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Election News Jared Murphy Discusses Running For Bellevue Mayor

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Election News Election Information, Midterms Are Tuesday, Nov. 6

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Health News St. Luke’s Welcomes Full-Time Pediatrician

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The Community School Players will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Nov. 1-3 at 7 p.m. For a story, see page 12. Photo courtesy of Music Theatre International

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BY EMILEE MAE STRUSS

f elected as Bellevue’s next mayor, Wisconsin-native Jared Murphy, 26, hopes to make the city more sustainable by bringing in new revenue to improve the town’s infrastructure.

Murphy has lived in the Wood River Valley since March and is currently a parole officer for the Hailey Police Department.

“I’m a quick learner,” Murphy said. “And I’m excited to jump feet first in by running for mayor.”

Murphy said that, upon entering the Valley, he was astonished by the mountains and how connected he felt to this place. Since March, he has been taking note of how well the community stands together in support of one another and hopes to enhance the connections within Bellevue by hosting an open forum and getting not only city employees engaged, but citizens as well.

During an interview, Murphy touched on some hot topics in the Valley, including the housing market and the long line of cars headed north every morning to work. He pointed out that, due to a lack of affordable housing here, people are living outside of the community and paying registration fees to their counties while adding wear and tear on roads entering Bellevue.

“We need to build the tax base in Bellevue,” he opined. “And improve the poorly constructed roads, like Pine Street.”

This issue, Murphy said, is a major motivation to improve the housing market locally so more people can live where they work.

Bellevue may not know Murphy well yet, but Murphy said he knows Bellevue. He was raised in a similar small rural town of hardworking people in Chamberlain, Wisc.

Murphy said that he has always been intrigued by the law and interested in politics, and got his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He ran for, but lost, a write-in campaign to be a municipal judge in his hometown before graduating and serving six years in the U.S. Army.

Murphy then worked as a police officer in South Dakota and had eyes on the sheriff’s position; however, he got a job offer in Hailey and chose to move to Idaho.

With his political science background and military training, Murphy believes that he has the skills to effectively listen to the public and build confidence in the region.

“The biggest thing I want to work on here is community engagement,” Murphy said. “Citizens don’t [currently] believe in the city council and that is crucial for success.

“Give me two years, and see what I can do,” Murphy said. “And if the people of Bellevue don’t like my leadership, then they can vote me out, but all I ask is they just give me two years.” tws

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T H E W E E K LY S U N • O C T O B E R 31 - N O V E M B E R 6, 2018

NEWS ELECTION

MIDTERM ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE NOVEMBER 6

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he 2018 midterm elections are Tuesday, Nov. 6, with polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Blaine County. Idaho offers same-day voter registration at the polls with a valid identification and proof of residency.

Voting is available at Hemingway Elementary School in Ketchum, Sun Valley City Hall, the Community Campus in Hailey, the Bellevue Elementary School gym, Carey City Hall, and Silver Creek Convenience Store in Picabo. To find your nearest polling opportunity, visit co.blaine.id.us.

Two proposed initiatives will be on this ballet.

Idaho Proposition 1 regards authorizing betting on historical horse races. A yes vote for this measure is a vote in favor of legalizing the use of video terminals at venues with live horse racing for betting on historical horse races (also known as instant racing). Idaho Proposition 2 regards Medicaid expansion. A yes vote is a vote in favor of expanding Medicaid eligibility to more low-income adults who are not eligible for other state insurance coverage.

Candidates for Governor of Idaho -Bev Boeck (L) -Paulette E. Jordan (D) -Brad Little (R) -Walter Bayes (CON) Candidates for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho -Kristin Collum (D) -Janice McGeachin (R) Candidates for Idaho Secretary of State -Lawrence Denney (R) (Incumbent) -Jill Humble (D) Candidates for Idaho Controller -Brandon Woolf (R) (Incumbent) Candidates for Idaho Treasurer -Julie Ellsworth (R) Candidates for Attorney General of Idaho -Bruce Bistline (D) -Lawrence Wasden (R) (Incumbent) Candidates for Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction -Cindy Wilson (D) -Sherry Ybarra (R) (Incumbent) Candidates for Idaho State Senate District 26 -Julie Lynn (R) -Michelle Stennett (D) (Incumbent) Candidates for Idaho House of Representatives District 26B -Mike McFadyen (R) -Sally Toone (D) (Incumbent) Candidates for Idaho House of Representatives District 26A -Muffy Davis (D) -Steve Miller (R) (Incumbent)

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Welcome Katie Quayle, MD Board Certified Pediatrician Dr. Quayle cares for children of all ages, from babies through teenagers, and has special interests in preventive care, mental health and working with adolescents. She enjoys forming long-term relationships with her patients and their families, and works in close collaboration with St. Luke’s family medicine providers. Full-time pediatric services are possible because of generous community philanthropy.

Call to schedule an appointment: 208-788-3434

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WOOD RIVER VALLEY WELCOMES PEDIATRICIAN DR. KATIE QUAYLE

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ediatrician Katie Quayle, M.D., joined the staff of St. Luke’s Family Medicine Clinic in Hailey on Oct. 22. This is the first time in more than 10 years that St. Luke’s Wood River has had a full-time pediatrician in the Wood River Valley. In addition to seeing her patients, Quayle will also be available on a consultative basis with the family medicine providers. She will also serve the needs of pediatric inpatients at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center. In addition to Quayle’s pediatric services, Dr. Nancy Mann will continue to provide developmental pediatric services on a weekly basis.

Adding Dr. Quayle to the roster at St. Luke’s is one of several efforts that the organization has made in the past St. Luke’s new pediatrician Dr. Katie year to expand its capacity and Quayle. Photo courtesy of St. Luke’s capabilities.

Dr. Quayle is a pediatrician with a special interest in preventative care, mental health, and working with adolescents. She received her undergraduate education at Williams College and earned her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. After taking a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) course in Wyoming when she was younger, Dr. Quayle developed a love of the outdoors. Quayle moved west for her residency at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, then joined Southridge Pediatrics as a general practitioner in Riverton, Utah.

“My husband Forrest and I are both thrilled to be in Sun Valley,” Quayle said. “We both love being outside in the mountains, camping, hiking, mountain biking, backcountry skiing and cross-country skiing. I love long-distance trail running as well and am excited for the many trails surrounding the Valley. Forrest is an avid whitewater kayaker who is happy to be a little closer to rivers than he was in Salt Lake City.”

Dr. Quayle approaches pediatrics in a holistic manner, taking where a child lives, his or her family, diet, and interests into account when assessing a child’s health. Getting to know each patient both in-depth and for the long-term is important to Dr. Quayle.

“My philosophy as a pediatrician is to take care of the whole child,” Quayle said. “As more and more children are struggling with mental health, pediatricians have an important role in taking care of kids’ emotional health, too.”

After a month of orientation, Dr. Quayle began seeing her first patients on Monday, Oct. 29.

“My first day was great!” Quayle said. “I had a couple of patients scheduled, which was awesome, and everyone was really helpful and friendly. I loved having longer time with my patients than I did in Salt Lake, where I worked at a pretty busy clinic with a lot of kids.

Here, things will be slower and give me more time to get to know my families and spend time with them.”

