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SUN VALLEY BREWERY CELEBRATES 30 YEARS IN HAILEY

tures, but it’s been a great experience and I wouldn’t change a thing.”

A native of Colorado, Flynn spent most of his youth in Southern California and Utah before joining the military. He credits his training in the military with helping him in his daily duties at the brewery.

“I book all of the entertainment and order the components for all of the beers we create, so I spend a lot of time negotiating with people,” Flynn notes. “The discipline that I learned in the military has served me well.”

This December, Sun Valley Brewery began experimenting with small-batch seasonal brews.

“We’ve usually brewed a batch of a single-seasonal beer to offer during the holidays,” Flynn said. “This year, we created two small-batch brews, a Belgian Trippel and one we call Nitro-Delic Imperial Porter.

They’ve both been very well received, so we’re planning on two more for the spring.”

Flynn says he’s seen a great uptick in the buzz around town and is looking forward to the city reaching its potential. “Our motto at the brewery has always been ‘Fine Beers & Pub Food Elevated,’” Flynn notes. “We’re now seeing a great elevation of the city of Hailey as well.”

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hirty years old in 2016, the Sun Valley Brewery has become something of an institution on Hailey’s Main Street.

Known, of course, for its great beer and good food, the brewery also regularly hosts live music from both visiting bands and the occasional sixth-grader.

As Sean Flynn, the brewery’s owner and brewmaster explains, “We’ve always offered live music throughout the year. The Sun Valley area is a popular spot for bands because there’s so much for them to do when they’re not on stage. Recently, we even worked with Music N’ Me to hold Christmas recitals for local school-aged kids. It was really quite a sight to see the brewery packed with preschoolers and their parents.”

Flynn took the long way in becoming the brewery’s brewmaster. After leaving the military, where he was an Arabic interrogator during the first Gulf War, Flynn earned his master’s degree in Arabic and eventually he and his wife moved to the Wood River Valley where his brothers-in-law had opened the restaurant in the Sun Valley Brewery.

“At the time, we had been to the Valley on several occasions but I hadn’t actually thought about moving here. The family asked if we’d consider moving to the Valley to help run the brewery and it seemed like a Jeff Bacon is the Hailey Chamber of Commerce’s perfect fit,” says Flynn. membership director. For more information, visit hai“Coming to a small brewery in the Idaho moun- leyidaho.com or call the Chamber at 208.788.3484. tains seemed like a long way from my other adven-

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Contractor Training Jan. 12 Upon the request of the city of Ketchum, the Idaho Division of Building Safety will provide local contractor certification and information for public works projects on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., at Ketchum City Hall. RSVP preferred to participate@ketchumidaho.org.

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Ten animals found dead at Hailey Cemetery

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he Idaho Department of Fish and Game has attributed ornamental Japanese yew plants as the cause of death of 10 elk last week at Hailey Cemetery. The carcasses of the animals were found at the cemetery on Maple Street on Tuesday, Dec. 29.

Fish and Game reported that the plants, which are poisonous to elk, were found growing at the cemetery.

Kelton Hatch, the department’s regional conservation educator, told KMVT News that Japanese Yew is “extremely toxic” to elk.

“It affects their circulatory system and we’ve had elk in the Wood River Valley die from this before as well as in other parts of the state,” Hatch told KMVT. “We’ve also had moose that have eaten it and died.”

The City of Hailey reported in a press release that it has assisted the Hailey Cemetery District in eradication of the plant in the cemetery. Cleanup included removal of broken branches and plant debris that had been scattered by the elk.

The city reported further that death can occur within 48 hours “after even a small amount of yew twig, leaf or berry is ingested.”

Hailey City Administrator Heather Dawson told The Weekly Sun that when the city learned of the elk deaths, it immediately dispatched equipment to prevent further ingestion and animal deaths. The material was buried at the Blaine County landfill.

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According to Jackie Carroll, at gardeningknowhow.com, there are various species of Japanese yew, ranging from bush size of about 2.5 feet to trees up to 50 feet high.

“Japanese yew contains toxins called taxine A and B, which can be fatal if ingested by dogs, cats, horses or people,” Carroll stated. “The primary symptoms are tremors, difficulty breathing, and vomiting, as well as seizures in dogs. Ingesting the plant can cause sudden death due to heart failure. Any person or animal that has eaten any part of the

plant needs immediate medical treatment. Strangely, the plant isn’t toxic to white-tailed deer, which relish the taste of the foliage.

“Because of its toxic properties, Japanese yew shouldn’t be planted in family gardens where children and animals play,” Carroll stated. “The bright green foliage and red berries make festive holiday decorations, but you shouldn’t use them in homes with children or pets, or in homes where children may visit over the holidays.” tws

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SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT Community group opposed to Holmes’ reappointment

BY TERRY SMITH

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he Blaine County School District Board of Trustees will once again discuss a new contract for Superintendent GwenCarol Holmes at closed executive session scheduled for 4 p.m. today.

