WRW - 5 October 2022

By Eric Valentine

By the time this paper hits newsstands, the Valley’s Oct. 5–9 landmark, historical event celebrating the 150-year-old herding of free-range sheep will have technically already begun. That’s because last night, over at the Valley’s also-world-class animal mega-shelter, the Trailing of the Sheep Festival kicked off with something new: a farm-to-table American Lamb dinner at Mountain Humane. Get ready for a whole lot more.

Sheep have been trailing through the Wood River Valley of Idaho for well over a century and are an integral part of Idaho’s heritage. The iconic Trailing of the Sheep Fes tival, its 26th annual celebration, honors this legacy—of the sheep, their herders, and our food. It has honored all of these so well over the years, this unique cultural tradition was recognized by MSN.com as one of the “Top Ten Fall

Festivals in the World.” Another 23 high-profile organiza tions have similarly—albeit more nationally and regional ly—honored the festival in recent years, too.

What follows is a summary of what to expect in 2022, what’s new this year, and a little more history lesson, too. Enjoy!

Honoring the Baaaaasque and More

The Trailing of the Sheep Festival honors the 150-year annual tradition of moving (‘trailing’) sheep from high mountain summer pastures down through the Valley to traditional winter grazing and lambing areas in the south. This annual migration is living history and the focus of a

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New Meadows Holds Vigil For Slain Valley Couple

A former Wood River Valley resident and his wife, murdered at a New Meadows inn on Satur day, have been identi fied. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office said the victims of Saturday’s shooting were the own ers of the Hartland Inn— Sara and Rory Mehen of New Meadows.

The news appears to have impacted folks speaking up across social media, in local estab lishments, and across the state. One longtime friend and also a former Valley resident, Mark Oliver, said this:

“What happened this weekend has shook so many communities across Idaho and beyond. Our snow, skate, Boise, New Meadows, Sun Valley… and so many friends and family in between… are hurt ing. There really are no words that make this hurt any less or feel like such a devastating loss of two great people,” Oliver said. The City of New Meadows on Tuesday night hosted a vigil for the couple. An investigation is ongoing.

Baseball Organization To Host Golf Tourney

The Wood River Baseball Association (WRBA) is inviting Valley residents to enjoy a day of golf at the annual James Nelson Memo rial Golf Tournament to raise funds for the nonprofit. The event takes place Saturday, Oct. 8, at Sun Valley’s Trail Creek Golf Course. This tournament is the primary fundraiser for WRBA and brings in at least $10,000 for the program.

“Wood River Baseball is more than just the sport, it teaches the players about being a part of a team, building character and the love for America’s favorite pastime,” said Dustin Stone, board member of WRBA.

Prices are $160 for adults and $80 for youth with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Teams of four will compete in a scramble format. Total cost for an adult team is $640, and $320 for youths aged 15 and under.

This event is open to the public. Day-of entries will also be wel come.

Anyone wishing to golf or sponsor a hole can register at www. woodriverbaseball.com, contact Raiza Giorgi at (805) 350-8786 or email info@woodriverbaseball.com.

Property Value Spike Decreases Tax Burden

Prior to the August election that successfully passed a Blaine County School District levy for the improvement of a number of district facilities, Superintendent Jim Foudy said he could guaran tee the amount of the levy shared with voters would turn out to be less than stated. He declined to give specific numbers. Last week the specifics came out, and Foudy’s guarantee held up, too.

Thanks to increased market values in Blaine County, the tax burden ($34.90 per $100,000 of taxable market value) voters considered Aug. 30 would be significantly reduced. Specifically, properties in Blaine County increased to more than $18.8 million, reducing the overall levy to $25.34 per $100,000 of taxable market value.

“ We remain incredibly grateful to our community members for their support of the Plant Facilities Levy, as it will allow us to address our most critical facility needs throughout our buildings,” Foudy said. “We are now very pleased to share that the tax impact will be significantly lower than expected. We know this is great news for our entire community as we move forward with these important projects.”

With the approval of the Aug. 30 levy, BCSD will improve, maintain, and repair its school buildings, including roof repairs and replacements. Funds will also be applied to furnishing and equip ping buildings, safety and security improvements, LED lighting, and updates to mechanical systems, appliances, technology, and heating, ventilation, and sanitation facilities.

Clases de Conversación de Inglés

—Nuevo Tiempo!

Para acomodar mejor los horarios de trabajo, la Conversación de Inglés gratuita de la Biblioteca Pública de Hailey ahora se llevará a cabo los viernes de 6:00-7:30 PM en Hailey Town Center West, 116, S River St. La clase, impartida por el tutor Leonardo Padilla Sacha, está diseñado para hablantes nativos de español de todos los niveles y se ofrece en un ambiente estructurado pero informal. Los drop-ins son bienvenidos. Hay disponibles oportunidades adiciona les de tutoría gratuita con hablantes nativos de inglés.

To better accommodate work schedules, the Hailey Public Library’s free Conversacion de Ingles will now be held on Fridays from 6–7:30 p.m. at Hailey Town Center West, 116 S. River St. The class, taught by tutor Leonardo Padilla Sacha, is designed for native Spanish speakers of all abilities and offered in a structured but in formal atmosphere. Drop-ins are welcome. Additional free tutoring opportunities with native English speakers are available.

unique and authentic festival that celebrates the people, arts, cultures, and traditions of Idaho’s sheep ranching families, highlighting the princi pal contributors—the Basques, Scottish and Peru vians.

The five-day festival includes nonstop activities in multiple venues: history, folk arts, a Sheep Folk life Fair, lamb culinary offerings, a Wool Festival with classes and workshops, music, dance, story telling, Championship Sheepdog Trials, and the always entertaining Big Sheep Parade with 1,500 sheep hoofing it down Main Street in Ketchum.

2022 Festival Highlights

If you had to put the spotlight on one festival activity, it would have to be the Big Sheep Parade with 1,800 sheep trailing down Main Street in Ketchum. It takes place Sunday, Oct. 9 at 12 p.m.

