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ON THE COVER

Will Caldwell “Lupine And Arrowleaf Balsamroot Above The Big Wood River,” pastel chalk on paper. Caldwell is a Blaine County resident. For more information, visit www.willcaldwell. com.

Local artists & photographers interested in seeing their art on our cover page should email submissions to: mandi@theweeklysun.com (photos should be high resolution and include caption info such as who or what is in the photo, date and location).

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City of Ketchum Coming Up at City Council and Planning & Zoning June 6 – City Council Request to amend city’s vending ordinance to allow more than one vendor license on a property.

June 13 – Planning and Zoning Commission Proposal to construct a motor vehicle fueling station, convenience store and food service establishment at 911 North Main St. June 20 – City Council Request for an 8-year extension of all approvals for the Warm Springs Ranch Resort project. The agreement has been amended three times.

If you have comments and cannot attend the meetings, email participate@ketchumidaho.org.

Free Summer Concert Series Begins June 14 Ketch’em Alive kicks off summer June 14 in Forest Service Park with Tyler and the Train Robbers. Concerts are each Tuesday throughout the summer from 7 to 9 p.m. On June 26, the Louis Ramanos Quartet opens the Jazz in the Park season, held at Rotary Park each Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m.

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The back of this Ford van was crushed by a simulated utility pole in a “mythbusters” type experiment conducted Saturday by Wood River High School physics and robotics students. Photo by Jean Jacques Bohl

STUDENTS CONDUCT EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLE CRASH Test designed to explore vehicle velocity impact with utility poles

BY JEAN JACQUES BOHL

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ast Saturday around 12:15 p.m., Wood River High School physics and robotics students conducted a real-life “mythbusters” type experiment by crashing a Ford van traveling 55 miles per hour into a utility pole in Slaughterhouse Canyon in Bellevue.

The pole sheared off, causing significant damage to the van and indicating that passengers in the van, particularly those in the back seats, could have been killed or seriously injured. Test results showed that the back seats could be more vulnerable because the sheared-off pole crashed onto the van, partially crushing the rear section.

Chris Cey, physics teacher at Wood River High School, explained that the experiment was intended to explore a commonly held belief that it’s safer for a vehicle to hit a utility pole at a high rate of speed rather than at a lower rate of speed because at higher speed the impact would be lessened if the pole sheared off.

Test results showed that it is not

a good idea to make that assumption.

The test, while deemed a success, did not go entirely as planned. Students intended the van be moving at 45 mph when it hit the pole; however, a glitch in the speed system, attributed to a faulty police radar reading, had the van moving at 55 mph upon impact.

Cey said he was extremely pleased with the test since the experiment had originated with his applied physics students.

“This is an opportunity for a real-world learning project,” Cey said. “A true project-based learning, taking education to the next level with real results as an outcome.”

The test took place about a mile up Slaughterhouse Canyon in Bellevue. All south Valley law enforcement agencies were on hand as well as the Bellevue and Hailey fire departments. The Blaine County School District provided shuttle buses for onlookers, which numbered about 60.

Cey said the test cost about $1,700. Sun Valley Auto Club assisted with the funding by sell-

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ing a donated car for $1,000. The Blaine County Education Foundation contributed $700 for technical and mechanical costs.

The Hailey Fire Department donated the van, while Idaho Power provided a standard class 3 utility pole. Wood River High School engineering teacher Kevin Lupton’s robotics students constructed the equipment needed to drive the van via remote control.

Juniors Joseph Anderson and Kevin Browder designed and built most of the equipment.

Cey explained that the project had its origins two years ago during State Highway 75 road construction south of Ketchum when students became alarmed over how close newly installed utility poles were to the highway.

He said that concern raised the question of safety versus vehicle speed upon impact with a pole.

Cey said plans are already underway for a similar test next year, with a different remotely controlled van hitting another pole at a speed in the range of 3540 mph. tws

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Sun Valley Resort announced on May 26 that Tim Silva, the resort’s general manager and vice president, has been elected as chair of the board of directors of the National Ski Area Association. The election took place at the association’s annual convention May 18-21 in Nashville, Tenn. The election is for a two-year term “I couldn’t be happier to have Tim Silva as the new chair of the NSAA’s board of directors,” Michael Berry, president of the association, stated in a press release.

“Silva brings tremendous value as the chair of the board, including his insights and experiences from both Sun Valley and Northstar-at-Tahoe. He brings an important voice to the northern Rocky Mountain region as our new chair.”

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GLENN HONORED FOR LIBRARY SERVICE

Heritage Court woman became a paramedic in later years

BY JONATHAN KANE

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he Heritage Court Committee has selected Lois Glenn to this year’s Heritage Court.

Glenn is known locally as the “stalwart of the library” for her volunteerism and long service on the board of directors of The Community Library in Ketchum.

“I’m very honored to be chosen,” Glenn said in an interview.

“It’s great to be recognized as an historic figure and someone who contributed in the early days. It’s nice to be remembered.”

Glenn’s involvement with the library started about the time she moved from Blackfoot to the Wood River Valley in 1960. She first served as a volunteer, which led to being on the board of directors for 20 years, treasurer for 10 years and chair for two years.

“I’m most proud of the work I did on creating the new building,” Glenn said. “We made the plans while I was treasurer and figured out what it would cost and how to pay for it. It took a few years but it was a huge accomplishment. Since then it has expanded but it’s still one of the most important places in town and it keeps growing and modernizing.”

Glenn has also worked for 20 years at The Gold Mine, a thrift store in Ketchum that provides funding for The Community Library. She said her fondest memory there was working with Cyn-

thia Quarton.

“People came in there to see her,” Glenn said. “It was a social place. People would come in and chat and catch up on the news.”

Glenn is originally from Stockham, Neb., with a population of 20 who she said were mostly relatives. She married her college sweetheart, Jim Glenn, and moved with him to Ketchum in 1960. While Jim worked as a pharmacist and at east 101part-owner bullion st Ketchum Drug, which was lo(across from atkinsons’ market north side) cated in the building that now 788-4438 houses Rocky 208 Mountain Hardware, Lois was busy helping out at the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, teaching knitting for 4-H, and working with the PTA at Wood River Junior High.

After her husband passed away in the late 1990s, Lois Glenn moved to their second home at Smiley Creek, where she saw a community need and began a four-year career as a paramedic.

Though in her sixties and a bit apprehensive, she went back to school and even trained for several months in Kansas City, Mo. She said nothing that happened at Smiley Creek and in northern Blaine County compares with the level of excitement of latenight emergency runs into downtown Kansas City. There, she dealt with drug overdoses, driveby shootings, and the homeless.

At Smiley Creek, there were motorcycles colliding with deer, lost hikers, and snowmobile accidents. tws

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he Wood River Valley is home to many art galleries and artists from all aspects of the art world, a fact that is readily apparent in Ketchum and the north Wood River Valley, which is generally viewed as the area’s center for artistic endeavors.

