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FORUM TO FOCUS ON RESILIENT PROSPERITY

City of Ketchum Planning and Zoning Special Meeting On Friday, July 7, at 4 p.m. Planning and Zoning commission will meet to approve findings of fact for an appeal of Bracken Station.

Sign Up Today for Junior Golf Tourney The city’s 14th annual Chuck Gates Junior Golf Tournament holds registration today. Tournament is at the Bigwood Golf Course and open to children aged 7 to 18 on Friday, June 30, at 1 p.m. Contact John Kearney at jkearney@ketchumidaho.org or 726-7820 to register by 4 p.m. today.

Creating for Skating The skater community is leading a fundraising initiative to increase the funding from the City of Ketchum and the KURA to expand and upgrade the city's Guy Coles Skate Park. Join the effort by placing your art on a skateboard deck to be sold at auction. Proceeds will go toward the project. If you are an established, amateur or aspiring artist, stop in the Board Bin, pick up a blank deck and win a prize. For more information contact Contact the Board Bin Crew at 726-1222

Looking for a place to dispose sand bags? Ohio Gulch Transfer located at 210 Ohio Gulch Rd. in Hailey offers free opportunity to dispose used sandbags. Please take advantage of this offer and do not dump sandbagsin the river.

Public Notice AMEND REGULATIONS FOR VEHICLE FUELING AND EV CHARGING STATIONS: On Monday, July 3, City Council will consider city-initiated text amendment to align uses with the Comprehensive Plan and protect the health, safety and welfare of the public. Address written comments to Ketchum Planning & Building Department, P.O. Box 2315, Ketchum, Idaho 83340 or email participate@ketchumidaho.org

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osted by the Sun Valley Institute, the third annual Sun Valley Forum will explore the concept of resilient prosperity through presentations and collaborative sessions. The forum will be held at the Limelight Hotel in Ketchum. The keynote speaker will be Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, one of the U.S.’s most influential grassroots environmental organizations. “We have three goals,” said Aimeé Christensen, executive director and founder of the Sun Valley Institute. “The first is to inform and inspire our local efforts to build resilient prosperity that lasts and is durable in the face of a changing environment, economic downturns and other shocks. “Our second goal is to connect those innovators who will be here to speak to each other so together they can have even greater impact and have more resources. “And the third goal is to showcase our community because we really are working to turn our risks into opportunities, such as by localizing our food and energy systems, making them more secure—to create local jobs, and benefit the nature upon which our recreation, arts and tourism-based economy relies.” For instance, two sessions address these themes from different angles. Communities at a Crossroads: How Native Americans Are Building Resilient Prosperity The showdown at Standing Rock Indian Reservation, over the Dakota Access Pipeline, highlighted how the approaches of the past have often come at the expense of native communities. From pipelines and other energy infrastructure to resource extraction, these practices can endanger water, land and health and leave communities paying the price while wealth is created for others. Speaking will be Paulette Jordan, an Idaho state legislator and member of the Coeur d’Alene tribe; Raina Thiele, a native Alaskan and former White House associate director for Public Engagement; Tim Willink of Grid Alternatives; and Shelley Cohen of Alpha Solar Group, to discuss how renewable energy can instead be a powerful asset to build lasting prosperity.

