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he color pink is popping up everywhere as a reminder to women to have an annual mammogram and that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

According to medical experts, while most people are aware of the dangers of breast cancer, many women still don’t take the necessary steps to detect the disease in its early stages. One such step is having a mammogram, a screening test that, according to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, “can identify changes in the breast that may be early signs of cancer, but are too small or subtle to be felt.”

The American Cancer Society recommends that women at least age 40 and older should have a mammogram once a year. Having a mammogram even earlier is also suggested for women who may be at a higher risk to develop the disease.

Medical experts advise women to talk to their doctor to determine a proper screening timeline.

According to St. Luke’s, having a mammogram is relatively risk-free, even though radiation

is involved.

“Our mammograms are performed by a certified mammography technologist using stateof-the-art digital equipment, which assures you the highest quality exam with the lowest radiation dose,” said St. Luke’s spokeswoman Joy Prudek.

Financial assistance is available for women who might be worried about costs.

“Women are encouraged to access mammography scholarships at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center,” Prudek said, adding that funding for a screening mammogram, diagnostic mammogram, and ultrasound exams are made possible through a grant from Susan G. Komen Idaho.

Other funds for the program come through donations from the St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation, or from businesses such as The Weekly Sun, which is donating 10 percent of pink ad sales from this issue to St. Luke’s mammogram scholarship program.

Self-exam In addition to mammograms, medical experts recommend self-exams as well. Two Wood

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River Valley residents who have survived breast cancer can attest to the importance of self-exam.

“I was not regular on breast self-exams, but usually when I was going to travel on business I checked – just part of my routine, I guess,” said Wendy Jaquet, a former state representative. “This was in 1991 when I was going to the ski symposium on behalf of the chamber. This is very important, as early detection is the best way to fight it.”

Valley resident Barb Patterson, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, agrees.

“It is true; early detection is everything for survival,” said Patterson, who now has regular mammograms. “I pick the month of my birthday to get my mammogram – it’s a celebration of life.” tws Scholarships Available Women who may qualify for a mammography scholarship are encouraged to call 208-381-2095 or 800-7201478 for more information.

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SHEEPDOG TRIALS TO RETURN

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special event for animal lovers during the annual Trailing of The Sheep Festival is the "National Point Qualifying Sheepdog Trials" event, set for Saturday, Oct. 11, and Sunday, Oct. 12, at Quigley Canyon Fields on Quigley Road in east Hailey.

The trials will run from dawn to dusk both days and admission is $3. Children under 5 can attend at no charge.

“A sheepdog trial is a compet-

itive sport in which herding dogs move sheep around a field, fences, gates, or enclosures as directed by their handlers,” said event director Lavon Calzacorta. “It is the opportunity for handlers and their dogs to test their skills and level against other competitors.”

For this year’s event, Calzacorta expects some 50 dogs to compete from the Western U.S. and Canada. Competitors will include some of the top-ranked sheepdogs in the nation.

The Sheepdog Trials have become a mainstay of the annual

festival, and Calzacorta has been event director the past two years.

He said he is passionate about the event and worked numerous trials elsewhere during the past 15 years before joining the festival.

“We already had the event going, and it was then incorporated with the Trailing of the Sheep Festival about eight years ago,” Calzacorta said.

For the event, the handler stands perfectly still beside a post and whistles to the dog, typically a border collie. That’s

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An example of what to expect at the Sheepdog Trials.

the signal for the dog to run 400 yards, gather a group of four to five sheep and bring them back.

Other feats the dogs will perform are herding the sheep into a pen and separating a single sheep from a group, all while being guided by the handler’s hand signals and whistles.

“People can expect to see herding at its best; well-trained stock dogs going against five of the Wood River Valley’s toughest sheep,” Calzacorta said.

“These sheep have never been in groups of five, always in a large group. This makes for an amazing test for both handler and dog.

Guests will enjoy the spectacular location along with an array of vendors.”

The event is an “open trial,” meaning professional handlers and professional dogs may enter.

Calzacorta explains that people that raise these dogs and compete in these trials are from “all walks of life.”

“We have a very diverse group of individuals that, in most cases, train and raise their own dogs for competitions such as this,” he said. “You will find that 95 percent of these dogs are border collies. While any breed of dog is welcome, the border collie excels at the distance required and skill level of these competitions.”

Additional information on the trials and the festival is available at www.trailingofthesheep.org/ tws dogs.

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COMMUNITY SCHOOL TEACHER FIRED IN SEX SCANDAL Defendant accused of sexual abuse of 13-year-old student

BY TERRY SMITH

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seventh-grade teacher was terminated from employment last week at Community School in Sun Valley and charged with a felony sex crime for allegedly soliciting sex from a 13-year-old male student.

Twenty-three-year-old Kevin Carter Donaldson, originally from Arvada, Colo., faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the crime of sexual abuse of a minor. He would also be required under Idaho law to file as a registered sex offender.

Donaldson had only been with Community School for a short time. He was hired on Aug. 19 and fired on Sept. 29.

Head of School Ben Pettit and school board Chair John Perenchio reported in a letter emailed to school families on Oct. 1 that a thorough background check was conducted before Donaldson was hired and that Donaldson cleared the process. The background check included a review of any criminal history conducted through the Idaho State Department of Education Teacher Certification System, an FBI fingerprint check and references from previous employers.

According to Blaine County court records, Donaldson has no prior criminal record.

He was formally charged with

the crime at an initial court appearance on Sept. 30 in Blaine County Magistrate Court. Bond was set at $75,000 and he was released from custody later that day after posting bail.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Nov. 9. In a preliminary hearing, a magistrate court judge considers evidence in a felony case to determine if the case should be advanced to the higher district court level for further prosecution.

We are working closely with the family. The student is supported and cared for at this time.”

Community School statement According to court records, no plea was entered. Under Idaho court procedures, a defendant in a felony case is not required to enter a plea unless the case is advanced to district court.

Conditions of Donaldson’s release require that he have no contact with the alleged victim or his family or any unsupervised contact with anyone under 18.

Donaldson is to remain under the supervision of his parents.

According to court records, his

father was present at Donaldson’s initial court appearance.

Donaldson is represented

by Ketchum attorney Andrew Parnes, who declined Monday to comment on the case.

“As a general practice, I do not comment on cases that are pending in court,” Parnes said.

