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Education News Families Embrace Hemingway School Changes

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Arts News State Fiddle Championships Will Come To Hailey

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NEWS ENVIRONMENT

City of Ketchum Airport Closure Planned for June Runway maintenance takes place from 8 a.m. on June 5 to 7 p.m. on June 7 – weather permitting. Updates at iflysun.com.

ketchumsunvalleyeclipse2017.com Ketchum partners with City of Sun Valley to celebrate The Great American Eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, at Festival Meadow. Learn more and stay up to date on the plans at ketchumsunvalleyeclipse2017.com

Women’s Entrepreneur Event at KIC Join Boise State University Director of Economic Development Cece Gassner and KIC board member and author Kathryn Kemp Guylay on April 20 from 5:30-7 p.m. at 311 First Ave.

Requests for Proposals SOLAR - City seeks creative, innovative and attractive solar solutions throughout Atkinson Park.Contact Micah Austin at 727-5084.

PUBLIC ACCESS/REC USE - City requests plan for public access and recreational use at the Northwood NaturalArea. Contact Jen Smith at 727-5081.

DRYWELLS – Accepting bids for installation and rebuild of 3 drywells. Contact: Brian Christiansen, 726-7831 orbchristiansen@ketchumidaho.org.

Details on all requestsareatketchumidaho.org/rfp.

Public Notice REMOVAL OF PARKING REQUIREMENT: City Council will consider text amendments on parking requirements for places of assembly and to remove a requirement addressed in the International Building Code on Monday, Apr. 17, 5:30 p.m. in Ketchum City Hall.

MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATIONS: The Planning and Zoning Commission will continue the public hearing on text amendments on zoning regulations for fueling stations on Monday, May 8,at 5:30p.m. in Ketchum City Hall.

Public Meetings CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday • Apr. 17 • 5:30 pm • City Hall PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING Monday • May 8 • 5:30 pm • City Hall

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SAWTOOTH AVALANCHE CENTER HOLDS DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR

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BY DANA DUGAN

he Sawtooth Avalanche Center hosted its annual Professional Development Seminar in Ketchum on March 27. The seminar is a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service, Sawtooth Avalanche Center and Friends of the Sawtooth Avalanche Center.

Nearly 40 professionals, including ski guides, highway forecasters, ski-area snow safety workers, search-and-rescue personnel, meteorologists, and USFS staff attended the 10th annual event.

In its 10th consecutive year, the seminar featured talks ranging from historic avalanche cycles and remote sensing of snow to professional decision-making, cloud seeding, and workplace accident reporting.

A total of 64 avalanches hit Idaho State Highway 21 between Stanley and Lowman this winter, up from an average of 2030 per season; 34 of those were large enough to destroy a car or a wood-frame house. Three major storm events pushed the settled snow height at Banner Summit to 130 inches by early March.

An 11-day storm in early February dropped 63 inches of snow and 2 inches of rain. Two more heavy-hitting storms unloaded 50 inches each—one in late February and another in early March. The resulting avalanches were reportedly the largest in 30 years, according to employees at the Idaho Transportation Department. Avalanches tore down mature timber and buried miles of roadway up to 80 feet deep.

Chris Lundy, former director of the Sawtooth Avalanche Center and current co-owner of Sawtooth Mountain Guides, said snow professionals have to make hard decisions.

“We all think we’re mountain ninjas but we will all make mistakes,” Lundy said. “The only way to make the right decision all the time is to never make one.”

Lundy challenged what it means to be an expert and pointed out how difficult it is to gain expertise in a “wicked envi-

Several slides occurred in the Boulder Mountains and throughout the area this winter. Courtesy photo by B. VandenBos/SAC

ronment” where environmental feedback may mean a serious accident or death. Lundy said one of the ways that Sawtooth Mountain Guides reduces the amount of high-consequence decision-making in the field is to compile a “run list” of daily open-or-closed approaches for various guided ski tours before leaving the office in the morning.

Hans-Peter Marshall, a Department of Geosciences professor at Boise State University, shared developments in the remote sensing of mountain snowpacks. Remote sensing is a valuable tool for climatologists and, more recently, snow hydrologists, but is only now reaching the spatial and temporal resolution necessary to help avalanche forecasters.

Twenty years ago, modeling snow depth in a 500-by-500-meter grid was the norm. However, current technology can map snow depths at a resolution of less than a meter. With this amount of detail, snow maps can shed light on wind-loading patterns at the scale of an average snowdrift.

Further possibilities exist with the ability to map precipitation distribution or accumulated total snow water equivalent (SWE). Given the greater computing power and improving remote-sensing technologies, Marshall encouraged the audience to start thinking about how this information can be incorporated

into the decision-making process.

Also present at the seminar was Derek Blestrud, from Idaho Power, who discussed the latest research and results of another season of cloud seeding in Idaho’s central mountains. Cloud seeding is used for fog suppression, hail suppression, rain enhancement and, in this case, snowpack enhancement.

Idaho Power’s cloud-seeding operations began in 2003 and have expanded to 57 groundbased generators and three aircraft. Since its inception, the program estimates an average 14 percent increase in precipitation in the Payette River Basin.

Once fully built out, Blestrud said that Idaho Power projects that the Wood River Basin could produce an additional 120,000 acre-feet of water per year.

Sawtooth Avalanche Center Director Scott Savage introduced a new near-miss and incident reporting platform for avalanche professionals. The nonprofit Avalanche Worker Safety will host a first-of-its-kind reporting form and database.

When it comes to the rate of workplace accidents, we “resemble Alaskan fishermen, loggers and miners more than restaurant workers,” Savage said.

The first step in finding a solution is to study and understand the problem. To find out more, visit avalancheworkersafety.org.

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NEWS EDUCATION

PARENTS WELCOME CHANGES AT HEMINGWAY

Ketchum resident Caroline Hobbs, who has three children at Hemingway, laine County School District will worked very hard to make the change move ahead with the plan to grad- happen. ually expand Hemingway Elementary School in Ketchum into a kindergarThis program will be a ten-through-grade-eight school over the wonderful asset to our next three years. Next fall, Hemingway will add two sixth-grade classes. The new community.” reimagined school will emphasize a curCaroline Hobbs riculum centered around science, techKetchum resident and parent nology, engineering and math, known as STEM. It has been a rocky road, of sorts. On “I was disappointed and spoke at the Oct. 11, 2016, the BCSD board of trust- board meeting,” Hobbs said. “Some famees approved a plan to gradually upgrade ilies did not know all the details. ProHemingway’s grade levels. The move had viding more information helped turn the to be cost neutral, with a minimum of 40 tide. Having a new principal who is flustudents to commit to enrollment in sixth ent in Spanish helped convince Hispanic grade. However, this past March, only 35 families to keep their children at Hemstudents had signed up and the proposal ingway. Parents wanted this change for a seemed in jeopardy. Hemingway parents number of reasons. They value a smaller organized and worked diligently to find setting. They believe that the role of upadditional students and succeeded in se- perclassmen will teach leadership skills. curing 43 signups for sixth grade, thus The math- and science-based curriculum making the proposal viable. will be very suitable for all students. The

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proximity will help students commute to their after-school activities. This program will be a wonderful asset to our community.”