However, a new movement has started in Bellevue to extend the reputation for the arts to the south Valley. This movement was strengthened earlier this month by the unanimous approval of the Bellevue Common Council to form a new Bellevue Arts Commission.

Why Bellevue and why the groundswell for the arts? The movement started with two local artists, Suzanne Hazlett and Anne Jeffrey, and a special annual event, the Wood River Valley Studio Tour, which Hazlett and Jeffrey founded in 2013.

Since its launch, the studio tour, using the acronym WRVST, has became the largest artist-open-studio event in the state of Idaho. Hazlett and Jeffrey noted that while the overall visitor count for the event has grown 100 percent year after year, many of the artists who maintain studios in Bellevue have experienced a decline in their audience. Despite year-round marketing efforts, there was no real improvement in the south Valley.

Hazlett said she and Jeffrey recognized that these efforts were focused only on the symptoms, and not the source of the problem, which is that the Bellevue community has not realized its potential in presenting an environment of cultural vitality that draws in visitors.

“The Wood River Valley Studio Tour is currently one of a very few arts events that extends to the Bellevue community,” Hazlett said. “This is a reality Anne Jeffery and I aspire to change.”

Recognizing an opportunity for more, Hazlett, who lives in Sun Valley, began working with Jeffrey, who lives in Bellevue and is an accomplished photographer with prior experience in public relations. The two joined forces and their venture started with forming and gaining city approval for the Bellevue Arts Commission. Hazlett and Jeffrey are now the commission’s first members and have been appointed co-chairs.

Hazlett and Jeffrey explained that Bellevue has a variety of different artists currently working in the city, who typically prefer a more quiet, rural setting for inspiration. And, although Bellevue has a more rural community feel, it is still close enough to Ketchum, Sun Valley, and Hailey and what those cities have to offer in the artistic world.

“We are looking forward to working with the Bellevue community in developing a strategic and feasible plan for bringing art in all its different forms to the city,” said Jeffrey.

Mixed media artist Martha Andrea in her Bellevue studio. Photo courtesy of Anne Jeffrey

Artist Anne Jeffery’s self-portrait and photo montage.

Photo courtesy of Anne Jeffrey

In a press release, Hazlett and Jeffrey jointly explained the advantage of forming an arts commission: “A Bellevue Arts Commission can seek grants for projects and/or events, provide a focus to involve and inspire volunteers and promote the recognition and development of local Bellevue artists. Arts and culture are useful agents for invigoration and restoring character to downtown cores, rekindling pride and belief in a community and attracting visitors. Bellevue is the gateway to the Wood River Valley and growing the art and culture of Bellevue will benefit the whole Wood River Valley arts community.”

Now that the arts commission has been approved, Hazlett and Jeffrey are anxious to “take this dream and turn it into something tangible.”

They are currently pursing a matching grant through the Idaho Commission on the Arts and are trying to raise the $1,500 local match as soon as possible. According to Hazlett and Jeffrey, the “funds will help underwrite the cost for a cultural planning consultant to assess the Bellevue community and help identify the most impactful and feasible path to embark upon.” tws

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SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS CONTROVERSIAL ONCE AGAIN

Trustees disagree on continued funding for Communications Department

BY TERRY SMITH

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ontroversial in its founding six years ago, the Blaine County School District’s Communications Department has become controversial once again as members of the district board of trustees disagree on whether to continue funding for the program.

The controversy erupts at a time when the school board is trying to shave $1.3 million from its operating budget for Fiscal Year 2017, which starts on July 1. A decision on the budget, per Idaho State Department of Education requirements, is due this month, possibly as soon as the board’s next regular meeting on June 14.

At stake for the budget is about $200,000 directed toward the Communications Department, which is comprised of Heather Crocker as director and Kelly Martin as her communications specialist assistant. Crocker has served as director since shortly after the department was approved for establishment by the school board in late 2010.

Funding for the Communications Department was listed in a FY2017 tentative budget that was approved by the board earlier this spring for publication as required by law.

However, since then Trustees Elizabeth Corker and Cami Bustos have proposed an alternative budget that eliminates the Communications Department and instead retains funding for the dis-

trict’s parent and Hispanic liaison positions and for International Baccalaureate, a high school and middle school program, which is intended to prepare students for an international community and marketplace.

Critics of the Communications Department have claimed that the district’s website, currently maintained by the Communications Department, can be handled instead by the district Technology Department and that internal and external communications could be handled by other administrative staff.

Public criticism of the Communications Department has also claimed that the department all too often functions as a public relations bureau to support and maintain a positive reputation for district Superintendent GwenCarol Holmes, whose performance has also been subjected to some public criticism over the past several months.

The same arguments against the Communications Department were heard in late 2010, when the school board, at the request of former Superintendent Lonnie Barber, voted by a 3-2 margin to establish a Communications Department and hire a communications director.

Barber pointed out then that establishment of a communications function was the top recommendation from a recently completed audit on district communications conducted by the National School Public Relations Association. He said the audit

Heather Crocker has served as the Blaine County School District communications director since the district’s Communications Department was founded. Photo courtesy of Blaine County School District

pointed out that the district needed to communicate better with both its employees and the public and that hiring a specialist to focus on communications would better serve the district.

Voting against establishment of a Communications Department in 2010 were former Trustees Paul Bates and Kathryn Graves. However, both Bates and Graves later changed their opinions on the matter and spoke in support of Crocker and the Communications Department.

In 2013, the school board, then chaired by Bates, reviewed the Communications Department functions and concluded that the function was of value to the district.

“After reviewing the goals of the communications audit and what the communications direc-

tor has accomplished, the trustees agreed that it is a valuable position for the district,” Bates said then, quoting from a prepared statement. “A few examples of recent accomplishments include outreach during the Dual-Immersion magnet school decision, expansion of information on the district website, surveys to the community and employees to assist in decision making and the electronic newsletter to the community and staff.”

More recently, community survey results have shown that the public relies primarily on the district website and its publications, functions performed by the Communications Department, for information about the district. Prior to establishment of a Communications Department, community surveys showed that the public relied primarily on the news media for information about the district.

The Communications Department on the district website explains its purposes as to provide “information to a variety of stakeholders, including students, staff, families and community members. The department strives to communicate accurate and timely news about schools, programs, achievements of students and staff, opportunities for input, decisions, district policies, and programs.

“All communication supports the BCSD Strategic Plan. Informed stakeholders are critical to the continued success of the district and overall success

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of students, as well as the fulfillment of the BCSD Strategic Plan.”

In an email sent Tuesday to The Weekly Sun, Crocker described the Communications Department as “two people and a modest budget for marketing.”

