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News In Brief New Sex Crime Alleged On Former Bellevue Marshal

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Health News Vaping In The Valley: 5B Discusses E-Smoking

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Education News Fair Will Inform Families About Scholarship Funds

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OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019

NEWS IN BRIEF

Former Bellevue Marshal Faces New Felony Charges

The former Lincoln County sheriff and Bellevue marshal currently awaiting trial in Blaine County for seven sex-related felonies is now in trouble with Twin Falls County, too.

Rene Rodriguez, 41, was indicted by a grand jury last week on a charge of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years of age. Details are few, as the indictment has been ordered sealed, and no hearing date has been set. Rodriguez was being held in the Twin Falls County Jail with a bond set at $100,000.

Rodriguez was charged earlier this year in Blaine County with seven felonies of a sexual nature, including two charges of raping a 17-year-old. Rodriguez’s trial in Blaine County is set for Nov. 19. It was originally slated for Aug. 6. Defense attorney Cheri Hicks made the request, citing the need to coordinate witnesses from as far away as California since the charges span multiple counties and years.

If convicted on the charges, Rodriguez could face multiple life sentences.

Land Trust Puts Croy Canyon Property On Display

Community members braved the chilly fall weather last week for a tour of the Wood River Land Trust's new addition to the Hailey Greenway. The 118.5-acre property at Croy Canyon features a stunning view of Della Mountain and the Draper Wood River Preserve while protecting habitat for wildlife and providing an opportunity for the Big Wood River to reconnect to Wood River Land Trust’s signage shows current its floodplain.

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Wood River Women’s Foundation 2020 Online Grant Application Opens Nov. 1

The Wood River Women’s Foundation (WRWF) will begin accepting online applications for its 2020 Grants program from Nov. 1 to midnight Dec. 2, the group has announced. The WRWF accepts grant applications in a variety of areas, including Arts, Education, Environment, Health and Recreation, and Social Services, with grants awarded in amounts from $5,000 to $25,000.

This year the awarded funds will be distributed in July of 2020. Full details and instructions for the Online Grant Application can be found under the “Apply for a Grant” tab on the group’s website at www.woodriverwomensfoundation.org.

In 2019 the WRWF awarded grants totaling more than $267,918 to 11 local nonprofits. The Grant Committee members reviewed applications, visited applicant sites and listened to presentations describing the many projects benefiting the Wood River Valley community, with the entire membership voting on the final grant awards.

In the past 14 years, the WRWF has granted more than $2.6 million to nonprofits

serving Blaine County.

The mission of the Wood River Women’s Foundation is to inspire and educate women to become leaders in philanthropy.

Mountain Humane To Host Subaru Loves Pets Event

Those adorable dog/family-car commercials are going to hit home even more in coming days. Mountain Humane is hosting Subaru of Twin Falls and their Subaru Loves Pets Adoption Days on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Located at Mountain Humane, 101 Croy Creek Road, in Hailey, this family-friendly, fun-filled day is an opportunity to test drive a new 2020 Subaru while visiting with Mountain Humane’s adoptable pets.

In addition to a bouncy slide for kids (weather permitting) and free popcorn, there will be facility tours from noon to 1:30 p.m. and a basic training demonstration with adoptable dogs starting at 1 p.m.

Since 2015, Subaru retailers have partnered with local animal shelters through the Subaru Loves Pets initiative. This year, during the month of October, Subaru of Twin Falls will be donating $100 to Mountain Humane for every new Subaru vehicle sold.

For more information, please visit Mountain Humane’s website at mountainhumane.org/calendar or call (208) 788-4351, ext. 211

New Networking Event To Connect Community Food Leaders

Blaine County Food Council is inviting community food leaders and members of the public to attend the first in a series of free community-building events.

The event—Community Food Connections: Summer Economic Success Stories & Next Steps—takes place on Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Upper Big Wood River Grange Hall, 609 S. 3rd Ave., in Hailey.

Guest speakers are Peter Atkinson of Atkinsons’ Market, Sherry Kraay of Kraay’s Market & Garden, and Katie Zubia of Wood River Farmers Market, who will provide updates on progress and challenges at three key local food access points.

During the meeting, speakers will share updates and answer questions. Around 10:20 a.m., discussion regarding the new $5 for Farmers local food marketing campaign will be held.

Coroner Weighs In On Fatal May Accident

Autopsy results on the 82-year-old man who collided head-on last May with another vehicle along Highway 75, killing everyone involved, indicated no sign of stroke, aneurism or severe heart attack. Toxicology results also were negative, indicating the driver’s heart gave out via natural causes (known as an infarction).

The Ada County Coroner’s Office released its findings last week on Peter Jarvis, the Sun Valley resident who drove his Volvo into oncoming traffic, taking the life of his passenger— wife Sally Jarvis, 82—and a 34-year-old Ketchum woman, Piper Reed, who was driving her Toyota pickup the other way. Reed’s golden retriever dog was also killed in the accident.

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NEWS HEALTH

OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019

VAPING IN THE VALLEY

E-cigarette illness count keeps climbing! User concern, not so much?

BY ERIC VALENTINE

Scary Stuff As of Oct. 8, 1,299 confirmed and probable lung injury cases associated with use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products were reported by 49 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with 26 deaths being confirmed across 21 states, but not Idaho. The median age of patients who have died is 49 years, ranging from 17 to 75 years old.

If the numbers don’t alarm you, Orchard’s detailed explanations of why vaping is so popular may. First, there’s the weaning-off concept Wendland mentions. Yes, reducing tar and carcinogen is a positive. And if vaping

Cody Orchard teaches a smoking cessation class. Photo credit: South Central Public Health District

can help anyone begin the cessation (quitting) process, that’s good news.