According to a Sun Valley police report, filed with the court

by Sgt. Kim Orchard, the case against Donaldson came about after the boy, a seventh-grader at Community School, “attempted suicide” at his home in Elkhorn the evening of Sept. 28. While being treated for knife wounds at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, the boy allegedly reported that one of the reasons he tried to kill himself was because of a “sexual encounter” earlier in the month with an adult male.

The “sexual encounter” phrase apparently refers to electronic communications between the boy and Donaldson through Grindr, a downloadable cell phone app used by gay men to find sex partners. Blaine County court records make it clear that Donaldson is not accused of any physical sexual contact with the boy. A crime involving physical sexual contact is typically charged in Idaho as lewd conduct with a minor and is punishable in the state by up to life in prison.

The use of Grindr does not re-

quire proof of identify or age. Instead, users are simply required to answer a yes-or-no question about whether or not they are over the age of 17.

Nonetheless, Donaldson is accused in the Sun Valley police report of knowing that the boy was a minor, but not knowing that the boy was enrolled at Community School.

The accusation against Donaldson was brought to the attention of school authorities and police on Sept. 29 after the boy’s parents allegedly found text messages and nude photographs of Donaldson on the boy’s cell phone.

Donaldson was terminated from employment later that day.

According to the Orchard report, police and school authorities escorted Donaldson to his classroom to retrieve his belongings.

Orchard reported that both Donaldson’s cell phone and his laptop computer were taken as evidence in the case.

The report further states that Donaldson was arrested after he voluntarily, at police request, came to the Sun Valley police department. He was advised of why he was there, was read his Miranda rights and stated that he wanted an attorney.

“At that point, the interview stopped,” Orchard reported.

Community School authorities

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Kevin Carter Donaldson, a former teacher at Community School in Sun Valley, is shown here while being booked into the Blaine County jail on a felony sex crime charge.

initially advised school families on Sept. 29 that Donaldson had been terminated for “for a violation of school policies related to inappropriate electronic communications with a minor.”

Additional information regarding the termination was provided in the Pettit and Perenchio letter of Oct. 1 after the accusations against Donaldson became a matter of public record.

“We are working closely with the family,” the letter states.

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School Authorities Address Situation with Staff, Students and Parents Continued from Page 8

cared for at this time.”

“On campus yesterday, Ben and the leadership team, along with professional counselors, had conversations with the students and families affected by this termination,” the letter states. “We are pleased to see the strength of our faculty, staff, parents, and especially of our seventh-grade students.

They clearly want to get back to school as usual and move forward.

“The school provided, and

will continue to provide, opportunities for all students and every other member of the school community to speak to our faculty administration and professional counselors,” the letter states.

“Our continuing goal is to create an environment where students feel that they can discuss anything on their mind in a safe and supportive setting,” Community School is an independent school in Sun Valley that was founded in 1973. The school currently has an enrollment of about 400 students grades preK-12. tws

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Community School, a private school in Sun Valley, was founded in 1973.

The school currently has an enrollment of about 400 students grades preK-12.

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MAIN ST. MARKET DONATES INVENTORY TO HUNGER COALITION Thousands of pounds of food to help feed the hungry in Blaine County

BY TERRY SMITH

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he Main St. Market grocery store in Ketchum, which announced its closure earlier this year, has donated thousands of pounds of remaining store inventory to the Blaine County Hunger Coalition.

“We’re still waiting until we get everything tallied before we put out a total, but last week alone we got 11,000 pounds of food, and we got a lot more before that,” Rachel Shinn, volunteer program manager for The Hunger Coalition, said Tuesday.

Shinn said the 11,000 pounds alone will provide 8,468 meals. Using a value factor of $1.72 per pound of food, last week’s haul alone is worth almost $19,000.

Shinn said the donated items included frozen meat and vegetables, fresh produce, canned soup, pastas, flour and other grains, baking goods and more.

“Anything you can think of in a grocery store, we got,” she said.

Shinn said the donations were provided through the generosity of storeowners Steve and Karen Holzman and Michael Marks, who also provided “incredible severance pay” to their employees.

Main St. Market opened in the former Williams Market building at 100 N. Main Street in Ketchum in 2011, but announced its closure in July because the store was operating at a loss. The closure leaves Atkinsons’ Market as the only grocery store in Ketchum.

Shinn said former store manager Craig Bernauer started scanning and moving store inventory to The Hunger Coalition several weeks ago, but that the “big push” came on Wednesday, Sept. 30, as a deadline of Oct. 2 was approaching to have the building cleared of merchandise.

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Main St. Market, which announced its closure in July, has donated thousands of pounds of remaining inventory from the store in Ketchum to the Blaine County Hunger Coalition.

An impassioned plea for assistance went out that day on The Hunger Coalition’s Facebook page and through community emails to get the remaining goods processed, boxed and moved.

“Within an hour we had 30 volunteers,” Shinn said. “The community was just incredible. Within a few days we moved an incredible amount of food, which may have otherwise gone to waste. This food will feed an incredible amount of people.

“Between myself and the rest of the staff, considering the total and all the volunteers coming together, it was overwhelming and inspiring and we couldn’t ask for a better community to keep everyone fed.”

The Hunger Coalition currently assists about 17 percent of Blaine County’s population, providing foodstuffs to people as well as for their pets. tws

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Jake Provonsha is seeking a Sun Valley City Council seat he was denied a year ago.

Michelle Griffith is running for another term on the Sun Valley City Council.

Jane Conard was appointed to the Sun Valley City Council earlier this year.

Candidates for Sun Valley City Council

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he City of Sun Valley has three candidates for two positions on its city council. Electors can vote for two of them, or they can “bullet vote” for just one candidate.

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Jake Provonsha Jake Provonsha has lived in the Ketchum/Sun Valley area since 1970, and has long been active in public affairs. He is currently serving his second term on the Sun Valley Planning and Zoning Commission. He previously served on the planning and zoning commission in

I always try to listen to both sides of an issue and to make informed decisions instead of enforcing an agenda.”

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78, skied, surfed and did other athletic things energetic people do throughout the world. After high school, he attended the Chouinard Art Institute with the intention of becoming a professional photographer.

He has been married for 53 years and has three daughters.

Michelle Griffith Michelle Griffith moved to the Sun Valley area in 2009 from Russia, where her husband, Harry Griffith, worked for BP in oil and gas development.