“The small but vocal group who don’t want communications are regular readers of the BCSD Weekly Update, visitors to the website and also request support of communications to publicize meetings,” advertise vacancies, provide video support to meetings, and write and distribute press releases and school board meeting briefs.

“The amount of work on teachers’ and administrators’ plates is documented and should be considered when patrons say that communications can be added to the tech department or to the superintendent job,” Crocker stated.

“Times have changed,” Crocker stated. “Parents and the public expect immediate up-to-date information.”

Crocker, who each year presents a communications workshop for school superintendents and principals from throughout Idaho, stated in her email that 10 out of 12 of the largest school districts in Idaho have communications professionals on staff.

“All those principals and superintendents who don’t have communications wish they had it and they say it simply doesn’t get done without a dedicated person,” Crocker stated. tws

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‘LUNCH IN THE PARK’ STARTS JUNE 20

The Hunger Coalition has announced that “Lunch in the Park,” a federally funded program to ensure that kids have nutritious meals in the summer, begins on June 20 and will run through Aug. 19.

Through the program, The Hunger Coalition provides free sack lunches from 12-1 p.m. on weekdays to all children under 18. The lunches will be served at the Balmoral apartments play field in south Hailey. No pre-application or identification is required; kids can simply show up for meals. Parents and guardians can also have a sack lunch for $1.

The program is funded by the Blaine County School District with a grant for about $13,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture A summer lunch program National School Lunch Program, the same program that provides offered by The Hunger Cofunding for free or reduced-price lunches for children when school is alition is funded by the U.S. in session.

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Photo courtesy of The Hunger “When school ends, hunger begins for many local children who Coalition rely on school lunch as the one meal a day they can count on,” said Naomi Spence, associate director of The Hunger Coalition. “That’s why we started the Lunch in the Park program as a way for kids to come together, get a free, healthy sack lunch, play in the park and enjoy their summer.

“With more than 450 children living in poverty in Blaine County, and hundreds of local families struggling to make ends meet, Lunch in the Park ensures our children have access to the nutrition they need.”

The Hunger Coalition reported that free activities will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays in conjunction with Lunch in the Park. Conducting the activities will be staff from the Hailey Public Library, St. Luke’s Wood River, Blaine County 4-H and the Environmental Resource Center.

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ST. LUKE’S ANNOUNCES NEW ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

St. Luke’s Wood River announced on May 27 that orthopedic surgeon Dr. Matt Kopplin will join the staff at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center later in June.

Kopplin, who specializes in joint replacement, comes to the hospital from Billings Clinic, in Billings, Mont., where he serves as department chairman of orthopedics and has practiced for the past 14 years.

St. Luke’s reported in a press release that joint replacement surgery makes up about 80 percent of Kopplin’s current practice, but he also practices general orthopedics and participates in the emergency call rotation of a 304-bed Level II Trauma Center that serves all of central and eastern Montana as well as much of northern Wyoming.

St. Luke’s reported that Kopplin will join Dr. Alison Kinsler at St. Luke’s Clinic – Sun Valley Sports Medicine.

“I look forward to working together to optimize the care we can provide,” Kinsler said. “His [Kopplin’s] experience and familiarity with various techniques and options for joint replacement surgery will be a welcome addition, filling a major need for the active patients in this Valley.”

Dr. Matt Kopplin, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in joint replacement, has been hired at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center. Photo courtesy of St. Luke’s Wood River

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WRHS SOPHOMORE RECEIVES SYMPHONY AWARD

Jorgen Lawrence, a sophomore at Wood River High School, has received the Carol Nie Outstanding Music Student Award from the Sun Valley Summer Symphony.

The award, given to a student each year, includes a $1,000 stipend. The award is named in honor of Carol Nie, former board president of the symphony and co-founder of the symphony’s School of Music, which provides free year-round music education for students ages 9 through 18.

The symphony reported in a press release that Lawrence has studied violin since the age of 8. As a part of the Harriman Quartet, he works directly with the string trio Time for Three during their residency and mentor- Wood River High School sophomore Jorgen ship project with the School of Music.

Lawrence has studied violin since the age of 8.

Photo courtesy of Gina Poole Lawrence also performs with the high school advance chamber orchestra, sings with the B-Tones and accompanies the vocal group Colla Voce on violin.

“Through the School of Music, I have learned and continue to develop the kind of work ethic that can only be understood after spending hours perfecting one passage of music,” Lawrence said. “This type of work ethic is vital to playing music and it transfers to almost every other aspect of life.”

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PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS DUE JUNE 20

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The Blaine County Treasurer’s Office reminds property owners that property tax payments are due by June 20.

The Treasurer’s Office will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, June 17, to assist with taking payments. The office will also be open during regularly scheduled hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, June 20.

Questions can be directed to the Treasurer’s Office at (208) 788-5530.

KETCHUM COUPLE ASSISTS WITH AIDS FUNDRAISER

Ketchum couple Rick and Lynn Flickinger will serve as “roadies” for the third straight year to help some 2,500 cyclists in a 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angles to raise money for AIDS prevention. The AIDS/LifeCycle event will be held June 5-11.

The Flickingers reported in a press release that AIDS/LifeCycle is the world’s largest single-event AIDS prevention fundraiser and will involve participants from every state in the U.S. and from 18 foreign countries. They are among some 600 roadies that will assist the cyclists.

“We are committed to AIDS/LifeCycle because we want to see an end to HIV/AIDS,” the Flickingers stated. “We signed on as roadies in 2014 to Rick and Lynn Flickinger will serve as “roadies” for the learn more about our daughter’s passion for her AIDS/LifeCycle bicycle tour job.” in California, to be held June Their daughter, Kristin Flickinger, is director of 5-11. Photo courtesy of Lynn Flickinger the AIDS/LifeCycle, Los Angeles.

“We have the power through education, prevention and treatment to stop HIV transmission in our lifetime and AIDS/LifeCycle plays an important part in making this happen,” the couple stated.

The Flickingers reported that participating cyclists will raise an average of $6,000 each through the event.

Additional information on the event is available at aidslifecycle.org.

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SOLARIZE BLAINE ANNOUNCES FIRST INSTALLATIONS

Solarize Blaine, a solar energy initiative managed by the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience, announced Friday that nine solar installations now underway have achieved the program’s first price break, saving property owners involved in the program an average of $1,000 each.

Solarize Blaine reported in a press release that the first customer, Bellevue resident Joe Miczulski, “had been considering installing panels for years, but it wasn’t until the Solarize Blaine program that he took the plunge and put 14 solar panels on his roof.”

“I had been thinking about it for a long time, just waiting for the price to make sense, and with Solarize Blaine it finally did,” Miczulski said. “The upfront cost of my 4.55-Kw [kilowatt] system was about $18,000, but with the Solarize Blaine price discount and tax deductions, I’ll only end up paying about $10,000.”

With the Solarize Blaine program, the more people who install solar energy systems, the cheaper the installation for those who participate.

