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Sun Valley Sees Record-Setting Snow, Highest Skier Count In 20 Years

The 2018-19 winter season had its final day at Sun Valley on Sunday, April 21, with perfect spring skiing and riding conditions, live music and plenty of costumes to celebrate one of the biggest seasons experienced at the resort.

“We appreciate the support of our guests, Mother Nature and the dedication of our outstanding resort team for making this an exceptional season,” stated Tim Silva, Sun Valley Resort’s vice president and general manager. “We had one of our strongest seasons to date with record-setting snow in February and conditions that kept the momentum going through spring. We look forward to seeing you on the mountain next year.”

The number of skiers and riders hitting the slopes at Sun Valley was one of the highest in the past 20 years with over 426,500 skier-days tallied this season, along with a record-setting snowfall of 136 inches in February.

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Programs and Education Manager The Community Library seeks a Programs and Education Manager to oversee all aspects of a robust year-round schedule of programs, special events, classes and educational outreach efforts to promote lifelong learning.

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Humming Bull—the annual storytelling competition that raises funds for the youth-focused nonprofit Idaho BaseCamp—named its 2019 winners last week. The event, held on April 18 at the popular Ketchum watering hole, Whiskey Jacques’, pitted the top three storytellers from two separate semifinal events against one another. The six finalists were given seven minutes to tell a story based on the theme “Can You Hear Me Now?” The first-place winner was Kat Cannell, who told a story about a young girl who suppressed her ability to see energy but in womanhood allowed herself to share it with the world. Runner-ups were Michael Marlin, who talked about the idealism of 1960s’ hippie consciousness and how it is alive and well today. C. Gordon told eyebrow-raising tales of a local, legendary rebel-rouser.

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CANDIDATE TIDWELL HOPES TO FARE WELL

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Court Order Sought To Stop Destruction Of Sage-Grouse Habitat

Four conservation groups have asked a federal judge to block new plans that allow drilling, mining and other activities across 51 million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat in seven Western states, including Idaho.

The motion for a preliminary injunction says the land-management plans approved by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt last month would gut protections for the birds’ dwindling populations and destroy their habitat.

“Since 2004, scientists have warned that preventing sage grouse from sliding toward extinction requires protecting all its remaining habitats and populations. The Trump administration has gone in exactly the opposite direction,” said Laird J. Lucas of Advocates for the West, lead attorney for the plaintiffs. “Interior Secretary Bernhardt is opening up key sage-grouse strongholds to energy development and other impacts, while falsely claiming this will help sage grouse. Lying about what these plan changes mean violates bedrock requirements of federal law, and we are asking the court to hold this administration accountable.”

The motion is supported by expert declarations from sagegrouse scientists, wildlife biologists and public-lands enthusiasts, who urged the judge to stop the Trump administration’s plans.

In March, the conservation groups sued Bernhardt and the Bureau of Land Management over the new land-use plans, which rescinded or weakened 2015 plans on BLM land. That complaint supplemented a 2016 lawsuit arguing that those earlier plans― intended to avoid Endangered Species Act listing―didn’t go far enough to protect the grouse.

Greater sage grouse once occupied hundreds of millions of acres across the West, but their populations have plummeted as oil and gas development, livestock grazing, roads, powerlines and other activities have destroyed and fragmented their native habitats.

Mural Artists, Ketchum Wants To Hear From You

The City of Ketchum is inviting professional, Idaho-based artists to design and paint a mural in the Ketchum Visitor Center—a project made possible by a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts.

The selected artist or artistic team will work with the City of Ketchum Arts Commission to design a 9-foot-high-by-25foot-wide mural that reflects the character of Ketchum and the surrounding area. Possible themes include local history, culture, flora, fauna or landscape.

The final design will be recommended by the Ketchum Arts Commission to the Ketchum City Council for approval. Upon approval by the Ketchum City Council and successful completion of the mural, the artist(s) will receive a fee of $3,000. Artist(s) will also be reimbursed for up to $500 for materials.

The call for artists, which provides detailed information on the submission process, can be found at ketchumidaho.org/arts. The deadline for submission is May 13 at 5 p.m.

Indianhead Infantry Division To Host Reunion

The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who served in the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division at any time. For information about the association and our 98th annual reunion in Tucson, Ariz., from Sept. 18-22, contact Bob Haynes at 2idahq@comcast.net or call (224) 225-1202.

BY ERIC VALENTINE

lean technology has always been a hot-button issue for longtime Idaho resident Kiki Tidwell. But when Idaho Power recently requested to install a transmission line in a scenic part of the Wood River Valley corridor, the issue became an impetus to run for one of the Blaine County Commissioner seats opening up after the Nov. 3, 2020, election.

“I look forward to the next year of campaigning to share more details about that vision, but the first step is not to spend $35 million of all of our money, as Idaho ratepayers, on a transmission-line-to-nowhere,” Tidwell said. “If Jacob Greenberg votes ‘yes’ on this transmission line May 6, he should know that voters will remember it come election day.”

Tidwell is a recognized clean-tech advocate nationally and says she “knows that there is a better way to spend $35 million in our community,” pointing to entities that finance microgrids, backup batteries, and distributed energy generation, including solar. But, moreover, it was Tidwell’s sense that the county commissioners lacked political expertise in this area that turned her from critic to candidate.

“Blaine County Planning and Zoning was under the incorrect assumption that they had to agree to Idaho Power’s request to site a major transmission line in our scenic corridor; this is not true,” Tidwell said. “The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) agreed that Idaho Power could have a second line in Blaine County, but did not dictate siting of the line, nor agree that it had to be above ground. The IPUC specifically noted that the payment for the line was not a done deal.”

Tidwell believes the county needs someone well educated in energy technology and in what she called “this new era of extreme weather.”

“A friend has shared with me that he believes the county commissioner race is a popularity contest,” Tidwell said. “I believe that my vision of a coun-

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Community advocate Kiki Tidwell meets with fellow concerned stakeholders. Photo credit: Kiki Tidwell

ty changing to renewable energy and (having a) resilient-from-extreme-weather-events future is a popular idea with county residents.”

Tidwell is an active angel investor and completed a two-year Kauffman Fellows venture capital training program in July 2012. She has a portfolio of angel investments, mostly clean tech, and has served on portfolio company boards and advisory boards. Kiki has a portfolio of venture funds, some with sole or partial clean-tech themes: • Nth Power Fund IV • CalCEF Angel Fund • TrueBridge KFP Capital Fund II, III, and V • SJF Ventures • DBL Investors • Aligned Partners • Element8 Fund • Portfolia • Ulu Ventures • Genoa Ventures More information on Tidwell can be found online at kikitidwell.com. tws

Drug Drop-Off Saturday Across Southern Idaho

In an effort to prevent prescription drug abuse, multiple agencies across south-central Idaho will host drug drop-off boxes Saturday, April 27, where anyone, of any age, can drop off old medications there safely. Find a full list of locations at phd5.idaho.gov.

CDC (Centers for Disease Control) data shows half of prescription drug abusers over the age of 12 get them from friends and family. Don’t be an accidental drug dealer. Safely throw out old and unused medications this Saturday during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. “Getting rid of your unused prescription drugs keeps your loved ones safe, and keeps you from becoming an accidental dealer,” said MaryAnn Doshier, South Central Public Health District education specialist. “It isn’t uncommon for people addicted to prescription drugs to dig through medicine cabinets while visiting friends and family.”

Last fall Americans turned in nearly 460 tons (more than 900,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at more than 5,800 sites operated by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) and almost 4,800 of its state and local law enforcement partners. Overall, in its 16 previous Take-Back events, the DEA and its partners have taken in almost 11 million pounds—nearly 5,500 tons—of pills.