The problem, Orchard says, is what’s being discovered about today’s products—black market or otherwise. For instance, the liquid (sometimes called “vape juice”) that gets inhaled can contain vegetable glycerine. Sounds healthy, but when burned, it turns into acrolein—a toxic chemical found in Roundup.

“Everyone is using different products, from different places and different stores, so it’s really hard to know where the cause and the correlation is,” Orchard said.

And on this point, Wendland seems to agree.

“Europe has done a much better job researching this,” she said. “The information I go by is from overseas.”

Wendland noted that in Great Britain there have been enough government-approved studies that terms like “safer alternative to smoking” can be used. In the United States, that’s not allowed. Nicotine-based vaping sold in the states must contain labels that clearly state nicotine is addictive.

Some Solutions For more information on EVALI and courses in the Valley, please visit phd5.idaho.gov/vaping or call the health district at (208) 737-5968.

The district holds courses from Twin Falls to the Wood River Valley, in schools and at St. Luke’s. The

non-school courses are geared toward adults, but if parents call the district and ask for their teenage child to be in the class, teens are allowed.

When asked if there were one piece of information he wished everyone knew about the topic, Orchard said it’d be this: “People need to realize that the vaping product they smoked over a decade ago is probably not what they’re smoking today. This product has adapted in every way. There’s no smell. It looks like their thumb drive. It matches their phone. That’s part of what draws teens to it.”

Among 573 patients who used e-cigarette, or vaping, products in the 90 days prior to symptom onset: • 76 percent reported using THC-containing products, with or without nicotine-containing products • 58 percent reported using nicotine-containing products, with or without THC-containing products • 32 percent reported exclusive use of THC-containing products • 13 percent reported exclusive use of nicotine-containing products

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esort towns and rural states are not immune to epidemic. Disease doesn’t take vacations. But so far, only six cases of vaping-related illness, now called EVALI (E-cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury), have been diagnosed in the Gem State. And according to staff at Smoking Dog Cigar Co. in Hailey, business there is doing just fine.

“It hasn’t affected us at all,” said Sal Wendland of Smoking Dog Cigar Co., especially after recent published articles indicated that black market cartridges that include THC were to blame for the uptick in serious lung issues and illnesses.

Wendland said It is fair to say that we’re in the Wild many of the store’s vape to West phase of this.” customers wean off of cigarettes, since it can Cody Orchard give them a nicotine South Central Public Health high without taking District Health Education in the tar and other Specialist carcinogens found in traditional smoking of tobacco. And it’s this “benefit” of vaping that concerns health officials a lot.

“I’m concerned about the lack of concern,” said Cody Orchard, a health education specialist for South Central Public Health District. “Those six cases may not sound like a lot across an entire state, but that’s just within the last month or so. It is fair to say that we’re in the Wild West phase of this.”

Orchard, who teaches smoking cessation classes at Wood River High School and Wood River Middle School, among other Valley locations, points out that illnesses from traditional smoking emerged for smokers when they hit their 40s and 50s. Meanwhile, a large percentage of the illnesses today are being found in 15- to 35-year-olds.

“That’s supposed to be our young and healthy portion of the population. We don’t need that problem,” said Orchard. “What we’re seeing is pretty scary.”

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NEWS EDUCATION

OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019

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FIRST ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FAIR SET FOR NEXT WEEK

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o break stereotypes about scholarships and to better inform students and families about the costs of college, a local nonprofit dedicated to supporting the Valley’s education system will be holding its first-ever scholarship fair.

On Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 4 to 7 p.m., the Blaine County Education Foundation (BCEF), with support from the Wood River Women’s Foundation and Cox Communications, is hosting the First Executive director of the Annual Scholarship Fair for middle and Blaine County Educahigh school students and parents. All stu- tion Foundation, Kristy Heitzman. Photo credit: dents in the Valley are welcome.

The purpose of this event is to famil- Wood River Women’s iarize students and parents with the local Foundation scholarships available in our community and reduce the stress involved with the next step after high school.

“It’s a really big deal,” said Kristy Heitzman, BCEF executive director. “These local scholarships can make a huge difference for a student attending a four-year school of their choice. Every dollar helps. Not only financially but also for a student’s confidence.”

At the fair, information will be provided on scholarships, financial aid, colleges and trade schools. It is open to middle school students and their families, as it is important to start preparing early. The school clubs will be selling snacks. The BCEF will provide a booklet summarizing college preparation tips, financial aid and local scholarship opportunities.

Heitzman said the hope is twofold: to dispel myths about which scholarships are worth applying to, and to make sure no families fall through the cracks when it comes to finding help for affording college.

This year there will be at least $100,000 more for local students, thanks to a local student, Jake Gorham, the senior class president at Wood River High School. Heitzman said Gorham on his own reached out to community leaders and businesses, hauling in 10 new scholarships worth more than $100,000 total.

For more information about the fair or if you are interested in establishing or contributing to a scholarship, contact BCEF Executive Director Kristy Heitzman at (208) 578-5449.

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Ketchum Seeks Sidewalk Art Submissions

The City of Ketchum is inviting professional artists and designers to apply to create designs to be sandblasted in concrete sidewalks throughout Ketchum.

The selected artist, designer or artistic team will work with the City of Ketchum Arts Commission to design a cohesive set of five designs for production in steel templates. The designs will be fabricated into steel templates to sandblast imagery onto concrete sidewalks throughout the City of Ketchum.

Total budget for the design fee is $2,000, not including the production of the templates.

The project is intended to enhance the public realm by adding visual interest to the sidewalks while displaying original artistic work.

The call for artists, which provides detailed information on the submission process, can be found at www.ketchumidaho.org/rfps. The deadline for submission is Nov. 15, 2019, no later than 5 p.m.

