Business Focus 2015

June 17, 2015

Business Focus 2015 Special Advertising Supplement

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Behind each business is an interesting story

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A typical ad in the Jackson Hole News&Guide is long on pictures and graphics but short on text.

With our annual Business Focus advertorial section we reverse the ratio by giving business owners an opportunity to tell their stories, via our staff writers and freelancers, in 350 to 500 words.

Sure, there are photos, but the words are king. That allows the advertisers to give you not only the “hard” news — new businesses, new locations, new products, etc. — but also some of the soft stuff, the personal, smalltown details.

ALL Body Therapy, for example, has a new hyperbaric oxygen chamber to help people heal. Good to know, but you’ll also learn owner Andi Lewis decided to become a physical therapist after seeing her father go through rehab after a plane crash.

Matt Ryan’s news is he bought grandparents Fred and Margie Ryan’s dry cleaning business and merged it into his own, O’Ryan Cleaners. But the family tradition actually goes back to Kansas City, Missouri, where Matt Ryan’s great-grandfather had a dry-

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cleaning establishment. You might not learn that in a typical ad. Or that Matt and his wife have a new baby daughter.

The town has a new law firm, Ranck, Schwartz & O’Halloran LLC. As you read about its family law and alternative dispute resolution services you’ll learn that Julie O’Halloran met Bill Schwartz on a hike. How Jackson Hole is that?

There’s plenty of other news you can use.

Folks who entertain a lot of out-of-town visitors may be interested in Jackson Hole Food Tours, Huff House Inn and Cabins and the mountain coaster opening on Snow King in August. If you make clothes and quilts, check out Krista Gorrell’s new JH Sewing Store. The health care scene is changing for people — the hospital’s new cardiology services, for example — and pets, with a spruced-up Happy Tails Bark Park at Spring Creek Animal Hospital and new advanced surgical procedures coming soon with the opening of Jackson Animal Hospital.

There’s a story to every business, and you’ll find 35 here. Enjoy.

— Jennifer Dorsey

Index

ALL Body Therapy Azadi Fine Rugs Bank of Jackson Hole Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Brokers of Jackson Hole Real Estate Bodega Catalyst Solutions Estate Collectables Evan Giles, personal trainer grace spa Huff House Inn and Cabins J Singleton Financial / Raymond James Jackson Animal Hospital Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce Jackson Hole Food Tours Jackson Hole Lodge Jackson Mattress Shop and Furniture Co. Jackson Moore Lighting & Furniture

16 JH Sewing Store (inside Teton Tailoring) 9 Kismet Rug Gallery 10 Lucky’s Market 14 Medicine Wheel Wellness 9 MorningStar of Jackson Hole 8 Mountain Sage Holistic Clinic 14 Native JH 10 O’Ryan Cleaners 18 Ranck, Schwartz & O’Halloran LLC 15 Range 6 Sanctuary Day Spa and Salon 4 Simply Health of Jackson Hole 17 Spring Creek Animal Hospital / Happy Tails Bark Park 13 Snow King Mountain Resort 17 St. John’s Cardiology 16 St. John’s Medical Center Physician Practices 12 Teton Motors Subaru 12 Wyoming Wireless

Special supplement written, produced and printed by the Jackson Hole News&Guide Publisher: Kevin Olson Editor: John Moses Deputy Editors: Richard Anderson, Johanna Love Business Focus Section Editor: Jennifer Dorsey Layout and Design: Kathryn Holloway Photo Editor: Jeffrey Kaphan Copy Editors: Molly Absolon, Mark Huffman, Lou Centrella Features: Molly Absolon, Richard Anderson, Jeannette Boner, Emma Breysse, Kelsey Dayton, Jennifer Dorsey, Mark Huffman, Mike Koshmrl, Dina Mishev, Frances Moody, John Moses, Brielle Schaeffer Director of Advertising: Adam Meyer Advertising Sales: Karen Brennan, Matt Cardis, Tom Hall, Chad Repinski Advertising Coordinator: Oliver O’Connor Creative Services Manager: Lydia Redzich Advertising Design: Andrew Edwards, Sarah Grengg, Amy Yatsuk Pre-press: Jeff Young Press Foreman: Greg Grutzmacher Pressmen: Dale Fjeldsted, Johnathan Leyva, Mike Taylor Office Manager: Kathleen Godines Customer Service: Ben Medina, Lucia Perez Circulation Manager: Kyra Griffin Circulation: Pat Brodnik, Hank Smith, Jeff Young

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Evan Giles, personal trainer

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hy is it that a personal trainer can feel so unattainable in our normal day-to-day lives? Personal trainers are for movie stars and mountain climbers, right?

Well, Evan Giles would like you to know that you are his favorite kind of client.

If you’ve only daydreamed about hiring a personal trainer — someone completely focused on your whole health and well-being — then look no further, because Giles is your man.

“With a personal trainer you are going to get the personal attention you are looking for,” Giles said. “And a true personal trainer will hold you to a higher standard. They will hold you accountable and will remind you constantly of your goals.

“You can go to a fitness class and push yourself and feel better about yourself for that day. But with a personal trainer I will get to a deeper level. That’s where I want to take you.

By understanding your struggles, your mood, your attitude and your body, we’ll achieve your goals.”

But why is Giles so confident that he’s your new knight shining in the weight room?

Because he’s been where you’ve been, he’s felt the way you have, and he intimately understands that the first step toward a life of good health is sometimes the biggest and toughest step of all.

After moving to Jackson Hole, Giles found sobriety and refocused on passionately pursuing personal training. He became certified, quit his desk job and took the first faith-filled step toward his long-imagined dream. He is building a strong client list and shaping his career under the banner of the Tetons, offering individual sessions as well as group training programs for people interested in losing weight and getting into shape.

“My clients are people who want to find a healthier lifestyle,” Giles said. “They want to learn how to do basic fitness, and above all

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they want to feel better. They want to look in the mirror and see the transformation.”

Whether you’re 18 or in your 80s, a new mom or a young bride hoping to tighten up before the big walk down the aisle, Giles is happy to meet for a consultation.

“This is a transformative process, and we will take a step-by-step approach,” Giles said. “We’ll find your basic health markers, where you are mentally, and go from there.

You’ll lose weight, tone up and get stronger so that when you look in the mirror you will see changes.”

He is taking on new clients for individual sessions at local gyms in Jackson, and you can join one of his classes at Pursue Movement Studio (PursueMovement Studio.com) and Core Pilates.

— Jeannette Boner

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ackson’s newest high-end rug shop has a pitch to its prospective customers: Invite us over and we’ll help you choose a rug that best fits your home.

Azadi Fine Rugs, which opened in March 2014, has always made customer service its No. 1 priority, gallery director Trevor Ruffner said.

“What separates us from all of our competitors is the quality of service we provide,” Ruffner said. “We have the knowledge to help guide our clients to what they’re looking for.”

Offering free in-home consultations, Ruffner works with interior designers and brings over rugs for free test runs.

“We let them try them in their space,” he said, “and we’ll even let them keep them and sleep on the decision overnight.”

Judging by the vast selection at Azadi, the rug that Ruffner suggests is best for your home could come in many different forms. Azadi offers both new and old pieces, with stylings ranging from contemporary to Southwest to antique collectors more than a century old. One common thread in Azadi’s collection is that all the rugs are handmade and certified to have been crafted without child labor.

Although the business’ quaint showroom on East Broadway has about 500 rugs on display, there are more than 10,000 options in Azadi’s inventory. The other rugs are at Azadi stores in places such as Scottsdale and Sedona, Arizona; Telluride, Colorado; and Kona on Hawaii’s Big Island. All are in a database on AzadiFineRugs.com and can be shipped to Jackson in short order, Ruffner said.

“We share all of our inventory, and we’re able to pull any style, taste or design in any size for anybody,” he said.

Prices for the high-end rugs range from about $500 to “the sky’s the limit,” Ruffner said.

Since Azadi opened last spring, business

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has been excellent, Ruffner said.

“We’ve been really well received in the community,” he said, “and it seems that everyone has been excited that we’ve expanded into Jackson Hole.”

Azadi has made a point of giving back to the arts community as a thanks.

“We do a lot of different charity-based events,” Ruffner said. “We try to reach out and be as involved in the community as possible.”

One example is Azadi’s “American Dream” art contest.

“We go to all the schools and we ask kids age 5 to 18 to draw their version of the American Dream,” Ruffner said. “They submit their drawing to us, and we select a winner and we get their drawing woven into a rug.”

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Babs Melka and Jennifer Hawks, co-owners 1325 S. Highway 89 (in Smith’s Plaza) 307-732-0540 SimplyHealthJH.com

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re you interested in exploring alternative options to achieving your highest well-being? If so, Babs Melka and Jennifer Hawks encourage you to visit Simply Health of Jackson Hole to learn how they can assist you with their products and services.

You may remember their business when it was Roadrunner Apothecary, a well-regarded compounding pharmacy. More than a new name, Simply Health is an expanded business, offering more alternative and integrative health services and pharmaceutical supplements, including homeopathics, than ever. Stop by to browse organic skin-care items, products to help men and women age gracefully and supplements for the whole family, including pets.

Working out of a sunny storefront in Smith’s Plaza, Melka and Hawks have one goal: to give people the tools to make the best choices for their health, from pharmaceutical-grade supplements to scanning therapies and consultations. Hawks is a certified iridologist and certified medical assistant. Melka has a pharmaceutical degree and is certified in anti-aging medicine. Together they use their education, collaboration and dedication for positive health outcomes supporting mind, body and spirit.

Melka and Hawks stress that their services complement traditional medicine. Many of their clients work with traditional practitioners. In fact, nurse practitioner Tracy Baum, of Dubois, has a remote office at Simply Health and sees patients there the first and third Friday of every month.

Simply Health’s alternative therapies include Asyra Pro, a whole-body screening system that locates energy-deficient areas of the body that may require support. Another therapy is iridology, an iris analysis that helps reveal predisposed health issues that may need to be addressed.

Additional therapies include Scenar Therapy, which locates malfunctioning areas of your body and awakens them, reconnecting them to the body’s healing mechanisms.

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Jennifer Hawks and Babs Melka have expanded the products and services at Simply Health of Jackson Hole.

Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis measures elements such as fat, free fat, lean dry mass and intra- and extracellular water. Or you can pamper yourself with an aqua detox foot spa, which uses ions to stimulate cells to eliminate toxins through the 4,000-some pores in your feet.

Although supplements do not cure disease, they support the body’s immune system. The supplements at Simply Health are all pharmaceutical grade, which means that they are 99 percent pure and that every lot number has been tested for purity, potency and efficacy.

“What you read on the label is what is in the bottle,” Hawks said. In contrast, “storebrand supplements are not monitored.”

Working with a compounding pharmacy in Wyoming, Simply Health continues to ensure that compounded prescriptions are available to people in Jackson Hole.

“We have the knowledge, the experience and the education to assist people in their goals for optimal health,” Hawks said.

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n innovative new Jackson business gives time-crunched foodies visiting town a chance to taste a little bit of everything.

Jackson Hole Food Tours, which debuted this year, makes it possible to quickly dine at a handful of Jackson’s staple restaurants in a single afternoon for a reasonable price.

Owner and founder Michael Moeri describes the enterprise as a “walking culinary and cultural tour.”

“The idea is to walk around the Town Square and get food samplings at five to six different restaurants while receiving a history of Jackson in between,” Moeri said.

Culinary tour businesses thrive in metropolitan areas, but Jackson Hole Food Tours is the first of its kind in Teton County. The voice behind the podcast “Jackson Hole Entrepreneur,” Moeri saw a hole in the town’s business landscape and pounced.

“I saw an opening for it in Jackson because we have such a bustling culinary scene,” Moeri said. “A lot of people don’t really know what Jackson has to offer.

“It’s a great way for locals to showcase Jackson’s culinary scene to their visiting friends and family,” he said of the business.

The list of eateries typically on a Jackson Hole Food Tour include Bin 22, the Kitchen, Nani’s, Gather, The Indian and Persephone Bakery.

To mix up the tastes, other restaurants will join the tour sporadically, and Moeri anticipates yet more joining later this year.

Logistically, tour-goers will get a sampling from small plates at each restaurant as well as an alcoholic drink of their choosing at one establishment. Although it comes one small portion at a time, the volume of food adds up.

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Michael Moeri is the founder of Jackson Hole Food Tours.

“People are going to be relatively full after a tour,” Moeri said. “You’re not going to get a full portion at any one restaurant, but when you’re getting five samplings it’s going to fill you up.”

The tour is strategically timed, from 3 to 6 p.m., so participants who are still craving more grub can get a late dinner, he said. Moeri suggests people pick their favorite establishment from the tour and head back.

A Jackson Hole Food Tour costs $75 a head for adults, with reduced rates for adolescents.

Moeri is running tours Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. He schedules private tours for groups of six or more that are flexibly timed.

—Mike Koshmrl

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Bank of Jackson Hole

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ear the southern gateway into Grand Teton National Park is the newest addition to the culinary world of Gavin Fine and Roger Freedman of Fine Dining Restaurant Group: a luxurious pit stop complete with a bottle shop, two-tap bar (featuring Roadhouse Brewing Co. beers), gourmet groceries like house-made charcuteries and locally raised beef, fresh Persephone pastries and breads, Osteria take-and-bake pizzas and more.

Bodega, a specialty grocer and bottle shop, is in business in the space formerly occupied by the Teton Village Market at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Fine Dining Restaurant Group brightened the space by knocking down walls, repainting and completing indoor and outdoor renovations, said Kendra Allesandro, director of communications.

“With the changes complete, now is the perfect time to come out and see what we’re up to,” Alessandro said. “Everything has been updated, with continued expansion of our specialty meat department to include even more varieties of house-made sausages, housecured charcuterie and locally raised meats.”

For being a relatively quaint and cozy small business, Bodega packs in a lot of offerings.

It is divided primarily into two parts: a bottle shop and a luxury small grocer.

In the bottle shop half you’ll find fresh juice sloshies (either margarita or greyhound-flavored), craft and domestic beers, thoughtfully selected wines and liquor and a 6-foot bar.

“We have two beers on tap that change regularly but always include at least one brew from our own Roadhouse Brewing Co.,” Alessandro said. “We’re also pouring wines by the glass.”

In the specialty grocer you’ll find homemade ice cream and ice cream sandwiches, house-made sausages, house-cured meats, breakfast burritos, Osteria take-and-bake pizzas and more.

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Look for Bodega in Teton Village.

“Bodega offers high-quality grocery items for people who live out at the village or are visiting,” Alessandro said. “In addition to that we have items you may just need on a whim as you’re going into the park.”

Opening daily at 7 a.m., Bodega also serves Snake River Roasting coffee, fresh-baked goods from Persephone Bakery, and grab-andgo breakfast and lunch items.

Whether imbibing in caffeine to start the day or alcohol to wind down in the afternoon, people have the option of enjoying their beverages with grand Teton views from outdoor tables. It’s a perfect pit stop, Alessandro said, whether you’re on a bike ride into Grand Teton National Park or are craving a craft draft brew after a morning on the slopes.

Since opening in December, Bodega is already drawing a crowd of regulars.

“For many, Bodega has become a nightly stop,” Alessandro said.

— Mike Koshmrl

he Bank of Jackson Hole is ushering in a new era with advanced technology upgrades that are making personal and business banking more convenient and streamlined for tech-savvy clients.

But perhaps most importantly, employees at the community’s longest-running locally operated bank never forget the cornerstone of its success: keeping you, their customer, at the center of its bright future.

This month the Bank of Jackson Hole launched a new website highlighting its new services. You can now make remote deposits from your iPhone or Android, for example. An enhanced online experience and an upgraded fiber-optic network will ensure speedy and efficient online banking wherever the Wyoming winds send you.

What that means, said Laura Abrams, senior vice president of operations for the Bank of Jackson Hole, is better business for local and remote clients. For example, one upgraded service for business clients is check scanners, which can save an employee a trip to the bank every day. Another service is a payment portal that integrates into business websites, giving those businesses’ clients the option of paying online through the Bank of Jackson Hole.

“The fiber-optic network provides better connectivity to the outside world,” Abrams said. “It’s a more reliable service and less likely to go down, due to redundancy. What the customer will see is more access, easier access and better service.”

For Bank of Jackson Hole CEO Pete Lawton, what remains constant is the staff ’s commitment to the community since 1982.

“Being the oldest community bank in the area, we have the experience in our staff and our lending staff — many with 15-plus years in banking, including myself with 25 years’ experience,” he said.

Lawton said that being a locally grounded

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Pete Lawton is CEO and Laura Abrams is senior vice president of operations of Bank of Jackson Hole. bank means decisions are made locally, which is another benefit to clients.

“The bank can make decisions quickly and effectively,” he said.

Lawton credited the vision of Bank of Jackson Hole board Chairman Robert Biolchini, who sought to reinvest in the Bank of Jackson Hole, with these new enhancements.

“Reinvesting in the bank to provide better services is a commitment to our community,” Lawton said.

The bank has 10 locations, including Pinedale, Alpine and Dubois, and 17 ATMs. As a result and because of its commitment to the people of Wyoming, it continues to grow.

What’s more important, said Lawton, is the time and resources Bank of Jackson Hole has given back to the community through the years, including being a co-challenger for the Old Bill’s Fun Run for Charities.

“In the end we all live here and benefit from the work,” Abrams said. “That’s what being a good community member means.”

— Jeannette Boner

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n the past year Judy Singleton, investment executive and founder of J Singleton Financial, has assembled a “dream team” of financial expertise.

With three new hires — Melanie Hall, registered client associate, Hadyn Peery, associate financial advisor, and Brian Jones, financial advisor — the 20-year-veteran financial services business offers new specialty areas and has nearly doubled the staff on hand to assist clients.

“We spent a lot of time and energy in the last year investing in staff and our company,” Singleton said. “We wanted to run a much more high-quality financial services office with a lot more personal touch points.”

Hall is now the firm’s resident professional in life insurance. Peery is working toward a Certified Financial Planner certification. Jones, formerly a senior vice president and Trust Department manager with the Bank of Jackson Hole, brings 32 years of experience in trust administration and wealth management.

Hiring the trio and getting them settled in along with veteran employees Marina Vandenbroeke and Karen May, registered client associates, and Natalie Thiel Jones, office coordinator, is the high point in Singleton’s latest company evolution.

All of Singleton’s clients now have a dedicated licensed client associate working directly with them and their financial advisor to oversee and manage their investment accounts.

The business is also expanding its offices across the hall in its East Broadway home to provide private office space for all of its employees and a state-of-the-art conference room.

“We want to be the best game in town,” Singleton said. “We want to offer the best, most personalized comprehensive financial planning experience to our clients, and we’ve really been pushing ourselves to do that. If you think of this company as a bus, we have everyone on board, and this year we’ve gotten everyone in the right seats.”

Singleton has also focused the past year on developing the office as a team and creating opportunities for employees to work on professional development. Each Wednesday the firm closes its doors at noon, and employees spend

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Judy Singleton has assembled a “dream team” of financial expertise.

the afternoon meeting and training together, bringing in experts ranging from industry analysts to Transcendental Meditation specialists.

Proving that innovation and hard work generate results, this year JSF was named a member of the Raymond James’ 2015 Chairman’s Council, representing the top echelon of the firm’s financial advisors. Membership is based on prior fiscal year production, and requalification is required annually. This marks the second time that Singleton has qualified for the recognition and the 18th consecutive year Singleton has been named to Raymond James’ Leadership Council.

“We’re looking at the business on all levels,” Singleton said. “We want to invest in our people, and we want to provide the best service, as we promised our clients. I’m really very excited about what we’ve been able to achieve this year.”

J Singleton Financial is an independent firm.

Securities are offered through Raymond James Financial Services Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC. — Emma Breysse

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ven the mountain lifestyle leaves room for some pampering.

When you walk into Sanctuary Day Spa and Salon the lavender walls, crystal chandeliers and impressionistic artwork immediately announce you’ve found the place to get it.

“What I want to do is convey a sense of peace and serenity to the people who come in here,” Sanctuary owner Teresa Donnelly said. “I want us to be a high-quality place where you can relax.”

