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A fire near an under-construction subdivision scorched nearly five acres Thursday, May 2. Photo credit: T.P. Brown

Man’s Toilet Paper Wipes Out Five Acres Of Sun Valley Subdivision

Nearly five acres of the under-construction Lane Ranch subdivision burned Thursday afternoon, May 2, after a man relieved himself along the sagebrush-covered hillside and then disposed of the paper he wiped with by lighting it on fire. Sun Valley and Ketchum fire crews were able to use the recently installed fire hydrants to contain the blaze quickly and have it extinguished entirely within three hours.

“We were surprised to have a wildland fire this early, but then we realized why,” said Sun Valley Fire Chief Taan Robrahn. “We’re fortunate this wasn’t midsummer.”

Robrahn noted that a 60-acre fire in the Boise foothills in August 2015 had the same cause. He said people need to remember to never light a fire outside a fire ring and that digging a hole is the way to properly get rid of human waste in situations like these.

“Any time you put fire on the ground, especially in dry conditions, you run the risk of starting a wildfire,” Robrahn said.

Sheriff’s Office Shepherds In Two New Deputies

The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office K-9 program is no longer on pause, now that eight paws are the new boots on the street.

Corporal Phil Rummel and Deputy Chris Harrison have returned from the Alabama Canine Law Enforcement Training Center, where they spent five weeks selecting and training with the new canines. Along with drug detection, the two teams are trained in human tracking, warrant searches, and evidence location. They will work alongside patrol deputies and the Narcotics Enforcement Team, providing assistance to local law enforcement agencies and probation officers.

“We thank both of our deputies and their new K-9 partners for their future service to our community and give them our full support,” said Blaine County Sheriff Steve Harkins.

Becoming a K-9 handler is a substantial ongoing deputy commitment that requires a tremendous amount of time and training to achieve and maintain Idaho State Canine Standards and Certification. The deputies will spend countless hours bonding and caring for their new partners for many years to come.

Aside from their law enforcement duties, the K-9 teams will be involved in community policing efforts by giving demonstrations of their canines’ abilities, providing drug education, and connecting with our community.

“We want the dogs and their handlers to be visible and approachable,” Harkins said. “We plan to incorporate the K-9s into our local schools, partnering with the Blaine County School District to Corporal Rummel, pictured right, is partnered with “Eric”—a twoeducate our youth about year-old male German shepherd/Malinois mix. Deputy Harrison, left, is partnered with “Kimber”—a one-and-a-half-yearthe dangers of drug use pictured old female German shepherd/Malinois mix. Photo credit: Blaine and to help keep our local County Sheriff’s Office schools drug-free.”

The initial cost of the program has been funded at no expense to Blaine County taxpayers. Startup funding was made possible by a grant from the Idaho Office of Drug Policy and drug forfeiture funds.

‘Blinking Light’ Sees Another Injury Accident, Alcohol Suspected

On Monday, May 6, 2019, at approximately 6:17 p.m., deputies from the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash on State Highway 75 near milepost 95 south of Timmerman Junction in southern Blaine County.

The accident reconstruction investigation indicates Thalia D. Stewart, age 32, of Twin Falls, was the sole occupant in a grey 1997 Toyota 4Runner, traveling northbound on Highway 75, when her vehicle trav- A driver rolled her SUV near Timmerman Junction and was eled off the roadway. Stewart transferred to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boiovercorrected and traveled se, by Life Flight. Photo credit: Blaine County Sheriff’s Office back across the north and southbound lanes, hitting the west embankment. Stewart’s vehicle rolled multiple times before landing on its tires.

Stewart was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. She was transferred to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, by Life Flight.

It was determined Stewart was not wearing a seatbelt. Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash. Her vehicle received significant damage. The crash remains under investigation.

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Forest Service Launches ‘Know Before You Go’ Campaign

It’s that time of year when recreationists are ready to get out and enjoy the Sawtooth National Forest. Campgrounds are opening up slowly due to melting snow. Officially, campgrounds will be open with amenities closer to Memorial Day. The Forest Service is asking campers to bring water and pack out trash and reminding campers that at higher elevations snow and wet conditions are expected.

“The snowpack is beginning to recede and rivers and creeks are flowing at or near capacity and are very dangerous to pets and children,” the Forest Service said.

Typically, seasonally closed secondary roads open on May 1, but forest users should proceed carefully. Driving on muddy roads can damage them and cause erosion and difficult driving for the rest of the year. Forest users may encounter “Road/Trail Closed” signs on some higher elevation roads and trails.

“We ask that if you encounter these temporary closures to please turn around and prevent unnecessary damage and increased maintenance cost,” the Forest Service said.

All motorized users can pick up a copy of the Sawtooth National Forest Motor Vehicle Use Map that shows which roads and trails are open to motorized use. The map is free at Sawtooth National Forest offices and also available as an Avenza map that will show users in real time where they are in relation to the map.

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Attention Valley Drivers: Get Ready For Road Work

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Work on Elkhorn will include: rehabilitation and paving of the roadway and bike path, new curb and gutter, culverts, and ADA accessibility improvements. Construction crews have been setting up traffic control. Elkhorn Road will be closed to through traffic from Skyline Drive to South Village Way. Access to local traffic will remain open at all times. Through traffic will be detoured to Village Way. In addition, the bike path will be closed from Skyline Drive to South Village. Pedestrians and cyclists should use the Village Way bike path as a detour.

Work is anticipated to occur between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Night work and weekend work is not expected. Work will include, but not be limited to, general construction noise, dust, equipment backup alarms, and ground vibration. Access to residences will remain open at all times, although access points are likely to change to accommodate construction.

BY ERIC VALENTINE

laine County Commissioners say a backup utility line Idaho Power wants to install east of Highway 75 to serve the northern Wood River Valley is OK with them, as long as the entire powerline is buried underground—a caveat that will cost at least $30 million.

It’s a victory for a group of local stakeholders who created an online petition against the project, including Kiki Tidwell—a 2020 candidate for a Blaine County Commissioner seat. The group has been asking commissioners to protect the scenic beauty of the corridor ever since the county had approved permitting for the line.

There’s clear interest Then, two formal appeals came and demand to bury forward in April asking commissioners to make those permits the lines, but no one has conditional: that any so-called volunteered to pay for redundant powerline be placed it yet. We’ll see now if under the ground.

All of this figures to trigger people are willing to invest significantly more discussion in undergounding.” and debate over the next sevDick Fosbury eral months. That’s because Blaine County Commissioner Idaho Power considers the undergrounding to be above and beyond their fiduciary responsibility to ratepayers. In other words, residents in the area of the undergrounding project should foot the bill.

“There’s clear interest and demand to bury the lines, but no one has volunteered to pay for it yet,” said Commissioner Dick Fosbury.