According to the agenda, the board will discuss the contract in private and will convene into open session if any votes are taken. The meeting will be held in the Minnie Moore Room at the Community Campus in Hailey.

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as superintendent has become somewhat controversial during the past few months, and a community group known as BCSD Accountability is openly opposed to a new contract.

The group has mainly criticized Holmes for spending practices of the district, which have exceeded revenues for the past several years.

The group’s opposition became more vocal in late 2015, following a board decision on Nov. 17 to offer Holmes a new three-year fixed contract. The board voided that decision on Dec. 8, following determination from the Blaine County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office that the Nov. 17 meeting, an executive session, was held in violation of the Idaho Open Meeting Law because a meeting notice and agenda did not state that a new contract would be discussed or acted upon.

The board voted on Dec. 8

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to postpone a decision on the Holmes contract until at least today. Following the Dec. 8 meeting, the board initiated an employee survey to receive input regarding the superintendent’s performance. Information from the survey has not been released to the public. tws

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MOUNTAIN RIDES FINISHES STRONG IN 2015

Ridership is second highest for bus service in Valley

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ountain Rides Transportation Authority recorded more than 60,000 bus rides in December 2015, giving the organization one of the highest yearly total ridership numbers in the history of bus service in the Wood River Valley.

Mountain Rides Executive Director Jason Miller said Tuesday that final ridership for calendar year 2015 will be about 498,000. It’s slightly short of the 520,000 record ridership for calendar year 2014, but is still the second highest total on record.

Miller attributed the high December 2015 ridership to high skier numbers using the free bus system in the Ketchum-Sun Valley area.

“It was really a good December, that’s for sure,” Miller said. “We had a good December last year, too, but skier numbers were above that this year.”

Mountain Rides records ridership as a single one-way trip. A person making a round trip would count as two rides.

“I feel really good,” Miller said. “We had a really solid year with strong numbers.

“The thing that makes me even more proud is we had an accident-free year, even with the weather like it was in December. I attribute that to the training and professionalism of our drivers and staff.

“That’s the second year in a row we’ve been accident-free,” Miller said. “I’ll take that over rider-

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he 19th annual Sun Valley Wellness Festival, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30, at Sun Valley Resort, will feature New York Times bestselling author, singer and songwriter Jewel as the keynote speaker. Her presentation is scheduled for 6 p.m. on May 27 at the Sun Valley Pavilion.

The Festival reported that Jewel will “discuss life, wellness, and personal growth” and will share stories and lessons from her new book “Never Broken: Songs are Only Half the Story.” She will also perform songs during her presentation.

“Jewel’s keynote is most definitely a keynote speech,” said Festival Director Heather LaMonica Deckard. “Embedded in Jewel’s story from the very beginning of her life is music. It is in everything that she does. It would be impossible to tell her story without music.”

LaMonica Deckard said Jewel was chosen for the Festival because of her “amazing new book.”

“Board member Cheryl Welch Thomas came to a board meeting one day and told us all we had to read the book,” LaMonica Deckard said. “Several of us did and were very moved by her story and lessons. We were all familiar with her music, of course, and many of us were familiar with the story of her youth and how she was a homeless young woman when she was discovered. Her book really ties it all together – the music, her story, and her life lessons – in a way that is very relatable.

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Singer, songwriter and author Jewel will be the keynote speaker at the Sun Valley Wellness Festival in May. Jewel is shown here on the cover of her new book, “Never Broken: Songs are Only Half the Story.”

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reat news! 2016 is starting to look like it will be a decent water year. If the precipitation keeps coming, it bodes well for all our rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs. Cross your fingers for more winter storms and the big snowy dumps we’ve been getting!

With the winter dry-fly season cranking up, it is time to talk Trailing Shucks. One thing we know about Midge hatches is they are prolific.

When you walk the river and see that pepper-shaker effect all over streamside banks, you can pretty well count on seeing rising fish. This event occurs on the Big Wood, Big Lost and the South Fork of the Boise with regularity. The Big Wood is certainly one of the nation’s best winter dryfly streams. The easy access, volumes of fish and prolific Midge hatches make the Wood a winter destination.

The key ingredient when fishing over this hatch is the Trailing Shuck. Having this feature on your fly is the most important decision you will make all winter. Like Nike says – Just Do It. It can turn a sparse day into a banner day quickly. The Trailing Shuck fly looks like an easy target to fish. The way the Midge zips all over the water’s surface, it’s easy to see why the fish key in on an easy target. In a virtual stew of insects, the trout will move quite a distance to eat a meal they consider a slam dunk – one that won’t fly away and leave them without calories for their efforts.

