishing the canyon water below Magic Reservoir have been treated to some excellent fishing. It may not be fast and furious, but it is a good place to try for some big fish, both browns and rainbows.

Watch the wind in Hagerman for calm days. Those days are ideal for sight fishing carp in shallow water. Bring “hookup” patterns like you’d fish for bonefish. Damselflies tied with small bead chain eyes are very effective.

One thing is for certain this time of year: anglers have decisions to make! There is a lot to do and a lot of room to do it.

Get out there and enjoy yourself this spring. It is a time of year full of surprises and world-class fishing.

Happy fishing, everyone!

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dog that defends his territory or home is not uncommon for any dog. This is a behavior inherited from the wolf that defends his territory from another pack. It is intended to secure hunting grounds, food and survival of the pack.

Territorial behavior is not acceptable in dogs that are now domesticated and expected to live peacefully in our human society. What is interesting is that not every dog will have the desire to perform this behavior.

Some breeds are more prone to territorial behavior than others.

Herding breeds can be especially prone because their job, primarily moving livestock, is also to warn the shepherd, and sometimes defend the livestock from predatory animals (especially livestock GUARDIAN dogs like the Great Pyrenees and Akbash).

When we bring working dogs into our homes, then expect them to be good-natured and accepting of all of our guests, it becomes an internal conflict for the dog and, ultimately, a source of stress and anxiety for the dog.

For us, as humans, if we allow the dog to perform those instinctual behaviors, it could ultimately lead to a bite for the intruder

(whether that intruder is dog or human). Obviously, that is not acceptable in our society. The reality is, if your dog performs his natural instinct and does bite someone, you may very well find yourself in the midst of a lawsuit that can threaten your home.

Yes, there are some breeds (and individuals within any breed) that are much more accepting of people or dogs onto “their” property.

Most hunting dogs were bred to focus on their noses, not on protecting the home. So, when choosing a dog, it might be wise to look for a breed that is less likely to be territorial by domestication.

Preventing this instinct from developing is another way you can protect your family from a dog that becomes overly territorial. Remember, first, that most dogs will warn, or alert, you when someone strange is near your car or in your yard. But, territorial behavior is more aggressive and can threaten or result in a bite. Establishing leadership immediately when you get your dog – letting your dog know that YOU own the home, not the dog – is imperative. A good leadership program, which lets the dog know YOU are the one that makes the decisions about who comes onto your property, not the dog in his instinctual way,

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Sometimes a dog that protects your property is a good thing. Other times, not so good.

is necessary. If you are unclear about how to establish leadership, this would be a good time to contact a professional, or do research on the Internet.

Remember, leadership is a respectful bond between you and the dog. Leadership is not brutal or unfair. Leadership is benevolent, and it also gives the dog a clear idea about what is and is not acceptable behavior.

If you suspect your dog has gone past the alerting stage into territorial behavior, seek out professional help immediately. But remember, prevention is always

the best answer and your attitude is critically important. Leaving a dog to his own devices and doggie problem-solving will always lead to a dog making doggie decisions based on ancestry and instinct, which might not work well in our human society.

Fran Jewell is an 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 www.positivepuppy. com or call 208-578-1565.

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enerally, I can find something nice to say about almost anything in the greater outdoors, but the other day, driving home and looking at all of the dirty snow lining the edges of the roads, I was really stretched to think of any positive ideas.

It is kind of interesting how the sand, which was placed on the roads during snowstorms, creates dark freckles throughout the white.

North Dakota locals refer to the mixture of snow and dirt as “snirt.” Perhaps we can call the mixture of snow and sand “snand.”

I also noticed the different layers in the dirty snow. Once the snow compresses, it looks a lot like the layers in rock structures.

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thin layer of dark, which I am thinking was the sand placed after the storm. This repeats over and over again. Some of the layers are smooth and others are rough.

In my backyard, the snow has a collection of twigs, branches, leaves, elk poop and little pieces of dirt. Snow tells the story of the ravages of winter more than the ground does.

Every wind that swept through and deposited branches upon the pristine snow is recorded.

The harsh January for the local animals and their necessity to seek sustenance from my garden is recorded.

Snow is an interesting meter chronicling the passages of winter. It has a plethora of information showcasing happenings throughout the gentle or brutal cold months. Looking around might not be pretty, but it is informative.

