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City of Ketchum Speaker Series on Total Solar Eclipse in Ketchum Hear three experts discuss the Great American Eclipse on Saturday, August 19, at 12 p.m. and Sunday, August 20 at 12 p.m. Eclipse chaser Leona Rice, astronomers Carolyn Rankin-Mallory and Jeff Silverman together with Ketchum Mayor Nina Jonas will be sharing insights of the Total Solar Eclipse in Ketchum Town Square. Free copies of the Eclipse Guide for Locals and Visitors will be available at the events and local vendors will be serving food and drinks. Total Solar Eclipse Viewing Party is scheduled for August 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Festival Meadow on Sun Valley Road. Visit ketchumsunvalleyeclipse2017.com for additional information.
Union Contract Negotiations On Thursday, August 17, and Friday, August 18, contract negotiations will take place between the City of Ketchum and Ketchum Firefighters Local #4758. This is a public meeting and will take place on both days from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ketchum City Hall.
General Election on November 7 Three positions are up for election on November 7, 2017; mayor and two city council members. Each position serves a 4-year term. Declarations of Candidacy must be filed with the Ketchum City Clerk at City Hall, 480 East Ave. N. beginning on August 28 and ending on September 8, 2017 at 5 p.m. Please visit ketchumidaho.org/election for information and forms.
Public Notice FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT OVERLAY: City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 4, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Ketchum City Hall to consider permanent adoption of the text amendments to Chapter 17.88, Floodplain Management Overlay, of the zoning code that City Council previouslyenacted on an emergency basis in April 2017.
Public Meetings CITY COUNCIL MEETING Thursday • Aug. 17 • 5:30 pm • City Hall
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A farm is in full ‘Bloom’ near Hailey By MARK DEE
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Out past the high school in Hailey, past the gate, past where Fox Acres Road goes to gravel, then to dust, the floor of Quigley Canyon is turning from green to gold. The wire wheels of rolling sprinklers loiter among the summer barley, lofting rhythmic sprays over the field until it’s ready to be picked, packed and shipped away from Blaine County. Once it goes, it will be leaving behind one of the 10 most expensive counties in the country to buy a meal. But not all the food here is set for market. Along the southern edge, tight to the rising bluff, there’s one fenced-in acre in full flower with crops earmarked to stay put. This is the Bloom Community Farm, a collaboration between The Hunger Coalition and its younger offshoot, Bloom. What’s grown here stays here, supplying produce to the coalition’s mobile food bank, Bloom’s summer food truck—and, through a program called Volunteers for Veggies, the people who help farm it. In its first full season, the weekly yield weighs in between 100 and 200 pounds, depending on what crops are ready to pick. “We’ve harvested a ton since May,” said Lynea Petty, food production manager for The Hunger Coalition. “A literal ton.” What started out as a row of kale in July of last year has grown to include 35 types of vegetables, a greenhouse and a smattering of native flowers to lure in pollinators. “The soil here turns out to be awesome,” Bloom Community Farm Coordinator Abbie Mallory said. “And, we’ve had a lot of help.” That was on display one Saturday in August. Mallory and her staff issued assignments to the dozen volunteers who filtered though. A low morning haze thickened the sunlight to amber, burnishing the canyon walls. Grasshoppers clicked and snapped airborne along the soil. At the far end of the farm, a man worked a broadfork into the beds.