The 1,800-sheep parade will make their annual migration to winter pastures. The parade includes historic sheep wagons and participants from the Folklife Fair, each identified by sign-bearing dancers from Footlight Dance Centre. Blessing the flock this year is Rabbi Robbi Sherwin of the Wood River Jewish Community.

After the parade passes, you are invited to walk with the families herding the animals to their rest ing place south of town. The hosts of this year’s sheep for the parade are the men and women of Faulkner Land & Livestock. John Faulkner—a third-generation sheep rancher—and his sons, Mike and Jack, have run the sheep operation since 1956. It has been headquartered in Gooding, since 1933. Most of Faulkner’s sheep run in the Smoky Mountains at the head of the South Fork of the Boise River, in the hills behind Featherville and Fairfield, and through the Wood River Valley north into the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

Other highlights include:

• Championship Sheepdog Trials featuring over 110 of the country’s most talented border collies and their handlers competing for top awards (NOTE: It’s at a new location this year: 2400 Buttercup Road, Hailey).

• Sheep Folklife Fair featuring the Basque, Scottish, and Peruvian dancers and musicians, sheep-shearing demonstrations, over 80 sheep and wool product vendors, children’s activities and more.

• Sheep Tales Gathering will present Voices from the Land—Unique Stories of Women in Ranching, featuring women ranchers from three prominent Western sheep ranches.

• Culinary events with the For the Love of Lamb tastings, Lamb Fest at the Folklife Fair, cook ing-with-lamb classes, and farm-to-table lamb dinners.

• Wool Fest featuring10 different classes and workshops.

• Hikes and Histories featuring Idaho’s sheep ranchers and renowned storytellers.

• Happy Trails Closing Party in Ketchum Town Square with food and live music

For the detailed schedule, tickets, and lodging deals, visit www.trailingofthesheep.org.

What’s New in 2022?

It can’t be said enough: The Trailing of the Sheep Festival Championship Sheepdog Trials have a new location this year, in a large field just off But tercup Road north of Indian Creek Road in Hailey. The development of Quigley Canyon precipitated the move, which presented a challenge for event organizers. A site was secured for his year, but a new location of at least 30 acres will need to be found to accommodate the trials in future years. Ideas anyone?

Directions: From the north or the south on High way 75/Main Street in Hailey, head east on McK ercher Boulevard via the stoplight on Main Street. Travel approximately .5 mile from Main Street to Buttercup Road. Turn left (north) on Buttercup Road at the stop sign intersection of McKercher Boulevard and Buttercup Road. Travel approxi mately 1.5 miles on Buttercup Road and you will see the trials event setup on the east side of the road. Follow signage, team and volunteers who will direct you to the parking area.

New Wrinkles

• Sheep Tales Gathering: Storytelling is a key as pect of the Trailing of the Sheep Festival’s mis sion to educate, inform and celebrate the heri tage of sheep ranching in the West. This year’s Sheep Tales Gathering will present unique stories from four different women ranchers in

the West (Marcia Barinaga of Barinaga Ranch, Julie Hansmire of Campbell Hansmire Sheep, LLC, and Andrée & Bianca Soares of Talbott Sheep Co.). Details: Friday, Oct. 7, at The Ar gyros, 120 Main Street South in Ketchum at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance online, or at the door if still available.

• T his year, Folklife Fair goers will be able to purchase food directly from the local vendors instead of getting food tickets and waiting in long lines. Enjoy delicious and creative Amer ican Lamb dishes prepared by local chefs and restaurants. This event benefits the Trailing of the Sheep Festival with unique American Lamb specials. The 2022 participants include:

○ Ciclo of Sun Valley—serving Lamb Chili & Quesabirria (lamb stew meat in a quesadilla)

○ KB’s—serving Lamb Tacos & Cheese Quesadillas

○ Serva Peruvian Cuisine—serving Seco de Cordero (Peruvian lamb stew)

○ Sun Valley Culinary Institute—serving Lamb Tostadas with Queso Panela, Rajas, and Roasted To mato Salsa & Mushroom Reuben, Slaw, 1000 Island and Swiss

○ Al’s Wood River Sustainability Center— serving Lamb Gyros

• One of the most popular events during the festival is the Friday evening For the Love of Lamb event. Experience the best in American Lamb from some of the top restaurants in the Wood River Valley. Purchase For the Love of Lamb passports for $25 in advance online, which will have all the details and locations.

• T he festival did not schedule any program ming on Saturday evening this year so that attendees could enjoy an evening of dining at local area restaurants, many of which will be offering special lamb dishes throughout the event. Meanwhile, pre-parade sheep photog raphy is no longer offered. It was popular— too popular—and attracted too many people. For the safety of the sheep and the people, no sheep will be anticipated in that area at that time.

• T he festival has once again teamed up with the Environmental Resource Center (ERC) and local students from the W.A.T.E.R. Club from Wood River High School to promote more complete recycling and composting at festi val venues throughout the Wood River Valley.

The ERC has been working at public events throughout the summer, cutting waste by an estimated 2,000 pounds. Trailing of the Sheep Festival now uses all compostable plates, nap kins, utensils, and cups at the Sheep Folklife Fair and Happy Trails Closing Party, as well as serves aluminum cans of water for those who did not bring their own.

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VALLEY OF GENEROSITY

As pandemic fades and end of year approaches, nonprofits position

Safety

Academe Grove

Founded by Morgan and Desiree Ballis, Academe Grove is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit dedicated to supporting K-12 schools in achieving their goals for campus safety reform. Often, funding is unfortunately the number one barrier school districts encounter when looking to implement safety measures.

Academe Grove is currently raising funds for Blaine County School District’s Threat Assessment & Planning (T.A.P.) Program.

This program will help educators to identify at-risk students, gather critical information, collaborate on intervention strategies and deliv er necessary support. The T.A.P. Program will be provided to Wood River High School, Wood River Middle School, Carey School, and Ernest Hemingway STEAM School for the next three years.

“We’re rather new to the community so a lot of people don’t know about us yet,” said Morgan Ballis, a Hailey Police school resource officer. Familiarity breeds trust, he noted.