Current principal Don Haisley will retire at the end of this school year. His replacement, Patricia Short, is currently the elementary school principal at the American School in Recife, Brazil.

“We are very excited to introduce Ms. Short to the Hemingway School family,” wrote GwenCarol Holmes, BCSD superintendent, in a district announcement.

“She brings a great enthusiasm and talent to the school and the district. Ms. Short has already been warmly embraced by Hemingway staff and parents whom she met during the interview process.”

Short’s new contract will start on July 1.

“We have two existing classrooms ready,” Haisley said about the turnover.

“We want to have them next to each other so some teachers will have to move. The staffing will most likely come from within the district.” tws

Patricia Short, the newly hired Hemingway Elementary School principal, will begin in July. Photo courtesy of Blaine County School District

NAMI To Hold Art And Education Project

Individuals from The Senior Connection will also participate with a class at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 19 at the Sawtooth Botanical Garden. The art instructor will present a short talk titled “Vincent van Gogh’s Genius and Mental Health” at the start of the class.

Other residents may create versions of Vincent van Gogh’s painting, “The Starry Night,” to be displayed at a silent auction on Thursday, May 25.

If you would like to participate by painting a version of “The Starry Night,” NAMI will supply 8-inch-by-10-inch canvases at no cost. The work need not be framed.

Proceeds from the sale will go toward funding mental health and wellbeing programs offered

by NAMI Wood River Valley.

NAMI is dedicated to improving the lives of the millions of Americans, and their families, who are affected by mental illness, by offering peer support and education on mental health issues. NAMI also provides lobbying on policy issues to encourage appropriate legislation.

The local affiliate, NAMI Wood River Valley, brings these services to the Wood River Valley.

Its current initiative is to reduce the stigma of mental health challenges in the workplace.

For more information, contact christina@nami-wrv.com or (202) 744-8463.

Discover Health!

St. Luke’s Community Health Fair Join your neighbors and friends for a multicultural, family-friendly event featuring fun and exciting hands-on exhibits that include: • Air St. Luke’s advanced lifesaving equipment

• Peek into the amazing Skin Analyzer

• Check out local emergency response teams, vehicles and equipment

• Blood pressure checks

• Health screenings, including – Skin cancer (limited; first come, first served) – HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis – A1c (for those with diabetes, $5)

• Participate in fitness demonstrations

• Learn about anatomy and physiology • Prenatal and parenting information • Car seat safety inspections and information

• Prescription medication take-back disposal

• Local health and wellness education, activities and resources

• Test drive a “drunk buster” go-cart to simulate drunk driving

• Cool raffle prizes, multicultural activities, giveaways and healthy snacks

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The National Alliance on Mental Illness will present a three-part event that includes mental health education, art therapy, and fundraising in recognition of May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Participants will include two groups of high school students: a group from The Drug Coalition, and students from Wood River High School’s NAMI Bluebird peer support group.

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BY DANA DUGAN

iddling, a version of violin playing that’s a little bit country, is every bit as impressive. This weekend marks a rare event that will offer an opportunity to see and listen to some of the best fiddle players in the region.

The Fiddlers of Idaho State Championships will be held Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theatre at the Community Campus in Hailey.

It will be presented by the Hailey-based organization Fiddlers of Idaho made up of chair Ken Worthington, Matt Renner, Dennis Koyle and Richard Fife.

“I think you’re going to see some fantastic fiddling,” said Worthington. “We have a great show planned with the Smith Family starting and then wrapping it up with the three champs —Monique Ruwe, John Francis and Tim Hodgson—and their fiddling expertise. It’s a great facility for the show and contest.”

This will be the fourth time since 2001 that the state championships will be held in Hailey.

There are two events over the weekend. On Friday evening the Entertainment Show concert will be held from 7-8:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. The official fiddling will be held the following day.

The concert will open with the Smith Family from Wendell.

Though Steve and Kathleen Smith have 12 musical children, just four of them will play with their parents for the concert.

Alice, 28, plays a Celtic-style tin whistle made by her father, as well as guitar and drums; Katherine, 23, plays mandolin, guitar and dances; Isaiah, 22, plays guitar and banjo; and Joanna, 21, sings and plays the ukulele.

From a long line of musicians, Kathleen Smith said playing in a family band is in her DNA. “My grandfather was the Lawrence Welk of North Dakota,” Kathleen Smith said. “There was always a family band, and Grandfather passed it all on to everyone. Mom played piano, and my father owned a bar where they performed, called the Hill Top Bar—A Place Where Friends Meet. People came from hundreds of miles for these parties. That’s what I grew up with.”

Smith met her husband at Utah State University.

“He took up music to get closer to me,” she said. “We did duets together and were in bands.

Then we had children but still performed in choirs and bands.

And we still play a couple times a month at various venues.”

After the Smith Family plays, the three contest judges and fiddling champs will entertain.

Victor resident Tim Hodgson, a multi-year Idaho National Men’s Champion, and multiyear National Men’s Champion, has been the lead fiddler for the Bar J Wranglers, based out of Jackson Hole, Wyo., for 28 years.

“It’s a long time for a fiddle player to hold a job, let alone a band job,” Hodgson laughed. He

is also a nationally certified fiddling judge.

Monique Ruwe, of Boise, is an Idaho adult champion and onetime junior champion, a top-five national adult contender four years in a row, and a nationally certified contest judge.

John Francis, from Salt Lake City, has participated in more than 400 competitions nationwide, and has won every major contest in the West, including the National Grand Championship, a National Senior and three National Junior titles, multiple Western Open, Northwest Regional, Washington, California, and Utah state titles, in addition to wins at numerous local contests. A former judge of national championships, Francis judges contests all over the country.

“Idaho has probably produced more fiddlers who end up in Nashville than any other state,” Worthington said. “We have so much talent here in this state.

The (late former) Gov. [Robert] Smylie is responsible because, for Idaho’s centennial celebration, he wanted all the fiddlers to play together. He was from Fairfield, and [Blaine] Stubblefield [founder of the National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest] was from Weiser. They did a lot of legwork to bring the fiddlers together.”

The event began a tradition, known as Mannie’s Jamboree, that is the genesis for Fiddlers Inc., as well as the annual National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest in Weiser, held in June.

“People come from all over, and out-of-state fiddlers can come in to compete, too,” Worthington said. “If an out-ofstater wins, they’ll be certified, and the top Idaho player will be named the state champion. If you’re certified, you can play in Weiser in the certified division as well as the overall competition.”

Worthington said they will also honor Dolly Daniels, who taught fiddle for years in Jerome.

“She passed away at 100 years old in November 2016,” Worthington said. “We’ll present her son with a memorial. And we’re dedicating the contest to her.

She wrote a song called Dolly’s Waltz and we’ll have a fiddler— Allison Lindsay, from Jerome —there to play that waltz.”

There will be a jam session after the show at about 9 p.m. at the International Cowboy Cocina in Hailey. All are welcome to join in the picking.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or from the Wood River Valley Chamber of Commerce/ Hailey Information-Welcome Center in Werthheimer Park.