Carey Water Users Given New Rules

Little Wood River Irrigation District directors are putting water users in Carey on notice that the process for making any change to canals, laterals, or delivery ditches is changing. Essentially, formal permission must be granted by the board of directors before any alteration can take place. Permission can be granted after the petitioner submits detailed plans and specifications explaining how water flow will be impacted.

Applications for these change permits can be obtained through the district’s secretary at (208) 8234014.

Firewood Permits Available Soon

Personal-use fuelwood permits for the Boise, Payette and Sawtooth National Forests will be available beginning May 15. Permits can be purchased at USDA Forest Service Ranger District offices, and through private vendors.

Permitholders are allowed 10 cords total. Permits must be purchased in combinations of five cords and five cords, or four cords and six cords, or all 10 cords at once.

Fuelwood permits were reduced in 2018 from $12.50 to $6.25 per cord with a four-cord minimum and a 10-cord maximum per household. Two reasons drove the changes: 1) aligning the overall price of the fuelwood with other Idaho forests; 2) helping remove forest fuels since woodcutting is limited to dead trees.

The Sage Hen area within the Emmett Ranger District of the Boise NF continues to be infested with tussock moth. Be aware that the caterpillars shed tiny hairs that can cause significant skin irritation.

While the trees may look dead because the caterpillars feed on the needles, they are not, and should not be cut for fuelwood. If trees have any green needles, please do not cut.

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The “blinking light” intersection saw another accident over the weekend. Photo credit: Blaine County Sheriff’s Office

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eputies from the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple-injury collisions over the past week, including one involving a loose dog that was hit and killed, and all of them causing traffic delays for frustrated Valley drivers.

Chances are, if you were in the south Valley, you were impacted. Here’s a rundown of each incident.

Blinking Light Another collision occurred on Saturday, April 20, at approximately 1:19 p.m. involving Mitchell W. Brooks, 17, of Filer, who was traveling south on Highway 75 with a single passenger in a 2004 grey Mazda MX3 when a 2017 orange Mitsubishi Mirage, driven by Mark D. Ferrante, 62, of Arco, heading west on Highway 20, failed to stop at the stop sign on the northeast corner of the intersection and collided with Brooks.

Ferrante’s vehicle rolled at least once, landing on its roof in the barrow pit on the right shoulder of the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 20. All occupants were wearing seatbelts. Ferrante was treated at the scene for minor injuries by Wood River Fire and Rescue. Both vehicles sustained significant damage and were towed from the scene. Ferrante was cited for Failure to Obey Traffic Control Devices.

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Loose Dog On Thursday, April 18, at approximately 12:23 p.m., a two-vehicle collision occurred on Highway 75 near Countryside Boulevard, south of Hailey.

Natalie Wilson, 28, of Hailey, reported that while traveling southbound in a 1994 green Chevrolet truck, she saw a brown “terrier-looking” dog run out in front of her truck. Wilson stopped abruptly to avoid the dog and was struck from the rear by a 2009 white Chevrolet truck driven by Andres Escarcega-Rogue, 43, also of Hailey.

Rogue reported that he saw the dog run out in front of the vehicle in front of him and also braked, but was unable to stop in time to avoid the collision. Rogue was transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center for nonlife threatening injuries.

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A loose dog triggered a rear-end collision on Highway 75 south of Hailey. Photo credit: Blaine County Sheriff’s Office

on northbound US 20-26-93 at milepost 207, near Carey, in Blaine County.

Ashley C. Powell, 30, of Moore, was driving northbound in a 2000 Ford Excursion. Aaron R. Andrews, 48, of Carey, was driving northbound in a 1995 Ford F-250. Cory L. Gunn, 33, of El Cajon, Calif., was driving northbound in a 2019 Nissan Rogue.

Powell collided with Andrews, causing Andrews’ vehicle to spin around. Andrews then collided with Gunn before crashing into a power pole.

Powell and her two juvenile passengers were wearing seatbelts. Andrews and his juvenile passenger were not wearing seatbelts. Gunn, her passenger, Jason K. Gunn, 40, also of El Cajon, and two juvenile passengers, were wearing seatbelts.

Powell, her two juvenile passengers, Andrews and his juvenile passenger and Jason Gunn were transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center in Ketchum. Gunn and her two juvenile passengers were transported by air ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

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The Idaho Conservation League and U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service are seeking stewards for its wilderness program, now in its fourth year.

The overarching goal of the wilderness stewardship program is to engage citizens and communities to restore, protect and enhance the Hemingway-Boulders, Jim McClure-Jerry Peak, Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds and Sawtooth wildernesses, and recommended wilderness areas in the Salmon-Challis National Forest and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve.

Volunteer wilderness stewards commit to four wilderness patrols, during which they’ll monitor trail conditions, mitigate human impact on the environment, note wildlife sightings, and implement Leave No Trace principles. They will report their findings to the Forest Service and National Park Service, providing invaluable insight for the limited number of rangers patrolling over 400,00 acres of wilderness.

A wilderness steward can be any person 18 or older. If a group effort is preferred, designated wilderness stewards can involve their friends or family members in their conservation work, too.

Volunteer steward patrols run from June 9 to Nov. 1.

For more information visit: www.idahoconservation.org or call (208) 345-6933.

Regional Food Plan To Be Unveiled In May

After nine months and much community input, a new Community Food System Strategic Plan for the Wood River Valley region has been unveiled.

Food system analyst Ken Meter of Crossroads Resource Center conducted 61 interviews of food system leaders and analyzed regional economic data to come up with key action steps for our community. On Thursday, May 16, Meter returns to the Wood River Valley to present his findings to the community and help regional food leaders develop plans for strategic solutions.

Community members are encouraged to come learn more at The State of Our Food System presentations: • MORNING PRESENTATION: 9 to 11 a.m. at Community Campus, Queen of the Hills Room, 1050 Fox Acres Road, Hailey • EVENING PRESENTATION: 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Sawtooth Brewery Public House, 631 Warm Springs Road, Ketchum Both events are free of charge. Register at: https://stateofourfoodsystem.eventbrite.com

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Repeat Offender Arrested For Felony DUI

On Wednesday, April 17, at approximately 3:45 a.m., Lance Darin Cole, 49, of Ketchum, was arrested and charged with felony Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol by deputies of the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office.

A deputy stopped Cole for traveling 66 mph in the 55 mph speed zone on Highway 75 near Buttercup Road north of Hailey.

Cole showed signs of intoxication and was asked to perform Standard Field Sobriety tests. Upon failing the tests, Cole was subsequently arrested.

During booking, it was discovered Cole had previous DUI convictions in 2012 and 2014. Cole refused to submit to a breath test and a warrant was issued to draw blood for a blood alcohol test. Blood was drawn without incident at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center and the blood samples were sent to the Idaho State Police Laboratory for analysis.

Cole was arraigned before Blaine County Magistrate Court Wednesday and later released on a bond of $5,000.

Idaho Power Safety Warning: Stay Away From Flooded Electrical Equipment

Wet weather and spring runoff are increasing water levels in many places across the Idaho Power service area. The utility has an important warning: Stay away from flooded or submerged electrical equipment.

When transformers (the green boxes in subdivisions and elsewhere) are flooded, do not approach them because they contain electrical equipment. Idaho Power always recommends staying away and never touching transformers when flooding occurs. Just as you would with downed power lines or damaged equipment, if you see a flooded transformer, call Idaho Power at (800) 488-6151.

