20 July 2016 by The Weekly Sun

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Business News Welcome To ‘The Chamber Of The Wood River Valley’

Education News YMCA Debuts New Learning Program

Arts News Symphony Orchestrates New Vibes

“ Yo u c a n ’ t p i c k c h e r r i e s w i t h y o u r b a c k t o t h e t r e e . ” J o h n N . M i t c h e l l

Cherry-picking time in Hailey drew three mothers and a gaggle of local kids to a home near Old Cutters. Leonie Wilson, of Hailey, plucks at some juicy red ones. And, from left to right: Alexia Crowdson reaches high from a ladder; Edyn Tietge and Zoe Liberatore consider a laden branch; and Zoe gets to work on a new tree… continued on page 3, see “On The Cover.”

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WINTER 16/17 NONSTOP FLIGHTS ANNOUNCED!

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Municipal News Ketchum & Firefighters Renegotiate Contract

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ON THE COVER

…continued from page 1: Pies to come. “Give me, give me some, cherry, cherry pie!” –Ironing Board Sam. Photo by Dana DuGan

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nexStage Theatre will present the contemporary comedy “Rapture, Blister, Burn” by Gina Gionfriddo July 26-August 3. For a story, see page 15. Above: actor Savina Barini Brown preps for the show in costume. Photo by Brett Moellenberg

• NEW! Alaska PDX flights start in December (2x weekly) • NEW! Alaska SEA flights expanded – starts before Thanksgiving, more flights in Feb & March • NEW! Delta SEA flight daily during holidays and Saturdays all winter • NEW! Delta LAX flight daily Dec - March • Alaska LAX nonstop flights Dec – early April • United SFO and DEN nonstop flights will both run daily Dec - March • Delta SLC daily nonstop flights continue year-round, 3x daily flights all winter! See schedule at

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T h e W e e k ly S u n • j u ly 20 - 26, 2016

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City of Ketchum THANK YOU!! The city would like to thank our visitors and community for its cooperation during the chip sealing project.

City Council • Planning and Zoning July 25 – Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting The Planning & Zoning Commission is expected to make its decision on the Bracken gas station, store and food establishment application July 25. Meeting begins at 5:30 in Ketchum City Hall. Aug. 1– City Council Meeting Budget discussions continue Aug. 1 at 5:30.

New City Jobs Available City is seeking a Director of Finance and Internal Services, and a Management Assistant. For job descriptions and application process, visit ketchumidaho.org/jobs.

FREE Summer Concert Series Jazz in the Park - Sunday, July 24, 6-8 p.m. at Rotary Park New local band, Braziliance, playing Brazilian bossa nova and Afro-Cuban classics. Vocalist is Brazilian native Cintia Scola. Bring low-back chairs and picnics Ketch’em Alive - Tuesday, July 26, 7-9 p.m. at Forest Service Park Bringing back Swagger, with Celtic rock dancing tunes played by kilt-clad musicians.

Public Meetings PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING Monday • July 25 • 5:30 pm • City Hall CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday • Aug. 1 • 5:30 pm • City Hall

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news in brief

St. Luke’s Wood River Honors Volunteers

At a volunteer appreciation luncheon on Wednesday, June 8, St. Luke’s Wood River honored the 10,000-plus hours, the spirit and the resources of its 186 volunteers. St. Luke’s Wood River CEO Cody Langbehn valued the hours and outreach of the volunteers’ contribution at more $200,000. Unit secretary in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Lisa Blackman, says, “I appreciate each and every one of our volunteers. All of their hard work at the surgery desk saves PACU so much time.” Clinical supervisor of the Mother/Baby Unit, Connie Connell, said, “The volunteers that help in the Mother/Baby Unit are outstanding. There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t see all of their hard work and dedication to our unit and this hospital.” “The 22 St. Luke’s Retail Therapy Gift Shop volunteers are enjoying another year of operational success, being 100 percent volunteer run and grossing $80,693, with an average net profit of $16,367 in sales this past year,” said SLWR Volunteer Core Board President Mary Williams. Williams announced Terri LeFaivre as the deserving recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award. LeFaivre has served on the Board for five years, and as the Gift Shop manager for two years. The Volunteer Core Board formally presented the SLWR Foundation with a check for $100,000 to support the expansion of infusion services. Koree Hawkes, manager of Volunteer Services, kicked off recognition of volunteers with significant milestones in the amount of lifetime hours given to SLWR, including:100-plus hours: Lynn Cleary, Linda Muehlegger, Judy Prothero, Cheri Watson; 250-plus hours: Lynn Flickinger, Tish Jochums, Judy Kaiser, Nelda Kendall, Mike Potter; 500-plus hours: Maureen Coyle, Sara Harkness, JB Howes: 1,000-plus hours: Teri Campbell, Jan Leyse; 1,500-plus hours: Teddie Daley; 2,461 hours: Terri LeFaivre; 3,000-plus hours: Mary Adams; 5,007-plus hours: Wibby Bischoff. Ruby Garcia recognized the volunteers from the Center for Community Health, particularly Fiorella Delgado and Angelica Egoavil, who received the Helping Hands award. Bobbie Dahl was recipient of the “Ready, Willing and Able” award. “She provides Healing Touch sessions to inpatients on the Medical Surgical unit and when the census is low, she offers her healing abilities to patients in OB, surgery services, as well as to staff,” said Mary Kay Foley, Healing Touch coordinator.

I Am Of Ireland

Enright, Corrigan & the green writers’ conference By Dana DuGan

nne Enright has three rules: Stay out of Brooklyn. Stay out of London. Stay out of Dublin. “I break those rules all the time,” she laughed. Somewhat to her surprise, she has spent most of her life in Dublin, where she is part of a growing number of celebrated women writers. Enright, the first ever Fiction Laureate of Ireland, is one of those writers, who drops bon mots with abandon. When you watch her, she seems a wee bit bored. But, rather, she’s thinking about how to say things in a more succinct and poetic way. She’s self-editing, as we speak. The 2016 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference had a distinctly Irish appeal. Besides Enright, there was a performance of W.B. Yeats’ work by the Irish Repertory Theatre of New York. Enright sat in as one of the readers of Yeats’ prose at the Sun Valley Pavilion. This performance included poetry and song, and a bit of dance, followed by a standing ovation in the Pavilion. In explaining her rules, Enright said, “In those towns, people are so involved in their reputations. It maddens you to be around the froth of literary reputation too much.” Enright’s novels include “The Wig My Father Wore,” shortlisted for the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Irish Literature Prize; “What Are You Like?” winner of the 2001 Encore Award; and “The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch” and “The Gathering” (2007), which won the 2007 Man Booker Prize for Fiction and the Irish Novel of the Year. “The Forgotten Waltz” won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Enright’s latest novel, “The Green Road,” was published last year. Enright’s breakout session was about writing 200 words a day. “I looked over my output in the usual state of despair that most writers live,” Enright said. “If I get 200 words down – if they’re good words – it’s a successful day.” Two hundred words sound doable, until you realize she’s talking about winnowing down from perhaps 1,000 words. Writing a book takes months and months of struggle to get a little, Enright said. “The first year is the most difficult. It takes three years to make a book but people can read a book in a day. You can have joy and pleasure from the writing process, but people who expect it to be easy are very thrown by the reality of it. I’m Mrs. Reality Check.” Enright’s latest book, “The Green Road,” has been on the bestseller list in Ireland for a year. “I wanted to do a big, spacious book. You don’t know why a book takes off. I’m glad it’s finding its feet, for sure. I was interested in ideas of goodness and compassion and doing good.” Enright has a sly sense of humor. It can creep up on you, like her beautifully crafted books. “What is so terrible about sitting down and writing?” she said. “Self-censoring is paralyzing, particularly with women. The fact is most people won’t read it anyway, so it won’t matter.” Awards, of which Enright has