Tickets are $10 adults (18-64); $8 seniors (65 and above); $7 youth (7-17), with 6 and under admitted free.

Proceeds will go to support the entire festival.

On Saturday, April 15, the daylong contest will begin at 9 a.m. at the Community Campus.

For more information on rules and entry, visit fiddlersofidaho. org.

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MAKING SENSE OF THE MYSTIFYING NATURE OF ART

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BY DANA DUGAN

his spring, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Friesen Gallery in Ketchum celebrate the work of Portland, Ore.-based interdisciplinary artist, Dana Lynn Louis, in simultaneous exhibitions that weave together the daily rites of creative practice and conscious mindfulness. Louis will also deliver a talk, “Healing Environments,” on Sunday, May 28, as part of the Sun Valley Wellness Festival.

The Friesen exhibition, s t r e a m, showcases three largescale installations by Louis and centers around the sculpture, “Oscillation,” a floor-to-ceiling strand of giant blown-glass prayer beads the artist completed during her residency at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Wash.

Louis has spent three decades navigating the spaces of the constructed and natural worlds.

Her work to date spans both small- and large-scale installations that call upon drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, glassblowing and video projection. Louis’s work has received recognition from several distinguished organizations, including The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., the Regional Arts & Culture Council, in Portland, Ore., and the Ford Family Foundation. Her residencies include the Museum of Glass in Tacoma and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in

Otis, Ore. Louis is involved in two projects in Africa—where she has spent quality time over the years—including a recent Thread residency with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in the village of Sinthian in Senegal.

She is also a founding board member of the Ko-Falen Cultural Center in Bamako, Mali, West Africa.

“The big gold oval piece in the Sun Valley Center is actually an homage to Mali,” Louis said.

Her connection with the Sun Valley Center and its current visual arts exhibition, Contemplative Practice, began when Courtney Gilbert, director of visual arts, saw a show of hers at Lewis & Clark College, in Portland, Ore., and at the Portland Art Museum. Gilbert flew Louis over to Sun Valley to visit, and subsequently introduced her to Andria Friesen for a possible show. She was then introduced to the folks at the Sun Valley Wellness Festival.

“It all came together,” Louis said. “I feel really lucky. Everyone is super-open and generous.

And it’s great to be surrounded by all these people who really get it.”

Within Contemplative Practice, Louis curated a largescale, site-specific installation, transforming The Center’s project room gallery into a space for meditation using drawings, sculptural elements and video

projections. Visitors are invited to participate in the artist’s “Clearing” project, writing something they wish to clear from their lives or the world on a card that will be sealed in an envelope.

On Thursday, May 25, Louis will lead a public ceremony to burn the envelopes and release the collected prayers, wishes and ‘clearings.’

As a continuation of Contemplative Practice, The Center also commissioned Louis to install projected images of her drawings outside the Sun Valley Inn during the 20th Annual Sun Valley Wellness Festival.

In addition to her prolific work as an artist, Louis is a certified yoga instructor and teaches for Living Yoga, a nonprofit that brings yoga to drug and alcohol treatment centers and prisons in the state of Oregon.

“My work has moved to a place where I create spaces of levity and difficult times,” Louis said. “Being human is hard and there are these things we push away because they overwhelm us. I want to create a conduit of life in these dark spaces.

“I used to express myself in figurative work, but it was limiting. I like to create these abstract installations where people can find their own paths into it.”

Louis said that people often seem to connect with her work on a visceral level.

“Oscillation,” by Dana Lynn Louis, currently on view at Friesen Gallery.

Blown-glass orbs, glass beads, steel wire and wrought iron. Dimensions vary. Photo courtesy of Friesen Gallery

“People are hungry for connection, and art can be mystifying,” she said. “A lot of my work comes out of the natural world. I walk and hike. And spending time in Africa over

the last 16 years, I’m inspired by the humanity. They’ve survived so much. I learn from them. They have so little but they rise above it.” tws

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Camp Rainbow Gold Application Denied

The Blaine County Planning & Zoning Commission on Thursday voted 3-4 to deny an application by Camp Rainbow Gold for a conditional use permit to build a new camp in East Fork canyon.

While there were several issues that concerned the commissioners, who voted against approving the permit, and East Fork residents, the major sticking point was that the camp would be an unnecessary burden on East Fork neighborhood traffic and wildlife.

The summer camp, which serves kids with cancer and their families, can appeal the decision. The camp’s board members will meet on Wednesday, April 12, to discuss how to move forward with finding a permanent home for the camp.

Kennel Cough Outbreak Hits Valley

Blaine County veterinarians and dog owners have reported an outbreak of canine infectious tracheobronchitis (also known as kennel cough) over the past month and a half.

“The outbreak seems to be over,” said Sarah Bahan, a veterinarian at Sawtooth Animal Center in Bellevue, on Monday. “Your dog has probably already been exposed if it’s been anywhere public around other dogs. We’re not really expecting any more cases and aren’t too worried about it anymore, but we were probably getting at least 20 calls and visits per day six weeks ago.”

Bahan said such outbreaks happen annually this time of year, but this one was “particularly bad.” She said the virus-based cough can lead to secondary bacterial infections, which can be treated with antibiotics. Like with the flu in humans, Bahan said puppies and older dogs are more at risk for secondary infections after contracting kennel cough.

She added that if a dog is coughing and the owner is concerned it might have kennel cough, the owner should keep the animal in the car when entering the veterinary clinic so as to not infect other dogs inside.

“It’s airborne and super-infectious,” Bahan said.

Health Agencies To Conduct Ebola Emergency Drill

St. Luke’s Magic Valley, St. Luke’s Jerome, St. Luke’s Wood River, and the South Central Public Health District will conduct an emergency management exercise from approximately 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18.

The exercise will involve hospital staff, emergency managers and first responders, including EMS. It will focus on the response and training surrounding an Ebola outbreak. Regular hospital operations, including emergency department services, will not be affected.

“The purpose of the exercise is to test the response and training of the staff members,” said Trish Heath, emergency management coordinator for St. Luke’s Magic Valley. “It’s important to have disaster response plans in place and to conduct disaster drills periodically for improvement and training purposes.”

According to Dan Schaffer, planner for South Central Public Health District, “The exercise will provide participating organizations the opportunity to test and evaluate their capabilities, particularly their ability to coordinate and initiate response to transporting a patient with an emerging special pathogen, including Ebola, to an assessment hospital and/or a treatment hospital.”

Sun Valley Center For The Arts Awards Scholarships

The Sun Valley Center for the Arts awarded more than $800,000 in scholarships over the past 19 years. In 2017 The Center gave 28 scholarships to Wood River Valley residents. These were awarded on Tuesday, April 4.

Each year The Center gives scholarships to local students and educators to further their education in the arts and humanities. Comprised of four different scholarships, the program is made possible through funds raised at The Center’s Annual Wine Auction and private donations. Awards are based on artistic merit, application materials and financial need.