The Irish native spent some time working in the spa and salon field on the East Coast before starting Sanctuary at Studio 2000 in Powderhorn Mall, across from Lucky’s Market.

Donnelly moved out on her own when the building was sold last year, finding the space she now occupies next to Pearl Street Bagels.

After months of work to make the place the retreat she hopes it will prove to be for her clients, Donnelly has opened her doors.

A grand opening and open house is scheduled for sometime next month for Donnelly to welcome back her regulars and meet people searching for a new place to feel pampered.

“Having our own space allows us to expand what we offer and to make the place our own in a way we haven’t been able to before,” Donnelly said. “We just have so much more space to work with, and it makes such a difference.”

Along with a hair salon providing all hair services, Sanctuary offers manicures, pedicures, massages, skin treatments, facials, permanent makeup and essential oils, each with its own specialized staff and room. Sanctuary clients will also find a full section of quality products for hair and skin.

The staff at Sanctuary includes Serena Jorgensen, Heather Swank and the newly hired

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The Sanctuary family includes Heather Swank, owner Teresa Donnelly and Serena Jorgensen.

Brooke Christie.

“They are all very experienced and talented,” Donnelly said.

Donnelly’s years of experience worldwide make Sanctuary the valley’s only internationally awarded beauty salon and day spa.

Along with new staff and new space, Donnelly hopes to begin offering extras — essential oils classes, for example.

“We’re very excited to be able to offer what we’re offering here,” Donnelly said. “That’s a chance for anyone who wants to feel beautiful and take advantage of our experience.”

— Emma Breysse

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ALL Body Therapy 1116 Maple Way 307-733-7037 allbodytherapy@yahoo.com AllBodyTherapy.com

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ndi Lewis has a new way to help her clients.

Inspired to become a physical therapist by her father’s spinal cord injury, she has been practicing for 20 years. Today her ALL Body Therapy specializes in aquatic therapy, pelvic floor rehabilitation, hip pain and hipreplacement rehab, wound therapy and postinjury rehabilitation.

A roughly 100-square-foot pool occupies one side of the large, open, high-ceilinged space that dominates her Maple Way clinic.

Toward the front of the business, however, is a smaller room that contains a large machine that looks sort of like a suspended animation chamber from a science fiction movie. A technician hovers nearby, monitoring gauges as it hisses, the sound of gas escaping from a valve.

This is ALL Body Therapy’s new hyperbaric oxygen chamber, a high-tech cocoon that encases clients in an environment that is near 100 percent oxygen. Because the chamber is also pressurized, the body inside receives up to 20 times the amount of oxygen it gets from our normal atmosphere.

“It’s an optimum healing environment,” said Lewis, owner and head therapist at ALL Body.

“Oxygen is delivered directly to the tissues in addition to the traditional delivery through blood. It gives you more oxygen for healing and recovery. It’s really beneficial for concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Anything your body needs to heal from, this just gives it a boost.”

Lyme disease, arthritis, fibromyalgia, migraines, neurodegenerative conditions, sports performance … Lewis’ list of medical problems that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help goes on and on.

“I’m interested in anything we can do to help people heal holistically,” she said.

Wyoming born, Lewis grew up in Jackson.

In 1993 her parents were in a small-plane crash.

Her mother was fine, but her father sustained injuries that required extensive rehabilitation.

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“I helped him rehab,” Lewis said, which is what inspired her at the age of 25 to go to the University of Colorado in Denver to study physical therapy.

“Physical therapists do more than just teach you how to exercise,” she said of her profession.

“They help you understand the problem, help you through a difficult time. In fact it was the psychological component to healing that appealed to me.”

Lewis clearly has the disposition for the work: a clear, direct style of communication, a passion for helping people find their ways to wellness, a mind open to new methods, practices and technologies — whatever it takes for positive results.

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With five rooms in the main house and Jeffrey Kaphan three cabins, Huff House Inn and Cabins has everything needed for a relaxing stay. All the Clint and Kristi Steiert are about to rooms have smart TVs and individual bath- open Huff House Inn and Cabins. rooms with intricate tile work and walk-in showers. And each cabin has a gas fireplace, torical ambiance. The molding, windows and • Skilled orthopaedic specialists wet bar, top notch in-room amenities and a ceilings are true to the Victorian-style archiprivate entrance. tecture of the house.

• Compassionate care team The new hotel, which is a walk away from “We kept the old feel of the building,” Town Square, will serve a homemade break- Clint Steiert said. “However, everything in the fast to its guests each morning. Wine and building has been completely renovated down • Surgical GPS navigational equipment cheese, fresh lemonade and other delectable to the electrical wiring and plumbing.” goodies will be available in the afternoon.

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amily nurse practitioner Tracy Baum is a health detective. Rather than just treating the symptom of a medical issue she looks for clues that will help her address the root of the problem.

Her medical experience led her to practice an integrative form of health care that is different from the kind of tunnel vision used in the world of Western medicine, she said.

“Western medicine typically manages the symptoms of chronic health conditions, which gives you a prescription to treat the symptom,” she said.

Baum owns Mountain Sage Holistic Clinic in Dubois. She sees patients there and also travels to Jackson twice a month to visit with patients at her satellite office in Simply Health of Jackson Hole, located in Smith’s Plaza.

As the first step in working with her patients Baum asks them to fill out a 20-page health assessment.

Once a patient’s habits and health issues are listed she can connect the dots.

“That’s how I start to use a magnifying glass for the detective work,” she said.

When she pinpoints the cause of the acute or chronic condition, Baum will prescribe an individual plan.

“I am very much focused on lifestyle management,” she said. “Nutrition, physical activity, stress management and good sleep are important things to consider. Sometimes I utilize botanicals or other supplements and, when needed, a prescription medication.

“I’ve even written prescriptions for 30 minutes of relaxation or a yoga class,” she said The point of Baum’s practice is not to rely solely on the “go-to” medications that most Western medicine providers use.

For instance, a common complaint she hears from her patients has to do with heartburn or indigestion.

In the traditional world of medicine most people who suffer from heartburn are diagnosed with acid reflux and given acid-blocking medication.

“Nexium is the second most prescribed drug in the U.S., second only to Lipitor,” Baum said. “Heartburn is rarely too much acid, but

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Family nurse practitioner Tracy Baum owns Mountain Sage Holistic Clinic. acid in the wrong place. There are several causes for this. My job is to figure out which one it is and address that cause.”

One common cause is low stomach acid.

“Food ends up sitting in the stomach too long, and it can splash up in the esophagus,” Baum said. “Something as simple as apple cider vinegar works wonders for people in that situation.”

Baum compares finding the root cause to peeling the layers of an onion: “We do the initial visit for an hour, reviewing the 20-page intake form, and begin to peel back that first layer, but we may need to peel more layers in the process.”

Baum is at Mountain Sage Holistic Clinic on Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first and third Friday of each month she can be found at Simply Health of Jackson Hole.

In addition to being one of the few holistic health experts who accept insurance, Baum also gives consultations over the phone through her Telehealth program. Call her for information.

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here is nothing you can’t expect from the longest-running lodging company in Jackson Hole. From spacious rooms to kid-friendly, family-friendly amenities, it’s time you considered the Jackson Hole Lodge for your next adventure in the Tetons.

With upgrades that include an amazing new hot tub, an infinity pool and a new lobby area the Jackson Hole Lodge has a lot to offer anyone planning a dream vacation or company meeting. But General Manager Frank Lane said it’s the staff members who are the jewels in the crown of this hotel tucked into the corner of Broadway and Pearl.

“My staff is what separates us,” said Lane.

Lane said his employees at the Jackson Hole Lodge are, like him, longtime residents who know the town and the area from the inside out. They have skied the mountains, fished the rivers and dined in the restaurants, and they only wish for you to unlock the secrets that separate Jackson Hole from any other destination this summer. That kind of intimate knowledge is invaluable and often is the key that makes a trip to Jackson go from memorable to amazing.

“Many of our front-desk staffers were born and raised here,” Lane said. “These are not people who just showed up yesterday. They are involved in their community. You can get a nice, clean room at a good price and with a local staff to guide you through town. To me that’s priceless.”

Established in 1941, Jackson Hole Lodge is also a slice of the Old West. Lane said a time capsule found in the lobby walls during the remodel confirmed that the Jackson Hole Lodge is the longest-standing hotel in town.

“The history of this place is wonderful,” said Lane. “While we were reconstructing the

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The Jackson Hole Lodge’s amenities include an infinity pool.

interior of the lobby a wall was moved, and workers found a self-made time capsule. There was a newspaper clipping in there from 1940, when France was occupied by Germany. That’s telling of how important that news was to the people back then.”

With 33 suites and 26 lodge rooms, the Jackson Hole Lodge offers a variety of bedroom options, living rooms, full kitchens, fireplaces, washer and dryers, and jetted tubs. The lodge is quite possibly your ideal platform to jump into all that Jackson and the Tetons offer.

“We’re going to be around forever,” said Lane. “We’ve reinvested back into the hotel with remodels, and we think people will really like what we have to offer.”

— Jeannette Boner

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eaturing more than 12,000 rugs in a showroom of 6,000 square feet, Kismet Fine Rugs is one of the largest rug galleries in the United States and perhaps the grandest in the West. With what is likely the most diverse selection of rugs you have ever seen, Kismet is certainly Jackson’s best resource for fine rugs.

Kismet rugs are handmade from fine wool, silk or a combination of both, and come in all sizes and in every shape. Created with centuries-old weaving techniques, they range from flat-woven kilims to the plushest of brightly colored tribal gabbeh rugs. Kismet’s traditional rugs feature masterful weaves indicative of regions and an antique collection that is one of the world’s finest.

“The big news is how we have broadened our inventory,” said Jenny Wade, director of sales and marketing. “Modern, contemporary, Moroccan and Western-style are very successful, as are our custom lines. If we don’t have it, we can make it, guaranteeing fine rug quality and best pricing.”

Kismet owner “Mr. Kismet” travels to the farflung villages that create durable, functional and exquisite works of art. He meets the weavers, tests the integrity of the rugs and is accountable for the quality of every rug in his gallery.

“Each of our rugs is hand-picked by me,” Kismet said. “My work takes me to amazing places.

I personally travel to tribal areas and find the most unique rugs out there. These are not cookie-cutters made over and over. I evaluate every rug and make sure of the highest standards.”