Breakout: Building Resilient Rural Prosperity: From Coal Country to Native American Communities to Central Idaho, Strategies That Work With The Potential To Scale This talk will highlight the abilities of rapidly growing areas to grow in such arenas as renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and information technology while building resilient prosperity in rural communities. The speakers will include Jordan; Tim Willink of Grid Alternatives; Jonathan Webb of AppHarvest; Bill Stoddart of HomeStake; Kristin Hull of Nia Impact Advisers; JC Danilovich of NatureVest; Julie Shafer of Bank of the West/BNP Paribas; and Rob Bernard of Microsoft. Indeed, a company like AppHarvest is particularly relevant to Idaho’s own concerns. Webb built his agricultural startup with plans to build a $50 million hightech greenhouse, creating 140 full-time jobs at a surface coal mine site repurposed for new industry. The new greenhouse is slated to open this summer. “Resilience is not just about resources and economy,” Christensen said. “It’s about quality of life. That’s why people are here. Art, and its ability to create economic return, is very powerful. The arts, and our leadership on food and energy, create community and a brand that sets us apart.” Other speakers include Mathew Bishop, a senior editor of The Economist Group, co-founder of the Social Progress Index and the #givingtuesday campaign, who will speak Friday on “Philanthrocapitalism And Investing For Impact.” One of the world’s greatest explorers, Sir Robert Swan is the first person in history to walk to both the North and South Poles. His talk, “Leadership on the Edge,” will address the fight to preserve Antarctica, the last great wilderness on earth. Swan founded 2041, an organization dedicated to this goal that takes climate change and the protection of Antarctica as its platform. “We go from the global to the local, and rural to urban,” Christensen said. Hilary Franz, the commissioner of public lands from the state of Washington, will discuss how we take care of our public lands, a subject with

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which many Westerners are grabbling. Jeff Goodell, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, will cover a closely aligned subject, on water and what climate change will mean. Goodell is the author of “The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and Remaking of the Civilized World.” These are just a few of the internationally recognized presenters who will participate in the forum. At least half of the attendees are from the Wood River Valley. A new feature of the forum will be a stand-alone energy microgrid installed in Forest Service Park in Ketchum. There will be public tours of the “islandable grid,” Christensen said. “It’s a model for what we can do in our community to increase our energy resilience, cost savings, and environmental footprint.” Green companies EnerBlü, of Riverside, Calif., and Iteros, of San Diego, will construct the grid, which will feature solar panels, battery storage, and a generator running on its own. “It will show how these new energy solutions work in communities like ours at the end of the grid,” Christensen said. Among the Wood River Valley-based speakers will be Mark George of Accord Capitol Management; Langely McNeal of Summit; ski industry insiders Lexi duPont and Jake Moe discussing the future of the industry; Rebecca Rusch, who will guide a biking trip for participants; and Christensen herself. “Like the Institute, we’re a think-and-talk fest,” Christensen added. “The forum is about rolling up our sleeves to work together to come up with results, helping initiatives to grow, or to spark new partnerships and turn ideas into projects. We have to get people inspired by these exciting projects; it’s about the future.” There are day and session passes available through the website sunvalleyforum.com.