Leslie Rego, “Dirty Snow Scene”, watercolor.

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LOCAL DOCTOR OPENS NEW TYPE OF PRACTICE

Dr. Tom Archie, a longtime physician at St. Luke’s Family Medicine in Hailey, will be opening a new “holistic primary care family practice” in Ketchum on April 1.

In a press release, Archie described the new practice as “a new model of medical practice,” eliminating the insurance “middle man” and establishing a doctor-patient partnership with clients. With the model, patients pay a monthly membership fee, ranging from $35 for children to $130 for adults over 65.

The new practice is named “InnerHealthMD,” and will provide what Archie described as “Western medicine blended with acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and a functional medicine approach.”

Archie stated that the model will allow his practice to be “simple, personal and direct” and will allow him to “spend the time he needs with patients and still provide open access scheduling via phone, email and text.”

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ROBOTICS TEAMS QUALIFY FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Teams from Wood River Middle School and Wood River High School have qualified for the 2016 VEX Worlds international robotics championship competition April 20-23 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. The Blaine County School District reported in a press release that the teams qualified for three of the four slots available to Idaho for the international competition.

In the competition, which the district reported “brings together the top robotics teams” from around the world, participants will play “Nothing But Net,” a game that tests robotic skills at such things as moving, lifting, placing or throwing. The student-built robotic machines compete in both automated and driver-controlled play.

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he Hailey Chamber of Commerce has shown nearly continuous growth over the past 10 years. According to Chamber president Richard Stahl, membership is up 89 percent during the past 10 years, from 148 in 2006 to 281 in 2015. Chamber staff has been analyzing membership numbers in connection with its upcoming 2016 membership drive. “It is impressive that membership has continued to grow, even during the 2008-2011 recession,” notes Stahl.

Membership dropped in only one period, from 2011 to 2012. “Individual memberships change every year, with a number of dropped members and a number of new members, but overall there has been a consistent increase in new members,” noted Jeff Bacon, Chamber membership director.

Small business comprises the majority of members, with 61 percent of the members employing five or fewer workers. The second highest membership category is nonprofit organizations at 15 percent. Members with six to 10 employees comprise 8 percent of total membership. Employers with over 20 employees and those considered ‘trade’ businesses make up 4 percent each. Membership categories with less than 4 percent of total membership are employers with between 11 and 20 employees (3 percent), government (3 percent), lifetime members (1 percent), and associate members (1 percent).

The Hailey Chamber of Commerce represents businesses and organizations from throughout Idaho including Hailey, Ketchum, Sun Valley, Bellevue, Boise and Twin Falls. “We represent roughly 50 percent of all Hailey businesses, and we’re working hard to increase this number,” said Bacon.

To that end, the Hailey Chamber is beginning a membership drive this month that will include addresses throughout the Valley. “Our hope is to increase our membership rolls in all of the Valley’s cities,” notes Stahl. “We’re seeing many Ketchum businesses joining the Chamber to take advantage of the member benefits we offer and to support our mission.”

Included in those benefits for 2016, the Chamber is beginning a series of training classes that will include topics like ways to increase your customer service, how to use social media to promote your brand or products and what services that are available to small businesses from organizations like the Small Business Administration.

Additionally, the Chamber is coming out with its new community guide and membership directory this spring. “Last year the Chamber received so many requests for information from people planning trips to the Valley and we didn’t have a complete compendium of all the things that make our Valley great,” said Stahl. “Our new community guide will be the perfect tool for us to use to get this important information into visitors’ hands well before they ever get here.”

There are many opportunities for members to use the Chamber’s resources to help promote their business or event to a great many of people here in the Wood River Valley and outside the area. For more information please contact membership director Jeff Bacon at 208.788.3484 or members@HaileyIdaho.com.

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his is a tough one to review. Humor, and what makes us laugh, is impossible to define. Especially when it comes to Sacha Baron Cohen, who gave us “Borat” and the offensively tasteless “Bruno.”

Bad taste seems to be Cohen’s passion, as is gross-out humor and shocking the bejesus out of viewers.

Now we have “The Brothers Grimsby,” a strictly fictional effort and Cohen’s best work since “Borat.” But how to recommend it to a diverse audience.

