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Arts News Ketchum Theatre To Be Rebuilt

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Idaho News Bill Could Stop Sanctuary City Declaration

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Nonprofit News ARCH Announces New Project

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Now in its 10th year, the Family of Woman Film Festival will center on “Celebrating Women Who Inspire Change.” For a story, see page 12. Photo courtesy of Family of Woman Film Festival

THIS WEEK F E B R U A R Y 2 2 - 2 8 , 2017 | VOL. 10 NO. 8

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T H E W E E K LY S U N • F E B R U A R Y 22 - 28, 2017

NEWS ARTS

City of Ketchum

WHAT’S NEXT FOR NEXSTAGE

P&Z Special Meeting nexStage Theatre is planning to build a new, 25,000 squarefoot, state-of-the-art performance and event center. The Planning & Zoning Commission will consider an application to demolish the existing theater and reconstruct a new building at 120 S. Main St. and 111 S. Leadville Ave. Application includes a text amendment to eliminate the parking requirement for places of assembly. Site visit takes place at 5:00 p.m. Monday, Feb.27. Meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.

Calls for Art Celebrate Wagon Days’ 60th Year The city of Ketchum and Art in City Hall celebrate Wagon Days’ 60th anniversary. Artists invited to submit two-dimensional works for Art in City Hall and for this year’s Wagon Days poster and Souvenir Art. Submissions due Apr. 7. Visit ketchumidaho.org/arts.

Public Notice DARK SKY ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: City efforts toward becoming an International Dark Sky Community include amendments: establishing standards for holiday lighting, establishing a dark sky lighting curfew and establishing lighting color temperature and photometric standards. On Monday Mar. 13, at 5:30 p.m., the Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a text amendment to Ordinance 1135, Title 17 Zoning Code, Chapter 17.132 “Dark Skies” Section 17.132.010 “General Provision” and Section 17.132.020 “Criteria” at a public hearing.

Tim Mott describes the changes that will occur with the new performing arts center. Photo by Dana DuGan

The Argyros Performing Arts Center will debut in late 2018

Public Meetings PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING Monday • Feb. 27 • 5:30 pm • City Hall CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday • Mar. 6 • 5:30 pm • City Hall

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n Monday, at the nexStage Theatre in Ketchum, Tim Mott and the board of the Sun Valley Performing Arts Center unveiled the new plans for the Argyros Performing Arts Center to the public. The Argyros will be built on the nexStage Theatre’s 12,000-square-foot building footprint, with a possible groundbreaking in April.

The state-of-the-art performance and event center will be named after its founding benefactors, Julia and George Argyros. Along with the Argyros’s donation of $2.5 million, the Mott family, and Michael and Carol Marks, have committed a further $2 million to the construction of the new center.

The new 25,000-square-foot facility will include two theatres— one with seating for 99 people, the other for as many as 450—a café, an outdoor plaza, offices, dressing rooms, a green room, and a kitchen suitable for catering purposes. The main theatre will have retractable seating so that the space can be used for banquets, dances and cabaret. It will also have a state-of-the-art Meyer Constellation sound system.

The plans for the reimagining of Ketchum’s only performing art space have been a long time coming. Mott, the benefactor of the theatre before the fundraising effort in 2000 that purchased it for the community, said the board began discussing what could be done with it 15 years ago.

Most people are only aware of the lobby and theatre space, but there is a good deal of storage space behind the theatre that fronts Leadville Avenue. This is where the new main theatre will go. On the Main Street side will be the plaza and a café that will be open daily to the public, as well as before-and-after events.

Mott said he hopes they will have an independent operator of the café.

Mott called the entire plan a “game changer.”

“We have a cultural tradition here; we see it play out with all the cultural and nonprofit organi-

The new Argyros Center has many benefits for the community.

zations,” he said. “But we don’t have a year-round venue.”

He also said it would remain a nonprofit that’s “wholly owned by the community.”

But there will be changes. The space will be used year-round to bring in outside talent in the form of theatre, music, dance, conferences, film festivals, comedy, workshops and lectures. There will be no resident theatre company, such as the current resident companies Laughing Stock Theatre Co., Sun Valley Shakespeare or Sun Valley Performing Arts, leaving a hole where Ketchum’s community theater used to be.

Ketchum-based architect Michael Doty and San Francisco-based theatre design company Auerbach Pollock Friedlander have worked with the board to create just the right space for the lot and the community.

Mott said inspiration for the design came from the American Conservatory Theatre’s new Strand Theatre in San Francisco.

To date, $7.2 million has been raised of the total of $10.5 million price tag for the center.

Some smaller nonprofits whose representatives were at the unveiling Monday expressed concern about affordability at the new center.

Mott assured the audience of about 70 that there would be a rental fee matrix for nonprofits

and for-profit organizations. He did, however, admit it would be “marginally more expensive to rent” the space than it is currently at the nexStage.

There are still a lot of details to be worked out, Mott said. “But our first loyalty is to the audience.”

Along with further fundraising, the vital aspects of the change will include hiring a new executive director, most likely from outside of the Valley. Kathy Wygle, the longtime director of nexStage Theatre, who’s been on the planning and research group for the past year, will have a position at Argyros. Other current staff at the nexStage are not sure of their future roles, if any.

Executive directors from various entities in the Valley, such as Sun Valley Center for the Arts, The Community Library, Sun Valley Film Festival and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, have all expressed their support for the new facility.

“The reception from the community has been tremendous; there is such obvious need,” Mott said. “It isn’t rocket science. The time is right. It’s going to be a little jewel.”

Elias Construction of Ketchum has been contracted to build the space. The expected opening will be in the fall of 2018. tws

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T H E W E E K LY S U N • F E B R U A R Y 22 - 28, 2017

NEWS IDAHO

HOUSE MOVES FORWARD WITH ANTI-SANCTUARY CITY BILL

BY JEAN JACQUES BOHL

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n Monday, Feb. 20, the House State Affairs Committee voted to print a bill introduced by Rep. Greg Chaney, R-Caldwell. The vote was along party lines, with Rep. Paulette Jordan, D-Plummer, and Elaine Smith, D-Pocatello, casting the only dissenting votes. The “Do Print” vote signifies that the bill can now move through the legislative process. The bill aims to prevent Idaho cities and counties from declaring themselves sanctuary cities.

Chaney, who ironically serves on the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, said the bill was an effort to “to keep locals and counties from protesting in a way that would be counterproductive to a solution to immigration reform as a whole at the national level.”

There is no legal definition for a sanctuary city, but the term refers to the scores of cities, including Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Oakland and Washington, D.C., that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities by refusing most requests to detain, pursue or report undocumented immigrants who have had contact with local law enforcement. There are no sanctuary cities in Idaho. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, about 300 U.S. cities, counties and states nationwide have declared themselves sanctuary cities.

In an effort to bar any willingness to adopt similar policies at the local level, Chaney’s bill states, “A governmental entity shall not adopt, enforce or endorse a policy under which the entity prohibits or discourages cooperation with the enforcement of immigration laws.” It further says that “A political subdivision may not receive more than 50 percent of its designated portion of sales tax appropria-

NEWS IN BRIEF

tions provided for in Section 633638(10)(a) and Idaho Code, if the political subdivision adopts, enforces or endorses a policy under which the entity prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws or, by consistent actions, prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws.”