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with the Cape Coral Fire Rescue. ailey City Fire Chief Aberbach moved to Hailey in Craig Aberbach will November of 2013 from South ride in the honored po- Florida for the job. sition as grand marshal in Hai“The city did a national ley’s Fourth of July parade. Ab- search for fire chief and I was erbach is also the assistant chief fortunate enough to be selected of Wood River Fire and Rescue. and have not looked back since “I feel so grateful to be here I’ve been here,” Aberbach said. and work and live in such a “I’d never lived anywhere north great place,” Aberbach said. of where I was. It’s been a defi“There are so many great peo- nite change, a totally different Mentor, KIC board member and tech and energy business leader Rick LeFaivre, center, congratulates co-winners Vie Active CEO Noa Ries, left, and ple in this area. My being se- environment. I’m grateful for Alec Barfield of Idahound. Courtesy photo by Kathryn Kemp Guylay lected is all because of them.” the support of my wife, Vicki, Aberbach was chosen to be who loves the community as grand marshal by The Chamber much as I do.” of Hailey, Wood River Valley, Aberbach is involved in many for his efforts and his contin- community projects, including ued commitment to the entire starting the Do the Right Thing Craig Aberbach. Photo courtesy of community. In 2016, the Idaho program designed to reinforce Craig Aberbach State Grange named Aberbach positive behavior among youth Fireman of the Year. in the community. He is also on Wood River “When Chief Aberbach the board of directors for The in case a shell does burn to the Football High School Field moved to our community to Senior Connection. ground,” Aberbach said. “We Community C lead Hailey Fire and work to“The fire department started have the whole area surroundRE S Campus RO ward consolidation of the city’s a chili cook-off, and this year ed. We have extra personAD TO E O Track F WOOD RIVER TRAIL (BIKE PATH) DE E R F I E L D fire department with Wood we turned into the 5B District) Fa- nel on duty every year for the Field (Blaine that County Recreation Soccer needs of their projects. BY DANA DUGAN River Fire and Rescue, his en- ther’s Day Bash,” Aberbach fireworks. It’s always a major Found BU Fields CK Approximately 75 members Field HO thusiasm and hard work had said. concern for us because of the RN E ike MARVIN a Wood River Valley of the D R public attended theN first an immediate impact on many The money raised from the dryness and the mountainous I VE GARDENS SAN BAD “Shark Tank”—a TV showD of what will become an annual Baseball GER D places around our Valley,” said event will also be used for the region around us. It’s a great Field RIV QU O E IG O LE for entrepreneurs to Rpitch W event, said Jon Duval, executive Y Jeff Bacon, executive director Fourth of July fireworks show, community, becauseLIall of the DEER R LA E TTLE LENA NE RIDGE LN DR D E Riv-L Ddirector big-time investors—16 Wood IVE of KIC. of The Chamber. which starts after sunset in firefighters that go out that night R AI A KE ED R E D D E V IL E L ET OLD T DR er Valley entrepreneurs participatE Each of the Park 16 companiesBLUset I Aberbach was educated at Hailey. The are all volunteer firefighters. fireworks will be V D O C I ’ S H I C KO H MO UNTA IN R RY D CUTTERS W DR L up D booths throughout KIC. PeoI BUC K HO R N ed in a Startup Showcase at the OE A Miami Dade College in Miami, launched from the Wood River They’re making a commitment SK TR HIAWATHA IN R H I A asDR Ketchum Innovation Center (KIC) VA L L E Y E ple wandered around the buildW A T High School area where AberFla., where he receivedN . an DR ESTATES toCDtheir community by leaving TL EE OLENA D DRIVE R HA Y DR BU T TE RCUP CU RTIS M last Thursday. sociates degree in fire science/ bach willN.be their families so the show can I V R posted along with E (MOTHER LODE) D HIAWA Curtis by Zions Bank, KIC TH Sponsored A EAST RIDGE AT H Continued firefighting. He got his master’s other firefighters A on.” DE H I A Wgo in strategic ar( R E DH AW DRIVE Park KL SI LV EIGHTH N) provided a forum for these busiLutheran OD D Park ENTREPRENEURS AVE degree at Hodges University in eas around the perimeter. WO Church nesses to discuss the visions and Page 7 Naples, Fla., and spent 22 years APACHE “We have spotters out there tws S BY JENNIFER HOLLY SMITH

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9:00 AM ANTIQUE FAIRS Roberta McKercher Park - South Hailey - July 2nd, 3rd & 4th - closes at 6:00 pm Main Street (north of McDonalds) - North Hailey - July 1st, 2nd & 3rd - closes at 7:00 pm on 1st and 2nd, 4:00 pm on the 3rd 9:00 AM TUTUS & TENNIS SHOES 5K Fun Run & Walk benefiting The Sun Valley Ballet 10:00 AM - NOON PRE-PARADE PARTY We’re closing the streets to get ready for the parade. Join us on Croy Street for the best way to start your parade 10:00 AM - NOON BLOODY MARY CHALLENGE Bars and Restaurants in Hailey are competing and you win – who’s serving the Best Bloody Mary? Bragging rights are on the line! Hailey Hotel, The Red Shoe, Restaurant 103, Sun Valley Brewery, Zou 75

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7:30 PM SAWTOOTH RANGERS RODEO at the Hailey Rodeo Grounds Tickets available at the Welcome Center and Atkinsons’ Market in Bellevue, Hailey and Ketchum All Tickets are General Admission – Arrive early for best seats July 2nd (Family Night Kids 10 – under Free) July 3rd & July 4th

1:30 - 5:00 PM THE CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL at Draper Preserve RiverFest – presented by Spirit N’ Motion Athletic School. Great fun for kids!