Something else to consider this week: Silver Creek is warming and shedding surface ice, making for world-class winter Streamer fishing. Silver Creek remains open downstream (north) of Highway 20 until the end of February and the ice-out occurrences on the Creek are key times to concentrate on this fishery.

Swing non-weighted Streamers from bank to bank, keeping an eye on the spot where you think your fly is.

More often than not, you will see the wake of a fish chasing your fly and you will see the subsequent boil when they eat it. Strip strike the fish and be ready, as these are sometimes the biggest fish of the season.

Fish heavy tippets for Streamers, like 2X fluorocarbon. Fish lighter tippets when fishing the dry Midge, like 6X. In either situation, use stealth when approaching the water; also, please keep the fish submerged when you release them.

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WHY DOES MY DOG LICK MY FACE?

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recently read an article in a national publication that caught my attention. The title was exactly the same as this title. The author boasted no last name or any credentials, just Liz. I am always curious about that.

The focus of the article was the anthropomorphism (humanizing) of this dog behavior. The author called it an “expression of affection,” which is, of course, what we all want to believe.

We think of it as kissing, which is entirely a human gesture and something so many of us want to believe of our canine loved ones. Since we have such deep affection for our dogs, we want to believe that they, too, have the same affection for us and express it in a manner that we understand – kissing. We need to understand that, yes, dogs have feelings, but they do not express them in the same way humans do. Dogs are another species and should be honored and understood for who they are. They are not furry humans.

The author also attempted to debunk it as “dominance.”

While this behavior, indeed, could be part of the reason your dog licks you, it is far more likely a show of respect, not necessarily affection. We humans would rather believe it was affection, but it is respect. Pups learn this behavior initially to get the mother dog (or wolf) to regurgitate food for the litter after hunting. While our dogs are now domesticated, the mothers no longer need to regurgitate their food, but the behavior of licking the mother’s lips and mouth is still present in every puppy I have ever seen, even to get the mother to nurse them.

As the pups grow older (even by weeks), and are exposed to other, older dogs that demand respect from them, the pups continue this behavior of licking the mouth as a sign of respect to the older dog. So the behavior metamorphoses from asking the mother to regurgitate food, to a sign of respect. If a pup does not show this gesture, many older dogs will demand it. When we watch closely, we can see gestures from the other dog, such as the curled tongue, a hard eye and even ears that lay back. Some dogs are more relaxed about it, not demanding that gesture from the puppy.

The current ideology in dog training is that dogs do not display “dominant” behavior with one another. “Dominance” has become an evil word among many dog trainers. I choose to replace that word with “RESPECT.” Respect does seem to be an easier word to swallow for most PEOPLE than dominance but, essentially, it represents this behavior well. Pups or older dogs that are disrespectful to another dog that deserves respect may be disciplined by the other dog. I see it every day. The older dog may growl, curl the lip, or even vocally reprimand a youngster for lack of respect.

Licking of the hands, however, is another story.

It may very well be licking to get the salt off of your skin!

In a nutshell, licking your chin should be honored by we humans for what it is – respect that has been handed down to our wonderful dogs from their heritage – the wolf. It is not an anthropomorphic gesture of “affection.” Semantics? Maybe. It is an HONOR when your dog licks you on the face. It says your dog respects you. In my book, that is the beginning of a wonderful relationship.

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Here, Ozzie shows his respect to Baewulf, who d mands it, but does it kindly.

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MELDING OF ELK, SNOW & TREES

BY LESLIE REGO

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oday, as I returned home, I saw a small herd of elk hunkered down in a meadow. They were lying in the snow, almost invisible, just a small amount of their heads and noses poking out.

I have often seen elk grazing on any available food in a snowy meadow, but it is seldom that I see a herd resting in the snow, seeking insulation by covering themselves with a good layer of the fluffy white stuff. The bodies looked like rounded stones, capped with snow.

The “stones” did not stay still for long. Slowly, all of the bodies rose in unison, their heads turned toward me. The snow was so deep that it touched their haunches. The ears pricked forward, attuned to the new sound of the otherwise still winter scene. The snow was falling and landed on their backs, creating tiny white dots over their pelts.

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The flakes in the sky mixed in with the elks’ fur, blending the two together.

As the snow fell more strongly, the animals came in and out of focus. The white of the snow and the brown of the fur fused together. A line of aspen trees in front of the elk added to the confusion and all I could see were various shades of gray and brown mixed in with various shades of white. The animals, the trees and the snow melded together. At times, a tree would occupy center stage. Then, with a shift of the flakes, an elk would become the leading figure. When the snow fell even heavier, there were no protagonists, just a blending in and out of colors and shapes.

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‘BROOKLYN’ The New World

BY JONATHAN KANE

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here is something wonderful about a simple story told beautifully and that is the case with the new wondrous film, “Brooklyn,” based on the hit novel by Colm Toibin and adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby.