She has served on the Sun Valley City Council since 2011, and said she originally ran for council when friends encouraged her to seek the position in order to address land use issues.

She said she didn’t think then that she was well known enough to win, but since being elected has consistently looked forward with “optimism” to the tasks of responsibly governing Sun Valley.

Griffith said that the primary current and near-future issue for the City of Sun Valley is “financial.”

“There has not been enough

Ketchum.

Now, Provonsha is a candidate for the Sun Valley City Council, a seat denied him a year ago after he was nominated by Mayor There has not Dewayne Briscoe to fill the seat been enough vacated by Franz Suhadolnik. money set aside for He was deprived of the seat by road improvements, and a 2-1 vote of the seated council finding funds for this is members. important.”

Provonsha said his experience working on the P&Z commisMichelle Griffith sions in both Sun Valley and Ketchum was great training for the tasks of being a member of money set aside for road imthe city council. provements,” she said, “and When asked why he thinks finding funds for this is importSun Valley citizens should vote ant.” for him, Provonsha replied: “I The other two highest-priority always try to listen to both sides issues for Sun Valley, accordof an issue and to make informed ing to Griffith, are the future decisions instead of enforcing an of Friedman Memorial Airport agenda. I listen to evidence with in Hailey and, as everywhere an open mind and try to be fair in western America, water. She to the best of my ability, and I said she is optimistic that the will have as balanced a view as council can work together for I can bring to the table – always. the best interests of the city.

“Sun Valley will likely con“Sun Valley is an upbeat comtinue to grow at a similar rate as munity,” she said. it has the past few years, steady Griffith, 52, was born, raised but not rapid,” Provonsha said, and educated in Cleveland, the adding that he considers water, daughter of first-generation Artraffic, a comprehensive plan menian immigrants who ran a and cooperation with Ketchum grocery store. She graduated to be the major issues for Sun from Wittenberg University in Valley.

Springfield, Ohio, with a degree Provonsha said he moved here in economics, before going to for the skiing, intending origi- work in the oil industry in Ohio, nally to stay for only a year or where she met her future hustwo. But that was in 1970, and band, Harry. he’s still here.

The couple has two sons.

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Jane Conard Jane Reister Conard was appointed to the Sun Valley City Council last January after Sun Valley Mayor Dewayne Briscoe’s first two nominees were rejected by the council. She said she accepted the position because she was “intrigued” by the idea and her background as a mediator and arbitrator is suitable for dealing with “potential conflicts.”

Conard has lived in Sun Valley full time since 2011, but she and her husband Rick Maneval, an avid skier, were married in the Sun Valley Lodge by former Sun Valley Mayor Ruth Lieder in 1985 and have owned a house in Crown Ranch since 1998.

An attorney and member of the California, Utah and Idaho state bars, Conard is a health law consultant, arbitrator, mediator and hearing officer. She is a volunteer mediator with Blaine County 5th District Court.

Conard said she has a strong sense of public service, loves Sun Valley and has always participated in community affairs.

She views the largest issues facing Sun Valley as implementing a comprehensive plan, transportation planning and general infrastructure, which, she said, is neglected nationally.

“Tourists, on which the Valley’s economy depends, expect good roads to be regularly maintained,” she said.

Regarding the upcoming election, Conard said: “I hope people will vote for me. I have a calm demeanor, value open communication, listen carefully and like to take a principled position

I have a calm demeanor, value open communication, listen carefully and like to take a principled position guided by reason.”

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Conard, 68, was born and raised in Iowa, graduated with a B.A. in history from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., has a master’s degree from the University of Iowa and a law degree from the University of California, Davis.

She has a daughter and two grandsons.

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ood River High School junior Tess Hollister has a love of heights, be it academically or physically.

With a GPA of 4.0, Hollister is a member of National Honor Society. She is also a member of the high school Key Club and plays three sports – basketball, volleyball and softball. Her course load this year includes Advanced Placement psychology, language and composition, economics, chemistry, pre-calculus and French IV. But she says she finds her real joy in life climbing mountains, which she mostly does with her father.

“I love climbing,” she said.

“It means pushing my body to accomplish a goal, and I live for the feeling of being on the summit. It just all comes together at that point. That all your work and ambition can bring you that far is amazing.”

Hollister’s first climb was at age 12 and it was Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.

“It was new to me, but I knew that climbing mountains was something that I wanted to do,” she said. “It took me out of my comfort level and made me push through obstacles.”

At 13, Hollister scaled Mount Hood in Oregon.

“It was my first peak using crampons and ice axes, which was something that I had never done before,” she said. “It was truly amazing because we got to the summit at four in the morning and watched the sun rise.”

Since then, she has summited Mount Borah in Idaho, Mount Rainier in Washington and Mount Whitney – the highest peak in the lower 48 states – in California.

“Rainier was my favorite, mainly because I was the only girl on the team and it was really

cool getting to know the mountain guides,” she said. “It was over 14,000 feet and it took two days and my greatest memory was of coming down under a full moon.”

Hollister said her most difficult challenge was in the Grand Canyon when she hiked rim to rim with her father.

“We started at six at night and finished at five in the morning.

It wasn’t the most physically demanding, but it was a real challenge to go the whole way only being able to see five feet in front of you.”

Hollister brought her knowledge of climbing and endurance to her senior project, which was about nutrition, but proved to be a mountain climbing challenge nonetheless.

“I wanted to find something physically demanding and see what kind of foods could sustain me,” she said. “Basically, it was a high carbohydrate dinner with some protein, and during the hike, trail mix bars. I learned that everyone’s body is different, and that’s what worked for me.”

To determine “what worked for me,” Hollister put herself through what is called “the 12ers,” a challenge that has a goal to summit nine peaks, all over 12,000 feet and all in Idaho, in six days.

“It was definitely unforgettable,” she said. “Some of them were connected ridges in the Lost River Range. The stuff I learned about myself was remarkable and has helped me quite a bit.

“I know now that I can selftalk myself through any obstacle and that’s the key to life.”

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SHOULD WE STILL CELEBRATE COLUMBUS DAY?

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s a child going to school in South America, I was taught that Christopher Columbus had discovered America, had proved that the earth was round, and had bestowed civilization and religion upon the New World.