Abbie Mallory harvests eight ball summer squash, one of 35 varieties of plants at the farm. And, quietly, the volunteers went about their work. “Last week, we were weeding,” said Mike McGonigal, who was washing a pile of root vegetables alongside his wife, Mary. “This week, they have us pulling carrots. I guess you’d call that a promotion.” “It’s like therapy for us, doing this,” Mary added, brushing off a bright orange bundle. Nearby, three children stood next to a row of plastic bins, examining the take. That Saturday, it came to five pounds per person for each hour worked. One girl sifted through, and, removing a handful of dark green leaves, talked strategy. The goal: A salad to sell at their lemonade stand. With 15 pounds between them, they’d have plenty to work with. “It’s an opportunity for kids to get involved in the community,” said Jeff Lamoureux, who brought the group along. “But it’s also great to get your hands in the dirt … and this takes a lot of hands.” One of the Bloom’s stated goals is youth involvement. St. Luke’s Wood River and the Blaine County Recreation District have already held camps at the farm this summer. Next semester, Wood River High School—only a quarter mile down the dirt road—plans to use the site as well. But another is the food itself, which The Hunger Coalition says can be hard to come by in the Wood River Valley. The Blaine County Food Assess-
ment Report, a 2015 study commissioned by the coalition, found that about 14 percent of county residents could be considered “food insecure,” meaning they have limited or uncertain access to nutritionally adequate food in a socially acceptable way. That’s right around the most recent available national average of 13.4 percent published by Feeding America, a hunger relief organization. The challenge isn’t availability so much as price: Blaine County has the ninth highest food costs in the country, 1.5 times the national average, according to the USDA. Last year, the Hunger Coalition served 3,537 people, about 17 percent of county residents, said Brooke McKenna, director of operations for the organization. “The whole old-school idea of hunger—‘I’m hungry, I don’t have food’—is out of touch with what we tend to see,” McKenna said. “Food insecurity is a much more fluid concept. We know about that here, because the economy is very seasonal. Someone can have plenty of work in the high seasons, but nothing when we go into slack. “I was born and raised here. It’s not like that’s any different than it was 30 years ago—it was an expensive resort area then, and it is now. But today we have a much more diverse population, and they’re staying year-round.” “There are plenty of stores in Boise with high prices, too,” Food Production Manager Petty added. See Farm, next page
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Ketchum settles with Hailey mayor over property damage Settlement pays Fritz Haemmerle $3,627 By PETER JENSEN Express Staff Writer
The city of Ketchum has settled a claim from Hailey Mayor Fritz Haemmerle over damage to a fence along his property on Topaz Street last winter. The Ketchum City Council voted 3-1 on Dec. 18 to approve the settlement agreement. Councilman Baird Gourlay voted no. Haemmerle claims a city snowplow damaged the fence during heavy snows in the winter of 2016-17. The cost of repairs was $7,255, which the settlement splits on a 50-50 basis. The city will pay Haemmerle and his sister, Reli, $3,627 for the damage. The Haemmerles own the home at 151 Topaz St., which was built by their father, Florian, and mother, Beatrice. Florian Haemmerle was one of the first ski instructors to work at Sun Valley. The city disputes the claim, and the settlement
does not include an admission of wrongdoing, City Attorney Matthew Johnson said. Funding for the settlement will be paid out of the city’s budget contingency, according to a staff report. Gourlay objected to the agreement. “This is ridiculous,” he said. “There were about four rails that were damaged on a 30-year-old fence.”
Smith reappointed The Ketchum City Council has reappointed Planning and Zoning Commissioner Erin Smith to a new term. The council voted Dec. 18 to extend Smith’s service on the commission until 2020. Smith works as an attorney, and has been serving on the commission since 2014.
