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City of Ketchum Speaker Series on Total Solar Eclipse in Ketchum Hear three experts discuss the Great American Eclipse on Saturday, August 19, at 12 p.m. and Sunday, August 20 at 12 p.m. Eclipse chaser Leona Rice, astronomers Carolyn Rankin-Mallory and Jeff Silverman together with Ketchum Mayor Nina Jonas will be sharing insights of the Total Solar Eclipse in Ketchum Town Square. Free copies of the Eclipse Guide for Locals and Visitors will be available at the events and local vendors will be serving food and drinks. Total Solar Eclipse Viewing Party is scheduled for August 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Festival Meadow on Sun Valley Road. Visit ketchumsunvalleyeclipse2017.com for additional information.

Union Contract Negotiations On Thursday, August 17, and Friday, August 18, contract negotiations will take place between the City of Ketchum and Ketchum Firefighters Local #4758. This is a public meeting and will take place on both days from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ketchum City Hall.

General Election on November 7 Three positions are up for election on November 7, 2017; mayor and two city council members. Each position serves a 4-year term.

Declarations of Candidacy must be filed with the Ketchum City Clerk at City Hall, 480 East Ave. N. beginning on August 28 and ending on September 8, 2017 at 5 p.m. Please visit ketchumidaho.org/election for information and forms.

Public Notice FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT OVERLAY: City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 4, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Ketchum City Hall to consider permanent adoption of the text amendments to Chapter 17.88, Floodplain Management Overlay, of the zoning code that City Council previouslyenacted on an emergency basis in April 2017.

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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is home to a myriad of species, including sage grouse.

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CONCERNS PERSIST REGARDING GRAZING IN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

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raters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is back in the news. This time it involves grazing rather than whether it should remain a national monument in its current state. In July, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that a recent review of national monuments, as directed by President Donald Trump, had concluded that no modifications should be made to the boundaries of Craters of the Moon.

Craters is a vast area south east of the Wood River Valley that contains a variety of environmental features including fragile ancient lava flows, rough and jagged rocks, cinder cones and hills, tree molds and ancient juniper trees, along with walking trails caves and stunning wildflowers.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said grazing on BLM-administered portions of Craters of the Moon that aren’t covered by lava flows will remain available to those with cattle and sheep grazing permits. The BLM administers approximately 275,000 acres of the 738,000 acres of federal lands at Craters.

In 2011, the Hailey-based Western Watersheds Project, represented by Advocates for the West, challenged the grazing activity in a lawsuit, arguing that it harmed sage grouse and the associated habitat. In 2012, a federal court order required federal agencies to complete an environmental review analyzing reduced grazing or no grazing.

This is not the only ongoing case regarding grazing in national parks and monuments.

Similar disputes are occurring across the West, pitting ranchers against environmentalists and public land proponents.

Changes to resource management plans under the second George Bush administration were so vast that they resulted in several lawsuits. Judge B. Lynn Winmill, district judge of the US District Court for Idaho, broke these out into several separate test cases, with Craters being one of them.

“Sage Grouse are an iconic species of the sage brush seas,” said Greta Anderson, WWP’s deputy director. “It’s a fragile and rapidly disappearing habitat” with some 350 other species, including mule deer, pygmy rabbits, foxes, bobcats, mountain lions, bats, lizards, snakes, coyotes, porcupines, mountain cottontails, eagles, nighthawks and owls.

In May 2017, Lisa Cresswell, the planning and environmental coordinator for the Twin Falls District of the BLM, said the BLM’s Final Environmental Impact Statement combined with the BLM's 2015 Greater Sage Grouse Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment protects sage grouse habitat while allowing grazing in Craters of the Moon.

According to U.S. News and World Report, Cresswell said, "We were mostly trying to direct livestock grazing toward seeded areas and away from native sagebrush."

But back in 2011, WWP won the test case. “BLM had done insufficient analysis of cattle grazing on sage brush habitat, or considered a range of alternatives in the proposed plan, which is a baseline requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act,” Anderson said.

Meanwhile, the BLM started revising the plan for Craters, simultaneously working on amendments that approved resource management while addressing impacts to sage grouse across the range. It was ap-

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“Those plans are the major reason why the sage grouse didn’t get protection,” she said.

“The plans were a step forward but not consistent with the best science. There are loopholes.

We were afraid the conservation would be watered down at a site-specific level. So we have litigation against those plans as well, which we filed in 2016, with the major claim being they’re too weak and don’t do enough to protect the sage grouse.”

BLM Acting Director Michael Nedd wrote in a statement that the BLM wants to work with the stakeholders.

“We can strike a balance of various uses in this iconic national monument while also serving the greater community,” he said “Our multiple-use mission helps ensure that public lands—including Craters of the Moon—work for local communities and visitors alike.”

Western Watersheds is not finished with this, however. The nonprofit organization continues to protest the plan because it believes ranching is a primary cause of native species endangerment in the American West, as well as being a source of water pollution and desertification.

“What they’re proposing and what they’re doing now is pretty much the same,” Anderson said. “We’re still reviewing the plan and their responses to our protest. For all the reasons we protested, we have the same objections to the final plan. It remains to be seen what we do about Craters. It’s an open question; where do we go from here?

We want to see hard and fast implementation of protecting sage grouse habitat.”

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Mountain Rides Seeks Input At Workshop Mountain Rides will have a public workshop at the beginning of its regular board meeting at 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday Aug. 16, at Ketchum City Hall.

The meeting will be open to comments on routes and route service plan ideas for 2018. All are welcome.

Ballet Sun Valley lead sponsor Viking Cruises has donated three spectacular ocean cruises to benefit Ballet Sun Valley, which comes to the Sun Valley Pavilion, Aug.2224. Each raffle ticket, available for $50 per ticket, gives three opportunities to win and may be purchased Aug. Isabella Boylston 14-24 at the Guest Information Center at the Sun Valley Resort or at the Limelight Hotel’s concierge desk in Ketchum.

Each winner will receive a 15-day 2018 Viking Homelands cruise for two people valued at approximately $17,000. Winners will sail the pristine waters of Scandinavia and the Baltics, with overnights in the cosmopolitan cities of Stockholm and St. Petersburg with visits to Helsinki, Berlin, Copenhagen, Gdansk and Bergen.

Winners need not be present to win.

Ballet Sun Valley will also sell lawn tickets for both performances at $25 per ticket; children 12 and under are free of charge. Lawn tickets, like seats inside the Pavilion—which range from $50 to $500—may be purchased at sunvalley.ticketfly.com or by calling (208) 727-7437. Tickets are also available at the Sun Valley Resort ticket office by calling (208) 622-2135.

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Blaine County Republicans To Host Picnic The Blaine County Republican Central Committee will host a family picnic from 12-3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19 at River Sage Barn, 20 Prairie Sun Road in Bellevue, off Gannett Road. All Republicans are invited to attend and enjoy an old-fashioned family picnic.

