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June 27 - July 3, 2007 l Vol. 5 Issue 26
Bear euthanized in GTNP
New arch complete 20
Square returns to normal
Town goes green 21
Power from Strawberry Creek
Fire season
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1,200+ acres in flames
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Western Weekend 27
Remington, Russelll revisited
Teton Valley Fest 28
Hot air balloons and more
Food News
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Couloir opens at the Village
Music Box
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Songwriter’s Alley Vol. II
ArtBeat
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NMWA auction raises $54,000
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Bear activity possible
anywhere in park
It’s summer in Grand Teton National
Park, and in addition to increased people
traffic in and around the park, there is also
increased bear traffic.
Black bears have always inhabited the
park, though Public Affairs Officer Jackie
Skaggs notes that specific population numbers are unknown. Grizzly bears, on the
other hand, are more recent visitors and
their population is on the rise.
“Many people who’ve been here for
years may not think of us as a grizzly
park,” Skaggs said. “They may think of
Yellowstone and Glacier.” But, she warns,
anywhere throughout the park can be considered grizzly country.
Through recovery efforts associated with
the Endangered Species Act, grizzlies have
returned to Grand Teton National Park
and have led park staff to step up informational and educational campaigns about
safety in bear country.
“We just have a lot of bears throughout
the park that can be in close proximity to
people,” Skaggs said, noting that bears frequent both front and backcountry campgrounds and lodge areas. “The trick is to
manage people’s behavior as much as to
try to avoid bears becoming habituated to
people or food-conditioned.”
The park announced the new campaign
in late May, and this year required backcountry users to carry food storage canisters.
But, despite efforts to educate people
about proper use guidelines and regulations in bear country, encounters still
occur. Last Friday, park biologists decided
to euthanize a black bear that had been
collared on June 5. The 3- to 4-year-old
bear had pushed against windows at Jenny
Lake Lodge and scaled a six-foot fence
near the kitchen before bluff charging
rangers who had been called to the scene.
“We never take a decision to euthanize a
bear lightly,” Superintendent Mary Gibson
Scott said in a press release. “It is unfortunate and frustrating that food rewards and
habituation to people have caused this
bear to become food-conditioned and
aggressive. Bears generally pose a safety
concern only after they start to associate
people and their activities with easily
obtained food.”
Skaggs reminds people that food and
backpacks should never be left unattended,
even for a few seconds. Ice chests and coolers should only be removed from vehicles
during food preparation and promptly
returned inside the vehicle afterwards. She
also encourages all backcountry users to
carry bear pepper spray and to keep it
accessible and know how to use it, and to
hike in groups.
“You should refrain from hiking in dawn
and dusk hours,” Skaggs said, adding that
bears can be active any time, “but because
of low light, a hiker may not pick up on the
presence of the bear.”
If you should encounter a bear, do not run.
Stand your ground and back up slowly, putting your hands over your hand and speaking
to the bear in a calm, soothing voice.
For more information on bear activity,
stop by the Moose Visitors Center.
— Melanie Stein
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After housing assessment,
boards eye next steps
Though no action has been taken, and
some town councilors and county commissioners are yet reluctant to plant themselves firmly in favor of any course of
action, the town and county’s Joint
Information Board is poised to move forward to address Jackson Hole’s work
force housing needs.
Last week saw the final installment of
the Housing Authority’s housing needs
assessment, which brought to a head the
findings and recommendations from the
housing study done by a private consulting group and unveiled to the public in
January.
“It was good to finally get some feedback
so we could start being productive,”
Housing Authority Executive Director
Christine Walker said following the
Thursday meeting.
One idea proposed in the housing needs
assessment is increasing the housing mitigation rate required of residential and commercial developers from 15 percent to up
to 25 percent. By that formula, developers
would have to increase by 66 percent
either the deed-controlled affordable housing they provide or the fee they pay in lieu
of housing.
City Councilor Bob Lenz was one of five
board members in attendance on
Thursday. He called the mitigation
increase “the most compelling idea” to
come out of the meetings.
County Commissioner Hank Phibbs
feels a dire housing situation should be
addressed with some expediency; “This is
an urgent community issue that needs
public discussion: Should town and coun-
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much land as they can bank?” he asked,
noting it is yet unclear if that approach
would yield results more immediately than
a hike in the housing mitigation required
of developers.
Mayor Mark Barron said that the assessment provided “a good review with simple,
broad strokes.” Reluctant to opine more
specifically on what measures might be
taken to create affordable housing in
Jackson Hole, the mayor repeated that the
joint board would probably “look at
increasing our [required mitigation] from
15 percent to something a little more
aggressive.”
He declined to speculate on what kind of
public opposition might mobilize against
such a measure.
— Ben Cannon
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might gladly sacrifice their meager
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anti-doping climate that will only survive
if it is reward driven. Currently, riders
are punished if they are found guilty.
The sport has to switch to a system
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A tale of two newsmakers
It’s interesting to compare the content and tone of two of the
big newsmakers in this week’s edition of Planet Jackson Hole.
On the one hand, you have Dr. John Barrasso, who on Friday
was selected by Gov. Dave Freudenthal to fill the seat in the U.S.
Senate left vacant by the death of Sen. Craig Thomas. In this
week’s interview with the Planet’s Melanie Stein, the orthopedic
surgeon from Casper was obviously excited and probably a little
nervous. He was effusive in his praise and gratitude for to the
state’s Republican Central Committee, the governor, and the
process by which he came to be selected. But he also took great
pains to avoid getting into too many specifics when it comes to
how he feels about the issues facing the country and Wyoming.
No doubt that’s a wise move on his part: He is, after all, venturing into the political gridiron, and it wouldn’t serve him well
to let too many other players see his playbook. Nonetheless, as a
constituent, it’s more than a little frustrating not to know more
about his stand on the War in Iraq, immigration, the environment, energy and countless other challenges we face. Lacking
details, one is tempted to make assumptions, but that is fraught
with many obvious perils.
On the other hand, you will read about Barry Reiswig, the outgoing manager of the National Elk Refuge, who after 11 years of
being force-fed policy dreamed up in Washington, D.C., finally
finds himself free to say just what lousy policy it is and always
has been. While Reiswig’s position is not an elected one (for that
matter, Barrasso wasn’t elected, either), it obviously is a political
one. One wishes he had spoken out earlier with the candor with
which he speaks to Ben Cannon in today’s cover story, but one
also can easily imagine him finding himself in caught in political
games, too – with his charges, the elk of the Jackson Hole herd,
as the ball.
The contrast between the two men couldn’t be more striking:
the one on his way to the hallowed halls, where every word that
comes out of his mouth will be parsed and examined for hidden
meaning or even the whiff of suggestion, the other not worrying
about whether the door hits him in the ass on his way out.
Sometimes I think it would be nice if we all had the opportunity and the courage to be so frank all of the time. Other times, it’s
obvious that in this day and age, no one can be too careful with
what he or she says.
LETTERS
Reducing my
carbon footprint
All of us must change our behavior if we
are to succeed in addressing climate change.
— Governor Dave Freudenthal
My goal is to ride the bus for six to eight
out of 10 weekly trips from my home in
Wilson to my office in Jackson. I will
accomplish this by driving my truck to
work on Monday morning and leaving it in
town until Friday evening. The benefits are
both environmental and financial with the
soaring price of gas. I walk to Nora’s Fish
Creek from my home in Wilson to catch
the bus at 7:15 or 8:15 in the morning, and
I am able to be at work thirty minutes later,
which takes only ten minutes longer than
driving. My return is either at 5:15 or 6:15
in the evening. The bus system is one way
in which I can alleviate my carbon footprint and help sustain the beauty of
Wyoming.
A six-month pass is $125, which my
office, Hawtin Jorgensen Architects, has
agreed to pay for the year. Obviously, $250
on bus passes is immensely cheaper than
gas and maintenance on a personal vehicle.
My truck uses about one gallon per round
trip, but by riding the bus I save around 4
gallons (80 lbs of carbon dioxide) per
week, which multiplied by 52 week per
year is 208 gallons (4,160 lbs of carbon
dioxide) of gasoline not being burned. This
is 416 less trips on Highway 22 per year,
and I am only one rider from Wilson. What
if 25 more residents were to join me? That
would be 5,200 fewer gallons (104,000 lbs
of carbon dioxide) of gas being burned and
10,400 fewer trips on Highway 22 per year.
I still use my truck for out of town job
site visits during the day, however in town
my office supplies 3 town bikes and there O
is always the possibility to walk to down- n
town locations. Along with the environ- ■
mental and financial benefits this also t
reduces my stress in busy Jackson during g
the summer because I never have to worry c
about finding a parking place. If I continue t
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to make my carbon footprint smaller and
b
smaller, then hopefully my three children
e
and their children will have a healthy envi- m
ronment for years to come. Begin reducing
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by joining me on the START Bus. The ride
is lonely, so hopefully I’ll get some company soon!
Randy Sales
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Correction please!
If Jake Nichols is going to use derogatory descriptions to describe architect’s and
engineer’s presentations skills at a Town
Council meeting, please ASSURE that
you are condemning the proper individual.
Mr. Nichols used my name in his article
(Council Chronicles, Planet Jackson
Hole, June 20), and unfortunately I have
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE EDEN PROJECT AND WAS
NOT EVEN IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS
PORTION OF THE MEETING. Truly the
meeting must have been so boring that Mr.
Nichols fell asleep and confused me with
someone else. I was present for a brief
final plat approval for a different project
that wasn’t covered in his report. I enjoy
your publication, but his carelessness has
cast doubt on his accuracy and ethics.
As quoted: “Engineer Amy Ramage further dragged down the proceedings,
demonstrating how the 52-footer fits into
the Comp Plan. Time stood still. The air
conditioning turned stale. Minute taker
Devries began taking hours.”
Wow, it will take me a while to explain
this one to my friends and clients…
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One-sided
We believe it is important that the values
and views of all Wyoming voters be consulted, to the extent possible, in the selection of
the replacement of the late Sen. Craig
Thomas. The new selection process has
been a one-sided conversation that has provided for a small group of Republicans to
select three individuals, one of whom will
be Wyoming’s next U.S. Senator. The electorate and the state should have a more public and balanced conversation and awareness of the pressing issues that will face a
newly appointed Senator for Wyoming.
The political urgency for Wyoming
Democrats is heightened by what may not
be considered as an engaged two-party discussion of issues. This selection process is
its first Wyoming test since Wyoming’s legislative enactment in
see LETTERS page 12
BEST OF THE BLOG
On “Selection process for
new senator in Wyoming”
■ Bipartisan? Maybe. It’s about as partisan and as undemocratic as you can
get – party leaders nominate the most
chummy, partisan nominees. They know
that the other side will necessarily pick
the most liberal of the three. It’s
bulls**t. The nominees certainly weren’t
elected – they were just the best party
members the committee could find.
On “Rep. Gingery’s thoughts
on our new Wyoming senator”
■ I have worked with Dr. Barrasso in
the Wyoming Legislature the past
three years. We have co-sponsored a
few bills together. John is very meticulous with his bill drafting. He definitely
dots every “i” and crosses every “t.”
He is always very calm and even headed during debates in committee. The
best way to describe John is to say
that he has empathy. He sees the big
picture and realizes that our actions in
the Legislature affect people’s every
day lives. He sees lawmaking as a
means to alleviate suffering and hardship on our Wyoming families. John is
a member of that rare breed that still
sends handwritten notes to his friends.
Whenever I did something in the paper,
or when my daughter was born, he
would send a handwritten note. In this
day and age of email, it is refreshing to
still get handwritten notes from people.
I hope he keeps that practice up in the
U.S. Senate.
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Why be
pro-life?