Irish Repertory performs at the Writers’ Conference. Anne Enright sits to the far right. Photo by Nils Ribi, courtesy of Sun Valley Writers’ Conference

many, help. “They’re good for business. Different markets view awards differently. American sells differently than in the UK. It’s a great place to sell books, the readers on the ground. The book club movement started here. Publishers work hard here. Americans are so nice – so supportive,” she said. “I’ve been to a lot of festivals. This is more thoughtful.” Maureen Corrigan It’s her voice that is so recognizable. Maureen Corrigan (yes, half Irish) gave me a mini-lesson on book criticism, and on F. Scott Fitzgerald, and “The Great Gatsby,” of course. Corrigan is best known as the longtime “Fresh Air” book critic on National Public Radio. She is also a lecturer and critic-in-residence at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and the author of two books: the memoir “Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading” and “And So We Read On: How ‘The Great Gatsby’ Came to Be and Why It Endures.” Corrigan has been a Pulitzer Prize juror and an AP essay judge. She calls herself a “gatekeeper.” Born in Queens, New York, she attended Fordham University in the Bronx and graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1975, when she went with a beloved English teacher to the Yeats School in Sligo, Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney was there. “He would lead the American students on pub crawls,” Corrigan said. “We’d have to recite poetry and sing” in public. “When I was at Fordham, I thought there was nothing better to be than an English professor, surrounded by people of like mind. But I was miserable at Penn. It was cutthroat with an atmosphere of contempt.” Around the same time, she began writing book reviews for the Village Voice in New York City.

Maureen Corrigan signs books at the Writers’ Conference. Photo by Barbi Reed, courtesy of Sun Valley Writers’ Conference

Anne Enright signs books at the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. Photo by Barbi Reed, courtesy of Sun Valley Writers’ Conference

Corrigan turned what could have been a one-time assignment into a career. She was attracted to, and learned from, the works of critics of an earlier generation, people like Pauline Kael and H.L. Mencken, “who wrote fully,” she said. “They were funny and enthusiastic. Irving Howe taught us that ‘enthusiasm is not an enemy of the intellect.’ I thought about their voices. You have to have substance to weigh in.” Corrigan receives books from many outlets, and barring those that are self-published, she reviews 45 books a year. “I look for the voice, something authentic in the setting,” she said. “I look for the power of the narrative and the internal coherency. I’ll take notes on a legal pad while I’m reading, or, if I’m lost in a book, I’ll put a sticky note on the page.” (Note to aspiring writers: Aim for the sticky note). Corrigan also was enthusiastic about who she’d met, seen and spoke to at the conference. “It has literature, politics, psychology, the different modes of learning. People like Bryan Stevenson, Juliette Kayyem, Justice Stephen Breyer. I was speaking with Firoozeh Dumas. This was her first time and she said it spoiled her for all festivals afterwards.” We talked Gatsby. She made me want to read it again, and then again. “It’s so much with us,” she said. “It’s the greatest American novel about class, the drowning images and water, the fear of going under. I could spend a month on each page.” Corrigan said she liked what Jonathan Franzen once said. “It’s the central fable of America. It goes down so smoothly. It’s like whipped cream.” Corrigan’s voice is like that, too. As she grew more passionate while discussing F. Scott Fitzgerald, her familiar voice became creamier, even with its Queens inflection. And so it beats on. tws

T h e W e e k ly S u n • j u ly 20 - 26, 2016

news in brief

Hailey BAH To Take Deep Breath

The Chamber will hold its next Business After Hours at Sun Valley Hyperbarics located at 21 Comet Lane off Airport Way in Hailey on Thursday, July 21, from 5-7 p.m. Come learn about Hyperbarics and how it is used to help Valley residents heal with the power of oxygen. Community leaders will be on hand to give updates and information about programs, projects and events that affect our lives in the Wood River Valley. Power House restaurant will provide light hors d’oeuvres.

Take To The Lawn For Gala

Though pavilion seating is sold out for the Sunday, Aug. 7, Sun Valley Summer Symphony Gala benefit featuring Emmy- and Tony award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth, lawn tickets are still available. “This is a chance to hear one of America's top actresses and singers and support your symphony at the same time,” said Jenny Krueger, executive director of the SVSS. “The big screen on the lawn will be operating, and doors will open in time for the lawn audience to picnic prior to the performance.” Proceeds from the gala support the Symphony’s free summer concerts as well as the symphony’s year-round education programs. Chenoweth currently appears in the movie “Hard Sell,” and will play Velma Von Tussle in the live production of “Hairspray Live!” on NBC, Dec. 7. Chenoweth’s career spans Broadway, television and movies. She is the third theater star ever to present a solo concert at the Metropolitan Opera House. On Broadway, she is remembered for her origination of the role of Glinda in “Wicked” and her Tony Award-winning performance in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” On television, Chenoweth appeared in the series “The West Wing” and ”Pushing Daisies,” for which she received an Emmy. She was featured last year in Universal Studios’ film “The Boy Next Door” and Disney Channel’s original movie “Descendants.” Her autobiography, “A Little Bit Wicked,” made The New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. Lawn seats are $75 each and are available at www. svsummersymphony.org.

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‘Power Scholars’ Is New To The Valley

Program provides learning and fun this summer BY MARIA PREKEGES

or many second- and third-grade students from the Blaine County School District, this summer is not just for fun in the sun. It is also about fun while learning. The Wood River Community YMCA has partnered with the Blaine County School District, Y-USA and the Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) program to implement the Power Scholars program for the first time. Although new to the Wood River Valley, the Power Scholars program is not a new program; it has been held in 26 states across the country and has a proven track record of increasing gains in reading and math skills for participants. The program is geared toward students who need additional support in school from all of the elementary schools in the Blaine County School District. Power Scholars is a six-week program serving 65 students who have been recommended by their teachers. All scholars receive a full scholarship.

