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Teton High School. Sarah Sellegren Dunn, MA, LPC, chair of Teton Valley Suicide Prevention Action Strong wind and rain made for a fast moving parade, but did not deter participants in Network Idaho, said about a 100 people came the Fourth Annual Suicide Prevention and out for the walk. Tony’s Pizza and Broulim’s provided a free lunch and the Family Safety Awareness Walk Tuesday. Network provided drinks for the afternoon’s Students from Teton High School, staff program. Dunn said three students gave talks. from Teton Valley Health Care, members of “It’s a continued great success and an inspirthe Teton Valley Mental Health Coalition and ing and uplifting day,” she said. concerned citizens marched down Main Street Those who are in a crisis or concerned to Driggs City Park in a show of solidarity. They carried signs saying “Don’t Give Up,” about a loved one can call the National Suicide “You are not alone,” “We’re here for you,” and Prevention Lifeline hotline at 1-800-273TALK (8255). “VOICE is here for you.” VOICE is a peer leadership program at Suicide walk continued on A18 Bridget Ryder TVN staff
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About 100 people turned out for the Fourth Annual Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk in Driggs Tuesday.
The history of light in Teton Valley
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When the utility got started in 1939, George Amen became Fall River Electric Cooperative’s first president of the board of directors.
Bridget Ryder TVN Staff At the flip of switch a veritable miracle occurs in room after room and home after home across America. Lights turn on, the washing machine whirls and dishwashers swish so instantaneously that most people never think about how it happens. Not so 75 years ago. In 1938, a group in Ashton was thinking very hard about power. They came up with Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, which lit up Teton Valley in 1941. Power has come a long way since then. While the farmers in Ashton were brainstorming how to produce energy, today’s energy users need to think about how to reduce energy, at least in terms of output and demand, and source it innovatively. “Fall River hit its all time peak of power usage this July when electricity Fall River continued on A18
The science of boiled bread slopes of the Tetons. Flavors aside, a bagel, in its essence, is a simple food. Kirchner begins with Rather than creating a mushy mass bread flour, malt, yeast, water and salt. He of flour and yeast, the hot, wet baking whirls those five ingredients together in process solidifies bagels into the chewy, a mixer and then immediately places the gooey, gluteny round rolls that are practi- starter in the refrigerator. Cooling off the cally their own sector of the economy and dough stops the proofing or rising process a subset of the food pyramid. until the next morning. The following day, Local bagel guru, Kevin Kirchner of Kirchner and his crew arrive at Big Hole Big Hole Bagels shared the secrets of Bagels shortly before 5 a.m. The dough his duchy in the “bagel nation” that has goes in the proof box, a kind of warmer, expanded its borders from the Jewish barrios of New York to reach even the western Bagels continued on A18
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Young soccer players make Olympic Development Team
Photo courtesy Mike Gormley
These six young soccer players have been selected for the Idaho Olympic Development Program soccer team. From left, Dakota Chapman, Rey Velazquez, Jaide Tzompa, Chava Velazquez, Hernan Velazquez and Jose Tzompa. All except Hernan will be on the 1998 team, while Hernan will join the 2001 team. Team names are based on the players’ birth years.
Ken Levy TVN Staff Six Teton Football Club youngsters have been selected for the Idaho Olympic Development state soccer team. The Idaho team, part of the national Olympic Development Program, gathers all the best soccer players from the state, coached by the best coaches in the state to help further the skills and opportunities of young players, said Mike Gormley, who’s coached the local team for the past three years. “This is the next highest level” from TFC, he said, “and all six made it.” Dakota Chapman, Rey Velazquez, Jaide Tzompa, Chava Velazquez and Jose Tzompa will join the 1998 team, while Hernan Velazquez will join the 2001 team. Those dates represent the players’ birth years. The first five are Teton High School
students and players, and Hernan is from Teton Middle School. The program is separate from the school programs in the district. The ODP gives youngsters the opportunity to play in state tournaments, with the best selected for regional teams and on to national if they’re selected. Coaches also vie for those opportunities. “This is the first of several steps for [the players] to make pro,” Gormley said. TFC is comprised of youths ages 12-15, for both boys and girls. TFC is ranked third in the state. “We’re the farthest team from everybody,” he said, and parents have to transport their players to games. During their first tournament, the players barely had jerseys. Soccer continued on A18
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