The LORD said, “Speak up for those who cannot
speak for themselves…Rescue those being led away
to death...” (Proverbs 31:8 and 24:11)
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good
men to do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)
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WILD LIVES
by Brooke Williams
Real space or MySpace
I spent last Thursday and Friday in tion waste. In terms of scenic beauty and
Washington D.C. at the National Forum wildness, it wasn’t much but it was all I
on Children and Nature. This forum is needed. I’m sure my mother didn’t think
the latest action in response to Richard twice about our spending every summer
Louv’s ground-breaking book, “Last day in that field. If she worried at all, it was
Child in the Woods: Saving our Children a small price to pay to have us out of her
hair and on our own. For me, Tetanus
from Nature Deficit Disorder.”
While the book (and the millions of shots, sprained ankles, and the regular bites
hours of debate and conversation it and stings were the cost of freedom.
I remember an abandoned road grader,
inspired) clearly outlines the problems
waist-high tumbleweeds and
resulting from fewer and fewer
billions of grasshoppers that
children getting outside, the
Staying
we caught and tortured
forum was created by the
indoors in
shamelessly. I could draw a
Conservation Fund to encourfront of their
map of it right now, each
age projects that show promdetail with a dozen stories
ise in reversing this trend. The
computers
attached to it – some real,
forum was made up of leaders
glued to
many imagined. I remember
representing the broadest posMySpace...
the musty smell inside our
sible spectrum of disciplines:
is making our
best hut (a deep hole covered
architects, developers, social
by discarded plywood, a plasscientists, educators, gardenchildren more
tic tarp and dirt); the giant
ers, nutritionists, biologists
obese, more
spiders and lizards we considand anthropologists. (Jack
hyperactive,
ered our pets; the Easter
Shea and Doug Wachob from
less able to
chicks and gold fish we
the Teton Science Schools
concentrate...
buried there. I remember the
were there.)
colors and the heat and how
Staying indoors in front of
exploring the “uncharted”
their computers glued to
MySpace, Facebook or one I just found out north east corner was an all-day commitabout – Second Life (where participants ment. Most of all I remember when I
can create their ideal albeit virtual life in walked through the gate at the back of my
case their first life isn’t turning out the way yard, I was entering my own unique
they want) is making our children more world.
A lot has changed since those summers
obese, more hyperactive, less able to concentrate, etc. This generation of children in the early sixties. Today, mothers are
may be the first in modern times to have a afraid to let their kids roam all day alone.
shorter average life span than their par- And most of the fields are gone, turned
into shopping centers or subdivisions.
ents.
If kids don’t go outside, they won’t What are kids supposed to do today for
learn to love nature, which is the first that “unstructured” time in nature in
step toward wanting to conserve it. today’s society? Assuming we find them
Environmentalists are worried about who those safe fields, can real space hope to
will lead the movement in the future if replace MySpace?
The National Forum on Children and
today’s kids don’t care.
This subject has had me wondering Nature seems to be the necessary step
about my own history. I was a Boy Scout, for answering these questions. I’ll keep
but a bad one. In fact I hated scouting. you posted.
I’ll be going back to that field the next
Louv talks about a child needing
“unstructured” time in nature. Scouting time I’m in Salt Lake. It will be a pilgrimage, of sorts. I don’t expect it to be how I
is all about structure.
My love of nature began with the field remember it, but something happened
behind my house. If you’ve been to R.E.I. in there that led me here to the Tetons and the
Salt Lake City, you’ve probably driven by it work I’m doing now. Maybe I’ll learn what
– west of the two reservoirs off of I-215, it was.
Email me any ideas you might have to
just north of 33rd South. It seemed huge by
kid standards, a place where people help children get back to nature.
dumped their grass clippings and construc- [email protected]
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JACKSON HOLE U.S.A.
by Bill Sniffin
GOP future revealed last week
Is it my imagination or has the state future candidates for the party.
The selection process can end up being
Republican Central Committee shifted its
focus from conservative to moderate? a beauty contest, with whoever is glib, or
With 40 of its 71 members new, it is easy politically correct or pretty getting the
to perceive fewer members of the old most attention. Our only hope is the people doing the selecting will look beyond
guard present.
This sea change starts with its new this format to find out who really has the
chairman, Fred Parady of Rock Springs. depth to handle the job. The committee
Mr. Parady touts his conservative creden- achieved that goal this time around.
Mr. Sansonetti and Dr. Barrasso were
tials but his record shows a man with a
very progressive agenda. A look back at the best in answering the questions and so
the process really worked in
the near-record number of
The selection
getting the best two candibills he sponsored when
process can
dates the most votes. Just one
Speaker of the House reveals a
vote separated them.
man on a mission. And this end up being a
Third was Ms. Lummis, who
moderate-to-progressive
beauty contest,
was forthright and knowledgenature is ref lected in the
able. Fourth was former U. S.
make-up of this newly consti- with whoever is
glib, or
Attorney Matt Mead who may
tuted central committee, too.
have stumbled on the abortion
Some of the more conservapolitically
question but otherwise fared
tive members might worry that
correct or
well. Former State Rep. Ron
although the committee has
pretty getting
Micheli, was fifth and was
seemingly gained a heart it
the most
probably the biggest surprise
may have lost its soul in the
among the 31 candidates.
process.
attention.
There were others who
That committee named its
made a good impression
three selectees to replace the
late U. S. Senator Craig Thomas. The should they want to get involved in the
selectees, which included State Senator future of Wyoming politics. Two people
John Barrasso of Casper, former State that I was surprised did not participate in
Treasurer Cynthia Lummis of Cheyenne this but who may very well compete in
and former GOP state chairman Tom future candidacies were Bill Winney of
Sansonetti of Cheyenne, all fit this moder- Cheyenne and Diemer True of Casper. It
is also easy to envision Mr. Parady being a
ate mode.
On Friday, Gov. Dave Freudenthal statewide candidate in the near future as
picked State Sen. John Barrasso for the his stock has gone up.
One of the unknown of the 31 candipost from the list of three. It could be
argued that all three represent the moder- dates said he was there because he “was
ate/progressive
wing
of
today’s compelled by God” and another said he
Republican Party, despite their individual had spent his life as a mechanic, which
allowed for him to make one of the most
claims of their conservatism.
On a personal note, I had not anticipat- knowledgeable answers when it came to
ed Mr. Sansonetti as the front-runner but auto pollution.
Another candidate said he did not know
had forgotten that he was once Sen.
who Sen. Harry Reid was. Bad answer.
Thomas’ chief of staff.
As a former statewide Republican candi- Sen. Reid is the Senate Majority Leader.
date, I was glad to see some other folks Another mistook Iran for Iraq.
The organizers of the forum did a fine
who impressed me during that 2002 run.
Two men stood out from that campaign, job with a complicated process. Any of the
Clark Stith of Rock Springs and Paul three picked would have been a competent
Kruse of Cheyenne. Both did very well senator. Ultimately, tt was up to Gov.
during the televised forum and could be Dave Freudenthal to make the final call.
Bill Sniffin is a long-time Wyoming journalist from Lander and the author of two books,
“High Altitudes, Low Multitudes” and “The Best Part of America.”
His email is [email protected].
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Looks like more warm and dry weather for Jackson Hole for
the rest of this week, which is not good news for the current
drought conditions we are experiencing – not just here, but
throughout much of the western U.S.
There is some good news to the north and northwest of us,
where Washington State, the Idaho Panhandle and all of
Montana have no drought conditions. To the southwest,
though, over the Great Basin and most of California, the
drought is as bad or worse than western Wyoming.
In Jackson Hole, we have received only about 3.50 inches of
precipitation in the first six months of 2007. The average for
the first half of the year is 8.29 inches, which means we
stand at about 42 percent of our normal precipitation to date.
Our annual precipitation is 15.90 inches in Jackson, which
means we will need another foot of water in the next six
months just to break even this year. Not
impossible, but highly unlikely.
Therefore, our moderate to severe
drought conditions will likely persist or
intensify in the coming summer months.
JUNE 27, 1007
What is it normally like in
Jackson this week?
AVERAGE
HIGH
AVERAGE
LOW
78°F
38°F
Normal June
Precipitation:
Normal June
Snowfall:
1.65 inches
0.1 inch
What it can be like in
Jackson this week:
RECORD
HIGH
RECORD
LOW
92°F
24°F
June 27, 1990
June 30, 1963
Wettest June ever:
4.82 inches (1967)
Snowiest June ever:
5 inches (1973)
Information provided by meteorologist Jim Woodmencey
www.mountainweather.com at the base of the Tetons
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NATIONAL OPINION
by Ahmed Yousef
What Hamas wants
GAZA CITY — The events in Gaza officials from Fatah were negotiating in
over the last few days have been good faith. There were attempts on
described in the West as a coup. In Haniya’s life last week, and eventually we
essence, they have been the opposite. were forced into trying to take control of
Eighteen months ago, our Hamas Party a very dangerous situation in order to
won the Palestinian parliamentary elec- provide political stability and establish
tions and entered office under Prime law and order.
The streets of Gaza are now calm for
Minister Ismail Haniya but never
received the handover of real power from the first time in a very long time. We
Fatah, the losing party. The Palestinian have begun disarming some of the drug
dealers and the armed gangs
president, Mahmoud Abbas,
and we hope to restore a
has now tried to replace the
Our stated
sense of security and safety
winning Hamas government
aim when we
to the citizens of Gaza. We
with one of his own, returning
won the
want to get children back to
Fatah to power while many of
election was
school, get basic services
our elected members of
to effect
functioning again and proParliament languish in Israeli
vide long-term economic
jails. That is the real coup.
reform, end
gains for our people.
From the day Hamas won
corruption
Our stated aim when we won
the general elections in 2006
and bring
the election was to effect
it offered Fatah the chance of
economic
reform, end corruption and
joining forces and forming a
bring economic prosperity to
unity government. It tried to
prosperity to
our people. Our sole focus is
engage the international comour people.
Palestinian rights and good
munity to explain its platform
governance. We now hope to
for peace. It has consistently
create a climate of peace and
offered a 10-year cease-fire
tranquility within our commuwith the Israelis to try to create an atmosphere of calm in which we nity that will pave the way for an end to
resolve our differences. Hamas even internal strife and bring about the release
adhered to a unilateral cease-fire for 18 of the British journalist Alan Johnston,
months in an effort to normalize the situ- whose kidnapping in March by non-Hamas
ation on the ground. None of these members is a stain on the reputation of the
points appear to have been recognized in Palestinian people.
We reject attempts to divide Palestine
the press coverage of the last few days.
Nor has it been evident to many people into two parts and to pass Hamas off as
in the West that the civil unrest in Gaza an extreme and dangerous force. We conand the West Bank has been precipitated tinue to believe that there is still a chance
by the American and Israeli policy of to establish a long-term truce. But this
arming elements of the Fatah opposition will not happen unless the international
who want to attack Hamas and force us community fully engages with Hamas.
Any further attempts to marginalize us,
from office. For 18 months we have tried
to find ways to coexist with Fatah, enter- starve our people into submission or attack
ing into a unity government, even conced- us militarily will prove that the United
ing key positions in the cabinet to their States and Israeli governments are not genand international demands, negotiating uinely interested in seeing an end to the
up until the last moment to try to provide violence. Dispassionate observers over the
security for all of our people on the next few weeks will be able to make up
their own minds as to each side’s true
streets of Gaza.
Sadly, it became apparent that not all intentions.
Ahmed Yousef is the political adviser to Ismail Haniya,
who became the Palestinian prime minister last year.
c.2007 The New York Times Distributed by The New York Times Syndicate.
www.planetjh.com
NATIONAL OPINION
by George Will
Free speech or hate crime?
WASHINGTON — Marriage is the foun- technique by which America’s growing ranks
dation of the natural family and sustains of self-appointed speech police expand their
family values. That sentence is inflamma- reach: They wait until groups they disagree
tory, perhaps even a hate crime.
with, such as GNEA, are provoked to
At least it is in Oakland, Calif. That respond to them in public debates, then they
city’s government says those words itali- persecute them for annoying those to whom
cized here constitute something akin to they are responding. In Oakland, this dialechate speech, and can be proscribed from tic of censorship proceeded on a reasonable
the government’s open e-mail system and premise joined to a preposterous theory.
employee bulletin board.