ITD Says: Plan For Hwy. 20 Road Closure

On Wednesday and Thursday (Oct. 16–17), the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is planning to close Highway 20 between mileposts 164 and 173 near Fairfield as crews pave the newly constructed Willow Creek and Rock Creek bridges.

The closure is expected to begin at 11 a.m. and is anticipated to last approximately three hours each day.

This is part of the Willow Creek Bridge and Rock Creek Bridge construction projects underway since April of this year. Crews replaced aging and corroded culverts with new bridge structures, which are expected to have a longer lifespan. It will also allow the streams in both locations to be restored to a more natural condition, which should have a positive effect on the surrounding ecosystem.

“We are making every effort to minimize impacts to motorists in the region,” said ITD south-central Idaho Project Manager Brock Dillé. “With the unexpected drop in temperatures this past month, we have a very narrow window to complete work on these structures. Briefly closing the highway will allow us to work more efficiently, and hopefully prevent us from having to return to the area next year to complete the project.”

ITD will place barricades and signage at area intersections to alert travelers. Flaggers will also be present to inform motorists and assist them with determining the best path of travel.

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he fish have been taking advantage of this nice weather we’ve had over the last couple of days, and with more like it in the forecast, the fishing should continue to be good. The afternoons and evenings have been the best for fishing lately, so start a littler later and fish until the sun leaves the water, as this could be the best time of the day.

Silver Creek is fishing fantastic! The mornings have been slow for bug activity but the afternoons have been seeing large hatches of Baetis, Mahogany Duns, October Caddis and some Midges mixed in.

Take a minute to watch the bugs floating downstream and the rise forms of the trout. Determine if the bug you see floating on the surface is actually the bug they are eating. This is a simple way to greatly improve your success.

Staying out until the sun leaves the water can be some of the best fishing of the day; one can expect to see all the bugs listed above in one life stage or another. Make sure to keep an eye out for cleaned gravel and spawning fish.

The Big Wood River is an awesome choice right now.

There has been plenty of Baetis around in the afternoons and we are seeing more and more fish targeting Midges toward the evening. These fish will sit in slower water and will most times target the pupa, or emerger, over the adult. A great technique is using a dry dropper rig with a Parachute Adams and a Midge emerger like a Tie-Down Midge dropped below it. This can be a very effective setup to use all the way through the winter months, as well.

The Lower Lost is fishing great! There have been big hatches of Baetis in the afternoons and quite a few Midges as well. The nymph fishing has also been fantastic. Tight lining small tungsten nymphs in the faster water or putting them under an indicator in the slower water can produce great results.

The South Fork of the Boise has been seeing plenty of Baetis in the afternoons, along with some Midges in the evenings.

We are also seeing more and more October Caddis starting to show up. If you are there earlier in the day before the hatches start, the nymph fishing has been good. Try a heavy Stonefly pattern and a small Midge under an indicator. Fishing a streamer when nothing else is going on is also a good option.

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OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019

BREATHE

BY LESLIE REGO

As I watch, the Hunter’s Moon hovers over the mountain. The mountain slumbers a deep sleep, mute for the moment, life still within its cold embrace. I follow the rays of the moon as they flutter over the creek. The water is wide awake. The constant rapids scatter the moonbeams. The river sounds are amplified within the night’s embrace.

Autumn is not just one season, but many seasons grouped together. There is the hint of crispness in the air that begins toward the end of August. The leaves on the trees are still green, with bits of yellow beginning to intrude. The yellow encroaches more and more until the golden season of October arrives. This year we have yet another season added to our Autumn, the season of extreme cold when the leaves, shocked into submission, fall from the trees, cloaking the land in green rather than ochers.

William Carlos Williams wrote, “A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold.”

My thoughts skip around as I watch the moon. The rays catch some of the leaves, which are carpeting the ground. They are silhouetted. I cannot tell if they are green or yellow, but I do think how quickly the circadian rhythms can get out of sync. I look at the solid mountain and the cascading river, seemingly continuing on their seasonal journey.

“The fact is,” observed Van Gogh, “the fact is that we are painters in real life, and the important thing is to breathe as hard as we can ever breathe.” As Annie Dillard wrote in

Leslie Rego, “Hunter’s Moon,” walnut conte and white pastel on handmade paper.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, “So I breathe…”

I followed suit. I breathed. Then I took a deeper breath. The season is a jumble, I thought, of extreme cold with a hint of warmth. The yellows are not as intense as they have been in other years, but the moon is vivid, casting a brilliance over the land rivaling the last of the autumn gold caught in

the sun’s rays.

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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BY ERIC VALENTINE

ariah Nilsen’s outlook on her future right now is a compelling combination of being open to adventure and having a penchant for design—a metaphor that plays itself out in her love of the outdoor life the Valley has to offer and her interest in becoming an architect or interior designer down the road.

Nilsen is a senior at Wood River High School where she is studying Strength & Conditioning, Studio Art, College English, Government, Calculus, and Video Productions II to the tune of a 3.8 GPA. She is also a three-sport varsity athlete in volleyball, basketball and softball.

“Volleyball is and always has been my favorite sport, because I’ve always had a really strong connection with my teammates and I love the intensity and passion that we all share for the game,” Nilsen said.

Nilsen also has a strong connection to family and community, as demonstrated by her involvement in National Honor Society and the community service she performs through her church.

“I also have early-morning seminary every day before school; this is my fourth year of this,” Nilsen explained.

Nilsen’s family connection can be seen in how she has followed in the footsteps of both her parents in some key ways.

“My mom grew up in Preston, Idaho, and was very athletic and busy, like me.

She played volleyball, basketball, softball, track, and was on the rodeo team. She now is a radiologic technologist up at the hospital,” Nilsen said. “My dad was born in Twin (Falls), but moved here his freshman year. He also played sports (basketball, baseball). He now owns his own construction company in the Valley. He also built the Bow Bridge and boardwalk in Hailey.”