“One hundred and fifty people have already signed up to have their home or business evaluated,” said Solarize Blaine Program Director Katie Bray. “We want to reach 40 signed contracts before July 31 so that everyone gets the cheapest pricing possible and saves about $3,500 on their system. With these first contracts we’re well on our way to achieving that.”

Additional information on the program is available at www.solarizeblaine. org.

SENIOR BASH PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A CAR

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The Blaine County Community Drug Coalition has donated a 2002 Mercedes ML 320 as a grand prize for a drawing to be held at the Senior Bash on Friday, June 10, immediately following graduation ceremonies at Wood River High School.

The car will be awarded to a graduating senior who makes the choice to avoid alcohol.

Eligible to attend the Senior Bash, Graduating seniors will have a chance to an annual event to provide seniors win this car at the Senior Bash party on with a graduation celebration free of Friday, June 10. Shown here, from left, are alcohol or other drugs, are graduates Dave Stone, owner of Sun Valley Auto Club, from all local high schools, including Amber Larna, executive director of the Blaine County Community Drug Coalition, WRHS, Silver Creek High School, Carey School, Community School and and Senior Bash co-chairs Kim MacPherson and Mary Sfingi. Photo courtesy of 2016 The Sage School.

Summer Bash Committee “This event has proven to be very effective for reducing the amount of incidents on graduation night,” said Blaine County Sheriff Gene Ramsey. “I think it is great for the kids to have one last inclusive, positive interaction with each other before starting the next chapter of their lives.”

Senior Bash organizers reported in a press release that several local businesses assisted in getting the car ready for the drawing. Sun Valley Auto Club provided detailing, Impact Auto Body repaired the bumpers and Evans Plumbing donated funds for other repairs.

Sage School senior Callie Bourgette advocates community involvement with service organizations. Photo courtesy of Callie Bourgette

CALLIE BOURGETTE Passionate about human rights

BY JONATHAN KANE

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allie Bourgette, a Sage School senior and member of the Compassionate Young Leaders, says she is passionate about human rights.

“I’ve always found it incredibly interesting,” she said in an interview. “So many people are caught up in making money that we really need to step back and look at the problems in the world that affect us like social issues, sexism, poverty and racism.

“I think we are focused too much on trying to better ourselves and our situation in the world. It’s all about ‘me me me’ and we need to be helping other people and putting ourselves in their shoes and empathizing with them.

“You just need to get involved in your own community and what is happening there,” Bourgette said. “Programs like The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and The Hunger Coalition need people to help out and get involved.”

To that end, Bourgette volunteers at The Advocates and interns as part of Advocates ETC [Every teen hs a Choice], which is part of the organization’s education program.

“We help educate the community about violence prevention and healthy relationships,” she said. “We go into the schools and talk to the kids and tell them what a healthy relationship is and what to do if they are in an unhealthy relationship and to give them resources to get help and get out of the relationship.

“A healthy relationship is one where the partners communicate

with each other and are empathetic to one another and that there is trust,” Bourgette said. “Those are the biggest three. In an unhealthy relationship, you are not comfortable and you have to trust your gut. If you can feel that it’s wrong, then it probably is wrong. Then you want to get help and talk to someone that you trust.

“It’s so important to have someone to talk to,” she said. “After that, the next step is either to get out or talk to your partner and figure it out. If it’s really bad, you need to get professional help.

From the outside, though, it is hard to truly understand what is going on.”

As part of the Compassion Young Leaders program, Bourgette traveled last year to Ladok, India, on a humanitarian mission.

This year she will be travelling to Mexico.

“I joined because friends had done it and it seemed really interesting and because I wanted to help outside the community,” she said. “Also, I was very interested in mindfulness and meditation, which are at the heart of the program, along with learning about secular ethics.

“You need to make sure that you are checking in with people and to make sure that I am not projecting my feelings on another and to be compassionate and empathetic and care about others.

“The program has taught me so much, like how to become more compassionate and present and how to live life to the fullest,” Bourgette said. “It’s also taught me how to take care of other people and myself and how truly lucky we are to live where we do.” tws

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ishing the Sun Valley area this week is as good as it gets. The holiday crowds have departed. Our rivers are beginning to clear and our hatches are in full swing. If you like fly fishing, this is prime time. Get out there and fish!

The brown drake hatch is in full swing on Silver Creek. A few days of trickling off was ended Sunday when the first major emergence occurred. The bugs have been seen throughout the lower Creek from Picabo Bridge to Highway 20.

Late-morning emergence has been happening around 11 a.m. but obviously the real show starts in the evening hours.

If you’re headed down to catch this hatch and surreal occurrence in nature, stop on in and see us. Picabo Angler is open until 8 p.m. every night.

We have your brown drake flies, beer, ice and food!

The Pale Morning Dun (PMD) hatch on the Creek has also been world class. The Nature Conservancy water was a busy, busy place on Saturday. By 4 in the afternoon, it had cleared out, though, and about that time the day’s first major hatch occurred.

This has continued with the warmer weather. Baetis (BWO) spinners have also been bringing fish to the surface and most of this action has been in the morning hours.

The Big Wood continues to clear and get a great scrubbing.

Ash from fires in previous summers has finally been picked up and moved into Magic Reservoir. Green Drakes are about to pop, so be ready with the proper flies. We sell the Colorado Green Drake and the Green Drake Film Critic, which are both incredible flies for the Big Wood. Until we see the first big Green Drake hatches, fish large Stimulators, like the Picabo Stimulator with a dropper fly underneath. The Epoxy Back Green Drake is an excellent choice for this.

The South Fork of the Boise is fishing relatively well for the early season. Nymphing is the game until the Salmon Fly hatch begins. Focus on Girdle Bugs, Copper Johns and large Prince Nymphs. If you want to fish dry, try big black foam patterns like Fat Alberts or Sparky’s Spider.

The Upper Lost should begin to fish well and fall into its normal pattern of repeating the Big Wood hatches a week or two after they have started on the Wood. The hot days may dirty our rivers a bit one last time but, if so, it won’t last long. Keep those fly boxes ready!

Happy fishing, everyone!

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CALMING THERAPIES FOR DOGS

BY FRAN JEWELL

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omehow, in the past couple of years, I ended up on an email list for veterinarians.

I have no idea how that happened because I sure am not a doctor, but I get some really wonderful news about what’s new in veterinary medicine. One thing that keeps popping up over and over is new devices, supplies and medications to help calm dogs.

Everywhere on the Internet and through any animal retailers are devices, hormones, homeopathics, essential oils, flower essences, medications, and behavior modification techniques to help dogs cope with their anxiety and anxiety-producing aggression.

While it is wonderful to see that the pet industry is addressing a very serious problem, I can’t help but ask myself why is there so much anxiety for dogs in the first place? When I was a kid, no one ever had a dog that had such severe amounts of anxiety that the dog had to be medicated. The only thing my Brittany spaniel did not like was her bath!