To accommodate his vast rug trove, Kismet built a new gallery two years ago at 150 E. Broadway. The showroom has high ceilings, an expansive glassed-in storefront and a fireplace to warm the gallery for winter clients. Rugs are displayed on the walls and on the floors, allowing clients to see every style.

Kismet and Wade work with homeowners and interior designers, often visiting homes.

“As a decorating rule of thumb, you always start with the rug when you design a room,” Wade said.

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Jenny Wade is Kismet Rug Gallery’s director of sales and marketing.

As a first step, Wade and Kismet encourage people to come to the gallery. They invite any and all questions about the history of each rug.

“I have been trained by the master,” says Wade, who grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, in a home filled with fine rugs. “He has been very gracious in sharing all of his knowledge. He knows the story behind each rug.”

Kismet promises the best prices in town and supports local and international causes, most recently earthquake relief in Nepal. The gallery is a member of the Care & Fair organization, supporting communities of weaving families as advocates against child labor.

When it comes to customer service, Kismet is unmatched. “We listen to what people want,” Wade said. “We don’t just give our clients rugs to meet their budget. We give them rugs they will love.”

— Richard Anderson

orningStar of Jackson Hole strives not to be what many people think of when they imagine a place where seniors live together.

The idea is to make sure that the 50 or so residents are living life as fully as they can, enjoying it.

“We try to offer a well-rounded schedule of activities seven days a week to meet the needs of our residents in socializing, physical wellness, intellectual well-being and spiritual wellness,” said Jim Wolfgang, MorningStar’s “life enrichment coordinator.”

Keeping the mind and spirit active is essential, Wolfgang said.

“I believe there’s two things that are more important than anything,” he said, “Activities and food — that’s the bread and butter to happiness.”

MorningStar aims to offer seven activities each day. Among them are exercise classes, Bible study groups, card games, book clubs, picnics, educational lectures, trips to Yellowstone and other interesting sites in the area, after-dinner musical performers, anything that “combats boredom and a sense of helplessness,” Wolfgang said.

Some residents have recently learned to make soap that they sell to support charities they favor.

“It’s about continuing growth, the ability to learn new things and stay active so people continue to enjoy their lives.”

Wolfgang, a graduate of the University of Maine with a degree in recreation and leisure services, also invites volunteers to serve at MorningStar, both to help the residents and for their own sense of well-being.

MorningStar was founded in 2004 as River Rock Assisted Living and was adopted at the start of the year by MorningStar Senior Living, a Denver company with a

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Jim Wolfgang leads MorningStar of Jackson Hole residents in exercises. reputation for excellence.

“Under the management of MorningStar we will have access to resources we need to provide the best possible care to our residents and to their families,” Wolfgang said.

MorningStar’s attractive mountain lodge-style building, in the Rafter J subdivision south of Jackson, provides 57 assisted living suites and serves three meals a day with restaurant-style service, all prepared by its executive chef and his staff.

There is 24-hour care staff and a licensed nurse on duty seven days a week.

2015 is seeing a major renovation of the interior of the facility, and management is enlarging its programs. The hours and services of the concierge have been extended.

MorningStar also has a salon for hairstyling and manicures, a library with computer and game rooms, a theater, strolling paths, a landscaped patio and a jacuzzi.

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rocery shopping in the United States can be a chore. Superstores are huge, overwhelming and full of processed food. Checkout lines twist down the aisles, and employees are often rushed and harried. It’s a far cry from running to the bakery or the butcher with your basket for a few fresh items to make dinner.

The new Lucky’s Market in Powederhorn Plaza is all about making your shopping experience more enjoyable and personal. The space is smaller than the average supermarket, but a remodel of the building that previously housed Jackson Whole Grocer, and before that Food Town, has left the interior feeling spacious and inviting with open aisles and attractive displays of food.

Fresh produce fills nearly a quarter of the store: Neat stacks of gleaming red peppers, leafy greens, succulent pears and apples, and an amazing assortment of organic and conventional fruits and vegetables greet shoppers as they enter the doors. Each week Lucky’s features bargain prices on select items. The last week in May you could pick up two pints of organic blueberries for $3.

Along the back wall the meat counter features organic beef, chicken and pork.

You can find local products, fresh fish and seafood, and Lucky’s signature in-house smoked bacon. The store’s bulk foods section is extensive, because, as store director Bob Millsap said, “Jackson shoppers appreciate less packaging and more product.”

“Lucky’s is about amazing food and amazing prices,” Millsap said. “Often these two things don’t go hand in hand, but we feel they should.”

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Fresh produce is one of Lucky’s Market’s specialties.

Lucky’s scattered around the country, and the chain is the fastest-growing small grocery-store business in the United States. Being part of the larger chain allows Millsap to take advantage of economies of scale, some tried-and-true approaches to doing business and an increasing number of Lucky’s brand products. But, Millsap said, the chain also allows each store to determine its own direction based on the needs and desires of the community it serves.

Millsap said the Jackson store hosts community events and donates proceeds to local charities. Most recently it held a burgers and brats party to raise money for Slow Food of the Tetons.

Lucky’s is guided in its work by what it calls “family values.” These include passion, integrity, community and the belief that good food is a right, not a luxury. For Jackson that mission translates into a friendly store where shoppers are treated like regulars whether it’s their first visit or their 100th.

“I have an incredible staff of talented, knowledgeable people,” Millsap said. “We don’t take ourselves too seriously. We want this to be a fun place where people enjoy their shopping experience.”

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here have been some changes in the Ryan family’s dry-cleaning businesses lately, but one thing will never change, and that’s the focus on customers.

“One of my biggest priorities in this business is exceptional customer service,” said Matt Ryan, owner of O’Ryan Cleaners. “Without my loyal customers I wouldn’t be here.”

On May 1, Ryan bought Ryan Cleaners, the business his grandparents Fred and Margie Ryan established 27 years ago.

Matt Ryan is the fourth generation of his family to be in dry cleaning. His great-grandfather founded a dry cleaning business in Kansas City, Missouri.

“We’ve got over 80 years of dry cleaning in the family,” he said.

“Nothing much is going to change for clients now that I own it,” Ryan said. “We’ve always prided ourselves on the quality of our customer service, and I’m going to keep that going.”

His grandparents’ business on North Cache has closed. Everything has been consolidated at the O’Ryan Cleaners location at the east end of Grand Teton Plaza, just across Virginian Lane from the Virginian.

“It used to be that we did all of the dry cleaning at the North Cache location and all the commercial laundry here at O’Ryan Cleaners,” Ryan said. “We had extra space here, so I wanted to bring it all together.”

Even the business’ longtime seamstress, Mercedes Solar, made the move. For those looking for alterations and custom tailoring, she works 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can make an appointment, but it’s not necessary.

O’Ryan Cleaners takes an environmentally sensitive approach to the dry cleaning business.

“To me ‘green’ isn’t just a word,” Ryan said.

“I think it’s misused a lot of the time.

“We’re not trying to tell everyone we use water and that’s it, but the machine we have is the greenest machine on the market,” Ryan said.

The solvent O’Ryan Cleaners’ Ipura machine uses is petroleum-based, but it’s “one of

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Dry cleaning is a family tradition for Matt, Margie and Fred Ryan.

the greenest forms available,” Ryan said. The Ipura machine is a closed system, so none of the hydrocarbons are released. “The chemicals are recirculated back into the machine,” he said.

“We end up with something like lint, and that’s it. Everything else stays in the machine.”

Although Fred and Margie Ryan sold their business, customers can expect to still see them around.

“You’ll see my grandparents’ faces every now and again, but they’re out of the business side of the business,” Matt Ryan said. “Maybe they can now get in a vacation or two.”

Ryan and his wife, Fallon Ryan, just welcomed their first child, daughter Madison. Will she grow up to be the fifth generation of Ryans to be in the business?

“I grew up working at the cleaners on and off,” Ryan said. “I went off to school and studied aviation science and was a pilot for a bit, but that life wasn’t my groove. I wanted to be home and have a family. And there was this great business I could get involved in.”

— Dina Mishev

Estate Collectables

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tepping through the doors of Estate Collectables is like stepping back in time. Tucked inside a bright yellow 1907 house on the side of the highway in Victor, Idaho, you’ll find everything from landscape paintings in gilt frames to fur coats to antique furniture and vinyl albums by Led Zepplin, Journey, America and other rock ’n’ bands from the 1970s.

Tammy Coy used to have her shop at the “Y” intersection in Jackson but recently moved over Teton Pass to Victor for more space, better parking and a quieter neighborhood. Her shop contains, as she says, “an eclectic bunch of everything.”

And that everything ranges in price from 50 cents to $10,000.

The shop is in a warren of rooms packed full of one-of-a-kind collectibles. Coy has a glass cabinet full of ceramic salt and pepper shakers: a mother kangaroo with a baby in her pouch, a pair of owls, pink radishes and a pair of squirrels. The front counter display case contains sparkling clip-on earrings, miniature ivory carvings, rings and bracelets. There’s a clock advertising Salomon skis that shows a skier banked hard in a turn and dressed in a one-piece red ski suit.

Juxtaposed with some of the more whimsical items are serious antiques: European and Western tables, chairs, and cabinets. You can find bronze wildlife sculptures, fine art paintings and a chair made from elk antlers and covered with brindled cowhide.

Coy has been collecting all her life, and the shop is an outgrowth of her passion. She constantly turns over her stock to keep costumers coming back to see what she’s found in her searches. Most of Coy’s collectibles come from estate sales, and over the years

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Tammy Coy owns Estate Collectables.

she has made a profession of her hobby. Now she not only buys items for her shop at the sales but also does estate appraisals for people seeking to determine the value of their belongings. Two years ago she became a certified appraiser.

“Sometimes I’ll get a call from someone asking me to appraise a painting they’ve inherited from their grandfather,” Coy said.

“Other times I will appraise the entire contents of a house.”

Coy said her customers range from 20-somethings looking for vinyl records to second-home owners searching for artwork for their house. She’s got something for everyone whether it’s a funny gift or an expensive antique.