Sobriety

Men’s Second Chance Living

Under the leadership of executive director Sonya Wilander, Men’s Second Chance Living—affectionately termed “Muscle House” by some—provides an all-male, intensely supportive, sober living en vironment for individuals who want to maintain a clean and sober lifestyle and advance on their path to a new and better life. MSCL House provides men in recovery with safe, affordable sober housing and support services. Just last week, the organization that gives men a second chance at life opened its doors to their second house in Hailey.

By Eric Valentine

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campaign that raised roughly $9

years ago, when the Valley’s animal shelter needs outgrew its animal shelter facilities, Mountain Humane raised enough funds to build a no-kill mega-shelter facility unmatched across the state and more.

• T he number of donations that come in to fundraising efforts anonymously or as matching dona tions or as both seem almost routine.

The skeptic would say these cases in point are just anecdotal evidence. To that, Wood River Weekly would say anecdotes are stories and stories are about actions—what Plato said was the true test of char acter. So, as the winter season of giving fast approaches, consider using this short list to vet your tax deductible donations and/or priorities of time. These Valley organizations are just some of the quality nonprofits here that could use whatever help you can give: financial, volunteering, or perhaps gifts inkind. In some cases they haven’t been the main character in many stories, but their actions have spoken louder than words.

If a donation is not likely at this particular time, consider follow ing MSCL House on social media. Their fledgling Facebook page got hacked this summer and the group is trying to use the platform to spread the word about its residents’ successes. To find the official, non-hacked page, visit: Facebook.com/MensSecondChanceLiving

Culture

Sawtooth Rangers

The purpose of the Sawtooth Rangers Riding Club’s mission is to operate without profit in the promotion of horsemanship in the community by helping 4-H clubs, rodeo-oriented groups, riding cli nicians and other activities related to horsemanship. Sawtooth Rang ers has been producing the Hailey Days of the Old West Rodeo for more than 70 years. With seating for 3,500 each night at Hailey’s Rodeo Park, the rodeo is the highlight of the region’s Fourth of July celebration. The Sawtooth Rangers Riding Club is a nonprofit, vol unteer-based organization. Proceeds from the rodeo are allocated to several nonprofit organizations and youth scholarships throughout our community.

In some cases, the largest fundraiser for south Valley organiza tions like the Lions Club and Kiwanis Club is the rodeo, where such clubs often host the concessions. The pandemic stalled rodeo plans over recent years and fundraising goals, too. So the Sawtooth Rang ers board of directors donated to the organizations anyway, even without its rodeo proceeds.

Vision

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Idaho)

The LLS mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s dis ease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families by being the leading source of free education and sup port for blood cancer patients and families. Their efforts are person alized, one-on-one support, and include things like identifying and enrolling in a clinical trial.

This year LLS is making its annual fundraiser give back to the peo ple raising the funds. Termed the ‘Visionary of the Year’ award, peo ple in Idaho who have visionary ideas for business, education, life in general, etc., are nominated for the distinction. Nominees get a chance to promote their vision while raising funds for the nonprofit. Think about the people you know who are doing or could be doing amazing things, and all they need for their project are a few more eyes. Nomi nate them. You can start here: News@woodriverweekly.com.

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The nonprofit horsemanship organization known as the Sawtooth Rangers Riding Club hosts one of the most high-profile events in the Valley (Days of the Old West Rodeo) while capturing little of the limelight themselves.

Photo credit: Sawtooth Rangers

St. Luke’s To Offer Influenza, COVID Vaccines

St. Luke’s is now open to appointment scheduling for those eligible to receive what’s known as a bivalent mRNA COVID-19 booster. The federal government ap proved bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for boosters at the end of August. A single booster dose with an updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine is designed to provide broad protection against COVID-19 and better protection against COVID-19 caused by the currently circulating Omicron variants, BA.4 and BA.5.

Those who recently received a monovalent booster should wait eight weeks before receiving the bivalent booster. More information can be found at Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines for Use as a Booster Dose; COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine Boosters; and At-AGlance COVID-19 Vaccination Schedules.

Meanwhile, flu season is fast approaching as days become shorter and we spend more time indoors, which increases the potential of spreading and/or contracting the flu or COVID-19.

“A vaccine is the best way to protect yourself and your family from influenza viruses and against the flu’s potentially serious health complications. You can even get your flu shot and a COVID-19 booster at the same visit,” suggested Dr. Jason Bronner, St. Luke’s

Health System medical director of Primary Care. “We also know that staying home when

exhibiting symptoms or feeling ill, washing our hands and wearing a mask when indoors in crowds can help protect ourselves and others from the flu and other respiratory viruses.”

Scheduling is through MyChart or by calling St. Luke’s Connect at (208) 381-9500.

Engineering Company To Help Fund STEM Program

The POWER Founda tion, the nonprofit arm of Idaho-based POWER Engi neers Inc., will be donating $750,000 over the next five years to support underserved students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Specifi cally, the foundation plans to donate $15,000 in 10 com munities per year to schools, programs, or organizations that enable students from traditionally underrepresented groups to pursue their passion for STEM. Employees from each office will select the grant recipients, starting with organizations in Hailey

“It’s a big effort, the biggest ever for the Foundation,” said Foundation board chair Jim Haynes. “We wanted to make a real, meaningful impact. Hopefully, our donations will help our industries become stronger and more inclusive as more students from all backgrounds pursue STEM education.”

The foundation said its goal is to select organizations that focus on support for underserved students from racial and ethnic minorities; students from low-income families; students with disabilities; female and non-binary students; LGBTQIA+ stu dents; or other underserved students. Applications will also be reviewed by repre sentatives from POWER’s DEI Committee.

For more information about POWER Engineers Inc., please visit PowerEng.com

St. Luke’s Health Plan Offers Comparison Shopping

Individual health insurance enrollment for 2023 will soon be open to shoppers on the state insurance exchange, and St. Luke’s Health Plan options are now available for early viewing and comparison shopping at yourhealthidaho.org, the hospital announced. Prospective health insurance shoppers can begin to enroll on Oct. 15, 2022, when the online marketplace officially opens.