In the same pet supplier ads, there are photos of dogs with ponytail ears, clothing for every occasion, nail polish, tutus, beds shaped like human beds and sofas, or every dog on the planet now sleeps in our bed or on every piece of furniture. We call our dogs “fur babies” or “fur kids” to express just how important they

are in our family.

While I am not here to say dogs should not be so important to us in our lives, I will say that canine anxiety usually comes from two places: 1. Genetics or lack of careful breeding; and 2. Being treated like humans instead of dogs, or “anthropomorphism.”

Somehow, our society has learned to appreciate dogs in our lives and begun to see how important dogs are for our mental and physical health and in our protection (detection dogs, police dogs, military dogs and service dogs, to name a few), but forgotten that dogs should be HONORED as dogs. Dogs are a blissfully wonderful species that should be respected for who they are.

When we treat dogs as dogs and understand their hereditary and social makeup, then we begin to put less pressure on them to be social with EVERY dog they meet. We also begin to understand their need to work and please, not live as couch potatoes or even be spoiled with lack of structure and no rules. We must begin to understand the importance that genetics plays in the sound temperament of any dog.

Studies are now showing just how important genetics are in any dog – mixed breed or purebred.

How does this relate to anxiety and all the advertised quick fixes mentioned above? I contend

Three of my rescues, from left to right: Hattie, Tazzi and Lucy. Hattie was severely neglected and left in the backyard when her owners moved away. Even enduring lack of socialization, training and love, Hattie was confident and capable of doing pet therapy, search and rescue, and competition obedience and agility, proving that even a neglected dog can still have a great temperament. That’s genetics. Photo by Fran Jewell

that many of the problems we face today with our dogs can be contributed to lack of leadership – or anthropomorphism, which seems to go hand in hand. While we love our dogs madly, we must remember and cherish them for being DOGS – they are not furry humans. And, we must understand that many times poor or unknown breeding can contribute to genetically poor temperaments that do not change quickly or not at all. While many dogs can make huge strides forward in overcoming anxiety, we need to accept that sometimes they cannot.

It is my contention that dogs

need to be respected for who they are and not necessarily what we, as humans, expect or want them to be. Patience and behavior knowledge is critically important in bringing and keeping mentally healthy dogs into our lives.

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) 5781565.

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USING REPOUSSOIR TO CAPTURE VASEFLOWER

BY LESLIE REGO

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y husband and I were out walking when we stopped to chat with a couple of friends we happened to meet on the road. They excitedly told us about some fields a distance up Warm Springs Road that were full of vaseflowers (Clematis hirsutissima). Vaseflower is one of the quiet beauties that reigns supreme in the springtime. It is found in lush meadows where the ground is still wet from melted snow. The plant nestles down so thoroughly into the green of the meadow that one could walk right by and never notice the gentle purples of the flower.

Hirsutissima means “hairy” in Latin and, if the light is just right, the little hairs along the stems and sepals of the flower will glow in the sun. And so, we decided to venture up Warm Springs early the next morning to catch this golden hour of light.

The meadows along Warm Springs Road are beautiful right now, full of vibrant greens from the recent rains. Looking carefully amongst the natural grasses, I found the green stems of the vaseflower full of opposite narrow leaves with deep cleft segments. The four sepals of the flower, some yet to bloom, were buried deep into these leaves. The ends of the sepals curved back upon themselves, which gives the flower the vase-like appearance, or sugar-bowl appearance, another common name for the plant. I lowered myself prostrate upon the wet ground to see the blooms better and with this new perspective the buds rose up out of the earth and suddenly became more visible.

I have always been intrigued with the art technique repoussoir, a French verb, which roughly translates as “to push back.” This technique puts an object in the extreme foreground, receding or “pushing back” all

Leslie Rego, “Vaseflower,” dip pen and sumi ink, watercolor. other information in the picture plane, creating a greater illusion of depth. Lying on the ground, peering at the meadow, I thought to myself, “This is the way to truly see these flowers!” What once melded into the greens of the meadows became focal points. The lovely, soft purples lifted up into the early morning light and the woolly hairs on the stems and sepals glowed.

It became apparent to me that Nature can be enjoyed on many levels, both physical and ethereal: walking, sitting, or even laying oneself down on the ground. Each position offers a different view and a different context. The

first brings emphasis to the position of the viewer, the second creates an equal ground between viewer and plant, and the last physically elevates the flower onto a platform that allows the light to catch and gleam off of the surfaces that would otherwise be buried deep within the grasses of the meadow.

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.

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REREADING RAY

BY JOELLEN COLLINS

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ooking again at the great Ray Bradbury story, “The Veldt,” I was astonished how so much of his and other science fiction writers’ predictions have come to fruition, even if altered in some ways. The story deals with the Hadleys, a family living in a fully automated house where kitchen, housecleaning and even personal needs are filled by a system which provides them everything.

They have two spoiled and entitled children, Wendy and Peter, who spend most of their time in a media room called the nursery where surrounding 3D technology portrays whatever they wish to experience. It is virtual reality to the tenth power. When their parents decide to close down the nursery and the house, the children sneak into the nursery, call up an African veldt complete with lions and dust, heat and the scent of blood. Later they invite and then lock their parents in. The last recorded sounds are the roar of lions and the screams of Mom and Dad as they are devoured.

Years ago this seemed shocking, but when I watched a television news feature on the most advanced inventions for virtual reality, I realized that we live in a world even seers might find unbelievable. The feature shows a man wearing a headset standing on a solid surface. When the image changes to an empty square beneath Courtesy photo his feet, he panics and jumps ahead, JoEllen Collins—a longtime even though he knows the floor is resident of the Wood River still there.

Valley—is a teacher, writer, “Science News” articles chronicle fabric artist, choir member the information that as the techni- and unabashedly proud cal capacity of generating virtual grandma known as “Bibi Jo.” worlds from home computers will soon be widely available, there are concerns among researchers. They worry about this technology of special head-mounted displays which create the illusion of being immersed in virtual three-dimensional worlds. In fact, researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany have compiled “a list of ethical concerns and concrete recommendations for minimizing the risks.” There is special concern, according to “Science News,” for “the psychological states and self-images of users who are able to inhabit a virtual environment almost as if it is the real world.” The possible effects of advanced technology have always, of course, been debated. Even Bradbury wouldn’t travel by air.

Even though Bradbury’s tale amplifies these fears with the idea that inanimate objects could actually become alive, that proposition doesn’t seem as impossible as we would have thought when he first published “The Veldt” in a collection of 18 stories entitled “The Illustrated Man.” I wonder what he would think of very recent news that polio viruses placed in brain cells can destroy some tumors; a report that a researcher is experimenting with “chimeras” (goats that are implanted with human embryos to “grow” organs for transplant); a proven affirmation that brain cells can regenerate, or a discovery that certain cells show a possible heredity component in the brains of schizophrenics, with a distinct possibility of prenatal genetic labeling of babies. These are miracles, indeed, some exciting and some with scary, ethical and moral ramifications.