In addition, homeowners are encouraged to call an electrician if their equipment is affected by flooding. If power must be shut off for safety reasons, a state electrical inspection may be required before Idaho Power can restore service.

Boaters, anglers and anyone else working or playing near water should take extra caution. Spring runoff, heavy rain, water releases from dams and changes in irrigation diversions can cause water levels to change quickly. Wear flotation devices, pay attention to the conditions and respect all warning signs and buoy lines to keep a safe distance from dams, Idaho Power states.

For more on staying safe in the water, visit idahopower.com/ safety.

participate in, not a religious event.

“I wanted to be a champion of getting that meschurch and a special events organization is sage across to the community because it’s not a teaming up this year to deepen and expand religious event, it’s a historical/community/culturthe community’s understanding of Cinco al event ... that celebrates Mexican and Hispanic de Mayo—the holiday many Americans associate culture,” Romero said. with a good excuse for margaritas and the mistaken Specifically, Cinco de Mayo celebrates the day idea they are celebrating Mexican independence. the Mexican army defeated France in 1862 at the On Saturday, May 4, St. Charles Catholic Church Battle of Puebla during the Franco-American War. in Hailey will put on its annual Cinco de Mayo In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is often incorcelebration, this year collaborating with Herbert rectly thought to be a celebration of Mexican indeRomero’s Project Tools and Partners to bring a pendence and is often celebrated through parties cultural, community experience to the public. The and drinking. In Mexico, the day is a relatively mifree event will take place all day and feature tra- nor holiday primarily observed in the state of Puebditional Mexican and Hispanic foods like tacos, la where traditions include military parades, recregorditas, and enchiladas, as well as music, games, ations of the Battle of Puebla and other festivities. and a raffle with proceeds going to a student scholThe priority of Romero’s organization is diverarship fund. sity and providing fun opportunities for kids to get Romero, the operations direcout of the house and be active in tor of Project Tools and Partners, their community, which is why It’s not just a festival, he has been working to publicize a community-based program and special events operation, first the event as much as possible. He it’s giving back.” became aware of the Cinco de even talked to Senator Michelle Mayo event while researching Herbert Romero Stennett about possibly attendcultural events that his organizaing. tion could get behind. St. Charles The May celebration is not the Church has been putting on its Cinco de Mayo first high-profile event Project Tools and Partners event for 15 years. has been involved with; the group has collaborated “I have a background in doing cultural events,” with Flourish Foundation, Balmoral Apartments, Romero said. “We did our first one last year, the The Hunger Coalition and St. Luke’s to put on varHailey Hispanic Heritage Fest.” ious events in the community.

With Cinco de Mayo coming up, Romero While the event on May 4 is free, there are opreached out to the St. Charles event committee portunities to donate money and participate in rafabout collaborating to make the event as publi- fles with prizes. The proceeds of the event go to a cized in the community as possible. Despite being scholarship fund to support educational endeavors put on by a church annually, the Cinco de Mayo for children who are involved in the church. celebration is a community event for everyone to tws

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2019 Heritage Court Honorees Named

The four women who will sit on the 2019 Heritage Court—thanks to their contributions to the history and heritage of Blaine County—have been named. They are: • Verla Goitiandia, named to the Court by the Blaine County Historical Museum • Connie Grabow, named to the Court by the City of Ketchum • Judy Peterson, named to the Court by the Blaine County Fair Board • Pamela Rayborn, named to the Court by the City of Bellevue The season of the Heritage Court, a program of the Blaine County Historical Museum, begins with an invitation-only tea for former and current honorees in late May, hosted by The Community Library.

Sunday, June 9, will see the gala coronation at the Liberty Theatre with flowers, entertainment, and refreshments. Everyone is invited to attend. The Senior Connection in Hailey will honor the ladies (and ladies from past years) at a luncheon in early August, and the ladies will participate in all the summer parades. The museum’s website includes stories and pictures of everyone honored since the beginning of the Heritage Court in 2004 (bchistoricalmuseum.org).

Lt. Governor To Speak At Republican Women’s Meetup

Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin will speak at the Blaine County Republican Women’s meeting on Wednesday, April 24 at 1 p.m. in the Golden Eagle Clubhouse, 200 S. Golden Eagle Dr., Hailey. McGeachin will reprise the 2019 legislative session. Contact Julie Lynn at (208) 720-3629 or julie@ bcrwidaho.com for details.

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NEWS ENVIRONMENT

ASS BRINGS AWARENESS TO EARTH DAY Teenager and her burro fill up two trash bags in one hour along Buttercup Road

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BY HAYDEN SEDER

kylar Runswick, 13, and her mother Deida are raising awareness about trash in the Wood River Valley with the help of an unlikely friend—their 1-year-old burro named Smokey.

As Earth Day this year was on Monday, April 22, the duo decided to work on training their donkey for backpacking by walking him down Buttercup Road and packing his saddle bags with the litter mom and daughter collected.

“I was on a run the other day near where we live on Buttercup Road and noticed all the trash,” Deida said. “My daughter Skylar has always been my little environmentalist—she’s been picking up trash ever since she was little.”

Deida and her husband Duane are homeschooling Skylar this year and are always looking for exciting projects. The family keeps a menagerie of animals—25 in total—including a miniature horse, two donkeys, chickens, ducks, lizards, cats, and Smokey. Building up trust in a backpacking burro is a process and the Runswicks Skylar Runswick and her burro Smokey perform cleanup duties in celebrafelt Smokey was ready to wear tion of Earth Day. Photo credit: Deida Runswick some pack gear.

“We put the trash bags on either side of the sawbuck, which holds all the packs, and led him up and down Buttercup and started picking up trash,” Deida said.

“We want to make it a weekly thing and maybe take him near the bike path.”

The response has been great, with people stopping to thank the trio and wanting to know the next time they bring Smokey out so they can come with their kids and get involved.

Tale of the Trash The amount and type of trash that Deida and Skylar found in the hour or so they spent picking it up astounded them. Roughly two bags full of alcohol bottles, pipes, metal, cigar wrappers, barbed wire, and even rupees— money from India.

“We want to attack the other half of Buttercup this week,” Deida said. “And maybe other areas that aren’t on the Adopt-A-Highway program or in Indian Creek.”

The instigator of projects like this, according to Deida, has always been Skylar, both an animal lover and a budding envi- Smokey, a 1-year-old burro, does his part to make the Wood River Valley a ronmentalist. The family visits little more pristine. Photo credit: Deida Runswick Santa Barbara often and Skylar has been volunteering for a bird sanctuary there since she was 3.

A few weeks ago, she raised $300 through a cookie drive that she • Walk or ride your bike to school or work (or carpool) donated to that same sanctuary.

• Bring a reusable cup or water bottle instead of using coffee “Even when she was just 5, she cups and buying bottled water had her first hot-cocoa stand that • Shop with reusable bags she used to raise money for the local animal shelter or bird sanc- • Switch to energy-efficient lightbulbs tuary,” Deida said.

• Compost leftover food and garden materials The family is an inspiration for • Plant a tree how taking a small step can make a big impact in this town and for • Buy local to reduce your carbon footprint the planet as a whole. Check out • Donate old clothes and home goods instead of throwing the box on this page for small them out things you can do to make an im- • Use cloth towels instead of paper ones pact for Earth Day, and for every • Reduce, recycle, reuse day throughout the year. tws

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Serving The Great People Of Stanley For Over 20 Years NEWS IN BRIEF

School District Invites Parents To Take Parent Satisfaction Survey

One of the pieces of Idaho’s new school accountability system is a parent survey of their schools, including those in Blaine County School District. It asks for input on several topics to help measure how Idaho schools are doing in meeting parent and student needs. The survey results will be shared on Idaho’s new school report card.