DUSK - FIREWORKS!!! Fireworks start at Dusk. Watch from your favorite spot in Hailey. Listen to KECH 95 radio for the music simulcast to the fireworks display.

1:30 PM 3RD ANNUAL DRAPER PRESERVE RIVERFEST Join Wood River Land Trust and enjoy live music, food and craft vendors, beer garden and free Toni’s Ice Cream. Bring your family and friends down to the preserve right after the parade. Live music with Rebecca Scott and Up A Creek Band.

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ut of 341 communities in the U.S., the Wood River Valley was chosen as the only place in Idaho to participate in the Americans for the Arts’ fifth study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry’s impact on the economy. The project is known as the Arts & Economic Prosperity 5, and it tells a story about arts in America. When the final research was recently tallied, the Valley came in at ninth in the national survey for spending per capita by a community on arts and culture. Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, and is based in Washington, D.C. The Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 documented the economic contributions of the arts in these diverse communities and regions across the country, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $166.3 billion of economic activity during 2015—$63.8 billion in spending by arts and cultural organizations and an additional $102.5 billion in event-related expenditures by their audiences. This activity supported 4.6 million jobs and generated $27.5 billion in revenue to local, state, and federal governments (a yield well beyond their collective $5 billion in arts alloctions). Here, at home in the Wood River Valley, the stats were digested at a luncheon that the Ketchum Arts Commission and Sun Valley Economic Development held jointly at The Community Library in Ketchum, last Thursday. Findings showed an increasing appetite for arts and culture. The local nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $29.3 million annually in economic activity. It supports 891 full-time jobs, and $2.1 million in local and state government revenues. The Valley falls into a group that is 50,000 or less in population. Local organizations that participated in the study worked

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ing discussing projects, flipping through pamphlets and, in some cases, testing goods from such companies as Play Hard Give Back. The event was also meant to encourage local investment, business plans, and opportunities for growth. The event also featured short three-minute “pitches,” part of a competition for the Norman Friedman Entrepreneurial Award. The judges, made up of KIC board members and mentors, scored the companies on viability, impact, potential job

Claudia McCain of the Ketchum Arts Commission welcomes arts industry participants at a luncheon at The Community Library. Photo by Dana DuGan

very hard over the past year to obtain the data. One finding was that the arts are nearly as important for the local community as for nonlocals. In fact, overall visitors accounted for 34 percent of art audiences while locals were 66 percent. On a survey at one of the local events, one visitor wrote “this arts event is the primary reason for our visit.” Kristin Poole, artistic director of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, was enthusiastic about how the findings will read in marketing and outreach for the Wood River Valley. “We should celebrate the fact that we’re not just a beautiful place in the mountains to ski and recreate but a place that will exercise your mind and soul,” Poole said. Sun Valley Economic Development director Harry Griffith put together the PowerPoint report for the gathering. “The numbers are supportable,” Griffith said. “It’s done through an economic analysis company, IMPLAN. It’s the gold standard for economic impact assessment. “One of the things I appreciate about Americans in the Arts is they tend to be conservative about how they use the data they have,” Griffith said. Using IRS 990 forms from

each of the 23 (out of 30) surveyed nonprofit entities ensured accuracy, Griffith said. “The surveys, where it was clear there were outliers from the high and low side, were thrown out. Then they did a good logistical overlay. “We focused on the bigger fish. In five years, when we do it again, we hope there will be more organizations participating.” For-profit galleries were omitted from the study. Michael Faison, the executive director of the Idaho Commission on the Arts who attended the luncheon and announcement, wasn’t surprised the Wood River Valley spent more than many other places on the arts. After speaking about the importance of the arts to draw visitors and transplants, Faison quoted his former boss, former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, who said once about arts spending, “It’s not [so much] about the money as it is about the soul of the commonwealth. “‘Who tells our stories?’” Faison continued, echoing Poole’s thoughts. “‘And what are those stories?’” According to anthropologists, storytelling is an innate part of the human experience, and artists of all kinds are the ones who interpret these stories for the rest of us. A Native American proverb says, “Those who tell the stories rule the world.” tws