Nilsen is undecided on whether to take a year to do a mission for her church or to head straight to college. And, she says she is not really sure what she wants to do, career-wise.

“But it would be cool to become an architect or interior designer. I’m excited to someday have a family of my own. I would love to continue playing volleyball, and eventually share my love for sports with my children,” Nilsen said.

If Nilsen’s path takes her outside the Valley to design building interiors, she will miss the exterior here, she says.

“My favorite thing about living in the Valley is probably being able to create so many fun outdoor adventure memories with my

WRHS senior Sariah Nilsen. Photo credit: Kerry Nilsen

family and friends: crazy jeep rides through huge puddles, bike rides, spending time at the river, hiking, backpacking, etcetera,” Nilsen said.

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 The Weekly Sun at news@theweeklysun.com.

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OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019

COLUMN ON LIFE’S TERMS

VOICES AND CHOICES

us to focus on the best instincts we have, in order to know we have lived life as fully as possible. have mentioned my childhood Thus, I am embarking on a couguru before, but I have been abple of new prospects that I have sorbed lately with the voice of wanted to do for a long time but that tiny figure, so I shall mention delayed because of the usual cirhim again. My still small voice withcumstances that hinder the realiin was that of Jiminy Cricket, whose zation of our inner hopes. First, I presence I fully believed in after seeam starting to take my dramatic ing Disney's “Pinocchio.” He certainself to children’s birthday parties ly told his wooden puppet friend not in the role of Madame Bibi Blavto lie, but he was also an imaginary atsky who provides positive forfigure on my shoulder for years, retunetelling. This project is made minding me to do the right thing even for me: I miss being with children if no one else noticed. Of course, this (I used to be Madame B for years philosophy was ingrained because of at Halloween and at parties when my parents’ teachings as well, but for JoEllen Collins—a longtime I was a teacher and administrative years whenever I entertained thoughts resident of the Wood River assistant.) I am a ham at heart; I Valley— is an Idaho Press of some misbehavior, I called on him. Club award-winning colum- also now call myself a storyteller, Now I am at a different stage of nist, a teacher, writer, fabric so I will chance dreaming up some life, where I may not be contemplat- artist, choir member and wonderful short stories as I go ing actions that would harm others or unabashedly proud grandma along. I was afraid to do this earlicompromise my ethics, but I find my- known as “Bibi Jo.” er, but now feel that I have the time self still listening to the deep, small and skills to follow this dream. voices within me, not unlike the Jiminy Cricket of The other new event in my life is that I will be yesteryear. gone in the winter, nearer my grandchildren, famAt this time, I am trying to listen clearly to my ily and lifelong friends in California. For a while positive instincts, a trove of life lessons that I have I thought I should just LIVE there, but there is no usually honored in taking steps toward a healthy way I can give up this energetic and supportive life journey. Many of the most rewarding experi- community. This is my home, and for nine months ences I have had were because I chose those paths. a year I can truly enjoy the area I have chosen, the I do believe that if we examine our inner selves and Wood River Valley, with my other daughter, famiour core values, we can occasionally follow paths ly and friends and fully participate in all the things which may be out of our comfort zones but may I find so wonderful about this place, my unique offer adventure and change, as long as they allow and nurturing environment.

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COMMUNITY FOOD CONNECTIONS

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“Building collaboration... is to swim upstream against powerful currents that reinforce individualism and isolation. This work can be difficult... but does bring long-term benefits that reinforce each other over time.” ~Ken Meter, Community Food System Strategic Plan, 2019 As the harvest season winds down in the Wood River Valley, we have much to celebrate. Throughout the region, farmers, chefs, food businesses and organizations are working to bring farm-fresh food to our plates.

Our vision of an agrarian community with abundant food, well-nourished citizens, thriving family farms, and vibrant farmers markets offers the promise of economic prosperity and a healthier future for all.

For the local food movement to succeed, however, we can’t operate in silos. Food producers, buyers, distributors, and others must work together to overcome barriers and create strong business networks.

Earlier this year, a Community Food System Strategic Plan commissioned by Sun Valley Institute highlighted the need for better collaboration among community food leaders. Missing, however, was a venue for making connections and developing new partnerships.

Now, Blaine County Food Council, a multi-stakeholder organization coordinated by Local Food Alliance, is stepping in to fill that gap. Starting this month, we will host regular community-building events to foster communication, coordination and collaboration among farmers, wholesale buyers, small food businesses, nonprofits, and other key stakeholders.

Community food leaders and members of the public are invited to attend the first event in our new free series—Community Food Connections: Summer Economic Success Stories & Next Steps—Thursday, Oct. 24, 9 to 10:45 a.m., at the Upper Big Wood River Grange Hall, 609 S. 3rd Avenue, in Hailey.

Guest speakers Peter Atkinson of Atkinsons’ Market, Sherry Kraay of Kraay’s Market & Garden, and Katie Zubia of Wood River Farmers Market will provide updates on progress and challenges at three key local food access points. Please join us to network, connect, learn, and get inspired.

To register, go to: http://communityfoodconnectionoct2019.eventbrite.com.

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SEARCHING FOR BEAVERS M

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BY HANNES THUM

Did you know that beavers have glands (near, um, their “bottoms”) that secrete a chemical called castoreum that is used in food flavorings and in perfume?

Did you know that beavers can be quite territorial? It’s hard to picture a beaver, which I think of as being pretty mellow and careful in its movements, going out of its way to attack another encroaching beaver. But, of course, who am I to say? Do they engage in vicious battles? Do they fight tooth (ha!) and nail? Probably. Likely. Apparently, they do.