At the committee hearing Monday, Chaney indicated that a declaration from “anyone to whom policy authority is given” would be sufficient to trigger the law. In other words, a declaration from a city mayor, with or without a city council vote, could jeopardize city funding.

Pressed by Jordan as to what was the purpose of the bill, Chaney said, “Some cities like San Francisco intentionally obstruct immigration laws in a reckless and irrational way.”

Chaney expressed concern that some Idaho cities would follow suite to protest new immigration policies being implemented by the new administration in Washington, D.C. The Boise City Council passed a resolution declaring Boise a “Welcoming City” on January 30. That label does not have any practical implication beyond the wording.

Chaney had submitted an earlier version of the bill (HB 76) in late January. The earlier version mandated that county jails verify the legal residency status of any arrestee, regardless of citizenship, before being released.

Chaney subsequently removed that controversial mandate.

The new bill now heads for public hearings and will then move for a vote on the House floor. Should the bill pass, it would then go to the Senate.

At press time, no public hearing day and time had been scheduled. The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho opposes the bill and is expected to testify against the bill during public hearings. tws

Monday, February 27

Friday, March 3

Sedika Mojadidi presents her film, “Motherland Afghanistan” 6:00 PM, The Community Library, Ketchum Free to the public

“The Eagle Huntress” (documentary, Mongolia) 7:00 PM, Sun Valley Opera House, and discussion with producer Stacey Reiss

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“No Le Digas a Nadie” (Don’t Tell Anyone) (documentary, US) 2:00 PM, Sun Valley Opera House, and discussion with film subject Angy Rivera and filmmaker Mikaela Shwer

Delivered by Sarah Costa, Executive Director Women’s Refugee Commission 6:30 PM, nexStage Theatre, Ketchum womensrefugeecommission.org Free to the public

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When asked, the underage person was to produce their own valid Idaho driver’s license, which shows the minor to be under the age of 21. There was no attempt to deceive the sellers.

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T H E W E E K LY S U N • F E B R U A R Y 22 - 28, 2017

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BY DANA DUGAN

here’s a long list of wouldbe homeowners in the Wood River Valley, but they are unable to meet the steep costs of ownership. That’s where the combined efforts of the Blaine County Housing Authority and ARCH Community Housing Trust come into play. Coming soon, however, four households will find relief, as a new project recently received the go-ahead in Hailey.

Formed in 2005 as an advocacy group, ARCH is now a community housing trust, which makes it able to actively acquire land and homes to ensure ongoing affordability.

The Blaine County Housing Authority administers the list of applicants seeking affordable housing. On the list one will find teachers, firefighters, hospital employees, municipal employees and other blue- and white-collar workers.

“You can’t be incomeless,” said Michelle Griffith, executive director of ARCH. “Our last few houses are now occupied by a bank teller, a Mountain Rides employee and a physical therapist.”

Here’s the reality: a firefighter in Blaine County earns an average of $43,115 a year, but the average home price in the north Valley is more than $1.5 million, while in the south Valley it’s more than $260,000. The national average is $178,000.

Several new projects are in the works, however. Townhomes are under construction in Bellevue at 6th and Oak; there’s a planned four-home site in the south end of Woodside subdivision in Hailey; and another eventual duplex— still in design phase—at Agave Place on north Buttercup Road.

Also, ARCH has some land under contract in the Valley for an as-yet-unnamed or -developed project.

“We’re being effective in a smart way,” said Griffith. “It’s a small community, so dumping affordable housing into the market all at once would flood it. We want the housing to be absorbed. I think we are doing it responsibly.

I applaud the state housing agency for funding projects that allow it to happen.”

The Woodside project, which is in the design phase, calls for four separate houses to be built on a vacant lot at 2930 Woodside Boulevard, near the Wood River Land Trust’s Building Materials Thrift Store and not far from POWER Engineers.

ARCH will have a preliminary meeting today with the Blaine County Recreation District and Wood River Land Trust to get their input and “learn about any best practices they may be aware of,” Griffith said. “Once we have that input, we will schedule the community meeting.”

The vacant lot, at six-tenths of an acre and deeded to the city 20 years ago, has some history that created concern for the neighbors.

For many people, the lot is a convenient public access point to the BCRD’s Toe of the Hill Trail, making it a de-facto park space for the past two decades.

“The Hailey Parks & Lands Board looked at developing it into a park, but there was never any money to do it,” Griffith said.

“The city initiated a process in July to lease it to ARCH benevolently for $1 a year.”

While some residents objected to losing the vacant lot, and having the new homes built there, Griffith said, the Hailey Parks Board agreed to change the zoning from open space greenbelt to general residential.

“The good news is that three agencies are now collaborating on the project: the Blaine County Recreation District, the Wood River Land Trust—each one of which embraces open space and outdoor recreation space—and ARCH, which involves the community,” said Griffith. “The state housing agency has also embraced this collaborative approach.”

ARCH will maintain access to the trail by improving the trailhead area. And it will confine the housing to half the parcel, as approved by P&Z. “We’re underutilizing the lot, but half a loaf is better than none,” Griffith said.

Hailey-based architect Tom Dabney has been hired for the project.

“It was a long, lengthy, painful process, but we found a way forward that can fulfill everyone’s needs,” said Griffith. “And it’s four households off of the ever-growing wait list.”

In fact, there are hundreds on the Blaine County Housing Authority’s wait list. In the meantime, those waiting must go to extremes to find housing. They live with friends and in campers.

They housesit and dogsit, and many drive long distances from towns outside of the Valley.

Hailey’s workforce has increased at a higher rate than Ketchum’s, so homes, versus condominiums, are now the focus of ARCH’s work.

“The south Valley is less expensive, land-wise, than in the north,” Griffith said. She added that affordable housing apartment buildings tend to stress people out.

“In this section of Hailey, ARCH has developed eight homes,” Griffith said. “Five were developed using a federal program that didn’t allow for deed restrictions but did ensure that families earning 80 percent or less of the area median income were the first buyers. One was sold by ARCH without federal funds and we used a land lease deed restriction to ensure that all subsequent buyers are at a qualifying income level. Two homes are rental units and are rented by Blaine County Housing Authority from qualified applicants on their waiting list.”

To be eligible for community housing, at least one nondependent member of the household must be a full-time employee working in Blaine County, or be a retired person who was a fulltime Blaine County employee immediately prior to retirement and currently living in Blaine County as their primary residence.

“There is extreme vetting to be eligible” for affordable housing, Griffith said. “It’s worse than market-rate housing.” tws

T H E W E E K LY S U N • F E B R U A R Y 22 - 28, 2017

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CONFIDENCE IS KEY TO WORK OF DRUG COALITION

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BY DANA DUGAN

he Blaine County Community Drug Coalition, a 501(c)(3), is involved in the life of teens in the Wood River Valley, working to empower and encourage them to make positive choices.