Devoid of any flash, and pulling you back to a simpler time and place (1951 Brooklyn, New York), “Brooklyn” can’t help but get under your skin and make you remember why you fell in love with storytelling and the cinema in the first place.

The story itself follows a young woman who is happy with her mother and older sister in a small town in Ireland

and where her future is well mapped out. Except there is no work, so her sister contacts an Irish priest in Brooklyn and he finds work and boarding for her and a chance at a new life in America.

So begins the woman’s – played beautifully by Saoirse Ronan – journey. Ronan has the remarkable gift, or chops, to display a world of emotions through her face and eyes in a performance that is sure to earn her an Oscar nomination.

Upon arrival in America, Ronan is beset by crippling homesickness as she tries to work in a high-end department store and fit in at the rooming house owned by a very funny Julie Walters.

Soon Ronan is taking night bookkeep-

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ing classes and she meets a young Italian boy that she falls in love with.

But tragedy returns her to Ireland and she is faced with the possibility of the life that she was meant for, including a job and a happy marriage.

Her journey and the choices she makes are the microcosms of all our lives.

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e have had an incredible start to winter here in the Wood River Valley. Around town, the topic of many a conversation has focused on trying to recall when (sometime in the “old days,” it seems) we last had such a dramatic start to winter. Besides that, I have heard countless conversations about how much time my friends and neighbors have spent shoveling so far this year.

But once the driveways are cleared (and that berm from the city plows has been chipped away), it is worth taking a few moments to consider what winter life is like for the creatures that live outdoors in our Valley.

For most of them, winter is a time of much greater struggle than it is for us shovelers. To the animals that inhabit winter, life is squeezed hard between two stark facts: animals need much more energy (food calories) to survive the cold temperatures and difficult travel of winter; and, because there is less food available in the food chains, they have much less energy available

to them.

Just imagine the caloric demands that your body would have to deal with if you had to spend day and night outside getting around in this deep snow.

And imagine, further, if your access to food was a fraction of what it was in the summertime. What this results in for our local fauna is a brutal form of accounting in which those individuals who can eat enough to keep their balance positive until spring will survive, while those who cannot keep their metabolic fires stoked by calories will perish.

But, our local creatures have some tricks up their sleeves.

Most of you will be familiar with the technique of hibernation, in which creatures reduce their caloric needs by slowing down their chemistry in order to reduce their energy needs (there are actually many forms of hibernation out there, some of which may be a surprise to the reader and some of which I will write about soon).

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tricks like insulation, migration and food storage to try to tip the balance of winter’s caloric accounting in their favor in order to not just survive, but thrive, in the amazingly difficult environment in which we all live during this time of year.

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Wood River High School senior Alejandra Garcia wants to help others “find true happiness.”

ALEJANDRA GARCIA Passionate about helping others

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ood River High School senior Alejandra Garcia says her goal in life is “to help others find true happiness.” To that end, she has been an integral part the last two years of the Compassionate Young Leaders, which includes as part of its program a healthy dose of community service.

“It’s a great way to help others find happiness,” Garcia said.

“Other people need extra help and it’s nice to pitch in without them asking you to do so.”

Some of the groups Garcia has helped are The Hunger Coalition and local church organizations.

She is also a big believer in “random acts of kindness,” or helping others without being asked.

“It can be anything that helps out, like shoveling or helping someone look after their kids,” Garcia said. “I enjoy service work because it makes you feel warm inside.

“When you feel an empathetic connection with other people, you can feel their pain and suffering.

Compassion is more about doing something to relieve their suffering.

“Service work makes me realize how beneficial it is to have a compassionate heart for people in need. By need it doesn’t necessarily mean they have to be a poor person. They can just be having a bad day, and if you talk to them and relieve their suffering, it can mean the whole world to them.”

This is Garcia’s second year in the Compassionate Young Leaders program. This year there are 40 juniors and seniors, up from 22 last year.

“Our mission statement is to cultivate healthy habits of our minds and cultivate compassion,” Garcia said. “This is done through mindfulness practice, service and through a service trip to a Third

World [country]. The first two are of primary importance and the third we fund totally by raising the money.”

Mindfulness is a form of meditation that lasts 10 to 15 minutes and the group does this together at their weekly Tuesday night meetings. They also read and discuss spiritual books and develop plans for volunteer activities and ways to raise money for a potential service mission.

For her senior project, Garcia studied mindfulness to see how it could benefit students when done weekly.

“I worked with ninth- through 12th-graders in six classes total,” she said. “We discovered that most students liked it and saw it as a stress reliever and said that they wanted to continue with it.”

Last year Garcia traveled with the Compassionate Young Leaders group to Zambales, Philippines, a village of 5,000 people.

“We spent two and a half amazing weeks there and worked with local architects to build a meditation hut,” Garcia said. “We also undertook projects like picking up trash.

“I found that we really connected with these people.