Congressman Mike Simpson, Lt. Governor Brad Little and Past Chair of the Idaho GOP Steve Yates will be featured speakers. Rep. Steve Miller will offer the invocation. Janice McGeachin, candidate for Lt. Governor and Tom Kealey, candidate for Idaho Treasurer will attend and greet voters. The cost is $10 per person or $25 for a family of 2 adults and their children under 12.

To RSVP, contact Suzan Stommel at blainecountyidahorepublicans@gmail.com or (208) 720-6900.

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The Idaho Transportation Department has some simple tips to avoid accidentally starting a wildfire during road trips to see the Solar Eclipse.

Driving in your car can start fires from hanging metal hitting the road or throwing out lit cigarettes.

• Before leaving, look under your car and check for hanging parts. Mufflers often get knocked loose and can hang low to the ground. If you see something hanging down, tie it up. These parts can skip on pavement and shower sparks on grasses alongside the roadway.

• If you are towing a trailer or camper, ensure safety chains are fastened and not dragging. Bumps in the road can cause hanging chains to hit the ground and spark.

• Don’t drive or park on tall grass. The exterior of your engine or exhaust can get up to 2,800°F. Contact with dry grass can easily start a fire.

• Don’t throw out lit cigarettes. When you’re done with a cigarette, make sure the end is completely put out and cool to the touch. Otherwise, you’re throwing a small fire onto a big pile of tinder.

ITD hopes everyone traveling to see the eclipse has a fun and safe time. By checking your car before you leave and making smart choices on the road, you can help ensure this experience stays wildfire free.

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STORYTELLERS: 5:00 - Diane Josephy Peavey 5:15 - Jana Arnold 5:30 - Tony Evans 5:45 - Mariel Hemingway 6:00 - Nick Neely 6:15 - Julie Weston 6:30 - David Seidler 6:45 - David Janeski 7:00 - Sarah Sentilles VISIT THE ‘FIRELINES’ EXHIBIT Learn about Wildland Fires in the American West RAFFLE Bites: Rasberrys Three Little Pigs Leadville Espresso House Sawtooth Brewery The Smokey Bone BBQ

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n a town that celebrates both outdoor recreation and culture, walking for literature is a perfect match. During the Community Library’s second annual LitWalk, attendees will stroll through Ketchum, enjoying tastes of literature and great food at each library location.

LitWalk will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 in Ketchum, with various participants including the Wood River Valley Studio Tour Reception and Chapter One Bookstore.

The Community Library, founded in 1955 by a cadre of community members – all women – is a privately funded and governed, non-profit cultural organization. As such, it’s not dependent on any local, state, or federal tax funding. In order to raise funds, the founders each contributed one dollar to the treasury and then opened the Gold Mine Thrift Store to support, build and operate the library. Today the Gold Mine is one of the most successful thrift stores in the Valley, and is well known for the quality of its goods.

LitWalk was organized to celebrate the continuation of the Library founders’ goals: a community that reads, writes, creates, and connects through literature.

“What the library excels at is providing access,” said Carter Hedberg, the Library’s director of philanthropy. “We have more than 125,000 visitors a year. The Library is woven into our community in a big way. We wanted an event that provided free access to a number of events, which are all free, whether you want to listen to Brian Brewer talk about his book ‘Eclipse,’ visit the StarLab, or hear campfire stories told

by Mariel Hemingway and others.”

In fact, the only aspect that will have a fee is a $15 food and

Parents and children enjoy the Children's Library fair during the 2016 LitWalk along Fourth Street in Ketchum. Photo courtesy of the Community Library

beverage pass, which will allow pass holders to enjoy small bites and refreshments from local restaurants, including Sun Valley Catering, Town Square Tavern and Cristina’s at the main library; Albertsons, KB’s and Perry’s at the Children’s Fair; Taqueria al Pastor at the Gold Mine; and Rasberrys, Three Little Pigs, Leadville Espresso House, Sawtooth Brewery and Smokey Bones BBQ at the Forest Service Park. Chapter One Bookstore will have sweet treats and wine.

There’s no order for the walk; attendees can roam at will, picking and choosing as events occur simultaneously.

At the main library on Spruce Street, attendees can explore the StarLab Planetarium to learn more about the solar eclipse and get free eclipse glasses. The children’s library will host a Children’s Art Fair and the Bloom bookmobile will be parked outside. Kids of all ages can have their photo taken while dressed as their favorite literary character in the Gold Mine photo booth.

Some Wood River Valley-based authors will tell campfire stories at the Forest Service

Park, where food will also be served. Starting at 5 p.m. and changing every 15 minutes, the readers include Hemingway, Diane Josephy Peavey, Jana Arnold, Tony Evans, Julie Weston, Nick Neely, David Seidler, David Janeski and Sarah Sentilles. The new “Firelines” exhibit about wild fires in the West will be open at the Sun Valley Museum of History in the Forest Service Park.

The Wood River Studio Tour will host such Valley-based visual and literary artists as Will Caldwell, Marybeth Flower, Kim Howard, Mark Kashino, Judith Kindler, Jill Lear and Bill Fowler and Mimi Stuart.

Chapter One will also host author readings by Vicki Bates, J. Dominic, Carol Glenn, Petra Farnlun Morrison, Beth Hardin, Patrick Lee, Kate Riley and Tish Sterling.

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Attendees are seen behind the Idaho Anne Frank Memorial at a vigil on Sunday. Photo courtesy of United Vision for Idaho

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arly Friday morning, Aug. 11, a three-vehicle crash occurred on State Highway 75 near milepost 75.5, north of Shoshone in Lincoln County. The Lincoln County Sherriff’s Department, the Shoshone Police Department and the Idaho State Police all responded. The ISP is still investigating the accident.

At 6:30 a.m. Samantha M. Herrin, 36, of Twin Falls crossed the center line on the highway striking a trailer pulled by Kyle M. Grubbs, 43, of Anaheim, Calif. Henry Sanchez III, 40, of Idaho Falls was a passenger in Herrin’s car.

Grubbs was driving a 2010 Ford F350 pickup pulling a 2017 flatbed trailer southbound on Highway 75. Grubbs’s passenger was Andrew B. Garza, 21, of West Magic.

As a result of the collision, Kaylie A. Pomrenke, 30, of Hailey, drove off the roadway to avoid Herrin’s vehicle. Her car, a 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier, rolled before coming to rest in the road.

Pomrenke also had passengers, two juveniles.

Herrin was transported via air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise, where she is listed in fair condition as of Tuesday.

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dahoans gathered at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, Sunday, Aug. 13 “in solidarity with other communities across the country to condemn racism, hate and bigotry and all efforts to discriminate, harm and divide us,” said Adrienne Evans, the executive director of United Vision for Idaho.

The vigil was held in response to the violence Saturday night during a rally by white nationalists.