“St. Luke’s has been in Idaho for more than 120 years, and we are excited to bring a new approach to health care insurance in this market aimed at removing barriers that people experience with their current plans,” said Matt Wolff, St. Luke’s Health Plan president. “Our plan designs include access to one of the largest provider net works in the state, zero-dollar copays for in-network primary care, preventive care, maternity care and behavioral health care, and we’ve removed pre-authorization requirements for most services when you see a doctor in network.”

Who can enroll in St. Luke’s Health Plan?

St. Luke’s Health Plan will be available for individuals, families and businesses in 20 southwest Idaho counties including Ada, Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Custer, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lemhi, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington.

For those currently enrolled through the state insurance exchange, unless a new plan is selected, they will be automatically renewed in their current plan for the 2023 coverage year. For Idahoans who enroll between Oct. 15 and Dec. 15, 2022, St. Luke’s Health Plan benefits will begin on Jan. 1, 2023.

Shop for, compare and enroll in health insurance coverage at yourhealthidaho. org. With questions about St. Luke’s Health Plan coverage, email customercare@ stlukeshealthplan.org or call 1-833-478-5853. For information on small group plans, call 208-385-3777. Learn more about St. Luke’s Health Plan at stlukeshealthplan.org.

‘Come From Away’ Find What’s Here

By Eric Valentine

Over in the other Valley—the Treasure Valley, just to be clear—performances of the hit Broadway musical Come From Away took place. But, it’s more than a hit. It’s critically acclaimed, earning seven Tony Award nominations and win ning one of them for Best Direction of a Musical (Christopher Ashley), when it opened in 2017. And, it’s more than critically acclaimed. The musical is—or at least can be— personally important.

A Wikipedia-compiled synopsis can be found here: TinyURL.com/come-fromaway and I hope you read it.

In a nutshell, the entirely true story is about the 38 planes diverted to Gander, New foundland, on Sept. 11, 2001 when terrorists diverted four airplanes into U.S. build ings and ground. For Gander, this meant the town doubled its size in less than a day and had to feed and shelter thousands of humans and more than a dozen animals from across the globe, all tired, hungry, smelly and scared. Spoiler alert: the islanders suc ceed swimmingly and 10 years later the plane people return to celebrate their special connection with people halfway across the world.

I make sure to never compare a musical, or any storytelling-format artwork for that matter, to Hamilton. It’s a juggernaut of literary and musical genius about under standing one’s legacy. Cast purposely with only racial and ethnic minorities playing America’s founding fathers and telling their stories largely via hip-hop music and rap lyrics, Hamilton is a paradigm shift that explores our differences, for better or worse.

Come From Away is a paradigm shift that explores how we are all the same.

Yet the moment of the play that keeps playing in my head after seeing it twice this week is when one of the characters takes a walk to the gas station convenience store. He notices everyone in the town stops what they’re doing and they go quiet, all to honor the American moment of silence they’re experiencing on their pre-smartphone radios and TVs. He is awestruck. And wonders if people at home would do the same.

Like a comparison to Hamilton, the question is distinctly unfair. In a large American city one cannot expect hundreds and thousands of people heading in different direc tions to be on the same page. There are too many moving parts. So the question ulti mately becomes one about empathy: What would you do if it happened to you? This driving question of the musical is answered in just about every scene. The answer: You’d do the same.

For all their flaws, humans by nature are pack animals who understand the value of reciprocation. Whether we can always admit it or not, we know at our core that

the situation someone else is in could be the situation we find ourselves in some day. Like Newfoundlanders themselves, there’s a humility and pride in that sentiment. Like Newfoundland itself, which was formed when the continents drifted apart, there’s an overlapping quality in humanity. Because we’d do the same means we are the same.

So, as the hurricanes of the East Coast ebb and November voting information flows, please think about all this. Consider casting your vote for people that demonstrate em pathy, people who do what you would do. And may you get what you deserve.

Image credit: Independent Creativity

The 2nd annual Elephant’s Perch “Legends Never Die” Marathon and Half Marathon trail run was held on Oct 1 at Oregon Gulch. For results, go to:

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Students at Wood River Middle School in Hailey work on an engineering project in this file photo. The POWER Foundation supports the WRMS technology program as part of its commitment to STEM. Photo credit: POWER Engineers Inc.

Somegorgeous fall weather is in the forecast for the next week or so, and the local fishing should be wonderful.

Silver Creek shines during autumn. The fall bugs will hatch during the most pleasant part of the day, and the surrounding scenery on the creek is breath taking. We’re seeing excellent hatches of small Baetis (size 20 – 24) on the entirety of Silver Creek. The October Caddis and Mahogany Duns should pick up, and blind fishing an orange or tan Stimulator, Goddard Caddis or Elk-Hair Caddis in size 10 –14 can be incredibly effective on breezy fall days. Midges are becoming more prominent on the creek as well, and will continue to do so as the season progresses. Small Griffith Gnats, Parachute Midges and Tie-Down Midges in sizes 18 – 24 work well on the creek when paired with long, fine leaders.

The resident brown trout will soon begin to key in on spawn ing, so be aware of redds and spawning fish. Focus your at tention on actively feeding fish, and if you’re tossing streamers, look to the deeper slots, undercut banks and troughs on the creek.

A day spent on the creek this time of year can be magical –ducks are flying, elk are bugling, and moose are on the move.

The Big Wood River is anoth er gem. Again, small Baetis and midges are the ticket on the river right now if you’re in search of some dry fly fishing. Nymphing is extremely productive this time of year on the Wood, and fishing streamers on the lower river is the way to go when you are in search of big fish. Our custom-tied Coffey’s Sparkle Minnow is deadly.

Fishing on the lower Big Lost River remains strong, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, Baetis, midges, and nymphing will be your best bet.

A big cranefly nymph, rubber legs, or Hare’s Ear followed by a small zebra midge or Baetis nymph is a good choice. If you’re interested in some solitude, amazing scenery, and a couple of hours of good fishing, it’s worth hitting the upper Big Lost one last time before the weather shuts it down for the season.

Now is a great time to be an angler in the Valley!