Entrepreneurs creation and leadership. The judges split the vote, giving both Idahound and Vie Active one-half each of the $1,000 prize. Idahound, represented by Alec Barfield, is a local dog food company that specializes in raw frozen foods and dried treats sourced from regional grass-fed and organic suppliers. Vie Active CEO Noa Ries showcased her performance-driven, stylish women’s activewear company. Mitch DeShields, founder of Bot Maker Technologies, a chatbot software development company, took home third prize, a gift handed out by Tracy Groll,

area president of event sponsor Zions Bank. Winners will be given a month of free rent at the KIC, including desk space, free high-speed fiber Internet and use of the conference room. “We had an incredibly tough time picking winners out of this amazing group,” Duval said. “All of the companies on hand were worthy, with some already generating revenue and looking to grow, and others, that are just in the idea stage, showing great promise. I would like to thank all of them for taking a risk and putting themselves out there in front of the public.” tws

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n Tuesday, July 4, the United States will celebrate the 241st anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In Hailey, thousands of spectators will mark the event by lining up along Main Street to watch a rich pageantry of riders, vintage cars, random farm vehicles, bicycles, stilts, floats and politicians waving at the faithful. The annual Hailey Days of the Old West Fourth of July Parade—now one of the biggest in Idaho—was first held in 1881. At that time Idaho was then still a territory, with the Wood River Valley at the center of a regional silver mining boom. Miners from the War Dance, Triumph and Red Elephant mines played an important part in the early parades. Members of the Miners Union would proudly walk, displaying their flags and banners, behind horse-drawn floats. Following the parades, local baseball teams, such as Hailey’s Red Stocking Nine and Bellevue’s Gate City Nine, delighted spectators with spirited games. Populist orators preached about social and labor issues. The parade quickly gained in popularity statewide and excursion trains brought hundreds of onlookers needing shelter in the nearby towns of Ketchum and Bellevue. Horse racing, trap shooting and public balls offered plenty of entertainment. In 1931,

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the parade celebrated a Golden Jubilee. “During the World War II years, no horns blew during the Fourth of July parades,” reported Roberta McKercher, Hailey’s grand dame of local journalism in the now-defunct Wood River Journal. “Contests now included ‘colored vs. white miners’ baseball games,” McKercher wrote. In the 1950s, the addition of the Sawtooth Rangers Riding Club riding down Main Street to the rodeo arena was added to the parade. Baby shows, free movies, dunk tanks and dance lines provided additional entertainment. “I like that the community enthusiastically lines the street with lawn chairs the night before,” said Fairfield resident Janet Dennis. “I love the gathering on the streets for the parade,” said Hailey resident Cathy Lind. “It’s a great time to see all your friends.” “I loved it when I lived in Hailey,” said former Hailey resident Jennifer Jones. “I miss that parade every Fourth of July.” Oldtimers will remember that, back in the day, Elbie Bellon drove his “world-famous” bucking car as the final entry in the parade every year. The red, white and blue ’72 Thunderbird is rigged to bounce and sway like one of the ladies of the night from the old brothels in Hailey. That tradition continues as well, with Bellon’s sons handling the bucking-car duty. tws

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Blackman Will Not Serve As Principal Of Montana School

John Blackman, former assistant superintendent of the Blaine County School District, rescinded his acceptance of principal of Flathead High School, in Kalispell, Mont. Blackman was officially offered the position by the Kalispell School Board on June 13, and was slated to start his new position on Thursday, July 1. Mark Flatau, superintendent of the Kalispell School District, informed the school’s staff of the new development on June 23. Flatau claimed Blackman plagiarized some of the contents in his introduction letter to the staff of Flathead High School. “As you know, we initially offered the position to John Blackman and he accepted,” Flatau wrote. “However, after reviewing the introduction email that he sent out to all of you, we became aware that the majority of that email was plagiarized.” The original letter appears to be similar to one written last year by Joshua Wilson, at Strawberry Elementary School in Santa Rosa, Calif. “It was nothing else than a welcoming letter,” said Blackman Tuesday morning. “Such letters are typically formulaic. It was like a greeting card. All the personal information in that letter was mine.” Blackman informed the Kalispell School Board of his intention to step down in a letter dated June 21. Blackman retired from the Blaine County School District on June 1. –Jean Jacques Bohl