“We’ll see now if people are willing to invest in undergounding.”

The Payment Options Fosbury said there are essentially four ways the county can decide to fund the project.

Option 1: Establish a so-called Local Improvement District (LID) wherein mostly the residents who benefit from the project would pay for it. “I have experience using the LID and I know it’s a system that can work,” Fosbury said.

Option 2 involves a fee hike on power bills. The so-called franchise tax would require voter approval. Option 3 also involves voter approval—of a bond that would increase property taxes over a to-be-determined number of years. Option 4 would be some other one-time or annual levy over a portion of the county.

The Project Details Specifically, the project is to construct, maintain, and operate a 138-kV redundant (backup) transmission line from the Wood River Substation north of Hailey to the Ketchum Substation located on Sun Valley Road in Sun Valley. The transmission line is proposed to run east from the Wood River Substation to Buttercup Road, then north along the west side of Buttercup Road, and then north along the east side of Hwy. 75 until it crosses to the west side of Hwy. 75 north of the East Fork traffic light.

This proposed line would then continue north along the west side of Hwy. 75 to Hospital Drive and then along Hospital Drive and the bike path to an undergrounding transition structure at the intersection of Hwy. 75 and Elkhorn Road. This transmission line will range from 4 feet to up to 15 feet higher than the existing powerlines along this route. The line is proposed to run through six different zoning districts before entering the cities of Sun Valley and Ketchum. tws

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THE ADVOCATES IS ADDING A NEW TRANSITIONAL HOUSING APARTMENT COMPLEX IN HAILEY $1.4 million still needed to complete the project

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he Advocates is on time and on budget to open new transitional safe housing in Hailey this October. The nonprofit organization operates the only shelter and subsidized housing program for survivors of abuse in rural central Idaho and serves Blaine, Camas, Custer and Lincoln counties.

The project, which was initiated in September of 2017, seeks to meet the demand for transitional housing for the community.

The project will expand the organization’s current transitional housing units from four at their pilot housing units in an offsite apartment building to a total of 18. Twelve of those units will be located in the new building adjacent to The Advocates’ headquarters, and six of them will be located in a stand-alone building that will open in late 2020.

The newly-constructed, 13,000-square-foot building is located on a lot donated by a board member and his wife.

The building will include four one-bedroom, eight studio, and six two-bedroom apartments, many of which can be combined to create larger living spaces.

The units will be located on the top two floors while the ground floor will be dedicated to 4,500 square feet of private, on-site client and program support services.

A community meeting, workshop and gathering space that fits 25 people will potentially serve as a meeting space for other local nonprofits and open space, play yards and a community garden will ensure the space remains family- and pet-friendly.

To date, the new transitional housing project has raised 74 percent of the $5.5 million worth of funds needed to complete the project on time. Donations are being sought for the remaining $1.4 million.

The need for transitional housing for those affected by abusive situations cannot be understated; according to a press release from The Advocates, many families assisted by the organization are waiting nine to 12 months for a housing solution in our community.

“When they need affordable, private, autonomous housing, it is just not readily available,” said Tricia Swartling, The Advocates’ CEO. “One of the things that all of our professional advocates have said is that once somebody is ready to transition out of shelter, it’s so hard for them to find safe, affordable housing,” added Shannon Nichols, The Advo-

The Advocates’ new transitional housing is under way. Photo credit: Hayden Seder

cates’ director of Development & Engagement.

A shortage of this kind of housing may put people at risk to stay in dangerous living situations or become homeless. Having transitional housing and the built-in support systems it provides can change the trajectory of an entire family or generation’s lives.

“It’s not just a house,” Nichols said. “It’s the 24-hour support, it’s case management, it’s helping recalibrate how you parent.

All of those things are disrupted in an abusive home.”

Before delving into a fullblown transitional project, The Advocates purchased a fourplex on River Street three years ago, which has seen tremendous success. Already the waiting list for transitional housing is long enough to fill the new building as soon as it’s completed.

“We didn’t invent the idea of transitional housing,” Nichols said. “It’s something that’s been going on nationally and is really a successful way to prevent future violence and stop that cycle of violence from continuing on generationally. When people are able to have safe, stable housing with their kids, they’re able to learn a new way of interacting with family members in a respectful way.”

While The Advocates’ shelter is short-term, the organization

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hopes to provide transitional housing to families for nine months to a year which will hopefully provide families enough time to stabilize, get better jobs, and feel secure emotionally. Rent for each unit is formulated based on a percentage of each family’s income and may range anywhere from $50 per month to $250.

The ground floor of the project will be dedicated to a client service center which will help service not just those living in shelter, but provide walk-in services to community members as well. The area will include a reception space, advocacy rooms and a community room as well as alarmed access to the upstairs units for residents.

“Most of our clients are outreach clients, not shelter guests,” Nichols said. “Those clients get support, financial assistance, referrals, safety planning so we’ll be able to shift those services to this new center rather than getting them at the shelter.”

Each apartment unit includes a living space, sleeping space ranging from studio to multi-bedroom, private bathroom and access to laundry. The decision was made to keep building materials simple and solid so as not to require a lot of upkeep but maintain its integrity for years to come. tws

5,060 – nights of safety every year for people and their pets at The Advocates 97 percent – of all women and children who receive housing support increase their sense of wellbeing 27 – years The Advocates has been serving Blaine County 1 in 3 – women in our community who will experience verbal, financial, physical or sexual abuse For more information visit theadvocatesorg.org.

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New York Times Bestselling Author To Speak At Sun Valley Community School’s Graduation

Sun Valley Community School has landed a New York Times bestselling author and former Stanford University dean of freshmen to address graduates at this year’s commencement ceremonies that will take place on Sunday, June 2 at 1 p.m. in the Sun Valley Pavilion.

Thirty-nine seniors will graduate along with one exchange student who will receive a certificate of completion.

Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the 2015 New York Times bestseller “How to Raise an Adult,” which details how a parent can rob a child from developing agency by overparenting. It emerged from a decade as Stanford University’s dean of freshmen, where Lythcott-Haims was known for her fierce advocacy for young adults and fierce critique of the growing trend of parental involvement in the day-to-day lives of college students. Her 2016 TED talk on the subject became one of the top TED talks of 2016 with over 4 million views.

Julie Lythcott-Haims, a New York Times bestselling author, will deliver this year’s commencement speech at Sun Valley Community School. Photo credit: Sun Valley Community School

Carey Teenager Dies In Rollover Accident

On Saturday, May 4, 2019, at approximately 10:05 a.m., deputies from the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle rollover on U.S. Highway 20 near milepost 191 near the Susie Q Ranch east of Picabo.