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Seller is chomping at the ‘Bit’ Penthouse listed in Bitcoin is a valley first The seller, who Rheinschild identified only as an “international businessman,” clearly wants a piece. Express Staff Writer “He thinks on a much bigger scale than 83340,” A fresh listing is bringing Ketchum’s real-estate she said. market into a new era, bit by “Bit.” In reality, though, “cash or cash-equivalent” The four-bed, four-bath downtown penthouse transactions aren’t that rare in the high-end real will cost a buyer $2.4 million—or, as of Tuesday estate market. afternoon, 155 Bitcoins. Trades—"I’ll give you my yacht for your villa”— That could all change by the time this story hits or add-ons happen often, Rheinschild said, just as the presses. Bitcoin, a digital “cryptocurrency” a farmer may include his tractor to sweeten the with no central bank or sale of a field. In those administering nation, situations, the broker is incredibly volatile. and title fees are typiLast Friday, as the cally handled in cash; property was listed, though it’s up to the its value fell 30 percent parties involved, that before breakfast. will likely be the case Pam Rheinschild “That falls at the here, too. Sun Valley real estate agent feet of the seller,” said Bitcoin transacPam Rheinschild of Sotheby’s, who is listing the tions are growing in the real estate market. Since property. “If he gets his bag of coins and tomorrow there’s no need to convert the currency, it’s espeit’s worth nothing, it’s his risk.” cially used when buyers and sellers cross national Don’t expect Bitcoin’s wild swings to produce a borders. Whether the trend continues in the Wood screaming bargain: The asking price is still fixed River Valley remains to be seen—but Rheinschild to the dollar amount. Still, it’s thought to be the first said she wouldn’t be surprised. property in the valley asking for the digital currency, “I once negotiated a cat into a contract. It was which has exploded in popularity—and price—over part of the deal,” she said. “So, why not Bitcoin?” the past year. Even with Friday’s regression, it’s up Mark Dee: mdee@mtexpress.com some 1,600 percent in the past 12 months.
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Virginia surgeon comes to Ketchum Dr. Gene Branum will join practice By EXPRESS STAFF
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Dr. Gene Branum isn’t new at his job as a general surgeon. However, he is new to the Sun Valley area. On Jan. 2, Branum will join Dr. Ralph Campanale at his Ketchum office as Campanale begins to transition out of his independent surgical practice that has spanned 30 years. Campanale said he searched a long time to find a highly skilled surgeon who would also appreciate the area’s mountain environs and people. Branum was a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Virginia in Harrisonburg, Va. He was also a clinical surgeon with Harrisonburg Surgical Associates. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and was inducted into the Southern Surgical Association. Branum was on the faculty of the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Ga., where he was the chief of general surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital for five years and part of the founding faculty of the Emory University Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery. There, he and his colleagues developed and advanced techniques of laparoscopic and minimally
invasive abdominal solid organ and foregut surgery. He was course director for the third-year medical student clerkship for five years, was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society and was an honorary member of the graduating class of 2001. For the past 18 years, he has been active in Predisan, a Honduran medical mission organization. Branum graduated from Duke University of Medicine in 1986. He began his surgical training at Duke Medical Center and spent two years in hepatobiliary research, studying liver function after ischemia and reperfusion injury, and biliary function after liver transplantation. He finished his chief residency in 1993 specializing in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, with a special interest in esophagus, hiatal hernia, and anti-reflux surgery. He grew up in East Texas and graduated from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, in 1982 where he was student government president and an all-American football player. He won a small college national championship with a late-game 57-yard field goal in 1981. He is an avid outdoorsman He and his wife of 34 years, Mary Ann, enjoy reading, hiking and spending time with their daughters and family.
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AROUND TOWN Caritas Chorale seeks singers for upcoming season Caritas Chorale, the valley’s volunteer community choir, is looking for singers to join its ranks for its upcoming 2017-18 season. The chorale will begin rehearsing for its holiday concerts on Monday, Oct. 9, at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church on Sun Valley Road at 6:30 p.m. Anyone with an interest in singing in a community chorus is encouraged to attend, and no auditions are required to be part of the group. The chorale is preparing for two holiday concerts: the popular annual Holiday Sing-Along, which benefits The Hunger Coalition, and a holiday concert featuring the chorale and Wood River Community Orchestra. Valley musician and director R.L. Rowsey conducts the chorale. “R.L. knows how to get the most out of the choir. He makes each rehearsal an enjoyable musical experience,” said chorale President Richard Stahl. For more information, email caritassunvalley@ yahoo.com.
Connecting clothing to memories Local actors to perform ‘Love, Loss, and What I Wore’ in Ketchum
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Cherie Kessler, Courtney Loving, Claudia McCain and Aly Wepplo will star in a production of Nora Ephron’s “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” to be held upstairs at Whiskey Jacques’ starting Wednesday, Oct. 11.