The survey asks questions related to a child’s specific school, such as: • Is there one caring adult at school that knows your child well?

• Does the school invite you to participate in school activities?

• Does your child’s school tell you how your child is doing in a way that makes sense to you?

If parents have children who attend more than one school, parents can take the survey multiple times by returning to the original link. The survey is available in both English and Spanish.

Deadline is May 17.

Links for the survey will be shared on district and school websites, social media, emails from the schools and district, as well as the BCSD’s Weekly Update, the district’s weekly newsletter.

Call (208) 578-5005 for more information.

Therapy Horses To Be Featured At Summer Carp Open House

Swiftsure Ranch has released a full slate of summer camps and events along with an open house on Wednesday, May 1, from 3 to 5 p.m. The event offers an opportunity to visit with therapy horses, meet the staff and learn about the programs scheduled for the summer, including Camp Rainbow Gold, Higher Ground, GALLOP for at-risk teens, Senior Fridays and the Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind.

In addition, Terry Fowler, president of the Swiftsure Ranch board of directors, is pleased to announce the appointment of Molly Boomer as acting executive director. The search for a new executive director resulted in many promising prospects, including a highly qualified candidate who has accepted the position but has a long-term commitment to complete before transitioning to Swiftsure.

To learn more about Swiftsure Ranch programs, visit www. swiftsure ranch.org or call (208) 578-9111.

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Wendy Cairncross of Sun Valley and Denise DeCoster of Hailey were 3.5 womens’ doubles champions at the Idaho Falls Spring Fling tournament. The event was at The Apple Center, April 19-20. The pair defeated Mikel Harmon and Melissa Millican of Pocatello in the final, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Photo credit:Denise DeCorter

Judges, competitors and fans of the annual Humming Bull Storytelling Competition fill Whiskey Jacques’ upper room last we Ketchum. Photo credit: Whitney McNees

Above, below & left: Skiers and snowboarders dress up for the last day of the winter season on Bald Mountain on Sunday, April 21. This season, Sun Valley Co. saw the highest skier count it’s had in the last 20 years. For more information on the resort’s 2018-2019 winter season, see “News In Brief” on page 2. Photo credit: Loren Wood

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Winners of the Humming Bull Storytelling Competition, from left to right, Michael Marlin, Kat Cannell, C. Gordon, with event host Mat Gershater. Photo credit: Whitney McNees

work on the Quigley Farm bike trail, part of a public recreation and conservation easement in Hailey.Photo credit: Steve

om Wood River High School’s W.A.T.E.R. (We Appreciate The Earth’s Resources) environmental club Hailey resident identify the difference between corrugated and plain cardboard. Only corrugated ard can be recycled in Blaine County at this time. Photo credit: Elizabeth Jeffrey

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From left to right: Hailey Elementary School fifth-graders Seth London, Simon Morgan and William Swink stand in front of over 500 pounds of food that they helped school librarian Marilyn Baybutt collect through the school’s Spring Book Fair and Food Drive. Their haul equals more than 388 meals. Photo credit: Rebecca DeShields

From left to right: Rob Lonning, Elizabeth Jeffrey and Jeff Anderson (members of Citizens for Climate Action and Resiliency) celebrate Earth Day at the Park & Ride in Hailey by working to improve recycling in Blaine County. Photo credit: Elizabeth Jeffrey

Daycare kids pick up trash in Broadford Highlands in Hailey on Earth Day, April 22. Photo credit: Erin Cutler

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COLUMN NO BONES ABOUT IT THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR APRIL 24 - 30, FROM PICABO ANGLER

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ishing in the spring is not always easy, but for the creative angler it is a great time to search for new opportunities and get outside of the comfort zone. There are numerous places to fish and more each day as roads begin to dry and open, and the high country becomes accessible.

Lakes, reservoirs, ponds and canals all remain open to fish.

We may need to wait on a few of these fisheries, but if you are looking for an adventure, check out many of the opportunities that can be found with snowshoes, boats, bikes and your feet!

There are many ways to find these spots, and Google Earth is a great place to begin your search.

If you want to stick with the norms, the Lost River remains open for fishing, although keep an eye on that gauge! If the CFS jumps well above 300, you may want to look elsewhere. Currently, the color red on a nymph is going to produce fish. The Baetis hatches in the afternoon are sporadic but certainly a possibility when the wind isn’t blowing.

Magic Reservoir should begin to turn back on as the reservoir begins to fill and stabilize a bit more than it has been. The upper narrows is a great place to fish in the spring, as well as the coves near the dam. Fishing the legal sections of the Big Wood and Camas arms of the reservoir is also a good idea if they aren’t too muddy.

Anglers are catching fish in the canal system below Magic Reservoir as well. It is a bit hard at first wrapping one’s mind around the setting as you search for fish, but once you feel one of those big rainbows pull on your line, it will suddenly feel like a much more attractive area to fish!

No matter where you go in the coming weeks, please be safe!

The flows are high, road conditions can be iffy, and the weather may not always be stable. It is a good time of year to leave your dog at home if you are near the rivers and a great time to take them fishing when you are on the still waters. Try to fish with a friend when you can and, like always, tell someone where you are going. Fishing safely makes it more fun.

Opening day is May 25 this year!

Happy fishing, everyone!

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DOGS AND PUPPIES MOUTHING

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BY FRAN JEWELL

n my job, I have spent thousands and thousands of hours socializing puppies and older dogs. One thing that people do all the time, especially with puppies, is stick their fingers in the puppy’s mouth and allow the puppy to mouth or lightly bite on them. It doesn’t matter what breed the puppy is, they still stick their fingers in the puppy’s mouth.

So, what is wrong with this? There are several reasons this is simply one of the worst things you can allow a puppy to do.

First, puppies, as they become adults, will do the behaviors they learned first when they are stressed. If one of those behaviors is allowed to happen, especially during the first 16 weeks, then the puppy is so much more likely to put its mouth on someone when it is stressed—whether it is good stress or bad stress. This sets the puppy up for failure as an adult. When an adult dog decides to use its mouth (it doesn’t matter how gently or how hard), it can become a liability.

Now imagine you own a large-breed dog, maybe one that is known for protection, such as a Rottweiler, German shepherd, Great Pyrenees, Akita, Giant Schnauzer, or even a cattle dog. Someone who is afraid of dogs comes near or visits your home. The dog might, in greeting, put its mouth on that person simply because they have been allowed to. What you see as a friendly gesture is interpreted as an aggressive bite by the stranger.

Now imagine you have a little dog—a beagle, Westie, poodle, or oodle mix. It doesn’t matter what breed. The same thing happens.

Now you find yourself in the midst of a lawsuit or a fine and your dog is labeled a vicious dog.

It really doesn’t matter what breed you own; if a dog’s mouth is on someone, it can and most likely WILL be misinterpreted as aggression and a bite by someone.

Secondly, a dog that is allowed to put its mouth on someone as a puppy will do that behavior in the midst of severe or even light stress.

Imagine you take your dog to the vet and the dog is stressed because the vet needs to restrain it for an IV. What happens? Your dog is far more likely to use its mouth to resist and get what it wants—which is to be released. Then the vet muzzles your dog and your dog now has a bad experience with the vet. It’s an endless cycle.

What does mouthing mean? Many times it is just play, as a dog would do with another dog. However, it is not respectful to a human.

A dog should not play with a human as he would with another dog.

