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“Skiing is a dance, and the mountain always leads.”

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Crime News Keith Blankenship Awaits Sentencing

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Will Caldwell, “Dollar Mtn. Ski Kids” (detail). This painting is from a new book titled “Sun Valley Seasons” by Blaine County resident and artist Will Caldwell… for more information, see “On The Cover” on page 3.

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NEWS CRIME

City of Ketchum Small Town, Big Life

Buy Local After Holiday Lighting Celebration Many Ketchum stores will be open until 8 p.m. after the Mayor’s Holiday Lighting Celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Come to Town Square at 4:30 p.m. for caroling by Colle Voce, libations by Sawtooth Brewery and Warfield, with Santa and holiday lights. Stay to shop from local retailers and dine locally. Businesses, let us know if you plan to stay open late at participate@ketchumidaho.org.

Electric Vehicle Charging Station Ribbon Cutting Join Mayor Jonas at a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m. to celebrate the opening of the EV Charging Station, located at the Ore Wagon Museum. Look for m ore information on the use of the service in the city e-newsletter.

Public Notices NOTICE OF COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: City Council will host a community discussion on off-site vendor regulations for those involved in the food and beverage industry. Off-site vendors include those who sell goods or services from trucks or trailers parked on private property. Monday, Dec. 5, at 5:30.p.m.

NOTICE OF CONSIDERA TION: Application for amendment to Amended and Restated W arm Springs Ranch Annexation and D evelopment Agr eement by extending all approvals for initiation and completion of project (1801 Warm Springs Rd.). Monday, Dec. 5, at 5:30 p.m.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: Proposal to construct a motor vehicle fueling station, convenience store and food service establishment at 911 North Main St. Monday, Dec. 12, at 5:30 p.m.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING/WORKSHOP: City initiated amendments to Chapter 17.125, Off Street Parking and Loading, aligning current ordinance with Comprehensive Plan objectives, promote uses that contribute to vitality of downtown, incentivize com m unity housing and better reflect the need s of fulltime and seasonal residents and visitors. Monday, Dec. 19, at 5:30 p.m.

Public Meetings CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday • Dec. 5 • 5:30 pm • City Hall PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING Monday • Dec. 19 • 5:30 pm • City Hall

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Blankenship Pleads Guilty To Felony Concealment Of A Crime

BY DANA DUGAN

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ailey resident Keith E. Blankenship will be sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the matter of destruction, alteration or concealment of a crime, which is a felony. He was originally charged, and has been held in the Blaine County Detention Facility awaiting trial, since May 2014 for the second-degree murder of his neighbor, Steve Romanchuck, 47. Romanchuk was reported missing Jan. 15, 2014 by his wife, Lauraine Phillips.

Blankenship, 52, is charged with felony counts of second-degree murder and evidence concealment in the shooting death on or about Jan. 15, 2014 at Blankenship’s home on Deer Creek Road north of Hailey.

Blankenship turned himself in to the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office on May 14, 2014. Romanchuk’s body was recovered the following day from where it was partially hidden in a pile of dead leaves and debris. Blankenship has claimed that the shooting, over a money dispute, was in self-defense.

In September, after three unsuccessful attempts at trial were implemented in Blaine County and one in Minidoka County, Blankenship pled guilty to one count of failure to notify coroner or law enforcement of a death with intent to prevent dis-

covery of the manner of death.

This crime is a felony under Idaho Code Section 19-4301A(1) (3). In exchange for Blankenship’s guilty plea, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years, the Blaine County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office dismissed the one count of second-degree murder and one count of destruction of evidence.

In the trial in April 2016, which was declared a mistrial after an unsubstantiated comment made by Philips, Blankenship claimed Romanchuck came to his home and brandished a gun before Blankenship opened fire. Romanchuk was shot a total of five times. Due to decomposition when the body was finally recovered five months later, investigators couldn’t tell from which direction all of the shots had come.

Blankenship claimed he planned to tell the police––by phone, and then by driving to the police station––but was fearful that no one would believe him.

Romanchuck bled to death from his wounds in Blankenship’s home. In a panic, he buried him in his backyard. He also said he disposed of Romanchuk’s pistol in an alley dumpster off of Carbonate Street in Hailey.

The plea was reached following a lengthy investigation and deliberations with the victim’s family, law enforcement and experts. The burden of evidence

Keith E. Blankenship

was on the state and there was scant evidence to prove or refute the claim by Blankenship that he shot Romanchuk in self-defense.

Judge Jonathan P. Brody will preside over sentencing at the Blaine County Courthouse. At the sentencing hearing, both parties will have the opportunity to present evidence or testimony, either through witnesses or documents. The court will then listen to arguments by both parties, first by the state and then the defense. After arguments, the defendant will have an opportunity to speak to the court.

Finally, the court will sentence the defendant.

Blankenship remains incarcerated in the Blaine County jail on $500,000 bond. tws

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BLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD STARTS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ADMINISTRATORS

Kids will have holiday fun with gingerbread houses, decorating cookies, arts and crafts, face painting, time with Santa, and movies in the theatre.

BY JEAN JACQUES BOHL

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he Blaine County School District Board of Trustees started negotiations with school district administrators on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The School District calendar also calls for sessions on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 5.

All sessions start at 4:30 p.m. in the Minnie Moore room at the Community Campus in Hailey and are open to the public.

On Tuesday, the meeting was a training program in the interest-based bargaining format, the same protocol used in the yearly board/teacher negotiations, which stresses collaboration

Food concessions will be on-site.

New unwrapped toy or donations accepted at the door. *Children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is a part of the Holiday Baskets program, which assists local families in need during the Holidays.

To volunteer, contact: robin@robinsells5b.com

AFTER PLEA DEAL, HAILEY MAN TO BE SENTENCED

Holiday Baskets

To make a tax deductible donation to Holiday Baskets, please make your check to SVBR Community Foundation PO Box 1937, Ketchum, ID 83340 or go online to SVHolidayBaskets.org Thank you to the Kiwanis Club for your years of support.

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Administrators’ salaries and benefit packages became a hot issue last spring during teacher negotiations and district budget votes. The Blaine County Education Association, as well as school board members Cami Bustos and Liz Corker, raised the issue of administrative salaries and benefits and their impact on the district's budget. An online petition by a group of parents also asked the district to trim administrators' perks. A vote of 3-1 at the April 19 school board meeting demanded negotiations between the board and the district administrators.

Shortly after that, 22 admin-

istrators organized the Blaine County Administrative Group and asked the General Teamsters Warehousemen and Helpers Union to represent them. In an Aug. 2 letter to the board, the teamsters informed the board that they would represent the administrators. Contrary to the teachers who operate under a negotiated master contract and salary schedule, the administrators are individual contractors.