“Our annual scholarship presentation is always one of my favorite events of the year,” said Christine Davis-Jeffers, executive director at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. “It’s incredibly rewarding to see the impact these awards have on the lives of our Valley’s students. It’s a joy and a privilege to be able to help launch young artists, writers, dancers, musicians and actors on courses of study as they pursue their passions.”

Kim Aranda received the Ezra Pound Award, a grant made possible through the generosity of Jennifer Wilson and given each year to a Blaine County high school junior for summer study. Aranda will use the funds to study visual arts at the Arts University of Bournemouth, in London, England.

Nineteen students received arts and humanities scholarships to attend a wide variety of summer programs across the country. Several students will use their awards to pursue music lessons with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony School of Music, while others will travel to programs around the country including The New School Jazz Program, Maine College of Art, School of Cinema & Performing Arts Advanced Filmmaking, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and the University of Idaho Design Week.

This year’s Gay V. Weake Award, which supports college students majoring in the arts and humanities, was given to Lemuel Reagan. Reagan attends Boise State University and is pursuing a theatre major and dance minor. Five former Gay V. Weake recipients had their awards renewed to continue their college studies: Pierson Carlsen (2016), Ashlie Pulleiro (2015), Haylee Pettit (2015), Caleb Garvin (2014), and Chase England (2013).

Additionally, two local educators received funds to pursue professional development in fields including theatre and visual arts.

Boise State Public Radio To Hold Public Meeting

Boise State Public Radio will hold an open meeting 6 p.m., Thursday, April 13, at The Community Library’s Lecture Hall with general manager Tom Michael. Michael will discuss major newsroom initiatives of interest to all Idahoans. Also, participants can learn about efforts to improve the quality of service throughout the Wood River Valley during the preceding reception.

Companies To Pitch At Forum

The Boise/Sun Valley Keiretsu Forum will hold a special event on Wednesday, April 19 at the Ketchum Innovation Center to provide an opportunity for local angel investors in Boise and Sun Valley to hear from four local companies.

There will be a question-and-answer session to follow.

“Our big goal is for Idaho companies to present to investors, get funded and create great Idaho companies,” said Jolene Anderson, president of the Idaho chapter of Keiretsu Forum.

Anyone interested in becoming an angel investor attending this session should contact Anderson at Jolene@keiretsuForum.com.

The Keiretsu Forum Northwest region formed in 2005 and is comprised of the Boise, Kirkland-Eastside, Portland, Seattle, Spokane-Inland, Tacoma-South Puget Sound, and Vancouver chapters. The Boise chapter launched in January 2007 and enjoys close synergies with the regional and global Keiretsu Forum angel investment network.

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Idaho Legislature Is 11th In U.S. For Female Members

Approximately 1,805 women served in the 50 U.S. state legislatures in 2016. Women made up 24.4 percent of all state legislators nationwide. Idaho is ranked 11th in the country, and at 27.6 percent overall. There are 19 female members of the House, and 10 in the Senate. Two of the women represented in these numbers are legislators for Blaine County residents, Rep. Sally Toone, D-Gooding, and Sen. Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum.

Wyoming ranked lowest with just 11.1 percent of women lawmakers. Vermont ranked highest with 40 percent.

Company of Fools To Hold Auditions

As Company of Fools gears up for its 22nd season, the Company invites local performers of all ages, genders and ethnicities to an open audition to be held Saturday, April 15, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and from 2–6 p.m. at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey. A pianist will be available to accompany singers beginning at 2 p.m.

Auditions are by appointment only. Contact casting@sunvalleycenter.org to make an appointment. This is an Equity Principal Audition. All performers are encouraged to attend. Actors’ Equity Association members will be given preference in selection of an audition time slot.

A monologue is not required, as sides from this season’s productions and readings will be available at the audition. If participants would like to sing as part of their audition, prepare two brief, contrasting contemporary pop or musical theatre songs. If participants play an instrument (particularly violin, keyboard, drums, guitar, bass or cello), please let us know when contacting Company of Fools via email to schedule the audition. Auditions will be held at the Liberty Theatre at 110 N. Main St., Hailey.

For more information about Company of Fools and the upcoming auditions, please visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 578-9122.

Ketchum Youth Recreation Programs Start June 12

Registration is open for more than 25 activities hosted by the Ketchum Summer Youth Recreation Program that starts Monday, June 12.

Activities offered by the City of Ketchum Parks & Recreation Department range from tennis to gardening to geocaching and much, much more. They also include Friday Adventure day trips to nearby attractions such as lakes and caves. Children who will enter the third grade next fall through age 14 may participate.

“Participants meet new friends and learn new activities that stay with them a lifetime,” says John Kearney, who attended city recreation programs himself as a youngster and now manages the recreation division of the Parks & Recreation Department.

Participants may sign up for daily, weekly or seasonal programs. Scholarships are available.

Online registration is available at ketchumidaho.org/registration. For additional information, contact John Kearney, recreation supervisor, at (208) 726-7820, ext. 100, or at jkearney@ketchumidaho.org.

Facing A Medicare Part B Penalty?

On March 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that Medicare beneficiaries who became eligible for and enrolled in Medicare Part A while also enrolled in a state marketplace, such as Your Health Idaho, may be eligible for ‘equitable relief,’ giving them an opportunity to enroll in Medicare Part B without a penalty.

The Idaho Department of Insurance office of Senior Health Insurance Benefits Advisors is available to help Medicare beneficiaries. “This specific equitable relief is only available until Sept. 30,” said Shannon Hohl, SHIBA supervisor.

“SHIBA cannot determine eligibility, but we encourage Medicare beneficiaries to contact us for help with understanding this option and how to apply for it.”

Anyone who believes they may be eligible for equitable relief should contact Social Security at (800) 772-1213. Individuals must request equitable relief

by Sept. 30, 2017, and provide documentation reflecting their enrollment in a Your Health Idaho plan for individuals and families.

Consumers with questions about this or other Medicare issues are encouraged to contact SHIBA at (800) 247-4422.

Did You Serve In Army’s 2nd Infantry Division?

The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who served in the U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division at any time. This year the association will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the division, which was formed in France during World War I. For information about the association and our annual reunion in Arlington, Va., from Sept. 13–17, contact secretary-treasurer Bob Haynes at 2idahq@ comcast.net, call (224) 225-1202, or visit www.2ida.org.

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he recent cooler nights have opened up a little more fishing opportunity this week, but don’t expect it to last, as the true spring runoff is around the corner. Fresh snow on Galena made more than one steelhead angler smile as they drove to the Salmon River, feeling pretty good about the water clarity. Despite a tough season, anglers are still catching fish in the Salmon when the water conditions allow.

If you head up that way, and have never been, just treat it as glorified trout fishing with larger rods. Using strike indicators fished over large trout nymphs, colorful steelhead flies and even some saltwater flies will get fish to bite. Walk sections of the river and literally look for the fish laying up. Once you find one, get that fly to the fish’s nose and you have a great chance to catch a steelhead in Idaho!

Keep an eye on the flows before you go. Avoid going after any large spikes in the cfs. Be very careful wading and avoid fish sitting on redds, please.