Dakota R. Pettit, age 19, of Carey, was the sole occupant in a 1996 white Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling eastbound on Hwy. 20. Deputies determined Pettit’s vehicle left the right side of the road and traveled briefly on the shoulder. As the vehicle re-entered onto the roadway, it began an uncontrolled skid into the westbound lane. The accident reconstruction investigation indicates Pettit attempted a steering correction, but the vehicle overturned and rolled approximately one and a half times before landing on its roof. Pettit, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected in the crash and succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.

“We have seen an increase in serious accidents for this time of year,” said Blaine County Sheriff Steve Harkins. “Please remember to drive safely, wear your seatbelts and obey all traffic laws.”

Corporal Rummel, pictured right, is partnered with “Eric”—a two-year-old male German shepherd/Malinois mix. Deputy Harrison, pictured left, is partnered with “Kimber”—a one-and-a-halfyear-old female German shepherd/Malinois mix. Photo credit: Blaine County Sheriff’s Office

BY ERIC VALENTINE

n 11th-hour plan by the City of Ketchum to save its contract with the Ketchum Rural Fire District was well received at the city council’s May 6 meeting. Councilmembers voted unanimously to move forward with a bond on the November ballot, meaning voters will be asked to “yae or nae” a property tax increase that would bring Ketchum a new fire station—at least—and several equipment upgrades and a new administrative position, at most.

As for a much-overdue fire truck, the city council approved the acquisition of a $935,000 aerial tower.

“That’s a done deal,” said council president Michael David. “It’s just a matter of how we’re paying for it.”

The basic options are to drain the reserves through a purchase, or to lease the vehicle and make regular payments that are more affordable in the short term but more expensive over the long haul.

The improvements are all part of a roadmap to consolidation between the rural fire district and the cities of Ketchum and Sun Valley that has proved elusive for years.

The three entities were nearly fully aligned earlier this year until the Ketchum City Council voted unanimously against entering into a contract for services with Sun Valley. Councilmembers expressed concern at that time that a contract would not be a sufficient way of guaranteeing emergency services protection to Ketchum residents, businesses and visitors. They preferred to establish a joint powers agreement (JPA) instead, since JPAs essentially form a new government body made up of representatives from multiple jurisdictions.

This triggered the rural fire district to cancel the contract it had with Ketchum since the 1950s and enter into discussions that would team them up with Sun Valley instead. The rural fire district told Ketchum officials they’d hold off on entering into a contract with Sun Valley if Ketchum could propose a plan sooner than later.

“There is a cost to doing nothing,” Ketchum Mayor Neil Bradshaw warned then.

The New Plan Depending on which location the city decides to purchase and whether the Ketchum Rural Fire District re-ups, the bond would cost between $10 million and $15 million. The two locations councilmembers prefer are the city-owned lot north of the YMCA and a privately owned lot north of the Sun Valley Community School known as the Barsotti lot. The price difference? More than $3 million, potentially, to purchase the private lot.

A number of other equipment upgrades could add $500,000 to the bond, too. And one personnel position—an $84,000 assistant fire chief—would be necessary if the rural fire district doesn’t sign the new contract with Ketchum, David said.

Ketchum has until mid-September to finalize the bond details and verbiage for a November ballot.

Arts Center To Showcase Student Artwork

The Sun Valley Center for the Arts is inviting members of the community to a special event celebrating the opening of the 2018–2019 Classroom Enrichment Exhibition on Thursday, May 30, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. The visual arts exhibition, which explores how art deepened student learning throughout the year, will be on view at The Center’s museum through Saturday, June 1.

The so-called Deepen the Discussion exhibition showcases artwork created by students who participated in projects associated with The Center’s Classroom Enrichment program during the 2018–2019 school year. This innovative arts integration program brings professional museum educators and teaching artists into the schools to work with non-arts classroom teachers at the secondary level in developing a project and co-teaching an element of planned curriculum through a hands-on art project.

Enrichment projects are offered annually to core subject teachers and sixth- to 12th-grade students across the Blaine County School District. These projects provide students with new tools for interpretation and problem-solving; encourage three-dimensional learning, critical thinking and self-expression; and deepen student engagement with academic course material. Generously sponsored by Wendy and Alan Pesky, the program reaches up to 700 secondary students in their classrooms each year, including 740 students who participated in enrichment projects during the current school year.

“This program provides students with a new platform for creatively engaging with classroom topics and expressing their understanding in a way unique to themselves,” Jordyn Dooley, art enrichment coordinator at The Center, said.

For more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.

A chart shows the property tax burden for Ketchum homeowners should a bond get voter approval in November. Image credit: City of Ketchum

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Janie Davidson, chair of the Blaine County Democrats, addresses attendees at the annual Clint Stennett Social held at The Valley Club, May 3. State Representative Muffy Davis and other Democratic leaders look on. Photo credit: Janie Davidson

BLAINE COUNTY DEMS RECHARGE AT ANNUAL CLINT STENNETT SPRING SOCIAL

in for the event from Reclaim Idaho, a grassroots organization started in the summer of 2017 that olitically, the Gem State is firmly in the red. spearheaded the initiative campaign to get MedSo when Democratic leadership needs a icaid expansion on the 2018 ballot. Shroder adblue-friendly spot in the state to celebrate—or dressed the logistics of the fight that took place at mourn—the end of a legislative session, they turn to the Capitol this year. the Wood River Valley and the annual Clint Stennett Representative Sally Toone also spoke on the Spring Social, named after the longtime minority matter at last Friday’s event, addressing some of leader of the Idaho Senate. On May 3, The Valley the frustrations, too.

Club, in Hailey, played host to the party’s party.

“The vote on Medicaid [expansion] was clear.

As is customary, Idaho legislators offered their Why did it take all session?” Toone said. “That assessment of the 2019 legislative session, which left me feeling very frustrated. There were no was the third longest in Idaho history, at 95 days. conversations across the aisle and people were left During that time, 329 new laws out of conversations; those are were passed (11 fewer than last Turnout was great. We frustrating events. Medicaid year), with a number of laws was passed but now had about 130 people expansion that proved contentious for it’s going to take extra time Idaho Democrats, such as the and proceeds from the online and it’s kind of a slap in the ballot initiative measure and auction exceeded our goal. It face to Idaho citizens.”

Medicaid expansion.

Toone said she was also diswas a great party.”

The event was a relaxed, intiappointed that a hemp bill did mate opportunity to hear from Janie Davidson not get passed, as Toone sits on Idaho legislators post-session, Blaine County Democrats Chair the House Agricultural Affairs support Democrats through a Committee, but acknowledges silent auction, and mingle with fellow Idaho Dem- the strides they have made in even being able to ocrats—namely, Idaho Senator Michelle Stennett, talk about it.