Sometimes people feel sympathy for the poor, but we never felt that because they were so happy with so little and that they had happiness I aspire to.

“What I took out of the experience is that it is important to accept everyone for who they are and to never look down on someone that is poor,” Garcia said. “We are all human beings and share the same goal to avoid suffering.”

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PUBLIC INVITED TO ‘SENIOR PROJECT’ SHOWCASE One hundred Blaine County School District seniors will showcase their “personal projects” from 1-3 p.m. today, Jan. 6, in the gymnasium and common area at Wood River High School in Hailey. The public is invited.

The personal projects, which are required for graduation, were previously referred to as “senior projects.”

The projects provide the students with a chance to explore their own interests outside of a classroom setting.

Examples of the projects that will be showcased this year are building a fly-fishing rod, refurbishing a motorcycle, learning special-effects makeup, exploring other cultures through baking, and “the honor system for food distribution.”

“Seeing the different types of projects is a constant reminder about how amazing, interesting and diverse our students in this Valley are,” said personal project advisor Sarah Allen.

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nexStage Theatre is eager to tackle the next installment in their ongoing free play reading series. On Thursday, Jan. 7 at 6:30 p.m., join nexStage for a reading of “The Whale” by Idaho playwright Samuel D. Hunter. Enjoy complimentary wine and cookies at the event, which lasts approximately two hours.

“We’ve been doing the play-reading series for 20 years and we’ve never done a play by an Idaho playwright or a play set in Idaho,” said director Jon Kane. “Samuel Hunter is one of the hottest writers in America right now and ‘The Whale’ is maybe his best play because of its rich writing.”

Recent recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant, Hunter was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho. Most of the playwright’s canon reflects Idaho settings, including “A Bright New Boise,” “Pocatello” and “The Whale.”

“The Whale” has been the recipient of the 2013 Drama Desk Award and the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play. It also received the 2013 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater.

Set on the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho, “The Whale” focuses on the struggles of a 600-pound recluse and his attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

“It’s really a character study, and the characters are beautifully, beautifully written,” Kane said. “We have a tremendous prejudice against people who are morbidly obese in our society and we almost treat them as not being human. What you

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Recent recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant, playwright Samuel Hunter was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho. “Samuel Hunter is one of the hottest writers in America right now and ‘The Whale’ is maybe his best play because of its rich writing,” said director Jon Kane.

learn in this play is that the protagonist is beautifully complex.”

The cast includes Annabel Webster, Bill Nagel, Claudia McCain, Courtney Loving and Mackenzie Harbaugh.

“The cast is really spectacular,” Kane said. “I’m especially excited to be working with Annabel Webster, who I’ve never worked with before and who plays the protagonist’s daughter.”

For the director, the play is about people coming to reconciliations with each other.

“The protagonist is dying throughout the play, refuses to go to the hospital and wants to reconcile with his daughter before he dies,” Kane explained.

“That’s the heart of the play.”

Hunter elaborated on the play and the character’s goals.

“Though the story of ‘The Whale’ is fundamentally a story of a father trying to reconnect with a daughter, he’s doing so by

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trying to teach her how to write a good essay,” Kane said. “But in teaching her how to write a good essay, he’s trying to teach her how to think independently and how to relate to other people. Ultimately, he’s teaching her how to have empathy.”

Funny, vibrant and profound, the play is extremely moving.

Kane is excited for an audience of listeners to venture through “The Whale” with the cast.

“Play readings are really compelling,” Kane said. “We have a very loyal audience and it’s great because they get to see a slice of what working on a play is like and get to essentially sit in on a rehearsal.”

Join the community for a free reading of “The Whale” at nexStage Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 7 at 6:30 p.m. nexStage Theatre is located at 120 South Main Street in Ketchum. Call 208.726.9124 or visit nexstagetheater.org to learn more. tws

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Wednesday January 6

Noon to 1:30PM / St. Luke’s River Run Room / Ketchum St. Luke’s Center for Community Health is providing newborn and breastfeeding support and an opportunity to ask questions and learn the basics of raising babies. The presence of professionals, as well as other new parents, makes this group a comfortable and valuable experience. Bring your lunch if you wish, and your baby, every Wednesday.

St. Luke’s is located at 100 Hospital Drive, Ketchum. Call 208.727.8733 for details.

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Sports Rehabilitation Open House Wednesday January 6 6PM / Zenergy / Ketchum Zenergy is excited to announce the acquisition of Sun Valley Sports Rehabilitation, a tenant of the club since 2007. Zenergy Sports Rehabilitation Clinic will operate from a newly renovated space adjacent to the club’s main lobby. Patients will have easy access to this new physical therapy clinic, the recuperation and strengthening tools found in the state-of-the-art gym, as well as the many health and wellness options and programs that are part of the daily Zenergy experience.