The board has designated trustees Rob Clayton, Liz Corker and Ellen Mandeville to be its negotiators. The whole board will be on hand to caucus in a closed session, should the need arise. tws

Volunteer with the ACLU of Idaho

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will hold a Volunteer Open House for prospective volunteers, either in person or via Facebook, from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., in Boise. The organization will offer volunteer opportunities with our different departments, explain what the ACLU of Idaho does, and plan how we can all work together to make change in Idaho.

This event is being held in Boise, but the organization will live-stream portions on Facebook for those who aren't able to make it. ACLU is seeking volunteers from all over the state.

To RSVP, visit facebook.com/events/507804372744990.

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On Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-4, head to Hemingway Elementary for the 26th annual Papoose Club Holiday Bazaar. For a story, see page 12. Public domain photo, accessed via Pixabay

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ON THE COVER

Continued from page 1: …“The book includes art portraying Sun Valley over my 40 years of painting locally,” Caldwell said.

The book is currently available at Chapter One Bookstore, located at 340 2nd St. W. in Ketchum. Courtesy artwork by Will Caldwell

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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Dec 14–30 Liberty Theatre, Hailey

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TRAIL CREEK ROAD CLOSED FOR THE SEASON The road runs northeast of Sun Valley, over the summit and down to Highway 93 in Custer County. The steep part of the road over the summit is graded but is not paved. The road was closed as it is no longer safe for travel.

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BY MIKE MCKENNA

or more than a dozen years the Wood River Land Trust has been quietly yet steadfastly working on a dream to acquire land around Colorado Gulch and to add it to the open space of the Hailey Greenway.

That dream is now at their fingertips, but the Land Trust needs help from the community.

A few weeks ago, a brief 30day window to purchase 150 acres of the Stevens family ranch at Colorado Gulch presented itself. The board and staff at the local nonprofit quickly rallied into action.

“We knew that it was an opportunity we couldn’t afford to miss,” said Scott Boettger, executive director of the nationally accredited Wood River Land Trust. “If we didn’t make this happen, 50 years from now people would never forgive us––and we wouldn’t forgive ourselves.

This is open space in the heart of Hailey, right along the river. It’s important to our community. It’s something we have to protect and open to the public, if we have the chance.”

The first move to acquire the property was lead by the dedicated and passionate members of the WRLT’s board of directors.

They raised over one-third of the $800,000 needed for the purchase. A line of credit for the rest has been acquired from Bank of the West, but the Land Trust still needs help to pay off the other $500,000.

Last week, the City of Hailey and WRLT agreed on longterm protection and management plans, which cleared the path for the Land Trust to purchase the

property that runs from Lawrence Heagle Park, west and south of downtown Hailey, down to Colorado Gulch, so it can be opened to the public and connect it to the Hailey Greenway. The Land Trust will also restore a trail and bridges on the property and areas damaged by grazing and other practices.

“The City of Hailey is our partner in preserving and restoring the Greenway,” said Keri York, WRLT director of conservation.

“We are all working together to make this happen. Our main goal is to provide public access.”

The Colorado Gulch acquisition will nearly double the size of the Hailey Greenway, which offers trails and access to the Big Wood River on the western edge of Hailey. It currently runs from the Bullion Street bridge to the Della View subdivision. Home to the iconic Bow Bridge and the Draper Wood River Preserve, the Hailey Greenway is one of the most popular places in the Valley to walk with friends or dogs, to watch wildlife, to fish, and to take photographs.

Adding 150 acres to the Greenway at Colorado Gulch means that we’ll have more access to what we love about life here in the Wood River Valley. And more peace of mind that open and wild places will stay open and wild forever.

The community can help make this a reality for generations of people and plants, for fish and for butterflies, for moose and for elk, for years to come.

To find out more, contact Lisa Huttinger at LHuttinger@woodriverlandtrust.org or call (208) 788-3947.

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charitable because they serve the public through educational, religious, scientific, relief of poverty and other beneficial activities.

Major categories include arts and culture, education, environment, hospitals, health, and human services.

According to Volunteering in America, more than 451,000 Idahoans volunteered in 2014, totaling 51 million hours of service. Indeed, nearly 36 percent of Idaho residents are volunteers, ranking Idaho as second in the U.S for volunteerism. No wonder Idaho charities get so much bang for their buck.

People in Idaho are generally aware of the Idaho Nonprofit Center’s largest program, “Idaho Gives,” a 24-hour statewide online giving day held the first Thursday in May. We also convene an annual statewide nonprofit conference, host local and regional trainings, support regional nonprofit networks and champion our sector during Idaho Nonprofit Awareness Month.

The Idaho Nonprofit Center also commissions research projects such as a wage and benefit survey and a state of the sector report. We are the voice of our sector on issues at the statehouse that impact the way we do business.

Take just a moment to imagine what your community might be like without nonprofits in it.

There would be no zoo, symphony, homeless shelter, food bank, YMCA or ballet, just for starters.

Nonprofits do many things that you may not even think about.

Support your favorite nonprofit today through a gift of your time, talent and treasure.

ove over real estate brokers, finance and insurance professionals, crop and animal production workers and a host of other industries. Did you know that Idaho’s charities employ more people than any of those sectors? You read that right.

With 54,305 employees, Idaho’s charities are one of the best-kept secrets fueling our state economy.

Did you know that Idaho charities make up more than 10 percent of all private-sector jobs?

And that those charities pay $3.9 billion in total aggregate compensation and are ranked sixth place as an industry based on actual employment?

According to The Economic Impacts of Idaho’s Nonprofit Organizations, produced by University of Idaho Research Economist Professor Steven Peterson, Boise State University Economics Professor Don Holley and Don Reading of Ben Johnson Associates, the total spending in 2014 by Idaho charities was $4.7 billion, up from $4.4 billion in 2013. When you include the multiplier of 1.61, in which one dollar spent by charities creates $1.61 of new spending in the community, you start to see the gigantic economic impact charities have on Idaho’s economy. All of this happens while charities are out there making a difference, changing a life, or saving the planet.

There are 7,443 registered nonprofit organizations in Idaho, of which almost 5,000 (62 percent) are “public charities,” which I refer to as “charities.” These are organizations that receive their IRS tax exemption under subsection (3) of Section 501 (c.) InAmy Little is the executive deed, you may have heard them director of the Idaho Nonprofit labeled as “501(c)(3)s.” The IRS Center. defines these organizations as

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NEWS DAKOTA PIPELINE

Jury duty phone scam occurring in Blaine County

The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous calls from Blaine County citizens saying a “Lt. Jerry Mills,” who claimed to be with the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office, contacted them. The caller informed the citizens they had warrants issued for their arrest by Judge Robert Elgee for failure to appear for jury duty, and that they owe fines from $250 to $5,700.