The Lost River is also having moments of fishing well for the conditions. Again, this is a river you want to be sure to check the cfs before you go. It is a long way to drive to find out the flows came up and you have no options but to turn your wagon around.

Moving closer to spring, we encourage anglers to get out and explore. There are many great places to take a fly rod in the spring. If you get to a point where you are just struggling to find places to fish, think about looking into Google Earth.

Google Earth has personally led me to 12-pound bonefish, numerous baby tarpon spots and snook spots. It has allowed me to find trails and, more importantly, routes without trails into worldclass Idaho fishing. You are only limited by your imagination. If you can’t fish now, how about planning a route into a high mountain lake this summer?

How about looking for trails into nearly inaccessible canyons?

They are there—you just have to find them. Take your sense of adventure to your computer for a few hours and you may be blown away by the adventure you can find there.

Google Earth is a free download, it is quick and easy, and a great way to plan a fishing adventure.

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don’t usually like to discuss equipment in this column because I think every dog is individual and training equipment and needs of the owner and dog need to be considered individually. But, there is some misinformation out there that should be addressed, so I hope I can do that here, giving credit to both sides of the debate.

My first comment about all of this is that collars are like shoes—you may need more than one, just like you need hiking boots for hiking, snow boots for snow and river shoes for rafting. My first suggestion is to be open to whatever tool or collar you might need for any given situation; there is no one collar or harness that can do everything and work for every dog.

Many trainers and dog owners feel very strongly about only using a flat collar with a dog—you know, the collar that is flat, maybe nylon, with a buckle on it. What is obvious to me here is that you wouldn’t wear slippers on a mountain climb. Yes, unfortunately, I think most dogs think of flat collars as slippers. They certainly have a time and place, however. They are a great place to put ID tags!

I think one big issue many people don’t critically think about is their own safety when out with their dog, or the safety of the dog.

Some people have felt so firmly about what is humane, they haven’t really considered all that is humane. Is it humane for a dog to pull you over and break your face? Yes, I had this happen with a client of mine using a flat collar someone insisted she use. Is it humane for a dog to pull so hard that he passes out from the flat collar? Yes, I have seen this happen, too. Is it humane that a dog pulls so hard that he damages his trachea? Is it humane that a dog chas-

es a deer and won’t come when he is called, then, while chasing the deer down, comes face to face with a mountain lion? Would we do all of this for the sake of using a flat/buckle collar?

All of this can also be said about harnesses. Harnesses were developed for horses to pull wagons and dogs to pull sleds. They are amazingly comfortable for the dog—yippee!—and yes, comfortable for them to pull tirelessly. However, what can a harness do to the dog? Does it pull on the dog’s body structure unevenly? Does it pull on your structure unevenly? Is that “humane”?

The point of all this is that some dogs do really well in a flat/buckle collar even with a leash. Some dogs do excellent wearing a harness. To say that one method of training or one piece of equipment is the end-all for all problems is like saying that you can only wear slippers wherever you go.

Be aware that there is more than one collar, and more than one method for each and every dog, and what will work for the owner.

Be open to what works for you and your situation, and where you are going to be taking the dog. Get a closet full of shoes (collars) to choose from and train with them to make life safe and humane for both you and your dog.

And remember, every tool must be taught fairly to the dog for it to work.

Fran Jewell is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, IAABC-certified dog behavior consultant, NADOI-certified Photo by Fran Jewell instructor #1096 and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC, in Sun Valley.

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now surrounds us and yet many trees are beginning to bloom. The aspen catkins are emerging, looking like little pink-andgrey fuzzy caterpillars. Both the male and the female catkins start partially pink. The male sacs will soon release their pollen, which is then carried by the wind to receptive female trees. Once the male releases its pollen, only the grey color remains and the catkins slowly fall off. Meanwhile, the newly fertilized female catkins turn green and lengthen. Eventually, the green seed pods open and release fluffy white seeds. All of this will be happening in the next few weeks and so look up into the aspen trees to see if you are looking at a male or a female tree and note the different stages of pollination.

The cottonwood trees are also starting to bloom. To catch these red blooms, you really have to crane your neck and look way up high into the trees. If you can reach out and touch one, you will notice that they are quite sticky.

The last bud at the end of the twig is noticeably larger

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than the other buds along the branch. Like the aspen trees, the cottonwood is dioecious, meaning the male and the female flowers are on separate trees. Eventually, the buds will open and release the white cottony seeds, which float around town and sometimes even look like a gentle snowfall.

Alder trees are also bearing their fruit. Catkins are forming. Unlike the aspen and the cottonwood trees, the alder bears the fruit of both the male and the female on the same tree. The male catkins are elongated and the female ones look like little pinecones.

In the next few weeks we will see the trees continue to bloom and the catkins will continue to lengthen. The fully mature catkins catch and reflect the light, looking like candles alight on the trees.

Keep looking around so you can catch the various stages of the awakening of the trees.

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.

Leslie Rego, “Cottonwood Tree Blooms,” nib pen and ink, watercolor.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR CANDICE PATE

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The Sun Valley Film Festival recently wrapped up its sixth season here in the Wood River Valley.

Film professionals from all over the country joined Idaho filmmakers and enthusiasts here to see films, talk about the art and craft of film and spend time in our beautiful valley. Air service played a key role in making it all possible.

The direct flights funded by the 1% LOT for Air, a dedicated fund to improve air service and market new and existing flights, are so important. All of us involved in putting together this annual festival realize how critical the 1% LOT for Air is for events like the Sun Valley Film Festival. And that is one reason why I am serving on the local committee to renew the 1% LOT for Air. Arts and events are part of what make our community a desirable place to visit and to live. I’ll be voting In Favor of the 1% LOT for Air because the benefits are clear. Please join me and vote In Favor on May 16.

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our startup possibly into the middle of May. And even at that, you will only need to irrigate once a week until June where you will water twice a week for moderately heavy soils or more often for sandy soils.”

“Timing is also a consideration,” said McCammon. “If you are using rotor-type sprinklers, water for 40 or more minutes to distribute the recommended 1/2 inch of water. If you are using pop-ups, 15 minutes will also put 1/2 inch of irrigation down. These are generalized recommendations for Blaine County.”

The good news is, with all the excess water, we can hold off on turning on our sprinklers a little bit longer and you’ll also be saving money on your city water bill.

If you would like more information on Idaho’s water supply outlook, please visit the NRCS website: www.nrcs.usda.gov. To learn more about watering your lawn, contact the Blaine County Extension office.

here is no question about it—we have had a banner snow year, which has resulted in a surplus of water. According to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Idaho’s website, “Precipitation is above average across the state, and record-breaking in the Big Wood Basin above Hailey at 180 percent of average,” and, based on Idaho’s surface water supply index, “There are no more water shortages expected across 99 percent of the state,” said Shawn Nield, NRCS snow survey program manager.

Knowing we have a record amount of water and are still expecting spring rain can leave you wondering, when should I start watering my lawn?