“Converting from a tenant relationship to ownership will allow Zenergy the ability to provide more resources,” said Zenergy General Manager Derek Agnew. “Zenergy has a unique position in the Wood River Valley with physical therapy because it is now being supported by one of the nation’s premiere health clubs.”

As a bonus for members and rehabilitation patients, the Zenergy Sports Rehabilitation Clinic will work with members’ and patients’ medical insurance to allow for integrated physical therapy and therapeutic exercise. Zenergy’s physical therapists, professional fitness experts and trainers will collaborate to provide a comprehensive rehabilitation program for each patient that will focus on a results-oriented therapy and a high-quality rehabilitation experience. The new Zenergy Sports Rehabilitation Clinic will accept most major insurance providers.

The Zenergy Sports Rehabilitation Clinic will offer diagnostic services, including comprehensive laboratory and integrated testing such as micronutrient analysis on a weekly basis, which will help foster overall wellness in a convenient and positive manner inside the club. Additionally, the clinic will offer comprehensive health and fitness evaluations to patients, members and non-members, who may qualify for insurance-based reimbursement. Physical therapy patients who sign up for regularly scheduled appointments for rehabilitation will enjoy a complimentary membership to Zenergy during their recuperation to ensure their ability to follow their rehabilitation protocol.

Save the date for the Zenergy Sports Rehabilitation Clinic Open House on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 6 p.m. For more details call 208.725.0595 or visit zenergysv.com.

Snowshoe With A Ranger Thursday January 7 11AM / Galena Lodge / Ketchum Experience the magical winter landscape with an informative and free Forest Ranger-led tour of the Galena Lodge area. Learn about the fascinating history of the area as well as the natural landscape. Join in the fun this and every Thursday at 11 a.m. on the porch at Galena Lodge. Tours will depart at 11:05 a.m., last approximately an hour and a half and cover one to two miles. Because of the nature of this tour, please leave pets at home.

Snowshoe rentals are available at Galena Lodge. Dress warmly in layers and wear insulated boots, gloves, a hat and sunglasses. Be sure to also bring water and a snack. Tours continue each Thursday until March 31. For more information call the SNRA at 208.727.5000 or Galena Lodge at 208.726.4010.

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elping a new generation of farmers take root is the focus of a new University of Idaho Extension project, which will offer a workshop series beginning Jan. 14, 2016, focused on how to start a small farm or ranch.

The workshop series is part of the Cultivating Success program. Funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, the three-year Cultivating Success program will take a comprehensive approach to train beginning farmers and connect them with experienced mentors.

The first offering of the new project, “Starting Your Sustainable Idaho Small Farm,” begins Jan. 14, 2016. This will help those aspiring to operate small farms and ranches take a realistic look at their goals and resources, said Iris Mayes, UI Extension Latah County small farms and horticulture educator in Moscow.

The $506,122 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture draws on a 15-year effort by the UI Extension Small Farms Program that has enrolled nearly 600 students across Idaho in the Cultivating Success training program.

Cinda Williams, UI Extension’s Moscow-based small farms specialist for northern Idaho, established the first Cultivating Success classes in 2001.

The classes teach aspiring farmers and ranchers how to develop a plan for their operations, strategies to gain land and resources and similar business skills.

The workshop series has sites throughout the state to

help beginning farmers meet others with the same goals and to connect with experienced farmers and UI Extension educators who help them find other resources. “The goal is that at each site we build this community,” Mayes said. “That’s very different from just watching a webinar.”

The UI Extension Small Farms Program will help by using its established connections.

In many cases, the major obstacle facing small farmers and ranchers is finding land, Mayes said.

The project will establish a land link network to connect small farmers with those who have land available. “Beginning farmers often don’t have capital to buy land,” Williams said.

“Some landowners are willing to make non-traditional farm lease arrangements because they are supportive of beginning farmers. It’s not all about the economic value, it’s about supporting their growth while they get started.”

“We want to encourage people by equipping them with the right skill set and the right information,” Mayes added. “The overall goal is we’re going to increase the number and success of small farmers throughout Idaho.”

More information is available online at www.cultivatingsuccess.org.

Sarah Busdon in an administrative assistant with University of Idaho’s Blaine County Extension office. For more information, visit extension.uidaho.edu/ blaine or call 208.788.5585.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERS PARENT ‘MATH NIGHTS’

The Blaine County School District invites the public to “Elementary Parent Math Nights” on Monday, Jan. 11, and Tuesday, Jan. 12.

Both sessions will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. The Jan. 11 session will be at Hemingway Elementary School in Ketchum and the Jan. 12 session at Hailey Elementary School in Hailey.

The presenters will be Jonathan Brendefur and Sam Strother from Boise State University.

The district states in a press release that “elementary parents will participate in fun and informative math activities that will help parents learn ways to support the learning of mathematics” for students grades K-5. Topics will include basic number facts, fractions and algebra.