The premise is that city officials are entitled
Predictably, the ineffable 9th U.S. to maintain workplace order and decorum.
Circuit Court of Appeals has
The theory is that government
Effectively,
ratified this abridgement of
supervisors have such unbridled
First Amendment protections.
power of prior restraint on
the city has
Fortunately, overturning the proscribed any
speech in the name of protecting
9th Circuit is steady work for
order and decorum that they can
speech that
the U.S. Supreme Court.
nullify the First Amendment by
even one
Some
African-American
declaring that even the mild text
person might
Christian women working for
of the GNEA flier is inherently
Oakland’s government organ- say questioned
disruptive.
ized the Good News Employee
The flier supposedly violated
the gay rights
Association (GNEA), which
the city regulation prohibiting
agenda...
they announced with a flier
“discrimination and/or harassdescribing their group as “a
ment based on sexual orientaforum for people of Faith to
tion.” The only cited disruption
express their views on the conwas one lesbian’s complaint that
temporary issues of the day.
the flier made her feel “targeted”
With respect for the Natural
and “excluded.” So anyone has
Family, Marriage and Family Values.”
the power to be a censor just by saying someThe flier was distributed after other one’s speech has hurt his or her feelings.
employees’ groups, including those advoUnless the speech is “progressive.” If
cating gay rights, had advertised their GNEA claimed it felt “excluded” by advopolitical views and activities on the city’s cacy of the gay rights agenda, would that
e-mail system and bulletin board. When advocacy have been suppressed? Of
the GNEA asked for equal opportunity to course not – although GNEA’s members
communicate by that system and that could plausibly argue that the city’s
board, they were denied. Furthermore, the speech police have created a “hostile
flier they posted was taken down and workplace environment” against them.
destroyed by city officials, who declared it
A district court affirmed the city’s right to
“homophobic” and disruptive.
impose speech regulations that are patently
The city government said the flier was not content neutral. It said the GNEA’s
“determined” to promote harassment speech interest – the flier – is “vanishingly
based on sexual orientation. The city small.” GNEA, in its brief asking the U.S.
warned that the flier and communications Supreme Court to intervene, responds that
like it could result in disciplinary action some of the high court’s seminal First
“up to and including termination.”
Amendment rulings have concerned small
Effectively, the city has proscribed any matters, such the wearing of a T-shirt, standspeech that even one person might say ing on a soapbox, holding a picket sign and
questioned the gay rights agenda and “other simple forms of expression.”
therefore created what that person felt was
Congress is currently trying to enact yet
a “hostile environment.” This, even though another “hate crime” law that would
gay rights advocates used the city’s com- authorize enhanced punishments for
munication system to advertise “Happy crimes committed because of, among other
Coming Out Day.” Yet the terms “natural things, sexual orientation. A coalition of
family,” “marriage” and “family values” are African-American clergy, the High Impact
considered intolerably inflammatory.
Leadership Coalition, opposes this, fearing
The treatment of GNEA illustrates one it might be used “to muzzle the church.”
George Will’s e-mail address is [email protected].
(c) 2007, Washington Post Writers Group
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STARS AND MOONS
(M)ASS Ensemble
I took my kids to Bill Close’s Earth Harp and
MASS Ensemble concert this weekend at Snow
King. I had been anticipating this for a long time.
But while the Earth Harp instrument, with its yards
of cable strapped to the hillside, was awe-inspiring and cool to
look at, and the musicianship of the band was right on, the
showy Vegas-style showmanship was a disappointment.
Close brought along two scantily clad girls to front the
band. They gyrated, strutted and stroked their stuff
throughout the night. The interaction between Close and
his “girls” reminded me too much of David Copperfield,
and the mix of New Age music and go-go moves was actually humorous. The lead singer, while talented, was
annoyingly affected, and the other girl made some suggestive moves with those big cables that raised some eyebrows. What next? A lap dance?
Close should have concentrated on the music and beautiful surroundings, not the beautiful girls. This act is perhaps better suited for a Vegas strip club.
— Mary Grossman
Satisfaction at last
Living in a place where dropping $1,000 on a purse
or $5 million on a second (or third) home is a daily
occurrence, I take comfort in the fact that our East
Coast counterparts have drawn the line on profligacy.
A Washington, D.C., judge ruled Monday that no pair of
pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit against a
neighborhood dry cleaner that allegedly lost a man’s suit
pants and tried to replace them with a pair that were not his.
You’ve heard the story: Roy L. Pearson, an administrative law judge, initially sued the owners of Custom
Cleaners for $67 million, based on a city consumer pro-
tection law that fines $1,500 per violation per day and
collects damages for inconvenience, as well as mental
anguish and attorney’s fees (which in this case Pearson
would have pocketed for representing himself). Pearson
argued that the “Satisfaction Guaranteed” sign in the
cleaner’s window implied a contract that was not kept.
District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff
was not having it. “A reasonable consumer would not interpret ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’ to mean that a merchant is
required to satisfy a customer’s unreasonable demands,” the
judge wrote. Bartnoff ordered Pearson to pay $1,000 in court
costs to the defendants; the recovery of the tens of thousands
of dollars they spent in attorney fees will be considered later.
Thank you Judge Bartnoff, for not allowing this doofus
to take advantage of the very legal system he swore to
respect and abide by.
— Lucille Rice
LOCAL FISHING REPORT WEEK OF JUNE 27, 2007
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Snake River – We
continue to see the
big stoneflies moving around in the lower
river. Rogue Golden Stones,
Turk’s, any Chernobyl Ant variation will get
some attention. Drop a beadhead sparkle nymph, prince, hare’s
ear or copper John about 18”- 24” below, and hang on.
Hoback River – Great Stonefly hatch the last few weeks. One would
think the bugs would start to taper off, but the fish will still be looking up
for a big bug. Smaller PMX’s, look for hoppers, and many of he mayfly imitations will provide for great action.
Gros Ventre – Oh, it’s just another one of Jackson Hole’s incredible sots to
be right now. Smaller bugs may produce better as the water drops, but
most any attractor pattern should get their attention.
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BRIEFS
from page 3
Center for the Arts
hires new director
Wyoming still
experiencing drought
The Center for the Arts’s board of directors this week named a new executive director to head the nonprofit’s million dollar
operating budget and staff of
20.
Stephen D.
Schultz
has
over 20 years of
senior executive
management
experience
from both public and private
Stephen D. Schultz
sectors, with an
“expertise in
marketing, communications, public/media
relations, fundraising and long-range strategic planning,” a Center for the Arts press
release said.
Schultz will replace Mark Berry, who
after leading the organization through the
two-phase, $35 million construction projects for the last three and a half years,
announced his resignation last year and
wrapped up his obligations with the Center
in March.
“This is an exciting opportunity for me as
I combine my passion for the arts, my love
for Jackson Hole and my broad business
background to support this wonderful community asset,” said Schultz. “I look forward
to working with all of the Center’s talented
board, resident organizations, generous
donors, professional staff and the community as a whole.”
Schultz is an accomplished, award-winning artist, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree from St. Lawrence University in
Canton, N.Y., and attended the Executive
Management Program at Rice University.
He also serves as a member of the board of
directors for Falcon Oil and Gas, based in
Vancouver, B.C.
Schultz and his family currently live in
Westford, Mass., where Schultz served as
managing director of Acusphere, Inc., a
specialty pharmaceuticals company.
— PJH Staff Report
Don’t be fooled by the gleaming green
National Elk Refuge and the colorful
f lowers sprouting up across the valley.
Wyoming is still experiencing a serious
drought.
The Wyoming Drought Management
Task Force met with Gov. Freudenthal
on Thursday to discuss the lack of precipitation in Wyoming.
“A large portion of the state had some
spring moisture and the landscape has
been green,” said Leanne Stevenson of
the Wyoming Department of Agriculture
and co-chair of the task force. “But a
deeper look at the situation reveals that
our hydrological system has been
deprived for seven to nine years and this
is severely impacting our reservoirs,
streams and groundwater supplies
throughout the state.”
The task force recommended that
all citizens – businesses, homeowners,
farmers and ranchers – practice water
conser vation efforts as the drought is
likely to continue and worsen
throughout the hot summer months.
Drought conditions such as those in
Wyoming also make the Forest
Ser vice and f iref ighters ner vous as
the r isk of wildf ires increases.
According to data from the Forest
Ser vice, the obser ved f ire danger in
par ts of Wyoming is already high,
ver y high or extreme.
“Unfor tunately this year’s g rass
hides a myriad of long-term drought
impacts and potential water supply
problems,” State Climatologist Steve
Gray said. “Most of the high countr y
snow had melted out by early June,
which is several weeks to a month earlier than usual. Stream f lows are forecast to be far below average this year.
This, in turn, sets the stage for ver y
dr y conditions later in the summer,
along with high f ire danger, restrictions on water use and declining
reser voir levels.”
— PJH Staf Reportf
“we’ve got issues.”
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LETTERS
from page 5
1993. Wyoming voters will need to evaluate afterwards
whether the process provided them with the best candidate,
balanced discussion of issues and clarity of the positions
each nominee may be expected to uphold in the Senate.
First, we suggest that the Wyoming Democrats,
Democratic party leaders and Democratic elected officials initiate a statewide public forum of conversation and
disclosure to test the Republican nominees on issues
important to Wyoming voters and of the standards for
selection that Governor Freudenthal may consider in connection with his selection.
Secondly, the value of healthy partisan politics and
elections in Wyoming dictates that the Democratic party
leadership should continue to promote balance in the
state’s political forum by soliciting and bringing qualified,
experienced Wyoming Democrats and leaders to this discussion and for the coming special election.
This is an important time for all of us. Because of the
delicate balance between the two parties in the U.S.
Senate, the votes of Wyoming’s two senators may be of
critical importance on many issues during the next 18
months. Thus, this is a time for balance, for careful and
deliberate consideration. We know that if all Wyoming’s
voters are brought into this discussion the outcome will
be more balanced, more representative, more successful.
It is the obligation of the State Democratic Party to assist
by ensuring that our two party system works to include all
our citizens.
Lastly, Wyoming Democrats have numerous uniquely
qualified, highly capable individuals who would provide a
high standard of public service to the U.S. Senate and
have the ability to address the issues that bear upon our
communities, state and the nation in these critical times.
We believe the party should begin immediately to publicize, solicit and seek consideration of Democrat candidates to pursue U.S. Senate and Congressional seats.
Warren A. Lauer, former Chair, Albany County
Democrats, Laramie, Wyo.
Erin O’Doherty, Laramie, Wyo.
Pamela H. Mathewson, Laramie, Wyo.
Suburban sprawl
When Benjamin Clark states his concerns (Letters,
Planet Jackson Hole, June 20) about the possibility of
dense developments along the Village Road, what does he
mean when he says that the density upgrades come
“under the banner of affordable housing, which has
become a cure worse than the disease”? What exactly is
the disease he is speaking of? As an owner of an affordable home, I hope the disease he is referring to is the
speculative real estate market that excludes some county
employees while benefiting others who turn around, profit in hand, and wonder why the valley needs affordable
housing at all.
Furthermore, I would like to point out to Mr. Clark
that talking about “urban sprawl” in Jackson is like talking about the bogeyman. The fact of the matter is that the
principal planning characteristic of Teton County is
“suburban sprawl,” affordable or not, and this includes
the Village Road. So, please Mr. Clark, do not use the
word “urban” to try to scare us because a more urban
environment, defined by density in the proper place
(read “Town as Heart”) is part of the solution to our
planning challenges. Although I suspect that Mr. Clark
would sooner put up gates at the limits of Teton County.
