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Players and spectators enjoy last year’s Pond Hockey Classic. Photo courtesy of Ketchum Recreation Department

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he 12th annual Idaho Pond Hockey Classic will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20, at

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“It’s like a hometown reunion—participants and observers have been coming for years and new people find out about it every year,” said John Kearney, director of

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The Christina Potters Outdoor Ice Rink in Ketchum is a great place to skate for free, while weather permits. Photo courtesy of Ketchum Recreation Department

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faces and making new friends. If you want to meet the locals, this is the place to be. It is unlike any community gathering, whether you are a hockey enthusiast or not.”

Old-fashioned pond hockey is played with teams of four on the ice, and no goalies. The goals are not traditional nets but a 12-inch-by-4-inch slot in a wooden box placed on either end of the icy pond. There is no checking or slap shots, making the game fast-moving, fun, and finesse-focused.

PVC pipe is laid across the ice to separate the three playing areas, so there is always a game to watch.

Tournaments in past years have gone into the night and headlights from spectators’ cars and plow trucks have been used to illuminate the rink.

“We try and keep it pretty mellow and traditional,” Kearney said. “I’ve always been impressed with the sportsmanship and laid-back atmosphere.”

There are two divisions playing this year’s tournament, starting Saturday with the beginner/intermediate teams and finishing up the tournament on Sunday with the advanced-level teams. Teams can register until Jan. 16 at $50 a team, with a maximum of six players; players must be at least 18.

Sun Valley’s own Sun Valley Suns hockey team takes the weekend off so the players can join in the

fun, and many players from out of state travel to join the play.

So far, 25 teams are scheduled for Saturday and 12 are on the schedule for Sunday. In past years there have been participants from as far away as Maine and Massachusetts.

Winning teams in each division receive a golden shovel.

“It’s as fun to watch as it is to play,” Kearney said, and the event is free for spectators, who should bring blankets, coolers, sunscreen, and lawn chairs to enjoy the day.

Mahoney’s Bar and Grill will be serving up brats and nonalcoholic beverages for purchase.

Most of the funds raised at the Pond Hockey Classic will go back into maintenance of Atkinson Park and, specifically, the ice rink itself.

The Potters outdoor ice rink is free and open for the public’s enjoyment seven days a week from mid-December through mid-February, excluding the Pond Hockey Classic weekend. The park also offers free skate (hockey and figure), helmet, and stick rentals.

For more information about this year’s Pond Hockey Classic or to register your team, visit ketchumidaho.org/registration or call (208) 726-7820, ext. 100.

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The Argyros To Present its Inaugural Season Of Music, Theater And Dance

Following successful donor events and a grand opening community celebration, the Argyros Performing Arts Center announced its inaugural season beginning January 2019 and running through August 2019.

The Argyros’s mission is to bring nationally and internationally recognized artists to the Wood River Valley as well as provide a home for the region’s nonprofit organizations.

Tickets for the first in the series of The Argyros Presents events are open to the general public with tickets available online at argyros.org.

The Argyros will present a range of top-quality performances and genres in its inaugural season. On Jan. 11, world-renowned jazz guitarist Martin Taylor and two-time Grammy-winner Laurence Juber, who first gained recognition as lead guitarist in Beatles Paul McCartney’s band “Wings,” artfully fuse folk, jazz and pop styles.

On Jan. 19, The Jerry Herman Legacy Concert stars a cast of New York’s top Broadway and concert stars celebrating the songs and stories of one of American theater’s true giants.

Hailed as one of the best classical pianists in the world, JeanYves Thibaudet performs on Jan. 22.

On Jan. 26, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth will perform in a concert to support the Performance Fund.

Other season highlights include “Isabella and Friends,” a night of ballet from Sun Valley native Isabella Boylston, now one of the world’s foremost ballerinas as principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, in February.

Acclaimed actress, singer and songwriter Rita Wilson brings her soulful and eloquent singer-songwriter pop music on Feb. 16.

In March, performances from actor-writer Dan Hoyle, called “riveting, funny and poignant” by The New York Times, the groundbreaking, category-shattering classical trio Time for Three (Tf3), and pianist Jon Kimura Parker will grace the The Argyros’s Tierney Theater.

In April, SOUNDspace by Dorrance Dance will smash perceptions of tap in a performance that explores the unique setting and acoustics of The Argyros.

For information and tickets, check theargyros.org, which is continuously updated with new information and events. Or call (208) 726-7872. Artists and dates are subject to change.

Jim Moss, his daughter Maren Moss Stanley and Geegee Lowe next to the ceramic poppy. Photo courtesy of Geegee Lowe

LOCAL DONATES CERAMIC POPPY TO HAILEY CEMETERY Poppy signifies remembrance of fallen soldiers

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aren Moss gifted her United States Air Force veteran father Jim with a ceramic poppy from an historic collection years ago, and he in turn loaned it to the annual Memorial Day ceremony held at the Hailey Cemetery.

On Dec. 26, the Moss family gathered to donate the poppy for permanent display.

The journey to its final resting place in Hailey began when Maren Moss purchased the poppy from the “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” display, a compilation of 888,246 ceramic poppies handmade by citizens of England in 2013 and 2014 to represent one of the many fatalities of British Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and airmen who perished in World War I.

We’re so pleased to have such a meaningful piece.”

Geegee Lowe Organizer, Hailey Memorial Day Ceremony The exhibit was displayed at the Tower of London from July 17, 2014, through Nov. 11, 2014 (Armistice Day), to commemorate the dates of the beginning and end of the war in 1914-1918. More than 5 million people are estimated to have visited the exhibition in the four months it was displayed.

When the display was discontinued, Moss’s daughter requested to purchase one of the poppies to give to her father as a special Christmas gift. The poppy arrived in March of 2015 and has been featured prominently at both their home and the Hailey Cemetery ever since.

Geegee Lowe, who organizes the annual Hailey ceremony, explained that the poppy has always been a mascot to the cemetery. Red poppies are significant worldwide as a representation of fallen soldiers.