4-5PM / Hailey Public Library

Spanish interpretation will be available.

TNT is a chance for teens and tweens to get together for an hour of Wii and Xbox gaming. Just show up! There’s no signup needed and the hour is yours. Visit haileypubliclibrary.org for details or call 208.788.2036.

GET RID OF THOSE CHRISTMAS TREES

The Hailey Fire Department advises the public to discard Christmas trees early, because once trees dry out, they become a fire hazard.

“Dried-out trees are a fire danger and should not be left in the home or garage, or placed outside against the home,” HFD reported in a press release.

Clear Creek Disposal offers free Christmas tree pick-up to its customers during the two weeks following Christmas.

“Put your tree out with your regular garbage and recycling,” Clear Creek reports on its website. “Trees do not need to be cut up, but they must be free of all lighting and decorations, or they will be treated as garbage and a fee will apply. Christmas trees will be chipped and used for landscaping material.”

Christmas trees can also be disposed of at the Ohio Gulch Transfer Station. They will be used for compost, so the Southern Idaho Solid Waste District asks that decorations be removed. The Transfer Station is open Monday-Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For additional information, call 208.788.2351.

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Resort To Offer Free One-Day Nordic Center Passes

Sun Valley Co. will be offering free one-day passes for its Nordic Center on Sunday as a part of the SnowSports Industries America Winter Trails Day. Participants are invited to come out and try classic or skate skiing, fat biking or snowshoeing.

“We’d like to invite everybody to come out and experience our serene and beautifully groomed trails on Sunday,” said Ivana Radlova, the resort’s Nordic director. “Even if you’ve never been cross-country skiing before, we’re offering 30-minute mini lessons for first-timers. Guests can also hit the fat biking and snowshoeing trails.

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‘Role Play’ – Exhibition Tour Thursday January 7 5:30PM / The Center / Ketchum The Sun Valley Center for the Arts will host an evening tour of their current visual arts exhibition, “Role Play: Changing Ideas about Gender,” on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Visitors are invited to enjoy a glass of wine in the gallery and a guided tour with The Center’s curators and gallery guides.

As part of The Center’s Role Play BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project, the visual arts exhibition explores the way we understand gender in the 21st century and how it is shifting – moving away from strict categories of male and female toward looser definitions that give us all more freedom. At the same time, traditional expectations of male and female gender roles remain entrenched in our culture in sometimes surprising ways. This exhibition considers and challenges gender stereotypes through a wide variety of artwork, from photographs of a camp for gender-creative children to an installation of knitted and crocheted urinals.

Featured artists who take on these timely questions include Angela Ellsworth, Jona Frank, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Edna Lanieri, Dutes Miller & Stan Shellabarger, Lindsay Morris and Nathan Vincent.

“The artists featured in the show all approach their subject matter with sensitivity, candor and, in some cases, humor,” said Courtney Gilbert, Curator of Visual Arts. “As a result, the work they’ve shared with us is thought-provoking, but also accessible and visually appealing.”

Come experience how this exhibition asks some of the most pressing questions about gender today: How do we define gender and the societal roles we have traditionally assigned to men and women? How can gender roles be uncomfortable? What happens when people challenge them?

The Role Play ¬exhibition is on view through Feb. 20 at The Center in Ketchum. For more information on this program or upcoming programs, contact the Sun Valley Center for the Arts at 208.726.9491, information@sunvalleycenter.org or visit sunvalleycenter.org.

Whitebark Pine: Role In The Ecosystem Thursday January 7

7-8PM / Sawtooth Botanical Garden / Ketchum Deb Taylor and Robin Garwood will jointly present a whitebark pine talk and slideshow, co-hosted by the Wood River Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society and the Sawtooth Botanical Garden. This program is free and open to the public, but an RSVP to 208.726.9358 would be appreciated.

Taylor, a botanist with the Sawtooth National Forest, and Garwood, a wildlife biologist for the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, collaborate on their whitebark pine research. Their talk will cover identification, range, ecosystem roles, threats to the species and ongoing projects. Visit sbgarden. org to learn more about the evening.

Upper Big Wood River Grange Potluck Friday January 8

6-8PM / Grange Hall / Hailey

The National Grange is 150 years old this year and the Upper Big Wood River Grange is having a potluck dinner to kick off 2016. The dinner is a membership drive event, open to the public, focusing on new members who are passionate about our local food, local agricultural system and community service.

As a gift to the community for 2016, the Grange will be giving out a scholarship of $115 for a workshop: “Starting Your Sustainable Idaho Small Farm.” The University of Idaho Blaine County Extension will host the workshop on Jan. 14 and Jan. 23. The scholarship recipient will be asked to become a member of the Grange and the registration deadline is Jan. 7. For more information on the workshop, or the scholarship, contact Sarah at 208.788.5585 or orsarahb@uidaho.edu.