Using knowledge of a spouse’s name and their current address, "Mills" explained that their spouse previously signed for a certified letter weeks ago notifying them of the jury summons. "Mills" asked them to purchase a “green dot card” with the specified fine amount charged to the card. Once returned to him, he will have the warrant eliminated.

No such officer exists or is employed by the Blaine County Sheriff's Office. The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office does not request money over the phone or offer to "take care" of warrants. Real warrants must be dealt with through the Blaine County court system.

If you receive a call from (208) 270-3310 or anyone asking you to send them money to get rid of a warrant, report it to the Blaine County Sheriff's Office Detective Unit at (208) 788-5515. This scam is currently under investigation.

Where is Idaho headed?

The Community Library will present a talk called “Where is Idaho Headed?” by Lauren Necochea, the director of two nonprofits, the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy and Idaho Voices for Children, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Necochea will discuss how trends in investment in education, healthcare, and other public priorities impact our economic future. She says the investments we make today are critical for our quality of life tomorrow. These priorities include public schools, higher education, transportation, health and public safety. This presentation will discuss the extent to which Idaho is meeting its own goals in these areas and the implications of the recent national election.

Necochea previously oversaw and evaluated programs addressing children’s safety and health hazards for the Baltimore City Health Department, in Baltimore, Md. She was a policy fellow with joint appointments at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Princeton University’s Center for Health and Wellbeing. She has evaluated anti-poverty programs internationally and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study microfinance in Peru. Lauren earned her master’s in public affairs at Princeton University and holds a B.A. in economics from Pomona College.

For more information, call (208) 726-3493.

Wood River Insurance earns award

Wood River Insurance in Hailey earned a 2016 Safeco Insurance Make More Happen Award for its community work with the Crisis Hotline.

The award includes a $4,000 donation to the Crisis Hotline from Safeco Insurance.

Wood River Insurance agent Hailee Blomquist and the Crisis Hotline also had a story featured on Safeco.com, which awarded the nonprofit an additional $1,000. For the organization to win the extra money, at least 50 different individuals had to leave a virtual “cheer” on the Safeco.com story.

From left to right, Lissa York, Sandy Kelly, Kat Theobald and Jennifer

Safeco’s Make More Cortez, all of Wood River Insurance, with Sher Foster of Crisis Hotline, and Mark Balcos, Christina Pendl, Felicity Roberts, Shawn Myers and Danielle Happen Award recognizes independent agents who demon- Seigfreid, of Wood River Insurance. strate extraordinary volunteerism for a nonprofit organization. Wood River Insurance was selected for the Make More Happen Award based on a photo and application demonstrating its commitment to the Crisis Hotline, which serves Blaine County.

The teen outreach program is a prime focus area of the Crisis Hotline, with volunteers visiting

schools and educating students on issues such as bullying, depression and the warning signs of suicide. Wood River Insurance employees volunteer at events each quarter, including school lunch hours, to hand out flyers.

The Spot gains nonprofit status

The Spot, a performing arts studio in Ketchum, recently received its nonprofit status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Interval Revenue Code.

The Spot provides an educational venue for young artists to collaborate with professional mentors and produces exhilarating works––contemporary and classical––in an effort to make theatre accessible to the larger community and explore our collective humanity. All donations to The Spot will now be tax-deductible; visit spotsunvalley.com to learn more about the organization.

Holiday parties to be held at Webb Garden Centers Webb Landscaping’s three garden center locations will host its annual Sleigh Bells and Cocktails event from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. There will be food, music and much more.

The garden centers are located at 162 Glendale Rd., Bellevue; 417 N. Main St., Hailey; and 891 Washington Ave., Ketchum. For information, call (208) 788-2066 or email info@webbland.com.

City of Hailey to honor retiring board members

The City of Hailey has 40 non-elected volunteer advisors and experts on various boards and commissions, which shape significant community dialogue. Board members act as engaged citizens and creative thinkers to make recommendations to the city council. The people who volunteer in the capacity of a board or commission member perform an essential service to government In 2016, several longstanding board members stepped down from their boards, after having completed several years of service, including Janet Fugate (20 years), Terry Clark (6 years), Jeff Beacham (6 years), Mary Sfingi (5 years), Jim Spinelli (5 years), Angela Hicks (4 years) and Sara Baldwin (2 years).

These members belonged to, respectively, the Hailey Parks & Lands Board, Hailey Parks & Lands Board, Hailey Tree Committee, Urban Renewal Agency, Urban Renewal Agency, Arts & Historic Preservation Commission and the Hailey Public Library Board of Trustees.

They will be honored in a public reception in the Hailey City Council chambers 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 5.

Police razor wire was put around Turtle Island on the day after Thanksgiving. Cour

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n overwhelmingly heavy cloud of discomfort settled over us, and a feeling of nausea took over as we approached the Standing Rock Native American Reservation in North Dakota.

After driving for two days, we were finally just two miles away from the “black snake,” the natives’ name for the pipeline. Piercing through the sea of darkness ahead were stadium lights that blinded the night with a powerful and sterile ability to make everyone feel crazy. These lights are provided so that the pipeline workers can work through the night in order to speed up production and intimidate the water protectors.

We sat in silence with this uncomfortably heavy feeling, finally turning up the music to distract our minds. Military vehicles, razor wire, large cement blocks and the lights created a giant blockade in front of us. We were closing in on the Oceti Sakowin camp, but we unknowingly drove up to the military side instead of the water protectors’ side, a perspective we would never forget.

Four rules of Standing Roc The camp is the largest at the site and it 1. Indigenous centered is this camp the government will attempt to shut down on Monday, Dec. 5. People 2. Build a new legacy of all ages, races and nationalities are 3. Be of use camped at Oceti Sakowin and other small4. Bring it home er encampments.

Our first morning, we were woken by a Seven Dakota values native man yelling at all 10,000 water pro1. Prayer tectors over a loudspeaker.

2. Respect “Wake up! Wake up!” he said. “It is 5 a.m. and it is time to get to work. Why did 3. Compassion you come here if not to help? Wake up!

4. Honesty Wake up!”

5. Generosity We were a small group of Wood Riv6. Humility er Valley locals who drove 15 hours to 7. Wisdom Standing Rock, which straddles the border of North and South Dakota, to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. None of us had ever been a part of a protest before and we figured Thanksgiving was a poetic time to give thanks and support to the native people of America.

It’s mind blowing how little we knew collectively of Native American people or of the DAPL. In every corner of our country native people are oppressed and native land is exploited.

What began in 1492 has never stopped.

Even without the present forms of state violence, the destruction of the environment and the surrounding native communities is a form of genocide. If you take away people’s capacity to feed and hydrate themselves, you take away their capacity to create and sustain life itself. This has always been the story of the white man and the Indians and we wanted to help counterbalance this history.

We rustled out of our warm sleeping bags and frosty tents to smoke-filled air, frozen shoes and freezing temperatures.