They will develop a Kid’s Guide to the Valley, which The Weekly Sun will publish in August.” The program is already underway. It began June 27 and runs through August 5. The second- and third-graders attend Power Scholars Camp five days a week at Alturas Elementary School in Hailey. Students are provided with transportation along with breakfast and lunch. The YMCA provides the training, staff, and curriculum. YMCA Director of Youth Development Teressa Johnson explained that a typical day starts with the students arriving by bus and then having breakfast together with community time as a group. The students then split into three different clusters. Literacy and math are 90-minute classes in the morning, followed by recess, lunch and community time. The afternoons are filled

Power Scholar students enjoy a fun field trip to Redfish Lake. Photo courtesy of Sami Goitiandia

with recreation, enrichment (health and fitness, STEM, outdoor and nature). Students also work on their projects. Sometimes there will be guest speakers who come in and talk to the scholars as a group. Every Friday is field-trip day to places such as Hop Porter Park, the Draper Wood River Preserve, Redfish Lake and the Sawtooth Botanical Garden. The students also work together on a final project. They will develop a Kid’s Guide to the Valley, which The Weekly Sun will publish in August. “The YMCA is very excited for this opportunity to collaborate and partner with the Blaine County School District,” Johnson said. “The parents and scholars have been very receptive and are excited about the program.” One parent said the program is a “godsend,” while another said that her son was “excited to go every day.” Anyone interested in visiting the program is invited to attend a tour from 12-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 25, or from 8-9:30 a.m., Thursday, July 27. The tours are open to the public but an RSVP is requested. For more information about the tours and to RSVP, contact Johnson at the YMCA at (208) 928-6701. tws

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Kristin Chenoweth’s appearance is underwritten by the John A. and Carole Moran Artist Fund.

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T H E W E E K LY S U N • J U LY 20 - 26, 2016

NEWS ART

NEWS IN BRIEF

SUN VALLEY BALLET SCHOOL PIROUETTES INTO NEW SPACE The new facility will be located in the Meriwether Building BY JEAN JACQUES BOHL

hen the Sun Valley Ballet School starts its 39th season this fall, it will have a new permanent home in the Meriwether Building in downtown Hailey. The new facility will have more than 3,000 square feet with two studios and a dressing room, along with a spacious lobby with viewing window. Renovations are under way and should be completed by the end of August. The new space will also be used as a black box theater. The Meriwether Building is 10 years old, yet no business has ever occupied the space. Formerly located in a small, older building on Silver Street, Sun Valley Ballet will join a burgeoning Hailey cultural center, with the Sun Valley Center for the Arts' Company of Fools housed just across the alley at the Liberty Theater. The Ballet School will also welcome a new artistic director, Anna Duvall. Duvall was a first-place scholarship recipient of the Denver Ballet Guild and among the first Americans invited to study at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. She has taught ballet domestically and overseas. Duvall will join Sun Valley Ballet in August. In December of 2015, Duvall completed her Master of Arts at New York University on scholarship, to further her teaching

credentials and study the American Ballet Theatre’s Pedagogy Master’s Program. American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum also has a special focus on the health of the student and proper developmental stages of teaching. "The program takes an indepth look at the health guidelines, laid out by leading physical therapists in the ballet field, and I have learned to fully implement those practices into my ballet classes," Duvall said. There are five other instructors on the faculty. The school’s Summer Intensive, which runs from Aug. 1-12, will have guest dance teachers including Phyllis Affrunti, a principal dancer with Ballet Idaho; Jake Casey, from Cincinnati Ballet; Colton West, from Ballet Idaho; and Adrienne Kerr, a principal dancer who is also with Ballet Idaho. The Ballet School is a nonprofit organization, which accepts all students regardless of means, said Nadia Hirner, Sun Valley Ballet’s longest serving board member. “Our programs, facilities and staff rely on yearly giving to provide support for every child that wishes to dance,” Hirner said. The current enrollment is about 125 students, of which approximately 24 percent are on scholarship. Children as young as 3 years old may enter

Headquarters for Sun Valley Ballet are next door to diVine, Cowboy Cocina and Java. Photo courtesy of Dana DuGan

the program, and stay through high school. The program offers a great variety of choices: hip-hop, jazz, modern, tap and classical. There is also a competitive team going to assorted venues throughout the Intermountain West. Enrollment will start mid-August through the end of the month. Dancers will perform “The Nutcracker” in December and “Coppélia” in May 2017, both at the nexStage Theater in Ketchum. tws

Accomplished dancer Anna Duvall will join Sun Valley Ballet in August as artistic director. Photo courtesy of Sun Valley Ballet

Fly Me To Portland Sun Valley Resort, Alaska Airlines and Fly Sun Valley Alliance announced that direct flights will be available between Portland, Ore., and Friedman Memorial Airport starting Dec. 17. It will be Alaska Air's first nonstop flight to a destination ski town from Portland. Flights will run Wednesdays and Saturdays, starting Dec. 17 and ending April 1, 2017. The summer flight schedule will run from June 14 to Sept. 16, 2017. "Our new service from Portland to Sun Valley provides Rose City travelers another popular nonstop destination, as well as connectivity to other Alaska Airlines' cities in our ever-growing route network," said John Kirby, Alaska Airlines' vice president of capacity planning. Fly Sun Valley Alliance, Friedman Memorial Airport Authority and Sun Valley Resort partnered to secure the new Portland flight to Sun Valley. Alaska Airlines will also expand their winter service from Seattle for the 2016 holidays with twice-daily flights from Dec. 16, 2016 to Jan. 2, 2017. Additional weekend flights are also scheduled for Saturdays and Sundays from Feb. 18 to March 26, 2017. Winter flights are now available for booking on www. alaskaair.com Information and details on the Sun Valley Winter 2016-17 ski season ski passes may be found here.

T H E W E E K LY S U N • J U LY 20 - 26, 2016

NEWS BUSINESS

HAILEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS NOW ‘CHAMBER OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY’ Business booster surpasses 300 members BY BRENNAN REGO

he Hailey Chamber of Commerce announced at a Business After Hours (BAH) event on Thursday that it will now operate under the name “The Chamber of the Wood River Valley.” “The Chamber feels that the name more clearly reflects our mission and our membership, which already represents the communities of Bellevue, Carey, Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley,” said Chamber Board President Richard Stahl in an interview after the BAH. “We feel that the new name is a more inclusive name, without departing from our original mission of representing the Hailey business community.” The decision to change the name to The Chamber of the Wood River Valley came after several months of discussions, strategy meetings and outreach to some of the organization’s membership, according to a recent news release from The Chamber. While announcing the name change at the BAH, Membership Director Jeff Bacon also said that The Chamber surpassed 300 members last week, including businesses based as far as Twin Falls. “The name change will not affect how we work with our member businesses in the city of Hailey or the city itself,” states Chamber board member Patrick

Hello, P-Town. Jeff Bacon, The Chamber’s membership coordinator, divulges the big news. Photo by Brennan Rego

Buchanan in the release. “The Chamber has been and remains a strong supporter of the City of Hailey and looks forward to continuing our work promoting Hailey as a visitor destination in the Wood River Valley.” The release also states that The Chamber is in the market for a new logo and will soon begin accepting quotes from local graphic artists. “It’s important to note that while we want to work with a local artist, it’s equally important that the company or individual we choose is also a member of The Chamber,” states Bacon in the release. For more information about the Request For Quote for The Chamber’s logo, call (208) 7883484 or email members@HaileyIdaho.com. tws

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SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY 2016 IN FOCUS SERIES GREAT THINGS, SMALL PACKAGES: THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

The 2016 In Focus season will walk you through the evolution of chamber music. Where art and architecture are the visual representation of any period, the music is its historical soundtrack. Mark your calendars and join us on this musical journey.