White supremacists converged on Charlottesville, Va. to protest the pending removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Their stated goal was to “take America back,” and save the Lee monument. The statue was commissioned in 1917 and forged in 1924. The Charlottesville city council

voted to remove it earlier this year.

The Idaho Anne Frank Memorial was recently defaced with racist and anti-Semitic hate speech.

Opening the vigil was Phillip Thompson, executive director of the Idaho Black History Museum, which was also a target of similar acts following the 2016 presidential election.

Participants held a silent candle-lit vigil to show support for all the people of Charlottesville, the victims and their families and to send a message to the hate groups in Idaho that they aren’t “wanted here” and their “efforts to do harm to people of color, and any community targeted by hate, prejudice and violence will not be tolerated in Idaho,” Evans said.

“Saying this is ‘not the America I know’ continues to portray an image of our country that does not exist for

all those targeted,” Evans said in her remarks to the crowd. “It’s America. This is the country black Americans know all too well. It’s the country Muslim Americans deal with every day. It’s the America that’s trying to hunt and deport immigrants. It’s the America that strikes fear in hearts of gay and transgender Americans. The point is not to deny reality, not to talk about what we think America is, but for each and every one of us to put our whole selves into creating the America that should be.”

Various community organizing groups, including United Vision for Idaho; National Organization for Women - Southwest Idaho Chapter; Pantsuit Nation Idaho Chapter; Idaho Moms for a Better Future and Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, sponsored the vigil. tws

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Dr. Stephen Pauley Named Grand Marshal Of 2017 Wagon Days Parade

Ketchum Mayor Nina Jonas has named Dr. Stephen Pauley the 2017 Wagon Days Grand Marshal. The Wagon Days Parade will take place in Ketchum Saturday, Sept. 2.

Pauley, a retired physician who has lived in Ketchum for more than 25 years, has been a motivating force in the city’s efforts to preserve its dark skies and the nighttime view residents and visitors have of the stars and planets.

For decades, he has worked to convince leaders in Ketchum, Sun Valley, Hailey and Blaine County to adopt ordinances aimed at reducing light pollution and take other steps to protect the region’s dark skies.

He has also been instrumental in the City of Ketchum’s efforts towards becoming an “International Dark Sky Community” and has been active in the proposal to create the Central Idaho International Dark Sky Reserve.

Jonas said the decision to name Pauley Grand Marshal is also appropriate considering the timing of the Total Solar Eclipse on the morning of Aug. 21.

“It’s a great honor for me,” Pauley said. “There are so many other worthy souls out there. But I think with the upcoming total solar eclipse and the excitement around the dark skies efforts, it all fit. I’m very appreciative of the recognition.”

For more information about the 2017 Wagon Days Weekend, visit wagondays.com.

Idaho Fish & Game Closes Steelhead Harvest

Steelhead are returning to Idaho in record-low numbers and prompting fisheries managers to curtail this fall’s fishing season.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game said in a statement that about 400 steelhead had crossed Lower Granite Dam and entered Idaho by Monday, Aug. 14. The 10-year average for that date is about 6,000 steelhead.

“It’s unconscionable that industry and government agencies claim steelhead are doing fine, or even recovering,” said Idaho River United Executive Director Kevin Lewis. “The actual numbers speak to a very different reality. These fish, listed as threatened in 1997, are balanced on the brink of extinction.”

Since 1987, all wild fish have been required to be returned to the river. This year, due to the extremely low return, hatchery fish must also be returned.

Barb Lane, who co-owns Riggins-based Wapiti River Guides, said most of her company’s steelhead fishing clients like to keep the fish they catch. Even if anglers want to fish catch-and-release, this year’s poor return could scare clients away.

“Steelhead is basically what gets us through the winter,” Lane said. “Most people fish because they like to eat them. If we have no trips, then we have no income.”

Fisheries managers have said it is “very unlikely” that steelhead harvest will be reopened this fall.

The poor steelhead count is the latest chapter in a season of poor anadromous fish returns. Sockeye salmon are still making their way back to Idaho, but as of Monday only 226 had passed Lower Granite Dam. That’s 21 percent of the 10-year average and a drop in the bucket toward meeting long-term recovery targets, states a news release from Idaho Rivers United. Of those, 50 had returned to the Sawtooth Valley, eight of them wild.

Also by Monday only 36,269 hatchery and wild Chinook salmon had crossed Lower Granite Dam. That’s 45 percent of the 10-year average of 79,529 fish.

“It’s important to point out, too, that all of these numbers, and especially the 10-year averages, aren’t even close to what scientists would consider recovery,” Lewis said. “For steelhead, Chinook and sockeye we’ve seen consecutive years of declines that call into serious question the sustainability of the runs with the lower Snake River dams still in place.”

In May 2016, a federal judge ordered federal agencies that manage the Snake and Columbia rivers to reexamine measures they’re taking to protect endangered steelhead and salmon and to give lower Snake River dam removal consideration.

“While the judge gave the agencies five years to complete an environmental study of the system, nature is showing that we may not have that long,” Lewis said. “The emergency is now, and it’s dire.”

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NEWS EDUCATION

THREE AREA SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE NEW CLASSES

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BY JEAN JACQUES BOHL

tudents attending three of the eight Blaine County School District schools can expect more choices to select from during the upcoming school year. Ernest Hemingway STEAM School, Silver Creek High School and Wood River High School have all added to, or enhanced, the offerings.

Hemingway will start its STEAM program in the sixth grade: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. This project-based program stresses collaboration among teachers.

Hemingway’s new principal, Tish Short, will be at the helm.

Silver Creek High School will launch the Big Picture program. It’s the only school in Idaho offering this option. This program allows students

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to have an internship with local businesses while staying in school. Students will work twice a week. “Students can choose placement that meets their interests. It can become a career path,” said Silver Creek Principal Mike Glenn.

Wood River High School will offer a new social studies class called Advance Placement Human Geography. Advanced Placement classes follow a national curriculum. Upon completion of a national test, students can obtain college credit. The two-credits class is open to sophomores and juniors. Students will learn about the complex interactions between populations, economics and their effects on land use. The course will emphasize case studies.

School will start for all students on Monday, Aug. 28, with teachers returning on Monday, Aug. 21.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Stage 1 Fire Restrictions In Effect For Ketchum

As the threat of wildfire danger continues to increase, Ketchum Chief of Fire and EMS Mike Elle has implemented Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on all public and private lands, roads and trails situated within the boundaries of the City of Ketchum.

Fire restrictions are intended to decrease the chance of any preventable fires in the designated areas. With the fire season well underway, these restrictions are intended to keep citizens and visitors safe as well as prevent dangerous and damaging wildfires.

Under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions, the following acts are prohibited on City of Ketchum public and private lands, roads and trails: Having an unattended fire, campfire or stove fire outside of a concrete or steel fire ring with a spark arrestor.

Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, building or designated recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials.

The following are exemptions to the Stage 1 Fire Restrictions: Persons with a written permit that specifically

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authorizes the otherwise prohibited acts.

Persons using fire fueled solely by liquid petroleum or liquid petroleum gas fuels. Such devices, including propane campfires, may be used only in an area cleared of flammable material.

Any federal, state or local officer or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.

These restrictions will remain in place until further notice. For additional information, contact the City of Ketchum Fire Department at (208) 7267805.

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Pet Photos Sought

Names and Numbers donated space in the phone book to help raise funds for the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley, with proceeds going to helping the shelter animals. For $25 your pet’s photo will be placed in the upcoming Names and Numbers phone book. Visit its donation page at animalshelterwrv.giv.sh/da6b.

Since opening it’s doors in 1982, the Animal Shelter has adopted almost 13,000 dogs and cats into loving homes in addition to offering many life-saving programs and services to the community.

For more information call 208-788-4351, or visit online at animalshelterwrv.org.

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The entire Sun Valley Summer Symphony, led by artistic director and conductor Alsdair Neale, stands at the end of a concert at the Earl Holding Pavillion in Sun Valley earlier this summer. Photo by Nils Sun Valley Summer Symphony.

On Thursday, Aug. 3, Time For Three was the featured performer during Pops Night. In front, from left, they are Charles Yang on violin, Ranaan Meyer on bass, and in the air, Nicholas Kendall on violin. 2017 marked the final year in T3’s residency with SVSS. Photo by Nils Ribi, courtesy Sun Valley Summer Symphony.

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On Wednesday, July 26, the Passion & Remmbrance concert featured an electrifying performance by 23-year-old Conrad Tao, a native of Illinois. He wowed the crowd with stirring pieces by Russian composers Shostakovitch and Rachmaninoff. Photo by Nils Ribi, courtesy Sun Valley Summer Symphony.

nday, Aug. 14, the BrassTacular concert featured 12 trumpets, some of the best players in the country. Asldair Neale conducts while wearing ear plugs. Andrew McCandless, second player on left, an r veteran of SVSS, arranged the musicians, two of whom were his former teachers. The chamber concert marked the world premiere of “Poseidon” by Anthony DiLorenzo, first player on right. Photo by i, courtesy Sun Valley Summer Symphony.

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PET COLUMN NO BONES ABOUT IT THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR AUGUST 16 - 22 FROM PICABO ANGLER

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icabo Angler would like to apologize for the gratuitous use of the word “Hopper” in the following report…

The Hopper madness continues on all our area rivers. If you enjoy big foam flies and big fish coming to the surface for them, then you are going to enjoy the next few weeks of fishing! The Tan or Pink colored Hoppers are the ticket. Fish them solo, or with a dropper, although most anglers are reporting their dropper flies are being ignored, as fish move aggressively to the Hopper Fly. Silver Creek continues to show why it is the most incredible river in the U.S. as we continue to see amazing displays of Trico, Baetis, Callibaetis, Damsels and Hoppers. The morning show begins early with a small Callibaetis Spinner Fall.

Around 9:00a.m. the Trico is in full swing, and the Baetis mix in and continue to bring fish to the surface after all the Trico are gone. The afternoons are dominated by Damsel action and an ever-increasing amount of Callibaetis. Anglers can fish Hoppers when the wind blows, or when the sun comes up until it goes down.

The Lost River system continues to impress as more and more fishable water opens up. Anglers are catching big fish below the dam using Crane Flies skated on the surface, as well as some Baetis and Trico imitations. Hoppers are working really well also. The Upper Lost is Hoppers and small Attractors. Fish your favorite Streamers if the fish won’t come up. Stay on the move and cover a lot of water for the most success.

The South Fork of the Boise is still fishing well from boats with big foam Hoppers. Some Pink Albert imitations in the afternoon and a few Crane Fly patterns in the evening hours will keep the fun happening!

Walk and Wade fishing will happen on the South Fork this fall, but it will still be awhile before they turn the flows down.

The Big Wood is just a whole lot of fun right now. With so many new pockets and runs to explore, it is a joy to be on the water with a new expectation!

The little holes and pockets showing up as the water drops leads to all kinds of fun fishing scenarios and new memories of big Rainbows coming out of dark green waters! Hoppers all day on the Big Wood will bring up fish. If you want to move slower and catch a few more, put a Dropper fly on!

Happy fishing, everyone!

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LEARN AND LOVE YOUR DOG

BY FRAN JEWELL

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nyone who reads this is obviously interested in learning more about their dog and their relationship with their dog.

Sometimes, we get passive and get into a routine – whatever it is. Even walks in our gorgeous outdoors can become routine for our dog and us. Many times, we start multi-tasking. I can’t tell you the number of people I see with their dog at the dog park or a nearby trail with their hands on their cell phone texting or just talking without any thought to their dog. In the meantime, the dog has escalated from play into bullying other dogs, or even aggression with people while the owner has no idea what is happening. When someone says something about not paying attention, that person on his or her cell phone becomes defensive or belligerent.

It is priceless time that we get to spend it with our dogs, especially in this amazing area where we live. Our dogs’ lives are so short and usually very noble. They give all their love to us, and if we don’t pay attention they look for other sources of love and approval, much like children will do. Dogs (and children) become frustrated and angry and will many times start to use destructive behaviors to gain the attention of their owner (or parent, as the case may be).

Dogs are always searching for your love. They give it so freely to us, and we in turn are too busy to return the favor. Then, the day comes when our beloved dog gets sick with cancer, EPI, or gets seriously injured when we weren’t paying attention, or even runs off in the woods not to return. We may never see our dog again.

When we put down our cell phones and watch our dog we learn so much about who she is. We learn if she is afraid of other dogs or people. If she is interested in chasing birds or squirrels. We learn if she is more motivated by food or toys, or even loving praise. We learn what is important to her. As we learn more, our respect and adoration of our dog deepens. We begin to savor each moment with her and learn to be patient and how to be a leader. We learn how to help our dog be the best she can be. In turn, our dog learns to love us even more. She becomes more than a warm body that accompanies us on the walk

Watching my dogs play gives such insight as to each personality, also good photo ops! Photo by Fran Jewell

we must take during our lunch break.

I learn so much from watching my dogs play together. I learn who the leader is. I see friendship gestures and I see dominance gestures.

I see respect and joy. In those moments, I am filled with ecstasy and that “natural high” that keeps me so enthralled by dog behavior and love for my own dogs. I love to watch them work at what they love and share in their joy of accomplishment.

So, put down your cell phone. Watch and love the dog you see! If you see behavior problems brewing, it’s time to put some positive energy into that special dog. Learn, and love your dog!

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.