In the important and ongoing public debate regarding
development in our community, I hope we can all keep in
mind the actual definitions of the words urban, suburban
sprawl and fear.
Karen Parent
Teton County, Wyo.
Do the right thing
Several weeks ago two escaped Mexican rape suspects were returned to Jackson and will face the consequences for their actions, thus giving closure to the
incident. Hopefully the members of our community,
both Anglo and Mexican, realize this was not accident
but a joint effort by the powers that be in Jackson and
Tlaxcala, Mexico – the state in Mexico where 80 percent of our Mexican population comes from – to do
the right thing.
Was this a way for the people of Tlaxcala to tell us they
were also appalled by the crime but had no power to prevent it from happening? They are telling us we do have the
power to return to your/our community criminals for justice, if necessary. I think this was a wonderful thing for
them to do for us. It says they would like to be part of the
community and help make it a better place for all of our
children and families, while making money.
Perhaps this might be a good time for us as a community to ask some difficult questions. Do we want or need
this labor pool to have a healthy economy? Is it better to
have people who we know, who have lived here undocumented for 10 or15 years and are asking to be trusted as
good neighbors? As opposed to?
Jim Clouse
Jackson, Wyo
Bizarro Jackson Hole
Recently there have been those saying that the additional affordable housing complexes being planned in the
county are going to cause more traffic, congestion, and
change the character of the community. In fact, Jonathan
Schechter addressed that issue in his recent column in the
Jackson Hole News & Guide. While it was mentioned
these problems could be the end result of more housing,
the column focused on the fact Teton County is in the bottom 1 percent of all counties in the country when it
comes to home affordability. And because of that, he
compared the Jackson Hole real estate market to that of
Superman’s Bizarro World, in which there exists a place
just the opposite of our world and is contrary to everything we hold as being normal.
While I can’t disagree about the comments being
expressed about traffic and congestion, we have that now
with the long lines of cars coming into Teton County
every morning and again leaving every night. The real
source of the congestion is not so much the additional
housing units being built in our community; it is the
unbridled for-profit development that is the cause of the
mass amounts of commercial traffic on our roads as well
as the accelerated population growth.
Why is this happening? We have a mayor and vice
mayor who have gone on record saying we must do everything possible to encourage development. We don’t even
have enough housing for the people who are already here
and those two feel the need to promote new construction, which brings in congestion and additional people
every day as the result. This exploding growth is unnecessary and will change the character of our community forever. That sounds like the true definition of a Bizarro
World to me.
Ron Thelen
Jackson Hole, Wyo.
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No refuge from worry
When Barry Reiswig came to manage the National
Elk Refuge 11 years ago, he inherited a situation where
his managing philosophy was not infrequently at odds
with D.C. policy makers, veterinarians, agricultural and
sports interest groups, environmentalists and a century’s worth of local attitudes.
In winter, the Elk Refuge, a 25,000-acre swath of protected land bordering the town of Jackson to the north,
is home to a dense population of not only thousands of
elk but a growing buffalo herd.
The elk, not as hearty or well-equipped as bison to forage deep snow in the winter, often rely on the palletized
alfalfa laid out for them by the refuge, a policy Reiswig
by and large takes issue with.
The close proximity of the elk to one another during
the harshest time of year can lead to scenarios where
disease can be transmitted much more easily than if the
elk were to wander on more sprawling, natural winter
feed grounds. Chief among the diseases facing the herd
is brucellosis, a bacteria that causes cows to abort calves
and currently thins the herd by about 7 percent. But,
more ominously, the prospect of Chronic Wasting
Disease and a handful of other, perhaps even unforeseen, diseases is not too far a stretch of the imagination.
Reiswig believes feeding elk may keep them through
the winter now, but in the long run could lead to rampant disease that could threaten the herd.
Earlier this month, Reiswig, who bought a house in
Cody and is relocating there with his wife, announced
his retirement. During one of his days on the job (his
successor has already moved in), he sat with Planet
Jackson Hole to look back at the well being of the
Jackson Hole elk herd over the last decade and the last
century, and how what he feels misguided policy could
have devastating ramifications.
■
Planet Jackson Hole: What was the state of affairs for
elk management when you arrived 11 years ago?
Barry Reiswig: Brucellosis was huge. Governors were
making task forces and everyone was running around,
not just here but in Montana and Idaho. That was one
of the reasons I was sent here – I knew about livestock
and livestock management, and folks thought if you
want to deal with the brucellosis issue, you should really know about cattle management.
PJH: When you first arrived, what jumped out at you as
LINDSEY ROSS
Retiring National Elk Refuge manager Barry Reiswig
reflects on Jackson Hole’s iconic preserve
and how it could threaten the herd it feeds.
Barry Reiswig, manager of the National Elk Refuge for last 11 years, retired last week. His
plans include moving to Cody with his wife.
the first steps to help get a handle on the situation?
BR: There were really a lot of different things. The
livestock folks were battling the wildlife folks. The disease management folks – the state veterinarians – were
all at odds with each other. Everyone was blaming everyone else for the brucellosis issue. Nobody was working
together on anything. It was really just a free for all.
They had a brucellosis meeting which I believe was in
Gardiner (Mont.), and this gal came up and threw a
bucket of blood and guts on the guys on the panel. I
mean, it was just a real contentious issue at that point in
time. There was a lot of speculation, a lot of finger
pointing. Much of the action was up … in Yellowstone.
Brucellosis was just coming down into this part of the
ecosystem – it hadn’t yet come down like it did later.
The governor had a task force that flew around to different towns and had meetings about brucellosis. It was
really just a contentious issue.
PJH: When you came in as manager, what did you do
on your end to help sort things out?
BR: What really struck me was that brucellosis was
caused by our feeding program. These animals just did-
n’t get brucellosis. They got it because we fed them, and
I found that very interesting. Our management was causing that disease to occur in these elk. The more we dug
into it, it was not just that disease, it was a bunch of
other diseases. The fact that these animals are crowded
onto a feedground for six months out of the year – the
most severe six months a year – allowed the transmission of not only brucellosis but a number of other diseases to occur.
If you really want to get at the heart of the problem
you have to deal with the feeding program. That was not
a very popular answer because there was a lot of concern that we’ve got to have this many elk. I think when
I first got here we had almost 19,000 elk in the herd unit
and the objective was 11,000. We had a lot of elk. We
didn’t have a lot of buffalo then, but we had a tremendous number of elk. Some of us started saying,
“Number one: We’ve got too many elk for any scenario.”
When you’re way over your objective you have these disease issues.
Secondly, the way we managed these elk is the root of
the problem, and we need to start looking at ways to
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start managing these elk differently, and that
did not meet with a lot of enthusiasm. So
there were vaccination programs and a lot of
research into veterinary solutions to the
problems, and as time went on, those didn’t
work either. We’ve vaccinated thousands of
elk with [vaccination] Strain-19, and that
didn’t work because the vaccine was not
effective in elk. … We had spent all this
money on these “band-aid solutions” without striking at the heart of the problem.
There was also an effort made to lower the
elk herd, and so harvest levels were
increased. Two-elk limits were started – that
was unheard of when I first got here and we
didn’t even know if hunters would go for it
or what they would do when we offered
them the opportunity to take a second elk,
and it proved to be quite popular and the
herd slowly did come down to where it is
now, at about 13,000, which is still about
2,000 over its objective. … Finally the
Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis
Committee was formed, and it was made up
of state veterinarians, Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service veterinarians, Game and
Fish Departments, Park Service, Fish and
Wildlife Services, and we met I think four
times a year, and they were generally very
hostile meetings. Nobody wanted to work
together on anything and not a lot was
accomplished.
PJH: Could you explain what some of these
group dynamics are that would explain the
dysfunction of these sit-downs?
BR: You have the animal health industry,
which was state veterinarians, APHIS veterinarians – they wanted to eliminate brucellosis right now. Whatever it took, they were
going to get rid of it in elk and bison.
PJH: What’s their motivation?
BR: Well, because brucellosis in livestock
has nearly been eradicated in the United
States. They have gone from millions of
infected cattle in the 1930s to almost no
infected cattle at the turn of millennium, and
they wanted to wipe out this last pocket of
brucellosis and declare the United States
brucellosis-free. That has trade implications
and those types of things, but they couldn’t
do that if they had elk and buffalo with brucellosis in this area and with the threat that
it could be transferred to livestock. So they
were out to get rid of it.
Wildlife interests were concerned that elk
and bison were going to get clobbered –
either wiped out or numbers reduced or
some kind of Draconian measure was going
to be used to get rid of this disease in these
animals, massive test-and-slaughter pro-
grams where they round up thousands and
thousands of animals, and you did see that
in the past with bison.
And then you had environmental groups,
like Buffalo Field Campaign, who thought
the whole thing was nuts. You know they
didn’t want to see any of this going on. And
so you had these very much opposing
dynamics squaring off at these meetings and
slugging it out with each other.
And there were a lot of veterinarians at
these meetings proposing veterinary solutions to try to solve the problem through
vaccines or something, and that never has
panned out either. … Again, from our perspective, we looked at it and said, “Well, the
problem is the feeding program.” Nobody
wanted to hear that in Wyoming because the
feeding program is pretty much a sacred
deal.
PJH: Was that a difficult thing for you to
say in your position?
BR: It was very unpopular and I appreciate the fact that if you stop the feeding program you either had to find another way to
winter these animals or you’re going to have
a lot fewer animals. There’s no middle-ofthe-road deal and we didn’t have these
answers either. … But we were concerned
about some of the things that were being
proposed that we thought were pretty well
over-the-top in terms of wildlife management
practices and scenarios.
PJH: What groups most support feeding?
The livestock industry supports it because
if you have elk on the feedground then
they’re not on the public range, and sportsmen’s groups also tend to support feeding.
It’s very interesting when you think about
this whole area, and I’m looking down to
Farson and over to Big Piney, Pinedale, and
up through here. In the winter you’re got
millions of acres of public land, yet elk are
confined to these 23 little postage stamp
areas, while the rest – some of it winter
range – is almost totally devoid of elk. If you
go to northern Colorado, they have 80,000
elk in two counties, across large blocks of
winter lands. Here you have no elk except
that you have them confined to 23 little dots
which are disease centers causing brucellosis and the other problems we have today.
It’s an odd system of management. Why
shouldn’t elk be on winter ranges like antelope and deer. Why do they need to be confined to these feed grounds?
I think this has more to do with politics
than it does with science. I think some folks
have been very successful at keeping elk off
the public ranges to reserve that grass for
their livestock. However, it’s not that simple.
Again, some of these winter ranges are in
poor condition. Some have gas wells on them.
It’s not just simple enough to say to move
them on a winter range would be hunky dory.
Still, it’s a little odd that we have tens of thousands of elk cooped up to these little ranges.
It’s a long-term effort to bring all the
groups together to slowly begin to reintroduce elk to those winter ranges, which are
very fragile country: thin soils, severe climates, not a lot of rain. They don’t respond
well to rehabilitation in a lot of cases. It’s
time consuming. If we started today it would
take us decades to get to that point – if we
got to that point. But the feedground thing is
eventually going to collapse. These disease
issues will catch up to us.
PJH: What other tools do you have to thin
out the population? Mainly through hunting?
BR: Harvest is probably the way most people would find acceptable. If you stop feeding them and have a tough winter, obviously
a lot of them are going to starve to death.
That’s not acceptable to a lot of people,
especially in a fishbowl like Jackson. You
know, elk starve every winter somewhere on
winter ranges outside of people’s sight and
it’s not that big a deal, but in a community
like this, where people have fed elk for a century, any type of winter loss is not well perceived.
Basically we’ve got way too many animals
on too small an area for too long a time.