COMMENTARY Puppy Fear Periods — It’s A Vulnerable Time

By Fran Jewell

Manyof us have heard of the “fear period” for puppies that usually occurs during the ninth week of a puppy’s life. From six to eight weeks is also a critical period for puppies to learn bite inhibition from their mother and siblings. This is why many responsible breeders will not let a puppy go to their new home until after that time.

What is critical here is to understand what a fear period is and how complicated it can make “socializing” your puppy. Fear periods are those times in every puppy’s development where overly-cautious or fearful behavior seem to take over. Puppies that see something one day and are completely happy about it may, the next day, be com pletely afraid of it. There are usual times that puppies go through these periods, but each dog is individual and may go through them at different times, so I hesitate to give you exact times they occur. Some dogs, because of their temperament, never go through notice able fear periods. This is where the complication comes in. We sim ply cannot predict with accuracy when an individual puppy will go through a fear period. It just happens.

If a puppy has a bad experience during a first-year fear period, that experience can ruin a puppy for life. As an example, if I take my puppy to a dog park that first year, she may be having a great time playing with other dogs, but if a dog comes along that hates puppies and aggresses that puppy, it can emotionally scar my puppy for life, making future dog-to-dog experiences traumatic and even very ag gressive. Once this happens, it can be almost impossible to reverse that defensive, fearful behavior.

The dark side of socialization is that if the “socialization” is done incorrectly, it can put that puppy at HUGE RISK of emotional trau ma that may never be fixed. We may never be able to anticipate when that fear period will happen.

When I socialize my puppies, I ONLY let them play with known dogs, such as a very reliable dog belonging to a friend. I only let them play in a confined or fenced-in yard so that unexpected dogs cannot enter. I also take them to places where the other dogs are in control, such as a class, or in an area where all dogs must be leashed. Socializing does NOT MEAN letting your dog play with every dog it sees! Proper socialization is controlled, so it is always a POSITIVE EXPERIENCE even during a fear period.

I may start a puppy playtime with some basic obedience, such as a sit or down. I also don’t let a wild, jumping, crazy dog go play. If I do, then what I have done is to reward that crazy behavior with play. I want to reward nice manners with playtime. That means the dogs I

SCIENCE OF PLACE

Pele, one of my puppies, earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen title at 4 1/2 months old! The key to her being so well behaved was early training at home, and very positive life experiences, not forcing her to socialize in un controlled situations.

Here, Pele is doing a sit stay with a visiting youngster at a supply store while other puppies were on leash just feet away. Photo credit: Fran Jewell

socialize my puppy with must have some manners, too, if I ultimate ly want to protect my puppy during a potential fear period and want to teach my puppies basic manners when other dogs are around.

Owning a puppy can be very complicated. But, to have a puppy that has a healthy outlook on life, we need to protect them their first year and do our very best to make every experience a positive one.

Fran Jewell is an IAABC Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, NADOI Certified Instructor and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC in Sun Valley. For more information, visit positive puppy.com or call 208-578-1565.

COURTING KOKANEES

BY LARRY BARNES

When it is finally warm at Redfish Lake and beach-goer pop ulations peak, a nearby annual display of nature’s extrava gance goes mostly unnoticed. In the shallows of Fishhook Creek the kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) gather to pass the baton to the next generation. Thousands may assemble in a free mar ket of cortisol and oxytocin, anxiety and sex, in an all-or-nothing race to beat the clock, the predators, and the competitors toward the goal of moving kokanee genes into the future.

If you follow a sinuous boardwalk tortured by winter snows, freez es, thaw cycles and UV light, you will find the kokanee breeding grounds. Here, amidst willow tangles and a high water table, the ko kanee commit the end of their lives to reproduction. Self-preserva tion fades and their bodies adopt a Christmas-color theme – red with green heads. They are easy targets now for ospreys and eagles, but, like a million wildebeest synchronously giving birth on the Serenge ti, predators can only eat so much.

Looking down at their lythe bodies through a fluid prism, the ko kanee reveal a part of their lives. Nature compels the females to build redds into the gravel, depressions they dig with spirited movements of their tail. A male, seeing or sensing a female depositing about a thousand eggs into her redd, then releases the milt bearing his sperm, which settles in a white cloud over their joint futures.

To the kokanee, these events must be charged with fishy drama. The kokanee spent the previous four years in Redfish Lake, feeding on plankton at depth in a nutrient-poor environment. For roughly 20 months of this time, ice capped their world and metabolism was gla cially slow. As a result, the Redfish Lake kokanee reach only about 12 inches. The kokanee’s big brothers, the ocean-going sockeyes (also Oncorhynchus nerka), are much larger, thanks to the sea’s su perabundance of food.

In the season of human beach bathing, the annual kokanee cohort moves into high gear, burning through the reserves of the previous four years. Males and females chase each other about, vying for mates and redds. Some females, having seized a good redd site, hov er over it, aggressively chasing away competitors. Meanwhile, a few yards away, in deeper water, spheres of 100-200 fish mix amicably, as if waiting their turn to enter the redd-finding, mate-finding fray. It could be that they are staging for the hormonal transformation that terminally leads to their ultimate purpose.

The water flowing smoothly over the kokanees’ bodies mirrors the energy passing through them. It began with packets of light from the sun that powered the plants that funded the food chain that built these red-and-green marvels beneath the boardwalk. And now liqui dation time is here. All kokanee will die. Some abruptly via talons or teeth, but most by running their metabolisms into the ground. The females will defend their eggs nestled within the right-sized gravel of their redds. The males will fight to fertilize one final mass of eggs. Fungi and bacteria will deliver the coup de grâce and reduce the parent bodies into their elemental forms – nutrient care packages for future generations. After four more orbits of our tilted Earth around the sun, a new generation of kokanee will rendezvous in Fishhook Creek and follow their ancestors in the pursuit of immortality.

Larry Barnes retired from 26 years as a biology teacher at Wood River High School and is now transitioning to spending more time exploring the natural world.

LARRY BARNES

BONDS?

BY KRISTIN HOVENCAMP

Lately, a typical day on Wall Street fluctuates from flat to “the sky is falling.”