A PUBLISHER’S NOTE FOR OUR COMMUNITY Let’s Help Fran Jewell In Her Time Of Need

Dear readers, Early on Monday morning, July 17, Fran Jewell—a longtime contributor to The Weekly Sun’s Commentary section with her dearly loved “No Bones About It” dog-training column—suffered a heart attack and was flown to

St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls.

Fran is on the road to recovery, and needs our help.

I have always considered Fran’s column to be a true gift to our community; now it’s time for us, as a community, to return the favor, in whatever way we can. I

have set up a GoFundMe account to help with her medical and living expenses. In just three weeks, we as a community raised nearly $5,000 for Fran. Let’s keep it going!

To contribute, visit gofundme. com/fran-jewells-medical-fund.

Fran sends her love to her read-

ers and to all those who have contributed. She’ll keep writing, but not quite yet.

Let’s come together now to help Fran in her time of need, Brennan Rego Publisher

ACTIVE ART COLUMN SKETCHBOOK HIKING

UNASSUMING BEAUTIES

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BY LESLIE REGO

enerally flowers are quite showy and display themselves in vivid colors. But every once in a while there is a flower that blends into its surroundings and is easy to pass by without seeing the shy plant. Green wintergreen is just such a flower.

On a recent hike I happened to glance at a sagebrush-covered hillside and there amongst the sage were several green wintergreen plants peeking out. The stem is about five inches high and grows from a rosette of leaves. The dusty pale green flowers, less than a half an inch across, spiral around the stem. This is a beautiful flower, but it does not scream out at the hiker, “Look at me!” It is an elegant plant with a gentle bearing and a quiet self-confidence. Green wintergreen tends not to command attention, nevertheless once discovered, it does just that.

I stood admiring the flower for a long time, genuinely amazed at how unobtrusive, yet regal it is. My youngest son and his fiancé, who were hiking with me, also lingered and gazed at the flower. Perhaps we were a bit jaded from the brightly colored wildflowers we had been seeing the past few days on our hikes because we took a moment to stoop down to really study the unassuming beauty of this flower.

The green wintergreen faithfully blooms every year, although I would hazard to say that it is mostly passed by and rarely noticed.

And yet it offers a unique daintiness and gentleness. Perhaps this is the quintessential definition of a “wall flower?” In this instance I would say a “hillside flower,” a flower of genuine beauty without the showy exterior.

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 Leslie Rego, “Green Wintergreen,” nib pen and ink, watercolor.

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COLUMN LIVING WELL UI-BLAINE EXTENSION TIPS

FIRE SAFETY PREVENTION TIPS

By following a few rules and using common sense you can help protect our public lands and ugust is peak wildfire season in Idaho. One recreate responsibly. small spark is all it takes to start a wildfire that can devastate natural resources, • Tread lightly and leave no trace. Leave your destroy wildlife habitat, and put property and life site better than you found it. Remove all at risk. trash and remember to pack it in, pack it out.

Unfortunately, most wildfires are hu• Personal property cannot be left unattendman-caused. The good news is that practicing fire ed at national forest and grassland campsafety can prevent most of these fires. grounds for more than 24 hours.

• Only travel on open and signed roads and • Take responsibility for your safety by undertrails. Motor vehicle use maps are available standing risks, respecting signs and barriers for free at all national forest and grassland and staying within your limits. Any person offices and online at each area’s website. who starts a fire, even accidentally, can be • Fireworks are always illegal on national billed for the cost of the fire suppression. lands.

• Check with your national forest or grassland • IF campfires are allowed, never leave a for up-to-date fire restrictions and possible campfire unattended and make sure an adult area closures due to wildfire or wildfire risk. is present. Keep a bucket of water and a Alerts will be posted on respective websites shovel nearby and make sure the fire is cold and via social media. before you leave. If it’s too hot to touch, it’s • Open flames like campfires and charcoal too hot to leave. grills can easily ignite a fire in the right conditions. Respect fire restrictions, which can You can learn more about being firewise by visinclude campfires, briquette grills, smoking, iting www.idahofirewise.org. fireworks, generators, and chainsaws. Plan on using a camp stove to cook your food. *The original article, “The 2017 Total Eclipse • If you smoke, do so in an enclosed area, of the Sun – Be a Firewise Eclipse Watcher” by such as a car or on a boat. Never toss a cig- Idaho Firewise, has been adapted for the Univerarette. Ensure embers are out and then take sity Of Idaho’s Blaine County Extension by Sarah your trash with you.

Busdon.

• Motorized vehicles with loose chains or hot undercarriages can spark a wildfire, so Sarah Busdon is an administrative assistant avoid parking or driving on dry grass. with University of Idaho’s Blaine County Exten• Pack safety equipment such as extra water, a sion office. For more information, visit extension. fire extinguisher and shovel in your vehicle. uidaho.edu/blaine or call (208) 788-5585.

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CHANGING RIVER

A new, changed river after the floods. Sun staff photo

curves are all very strong indicators that the Big Wood is functioning the way that it ought to. learly, this has been an exceptional water Stream and river ecologists often talk about the year for the Big Wood River. Anybody health of a river like ours in terms of the four C’s: who was in town this spring was witness to one of the biggest runoff events that has ever • Clear – healthy rivers are relatively free of been recorded in our valley, and we can all picture fine sediments once spring runoff is over. the way that the river overran its historical banks, • Cold – healthy rivers are cold, allowing frothing with brown sediment and carrying aloft them to carry more oxygen, sustaining the full-grown trees that had been ripped out by the kinds of aquatic species that make up a roots. If you went to the river during those floods, healthy ecosystem. you would have heard the endless train of rocks • Complex – healthy rivers have many feacrashing along the riverbed. Many of our neightures (such as pour-overs, riffles, deep pools, bors are still just beginning the process of rebuildwoody debris, curves, and eddies) that creing homes. ate habitat and help to oxygenate the river.

The river is still flowing at more than two times • Connected – healthy rivers connect differits average discharge for this time in August, alent habitats such as high-mountain streams though the river has certainly settled down into and lower-elevation bodies of water, encoura more traditional late-summer flow. Lately, the aging lots of species diversity and allowing water has cleared up, slowed down, and begun for migration along their course. attracting summertime swimmers, dog-walkers, and fisher-people along its entire reach.

Into this list of C’s, it is probably worth adding What has been left behind after the flood is a fifth C: changing. If you go explore the river this stunning. Talk a walk along the river and check week, you will instantly realize that it looks very out the enormous piles of driftwood and debris little like it did before. But, despite the damage along the outside banks of huge, newly carved done to properties throughout our valley, the Big river bends. Stand on one of the expansive new Wood has rejuvenated itself in spectacular fashgravel/cobble bars and picture the fiercely moving ion through the floods. It is worth a walk to have water depositing these new features that only a a look. few months ago were underwater.