I can only speak for myself and two of the scenes in the movie; maybe two of the most tasteless scenes in movie history had me howling out loud with laughter and crying profusely. What can I say – guilty as charged.

Cohen has fashioned an incredibly funny movie (especially when you compare it to

what passes as comedy these days) that doubles as a James Bond-style action adventure. It is also a story about brotherly love and an insightful look at class consciousness in Great Britain.

Cohen plays Nobby, a beer-drinking soccer hooligan from the English town of Grimsby (sister city to Chernobyl), who has fathered 11 kids with his randy wife (an underused Rebel Wilson). But Nobby yearns to be reunited with his younger brother, who was adopted when they were kids and they were separated for 28 years. Played by Mark Strong, the younger brother is now a super-sleuth for the M16.

When the brothers finally find each other, both go on a globetrotting tour of the world to stop an arch villain from spreading a disease that will eliminate the working classes of the world like the good folks of Grimsby.

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arah Verst, a home-schooled student taking college courses online, wants to travel and be a teacher and, hopefully, put the two together.

“I want to study elementary education and take it overseas as a career,” Verst said. “Basically, I would be teaching K-6 grades.

“I have grown up with five siblings and I’ve always loved kids, and through the piano I learned that I loved to teach. With the four younger siblings I have developed a passion for children.”

Verst started playing the piano at age 5 and started teaching at the age of 13.

“I was pretty young and I started making note cards and I put up at least 200 of them at places like Perry’s and church,” she said. “I called it Sunshine Music.

“The first few years were slow, then it picked up. This year I have five solid students and I don’t want to take on any more because I want to work them to their full potential. The oldest is 26 and the youngest is 8, so it’s a pretty wide range. The younger student is easier to work with because his brain absorbs so much easier.

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“When we turn 13, our father takes us anywhere we want to go in the world,” she said. “I wanted to go to the Summer Olympics in London.”

However, prior to her trip, Verst said her father, a surgeon, received a request for medical assistance from friends in China who run an orphanage.

“So I decided to forget London and instead go to China for two weeks,” she said. “If there were children involved, I wanted to go. There were 10 kids in the orphanage and I fell in love with them. Three years later, I decided to go and stay for two months and work at the orphanage.

“I stayed with the missionaries and I attended a language-learning school studying Mandarin four days a week. While there, I helped with schooling the kids, teaching English and piano.

“I took out of it a bigger heart for children in need in China and a bigger perspective on culture and reality and the way things work in China,” Verst said.

“There are so many kids in need that it’s really eye opening. It was real culture shock coming home to Hailey that it’s hard to explain.

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In 2015, Pam Weiss spoke at the Dent conference on “Zen, Creativity, and Connectivity.” This year, the Dent conference will focus on creativity as a theme throughout its sessions.

MAKING A DENT IN THE UNIVERSE Dent conference celebrates 4 years

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xplore the magic and science of visionary leadership and radical success with Dent. Returning to Sun Valley for four incredible days, March 20-23, the Dent conference is to be held at the Sun Valley Resort.

Co-founders Jason Preston and Steve Broback see the conference as a “user group” for people making a “dent in the universe,” as Steve Jobs used to say.

“After hosting the world’s first Twitter Conference in 2009, and even earlier the Blog Business Summits back in 2005, we had been ruminating together for a couple years about a new event where we could bring our favorite people together in order to share ideas and experiences that wasn’t necessarily focused on tech or on a specific core topic,” explained the founders.

“When Steve Jobs passed away, we simultaneously saw everything coalescing into this ‘Dent’ theme. We launched the first conference only a few weeks after we came up with the name.”

One of the major goals for the conference is to connect diverse people and ideas in order to forge new innovations, relationships, companies… etc. This year, the Dent conference will focus on creativity as a theme throughout its sessions.

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“We are strong believers in the power of ‘combinatorial creativity,’ which refers to the synthesizing of items that are cross-disciplinary,” Broback said. “From the printing press to the automotive assembly line to the iPod, many – if not most – of the great innovations that have changed our lives are the result of connecting dots that have previously not been aligned in any way.”

Denters begin their explorations from six starting points: vision, people, design, process, focus and alchemy.