The secret is to block out the noise and focus on your financial goals. As a long-term investor seeking wealth preservation and steady returns, you most likely avoided bonds and sought bond-like substitutes. However, now may be the time to reconsider adding fixed income exposure to your investment portfolio.

W hy bonds? I nvestors allocate to fixed income for various reasons. Generally, a bond’s primary role in a portfolio is principal protection, and its secondary objective is providing cash flow and revenue.

W hat is a bond? A bond is an instrument of indebtedness. Companies and governments issue bonds to raise capital by borrowing from investors. When investors purchase a bond, they buy the bond issuer’s debt. The bond issuer is committed to paying the bondholder the principal amount and the pre-established interest when the bond reaches maturity.

Can allocating to bonds yield enough income to garner much attention? Through 2021, bond yields remained so low an investor could not turn to bonds for high income. For example, one year ago, the benchmark U.S. 10 Year Treasury note yielded approximately 1.5%. Today, the 10 Year Treasury is hovering around 4.0%. Rising interest rates help to strengthen bond yields.

Kristin Hovencamp is an Investment Executive and Director of Business De velopment with HAZLETT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC.

Bonds are not risk-free. Before purchasing a bond, be aware of the bond’s ma turity date, credit quality, liquidity, and tax-exempt status. Investors with taxable portfolios would be wise to investigate yields on municipal bonds exempt from federal income tax. Bonds also come with interest rate risk, as they are sensitive to changes in interest rates.

Bonds continue to be an anchor in a long-term investor’s portfolio due to their ability to yield income and help reduce risk. As an asset class, fixed income diversifies a portfolio and offsets investments in other assets. Finally, now may be the appropriate time to allocate to bonds.

Kristin Hovencamp is an Investment Executive and Director of Business Devel opment with HAZLETT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC, which is independent of Raymond James and is not a registered broker/dealer. Investment advisory ser vices are offered through Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. Secu rities offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/ SIPC. 675 Sun Valley Road, Suite J1 + J2 Ketchum, Idaho 83340 208.726.0605.

PRESSING RESET

BY DOVE

Iwas blessed with the opportunity to spend five days with the above picture being the view from my hotel room. This took place in a small town in Switzerland. The hotel was like an old friend and the food was beautifully prepared.

In order to press reset on your life, I found it necessary to take myself completely out of my normal routine where I am always doing something, planning to do something or fixing meals, doing computer tasks. It is a whole new concept to let everything that normally occupies your life be let go. You then get to decide what to do with your energy when you have no responsibilities other than providing for self. You have conversations with those around you; I connected with people from Croatia, Albania, China, the Netherlands, Germany and Israel, just to name a few. We had heartfelt conversations in the best way we could with the lan guage barriers. Each loved nature and the beauty around us. Politics were completely ignored. We just connected as people having common concerns and interests. There was no agenda but joy, beauty and nature.

When you take a break from your life you get a chance to decide how you want to create when you come back to your normal reality. It takes time to re-ground yourself into the pattern you want. There is change and it seems to take place easily as those things that were so important before you left have no hold over you.

Getting back into your old routine is a choice. We always have this choice to change our lives. We don’t have to be stuck in a pattern just because it is what we usually do. You don’t even have to leave your current reality to press the reset button. You just have to give up your habits for about three days. I suggest we all take time to sit back and press reset on our lives and evaluate what we like about them and what no longer works. If we just keep keeping on, there will be no change, the energy won’t shift.

I am still regrouping but I know I will incorporate change into my new journey. Give it a try. You might just decide to envision a different agenda, one that brings you more flexibility and joy. If you never stop and examine how you are creating, habit will keep you doing the same old things.

I am grateful for the reset. The brain is still in relax mode and not wanting to do, just be. This is an unusual place for me. I think I will see where it leads me. Blessings, Dove

MELANCHOLY ABOUT MOVIES

BY JOELLEN COLLINS

love movies, ever since this little girl saw Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The evil witch scared me, but I was used to Grimm’s fairy tales, so that did not spoil the thrill of that color, music and animation so large before me. I recognized a new world of imagination. As I grew older, I learned a lot about life by taking the bus to the Leimert Theater in Burbank as often as possible, even when I had to put up with my little brother crawling under the plush seats. However, that place was also where I had my first date with my high school boyfriend. T here we sang along to the bouncing ball on the screen preceding the feature and then thrilled to holding hands for the first time.

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I committed one of my first transgressions at the nearby Pickwick Drive-In. Because I was so skinny, I hid under a rug in the back seat of our roomy sedan so four of us looked like three to the attendant collecting money. Later, I told my uncle about my actions, and he didn’t just giggle — he drove back to the Pickwick where I confessed to my bad behavior and paid for my ticket out of babysitting savings. I am now penny-honest.

I became a fervent moviegoer. My best friend and I would get into my old car “Denton” and head into Hollywood to see foreign films. During our first experience at the Beverly Theater, we were stunned by the force of Japan’s “Seven Samurai” and France’s “The Crucible,” starring Simone Signoret as the doomed Puritan.

We have continued our mutual love of film even though living far away from each other, and often suggest fine films via phone or email. W hen my husband and I visited her and her husband in San Francisco for several New Year’s weekends, we would spend New Year’s Eve laughing at the latest Woody Allen movie (when he was highly respected) and going to a late dinner at the Boulangerie.

JoEllen Collins—a longtime resident of the Wood River Valley— is an Idaho Press Club award-winning colum nist, a teacher, writer, fabric artist, choir member and unabashedly proud grandma known as “Bibi Jo.”

Well, I miss those times. COVID-19 changed our viewing habits. W hile I welcome the proliferation of cable-fed features at home, it just isn’t the same as going to a theater.

Now, post-pandemic, I am enjoying the Fall Film Festival at the Magic Lantern and loving the way I can see movies in the dark with an audience experiencing emotions like mine and perhaps laughing together at the humor on the big screen. Even sitting in front of the TV with my dog as my company can’t match the shared sensations of being with others to partake in the magic of film. So, give me a safe and comfortable place in a movie house and I’ll be there.

We have lost one movie theater in the Valley, and now the Magic Lantern is for sale. I hope that any buyer keeps that corner for movie projectors and stimulated audiences. Otherwise, I will miss my special place to enjoy a couple of hours of delight.