Hailey Public Library Among Grant Recipients

The Idaho STEM Action Center recently awarded more than $147,000 in grants to equip 22 schools and libraries throughout the Gem State with drones, including the Hailey Public Library. Teachers, librarians and staff from the sites joined trainers from Idaho-based PCS Edventures and its ThrustUAV division for a two-day drone flight school in Boise last week. It taught grant recipients how to build, operate, maintain, modify and race the unmanned aerial vehicles and pass that knowledge on to kids. According to STEM Action Center executive director Angela Hemingway, drones are a great way to engage kids in science, technology, engineering and math, and the aircraft can even be incorporated into curriculum for classes like social studies and PE. “Plus, drones are very hands-on, and working with them utilizes all four of the core STEM disciplines—science, technology, engineering and math,” Hemingway said. “We’re hoping our drones inspire students who may not have considered a career in a STEM field.” Hemingway says the effort is also a great way to help lure more high-tech jobs and higher wages to the state as Idaho continues to develop a workforce with the skills employers are seeking. In March, Fortune magazine reported the Federal Aviation Administration expects the number of drone pilots to grow nearly13fold to 281,300 by 2021.

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Blaine County School District 11th-grade students participated in the SAT school day in April. Blaine County’s participation in the SAT school day increased from 69 percent to 90 percent in the last year. Idaho is one of nine states that provides the test free to public school students and requires all 11th-grade students to take a college entrance exam before graduation. Blaine County School District’s average composite score was 996 out of a scale of 1600. The state average was 998. “The increased participation is great news for Blaine County,” said Dr. GwenCarol Holmes, BCSD superintendent. “We are seeing more and more students challenge themselves with advanced opportunities, which is a significant part of our goal to have every student prepared for college and career by 2020.” Another measure of academic student performance leading up to the SAT is the Idaho Standards Achievement Test, or ISAT. “The ISAT is one part of an academic checkup that lets teachers, parents and school leaders know if student learning is on track,” Holmes said. A highlight is last year’s sixth-grade group, which showed significant improvement as seventh graders. “This group of students made up for a deficit from last year and made gains this year in demonstrating their math knowledge on the ISAT,” said Marcia Grabow, BCSD assessment coordinator. Parents may contact Grabow at (208) 578-5411 or mgrabow@blaineschools.org if they have any questions.

Animal Shelter Breaks Ground For New Campus

The Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley hosted a private groundbreaking ceremony for its new animal welfare campus on Thursday, July 22. More than 100 campaign donors and volunteers toured the property with maps depicting the major building locations for the nearly 30,000-square-foot facility designed not just to house homeless animals, but to be a community gathering and education hub, spay/neuter center, and more. “The current shelter building was never designed for the role we are filling for the community,” said Brooke Bonner, the Shelter’s associate director. “Back when it was built more than 35 years ago, animals were only housed for a few days at a time. Now that we are a no-kill shelter, we need to be able to house animals humanely for more extended time periods. Now is the time to invest in a building capable of fulfilling a larger vision. This will be a tremendous asset, bringing back a significant ‘return on investment’ to benefit Blaine County.” In fact, according to an economic impact study conducted by the Sun Valley Economic Development Corporation, in 2015 the Animal Shelter infused $4.4 million back into the local economy, almost three times its operating budget that year. To learn more about what the new animal welfare campus will include, visit wagthefuture.org/map.