District 26 Representatives Sally Toone and Muffy Despite those frustrations, Toone said there was Davis, and guest speaker Rebecca Shroder, execu- some semblance of bipartisanship during this last tive director of Reclaim Idaho. legislative session.

The event cost $50 per person, although tickets “There was an increase in funding in education, were $30 for those under the age of 30 and schol- which is something to be proud of,” Toone said. arships were even available for students at Wood “I’ve been a career educator for 36 years so educaRiver High School to attend. tion is my passion. Governor Little (a Republican) “We’re trying to make sure that we include peo- put some money into beginning-year teachers, but ple that can’t afford to come, especially those 30 now we have to talk about veteran teachers and and under,” said Janie Davidson, Blaine County how to keep them in Idaho.”

Democrats chair.

The Party The Party Politics “It’s always an interesting group of people but While the event is informal and gives everyone it’s also so encouraging because we all want what’s a chance to socialize, Senator Michelle Stennett best for Idaho,” Toone said. did discuss some of the more serious aspects of The annual event features a silent auction, which, this year’s session, such as disappointments expe- during election years, helps finance Democratic rienced on the Democratic side—specifically, for campaigns. As a non-election year, funds from the Stennett, the funding of the Medicaid expansion event’s auction will go to the Blaine County Demvoters approved in 2018. ocrats’ new full-time office at 16 West Croy Street, Republican lawmakers had originally sought to in Hailey, and the political coordinator who has protect against any abuse of Medicaid funds by set- been employed to help build the party. ting stronger work requirements on a segment of “That’s why we need the money,” Davidson said.

Medicaid-eligible residents. Democrats called it an “We’re trying to do a lot of outreach to the Latino unnecessary hurdle that could cost the state mil- community and to young people and make sure we lions in enforcement and leave thousands without get a big turnout for the elections.” insurance.

The silent auction was a success, organizers “Twenty-nine out of 35 districts passed Medic- said. Prizes from the auction included Idahound aid,” Stennett said. “That was a pretty strong mes- products, a one-night stay at The Limelight, phosage and all we were supposed to do was fund it. tographic art, meals at various restaurants in town, It is frustrating when legislators don’t want to do and more. what they’ve been asked to do and then, as a reacGrace Ayers-Doyle was also the recipient of the tion, try to pass a law that will make it even more Betty Murphy annual scholarship to attend Forddifficult to have a voice in the future.” ham University, in New York City, next year.

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Senior Connection To Benefit From Keller Williams RED Day

On Thursday, May 9, real estate professionals from Keller Williams will participate in their annual RED Day, which stands for Renew, Energize and Donate, their annual day of service. It marks the second year in a row the Senior Connection will be the recipient of their service.

One team will be cleaning up the yard of a senior who can no longer get outside. Another team will be building bird houses to be delivered to homebound seniors. After, they will enjoy a barbecue at the Senior Connection.

Help with chores like yard work, helps keep seniors living in their own home, allowing them to “age in place.”

Sun Valley Resort Loses Dispute Over Domain Name

A dispute over the Internet domain name sumvalley.com—the m is not a typo—has been resolved, but not to the liking of Sinclair Finance Company, the owner of Sun Valley Resort.

When it was discovered that a Texas small-business owner registered the sumvalley.com domain name, Sinclair filed for arbitration. They complained that the smaller company was using the domain name to divert Internet traffic away from the ski resort, thereby disrupting its business.

The Texas-based company is registered as a tech-coding company and claims that it was playing off the term “Silicon Valley” for marketing purposes. The website is still under construction.

The arbitration panel sided with the Texans.

“The Panel finds that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to a mark in which Complainant (Sinclair) has rights. The Panel further finds that Complainant has not proved that Respondent (the Texas business) lacks rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name, nor that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith,” the official decision states.

Vendors Wanted At 2019 Sheep Festival

The 2019 Trailing of the Sheep Festival isn’t until Oct. 11–13, but openings to be a vendor at the three-day event are available now. Typical vendor booths include items attractive to dog lovers and sheep/wool enthusiasts. Over the three days, up to 4,000 people are in attendance.

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Power Prices Could Drop, Again

Idaho Power has filed the final piece of its spring cost adjustments with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC). If all filings are approved by the IPUC as requested, this will be the second consecutive year that residential customers see an overall price decrease.

The typical residential customer will see a combined decrease of $0.59 per month. On top of that, three classes of business customers, including irrigators, will see a decrease of more than 5 percent.

Overall, Idaho Power prices are about 20 percent lower than the national average.

If approved as filed, the following four cost adjustments will become effective June 1: • The annual Power Cost Adjustment (PCA), a cost-recovery tool that passes on both the benefits and costs of supplying energy to Idaho Power customers.

Idaho Power’s 2019 proposed rate chart. Image credit: Idaho Power • The annual Fixed Cost Adjustment (FCA), which adjusts prices based on changes in energy use per customer during the previous year.

• This year, Idaho Power also filed a rate adjustment to recover costs related to the company’s planned exit from the North Valmy power plant (Valmy, Nev.).

• This year, Idaho Power also requested a downward adjustment to the Idaho Energy Efficiency Rider (EE Rider).

Ketchum To Recognize Local Olympians

The City of Ketchum is inviting the public to celebrate the Valley’s most recent Olympians. The celebration takes place at Town Square on Thursday, May 9, and begins at 5 p.m. Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury will emcee the brief ceremony. The names of Jake Adicoff, Jasmine Campbell, Chase Josey and Hilary Knight will be unveiled on the Olympic panels.

Two-time Paralympian, Adicoff, claimed a silver medal in the men’s 10-kilometer cross-country ski event at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Campbell, representing the U.S. Virgin Islands, competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom ski events. Josey finished sixth in the snowboarding halfpipe event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. And three-time Olympian, Knight, along with the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team, won gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Snacks, drinks and commemorative posters will be provided by the city.

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pening Day is right around the corner! Are you ready?

Opening Day is on Saturday, May 25, this year and, of course, our Opening Eve Party is the evening of Friday, May 24. Once again we will have our favorite emcee, Hank Patterson, and our favorite band in Idaho, Hillfolk Noir. All the fly-fishing industry manufacturers will be here, as well, and there will be great events, games, beverages and more. See you on the 24th!

If you are getting ready for the season, it is time to think about gear being organized and in good order. Some things to think about as we get closer and closer to the end of May: First, be sure your fly boxes are full of the good, early-season patterns. Silver Creek may be the only game in town with the spring runoff on other rivers.

For the Creek, be sure to have Baetis, PMD, Callibaetis, Ants, Beetles and Brown Drakes.

Come on in and check out all the new patterns here at Picabo Angler.