In the last few years, the Hailey Grange has been refocusing its community service to revive the farming mission of the Grange, reaching out to farmers, gardeners, food agriculture people, as well as “foodies” who are interested in supporting our local food system, our local farmers and working toward preserving and developing local farmland and ranches. They are currently working with the Community Food Assessment directed by The Hunger Coalition. Many local nonprofits and institutions are involved in the process, assessing the needs in our Valley. Come to the potluck to learn more!

The Grange Hall is located at 609 South 3rd Avenue in Hailey. For more information email upperbigwoodriverid192@grange.org.

All of the Nordic and snowshoe trails will be open starting at 9 a.m. on Sunday, with full and half-day rentals available for both skiing and snowshoeing. The 30-minute introductory cross-country ski lessons are free and will be happening at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Dog Loop and Boundary Loop will be open for fat biking.

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9PM / Whiskey Jacques’ / Ketchum Will Nicoll and Matt Moss, also known as Steel Toed Slippers, have risen from the roots of the redwoods in Humboldt County, Calif., to bring the world a tall and sturdy serving of classic American rock soiled in soul, funk, blues and jazz influences. Steel Toed Slippers are always on the go from town to town and city to city with one simple objective: to blow minds. Whether they are performing as a duo, trio, quartet or quintet, you can count on them to leave their audiences wanting more. The current lineup features Will Nicoll on guitar and vocals, Matt Moss on percussion and vocals, Mark Mickens on bass and Chris Norton (Zappa Plays Zappa) on the keyboard.

This Friday, the California-based band heads to Ketchum to rock Whiskey Jacques’. Tickets are $7 at entry on day of show. For more information on Steel Toed Slippers, go to steeltoedslippers.com.

Drop-In: LEGOs, Straws & Connectors saturday january 9 10AM to 6PM / Community Library / Ketchum Come create in the Children’s Library! Children of all ages can stop in anytime during open library hours to play with LEGOs, straws and connectors, with a focus on creative building. Use your cranium and build something spectacular!

Visit comlib.org/events or call 208.726.3493 to learn more.

Silver Creek Bird Walk Saturday January 9 11AM to 3PM / Hailey Park & Ride Join the Environmental Resource Center for Silver Creek Bird Walks with Poo Wright-Pulliam. The local birding expert, Wright-Pulliam will lead a snowshoeing tour around The Nature Conservancy’s Silver Creek Preserve to check out the local winter bird residents.

Meet at the Hailey Park & Ride, located at the corner of River and Bullion streets in Hailey. Suggested donation is $10 for members and $20 for non-members. For more information call 208.726.4333.

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ARTS CENTER TO RECEIVE ‘CRATERS OF THE MOON’ GRANT

The Sun Valley Center for the Arts announced on Dec. 30 that it has been recommended for a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a Craters of the Moon project. The Arts Center expects that the awards process will be finalized in early 2016.

The Center is currently working on a Craters of the Moon project that is set to open on May 20 at both The Center in Ketchum and at the Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve in south-central Idaho. The exhibition will feature works by photographer Binh Danh, painter Cindy Tower, multi-media artist Charles Lind and sculptors John Grade and Jason Middlebrook.

“This project is an exciting and ambitious undertaking for The Center,” said Kristin Poole, artistic director for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. “We are thrilled to receive this grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which strengthens the partners and private donors who have come together to realize this project.

“In addition to the celebrated artists, the National Park Service, the City of Ketchum, the Blaine County Recreation District and the Andy Warhol Foundation are working together to offer the public an innovative way to experience the amazing landscape that is Craters,” Poole said. “To that end, community outreach will include a study guide, exhibition tour, artist talks, videos, field trips to the park and a day of activities in the gallery geared toward families.”

BCRD Ski Free Day Sunday January 10 All Day / BCRD Trails / Various Locations The Wood River Valley is truly Nordic Town USA come winter. Boasting fantastic beginner, intermediate and advanced terrain, excellent snow for Nordic skiing and almost perpetual sunny skies, the area offers over 200km of expertly groomed Nordic trails each year. The BCRD manages, maintains and grooms over 160km of terrain including over 50km of trails around Galena Lodge located in the heart of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Since Sunday is a Ski Free Day, no passes will be needed – just go outside and hit the trails! Visit bcrd.org or email info@bcrd.org to learn more.

Story Time With Miss Carolyn tuesday january 10 10:30-11:15AM / Community Library / Ketchum Miss Carolyn tells stories, sings songs and provides a fun craft or activity as part of her weekly story time. Suitable for ages 3 and up, story time with Miss Carolyn is held on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Visit comlib.org/kids or call 208.726.3493, ext. 117 for details.

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Courtesy photo from the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco

Shown is a daguerreotype from Craters of the Moon by photographer Binh Danh.

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