“When we launched Dent in 2013, we knew that a thorough investigation of what it takes to ‘dent the universe’ was going to outgrow whatever theme or set of traits or behaviors that we could come up with at the time, so we decided to target these six starting points as areas of interest,” the founders explained.

“Over the years, we’ve found speakers and topics who address fundamental questions from any of those six starting points; they are a great way to help us have a productive conversation.”

The founders look forward to reconnecting with old friends and collaborators, as well as making new friends. Many of 2016’s Dent speakers will talk about a broad range of topics the founders have been wanting to dig into for some time.

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we are anticipating many new ideas to flow,” Broback said.

Additionally, a virtual reality space will be set up at the resort for denters to have a “holodeck” type of experience.

“Thanks to the Emblematic Group, we will have an immersive walk-around environment where guests can experience everything from being in a Syrian refugee camp that’s under siege, to walking around and sitting in a Buick Avista concept car,” Broback said.

Attendees, stay tuned for an exciting announcement on March 22 at Dent about later this year. Dent will return to Sun Valley March 19-22, 2017. For more information about Dent visit dentthefuture.com.

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or many of our local species, both plant and animal, spring is an important time for reproduction and birth. Some of us skiers may not want to call it the end of winter just yet but, nonetheless, many creatures will take advantage of the upcoming warmer temperatures and the associated “green-up” of new food sources to raise or send out offspring.

Around our latitudes and in mountainous places like Idaho, where the annual cycles are strongly demarcated by alternating seasons of plenty and hunger, it is an important advantage for creatures (although there are exceptions) to give their offspring the best start possible by bringing them into world at the beginning of the fruitful summer.

Images may come to one’s mind of newborn fawns frolicking, Disney-like, through pastoral green meadows. But, if it seems like I may be jumping the gun a little bit and that there is still a lot of time before the flowers start blooming, let me point out the spring habits of one of my favorite local creatures: the wolverine.

Right around this very time every year, when winter is just barely turning the corner to spring, wolverines are already giving birth. Female wolverines give birth to small litters of kits in dens dug deep into the snowpack, way up high in the mountains. Wolverines, as tough as they are, have evolved the habit of raising their kits up in these extreme environments.

Young wolverines will spend the first few months of their lives up at elevations in den sites where snow, even into May,

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dominates the landscape. They will be surrounded by snow and ice, nursing and growing, long before they ever set foot on dry ground.

This all means that by the time summer is here, those kits have had some time to develop some independence from their mothers and so, in fact, have had a bit of a jump start, which will help them survive in regions where summer only lasts a few months.

All this is to say that, even if some of us have different definitions of spring (the folks that were riding road bikes to Galena three weeks ago versus the folks that will continue backcountry skiing though the end of May, as an example), the implication of the seasons is clear: the brunt of winter is over and many creatures have already set plans in motion to transition out of the season of hardship and into the season of relative abundance.

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ll youth are welcome to participate in 4-H; it is not just for kids who live on farms and have animals. No matter where they live – on farms, in suburbs, in cities – 4-H serves youth from all backgrounds and interests.

It reaches both boys and girls through 4-H clubs, special-interest groups and short-term projects, individual and family learning and mentoring, camping, and school enrichment programs.

4-H is an informal, practical education program for youth.

The University of Idaho Extension 4-H Positive Youth Development program uses a learnby-doing approach to enable youth to develop knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to become competent, caring and contributing citizens to their community and the world.

This mission is accomplished by using research-based knowledge and resources of the landgrant university system, along with involvement from caring adults.

4-H originates from corn clubs for boys and canning clubs for girls that were organized in the early 1900s by public school educators who wanted to broaden the knowledge and experience of their students. 4-H became an official part of the Cooperative Extension Service, along with agriculture and home economics, at about the time the Cooperative Extension Service was of-

ficially established by the U.S. Congress in 1914.

The term “4-H Club” first appeared in a federal document in 1918 and, by the mid-1920s, 4-H was well on its way to becoming a significant national program for youth. Throughout its long history, 4-H has constantly adapted to the ever-changing needs and interests of youth.

4-H members participate in projects such as robotics, consumer education, aerospace and model rocketry, biking and hiking, wilderness survival, and animal sciences. 4-H offers membership without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or handicap.

Volunteers are key to providing 4-H programs for youth.