Anglers should check boots and waders. How are those boot laces looking—the ones you meant to replace all of last season? How about those pinholes in your waders? Is it time for a patch or even a new pair of warm, dry waders? Some waders may even be due for new straps, or a wader belt. Wader belts are very important in the early season, and a simple belt can even save your life. Wear one.

It’s time to throw out those old leaders and tippet spools, as well. Are you still using your tippet from three seasons ago?

It’s probably gone bad, as all tippet does, eventually. Replace it with new stuff and lose a lot less fish this summer.

How about your boats and float tubes? Are they clean and patched up? Need a new tube or that spare oar you keep thinking about purchasing? Are the trailer lights working for your boat? Do you have your invasive species sticker? So much for all of us to do!

Finally, take a moment and think about the fun we are all going to have together this summer. Fly fishing is for everyone and anyone. Let’s all “be kind and stay kind” as we encounter one another this early season.

We will be fishing close together until the runoff abates and fisheries open up. In the meantime, let’s remember it’s about fun and camaraderie.

Happy fishing, everyone!

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BY FRAN JEWELL

don’t usually write much about equipment for dogs because I have always believed that equipment should be discussed and recommended for the individual dog. However, I just spent a week with my colleagues at the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors annual conference and had a few eye-openers and reinforcements for feelings I have had about some equipment.

I am not a veterinarian, but I am confronted with the use of dog harnesses on a daily basis. The conference did address the use of harnesses and collars with relationship to behavior. Behavior IS something I deal with every day.

I have not been much of a supporter of harnesses, although many people feel they do help with stopping pulling. Let’s face it—some harnesses are adorable!

What I have seen are improperly fitted harnesses, and harnesses that dogs can get out of.

Continued use of a harness can cause pulling resulting in dogs wrenching their shoulders, backs, ribs, elbows and necks while wearing them. Recently, I came across a study done in the UK that showed that natural movement was inhibited by all harnesses, especially the ones designed for attachment at the

front. I wonder, too, if the straps around the chest inhibit breathing because of the pressure on the ribs. This could be enormously important for dogs with very short muzzles, like French bulldogs and the like.

Now I see that many breeders are sending puppies home in harnesses. This rather terrifies me for several reasons. First, I don’t believe this can be healthy for the developing structure of a puppy.

Secondly, as I discovered at the conference, almost all harnesses lay across the brachial nerve plexus, which can cause pain for the dog. When everyone is touting how humane harnesses are, I have to ask, “Are they, really?”

I was unable to find any studies on the Internet about the potential of brachial plexus nerve damage related to harnesses, yet I suspect at some point there will be. This nerve is vital to the proper function of the front legs and it can be damaged or impaired.

While everyone feels they are being more humane when they use a harness, I am not quite sure I can buy into that. In most cases where I see dogs in harnesses, the dogs are still misbehaving. There are, of course, reasons for harnesses that can be lifesaving. As with everything, we have to decide if the benefits outweigh the risks.

My feeling is to use another piece of equipment unless the harness is

necessary for a certain activity to keep the dog safe.

Now the question is: “What do you use instead?” Well, another fallacy is that flat collars are the best collars to use. Flat collars are supposed to be the most humane. There is also the concern that flat collars hurt the dog’s trachea. Again, I am not a veterinarian, but there is some logic to this. When a dog is wearing a flat, buckle collar with a leash, the leash puts pressure on the opposite side of the neck from where the leash is attached. A flat, buckle collar can, indeed, influence damage, especially for some dogs with known breathing and soft-tissue issues.

The alternative is what is called a martingale, or limited slip, collar. This collar allows for pressure to be applied evenly around the dog’s neck without choking when the leash is attached, so the amount of pressure is not directed to one area. For many years I recommended these collars for puppies because it does not allow the puppy to learn how to escape the buckle collar. I almost lost one of my own dogs 25 years ago in downtown Ketchum because she slipped out of her collar. She ran onto Sun Valley Road! From then on, I personally always used martingale collars so my pups never learned how to escape from a collar in the first place.

This is a martingale collar and one I am recommending for everyday use. Photo credit: Fran Jewell

There are many brands. Some are much nicer than others and prices vary enormously. For any breed, this collar is even preferred over a harness because it has so much less potential to physically hurt your dog.

Equipment is a very important issue for dog owners. All things should be considered when you start placing them on your dog.

Don’t fall prey to the glamorous ads and pretty colors. Do some research and consult a professional if you are concerned.

Fran Jewell is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, IAABC-certified dog behavior consultant, NADOI-certified instructor #1096 and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC, in Sun Valley. For more information, visit positivepuppy. com or call (208) 578-1565.

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Leslie Rego, “A Host of Glacier Lilies,” watercolor, pencil.

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have a tradition of visiting my brother and sister-in-law every year during the end of April or the beginning of May. They live in Hood River, Oregon, and during this time the early wildflowers are in full bloom.

We hike every day amongst the local beauties. This year we hiked along a trail lined with a profusion of glacier lilies. I have seen one or two during the early spring months here in the Valley, but I have never seen such profusion before! The bright yellow petals and sepals shone in the sunlight. The forest looked as if it were filled with lantern lights guiding the travelers through the trees.

Walt Whitman wrote in “Leaves of Grass,”

“The first step I say awed me and pleas’d me so much, I have early gone and hardly wish’d to go any farther, But stop and loiter all the time to sing it in ecstatic songs.”

We certainly did loiter along the trail, gazing from one grouping of flowers to the next, following the light as it caught on one flower head after another. It seemed as if the lilies were fairy dwellings collected together into hamlets, the hamlets into villages. Within the villages, “doors and windows” materialized, beckoning us to come closer.

As we journeyed farther along the trail, we arrived at an open area where the flowers were jaunty, much like the daffodils in William Wordsworth’s poem, “fluttering and dancing in the breeze… tossing their heads

in sprightly dance.” The sun streamed in the open space and the glacier lily sparkled.

Dozens of them were sprinkled amongst the meadow, dots of light moving back and forth, scattered throughout the green grasses.

To paraphrase Wordsworth, one cannot help but be delighted when witnessing a host of glacier lilies stretching in a never-ending line. They make for jocund company. This vision will stay with me, flashing upon my eye, filling my heart with pleasure.

Leslie Rego is an Idaho Press Club award-winning columnist, artist and Blaine County resident. To view more of Rego’s art, visit leslierego.com.

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Next fall McNulty will attend the College of Southern Idaho to take her pre-requirements for a medical program. Post-prerecs, she is not sure in which direction she will go; maybe, she says, toward being a radiologist or surgical technician.

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recently watched Arrival—a movie about aliens who come to Earth, hover in their various craft over a dozen places spread across the planet, and then suffer patiently as the militaries of the world, and the humans in charge of them, decide if they should preemptively attack and destroy the unknown visitors. This is all while the people figure out how to communicate with the extraterrestrials.