Still in a sleepy fog from the long drive, we marched up the hill to the main camp, a small and well-organized city that has grown and taken root since the protest began in early April.

The city is filled with yurts, tepees, small houses and wall tents. Frozen dirt roads winding all around and hundreds of massive flags of every color and from every country wave high in the sky. Protest symbols and signs cover everything and ceremonial fires burn in designated areas. You could feel the prayers soaring into the pale morning sky above, but this feeling wasn’t of celebration like most mass gatherings; this feeling was of resistance and emotional hardship.

As we walked toward the orientation tent, we all had flashbacks of traveling in Third World countries in Africa and Asia.

Yet, we were in the heart of America on the vast golden plains of the Dakotas. How much more American could you get?

The orientation was held in a massive white dome on top of the hill, but with the overwhelming influx of Thanksgiving supporters, they had an additional four orientation tents filled

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with more than 85 people in each one. We crowded er to shoulder, nose to back, bum to knee––while the orientation leaders’ introduction to Standing ide bar). minded us that white supremacy is alive and well in ut the importance of Standing Rock and the historiance of this moment should go down in the history ver. It’s the first time in history more than 600 difgenous people have come together for a common p the DAPL and protect the water for generations

de it clear that we were guests in this movement of a resistance using prayer and love, not a pronger and hate. They reminded us that we have all -called to resist and we must keep the resistance ey said we should remember this is just one step on has been carved out for 500 years, and, most imhey advised us be comfortable being uncomfortable, to sit with our discomfort and know that we are unlearning our legacy. They ck also expressed gratitude for our dedication in traveling far distances to join in their prayers, to have allies with every color and to work together to resist the DAPL. And then they hit us with the brutal reality that the pipeline is being constructed just to the north of camp where they are speeding up construction and are about to dig under the river. Flashes of our encounter with the other side just hours before lay unsettled in our minds.

The Dakota Access Pipeline Project is designed to transport more than 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day from the Bakken/Three Forks formations in North Dakota, underground to a terminus near Patoka, Ill. also told those working on DAPL have no permit. s––Energy Transfer Partners and Phillips 66, both are knowingly building through indigenous land ng the law. As oil companies, they do what they he federal government protects them. They also private security organizations, the Army National police from across the country protecting them. It’s nt to throw in the towel, pack up the truck and go hearing these statistics, but the Sioux remind us of of information regarding the Jan. 1, 2017 deadline h-risk financing behind the DAPL. d the financial motivations from ETP doesn’t coinhe interest of Bakken oil drillers or with any econale for increased regional pipeline capacity. Come stors may choose not to renew their contracts. nksgiving Day, a peaceful moment occurred bewater protectors and the security forces. land, which sits in the river between the security the water protectors’ camps, is a Native American al ground. The military has occupied the island, y the natives built a floating bridge to it, and also e over in canoes. After they crossed, protesters a prayer circle, marking the moment by holding singing. rity forces told them, “If you leave, we will also

ves took them at their word and left, but during the military ripped up the bridge, shot bullet holes into making them unusable, and surrounded the island re. Then the police threw trash onto the island, covacred ground in litter while yelling racist insults at It was unimaginable. use our voice to make these truths known. There is for us to learn of the land we call home, and of the

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Fishing R epoRt

PET COLUMN NO BONES ABOUT IT THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 6 FROM PICABO ANGLER

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he snow has arrived in the Valley and with it comes low-pressure systems.

With the low-pressure systems comes excellent winter fishing.

The current weather should end all the hatches except for the Midges, which should carry the fish and anglers through the winter. This also means fish will become opportunists and begin to chase down Streamers with abandon. The Nymphing should stay steady with anglers that are using middle-sized standards like Prince Nymphs and Hares Ears.

Silver Creek will remain open to all catch-and-release fishing from the Highway 20 Bridge downstream to Picabo.

This can be a really fun time of the year on the Creek as it is virtually abandoned by anglers.

Dress for the weather with fingerless gloves, a good neck gator, hat and warm coat. Then get out your favorite Streamer box and start fishing your way down through the Highway 20 meadow waters, the Willows, Point of Rocks and the Picabo Bridge area. Your best bet is unweighted streamers. Fish the cut banks and the holes, but also be sure there are plenty of fish that will remain in the shallow waters. This is especially true on a sunny, cold day, as the fish will pull up onto shallow banks to feed and sun themselves.

The Big Wood River is one of the best winter fisheries in the West. This is especially true when you think about the dry-fly opportunities that present themselves throughout the winter months. To find these Midge hatches, try to be on the water sometime around 11 a.m.

They can start, stop or continue all day until around 4 p.m. The more snow we have on the day you are fishing, the better chance you will see these hatch events.

The dry-fly activity will also pick up as the season progresses. Normally by Christmas the hatches are in full swing, but it’s not too early to find them now. If you fish the Midge as a dry fly, have Griffiths Gnats and Tie-Down Midges. Fish them in tandem with the Tie-Down Midge as the trailing fly.

The Lost River, the South Fork of the Boise and the Little Wood River are all possibilities for anglers, as well. If you head to these destinations, use the same winter setups for fly choice as you would on Silver Creek and the Wood, but be careful driving to these rivers. Check road conditions, take emergency gear, and be safe!

Happy fishing, everyone!

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ARE DOGS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THEY WERE 20 YEARS AGO?

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BY FRAN JEWELL

his is an incredibly sensitive subject for so many. In general, I think the dog-owning public does not want to even talk about dog aggression. This summer I received more dog bites in my business than I have in the past 20 years altogether. Thankfully, none of the bites required medical attention.

Now I find myself asking the question, “What is going on?” Is it because I see more people and dogs than I ever have? Or is it for other reasons? Am I doing something differently? I have considered this long and hard.

Here are some of my observations. In sharing these thoughts, there is no way I intend to pick out individuals or organizations to criticize. These are simply my observations. My observations are neutral. There are always two sides to every coin, meaning there are good things that come from each of these observations. But, I think the following things need to be said.

More people have more dogs. More people have multiple-dog households, putting pressure on dogs that many dogs are unable to cope with.

There is a trend to “save every dog.” I liken it to “No Child Left Behind” in school programs. Yes, there is an upside to this, but, dreadfully, it also harms those students, or dogs, in this case, that are gifted and loving dogs. So much energy, money and training are spent on all dogs when many are genetically aggressive and the aggression cannot be changed. Studies now prove that almost all temperament is genetic; environment can influence that, but cannot change it. Imagine for a moment the dog that has been severely beaten, yet comes out happy and loving toward new, friendly faces.

The establishment of no-kill shelters where even proven aggressive dogs are still adopted out multiple times.

It has become vogue to put a dog ahead of or above human safety.