WRANGLER’S RECKLESS WRITINGSBRYCE ANGELL

THE FARMER’S FIGHT

The ringside seats were filling up. The fight was near at hand. Onlookers would be cheering but, did they really understand?

The fighters climbed into the ring. Excitement filled the air. Spectators would be betting on whose punches were swung fair.

The announcer hollered, “In this corner, farmer fights for life. And standing there beside him is his long supportive wife.”

While all the crowd was cheering, the announcer made his call, “In this corner Mother Nature, she’ll be fighting for a fall.

Then after Mother Nature we’ve got fuel on the list. Then money with her interest. They will fight knuckle to fist.”

The fight was set for three long rounds. Mother Nature jumped right in! She didn’t wait to hear the bell, ‘cuz she was there to win.

The farmer came out slugging but was held up in red tape. Mother Nature always broke the rules. She left him no escape.

Mother Nature spread her killing frost. Then slammed him with her hail. When all at once her weather stopped. She promptly turned to tail.

Had someone up there higher reeled old Mother Nature in? And possibly chastised her, saying, “Don’t always have to win.”

The farmer won the first round. He was feeling mighty blessed. Round 2 was ‘bout to push him, put his farming skills to test.

The ringside bell was dinging. So, the fuel rolled right on in. The farmer jumped up from his stool, said, “Let the round begin.”

The fuel was not forgiving. Her high prices would not stop. The farmer lost Round 2. Would it cost him all his crop?

Money and the interest were a formidable Round 3. The farmer fought with all his might but couldn’t pay the fee.

But the banker stopped the fight. He said, “I know this farmer well. We’ll carry him a year in hopes he doesn’t have to sell.”

The farmer won the match that night. He represents his peers. And if we want to eat, let’s hope they fight for many years.

Each year the forces join to stop the farmer grow his crop. But he will work and fight for all he’s worth. Ain’t never giving up!

– Bryce Angell

Bryce Angell - The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I’m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoy ing life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.

LEADING THE FEST!

BY MONICA CARRILLO

OUR VOICE COUNTS

A mix of languages filled the atmosphere as families and friends arrived. A rich blend of food filled the air and into the streets of Wood River.

Then, suddenly, in the back you can hear Leonardo Padilla announcing the headlines with a calm and excited tone.

Hispanic Heritage Festival had officially begun.

Leonardo Padilla, originally from Peru and respected among the Peruvian community, was this year’s co-host of the festival alongside Herbert Romero, community organizer of the Wood River Valley.

Padilla, who has done Zumba lessons throughout the Valley, has also been working as a math tutor at The Space, a nonprof it organization that helps with educational resources and as a Spanish/English tutor through libraries, such as the Hailey Public Library and The Community Library.

Padilla was excited when he was asked about co-hosting this year’s festival and didn’t hesitate to accept the offer.

“I was already excited about the events before [Romero] had asked me,” Padilla said. “But then when he asked me, I was like, ‘Yeah, why not?’”

By the end of the event, Padilla was amazed by getting to know various associations and local businesses that appreci ated the work he and Romero had been doing for the event.

“All these businesses appreciated the way we not only have been able to make this event happen, but also help their busi nesses grow,” Padilla said.

In addition, Padilla appreciated having the Latinx commu nity at the forefront of organizing and through food vendors and made him feel like he and others “really belong to this community.”

“I am honored to have been chosen for this,” Padilla said.

NUESTRA VOZ CUENTA

Una mezcla de idiomas llenó el ambiente a medida que lle gaban familiares y amigos. Una rica mezcla de comida llenó el aire y las calles de Wood River.

Entonces, de repente, en la parte de atrás se puede escuchar a Leonardo Padilla, anunciando los titulares con un tono tran quilo y emocionado.

El Festival de la Herencia Hispana había comenzado ofi cialmente.

Leonardo Padilla, originario de Perú y respetado entre la comunidad peruana, fue el co-anfitrión del festival este año junto a Herbert Romero, organizador comunitario del Valle del Río Wood.

Padilla, quien ha hecho clases de zumba en todo el valle, también ha estado trabajando como tutor de matemáticas en The Space, una organización sin fines de lucro que ayuda con recursos educativos y como tutor de español / inglés a través de bibliotecas, como la Biblioteca Pública de Hailey y la Bib lioteca Comunitaria.

Padilla se emocionó cuando se le preguntó sobre el co-an fitrión del festival de este año y no dudó en aceptar la oferta.

“Ya estaba entusiasmado con los eventos antes de que [Romero] me lo hubiera pedido,” dijo Padilla. “Pero luego, cuando me preguntó, dije ‘sí, ¿por qué no?’”

Al final del evento, Padilla se sorprendió al conocer varias asociaciones y empresas locales que apreciaron el trabajo que él y Romero habían estado haciendo para el evento.

“Todas estas empresas apreciaron la forma en que no solo hemos podido hacer que este evento suceda, sino que también ayudamos a que sus negocios crezcan,” dijo Padilla.

Además, Padilla apreció tener a la comunidad latina a la vanguardia de la organización y a través de los vendedores de alimentos y lo hizo sentir que él y otros “realmente pertenec emos a esta comunidad.”

“Me siento honrado de haber sido elegido para esto,” dijo Padilla.

RON TAYLOR

For Idaho Senate

Inthe nearly three decades since joining Wood River Fire & Rescue as a firefighter, paramedic and, even tually, captain, I have worked to protect my fellow citizens — even when that has meant putting myself in physical danger — because I believe that there is nothing more important than the health and safety of Idahoans.

My opponent has said that she cannot represent Blaine County and I agree with her. But I do not agree with her when she says that she cannot see the common interests between Blaine, Lincoln and Jerome counties.

These three counties have a great many shared goals. On behalf of all members of these communities, I want to protect:

• Quality education for our children –let’s lead, not trail, the nation

• Access to public lands for hunting, fishing, recre ation and tourism

• Preservation and management of Idaho’s water resources to sustain our agricultural heritage and recreational riches

• Our standard of living – access to housing and ability to afford that housing with local jobs

• The freedoms of all Idahoans – including the freedom to make decisions about our bodies, mar ry who we want to marry, and build the families we choose

W hen somebody’s house is on fire or they are experiencing a medical emergency, I and my colleagues put aside any differences we might have and solve the problem in front of us. We prioritize the needs of the commu nity we serve because that is what a public servant does.