They’re way over the Elk Refuge’s carrying
capacity. And with the increase of the bison
herd, from a couple hundred to well over a
thousand, we really have a lot of pressure on
this relatively small winter range. And so the
feeding program has gotten bigger. If you
didn’t have the feeding program, you would
have far fewer animals than you have now
[and] you also probably wouldn’t have these
disease issues. This crowding is pushing
these disease issues; there’s no question
about it.
PJH: What was your reaction to “Hay Day”
last December, when you see dozens and
dozens of trucks bringing in literally tons of
hay to donate?
BR: That idea was totally misplaced. They
totally missed the point. We’ve got to stop
looking for band-aid solutions. We’ve got to
start taking the long view. And that long view
is we need to find winter ranges for these animals, and that’s not going to be easy to do,
and we need to get those animals scattered
around these winter ranges and off of this
feed. Until we do that we’re never going to
deal with this disease potential.
If we get Chronic Wasting Disease, which
is only 100 miles away now, that is an entirely new disease we have no way to control, yet
… the percentages of infection tend to go
very high in these crowded of conditions. So
the folks that come in with, “We’ve got the
solution: We’ll just feed them more.” That’s
a misguided approach … doomed for failure.
We need to take a long-term – 20-, 30-, 40year – approach and get those animals out
where those disease potentials go back down
and they can survive the winter. And that’s
not easy either. How do you do that? How do
you get elk that have been on a feedground
for 100 years to start going out to a winter
range? And a lot of winter range, which are
located in areas south of here, are in very
poor condition. They were damaged by the
overgrazing activities of the early 1900s. ….
Thousands of acres are being taken out for
gas development [and there] is not room for
much of any wildlife. So you’ve got these
competing uses for these winter ranges. It’s
not an easy solution, but I think that the
notion that we’re just going to keep feeding
and feeding and feeding is, in the end, not
going to serve us well.
I thought the folks at Hay Day totally,
completely missed the point. The problems
are just moved back to another day. That day
of reckoning is coming, though. And you
have to look at the world today. Diseases
travel in weeks if not days. The big oceans
used to protect us to some degree. … Now
you’ve got to do everything you can to keep
your populations as protected as possible
from these types of outbreaks, and crowding
them together on a feed ground is not the
way to do that.
I can appreciate the history of the situation. I mean, this came about 100 years ago
when ranchers and hunters were trying to
keep the elk from starving to death. It made
sense back in 1910. They didn’t see all these
huge changes that would come by 100 years
later. But the situation has changed and we
have to, I think, take the long view and start
preparing for the day when we have elk wintering in places other than these crowded
feedgrounds. That’s not going to be easy to
do but I think the alternative could be a lot
worse.
Feeding continues to remain very popular
in Wyoming. It is not popular elsewhere.
Both the State of Idaho and the State of
Montana have asked us to start phasing out
the feeding program. The United States
Animal Health Organization asked us to
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lar because of the disease issues that they have
PJH: Do you think the elk is in some way the iconic animal
of Jackson Hole?
BR: I think traditionally it certainly has been. In most
other places, back in the turn of the 19th century, they just
shot all the elk. Entire subspecies were wiped out. People
here took a little different approach because many of the
ranchers were also outfitters. They didn’t just shoot them
when they got mixed in with their cattle. They fed them, got
a refuge established. They tried to protect the elk. And I
think the elk became the signature species for Jackson Hole.
Another thing is they’re so visible. A lot of places you have
to travel into the deep backcountry to see elk winter or summer. Here you can come and see thousands from the highway. I mean, here they are, they’re right next to town. They
kind of became part of the community. The feeding program, of course, held the animals in. You can take a sleigh
rides; people could go out amongst the elk. I think the town
and the people associated themselves to a certain degree
with the elk because they were kind of the signature species
for Jackson. … Of course, there are many species people also
look at as very interesting in Jackson Hole – grizzlies,
wolves, trumpeter swans, bald eagles, some fish species …
but to a significant degree, the elk herd is kind of a symbol
of Jackson Hole.
PJH: It would seem that that kind of community identity and
support would be a blessing from a management standpoint,
but as you mentioned it’s “in the fishbowl.”
BR: It’s a mixed blessing. One of the former Game & Fish
supervisors made the comment that there were 5,000 elk biologists in Jackson and none of them worked for him. I think
that’s a very true statement. A lot of people have an interest
in elk in Jackson, and they all have different ideas about what
they think should be done [laughs], but that also makes it
very challenging if you want to move an idea forward.
PJH: Is it fair to say the refuge is a dynamic and not a static place, and if so where is it now? What is impending? What do
you foresee in the near future?
BR: The final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has
directed a fairly complex set of new prescriptions that range
from reducing the bison herd by half and the elk herd by onethird, but very carefully. Only certain segments of the
Jackson herd are to be targeted for that reduction. That’s
going to be very complex to achieve. It also prescribes
increasing forage production, which will involve very intensive agricultural practices: sprinkler irrigation and the kind
of stuff you see in more highly agricultural areas. There will
be almost 700 more acres of that and it’s going to be very
expensive and a fairly intensive management scenario to produce more forage. You do that so that the herd will be less
reliant on pelletized feed, which creates the concentration
that leads to disease. You’re going to see important areas
fenced out to protect aspen and cottonwood from the intense
browsing that is just wiping out aspen and cottonwood on
the refuge.
So, it’s a fairly complex set of management prescriptions.
Some people argue it will do very little good in the end, that
when all the changes are in place and all is said and done,
you’re still going to have very significant disease issues on
the refuge. And that is certainly a possibility. It will be very
interesting to see how this shakes out. There are also those
who feel that this document did not follow the laws, policies
and regulations of the agency with regard to managing the
refuge. I would expect they were going to challenge this EIS
and try to get it thrown out fairly soon by folks who feel this
document is so out of bounds it will have to be redone.
PJH: If you were staying on, would you be one of these people moving to redo this EIS?
BR: Well, the decision’s been made and I would have been
required to follow it, but I don’t think we went far enough to
deal with the problems we’re facing. It was a compromise,
and some say with compromise there is no gain. …
We haven’t ended anything. We’ve moved from one chapter to another. We moved from development of an EIS chapter to a litigation chapter. In the litigation chapter we’re
going to hear what the courts have to say about our document. If they think we did not follow the law, we’re going to
get that sucker back and start over.
PJH: How would you reflect on your style of management, or
your legacy even?
BR: I tried to move the issue down the road, away from
livestock, or what I call animal husbandry, treating elk like
cattle. I tried to move in the direction of managing them as
wild animals. I don’t think we really got very far. It is such a
contentious issue and there is so much support for feeding
and other livestock practices that we really didn’t move the
issue down the road nearly far enough for my druthers.
PJH: Next February, when you’re driving by the Elk Refuge
as a passerby, what would you hope to see?
BR: Not a lot of snow and a lot of forage on the ground,
so the elk don’t have to be fed. I mean I really fear for the
future. Our planning horizon seems to be in months and it
needs to be in decades. We need to start thinking long-term
about the future of these animals and we need to start
preparing now because its going to take a long time to make
the changes I think we need to make to have a future for
these animals.
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Wyoming’s new U.S. Senator
not ready to show his cards
a week ago today, it seems like a
long time ago [laughs] – but a week
ago today we had the public television two-hour forum to talk about
the issues, and they had the lightening round where you had to explain
things [laughs] in 20 seconds. But
everybody had a fair and equal
opportunity and then we had that
marathon session on Tuesday. I
don’t know if you followed the
blogs.
PJH: I did.
SB: It was a lengthy session where
people gave speeches and then they
had different questions and different formats. It’s kind of like the
decathlon in the Olympics where U.S. Senator John Barrasso, right, makes a short statement to reporters
first you had to do the pole vault just prior to a meeting with Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
then you had to do the high jump.
Then they eliminated, narrowed it down to 10, then to state. During the week after Sen. Thomas’s death, I travfive and then to three. People got to vote and they got to eled the state extensively with the Central Committee
express their opinions. And we had to answer a lot of members asking them about their concerns. – I’m sorry
questions that were asked. People from every county got I’ve got another phone call – that’s what seems to be hapCOURTESTY U.S. SENATE
Just over a week after the passing of U.S. Sen. Craig
Thomas, the Central Committee of the Wyoming
Republican Party gathered in Casper to select the
Cowboy State’s new senator from 31 applicants.
Wyoming election law requires the governor to appoint
a replacement from the same party as the seat that was
vacated. Given Thomas’s reputation as a senator who
truly represented his constituents and the myriad interests in Wyoming, it was no surprise so many Wyomingites
wanted to honor him by filling his shoes.
After a day of televised speeches and 20-second question-and-answer sessions on June 17, the candidates were
put to the test on June 19 at an official meeting of the
committee. Voting narrowed the field from 31 to 10, five
and finally three: State Senator John Barrasso (Casper),
former Chief of Staff for Sen. Thomas Tom Sansonetti
(Cheyenne), and former State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis
(Cheyenne). Last Friday, Gov. Dave Freudenthal
announced his selection of Barrasso, an orthopaedic surgeon and state senator since 2002.
Barrasso has served as Wyoming Republican National
Committeeman, Wyoming Republican Party Treasurer
and Precinct Committeeman, among other state party
positions. In the Wyoming Senate, he was a member of
the Minerals, Business and Economic Development
Committee, and the Labor, Health and Social Services
Committee, as well as chairman of the Transportation,
Highway and Military Affairs Committee.
En route to Washington, D.C., to be sworn in, Sen.
Barrasso took a little time to check in with Planet Jackson
Hole from a busy terminal in the Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport.
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Planet Jackson Hole: Congratulations, first of all. …
Maybe we can just start by backtracking a little bit and you
can talk to me about why you sought out this seat in the first
place and why you felt like you were the best candidate to fill
Senator Thomas’s shoes.
Sen. John Barrasso: Well, I’m grateful that the
Republican Central Committee thought I would do a
good enough job that they passed my name on to the governor. I’m very grateful that the governor made the selection that he did. I’m grateful in both of those areas.
You know, for the last five years I’ve been in the State
Senate and working on quality of life issues for Wyoming families. That’s quality education for our children and quality
jobs in the community and then of course health care. I’ve
been medical director for the last 20 years of all the Wyoming
health fairs. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to the health fair
in Jackson, but lots of people go to those things and they’re
very helpful to folks and I just felt that I could do even more
good for the people of Wyoming in the U.S. Senate.
PJH: How did you feel the selection process went and
what’s your opinion on Wyoming’s law requiring the governor
to ask questions. In that last forum, when it got down
from five to three, every county in the state, all 23 counties, had a chance to ask a question of the candidate. So
in terms of being an open process, I thought it was very
open and very fair.
PJH: What was the hardest question that you had to
answer during that time?
SB: It’s not so much the questions are difficult, it’s that there’s
such a short period of time on television when they ask the questions and they have this lightening
round on 20 seconds and…you’re
saying what’s your solution for
health care and try to in 20 seconds explain it. That’s a challenge
for anyone and especially when
they just throw the word out at
you. And we all got tough questions. It was all very fair. But it was
like you scratched your head and
said “Gee, you know, maybe I
could have done a better job.”
PJH: So do you think that that is
the best format going forward,
should something like this happen
again, or would you perhaps advocate a different one?
SB: This was a very unique situation. Very unusual. But there
Vice President Dick Cheney swore in Wyoming’s new U.S. Senator, Dr.
was input from all around the
John Barrasso, during a ceremony on Monday.
to appoint someone from the same party?
SB: I think that the selection process was very open.
Everything was done within the public eye. Anyone, anyone, anyone could file. There were, what, 31 people who
filled out applications. So, you know, no one was left out,
and the process we had – it was hard to believe it was only
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something you would perhaps have initiated on your own?
pening a lot.
the areas that are important to Wyoming. We’re going to
SB: Sen. Thomas had a terrific reputation for getting back visit in the morning about committee assignments and
PJH: I bet. It probably won’t stop for a few more years!