Imagine my surprise when I figured out that none of that was exactly true. Even more mindboggling was the magnitude of the effect of Columbus’ voyages on the native population. Estimates of pre-Columbian aboriginal population size vary widely, but the late anthropologist and ethno-historian Henry Dobyns concluded that it ranged from 90 to 112 million; 130 years after contact, 95 percent had perished, causing the almost total obliteration of indigenous religions and cultures.

In this country, the first Columbus Day celebration took place in New York in 1792. One hundred years later, President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation encouraging the celebration of the event and, in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the date a legal federal holiday. Today, in cities where Italian immigrants settled, organizers have been placing more emphasis on the contribution of Italian-Americans to society. But in states with large indigenous populations, the traditional festivities are dwindling.

In Latin America, however, there has been a radical change of perspective. As a result, Cuba no longer celebrates the day and other countries have opted to rename the occasion. And so, we now have the Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity, in Argentina; the Day of the Discovery of Two Worlds, in Chile; Day of the Americas, in Uruguay; and the Day of Native Resistance, in Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Some of these changes are clear efforts to acknowledge the tenacity of tribes to survive against abysmal odds. Still, they all fail to recognize one fundamental consequence: the creation of a new ethnic group.

Statistics clearly show that in half of the Latino American countries, most people are mestizos. In other words, we have European and Amerindian genes, and our societies stem from a blending of races and cultures.

In the United States, according to a Pew Research Center survey, a full half of the current population of mixed-race people is non-Hispanic white and American Indian. Consequently, we can easily determine that millions of people living today in all of the Americas are the result of a significant fusion that began in 1492.

We cannot change the tragic events of the past, nor should we ignore them. But at the very least, we should take a moment to reappraise this episode of history and perhaps figure out a more appropriate way to observe it.

Ana Maria Cuneo divides her time between the Wood River Valley and Eagle, Idaho.

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THE NAMING OF CECIL AND PATCHES

BY JOELLEN COLLINS

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Zions Bank celebrated the grand opening of its new Wood River Valley Financial Center at 311 N. Main St. in Ketchum on Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house.

Region President Tracy Groll was joined for the ribbon cutting by Ketchum Mayor Nina Jonas, members of Zions Bank’s executive management team and community members who were instrumental in the renovation of the building. The full-service financial center features a community room available to the public at no cost for meetings and special events.

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A pronghorn known affectionately by locals as “C-Antelope” (cow-antelope) or “Linus” passed away last week. The animal could be sighted often over the past few years hanging out with Eccle’s black Angus herd at the Flying Hat Ranch between Bellevue and Hailey, and some locals think it believed it was a cow! Hailey resident Julie Gates, Bellevue resident Margaret Youdall and Sun Valley resident Deb Cornwell put a sign up for C-Antelope at the ranch on Saturday afternoon, after hearing of his passing. “You can’t really put a finger on it, it was just a constant presence in our lives. Everybody had a different name for the creature. It was just such a sweet little oddity,” Gates said.

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ost of us recoiled at the mishandling and long death of the African lion Cecil, whose last hours after an illegal and botched trophy hunt were chronicled endlessly by the media, to an all-too-familiar point of near obsession. Closer to home, Idahoans have been disgusted by the vicious abuse and death of another beloved animal, Patches, the pony whose end was so horrible some of my friends cannot even talk about it.

Both of these stories generated complex thoughts about the way we live with the millions of other creatures who are not human and, ultimately, also about how we dehumanize each other for power and control.

At this moment I am still unable to forge a coherent analysis of even my own feelings about the cruelties that we see around us all the time.

I would recommend viewing Bob Poole’s PBS series about the efforts to restore the lion population in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park and, indeed, to see other aspects of the park revitalized after human wars and politics almost wiped this wild place out of existence.

If one loves elephants, Courtesy photo I recommend reading JoEllen Collins—a longtime books by Bob’s sister, resident of the Wood River Joyce Poole.

Valley—is a teacher, writer, I just read an article fabric artist, choir member in The New Yorker and unabashedly proud entitled, “What We grandma known as “Bibi Jo.” Mourned When We Mourned Cecil,” a review by Kerry Howley of a new book by Craig Parker, the director of the Lion Research Center at the University of Minnesota. Howley summarizes this professor’s view of himself as “the truth-telling loner, immune to the communal emotionalism of the laptop conservationist.” Parker can count me as part of that emotional population. In the book, Parker records his lack of faith after a “decades-long quest to reform ...” the many aspects he has encountered while trying to preserve lions.

However, as one who fell in love with elephants (what Packer calls “romanticized conservatism”) as a child seeing Disney’s “Dumbo” and crying through “Bambi,” I now know why I became that instant but helpless champion of all creatures.

Whatever simplistic sources of my feelings, I see these images as individuals. The African lion named Cecil, the poor pony named Patches (how many children cuddled stuffed animals or doggies named Patches?) and the cartoon characters Dumbo and Bambi are focuses of our attention because they represent so many other animals.

Even if carnivorous, when presented with eating a Bambiburger, we may find the prospect a bit uncomfortable because of the name. When we name things, we care for them more.

This practice is part of why Pope Francis urged us to look at immigrants as individuals, not as groups of people often dehumanized by the world.

His embrace of the daughter of an undocumented family was an example. How could the proponents of genocide have thought of large segments of their own neighbors as somehow “less than human” and thus rationalized their slaughter? When we name, we humanize; we see the vulnerable Cecils and Patches before us. If we have awareness, perhaps we can behave in more humane ways. tws 13

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f you are a big fan of 70 degrees and sunny, then welcome to the second week of October! The fishing is fine and so is the catching. Expect a few nice weeks here, and then buckle down for winter fishing. Next week we’ll get to the “Winter Primer.” For now, things continue to move forward about how we would expect.

On Silver Creek, the Mahogany Duns have really taken off, with daily hatches that can get very strong. Anglers are reporting lots of rising fish and lots of fish taking the fly. The fall Baetis will get stronger, but for now the smorgasbord of insects will continue. Expect fringe activity like Midge hatches and Mouse hatches to continue, and we aren’t quite done with Hoppers, Ants and Beetles either.

On the Big Wood, expect clear waters this week and a Red Quill hatch that has moved upstream, closer to the SNRA by now. This is an excellent time to fish the Big Wood north of Ketchum, as bugs and fish tend to move up this system in the autumn.

