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Skate Comp To Take Place Saturday
20 years of branch i ng out
STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK
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ack flips and handstands on skateboards will reign Saturday when the third annual Hailey Skateboard Park Competition takes place at the Hailey Skateboard Park. The competition for all ages starts at 11 at the Hailey Skateboard Park on Highway 75 near the Hailey rodeo grounds. Entry fee is $15 and includes a T-shirt and wristband.
“We had 45 contestants last year and it gets bigger and better every year,” -Lamar Waters There’ll be food, drinks and music. Competitions will be held for those 5 through 8 years of age; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14; 15 and 16; 17 and 18; and 19 and older. “We had 45 contestants last year and it gets bigger and better every year,” said organizer Lamar Waters. “We expect contestants from the Twin Falls area. I’ve even sent posters to Salt Lake.” Waters’ son Jed will perform, along with other local skateboarding talents like Gene Fairbrother and Wilder Curtis. Look for such tricks as Jed’s 540, a 360 air and the Miller flip. The competition is non-profit; any profits will go toward a picnic table and other improvements at the skateboard park. Tax-deductible donations will be gratefully accepted. Information: 208-720-3914. tws
PHOTO BY JENNIFER SIMPSON - A VARIETY OF BUSHES & SHRUBS FOUND AT THE NURSERY STORY BY KAREN BOSSICK For a while the evergreens piqued the interest of the landscape designer and master gardener and arborist. But, as he became faou need a horticultural guide to browse through miliar with them, he decided it would be fun to introduce something Branching Out Nursery. different to the Valley. The Bellevue nursery definitely branches out into “In those days you couldn’t order something in the catalog and a wider, more interesting and unusual selection of tree and get it the next day. Jon had to research things by reading manuals, shrubs than you’ll find elsewhere. And many are drought-tolbooks, articles by horticulturists. And he had to order the plants well erant. in advance,” Sofie recalled. “As people became more interested in “One of our main missions is to offer the Valley something using different plants in his yard, Jon built up his inventory enough different—something you might not even think you could to open a nursery. That was 20 years ago.” see growing in the Wood River Valley. We put a lot of time The Wilkeses started a test garden. They and research into what works, and what introduced hardy hydrangeas. They brought doesn’t,” said Sofie Wilkes, who co-owns “Growing all one species in weeping pea shrubs, weeping crabapples, the nursery with her husband, Jon. Jon Wilkes’ penchant for working is one of the fastest ways to weeping evergreens. And, after a lot of trial and error, they determined five varieties of hardy with the unusual started with his act of spread insects and diseases grapes that could grow in the Wood River Valley. moving to Sun Valley from Australia 25 more edgy we got, the more our passion years ago. because there are no breaks for“The the unusual grew,” Sofie said. His parents were both horticulturists, When they opened their nursery, they couldn’t working with the tropical plants common in the chain,” Sofie said. “If give juniper away because people were familiar to the Sydney area. But Jon always had a passion for mountain evergreens. They you plant a variety of species, only with the one most common version, Sofie But they expanded the selection to include weren’t available in Sydney, but that’s it makes it harder for insects said. upright juniper, compact juniper, golden-yellow what he and Sofie found here when the juniper, blue-green juniper and more. and diseases to spread.” two—then ski instructors at Perisher “We got more interest in junipers than we ever Valley in Australia’s Snowy Mountains— came to Sun Valley to ski.
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