The new wave of dog training that boasts “intimidation-free” and “force-free”––that literally never says “No” to the dog or never

Since I don’t have any photos of dog aggression, here is just a nice dog photo. Photo by Fran Jewell

provides consequences for poor behavior. As a result, so many dogs have no respect for humans. As an example, when I was a kid, not one dog ever jumped on me or others. Now, it is one of the most difficult problems to stop.

I don’t see jumping as attention seeking, but that is another story.

The rift between purposefully bred dogs versus rescues. More and more dogs with excellent temperaments, bred by sincere, knowledgeable breeders, are being frowned upon and even terrorized by activists. So, where will the dogs with good temperaments come from?

The plethora of inappropriate dog training found on the Internet. Dog owners are trying to self-teach themselves about problem solving without the expertise to apply what is best for their dog.

Many dog owners are not aware of what aggression is or even see the subtle signs of it when it begins.

The vogue idea that it is cool to have your dog loose in public places. Dogs making decisions on their own about how to behave will

revert to natural, instinctive behavior, which can be defensive or dominance aggressive if they perceive harm to themselves.

And, one of my biggest observations is how we anthropomorphize dogs – or treat them like people – instead of the lovely animals that they are.

I hope that this article will help everyone to stop and think. Please ask yourself the hard question: “Is my dog aggressive?” Please, watch your own dog, learn more about dog behavior, and learn more about different training options. Knowledge is the key to resolving any problem. I’ll go crawl under my bridge now.

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

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A NEW DEFINITION OF WINTER

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BY LESLIE REGO

n Monday, Dec. 17,1804, William Clark wrote in his journal, “about 8 oClock P M. the thermmeter [sic] fell to 75 degrees below freesing [sic] pointe.”

For days, Clark had described the extremely cold weather and also the abundance of falling snow. After reading these words, I thought to myself, “even in a couple of weeks, I have a hard time believing it will be that cold or we will have that much snow.”

As I write, I can see a very scrappy 1 inch of snow covering some of the land surrounding me. There remain large sections of exposed ground. The uncovered leaves and twigs generate a rough and tumble look. On the mountain, the snow is even more irregular, with scraped surfaces interrupted with prostrate dead trees, old branches and piles of leaves. Stones peek out everywhere. Nature is certainly showing its straggly side.

As I write, I see a meticulously constructed spider’s web glinting in the light. That recalls the image of a bird’s nest, built layer by layer.

There is order in the first uncurling of leaves to the last leaf left on the tree at the end of the season. But looking outside right now, all I see is disorder, as if the world is waiting for the first snow to fall to smooth out the landscape and even out all of the rough edges.

I begin to dwell on Clark’s description, “75 degrees below freesing pointe.” I think that at those temperatures, winter is making a real statement. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want it to be 75 degrees below zero here in the Wood River Valley, but Clark’s winter was definitely not in limbo. His winter was not undecided about whether to show itself.

We live in an indecisive time, vacillating between a traditional

Leslie Rego, “Straggly Nature,” nib pen and brush, sumi ink, watercolor.

definition of winter and a new interpretation. For now, I must find the beauty in the bare branches and the bare hills that surround me.

Leslie Rego is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, artist and Blaine County resident. To view more of Rego’s art, visit leslierego.com.

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SPONSORED CHAMBER CORNER

GOOD TRAVEL THE CHAMBER INTERVIEWS

BY JOELLEN COLLINS

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any of us are abandoning our love of travel in the new era of rigid security, fear of terrorist activity and the spending of too much money and time associated with flying.

However, I still enjoy boarding an airplane to be with people and places I love. Here’s a happy tale.

A week before Thanksgiving and right after an uplifting phone call from a friend, I arrived at Friedman airport with a carry-on full of reading material and The New York Times’ Sunday crossword puzzle, which fills up time without the ensuing guilt I might feel at perusing a deliciously cheesy celebrity magazine. Even so, I experience some angst with travel. Might I accidentally drop my driver’s license while heading toward the TSA or even find it had expired two days before I was to pick up my car rental, as happened once in Seattle?

Upon arrival in Salt Lake, I appreciated the good fortune of sunny skies and the ease of being in comfortable new planes. Then an amazing thing happened. While I was choosing some Reese’s’ to soothe mid-afternoon cravings, a young man asked if I would help him decide which kitchen magnet he should take home to his mother, which I did. As he was leaving the store, he handed me a magnet like the one he’d purchased. I was moved by this act of generosity, a reward for something we do for each other anyway. I will proudly display the trinket next to my grandchildren’s photos on my refrigerator.

On the next leg of my trip I experienced the same sweet reminder of the JoEllen Collins—a longtime good people around us. I sat across resident of the Wood River from a young couple with their baby Valley— is an Idaho Press boy. He was adorable and happy, and Club award-winning columwhen I commented on that, his father nist, a teacher, writer, fabric said, “Wait until later in the flight! artist, choir member and You might change your mind.” I said unabashedly proud grandma I doubted that, and relaxed into my known as “Bibi Jo.” belief that all of us who travel learn to adjust to noises like crying children. If bothered, wear earplugs!

Baby Leo never did cry, and his father and I occasionally chitchatted, making the journey pleasant.

After baggage retrieval I felt lost on the way to the AirTrain going to the exit for BART, which would then deposit me at the Embarcadero in San Francisco. On the way, fortunately, I encountered the New York family, and together we trekked through the maze of tunnels, elevators and a parking lot. Alongside us and then next to me on BART was a vivacious woman, a scientist going to UC Berkeley to present the results of her research about the human brain at a conference there. What a treat and a fitting way to end a day that could have been fraught with a lack of civility, frustration, disappointment and exhaustion. Instead, I emerged from the escalator up to Market Street with a smile, not only for my loving family awaiting me, but also for the timely reminder of my hope for positive connections between people.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Holiday Market in Hailey returns for second year

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The Holiday Market at the Wood River Sustainability Center will bring the focus of Valley holiday shopping to Hailey on the second weekend of December, joining the long-established Tara Bella’s Cristkindl Markt, which has been held in Hailey for many years.

The Holiday Market is located inside the Wood River Sustainability Center, at 308 S. River St. in Hailey. The open hours will be Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Haven food truck will be onsite with many delicious options created by chef/owner Kellee Havens. You can sip your favorite beverage while you peruse the arts and crafts offerings of 11 local artisans plus piles of books, gifts and stocking stuffers.

The list of participating Holiday Market vendors will include Debra Thomas with divinity, caramel pecan logs and other holiday confections; Louise Pidgeon, cheese straws and “The Recipe”; Lisa Horton, bronze, copper and silver handmade jewelry; Kerry Brokaw, felted gnomes and dolls; Sean Peterson, bowls hand-turned from local woods; Elise Stelling, fine silver and bronze jewelry; Mary Jones of The Chocolate Moose with gingerbread houses and cookies, plus edible jewelry; Billie Leigh, jams, sauces and homemade soaps; Kira Gray, Wood River Naturals body products; Jennifer Biondi, unique upcycled accessories and home décor; and Sandi Chapman, nutcrackers, nuts and popcorn treats.