Eventually, the fish will drop back into temperate waters for the winter, but in the meantime, get out and explore from Galena to Ketchum. The fall Baetis is also active and will continue to be present up and down the entire river.

The Lower Lost remains one of our best fisheries right now, with smaller Trico Spinner Falls coupling with Baetis that make for an excellent dry-fly opportunity, at flows that make it easy to move up and down the system.

The Nymphing remains strong and will almost always produce fish on those off days when the fish won’t rise.

The Upper Lost is always the sleeper fishery this time of year. It is running low and is surrounded by waters that are fishing great, but if you want some river to yourself, look no further! Be prepared to cover a lot of river miles, but take your time, enjoy the quiet and plan on catching a few really nice fish.

Think Red Quills, Ants, Crane flies and Baetis.

The South Fork of the Boise is historically one of the best fall Baetis rivers going in our area; thus, there is no reason we shouldn’t expect some great action over there this week. It might not be what it once was, but it is still a world-class fishery and well worth the effort to fish this time of the season.

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Fall Hiking With Your Dog

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all in the Wood River Valley is extraordinary! The colors of the aspen leaves drifting in the wind contrasting with the deep, brilliant blue sky is incomparable. The cooler temperatures make the hiking even more pleasant. So, who wouldn’t want to share this with their canine friend?

Unfortunately, it is also one of the most dangerous seasons for hiking. The opening of hunting seasons will find the woods full of hunters. The quick changes in weather can further jeopardize a peaceful, glorious afternoon. As one of the first three SAR TECH ll women in Idaho, I was certified by the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR). I participated in many searches with my search dogs involving lost or injured hikers and hunters. From this, I know it is critical that both you and your dog do everything you can to stay safe.

With the recent search for a lost hiker over Trail Creek, the reality of the dangers during a simple hike cannot be ignored. Here is a list of things that can help keep you and your dog stay safe during this beautiful season.

Wear SAFETY orange! There are vests for both you and your dog. BE VISIBLE! Have your dog wear a Swiss bell on their collar so the sound scares wildlife away and alerts hunters that your dog is not game.

Don’t forget the name tag.

Carry a very loud whistle around your neck.

Carry a leash. If you hear gunshots near you, leash your dog next to you. Blow your whistle so hunters know you are there.

Review the Fish and Game video about releasing your dog from a trap. There are many baited traps in the woods to capture wild animals. If your dog becomes trapped, be sure you have the knowledge and tools needed to release your dog. You can easily find the video from Idaho Fish and Game on YouTube.

Be sure to take a daypack with additional warm and waterproof clothing. Bring provisions to provide for both you and your dog – matches, knife, water, food for an overnight

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A reflective vest for your dog is a necessity this time of year.

and a makeshift shelter. For a more specific list of provisions, contact one of our very knowledgeable outdoor shops. This is not the time of year to skimp on safety.

Leave a note at the trailhead about the number in your party, and what your planned route is. Include your dog and breed. In an emergency, your dog may help you to be found. Let someone you trust know where you are going. Do not venture into the woods without a plan and letting someone know.

Do not stray off your planned route.

Take your cell phone with a full charge. In many places, your cell phone will have coverage, but even more so, your cell phone has a compass to help you find your way if you should get lost. Learn how to use that compass.

Be aware of the animals expecting to hibernate soon. Bears are especially aggressive searching for food to prepare for the long winter. Bear spray is another good idea.

First-aid kit.

This may seem like overkill for a short day hike, but in the event of an unexpected emergency or the usual drastic, unpredicted changes in weather, you will be thankful. So will your dog!

Fran Jewell is an 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 www.positivepuppy.com or call 208-578-1565.

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The Titus Lake Tree storms, windstorms, snowstorms, hailstorms and lightning, and continues standing, a sentinel to one’s first viewing of the lake.

I have never seen any new shoots growing from the tree, so it must be dead, and yet, even in death, it stubbornly persists, hanging onto its space in this world.

Through the last 27 years I have visited this stump, growing from a young woman to an older, wiser one. This tree has taught me my own form of persistence, stick-to-itiveness and hope when times seem difficult. I like to visit that old wizened tree to see it still resisting time, weathering the knocks that nature throws its way. The Titus Lake tree truly has my reverence for all of the untold mysterious stories that nestle within its shape.

ust as you round the last corner on the Titus Lake Trail to look down upon Titus Lake, on the left stands an old stump of a tree. Years ago, when I first encountered this stump on a hike with my three young children, I instantly fell in love. I wondered what untold stories this ebony ghost must have to tell: the stories of its youth, of a mature alive tree, of its death, and the many tales of its existence after death as a storm-weathered trunk.

The shape of the burnt stump is arresting. The gnarled dark branches reach upwards, the black contrasting startlingly with the bright crisp blue of the sky. The long limbs and stubs of branches twist and turn, casting deep shadows across the body of the tree. There is a dense coiled burl on one side, which adds Leslie Rego is an artist and curves to the outline of the trunk, Blaine County resident. To view and running down the length are more of Rego’s art, visit www. deep gouges where the wood has leslierego.com. split.

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“Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.”

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ne way to find out how others see you is to look at your posture. It speaks volumes about you and causes people to respond to you in very particular ways.

Take my client, Mary, who was having trouble being taken seriously at work. In meetings, she’d stand on one leg, barely breathing, head tipped to one side, and no one paid attention to what she was saying. She was so frustrated she thought about quitting.

We worked together to balance her weight between her legs, free her breath and put her head back on straight. When the day finally came for one of those dreaded meetings, Mary calmed her breath, stood up straight, and walked into the room to speak.

What happened next shocked her.

Everyone was looking at her, no one interrupted and, after the meeting, her boss called her into his office to tell her how impressed he was with what she had to say. “Why haven’t you ever spoken up before in meetings? “ he asked her. She just smiled.

Your posture contains your entire history. Every trauma, emotional and physical, is stored in your soft tissues. Your whole psychological outlook on the world announces itself the moment you walk into a room.

So what’s your posture saying about you? Let’s examine the two most basic postures and find out.

1. Straight The straight posture is exactly as it sounds: all limbs are straight and joints aligned; weight is equally balanced between both legs; head is on straight, eyes level. Movement is deliberate and punctuated by moments of complete stillness.

This person typically conveys credibility and authority and tends to be associated with men.