I think that Bradbury would say, “I told you so!” tws

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12-YEAR-OLD RAISES FUNDS TO FIGHT DIABETES

Maddison Gittins, a 12-year-old Wood River Valley girl, has raised $1,200 from supporters at Atkinsons’ Market in Hailey and from friends and family to help find a cure for the disease.

According to her mother, Kim Gittins, Maddison Gittins, a 12-year-old Wood Maddison was diagRiver Valley resident who suffers from nosed with type 1 type 1 diabetes, has raised funds to help find a cure for the disease. Photo courtesy diabetes three and a half years ago and now of Kim Gittins plans on becoming a diabetes researcher with the dream of finding a cure.

“We would like to thank everyone who donated so generously and made a difference in her dream and for the 2 million others living with T1D,” Kim Gittins said.

The disease attacks the pancreas, eliminating its ability to produce insulin, and making it impossible to digest food without taking insulin shots, which can number as high as 10 a day.

“Raising awareness in our community by a child is incredible,” Kim Gittins said. “We are very proud of her for taking the initiative to tell supporters her story and why it’s so important to get donations for the research and for T1D treatments and getting closer to a cure and making ‘type one, type none.’”

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LOCAL FOOD ALLIANCE IS WORKING TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM

BY JEFF BACON

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laine County’s Local Food Alliance is on a mission, and what and how you eat is in their sights.

Started in 2013 as a way to pull together the myriad agencies and organizations that work with and for sustainably produced food in the Wood River Valley, Local Food Alliance actively recruits disciples, finds better ways to educate consumers on the benefits of regionally produced food, and connects them to the farmers who produce it.

“In many ways, Blaine County is considered a food desert,” says Ali Long, the organization’s executive director. “Despite the fact that we are surrounded by agriculture, 95 percent of the food we consume in this county is produced thousands of miles away. Weather, economic and political conditions create unstable and unreliable access to fresh, nutrient-dense food, free of pesticides, chemicals and additives that cause serious health problems. Our goal is to help the county grow its capacity to produce its own clean, nutritious food.”

Using a model of a “backbone organization” from Stanford’s Center for Social Innovation, Local Food Alliance coordinates and facilitates numerous local organizations that have recently collaborated to lay the groundwork to assess the county’s current local food system. “The Blaine County Food Assessment – now called the Blaine County Food Council – is an important initiative to identify resources and gaps in our current food system,” adds Ali. “Now that we have some good, basic information, we can begin to fill existing holes and build a trustworthy, reliable and resilient source of food for the Wood River Valley.”

Sounds easy enough. If a significant number of people want locally produced fresh food, and there are companies to provide it, what could go wrong?

During a recent visit to the Wood River Valley, farmer, advocate and speaker Joel Salatin noted, “Our government is consistently in our way. No matter how many people want these kinds of local options, government regulations and restrictions hamper this kind of trade. Their goal is to make it easier for the large, corporate food producers and restrict the smaller, local version. It’s a frustrating reality.”

So what can be done to help change this current reality? According to Ali, it’s pretty simple. “Get to know our farmers and grow something – any-

Local Food Alliance Executive Director Ali Long shows off some good eats at a recent Food Day event at the YMCA. Photo courtesy of Local Food Alliance

thing – yourself. Our growing season isn’t as short as it seems, and there are plenty of innovative techniques to extend it and expand the bounty. Local and regional food systems are a powerful and reassuring way to address individual, community, economic and environmental health. Gardener, canner, cook, eater or composter – we each play at least one role. Make an effort to understand how to “vote with your fork” and leverage these roles toward powerful solutions.”

Be on the lookout for information, events and opportunities to engage with local food. “Local Food Alliance publishes monthly newsletters, hosts screenings, and uses our website and social media to keep the community current. People tell us how empowering it is to have this information,” Ali notes. “The more people and organizations we can connect with this movement, the better its chance for success.”

Jeff Bacon is the Hailey Chamber of Commerce’s membership director. For more information, visit www.haileyidaho.com or call the Chamber at (208) 788-3484.

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Letter To The Editor Lara Stone

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Alternative School Budget Proposal Is Detrimental

he two trustees who advocated adding Syringa to the district have proposed a detrimental alternative budget. Your rational voice matters at the school district conversation on Thursday, June 2, at 6:30 p.m. at Hemingway Elementary.

We can all agree that “Everything in the budget should support the students’ needs for success.”

However, I am concerned that the alternative budget proposal is contrary to this goal.

For example, it includes: • Reducing administrators’ salaries and benefits by 45 percent immediately. Blaine County administrators’ and teachers’ salaries are in line with other ski communities like ours. Even compared to similar districts in Idaho, they are compensated the same percent more for the higher living costs here.

And, regardless of your opinion about current administrator salaries and benefits, this is an excessive sudden reduction in an individual’s income, and it could make hiring quality administrators in the future very difficult.

• A risky renegotiation of a longstanding

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contract for Silverback software royalties with no increase in revenue. A renegotiation could actually result in lowering the revenues available to the district, and it is not worth the risk.

Paying for Mountain Rides passes for students. The school district already provides safe, supervised transportation for all students to and from their homes each day.

Please take the time to email amandalachance@ blaineschools.org where you stand on these issues, and attend the community conversation on June 2.

Your voice matters.

Lara Stone Blaine County resident Editor’s Note: The Weekly Sun welcomes and encourages submissions of letters to the editor.

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BY ALI LONG

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f you’re anything like me, you’d love to have a veggie garden but it’s a rather daunting project. Limited space, time and knowledge all get in the way of digging in.

But fresh food is so enticing, and its benefits and those of gardening resound more insistently every day – especially as summer approaches. So is growing food really that difficult? The Wood River Sustainability Center’s Al McCord and three local collaborators are determined to show otherwise.

This summer, a multi-concept design by Chrissie Huss of Edible by Design, spearheaded by John Balint of Mountain High Landscapes and coordinated by Local Food Alliance, will break ground outside of Al’s local food hub in Hailey.

The garden’s purpose is to demonstrate different ways to grow food; offer a garden space for the community; and produce delicious, sustainably grown ingredients for Al’s farm-to-table meals. Containers, troughs, raised planters and vertical mediums will demonstrate various uses of space, efficient irrigation, and growing techniques that work in our climate.

An entrée into the world of food production, the new garden will be open to the public. We hope to inspire and encourage through example

the ease and accessibility of fresh, sustainably produced food, not to mention the joy of gardening. Although Al’s monthly farm-fresh community meals are already prepared with ingredients picked just days before, this on-site garden will serve up produce literally minutes from harvest.