The key to the movie turns out to be language, and the power of language to transform how someone thinks. In this case, I was introduced to the very cool hypothesis that being fully fluent in another language enables you to embrace that culture’s values and beliefs or, in the extreme, to actually think like them (the ‘them’ in this case being Heptapods—seven-legged creatures that look like a cross between elephants and giant squid, that speak in resonating baritones, and who write in complex, inky smoke rings).

Naturally, I connected this to butterflies; to the Milbert’s tortoiseshell, specifically. At some point in the late winter/early spring, I see my first butterfly. It is, invariably, one of two kinds—the above-mentioned tortoiseshell or a mourning cloak. This spring, it was the tortoiseshell, a medium-sized butterfly whose wings are mostly warm brown and maroon, with an incredible orange border that looks like flames or glowing coals. If the underwings of these butterflies were described in a J. Crew catalog, they would be called “dark bark,” a camouflage that makes the wings disappear when the butterflies fold them up to hide in the trunks of trees.

Despite the fact that I always see butterflies when there is snow on the ground and when there is still cold in the air, I associate them almost entirely with summer. Butterfly language to me is about warmth, and color, and the fragrance of flowers. It is about being in shorts and barefoot and somehow being outside of time. So, when a Milbert’s tortoiseshell shows up in my garage in April, it is a wonderful relief from dirty ice, from multiple layers of clothing, and from our loooooooong transition into summer.

Aglais milberti, the fire-rim tortoiseshell or Milbert’s tortoiseshell, is the only species of Aglais that occurs in North America. Photo credit: D. Gordon E. Robertson, public domain photo, accessed via Wikipedia

Thinking like a butterfly is as much about remembering the language as it is about knowing it. And so it was that I looked down and found a dead little butterfly. When butterflies die, they generally fold up their wings, showing only their camouflaged underwings. “Dark bark” clicked in the catalog of my mind, and I carefully carried the insect to where I could sit down and slowly open its wings. And there it was, a rim of bright orange, flecked and speckled exactly how you would think something called a tortoiseshell would be.

And in an instant, I remembered. I remembered a season still unfolding. I remembered that you never, ever see the wind, just those things that tell you it is there. I remembered that in the language of butterflies, my vocabulary is not sentences but mere words.

Perhaps this is why I keep the butterfly on my shelf, right where I can see it every morning, right where it can remind me of all that I don’t know, and where I can try just a little bit each day to get more fluent in butterfly.

Harry Weekes is the founder and head of school at The Sage School in Hailey. This is his 47th year in the Wood River Valley, where he lives with his wife Hilary and their three kids—Georgia, Penelope and Simon—a nice little flock.

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Every month, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) releases their Seller Traffic Index (www.tinyurl.com/tws-sti) as a part of their Realtors Confidence Index. In the latest release, NAR reported that homeowners have been reluctant to sell their houses. This is reflected when broken down by state. Only 11 states have a stable level of seller traffic compared to the remainder of the country, which came in with a weak rating.

As we can see in the following table, the number of people who moved last year is half of what the rate was in the 1980s.

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The Advanced Jazz class will be featured in “Endearment,” with Shea Slanetz jumping in the back. In the front row, sitting, left to right, are Sam White, Laine Whittier, Abbie Heaphy, Isabella Cronin and Britta Heaphy. Standing, left to right, are Bryn Downey, Emelia Morgan, Chloe Henderson and Sophia Schoen. Photo credit: Aubrey Stephens and Manon Gaudreau / Footlight Dance Centre

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What led to this change in behavior? Falling prices during the housing crisis led to many homeowners having negative equity in their home, meaning they owed more on their mortgage than the home was worth. Others were able to secure a low interest rate on their mortgage and have not been quick to obtain a new mortgage with a higher rate.

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or 36 years, Footlight Dance Centre has brought dance to the youth of the Wood River Valley, culminating in one massive spectacular production every spring. Under the artistic direction of Hilarie Neely, “Sleeping Beauty” will be presented with 190 student dancers, at 7 p.m., Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, with a third show at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 12, at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater at the Community Campus, in Hailey.

Footlight Dance Centre also presented Sleeping Beauty in 2004, with the lead part of Aurora danced by Christina Arpp Price, now part of Footlight’s ballet faculty. Bryn Downey, a graduating Wood River High School senior, will play Aurora in this production. She joined Footlight when she was about 8 years old.

“Sleeping Beauty” is considered one of the most treasured of the 19th-century ballets.

“The dances are so beautiful,” Neely said. “It’s a difficult ballet, with integrated dances for the seniors. I’ve been waiting for the right time to bring it back. I needed strong leads, and the five or six grades beneath that. It’s very ambitious to do with young kids, exciting to see them step up and get there.”

The New York Times wrote in 2016, “No other dance classic has a score so endlessly fragrant and varied. No other work has so rich an idea of what ballet theater can be.”

Based on the Grimm Brothers’ version of Charles Perrault’s 18th-century tale “The Sleeping Beauty,” Tchaikovsky wrote his second balled in a whirl of intensity. Its first performance was at the Mariinsky Theatre, in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1890.

The classic fairy tale concerns a princess who is cursed to sleep for 100 years by an evil fairy. She can only be awakened by a handsome prince. In this production, the prince will be played by Lem Reagan, an alumni of Footlight and now a theatre dance student at Boise State University.

“He’s returning to dance the pas de deux with Bryn,” Neely said. “It’s one of the grand ballet classics, a culmination of the entire story. Love triumphs over evil.”

Though a ballet, Footlight’s instructors created new pieces for this version of “Sleeping Beauty” to showcase an integrated performance of modern, jazz, tap and hip-hop.

While Princess Aurora sleeps, 100 years goes by. To show that passage of time, the scenes will go from a swing dance and a 1960s’ jazz piece to

Bryn Downey, a senior at Wood River High School, will play Princess Aurora in Footlight Dance Centre’s “Sleeping Beauty.” Photo credit: Aubrey Stephens and Manon Gaudreau / Footlight Dance Centre

1990s’ early hip-hop, and ending with pop music from the early 2000s.

At that point, when the prince discovers Aurora, he must break through thorns and vines covering the castle in order to wake her up.

“We have a Philip Glass piece for this with lovely atmospheric music that lends to the roses blooming, vines withering, and the gates opening to reveal Sleeping Beauty,” Neely said. “Then there is a tap sequence with trumpets and horns and drums.”

Ballet choreography is by Neely while other new choreography is by instructors Price, Gabi Bryant, Julie Fox, Robyn Fox, Melodie Taylor-Mauldin, Jen Simpson, Leah Taylor, Kassidy Thompson and Anne Winton.

The production will feature graduating seniors Downey, Isabella Cronin, Abbie Heaphy, Emelia Morgan, Taylor Telford, Laine Whittier, Chloe Henderson and Sophia Schoen.