Hannes Thum is a Wood River Valley native It is a beautiful river right now, and a healthy and has spent most of his life exploring what one. There are some amazing new stretches of our local ecosystems have to offer. He currently truly spectacular fish habitat. The new woody de- teaches science at Community School. bris, new channels, undercut banks, braids, and

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Shaylee Farnworth. Photo courtesy of Shaylee Farnworth

SHAYLEE FARNWORTH Interior designer, fashionista, hunter and mathematician

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BY JENNIFER HOLLY SMITH

ncoming Carey School freshman Shaylee Farnworth will go back to school with the rest of her class on Monday, Aug. 28, but she didn’t take a break from leaning this summer.

Farnworth took classes online throughout the summer through the Idaho Digital Learning Academy and is on track to receive her associate’s degree by the time she graduates from high school.

“I started last summer, between seventh and eighth grade,” Farnworth said. “This summer, I’m taking fashion and interior design and a college-level P.E. class.”

The fashion and interior design class, a high school elective, has been her favorite.

“I absolutely love to make floor plans of houses,” Farnworth said.

“I loved to before taking the class.

I’ve always watched house shows like Property Brothers or Flip or Flop, Fixer-Upper, all the DIY house shows. We did an assignment in my IDLA course where we had to use software to design our own room. I used Room Sketcher. It was so awesome.”

Taking the course has taught her more about interior design and has also peaked her interest in fashion design as well, using sewing skills she learned at the Sun Valley Fabric Granary in Hailey over the last few years.

“The [IDLA] classes are fun, just really time consuming,” Farnworth said.

On top of a full load of freshman courses this coming year, Farnworth plans to add two college-level courses, speech and

sociology, and will participate in athletics as well, including volleyball, basketball and track.

Farnworth has already begun practice for the upcoming freshman volleyball season, which included a fun two-mile run at midnight with the team and two coaches.

“I ran an eight-minute mile there and a 10-minute mile back,” she said with a smile.

Though Farnworth is quite a busy 14 year old, she still finds time to be a kid. She enjoys spending time with her family playing board games and watching movies at home and being outdoors as much as possible, whether its playing in her backyard, riding horses, camping or hunting.

“We went hunting for the first time last year for a weekend because it was during the school year. We saw at least two or three deer and we got some shots but we missed,” she said with a laugh. “I loved living in the outdoors for a couple of days, getting to see the scenery, and the smell, the morning with the rain. I love the smell of the pine.”

Farnworth is looking forward to the new school year, especially her favorite subject, math.

“I absolutely love math,” she said. “I just love doing the equations, sometimes I can even do them in my head.”

Farnworth knows the college courses will be difficult in the coming year but she is up to the challenge and has the support and guidance of her mother and father and the added bonus of a cousin who is on the same journey as she is. tws

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PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS: TRENDS TO CONSIDER

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BY BRIAN KOTARA DAVIS EMBROIDERY, SCREEN PRINTING AND PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS

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s business owners, we are working or at least thinking about working 24/7. It’s true.

We take our work home.

There is always something to do related to marketing, inventory, employees, or project management. Keeping up with the day to day is vital.

But, let’s talk about delegating the workload by having your advertising dollars work more efficiently with the help of promotional products.

This is our fourth advertorial for The Weekly Sun. The feedback has been great. Our goal has been to inform businesses on the value of promotional products as part of your advertising budget. With previous articles touching on the value of impressions, reach, product longevity and repeatedly getting your message in front of customers, we hope we have succeeded. There is no question that promotional products support the top of mind recognition, winning sales for your business.

When used as part of your advertising strategy, promotional products keep your business in the forefront of the minds and wallets of your customers.

This week we address two trends influencing promotional products.

Think about it – if you are a business deciding to include promotional products within your advertising budget, you want to select an item that is desirable and has staying power. At Davis Embroidery, Screen Printing and Promotional Products, we are well versed with respect to what consumers want. We help businesses select promotional products that support their image, have staying power, and help meet their marketing goals.

Matching a promotional product with your brand not only delivers your message effectively, but also offers a strategic advantage when positioning your brand in front of customers.

Two trends affect promotional products: 1. Retail Appeal Just about any product found on the retail shelf is available as a promotional product. As such, consumers are drawn to promotional items or brand names that they have seen while shopping, adding

value and desirability. When considering a promotional product as part of your advertising strategy, think about its retail appeal. Would your customer purchase this product on the retail level?

Does it offer quality and added value? Retail appeal can apply to anything from office supplies, tech devices or clothing. A promotional product with retail appeal will be kept and offers staying power and an increased number of impressions.

Impressions matter.

2. Visual Appeal, Style, Function Some of the biggest trends in promotional products are driven by visual appeal, style, and function. For example, the use of copper and the look of a matte finish offer visual appeal, style and function.

Copper used in drinkware adds insulation, keeping hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold for much longer periods of time. Additionally, a soft matte finish, also known as powder coating, is a new hip trend offering an elegant look and feel. Whether made entirely of these materials, processes, or with featured accents, capitalizing on visual appeal, style trends and function boosts the promotional products value, desirability and staying power. If a customer likes the way the product looks and if it satisfies a need, it’s a win-win for both the business and the end user.

In Idaho, more than $126 million dollars was spent on promotional products in 2016. If you have questions regarding promotional products and how they support your brand, reach out to us at Davis Embroidery, Screen Printing, and Promotional Products. Call (208) 7261948, visit davisembroidery. com or stop by the Ketchum showroom at 270 Northwood Way, across from Bigwood Bakery. We’re open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday- Friday.

Local artist Margery Friedlander at work in her studio. Photo by Jen Galpin, courtesy of Wood River Valley Studio Tour

SHOWCASING LOCAL ARTISTS

5th annual Wood River Valley Studio Tour

BY YANNA LANTZ

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he ever-popular Wood River Valley Studio Tour, which drew more than 3,000 visitors last summer, will return in its fifth year with events running through Sunday, Aug. 20. This unique event allows valley art aficionados and admirers a chance to meet local professional artists and to glimpse inside artists’ studios throughout the valley.

WRVST got its start in 2012 when Suzanne Hazlett and Brooke Bonner saw a need to provide community access and interaction to the work and spaces of local artists. By showcasing the creative community within the Wood River Valley, the tour aims to inspire regional and out of state visitors to travel to the valley to experience firsthand the quality of locally produced art and the beauty of the valley’s natural environment.

“Local artists reflect the influence of our landscape and world, and their works are the results of both inward reflection and the exterior presence felt by the place and community we all share,” said Sarah Bird, WRVST board member. “The mere presence of creatives within our community enhances our cultural tapestry. They help us to see our home and ourselves in new ways and to understand the richness that we have in our own community. We have a remarkably high caliber of artistry in our valley and it is, and should continue to be a point of great pride for us all.”

The Open Studio Tour will take place from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 19 and 20, at approximately 50 studios throughout Bellevue, Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley. Artists will be present to answer questions and discuss their creative processes, techniques and sources of inspiration.