SUNDAY, JULY 24, 6:00 PM BAROQUE BEGINNINGS: BACH SETS THE STAGE Juliana Athayde, Violin Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

TUESDAY, JULY 26 6:00 PM FULLY FORMED: THE CLASSICAL STYLE Orli Shaham, Piano Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp Minor, Hob. I:45, “Farewell” Mozart: Concerto for Piano No. 21 in C Major, K. 467

THURSDAY, JULY 28 6:00 PM STRAVINSKY LOOKS BACK; TIME FOR THREE LOOKS FORWARD TIME FOR THREE WORLD PREMIERE Time for Three Stravinsky: Suite from Pulcinella Time for Three: Free Souls, World Premiere Big Screen will be live for this concert!

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he City of Ketchum and Local 4758, the Full Time Career Firefighters Union, contract negotiations are continuing this week. Last Thursday and Friday’s half-day open meeting between Ketchum officials and representatives failed to reach contract agreement. This is not unusual. Since 2009, when Ketchum’s full-time firefighters formed Local 4758 of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), the two parties have managed to agree to a contract only between February 2013 and September 2014. The rest of the time has been filled with negotiations, court actions and contention. According to Local 4758’s website, at one of the first meetings in 2009, then Ketchum City Administrator Gary Marks told the firefighters it was “immoral” for them to ask for a contract. Among the issues being negotiated is salary. According to Lieutenant/Paramedic Lara McLean, a 13-year veteran with the Ketchum Fire Department and vice president of Local 4758, Ketchum firefighters are paid about 20 percent less than firefighters in comparable cities. Other issues include a complete wellness program including physical fitness that allows firefighters to work out while on shift and opting out of the city insurance coverage. According to McLean, this latest round of negotiation got off to “a shaky start” but she is “optimistic that we will be able to

come to a productive contract.” An example of the ‘shaky start’ to which McLean refers is in part of a letter Local 4758 had read to the Ketchum City Council in executive session Monday night in response to the city’s proposed changes in the existing contract: “Members of the City Council: “Thank you for giving us an opportunity to update you on the progress of this year’s contract negotiations. While we would like to say the process is going well, we cannot. It has become crystal clear that Chief Elle continues to harbor a grudge against our members and our officers despite multiple assurances he is ready to move forward. Unfortunately, the City’s negotiation team came to the table on Thursday unprepared and without the authority to sign off on tentative agreements. This is bad faith negotiating. The ability to sign tentative agreements is the cornerstone of labor law and anything short of this ability is considered an unfair labor practice.” Negotiations are continuing this week. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and represents firefighters in the U.S. and Canada and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO in the U.S. and Canadian Labour Congress in Canada. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., has more than 3200 locals and more than 300,000 members in every state. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, professional fire fighters protect about 85 percent of the United States’ population.

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Art Exhibit Dips Into Water

Wood River Valley resident and abstract realism painter Deborra Marshall Bohrer has several works on exhibition at The Community Library’s Sun Valley Museum of History as part of the library’s installation of the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit “Water/Ways” July 16 through Aug. 28. Marshall Bohrer’s work explores water from a wide variety of perspectives, including ecological, historical,

cultural, social and spiritual. Marshall Bohrer will donate 10 percent from the sale of her painting, “Commit,” which is on exhibition at the Museum of History, to the library for the education of water and its resources. In addition, Marshall Bohrer will open her studio for the 4th Annual Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug. 21, and will also have a painting at the nexStage Theatre exhibition space for the Wood River Valley Studio Tour during the week of the tour. Marshall Bohrer’s work is also part of several private art collections in Dallas and Houston, Texas, Kansas City, Mo., Washington, D.C., Palm Desert, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif., Boise, Idaho, Salt Lake City, Utah, Boston, Mass., and Paris, France.

Sandy Cady Named Wagon Days Grand Marshal

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Sandy Cady, the City of Ketchum’s finance director, will be the grand marshal of the Wagon Days parade and celebration, held annually over Labor Day weekend, in Ketchum. Cady will retire from the city in November after 42 years of service. Her history with Wagon Days goes back even further. When she was 5 years old, Cady rode in the parade for the first time, sitting next to her father in their family’s buggy. “Wagon Days has always been a time for family,” Cady said. “For me, it was always me and my dad, our special day together. The event keeps getting

bigger and better every year. Every time I see the Big Hitch mule team at the end of the parade, my heart pounds. It gives me butterflies every time.” A Hailey resident, Cady began working for the city as deputy city clerk/treasurer in 1974, shortly after she graduated from high school. She held various positions before being appointed finance director in October 2015. For more information, visit www.wagondays.org.

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The Idaho’s Hometown Hero Organization Committee is accepting nominations for the 2016 Idaho’s Hometown Hero Medal. The selected medalists will be honored at the 6th Annual Idaho Hometown Hero Awards Ceremony, Gala Celebration and charity partner Exposition on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Stephens Performing Arts Center in Pocatello. Nominations will be accepted until Aug. 10. Established in 2011 by the JRM Foundation for Humanity, Idaho’s Hometown Hero Medal pays tribute to those who show unique characteristics and achievements while displaying remarkable commitment to creating better and safer communities across the state of Idaho. The honorees illustrate outstanding qualities in both their personal and professional lives, and continue to preserve and promote the richness of Idaho, ultimately creating a stronger community for the future of Idaho. This year’s theme is “Strengthening Community Ties.” To make a nomination, visit www.idahohometownhero.org.

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he Sun Valley Summer Symphony, now in its 31st year, is celebrating the beginning of what it hopes is a long tenure with Jenny Krueger, as executive director. Until recently, Krueger was executive director of the Acadiana Symphony & Conservatory of Music in Lafayette, La. She holds a B.A. in Music from New Mexico State University and studied at the Aspen Music Institute, University of Denver and Mannes Conservatory of Music in New York City. Originally from New Mexico, Krueger was athletic and loved music, a combination that gave her many choices. Her father gave her advice when it came time to choose. “You know, baby, neither is a sure thing, but it’s better to choose what you love,” he said. Krueger chose music, and has been a professional flute player since she was 15 years old. When Krueger moved to Washington, D.C., with her then-husband, she continued playing professionally but also taught music at the Fredericksburg Academy, in Fredericksburg, Va., where she lobbied for an enhanced music program that included band. “I got into the other side and found a good fit,” Krueger said. “Back home, when I was playing in the El Paso Symphony for opera, I’d started teaching. After the first day, I was completely enamored and in love. This is what I am passionate about.” Krueger also realized she wasn’t the starving-musician type. “I love it but I didn’t love it that much. Not for me. My time in the symphony world, and time in the classroom, was prepping me for what I was supposed to do.” When her husband was transferred to Lafayette, La., Krueger was pregnant and antsy. “I’m not about sitting around,” she said. “I worked with The Seth Foundation to help the working poor with medical needs and got lots of experience fundraising.” Plus, she was still traveling to play. Both experiences led her to volunteering with the Acadiana Symphony, where she eventually became the orchestra representative on the board. The Acadiana Symphony Orchestra is one of only two in the U.S. that’s associated with a conservatory of music. “Technology changed everything, and most businesses, including the media, didn’t take it seriously at first,” Krueger said. “Symphony business was just staying status quo. This organization was struggling, and there was a huge disconnect between musicians and board.” Krueger went from a musician and volunteer to being offered the executive director position. She told them that they needed to “hop on board. I was tasked with turning it around, making it financially viable, and by engaging the community. We did it. The community got behind us.” During her time with the ASO, it experienced a complete rebranding. A three-year artistic vision, “Symphony of the Elements,” was created and implemented, and Krueger piloted an arts-in-education program offered to more than 9,000 4- to 5-year-old students who were considered at-risk students or who lived in poverty situations. The Link Up curriculum, a long-term partnership with Carnegie Hall, involved more than 3,000 local students. “Overture” magazine, an arts publication issued nine times a year, was started during Krueger’s tenure. “I was there for six years and had been in Lafayette for 10,” she said. “I was ready for something more. I put it out there. I know it sounds crazy, but Jenny Krueger takes the rei courtesy of Sun Valley Summ I was sure enough to manifest it.” Krueger was one of 30 finalists for the executive director position with SVSS. Her first interview Time for Three we was conducted in San Francisco with some of the Time for Three, which board members. nership with the Sun Va “I didn’t even know where Sun Valley was,” she laughed. “The first question was, ‘What is your ny, is losing one membe most moving musical experience?’” Krueger an- The violinist, Nikki Choo swered that it happened when she was in the audi- certmaster of the Metro ence of a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. tra, in New York City. As 2. Sitting next to her was SVSS Artistic Director Time for Three. Succeed Alasdair Neale, who admitted it was his favorite, Charles Yang, from Austi too. Synergy was in play. Time for Three’s Nick When Krueger had her second interview, it was Meyer will be joined by in March, in snowy Sun Valley. 28, for their world prem “It was very, very special. I could see myself Both Yang and Chooi wi here. There was something magical and peaceful. cational events in the Va We loved it. It was way more than we’d researched