For more information and to schedule an appointment, call (208) 788-3434 or visit stlukesonline.org.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Blaine County School District Board of Trustees Seeks Proposals For Food Service Management

The Blaine County School District is requesting proposals to enter into a fixed-price contract with a food service management company. Trustees are looking for a food service management company to provide nutritious, high-quality meals to all students, including those who participate in the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program and Summer Food Service Program. During the school year, 279,000 meals are served in the Blaine County School District.

In an open public meeting in October, Trustees approved a Request for Proposal that was previously vetted and approved by the State Department of Education.

The Request for Proposal for food service management will be publicly noticed according to a timeline and process approved by the board of trustees. The Request for Proposal can be viewed on the district website at blaineschools.org under the Finance Department and Request for Proposals. The proposals will be evaluated by a committee following a rubric that is outlined in the Request for Proposal. The deadline for submission of sealed proposals is Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at 2 p.m. The board will consider proposals at the regular Feb. 12, 2019, meeting and the anticipated contract award date for the food service management company will be on Feb. 15, 2019.

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Join the Southern Idaho Master Gardeners for an interactive learning experience designed to teach the many aspects of horticulture through 40 hours of class instruction. Receive your Master Gardener certification by honing your knowledge and skills while serving in your local community.

The course covers basic botany, soils and composting, insect and disease management, landscape design, fruit and vegetable production, tree and shrub identification and care, water conservation and much more.

Early-bird registration (before Dec.14) is $200 for an individual and $275 for a couple. After Dec. 14, the fee increases to $250 individual/$325 couple. To register, contact Andy West at Twin Falls County Extension, (208) 734-9590 or andywest@uidaho.edu .

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR STEVE

T H E W E E K LY S U N • O C T O B E R 31 - N O V E M B E R 6, 2018 local control for our public schools.

MILLER Representative Steve Miller is highly qualified to be re-elected. He’s for the preservation of Idaho’s lands and unique heritage. Please join me in re-electing Rep. Steve Miller, District 26A.

Setting The Record Straight

A letter to the editor on Oct. 25 accused me of lying to a fifth-grader in response to a question posed at the Hailey Pizza & Politics debate about using a Bible in school.

The recent letter stated that I “voted in favor of Senate Bill 1342 allowing the use of the Bible as a public school textbook…”

I sincerely apologize to the fifth-grader for not understanding her question.

The correct answer to her question is that, no, I didn’t vote for the Bible being used as a textbook in school. S1342 provided that the Bible could be used for reference purposes and “no student will be required to use any religious texts for reference purposes if the student or parents of the student object.” I did vote for S1342 and would do so again.

S1342 Statement of Purpose – This legislation relieves any fear or anxiety for students, teachers, and parents who desire to use religious texts, including the Bible, for reference purposes in public schools by codifying a practice already allowed. No one is required to use religious texts.

Steve Miller, R-Fairfield Idaho House of Representatives

LETTER TO THE EDITOR CAROL HOLMAN

Miller Is Honest, Hardworking & Reliable

We have an important election coming up, and we should all think carefully and clearly about how we vote, for whom we vote, and why we are voting for a candidate.

I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity of spending time with Steve Miller, who is a candidate for re-election in District 26 for State Representative. Steve has done a fine job in Boise representing our district since 2012, and he is an honest, hardworking and reliable man.

Our district includes counties that are rural and heavily involved in agriculture.

Steve has lived in Camas County his entire life and is a farmer, so he understands the needs of our local farming community. His knowledge of water issues is considerable.

Steve has often been wrongly described as not strongly supporting education—not true! He is a strong advocate of community colleges and career-technical education and supports increasing teachers’ salaries as well as all funding for education.

The subject of Proposition 2 is extremely complicated. Although at first glance it sounds like something that, of course, should be passed, it is a financial issue and needs to be soundly written and shaped so that Idaho does not end up in fiscal chaos by agreeing to pay too much for too many. Steve supports this approach.

It is important to note that Steve has NEVER voted to sell public lands. It has never even come up for a vote in the House. The greatest loss to Idahoans is from wildfire.

The ecological damage to our resources in terms of erosion, fish and wildlife habitat, timber harvest, grazing and recreation are tremendous. The economic impact to our Valley was severe. Idaho management of federal lands can and will reduce wildfires and provide economic benefit.

Carol Holman Ketchum resident

LETTER TO THE EDITOR JOAN F. DAVIES

Roger B. Harris—Judge For Fifth Judicial District

Election date is Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Citizens of Blaine, Camas, Gooding, Jerome, Twin Falls, Cassia, Minidoka and Lincoln counties, all members of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, are asked to vote and select a new Fifth District judge.

Magistrate Roger B. Harris is the candidate of choice based on his 12 years of experience as a magistrate judge. He also was a practicing lawyer in Twin Falls for 15 years prior to becoming judge. His background in civil and criminal law will be the same issues that will come before him as district judge—a firm foundation for the position.

A recent Idaho State Bar survey based on personal and professional experience of the candidates ranked Harris “exceeding expectations” for the position. Four categories—integrity and independence, knowledge and understanding of the law, judicial temperament and demeanor, and legal ability and experience—were used as guidelines. This is an exceptional ranking for a judgeship and a vote for Roger B. Harris has much merit.

Joan F. Davies Hailey resident

LETTER TO THE EDITOR LORA SILVER

Vote For Steve Miller

Steve Miller is 100 percent for Idaho, representing Blaine, Camas, Gooding and Lincoln counties. As a fourth-generation Idahoan, he values keeping ‘Public Lands in Public Hands’ for all to enjoy! As a fourth-generation Idahoan, Steve Miller is 100 percent for Idaho!

I’m sorry to say that Muffy’s backers are misrepresenting and mixing up what Steve stands for. The truth is Steve works for the public to have access to public lands.

Steve is well-liked, honest and has integrity. As our State Representative, Steve has served District 26A for the past six years and holds a position on the Joint Finance Committee for the State of Idaho.

As a small business owner, Steve ranches and markets wholesale-retail organic food. Steve’s lifetime record of accomplishments run true to his good character and record. He has held positions on many local, state and national conservation boards.

Steve’s score with the NRA is an ‘A’ for Second Amendment rights. He supports keeping the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) headquarters in Shoshone, which accounts for many local jobs.

Representative Miller has negotiated at the state and local levels for the Hagerman Bike Path. His passion is for students to be literate by third grade. He supports more

Lora Silver Hagerman resident

LETTER TO THE EDITOR JACK VARIN

Re-elect Steve Miller

I support Representative Steve Miller in his effort to retain his seat in Idaho’s Legislature. I support Steve because I have known him for many years and know he has a heart for those families that are struggling. He regularly picks my thoughts from my experience as a juvenile court judge in the district he serves. Idaho’s struggling families face huge challenges and many of those challenges come from our own state policies and systems. The challenge is how can our state’s policies and systems encourage the help and support these families need rather than harm them.

We’ve discussed many ideas centering on identifying the families that are struggling and what new and fresh policies might support them. Policies that: 1. support a mental health system that recognizes trauma as a core issue; 2. early intervention in families that have a history of involvement in state systems; 3. encourage communities to come together to support families who are struggling with addiction and mental health problems; and, 4. build collaborative relationships between private nonprofits and state agencies to help struggling families.

These new policies will take leadership to develop and implement. Steve is well positioned within the Legislature to undertake this effort because of his membership on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee and his legislative experience.

Idaho, in my view, is at a critical junction. Will the same old policies that haven’t worked continue, or will new innovative policies that encourage our families to become more resilient and successful come into existence? At least I know Representative Miller is engaged in the difficult task of working for new innovative policies.