Come see the plan and learn more at a “Grow Our Garden” farm-to-table dinner on Saturday, June 4th at the Sustainability Center. You can support the project through dinner tickets or donations.

Anything will help, from $50 worth of seeds and veggie starts or a $1000 gift to build, fill, irrigate and plant a raised bed.

Stay tuned for the groundbreaking and come help us Grow Our Garden!

Ali Long is the executive director of Local Food Alliance, a nonprofit whose mission is to create a vibrant local food system in the Wood River Valley. For more information, visit www.localfoodalliance. org.

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There are nearly 75 girls in the spring Girls on the Run program representing Hemingway, Hailey, Alturas, Bellevue and Carey elementary schools. Photo courtesy of Girls on the Run

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oin in the fun and get some color at the Color Me Fearless 5K for Girls on the Run, to be held June 4 from 10 a.m. to noon in Hailey.

The course will wind through the neighborhood of Della View and the Draper Wood River Preserve. Each mile will be marked with paint-throwing stations, ready to douse participants in colorful memories. Runners, walkers and strollers are invited to come enjoy the beautiful course and support the Girls on the Run organization.

Girls on the Run aims to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum, which creatively integrates running.

This will be the 13th annual 5-kilometer fundraiser for the organization, but the first year as a Color Run. “We just wanted to add a fun element to the race so the girls can deepen their experience and realize that running in a community race can be a really fun excuse to be active and support a cause at the same time,” explained executive director Mary Fauth.

Fauth started her journey with Girls on the Run nine years ago as a volunteer coach.

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identifying who they are, being true to themselves, surrounding themselves with friends that bring out the best in them and learning skills to communicate about issues or express emotions in a healthy way,” Fauth explained. “We create a positive peer group experience where girls can learn about these skills, talk about these subjects and have fun.”

There are nearly 75 girls in the spring Girls on the Run program representing Hemingway, Hailey, Alturas, Bellevue and Carey elementary schools. All the girls are completing the race as the culmination to their season.

Funds from the race will go toward general operation costs and scholarships for Girls on the Run. “We are a fee-based program but about 50 percent of our fees are offered in way of scholarships to girls who are in need,” Fauth said.

Thanks to a partnership with the Girls on the Run national organization, American Idol contestant Morgan Ovens will be participating in the event. She will make a special appearance at the Friday, June 3 bib-bag pick-up, free barbecue and race registration at Sturtos in Hailey from 5-7 p.m. Ovens will also perform before and run in the race the next morning.

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voice for our youth,” Fauth said.

“She shares words about being true to ourselves and inspiration for pursuing our dreams no matter what they are.”

Regular registration for the event runs through June 3: $25/ adult and $15/youth or senior.

Late registration, the day of the race, is $30/adult and $20/ youth or senior. Teams can sign up for $300. Register online at colormefearless.com through Friday, June 3, or at Sturtos Hailey from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, June 3, or race morning at Heagle Park in Della View.

“This is a nontraditional 5k, but is a really fun event where the community can come together with our girls and their families,” Fauth concluded. “I’m looking forward to the amount of smiles and happiness that comes out of doing this for a positive cause and experience in our community.” tws

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9:30AM TO 1PM/ ADAMS GULCH / KETCHUM

The Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley is kicking off another year of its popular Hikin’ Buddies program at Adams Gulch! All are welcome to join in throughout the summer, weather permitting. Meet at the Adams Gulch trailhead from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays.

At Hikin’ Buddies, attendees can take a Shelter dog for a hike or hang out and socialize some of the smaller dogs and puppies.

It is a great opportunity to meet some of the Shelter’s adoptable dogs as well as to learn more about the organization. No appointment is necessary. Also, the Shelter will now be doing adoptions at Adams Gulch during Hikin’ Buddies. Call (208) 788-4351 to learn more about the program.

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 1 12:15-1:15PM / ST. LUKE’S CLINIC / HAILEY St. Luke’s Center for Community Health will present a Brown Bag Health Talk titled “The A, B, C’s… and D’s of Vitamins and Deficiencies.” Laurie McBride, registered dietitian, will discuss how vitamins directly contribute to health, what the best sources are, how to best absorb them and what can happen when someone is deficient.

All Brown Bag lectures are free and no pre-registration is required. The talk will take place at St. Luke’s Clinic, Carbonate Rooms, 1450 Aviation Dr., Hailey. Call St. Luke’s Center for Community Health for information on this or other educational programs at (208) 727-8733.

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from the Hailey Memorial Day Committee Albertsons • Atkinsons’ • Alpine Tree Service • American Heating & Refrigeration Service, Inc. American Legion Auxiliary #24 • B&G Dirt Works LLC • P.A. & R.L. Campbell • Lynn Campion Redgy J. Christensen Insurance Agency, Inc. • Copy & Print • Steven K. Crosser Dirty Beagle Dog Wash • Jeanne & Dale Ewersen • Eye on Sun Valley • Richard Fife Betty Grant • Hailey Cemetery • Hailey Chamber of Commerce • Should be Debra Hall - Idaho Mountain Properties • Theresa Handlery • Hawley Graphics • High Desert Sports • Margie & Jim Hill • Idaho Mountain Express • Jane’s Artifacts • Michele & Bernie Johnson • Paul Johnson KMVT • Les Schwab Tire Center• Shaun Mahoney – Mahoney’s Kim Mazik - Hailey Sport & Spine Physical Therapy • Patrick McMahon • Helen & Charle McMains Jim Moss • Sandra Ovard • Power House • Rocky Mountain Hardware • Linda Rotondella-Elle Cathy & Larry Schiers• Shorty’s Diner • Judy Stoltzfus • Betty & Robert Stone The Creative Edge, Inc. • The Weekly Sun • Maggie & Julia Springer • Pamela & Richard Tucker • Sonya & Ann Vanevery •Theodore Waddell • Cindy Ward • Phyllis & Deon Wells Luke Whalen, D.D.S. • Wood River Mattress Inc. • Zions Bank • Remax • B.C.R.D.

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A half-hour tour of the labor and delivery suites at St. Luke’s Wood River offers expecting parents an opportunity to become familiarized with the hospital setting where they will deliver their newborn baby.

Pre-registration is required for this event. Call (208) 727-8733 for information on this or other educational programs.

HAILEY ART UNVEILING THURSDAY JUNE 2 5:30PM / WERTHHEIMER PARK / HAILEY The City of Hailey Arts & Historic Preservation Commission will unveil their new Werthheimer Park Art Signs in a special public ceremony on Thursday. The project was designed to add a welcoming, creative visual element to Werthheimer Park, Hailey’s signature gateway, through art signage. It will blend historic photographic images with contemporary images to “tell the story” of Hailey’s rich past and present and use imagery to highlight activities currently at Werthheimer Park, as well as other activities and vistas in Hailey.