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“The Firebird” Opening this year’s Sun Valley Summer Symphony Orchestra Festival, a newly commissioned production of the classic Igor Stravinsky ballet “The Firebird” will include dancers and towering puppets at the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. It will be presented at 8:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 1. The performance will start later than usual to best show off special lighting effects. Sun Valley Summer Symphony joined with five other orchestra festivals to commission the work. It will be performed in only six places in the United States this year including Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts with the National Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Mann Center for the Performing Arts and Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The local production is the only one that is free, with tickets selling for more than $100 at other venues such as the Hollywood Bowl. The puppets have been designed by South Africa’s Janni Younge, previously of the Handspring Puppet Co. that created the puppets for the London and Broadway play “War Horse.” It took more than 40 weeks to build the “The Firebird” puppets. These have to be realistic as well as delicately balanced so dancers can manipulate them while performing the choreographed steps. A stage extension will be installed to accommodate dancers and puppets. First produced by the Ballets Russes in 1910 in St. Petersburg, “The Firebird” launched Stravinsky into international fame. “Firebird has always had a special place for me ever since I first played it as a teenager,” Alasdair Neale, SVSS music director, said. “I love the drama, I love the exotic harmonies, but above all, I love the incredible color palette Stravinsky uses. It’s a real feast for the senses.” It will be performed as originally composed for a 100-piece orchestra that includes five bassoons, two piccolos, a piano and a celesta. The story is a modern adaptation of a Russian fairy tale involving a mystical bird that can help others as they struggle between the forces of good and evil. The Symphony will present Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major Wednesday, Aug. 3, and a family concert with works including Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” on Thursday, Aug. 4. Benjamin Britten’s “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” and Sergei Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 3 in C Major with pianist Joyce Yang on Saturday, Aug. 6. The season will conclude Thursday, Aug. 18, with Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in D Minor.

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Multiple-Dog Households

The “Weekly” Fishing RepoRT FoR July 20 - 26 FRom picabo angleR Anglers, we are entering another transitional time of the year again. The waters are dropping fast and the rivers that were barely wadable a few weeks ago are now approaching levels where stealth and fly pattern are important. With the coming heat, we can expect the fishing windows to also become early and late. The good news is we are starting to see the beginnings of a really good Hopper year. This will keep the afternoons interesting! Silver Creek is fishing very well, with Trico and Callibaetis right now. There are some PMD opportunities still, but the Trico is heavy in the early morning and lasting until 11ish. The Callibaetis is also showing in the morning and can be a game changer on Kilpatrick Pond. In the afternoon hours, Streamers in the pond or Hoppers in the river are the main players. The Big Wood is about to go into the August doldrums, meaning it is also going to start fishing early and late. If you head out in the evenings, the Caddis activity will build and the Rusty Spinner fly can be your best friend for the next two or three weeks. During the day, think about fishing Hopper/ Dropper combinations. Dave’s Hopper is the best Hopper on the Big Wood. Fish a Prince or Hare’s Ear Nymph underneath it. The Little Wood has fewer mosquitoes then a few weeks ago, but by all means still go there prepared for the onslaught, no matter the time of the day. Be fully covered up and have spray. Short of that and it’s not worth the agony. If you get a bit of a breeze and you are prepared, it is doable. The South Fork of the Boise is fishing OK with Caddis at night and Pink Albert action building during the day. If you are fishing Pink Alberts, pay very close attention to the shallow water and also know that the Pinks emerge with their wings fully exposed before they swim off the bottom of the river. Have flies to match this accordingly. The Upper Lost is still fishing very well with large attractors and Hoppers. The Streamer fishing is also very good, but decreased flows should knock that action back a bit. Plan on Little Yellow Sallies and Flying Ants to become the main hatches this coming week and beyond. The Lower Lost will come on strong as the water drops moving closer to the fall. Happy fishing, everyone!

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hen I was a kid, very few people had dogs. And if they did, they only had one doging Very few people had multiple-dog households. Nowadays, almost everyone has two or more dogs. There are many advantages to have multiple dogs, but there are several things you need to pay attention to as well. First, dogs are pack animals. A pack is the only way dogs know how to socially relate. Even though we have “domesticated” them, dogs still look for leadership or they are natural leaders. They may see humans as different from themselves, but they still see humans as a part of the social pack. Dog-to-dog relationships are far more complicated than we want them to be. Most people will say, “Let them work it out.” Sometimes that is sage advice if you are indeed the overseeing pack leader and all the dogs respect that. If you are not, and you leave it to their own devices, relationships can be strained. The important thing to remember is that, just like us, dogs may get along well with other dogs, or they may not. Some dogs will like some dogs but not others, just like we may feel with other people. It is very rare that a dog will get along with every dog it meets. Trying to force dogs into “liking” every dog they meet is unfair and unrealistic, in my opinion. When we have multiple-dog households, this all rings true for that situation as well. The

It’s wonderful to have several dogs, but care should be taken in orchestrating their personalities for a happy household! Photo by Fran Jewell

stronger the leader YOU are, the more likely the “pack” will get along. Leadership is clear, fair, and benevolent. Many humans are not really aware of how to be a leader that a dog will understand. But, that is another discussion. There are some basic important things to consider when orchestrating a pack of dogs to live with. In this case, a “pack” means more than one dog. The first is that opposite sexes tend to get along better. Females tend to be more dominant than males. Multiple females are more likely to fight than multiple males. And whether the dogs have been spayed or neutered and the AGE they were spayed or neutered can influence behavior with each other as well. Different breeds relate and play differently, too. Having similar breeds, such as all herding dogs, or all hunting dogs,

seems to be easier for the dogs to relate to each other. As an example, Labrador retrievers play by chasing, jumping on each other and rolling around. Herding dogs don’t tend to understand the rolling-around behavior or the jumping on each other as playfulness. Many herding dogs will be offended by the jumping on each other. If they grow up together, different breeds will understand each other better. If they are brought together later in life, it may make their relationship with each other more strained that may or may not work out. It is important that you do not treat all of your dogs equally. The highest-ranking dog should be afforded special privileges. New members should not have the same privileges as longtime members. The high-ranking dog should be fed first, let out the door first, get to go on car

rides without the others, and so on. Supporting the high-ranking (note, this does not mean “alpha”) dog is imperative for a healthy pack. These, of course, are all generalities. The dynamics of a multiple-dog household should be thoroughly understood in order for the dogs to get along peacefully. Before you bring an additional dog into your household, be sure to consider these generalities for a happy gathering! 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 www.positivepuppy.com or call 208-578-1565.