Vote for Steve Miller for District 26 Seat A Representative.

Jack Varin Fairfield resident

LETTER TO THE EDITOR STEPHEN HARTGEN

Miller Is A Real Asset In The State House

I am writing today in support of Idaho House member, Rep. Steven Miller, who is running for re-election in District 26, representing Camas, Blaine, Gooding and Lincoln counties.

Rep. Miller has been a real asset in the House, where he serves on several committees, including the Joint Committee on Finance & Appropriations (JFAC), where he is very watchful of the many issues affecting the district. This is a premier committee assignment and Rep. Miller is a leader in finding ways for funding Idaho’s needs within the state’s financial resources.

Rep. Miller understands the uses of public lands as a major recreational asset to the state. Contrary to the claims of some, he supports expansion of access to public lands. He does not support sale or transfer of federal lands to either the state or to outside parties. That is the official policy of the state (SCR 126, 2015 Session) despite what some may claim.

On the personal level, Rep. Miller has the ability to relate to people from many walks of life. He has been a fine legislator with whom I have been consistently proud to serve. I would urge voters in District 26 to return him without hesitation to the Idaho House.

Stephen Hartgen, R-Twin Falls Commerce & Human Resources Committee Chairman Idaho House of Representatives

LETTER TO THE EDITOR TIMMI RYERSON

Vote For Julie Lynn

I am writing in support of Julie Lynn, who is a candidate for the Senate in Idaho’s 26th District. I have known Julie to be a community volunteer, a veteran, having served in the Army, and believe she will represent the people of Blaine, Camas, Gooding and Lincoln counties with distinction.

As a conservative, Julie is dedicated to finding ways to help Idahoans thrive with the lightest government touch. As a journalist, she is skilled in listening, researching ideas, understanding the pros and cons of legislation, and will seek practical, sensible solutions to problems.

Under good Republican leadership, Idaho is the fastest growing state in the nation.

Growth brings many challenges to our state government. One of the main issues in front of Idahoans now is finding a workable solution to health insurance for all Idahoans. Julie is painfully aware that the current system is broken. Some families are having to pay $2500 per month for insurance and their deductible is $10,000. The individual insurance market is not sustainable for families. Medicaid expansion would only address those who are in the gap between qualifying for Medicaid and obtaining subsidies in Idaho’s exchange, leaving about 500,000 in the individual market, which is unsustainable.

Julie Lynn will fight for our public lands to be open to all. She supports clearing debris and maintaining roads for better management of wildfires.

We all are interested in providing the best possible public education for Idaho’s children. Julie believes we are on the right path with higher scores in reading and math. She supports more college prep and career/technical training for our students.

Julie Lynn believes in liberty, our Constitution and inalienable rights for all citizens. She will bring sensible, common sense governance to the Idaho State Senate.

Timmi Ryerson Ketchum resident

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR JULIE LYNN

Steve Miller Is The Best Choice

Over the past few months of campaigning, I’ve noticed some stark differences between Republican Steve Miller and Democrat Muffy Davis, in their actions and what they support.

I’ve known Rep. Steve Miller his entire tenure in office, and I have always respected his vote. We do not agree on everything, but he has the best interests of Idaho at heart.

Both Steve and Davis say they know the importance of education and healthcare. But in looking at Davis’ website, she has no specific plan to make progress for Idaho.

Steve, on the other hand, has the experience in the legislature to make these priorities a reality. He has worked on legislation to expand STEM and Career Technical Education in Idaho, and has supported increased teacher pay. He understands, and has worked on addressing, the needs of our education and healthcare system. Steve has a plan of how to make Idaho a better state.

Most of all, I’ve noticed the false attacks that have been levied against Steve from his Democrat opponent and others.

When it comes to things like public lands, hunting, fishing and water rights, the attacks being thrown at Steve are absolutely false. I have talked to him, and I know that he would never vote to deny us access to public lands. He is a hunter and fisherman himself, and knows the importance of those activities to Idaho. And he understands how critical water rights are to our economy. The attacks against Steve are absolutely false, and those spreading them need to stop.

This is an important election year. I’ll be voting on November 6. Will you?

Julie Lynn Ketchum resident Candidate for State Senate, District 26

LETTER TO THE EDITOR FLORENCE MARY SANDY

Support Steve Miller For House

I am 95 years old and have voted in every election since 1943. I have subscribed to local newspapers for my entire adult life and look forward to reading them from front to back every morning.

I remember when Democrats and Republicans treated each other with respect, even having different political views. I am conservative and believe in freedom to raise a family, own a business and attend church as I choose without overreach of the federal government.

I am very proud to support Representative Steve Miller as a man of integrity, honesty and wisdom in doing what is right.

He has served in our Idaho House of Representatives for six years and has worked hard to support the values of keeping Idaho strong in education, jobs, healthcare and protecting and conserving our natural resources. As a third-generation farmer and rancher, Steve continues to be a good steward in order to pass down to future generations the lands in Idaho we so enjoy.

I must say, I am very disappointed in the false advertising the Democrats have distributed over the past several months concerning Steve Miller. Steve would never support the sale of our public lands. He didn’t vote to block various ways to provide affordable healthcare for all Idahoans. He doesn’t block access for hunters and fishermen on public lands, as the negative ads have declared. As a private landowner, he regularly allows people to hunt on his property. These are all attempts to keep Representative Miller from serving the diverse nature of Camas, Lincoln, Gooding and Blaine counties.

Although his opponent is accomplished in sports and a cordial lady, she needs to run on her own merit instead of making up nonsense about Representative Miller. All the money spent by her supporters attempting to smear his good name would be far better spent on good causes to help out the many needs of our area.

Representative Miller brings a voice of reason, leadership and experience to help meet the needs and challenges facing all Idahoans. I am voting to re-elect Steve Miller to represent District 26A in the House of Representatives. He is the best choice.

Florence Mary Sandy Hagerman resident

NEWS IN BRIEF

Sun Valley Community School’s Middle School Masque Presents 17th Annual One-Act Play Festival

Sun Valley Community School’s Middle School Masque will present its 17th annual One-Act Play Festival at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, and 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Sun Valley Community School Theatre. This year’s evening of comedy, Harebrained Lunacy and Other Oddities of the Adolescent Mind, features 11 hilarious skits, six of which are student-written. Each play is about 10 minutes long. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door.

One of the hallmarks of the festival is the amount of student involvement. Though produced by seventh-grade teacher and drama coach Joel Vilinsky, the actors, the stage and lighting crew, the costume and poster design, and an astounding six skits are all student-led or student-based.

This year’s lineup includes both returning and new playwrights who put their “adolescent minds” and pens to paper to entertain audiences with everyday situations that take a hilarious turn: “Stacked Lineup” by seventh-grader Walker Pate, “Mixed Mania” and “Taking a Dive” by eighth-grader Matthew Letourneau, “Detention” by 10th-grader Julia Ott, who is debuting her third One-Act, “Alarm,” by sixth-grader Sawyer Vogel, and “Hotline,” by eighth-grader Parker Turck, who is debuting her second One-Act production on stage.

DMV To Offer Mail-In Renewals For Driver’s Licenses That Expire In November And December

In an effort to alleviate long lines in county Division of Motor Vehicle driver’s licensing offices, the Idaho Transportation Department will provide citizens with licenses that expire in November and December an option to renew driver’s licenses and identification cards by mail.