“I just love the poppy,” Lowe said. “When people see it, you know their thoughts are with our veterans.”

Since the original display of ceramic poppies was outdoors, each poppy received varying degrees of weather beating and damage, making each one

The ceramic poppy donated by Jim Moss. Photo courtesy of Geegee Lowe

unique. Each is handmade, as well, meaning no two are alike. With each ceramic poppy comes a certificate of authenticity, which the cemetery will keep in its offices.

The poppy is currently in a framed shadow box lined with velvet.

“We might have it in the office or outside in some kind of display,” Lowe said. “It’s a process.

We’re doing research.”

To see where other poppies have landed and how they are displayed is relatively easy, thanks to a digital map of the poppies available online. The Hailey Cemetery will be signing up for this to add to the digital map that is available at wired.co.uk/ article/14-18-launch-tower-of-london-poppiessearch-digital-map. tws

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THE CHAMBER – HAILEY & THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY HIRES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MIKE MCKENNA

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ailey resident Mike McKenna assumed the reins of The Chamber – Hailey & the Wood River Valley at the start of the new year for departing executive director Mary Austin Crofts.

McKenna moonlighted at The Chamber four years ago and served on the board while living here the past two decades.

Promoting the interests of 400 members of the business community in the Wood River Valley, the once Hailey Chamber of Commerce has expanded to include all of the Wood River Valley, something in line with McKenna’s agenda for the foreseeable future.

“The Chamber is Valley-wide now, so it excites me to help everyone from Bellevue to Sun Valley to, of course, Hailey,” McKenna said.

McKenna served most recently as community outreach director for the Wood River Land Trust, experience that will translate into his new role as executive director.

Hailey and the Wood River Valley are the best places on the planet, so hopefully I can just help them continue to be great.”

Mike McKenna

Executive Director, The Chamber

From putting on events like one of California’s biggest beer festivals to the annual Draper Wood River Preserve River Festival on the Fourth of July in Hailey, McKenna plans to use his event experience to keep the current chamber events going, and possibly add more events or strengthen the current ones.

McKenna is married to Brooke McKenna, director of operations at The Hunger Coalition, and has two sons, Jack, 10, and Sam, 8. He has been on the board of the Wood River Baseball and Softball Association, coached for the Blaine County Recreation District, and has been coaching Little

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League soccer and basketball since 1997.

“Being the executive director of The Chamber is a great opportunity to help this place I love so much,” McKenna said. “It’s a chance to be an active part of the community and use the things I do best to help the community.”

In addition to his event experience, McKenna is an award-winning author and journalist, giving him lots of communications experience. He has written locally for Sun Valley Magazine, SVPN, Visit Sun Valley blog, and IDAHO Magazine, and has published his own fishing guide to Sun Valley.

“I’m still a writer, but I want to make sure my day job helps the community,” McKenna said.

McKenna describes his role as executive director as the captain of the ship.

One of his priorities as “captain” is to get more active with the nonprofit community.

“There are so many great nonprofits in our town, doing great work and employing a lot of people,” McKenna said. “I want to connect them better with The Chamber and the business community.

I plan to be out and about and to make sure people feel like The Chamber is there for them.”

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Wood River Land Trust To Hold Talk At Community Library

Hannah Sanger, Science and Environment Division administrator for the City of Pocatello, will present a free talk as a guest of the Wood River Land Trust, titled “What We Can Learn From Pocatello’s Portneuf River: Lessons For The Big Wood,” at The Community Library in Ketchum on Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 6-7:30 p.m.

Sanger will share Pocatello’s history of flood control efforts on the Portneuf River and how their community is now working to undo some of those past actions. She will give examples of past “best” management practices for flood mitigation that have had unintended consequences for the river and the community.

After her presentation, Hannah and Scott Boettger, executive director of the Land Trust, will field questions from the audience and discuss what we can learn from Pocatello and how these lessons can be applied to river management here in the Wood River Valley.

The Portneuf River originates in the northern portion of the Portneuf Range, and the 111-mile-long corridor drains around 1,300 square miles of land in southeastern Idaho. Over the past century, heavy alterations to the river corridor have compromised the health of the ecosystem and have greatly reduced the benefits it provides to wildlife, fish, and the community.

ERC To Host Winter Session Of Science After School

The Environmental Resource Center (ERC) announced in a recent press release that it is offering its “Science After School” program at Alturas Elementary School this January and February. The ERC will conduct one six-week session to take place on Tuesdays from 2:15-4 p.m. starting Jan. 15 and ending on Feb. 19.

The program involves students with the natural environment through outdoor adventures and explorations.

This free, six-week program, open to fourth- and fifth-grade students at Alturas Elementary, encourages participants to explore their local environment and engage in hands-on projects relating to natural science and sustainability. ERC staff and volunteers guide students in discovering environmental science through exploration, collaboration, research, games, journaling, and service learning. All materials and snacks are provided.

Preregistration is required and space is limited. Attendance for all six sessions is preferred.

For more information on this program or to register your student, please contact Alisa McGowan, ERC program director, at alisa@ercsv.org or call (208) 726-4333.

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Big Wood River And South Valley Irrigators Get Christmas Gift

A press release from Trout Unlimited announced that their organization and the local flood control district have begun instream work on the Big Wood River just south of Bellevue to improve habitat and repair irrigation problems created in the 2017 flood.

Just before Christmas, the Glendale Restoration and Flood Mitigation Project began on the southern reaches of the Big Wood River. Trout Unlimited and Flood Control District No. 9 have received over $150,000 in grant monies and private donations to work in collaboration with agricultural irrigators to restore 1,250 feet of the Big Wood River.

The Baseline Bypass Canal, the Glendale Diversion and the Bannon Ditch were constructed in the 1920s to deliver water to approximately 6,300 acres of irrigated agricultural land south of Bellevue. Extreme high water in the spring of 2017 severely eroded portions of the Bannon Ditch and required emergency instream work to protect the Bypass Canal. Following that flood, the altered river channel did not adequately deliver water to the three headgate structures, thus threatening the agricultural water supply. As a temporary fix, a 200-foot stretch of the Bannon Ditch that was obliterated was piped last summer.