Executive director Amber Larna, born in Hailey and raised in Carey and Twin Falls, has intimate knowledge of how easily teens can get off track; Larna lived through her own period of drug use during her early teenage years.

By the time she was in ninth grade, she was already in rehab.

This is what gives her credibility.

“I’ve been there,” she said.

Now, Larna is a wife and mother to two boys, a board member of Girls on the Run, and a fitness instructor.

Larna worked for the Blaine County Recreation District before joining The Drug Coalition, first as operations manager under former executive director Michael David, then, when David left, as interim director. In April 2016 she was asked to be the full-time executive director.

“I have a lot of empathy and understanding,” she said. “I feel like every story is different, but it comes down to empowerment and confidence. It’s important for teens to be happy in themselves. Peer pressure is a factor, but if they have self-esteem, then they will be less likely to get involved in drugs.”

The Drug Coalition works with the Wood River middle and high school, as well as the Carey School. The amount of involvement changes according to seasons, depending on after-school activities and sports.

“We work hard to maintain relationships with every single school,” Larna said. “Their needs are different. We do try to educate. That’s the most important thing we can do. If we all knew the answer, we wouldn’t need The Drug Coalition. You have to base it individually. And it’s all voluntary.”

On Tuesdays, the program coordinator works with youth on environmental strategies, such as Kick Butts Day, a national initiative to educate the community on the dangers of smoking.

On Thursdays, teens and volunteers go out and do healthy activities, like partnering with the BCRD. “We encourage youth to find their passion,” Larna said.

The Drug Coalition has, on average, about 14 kids at each after-school session, timed for when parents are mostly still at work. It’s also trying to work more closely with the Community School in Sun Valley.

“They’re trying to figure out a good space for us, so we can go there once a month,” Larna said.

“We need to understand how to fit it in their community. Just because you’re busy doesn’t mean you’re drug-free.”

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Amber Larna and Hailey Police Chief Jeff Gunter work together on the Rx Medicine Awareness Campaign. Photo courtesy of The Blaine County Community Drug Coalition

80 kids total between the middle school and high school who participate in the TDC Teens program. In the summer, a group goes to a youth summit for a week in Coeur d’Alene, Larna said.

“We also have a youth advisory team who often think of ideas to engage younger kids.”

Among the organization’s programs is the Rx Medicine Awareness Campaign to reduce the pharmaceuticals in people’s homes by tossing out anything out of date or unneeded. This can be done at receptacles in area drug stores.

The Parent Project is a course for parents and guardians to learn skills that will help keep their teens from abusing substances, while Be the Parent is a media campaign The Coalition will launch later this year.

“Alcohol is so easily accessible,” Larna said. “We’re trying to educate parents on accessibility and appropriateness.”

The Drug Coalition was recently awarded a mini-grant of $2,178 from the Idaho State Liquor Division to support “Community Education and Changing the Environment.” The funds will be used to purchase two Drunk Buster pedal karts, impairment goggles and educational materials.

“These interactive tools put kids in the driver’s seat in a safe and controlled environment,” Larna said. “Hopefully, the experience leaves them with a lasting impression of what it means to drive while impaired by alcohol.”

The Drug Coalition also has other partnerships with law enforcement and other nonprofits, including The Advocates, The Hunger Coalition and Community Coalitions of Idaho, which supports communities’ efforts to prevent substance abuse.

The big fundraiser—the Road Rally and the Ketchum Cruise—held each summer, will continue. This year it will take place July 21-22. tws

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FEBRUARY 22 - 28, 2016

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CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY PILARO

hristopher Anthony Pilaro—father, friend, filmmaker, philanthropist and fierce, independent spirit—died early Thursday morning, Feb. 16, on his own terms, at his home in Hailey, Idaho. He was 44.

Chris Pilaro was born in Paris, France, on July 6, 1972, and lived in Hong Kong; Southhampton, N.Y.; Prescott, Ariz.; Crested Butte and Ridgeway, Colo.; and Oakland, Calif., before settling in the Wood River Valley in June 2002. For several years, he worked as a photographer for the Idaho Mountain Express and Sun Valley Guide.

Chris’s independence and clarity of spirit showed from an early age. He was the boy who declared his deep love for the plants and flowers in his school’s garden, the teenager who used an alias (Chris Garcia) at his summer job so co-workers wouldn’t know he was the boss’s son, and a man whose generosity impacted hundreds of lives.

Chris always liked a physical challenge. In high school, at Choate Rosemary Hall in Conn., he was a varsity lacrosse goalie and champion wrestler. At Prescott College, he trekked 30 days in Alaska’s St. Elias Mountains and summitted Mount Logan (19,551, the largest mountain massif in the world and Canada’s highest peak. (The professor who joined him said he learned more from Chris in that month than he taught him in three years of class).

Chris was an expert alpine skier, snowboarder, surfer, telemark skier, climber and skateboarder.

This “Renaissance man,” as Hailey friend Joe St. Onge calls him, was passionate about sharing the joys and teaching the skills of adventure. As an Outward Bound mountaineering and rock-climbing instructor, Chris led dozens of trips around the West with a focus on at-risk youth.

In 1999, Chris traveled to Glacier Bay with friend and Valley resident Geoff Gardner to climb Mount Fairweather, one of the highest peaks in Alaska’s coastal range. Following a seven-day approach by kayak, they hauled climbing gear by skisled for two weeks up vast glaciers. They reached the summit, descended by skis, and dodged at least one grizzly bear on the rocky waterfront.

But this mountain man was also a guide through the interior landscapes of compassion and love. He was a curious explorer of the human condition, eager to discuss anything life brings our way. Selfless friendship was his practice. What he had, he gave, and what he knew, he shared. Chris was the friend you turned to, the one who could talk easily about any difficult thing.

He also believed in challenging the system.

Through his work on several award-winning documentary films, Chris was a champion of the underdog and an advocate against injustice. While still a student at Prescott, he co-produced “Children in America’s Schools with Bill Moyers” (PBS 1996), an exposé on inequalities in the school system. “Blue Vinyl” (HBO 2002) studied the effects of toxic chemicals in home construction and was a Sundance Film Festival award winner. In 2007, “Everything’s Cool,” also a Sundance winner, studied the politics of climate change. Most recently, Chris was director and co-producer of “The Greater Good” (2011 Current TV), an investigation of one of the most contentious public health issues in America—vaccine safety. The film featured children injured by vaccine side-effects and challenged viewers to see complexity and nuance in an issue typically presented in polarized political hype.

Chris believed deeply in the power of education.

He served for 20 years as chair of the National Selection Committee for the Ron Brown Scholar Pr-

Courtesy photo by Logan Pilaro

gram, which has provided college grants to nearly 400 African-American high school students from around the country. Chris interviewed hundreds of applicants, remained in close contact with many of the young scholars, and in 2006 co-produced a book about their stories, “I Have Risen.”

Chris worked for education in his own community, as well. He and his former wife, Phoebe Pilaro, helped establish Hailey’s Syringa Mountain School in 2014. They also donated land and built Jimmy’s Garden, a children’s park named after the former property owner. Though he never broadcast or boasted, Chris also helped several individual students pursue their educations.