The Idaho Transportation Department has been exploring potential solutions to assist county DMV offices after vendor technological issues forced statewide driver’s license offices to close for nearly a week in August. Offices reopened in late August, but long lines of customers seeking driver’s license services continue in many counties.

The DMV will send all citizens with licenses expiring in November and December a form so they can opt to renew by mail, instead of going to physical offices. Mail-in renewals also will be available in county offices that process and provide driver’s license services. The Idaho Transportation Department will track the number of mail-in renewals and work with the Idaho Sheriffs’ Association to decide whether or not there’s a need to extend this process past the end of the year.

Since an Idaho Transportation Department interim solution was implemented after that multi-day outage, the system is stable. Transaction times, however, have been slower, contributing to longer lines in some offices.

For more information, citizens are encouraged to call the ITD DMV Customer Care Center at (208) 334-8736.

Astronomy At The Garden – ‘The Horse, The Maiden, And The Queen’

Dr. Tim Frazier, astronomy buff and president of the Magic Valley Astronomical Society, will end his lectures and night-sky viewing in 2018 on Nov. 13 with “The Horse, the Maiden and the Queen.”

Participants will start inside at 7 p.m. with the featured lecture. Then, weather permitting, participants will move outside at 8 p.m. to observe deep-sky objects and other celestial wonders.

Dress for the weather and night temperatures. If you have them, bring binoculars or spotting scopes.

Space is limited to 35 participants and preregistration with payment is required. Cost is $10 for Sawtooth Botanical Garden members and $12 for non-members. Children under 16 are free. Call (208) 726-9358 to confirm your spot. Registration is also available at sbgarden.org.

GUEST OPINION M. SANDVIG

Expanding Medicaid Would Improve Health Outcomes, Save Money

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s president of an organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illness, I see the devastating consequences that being uninsured has on the people of our state. Sadly, we know what happens when people with a mental illness don’t have access to healthcare; they end up in hospital emergency rooms, in jail, or on the streets, with worse long-term outcomes and at greater cost to the state and local government.

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, we have the unique opportunity to take action for about 62,000 Idahoans who don’t have access to healthcare because they fall into what’s called the “coverage gap”—they earn too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to afford coverage through Idaho’s health insurance exchange. Proposition 2 would fix that problem by providing Idahoans making less than $17,000 a year or a family of three making less than $29,000 a year access to health coverage through Medicaid.

Prop 2 provides us an opportunity to not only improve health outcomes for Idahoans but also bring significant economic benefits to the state. By expanding Medicaid, the burden is shifted away from hospital and clinic uncompensated care to the federal government. The federal government will pay at least 90 percent of the cost of Medicaid expansion, which means for every $1 we spend on Medicaid, the federal government will pay $9. We know that 33 other states have already opted to insure their working poor and it’s time for our federal tax dollars to stay here in Idaho. It is estimated that Prop 2 would bring nearly $400 million of our federal tax dollars back to Idaho—money that other states have been getting for years. Those funds would help pay for the expansion, create jobs, and boost our economy.

Furthermore, a recent study by University of Idaho professor and economist Steven Peterson found that Medicaid expansion would create more than 5,000 new jobs in Idaho and generate more than $20 million in new tax revenue annually.

This money can be used for education, infrastructure, and other important policy priorities.

Prop 2 has been endorsed by a variety of leaders in the Idaho business, patient, and medical communities such as the Idaho Sheriffs’ Association, the Idaho Education Association and the Boise Metro Chamber.

We all benefit if more of us have access to healthcare and life-saving coverage. Uninsured patients cost all of us, as hospitals shift the costs of those unable to pay their bills onto other patients.

Vote for Prop 2 on Nov. 6 or by in-person absentee voting to ensure we bring our tax money home from Washington, D.C., to help Idaho families get healthcare and boost our local economy.

Michael Sandvig, President NAMI Idaho (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

NEWS IN BRIEF

Autonomous And Connected Vehicles Report Recommendations Meeting Nov. 1

The Idaho Transportation Department will host a final vote on the Report to the Governor developed as part of Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter’s Executive Committee focused on the study of autonomous and connected vehicles in Idaho.

The committee is comprised of industry leaders and members from multiple state agencies. With the Committee’s approval, the first report of findings and recommendations will be submitted to the Governor’s Office immediately following this final meeting. The meeting is hosted by Idaho Transportation Department Director Brian Ness, and the public is welcome to attend in person or join in via phone. The meeting will take place at 9 a.m., Nov. 1, at the Idaho Transportation Department District 3 Large Conference Room.

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COLUMN NO BONES ABOUT IT THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 6, FROM PICABO ANGLER

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ere comes the cold! A significant change in our weather patterns means temperatures should be dropping about 10 degrees less than what we’ve been experiencing. This could mean the beginning of the end of the dry-fly season in the Sun Valley area. The heat of the day could produce some small dry-fly windows, especially if it is calm out. Think late afternoons if you want to try to fish the surface.

Silver Creek has a few more hatches left. The Fall Baetis here can sometimes last until Thanksgiving, but that fishing window could shrink down to an hour or two of decent rises.

The brown trout will be coming off the spawn soon. This means a lot of big hungry trout are going to be out hunting and looking to pack on the calories before winter sets in. This means Streamer fishing, and especially on cloudy days and low-light periods. The Creek can be a spectacular place in the late fall; just watch the weather and try to find some nice, fair days to go fish.

The Big Wood will still fish surprisingly well with some large attractors in the fall.

Consider large Royal Wulffs, H and L Variants and even some Orange or Royal Stimulators.

The Midge activity in the early evening is also a nice precursor and warm-up for this winter’s Midge hatches. If nothing seems to be working, get out an Olive Bugger and fish a lot of water.

You will find some nice fish with the proper Streamer techniques.

Now if all else fails, fish a Prince Nymph/Red Copper John tandem under a strike indicator!

The Lower Lost River is still a great place to be in the fall.

Manageable flows and hungry fish mean anglers are finding good success. Nymphing is the norm and a variety of Midge patterns and small Baetis patterns will do the trick.

OK, it is time to pay closer attention to the weather before you travel to fish. We would suggest taking time this week and putting together a winter fishing/travel kit. Fill a bag with a dry change of warm clothes.

Pack some food and water, and throw a good sleeping bag in the truck, as well. Freak storms, muddy or snowy roads and short daylight hours mean we all need to take precautions as we enter the winter fishing season. Be safe and have fun!

Happy fishing, everyone!

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PREVENTING DOG BITES

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BY FRAN JEWELL

he first step to preventing dog bites is to realize that all dogs have the potential to bite, given the right situation.

For us to believe that our dog will never bite, no matter what, is unrealistic. Even the most docile, sweet golden retriever can decide to nip a youngster lying on its sore, arthritic hip.

Once we understand that dogs are living beings, regardless of how wonderful they are, we know there can be a time with the right set of circumstances that our lovely friend may nip or bite. Here are some simple things you can do to prevent bites from happening in the first place. An ounce of prevention is always worth a pound of cure.

• Leash your dog when someone comes near. It’s just common courtesy to understand that not everyone will adore your dog like you do. Then, ask if your dog can approach in a controlled manner. Teaching your dog respectful greeting habits is imperative. This also gives your dog a sense of security—that you will handle things, thus reducing stress that can contribute to biting or nipping. A leash is your connection to your dog.