Many people do not see the problem with this. People want to play

Teach puppies early that putting their mouth on people is not okay. It doesn’t matter what breed you own. Photo credit: Fran Jewell

with their dog. In that case, there are many other ways to play with a dog that do not involve a dog mouth on the human. Catching, retrieving, hunting for food in the grass, hunting for items like wallets, even short sessions of teaching obedience and tricks, can greatly enrich the owner/dog relationship, and no mouth is involved.

I always ask people, “What if my 90-pound German shepherd put his mouth on you. How would you feel?” No one ever answers that they would like it. There is no difference in a German shepherd mouthing you or a tiny Pomeranian. Stop mouthing dead in its tracks and encourage other forms of play to keep your dog happy and safe throughout its life.

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

COLUMN SKETCHBOOK HIKING

Leslie Rego, “Three Twigs.” pen and ink, watercolor.

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BY LESLIE REGO

was curious to see if I could tell the difference between leafless twigs from three different types of trees. I collected a twig from an aspen tree, a cottonwood tree, and an alder tree. I placed the three into a bucket, mixed them up, and then pulled one out at a time to see if I could tell from which tree it came.

I was able to identify each one, but I also made some close observations that I found fascinating. The first thing I noticed was the pungent smell coming from the buds on the cottonwood twig. They were by far the largest buds of the three and there was quite a lot of sap that oozed from the blossom. In fact, there was so much sap it left a distinct burnt-sienna color on the paper. I was so intrigued by this I decided to paint the actu-

THREE TWIGS al bud on my drawing with the sap. It was a beautiful dye, coloring the bud area on the drawing the exact shade of the bud on the plant! It left the paper a bit sticky, but there was a glow to the color.

The branch of the cottonwood is a soft grey with darker grey spots covering the surface.

The branch is quite smooth, but the blossom twigs are bumpy with many black striations.

The sienna color of the bud continued down the twig for around an inch until it transitioned to grey.

The aspen branch had the smallest buds.

Lower on the branch they grew out on twigs, but toward the top of the branch they pressed against the bark. Their color was brown with a touch of sienna. Again, the sienna color traveled down the twig until it turned to a pale green/grey. The green pigment is chlorophyll that the thin bark of the aspen photo-

synthesizes.

The alder branch was the smoothest of the three branches. It was a soft brown. The buds were the roundest, also sienna in color. The bark had few distinguishing characteristics.

I did not choose a section with the male and female catkins, which stay year-round on the tree, because that would have been an obvious clue to the identity of the twig.

Observing carefully before the tree has leaves gives one the chance to recognize peculiarities in growth patterns. As I noted attributes, I recorded them through my drawings. I really enjoyed spending time getting to know each twig intimately.

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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ANOTHER STRANGE BIRD

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BY HARRY WEEKES

ear can be a good thing. My last piece talked, in part, about the power of just standing still and linked it to an ancient predatorial strategy—the sit-and-wait predator. I also talked about standing still as one of my favorite techniques for not overdoing it in the tropics.

Well, put me on a sailboat, bobbing around in the water, and I start standing still for another reason—fear. Standing still is also the byproduct of extreme fright—one member of the famous fight-flight-or-freeze triumvirate.

When I am scared, my ability to take any energy away from pure survival is greatly diminished. Everything gets simplified, truncated, stripped down.

“Are you thirsty?”

“No.” “Are you OK just standing there holding on to that railing?”

“Yes.” “Are you going to move from that corner of the deck?”

“No.” Even in this, though, fear also heightens the senses, keeps you alert, and sharpens your powers of observation.

So, there I was, bobbing up and down on a boat, doing my very best not to fall into the ocean, constantly scanning the sea for any kind of support.

And then in came a silvery flash shooting across the waves.

“Some kind of impossible seabird,” I thought, even as I knew that was not quite right. Now, my mind had something else to work on, because even the simplest of discordances needs reconciliation.

Another silvery flicker and a beeline flying low across the waves. Then gone. Comparing this to the few seabirds I had seen up until that point, which were diving, dipping and swirling, confirmed that this was distinct.

We wrap the world into our biases and it often takes a while to deconstruct even the simplest ones. Here is something flying. Yes. And no.

Then it clicks. A flying fish. Oh, it’s a flying fish.

“Hey. Look! Flying fish!”

Of course, flying fish don’t fly. They glide. They race across the top of the ocean, then explode into

Wood River High School junior Brooklyn Williamson will graduate with her Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification and hopes to be a nurse one day. Photo credit: Bethany Williamson

Flying fish taking off. Photo credit: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, public domain photo, accessed via Wikipedia

the air, spread their elongated pectoral fins and soar in a line that keeps them low to the water, but in the air for as much as 600 feet. In other words, they can glide for a really, really long time. Long enough that these little oceanic shooting stars can emerge, you can yell, point them out, and others can see them, which was a distracting behavior I gladly added to my “clutching the rigging” repertoire.

These little fish take to the air (something which in and of itself is amazing to think about) as a different response to fear. They are chased and eaten by billfish, some of the ocean’s great athletes. They take to the air in flight mode. In comparing our two responses, mine seemed a lot less elegant, but diving into the ocean was definitely not my next move.

Harry Weekes is the founder and head of school at The Sage School in Hailey. This is his 47th year in the Wood River Valley, where he lives with his wife Hilary and their three kids—Georgia, Penelope and Simon—a nice little flock.

GUEST COMMENTARY MARYANNE JORDAN

Why, oh why, are my taxes so high?

Ask the GOP!

Last week, the Idaho Republican Party sent out a newsletter to all of their subscribers about tax day.

In the email they explained, “We will continually strive for a more fiscally responsible, limited government that spends your tax dollars wisely.” The newsletter went on to explain how the Republican legislature and Governor are invested in decreasing taxes for hardworking Idahoans.

Interestingly enough, the email failed to mention just how many tax dollars were wasted in this session. After accusing the media of misconstruing legislation several times, the Idaho GOP itself is misconstruing how they are handling your hard earned tax dollars. I think Idahoans deserve to have the full story about what happened during the 2019 legislative session. Let’s recap!

First, in 2016, the legislature capped the homeowner’s property tax exemption at $100,000 and, since then, increases in property values have resulted in massive increases in property taxes for many homeowners. The cap, combined with the increased property values, has disproportionately shifted the tax burden from commercial property to homeowners. During the 2019 legislative session, I introduced a bill that would have restored the index and brought fairness back to property tax levels. However, the Majority party did not believe that this legislation even deserved a hearing in committee so they stuck it in a drawer to die without ever getting public input. This year, Idahoans all over the state were blindsided by enormous tax bills they could not have seen coming thanks to this bad policy. Until we fix the property tax exemption, homeowners will continue to pay a disproportionate share of property taxes.

Next, several Republican legislators spent the session thwarting the will of the people by working to pass Medicaid Expansion Restrictions. While a clean expansion was shown to be the most fiscally responsible, the restriction bill that was passed will add unnecessary bureaucracy and could cost up to $40 million. Plus, many acknowledged that it will probably wind up in court. Guess who pays for those costs.

Finally, the 2019 legislative session lasted 95 days (the third longest in Idaho’s history). Each day that the Majority delayed ending the session cost taxpayers $35,000. Basically, the Majority was willing to spend the equivalent of an annual teacher’s salary per day to continue delaying getting the job done.

They introduced bill after bill after the transmittal deadline (the final date we are allowed to bring legislation) while the House and Senate Democrats tried to end the session. None of those bills ended up passing, proving that they were simply wasting Idaho citizen’s time and money.

At the end of the session I’m left wondering, does the Idaho GOP know what it means to be fiscally conservative? Democratic legislators fought tooth and nail to stop unnecessary, wasteful legislation and actions that would drastically increase costs to taxpayers. We tried to find tax relief for homeowners. Unfortunately, the supermajority seemed determined to throw away the money of hardworking Idahoans.