Did you know that beavers store fat in their tails during this time of year, so that they have some extra calories accessible for the cold winter ahead? Did you know that some people still consider fried beaver tail a delicacy? (And did you know that there is a popular donut in Canada called a beaver tail? It’s not actually made of any beaver parts, but it is tasty).

Thusly, we continue to ponder these critters. My students, of course, don’t need much prodding to take up a study of beavers—they find them fascinating. The photos from the camera that we left out there were a big hit, and I’m certain that we will soon be drawn back out to some good-looking beaver territory to place another camera and to await another SD card full of beaver photos. Alas, there are worse ways we could spend our time.

wo weeks ago, I spent a day with my second-grade science students out in the field.

Our mission? To find beavers.

We would spend a fantastic day exploring streams and rivers and the yellow autumn leaves.

We would find active beaver dams and lodges. We would see freshly sawn sticks and stumps that showed clear beaver teeth marks (my students call these beaver-munched pieces of wood “beaver chews,” and they love to yell that term out any time we find one).

We would find branches stripped clean, almost surgically, by beavers who eat the outer layers of woody plants. We would find trees that looked like we had just interrupted a beaver trying to fell them, so chewed through that we could have easily pushed them over and finished the job.

Beavers, of course, are both shy and fairly nocturnal. And a group of students tromping through the woods and streams is, generally speaking, both loud and diurnal (the opposite of nocturnal).

So, we did not actually see a beaver on that trip.

But, we brought a trick up our sleeves. Before leaving one pond that was clearly inhabited by beavers, we left a motion-sensing trail camera pointed at the water. Our hope? To get some photos of the beavers at work once we left.

Beavers continue to draw us in. They have been Hannes Thum is a Wood River Valley native dominating our class discussions lately. and has spent most of his life exploring what Did you know that there was once a species of our local ecosystems have to offer. He currently giant beaver in North America that would have teaches science at Sun Valley Community School. been more than six feet long?

any of us experience situations that cause emotional distress or challenging hardships. In a society that often expects us to “pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back to it”, it can be frightening, disheartening and/or embarrassing to ask for help. Sharing your thoughts and feelings with friends and family can be helpful. Sometimes we may need extra support from someone with an outside perspective and with professional training. However, if we give in to the negative portrayal or stigma of mental health services, we deprive ourselves this great opportunity.

Whether it is a life-event or a general feeling of sadness, therapists are professionally-trained listeners who can assist in getting to the root cause of issues, helping to cope with emotions and making changes to work towards overcoming challenges.

Once the decision is made to seek professional help, it’s okay to shop around for the right fit. Ask questions about specialties, licensing and treatment protocols. Look for a therapist who is experienced in treating the areas you want to address. Ask about their techniques and suggested length of treatment. There are numerous types of therapy to consider – individual, family, group or couple therapy.

If the connection doesn’t feel right—if you don’t trust the person or feel like they truly care—go with another choice. A good therapist will respect this choice and should never pressure you or make you feel guilty. One of the most important factors is to be honest and open with a therapist, they are not there to judge but rather to provide support and confidence.

Multiple resources are available within our community to help us address mental health conditions. St. Luke’s Center for Community Health, with support from the St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation, has recently published Get Help! a mental health resource guide for the Wood River Valley, which is available in English and Spanish.

The booklet is in magazine racks at the Hospital, the Hailey Clinic, at local post offices and in grocery stores. A downloadable PDF is also available by visiting www.stlukesonline.org/gethelp. For more information and to access resources call (208) 727-8733.

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GRID DISRUPTION

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ast year there were devastating wildfires in California, including in Paradise, California, where it was concretely concluded that PG&E transmission lines sparking and failing caused the “Camp” fire, which claimed over 80 lives and wiped out an entire community of homes and businesses.

So this year, PG&E, now in bankruptcy, and its sister utility in Southern California, SCE, proactively shut down power on its transmission lines in anticipation of high fire conditions. Millions of Californians were without power for multiple days this past week, and have been warned that this will continue to be a regular strategy. Any business with freezers or refrigerated items will have to scramble for onsite backup battery power solutions or lose inventory and business. Any research or medical facility needing consistent temperatures will need their own generators.

“Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program, tweeted that the PG&E blackout could result in anywhere from $65 million to $2.5 billion in losses… This is happening in a state with strong regulations and enforcement mechanisms…

The government acknowledges the risk climate change poses, including making forests more flammable… All this means we need new ways of thinking about how we get power. That, of course, includes solar, but it may mean turning to microgrids, or turning to community-scale renewables. And in California, it means burying power lines.”1 Wouldn’t it be terrific if our Wood River Valley community learned from this example rather than having to experience devastation and loss of life ourselves? Idaho Power started out on the transmission line project because they were so worried that the existing line, which goes up over East Fork into Elkhorn, is seriously deteriorated, with old wooden poles and bird holes. Yet, along the way, they morphed the project into a new transmission line up the valley and abandoned repairing the existing line.

Wildfire is a reality anyway in the West, with lightning and now a hotter, drier climate; we don’t need to worry about an old transmission line starting a fire in the back door to the Sun Valley resort. If we installed storage batteries now at our substations, we could run backup power while the existing line is repaired with metal pole replacements and we could perhaps also bury a four-mile stretch over the hill to really ‘harden’ the transmission line. The batteries could provide for future emergencies when the power doesn’t reach Hailey to begin with, and help us to avoid the pain that California is experiencing now with preventative rolling blackouts that will put people out of business. ht t ps://ear ther.giz modo.com /thin k-califor nias-preemp tive-blackouts-are-scary-buckl-1838912490

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OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019

SUN CALENDAR THE WEEKLY

EVENT FEATURE

Texas native Carolyn Martin and her Western swing band, shown here last weekend during the Trailing of the Sheep Festival, will play at the Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival. Photo credit: Dana DuGan

DANCING DIXIE TO DOO-WOP

Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival to celebrate 30 years

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BY DANA DUGAN

or 30 years, Sun Valley has been the spot for a certain kind of music festival. Enthusiastic attendees come from across the globe to dance and delight in the music of about 40 handpicked bands. This year, the event will take place from Wednesday, Oct. 16 to Sunday, Oct. 20.