Together, Trout Unlimited, Flood Control District No. 9 and the Upper Wood River Water Users Association are implementing instream treatments to mitigate the effects of flooding, ensure irrigation water delivery, stabilize streambanks, enhance riparian habitat, reduce the need for ongoing channel manipulations, and improve water quality.

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COLUMN NO BONES ABOUT IT THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR JANUARY 9 - 15, FROM PICABO ANGLER

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inter fishing is a pure joy and, once coupled with fresh snowfall, there is hardly a better way to spend a day in Sun Valley and Picabo.

The fishing has been very good on all our area waters.

Anglers need to watch the weather windows as conditions have been changing quickly.

The Silver Creek area has seen some windy days, and although uncomfortable for anglers, the fishing has been outstanding.

The fishing in the north Valley is great, although the fishing times are later than normal.

Fishing the Big Wood in the winter is a scenic and productive venture. The Midge hatches are in full force, although it seems with the unstable pressure systems that the hatches are happening later in the day than what we are used to. There is no need to rush to the river in the morning, with the best of the hatches happening after lunch and right up until sunset.

The river is low right now so seek out winter water where the fish are able to hold with some depth. Thigh to waist deep is about the right depth, and the slower the current, the better.

If the fish are not on the Midge, try Sculpin patterns and small attractor nymphs like a Prince Nymph or Hare’s Ear. Silver Creek is fishing great with Streamers. The fish have responded well with the crazy weather this past week, and the closer we get to spring, the better it should keep getting.

Fishing unweighted Streamers down and across the Creek will draw some strikes—and this time of the season, some really nice-sized fish!

There are still a few more weeks of duck hunting left on Silver Creek, so please take that into consideration when you’re out there and give hunters some distance until the season closes near the end of the month.

The South Fork of the Boise continues to fish well this winter.

The weather is definitely in play if you head down into the canyon, so always be prepared. The Midge hatch is day to day, but if you hit it right, there is hardly a more fun place to winter fish.

We have been getting few to no reports on the lower Lost River, which means the fish have not been seeing too many angler days. It is probably worth the drive over when the conditions are right. The winter Nymphing on the Lost can be outstanding.

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THE POWER IN PUPPIES!

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BY FRAN JEWELL

hen we have children, we are quick to start reading to babies, providing them with educational experiences, socializing them, even taking them to an educational preschool.

We would not lock them in a dark closet and expect them to come out when they are 2 years old as a well-adjusted child.

In the past two to three years, I have seen this phenomenon happening more and more with our puppies. I am called later and later for help with young adult dogs (ages 6 months to 18 months) that are out of control and miserable to live with.

Now training consists of more than teaching new behaviors; it’s also a barrage of eliminating horrid behaviors, especially biting/ nipping, jumping, barking uncontrollably either for recreation or to demand, separation anxiety that has become destructive, and life-threatening counter surfing or disrespecting commands, especially those like “come.”

Puppies are like human babies in that they are sponges for learning. There is a critical imprinting period up to 16 weeks old. What that means is that what that puppy learns—both good and bad behaviors during that time—become imprinted for life. All the behaviors mentioned above can be avoided if training begins during this imprinting period up to 16 weeks old.

Many puppy owners are afraid to socialize their puppies during this period because they have not had all their shots. But, the conundrum is that critical socialization, especially with other dogs, must be done between 5 and 7 weeks old. Developmentally, this is a critical period for puppies to meet (safe) dogs besides littermates and their mother, and to learn about relating to other dogs with good doggie language. What this means is that the breeder needs to provide this, since most puppies go home from about 8 to 9 weeks old. This is always a good question to ask when getting a puppy from a breeder.

Did they do socialization with other dogs during that period? If the pup does not have that experience, all is not lost. It is just the most beneficial way to help puppies early on.

When your puppy comes home, the second you have contact with that puppy, training should begin. While most puppy classes are not afforded to puppies this young, private instruction is a perfect solution. Learning how to provide leadership in a manner that the puppy

Baewulf is 3 weeks old here, but in the next week he learned how to sit and down. By the time he was 5 weeks old, he had all his basic obedience skills. Early training is essential to a happy dog and happy owner. Photo by Fran Jewell

understands is so critical during this period. Many puppy owners believe puppies are too young to learn even basic commands. This simply is not true. My last litter of puppies began obedience training at 3 weeks old, when they first liked food. Many of you are familiar with Brinx and Baewulf. I used cream cheese to teach them sit, down, come, watch, and leave it. By the time they were 5 weeks old, they knew these things, including no biting and no jumping. And it was all taught using positive reinforcement.

The point is, do not mistake the puppy “quarantine” period because they do not have all their shots with not starting training because they are too young. It is critical that you begin training the second your puppy comes home. Your life with your puppy will be so much more happy and simple.

Fran Jewell is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, IAABC-certified dog behavior consultant, NADOI-certified instructor #1096 and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC, in Sun Valley. For more information, visit positivepuppy.com or call (208) 578-1565.

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THE COLOR OF SNOW

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BY LESLIE REGO

bit before eight o’clock in the morning and the sky is magenta. Streaks of color are shooting upwards.

There is a sliver of moon still showing. Venus is bright just below the curve of the crescent. The moon goes from stark white to a gentle pink, reflecting the colors in the sky.

Early morning and the sky continues to be darker in value than the snowy landscape. Generally, the sky is the lightest value in a landscape, but with snow on the ground the values switch and the ground plane becomes lighter. Snow is a light and highly reflective surface. Because of its reflective quality, the color of snow is affected by the surrounding colors, most particularly the sky.

As the sky shifts into a darker and darker magenta, the snow comes alive, glistening crimson. Mounds of snow are glowing pink. Even the air seems to shimmer pink. It is as though I am looking through rose-colored glass. Day breaks. The sky goes from pink to blue. As this transition progresses, the color of snow mutates. The pink subsides and I begin to see violets that turn into shadowy blue. Subtle variations of warm and cool colors are instantly recorded in the snow.