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ur second season on Silver Creek is beginning to take shape as springtime hatches begin to wane and the summer bugs begin to show. The best part of it is, the Trico Spinner Falls have begun again. This is early, but the Trico is really only showing on the lower access points on the river. Give it another week and we should begin to see clouds of these little bugs up and down the whole river. If you have never fished the Trico Spinner Falls on Silver Creek, you are truly missing one of the best events in fly-fishing. Nothing brings fish to the surface the way Tricos do. The fishing begins when air temps hit the 70-degree mark. Recently, that has been around 8 a.m., with action lasting until about 11 a.m. or high noon. We also have begun seeing baby Hoppers out in large numbers. This should be a fishable terrestrial in the next week or two. There is no shortage of wind in the forecast, so Hopper fishing should quickly be added to any angler’s list of things to do as summer progresses. The Creek continues to percolate with Callibaetis, PMD and Baetis. The Baetis Spinner Falls are also growing and they almost always happen late in the morning as the Trico action begins to drop off. The Callibaetis are on the water early, before the Trico and Baetis. They come back again in the afternoon. This action should also continue to build. The Flying Ant remains the best fly on the Creek when nothing else seems to be working. Anglers are fishing the fly against the bank and down the middle of the river. For whatever reason, plenty of big fish always seem to come to the top for this little morsel. Anglers are also seeing plenty of Damsel Flies, and once the weed beds reach the surface, we should begin to see fish rushing up to take them. Elsewhere, we are still seeing high and dangerous flows. Even in places where the water has begun to clear, the volume is such that wading is not happening and there is not much holding water to cast into. Anglers exploring the braids in the rivers have found a few fish here and there, but those areas are limited. Be patient with the Big Wood and Big Lost rivers. They are dangerous and they will drop soon enough, providing us with world-class angling. Happy fishing, everyone!

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BY FRAN JEWELL

pportunism is a big word with big consequences, both good and bad. How many times have you called your dog to come to you, and he then looks at you and runs off to play with other dogs? At that very moment your dog thought to himself, “I can either go back to my owner, or go play with the other dogs. What is the better deal? No brainer. Go play!” Or how about, “No one is watching and there is cheese on the counter. Free treat!” Think it’s just your dog? It’s everyone’s dog. Usually younger dogs are more opportunistic than older ones because they haven’t learned the consequences. Also, there are certain stages of development that are even more opportunistic. Between the ages of about 6 months and a year to 18 months, all dogs will try all the opportunities. This is when living with a puppy can become extremely difficult. If you have not prepared your puppy ahead of time with strong obedience skills, this age can be overwhelming for most of us to live through. Where did the opportunism begin? It is a trait inherited from the wolf. Wolf packs do not go after the alpha bull moose unless it is the only meal available. They look for the weakest or youngest, or they will steal another predator’s meal. In fact, it’s the way of nature on almost every level. When we train our dogs, we

Will Mariah come to me for food or chase Kalidor for the toy? I know she will choose the toy Kalidor has. She is always more interested in toys. So to expect her to “come” for food in this circumstance sets her up to fail. If I run with another toy, she will then chase me! Photo by Fran Jewell

must understand that unless you are always the better deal, your dog will choose whatever else makes him happier. Part of the trick to training is determining what makes your dog happiest and what choices he will make. Then we, as the dog trainer (we are all dog trainers if we own a dog), will have to limit the dog’s ability to make the wrong choice, or we must live with the consequences. Those consequences for us can be a dog lost in the woods, a dog hit by a car while chasing a squirrel, or a plethora of other mishaps that can be life threatening or just annoying.

What all this boils down to is: 1) Be sure to make yourself the better deal for your dog. Be sure you own the best treat or the best toy that your dog loves, and that you control it; and 2) Be sure you can limit your dog’s choices so that he is set up for success. It usually means a ballet of positive reinforcement and providing meaningful consequences and limitations. You and your dog cannot have success without them both. In the real world, every dog knows that when he interacts with other dogs, if he is not respectful, the other dogs will provide

consequences, such as growling or nipping, or the game can end. When your dog is respectful of your commands, there should be a meaningful paycheck that you provide. For dogs to respect us, we must teach them to make the right choices, just like Mother Nature would, and always make ourselves the better opportunity. Fran Jewell is an IAABC Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, NADOI Certified Instructor and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC in Sun Valley. For more information, visit positivepuppy.com or call 208-578-1565.