Sarah Hedrick of Iconoclast Books and Café will have a minivan full of gifts for kids and adults. Also available at the Sustainability Center will be Al’s famous sourdough bread, organic meats and vegetables to take home for dinner.

For more information, call 208-721-1798.

ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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BY THE CHAMBER

ecently, The Weekly Sun was featured as a member of The Chamber and spotlighted in this column, which is dedicated to giving us more of an understanding about the businesses that make up an important part of life in the Wood River Valley.

Following that, we felt it was time to spotlight The Chamber and find out a little more about this 300-plus-member organization and what it is doing for our community. We sat down with new executive director Jeff Bacon and asked what The Chamber does and some of their plans for the future.

The Chamber: Many people have heard the term Chamber of Commerce and that probably means different things in different cities across the U.S. What does The Chamber do in the Wood River Valley?

Jeff Bacon: The Chamber truly wears two hats. First, we are a member resource, offering our members assistance in many aspects of their business.

Through our relationships with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Small Business Development Center in Twin Falls, our members have access to financial advisors regarding their business, mentors to help make important decisions, training classes and training videos.

We also assist our members in promoting their products or services to a wide audience. The Chamber is also a great tool for networking opportunities, as we give business owners and managers from every type of business in the Valley the chance to meet. There are many stories of great collaborations starting at a Business After Hours or one of our Leadership Breakfasts. The Chamber also acts as a promoter of the Wood River Valley to both an audience within and within a couple hours’ drive of the Valley.

We help events, and businesses with special events, get the word out to both Valley residents and visitors from the Treasure and Magic valleys, Idaho Falls, Pocatello and sometimes Salt Lake City.

TC: You mentioned business-training classes. What’s an example?

JB: Last year, The Chamber offered several different classes, including Getting Found On Google or Using Social Media To Promote Your Business. Classes scheduled for the first part of 2017 will include Customer Service, Marketing 101 and QuickBooks 101. These classes are free to our members and have a lot of great information.

This Chamber Corner is brought to you by the Hailey Chamber of Commerce.

TC: The Chamber is expanding its role in the Wood River Valley. What’s the long-term effect for Valley businesses?

JB: There’s been some confusion recently regarding The Chamber’s function in the Wood River Valley and some of that probably stems from our recent name change. The Chamber has always offered its services to any business or individual that sees the benefit of our mission. We’ve had members from all of the cities in Blaine County for many years, even some from Boise, Twin Falls or Salt Lake City. As we’ve become more successful in our efforts, more businesses are seeing the benefits of our mission and it got to a point where we needed to change the name to better fit the actual membership we represent. Regarding the long-term effects of a Valley-wide effort, communication.

We’re all better when we have a way to communicate better. This Valley has a great number of opportunities in front of it and if The Chamber can somehow help facilitate some of those into action, we all win.

TC: You mentioned The Chamber helps events with promotion. Why is this a function of The Chamber?

JB: While we are a great business resource for our members, we also want to help build a market for them to take advantage of, and a great way to do that is bringing in visitors from surrounding areas. We receive monies from Hailey’s LOT, which helps us successfully promote the City of Hailey as a visitor destination. We also work with Idaho Commerce and receive grant monies to promote the Wood River Valley as a whole to a drive-time audience. Events are a great way to showcase our communities. For a county as small in population as Blaine County, we are blessed to have such a great selection of events and programs. Helping promote these to an audience outside the Valley brings in much-needed visitor dollars.

TC: 2016 seemed like quite a banner year for The Chamber.

What’s in store for 2017?

JB: 2016 was great, and because of the work of our board, we are perfectly positioned to start 2017 with a bang. We recently found out that we will have nearly double the funding last year from the Idaho Travel Council to promote the Wood River Valley and its events to a broader audience. Also, we’re building the second and improved Community Guide and Membership Directory for use in promoting the area to visitors and that will come out in May

2017. I’m most excited about expanding our training class schedule to include some serious business nuts-and-bolts classes and our focus on women-owned or -operated businesses in March.

For anyone that has been thinking about becoming a member of The Chamber, 2017 would be a great year to make that commitment.

For more information, visit haileyidaho.com or call The Chamber at (208) 788-3484.

Jeff Bacon. Photos courtesy of The Chamber

To find out about being featured here, or for information on Hailey Chamber of Commerce membership, please contact us at 788.3484 or info@haileyidaho.com

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Maddi Ruhter. Courtesy photo by Kali Castle

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ood River High School junior Maddi Ruhter takes pleasure in helping others. She hopes that leads her into a career in medicine.

Currently carrying a 3.65 grade point average, Maddi’s course load this winter includes Advanced Placement Economics, Language and Composition, Chemistry, Applied Physics, Sports Medicine and fourth-year French. She is also a member of the Space Club and plans on running track this year for the Wolverines.

“I just really like to help people and want to do it in the medical field,” she said. “My mom was a nurse, so I guess that is what inspired me. I also see a lot of people struggling with mental illness and I really want to help and tell people that they are not alone and to comfort them. It feels really good to reassure other people.”

Maddi’s dream is to become a traveling physician’s assistant, with a strong interest in mental illness.

“Basically, I’ll be able to do a lot of what a physician does and to take on their role in many ways.

“By being a traveling [physician’s] assistant, I hope to see much of the world. I’ll spend six months at a clinic or in an emergency room and then have the opportunity to go somewhere else. I’ve never been able to explore a lot, so I want to see all that I can see in my lifetime.

I especially want to explore the East Coast and see all its cul-

ture and history, and I really want to explore New Orleans.”

To reach her dream, Maddie has to maintain a 3.5 GPA or above.

“I’ll be taking biology, physics and chemistry in college.

Then I’ll get internships in hospitals for hands-on experience and hopefully work in family clinics and emergency rooms.”

Maddi does not find the challenge to be daunting in any way.

“This will be fun,” she said.

“Plus, I love science. There is just so much more we can learn and so much more to find. I love solving equations and trying to apply them to the real world.”

In her spare time, Maddi loves to hike––especially with her dad.

“I’ve been going since I was born, when my parents would throw me in a carrier backpack.

I soon as I could walk, I would run up the mountain. I remember asking my dad why people moved so slowly, and he said that it was to see the scenery, and I responded that that’s for the way down.”

Maddi hikes with her dad all summer through Idaho and Montana. A special hike was last summer in Red Lodge, Mont.

“We did Basin Creek that led to two lakes that were incredibly beautiful with lily pads all over the water. It was five miles up, but I love uphill climbs. I like getting to the top and seeing for as far as the eye can see.”