Chris applied himself to these causes with serious intent, but he never fell into the trap of taking himself too seriously. More comfortable in a wild costume than a suit, he preferred silly over serious.

Following his 2012 diagnosis with a rare cancer, he elevated his favorite motto—“It’s only weird if you make it weird”—into a life philosophy.

In 2015, he recruited friends to climb and ski the “Terminal Cancer Couloir” in northern Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. “I’ve got terminal cancer,” he said. “Let’s go ski it.” That September, on the Main Salmon River, he may not have been the first person to run the Class IV Vinegar rapids on a standup paddleboard, but he was certainly the first to do it wearing a dress. When friends threw a party to celebrate his life last fall, Chris showed up dressed as an angel (with long blonde hair).

Throughout his life, Chris lived as if there was no guarantee of tomorrow. He was devoted to his two sons. He loved teaching them how to master the Hailey skatepark, ski on Baldy, fly-fish on the Big Wood River, mountain bike out Croy Canyon, and travel the world.

The way Chris lived—compassionate, open, and fearless—is also the way he chose to die. When friends called to check in on him as his health declined, he only wanted to talk about their lives. In his final days, the energy that he spent a lifetime sending into the world circled back and surrounded him. Despite our loss, it was not a tragic ending, but a peaceful letting go in the company of loved ones from near and far. Even after death, Chris taught us new ways to think about life. As Chris often signed off, he shared peace, love, happiness and healing.

Chris Pilaro is survived by his sons, Logan Fischer Pilaro (12) and Zeppelin Anthony Pilaro (9) of Hailey; former wife Phoebe Izard Pilaro, and rescue dog Shonipup (13) of Hailey; mother Linda Pilaro of New York City; father Tony Pilaro of Seoul, Korea; brother Andrew, sister-in-law Fairley and nephews Keeling (18), Chris (16), Finn (16) and Boo (16) Pilaro of Southhampton, New York.

A memorial service will take place after the snow melts at Galena Lodge.

“Flame”

By Rayne Baker, 6th grade, Syringa Mountain School, Feb. 16, 2017 Life is like a flame, it can be wild or tame as its light dances across the room you watch as a storm draws near that could lead to certain doom Because even the brightest and strongest flames can be snuffed out with the quicker swipe of the North Wind on that cold winter night.

- in dedication of Chris Palarogh [sic] Courtesy photo by Brian Vincent Lilla

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Rotarun Ski Area Board President Jesse Foster presented the 51st Arkoosh Cup to 11-year-old Paige DeHart, center, the fastest overall on the full course. The second fastest was 11-year-old Cole Curci, left. Both DeHart and Cursi are members of the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s race team. The older kids single started nea the top of Art Richards Mountain while the 7-9 year olds started halfway down the mountain. The youngest skiers raced the shortest course, starting lowest on the mountain. courtesy photos by Cathy Tyson-Foster

Dancing to No Limit from Salt Lake City was a highlight of the evening. On the stag time were campers and siblings dancing with the band while the crowd cheered th Cody Stoeger, spoke of his journey from sick 6-year-old to a young man in his 20s. can hold you back,” he said. “You’re not your disease. I am here as a product of yo Photo by Dana DuGan

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Time for Three to play

Time for Three will give a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, as part of their three-year residency with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. The concert will be held at the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, in Ketchum.

Made up of violinists Nicolas Kendall and Charles Yang and double-bass player Ranaan Meyer, Time for Three transcends traditional classification with elements of classical, country, Western, gypsy and jazz idioms that form a blend all its own.

The partnership with the SVSS, called Project Tf3, brings the group to the Valley to perform, compose and work with the symphony’s School of Music, as well as other local schools.

Students from the Wood River High School Chamber Orchestra will play alongside the trio in a work titled “Joy,” part of a work commissioned by the SVSS. The work will be performed in its entirety on Aug. 3 as part of the SVSS free orchestra festival.

In addition, Wood River High School Chamber Orchestra and choral department students will join Time for Three with selections from previously commissioned works from the trio: “Sun Valley Reel” from the composition “Elevation Paradise,” which premiered in Sun Valley in 2015, and “Paradise of Free Souls” from “Free Souls,” which premiered in 2016.

For more information, visit svsummersymphony.org. For additional information on Time for Three, visit tf3.com.

Comments pour in regarding federal dams

In addition to nearly 400,000 individual citizen comments from across the U.S, scores of entities in the region also submitted detailed public comment to three Northwest “Action Agencies”—Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation—as part of a court-ordered National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental impact statement analysis.

The official comments—from federal agencies, tribes, states, and nonprofit organizations—signal a powerful shift in the conversation around the Columbia-Snake River Basin hydro-system, and the fate of four outdated federal dams on the lower Snake River.

Comments encourage the Action Agencies to carefully, thoroughly and

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The comments echo U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon’s ruling last May, when he rejected the federal government’s 2014 Salmon Plan for the Columbia-Snake River Basin based on violations of the Endangered Species Act and NEPA. This was the fifth Columbia-Snake federal salmon plan to be rejected by three judges in the last 20 years.

ERC and ICL to host Environmental Advocates Alliance meeting

Join the Environmental Resource Center and Idaho Conservation League at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at the ICL office, 110 W. 5th St., # 201, Ketchum, for the first bimonthly Environmental Advocates Alliance meeting.

The program will focus on public lands.

For the first 30 minutes of the program, participants will learn about local, state and national legislation focused on public lands. Participants will then have the opportunity to learn which tools are available to them and what actions they can take to make their voices heard on issues that are important to them. Time and materials will be provided during the second half of the program for participants to take immediate action should they choose.

Participants will also be given information on the Public Lands Rally taking place on Saturday, March 4, in Boise. The ICL will provide a free shuttle to and from Boise for interested individuals who would like to participate in the rally.

All community members are welcome to attend.

On the first Thursday of every other month, at 6 p.m., ERC and ICL staff will host an Environmental Advocates Alliance program focused on a variety of important local, state and national environmental issues.

For more information on this program, contact the ERC’s Hadley DeBree at (208) 726-4333 or hadley@ercsv.org, or the ICL’s Betsy Mizell at (208) 726-7485 or bmizell@idahoconservation.org.

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THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 22-28 FROM PICABO ANGLER

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xcellent fishing conditions are upon us this week.

Temperatures hovering around the freezing mark, and partly cloudy days, should put us back in a rhythm. The last round of weather was very unsettled and it was apparent in the fishing.

The action has not been fast or furious, but the fish that are eating well seem to be in the larger-size range.

A trickle of pre-spawning rainbows are beginning to make their way into the Stanton Crossing reach of the Big Wood.

There are even a few early redds in some of the gravel channels.

Give this area another week or two and it should be very good fishing. The biggest challenge now is the parking. Currently, the Stanton Crossing camping area is it for the whole area. If you go, be willing to walk!

We only have a week left to fish Silver Creek before it closes for the spring spawning season.

The last two weeks of fishing on the Creek are often the best Streamer fishing days of the year. Concentrate on the Point of Rocks and Picabo Bridge areas, as the fish will move into this stretch looking for slightly warmer water temperatures.