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White Bog Orchid BY LESLIE REGO

t has been a few years since I have seen a white bog orchid, maybe because I have not been hiking in the right places or perhaps because it has been too dry. This year, with the many recent rainstorms, I have come across the orchids in moist meadows and near streams. There are 25,000 to 30,000 species of orchids around the world and most grow in the tropics. But there are at least 450 that grow in colder climates, and the white bog orchid, Habenaria (Platanthera Habenaria dilatta), is one of them. The orchid flower can be very tiny, like the white flower of the bog orchid, or can be extremely large, even weighing a couple of hundred of pounds. When I lived in Guatemala, we had many orchids growing around our patio. In fact, my mother-in-law cultivated orchids and even created a new hybrid that won first prize in the Guatemala orchid competition. She named the new orchid after our 2-year-old son. Brennan, who is now the publisher of The Weekly Sun! So, I have always had a fondness for orchids and am excited when I come across them growing natu-

rally in the national forest. Before crossing the logs to begin the hike to Mill Lake, there is a wet meadow alongside the stream. This boggy area is where I found the lovely white bog orchid. The tiny flowers, about 1/4-inch across, grow on racemes, densely populating the thick stems. The leaves are succulent, long and narrow, becoming smaller as they travel up the stem. What always amazes me is that these miniature flowers have all of the attributes associated with a tropical orchid, even though they grow in a northern climate. A noticeable similarity is that the flower head is symmetrical bilaterally. It also has two sepals extending laterally, a lip and a hood, all characteristics that exist in the larger tropical flowers. Orchids generally have a symbiotic relationship with the plants that grow around them, as do our local orchids. They are fastidious about the conditions upon which they choose to grow and reproduce. The local orchids are rare and precious and should never be picked. Leslie Rego is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, artist and Blaine County resident. To view more of Rego’s art, visit www.leslierego.com.

Leslie Rego, “White Bog Orchid,” nib pen and sumi ink, watercolor.

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It looks like the Ketchum City Council has a new convenient way to make or to get out of making decisions. All they have to do now is send out a survey, which they have just done and have stated that they will be doing it in the future. So, now are these surveys going to be the new basis for making decisions? Who did it go to? How many did it go to? Was it sent to the entire voting population in Ketchum or to just a select few? Were the survey questions skewed? Were they accompanied with enough information to help recipients make a completely logical, informed decision, or were the questions skewed to invoke an emotional response? Do you use Highway 75 to go north of Ketchum? If so, I hope you got a copy of the survey and were able to respond to it because you are the person who counts. The survey in question affects more than just Ketchum. It was in regards to a “gas station,” which the survey claimed was to be built on the corner of Main Street and 10th Street. In actuality, the project in question was requesting a permit

to build on Highway 75 and 10th Street, which is north of Ketchum past Main Street. This gas station and convenience store could actually be of benefit to the City of Ketchum, as it would increase the taxes paid to the city, among other things. The idea of a gas station on “Main Street” might not seem appealing at first thought. However, the CONVENIENCE of one on the north end of town, and particularly for those entering town from the north, does seem appealing – even more appealing for those traveling through town with boats and trailers. This project is not just about the residents of Ketchum. This is also about the abundance of vehicles passing through Ketchum on Highway 75. This is about those who may need gas or a convenience store and may want to stop and shop in Ketchum. This has more to do with tourism, which keeps our economy going. Is a small survey to a select number of people a common-sense way for the city coun-

cil to base their decision making on, or is it a convenient way to get out of making a possible unpopular decision? Our elected officials always take the chance of making an occasional unpopular decision for the betterment of our community. I don’t believe a survey is necessary to do the job they are elected to do. If they are going to continue this trend, it should be unbiased, correct, and go to every mailing address in Ketchum. And even then, it should only be a small fraction of the decision making, and not a popularity contest. Ken and Marcia Hills Ketchum residents

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ommon tansy is found in nearly every state throughout the United States. Tansy was introduced from Europe in the 1600s and, because of its medicinal uses and popularity as an ornamental planting, it was planted and cultivated in the yards and gardens of early settlers. It is currently designated as a noxious weed in five states. Common Tansy is an invasive plant because, once established, it’s aggressive in forming dense stands and displaces desirable forbs and grasses, impacting wildlife habitat, and is often found along with other noxious weeds like Canada thistle and knapweed. It is commonly located in recently disturbed sites, including along roadsides, riverbanks, stream banks, pastures and irrigation ditches. Common tansy is also known as garden tansy and golden buttons. It’s an aromatic perennial, with rhizomes, reaching 1 to 5 feet tall, with fern-like foliage in the aster family. Flower heads are numerous, distinguishable by clusters of small, button-like yellow flowers that lack ray petals. Leaves are alternate and pinnately compound and irregularly lobed with leaves becoming smaller toward the tip of the stalk. Leaves and stems have a strong smell if crushed. The plants reproduce by seeds and rhizomes. Its flower heads are capable of holding seeds through the

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fall, when they may be dislodged from the dried flower head and spread by wind, birds, animals, vehicles, and water. More established plants are also capable of spreading by creeping rhizomes, which form dense patches. If you have this plant near or around your home, there are ways you can treat it. For more information contact your local Extension office. Sarah Busdon is an administrative assistant with University of Idaho’s Blaine County Extension office. For more information, visit www.extension.uidaho. edu/blaine or call (208) 788-5585.