So, the next time you go to vote for a candidate who will decrease your taxes make sure you remember who worked day in and day out to keep your money in your pocket. Vote for the true fiscal conservatives.

Maryanne Jordan is an Idaho Senator (D-Boise)

BROOKLYN WILLIAMSON

WRHS junior finds her niche at Footlight Dance Centre

BY EMILEE MAE STRUSS

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ood River High School junior Brooklyn Williamson has been dancing since she was 3 years old.

Williamson was born in San Francisco, which is the place where her love for dance started. She moved to the Wood River Valley with her family when she was 10 years old.

Williamson didn’t waste any time finding her niche in a new town. She joined Footlight Dance Centre when she was 11 years old.

She now co-teaches a first-grade ballet dance class. Williamson practices dance around 10 hours a week and prefers two main genres of dance—modern and ballet.

“I like the structure of ballet,” Williamson said. “It can be pretty challenging.”

Dance consumes about 10 hours of her week and the rest of her time is spent studying or taking care of the elderly at Bell Mountain Village & Care Center in Bellevue. She hopes to be a nurse one day. Williamson is very thankful for the programs at WRHS, which could set her ahead of her peers. She will graduate from high school with her Certified Nursing Assistant’s (CNA) certification.

Williamson is a part of the HOSA club at school. HOSA was formerly known as the Health Occupations Students of America program and is now called Future Health Professionals. This year Williamson is the vice president of the club at WRHS and travels with the group to competitions.

“This year I’m competing in forensic psychology,” Williamson said.

Last year, Williamson qualified in the top 10 percent at the state competition, competing in the field of ophthalmology.

“I want to be a nurse because I enjoy the variety of cases and helping other people,” Williamson said.

Williamson has one year left in the Valley and then she plans to attend New York University to pursue a nursing degree. She says her most defining moment at WRHS so far has been discovering an interest in reading and the arts.

“I wasn’t a very good reader when I was younger,” Williamson said. “But once I found books that I actually enjoyed reading, I started to take it more seriously.”

She says books like “Educated,” by Tara Westover, and works by author John Green helped her realize how much she truly enjoys reading.

“And art I thought was kind of a silly class,” Williamson said.

“But through that class, I realized I really like to be creative and express myself in those ways.”

This summer, Williamson is working as a teacher’s assistant at Big Wood Preschool. She also plans to take her two dogs, Alice and Duchess, for many walks and revel in the natural beauty of the Wood River Valley with the time she has left. tws

Editor’s Note: Anyone who would like to recommend a Blaine County School District student for The Weekly Sun’s “Student Spotlight” feature should contact Emilee Struss at emilee.struss@gmail.com.

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Checklists work because they contain the important things that need to be done. They provide a reminder about things we know and realize but that may have slipped our minds, as well as inform us about things we didn’t consider. Periodic attention to these areas can protect the investment in your home.

• Change HVAC filters regularly. Consider purchasing a supply of the correct sizes needed online (www.tinyurl.com/tws-hvac) and they’ll even remind you when it’s time to order them again.

• Change batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors annually.

• Create and regularly update a home inventory (www.tinyurl. com/tws-homeinventory) to keep track of personal belongings in case of burglary or casualty loss.

• Keep track of capital improvements, with a Homeowners Tax Guide (www.tinyurl.com/tws-taxguide), made to your home throughout the year that increases your basis and lowers gain.

• Order free credit reports from all three bureaus once a year at www.AnnualCreditReport.com.

• Challenge your property tax assessment when you receive that year’s assessment when you feel that the value is too high. We can supply the comparable sales and you can handle the rest.

• Establish a family emergency plan identifying the best escape routes and where family members should meet after leaving the home.

• If you have a mortgage, verify the unpaid balance and if additional principal payments were applied properly. Use an Equity Accelerator (www.tinyurl.com/tws-equityaccelerator) to estimate how long it will take to retire your mortgage.

• Keep trees pruned and shrubs trimmed away from house to enhance visual appeal, increase security and prevent damage.

• Have heating and cooling professionally serviced annually.

• Check toilets periodically to see if they’re leaking water and repair if necessary.

• Clean gutters twice a year to control rainwater away from your home to protect roof, siding and foundation.

• To identify indications of foundation issues, periodically, check around perimeter of home for cracks in walls or concrete. Do doors and windows open properly?

• Peeling or chipping paint can lead to wood and interior damage.

Small areas can be touched up but multiple areas may indicate that the whole exterior needs painting.

• If there is a chimney and fires are burned in the fireplace, it will need to be inspected and possibly cleaned.

• If the home has a sprinkler system, manually turn the sprinklers on, one station at a time, to determine if they are working and aimed properly. Evaluate if the timers are set properly. Look for pooling water that could indicate a leak underground.

• Have your home inspected for termites.

Instead of remembering when you need to do these different things, use your calendar to create a system. As an example, make a new appointment with “change the HVAC filters” in the subject line. Select the recurring event button and decide the pattern. For instance, set this one for monthly, every two months with no end date.

You can schedule a time or just an all-day event will show at the top of your calendar that day.

By scheduling as many of these items as you can, you won’t forget that they need to be done. If you don’t delete them from the calendar, you’ll continue to be “nagged” until you finally do them.

If you have questions or need a recommendation of a service provider, give us a call at (208) 309-1329. We deal with issues like this regularly and have experience with workers who are reputable and reasonable.

ANNA MATHIEU

Realtor®, Associate Broker, GRI, MBA 2018 Best of the Valley 1st Place Gold; Best Realtor.

Windermere Real Estate/SV, LLC (208) 309-1329 AnnaMathieu@Windermere.com 5b-realestate.com To subscribe to the Better Homeowners newsletter: tinyurl.com/y8koftym

OUTSIDE THE BOX

Author and unconventional thinker Max Brooks to speak

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BY DANA DUGAN

ow can the questionable study of fictitious zombie lore help people be more prepared for the real events in the future? You can find out that and much more at a lecture presented

by The Community Library with Max Brooks. A best-selling zombie-lore expert and former writer for “Saturday Night Live,” Brooks will speak from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater, located at the Community Campus in Hailey.

“A patron of ours, Jane Watkins, heard him talk on NPR and mentioned it to us,” said Tim Price, the library’s program director. “We’ve been talking for some time about generating programing to engage the whole Valley, including a younger demographic. Having it at the Community Campus is key to that. He uses zombie lore as metaphor [such as] how we can deal with our worst tendencies and our most pressing problems, including population density, climate change, foreign policy.”

Known for having inched the pop culture zombie lore into the mainstream, Brooks’ niche is expanding. He published three successful books, “The Zombie Survival Guide,” “World War Z” and “The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks,” which are considered definitive tomes for the genre. But he is also the author of “Minecraft: The Island” and “The Harlem Hellfighters,” a graphic novel that chronicles the little-known story of the first African-American regiment mustered to fight in World War I. Of course, Brooks’ family history is intriguing.

His parents, Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, were both legendary entertainers—a comic and a multiaward-winning actress, respectively—but they instilled in him a theatrical response to the world, with fear and anxiety as main focuses.

However, on NPR’s Fresh Air, Brooks said that he was ready in case of a zombie attack due to what he learned while writing both “The Zombie Survival Guide” and “World War Z.” But it’s not all in the clouds or between the pages. The public’s fascination with zombies has brought attention to preparedness in general. Even the Centers for Disease Control has a “Zombie Plan.”