Perhaps the most unusual item for sale is a 30,000-year-old Siberian cave bear skull. But what makes the shop so fun is that when you turn around from looking at the skull, you’ll find yourself staring at a bright blue and red Maxwell House coffee percolator that looks as if it came right out of a 1970s sitcom set.

Estate Collectables is open seven days a week during the summer season, which started Memorial Day weekend. You can also contact Coy for appraisal or estate liquidation services.

— Molly Absolon

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It’s been so good for him that he rarely changes what he does or how he does it.

Until now.

Ken’s most recent change is that he moved his business in March, and he wants his customers from over the years to know it. He is gone from his longtime location in Grand Teton Plaza, where he lost his lease, to the space occupied for years by Stitch ‘n Time, the fabric and sewing supplies store. He’s now at 955 Alpine Lane, near Powderhorn Park and generally behind Lucky’s Market.

He knows the area.

“I’m back in my old neighborhood, two doors down from where I started,” he said.

“It’s the same great business. Nothing has changed except I’m in a different building.”

Ken’s business is about evenly split between mattresses and furniture, and most of his competition, as with many nontourist businesses in Jackson, is in Idaho. He deals almost entirely with locals, both the working variety and owners of second homes, but also with Jackson designers: “I’ve got every demographic of customers in this valley,” he said.

Ken said his success, though, comes mostly from good customer service: helping people and offering good deals. His idea is to make his living on volume rather than a steep markup.

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for 20 years and have a great following,” Ken said. “It’s very special to me.”

Jackson Mattress and Furniture’s showroom is thick with sofas, chairs, tables, bedroom sets and lighting from more than a dozen manufacturers. Makers include Imperial Woodworks, an American firm that uses alder, maple and oak, and Flexsteel, a 130-year-old company that makes an assortment of regular and motorized recliners, sofas and sleeper sofas, upholstered in fabric or leather. Flexsteel is so well thought of, Ken said, that “customers brag on it to me.”

There’s a variety to choose from, or he can special order many variations.

People looking for nighttime comfort can shop the Stearns & Foster and Sealy Posturepedic mattresses.

Ken also has other home decorations and handles a line of bed linens. He also handles consignments, which means some good prices for people shopping and a way for people who are redecorating to get something out of what they are replacing. He can deliver and do pickups.

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he transformation of Teton Motors’ more southern parcel on Powderhorn Lane has been a long time in the making, dating back to when a building went up on the site in the late 1990s.

But within the next eight or so months the lot’s final form should be realized, and what Jackson motorists will see is the town’s only business devoted solely to Subaru. Teton Motors Subaru, as the satellite building is being called, will include not just a showroom and lot full of new and used Subarus but also a full service center and parts department, Teton Motors President Dave Auge said.

“Everything Subaru is going to happen at that location,” Auge said. “We’re going to have a dedicated Subaru staff for parts and service and sales all at 405 Powderhorn.”

Teton Motors broke ground on the site in April and aims to move in during the first quarter of 2016, Auge said. After the move the main Teton Motors location will be devoted to General Motors.

The new Subaru branch is the latest addition to the 43-year-old business, which was passed down to Auge and his brother, Jim Auge, by their father.

“We’re by far the longest-lasting, most dependable family-owned dealership in Jackson Hole,” Dave Auge said.

Once Teton Motors Subaru goes live, the staff, now 48 full-time employees, will continue to swell. Within the last year Teton Motors added a couple of key positions: Rick Babicz was brought on as the general sales manager, and Jim Sutton was hired as the company’s new finance and insurance manager for sales.

Once completed Teton Motors Subaru will have approximately 7,500 feet of finished space, including eight work stalls for mechanics and two indoor “write-up” bays for

hether you’re shopping for your first iPhone or hoping to find the best reception in the Cowboy State, look no further than Wyoming Wireless.

Championing local service (they will make house calls) with the backbone of a well-established corporate mother ship (Verizon), Wyoming Wireless is Wyoming’s only cellphone company exclusively covering the entire state.

“Our customer service separates us from any other company,” said Alice Howland, western regional manager. “When you walk into these big company stores, there is a tendency to feel very rushed. We take our time with our customers, even if it’s an hour showing an 80-year-old woman her first iPhone.

And we will make house calls for those who can’t come in because we care about the customer. We look at our customers like family.”

Located in Knobe’s on Broadway since September, the store plans to move to Town Square. In the meantime the company is quietly and efficiently working to win the Western hearts of everyone and anyone looking for exceptional cellphone service. And the store in Jackson is looking for a committed staff.

“It’s a pretty exciting company,” said Howland, who has moved up in the ranks working for Verizon for the past five years. “The company has a lot to offer for advancement.”

How could you say no to a sign-on bonus, matching 3 percent 401(k) and paid vacation?

“Our big push right now is looking for motivated people to work in the Jackson store,” said Howland. “This is a commission-based company, so you get to set your own worth.”

Wyoming Wireless has 17 stores across the state, including Jackson and Pinedale. Going up against the big dogs of the cellphone industry does not intimidate Wyoming Wireless, which offers competitive compensation for customers looking to make the switch.

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Jim and Dave Auge peruse plans for Teton Motors Subaru.

people who need to have their car’s ailments diagnosed. There will be a completed paved lot on the north side toward Alpine Lane to show vehicles in a place that today is used for overflow parking.

And the second floor of the new space will include a new two-bedroom apartment for Teton Motors’ staff. The addition brings the business’ internal workforce housing count up to a dozen abodes, Auge said.

Another change on the near horizon at Teton Motors is an expansion of the current 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. service hours, though Auge isn’t quite ready to reveal what the new hours will be.

— Mike Koshmrl

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Alice Howland is western regional manager for Wyoming Wireless.

“We will move you over in the store and won’t send you to a call center,” Howland said.

“We’ll also move over all your information from your old phone in the store, too.

“With Wyoming Wireless we have a nice comparison with our coverage,” Howland said.

“Our competitors cover very little areas of Wyoming, and when you look at the Verizon map it’s totally covered. Verizon has invested quite a bit of money to have that kind of service available to our customers. Our service is amazing.”

Verizon is offering a $100 credit when you switch providers as well as a $200 mail-in rebate for the iPhone 6 when you commit to Wyoming Wireless.

— Jeannette Boner

Grand Opening

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Jackson Animal Hospital will be offering a full spectrum of medical and emergency care, as well as advanced orthopedic services by Dr. Randy Acker (Owner of Sun Valley Animal Center).

Surgeries will include TPLOs for torn cruciates, Total Hip replacements, fracture repairs and much more.

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Snow King Mountain Resort

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145 E. Snow King Ave. 307-201-KING SnowKingMountain.com

55 E. Pearl Ave. 307-201-1888 gracespaJH.com

or more than 75 years Snow King has been Jackson’s Town Hill, and that won’t change, even as new ownership brings changes to the mountain.

“Hometown is definitely part of our DNA,” said Keely Herron, marketing director for the mountain.

Snow King opened a new chairlift in June to service the Alpine Slide. A new mountain coaster, racing through the forest and offering view of the Tetons, the National Elk Refuge and the town of Jackson between corkscrew loops, will open in August. A cable will pull a car up the mountain on a fixed track, then let gravity take it back down 3,000 feet. The coaster will be family-friendly, allowing the driver to slow the speed and parents to ride with children.

“It’s been great to hear how excited everyone is for it to open,” Herron said.

The adventure doesn’t stop there. Snow King will open a new ropes course in the fall.

The treetop adventure park will include selfguided wobbly bridges, Tarzan swings and zip lines, Herron said.

The ropes course and coaster are all part of a major investment in revitalizing Snow King.

A new ownership team led by Snow King President Max Chapman gathered nearly $20 million from investors to infuse into the operation. Bumping up the mountain’s summer offerings can help it become profitable faster and allow it to grow its winter operations, she said.

“For us it’s really about the summer,” Herron said. “As a ski area, summer is critical to our business.

About 70,000 people ride the Alpine Slide each summer, compared with about 40,000 skier days in the winters. But that doesn’t mean the new management is ignoring winter. Last fall Snow King installed new lighting and snowmaking machines that will allow the mountain to open for early-season race training. The new chairlift will service two new intermediate ski runs. Snow King also is planning extensive grading to open up more beginner-friendly terrain.

ife moves fast. With that in mind Grace Mahoney’s goal in creating her spa was to offer a peaceful space where clients could come to take a break.

The licensed cosmetologist and aesthetician opened grace spa in late March, giving her clients a place to escape from everyday duties — even if only for a few minutes of their day.

Walking into the new business on Pearl Avenue is immediately relaxing. AnxietyRelease essential oil suffuses the air, and spa music plays softly in the background. The bright space is filled with natural light, soft colors and abstract art. Mahoney’s appreciation for elegant simplistic style is apparent.

An in-wall fireplace allows clients to unwind in the salon waiting area by a coffee bar stocked with water and teas. The layout is very functional and works well for small groups and bridal parties.

A glass door separates the salon side from the spa side, which has four generous-size treatment rooms, a second waiting area with large comfortable chairs, another fireplace, and a tea and water bar.

The treatment side of the space has a second large rest room with a shower, where you can rinse off after hiking Snow King before you settle onto the warm table for your massage or facial. Far infrared mats using color therapy are used to enhance your treatment.

The spa offers a full menu of services, from haircuts and color to natural and gel polish manicures and pedicures, lash tinting, waxing, facials and massages — all fairly priced.

Mahoney has been a licensed cosmetologist and aesthetician since 1986. Working in New Jersey, New York City and Washington, D.C., she did hair for runway shows and photo shoots for clients such as Gucci, Saks and Bergdorf Goodman.

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Front: Chris Means, Max Chapman, Ryan Stanley. Standing: Brandon Wood, Scott Tuttle, Greg Ebare, Paul Sterrett, Adam Shankland. Top: Sue Muncaster, Ted Kyle, Alex Heidkamp, Matt Celloni and Keely Heron New base lodges will offer a restaurant and bar. Eventually owners hope to add a gondola and restaurant at the top of the mountain.

“The vision is to make Snow King a worldclass mountain resort right here in Jackson Hole,” Chapman said. “We’re really trying to build a whole new Snow King.”

But Snow King will maintain its smalltown feel and continue to be the place where Jackson kids learn to ski.

“We want to make it so we have this amenity right here in the heart of Jackson,” Herron said.