Anglers that are eager to get out and fish their favorite freestone rivers, like the Big Wood, and even anglers that obsess over our tailwaters, like the Lower Lost River, better get out there now. There are about six weeks left of this style of fishing at these flows. When the rivers reopen at the end of May, we can expect them to be high and unfishable until the first week or two of July. The runoff this year should be a spectacle as we approach nearly 200 percent snowpack.

With this said, June is going to be a Silver Creek month, so if you’ve been shy about fishing this spring creek, it’s time to come out of your shell! Silver Creek can be a forgiving fishery the first few weeks of the season.

This is a great time for those looking to learn the Creek.

Anglers can get a head start by studying the June hatches and gearing up for a spring creek fishery. This means fishing soft rods and long leaders. Now is the time to start practicing! It would also be a good time to get a lay of the land. Scout the Creek from top to bottom while it is closed and quiet. When opening day comes, you’ll know exactly where you want to be!

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BY FRAN JEWELL

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any people still question whether dogs learn from each other or not.

Over and over, I have seen dogs learn both good and bad from other dogs.

About seven years ago, I had a puppy here from training as a service dog. His name was Rainier. Rainier came here from Washington with his breeder, Sharon.

At that time, all of my dogs would ring a bell to tell me they had to go out. As we were visiting in the living room that night, one of my older dogs went over to the door and rang the bell. Rainier just happened to be watching him as he rang the bell. Within seconds, Rainier went over and did exactly what my older dog did! Immediately, I jumped up, said, “YES!” and opened the door for Rainier to go out. I followed him out the door and gave him a treat when he did go potty.

From that day forth, never did Rainier go potty in the house.

Rainier was only 10 weeks old at the time.

I think a confident, older dog can be a great mentor for puppies. For the most part they are fair and will discipline a puppy when needed, but even more so, they teach the puppy that there is no reason to bark at such and such. Or even, going in the car is great fun!

On the same hand, an unruly older dog can also teach those bad behaviors to youngsters. A dog that is fear aggressive can pass those behaviors on to a puppy. An unruly older dog can teach bad greeting habits, jump-

I love photographing my dogs running free. But, they also earn that freedom with training that keeps them safe and friendly. Mariah must learn appropriate pack behaviors and how to come and sit in the yard before she ever gets to go on hikes. Photo by Fran Jewell

ing, growling, digging, etc.

Shepherds that use dogs for herding sheep, cattle or even ducks and other livestock always place the young puppies in with the experienced herding dog.

They learn from watching, then practice what they see.

By the same token, a fearful or anxious puppy can be comforted by an older, confident dog. This can also be true for adults. If one adult dog is fearful, a confident adult mentor dog can help greatly in teaching the fearful dog that there is no need for the fear.

While most fearful behavior is genetic, according to new

studies, a calm, confident mentor dog can be a great influence and make things much better.

I am not suggesting that you run out and get two dogs! You must also remember that while you look different, you are still a pack member to a dog. If you are nervous, you can mentor that to your singleton dog or puppy. If you are calm and act as a leader for a fearful dog, you can mentor a sense of comfort to your dog as a leader.

Mentoring can be either positively meaningful or dreadful in terms of helping another dog.

The important thing to remem-

ber is that dogs learn from those around them and you can use that to your advantage, or be aware of the disadvantage.

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

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CASCADING SNOW ON A PINE BRANCH

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BY LESLIE REGO

he Japanese artist Hokusai, known for his striking wave depictions, lived to the age of 89. There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, that Hokusai proclaimed, “I have drawn things since I was 6. All that I made before the age of 65 is not worth counting. At 73, I began to understand the true constructions of animals, plants, trees, birds, fishes and insects. At 90, I will enter into the secret of things. At 100, I shall certainly have reached a magnificent level. And when I am 110, everything—every dot, every dash—will live.” I can attest to this sentiment.

For the past few months I have ardently been trying to depict snow on pine trees. I have completed drawing after drawing and have rarely been satisfied.

I have watched how snow settles on the different types of pines inhabiting the Sawtooth Mountains.

I have studied how the flakes nestle into the spaces between the pine needles, attaching themselves along the length of the needles and along the spines of the branches. One day, as I was watching, it occurred to me that the snow settling on top of the branches looked like miniature

mountain ranges. The spine of the branch represented the spine of the mountain and the needles were all of the ridges that extended from the main range. The deep recesses between the smaller-needled branches and between the needles themselves were the various valleys, gullies, gorges, and coulees that reside within the mountain range. The snow drifting onto the pine branches at first settled onto the “ridge” of the mountain and then it began to fill in the different indentations until it looked like replicas of our local mountains.

Through my observations of the natural world, I have noticed many natural shapes that tend to repeat themselves time and again, but I am always excited when I make the discovery of a relationship between two shapes, which I had never thought of before. Superimposing the outline of a mountain range upon the branch of a pine tree was an eye opener and allowed me to better understand how to portray cascading snow.

Leslie Rego is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, art- Leslie Rego, “Cascading Snow on a Pine Branch”, charcoal on toned ist and Blaine County resident. To laid paper. view more of Rego’s art, visit leslierego.com.

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COLUMN ON LIFE’S TERMS

WE’LL NEVER KNOW

BY JOELLEN COLLINS

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nyone who is curious about the vicissitudes and odd occurrences of life may also seek answers to the questions raised. When a beloved one is painfully ill, when a vibrant young person commits suicide or even whenever a startlingly positive example of good fortune occurs, often the first words heard from those affected are, “Why?” I have spent an inordinate amount of time dwelling on imponderables and, after an eventful life, I have come to the bittersweet conclusion that we seldom get true answers to our twists of fate. I believe that we are not meant to understand always why things happen but, rather, to accept them and learn from them. It isn’t easy, of course.

Two illustrative examples of many spring to mind. One is the story of a handsome and charismatic young man I knew in the Peace Corps when we served in Thailand. After his tour there, he became engaged to another Peace Corps member, and he was hired by the U.S. Department of Fish and Game to be on an Asian fishing vessel where he was to monitor the killings of dolphins. He wrote his fiancée that he dreaded reporting the fatal count—much greater than expected—and also told of the nightmare-producing cries from the dolphins as they were trapped and killed.

JoEllen Collins—a longtime The tragic result of this episode was his mys- resident of the Wood River terious disappearance at sea. The crew main- Valley— is an Idaho Press tained that he had committed suicide, citing Club award-winning columsome patterns from their culture that would nist, a teacher, writer, fabric reinforce that conclusion. His family chose not artist, choir member and to pursue the answer to the big WHY. Was it an unabashedly proud grandma accident, murder, or most unlikely, the taking known as “Bibi Jo.” of his own life? I would like to create a novel with a similar event but focus on the mother’s decision, in my story, to search for answers. This would undoubtedly be most challenging and fraught with emotions of grief and agony I cannot comprehend at this time, thank God. A second mystery is my heritage. I was adopted when records were irrevocably sealed, and thus I didn’t search for information because I adored my adoptive parents and also was told my birth mother had died in childbirth.

Websites like “23 and Me” don’t help because I have no specific location or names. I have learned a smattering of things about my heredity: my birth mother (from Texas and a student at UC Berkeley) didn’t die giving birth.