2017 Mosaic Project installation photo. Photo by Chuck Rumpf, courtesy of Wood River Valley Studio Tour

“The Tour offers an easy, free and flexible way to experience a window into the private workspaces of our local artists,” said Bird. “For a weekend, each participating artist hosts visitors and locals in their space; each studio is distinct in style and personality, and somehow reflective of the artist’s work.”

This is a self-guided, free and flexible tour. Guides and maps are currently available online at wrvstudiotour.org and will be available to the public at the Ketchum Conference & Events Center, which will serve as headquarters for the Studio Tour.

Visitors are invited to meet and mingle with the WRVST participating artists as well as fellow art lovers at a free, festive reception from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug.18 at the Ketchum Conference & Events Center in the Walnut Ave. Mall in Ketchum.

Additionally, the Group Art Exhibition and Mosaic Project

Exhibition is now hanging at Studio Tour headquarters. Bids for the Mosaic artwork can be made in person and online at mosaicproject.afrogs.org.

“The Mosaic Project is a beautiful little showcase of the current participating artists,” Bird said. “Each artist donates an 8”x8” work of art and the collective works are displayed together in a mosaic-like installation and auctioned individually through our website. Unique this year is the influence and inspiration of the upcoming solar eclipse, which each artist interpreted and represented in their artwork donated to the project.”

Both exhibitions will be on display at the Ketchum Conference & Events Center from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily through Sunday, Aug. 20.

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HIKIN’ BUDDIES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16 9:30AM–1PM / ADAM’S GULCH / KETCHUM The Hikin’ Buddies program, hosted by the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley, is held weekly at the Adam’s Gulch trailhead in Ketchum from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees can take a shelter dog for a hike, or hang out and socialize some of the smaller dogs.

No appointment is necessary; dogs go out on hikes on a first come first serve basis. Additionally, the shelter will now be doing adoptions at Adam’s Gulch during Hikin’ Buddies. An Adoption Counselor will be on site to help complete the adoption process.

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5–8PM/ GILMAN CONTEMPORARY/KETCHUM Attend the evening with artist and Camp Rainbow Gold alumni Nicholas Kontaxis at Gilman Contemporary. His story of perseverance and hope through the challenges of his cancer diagnosis and other health issues over the years will be displayed in his modern art collection.

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BROOKS HARTELL WED AUG 16-SAT AUG 19 6:30-9:30PM / DUCHIN LOUNGE / SUN VALLEY Enjoy music by Brooks Hartell at the Duchin Lounge from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

HAILEY FARMERS’ MARKET THURSDAY AUGUST 17

3-7PM / E. CARBONATE STREET / HAILEY The Hailey Farmers’ Market is now located on the east side of Main Street, on Carbonate Street.

Vendors offer a great variety of fresh produce, prepared foods and crafts. Sun Valley Brewery has a beer garden set up, and live music throughout the evening. Food trucks will rotate weekly. For more information visit wrfarmersmarket.org.

Adult cyphocleonus achates, aka “knapweed root weevil.” Photo by Sean McCann, accessed via Wikimedia Commons

COLLECTION DAY

BY BLAINE BUG CREW

K

ylie rolled over and looked at her buzzing alarm clock on Wednesday morning. She wanted to go back to sleep, but knew if she did, she would be late for work. So she got dressed and packed her lunch for the day. After breakfast, she and her brother met their boss, Eric McHan, in Shoshone.

They went to Camas to pick up some of the Camas crew and then headed off for Idaho City. When they arrived, they drove to the knapweed site, where they split up with nets.

Kylie swept for 15-20 minutes and only got one Cyphocleonus achates.

Every year the Blaine and Camas bug crews join some other crews at a knapweed site in Idaho City to collect a knapweed-killing bug called cypho. The bugs are put in containers and taken back to Blaine or Camas (or wherever the crews work) to release at sites that need this cypho.

We do this in August every year. Earlier in the summer, the cypho are just larvae, and they are pupating in the roots.

When August comes around the cypho turn into adults and we are able to collect them.

Today you will be reading an article from a Blaine bug crewmember’s perspective, and her name is Kylie.

After some time of sweeping, she and her crew (the Blaine crew) along with the Camas crew tried a different tactic.

They looked for the cypho by the roots of the knapweed, and put them in containers by hand.

They tried that for a while and they got some cypho, but not as much as they were hoping to find. They kept going and as it got hotter, they got the nets out again and were able to catch over 1000 cypho. Then they waited for a bit so it could get hotter outside because cypho

are known to come out in the heat. While they waited they had their lunch break and drank a lot of water!

After lunch they continued sweeping and came up with amazing results! They dumped their nets on the car hood and searched for the camouflaged cypho. They were able to fill all of the containers they brought because the heat had increased even more since lunch. Eight people were sweeping with their nets from the Camas and Blaine crew. They were able to go home sooner than expected, which Kylie was grateful for.

They were able to give some of the containers to the Lincoln County crew who needed them.

When they were done filling the containers they drove home. Kylie listened to music on her iPhone with her brother and took a nap, along with the other passengers in the car.

When they arrived in Camas they dropped off the Camas crew at their houses and then the Blaine crew headed for Shoshone. About twentyfive minutes before reaching Shoshone Kylie felt something crawling up her leg and so she rolled up her jeans and found a cypho clinging on to the inside of her jeans! She and her brother Ross let the cypho crawl up their arms and then when they got to Shoshone they put it in a container.

It was a great day for collecting cypho! The heat was perfect by the time we ate lunch and a lot of cypho were out and so all we had to do was sweep for them and then dump out the nets and search for them. I think it is fun to collect them because they are cool looking and they cling to you when you pick them up. I also love the experience of being able to see them destroy that terrible noxious weed! I hope you enjoyed reading about a day in the life of a Bug Crew girl. .

Larval stage. Photo by Carey Minteer, accessed via Wikimedia Commons

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hat inspired you to want to coach, and what kept that spark going during the season?

I’ve always enjoyed running for the physical and mental benefits. I started a running club with my boys in TX so when we moved to Hailey last year I was looking for a way to get involved with introducing kids to running. I found GOTR to be a great place to do this here in the valley.

What did you like most about being a coach?

I love sharing the curriculum with the girls. The content is spot on for introducing the girls to important topics. Some may already have experience with these topics, but even if they don’t yet, it allows the girls to experience the topics through others, laying a foundation for when those topics present in their individual lives. I also just love being another positive force for them to count on.

To believe in them when they don’t believe themselves.

What is a favorite coaching moment for you?

Our group was a smaller one so I was fortunate to have a lot of interaction with each of the girls every time we met.

I think seeing each of their unique abilities shine during the course of the program was my favorite. You really got a sense of who they were as individuals and what strengths they brought to the group and to themselves.