“And people can grow up talking about how Snow King is the town baby-sitter and something that contributes to the town.”

— Kelsey Dayton

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Grace Mahoney, seen here with Riley, owns the newly opened grace spa. made it convenient to attend continuing education classes and trade shows regularly,” Mahoney said.

She was known for her brow shaping, hair styling, haircuts and skin care before coming to Jackson Hole.

She has a large local following from working at some of the valley’s high-end resorts.

“I love to be able to say I love what I do after all these years,” Mahoney said. “It just feels good to help people relax and feel good about themselves.”

She is carefully assembling her staff based on talent, quality of service and the long relationships she has built with other therapists she has worked alongside.

“The feedback from the community has been great” Mahoney said. “Grace spa is a peaceful place for people to take a break from their day.”

— Brielle Schaeffer

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Jackson Moore Lighting & Furniture

90 Pearl Ave. 307-734-8986 Jeffrey Kaphan

The Darwiches, seen at Native JH, are Jim and Safaa, front, Sadek, Farah and Dorian, rear

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hat Jim and Safaa Darwiche love about Jackson Hole is the community. This is the place they chose to settle, not only to start a family but to create a family business.

Today their sons, Sadek and Dorian Darwiche, are carrying on the family tradition. The brothers operate A Touch of Class, the shop their parents started in 1983, as well as Native JH, a jewelry and art gallery that debuted in April 2014.

The story begins in 1977, when Jim Darwiche drove his Volkswagen bus to Jackson Hole. He met and married Safaa and ultimately they chose to live in the Tetons.

The Darwiches made a name for themselves in Jackson with A Touch of Class, which they opened on East Broadway in 1983. It became one of the top-selling Swarovski dealers in North America and remains in the top ranks today.

The boys began helping out at A Touch of Class at a young age, learning the business at their parents’ side. In 2009 Sadek and Dorian Darwiche bought A Touch of Class, which by that time had settled at 10 W. Broadway.

With the entrepreneurial mindset they’d acquired working with their parents, the brothers brainstormed ways to keep the business growing. They moved A Touch of Class to Gaslight Alley in 2013 and transformed the space at 10 W. Broadway into Native Jackson Hole, an art and jewelry gallery that celebrates Western American culture and creativity.

Dorian and Sadek Darwiche say the “native” in Native JH is a play on words.

“We of course have Native American art, jewelry and artifacts,” Dorian Darwiche said.

Visitors will find, for example, jewelry by award-winning Navajo designer Calvin Begay, who creates statement pieces in silver inlaid with opal, turquoise, lapis and other precious stones.

“Native” also refers to art and jewelry made by people living in Jackson Hole and around the region.

Among the local artists represented at the store is Annie Band, who is known for her hand-inscribed pieces of silver, gold and bronze jewelry dotted with precious gems.

Artwork is a big aspect of the store’s rebranding as Native JH. Hanging on its walls and trailing to a gallery in the store’s lower level are well-constructed landscapes that depict the Western scenery that Jim and Safaa Darwiche fell in love with.

Many of the items for sale at Native connect to the Darwiches’ tastes. Sadek and Dorian Darwiche said keeping their family involved is an important aspect of their work ethic and business practice.

Safaa Darwiche can be found at Native JH greeting customers she’s known now for 30-plus years. Even those who aren’t shopping will stop by to say hello.

Jim Darwiche was impressed by the community of Jackson Hole so many years ago. Now he and his family — and their businesses, A Touch of Class and Native JH — are part of the fabric of that community.

Next time you’re around Town Square, come see what Native JH has to offer.

— Frances Moody

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hat could have been a setback has turned into a positive for Andrew Romo’s furniture and lighting/ design business.

Jackson Moore Lighting & Furniture landed a new home at 90 Pearl Ave. after finding a more cost-effective and visible space compared with the old Powderhorn Mall location.

The move has actually made the business more visible — and welcoming.

“I’m definitely hearing from my clientele that it’s more homey and cozy,” Romo said of his new space.

While the atmosphere isn’t necessarily one of the draws for his clients, there’s plenty to be found there.

The rich smell of leather and an eclectic array of furniture and lamps fill the store.

From hanging lamps to freestanding lamps with leaded glass or mica shades, Jeffrey Kaphan the lighting options Andrew Romo invites you to are varied and pay tribute to historical check out Jackson Moore’s periods as well as the new location on Pearl Avenue. more modern offerings.

“I have lighting for all budgets,” Romo said.

Some lamps and lighting systems are pricey, and others are not. But the staff will explain the differences and the options.

Romo buys quality products from established lighting lines, and he and his staff are always willing to work within a customer’s budget.

A large counter in the back of the store is often strewn with large catalogs from manufacturers.

There are plenty of lighting lines featuring products made in America, as well as some made overseas.

Lighting systems can be quite unusual, as can the kinds of bulbs needed for more exotic varieties. When odd-size bulbs burn out, Jackson-Moore is the place to stock up.

“Ace, and everyone in town, sends people our way when they need unique bulbs,” Romo said. “Jackson Moore has really strived to be as knowledgeable as possible when it comes to evolving technology we’re faced with nowadays.

LED bulbs being an example. Without that knowledge we wouldn’t be able to properly direct clients to what best suits their needs.”

The business began in 1999. Romo took it over from former owners Dwayne and Sharon Moore last year. The shift from back of the mall to a downtown street has increased walk-in traffic. So next time you’re walking by, Romo invites you to walk in and check out his new store.

“I have over 100 different lighting lines as well as very diverse furniture lines,” he said, and “myriad bulbs.”

In other words, there’s probably something for just about everyone in the market for high-quality furniture and lighting.

Romo also specializes in lighting design, so he can tell clients if that gorgeous lighting system they’re eyeing will actually work in their living or office space — and create a plan to maximize its effectiveness and beauty.

— John Moses

Medicine Wheel Wellness

120 W. Pearl Ave. 307-699-7480 MedicineWheelWellnessJH.com

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he folks at Medicine Wheel Wellness know there is more than one route to optimum health and wellness.

With that in mind they take a holistic approach, offering integrated services that help people be fit and healthy, ward off illness and injury and recover when bad things happen.

Under one roof patients have access to physical therapy; sports medicine; occupational therapy; chiropractic care; Chinese medicine; nutrition; homeopathy; massage; acupuncture; personal training; fitness classes, including private yoga and Pilates; mental health services; energy therapy; sound therapy; aromatherapy; a healing arts gallery; and a retail boutique.

“I like to say our integrated services create a healthy body, happy mind and balanced spirit,” said Francine Bartlett, Medicine Wheel owner and director.

Medicine Wheel Wellness opened Jan. Jeffrey Kaphan 1. Bartlett, a physical Francine Bartlett and therapist and athletic trainer, is co-owner of Jen Farrugia show some the foundational busi- SURFSET Fitness moves. ness, Excel Physical Therapy. She has learned over the years that people recovering from injuries face challenges beyond the physical. They get depressed, for example, and sometimes they’re financially stressed because they can’t work and insurance doesn’t cover all their medical expenses. Through her world travels Bartlett has also been exposed to the healing methods of other cultures, and she brings that experience to her practice.

Deep healing and optimum wellness “takes a team of caring professionals and requires the client and providers to be open to the physical, mental, spiritual and emotional means,” she said.

Medicine Wheel Wellness grew organically. Excel Physical Therapy, founded in 2007, built relationships with other practitioners, including Taug Boschen’s East Of The Tetons Acupuncture and Bobbi Reyes’ massage and fitness training business, Core Wellness. Integrating with other practitioners was a natural.

“Bringing in mental health services, cash-based rehab services, fitness instructors, nutritionists and a variety of complementary body workers allows for more quality and thorough care for optimal recovery and prevention of injury,” Bartlett said. “Under one name and location we create accessibility, convenience and more affordability for clients and the practitioners. We are all able to advertise together, which reduces expenses. And for patients it’s a more convenient and less confusing way to work with multiple practitioners.”

Medicine Wheel services complement traditional medicine.

“Emergency and acute care needs are deferred to the appropriate medical care when they fall outside the limits of our licensed practitioners’ practice,” Bartlett said. “Ideally we are taking over after people are released from medical care, or we work in conjunction with their physicians to assist with recovery.”

Medicine Wheel Wellness invites people to learn more. It stays up to date with the latest and greatest, like introducing SURFSET Fitness (TM) classes to Jackson this month “We offer our first class free in our fitness studio,” Bartlett said. “We have one to two workshops a week to introduce you to the services and practitioners in our facility either free or at a low cost.”

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Jackson Animal Hospital

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the Animal Adoption Center. In 2009 she started a low-cost spay and neuter program that serves low-income families throughout Wyoming, and she offers free clinics on the Wind River Indian Reservation. She recently joined the Teton Raptor Center as its primary care veterinarian.

Dr. Acker, her business partner and fellow Colorado State University graduate, is well known for his prowess in orthopedic surgery.

After graduating from Colorado State in 1979 he moved to Sun Valley, Idaho, and founded the Sun Valley Animal Center.

Acker’s focus and passion is small animal surgery with an emphasis on canine orthopedics. He is the inventor of the TATE elbow and Total Ankle replacement systems produced in cooperation with BioMedtrix. Over the past 30 years he has developed a standard of excellence in canine orthopedic surgery that is unsurpassed.

Acker also teaches other veterinarians how to perform specialized surgeries. He is certified by the approved continuing education program of the American Association of Veterinary State Boards and is routinely asked to speak at orthopedic veterinary conferences around the world. If your pet is lame or is involved in a bad accident and needs surgery, he is the doctor you are looking for.

Visit JacksonAnimalHospital.com for staff biographies, details about services and information on the progress of the new hospital.

— John Moses

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ost of the glossy magazines you pick up in the valley these days are little more than advertisements. Stories are written because subjects paid for them or, in turn for buying an ad in the magazine, are promised a story will be written about them. Not “Range,” a new full-color periodical dedicated to architecture, design and living in Jackson Hole.

“What sets ‘Range’ apart from other magazines is the fact that it is editorial rather than advertorial,” editor Dina Mishev said.

“Every project, product, store and person mentioned in the magazine is only written about because it is doing or showing something unique, we feel it will be of great service to our readers or because it’s just really cool, not because a gallery or architecture firm buys an ad.”