ANOTHER TOOL TO IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY

BY ANNA & MICHELLE

Mac 5/1 ARM was 5.03% compared to the 30-year fixed-rate of 6.70%.

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rapid rise in mortgage rates during 2022 coupled with continued appreciation of home prices have limited the number of buyers in the market, which is reflected by the lower number of home sales currently. “It’s a fact that many house holds are impacted by higher mortgage rates as they no longer earn the qualifying income for the medi an-priced home.” Nadia Evangelou, NAR economist

One of the things that agents are doing to help buyers lower their house payments is to suggest an adjustable-rate mortgage. The rates on these types of loans are tied to indexes that reflect the current market rates and produce less risk for the lender. The payments adjust on the anniversary date based on the index plus margin named in the note.

While many people think that they only adjust up

Another tool that experienced agents are using to address affordability issues are interest rate buy downs. In recent years, there have not been many buydowns used because interest rates were already very low, but now, more people are considering them again.

A buydown is prepaying the interest on a mortgage at the time of closing to lower the payment for a spe cific period or for the term of the mortgage. Obvious ly, it would be more expensive to buydown the rate for the whole term of the mortgage.

Either the seller or the buyer can buydown the rate and it would be specified in the sales contract. From a practical perspective, sellers in the recent past hav

Ron Taylor

Leonardo Padilla. Photo credit: Herbert Romero

to consider this option because of the high de mand and multiple offers that were commonplace. Now that sales have slowed, and both inventory and market time is increasing, some sellers want to make their homes more marketable and are seeking a competitive advantage.

A common temporary buydown is called a 2/1, which reduces the payment in the first two years of the loan by calculating the borrower’s payment at 2% less than the note rate for the first year and 1% less than the note rate for the second year. Years three through 30, the payment would be the normal payment at the note rate.

A buydown is a fixed-rate, conforming mortgage that the borrower must qualify at the note rate to indicate that borrowers will be able to afford the mortgage after the first two years of lower payments.

As an example, on a $400,000 sales price with a 90% mortgage at 5.54% interest for 30 years, the normal prin cipal and interest payment would be $2,053.08. By using a 2/1 buydown, the payment for the first year would be at 3.54% interest, 2% lower than the note rate, making the payment $1,624.61. T he second year it would be at 4.54% interest, 1% lower than the note rate, making the payment $1,823.63.

The buyer’s payment would be $428.47 lower each month for the first year and $220.45 a month lower for the second year. T he total savings would be $7,787.04, which becomes the cost of the 2/1 buydown. T his amount must be paid at the time of closing by either the seller or the buyer.

The most prevalent providers of buydowns in the past have been builders. It is a concession like paying closing costs or upgrades for the buyer. As sales have started to slow, some builders in particular price ranges and areas are currently considering this benefit to close more sales.

To summarize: a buydown is a fixed-rate mortgage where the interest is prepaid for a period to help the bor rower with lower payments for a time. A 2/1 buydown allows the buyer to have significantly lower payments in the first two years, which will give them time to settle into the house while they can be confident of what the payment will be in years three through 30.

The prepaid interest is deductible for the buyer, even if the seller pays for it. T his is something that the buyer will want to talk about with their tax advisor when they are doing their income tax for that year.

If you are selling a home, talk to your listing agent about this option to increase marketability. If you are a buyer, discuss this as an affordability option. If your agent isn’t familiar with buydowns, ask them to research it with a trusted mortgage officer. Buydowns are legal and have been available for decades. T he determining factor may be whether the market has softened enough that sellers are willing to consider them.

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Capturing

by MIKE MCKENNA

there’s one thing that becoming a parent teach es you, it’s that time really does fly.

It seems like one day your kids are toddlers, the next they’re teenagers and before you know it they’re driving off into adulthood. That’s why it’s so important and invaluable to catch as many spe cial moments as you can.

Becoming a mom is exactly what inspired Jessi ca Jean to get into photography.

“I just wanted to capture everything and every smile and not miss a moment of it,” said Jessica Jean, a mother of three.

Jess, as her friends call her, quickly discovered she had a gift for photography.

“I love being creative and have always had a very artistic side,” Jessica Jean said. “Photography appeals to me because it allows me create some thing on my own that can bring joy to others.”

Family and friends started asking Jess to take portraits for them. So she decided to pursue her passion and enrolled at The Art Institute to study photography. After graduating, she opened up Jes sica Jean Photography in Hailey and has been cap turing those special moments for folks ever since.

Jessica Jean specializes in fine art, newborn, family, and senior portraits, as well as engagement and wedding photography.

“I customize all my sessions to my clients. I re ally enjoy getting to know them so we can create something that is uniquely and creatively them,” she said.

Jess grew up in the Wood River Valley and be ing an avid outdoorswoman has allowed her to really get to know our area well. While she can cover lots of indoor shots at her studio at the Pine Street Station in Hailey, Jess loves finding special outdoor locations for her clients.

“You can’t find more breathtaking views and gorgeous backdrops than you can right here in our valley,” Jess said. “There is so much variety here. It helps to know the valley so intimately.”

The typical session with Jessica Jean involves three stages. First, there’s a consultation where the

goals and ideas of the clients are established. Then there’s the shoot, and then there’s a post-shoot or dering appointment.

“I always aim for my clients to have something tangible and not just a USB,” Jess said. “We’re so busy. It’s so nice to able to pick something up and hand it to the clients to put up on their wall and enjoy for years to come.”

Jessica Jean’s artistic side, technical skills and her compassionate nature make her the perfect person to capture those precious smiles and price less moments that will bring back smiles and fond memories forever.

“It all goes so fast,” Jess said. “I love helping to capture those special moments with people.”

To find out more or book a session, find Jessica Jean Photography on Facebook and Instagram, call (208) 720-7261 or go to HelloImJess.com.

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