Capable, interested adult volunteers are always needed to lead clubs and to assist with 4-H activities. Volunteers are supported by a professional staff, including a county 4-H program coordinator and an extension educator. No prior experience is necessary in order to be a volunteer.

For more information about 4-H or becoming a volunteer, contact 208.788.5585 or check us out on Facebook, UI Extension 4-H, Blaine County.

Sarah Busdon in an administrative assistant with University of Idaho’s Blaine County Extension office. For more information, visit extension. uidaho.edu/blaine or call 208788-5585.

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It’s Democratic Presidential Caucus Time!!!

Come Vote for the Democratic Candidate You Want For Your Next United States President

When: March 22, 2016 Where: Wood River High School Gym (the new school) Doors open at 5 pm to reserve seats.

Doors close at 7 pm (no admission after this time).

The caucus begins when everyone has been seated.

Reserve your seat early at: http://idahodems.org/caucus

For questions, call Janie Davidson, 309-0350 or Jima Rice, 726-1848.

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“We are thrilled to welcome these exceptional leaders to our board,” said Megan Thomas, chief development officer for the foundation. “Each one brings a diverse set of skills and experience that will greatly enhance our efforts to improve the health and care of our community.”

Gillespie is a consultant for strategic business advancement.

She previously served as executive director of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and has also worked for The Nature Conservancy.

Harris is a strategic planner for Sun Valley Gold. She has prior experience at Goldman Sachs, where she worked as a prime brokerage client service representative.

Holmes is executive director of strategic planning initiatives for Community School. He previously served as head of school at Community School and as executive director of the Lee Pesky Learning Center.

MARCH 16, 2016

EVENTS CALENDAR

BROWN BAG HEALTH TALK

WEDNESDAY MARCH 16

12:15-1:15PM / ST. LUKE’S CLINIC / HAILEY

St. Luke’s Center for Community Health presents a Brown Bag Health Talk titled: Is Your Illness the Elephant in Your Doctor’s Examining Room? Do you wonder what to ask when you are meeting with your physician? Do you have the answers you need to make good decisions? Lisa Wild, RN, executive director of Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley, will provide practical ideas and findings based on a recent Minnesota study on improving quality of care. A convenient hand out of questions to ask will be distributed to help you and your physician be a great team in managing your health needs.

The talk will take place at St. Luke’s Clinic, Carbonate Rooms, 1450 Aviation Drive, Hailey. All Brown Bag lectures are free and no pre-registration is required. Call St. Luke’s Center for Community Health for information on this or other educational programs at 208.727.8733.

‘DEAR ELIZABETH’

WEDNESDAY MARCH 16

6:30PM / LIBERTY THEATRE / HAILEY Company of Fools and The Sun Valley Center for the Arts will present an evening reading of the play Dear Elizabeth: a play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and Back Again, from playwright Sarah Ruhl. The reading takes place Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at The Liberty Theatre in Hailey and is part of The Center’s BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project, I Need to Tell You Something: The Lost Art of Letter Writing and Communication Today.

Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop were bright, shining stars in the literary world. And from 1947 to 1977, these award-winning poets exchanged more than 400 letters. Whether vividly recounting the roller coaster nature of their romantic entanglements, affirming their profound affection for each other or describing their daily writing, travels and illnesses, these missives are an intimate and astonishing record of two extraordinary lives.

“Sometimes it seems…as though only intelligent people are stupid enough to fall in love and only stupid people are intelligent enough to let themselves be loved,” Elizabeth Bishop, from her notebook.

The playwright Sarah Ruhl fell in love with these letters and set herself an unusual challenge: to turn this 30-year exchange into a stage play and to bring to life the friendship of two writers who were rarely even in the same country. As innovative as it is moving, Dear Elizabeth gives voice to a conversation that lived mostly in writing, illuminating some of the finest poems of the twentieth century and the minds that produced them. John Glenn directs Denise Simone as Elizabeth Bishop and Joel Vilinsky as Robert Lowell.

The playwright Sarah Ruhl has been described in the past as “a poet who is able to drive plot” and “a poet by nature.” It’s a flattering convention to describe a playwright as a lyrical poet, but in this particular case the comparison is apt: Ruhl began her writing life as a poet, publishing a chapbook at age 20.