“Range” replaces “Teton Home and Living,” which had been around for about a decade. Mishev said the time was ripe for an evolution from that magazine to a sleeker, more sophisticated publication. ‘Range’ better reflects the Jackson Hole style, she said, and that style is in turn a reflection of the incredible range of expertise and talent found among the architects, designers, artists, art dealers and tastemakers who make their home in the valley.

Flipping through the magazine you get a sense of the Jackson Hole aesthetic that Mishev is talking about. The homes on display within the pages of the first issue range from a log cabin with a contemporary addition to a house that is more windows than anything else.

One thing all the projects have in common is that they feel warm and strive to be part of their environment. Natural materials and big views help bring the outdoors indoors, which is important to the people who make their home in the amazing landscape surrounding the Tetons.

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Mishev said she wants the magazine to help people discover more about Jackson Hole, whether they’ve lived here a lifetime or have just come for a visit. She said the valley is full of surprises and ‘Range’ is set to help you find them.

Mishev and Art Director Colleen Valenstein have tapped into some of the valley’s most creative talent in their editorial selections. They have also pulled together an impressive crew of writers and photographers to create a beautiful, well-written and -edited magazine that might just give you the perfect gift idea for a friend or show you the best standup desk around.

Range is published twice a year and is available at finer hotels and businesses throughout the region, on local newsstands and at the Western Design Conference, the Fall Arts Festival and the Jackson Hole Home Show. Copies are also mailed to subscribers of the Jackson Hole News&Guide nationwide.

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umans don’t have to go far to get a hip replacement. But for pets with debilitating joint issues the journey from Jackson to a specialty clinic can be long and stressful.

That is about to change.

This July a new full-service veterinary hospital will offer pets some services never before offered in Teton County, including total hip and elbow replacements. Among the other advanced procedures offered will be TPLOs for torn cruciate ligaments, bone plating, arthroscopy and laryngeal tie-back surgeries. In addition to orthopedic surgeries, pets will be able to get full veterinary care, from vaccines to cardiac ultrasounds.

Jackson Animal Hospital, under construction at 274 E. Broadway, next to the new Animal Adoption Center, is scheduled to open in mid-July. It is being built from the ground up to accommodate the latest stateof-the-art equipment. Dr. Heather Carleton, of Jackson, and Dr. Randy Acker, of Sun Valley, Idaho, are excited to open their doors and serve a great pet-friendly community.

Dr. Carleton graduated from Colorado State University’s veterinary program in 2001 and completed an equine internship in Bend, Oregon. She has a background in treating large and small animals, but her primary focus at the new hospital will be on small animal medicine and surgery.

“I love it all,” she said, “but in particular dentistry and nutrition are extremely rewarding because of how much you can improve a dog or cat’s quality of life.”

Carleton has been treating local pets at Spring Creek Animal Hospital for the past seven years. Since 2007 she has donated hundreds of hours treating animals and finding them homes as a board member of

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t wasn’t exactly high-end designer fashion, but it was pretty and it fit. It was the day of the winter formal and Krista Gorrell, then a junior high school student in Cincinnati, sat down at the old orange 1970s-style sewing machine she’d used only once before and made her dress.

That launched her sewing, textile and design career. Gorrell went on to earn a degree in fashion design from the Columbus College of Art and Design before she began working as a tailor in Jackson in 2006. She became known for her work and was trusted to alter wedding dresses, fix zippers on favorite puffy jackets and create replicas of beloved clothing pieces.

In September she expanded her business, Teton Tailoring, by opening JH Sewing Store.

The new brick-and-mortar element of her business offers people a place to buy thread, zippers and other sewing necessities.

Though the store doesn’t feature quilting supplies it is meant to help fill the void left when Stitch ‘N Time, where Gorrell also worked, closed.

JH Sewing Store carries supplies oriented for sewing clothing, Gorrell said.

Anything she uses for tailoring she also sells in the store, along with some sewing craft items.

“I’m trying to fill the need for the mom or dad who sews occasionally or the crafter who doesn’t want to drive to Idaho Falls for a seam ripper or spool of thread,” she said.

Gorrell doesn’t carry a lot of products in the small shop, but she offers a refined selection of some of the best notions. For example, she carries YKK zippers, which are standard in the clothing industry. Everything she offers a professional seamstress would use. It’s for a small and targeted demographic that didn’t have options to purchase equipment locally before.

“Everything I carry in the store I use in my professional work,” she said.

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She also offers a selection of fabrics.

While Stitch ‘N Time was a quilt shop and Gorrell’s focus is on clothing, she did purchase some of its inventory and carries a few of the same brands, giving customers familiar options.

Eventually Gorrell hopes to expand some of the store’s offerings to include programs like “Sit and Sew with a Professional,” where people can work on a project in the shop and ask for help or feedback.

Gorrell is also continuing her tailoring work and fashion consulting. And she is continuing with the small fashion line she designed herself.

Gorrell still sometimes finds it hard to find clothing she likes in stores, so she sits down at her sewing machine and makes it herself.

— Kelsey Dayton

St. John’s Medical Center Physician Practices

Announcing the formation of

Bill and Cheryl Schwartz welcome Julie O’Halloran to Wyoming where the three will practice in Jackson as Ranck, Schwartz & O’Halloran, LLC, a law firm emphasizing all facets of family law representation and alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, facilitation, and third-party neutral services.

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Teton Tailoring owner Krista Gorrell now also operates JH Sewing Store.

Clinic locations in Jackson, Wilson and Teton Village P.O. Box 4010 Jackson, WY 83001

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f you need a strep test, have a bad sinus infection or would like to test your memory, St. John’s Medical Center Physician Practices has the services for you.

The various primary care and specialty practices, all part of the hospital, are conveniently located in Jackson, Wilson and Teton Village. The experience is like visiting an individual doctor’s office with the perks of being part of the larger medical care system.

Because they are part of the hospital the clinics allow for the highest level of patient care, said Jim Berrett, administrator of St. John’s Physician Practices.

“Smaller private-practice clinics may struggle to provide access to patient navigators, billing specialists, shared scheduling and other resources that allow the hospital and clinics to act as one health care source for our community,” he said. “St. John’s Physician Practices allows providers to focus on the finest care and improvements for overall patient satisfaction while hospital support staff manages the day-to-day operation from check-in to follow-up and beyond.”

For the past five years St. John’s has been building the group of specialists and general care practitioners. Family Health & Urgent Care as well as Cognitive Health in the Smith’s Food Center Plaza are part of the group. So are the St. John’s Ear, Nose, Throat and Allergy, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Audiology and Hearing Aids, and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery practices, which are all located in the professional office building. Internal Medicine also has an office in Wilson.

The Clinic at Teton Village is also part of Physician Practices. The seasonal office treats winter sports injuries as well as health prob-

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Family Health & Urgent Care is part of the Physician Practices Group. lems of tourists right on the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort campus.

The services offered in the medical group were carefully selected from community needs assessments and input from hospital leadership, Berrett said.

Since 2014 the hospital has added general surgery, a second internal medicine office and plastic and reconstructive surgery to its offerings. A noninvasive cardiology practice will become part of Physician Practices in July, said Karen Connelly, St. John’s director of marketing and community relations.

“We want to make sure that certain specialties can be available in the community,” she said. “There is a lot going on with changes in the national landscape for health care that require even more coordination and alignment than ever before with doctors.”

The physicians can “more effectively share resources and knowledge because they’re part of the same group,” Connelly said.

Having a medical group is another way to focus on efforts to continually improve quality.

“Our patients are our No. 1 priority, and this model allows for the group to deliver and our patients to feel that dedication to their health and well-being,” Berrett said.

— Brielle Schaeffer

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St. John’s Cardiology

Spring Creek Animal Hospital / Happy Tails Bark Park

P.O. Box 4010 Jackson, WY 83001 Professional Office Building at St. John’s Medical Center Suite 229 307-739-7690

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t. John’s Medical Center will add noninvasive cardiology to its physician specialty services in July.

St. John’s Cardiology, led by Dr. Ellen Gallant, will be part of the hospital’s multispecialty Physician Practices group.

“We believe it really elevates the care available in the community to have a fulltime cardiologist available,” said Karen Connelly, St. John’s Medical Center’s director of marketing and community relations. “Heart problems are a major health issue for many people.”

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the American Heart Association. But luckily, people with heart problems can continue to enjoy their lives under the care of their physicians.

Gallant has taken the job of full-time staff cardiologist after practicing in Salt Lake City for six years. She is board-certified in cardiovascular disease and other cardiology subspecialties.

Gallant received her medical degree from Columbia University and did her residency and a cardiology fellowship at ColumbiaPresbyterian Medical Center in New York.

She also completed a fellowship at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif.

The cardiology clinic will join other specialty providers of St. John’s — Audiology and Hearing Aids; Ear, Nose, Throat and Allergy; and General Surgery — in a renovated space in the hospital’s professional office building this summer, Connelly said.

St. John’s Cardiology will work with the patient’s primary care provider to provide medical management of heart conditions.

The office will help coordinate services at larger health centers when invasive procedures such as catheterizations and heart surgeries are necessary.

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The hospital already offers tests to identify heart problems and a cardiac rehabilitation program of exercise and lifestyle modification to help patients who have had myocardial infarctions, or heart attacks, cardiac surgical procedures or stable angina.

There are also internal medicine physicians, who help patients manage heart disease, and regular clinics with specialists, like a monthly one on pacemakers.

“Bringing a full-time experienced cardiologist into the St. John’s Physician Practices group greatly enhances convenience for patients and is a wonderful complement to the services already available here,” said Dr. Jim Little Jr., Physician Practices medical director. “From echocardiograms to cardiac rehabilitation, St. John’s has many of the essential services for diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. A full-time cardiologist allows us to bring this program to the next level.”

— Brielle Schaeffer

f you’re heading out of town, your dogs can go on a vacation of their own, complete with a newly updated, state-of-theart dog park.

The Happy Tails Resort and Bark Park at Spring Creek Animal Hospital spent the past year “making heavy investments” in its play area for canine boarding guests, said owner Dan Forman, a veterinarian.

The Bark Park area allows dogs staying at the resort to have outdoor supervised play, both in a group and on a more personalized basis.