According to University of Idaho Area Horticulture Extension Educator, Tony McCammon, “Lawn watering with the temperatures as cold as they have been and the amount of soil moisture we still have would indicate to me that we could possibly be okay through the beginning of May. However, if you are fertilizing or using a weed Sarah Busdon is an administrative assistant and feed, some irrigation is recommended to get with University of Idaho’s Blaine County Extenit into the soils.” sion office. For more information, visit extension.

McCammon went on to say, “If this cooling uidaho.edu/blaine or call (208) 788-5585. trend continues, we may even be able to wait for

COLUMN SCIENCE & PLACE

THE SAGEBRUSH STEPPE

of sagebrush that grow around the West, and, for the most part, they are remarkably hard to tell e in the Wood River Valley live at the apart from one another for non-experts. But, they northern edge of a huge piece of North all fall into the genus Artemisia (with the most America that stretches south across the well-known species being Artemisia tridentata, Snake River Plain and down through Nevada, which is Nevada’s state flower). The leaves of west to the Sierra Nevada and most species end in a triple lobe, Cascade mountain ranges, and the root of the species’ name of east to the high mountains of tridentata (“three teeth”).

Utah and Wyoming and to the Across this bioregion, Arteedge of the slickrock deserts of misia is ever present. It fills the the Southwest. Some call it the valley floors and climbs high “Great Basin” (if they are reup the sides of the ranges, thinferring to the unique watershed ning out only as high elevation that encompasses much of this eventually precludes its growth territory), “Basin and Range and it is replaced by our subalTerritory” (if they are focusing pine and alpine plants. In many on the geologic structures that ways, Artemisia is at the heart dominate the area), or a host of of this ecosystem. other names.

It is easy for the casual visitor But if we think of the most to the region to underestimate iconic plant that covers this sagebrush. From the window landscape, it is fitting to refer of a car speeding along the into it as the “Sagebrush Steppe,” Courtesy photo terstate, it might not look like and I appreciate how that name Hannes Thum is a Wood River much worth stopping for. But, conveys something about the Valley native and has spent most sagebrush is an incredibly imway that land would feel if you of his life exploring what our local portant group of plants for many were walking across it. We all ecosystems have to offer. He curspecies. A whole list of our local know well the smell of crushed rently teaches science at Communi- creatures are called “sagebrush sagebrush between our fingers, ty School. obligates,” meaning that they and I like to think that a person cannot exist without healthy could set out on foot across this entire region and sagebrush habitat in which to forage, to breed, to still feel at home with the smell of sage on the seek shelter, to live. It is a beautiful plant, and the wind. flowers it produces in late summer are an amazing There are actually many species and subspecies feat in the arid landscape that they inhabit.

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Kegan Lupton. Photo courtesy of Kegan Lupton

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Engineering A Bright Future

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egan Lupton, a senior at Wood River High School, likes to innovate and build things. Next year he will take his talents to the engineering department at Utah State University in Ogden.

At Wood River, Lupton carries a 3.5 grade point average, has been a member of the jazz band and robotics team, and ran cross-country and track for the Wolverines.

“My hope is to become a mechanical engineer,” Lupton said. “Basically, that’s a broad-based spectrum of physics-based engineering and covers the gamut from building cars to door handles.

“It’s fun to design and build something that hasn’t been done,” Lupton said. “Everything is based on something preexisting, but to make it your own is innovation.”

Today, Lupton is working on a kinetic sculpture, called a Strandbeest, based on the work of artist and engineer Theo Jansen, that appears to walk. Lupton’s design will be about a foot-and-a-half long and will run on a remote-control motor instead of being wind powered. “I’ll accomplish this by taking a computer board and programming it,” he said.

“I originally saw it on Facebook,” Lupton said. “The challenge is that the legs don’t move in a straight line but instead bend in multiple places, like a human leg. It’s unusual for mechanics because it mimics an animal or human.”

So far, it’s half completed. The parts have been designed on his computer and then manufactured on a 3D printer. The whole project will take about two months to complete.

“It’s been a fun project to build,” Lupton said. “It goes along with all engineering, which solves problems that preexist basically out of laziness. A car was created because someone didn’t want to walk to the store. Of course, it was harder to build than to walk, but someone didn’t want to walk.

“I also love engineering because it’s a combination of math, science and technology,” Lupton said. “Science, especially physics, and math are my favorite subjects in school. Physics taught me more about math than math ever did. In physics, you apply difficult math and then it really clicks. When you learn it in a classroom, that doesn’t always happen.”

For his senior project Lupton was able to combine his love of motorcycles with his love of engineering by restoring an old bike.

“I’d love to design cars and motorcycles,” he said. “They are just so much fun and they have the power to propel you more than anything else. It’s a method of transportation but also a fun hobby.”

Lupton restored a 1977 Suzuki GS750 that he got off of Craigslist for $600. It did not run.

“I had to do a number of things, like first rewiring the whole bike,” Lupton said. “I went online to learn about the whole electrical system, but it still wouldn’t run. So then I replaced all the valves and then the gas tank, handlebars and a new seat and she was ready to go.

It’s a never-ending project.”

But the truth is, Lupton wouldn’t want it any other way. tws

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The Flourish Foundation, a nonprofit organization, is trying to take a small group of local students abroad to India and Mexico this summer to help those in need. Our goals are to work with those less fortunate and practice spiritual growth while cultivating healthy habits of mind.

The group is trying to raise $50,000 and they are halfway there. If you are interested in donating to help support these students, visit their website www.flourishfoundation.org Your donations help us help others.

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uccess in the quest for improved personal health is a multifaceted endeavor that will mean different things to different people. Health factors for some individuals will mean staying on top of annual doctor appointments, while for others it will mean struggling to have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear.

Whether you are trying to improve dietary or fitness habits, manage a chronic illness, learn how to keep your family safe from injury and illness, or gain understanding of where to go for physical or mental health needs, a health fair can provide the opportunity to tap into a plethora of health resources in one setting.

St. Luke’s Wood River annual health fair, Discover Health, brings together a variety of regional nonprofit organizations for multicultural exhibits, games, food, and prizes that will educate and entertain the whole family. Exhibits include demonstrations in fitness, CPR, and a test drive on the “drunk buster” go-cart that simulates drunk driving. There will be the Air St. Luke’s simulation training ambulance, local first-responder vehicles and equipment, car seat safety checks, and the prescription medication take-back disposal.

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A nightmarish comedy with a twist HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis, A1c tests for people with diabetes, blood pressure checks, nutrition, and more. Kids can have fun with games and face painting, and can challenge Mr. Glo Germ in hand-washing abilities!

St. Luke’s mission is to improve the health of people in our region. The intention of Discover Health is to help people build skills to be successful in managing and improving their health status whether inside or outside the walls of a clinical setting.

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Symphony Announces Resignation Of Director Jenny Krueger, executive director of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, has submitted her resignation, according to a news release the Symphony sent out on Monday. Krueger will be leaving the area after moving in June, 2016, to Blaine County from Lafayette, La., to fill the executive director position.

“During her tenure as Executive Director of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony she has witnessed the tremendously successful 2016 summer season and was instrumental in securing Diana Krall as the performer for the 2017 Gala concert,” the release states.