SB: But visiting around the state, I was in Jackson vis- home. You know I’m on my way to Washington now and I how we can both work together for a stronger Wyoming.
PJH: And what was some of the feedback that you got when
iting with the Central Committee members there. I talked already have my ticket to return to Wyoming on Friday.
to all 71 committee members before they arrived that
PJH: Talking a little bit about the War in Iraq, it’s pretty you were talking to committee members and others in Wyoming
Tuesday. There were plenty of opportunities for input clear that it’s become a very controversial war in our country in the past week about our illegal immigration problem?
SB: People are concerned all around the state about the
from anyone in the state and I know – I don’t know if you and a lot of people … might say they’d like to see the war end
did this at Planet Jackson Hole – but the Casper Star soon. What would you say is the best course of action for the specific issue of illegal immigration and concerned about
Tribune listed every Central Committee members – name War in Iraq?
the issue of amnesty. But no matter which committee you
SB: I’m getting sworn in tomorrow. I’m still on my way went to, the discussions were very, very thoughtful.
and address and home phone number and maybe, for 50
or 55 of them, cell phone numbers, for anybody that had to Washington and I got two other calls that came in. I’m People are well informed. And it was really a privilege to
a cell phone. I mean this was unprecedented in terms of happy to visit about issues like that in the future. Right be able to go an visit with so many folks.
letting people really talk to those that had the vote, that now I’m focused on getting there, getting sworn in and
PJH: One or two more quick questions about Wyoming in
particular. Do you plan to follow in Sen. Thomas’s footsteps
then starting to work in the Senate.
were going to vote.
PJH: And those people were responsive and okay with that
PJH: Could we talk a bit about health care though, since it regarding designation of Wild and Scenic status for the Snake
and happy to talk to each candidate? Was that your impression? is one of the issues that you are most familiar with from your River and its tributaries? I know that was something that he
was working on leading right up to his passing.
SB: They were all very happy to talk to the
SB: I’m a strong supporter of multiple use
candidates. I was very pleased with how they
of public lands and want to make sure we do
made themselves available. Most of them put
it in a way that is protective of what we know
their other activities on hold and when you
and love to be Wyoming. So I’m going to
have 31 people applying for this position, they
obviously read the bills he was working on.
were just terrific in taking the time to listen to
He was working on some legislation with
anyone who wanted to call them. Plus, you
regard to the Wyoming Range south of
know, people in the nieighborhood might call
Bondurant and that was still just being draftor other folks in their own home county might
ed when we lost Sen. Thomas. So that’s not
call and say “You know, I know this person or
even out there in a way that we can take a
that person and would you please support
look at it yet. But I plan to look at that as
them?”
well.
PJH: Governor Freudenthal declined to comment on why he selected you in particular to fill
PJH: And then just quickly, what are your
Thomas’s seat. Do you have any insight as to why
thoughts about the Endangered Species Act and
he selected you over Mr. Sansonetti and Ms.
how it relates to Wyoming. We have a lot of aniLummis?
mals here, wildlife, that is important to the culSB: I’m very grateful that he made the selecture and heritage of this state, but are also
extremely controversial – wolves, grizzlies, etc. –
tion that he did. I’m very grateful that he made
what are your thoughts on that?
the choice that he did. I think any of, there
SB: I think the Endangered Species Act is
were quite a few candidates that were very qualified to fill the position, and I thought that the
one that needs to be revised. There are 1,300
final three, any of the final three of us, could
species that have been put on and I think
have done a great job for Wyoming.
seven have been removed. When it was initialPJH: Moving on to issues, what would you say
ly started in the 1970s there were seven
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., left, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch
McConnell, R-Ky., center, welcomed John Barrasso to the U.S. Senate.
are the most important issues facing our nation
species put on initially, now we’re 1,300. And
right now. What do you hope to tackle head-on in
the grizzly bear, which was just delisted,
the Senate?
background and your profession, and how you’d like to see probably was at a point where they could have been delistSB: When I was traveling around the state, the folks health care work out in this country?
ed 15 years ago in terms of their recovery. And it’s just
SB: Well, I’ll say that Sen. Thomas really set a high that it’s … you know you want to make sure that truly
that I was talking to from the Central Committee, they
were concerned about issues of illegal immigration, they mark for his work on behalf of rural health care and endangered species are protected, but that there’s an
were concerned about the Wyoming economy, they were there’s a bill that he was working on and had introduced, opportunity to define when something goes on the ESA if
concerned about education for their kids, and they were and in the Senate they’ve now changed the name to the it truly is an endangered species, what they have to do in
concerned about health care. And those are certainly Craig Thomas Rural Health Care Bill named after Sen. terms of a recovery plan, and when do you meet that and
important issues to the folks. You know, one of the things Thomas. So I would clearly want to continue to work on then so they way to get off the list. And that’s what I think
that I said in my speech when I ran and in my little press that and continue his efforts. There’s now a void with the they have not done well.
PJH: And so a final question, and I know that you are very
conference the day after the announcement was made is loss of Sen. Thomas, and I’m hoping to be able to step in
that I plan to go and visit all 23 counties between now and and help make sure that we have great access to afford- busy –
SB: [Laughs] If the phone wasn’t ringing in the backLabor Day. In the next two and a half months, between able, available health care all around Wyoming, because
ground it wouldn’t be so bad! But, oh no, I’m two
now and Labor Day because they have that time in August we really are a rural community.
PJH: And are you interested in looking at health care behind again.
when you are not voting on bills but you’re back in the disPJH: If there’s one thing you could accomplish in the
trict, to listen to people, listen to their hopes and their beyond rural health care as well?
SB: I’m going to visit again in the morning with Sen. Senate in the next two years, what would it be?
dreams and their concerns for the future of Wyoming. So
SB: It’s to continue Craig Thomas’s legacy and earn
Enzi about committee assignments. Sen. Enzi from
that’s what I’m planning on doing.
PJH: That was something that many Wyomingites really Wyoming is the ranking member on the Republican side his reputation for being home on weekends to listen to
appreciated from Sen. Thomas’s legacy. Is that something that of the health committee in the Senate. And we just need people of Wyoming and to be a Senator for all the people
you feel you’d like to carry on because he began it or is that to make sure that, between the two of us, that we cover all of Wyoming.
Town, Rotary Club
rebuild iconic antler arch
As the sun blazed high in a silvery cobalt
sky last week, a crew of a half dozen strong
worked to put the finishing touches on a
newly constructed elk antler arch on the
Jackson Town Square.
On the Square’s southwest corner, near
the location where the now uprooted and
relocated original flagship arch stood for
over 50 years at Jackson’s busiest tourist
intersection, Larry Pardee, director of the
City of Jackson’s public works department,
looked on, momentarily ribbing his subcontractors, smiling contentedly at Jackson’s
newest aesthetic amenity.
“Normally we’re water and streets,” the
civil worker said, “but this is almost artistic.”
In a little over three weeks, a mix of
Jackson’s public works employees, subcontractors and at least one volunteer have
labored to remove Jackson Hole’s original
elk antler arch and put up a new one. The
new arch was built about nine feet further
into Square Park, away from the busy intersection of Broadway and Cache Street
where throngs of tourists often loiter close
to traffic to pose for photos under the valley’s most identifiable manmade landmark.
The movement to rebuild the oldest, most
visible of the Square’s four arches began
largely with Rotary Club member Pete
Karns about two years ago. Karns made it
his mission to begin procuring antlers and
raised about $100,000 in private donations
for the cause.
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City of Jackson Public Works crews made quick work of the new elk antler
arch last week on the southwest corner of the Town Square.
“This idea started just from general observations of the arches over the last few
years,” Karns said. “Rotary was involved in
the construction of the original four arches,
so I thought naturally we should be involved
here too.”
The antler arches had become sun baked,
patchy and brittle looking, a contrast to the
robust curve and mottled earth hues of the
newly erected one. But the greatest threat to
elk antler arch health probably was tourist
predation.
“Last night somebody got a few of our
new ones,” Pardee said on Thursday. “We
thought we had them locked up pretty
tight.” He added that the summer tourist
seasons often leave the arches a little on the
mangy side and in need of some piecemeal
antler patch jobs.
The antlers are mostly self-locking and
construction crews had to work through
trial and error to fit the pieces. The few that
remained loose were secured with screws,
making them a tough grab for anyone wanting a souvenir. Additionally, the new arch,
fortified with rebar and steel to meet seismic building codes, is wired for power for
Christmas lights.
Rotarian Rick Hollingsworth oversaw a
contest to guess the number of antlers in the
new arch.
“Oh, I’ll never forget how many antlers
there are: 1,948,” Hollingsworth said.
Three contest winners will be recognized
at the July 4th dedication of the arch, where
a pair of handsome moose paddles will be
added, welcoming visitors to Jackson Hole
like the pair adorning the original arch did.
At the ceremony, Jackson Mayor Mark
Barron will preside over the burying of a
time capsule under the boardwalk there.
“Generations of Jackson kids have grown
up looking at those arches and millions
upon millions of tourists come to admire
them,” Barron said.
Karns and the Rotary Club of Jackson
Hole will continue to purchase and stockpile elk antlers and aim to take on a remaining arch every one to two years. Those projects should be much less costly to the town,
which foots the bill for labor, because the
remaining three are in good condition and
would primarily need only a fresh coat of
new antler.
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Strawberry Creek Juice
by Jake Nichols
The City of Jackson looked at it this way:
For an additional $45,000 a year – less than
10 percent of its $469,750 electric bill last
year – government officials could say they
were putting our money where their mouth
is. Promising to cut energy consumption by
10 percent in 10 years, Jackson Mayor
Mark Barron is hoping to call the deal a
wash by 2017 while joining the ranks of the
environmentally chic in buying 100 percent
“green power” from Lower Valley Energy.
The growing list of companies, municipalities and organizations that have opted
to purchase renewable energy includes such
businesses as REI, Vail Resorts, Starbucks
and Office Depot. Institutes of higher
learning
like
the
University
of
Pennsylvania, Harvard, Yale and NYU also
have decided to amp up their eco-friendly
energy consumption. And the City of
Jackson joins other cities that have pledged
to reduce their carbon footprint, places like
Moab, Utah, Boulder, Colo., Aspen, Colo.,
and Durango, Colo. – a town powered
entirely by wind.
The notion that Jackson would be buying
all of its power from the LVE-owned
Strawberry Creek power plant site in Star
Valley is somewhat of a little white lie.
True, Lower Valley’s CEO Jim Webb called
it a “perfect match” when referring to
Jackson’s need for 8.5 million kilowatt
hours (kWh) annually and the dam’s annual output of 9 million to 10 million kWh.
But the idea that the energy provider will be
running 40 miles of power line from the
the wall outlet.
What LVE has done is create a virtual
power hook up between Jackson and the
Strawberry Creek hydro project. The localness
of the partnership is what made the deal both
attractive and unique as far as LVE was concerned, according to Public Relations
Director
Brian
Tanabe. Jackson, in
essence, is purchasing
the entire output of
the substation in
Strawberry
Creek
with a 10 percent surcharge for the “clean
resource” energy.
The production of
“green” energy is typically more costly for
providers because of
the newness of the
technologies
involved. Residential
customers of LVE
are currently charged
an additional $3.50
per 300 kilowatt
hours of “green”
Strawberry Creek Hydroelectric Project
power. LVE began
power from fossil fuels like coal, oil and nat- providing “green” power to its customers in
ural gas, and renewable, so called “green” 2001 with the introduction of its wind tursources like wind, solar and hydro. All ener- bine program. Today, thanks to increased
gy produced or procured is then dumped into demand, the power company has had to pura “pool” and drawn upon by consumers who chase a small percentage of its wind power
from outside the Cowboy State.
are “on the grid.”