Founded in 1989 by jazz lovers Tom and Barbara Hazzard, the Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival is held annually in Sun Valley. The party has weathered the change of name and the addition of more genres of jazz music. Originally the emphasis was on Dixie jazz. Now bands play everything from vintage jazz, Swing, Big Band, Cabaret, Doo-wop and Boogie-woogie to Zydeco, blues, Gypsy, folk and Western swing.

New and younger bands from all over the country will join longtime favorites such as Coronet Chop Suey, Kings of Swing, Midiri Brothers, Blue Street Jazz Band and Bob Draga. These wellknown bands from seasons past bring continuity to the five-day event.

Other well-known bands who will make return appearances include Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Gator Nation, Ivory&Gold®, High Street Party Band, Sherri Colby’s New Orleans Racket Makers Jazz Band, and Pearl Django, which is one of the best Hot Club-style groups working today.

The band’s roots are in the music made famous

by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, but they also play traditional jazz classics and original compositions.

Among the other new and returning bands are Young Bucs, We Three, United States Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band, Side Street Strutters with vocalist Melonie Collins, the Yale Whiffenpoofs, and Professor Cunningham and His Old School, an award-winning New York-based band that performs a repertoire rooted in the New Orleans tradition, from early jazz to early R&B, in the traditions of Sidney Bechet, Fats Waller, Professor Longhair and Fats Domino.

Also on hand will be Hot Jazz Collective, Cocuzzi Courtet, Carl Sonny Leland, San Francisco-based Clint Baker’s Hot Five, and the Holland & Coots Quintet. Blue Renditions will return to the event stage. And making its debut will be The Black Market Trust, a five-member jazz band based in Los Angeles.

The Carolyn Martin swing band is led by Martin, a Western Swing Hall of Fame inductee, a Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame member, and a 2016 Ameripolitan Music Award winner. The well-received band recently entertained folks at the Trailing the Sheep Festival in Ketchum’s Town Square.

Direct from Idaho’s capital city will be Boise Straight Ahead playing rousing renditions of all the Big Band favorites. Wood Rivet Valley-based

New Orleans stalwart songstress, dancer and bandleader Banu Gibson will also make her Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival debut this week. Photo credit: Banu Gibson Facebook

Bruce Innes will play again this year, in a tribute to James Taylor, at River Run Lodge.

The festival’s lineup will also include special guest artists. These include the always poplar and beloved Yve Evans; vocalist Dawn Lambeth; banjo player Gary Ryan; 18-year-old vocal dynamo Shaymus Hanlin; and the multi-talented bandleader, dancer and songstress Banu Gibson.

A repeat performer at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and French Quarter Fest, Gibson is a big deal in the South. In 2009, she was honored by the New Orleans Preservation Resource Center for her contributions to music, was a New Orleans Magazine’s 2007 Jazz All Star and was featured in the 2010 New Orleans Magazine as “Top Female Achiever.”

Like all good music festivals, performers mix it up by sitting in with each other, joining for mini supergroups and honoring other performers. For instance, there will be tributes to Sarah Vaughn, Fats Waller, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong, Pete Fountain, Count Basie, Glen Miller, Patsy Cline, Frank Sinatra, and Blossom Dearie.

Other events will include the annual Pianorama, dance classes and a final competition, second line parades, jazz parties, and much more.

Most of the events will take place at the Sun Valley Inn and Sun Valley Lodge, but River Run Lodge and Dollar Lodge will also be in play. For more information, tickets and a full schedule, visit sunvalleyjazz.com.

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WED OCT 16 & THU OCT 17

BC BRIDGE CLOSURES 11AM / US-20 / Fairfield

On Wednesday and Thursday the Idaho Transportation Department will close US-20 between mileposts 164 and 173 near Fairfield as crews pave the newly constructed Willow Creek and Rock Creek bridges for approximately three hours each day. The new bridge structures will allow the streams in both locations to be restored to a more natural condition, which should have a positive effect on the surrounding ecosystem.

WED OCT 16

LUNCHTIME LANGUAGE

12-1PM / Community Library / Ketchum This free high-novice to mid-intermediate class will practice Spanish through conversation, reading and watching authentic materials in Spanish. New vocabulary will be presented, and grammar will be strengthened. It will be held in the Library Learning Commons. For more information, contact instructor Sara Pettit at spettit@csi.edu.

WED OCT 16

KETCHUM COMMUNITY DINNERS

6-7PM / Church of the Big Wood / Ketchum There will be free community dinners served by volunteers every Wednesday night through May 2020. Everyone is welcome to join in either as a volunteer or as a diner.

THU OCT 17

BROWN BAG LUNCH

12:15-1:15PM / St. Luke’s WR / Ketchum The rotator cuff is a set of muscles and tendons that allow for normal strength, mobility and function of the shoulder. Overuse, acute injuries and degenerative conditions of the rotator cuff are common and can impair normal shoulder function. Dr. Alison Kinsler, orthopedic surgeon, will provide information on the anatomy and function of the shoulder, common shoulder injuries, and an update of the best prevention, diagnostics and treatment options. For more information, contact Erin Buell at (208) 727-8733 or buelle@slhs.org.

THU OCT 17

‘THE IRISHMAN’ CELEBRATION 4-7PM / The Hangout / Ketchum

Hosted by Chapter One Bookstore, there will be a celebration with author Charlie Brandt at a free book signing and talk. Complimentary food and refreshments will be served. Based on Brandt’s bestselling book, “I Heard You Paint Houses,” “The Irishman,” starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, and directed by Martin Scorsese, tells the true story of Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran, a Mafia hitman, and the murder of Teamsters’ boss Jimmy Hoffa. Chapter One will carry the movie tie-in version of “The Irishman,” as well as the classic edition of the book. For more information, contact chapterone.ketchum@gmail.com or call (208) 726-5425.