‘Numinous’ to screen at Winter Kickoff Party Sturvevants in Sun Valley will host a screening of the ski film “Numinous” on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets, available at Sturtevants, are $10 for ages 20 and under and $15 for ages 21 and over. There will be complimentary wine and beer for those 21 or older. The evening also will include a slideshow from Sun Valley’s 2016-17 winter season. “Numinous” was filmed in British Columbia and features skiers and snowboarders Kye Petersen, Matty Richard, Logan Pehota, Pep Fujas, Ryland Bell, Tatum Monod, Chris Rubens, Callum Pettit, Dane Tudor and Wiley Miller.
Taylor Scott Band to play at Whiskey Jacques’ Whiskey Jacques’ on Main Street in Ketchum will host Denver-based soul/jam group Taylor Scott Band on Friday, Oct. 6, at 10 p.m. The doors open at 9 p.m. and there is a $5 cover charge. Taylor Scott is an international touring guitarist and singer-songwriter who has toured with blues legend Otis Taylor. The band’s second album, “A Closer Look, the Second Glance,” was released in 2015.
Botanical Garden to host final tours of the year The Sawtooth Botanical Garden will celebrate the end of summer and the Trailing of the Sheep Festival with free guided tours of its most popular gardens. Two daily tours will be offered Wednesday through Sunday, Oct. 4-8. Morning tours highlight the Garden of Infinite Compassion, which features a rare Tibetan prayer wheel constructed at the Dalai Lama’s monastery in India. Afternoon tours feature the Garden of the Five Senses, Montane Garden and perennial beds.
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ome of the most important events in people’s lives are closely linked to what clothes they wore—weddings and funerals being a couple of the most obvious, but even events like school dances, Girl Scouts outings or first dates can be tied to clothing. Writer and playwright Nora Ephron, along with her sister Delia, captured the connection between people’s most important memories and the clothes they wore in their 2008 play
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Director of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman. Sawtooth Productions and Sun Valley Performing Arts will bring the play to the stage upstairs at Whiskey
Jacques’ on Main Street in Ketchum from Oct. 11-16 at 7:30 p.m. each night. The doors will open at 6 p.m. each night with food and drink service before and after the show. Last food orders will be at 7 p.m. Opening night on Oct. 11 will be Ladies Night with drink specials for all the women in attendance. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at 208-7269124. Tickets can also be purchased at the door each night of the show. The all-female cast comprises local actors Claudia McCain, Courtney LovSee LOVE, LOSS, Page 3
Foreign policy expert to speak at library Daniel Benaim is a specialist in U.S. policy in the Middle East By ANDY KERSTETTER Express Staff Writer
The Community Library at 415 Spruce Ave. in Ketchum will host an evening with Daniel Benaim, a senior fellow at American Progress, tonight, Oct. 4, from 6-7:30 p.m. The program is presented in partnership with the Boise Committee on Foreign Relations. Benaim will discuss his research of U.S. policy in the Middle East. He is a visiting lecturer at New York University who previously served as a Middle East policy adviser and foreign policy speechwriter at the White House, the Department of State and the U.S. Senate. He was also an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Until June 2015, he was foreign policy speechwriter and Middle East adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden, traveling with the vice president to 25 countries. Before that, he wrote speeches for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Deputy Sec-
retaries Bill Burns and Tom Nides and served as a member of Clinton’s policy planning staff covering Egypt. Benaim also has been a professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chief speechwriter to former Sen. John Kerry and a detailee to the National Security Council staff. Additionally, he designed and taught a graduate speechwriting course at George Washington University. Benaim’s writings on behalf of government officials have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Foreign Affairs. Publications under his own name include the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe and The American Prospect. He received his M.A. in law and diplomacy from The Fletcher School and his B.A. in English literature from Yale University. He is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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