The sun rises over the mountaintops. The snow turns a warm white. As the sun hits the snow, shades of yellow appear. On the shadowed sides of the mountains, the snow casts off purple-greys. Deep under the pine trees, the snow becomes a warm russet red, duplicating the warm tones of the bark. It seems like a white world out there, but a lot of subtle and not-so-subtle colors share the limelight. From one moment to the next snow can shift from yellow to pink, blue to russet, or from cold to warm.

What is the color of snow? For me early this morning it was an otherworldly crimson.

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, “A Crimson World,” watercolor.

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on “layaway,” or build up a small account at Montgomery Ward, but I don’t recall that she ever was raised with the rule that one should never incurred debt, even when our financial health discuss politics, religion or money with guests had spiraled down. My family’s savings vanished at the dinner table or with others in nonaca- with the medical costs of the illness and death of demic settings. my sister and my mother’s damaged heart.

A glance at Facebook or TwitMy Uncle Doc also taught me ter reminds me how much has about “good” budgets that required changed. Certainly the political no more than 25 percent of one’s arena is embroiled in a cesspool income designated for housing. I of uncivil rhetoric, religion is no wonder if homeowners today reallonger a “sacred” subject often ly can follow that precept. left to an individual worshipper Someone told me recently that to question, and money? Well, I I had made the wrong financial think money is also increasingly a choices by “just” being a teacher. topic no longer embarrassing to so That may be true in the sense of many of us affected by the changes a secure retirement, but for many in economics in our country and other reasons I am proud of my cathe world. I hear many people who reer. I must acknowledge that, even would have kept their income a as a teacher, I was able to afford to source for only family discussions JoEllen Collins—a longtime buy a home. I can’t say the same for resident of the Wood River now revealing the struggles they Valley— is an Idaho Press my younger teaching friends here are having. who struggle with that ideal. Even Club award-winning columIn my case, I am a member of an nist, a teacher, writer, fabric my San Francisco family prefers to older generation raised to save, be artist, choir member and rent rather than make a lavish comfrugal, budget, and not use credit unabashedly proud grandma mitment to purchase a home in that unless absolutely essential. I was known as “Bibi Jo.” area. aghast last summer when a restauI have lived a very rich life in rant in San Francisco would not accept cash, a terms of pursuits other than acquiring money. I sign of my being behind the times. now live modestly by American standards and yet When I started high school, my Uncle Doc lavishly by those of the world’s inhabitants. I am (a man like a second father) sat me down in my lucky that I can afford, with some family help, to family’s small tract home in Burbank, Califor- live in a small but lovely space where I can keep nia, and showed me how to reconcile a checking warm in the winter and be close to town, friends account, something I still do compulsively out of and loved ones. I often wonder about those who habit. No QuickBooks for me! I even print out can’t even afford adequate heating. bank and credit transactions to be sure everyI am grateful for enough money to get by while thing is accurate. nurturing the values that feed my soul.

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BY HANNES THUM

f anybody was going to cause a car wreck last week, on a bridge crossing over one of those sloughs or side channels (or whatever one calls them) that weave themselves along the Snake River near Hagerman, it might have been me. I was driving south on Highway 30, heading upstream, when such a huge cloud of ducks rose up from the brush and water around me and began to fill the sky that I stopped my car right there on the bridge to stare.

The amount of living duck that was suddenly airborne above the highway, with more still rising up from the water, was staggering. I felt like I was in one of those biblical chapters that talk about animals so numerous that they block out the sun. I felt like I was in a scene from Jurassic Park. I felt like I had never until that moment understood how many ducks there must be on this planet.

The Snake River as it flows through south-central Idaho is a highly altered river. From the headwaters near the Tetons and Yellowstone, it is dammed and diverted into mazes of tunnels and ditches and canals. It gets drained Photos by hannes Thum to feed water demands (mostly agricultural), and then is re-fed with runoff, often polluted, from those same demands. No drop of water passes down the Snake, these days, without being used and abused somehow. There are healthier rivers out there.

Yet it remains the cradle for such a huge amount of life.

The Snake is still, at its core, what it always has been—an enormous amount of water coursing through an otherwise dry desert. And, when you add water to a desert, you make a place less like a desert. Water leads to life.

The Magic Valley, so the story goes, got its name after the hydro-engineers and irrigation dreamers took the Snake River Plain and transformed it from an arid shrubland into one of the richest agricultural regions around by lifting the water up out of the canyon and into the fields above—the sudden explosion of green fields was like an act of magic. The true magic was simply the addition of water. Water leads to life.

The area along the banks of a stream or a river, where water is plentiful and plants grow wild, is called the riparian zone. The riparian zone can be like a lush jungle running along the banks of a waterway, even in the desert. Plants flourish there, as do the animals that feed on them. Diverse ecosystems take root. Water leads to life.

At some point, I remembered that I was parked in the middle of a highway and I moved along, surprised, yet again, by the things that can happen in the high desert of south-central Idaho. Of course, that much water should support that many ducks. As I dropped into the canyon that day and approached that bridge, I should have known better.

Hannes Thum is a Wood River Valley native and has spent most of his life exploring what our local ecosystems have to offer. He currently teaches science at Sun Valley Community School.

WRHS senior Owen Ruggeri was recently accepted at the Colorado School of Mines and hopes to become an engineer.

OWEN RUGGERI

Aspiring engineer discovers passions for space and long-distance running

BY EMILEE MAE STRUSS

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ood River High School senior Owen Ruggeri is a ‘mathlete’ in the truest sense of the word. In addition to his three years with the varsity swim team, Ruggieri added the sport of running to his passions to balance out his rigorous academic pursuits.

Ruggeri started running track in the spring of his junior year and then joined cross-country at the start of his senior year.

“Being in track, I discovered I really love running,” he recalled recently. “I wanted to run longer races, like the 5k.”