The encouragement of playwright Paula Vogel, her professor at Brown University, changed her career path, though she says that “if I’d found a similarly encouraging poetry teacher at that time in my life, I might have written poetry instead.”

Admission to the play reading is free with a suggested $10 donation, but space is limited. For more information and to reserve your place, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call 208.726.9491.

SNOWSHOE WITH A RANGER THURSDAY MARCH 17

11AM / GALENA LODGE / KETCHUM Experience the magical winter landscape with an informative and free Forest Ranger led tour of the Galena Lodge area. Learn about the fascinating history of the area, as well as the natural landscape.

Join in every Thursday at 11 a.m. on the porch at the Galena Lodge. Tours will depart at 11:05 a.m. and last approximately 1 1/2 hours and cover one to two miles. Because of the nature of this tour, please leave pets at home. Snowshoe rentals are available at Galena Lodge. Dress warmly in layers, wear insulated boots, gloves, hat and sunglasses; bring water and a snack.

HAILEY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS

THURSDAY MARCH 17

5-7PM / CAMPION ICE HOUSE / HAILEY The next Hailey Chamber’s popular Business After Hours is scheduled for Thursday, March 17 at Hailey Ice House. Come start the St. Patrick’s Day celebration with a networking opportunity brought to you by Hailey Ice House, Restaurant 103 and Sun Valley Brewery. Don’t forget to bring your business cards for your chance to win one of many great raffle prizes. The Campion Ice House is located at 771 Main Street South, Hailey.

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EVENTS CALENDAR ‘LOVE, LOSS & WHAT I WORE’ FRIDAY MARCH 18 6:30PM / NEXSTAGE THEATRE / KETCHUM The nexStage Theatre is excited to announce another in its series of free play readings.

The theatre will host a reading of Love, Loss and What I Wore

by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron on Friday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. Free wine and cookies will be served, and the running time is 75 minutes. The outstanding cast features Sara Gorby, Aly Wepplo, Cherie Kessler, Courtney Loving and Claudia McCain. The reading will be directed by Jon Kane.

A play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes and memory covering all the important subjects – mothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers, hating purses and why we only wear black – the piece is based on the bestselling book by Ilene Beckerman.

“Funny, compelling…brought down the house…but (the play) is not a comedy,” says The New York Times. “A story about black cowboy boots becomes a sad tale of being underappreciated in a relationship; a tale of two women shopping for their wedding outfits ends bitter sweetly; and the recollection of a new bra is a quiet testament to a women’s search for dignity while undergoing treatment for breast cancer.”

THE SPRING EQUINOX

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SATURDAY MARCH 19

Attend a Woodstock Gathering for the Spring Equinox on Trail Creek. Any and all help welcomed.

Contact Howard at 208.595.2459 for details.

SWING DANCE IN HAILEY

SATURDAY MARCH 19

Join the Rosewood County Band for a night of live country, swing and rock music. Rosewood County is a local Wood River Valley contemporary classic country, rock, folk, rhythm n’ blues band. Versatile with their music, they encompass a large repertoire of cover tunes as well as original material to change it up and keep it alive. You can’t help but slide, glide, stomp, shuffle and rock to their music that the casual and truly committed dancer will enjoy.

Check them out at rosewoodcounty.com/music.

The evening is mostly about the fun of dancing to live music in a friendly community atmosphere. It is a family activity for all ages.

Accompanied kids 12 and under are welcome and dance for free. Teenagers pay $10. Adult tickets are $18 in advance at Nourish Me - A Health Food Store and Cafe, the Wood River Sustainability Center or the Bellevue General Store. Adult tickets will be $20 at the door. Grange member tickets are $15. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with an optional potluck dinner. Guests are invited to bring wholesome food to share, as well as their own plate, fork and water bottle. Dancing will begin at 7 p.m. Please wear clean shoes that will not mark the floor. For more info, visit grange.org/upperbigwoodriverid192 or contact 208.570.2649.

SUNDAY MARCH 20

10AM / GALENA LODGE / KETCHUM

The Galena Loppet is a fun perimeter ski tour around the Galena Trails (about 25K). Beer and doughnuts may occur at random along the course! As oft is the case, costumes are encouraged. For details, call 208.726.8010 or email info@galenalodge.com.

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