They can tend to be inflexible depending on whether or not this posture is natural or dysfunctional.

A functional, straight posture is the natural result of mental

and physical balance with a calm breathing pattern. This person would have a lot of charisma.

You’d probably admire them, look to them for leadership, and find them interesting.

When the straight posture is dysfunctional – the result of stiffening up against the world and becoming stuck on the inbreath – you’d probably be more afraid of this person and try to avoid them. Just being around this person could make you hold your own breath and feel like you’re walking on eggshells.

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2. Bendy In the bendy posture, joints are misaligned and weight is unbalanced between the legs, or one leg is completely weighted, hip jutting out to the side. Arms are bent, head is tilted and eyes dart around. Movement is fluid and continues even in “stillness,” with head bobbing and weight constantly shifting.

This person tends to be more likeable and the posture is often associated with women. These are your best friends, or the “overpleasers,” depending on where their posture comes from.

In a functional, bendy posture with a calm breathing pattern, this person is someone you’d be very comfortable opening up to.

You’d feel relaxed in their company and probably seek them out as friends.

When this posture is dysfunctional – a result of collapsing inwards, stuck on the out-breath – you probably wouldn’t respect this person as much. You may feel like your energy is being sucked by them and you’d start to avoid bumping into them or stop returning their calls.

Can you identify with one or more of these postures?

Neither is better or worse. Ideally, you can move between both of the natural postures depending on what the situation calls for.

If you’re more bendy, like Mary, you can adopt a straight posture to gain credibility at work or other times you need to be heard and taken seriously.

You definitely want a straight Continued posture Page 17

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his week, The Advocates are in the Wood River Middle School talking to sixth-graders about bullying. Bullying.Gov defines bullying as an unwanted aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. Bullying typically has four components: 1. It is intentional and repetitive.

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The Advocates focus on how bystanders can intervene when they see someone who might be in trouble. We recognize that intervening can have both personal and social consequences; the bully may turn against the person intervening, the person may be too shy, or the bully may even be a friend. We spend a lot of time discussing our own obstacles when it comes to intervening.

Next, we offer a lot of different ways to intervene and/or provide help when you see a situation involving bullying. Having choices lets us find ways to step in and help without having to overcome certain obstacles. We use the Green Dot program’s three Ds; distract, delegate and direct. The sixth-graders practice these different skills and tools through acting out various real-life scenarios. We emphasize that the students have the power to change their school’s atmosphere by standing up for one another and showing that bullying isn’t wanted or accepted in their school.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month.

The ETCs and The Advocates will be celebrating National Unity Day on Oct. 21. On this day we’re encouraging the community to join people all over the country to wear orange to send a message of support, hope and unity and show that we are united against bullying and united for kindness, acceptance and inclusion. All Wood River grade school and middle school students will be invited to wear orange on this day. Working together as a community, we can reduce acts of bullying and build more healthy relationships.

This article was written by The Advocates’ ETC (Every Teen has a Choice) teen interns. The Advocates is a Hailey-based nonprofit whose mission is to teach people of all ages how to build and maintain healthy relationships. For more information, visit theadvocatesorg.org or call 208-788-4191.

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or mountain climbers, the ultimate goal is Everest – a peak in the Himalayas that rises to 29,029 feet.

In 1996, the deadliest day on the mountain until an avalanche in 2014 claimed 16 lives, eight people lost their lives in a brutal storm that struck on their descent.

Two men there that day chronicled their story – Jon Krakauer, in 1997, with “Into

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Thin Air,” and Beck Weathers, in 2000, with “Left for Dead.”

Now we have the big-screen disaster film “Everest” to tell the survivors’ story.

What the movie has to offer in spades is the sensation of truly being there. Director Baltasar Kormakur has used all the modern filmmaking technology at his hands to capture the contest between man and mountain – one that the mountain invariably wins.

He also has some A-list talent in James Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal and Robin Wright. With a fine script by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy that gives a peek into what drives people to accomplish such an insane feat while also offering up the requisite thrills, the table is set for the tragedy.

The first hour sets up the story as commercial companies have proliferated to lead people up to the summit for a fee of $65,000. Twenty such companies crowded the base camp in 1996, all waiting and pushing for the perfect window to ascent. Teams led by Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke decide to

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combine forces, each man with his own distinctive style and approach.

The second hour delivers a crushing blow, with alternating shots of the splendor of their surroundings with close-ups of the struggle to survive the immense storm that descends upon them. For all intents and purposes, the mountain is both heaven and hell and a heckuva thrill ride for the audience. tws

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t’s year four of The Sage School and The Hunger Coalition partnering to recover hundreds of pounds of fallen fruit. Sage School students originally intended to map Wood River Valley fruit trees, but mass quantities of wasted fruit were discovered that The Hunger Coalition families could use, leading to this heartwarming effort.

One healthy fruit tree produces far more than one family can use unless extensive canning, dehydrating and/or preserving happens. So every fall, three afternoons each week for two hours, students tackle a Hunger Coalition address database and collect unwanted bounty – and not just the pretty stuff – worm-holed, misshapen fruits are included, relieving the homeowner of this unwanted task.

In previous years, fruit not suitable for human consumption overwhelmed the school’s compost.

This year, “#2 Apples” – about 14 percent – are being repurposed

by Idahound in their raw dog food recipe. Our beloved canines have an alternative to processed, GMO-ridden kibble.

The gleaning partnership also meets three critical curriculum goals: interfacing with the community; increased awareness of hunger issues; and hands-on ex-

perience harvesting and handling food. The students learn to box the fruit in layers to maximize space and minimize damage and waste.

Students also spend time in The Hunger Coalition warehouse yearround, organizing inventory for the Food Bank.

October is Hunger Awareness Month, and The Sage School spearheads a canned food drive; Thanksgiving sharpens the community focus on food, so in November students engage local businesses in the Corporate Food Drive, collecting canned yams, green beans, gravy, mashed potatoes and cranberries and assembling baskets. Then students make 100 pumpkin pies, stored at the Wood River Sustainability Center until delivery.

This extraordinary collaboration among The Sage School, The Hunger Coalition and our community taps every possible food resource and ensures minimal waste. It is an inspiring model for communities nationwide.

Ali Long is the executive director of The Local Food Alliance, a nonprofit that aspires to create a healthy local food system and establish food security in the Wood River Valley. For more information, visit www.localfoodalliance.org.