All tickets are available for $8 at Iconoclast Books, Hailey, and at the Community Campus weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and at the door prior to each performance.

For more information contact Hilarie Neely at (208) 578-5462 or email footlightdance@gmail. com. tws

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ZOO IDAHO WED MAY 8

6-7PM / COMMUNITY LIBRARY / KETCHUM Join the Environmental Resource Center and Zoo Idaho for the final presentation of this year’s Spring Science Series. This program is free, and open to the public. Rachael Shearouse, Zoo Idaho’s curator of education, will present on conservation issues affecting our local environment while introducing the audience to some of Zoo Idaho’s animal ambassadors, such as a black-footed ferret, box turtle, and gopher snake.

For more information, visit ercsv.org or contact Alisa McGowan, ERC program director at (208) 726-4333, alisa@ercsv.org.

KETCHUM COMMUNITY DINNERS WED MAY 8

6-7PM / CHURCH OF THE BIG WOOD / KETCHUM Free hot dinners are provided weekly to anyone in need in the church’s Family Life Center. Dine in or pick up a meal to go for you or a friend.

Find Ketchum Community Dinners on Facebook for more information, how to participate and weekly menu updates, or contact bethward0709@gmail.com.

LINE DANCING WED MAY 8

6-7PM / THE MINT / HAILEY

Dust off your boots and join Vicki Aberbach for a fun and lively line-dancing lesson. The fee is $10.

There will be an open dance afterwards to practice getting those boots moving!

SAWTOOTH TRIVIA WED MAY 8

7:30PM / SAWTOOTH TAP ROOM / HAILEY Sawtooth Brewery presents free trivia games for the season. Each night there are two games consisting of three rounds each. Each round is based off of a popular game show. All ages are welcome.

Sawtooth Brewery Public House is located at 110 N. River St. For details, visit sawtoothbrewery.com.

HONOR LOCAL OLYMPIANS THU MAY 9

5PM / TOWN SQUARE / KETCHUM

The City of Ketchum will host a free event to celebrate recent Olympians and unveil new Olympic panels in Town Square. There will be music, food and refreshments. For information contact the City of Ketchum at (208) 726-3841.

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TRAUMA: IMPACT AND PREVENTION

STORY TIME WED MAY 8 & FRI MAY 10

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f you’ve spent any time outdoors, driving in your car, engaging in organized sports or physical activities, chances are you’re aware of the potential for traumatic injury. Trauma can happen at any time in your life and does not discriminate. It is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide.

Trauma is defined as an injury to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent. It is classified as intentional or unintentional. Trauma is further classified into categories: • Blunt (motor vehicle accident, assault or a fall) • Penetrating (gunshot wound, stabbing) • Thermal (fire, blast, electrical)

Trauma accounts for 59 percent of all deaths among people ages 1–44 years old in the United States. That represents more deaths than non-infectious diseases and infectious diseases combined.

Traumatic death is the number one cause of death for those 1–44 and the number four cause of death for those 45 and older. Motor vehicle crashes and falls lead the cause of traumatic death in the United States.

Traumatic injury comes at great costs to communities, emotionally and fiscally, and prevention should be of the utmost concern to individuals, as well as local, state, national and world leaders.

What can we do to help prevent or minimize trauma?

• Commit to safe behaviors – Seatbelts – Zero distracted driving – Firearm safety practices – Protective gear – No impaired activities or driving – Discard or lock controlled substance medications – Prepare your home to minimize accidental falls • Become involved – Solicit your lawmakers to pass common-sense prevention bills – Take a first-aid course/Stop The Bleed course/CPR course – Volunteer to help prevent suicide/assault/violence in your community • Stay Informed – Be aware (situational awareness) – Have open/honest discussions with loved ones and communities about risky behaviors – Seek out information and share safety lessons with friends and family • Stay healthy – Maintain healthy body weight and proper nutrition – Keep chronic medical problems under control – Get preventative care to identify problems early

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LOOK, PLAY & CREATE THU MAY 9

6-8PM / SUN VALLEY CENTER / WARM SPRINGS The free Look, Play and Create program introduces younger children—age 1–5—to art through a series of looking activities and age-appropriate messy fun art projects. This week will be collage. This program is held on the second Thursday of each month. For more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.

GENTLE YOGA THU MAY 9

5:30-6:30PM / ST. LUKE’S CLINIC / HAILEY This free yoga class with guidance is based on specific needs, unique health conditions and personal goals. Participants will learn the foundations of yoga and how to use yoga as an approach to physical and emotional wellbeing preventatively and in healing. Weekly through May 30. For more information, call Kristin Biggins at (208) 727-8281.

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Moms Eat For Free At Hailey KB’s In honor of Mother’s Day, KB’s is letting all Valley moms eat for free Sunday, May 12, at the Hailey location. All menu items at the popular Mexican-fusion eatery will be on the house as long as the restaurant is open that day.

“Mothers work hard every day,” said Rodolfo Serva, the owner of KB’s. “They deserve to enjoy a meal someone else does for them. We’re a family business so we want to do something nice for families.”

Serva said in addition to the regular menu, king-crab tacos would be available on the special day.

KB’s Sunday business hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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EVENTS CALENDAR, CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE PETE FROMM THU MAY 9 6PM / COMMUNITY LIBRARY / KETCHUM

MIGRATORY BIRD DAY SAT MAY 11 10AM-2PM / ERC / KETCHUM

Pete From, a five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association’s Book Award will read from his new novel, “A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do”, a “love story about a family full of hope and resilience and second chances.” This event is free and open to all.

The Environmental Resource Center and local birding expert Poo Wright-Pulliam will give a one-hour presentation at the ERC office at 471 Washington Ave., in Ketchum, on Ketchum’s returning migratory bird population, followed by a field session with bird watching, counting, and a listening exercise. A walk will follow.

Participants are encouraged to participate in both portions of the program and to bring water, lunch or snacks, and appropriate layers. There is a suggested donation of $10/ERC members and $20/nonmembers. Space is limited, so preregistration is suggested. For more information or to register: (208) 726-4333; alisa@ercsv.org; ercsv. org.

‘JULIUS CAESAR’ THU MAY 9-SAT MAY 11 7PM / THE SPOT / KETCHUM

The Spot will present a contemporary adaption of William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” through Saturday, May 11, directed by Kevin Wade and featuring Brett Moellenberg, Yanna Lantz, Sara Gorby, Peter Burke and others. For tickets and information, visit spotsunvalley.com.

KING PONG SAT MAY 11 4-11PM / THE MINT / HAILEY The Sun Valley Table Tennis Tournament, dubbed King Pong, will benefit Syringa Mountain School. All levels are welcome. There will be live music, raffle and tournament prizes. The entry fee is $10. For more information call (208) 788-6468.