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The Papoose Club Holiday Bazaar is a juried arts show featuring various handcrafted goods from more than 50 vendors and 70 artists. Public domain photo, accessed via Wikimedia Commons

COMMUNITY SHOPPING SPREE Papoose Club Holiday Bazaar

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elebrate the season of giving with the 26th annual Papoose Club Holiday Bazaar. Join Papoose Club volunteers, Wood River Valley locals and over 70 artists for a true community event. The Holiday Bazaar will be held at Hemingway Elementary School in Ketchum from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4. Additionally, Santa will make a special appearance on Sunday from 1-2:30 p.m.

“This event is a fundraiser for the Papoose Club where people can buy unique gifts for their friends and family,” said Anna Svidgal, Papoose Club public relations officer. “Also, it’s kind of like the ultimate Christmas community event that we have in Ketchum––children play, Santa visits, and it’s just a really wonderful opportunity for the community to get together and help the Papoose Club raise money to give back to the community.”

The Holiday Bazaar is a juried arts show featuring various handcrafted goods from more than 50 vendors and 70 artists from across the Intermountain West. Successful applicants offer high-quality, authentic merchandise. Handcrafted goods and hard-to-find or unusual items that are not widely commercially available are strongly favored.

Many new creative vendors will be joining the Holiday Bazaar this year. Fabulous gift items will be available for purchase including everything from ceramics, hand-blown glass and ornaments, to handmade clothing, handbags, birdhouses, home décor, textiles, holiday treats and more. Some unique

Santa will make a special appearance at Hemingway Elementary on Sunday from 1-2:30 p.m. Public domain photo, accessed via Flickr

items offered by vendors include handmade fisherman nets and wooden fly boxes inlayed with turquoise, beautiful leather artworks, wooden utensils from salvaged Idaho wood, painted walking sticks, Idaho-inspired home décor made of reclaimed wood and handmade and handstamped jewelry.

While attendees shop, the Soup Café will offer hot soup served by Papoose Club volunteers. At the cookie table, freshly baked holiday cookies by the dozen will be available for purchase.

“My favorite part of the event is the cookie table,” Svidgal laughed. “All of our volunteers bake different homemade cookies according to their favorite recipes, and then at the entry of the bazaar you can buy cookies to bring home and share. The best is when a little kid comes with some change to buy one and starts munching it right there; it’s something little that makes their Christmas special.”

The Papoose Club Holiday Raffle is famous for plenty of wonderful raffle items and busi-

ness services to choose from.

“The raffle is really affordable and the prizes are pretty amazing,” Svidgal said. “I honestly think this is the best raffle in the Valley.”

Raffle tickets will be available at the event, or attendees can purchase tickets in advance from Papoose Club members.

All proceeds from the Papoose Club Holiday Bazaar benefit local children’s organizations.

“Every month we get requests from different nonprofit groups, so every month we give to different organizations,” Svidgal explained. “We’ve helped with multiple teacher requests from Blaine County schools, multiple sports teams with their uniforms and safety equipment, Sun Valley Ballet School, Girls on the Run and so many more groups that involve our local children.”

For more information about the 26th annual Papoose Club Holiday Bazaar, visit http://papooseclub.org or call (208) 7266642. tws

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE TEDXSUN VALLEY WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30 6PM / OPERA HOUSE / SUN VALLEY The first TEDxSunValley will take place 12-7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Sun Valley Opera House. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will feature local voices and TED Talk videos under the theme of “Fresh Tracks.”

Launched in 2009, TEDx programs are locally organized events aimed at bringing a community together to share a TED-like experience. Some of the best talks from TEDx events have gone on to be featured on TED.com and garnered millions of views from audiences around the globe.

“I’ve been inspired by the diverse and groundbreaking insights and ideas at the annual TED conference,” said co-organizer Aimee Christensen. “With TEDxSunValley, we have the chance right here to showcase speakers, performers and artists from across our community and beyond. The ‘Fresh Tracks’ theme is purposely broad as we hope for applications across a wide array of topics and approaches.”

Speakers for TEDxSunValley include Dave Chase, Brad Cleveland, Muffy Davis, Vanessa Fry, Mark Gilbreath, David Hayden, Jae Hill, David Holmes, Thia Konig, Jeanne Liston, Matthew Mead, Rebecca Rusch, and Alex Woodard.

For more information about TEDxSunValley visit http://TEDxSunValley.com.

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SPONSORED LOCAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT BROWN BAG HEALTH TALK THURSDAY DECEMBER 1 12:15-1:15PM / ST. LUKE’S / KETCHUM St. Luke’s Center for Community Health will present a Brown Bag Health Talk titled “Ask the Orthopedic Doc.” Bring bone and joint questions to this interactive Brown Bag talk. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Glen Shapiro will draw on his expertise in orthopedic medicine to address the topics that are important and interesting to attendees.

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

‘IDAHO STORIES’

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5:30PM / THE CENTER / KETCHUM The Sun Valley Center for the Arts will host a second evening tour of its current visual arts exhibition, “Idaho Stories,” 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1. Visitors are invited to enjoy a glass of wine in the gallery and a guided tour with The Center’s curators and museum guides. When the gallery tour concludes at 6:30 p.m., local award-winning author Julie Weston will deliver a free lecture about her Idaho stories and novels.

The “Idaho Stories” gallery exhibition is part of The Center’s latest BIG IDEA project––one that explores Idaho’s fascinating ties to the history of American literature and considers Idaho as a place that has long generated all kinds of stories. The exhibition features the work of five artists––two historic, three contemporary––all responding to Idaho’s landscapes and literature.

In her lecture at 6:30 p.m., local author Julie Weston will discuss how her own Idaho stories grew into memoir and mysteries.

Weston’s books include “The Good Times Are All Gone Now: Life, Death and Rebirth in an Idaho Mining Town” (2009), “Moonshadows” (2015) and “Basque Moon” (2016). Although Weston’s lecture is free to the public, advanced seating reservations are recommended.

“Julie Weston’s lecture on her literary work is a perfect addition to our ‘Idaho Stories’ BIG IDEA project,” said Katelyn Foley, Director of Education and Humanities for The Center. “Her experience as a fifth-generation Idahoan has clearly influenced her literary works––the beauty and mystery of Idaho’s landscape and the interesting people that live within it are prominently featured in her books.”

The gallery exhibition will be on view at The Center in Ketchum through Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. For more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.

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ast month, the Wood River Community YMCA and Roy A. Hunt Foundation, in partnership with Local Food Alliance, brought celebrated chef, educator, author and healthyschool-food advocate Ann Cooper (aka the “Renegade Lunch Lady”) to our Valley to share her hard-earned expertise on improving school food.