Hydropower is the most reliable of the
But “green” energy and “brown” (fossil
fuels) energy cannot be separated or distin- common renewable energy sources that
guished from one another when it arrives at also include solar and wind. Dams are not
dam site on Strawberry Creek, near
Bedford, to Jackson would be interpreting
the deal a bit too literally.
Energy providers like LVE purchase or create their power from a variety of sources. In
LVE’s case, the valley’s lone energy company
purchases both conventionally generated
inherently emissions-free, but newer, betterconstructed projects are considered relatively eco-friendly. In the case of the
Strawberry Creek hydro project, the dam
was the first in the state to be certified “low
impact” by the Low Impact Hydropower
Institute (LIHI) in 2003.
“Since the dam’s inception in the ’50s,
we’ve always taken care of the site quite
well,” said Tanabe. “As a furtherance of our
environmental stewardship, we felt a desire
to go for the low impact hydropower facility certification. The certification process
was quite rigorous and took us approximately three years to complete.”
The LIHI certification means that the dam
has passed various criterion tests, including
impact on river flows, effects on water quality, fish passage and watershed health.
Wyoming Game & Fish had to sign off on any
possible endangered species protection violations, and area recreational users were given a
public comment period in which to voice
their approval or disapproval.
LIHI received only one public comment –
from the Star Valley Conservation District
Board – which said it considered the facility
to be “a wise use of our natural resources
and environmentally beneficial.”
Jackson mayor Mark Barron lauded the
council’s decision to purchase clean energy: “This is a fiscally responsible, proactive
decision to make,” he said. “More importantly, this investment is a smart business
decision and responsible stewardship that
works to protect the special place Jackson
Hole is to so many.”
Harnessing wind and water
Two thousand years ago the Greeks recognized the
awesome power of water, tapping its flow to grind
wheat into flour using water wheels.
Today, worldwide, hydropower plants produce about
24 percent of the world’s electricity, according to the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory. With more
than 2,000 hydropower plants operating in the United
States alone, hydropower is the country’s largest
renewable energy source.
The Strawberry Dam hydroelectric plant, owned
and operated by Lower Valley Energy, produces up to
10 megawatts annually. By comparison, the Hoover
Dam has a total of 17 generators, each of which can
generate up to 133 megawatts. The total capacity of
the Hoover Dam hydropower plant is 2,074
megawatts.
The City of Jackson is coming full circle with its
reliance on water power for electricity. In 1918, Ed
Benson had 16 neighbors hooked up to two turbines in
his house, which harnessed the water power of Cache
Creek. It was a slick operation, but it wasn’t enough to
keep Jackson powered for more than three hours a
night. Benson relocated to upper Flat Creek in 1920,
where he housed three bigger turbines in a structure
that can still be seen today 1.5 miles east of the Elk
Refuge and National Forest boundary.
With the prevalence of wind, Wyoming is also a natural for wind-generated energy production. According
to the Wind Energy Project database, Wyoming ranks
12th in wind energy projects. California and Texas top
the list with well over 2,000 wind projects in use,
while Wyoming has 288.
Flat Creek Power Plant built in 1920
Blazes ominous sign of
above-average fire season
by Lucille Rice
Three fires scorched more than 1,200
acres of national park and forest land over
the past week, underscoring the hot, dry
conditions that have ignited concerns of
an unusually fiery summer.
The largest fire in the area, in Horse
Creek about 40 miles south of Jackson in
the Wyoming Range, has exhausted the
resources and skills of local teams and led
to national fire fighting crews being called
in. The Nylander Creek fires, also in the
Bridger-Teton National Forest southwest
of Jackson, and the Uhl Hill fire in Grand
Teton National Park, are much smaller.
None of the fires are suspected to have
been caused by humans.
The Horse Creek Fire started at 3 p.m.
on June 21, approximately eight miles
west of Merna, Wyo., off Horse Creek
Road. Although fire officials reported
slow growth of the fire on Saturday, with
776 acres burned at the time, windy
weather and low humidity on Monday created a headache for firefighters on and off
the scene, with the risk of spotting, when
spurts of fire breach the fire line, and the
risk of firefighters’ escape routes becoming enflamed.
Horse Creek was thus restricted to fire
personnel on Monday, having grown to
1,200 acres, and local firefighters solicited
the help of Merrill Saleen’s Type 2
Incident Management Team, which
assumed control over the fire and the 242personnel team combating its flames. On
Monday, national level teams were called
to the scene, according to BTNP Public
Affairs Officer Mary Cernicek.
The Nylander Creek Fire, burning 25
miles west of Daniel in Sublette County,
was reported to officials on Saturday and
contained to 4 acres on Monday, with an
expected extinguish date soon.
Investigations are underway to determine the causes of the Horse Creek and
Nylander Creek fires. Human causes are
not suspected but neither have they been
ruled out.
The Uhl Fire was discovered three
miles southeast of Moran Junction after
fire officials and hikers reported smoke
near Enyon Ridge in the Elk Ranch area
of the Grand Teton National Park on
Sunday. On Monday, the fire had burned
4 acres and was reported to have been 40
percent contained with high hopes of
extinguishing the flames before the end
of the week.
Lightning from a storm on the weekend
of June16-17 is the suspected culprit of
the Uhl Fire. Lightning can strike a tree
down and ignite flames which go out but
remain smoldering, taking several days of
wind and dry, hot weather to ignite dry
vegetation at ground level, GTNP Public
Affairs Officer Jackie Skaggs explained.
Monday’s fire-favorable conditions led
interagency fire managers to elevate the
fire danger rating to “high” from last
week’s “moderate.” Fire danger ratings are
based on several factors, including moisture content of various fuel types (i.e.,
trees, vegetation, ground cover), current
and expected weather trends, available
firefighting resources and local fire activity, all of which are playing in favor of fires
and against firefighters.
The weather forecast does not include
any precipitation in the near future.
These recent fires and conditions typical
to late summer seem to be a foreboding
sign that this year will be no better than
the last. According to the National
Interagency Fire Center, which tracks fires
across the nation and provides vital help to
regional fire personnel, the 2006 fire season was above normal in all geographic
areas nationwide with the exception of
Alaska and the Eastern geographic area.
Record-setting statistics tallied 96,385
fires reported nationwide and 9,873,429
acres burned. The 2006 season was 125
percent above the 10-year average.
“The low snow pack during the 20062007 winter and the early melt combined
with little or no rain in May or June has
contributed to the persistent drought and
early drying and curing of vegetation, creating ripe conditions for fire easily
caused by lightning or human activity,”
said Skaggs.
The NIFC’s National Wildland Fire
Outlook heightens concerns with a prediction of above-normal fire potential in the
Eastern Great Basin, which includes
Grand Teton National Park and BridgerTeton National Forest.
The combination of such predictions
and fire-favorable conditions should
encourage those that play outdoors to
strictly follow fire safety rules and remember that, while the Fourth of July is fast
approaching, fireworks are never permitted in either the park or on the forest.
For more information on fires, visit
www.nifc.gov or www.tetonfires.com.
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New Hotel Terra ‘green’ from the get-go
by Sam Petri
The trend to go “green” has infiltrated nearly every business practice in Jackson Hole. Even some oil rigs sport solar
panels or wind turbines now. But one of the fastest growing
segments of the trend is developing land with sustainability
in mind.
For hotels, especially those that tout their natural settings,
this means sporting some sort of Leadership in
Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) status, not only
for marketing purposes, but for the health of guests, cost efficiency, and to gain approval from planning boards and the
general public.
In Teton Village, Terra Resort Group is constructing a sixstory, 72-room condominium hotel property built on a halfacre that it hopes will win Silver LEED certification and
open this December. (LEED’s Bronze, Silver, Gold,
Platinum and “Living Building Challenge” criteria are set by
the U.S. Green Building Council and refer to the environmental consciousness of the building).
Terra Resort Group, chaired by ski mountaineer Rob
DesLauries, who also launched the 129-room Teton
Mountain Lodge in 2002, was able to sell all 72 condos to
investors in a matter of 48 hours. Owners of the units deal
with Terra Property Management, but guests deal with Hotel
Terra, all of which is under the umbrella of TRG.
Hotel Terra will be equipped with a spa and fitness center,
a “Terra Living Room,” a rooftop hot tub, two restaurants,
and a snowboard retail and ski rental shop. As a condominium hotel, Hotel Terra’s 72 units offer single guest rooms or
one- two- or three-bedroom suites. Each will be outfitted with
Bose surround sound speakers, flat-screen televisions, and
high-performance touch screen telephones. Guests will be
given complementary wireless access.
“We want our guests to have a luxury experience and then
surprise them with the element of sustainability,” said
Corporate Director of Communications Samantha Denny.
But hidden behind those luxury items is a well-designed
green structure, including: 100 percent recycled “Eco
Shake” roof shingles; low Volatile Organic Compound carpets, pads, sealants, paint and adhesives; energy efficient
heating and cooling systems; dual flush toilets, low-flow
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Instant Karma:
The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
John Lennon was not just an artist;
he was the embodiment of social
conscience and his inspiration lives
on in the Amnesty International
project Instant Karma. Ours is
a world gone mad in many
aspects, with the situation in
Darfur at the forefront of
an ever-growing list of
human rights violations
being committed
around the globe. This
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tion waste will be reused or recycled.
Almost everyone has seen phase one construction of
Hotel Terra progress over the past few months. The second
phase will be a 60-room condominium hotel featuring a pool
area and a conference center, as well as another rooftop hot
tub. A sky-bridge will connect the two. Phase two should be
complete by December ’08 or January ’09 and will be built
in a similar sustainable LEED fashion.
In addition, a 30,000-square-foot annex to Teton Mountain
Lodge, which includes a 16,000-square-foot Spa, will be completed by July 14. The construction of the addition is not
LEED certified, but sustainable aspects have been incorporated into the building plan, and TML continues to outfit the
rest of the hotel in sustainable ways, like using non-toxic
cleaning products, fluorescent light bulbs and organic cotton
sheets.
As you look around Teton Village and curse new development, new tourists and long lift lines, remember that your
decision to move here also contributes to the problems. At
least some of the development is being headed up by Rob
DesLauries, a guy who’s skied from the top of the highest
summits on all seven continents and hopefully cares a little
more about Teton Village than your average oil tycoon.
vision to raise funds and focus
attention on the atrocities facing the
citizens of Sudan on a daily basis.
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The first recommendation you’ll hear
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If every household in the U.S.
switched all their light bulbs from
incandescent to CFLs, we could retire
90 power plants. CFLs use one-fourth
the electricity of incandescents, last
ten times longer, and save you $45
over the lifetime of a bulb. Power companies are pushing CFLs to encourage customers to use less power.
Compared to a 75-watt incandescent,
an 18-watt CFL will use 570 kilowatthours of electricity less, and thus put
less CO2 into the atmosphere.
CFLs work most everywhere, except
in a fixture with a dimmer switch.
There are dimmable CFLs coming
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technology is still developing.
CFLs come in all shapes and
sizes. You can even find bulbs that
look like incandescents if you don’t
like the curly shaped bulbs. I saw a
billboard in Reno, Nev., depicting a
curly CFL with the caption, “Looks
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One criticism is that CFLs contain
mercury. While that’s true, it’s an
amount that is about the size of the
tip of a ballpoint pen – less mercury
than in your watch battery. If you
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sealed plastic bag and take it to the
recycling center as hazardous
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Summer is a great time to make the
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lights at all. By the time fall and winter
rolls around, you’ll be used to them.
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by Jake Nichols
Wyoming Cowboy football fans immediately recognized the MVP of the World Bowl,
held last weekend in Frankfurt, Germany.
Former Poke Quarterback Casey Bramlet was
the voted the MVP of the championship
game in the international football league
called NFL Europa. Bramlet, who led the
Cowboys to a Las Vegas Bowl win over the
UCLA Bruins in 2004, helped the Hamburg
Sea Devils past the Frankfurt Galaxy, 37-28,
in the highest-scoring World Bowl. Bramlet is
property of the Washington Redskins. We
caught the item on ESPN’s Sports Center
while checking on baseball scores.