This spring, Ruggeri plans to run track again and continue to push his limits in distance beyond graduation.

“I want to run even longer races—like marathons,” Ruggeri said.

Along with his discovery of endurance running, Ruggeri has an interest in things beyond the boundaries of the eye, including a keen interest in math and the mysteries of the universe.

He is currently enrolled in five Advanced Placement courses, including Calculus II, Government & Politics, Environmental Science, Physics II, and Statistics.

Ruggeri has a 4.24 GPA and found his niche in science, technology, engineering and math— or the STEM program at WRHS. “In ninth grade, I took Algebra II (two years advanced for his grade),” Ruggeri said. “And in 10th grade, I really started leaning toward STEM.” Ruggeri took a special interest in math once he realized it is a “model of the world.”

He found it fascinating that the construction of the world, or specific elements as we know them, are at their truest core various types of math equations.

Ruggeri also enjoys the mixture of both math and science, which

melds into a curiosity for space and the unknown things beyond this world.

“I joined Space Club last year as a junior and found it really interesting,” Ruggeri said. “Space was a foreign concept [to me] and I wanted to learn more about it.”

Space Club has five consistent members who are committed to learning about ancient stories behind constellations in the sky and the difference between structures in the sky such as star clusters and galaxies.

“Star clusters are groups of stars that just happen to be closer together,” Ruggeri said. “There are a lot of them out there but usually if you see them in the sky they can be indistinguishable from one another.”

The Space Club travels out Croy Creek Road in Hailey once a week with a Celestron telescope to locate constellations in the sky.

Ruggeri grew up skiing and hiking in the Wood River Valley and surrounding areas, and learned new skills such as being a lifeguard with the Blaine County Recreation District for two summers and trying out different clubs in school such as Model UN and debate.

This past summer, Ruggeri was presented with a special opportunity to do trail maintenance and data collection for one month at Yellowstone National Park.

Ruggeri was also proud to share that the one school he was nervously awaiting to hear back from accepted his application and that he will be attending the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo. tws

Editor’s Note: Anyone who would like to recommend a Blaine County School District student for The Weekly Sun’s “Student Spotlight” feature should contact Emilee Struss at emilee.struss@gmail.com.

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ne of the first steps in a good outcome is knowing a little bit about what you’re about to undertake. By being aware of some of the areas regarding homes that may not come up every year in a tax return, you’ll be able to point them out to your tax professional or seek more information from IRS.gov.

Look through this list of items for things that could affect your tax return. Even if you have relied on the same tax professional for years to look out for your best interests, they need to be aware that there could be something different in this year’s return.

If you bought a home for a principal residence last year, check your closing statement and identify any points or prepaid interest that you or the seller paid based on the mortgage you received.

These can be deducted on your Schedule A as qualified home interest if you itemize your deductions. See Home Mortgage Interest Deduction | IRS Publication 936 (tinyurl.com/tws-936, 2018 version not released as of this newsletter).

Keep track of all money you spend on your home that might be considered a capital improvement. Get in the habit of putting receipts for money spent on your home that is not the house payment or utility bills. Repairs are not tax deductible but improvements, even small ones, can be added to the basis of your home, which can lower the gain when the home is sold. Years from now, your tax preparer can sift through them and determine whether they are capital improvements or maintenance. See Increases to Basis | IRS Publication 523 Selling Your Home (tinyurl.com/tws-523, 2018 version not released as of this newsletter).

By making additional principal contributions with your mortgage payment, you’ll save interest, build equity and shorten the term of a fixed-rate mortgage. See Equity Accelerator (tinyurl. com/tws-equityaccelerator).

If you sold a home last year, the payoff on your old mortgage included interest from the last payment you made to the date of the payoff. That interest is tax deductible. You may need a breakdown of the payoff to the mortgage company; you should be able to get that from your closing officer.

If you refinanced your home, unlike a home purchase, points paid to refinance are not deductible as interest in the year paid; they must spread ratably over the life of the mortgage. See Home Mortgage Interest Deduction | IRS Publication 936 (tinyurl.com/ tws-936, 2018 version not released as of this newsletter).

For homeowners who have lost a spouse, there is an exception regarding the exclusion on the sale of a principal residence. If the surviving spouse concludes a sale of the home within two years of the death of their spouse, they may exclude up to $500,000, instead of $250,000 for single taxpayers, of gain provided ownership and use tests are met prior to death.

The two-year period begins on the date of death and ends two years after that date. See Sale of Main Home by Surviving Spouse | IRS Publication 523 Selling Your Home (tinyurl.com/tws-523, 2018 version not released as of this newsletter).

There could be significant tax consequences to a person selling a home that was received as a gift as compared to receiving the home through inheritance. With a gift, the basis of the donor becomes the basis of the donee. With inheritance, the heir usually gets a stepped-up basis and avoids potential unrecognized gain.

See Home Received as Inheritance | IRS Publication 523 Selling Your Home (tinyurl.com/tws-523, 2018 version not released as of this newsletter).

To download a Homeowners Tax Guide, visit tinyurl.com/ tws-taxguide. This is meant for information purposes only and advice from a qualified tax professional should be sought to find out about your individual situation.

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A sign behind publican Paul Gartlan reads, “I’m somewhat of a bull*****er myself, but occasionally I enjoy listening to an expert… please carry on!” Photo courtesy of Sun Valley Center for the Arts

MEET ME AT THE PUB The Center will screen ‘The Irish Pub’ at Magic Lantern Cinemas

BY DANA DUGAN

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ome is found in many places, among many different types of people and across the globe, no matter where one hails from.

For many, home is in any kitchen they cook in; for some, it’s the French bistro in town, or the fitness center where they spend the majority of their days.

This is the gist of the Sun Valley Center’s multi-genre exhibition called “At the Table: Kitchen as Home.” The exhibition seeks to explore the culture of the kitchen along with the different concepts of home.

As part of The Center’s current BIG IDEA project, the documentary “The Irish Pub” will be screened twice, at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10. at the Magic Lantern Cinemas in Ketchum.