As food service director for Boulder Valley Unified School District in Colorado, Chef Ann has proven that a school district can serve up delicious “real food” and make it affordable. Under her leadership, Boulder has successfully transitioned to 100-percent-scratch-cooked meals and organic white milk; eliminated artificial colors, preservatives, trans fats and high fructose corn syrup; and significantly increased local and regional food sourcing.

And they do it for less per meal than many districts (including Blaine County) pay for highly processed heatand-serve meals.

Making the switch isn’t easy, but it can be done. With this in mind, Chef Ann created Lunch Lessons, a consulting firm that guides school districts through the challenges of large-scale school food system change. She also established The Chef Ann Foundation, which provides a cornucopia of resources

and grant programs to help schools nourish children with food other than cheap preprocessed commodities shipped in from afar and reheated in plastic bags.

During her visit to the Wood River Valley, Chef Ann spent time with community leaders, heads of school, teachers, and parents; met with Blaine County School District leadership and wellness committee representatives; and shared her story during a free community talk. She inspired all with her vision of “a time soon when being a chef working to feed children fresh, delicious, and nourishing food will no longer be considered ‘renegade.’”

It’s a financial and social imperative to ensure our students get the highest quality food for the money spent. Together, we can make it happen.

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

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Musician and writer to read from new book

The Sun Valley Center for the Arts will present the singer/ songwriter Korby Lenker in a reading from his first book of stories, “Medium Hero,” 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at The Center in Ketchum. There is a $10 suggested donation.

The stories are culled from Lenker’s 15 years on the road as a solo touring musician. The stories are as colorful and even romantic as their titles. A Twin Falls native, Lenker will also perform the following night at the Sun Valley Opera House in Sun Valley.

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

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Aging “in community” has become a new trend for seniors. The Senior Connection’s Age-Friendly Community Committee is currently

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he Senior Connection, along with several partnering organizations, is interested in making Blaine County even more age-friendly. As our population ages and people stay healthy and active longer, communities need to stay attuned and adjust to the changing needs of our seniors.

In June of this year, The Senior Connection convened the Role and Relevance Committee, whose purpose is to conduct an informal community needs assessment to gain a better understanding of the seniors in our community and to help identify and develop programs and services that are current, relevant and valuable to those seniors. As part of that process, The Senior Connection, in conjunction with St. Luke’s Center for Community Health, hosted a Coffee Talk for community partners to discuss the pressing needs of older adults and how we as a community can meet them.

This discussion took place on Sept.20, 2016. It was intended to be a one-time conversation, but out of the talk came an enthusiastic desire to keep meeting as a group and take some action!

An Age-Friendly Community Committee evolved with members from Blaine County Recreation District, Blaine County Housing Authority, SafeHaven Health Care, St. Luke’s Center for Community Health and Wood River Medical Center, The Community Library, the Hailey Public Library, Interlink Volunteer Caregivers of Magic Valley, NAMI, MountainRides, Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley, CSI, the YMCA, The Advocates, Souper Supper and The Hunger Coalition.

Having only met three times thus far, the Age-Friendly

Community Committee has two programs in the works to make Blaine County more livable for seniors in our community: firewood and shoveling assistance and a bookmobile concept to be added to the Senior Connection’s Meals on Wheels program, which already operates daily. SafeHaven will procure firewood and shovels; The Senior Connection will facilitate volunteers to provide heat and help to seniors this winter. One of the main topics of discussion and interest is how to get older adults to and from medical appointments, particularly if the appointment is in Twin Falls.

What makes for an age-friendly community? One that is well designed and features safe, walkable streets, better housing and transportation options, buildings with automatic door openers and elevators, easy access to key services, and older adults whose skills and abilities are called upon.

For many of the recent years, older adults have been encouraged to age in place, which often meant their physical place of residence––home or apartment. The tide is shifting to aging in community. If a home does not make sense physically (perhaps two-story), or even emotionally (being communal and not in isolation is a key component to healthy aging), aging in community may be the right plan for an older adult.

Whether it is aging in place, aging in community, or both, the Age-Friendly Community Committee would like to hear from you and what your thoughts are on how you can lead an active and involved life in Blaine County.

Feel free to contact Senior Connection Executive Director Teresa Beahen Lipman at teresa@blainecountyseniors. org or call (208) 788-3467, ext.

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For more information, call (208) 450-9048.

CARITAS HOLIDAY SING-ALONG SATURDAY DECEMBER 3 5PM / ST. THOMAS CHURCH / SUN VALLEY Caritas Chorale invites residents and visitors in the Wood River Valley to make a difference this holiday season by joining in at a free, old-fashioned family Holiday SingAlong that benefits The Hunger Coalition and local food-challenged families. The Chorale invites the community to come to St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Sun Valley at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, and to join the Chorale in singing holiday favorites and carols.

The Chorale, led by music director R. L. Rowsey, will lead all in song and sing everyone home with an unforgettable candlelit “Silent Night.” This seasonal favorite is a wonderful way for families to start the holiday season. While all are welcome to bring nonperishable food donations, cash donations are even better, as The Hunger Coalition can stretch these through its buying power and connections.

HOLIDAY WREATH-MAKING MON DEC 5-TUES DEC 6 6-7:30PM / SAWTOOTH BOTANICAL GARDEN / KETCHUM Create a fabulous holiday wreath or centerpiece with boughs, twigs, moss, ribbons and ornaments. A $20 class fee will cover materials. This popular class fills quickly and preregistration is required. Call the Sawtooth Botanical Garden at (208) 726-9358 or visit sbgarden.org to save a spot for either the Monday or Tuesday class.

TRIVIA TUESDAY TUESDAY DECEMBER 6 7:30-9:30PM / SB PUBLIC HOUSE / KETCHUM Join the Sawtooth Brewery Public House in Ketchum for Trivia Tuesdays presented by Game Night Live. Participants can play for free in teams of up to eight people and win various Sawtooth Brewery prizes. The Sawtooth Brewery Public House is located at 631 Warm Springs Road, Ketchum. Call (208) 726-6803 to learn more.

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“Dance is an art form that warms the heart when children are dancing,” said Dance Centre director Hilarie Neely. “The students look forward to the holiday season and dancing for our community seniors. There will be holiday tap and hip-hop pieces presented that are sure to get your spirits soaring for the season.”

Michele Minailo and Tamra Doughty choreographed holiday dances that will entertain and bring cheer to one and all. Tap 3 and Company tap dancers will perform alongside the third- and fourth-grade hip-hoppers from Hailey. Everyone is welcome to attend the performances.

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CS MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7 5:30PM / COMMUNITY SCHOOL / SUN VALLEY Community School will host a Middle School Open House on 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7. Students and parents are invited to learn more about the school’s Middle School program and its exceptional academics, renowned Outdoor Program, musical, visual and performing arts, established athletics program and generous scholarship opportunities. RSVP to the Directory of Admissions, Katie Robins, at krobins@communityschool.org or call (208) 622-3960, ext. 117.

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