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Date Change For Planned Power Outage

A revised date has been set for a planned power outage that will affect all of Ketchum and Sun Valley. The power outage will be from Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 11 p.m. until Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 a.m. Idaho Power will be replacing poles damaged by woodpeckers.

Shade Trees Provide Energy Savings

Fall is the best time for planting trees, states a recent news release from Idaho Power. And, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, by planting shade trees you can reduce the energy you use for summer cooling by 15 percent or more.

Shade trees also improve air and water quality, as well as enhance property values.

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Community School Students Get National Merit Kudos

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced last month that Community School senior Olivia Ott is a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist and Community School senior Annika Landis is a Commended Student in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Ott is among 16,000 Semifinalists in the 61st Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The Semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors and were chosen from a pool of 1.4 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools based on their results in the PSAT/SNSQT®. Landis is among 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation who also are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 competition based on their results in the PSAT/SNSQT®.

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Noah’s family and animals from the ark enjoy a day free of rain. St. Thomas Playhouse newcomers Ward Loving and Kami Hobbs Berkey portray Noah and his wife.

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t. Thomas Playhouse will soon stage one of the greatest stories of all time: the Bible. Based on the first nine-and-a-half chapters of Genesis, “Children of Eden” is a heartwarming pop musical that embellishes upon the wellknown stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel and Noah’s Ark. The production runs Oct. 15-18 inside Ketchum’s nexStage Theatre and is a community event not to be missed.

Composed by the same mastermind behind Broadway’s smash hit “Wicked,” Stephen Schwartz, “Children of Eden” tackles the Bible through family relationships.

“The story is handled in an interpersonal way, not a divine way,” director Sara Gorby explained. “God is divine, but he is ultimately a father, and these are his children. The story is about how he relates to his children and how they relate to him.”

“It’s interesting to see the character of God dramatized because it also humanizes him,” cast member Kevin Wade added, who plays Cain in the musical. “He begins almost as a child in a sandbox with a creative vision for an imaginary world designed to quell his loneliness.

Throughout the play he faces the disappointment of his ‘children’ becoming disobedient, and learns that only by relinquishing control and allowing them freewill can he truly understand what it means to be a father.”

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“When he sings, he has you in the palm of his hand,” Sara Gorby beamed. “He tells you a story every time he opens his mouth to sing.”

A sizable cast is required to take on the breadth of the Old Testament; 40 locals will be involved in the production, ranging from 5 years old to actors in their mid-80s.

“We are thrilled to be able to incorporate so many local artists, young and old, in this production,” said Brett Moellenberg, Playhouse’s managing director. “The wealth of talent in our Valley will be on full display.”

“It’s the closest to a professional cast we’ve seen in this project for a very long time,” Gorby said. “And the newcomers to St. Thomas, like Ward Loving and Kami Hobbs Berkey, have been just fantastic.”

Gorby is also thrilled with the creative team Playhouse has assembled. R.L. Rowsey is the music director for the production; Dorinda Rendahl assists and provides accompaniment.

The set design, by Jamey Reynolds, includes a three-quarter in the round stage, an ark and more. Costume designer Maria Gerhardt has meticulously gathered vibrant fabrics to represent the differing family lineages present in the musical.

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Members of Noah’s family, top to bottom: Peter Burke, Kagen Albright, Annabelle Lewis, Yanna Lantz, Alyssa Hershey, Brett Moellenberg, Kami Hobbs Berkey and Ward Loving.

the fabrics,” Gorby said.

Additionally, Alison Higdon has created superb animal headpieces for the actors who play animals on the ark.

The director, cast and creative team hope that the community, religious or not, comes out to support this family musical.

“This is not a Bible-pounding, sermon-type show,” Gorby clarified. “Come and watch the unfolding of a beautiful story.”

Tickets for the Oct. 15-18 run, with shows 7 p.m. nightly and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, are available at stthomasplayhouse.org or by calling 208-726-5349, ext. 15. Visit St. Thomas Playhouse’s website for additional information and a full cast list. tws

St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center is offering free blood pressure checks today, Oct. 7, from 1-3 p.m. at the Hailey Post Office. No appointment is necessary.

For more information on St. Luke’s community health programs call 208-727-8733.

Learn about nutrition at “Brown Bag” lecture Information about nutrition will be offered on Thursday, Oct. 8, at a “Brown Bag” lecture offered by St. Luke’s Center for Community Health. The lecture runs from 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the Baldy Rooms at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center at 100 Hospital Drive south of Ketchum.

The presentation will be conducted by Laurie McBride, a registered dietician. Pre-registration is not required.

“Poor dietary choices and habits are linked to health issues such as obesity, heart disease, dental disease, diabetes and osteoporosis,” states a St. Luke’s press release. “Unfortunately, it can be difficult to change habits, understand food labels and differentiate between evidence-based fact and popular opinion.”

For additional information on St. Luke’s educational programs call 208-727-8733.

Community School hosts parenting presentation Community School in Sun Valley is hosting a free public presentation on parenting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, at the at the Community School Theatre.

The presentation, entitled “The Legacy of Great Parenting: How to Raise Your Child with Love and the Limits,” will be given by author and parenting expert Dr. Robin Berman, an associate professor of psychiatry at UCLA. Community School reported in a press release that Berman will discuss topics such as “the power of mindful language and the importance of building character over résumés.”

The presentation will conclude with a question-and-answer session, followed by a book signing.

BCRD offers savings on Nordic ski passes The Blaine County Recreation District is now selling Nordic trail passes for the 2015-16 ski season.

Passes can be purchased at www.bcrd.org. Those who purchase online by Nov. 22 can save $48 off the regular adult season pass price of $242.

Youth season passes, ages 13-17, are also on sale, as are passes for dogs of all ages at $49. Children 12 and under can ski for free.

Snowshoe season passes are available for $65.

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Using a visual arts exhibition, films and lectures, this BIG IDEA project takes on the debate over authenticity in art and other creative pursuits. What is real and what is illusion? Who gets to decide? How do we assign value to objects that may or may not be what they seem? What’s the difference between a fake, a forgery and a copy? How do copies of famous artworks help us better understand the history of art?

Opening The Center’s 2015–2016 Lecture Series is acclaimed writer Erik Larson, whose appearance is also part of the BIG IDEA project “Sleight of Hand.” See Larson speak this Thursday, Oct. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum. Call 208-726-9491 or visit sunvalleycenter.org for more information.