• Socialize your dog. That doesn’t mean just play dates with other dogs; it means lots of different experiences where you control the outcome to be a positive one. It does not mean leaving the situation for your dog to decide how to respond. Set your dog up for success!

• Have a secure place in your home for your dog. That might mean a fenced-in yard, away from nearby walkways or streets. Dogs that are allowed too close to public walkways are in danger of harassment from strangers that don’t mean well. Be sure to lock gates and only allow landscapers in when you unlock the gate.

• Lock your front door. For myself, on three different occasions over the years, I have had people start to open my front door, thinking my house belonged to their friend

who actually lived next door. I was fortunate that my door was locked. Startled dogs in your home are much more likely to become naturally protective.

• Be sure that if you have a dog that lives in chronic pain (and this can be hard to know for sure, so check with your veterinarian), their pain is being controlled. Dogs in pain from arthritis, joint disease, cancer, or other problems, can become easily irritated and resort to biting or nipping to protect themselves. Other health issues can cause dogs to be more reactive, including loss of hearing or vision. Again, health issues should be diagnosed by your veterinarian with regular checkups.

• Teach small children to be respectful of dogs—every dog. Children should never sit on, pull hair or ears, or be allowed to put their hands in or go near dogs’ food bowls. Children should not be allowed to take a dog’s toy from it either. No matter how tolerant the dog may seem, there might come a day when your dog feels off, or more stressed, and then may decide to defend its food or toy. Remember, dogs are dogs and living beings, which means they are not always predictable, no matter how sweet they have been in the past.

• Get early training for your puppy. When puppies learn about bite inhibition and proper personal restraint before they are 16 weeks of age, it greatly reduces the risk of that puppy biting or nipping when it gets older.

• Never get down to a dog’s head level.

This can be very threatening to some dogs and cause them to bite right in your face.

• Don’t hug a dog you do not have a very good relationship with. This is especially true for children. A fearful dog may retaliate with a growl or bite.

• Never stare at a dog you don’t know. Staring is a challenge to fight in dog language.

Turn sideways and ignore new dogs instead of greeting them like another human.

While this list does not encompass every situation, it will help you get on the road to

Having a great dog means work on your part.

They don’t just come that way. Photo by Fran Jewell

preventing nipping and biting. Once a dog bites, it becomes very difficult to reverse that behavior If you are bitten, please take out your cellphone and photograph the dog, the owner and the bite immediately and call the police or sheriff. Do not let this dog bite another person! It is time that we start making people responsible for the behavior of their dogs.

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.

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SUNSET AND MOONRISE

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BY LESLIE REGO

t was not just a beautiful sunset, but also a lovely moonrise.

A couple of days before the full moon, my husband and I drove to Stanley Basin in hopes of locating a spot where we could see the sun set in the west over the Sawtooth mountains and simultaneously catch the first view of the moon exactly opposite in the east. We discovered a beautiful site, just before entering Custer County.

Pulling over, we began to watch both sides of the highway. At 6:15 p.m., the moon emerged. We looked across the highway to the west and saw the last rays of the sun as it disappeared in a dip between two summits. Swinging our heads back and forth, we took in the double grandeur. This was nature at her finest and my heart swelled with the emotion of the moment.

As the light slowly diminished, the moon continued its climb. The sky shifted colors, the cerulean blue turning into a rich cobalt blue. Rose-colored streaks suffused the blue, making some areas lavender. The illumination in the sky cast a warm glow to the sphere, defining the irregularities on the surface.

We began our journey home, watching the moon dance and tease, playing the coquette, as it disappeared and reappeared through the trees. By the time we arrived at Galena Summit, the sky was radiant with color. Turquoise blue f loated over

Leslie Rego, “Moon over Boulder Mountains,” watercolor.

the Boulder Mountains. Next came alizarin crimson, which surrounded the moon.

The highest band of color was a lavender blue.

The slopes of the mountains blushed, basking in a sultry glow. The orb continued its inexorable climb. Stars appeared.

The night skies f loated over the mountains, the blues deepening and deepening

until they turned to black.

The pilgrimage ended in silence, both of us awed by the majesty of the dual forces at play.

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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COLUMN ON LIFE’S TERMS

APPRECIATING SMALL THINGS

I realized how wonderful it felt to walk on both feet, equally distributing my weight. How much usually focus on bigger items facing someone simpler it was to get my morning coffee from the in my position: my family and friends and my counter to the table without fear of spilling; how use of time physically, emotionally, creative- much easier to get dressed, to put on sock without ly, intellectually and spiritually. In short, I aim to having to change dressings, or even to sit in my keep positive in this complex and often negative office chair and write this column without having time, so I was surprised when the to prop up my healing limb! idea for this column hit me at 8 this I know that these newly apprecimorning. ated delights will fall back into the

Early today, the small grey mundanities of everyday-life event, which I had not experienced routines and I will probably not for a while, was taking my two make such a big deal out of these small dogs outside, an occasion that simple pleasures. brought me more joy than I could However, I hope that I will alhave imagined. For six weeks I ways remember to understand othhave relied upon the help of friends ers who have obstacles to enjoying and a professional dog-walker to some of these little rewards: those allow my doggies to have regular with disabilities that impede walkwalks and exercise without pulling ing or seeing or hearing as easily me and my walker or cane down as I can. I especially think about with me, potentially negating the Courtesy photo those with pain that doesn’t go surgery done on my foot and my JoEllen Collins—a longtime away with a Tylenol or Ibuprofen, six-week recovery from a painful resident of the Wood River or even with the best of healthy acbut not life-threatening procedure. Valley—is a teacher, writer, tivities like working with a physiDuring this time I have height- fabric artist, choir member cal therapist or using healing skills ened my empathetic view about my and unabashedly proud like meditation and contemplation fellows who live with much more grandma known as “Bibi Jo.” The intense but brief pain I enserious concerns, people I certaindured in only a small part of my ly have tried to keep at the forebody reminded me to be thankful front of my mind most of my life. However, this every day that it is gone and that, God willing, particular experience has given me pause to be my age, accident, or any unexpected injury does thankful for the more simple things I can enjoy. not cause me the kind of unremitting pain I know The first morning after learning that I no longer others experience without relief. need a cane, I reveled in a long shower, not feelI am grateful today that my medicine drawing guilty about the time under water since it had er remains unopened, a slight but blessed small been so long since I had felt those warm drops thing. on my back. My next happy moments came when

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BY HANNES THUM

his week, in town, hordes of children (and some adults) will take to the streets in the dark of night.

Dressed as devils, monsters, zombies and witches. Dressed as the things that go bump in the night. As creatures that inhabit scary stories.

As creatures that howl at the moon.

Scaring each other for a candy bar and a giggle. The rush of adrenaline an amusing tradeoff for the rush of sugar. The ways that we treat fear like a plaything.

A darker kind of fear, though, is outside of town and up in the mountains, arriving with the slightest rustle in the shadows beneath the trees in the dawn light as an elk herd grazes nearby.

Last week, we were walking a remote ridgeline when, suddenly, in the snow in front of us, we came across elk tracks descending the ridge. Not normal elk tracks. These tracks looked like a car wreck, like the leftovers of a hurricane. Like a dinner plate shattered on the floor. Like a crime scene.