THU OCT 17

CHAMBER BAH

5-7PM / Lago Azul / Hailey

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Hailey Trick-Or-Treat Event Is Set

Downtown Hailey will once again be filled with happy children during the annual Halloween Hoopla.

Thanks to the generosity of local merchants, children will be allowed to enjoy a fun and safe trick-or-treat experience. The Chamber of Hailey and the Wood River Valley helps put on this annual event with support from a number of local businesses and nonprofits that make an enjoyable day for local children and families.

As usual, Hailey’s Halloween Hoopla will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31, organizers said.

Ketchum Announces Fall Yard Waste Collection Plan

Yard waste collection will be provided on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the City of Ketchum announced this week.

According to the city, residents can drop off leaves, flowers, grass, sticks, branches, bark, etc., into the yard waste container at the Park ’n Ride lot next to the Wood River Community YMCA. Unacceptable items include dirt, sod, gravel, rocks, flowerpots, bamboo, broken lawn tools and trash.

Clear Creek Disposal will collect the yard waste and deliver it to be chipped and composted instead of going into the landfill.

The Ketchum Sustainability Advisory Committee developed this initiative as an effective way to contribute to curbing climate change. Diverting yard waste from trash going to the landfill is important in that effort because once in the landfill, yard waste produces methane, which is roughly 30 times more potent than CO2 as a heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere.

“The city strives to better our environment,” said Mayor Neil Bradshaw. “I am excited about the yard waste collection program and hope Ketchum residents find this to be an accessible and convenient way to responsibly dispose of yard waste.”

If you have questions about what types of yard waste will be accepted, contact Clear Creek Disposal at (208) 726-9600. Other questions can be directed to participate@ketchumidaho.org.

DUI Results In Drug Charges For Valley Woman

On Monday, Oct. 7, at approximately 9:29 p.m., a Blaine County Sheriff’s Office deputy conducted a traffic stop on Main Street near the intersection of Walnut Street in Bellevue.

Upon investigation, Sheryl Dawn Fullmer, age 57, of Bellevue, who was the driver and sole occupant of a grey 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, was arrested for suspicion of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Possession of Open Container of Bellevue resident Sheryl Alcohol, both misdemeanors.

Fullmer. Photo credit: Blaine During an inventory search County Sheriff’s Office prior to vehicle towing, controlled substances were located in the vehicle. Fullmer was additionally charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine), a felony.

Fullmer was released from the Blaine County Detention Center on her own recognizance following arraignment Tuesday afternoon in Magistrate Court.

The Chamber of Hailey and the Wood River Valley invites businesses and the public to this month’s Business After Hours at Lago Azul restaurant, 14 West Croy Street. This free event will feature tasty Mexican and Salvadoran specialties at Lago Azul. Meet local business owners and catch up on Chamber-related news and events. Food and beverages will be provided. Bring your business cards to enter in the BAH raffle. For more information, contact The Chamber at Mike@ValleyChamber. org, ValleyChamber.org or haileyidaho.com, or call (208) 788-3484.

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OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019

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SAT AND ACT STUDY

WRMS BOOK FAIR

4:30-5:30PM / Community Library / Ketchum

8AM / WRMS / Hailey

Study hour with tutoring support on Thursday afternoons through December 12.

Some materials will be provided, but students are encouraged to bring workbooks, computers or smartphones for this study hour. Free.

The Wood River Middle School Book Fair, with books provided by Idaho Book Fairs, will run through Friday, Oct. 25 in the Wood River Middle School library.

Hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; and until11:30 a.m. Friday. There will be 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. Everyone is welcome.

THU OCT 17

TOUR ULYSSES CYLINDERS

4:30-7PM / Community Library / Ketchum

MON OCT 21

BABY TIME

The Library will conduct a tour of Dale Chilhuly’s Ulysses Cylinders. Inspired

by James Joyce’s novel, the luminous cylinders combine the alchemic artistry of Chihuly with painter Seaver Leslie’s pen-and-ink drawings to create a unique collection of golden glass cylinders. The exhibit includes 23 cylinders from the set of 45. This is the third exhibition of the cylinders. They first exhibited at Dublin Castle in June 2014, and then at Vassar College in 2015. For more information, visit comlib.org.

12-12:30PM / Hailey Public Library / Hailey Baby Time will be held weekly for babies aged 0-18 months and caregivers. The drop-in program incorporates nursery rhymes, tickling and gestures to help parents teach babies language and motor skills. A registered nurse will be on hand the third Monday of each month. Details at haileypubliclibrary.org.

MON OCT 21

CARITAS CHORALE REHEARSALS

6:30-8PM / Our Lady of the Snows Church / Ketchum Caritas Chorale welcomes all to join their rehearsals for Christmas every Monday.

R.L. Rowsey will conduct and there are no auditions necessary. Soprano, alto, tenor and bass are all welcome.

FRI OCT 18

FREE FAMILY PROGRAM: AFTERNOON ART 2:30-4:30PM / The Center / Ketchum

TUE OCT 22

NEW MOMS GROUP

Sun Valley Center for the Arts presents a free afternoon for families to make art, spend time in the Maker Space and view The Center’s current exhibition together.

Participants and their adult caregivers can drop in anytime between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. to play, create, discover and have fun! New and different activities each session.

For more information, call (208) 726-9491.