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Join the Environmental Resource Center for a special presentation on “Climate Change Dynamics.” This program, led by Russ Brown, will begin with an introduction to the history of Earth’s climate cycles. The presentation will then move into an in-depth exploration of the planet’s three most recent major climate changes, their effects on Earth’s life and what this ultimately means for the future.

After this 45-minute presentation, Aimee Christensen, executive director for the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience, will moderate a Q&A. For more information call 208-726-4333 or visit ercsv.org.

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5-8PM / MESH Gallery / Ketchum The MESH Gallery premiers its new exhibit “Mane Attraction,” featuring works by local artist Tessa Sheehan. In recent years Sheehan, a local marketer and freelance photographer, had the chance to enter area arenas and private ranches to photograph spectacular horses in stunning local settings.

“Every angle of the horse is striking and worth observing in smaller, concentrated frames,” the photographer said. “We are used to seeing subjects as a whole, so dissecting the perception of these giant creatures helps one understand how small we truly are in the scheme of nature.”

This event is open to the public; “Mane Attraction” will be on display through Oct. 25 at The MESH Gallery, located at 291 1st Avenue N. in Ketchum. Visit meshart.net or ring 208309-3200 for details and more about the artist.

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Get your chess on! Every Thursday, for the rest of the school year, stop by the BCSD Chess Club at the Community Campus from 3:30-5:30 p.m. All ages are welcome; elementary and middle school aged kids need CC Pass. Additionally, every Monday, adults can join Power Chess at the Power House, 6-9 p.m.

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Dale Watson & the Lone Stars saturday OCTOber 10 9PM to Midnight / The Stanley Club Say so long to summer with Dale Watson & The Lone Stars. Watson is a country music maverick, a true outlaw carrying on where Waylon Jennings left off. A member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame, Watson stands alongside Waylon, Willie Nelson and George Strait as one of the finest country singers and songwriters from the Lone Star State.

Tylor Bushman & the Train Robbers will open the night of music. The show is 21+ and tickets are $15 plus tax. Visit mountainvillage.com/entertainment for details.

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Ski Movie Premiere saturday OCTOber 10 7:15PM / 271 East 7th St / Ketchum Come enjoy a night under the stars with Play Hard Give Back’s third annual outdoor, ski and snowboard movie premiere. Absinthe Films presents “Eversince” at 7:15 p.m. and Teton Gravity Research follows up with “Paradise Waits” at 8:30 p.m.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for youth; tickets will include a free PHGB trail mix bag and raffle ticket. Contact spencer@playhardgiveback.com for details.

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Mountain Rides Transportation Authority and a Working Group for a new Blaine County Community Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan has received the 2015 Honorable Mention for Outstanding Plan Award from the Idaho Chapter of American Planning Association.

Mountain Rides announced the winning of the award on Monday. According to a news release, “the award emphasizes originality and innovation, transferability, quality, comprehensiveness, public participation, implementation strategy effectiveness and results, and integration.”

The plan was developed over the past few years and finalized in 2015. Entities and organizations in the Working Group included Blaine County, the cities of Bellevue, Carey, Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley, the Blaine County Recreation District, St. Luke’s Center for Community Health, the Wood River Bike Coalition and the Community Transportation Association of Idaho.

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events calendar SYNRGY saturday OCTOber 10

9PM / Whiskey Jacques’ / Ketchum SYNRGY is a soul reggae rock group known for high-energy live performances, consistently catchy tunes and their tour-heavy lifestyle. Their sound spans from traditional roots reggae to a smooth soul crooner’s style that gives them an original flair while still being able to maintain the fundamentals of reggae music. Add some rocksteady/ska-esque influence and some contemporary tones, and the result is pure SYNRGY. $5 entry. To learn more about the band, visit synrgyband.com.

Contact Whiskey’s at 208-7265297 for more about the show.

Meditate With Lama David Curtis sunday OCTOber 11 Noon to 5PM / Light on the Mountains / Ketchum Experience a half-day of meditation and talks with Lama David Curtis from Missoula, Montana. The day’s topic is integrating the ancient wisdom tradition of Tibetan Buddhism with modern life. All levels of experience are welcome. Suggested donation is $50-$75; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information or to register call 208-720-5138.

‘Rebound’ – Chris Herren monday OCTOber 12

7PM / Community Campus / Hailey

The Drug Coalition, in partnership with St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation, will host an inspiring presentation by former NBA professional basketball player and author of “Basketball Junkie,” Chris Herren. A tale of harrowing descent into addiction and a miraculous recovery, Herren shares his story with audiences in the hope of reaching one person and making a difference in their life. General admission seating is free.

October’s Wake Up Hailey

9-10AM / Hailey Public Library

TUESday OCTOber 13

Join the Hailey Chamber of Commerce for this month’s free “Wake up Hailey” on Tuesday, at the Hailey Public Library on the corner of West Croy and Main Street in Hailey. Just two days before the annual Library Used Book Sale begins, join the Hailey Chamber and the Library’s friendly staff to find out about popular programs like Wood River Reads, the library’s refurbishing Phoenix Project and the return of Movie Nights. The Friends of the Library and The Coffee House will be providing breakfast treats, coffee and tea. For more information call the Hailey Chamber at 208-788-3484.

Gospel & Soul Concert TUESday OCTOber 13

4PM / Continental Room / Sun Valley Inn

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Yve Evans and Patty Parsons team up once again to present a pre-Jazz Festival concert of gospel and soul featuring Ms. Evans and the Sun Valley Hallelujah Chorus. This is an all-community event; no badge necessary.

The connection with Yve has been an “inspiring, learning, and loving experience,” states a press release from Patty Parsons.

On the heels of the triumphant visit of Pope Francis to America, which inspired an unprecedented spiritual awakening, Yve and the choir predict that attendees to the concert will be not only entertained, but also changed.

Ketchum For Bernie

TUESday OCTOber 13

6:30-9:30PM / Beav’s Garage / Ketchum Come watch the first Democrat Party Presidential Debate and B.Y.O.O. (Bring Your Own Opinion). Refreshments provided.

Beav’s Garage is located at 115 Northwood Way, Unit C, Ketchum.

Learn more at go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/4v2dz.

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