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ‘CANCER IN FOCUS’ THURSDAY AUGUST 17 4-5PM / LIMELIGHT ROOM / SUN VALLEY RESORT The Killebrew-Thompson Memorial, a local cancer research benefit, will host its annual four-day charity event Aug. 16-19. The event will include “Cancer in Focus,” a presentation that is free and open to the public. This year, the presentation will highlight the latest developments in advanced prostate cancer research as well as current trends in immuno-therapy, featuring informative presentations by KTM’s two beneficiaries: St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute in Boise and the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

The event will discuss how local funds raised by KTM have supported current clinical studies and recent major gains in cancer research and treatments. The forum will be moderated by Tucker W. LeBien, PhD. Visit killebrewthompsonmemorial.com for more information.

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS THURSDAY AUGUST 17 5-7PM / RED DOOR DESIGN HOUSE / HAILEY Join The Chamber and Red Door Design House in Hailey for the August Business After Hours. There will be great food, beer and wine. Don’t forget to bring a business card for the raffle basket and a chance to win one of many great prizes provided by local businesses and merchants. Red Door Design House is located at 406 N. Main Street, Hailey. Call (208) 788-3484 to find out more.

‘VERDI REQUIEM’

THURSDAY AUGUST 17

6PM / SUN VALLEY PAVILION Close out the Sun Valley Summer Symphony Orchestra Festival with “Requiem.” Verdi’s conception of “Requiem” is operatic in scope as he concentrates his supreme gift for musical drama in a vivid score that threatens to burst into flames, at points. The result is what many consider to be the greatest choral work ever conceived. In addition to the American Festival Chorus, the night will feature Angela Meade (Soprano), Jamie Barton (Mezzo Soprano), Issachah Savage (Tenor) and Alfred Walker (Bass).

This free performance is the last Orchestra Festival event of the season. Note, the concert will commence at 6 p.m. Visit svsummersymphony.org to learn more.

TYLOR & THE TRAINROBBERS THURSDAY AUGUST 17 6:30PM / MAHONEY’S / BELLEVUE Enjoy live music at Mahoney’s Bar and Grill this and every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. This week, jam with local favorites Tylor & The Trainrobbers, from Boise.

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5-7PM / VARIOUS LOCATIONS / KETCHUM Join the Community Library for LitWalk, celebrating a community that reads, writes, creates and connects. Attendees will be invited to stroll through Ketchum, enjoying “tastes” of literature and great food at each Library location. For more information visit comlib.org/litwalk.

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE TWO GUN RIG FRIDAY AUGUST 18 9:30PM / SILVER DOLLAR / BELLEVUE Head to the Silver Dollar Saloon in Bellevue for free music shows every Friday night at 9:30 p.m. This week, catch Two Gun Rig and friends.

YOGA ON THE MOUNTAIN SATURDAY AUGUST 19 9-11AM / RIVER RUN / KETCHUM Enjoy yoga on the Mountain hosted by the Brass Ranch and Kari Traa. Complimentary classes start at 8:45 a.m. with Sunrise Flow lead by Abby Siebert, and Gentle Flow at 10:30 a.m. with Katherine Pleasants. Attendees are asked to bring their own yoga mat and sunglasses.

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Rock Creek Ranch, just west of Hailey and Bellevue, is a 10,400-acre working ranch and education facility owned and managed by the University of Idaho’s Rangeland Center, The Nature Conservancy and the Wood River Land Trust. All events in the Sagebrush Saturday series are free and open to the public. Closed-toe shoes, long pants and hats are recommended.

This Sagebrush Saturday will take place at Rock Creek South Camp; go to woodriverandtrust.org to see a map. For any questions contact Mike McKenna at mmckenna@woodriverlandtrust.org or call (208) 788-3947.

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JOE FOS SUN AUG 20-TUES AUG 22 7-10PM / DUCHIN LOUNGE / SUN VALLEY Musical legend Joe Fos entertains with timeless piano music at the Duchin Lounge from 7-10 p.m.

THE GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE MONDAY AUGUST 21 The Great American Solar Eclipse will begin at 10:12 a.m. and total eclipse will begin at 11:29 a.m.

For more information about The Great American Solar Eclipse in Sun Valley and a list of all eclipse related events, check out the special section in this edition of The Weekly Sun.

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2-6PM / TOWN SQUARE / KETCHUM The Ketchum Farmers’ Market can be found in downtown Ketchum at the intersection of East Avenue and Fourth Street, just east of Atkinson’s Market and Giacobbi Square. Shop local and check out some of the fruits, vegetables, flowers, meats, baked goods and more available weekly at the market. Locals and visitors can head to the Ketchum Farmers’ Market weekly on Tuesdays through Oct. 10.

BALLET SUN VALLEY TUESDAY AUGUST 22 7:30PM / SUN VALLEY PAVILION International Ballet will return to Sun Valley with a star-studded festival featuring principal dancers from the world’s leading ballet companies. Under the Artistic Direction of American Ballet Theatre Principal Ballerina and Sun Valley native, Isabella Boylston, Ballet Sun Valley will present two completely different programs featuring leading talent from the most respected ballet companies around the globe.

Tuesday’s Mixed Repertory Evening will share works ranging from Balanchine to Bournonville and Petipa to Peck. This program will feature eight mixed repertory pieces and explore both the classical and contemporary ballet canon with some of the world’s leading ballet stars. The second program will take place on Thursday, Aug. 24. Learn more at balletsunvalley.com.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Stars Align For Ketchum Photographer’s Winning Wagon Days Image When Wood River Valley native Travis Amick took photographs of the ore wagons lined up outside of the Ore Wagon Museum in August 2016, he knew he was looking at something special. What he didn’t know was that the pictures would become an iconic image for the 60th anniversary of Ketchum’s Wagon Days a year later.

It’s a timely image. Wagon Days are just two weeks after the Great American Eclipse and the city is in the process of applying to be designated a “Dark Sky Community.” The 2017 Wagon Days Grand Marshal, Dr. Stephen Pauley, has been instrumental in working to create the Central Idaho Dark Skies Reserve.

“Travis’s photograph was compelling because it brought so many elements of our 2017 Wagon Days celebration together, all in one gorgeously composed image,” said Ketchum Mayor Nina Jonas. “It grounds us in our history while also pulling us into the natural beauty that surrounds our community.”

Amick, 28, is a graduate of Wood River High

School in Hailey. He enrolled in Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he studied history and political science. His desire to travel took him to Brazil, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona, where he further developed and refined an interest in photography.

“It’s just an honor for me,” Amick said about having his work chosen. “I didn’t even know there was a competition for art for the Wagon Days poster. I was just doing what I enjoy and trying different things, and it just worked out.”

Amick worked for several days to create the shot he wanted. Light from nearby streetlamps blocked out the Milky Way in the sky, as did clouds in the area. “I took two images,” Amick notes, “one of the sky and the other of the wagons, and then blended those together to compensate for the lighting.”

To find a schedule of 2017 Wagon Days events, visit www.wagondays.

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