I do acknowledge she is now probably deceased and also that perhaps she wished her “mistake” kept private through her life.

I was telling friends about this and related my mother’s last words to me.

This is absolutely true (I have a metaphorical hand on the Bible.) They were: “There’s something I’ve always wanted to tell you.” In my fantasy, the utterance would give me the truth about my birth, but I’ll never know. That’s OK, though, as I was gifted with a loving, supportive family and never imagined my life in any other home. Like many mysteries, mine endures.

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Community School environmental project receives donation

Students in Scott Runkel’s Upper School environmental science class at Community School in Sun Valley completed their project of converting a 1997 Chevy S10 into an electric vehicle. The project, which began last fall, was student-driven, with the class researching, fundraising and rebuilding the truck.

The process included removing the internal combustion engine and the unnecessary parts and installing an electric motor, controllers and batteries. In total, 15 students were involved in the project, which was based at Community School’s Dumke Family Sagewillow Campus.

“A huge aspect of this project will be to teach kids around the Valley about the importance of being environmentally conscious,” said Peter Wolter, CS senior. “If we can inform younger generations, there’s hope for a sustainable future.”

In partnership with the Environmental Resource Center, students created lesson plans that will be used along with the finished product to educate youth in the Valley about the environmental impact of electric cars, how e-cars work, how motors work, the battery technology and more.

The project was funded in various ways and included a student-organized outdoor gear sale, private donations, as well as direct requests to local organizations. Most recently, Wolter presented the project to 100 Men Who Care, who in turn donated $7,700 to the project, which covered the remaining costs and allowed students to complete the project

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King’s to close in Hailey, and elsewhere

The M.H. King family, based in Burley, announced on Tuesday that it would close of all the King’s Variety stores. There are 21 stores in six states. The chain just completed a large rebuild of the Hailey store.

“It was our grandfather’s and father’s desire to provide everyday products to small communities that did not have access to reasonably priced goods,” a press release said. “That business model allowed us to build a number of successful stores throughout the Intermountain West over a long period of time.

Over the last century, King’s has worked to navigate the changing landscape of the world, and retailing in particular. Founded in 1915, we have survived two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Great Recession, and many other ups and downs over the past 102 years.

This has not been simple or easy.

Our family story is of an ancestor who made a living as a leather harness maker (for horses). He lost his job with the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

Every generation brings with it advances and losses due to a changing business environment.

The retail climate has radically changed in the past decade, much as the job market did for our ancestor during the 1800s. With the advent of both large-box retail stores and the Internet, anyone with a computer can buy from millions of vendors around the world.

Brick-and-mortar stores need feet and faces to survive, as we have salaries, rents and other costs to cover. Unfortunately for us, that is not the current landscape.

We are grateful for the years we have been able to serve the various communities of which we have been a part.”

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ood River High School senior Michael Madsen carries a 4.3 grade point average and is a member of National Honor Society. He is also an outstanding soccer player and works for The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in teen counseling.

At Wood River High School, Madsen has taken a number of Advanced Placement courses, including U.S. History, Micro and

Macro Economics, Language and Composition, Calculus A/B and B/C, Physics, Environmental Science, Statistics and Government.

But it is Madsen’s love of science that he hopes will lead him to a career in medicine.

“I’ve always liked exploring the unknown and science is a way to do that,” he said. “I think it came from growing up here and exploring the outdoors and the environment. My love for it really blossomed in high school.

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a lawyer. Then I moved to science.

“As a kid, I was very mechanical and questioned how the world works, but I’m driven to living things, so I didn’t want to pursue a career in engineering.”

Madsen’s favorite classes are chemistry, environmental science, physics and biology.

“Chemistry is really fun and I’m passionate about it because it deals with the building blocks of life. Physics is a lot more handson and situational, which I also like a lot.”

Next year, Madsen will pursue his studies through a pre-med program at Claremont McKenna College outside of Los Angeles.

It’s a four-year program, and then he has his sights set on medical school, hopefully at Johns Hopkins University or UCLA. “Next year is going to be a lot more intense, with a lot more science and less overall education.”

Madsen likes math because it can provide you with a definitive answer, “but with science, it’s all about the discovery. Getting to uncover the unknown is what draws me. In medicine, doctors get to affect their world and I like being able to help people. Plus, the human body is amazing and

Michael Madsen. Photo courtesy of Tori Madsen

I get to work with that.

“The human body is the most complex thing in our world. I want to try to understand that and delve deeper into the sciences.”

For his personal project this year Madsen shadowed a neurosurgeon in Boise and a physical therapist in Sun Valley. Then he prepared a handbook dealing with common health issues.

“I don’t know exactly what area of medicine I want to get

into, but the study of the brain is fascinating. It makes us who we are and I want to be able to understand that.

“What I took out of it was that I could handle being a doctor. It’s such a big workload and really demanding, but now I know I could handle it and enjoy it. You get to work with people and then get to see your work have a big impact on someone’s life. That’s really special.” tws

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eeling housebound by the cold and bad weather? This could be a perfect time to expand your horizons and learn something new. We are surrounded by inexpensive or free opportunities to exercise our bodies and our brains. For many of them, you won’t even need to leave home.

The College of Southern Idaho offers classes seasonally for seniors and others. You might want to join a class currently in progress, called “Over 60 and Getting Fit.” For information, call (208) 788-2033 or find their class schedule online at CSI.edu.

There are many other choices available for online college courses. You can take a single class for no credit or work toward a degree, sometimes at little or no cost. Google “Free Online Colleges” and pull up a huge variety of possibilities.

Some have free trial periods, free books, free tuition—the opportunities are numerous and intriguing.

There are also tutorials online that are interesting and entertaining. Many can be found on YouTube, and there are literally thousands of options out there. Learn how to do new things on your iPhone or your computer, connect to Google classrooms on all subjects, or find new ways to braid your grandchild’s hair. If you simply want to have a good laugh, puppies and cuteness abound.

Company of Fools has a special treat for those who are interested, on Sunday, Feb. 26.

Attendees to the play “Constellations” at the Liberty Theatre can take a backstage tour of the facility to learn the ins

and outs of staging a big production. There will be a question and answer session, too. If you’d like to join us, call Barb at (208) 788-3468.

Are you interested in making better food choices and improving your overall health?

Hailey’s new store, Natural Grocers, has a classroom with a kitchen. They offer free, informative classes on nutrition, with yummy samples. Call Kathy at (208) 788-5094 to ask about their schedule. Kathy also holds occasional classes at The Senior Connection.

The Sun Valley Center for the Arts offers classes in various subjects. They’re held at both the Ketchum and Hailey facilities. If you really hurry, you can catch tonight’s Open Studio Figure Drawing class (not nude!) in Hailey from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact Sarah at (208) 726-9491, or search for classes at sunvalleycenter.org/ education.

The Senior Connection offers several classes and clubs.

We have an ongoing and free exercise class called Fit-andFall Proof, which meets three times a week. Also, we’ve started a new book club. There will be a second discussion of “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 at The Connection.