After the expansion and renovation the resort completed this year, canine guests will be able to romp on the highest-quality pet-friendly synthetic grass on the market.

And they will enjoy specially selected toys and play structures, Forman said.

The Bark Park area underwent some upgrades to its drainage system this year, and as long as that was happening Foreman wanted to take the opportunity to upgrade the experience his resort could offer dogs using the park.

“I did months of research to find the best synthetic grass on the market,” he said. “Best in terms of sanitation, in terms of safety for the dogs using it, just the best I could find.”

The synthetic grass is more efficient to clean and sanitize between doggy users than real grass and results in a safer, cleaner playtime from dog to dog, Forman said.

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might play with in a public dog park, including large balls for pushing around — which Foreman said are a big hit with Labrador retriever guests — and boxes and platforms of various sizes.

“We are continually trying to deliver the best service we possibly can to our canine guests and by extension their owners,” Forman said.

“We want people to feel secure that when they go on vacation their dog is receiving the best possible care around.”

Beefing up and spiffing up the Bark Park is only one part of the investment in the Happy Tails experience Forman is planning.

The goal is both quality and a more individualized one-on-one experience, he said.

“We’re trying to provide a service where your dog gets the individual care and attention that you would want,” he said. “The Bark Park is definitely a part of that.”

— Emma Breysse

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s Teton County’s economy has surged over the last several years the membership at its primary community-based business promoter has grown as well.

The member list at the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce swelled 10 percent in the past year and 50 percent in the past four. With that growth there’s also been a diversification of the membership, with more nonprofits and fewer conventional smaller businesses, chamber CEO Jeff Golightly said.

“We grew faster than the economy for two or three years, and now we’re expanding probably slightly slower than the economy,” Golightly said. “But all in all, our growth has mirrored the economy’s.”

The total number of members at the chamber has gone from 700 to 1,050 since 2011. The bump stems both from recruitment of existing Jackson businesses as well as the addition of start-ups, Golightly said.

Being on the member list gives a company a voice within the chamber, which has a mission to “champion the interests of local businesses, enhance their prosperity, and strengthen the economic climate of Teton County.”

Often companies join to increase their visibility and help establish themselves, membership manager Andy Heffron said.

“One of the biggest benefits that a new member or a new person in town will see is the ability to grow their personal or professional network,” Heffron said.

Opportunities to rub shoulders with fellow business leaders include chamber-orchestrated events such as the monthly Business over Breakfast” session and the Chamber Mixers held two or three times a month.

“It’s another good reason to pass out business cards or network,” Heffron said. “Our job is to create handshakes.”

There’s also a chamber listserve that convenes Jackson Hole businesses owners digital-

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The Jackson Hole and Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center is partially staffed by the chamber, and its employees give recommendations.

“We see 330,000 visitors a year come through our door, and we refer businesses in town,” Golightly said. “We even get a surprising number of locals who come in and ask, ‘Say, who does that?’”

The chamber also has its hand in community events such as the Fall Arts Festival, Old West Days, the 4th of July Parade and the annual Easter egg hunt on the Town Square.

“We do a lot of civic events for families and kids,” Golightly said. “The focus is to get people out downtown and out walking around and shopping.

“But at the same time,” he said, “a lot of the time people will join just because there’s an organization that does stuff like that.”

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et’s face it, nobody really wants to need a lawyer. Lawsuits bring uncertainty, courtrooms feel overwhelming, emotions run high, paperwork is voluminous, and the legal process is unfamiliar and stressful.

The new law firm of Ranck, Schwartz & O’Halloran LLC understands these concerns and is holding fast to the idea that people, in all of their complexity and emotion, matter the most when it comes to conflict resolution.

The firm will emphasize all aspects of Cheryl Ranck Schwartz family law representation and will also offer alternative dispute resolution services, including mediation, facilitation and third-party neutral services.

In establishing the firm, Bill and Cheryl Schwartz, familiar faces in the Jackson legal community, are joining forces with Julie O’Halloran, a Jackson newcomer with 25-plus years of experience as a family law practitioner in Wisconsin. A few years ago Bill Schwartz met O’Halloran and her husband, Hugh, on a hike sponsored by the Grand Teton National Park Foundation.

“It was clear to me right away that Julie had developed deep perspective about dealing with people and their problems,” Schwartz said. “I found her process and attitude positive and inspiring. Her desire to have a solutions-oriented practice matched mine.”

Of the Schwartzes, O’Halloran said, “Bill and Cheryl exude a quality in the way they approach life, the practice, and the community, and the opportunity to bring together this shared commitment to the practice of law was exciting.”

On her approach to family law matters,

O’Halloran said, “During my years of family law practice, I’ve learned to appreciate the value of providing clients with calm, competent guidance and counsel while working to educate them about their options and then to help them approach problems with a clearer sense of what is most important to them and their children.”

A believer in collaborative practice, O’Halloran often includes input from mental health and financial professionals to create long-lasting agreements.

O’Halloran and the Schwartzes, all of whom have received specialized training in mediation, share an interest in expanding the firm’s alternative dispute resolution practice.

“We want to explore creative avenues that don’t necessarily take you down the road to the courthouse,” Bill Schwartz said.

Julie O’Halloran After a long career in civil litigation Schwartz is hoping to redirect his work by serving as a mediator, facilitator and third-party neutral.

“At the most basic level,” he said, “I’m hoping to approach conBill Schwartz flict resolution in a way that honors relationships.

“People wanting to resolve conflict outside the litigation process can benefit a great deal from a third-party neutral guiding them to reach a level of genuine understanding of what is important to each of them. Yes, they may still disagree about many things, but when they accurately understand the underlying motivations of the other, the chances of resolving the problem at hand increase dramatically.”

— Jeannette Boner

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bookkeeping, for example. It’s one more task to do after hours. We can take care of those tasks for them. We’ll do it well and in less time.”

The principals of Catalyst Solutions — President Andrew Firmin, Piker and Finance Manager Margaret Gordon — met in 1999 as colleagues at a biotech research and development firm. Over the years they broadened into new business ventures, managing companies and projects for a local entrepreneur and solving diverse problems as a team.

Now, along with fellow Catalyst Solutions employees Inger Schou and Amy Barnes, they are offering their services to the public.

Together the five bring deep and varied expertise. Property management, TV and film production, conference planning, real estate development, online sales and marketing, accounting, social media ... You name it and they’ve probably done it.

There’s a simple idea behind Catalyst Solutions: “Let us take care of this, and you can do the things you want to do, whether that’s reinvesting in your business, spending time with your family or getting outside and enjoying the summer,” Piker said.

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f you’re running a business you’ve got your hands full. There are customers to take care of and employees to manage, and you need to maintain quality control in products and services.

Catalyst Solutions can help you concentrate on what’s most important by taking on numerous tasks associated with starting and managing a business — things like payroll, accounts payable and receivable, mail service, data entry, shipping services and project management.

Homeowners and homeowners associations can also take advantage of Catalyst Solutions’ expertise. The firm will pay bills, manage maintenance tasks, handle mail, stock your refrigerator before you come to town, and do house checks while you’re away to make sure pipes aren’t freezing and plants aren’t dying.

Homeowners associations can be assured their administrative and financial work is expertly managed. Catalyst Solutions will host meetings, record and distribute minutes, write newsletters and handle all accounting duties.

Clients save money by letting professionals take on such tasks, Vice President Meagan Piker said.

“It can be quite expensive to hire a full-time employee, especially if you offer benefits,” she said. “Instead you can hire us for the specific tasks you have at that time, and you don’t need to worry about employee overhead.”

And then there are the time savings.

“People with their own businesses should be focused on those things that they are passionate about, that got them excited to start a business in the first place, like finding new art and artists for their gallery or detailing the advantages of a product with a customer in their store,” Piker said.

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Left to right: John Sloan, Jennifer Reichert, Zachary Smith, Randy DePree, Sam Reece, Nicole Gaitan, Kurt Harland, Karin Sieber, Jack Stout, Courtney Campbell, Penny Gaitan, John McNaughton matched in the industry,” Stout said. “They have tools that nobody else has that we can use to help both buyers and sellers in Jackson and Teton Valley, Idaho.”

The Berkshire Hathaway name also brings customers with it, Stout said. Berkshire’s tens of thousands of shareholders “feel more comfortable with a brand that they recognize,” he said.

“They are loyal customers, and they do business with other Berkshire Hathaway companies.”

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices wanted a foothold in Jackson Hole because of the size and prominence of the market, Stout said, and it talked with several firms in the area before settling on Brokers of Jackson Hole. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices representatives met a half-dozen times with Brokers of Jackson Hole’s owners and examined its operations, its people and its place in the community before making a choice.

Besides Harland, Gaitan and Stout, owners of the firm are Tim Mayo, Doug Herrick, Zachary Smith, Jennifer Reichert and Courtney Campbell, who is the responsible broker.

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Brokers of Jackson Hole is changing its name because of a notable new development, and the new name is one that just about any business owner would be proud to use.

After negotiating for more than a year Brokers of Jackson Hole recently became Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Brokers of Jackson Hole Real Estate, linking it with one of the country’s most respected business names, Berkshire Hathaway, directed by Warren Buffett and valued at more than $526 billion.

Kurt Harland, one of two majority owners of the business with Penny Gaitan, said association with the relatively new Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is “leveling the playing field in our Jackson Hole marketplace” because Berkshire Hathaway is “one of the world’s most trusted and respected companies.”

“We couldn’t have asked for a better brand,” said Jack Stout, associate broker and part owner.

“We’re very excited to be part of the Berkshire Hathaway name. We believe that to compete in today’s real estate market you need to have the national branding, and there is no better brand in the country than Berkshire Hathaway.”

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices was launched in September 2013. Of more than 50 companies owned by the firm it’s the only one granted permission to use the Berkshire Hathaway name. The real estate network has grown to 1,100 offices in 47 states with about 37,000 agents.

Brokers of Jackson Hole Real Estate gains access to the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ Global Network Platform, a variety of online tools and services, business consultation, education and marketing support.

“They offer an online platform that is un-

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The Mission of the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce is to champion the interests of local businesses, enhance their prosperity, and strengthen the economic climate of Teton County.

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