“A pub is like a large, extended family,” said Kristine Bretall, The Center’s director of Performing Arts. “It’s a place where people hang out together, where they’re welcome. People know you and you feel that coziness.”

Unlike most American bars, Irish pubs have a softer feel, not as transactional, but as a place that seemingly exists to make people feel at home. Bonds are formed over long wooden bars where, “Cheers”-like, everyone knows your name.

The characters in this 2014 documentary, directed and written by Alex Fegan, are publicans who run and own classic Irish pubs that have been in their families for generations.

“People come in for a drink and I get to talking to them, and they stay for the night,” says one such character.

Another reiterates that idea.

“Chat is very important. You have to make people feel wel-

Ireland is known for its friendly and numerous pubs. Photo courtesy of Sun Valley Center for the Arts

come when they come in,” he says.

Indeed, the documentary reveals a simplicity to the life of an Irish publican, and the very character of Ireland. Fegan interviews pub owners about their lives and work, while revealing a commitment to the importance of neighborhood pubs in people’s lives.

“You go to England for tea,” a female server says with a smile.

“You go to Ireland for the pub.”

“The Irish Pub” takes the audience back to a time before social media, even to a time before radios and televisions, when community was created through face-to-face interactions; where storytelling, gossip and making music were served up daily.

In much of Ireland, the pub is still the community living room, a homey place to connect with family and friends, to find out

what’s happening around town.

“I like to come out and meet people and my neighbors—that and have a chat,” says a patron at O’Shea in Borris, County Carlow. “I don’t come for the drink, really. I’d have a drink but it’s for the chat I’d come.”

Residents of the Wood River Valley may recognize aspects in the movie that are similar to living in a small mountain town.

Everyone kind of knows each other, and maybe too much of each other’s business, but in that it’s truly like extended family.

If we’re a large, extended family, it also gives us a chance to forgive and forget and move on.

In this case, “home might not even be that place we think of as home,” Bretall said. “A pub is a public place, but it encompasses that feel. Anonymity isn’t cozy.” tws

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE STORY TIME WED JAN 9 & FRI JAN 11 10:30-11:30AM / HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY Story Time will be held Wednesdays and Fridays each week. Books and crafts designed for children ages 2-4 will be available during Story Time. All ages are welcome. For details, visit haileypubliclibrary.org.

TAIZÉ SERVICE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9 5:30PM / ST. THOMAS / SUN VALLEY Taizé services are ecumenical and offer quiet prayer, candlelight, meditation and chants. For details, visit stthomassunvalley.org, mjwoyster@msn.com, or call (360) 4813492.

WOMEN MAKING WAVES WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9 6-8PM / BOTANICAL GARDEN / VALLEY Cathryn Wild, of Seventh Generation Institute, will discuss the nature and people of Bonaire, in the southern Caribbean, and the challenges posed by tourism, invasive species and climate change. The women of Bonaire have been leading the effort for a decade, getting their hands dirty and their feet wet, integrating nature with culture, and using the unique skills of women. For more details, call (208) 7204655 or visit seventh-generation.org.

BELLEVUE INAUGURAL & ‘BALL’ WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9 6PM, 8-11PM / SILVER DOLLAR / BELLEVUE The swearing-in of new Bellevue Mayor Ned Burns will occur at 6 p.m. at Bellevue City Hall, followed by a full actual meeting. At 8 p.m., festivities will then ensue at the Silver Dollar Saloon, which will also host an open-mic night.

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BY AMY MATTIAS, OF LOCAL FOOD ALLIANCE, A PROGRAM OF THE SUN VALLEY INSTITUTE

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rrr! The winter season may bring short, cold days and fewer fresh fruits and vegetables grown on local farms, but cold-storage staples such as carrots, onions and squash keep seasonal eaters enjoying local/regional produce even during the off-season.

Thanks to greenhouse technology, indoor growers now provide fresh greens, tomatoes, herbs and more throughout the winter season. Adjusting your expectations, recipes and diet to eat with the seasons and enjoy what’s available locally enhances personal and community resilience. Here’s a list of local food sources: ● Weekly deliveries from Kraay’s Market & Garden (K raaysmarketgarden.com) in Bellevue offers weekly delivery of local foods. Offering products from more than 45 regional vendors including Hangar Bread, Wood River Ranch Beef and CK’s Real Food, Kraay’s is a convenient way to get high-quality local foods delivered to your door.

from small regional producers, including Elkhorn Ranch South in Mackay, Prairie Sun Farms in Fairfield, and Agrarian Harvest in Buhl. Every Tuesday, Waterwheel Gardens makes the journey from Emmett with its van full of cold-storage apples, pears, plums, juices, jams and jellies. ● Atkinsons’ Market (Atkinsons.com) now offers one of the largest selections of locally produced foods in the Wood River Valley. Purchase farm-fresh goods like organic dried beans from Sunset Butte, onions from King’s Crown Organic, Picabo Desert Farm in Richfield, and Desert Mountain Grass-Fed Beef from the lush pastures of Idaho.

Winter serves as a great reminder of how choosing to eat locally supports the resilience of people and communities, benefiting our environment, economy, and personal health.

For complete listings of local food, please visit our Food Guide: http://localfoodalliance.

● NourishMe (Jjnourishme. com) in Ketchum is a great source if you can find locally grown fruits and veggies along with local dairy, eggs and meat

KETCHUM COMMUNITY DINNERS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9 6-7PM / CHURCH OF THE BIG WOOD / KETCHUM Weekly free hot dinners are provided to everyone. Find Ketchum Community Dinners on Facebook for more information and weekly menu updates.

TRIVIA & COCKTAILS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9 7-9PM / HOTEL KETCHUM / KETCHUM There will be two games per night every Wednesday night through the season, along with drink specials and prizes for first-, second- and third-place winners. There is no entry free. Bring yourself and your friends, because you deserve a night of games and specialty cocktails!

Hotel Ketchum is located at 151 S. Main St.