LIVE MUSIC FRI MAY 10 9:30PM / SILVER DOLLAR / BELLEVUE Loaded Crow will play at 9:30 p.m. at the iconic Bellevue saloon. There’s never a cover and patrons have access to a free shuttle home, if needed.

EDIBLE PLANT WALK FRI MAY 10

12-2PM / NATURE CONSERVANCY / HAILEY

SUNDAY 5BS SUN MAY 12 1-4PM / LIMELIGHT HOTEL / KETCHUM

The Nature Conservancy’s Tess O’Sullivan, a local native plant expert, will explore the variety and diversity of green plants that are emerging as spring arrives.

There will be an educational walk focused on wild edible and medicinal plants that are abundant in the local environment. Bring a Ziploc, gardening gloves, and scissors if you want to bring home some goodies.

The walk will begin at TNC’s Hailey office. 116 N. 1st Ave., in Hailey. This event is free and for adults only. No registration is required.

The Limelight Hotel, on Main Street in Ketchum, will offer 5Bs: “Beers, Bloodies, Bubbles, Burgers and Bluegrass” through June 2 with free public access to the pool for adults.

SOUPER SUPPER MON MAY 13 5:30-6:30PM / ST. CHARLES CHURCH / HAILEY Weekly free hot dinners are provided to anyone who wishes to join. St. Charles Catholic Church is located at 313 1st Ave. S., Hailey.

CAT COZY CLUB TUE MAY 14 11AM-1PM / MOUNTAIN HUMANE / HAILEY Led by volunteer Jen Barth, the Cat Cozy Club will knit cat cozies for the adoptable cats. Yarn is provided and the club will be meeting the second Tuesday of each month.

Enjoy a cup of coffee in Christie’s Cat Café, knit some cat cozies, and meet some new friends. For more information, call (208) 788-4351.

MATT BRAUNGER FRI MAY 10

8:30PM / THE MINT / HAILEY

LEAKY GUT SOLUTION TUE MAY 14 5:30PM / MARICICH OFFICE / KETCHUM

Comedian Matt Braunger has performed at a variety of prestigious comedy festivals, including the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and Chicago, the TBS Comedy Festival Las Vegas, and South by Southwest, and been seen on TV and in films for years. He is also a regular at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, and he headlined the Old Milwaukee Comedy Tour for Funny Or Die in 2013. Braunger co-founded the popular Bridgetown Comedy Festival in his hometown of Portland, Ore. For tickets, visit haileymint.com.

Symptoms such as constipation, diarrhea, acid reflux and bloating can be caused by leaky gut syndrome. Functional medicine expert Dr. Maria Maricich will discuss what leaky gut is and how to fix it even if you have suffered for years.

Maricich’s office is located at 131 4th St. E. (above Gail Severn Gallery) in Ketchum.

To RSVP call (208) 726-6010.

LEARN ENGLISH TUE MAY 14 6-8PM / COMMUNITY LIBRARY / KETCHUM

MET OPERA LIVE SAT MAY 11 10AM / BIGWOOD4 CINEMAS / HAILEY

The Community Library will offer free English classes for adults every Tuesday through June 25. Abierto a todos los idiomas que quieren aprender ingles o mejorar sus habilidades. The class is open to everyone, of all languages, who wants to learn English or improve skills.

For more information (para mas informacion) call (208) 726-3493.

“Dialogues des Carmélites” by Francis Poulenc was first performed at La Scala in Milan in 1957. “Dialogues” was inspired by the true story of a group of Carmelite nuns who defied anti-religious decrees and went to the guillotine during the French Revolution. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of Blanche and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to The Met as the Prioress.

Tickets are $16 and are available for purchase at the theatre at any time. Students are admitted free as part of Sun Valley Opera’s educational outreach.

SAWTOOTH TRIVIA TUE MAY 14 7:30PM / SAWTOOTH BREWERY / KETCHUM Sawtooth Brewery presents free trivia games for the season. All ages are welcome.

Each night there are two games consisting of three rounds each. Each round is based off of a popular game show. Sawtooth Brewery Public House is located at 631 Warm Springs Road. For details, visit sawtoothbrewery.com.

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Yes, we have some of the best hiking, mountain biking and skiing trails on the planet, and lots of mouth-watering places to eat and drink. But what really makes us special is our passion and support for the arts. And Ballet Sun Valley is the perfect example.

Bob Smelick is the founder of Ballet Sun Valley.

The Bay Area native has had a second home in Sun Valley for 30 years and has always felt very connected to our community. Bob has also long been a member of the board of directors for the San Francisco Ballet.

It was during opening night at the Sun Valley Pavilion that Bob was inspired to found Ballet Sun Valley. The venue reminded him of seeing the San Francisco Ballet during a tour of France.

“It’s so impressive to see ballet in such a natural setting and the Pavilion is an absolutely beautiful venue for the art form,” Bob said.

In 2012, Ballet Sun Valley was founded with the mission of bringing the best ballet companies in the world to Sun Valley. Thanks to support from local groups like Footlight Dance Centre, Sun Valley Ballet, the Sun Valley Resort and the Limelight Hotel, the nonprofit has been fulfilling its mission ever since, but this year is promising to be the best yet.

There are three parts to this year’s programming.

The first is the return of the San Francisco Ballet to the heart of Idaho. Two completely different performances will be held on July 5 and 7, respectively, at the Sun Valley Pavilion. An astounding 38 ballerinas will perform the distinct shows, including one that has only been seen in a couple of the most famous venues on the planet—something Sun Valley is shaping up to become.

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But the gifts for the community don’t just stop at the performances. Three days of educational programming have been scheduled, as well. Over 100 students from about a dozen states have signed up for the free classes.

Ballet Sun Valley is also excited to announce that it has teamed up with Boston Ballet to bring an adaptive dance program to Idaho. It will teach educators and team members from places like Higher Ground how to use ballet as therapy for challenged students and adults.

“Our intention is to make a positive impact on the community and the state, “ Bob said. Ballet Sun Valley is certainly “en pointe!”

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Sun Valley Skating Specials To Air Nationally

Two Ice Dance International American Public Television specials shot and filmed at the Sun Valley Resort by Stellar Adventure Media will air in Idaho and Spokane on back to back weekends May 10 and May 17 on Idaho Public Television in prime time. Both feature the repertory by Edward Villella, Trey McIntyre, Douglas Webster, and Benoit Richaud.

The most recently released special, In Flight: The Art of Ice Dance International, features the work of Trey McIntyre and premiers on May 10 at 8 p.m. The World of IDI airs on May 17 at 8 p.m. and has previously been broadcast in Idaho 15 times.

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