12-1:30PM / St. Luke’s / Ketchum A support group for new parents helps with the basics of caring for newborns and infants. The presence of professionals makes this group a comfortable and valuable experience. Bring your baby and your lunch, if you wish. Tuesdays, noon–1:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Hailey Clinic, Carbonate Rooms.

FRI OCT 18

LIVE MUSIC

9:30PM / Silver Dollar Saloon / Bellevue

THU OCT 17 & TUE OCT 22

Tylor and the Train Robbers will play at the iconic Bellevue saloon. There is never a cover, and a free ride home is available, if needed.

2:30-4PM / Hemingway & Bellevue Schools / Ketchum

ERC SCIENCE AFTER SCHOOL

Science After School engages students with the natural environment through outdoor adventures and explorations. This six-week program is open to fourth and fifth graders. Preregistration is required and space is limited. Attendance for all six sessions is preferred. For more information on this program or to register your student, please contact Alisa McGowan, ERC program director, at alisa@ercsv.org or call (208) 726-4333.

FRI OCT 18

REPUBLICAN WOMEN OKTOBERFEST 5-8PM / Main Street / Harker Center

The public is invited to attend the Blaine County Republican Women’s Oktoberfest, a celebration of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, at The Harker Center Clubhouse, 1 Harker Lane, in Sun Valley. Idaho Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin will attend. Lunch will be bratwurst with all the fixings, homemade salads and desserts.

Cost is $30. RSVP to julie@bcrwidaho.com.

TUE OCT 22

STEPPING OUT OF THE FRAME 2:30PM / The Center / Ketchum

SAT OCT 19

The Sun Valley Center will continue its free eight-week series of its new museum-based art therapy program, “Stepping Out of the Frame,” designed especially for adults experiencing changes in their cognitive and sensorimotor abilities. Each week participants will explore The Center’s current visual arts exhibition through therapeutic art experiences facilitated inside the museum. Preregistration is encouraged. For more information, contact sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.

LECTURE CHRISTINE HAROLD 7PM / The Liberty / Hailey

Company of Fools will present a free lecture

by Dr. Christine Harold, rhetoric scholar and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, about the themes in her book, “Things Worth Keeping: The Value of Attachment in a Disposable World.” The lecture is presented as part of The Center’s current BIG IDEA project, Marketplaces: From Open Air to Online. Admission is free, but a $10 donation is suggested and advance seat reservation is recommended. To register or for more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.

Tuesdays in October in The Community Library Teen Lounge, tech-minded kids will explore and problem solve with various technologies. TREKHub stands for Technology, Resources & Exploration for Kids. Come learn, experiment, and create. Free.

For more information, visit comlib.org.

SUN OCT 20

WED OCT 23

11AM / Kraay’s Market & Garden / Bellevue

5:30PM / Hailey Library / Ketchum

Head to 171 Schoessler Lane in the Bellevue Triangle for the second annual Kraay Days, with tours, vendors, animals and greenhouses. For more information, contact Sherry Kraay at (208) 481-1101, or visit kraaysmarketgarden.com.

The Hailey Public Library will host a free talk by Don J. Easterbrook, emeritus professor of geology at Western Washington University. Easterbrook will discuss Idaho Geology: From Pre-Cambrian to Cenozoic. More information at haileypubliclibrary. org.

TUE OCT 22

TREKHUB FOR TWEENS AND TEENS

3:30-4:30PM / Community Library / Ketchum

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t takes more than just fresh ingredients to make great food. It also takes effort, experience and, most importantly, passion to make a great meal.

When you ask Sandra Castillo about what makes the food at Lago Azul so popular, the first thing she mentions is the most important ingredient.

“This is my passion. I love to cook,” Sandra said from her family’s small restaurant across the parking lot from the Hailey Public Library.

Sandra grew up in El Salvador and originally moved to the United States in 1977. She has been in Idaho for 25 years now and purchased the Lago Azul restaurant in 2003. Sandra immediately changed the traditional Mexican recipes to a blending of Salvadoran flavors. She said that Salvadoran influence uses less cheese and spices than traditional Mexican food.

Sandra’s unique and tasty style quickly took off and Lago Azul now has a loyal following that includes locals and regulars from as far away Idaho Falls, Jerome and Boise. Perhaps the ultimate compliment to the food at Lago Azul is that the fan base includes lots of chefs, like former local chef Michael Gunyan. “Gunny,” as locals know him, has had a spectacular cooking career since his humble early days at Sun Valley Brewing. Chef Gunyan’s long list of accolades includes being invited to cook at the acclaimed James Beard House on multiple occasions and winning the National Trophy of Cuisine and Pastry from the L’Académie Culinaire de France. But whenever Gunny comes back to town, there’s one dish that he never misses: chile relleno at Lago Azul.

“Their chile relleno is really special,” Gunyan said recently from his farm outside Portland, Maine. “Chile rellenos are not easy to make, so a lot of places will skip steps. To make a really great chile relleno takes passion, it takes love for the food. They actually make their rellenos there and you can taste it.”

“She cooks for everyone likes she’s cooking for us, for her family,” said Sandra’s oldest son, Richard. “We love this community. We want people to come in here and feel like they’re home.”

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Richard manages the restaurant, which has seen a recent remodel. His brothers and their families make up the staff. Chile rellenos are just one of the favorites at Lago Azul, along with their tacos tinga, chile verde and pupusas.

Besides the restaurant, Lago Azul is very active in local events, supporting everything from celebrations at the Hailey Library to catering for local nonprofits and helping to found the popular Hailey Hispanic Heritage Fest.

“I love Hailey,” Sandra said about her family’s support for the community. As for what it takes to make a small business successful, she joked, “I’m just the cook.”

Lago Azul is located at 14 West Croy Street in Hailey and is hosting this week’s Business After Hours (BAH) on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 5-7 p.m.

The BAH is free and open to the public. For more information, call Lago Azul at (208) 578-1700.

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