SEWING CLUB THURSDAY JANUARY 10 4-5PM / COMMUNITY LIBRARY / KETCHUM Sewing Club teaches basic hand-stitching through simple projects for kids. Children must be age 7 to attend and signup is required. Call the library at (208) 726-3493, ext. 2, to reserve a spot.

Parental help is encouraged and children under the age of 9 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information and other clubs and classers, visit comlib.org.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Blaine County School District Work Session For 2019-2020 Budget

The Blaine County School District Board of Trustees invites the community to join the trustees in providing suggestions and developing options for next year’s budget at a work session on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m. at the Community Campus Minnie Moore Room in Hailey.

In a press release from the district, the board announced plans for a brief presentation on projected revenues and expenses, as well as an update on the financial impact of the supplemental levy passed by voters in March 2018. The remainder of the session will be small group discussions led by facilitators, with one trustee listening into each group discussion.

Comments and discussion will be recorded and a summary will be shared with the audience by the trustees at the end of the session.

This session is the first step in the budgeting process and it begins with public input. Then, on Jan. 22, in an open public meeting, the trustees will develop guiding principles for the budget and direct the administration to develop a budget that reflects these priorities. The board will consider the needs of students, including closing the achievement gap, state statutory obligations, and the needs of students, staff and the results of this community input, when establishing priorities.

Final decisions about the budget will be made at board meetings in May and June.

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ‘THE IRISH PUB’ THURSDAY JANUARY 10 ART, DRINK & BE MERRY! SATURDAY JANUARY 12 4:30 AND 7PM / SUN VALLEY CENTER / KETCHUM

3-5PM / SUN VALLEY CENTER / KETCHUM

The Sun Valley Center will present the documentary “The Irish Pub” at two showings, at the Magic Lantern Cinemas. The cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. For information on the film, see page 8. For tickets call The Center at (208) 726-9491.

During a free Family Day, The Center will reflect on the role of the kitchen in shaping memories in families through the exhibition “At the Table: Kitchen as Home.” Family Day provides opportunities for families to explore art and ideas together. Participants will create a memory box, drinking cocoa and interacting with hands-on activities connecting kitchen to memory.

For more information, call (208) 726-9491 or visit sunvalleycenter.org.

REEL ROCK: 13 FILMS THURSDAY JANUARY 10 6-7:30PM / YMCA / KETCHUM

MET OPERA HD LIVE SATURDAY JANUARY 12 11AM / BIGWOOD4 CINEMAS / HAILEY

Reel Rock is a brand new collection of four of 2018’s best climbing films, delivering jaw-dropping action, soulful journeys and rollicking humor to be screened at the YMCA—for free.

Soprano Anna Netrebko will star in “Adriana Lecouvreur,” by Francesco Cilea, in the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on-and off-stage passion. Netrebko will be joined by tenor Piotr Beczała as Adriana’s lover, Maurizio. The principal cast also features mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and baritone Ambrogio Maestri. Gianandrea Noseda conducts. Sir David McVicar’s staging, which sets the action in a working replica of a Baroque theater, premiered at the Royal Opera House in London.

For information, call (208) 726-0991.

SEED PACKING PARTY FRIDAY JANUARY 11 1-3PM / GRANGE HALL / HAILEY Wood River Seed Library will harvest seed into envelopes or small jars for distribution to the public in the spring. All gardeners-at-heart are welcome. This is an opportunity to learn about seed saving and seed growing, while chatting with like-minded gardeners.

For more information, contact woodriverseedlibrary@gmail.com or call Manon at (208) 788-3876, or visit grange.org/upperbigwoodriverid192/seeds/609.

The Grange Hall is located at 609 S. 3rd Ave.

‘THE KING AND I’ SATURDAY JANUARY 12 7PM / THE ARGYROS / KETCHUM Sun Valley Opera will host a screening of the Broadway production of “The King and I” with Kelli O’Hara, Ken Watanabe and Ruthie Ann Miles. This lavish musical is a perfect production for the big screen and a great occasion to share with your family and friends.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under and are available at theargyros.org, or call (208) 7267872.

JAZZ GUITARIST PERFORMANCE FRIDAY JANUARY 11 7-9PM / THE ARGYROS / KETCHUM The Argyros Performing Arts Center will present Martin Taylor, a Grammy-nominated musician, composer and educator alongside Laurence Juber, a Grammy-winning guitarist, composer and arranger. Taylor dazzles audiences with a signature style that artfully combines his virtuosity, emotion and humor with a strong, engaging stage presence. Juber fuses folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical styles, creating a multifaceted performance that belies the use of only one instrument.

For tickets, call (208) 726-7872.

SACRED SPACE SUNDAY JANUARY 13 5:30PM / ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH / KETCHUM Sacred Space takes place on Sunday evenings from Jan. 13-March 17. All are welcome. For more information, call (208) 726-5349.

FITWORKS OPEN HOUSE MON JAN 14-FRI JAN 18 ALL DAY / BCRD / HAILEY To celebrate and encourage a healthy and active lifestyle, day passes to the fitness center and fitness classes will be free all week. For each visit during open house week, guests will be entered to win one of three Blaine County Recreation District prizes.

For more information, visit bcrd.org or call the BCRD at (208) 578-2273.

SCIENCE TIME MONDAY JANUARY 14

JOE FOS ON PIANO FRIDAY JANUARY 11 7-10PM / DUCHIN LOUNGE / SUN VALLEY

11AM TO NOON / COMMUNITY LIBRARY / KETCHUM

Enjoy the ambience at the Duchin Lounge in the Sun Valley Lodge while listening to the inimitable Joe Fos tickle the ivories. Weekly through the season.

Science Time is geared toward preschool-age children in the brand newly refurbished Children’s Library. For details, visit comlib.org.

‘EIGHTH GRADE” FRIDAY JANUARY 11 8:30AM AND 5:30PM / CS THEATRE / SUN VALLEY

SOUPER SUPPER MONDAY JANUARY 14 5:30-6:30PM / ST. CHARLES CHURCH / HAILEY

Sun Valley Community School’s Parents’ Association will host two free public screenings of the acclaimed film, “Eighth Grade.” The comedy-drama film, written and directed by Bo Burnham and starring Elsie Fisher, follows the life and struggles of an eighth-grade girl during her last week of classes before moving on to high school.