In the same interview, Brooks added that he’s dedicated to challenging and encouraging systems and institutions to think outside the box when problem solving by using mental agility and preparedness.

“Zombies reflect our very real anxieties of these crazy scary times,” Brooks said in an interview posted on his webpage. “A zombie story gives people a fictional lens to see the real problems of the world. You can deal with societal breakdown, famine, disease, chaos in the streets, but as long as the catalyst for all of them is zombies, you can still sleep.”

Making a great leap forward, Brooks’ unconventional work inspired the U.S. military to examine how they may respond to potential crises in the future.

“World War Z” was read and discussed by the sitting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and subsequently Brooks was invited to speak at a variety of military engagements, including at the Naval War College, a FEMA hurricane drill in San Antonio, and a nuclear “Vibrant Response” war game.

In 2016, Brooks accepted a fellowship at the Modern War Institute at West Point, where he studies, writes about, and lectures to cadets about today’s current conflicts.

Before the talk at the Community Campus, Brooks will meet with students to discuss problem solving, and how he overcame dyslexia to become

Max Brooks is considered an expert on zombie lore, and how it encourages preparedness. Photo credit: The Community Library

Author Max Brooks will meet with students to discuss creativity and problem solving, before his talk on Monday evening. Image credit: maxbrooks.com

more creative en route to being a best-selling author and sought-after expert on post-apocalyptic survival strategies. A book signing will follow his talk, with books available for purchase through Iconoclast Books and Gifts.

The event is sponsored by Watkins, and is free to the public, but tickets are required for admission.

These can be accessed on The Community Library website at comlib.org. Costumes are encouraged, too, since those who don zombie-related costumes are entered into a raffle to win a Fire HD 10 tablet.

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STORY TIME WED APR 24 & FRI 26

10:30-11:30AM / HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY Story Time is held weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Hailey Public Library. All ages are welcome. Parents should plan on staying with their children. For more information, call (208) 788-2036.

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1940S BROADWAY MUSIC WED APR 24

5:30-6:30PM / HAILEY LIBRARY / HAILEY Broadway show tunes had a profound impact on popular music in the 1940s. The Hailey Public Library will explore this subject during a free talk, with music, by R.L. Rowsey, education artistic director for the Sun Valley Music Festival, as well as music director for Caritas Chorale and pianist at Light on the Mountains Center for Spiritual Living.

CRATERS OF THE MOON WED APR 24

6-7PM / MOUNTAIN HUMANE / HAILEY

The Environmental Resource Center’s Spring Science Series will focus on Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve this week. Park Ranger Hester Mallonee will discuss volcanism and planetary geology, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and a visit in 2019 from the Apollo astronauts to Craters. Craters of the Moon is a vast ocean of lava flows with scattered islands of cinder cones and sagebrush, where yesterday’s volcanic events are likely to continue tomorrow.

This program is free, family-friendly and open to the public

KETCHUM COMMUNITY DINNERS WED APR 24

6-7PM / CHURCH OF THE BIG WOOD / KETCHUM Free hot dinners are provided weekly to anyone in need in the church’s Family Life Center. Dine in or pick up a meal to go for you or a friend.

LINE DANCING WED APR 24

6-7PM / THE MINT / HAILEY

Dust off your boots and join Vicki Aberbach for a line-dancing lesson. The fee is $10. There will be an open dance afterwards to practice getting those boots movin’.

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This year is particularly special for Idaho laboratory professionals as Idaho Governor Brad Little signed a proclamation declaring April 21–27, 2019, as Medical Laboratory Professionals Week for the State of Idaho.

Medical laboratory professionals work in a variety of environments unique to the patients they serve and the work they do. We are essential to your health; we provide critical information that helps guide medical decisions. We sort, prepare and analyze samples from virtually every part of your body—from head to toe.

In the United States, laboratory results account for an estimated 70-80 percent of the diagnostic value used by providers to treat and monitor their patients; however, laboratory accounted for a mere 3 percent of the total healthcare cost in the United States for 2018. The clinical laboratory is an intrinsically valuable resource and crucial to patient care.

We are not merely generators of data, to be tossed over the fence to our clinical colleagues. We are managers of information; we are creators of knowledge. We are gatekeepers and stewards. We are builders of processes and systems.

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ers and team members. We are educators and consultants. We are patient advocates. – Dr. Steven H. Kroft, Senior Associate Medical Director Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories St. Luke’s Wood River offers year-round, reduced-cost screenings for HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose levels, and A1c. You choose when to come for your once-a-year screening. Must be age 18 or older. Fasting for at least 8 hours and drinking plenty of water prior to blood draw is strongly encouraged.

• Blood test for HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose levels, $10 • Optional A1c test for people with diabetes, additional $5 • Drop-in Monday through Friday, 8 – 10 a.m., excluding holidays Choice of locations: • St. Luke’s Clinic, Family Medicine, 1450 Aviation Drive, Hailey • St. Luke’s Wood River, 100 Hospital Drive, Ketchum: • Medical Center Outpatient Lab, hospital • Physician Office Annex, register in Suite 100 Payment due at time of service. Insurance will not be billed.

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7:30PM / SAWTOOTH TAP ROOM / HAILEY Sawtooth Brewery presents free trivia games for the season. Each night there are two games consisting of three rounds each. Each round is based off of a popular game show. All ages are welcome.

Sawtooth Brewery Public House is located at 110 N. River St. For details, visit sawtoothbrewery.com.

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THEATRE & FILM SCHOOL AUDITIONS THU APR 25 3-5PM / BALLET & ARTS CENTER / HAILEY

The Sun Valley Ballet & Arts Center will hold open auditions for its Children’s Theater And Film School, every Thursday, or call for appointment. The Sun Valley Ballet & Arts Center is located 111 1st Ave. N. in Hailey.

For more information, call (208) 366-4008 or visit svbartsdirector@gmail.com.

WARM-SEASON VEGGIES THU APR 25

5:30-6:30PM / HAILEY LIBRARY/ HAILEY Wood River Victory Garden spring programs are offered in partnership with the Wood River Seed Library, the Hailey Public Library, the Upper Big Wood River Grange, The Hunger Coalition and the University of Idaho Extension and its volunteer Master Gardeners. For the third free talk, the focus will be on planting warm-season vegetables such as the Cucurbitaceae family of cantaloupe, cucumber, pumpkin, squash and watermelon, the Solanaceae family of eggplant, pepper and tomato, as well as beans, sweet corn, sweet potato, and basil. The harvest needs to be done before frost sets in.

The program includes talks, onsite garden workshops, seed and plant exchange, online YouTube videos and online documents. Each program is free and open to all. Register by contacting Sarah Busdon, UI Extension at (208) 788-5585, sarahb@uidaho.edu, or at 302 1st Ave. S. in Hailey, Monday to Thursday.

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TALK WITH TRIBAL JUDGE THU APR 25

6PM / SV CENTER / KETCHUM

11AM / BOTANICAL GARDEN / VALLEY

The Sun Valley Center will present a talk—This Land Is Home—with Tribal Court Judge Leo Ariwite from Salmon. Ariwite is a Northern Shoshoni descended from the band of Sacajawea. His forebears, including Chief Tendoy, were forced to leave Salmon in 1907 and relocate to the Fort Hall Reservation. Ariwite will share stories of his homeland and how this land and its people were impacted by colonization.

This talk is part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project Unraveling: Reimagining the Colonization in the Americas. For more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org.

The Sawtooth Botanical Garden will hold its 15th annual Bug Zoo with the theme of “Survival!” The yearly celebration and study of insects, reptiles and other critters at Sawtooth Botanical Garden will offer educational opportunities. The fee for each festival date is $5 for adults, $3 for kids 5-18, and free admission for kids under 5. Se habla español. The newest structure will be a see-through beehive inside the greenhouse donated by local beekeeper Steve Hobbs.