The fresh tracks skewed crazily down from a bedrock outcropping above the clearing and tumbled down through the snow in wild loops, churning up deep dirt from beneath the snow and spraying it from each hoofprint—dark mud strewn over the white snow. Long distances between each print showing that the animal was bounding, running.

Gray wolf pack. Public domain photo.

The ragged tracks themselves were as eerily silent as the woods—the elk that had made them was long gone. But, the scene screamed to the senses that something had happened here.

And then, we saw the other set of tracks. They were so clear in the snow that the sight of them rang like bells in the hollow of my skull—alongside the elk tracks were the tracks of a wolf.

We had been walking for a long time that morning, talking in whispers. We had been taking care to not brush the loud arrowleaf balsamroot leaves with our boots and we had been pushing branches gently aside so as not to snap them as we moved. So, it was jarring to come across this sign that something so loud and violent could have occurred here, in the deep quiet.

The wolf’s footprints threaded in and out of those of the elk.

When the elk tracks leapt wildly back and forth, the wolf tracks

stayed straight. They followed those of the elk in a general direction, but cut the corners and moved more quickly, more efficiently. The rear paws stepped in the same places as the front paws. Deliberate.

Both sets of tracks slipped off the ridge and down into the thicker timber where the snow was even deeper and the fallen lodgepole pine trunks littered and tangled the understory. It was dark in there, and we couldn’t see what became of them.

Predation is its own kind of fear on the landscape. A howl in the night, out there, more terrifying.

Hannes Thum is a Wood River Valley native and has spent most of his life exploring what our local ecosystems have to offer. He currently teaches science at Sun Valley Community School.

Jack Keating. Photo courtesy of Jack Keating

JACK KEATING Excels In Academics

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BY EMILEE MAE STRUSS

ack Keating, a senior at Wood River High School, is currently taking a full course load of AP classes; maintains a 4.21 GPA; plays tennis six days a week; and is involved in debate, Model UN, Next Generation Politics and local political campaigns.

“I like politics because someday I’d like to be able to make real change,” Keating said. “And I think I can do that through politics.”

Keating moved to the Wood River Valley with his family when he was 5 years old, from Austin, Texas. He started playing tennis when he was 7 years old and hasn’t put down the racket since.

“My main passion,” Keating said, “is definitely tennis.”

He plays year-round and won a state championship last year in doubles. Keating is thankful for a local adult men’s league that allows him to play with them.

“Those guys are so much better than I,” Keating said. “And they make me better, so I’m thankful for that.”

Keating seeks to be as academically sound as possible.

This semester, he is enrolled in

AP Government, AP Literature, debate, AP Environmental Science, and AP Comparative Government.

“I am actually more into humanities,” Keating said. “My friends are all math geniuses and I just find politics interesting.”

This year, Keating is involved in the legislative campaigns of Muffy Davis, Michelle Stennett and Sally Toone, as part of a fellowship program. Keating also has a community service project with The Community Library where he interviews and documents the atypical stories of how people came to the Valley.

“I love English and writing,” Keating said, “so I’d like to get into speech writing as a potential career.”

Keating is inspired by his parents, both of whom he sees as politically cognizant individuals.

They have encouraged him to grow academically and assisted in his search for universities post-graduation. tws Editor’s Note: Anyone who would like to recommend a Blaine County School District student for The Weekly Sun’s “Student Spotlight” feature should contact Emilee Struss at emilee.struss@gmail.com.

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EVENT FEATURE

NEWS IN BRIEF

New Artwork At Colorado Gulch Preserve

This Tony Award-winning musical is about an eclectic group of tweens who compete in the spelling championship of a lifetime. The production features the talents of 32 Upper School students. Courtesy photo by Kevin Wade

CAN YOU SPELL, ‘H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S?’ The Wood River Land Trust has adorned the Colorado Gulch Preserve in Hailey with new artwork. Thanks to a grant from the Wood River Women’s Foundation, last fall a pedestrian bridge was constructed to cross an irrigation canal that dissects the popular preserve.

The metal leaf-and-vine artwork was designed by Leslie Howa and fabricated and installed by Kim and Eric Nielsen of K&M Construction, and paid for by an anonymous donation.

In addition to the leaves and branch artwork on the bridge itself, a metal owl, nicknamed “Hootie,” now sits on a fence overlooking the bridge.

Wood River Orchestra To Perform Fall 2018 Concert The Wood River Orchestra will perform its annual fall concert at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater at the Community Campus in Hailey. The concert, which is free to the public, celebrates the music of American powerhouse composers Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), Aaron Copland (1900–1990), Duke Ellington (1899–1974), and George Gershwin (1898–1937).

The program includes a medley of well-known Duke Ellington tunes, Gershwin’s jazz-influenced “An American in Paris” suite, Copland’s triumphant “An Outdoor Overture,” and selections from the much loved Bernstein musical “West Side Story.” The orchestra will also perform the world premiere of contemporary American composer James Romig’s “Small Infinities,” featuring Scott Farkas on glockenspiel. The performance of this piece is the culmination of a project to commission new music for community ensembles. Romig wrote the piece to feature the beautiful sound of the glockenspiel, but also to empower community groups to perform new and experimental music.

Hardesty Named Director Of The Nature Conservancy Pacific NW/Canada Toni Hardesty has been named The Nature Conservancy’s Pacific Northwest and Canada division director.

In her new role, Hardesy will oversee The Nature Conservancy’s conservation strategies for Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Canada. She will be based out of Boise.

Hardesty stepped down as The Nature Conservancy’s Idaho state director in October to assume her new role and responsibilities.

During her six-year tenure, she led the Idaho chapter in launching new strategic initiatives, engaging in multi-state conservation projects, and expanding conservation policy.

Prior to coming to The Nature Conservancy, Hardesty served as the director of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality for nine years. She was responsible for preserving and protecting Idaho’s air, water and land, and overseeing all aspects of the department.

Hardesty started her career with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before spending 13 years in the private sector as an environmental consultant and manager. She is a graduate of Boise State University.

TNC Idaho deputy state director, Lou Lunte, will serve as interim director until a replacement is found. Hardesty is leading the hiring committee charged with finding the next state director.

In her new role, Hardest will oversee The Nature Conservancy’s conservation strategies for Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Canada. She will be based out of Boise.

Community School to stage sidesplitting musical

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BY YANNA LANTZ

he Sun Valley Community School Players will bring the musical comedy “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” to Sun Valley Nov. 1-3. All performances will take place at 7 p.m. in the Community School Theatre.

This Tony Award-winning musical is about an eclectic group of tweens who compete in the spelling championship of a lifetime. The story offers telling and entertaining glimpses into each of the character’s lives, all the while showcasing the lesson that winning and losing is not everything. Based on a fast-paced and touching book

by Rachel Sheinkin, the play is completed with a vibrant score

by William Finn.

“This show makes me want to be kind and honest and embrace my own oddity,” said director and Sun Valley Community School’s Upper School theater teacher Kevin Wade. “Audience members will go back and forth between laughing and crying several times throughout the show. It will have you rolling in the aisles and plucking on your heartstrings when you’re least ready.”

Although the musical is known for its rib-tickling scenes and uproarious spelling words/ definitions, audience participation is what makes this show truly unique. At each performance, real audience members are invited to participate in the bee, making each night an exclusive, engaging experience.

“The audience is not only watching this comical and endearing cast of characters, but they are actively involved in their lives,” said Wade.