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BY LESLIE REGO

write a lot about the shapes that occur in winter, mostly because the snow covers the obvious undulations of the landscape, building up into new forms. As my husband and I take our evening walks, we have been seeing lots of beautiful summer shapes. During the golden hours, as the sun sets lower and lower in late afternoon, the light hits certain areas, leaving other areas in shadow. This creates silhouettes against the sky, which makes intriguing shapes linking the dark with the light. These shapes can be drawn into notans, the landforms represented in black and the sky in white. Notan is a Japanese word that means light-dark. With the placement of light and dark, one can create beautiful imagery. So, as we walk, my husband and I show one another our favorite notans as they make an appearance. I like the notans where the edges of the trees create a lace-like effect against the sky. I find the cutout of the leaves and branches as they jut in and out along the silhouetted boundary intriguing. I especially like it when there is a line of trees, all at varying heights. The light of the sky becomes a fantastically intricate form against the darkened trees.

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Leslie Rego, “Subliminal Beauties,” dip pen and ink, watercolor.

My husband likes the shape of the mountains against the sky. He loves the solid bold forms in contrast to the last of the golden light of the sky. The solidity intensifies as it becomes silhouetted. The darks of the landforms

and the sky deepen during our walk, flattening out the trees and the mountains. The two segue together, until just before total darkness, the forms have lost their dimensionality. We finish our walk and the notans are beautiful memories.

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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BIDENS ‘POPSTAR’

family at Camp David. Later, Obama had a special ceremony in the Rose Garden for Glutz and the hile planting my small deck with sum- young boy, while the nation cheered the television mer flowers, one bright, yellow bloom coverage. named Bidens ‘Popstar’ (its true monObviously, one needs to possess a childlike iker) especially called out to me. Though I don’t acceptance of made-up details in order to underimagine the name has anything to do with former stand these imagined exploits, but there were so Vice-President Joe Biden, every time I look at it, I many times when we found ways to shout out with smile, remembering his role in my joy but also to laugh at some of the long-going series of bedtime stories wrinkles in the rescue of a hero. for my young grandson in San FranAfter President Trump took over, cisco. we changed our stories a bit, as ArtWhenever I visit him, I usualie wanted to focus on the doings ly spend what was 15 minutes and under Obama in the White House is now closer to 45, creating with (like his LEGO version). So he dehim perils and rescues of Barack cided to conduct Cabinet meetings Obama, fantasies occurring in difwhere they discussed urgent issues ferent cities or countries. Artie, my facing our country. For the first grandson, loves the Secret Service, session, Artie dug out of his baby police, firemen, and the military— stuffed-animal collection a number all, he says, important to the safety of tiny monkeys (his choice for the and support of the rest of us. Cabinet) and circled them around Because he so admired Obama JoEllen Collins—a longtime Obama (“Tigger,” his favorite resident of the Wood River as President, Artie loved detailed Valley— is an Idaho Press stuffed tiger). Halfway through the stories about the bad guys and spies Club award-winning colum- story, we missed Biden. Alas, the who found very unique ways to nist, a teacher, writer, fabric only small animal left was a tiny evade the Secret Service and hide artist, choir member and bear with a blanket attached to his Obama in a secret and well-con- unabashedly proud grandma hand. We giggled that Biden was cealed place, usually at the whim known as “Bibi Jo.” late because he had needed a nap. of a government that wanted someThe rest of the stories all had mothing from him, or an evil enemy of what the USA ments where Biden fell asleep or needed to take represents. his blankie out for a nap. We respect and love About 10 stories into the saga, a new character Biden and knew he would never act that way, but emerged, as he accidentally thought of a clever if was an affectionate homage to a man whom we way to find the President, a very bright and imag- felt would be a good sport and might even enjoy inative young blond boy who lived in San Fran- one of our tales. cisco. During one rescue, the boy suggested that Bidens Popstar’s bright glow flags the happy they call Hiram Glutz, the strongest man in the relationship between Artie and me, and our good world, to lift a wall collapsing over Obama and his fortune to have public figures like Joe Biden.