Bug Zoo Festival II on May 4 will celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting. Classroom educational opportunities are available by appointment during the week from April 29 through May 3 and May 6 through May 9. Individual drop-in visits are between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on those days.

For more information and the full schedule, visit sbgarden.org or call (208) 7269358.

DIA LOS NIÑOS SAT APR 27 11AM-1PM / HAILEY LIBRARY / HAILEY

‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ THU APR 25 & FRI APRIL 26 7PM / COMMUNITY SCHOOL / SUN VALLEY

The Hailey Public Library will host Dia de los Niños, a free bilingual event that will include songs, stories, crafts and demonstrations of traditional Hispanic arts, including dancing and food preparation.

There will be an array of talented and diverse community members sharing their cultural traditions. Peruvian and Mexican elders will demonstrate traditional dances, and then teach children a simpler version as a new skill to take home. Other elders will demonstrate how to make pupusas, a traditional Salvadoran dish, to be shared with participants. Participants are invited to bring a plate of finger foods representing their cultural tradition to share, as well.

For more information, call (208) 788-2036 or visit haileypubliclibrary.org.

Sun Valley Community School’s Middle School Masque will present Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland, JR” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, and 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the school’s theater.

Follow Alice as she navigates the curious world of Wonderland on her journey of self-discovery, encountering the ever-tardy White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat, a cool Caterpillar, a Mad Hatter, a Queen with a temper, and many more of the literature’s beloved Wonderland characters. The musical includes musical favorites such as “I’m Late” and “Zip-A-DeeDoo-Dah.” Alice will be played by Anika Vandenburgh, Maeve O’Connell takes on the role of the Wicked Queen of Hearts, Marley Geist plays the always tardy White Rabbit and Etienne Blumberg is the bubbly Caterpillar.

Choreography is by Sun Valley Community School’s Middle School music and Elementary School performing arts teacher Megan Mahoney and musical direction by Sun Valley Community School’s Upper School music teacher John Mauldin. Lighting designer is by eighth grader Koa Mott and set design is by seventh grader Charlotte Andrews with additional assistance by Thomas Andrews.

Tickets are available for sale at communityschool.org/news/events. Tickets are $5 for students/child and $10 for adults and are available at communityschool.org/news/ events.

SYRINGA HOEDOWN SAT APR 27 6:30-10PM / LONGHORN LOUNGE / HAILEY Syringa Mountain School will host its fifth annual benefit Hoedown at the temporarily renamed Longhorn Lounge at Mountain Humane in Croy Canyon. There will be auctions, casino games, a barbecue, drinks from Warfield Distillery and Sawtooth Brewery, line dancing with Peggy and Dale Bates, and music by Hart Gibson and DJ Johnny V. For more information and tickets, contact Christi at (208) 806-2880, ext. 1.

SOUPER SUPPER MON APR 29 5:30-6:30PM / ST. CHARLES CHURCH / HAILEY Weekly free hot dinners are provided to anyone who wishes to join. St. Charles Catholic Church is located at 313 1st Ave. S., Hailey.

GENTLE YOGA THU APR 25

5:30-6:30PM / ST. LUKE’S CLINIC / HAILEY

PING-PONG NIGHT TUES APR 30 7-10PM / THE MINT / HAILEY

This free yoga class with guidance is based on specific needs, unique health conditions and personal goals. Participants will learn the foundations of yoga and how to use yoga as an approach to physical and emotional wellbeing preventatively and in healing. Weekly through May 30.

For more information, call Kristin Biggins at (208) 727-8281.

Guests can enjoy free ping-pong games at The Mint. For more information call (208) 788-6468.

SCREENING: ‘RESILIENCE’ TUE APR 30 5:15PM / COMMUNITY CAMPUS / HAILEY

GIRL SCOUT DANCE FRI APR 26

6:30-8:30PM / AMERICAN LEGION HALL / KETCHUM

The documentary “Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope” will be presented at the Performing Arts Theatre, with discussion by a coalition of organizations, including The Advocates, Blaine County School District, NAMI-WRV, Blaine County Probation, Blaine County Juvenile Probation, Blaine County School District, and St. Luke’s Wood River. The documentary focuses on resilience and adverse childhood experiences, and chronicles the birth of a new movement among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities, who are using cutting-edge brain science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.

All girls and their best guys are invited to the annual Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Best Guy Dance. This year’s theme is Pink Masquerade. Best Guys can be a family member or good friend. No girls will be left out if their dads are not available. You don’t have to be a Girl Scout to join in on the fun.

For more information, contact Julie at j@julielynn.net or call (208) 720-3629.

LIVE MUSIC FRI APR 26 9:30PM / SILVER DOLLAR / BELLEVUE Good Ol’ Boys will play at the iconic Bellevue saloon. There’s never a cover and patrons have access to a free shuttle home if needed.

LEARN TO DANCE FRI APR 26 6-8PM / SV BALLET / HAILEY

SAWTOOTH TRIVIA TUE APR 30 7:30PM / SAWTOOTH BREWERY / KETCHUM

Sun Valley Dance Club Series will offer meringue lesson with bachata and salsa review this week. The fee is $25 a couple or $15 single. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, call Lyn at (501) 944-2448 or Aimee at (208) 490-0199. Sun Valley Ballet is located at 111 1st Ave. N. in Hailey.

Sawtooth Brewery presents free trivia games for the season. All ages are welcome.

Each night there are two games consisting of three rounds each. Each round is based off of a popular game show. Sawtooth Brewery Public House is located at 631 Warm Springs Road. For details, visit sawtoothbrewery.com.

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Since April is Idaho Craft Beer Month, here’s an update from our local breweries. Just please remember to drink responsibly.

Opened in 2011, the Sawtooth Brewery has taprooms offering fresh beer, tasty food and even kombucha at their locations in both Hailey (on River Street) and Ketchum (just off North Main Street). To help celebrate Craft Beer Month in the Gem State, Sawtooth is excited to announce that their Mountain Time Golden Ale is now available in 12-packs and that their first barrel-aged bottled beer, Sheeptown Saison, will be released soon. They’ve also introduced a “Hop Box,” which includes a variety of four of their most popular hoppy beers. They make the perfect companion for a sunny spring day in our hoppy heart of Idaho.

“We’ve got a great local beer scene because you can stop by all three breweries in one trip,” said Kevin Jones of Sawtooth Brewery. “Even retailers are starting

to get into the craft beer scene and are bringing in lots of good stuff. It’s been really fun to see things change.”

Considered the oldest continuous brewery in Idaho, Sun Valley Brewing Company was founded in 1986 and their White Cloud Ale was once the most popular microbrew in Colorado. Located on Main Street in Hailey, Sun Valley offers a popular pub and has a near-cult following for their Cranky Über IPA and their seasonal Blood Orange IPA. To help celebrate Craft Beer Month, Sun Valley is releasing their new 5B Honey-Weizen, which is made from local honey. Using local and Idaho-grown ingredients is a big part of the process for all the local breweries.

“The beer scene is booming locally and in the whole state and it’s great to see,” said Sean Flynn of Sun Valley Brewing Co. “High-quality barley and wheat for brewing have been grown in this region for a very long time.”

Founded in 2015, Warfield Distillery & Brewery on Main Street in Ketchum may be the new kid on the block, but it hasn’t taken long for their tasty brews and spirits to make a name for themselves. Home to Idaho’s only brewery and distillery, the Warfield is currently expanding

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