More than 32 Upper School students are involved with the production, either on the stage or behind the scenes.

“This show makes me want to be kind and honest and embrace my own oddity,” said director and Sun Valley Community School’s Upper School theatre teacher Kevin Wade. Courtesy graphic by Sun Valley Community School

The cast features Laine Allison, Christine DuFur, Rye Fruehling, Sophie Harder, Ethan Hunt, and Jasper Mott as the six highlighted contestants with fellow classmates Joe Hall, Julia Ott, and Carter Sammis as the adults. The ensemble spelling cast includes: Paola Alvarado, Shea Brokaw, Cailin Chandler, Emma Desserault, Norah Dowdle, Lily Fitzgerald, Tallulah Gilbreath, Miriam Gilman, Ian Hanna, Imogen Harris, Paris Himmelman, Chloe Lewis, Bella Maurtua, Alli Rathfon, Elliot Ludlow, Mallory Mauney, Peter Morawitz, Priya Merchant, Sophia Sturgeon, Ava Verhaeghe, Kennedy Watts and Levi Woods.

“The best part for me has been working with an extremely talented cast and production team on a show written by my favorite composer,” Wade said.

“The biggest challenge is getting through rehearsal without laughing too hard.”

Upper School music teacher John Mauldin is the musical director for “Spelling Bee” and Megan Mahoney, Middle School music and Elementary School performing arts teacher, is the

choreographer. Upper School students Gabe Delgado and Max Moss are the lighting and sound designers, respectively.

“Spelling Bee” has layers of depth that many comedies lack.

Throughout the show, spectators are allowed peeks into the characters’ individual home lives, stresses and fears.

“This allows the audience to create an endearing and personal relationship with each character that transcends humor,” Wade said. “Each speller describes the sensation of being unloved, being overlooked, being an embarrassment, losing their way, longing... things everyone has experienced at one time or another. This is a very challenging piece, and this group has risen to the occasion. We’re so excited to share this story with the community.”

Tickets are $8 for students and $15 for adults and can be purchased at the door or in advance in the Upper School office during school hours. Some scenes contain language and sexual content related to adolescent development that may not be appropriate for children under the age of 13. tws

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE HAILEY HALLOWEEN HOOPLA WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 3-5PM / MAIN STREET / HAILEY Hailey’s annual Halloween Hoopla will take place on Wednesday. Orange and black balloons will line the streets, marking over three-dozen participating businesses that trick-or-treaters can raid for candy.

An all-ages costume contest, complete with prizes from Kiwanis of Hailey and the Wood River Key Club, will be held at The Liberty Theatre throughout the Hoopla event. Contests will be held every 15 minutes with first-, second- and third-place winners awarded by the judges. For more information call the Hailey Chamber at (208) 788-3484.

KETCHUM COMMUNITY DINNERS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 6-7PM / CHURCH OF THE BIG WOOD / KETCHUM Weekly free hot dinners are provided to anyone who wishes to join. Find Ketchum Community Dinners on Facebook for more information and weekly menu updates.

STORY TIME

WED OCT 31 & FRI NOV 2

10:30AM-11:30AM / HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY Story Time will be held Wednesdays and Fridays each week. Books and crafts designed for children ages 2-4 will be available during Story Time. All ages are welcome. Visit haileypubliclibrary.org for details.

‘THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING’ THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 4:30PM & 7PM / MAGIC LANTERN CINEMAS / KETCHUM The Sun Valley Center for the Arts 2018-2019 Film Series will continue with “The Other Side of Everything,” a feature-length documentary from Serbian screenwriter/director Mila Turajlic that had its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film will be shown twice—first at 4:30 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.—upstairs at the Magic Lantern Cinemas and is presented in conjunction with The Center’s BIG IDEA project, “We the People: Protest and Patriotism.”

Filmmaker Mila Turajlic speaks of her country, Serbia, from a very personal angle and from a very precise point of departure— the place where she grew up. A locked door inside her family’s Belgrade apartment has kept them separated from their past for over 70 years. The more she stares at the locked doors she has been faced with all her life, the more she realizes how much about Serbia can be understood by talking about divided spaces. As Turajlic begins an intimate conversation with her mother, Srbijanka (a retired engineering professor and a prominent figure in Serbia’s opposition movements), the political fault line running through their family home reveals a house and a country haunted by history. The chronicle of this family’s experience turns into a searing portrait of an activist in times of great turmoil, questioning the responsibility of each generation to fight for their future.

Tickets for “The Other Side of Everything” are $10 for members of The Center and $12 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets, visit sunvalleycenter.org, call (208) 726-9491 or visit The Center’s box office at 191 Fifth Street East in Ketchum.

‘WE THE PEOPLE’ THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 5:30PM / THE CENTER / KETCHUM Sun Valley Center for the Arts will host the first free evening tour of its current visual arts exhibition, “We the People: Protest and Patriotism,” on Thursday.

Visitors to the museum in Ketchum are invited to enjoy a glass of wine and take a guided tour of the exhibition with The Center’s curators and museum guides.

As citizens in a representative democracy, Americans rely on elected officials to make legislation and policy and to act in the United States’ best interests domestically and internationally. But from the time of its founding, the U.S. has also been a nation that embraces the idea of participatory democracy.

“We the People: Protest and Patriotism” explores the many ways Americans seeking to affect social and political change can take action. Beyond exercising one’s right to vote, public acts of protest have long shaped America’s history, bringing people together to speak out against things like “taxation without representation,” the institution of slavery or the Vietnam War, and in favor of voting rights for women, expanded protections for workers, or civil rights for African-Americans and members of the LGBTQ community.

The Center’s visual arts exhibition offers historical artifacts and works that illuminate the many ways American citizens participate in the U.S. democracy. The visual arts exhibition will be on view through Dec. 14. For more information visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.

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BY AIMÉE CHRISTENSEN

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he Sun Valley Institute works to build lasting quality of place, to strengthen our local economy, security and environment, and the Institute’s food program, the Local Food Alliance, leverages the power of food to strengthen our community.

This week Local Food For Thought is covering another sector that could benefit our county, state, and beyond: energy! The Institute was pleased to host a speaker series earlier this month in Boise and Idaho Falls called, “Driving Innovation for Idaho’s Prosperous Future.” The speakers hailed from the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Power, POWER Engineers, and the Risky Business Project and focused on how exciting new developments in energy could benefit our state. The following is the first part of an article, Idaho’s Business Opportunity: Energy Resilience, that the Institute’s executive director, Aimée Christensen, authored in Idaho Business Review’s October 5 edition. We hope this provides food for thought for our county’s future.

Idaho has an immediate opportunity: To capitalize on energy resilience. This will create Idaho jobs, bring revenue to the state’s rural and urban communities, and increase the security and reliability of our power grid.

The ways that we produce,

distribute and use energy are undergoing a massive and rapid transformation. The recent deep decline of clean energy costs coupled with technology advancements are driving the growth of distributed, decentralized energy resources, with the military leading the way.

Storage and microgrid technologies are becoming cost-effective, innovation is popping with things like digitalization and blockchain, and solar has accounted for 55 percent of all U.S. electricity added so far in 2018, according to Business Insider.

Governments, businesses, cities and communities are rapidly turning to clean, more local, reliable energy systems that can provide the energy resilience they need.