Krueger also helped secure other stellar performers, such as Lang Lang and James Ehnes, for the 2017 summer season.

“All the members of the Board wish her well and are deeply appreciative of the time, energy and enthusiasm she brought to the Sun Valley Summer Symphony,” the release states.

Krueger’s last day was April 6.

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n the dead of April, The Spot will present the pitch-black comedy “The Pillowman” by Martin McDonagh. The recipient of an Olivier Award for Best New Play, two Tony Awards and a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Play, “The Pillowman” has quickly earned its place in theater as a modern classic. The play will run at 7 p.m., April 20-22 and 27-29 at The Spot in Ketchum.

Written by renowned playwright McDonagh, the director and screenwriter of “In Bruges” and “Seven Psychopaths,” “The Pillowman” promises to be a powerful piece of theater. Set in an unnamed totalitarian state, the play opens on a writer being interrogated for a string of child murders. The police find an indisputable link between Katurian’s stories and the strange modus operandi of the killer.

Things escalate when the writer discovers his brother is being tortured in the neighboring cell for information and fights to defend him. “‘The Pillowman’ is a peculiar, tender and frightening bedtime story that endeavors to protect the audience from the harsh, true terror of a reality where there is no limit to the power yielded by the government. And art—an expression of the soul— is damned,” said dramaturge and vocal coach Natalie Battistone. “What we’re producing is, at the crux, a fraternal love story that explores the nature of art’s importance in a life.”

“It’s obvious to say that ‘The Pillowman’ is dark; but, there are more sinister and darker topics explored in every re-run of Law and Order SVU,” added

Ida Belle Gorby, center, acts out “The Little Jesus” with Peter Burke and Laurel Holland. Photo by Yanna Lantz, courtesy of The Spot

Brett Moellenberg, who portrays Michal. “In this play, McDonagh deals with the most innocent human beings: children.

In depicting the destruction of that innocence in both art and real life, I think this play reminds us how delicate a child’s life is, and how we all have been affected by how our childhood played out.”

Guest artist Patrick Mazzella, last seen at The Spot in “Angels in America,” will return to the Wood River Valley to play Katurian. In addition to Moellenberg and Mazzella, the cast will feature Peter Burke as Ariel/ Father, Kevin Wade as Tupolski, Laurel Holland as Mother, and local students Ida Belle Gorby as Girl and Charlie Coulter as Boy. Guest artist Grant Carey, most recently seen in “A New Brain,” will be composing an

original score for “The Pillowman.”

Samuel Mollner, technical director at The Spot, will be the lighting designer for the production.

“All of McDonagh’s work is a little wild and crazy, but humor is always there – even in the most absurd things,” Mollner said. “I am a big fan of the show because it asks questions about the role of stories in society.

Even through only one character is a writer, everyone at one point uses stories to further their goals (even if only to distract from an itchy arse).”

Tickets for “The Pillowman” are $15 on Thursdays and $20 on Fridays and Saturdays. Visit spotsunvalley.com to reserve seats and to learn more. The Spot is located at 220 Lewis Street, #2, Ketchum. tws

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE BROWN BAG HEALTH TALK WEDNESDAY APRIL 12 12:15-1:15PM / ST. LUKE’S CLINIC / HAILEY St. Luke’s Center for Community Health will present a Brown Bag Health Talk titled “Autism, Star Wars, and the Social Mind.” The range of neurodevelopmental disorders that are defined as autism can cause many social-emotional challenges for those affected. Parents, educators and caregivers of individuals with autism are often faced with unique responsibilities and concerns.

Jaime Rivetts, executive director of Idaho Social Learning Center, will bring expertise and insight to understanding social needs through the lens of autism, and will explain the unlikely support that Star Wars offers for those who are on the high-functioning end of the spectrum or have Asperger’s with social communication disorders.

This talk will take place in the Carbonate Rooms. All Brown Bag lectures are free and no preregistration is required. Call St. Luke’s Center for Community Health for information on this or other educational programs at (208) 727-8733.

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 12

6:30PM / COMMUNITY CAMPUS / HAILEY A Danish documentary, “Nature Play: Take Childhood Back,” will screen for free at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 12 at the Community Campus in Hailey. The documentary delves into the idea that children are the world’s most endangered species. The film declares: “Children belong in nature, and nature belongs in education.”

According to a review at Treehugger.com, Danish filmmaker Dan Stilling (“The Martian”) and American producer/writer Aimie Stilling went to “Scandinavia to show how children are educated there, in stark contrast to the U.S. approach. The result is a beautiful 80-minute documentary that moves between the forests near Copenhagen to the fjords of northern Norway, looking at the unusual and truly wonderful ways in which Scandinavian children are taught. The film has been very well-received.”

FREE LANDSCAPE & WEED WORKSHOP

THURSDAY APRIL 13

9AM TO NOON / COMMUNITY CAMPUS / HAILEY The Environmental Resource Center, Wood River Land Trust and Blaine County Noxious Weed Department will hold a free “Landscape and Weed Management Workshop.” Coffee and snacks will be provided at 8:30 a.m.

This workshop is open to and designed for landscapers, property managers and interested community members.

Participants will learn about practical lawn care and weed management, noxious weed biology and control methods, and sustainable soils and composting. Speakers include: Matt Nelson of Magic Valley Turfgrass, John Franson of Wilbur-Ellis Company and Lauren Golden, extension educator for University of Idaho Blaine County. For the agenda, visit woodriverlandtrust.org/events, or, for more information call (208) 788-3947.

BROWN BAG HEALTH TALK THURSDAY APRIL 13 12:15-1:15PM / ST. LUKE’S / KETCHUM St. Luke’s Center for Community Health will present a Brown Bag Health Talk titled “What Does it Take to Quit Tobacco?” Cody Orchard, health education specialist from South Central Public Health District, will provide information on tactics and resources that are available that can help people ready to quit tobacco products. A free five-week cessation class begins April 24 and this presentation may help encourage attendees to take the next step to kick the tobacco habit.

This talk will take place in the River Run Rooms. All Brown Bag lectures are free and no preregistration is required. Call St. Luke’s Center for Community Health for information on this or other educational programs at (208) 727-8733.

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5PM / THE CENTER / KETCHUM As part of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts’ current BIG IDEA project, “Contemplative Practice,” specially trained “Compassionate Leaders” from the Flourish Foundation will lead a series of guided meditation sessions at The Center in Ketchum. The 20-minute meditations are free to the public and will be held several additional days throughout April and May. During the meditations, participants will be surrounded by contemplative artwork. For more information about the guided meditation sessions at The Center and other events associated with the “Contemplative Practice” BIG IDEA project, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.

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From bathroom bills to Facebook’s 50+ gender identity options, gender has been on the tip of the nation’s tongue, yet some still have a hard time talking about it. With a mix of storytelling and humor, activist, author and comedian Sam Killermann will clear up some common misconceptions, give tips for how to talk about gender, why it matters, and ways to invite everyone into the conversation.

Sam is co-creator of TheSafeZoneProject.com. He has three TEDx talks, is the author of “A Guide to Gender” and co-author of “Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation.”