LANCASTER AS THORPE BY JOELLEN COLLINS

hile discussing the efforts by the Screen Actors Guild and others to broaden racial lines in casting and other aspects qualifying for Oscars, I heard a dismaying statement. I had forgotten that Burt Lancaster played Jim Thorpe in the 1951 biopic of his stunning achievements at the 1912 Olympics and beyond. I have nothing against the actor who portrayed Thorpe, and, as a young teenager I thought it a wonderful movie experience when my friends and I would “tool” to Hollywood Boulevard, dressed up to stand in line to see the latest flick, featuring whatever star appealed to our fantasies. As broad-minded as we thought we were in the ’50s in Burbank, California, a middle-class environment, we didn’t consider the inequality of the studio system in not casting people of different color and faith in prominent roles. We loved our musical idols, Harry Belafonte, the great Ella, Louis Armstrong, and dozens more, without thinking about their portrayals in cinema. Dorothy Dandridge may have been one of the few black women who were recognized as glamorous stars. We certainly didn’t object to other translations of culture, such as Simone Signoret and Yves Montand being the leads in the French film of the quintessential American tale of the Salem witch trials, “The Crucible.” We just figured great actors were playing signal roles, and it didn’t matter the nationality JoEllen Collins—a longtime resident of the Wood River or race, though it is doubtful Valley— is an Idaho Press the original “Seven Samu- Club award-winning columrais” masterpiece, directed by nist, a teacher, writer, fabric Akira Kurosawa, would have artist, choir member and succeeded without Japanese unabashedly proud grandma known as “Bibi Jo.” performers. So it is a complex situation. Personally, I would like to see a society in which the color of one’s skin or coming from a different heritage wouldn’t matter. Recently, I conducted a class for skiers and others who opt for an intensive summer school session in order to make winter ski season a bit less stressful. As usual, I was enthralled with the abilities of the students and their understanding of the subject, “American Literature of the Immigrant.” One student project chronicled the history of “The Lost Boys,” refugees from the Sudan who arrived and adjusted to the wildly different reality of their new culture. We may imagine that their tall, dark-black physiognomy made it even more difficult for them, though many Americans embraced them and helped them succeed. I know talent reigns in considering show-business awards, and I have seen more possibilities in my lifetime than, if had thought about it, I would have expected. Our screens are now filled with images of many races portraying a variety of characters. In my generation, censorship and conformity in depictions of racial stereotypes and social mores dominated our movies and television: Lucy and Desi slept in twin beds, and portrayals of mixed-marriage couples were forbidden. Actually, miscegenation was a crime in many states. We have grown in tolerance and acceptance. I am glad we are heading toward more equality and the resulting changes in the entertainment world, but as a member of the Eisenhower generation, I am sorry that it has taken so long. tws

‘The Infiltrator’ Follow the money

BY JONATHAN KANE

ollow the money. That’s easier said than done. Especially in Florida in 1986 as Pablo Escobar’s Medellin drug cartel is pouring tons of cocaine into the U.S. and figuring out a way to launder billions of dollars. That’s when former IRS agent and now U.S. Customs agent Bob Mazur went undercover to follow the money trail rather than bust the drugs that could easily be replaced. His story now is a fine, taut thriller called “The Infiltrator,” based on his 2009 memoir.

In the end, Mazur’s work led to the arrest of 85 drug lords and the destruction of one of the biggest banks in the world – Bank of Credit and Commerce International. Deftly directed by Brad Furman off a great script from his mother, Ellen Brown Furman, the movie also boasts an excellent cast and some fine performances – chief among them being Bryan Cranston as Mazur, as well as his undercover, high-flying, money-laundering alter-ego Bob Musella. Cranston has to play a quiet family man working for the

government with a wife and kids as well as the slick Musella and he pulls off the tightrope walk to perfection. As his accomplice is the perfectly cast John Leguizamo – great as always – and Diane Kruger in a stunning turn as the undercover agent that poses as Cranston’s fiancée. Benjamin Bratt also excels as the man closest to Escobar that Cranston seduces to get the bust. Throughout the film, the danger of working undercover as well as the sheer audacity of being in such a dangerous position

is compellingly wrought. The action never wanes and the precariousness of Cranston’s position will keep you on edge throughout. “The Infiltrator” is a fine break from the summer’s other big-budget entertainments. tws

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the subject. It really opened up my understanding of how my brain was operating after two concussions and four whiplashes. I’m interested in what causes an illness like Alzheimer’s and it would be great to look for a cure. “I see myself working somewhere in the field. I would like to get a doctor’s degree or a Ph.D. There are just so many branches to the field.” But her focus remains on dog sledding. “It’s one of the most competitive sports in the world,” Larsen said. “When I was little, my dad would ski on cross-country skis behind our Siberian husky for fun. When I was 5 years old I told him I wanted to try, so I did on downhill skis. “I wanted my own dog so I could do it by myself. He saw an ad in a paper in Utah for sled dogs. We went to get one and returned with three. They were about 5 years old and they were retired racing dogs, so they moved at a slightly slower pace. Then we got a sled and I had my first race at age 8. “I finished third out of three but I won $100 so I was really happy!” Today, Larsen and her dad, who also races, have 17 dogs that they take in a trailer to all their races, though only a handful compete. “The competition pushes me to be a better person,” Larsen said. tws

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s part of the Sun Valley Shakespeare Festival, nexStage Theatre will present the contemporary comedy “Rapture, Blister, Burn” by Gina Gionfriddo. Performances will run July 26-27 and Aug. 1-3 at the nexStage Theatre, with all shows commencing at 8 p.m. Also being offered as part of the Festival will be William Shakespeare’s haunting classic “Hamlet,” July 28-31 and Aug. 4-6, nightly at 6 p.m. at Forest Service Park. “Rapture, Blister, Burn” explores contemporary relationships between men and women. “It’s about challenging the notion that women can have it all, and that’s O.K.,” explained Freddie Harris, who plays Catherine. “It’s about how men and women negotiate current social constructions of femininity and masculinity – how do they move within the constraints of those constructions – and the laughs and sorrows that emerge out of those negotiations.” After completing grad school, Catherine and Gwen chose polar-opposite paths to lead their lives. While Catherine chooses the academic path, Gwen builds a home with her husband and children. Decades later, both women feel unfulfilled and covet the other’s life. A dangerous game of musical chairs commences – the prize being Gwen’s husband. The play uses the “grass is always greener” idiom to explore theme. “It’s about how we may never

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be happy about the way we have spent our life, and it poses the question ‘what if I had chosen a different path,’” said Brett Moellenberg, director. Playwright Gionfriddo uses extremely contemporary dialogue in her intellectual and witty text. The lines may be fragments, but come together to tell a fluid story. Her dialogue encompasses and sheds light on four distinct women of a range of ages, each from a particular era and way of thinking. “Gina is a very good writer,” Moellenberg said. “She is excellent with foreshadowing, and she is able to write her dialogue with easy-to-follow subtext. There is a lot of ‘unsaid’ action in the dialogue that we get to draw out. That said, the dialogue is a big challenge for the actors. It is very colloquial and non-poetic, and that can be the hardest dialogue to memorize.” In addition to Harris, the standout cast features Kate Moncrief, Prue Hemmings, Savina Barini Brown and Rich Rush. Jamey Reynolds is the set designer, Samuel Mollner is

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The American Red Cross has issued an emergency call for blood and platelets, urging eligible donors to give now to replenish an extremely low summer blood supply. Blood donations have fallen short of hospital needs around the country and the state of Idaho. Blood products are being distributed to hospitals faster than donations are coming in. “If you’ve ever wondered how you can help save lives, giving blood helps meet the needs of hospital patients in the coming days and weeks as well as in the event of an emergency,” explained Mary Williams, St. Luke’s Wood River Volunteer Core Board president. Right now, the Red Cross has less than a five-day supply of blood on hand. At least a five-day supply is needed to meet the needs of hospital patients and be prepared for any emergencies that might require lots of donated blood products. “Maintaining a safe and adequate blood supply is critical to the nation’s public health and a priority for the medical community,” said Miriam A. Markowitz, CEO of AABB.