The signs, measuring 8 feet tall and 30 inches wide and made of weather-resistant, heavy brushed metal, will be affixed to light posts throughout the park. The signs will have various themes with historical images on one side and contemporary images on the reverse side reflecting that same theme.

Historical images were curated from the Hailey Public Library’s Mallory Collection, The Community Library and Blaine County Historical Museum and the contemporary images were curated from local photographers. There will be 14 signs, each depicting a unique facet of life in Hailey – from sports to events to transportation, then and now.

Total project cost is $24,500, with $14,500 worth of in-kind contributions by the selected artist, Daniel Hansen of Hailey, as well as local photographers Daniel Hansen, Jim Keating, Dev Khalsa, Greg Martin, Stellar Media, Casey McGehee and Carol Waller. The City of Hailey has also contributed $10,000 to the project. Windy City Arts will be handling the project execution and installation.

“This unique art project will be a great enhancement to the City of Hailey, especially at this key location,” said Hailey Mayor Fritz Haemmerle. “It will be viewed by the thousands of people who use the facilities at Werthheimer Park each year. The photographs tie Hailey’s past to its present in a very visual way. We are very appreciative of the significant in-kind support this project has received from the volunteer members of the Hailey Arts & Historic Preservation Commission, Daniel Hansen and other members of our community.”

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9AM TO NOON / 1030 CHERRY CREEK DR. / HAILEY Blaine County Housing Authority, Sun Valley Board of Realtors and The Connection have partnered to roll up their sleeves and help seniors stay comfortably and independently in their homes. Help assist our friends and neighbors who need a little extra help this time of year.

No need to be an expert! Sweeping, raking, hauling, cleaning, simple in-home household assistance and a variety of other tasks will help people live independently and comfortably in their home or property. Bring gardening gloves, rakes and weed pullers if available. Refreshments will be provided.

PLANT EXTRAVAGANZA SATURDAY JUNE 4 NEWS IN BRIEF

SUN VALLEY RESORT WINS SAFETY AWARD

For the fifth year in a row, Sun Valley Resort has won a National Ski Areas Association “Safety Champion” award, an honor intended to recognize a resort employee “showing exceptional dedication and enthusiasm toward educating and promoting safety to guests and employees.”

Linda Bowling, the resort’s mountain guest services manager, is the award recipient. The resort reported in a press release that Bowling was “recognized for her efforts with the use of short radio pieces to increase safety for both guests and employees, which was noted as very creative.”

“I’m proud of Linda and her guest services staff for this accomplishment,” said Sun Valley Resort Vice President and General Manager Tim Silva. “It recognizes the continued focus of the entire resort staff to create a community dedicated to safety awareness and enjoyment of the mountain lifestyle.”

The award was presented at the National Ski Area Association’s national convention May 18-21 in Nashville, Tenn.

MARKETING ALLIANCE LOSES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Arlene Schieven, executive director for the Sun Valley Marketing Alliance, has announced her resignation from the organization to return to her native British Columbia, Canada, where she previously worked in tourism at Whistler ski area.

Schieven has now accepted a job as CEO of tourism at Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops, B.C. Schieven had served as executive director to the Marketing Alliance since its founding in 2010, evolving from the earlier Ketchum-Sun Valley Chamber of Commerce. The Marketing Alliance, which operates the Visit Sun Valley website and the Sun Valley Visitor Center, is a nonprofit organization that promotes tourism in the area and is funded by local municipalities, local option taxes and various Idaho tourism grants.

ZIONS BANK REWARDS TEEN FOR GOOD GRADES

Zions Bank announced May 27 that Wood River High School freshman Jakson Albright has received a $100 scholarship savings account as a regional winner of the spring drawing through the Zions Bank “Pays for As” program.

Albright qualified for the drawing by bringing his report card to Zions Bank. Through the program, students are paid $1 per A on their report card to be deposited in a savings account.

Students can also opt for cash, but receive 50 cents per card instead.

For each A on their report cards, students are entered into a drawing to win one of 150 regional $100 scholarships or a grand prize worth $1,000 in each state.

“We know it takes extra time and effort to earn high marks, so we’re proud to recognize the achievements of students like Jakson through the Pays for As program,” said Vaelene Bryant, manger of the Zions Bank Hailey Financial Center. “Our goal is to help students focus on schoolwork and motivate them to earn good grades.”

SCHOOL TRUSTEE SETS COMMUNITY ‘CONVERSATION’

Blaine County School District Trustee Rob Clayton has scheduled a “conversation with the community” from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, in the library at Hemingway Elementary School in Ketchum.

According to a press release, the public meeting is intended for residents of the district’s Zone 4, which Clayton represents and which encompasses west Ketchum and areas north and south of Ketchum on the west side of State Highway 75. A detailed description of the zone boundaries is available at the district website at www.blaineschools.org.

9AM TO 5PM / WEBB GARDEN CENTER LOCATIONS Time to start that garden and buy new flowers and hanging baskets! The public is invited to make a trip to the Webb Garden Centers on Saturday to participate in the Papoose Club Plant Extravaganza. The event takes place at the three local Webb Garden Center locations in Bellevue, Hailey and Ketchum.

Webb will generously donate 20% of the day’s sales on everything (except rocks and pavers) to the Papoose Club. The Papoose Club’s mission is to promote and assist educational, cultural and athletic growth for local children and relies on several key fundraising events, including the Plant Extravaganza at Webb Garden Center. Papoose Club volunteers will offer their famous cookies and lemonade for refreshments.

SUN VALLEY HALF MARATHON SATURDAY JUNE 4 9AM / YMCA / KETCHUM The all-new redesigned Sun Valley Half Marathon will feature a new start/finish location right at the Wood River Community YMCA. Taking advantage of the YMCA facilities, the organizers hope to provide an excellent event and game time with lots of food, interaction and fun. Visit woodriverymca. org/sun-valley-half-marathon for more information.

POLLINATORS WORKSHOP SERIES SUNDAY JUNE 5 3-5:30PM / SAWTOOTH BOTANICAL GARDEN / KETCHUM The Wood River Land Trust is teaming up with the Sawtooth Botanical Garden, The Nature Conservancy and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area to offer a free Pollinators in the Landscape Workshop Series. The series includes four different workshops this spring and early summer. The workshops are designed to help professionals and homeowners learn more about the importance of pollinators in the landscape and how to attract them to our own backyards.

Sunday, attend “Attracting Pollinators to Your Backyard.”

Learn about our local pollinators, their habitat requirements and how to convert a lawn into a native, drought-tolerant pollinator garden. Presenters will include Elisha Mueller of the Environmental Resource Center and Kelley Weston of Native Landscapes.

All the workshops are free, open to the public and include light refreshments. For more information about the workshops or programs, or to save a seat, check out woodriverlandtrust.org/events or call (208) 788-3947.

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