His work is featured in TIME, The Atlantic, HuffPost, The New York Times, Slate, Wired, National Geographic and others. He has spoken to over 230 universities, high schools and numerous conference keynotes. This talk will take place in room Silver Creek B and is a free event.

‘HEART OF A DOG’ THURSDAY APRIL 13

Sun Valley Center for the Arts will present the film “Heart of a Dog” as part of its current BIG IDEA project, “Contemplative Practice.” Described by The New York Times as “dreamy, drifty and altogether lovely,” “Heart of a Dog” is a home movie (of sorts) that reflects on the deaths of the filmmaker’s husband, mother and beloved dog. Created by celebrated artist, composer, inventor, musician and film director Laurie Anderson, the 75-minute film is a meditation on loss and love that is both light and heavy, straightforward and experimental.

Tickets for “Heart of a Dog” are $10 for members of The Center and $12 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets or to learn more about other upcoming events associated with “Contemplative Practice,” visit sunvalleycenter.org, call (208) 726-9491 or visit The Center’s box office at 191 Fifth Street East in Ketchum.

FRIDAY APRIL 14

8AM TO 1PM / VARIOUS LOCATIONS Both Alturas and Hailey elementary schools will hold their annual book fair onsite during Parent-Teacher Conferences. All proceeds from the book fair will support the school library collection.

DIEGO’S UMBRELLA FRIDAY APRIL 14 2:30-5:30PM / WARM SPRINGS LODGE / KETCHUM Diego’s Umbrella will play après-ski music from 2:30-5:30 p.m., Friday April 14 at Warm Springs Lodge in Ketchum.

ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT FRIDAY APRIL 14 5-7PM / SUN VALLEY INN POND Grab the kiddos and come on down to the Sun Valley Inn pond for one of the biggest Easter egg hunts around, with over 5,000 eggs. The hunt will begin at 5 p.m. sharp and the Easter Bunny will be present for photos beginning at 5:15 pm. Age groups will be divided into zones for “little ones.” Event organizers ask attendees to bring their own baskets.

2:30-5:30PM / WARM SPRING LODGE / KETCHUM Come out to Warm Springs Base for a street party with Andy Frasco & the U.N. from 2:30-5:30 p.m. There will be outdoor bars and food (weather permitting) all day.

EASTER EGG HUNT SUNDAY APRIL 16 1PM / 620 N. 6TH ST. / BELLEVUE Head to Bellevue for an Easter egg hunt hosted by Bell Mountain Village. This family event will feature snacks, a chance to get photos with the Easter Bunny, and two distinct egg hunts: one hunt will be held for ages 1-4, and the second will be for ages 5+.

TYLOR & THE TRAIN ROBBERS SUNDAY APRIL 16 2:30-5:30PM / WARM SPRINGS LODGE / KETCHUM

MEDITATION TEACHINGS MONDAY APRIL 17 6:45-7:30PM / 1030 AIRPORT WAY / HAILEY On Mondays, community members will meet in the Flourish Foundation building, south of Rocky Mountain Hardware at 1030 Airport Way, Hailey, for meditation teachings and practice. In April, participants will explore “The Four Foundations of Mindfulness:” guided meditation video talks by Insight meditation teacher Ruth King, followed by a silent meditation. All are welcome. Call (208) 788-1539 with any questions.

‘COME BEFORE WINTER’ MONDAY APRIL 17 7PM / COMMUNITY CAMPUS / HAILEY A free screening of the new film “Come Before Winter,” about the last days of legendary German theologian and Nazi resister Dietrich Bonhoeffer, will be shown by the Wood River Jewish Community, Valley of Peace Lutheran Church and the Wood River Seventh-day Adventist Church. “Come Before Winter” depicts the fake news broadcasts from London during World War II intended to demoralize and confuse the Nazi leadership and military. Ian Fleming, best known for his later James Bond series of spy novels, used his experience as a naval intelligence officer and journalist to participate in the Black Propaganda campaign.

Gary Blount, producer of the docudrama, will be available for a Q&A session after the screening. Blount will also present a free prequel to the movie showing from 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 15 at the Wood River Seventh-day Adventist Church at 705 S. Main St., Hailey. He will share the historical framework and issues connected with Bonhoeffer’s involvement with the German resistance and the theologian’s viewpoints on the intersection of ethics, faith and action. Visit comebeforewintermovie. com for more information.

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5:15PM / BOILER ROOM / SUN VALLEY Enjoy “Wandering Magic” around the Sun Valley Village from 4:30-5 p.m. Afterwards, head to the Boiler Room at 5:15 p.m. for a magic show. This event is free and all are welcome.

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This Tuesday will feature Darrel Harris, youth program coordinator from The Advocates, on youth/adult bullying and on the effects of domestic violence on children.

All classes will be at 221 S. River St., Suite 1A (end of hall on the left). Call the Crisis Hotline office for details and to sign up at (208) 788-0735.

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Traveling to Sun Valley this summer and fall will continue to be more convenient with a projected 12 percent increase in airline seat capacity on nonstop flights from six major cities for the upcoming summer and fall season, officials with Fly Sun Valley Alliance announced.

United Airlines will offer expanded seasonal summer service between San Francisco and Sun Valley (SUN) from June 10 through Sept. 5, with fall dates to be confirmed soon. United will also offer seasonal summer service between Denver from June 30 through Sept. 5, with fall dates to be confirmed soon.

Alaska Airlines will offer expanded seasonal service between Seattle and SUN from June 9 through December, meaning there are now 10 months of service on this route for 2017. Alaska will also offer expanded seasonal service between Los Angeles and SUN from June 9 through Oct. 15; and between Portland and SUN from June 14 through Sept. 16.

Delta Air Lines will offer three daily year-round flights from Salt Lake City for most of the summer and fall season and will also offer nonstop flights from Los Angeles on Saturdays and Sundays and nonstop flights from Seattle on Saturdays during the peak summer season.

Most flights are now available for booking online. United fall flights will be confirmed and available for booking online soon. The 2017 SUN summer/fall flight schedule can be found at flysunvalleyalliance.com.

FSVA and Sun Valley Resort worked with SUN airline partners to optimize the flight schedule for this coming season based on past performance, projected demand and other factors, with a strategic focus on extension of service during the early summer and fall periods.

Valley of Peace Lutheran Church in Hailey will green up Woodside Boulevard by establishing a community garden. According to Pastor Jerry Reinke, the congregation discussed how to use a currently vacant portion of church property when it was suggested that the church offer garden plots to interested neighborhood residents.

Twenty garden plots will be available as soon as weather permits. There is no cost to the program if the applicant agrees to care for his or her own garden.

Each garden plot will be approximately 12 feet by 12 feet, with water available nearby. Gardeners will be solely responsible for tilling, planting and caring for their own plots. The church will provide tools and access to water.

Reinke also notes that the garden site is easily accessible from Woodside Boulevard by pedestrians, bicyclists, auto or Mountain Rides.

Anyone interested in applying for a garden should call Reinke at (208) 221-4114.

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