Barb can tell you about upcoming books and dates, as well as classes in chess, watercolors and painting. Contact her at The Senior Connection, (208) 788-3468, for information and to sign up for classes and all other activities.

Executive Director Teresa Beahen Lipman encourages all seniors to take advantage of our facility—we have so much to offer.

“Sonita” follows an undocumented Afghan illegal immigrant teenager living in the poor suburbs of Tehran, Iran.

The film is set to conclude the Festival on March 5. Photo courtesy of familyofwomanfilmfestival.org

INSPIRING WOMEN & CHANGE 10th Family of Woman Film Festival begins Monday

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he 10th annual Family of Woman Film Festival will be held Feb. 27 through March 5. This year’s Festival theme centers on “Celebrating Women Who Inspire Change.”

Established in 2008 to raise awareness of the work of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Family of Woman Film Festival annually presents five feature-length documentaries from around the world.

The films focus on the status of women in different cultures.

Throughout the Festival week, award-winning filmmakers, subjects of their films and international speakers engage with the local community through free lectures and school programming.

Festival events begin 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, with a Filmmaker Retrospective on “Motherland Afghanistan” at The Community Library in Ketchum. Filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi will return to present her documentary, which was shown at the first Family of Woman Film Festival in 2008.

This event is free to the public.

Ten years ago, the Festival launched at the nexStage Theatre and will return there for a final lecture before the theater is rebuilt. The Bonni Curran Memorial Lecture for the Health and Dignity of Women will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the nexStage with Sarah Costa, executive director of the Women’s Refugee Commission.

The lecture is free and open to the public with a reception to follow.

“Every day, there is new and horrifying news about the ever-growing numbers of refugees

Set against the breathtaking expanses of the Mongolian steppes, “The Eagle Huntress” follows Aisholopan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter. Photo courtesy of familyofwomanfilmfestival.org

around the world—just as many fleeing famine and other results of climate change as violence,” Peggy Elliott Goldwyn, founder and co-director of the Family of Woman Film Festival, said.

Co-director of the Festival, Stephanie Freid-Perenchio, added, “There’s so much fear and misunderstanding about this subject, that I am grateful that Sarah Costa will be able to help us understand better how women and children are the biggest victims.”

All Festival films will be shown at the Sun Valley Opera House. A special sneak preview of the documentary film “The Apology” will kick off the 2017 Festival films at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2. Director Tiffany Hsiung’s film follows the journeys of three former “comfort women” who were among the 200,000 girls and young women kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Catch “The Eagle Huntress” at 7 p.m., Friday, March 3.

“The film is set against the breathtaking expanses of the Mongolian steppes, as it follows Aisholopan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, rising to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries,” states a release from the Festival.

A double-feature lineup will be held on Saturday, March 4, with “No Le Digas a Nadie” (Don’t Tell Anyone) at 2 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by “Motley’s Law.” The Festival will conclude at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, with “Sonita.”

All films at the Festival are $15, or $60 for the entire film series. Tickets are available at the door for each screening and at Chapter One Bookstore in Ketchum. For a complete schedule of events, as well as information on special guests, visit familyofwomanfilmfestival.org. tws

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE TAIZÉ SERVICE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22 5:30PM / ST. THOMAS CHURCH / SUN VALLEY The congregation and staff of St. Thomas Episcopal Church welcome the community for the final winter Taizé Service. This simple candlelight service, offering prayer, quiet time and chant, lasts about 30 minutes; everyone is welcome to attend. For further information, visit stthomassunvalley.org or joel. bejot@stthomassunvalley.org.

OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS WED FEB 22 & THURS FEB 23 7PM / MAGIC LANTERN CINEMAS / KETCHUM Over the course of four evenings in February, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts will have screened all of the short films nominated for Academy Awards in 2016. The Oscar Shorts screenings will continue at 7 p.m. at the Magic Lantern Cinemas Feb. 22-23.

Each remaining night will feature a different lineup of Oscar-nominated short documentary films.

Tickets for each night of the screenings are $10 for members, $12 for nonmembers and may be purchased in advance through The Center’s box office or website. For more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org, call (208) 726-9491, or visit The Center’s box office at 191 Fifth Street East in Ketchum.

‘MOTHERS AND SONS’

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7:30PM / NEXSTAGE THEATRE / KETCHUM nexStage Theatre will present “Mothers and Sons” by award-winning playwright Terence McNally, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22-25. Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play in 2014, the drama revolves around a woman who pays an unexpected visit to the apartment of her late son’s partner.

“Mothers and Sons” is a timely, provocative and humorous play that explores the evolving understanding of family and change in today’s world. Directed by Bruce A. Hostetler, the play stars Patsy Wygle, Nicholas Garcia, Richard Lindenfelzer, and Will Lamoureux and Cooper Salvoni rotating in the role of Bud. General tickets for “Mothers and Sons” are $25 and reserved seating is $35. To reserve or purchase tickets, call (208) 726-4TKS or visit nexstagetheatre.org.

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VARIOUS TIMES / LIBERTY THEATRE / HAILEY Feb. 22 through March 4, head to Company of Fools’ (COF) Liberty Theatre to witness a spellbinding, romantic journey. “Constellations,” by Nick Payne, is a new, critically acclaimed play fresh from Broadway that explores love, friendship, quantum multiverse theory and free will. The production is directed by Denise Simone and stars Cassandra Bissell, last seen at COF in “Proof,” and Neil Brookshire, seen in “Peter and the Starcatcher,” “Proof,” “Enchanted April” and “The Woman in Black.”

Tickets for “Constellations” 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) 5789122 or at the Liberty Theatre box office starting one hour prior to curtain.

GEMSTONE-BEADS & MINERAL SHOW WED FEB 22 & SUN MAR 12 10AM TO 6PM / KENTWOOD LODGE / KETCHUM Head to Kentwood Lodge in Ketchum to peruse beautiful gemstone-beads and minerals. Pieces will be on display from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Kentwood Lodge is located at 180 N. Main St., Ketchum.

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The 2016 Killebrew-Thompson Memorial Golf Tournament made a $430,000 donation to St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI) in Boise, Wednesday.

The donation is the result of the 40th anniversary golf tournament, formerly known as the Danny Thompson Memorial Golf Tournament, held annually in Sun Valley. KTM raised a total of $860,000 for cancer research, with the funds split between the event’s two beneficiaries: St. Luke’s MSTI and the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota.

Since the event debut in 1976, it has contributed more than $7.7 million for local cancer research and support at St. Luke’s MSTI. “Killebrew-Thompson has once again astounded us with its generosity and commitment to the fight against cancer,” said Dr. Dan Zuckerman, executive medical director of St. Luke’s MSTI. “This is one of the premier cancer charity events in the country and St. Luke’s MSTI is proud to be one of the beneficiaries. It is because of KTM that we can offer such an array of cutting-edge clinical trials and experimental therapies to cancer patients all across Idaho.”

Congressman Mike Simpson, a longtime participant and supporter of KTM, along with John Elmore, vice chair of U.S. Bank and chair of the KTM board, presented the check to Zuckerman and Bill Whitacre, chair of St. Luke’s Health System board of directors.