The film received numerous awards and nominations and is nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature, while Fisher was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress. The film is recommended for ages 14 years old and up.

Weekly free hot dinners are provided to anyone who wishes to join. St. Charles Catholic Church is located at 313 1st Ave. S., Hailey.

CARITAS REHEARSAL MONDAY JANUARY 14 6:30PM / CHURCH OF THE BIG WOOD / KETCHUM Caritas Chorale will begin rehearsing for its spring concert. Everyone is welcome.

There are no auditions necessary. For details, call Peggy Striegel at (918) 740-5584.

LINCOLN DAY SATURDAY JANUARY 12 9:30AM / COMMUNITY CAMPUS / HAILEY

SAWTOOTH TRIVIA TUESDAY JANUARY 15 7:30PM / SAWTOOTH BREWERY / KETCHUM

Blaine County Republicans will host Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin at at Lincoln Day Brunch at the Community Campus in Hailey. The cost is $30.

For details, contact Julie Lynn at (208) 303-7046 or visit gopblaineidaho@gmail. com.

Sawtooth Brewery presents free trivia games for the season. Games start at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday and all ages are welcome. Sawtooth Brewery Public House is located at 631 Warm Springs Road. For details, visit sawtoothbrewery.com.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Elk Cause Two-Vehicle Crash on Hwy. 75 Elk appear to have been the cause of a two-vehicle crash on Highway 75 near Alturas Drive in Hailey last week.

On Wednesday, Jan. 2, at approximately 2:34 p.m., Blaine County Sheriff’s Office deputies reported that Meghan L. O’Brien, 29, of California, was traveling southbound on Highway 75 in a 2018 Hyundai Tucson.

She was unable to stop in time when the vehicle in front of her made a quick stop, apparently for elk.

O’Brien collided with the rear of a blue 2015 Nissan Frontier driven by Lorena Corona Ruiz, 46, of Hailey.

Corona Ruiz had two passengers in her vehicle, who were not injured. Corona Ruiz and O’Brien were both transported to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. All parties were wearing seatbelts.

The Nissan was driven from the scene with moderate rear-end damage. The Hyundai was towed from the scene with extensive front-end damage.

Southbound traffic on Highway 75 was diverted from Alturas Drive to Ohio Gulch Road while emergency responders tended to the injured. Witnesses reported that numerous vehicles had to make quick stops to avoid a herd of elk crossing the highway.

NAMI-WRV Announces Call To Artists & Architects For Journey To Wellness Art Show As part of the National Alliance for Mental Illness in the Wood River Valley’s (NAMI-WRV) “StigmaFree” initiatives, NAMI-WRV announced in a press release that local artists are invited to contribute artwork for the 2019 “Journey to Wellness” art show.

The annual event will be held Monday, March 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the KIC (Ketchum Innovation Center) building.

Now in its third year, the benefit asks local artists to generously submit works related to mental health and wellness to be auctioned off to benefit mental health resources in the community.

This year, participating artists are encouraged to create a work in a medium of their choice that explores or conveys ideas about mental illness, health, and wellness through the 2019 theme of “Birds,” in honor of NAMI-WRV’s teen support groups named the Bluebirds. The group’s theme suggests “sometimes when you’re feeling down and blue, remember you will fly.” Thus, artists are encouraged to tie their concepts of mental illness, health, and wellness in execution of work in the spirit of birds, rebirth, and

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overcoming obstacles in solidarity and support for the teen groups.

In addition to the artist submissions, NAMI-WRV invites the public to build birdhouses to be displayed and auctioned in support of the cause. Wood River Valley architects, interior designers, landscape architects, engineers, and contractors are encouraged to design and construct birdhouses to submit. Submissions must be suitable in scale and materials to be used as actual outdoor birdhouses, including use of nontoxic paint in the event birds chip away at the finish.

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For art show information, please contact the NAMI office at (208) 481-0686 or info@namiwrv.org or visit namiwrv.org/art.

Donors Needed For Blood Drive In January Donors are need for the annual St. Luke’s Wood River January blood drive.

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The Red Cross provides about 40 percent of the nation’s blood and blood components, all from volunteer donors. Supply can’t always meet demand because only about 10 percent of eligible people donate blood yearly.

Each new donor helps meet patient needs. A, B and O are the main blood groups, and when not enough people donate blood, supplies may be limited when a sick or injured patient arrives.

The American Red Cross and St. Luke’s Wood River Volunteer Core Board invites the community to help save lives by donating blood on Wednesday, Jan. 23, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Baldy and River Run conference rooms at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center.

Blood donors can save time when they donate by completing a RapidPass. With RapidPass, donors complete the pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of donation, prior to arriving at the blood drive. To complete a RapidPass, follow the instructions at redcrossblood.org/RapidPass. Make your appointment to donate blood today.

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Footlight Dance Centre, under the artistic direction of Hilarie Neely, announced in a press release its annual school tour performances entitled “HOPE – Family & Community” Jan. 23-Feb. 11, and invites the public to attend any of eight free shows touring Blaine County schools.

This show uses the concert dance forms of ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop and tap for a discussion of hope and its importance within our families and community.

Footlight Dance has collaborated with professional batik artist Lisa Kattenbraker from Olympia, Wash. Her images bring vibrant colors from the earth to her images that invoke family, the cycle of life and sharing together, past and present, to ensure our future remains together as one human family.

This show will be presented to all schools in the Valley, including Sun Valley Community School, Hemingway School, Carey School, Alturas Elementary, Hailey Elementary, Bellevue Elementary and Wood River High School.

The Sage School, Silver Creek High School and Syringa Mountain School students will also attend performances at the WRHS Performing Arts Theater. A narration that accompanies the performances will discuss how the arts bring emotional response and a forum to discuss issues with a creative voice.

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