Read the full piece here: https://idahobusinessreview. com/2018/10/05/idahos-business-opportunity-energy-resilience/

NEWS IN BRIEF

Lunafest Will Return Dec. 6 This year’s Lunafest event will be held at the new Agryros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum, on Thursday, Dec. 6. Lunafest benefits the Girls on the Run program and is a film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues, highlighting women filmmakers, and bringing women together in their communities.

A Red Carpet reception and silent auction will be held at 5:30 p.m., with films beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online, at Iconoclast Books in Hailey, The Elephant’s Perch in Ketchum, and at the Argyros Theater (after Nov. 22nd). If purchasing tickets online, use promo code “EarlyBird” to receive $10 off. Tickets are $30/adult, $20/ youth or senior and $50 for Red Carpet admission. Red Carpet admission includes a free beverage, a souvenir “footnote” gift and entry in the Pamper Me raffle worth more than $700 in items. The online auction includes a Sun Valley ski pass, artwork, services, clothing, lodging, and more.

Family Of Woman Film Festival Announces Friends Of UNFPA As 2019 Sponsor The Family of Woman Film Festival, held Feb. 26 through March 3, 2019, announced that Friends of UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) will return as the Festival sponsor in 2019. The Festival was initiated in 2008 to raise awareness and support of UNFPA, the United Nations agency for reproductive health and rights. UNFPA is on the ground in over 150 countries— homes to more than 80 percent of the world’s population.

In the past two years, UNFPA has supported 8.2 million pregnancies and deliveries, attended by 23,500 UNFPA-supported midwives.

Modern contraceptives provided by UNFPA benefit 20 million women each year. It also is the largest agency in the world providing HIV/AIDS education and prevention. In addition, UNFPA works to prevent gender-based violence, which affects 1 in 3 women and for the abandonment of female genital mutilation, which harms 3 million girls annually.

The Family of Woman Film Festival also announced the theme of the 12th annual Festival, “Women Still Waiting for Change.”

Further details of the 2019 Family of Woman Film Festival will be announced in the fall, with the full schedule of films revealed in December.

Each year the Family of Woman Film Festival presents five feature documentaries and dramatic films from around the world that highlight the status of women in different societies. Many of these films have been American premieres and have gone on to win major international awards. The Festival collaborates with many community organizations in the Wood River Valley in presenting films as well as introducing the community to key speakers on critical issues.

Visit familyofwomanfilmfestival.org to learn more.

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ‘AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE’ SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3 KAYAKING PRESENTATIONS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 6-7:30PM / COMMUNITY LIBRARY / KETCHUM 3PM / THE CENTER / KETCHUM In his presentation “Kayaking Patagonia’s Rivers & Lakes,” legendary kayaker Chris Spelius will teach locals about the latest threats from the mining and energy sectors, as well as consider the global energy initiatives that have had a direct impact on Patagonia’s ecosystem and culture.

Chris Spelius kayaked and guided rafts on the Colorado River while attending the University of Utah in the mid 1970s. After graduating with a degree in biology, Spelius moved east to the Nantahala Outdoor Center, where he was a paddling instructor and trained for national and international kayak competitions. Besides kayaking on the U.S. Olympic Team in the 1984 Olympics, Spelius has won several national championships and was a medalist in the ’91 World Playboating Championships. Spelius was also the first kayaker to descend the Niagara Gorge, beneath Niagara Falls, and has various first descents in Chile. He is dedicated to protecting free-flowing rivers, is active in international river conservation and is currently presenting multimedia presentations worldwide. Check out comlib.org for details.

Participating in the democratic process can take a wide range of actions, from voting to running for office, attending city council meetings, or being an advocate for change. This event is an opportunity for families to express patriotism through the creative process while having fun with family and community. This special free family event will include: hands-on activities, a sing-along, tiedying and a chance to look and talk about art. This day is part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project “We the People: Protest and Patriotism” on exhibition through Dec. 14. Check out sunvalleycenter.org for more details.

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

WRMS BOOK FAIR MON NOV 5- FRI NOV 9 VARIOUS TIMES / WRMS LIBRARY / HAILEY The Wood River Middle School Book Fair, with books provided by Idaho Book Fairs, will be held Monday through Friday. Hours will be from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Wed nesday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday and 8-11:30 a.m. on Friday. The Fair will be held in the WRMS library and will offer a wide range of books, especially for tweens and teens but also books and gifts for all ages.

The Book Fair raises funds for the WRMS library, which receives from 30-60 percent of all sales. This year’s goals include expanding the library collection to support all kinds of readers and supporting reading incentive programs such as summer reading and the Young Reader’s Choice Award. Book Fair shoppers can also support WRMS classroom libraries by purchasing books for teachers through the “wish list” program. Parents, students, teachers, families and community members are welcome to participate in this event. Call (208) 578-5030, ext. 2323, for more information.

LIVE MUSIC @ THE HANGOUT THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 6-9PM / HOTEL KETCHUM Hotel Ketchum hosts free live music, yard games and food specials every Thursday evening.

PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 6-9PM / THE CENTER / HAILEY Sun Valley Center for the Arts will present a series of one-night crafting workshops in November that explore distinct techniques in the printmaking medium. The upcoming workshops will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, and Wednesday, Nov. 14, at The Center in Hailey. No prior experience in printmaking is necessary.

On Nov. 2, explore the secrets of fine-art printmaking—without a press—with seasoned printmaker Amy Nack, founder of Wingtip Press Printmaking Studio in Boise. Using Speedball gel printing plates, cotton rag printmaking papers from The Netherlands, Asian mulberry paper and Akua Intaglio inks, participants will employ a treasure trove of techniques to pull a portfolio of highly developed, multilayered prints. Students will enhance their prints by incorporating hand-printed papers, pochoir and frottage using the chine collé process. Tuition is $40 for members of The Center and $50 for nonmembers. To register for the printmaking workshops, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call the box office at (208) 726-9491.

WAKE UP HAILEY TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6 9-10AM / SENIOR CONNECTION / HAILEY The Chamber and The Senior Connection will host November’s Wake Up Hailey at 721 3rd Ave. S., Hailey. This is a great way to start the day with free coffee, breakfast pastries and a chance to catch up with members of the business community. Bring a business card for a chance at one of the raffle prizes.

OLD DEATH WHISPER & SOFA KING FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 9PM / WHISKEY JACQUES’ / KETCHUM Whiskey Jacques’ will host a show by Old Death Whisper & Sofa King on Friday evening. Doors open at 9 p.m. Entry is $5. Visit whiskeyjacques.com to learn more.

LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 9:30PM / SILVER DOLLAR / BELLEVUE The Silver Dollar Saloon in Bellevue hosts live music every Friday night.

Y FREE DAY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3 ALL DAY / YMCA / KETCHUM

SCIENCE TIME TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6 11AM TO NOON / COMMUNITY LIBRARY / KETCHUM

The Wood River Community YMCA is open to all on Nov. 3. Visitors can enjoy free child watch from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for kids 8 weeks to 7 years (two-hour max; parents must be in Y). The Splash Pools will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the Climbing Wall will be open with free harnesses from 1 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. The Family Fun Challenge is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and visitors can enjoy YMCA activity stations, food trucks, trivia and prizes throughout the day.

Visit woodriverymca.org to learn more.

Science Time teaches children about nature, animals, habitats and the natural world.

Science Time is geared toward preschool-age children and is held every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to noon. Check out comlib. org to learn more.

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