Summer is always a challenging time for blood centers to ensure an adequate blood supply due to donors taking vacations and schools being out of session. Despite the season, the need for blood remains constant and patients continue to depend on the generosity of blood donors to meet that need. All blood types are needed. The American Red Cross and St. Luke’s Wood River Volunteer Core Board will host a blood drive Tuesday, July 26 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Sun Valley Road in Ketchum. To schedule an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code ”Ketchum.” Identification is required at drive. For questions regarding eligibility, please call (866) 236-3276. For more information, call Mary Williams at (208) 721-1211.

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7PM / LIBERTY THEATRE / HAILEY Company of Fools opened its 21st season with the complex and haunting musical “Grey Gardens” at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey. The first musical to be based on a documentary, “Grey Gardens” tells the story of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. With Doug Wright’s intelligent book, intricate music by Scott Frankel and witty lyrics by Michael Korie, the stranger-than-fiction story of the Bouviers is brought to life. Tickets for tonight’s final performance of “Grey Gardens” are $35 for full price, $30 for seniors and Center members and $15 for students (18 and under). Tickets may be purchased online at sunvalleycenter.org, by phone at (208) 578-9122 or at the Liberty Theatre box office starting one hour prior to curtain. Company of Fools’ box office is located at the Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main Street in Hailey, with hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS THURSDAY JULY 21 5-7PM / 21 COMET LANE / HAILEY The Chamber will hold a Business After Hours at Sun Valley Hyperbarics – located at 21 Comet Lane off Airport Way in Hailey – on Thursday, July 21, from 5-7 p.m. Learn about Hyperbarics and how it’s used to help Valley residents heal with the power of oxygen. Community leaders will be on hand to give updates and information about programs, projects and events that affect our life in the Valley. PowerHouse restaurant will provide light hors d’ oeuvres.

SUN VALLEY CENTER WINE AUCTION THURS JULY 21-SAT JULY 23 VARIOUS TIMES / VARIOUS LOCATIONS Sun Valley Center for the Arts will host the 35th Annual Sun Valley Center Wine Auction, a charity event unfolding over three glorious days. This year’s lineup of top vintners, chefs, sponsors, live entertainment, and silent and live auction lots will once again deliver on the auction’s reputation as one of the 10 best charity wine auctions in the country and one of the premier events of the Sun Valley summer season. Participants will delight in exclusive Vintner Dinners, an unforgettable Auction Gala, a lively wine tasting and the Vine & Dine picnic. Tickets—particularly those for exclusive packages like the Grand Cru and Premier Cru—are guaranteed to sell out quickly, so guests are encouraged to reserve their places now. Packages and individual tickets are on sale at www.sunvalleycenter.org/wineauction or (208) 726-9491. The Sun Valley Center Wine Auction is presented by the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, the largest nonprofit arts organization in the state of Idaho. Reaching 40,000 people annually through their programs, The Center’s mission is to enrich the community through transformative arts and educational experiences. The Center is committed to “Arts Making an Impact” in our community by hosting yearround, world-class visual arts exhibitions; BIG IDEA multidisciplinary projects; Company of Fools award-winning theater; performances by some of the nation’s finest musicians, vocalists and dancers; lectures by award-winning authors and scholars; and a robust arts education program.

‘SHOSHONE-BANNOCK FISHERIES’ FRIDAY JULY 22 5PM / STANLEY MUSEUM The Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association (Sawtooth Association) will continue its 9th annual Forum and Lecture Series on Friday, July 22, at 5 p.m. at the Stanley Museum in Stanley. This summer the Sawtooth Association’s Forum and Lecture Series is themed “Water in Idaho.” This week, Chad Colter will present “Shoshone-Bannock Fisheries.” The Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association is a nonprofit, member-based organization. All programs are free of charge, but donations are gladly accepted. For more information on programs and membership, visit www.discoversawtooth.org or email Terry Clark at tclark@discoversawtooth.org.

NEWS IN BRIEF Julie Weston To Speak At Stanley Luncheon Hailey author Julie Weston will be the honored guest at the Eighth Annual Stanley Library Luncheon at Redfish Lake Lodge at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance. Weston’s novel “Moonshadows,” set in the Wood River Valley in the 1920s, is a historical mystery. The second mystery in the series, “Basque Moon,” is set in the Stanley Basin, and will be released in August. The luncheon will be held at Redfish Lake Lodge. Weston will give a short reading, discuss her researching and writing processes, and sign books. For more information or to purchase luncheon tickets, contact Library Director Jane Somerville at (208) 774-2470.

NEWS IN BRIEF St. Luke’s Wood River Opens Expanded Infusion Center

The St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation held a ribbon cutting Tuesday, July 12, for its expanded state-of-the-art infusion center. The center provides four treatment chairs and dramatically improving patient care and experience. “Thanks to community generosity, we have fulfilled our vision to double the capacity for care and bring cancer and other infusion treatments and oncology clinic services together in one location,” said E. Carlton “Buddy” Wilton, foundation Dr. Dan Fairman left, and Buddy president. Wilton, board chair of the SLWR While addressing staff, phy- Foundation. Photo courtesy of St. sicians and members of the Luke’s Wood River community, Dr. Dan Fairman, medical director of Infusion Services at SLWR, said, “This is really all about the patient having greater access to care and treatment close to home with loved ones by their side. The Center provides a healing environment with skilled and caring nurses and physicians.” The expanded center location increases patient safety with its proximity to the lab and separation from the Emergency Room. It features large comfortable chairs for the patient along with a room in which to lie down. Ample space for family to join the patient is provided. Healing Touch and other therapists, including lymphedema services, are available either in the infusion center or in the rehab clinic. Megan Thomas, chief development officer of the St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation, said numerous donors contributed nearly $990,000 to the $1.5 million center. “Since the opening of its existing Infusion Room in 2009, St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center has experienced a significant increase in growth in the demand for chemotherapy and infusion services,” Thomas said. “The Center is a welcome answer to the growing demand for more comprehensive care in the Wood River Valley. It would not be possible without the commitment and dedication of our donors and the staff at St. Luke’s Wood River.”

Warm Springs Project On Ice

The Ketchum City Council approved the Warm Springs Ranch Resort Annexation and Development Agreement on Aug. 11, 2009. It was given 10 years to complete the entire project. The project was designed to be a mixed-use hospitality project with a large hotel building establishing the development core of the project with adjacent areas of both active and passive open space. Since 2009, the development agreement was amended three more times. The owner of the project, Helios Development, LLC, recently requested an eight-year extension of this deadline to Aug. 2, 2024, by amending the development agreement. This would extend the prior approvals for the project. In early June, the City Council held a public hearing on the extension request. After hearing testimony from the applicant, city staff, and members of the public, the City Council directed staff to research additional questions regarding the original approvals for the project. City Attorney Jill Holinka said that if the development agreement terminates because of a failure to satisfy requirements or conditions of the agreement, Idaho law allows for the property to remain zoned as conditioned in the development agreement or to be rezoned to some other zoning designation. The City Council on Monday night approved a two-month extension on the development agreement for the project, to give the “applicant time to present its reasoning as to why force majeure was relevant and a viable consideration in granting an extension,” said City Administrator Lisa Ennaurato. This will also allow the city time to analyze the documentation. Force majeure is a condition in the existing development agreement. The request for the extension will be considered at the Oct. 3 City Council meeting.

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