Chime in on bike path designs

The City of Hailey updated preliminary design drawings for the 2nd Avenue and Croy Street bicycle routes, and will take public comment prior to preparing final designs for the project at the regular Hailey City Council meeting on 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27. Comments may also be dropped off at Hailey City Hall, mailed to the City of Hailey, or mariel.miller@haileycityhall.org, in advance of the meeting.

The proposed design for Croy Street—two-way bicycle lanes with physical separation from the vehicle travel lane—is important for safety reasons.

The proposed design for 2nd Avenue is dashed (or advisory) bicycle lanes, allowing vehicle to cross over into a dashed bicycle lane for passing purposes when bicycles aren’t present.

The proposed designs for Croy Street and 2nd Avenue, and a flier showing the tentative stop sign configuration for 2nd Avenue, are available for review at Hailey City Hall in the Public Works Department or at haileycityhall.org.

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE BROWN BAG HEALTH TALK THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23 12:15-1:15PM / ST. LUKE’S / KETCHUM St. Luke’s Center for Community Health will present a Brown Bag Health Talk titled “Mindfulness in Every Day.” Mindfulness is a specific strategy for cultivating the mind and shifting the way humans interact with themselves, others and the world at large. Ryan Redman, executive director of Flourish Foundation, will explain current findings in psychology and neuroscience that show the health benefits of mindfulness, and will guide attendees through exercises to help them learn how to attend more closely to their bodies and minds.

This Brown Bag Health Talk will take place at St. Luke’s Baldy Rooms, 100 Hospital Dr., Ketchum.

All Brown Bag lectures are free and no preregistration is required. Call St. Luke’s Center for Community Health for information on this or other educational programs at (208) 727-8733.

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5:30PM / THE CENTER / KETCHUM On Thursday, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts will host the second of three free evening tours of its current visual arts exhibition, “Rayguns, Robots, Drones: Technology’s Peril & Promise.” Visitors are invited to enjoy a glass of wine in the gallery and a guided tour with The Center’s curators and museum guides. After the tour, at 6:30 p.m., special guest (and participating artist) Mahwish Chishty will talk about her work, which blends her training as a miniature painter with her interest in contemporary social and political issues, including the growing role of drone warfare in Pakistan and elsewhere.

Using robots, drones and rayguns as metaphors for technological advances, The Center’s latest BIG IDEA project examines the duality of technology’s inherent promise and potential danger. The new visual arts exhibition at The Center’s museum features the works of several artists who use different methods to respond to the questions posed by the project. Artists include Pakistani-born artist Chishty, Wood River Valley-based artist Nate Galpin, Michael Salter, Kal Spelletich and John Isiah Walton. The current exhibition will be on view at The Center in Ketchum through Friday, March 24. For more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.

HOWARD PRESERVE EXPANSION PARTY

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6-9PM / MAHONEY’S / BELLEVUE The Howard Preserve Expansion Party will take place from 6-9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, at Mahoney’s Bar & Grill in Bellevue. Local favorites Up A Creek will play for attendees into the night and there will be raffle prizes available for the whole family.

Late last year, the Blaine County Commissioners gave conceptual approval for a grant to assist the Wood River Land Trust and City of Bellevue in adding five parcels and over an acre to the protected open space of The Howard Preserve, which runs along the Big Wood River in the heart of Bellevue. To complete the transaction, money still needs to be raised to pay for items such for an environmental assessment study, for closing costs, and to set up a stewardship fund to care for the lands.

This event will help raise the rest of the funds needed, but also is being held to celebrate adding more land for people to explore and more open space for wildlife and native flora to flourish. For any questions or to help with the event, contact Mike McKenna at mmckenna@woodriverladntrust.org or call (208) 788-3947.

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Zions Bank recognizes A students Wood River High School ninth-grader Amelia Madsen received a $100 scholarship savings account as a regional winner of the spring drawing through Zions Bank’s Pays for A’s program.

Pays for A’s rewards students who put in the effort to make their grades count. Vaelene Bryant, manager of the Hailey financial center, surprised Madsen with her win during a presentation at the financial center on Feb. 16.

Madsen was entered into the drawing by bringing her report card to Zions Bank and was paid for every “A” she received.

More than 1,000 students entered the spring drawing throughout Utah and Idaho.

Pays for A’s is open to all Utah and Idaho students ages 12 to 18. Students can participate by bringing their most current term-end report card into any Zions Bank location. Students do not need a Zions Bank account to participate. They’ll receive $1 per “A” deposited into their savings account, or 50 cents per “A” if they opt for cash. For each “A” on their report cards, students are entered into a drawing to win one of 150 regional scholarship prizes, each worth $100, and one grand prize, worth $1,000, in each state.

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The Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley will host the 31st Annual Paw ’n Pole on Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Sun Valley Gun Club. This year’s theme celebrates Dr. Seuss and all his crazy characters. All ages and fitness levels are encouraged to join in on the fun. Events start at 11 a.m. and include cross-country ski races, a 3k canine skijor, snowshoe strolls, silly pet trick contests, a dog agility course and a costume contest. Prizes and awards will be given in all categories.

Registration for the event includes lunch and beverages and entitles attendees and their dog(s) to participate in any or all activities. Make advance reservations to participate in an event with a Shelter dog. Preregistration is $10 and day of registration is $15. For more information and to register visit animalshelterwrv. org.

JIM JONES BOOK SIGNING

MONDAY FEBRUARY 27

2-3:30PM / HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY Jim Jones, former Idaho attorney general and Supreme Court justice, will sign his recently-released book, “A Little Dam Problem,” 2-3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 at the Hailey Public Library. The book documents one of the most contentious and hard-fought water disputes in Idaho history.

In November 1982, the Idaho Supreme Court issued a ruling that gave Idaho Power Company practical control of the Snake River. Jones, a Republican, took office as attorney general in 1983. He teamed up with Democrat Governor John Evans to bring the Snake back under state control. Jones’ book takes readers through the water fight as the combatants struggle through two legislative sessions, a hotly contested election, an acrimonious public debate and numerous legal proceedings in Idaho and Washington, D.C. Former Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives Bruce Newcomb wrote that the book reads like the old Wild West stories about fights between land barons who tried to corral all of the available water and keep it out of the hands of homesteaders. The culmination of the Swan Falls water rights fight set the stage for the future allocation and management of the Snake River. Jones will speak to the Hailey Rotary Club preceding the book signing.

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6:30PM / NEXSTAGE THEATRE / KETCHUM nexStage Theatre will present a reading of the uproarious comedy “The New Century” by one of the U.S.’s funniest playwrights, Paul Rudnick. The running time will be 70 minutes with complimentary wine and cookies served. The cast consists of Claudia McCain, Steve D’Smith, Will Hemmings, Courtney Loving and Annabel Webster, with direction by Jon Kane.

“The one-liners fly like rockets in ‘The New Century,’ the rollicking bill of short plays by Paul Rudnick,” wrote The New York Times. “Building on time-honored traditions within gay and Jewish humor, Mr. Rudnick turns stereotypes into bullet-deflecting armor and jokes into an inexhaustible supply of ammunition.”

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