■
Salt Lake’s Deseret News is stoked about
Off Square Theatre Company’s new musical,
“Crazy Love,” playing at the Center Theater
through July 28. Set in 1946, the show pays
homage to the Golden Age of Hollywood
movie musicals and the glory days of Fred
Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly. Off
Square Producing Artistic Director John
Briggs co-wrote the musical, and hopes are it
will open on Broadway in the near future.
■
Consensus in the Casper Star-Tribune’s
June 24 weekend fishing wrap-up is the Snake
River is the place to be. Boysen, Glendo and
Keyhole Reservoirs fished OK, but Micah
Kruger of Jack Dennis Sports reported that
the “Snake River south of Jackson is the
place to be right now for drift boating. The
dry fly fishing is excellent during hatches of
goldenstones, green drakes and caddis.”
Jack Dennis, by the way, just finished
helping the U.S. Fly Fishing Team to a
sixth-place finish in the World Fly Fishing
Championships held in Kemi, Finland. It
was the team’s best finish ever, but not
good enough to unseat six-time world
champs France.
“I can frankly say the French earned this
championship by fishing hard and having
the experience to handle adverse fishing
conditions,” Dennis said. “We have a lot to
learn, and we can learn it from the French
so someday we can beat them.”
Members of the U.S. team included
team captain Dennis, fellow Jacksonnative Jim Hickey, and anglers from Grand
Junction and Durango, Colo., Sandy,
Utah, and State College, Pa.
■
The New York Times reporter Michael
Falcone interviewed the country’s newest
senator – former Wyoming Republican
State Senator John Barrasso. “I believe in
limited government, lower taxes, less spending, traditional family values, local control
and strong national defense,” Barrasso told
the Times. “In the State Senate, in addition
to receiving an ‘A’ rating from the NRA, I
have voted for prayer in schools, against gay
marriage and have sponsored legislation to
protect the sanctity of life.”
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Next stop: Jackson, Wyoming. Tacoma
News-Tribune readers and travelers would
be hard pressed to find the rails in Jackson
Hole on the new tourist package offered by
GrandLuxe Rail Journeys. The railroad outfit is offering a National Parks railroad tour
to the best National Parks in the American
West. Washington residents are being
offered a special deal, piggybacking on the
GrandLuxe package, which will chug them
into the station in downtown Tacoma on
Tacoma Rail’s Mountain Division. The tour
begins in Jackson, where riders are motorcoached through Grand Teton and
Yellowstone national parks, eventually
picking up the train at Bozeman, Mont.
The deal runs about $5,000 per person.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just released
another 10 trumpeter swans into the wild
from Blackfoot Valley Ranch near Ovando,
Mont. According to the Helena Independent
Record, the hopes are that the birds will
migrate and make their way back to the Bob
Marshall Wilderness to breed. So far, of the
37 swans released, eight are confirmed dead
and four have made their winter home in
American Falls, Idaho, before returning to
Ovando for the summer. Many of the swans
were born in captivity in Jackson Hole, where
the majestic 30-pound bird is making a comeback from near extinction.
■
REI store supervisor Dave Smith told the
Salt Lake Tribune he normally does not stock
too much bear spray at his SLC shop. “We
don’t carry a large amount because people
traditionally buy it when they go to
Yellowstone, the Tetons, Montana or
Canada,” he said. “There hasn’t been much
demand, locally. But that’s changed dramatically now.” Bear awareness us up in the state
in Utah after 11-year-old Samuel Ives of
Pleasant Grove was killed on June 17 by a
black bear that yanked him out of a tent outside of Timpooneke Campground in
American Fork Canyon.
The Miller Sisters
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Arts, Events and Entertainment
NMWA revisits how the West was pictured
by Richard Anderson
The National Museum of Wildlife Art
celebrates summer and its 20th
anniversary with weekend full of
Western-themed special events and a
custom-curated show, “Remington &
Russell Revisited.”
Why “revisit” the two artists who
arguably are responsible for the long
over-romanticized Western icons that
live on, albeit only in our collective
conscious?
“You can revisit something because
you want to re-experience it,” said
Brian Dippie, Ph.D., a historian at the
University of Victoria who guest-curated the show for the NMWA and who will
help open the show on Thursday
evening. “It’s not just that the ideas that
you’re going to encounter are new.”
Say “Remington and Russell” to
some of folks and they will want to see
a lot of other artists included or even
anything but Remington and Russell.
“On the surface, they seem so familiar,” Dippie said, “but the entire tradition of Western art as it emerges in the
19th and 20th centuries was deeply
influenced by their work and vision.”
They were there, after all, although
their different backgrounds and perspectives led to two different interpretations. Frederic Remington, born in
New York in 1861, first went West in
1881. He made many trips back until
his death at the age of 48, but he lived
back East, was a part of the Eastern
establishment and all its institutions.
“Remington is unabashedly in line
with many in his generation of the winning of the West,” Dippie said. Thus,
much of his work depicts savage
natives and savage landscapes in
needed of a good vanquishing and the
military operations that got ’er done.
“Bucker at Stampede” by Charles M.
Russell, 1919, waterclor, William P.
Healey collection
Russell, on the other hand – born in
1864 in Missouri, then near the edge of
the frontier – went to Montana at the
age of 16, fell in love with the West and
pretty much never left. His vision, Dippie
said, is more nostalgic, a celebration of
the adventure of the wilderness and a
eulogy for its disappearance. He painted much more wildlife than Remington
and cast a more affectionate eye on
Native American life and customs. He
was not blind to the comedic aspects of
cowboy and pioneer life, and in many
ways his wry sense of humor spawned
the tradition of cowboy wit and poetry
so many idolize today.
The museum hopes to demonstrate
some of those historic links with its
Western Weekend, a chuckwagon full
of readings, workshops, receptions
and concerts starting at 5:30 p.m. on
Thursday with an opening reception
for all of the museum’s summer exhibitions. At 7, Dippie will comments on
“Remington and Russell Revisited” and
then cowboy poet D.W. Groethe will
read some comments of his own.
Saturday starts at 9 a.m. with “Learn to
Rhyme in Cowboy Time!” a poetry workshop led by Montana’s Henry Real Bird.
At 10 a.m., the Western Weekend Tack
Show opens, with tack and Western items
from Flat Creek Saddle Shop, Grand
Teton Hat Company, Steve Fontanini
Blacksmith and others. And at 8 p.m., a
cavalcade of cowboy poets and Western
art scholars will present “A Lighthearted
Look at Our Love of the West.”
The tack show resumes at 10 a.m. on
Sunday, with live cowgirl models for
aspiring artists to sketch at 12:30, and
a special “First Sundays” program will
include free “Women of the West” concert featuring musicians Shelley and
Kelly and Christine Langdon, and
poets Georgie Sicking and Rhonda
Sterns. Museum galleries also will be
open for free to all local residents.
Some of the events above involve
fees. For details contact the museum
at 733-5771 or visit the museum’s web
site at www.WildlifeArt.org.
Your week
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Music
■ Margo Valiante plays folk and bluegrass 6-10 p.m. in
the Four Season’s Lobby Lounge in Teton Village. 732-5000.
■ Vocalist Judith Weikle and guitarist/mandolinist
David Rice play Celtic music 7:30-9:30 p.m. every
Wednesday at Hard Drive Café, 1110 Maple Way. $3
suggested donation. 733-5282.
■ Albino mixes up the Afrobeat at 10 p.m. at the
Knotty Pine in Victor, Idaho. (208) 787-2866.
■ Eek-A-Mouse and The B Foundation play reggae and
Dancehall at 10 p.m. at the Mangy Moose in Teton
Village. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door.
Visit www.MangyMoose.net or call 733-9779.
■ Hoosier Highway plays country at 9 p.m. tonight
through Saturday at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar on
the west side of the Town Square. 733-2207.
■ For over five years, Victor Ragamuffin of Pentecost
Sound System has rallied the faithful for Reggae Night,
9:30 p.m. to close every Wednesday at the Stagecoach
Bar in Wilson. No cover. 733-4407.
Art
■ All summer long, Grand Teton National Park hosts
Native American artists and craftspeople to demonstrate and display their work 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday
through Sunday at the Colter Bay Visitors Center and
Indian Arts Museum. Andrea Two Bulls of the Oglala Souix
displays her beadwork and painting through Sunday.
Starting Monday, Ted Moran of the S’Klallan demonstrates Northwest Coast carving. 739-3300.
■ “Ground/Cover – 2003-2005,” photographs by Keith
Johnson, hang in the ArtSpace Loft Gallery through July 27
at the Center for the Arts, 260 S. Glenwood. 733-6379.
■ Work by eight artists who attended last year’s
retreat at the Rimrock Ranch in Wapiti Valley, 25
miles east of Cody, Wyo., will hang in the Rising Sage
Café at the National Museum of Wildlife Art through
October. This year’s retreat will take place Sept. 1623 – call 732-5438 for details – or call 733-5771 for
more about the Rising Art exhibit.
Theater
■ Jackson Hole Playhouse, 145 W. Deloney, presents
“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” nightly Monday
through Saturday until Sept. 1. Come at 5 p.m. or
6:30 p.m. for dinner, or show up for the pre-show at
7:20. Visit www.JHPlayhouse.com for details, or call
733-6994 for reservations.
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While most towns celebrate the
Fourth of July for just one single day,
the communities of Teton Valley, Idaho
pull out the big guns and turn
America’s birthday party into a weeklong affair.
Teton Valley’s annual Summer
Festival starts this Saturday with the
Old Time Fiddlers Contest at 10 a.m. in
Driggs City Park, and it doesn’t stop ’til
the final day of the Craft Fair and
Antique Show clear on the other side of
next week.
In between are the 25th annual Hot
Air Balloon Rally, the Tetonia Rodeo,
Fourth of July parade and fireworks,
and more good old American apple-pieand-mom fun and festivities than even a
whole family can squeeze in.
The Hot Air Balloon Rally actually
starts Saturday, too, when dozens of
colorful hot-air-filled crafts will fill the
morning sky. With an advance reserva-
tion, the public can ride along on
Tuesday and Independence Day, but
just watching from the ground is a
thrill, too.
Other festival events include a
Wildflower Walk, meeting at 2 p.m. on
Saturday on the east side of Broulim’s
parking lot (look for guy with the flower;
that’s your guide); the Tetonia Rodeo at
7 p.m. on Saturday at the Tetonia
Rodeo Grounds; the Third of July girls’
baseball game and Fourth of July boys’
Little League game at Driggs City Park;
and various community meals throughout the week and throughout the valley.
For complete details, call the Teton
Valley Chamber of Commerce at (208)
354-2500, e-mail [email protected]
or
visit
www.TetonValleyChamber.com.
— Richard Anderson
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■ The Playmill Theatre presents eight performances a
■ The Jackson Hole Playhouse hosts a “Playtime at the
■ “Songwriter’s Alley: Volume II” will feature 35-minute
week throughout the summer at the venue, 50 W.
Broadway: “Nunsense,” a musical comedy about a group
of nuns preparing for a variety show; “CHAPS,” about a
British radio studio crew that swings into action when its
Wild West guests fail to show up; and Meredith Willson
and Franklin Lacey’s revered “The Music Man.” Tickets
cost $20 and $25, $5 off for children 12 and under. Call
200-4407 or visit www.playmilljackson.com for tickets.
Playhouse” summer theater camp. Weeklong sessions run
Wednesday to Wednesday through Aug. 29 and feature
acting, singing and music workshops, a presentation of
“Guys and Gals” (a Western version of “Guys and Dolls”),
snacks and more. $300 for each session. 733-7694.
sets by The Miller Sisters, Peter “Chanman” Chandler and
Sean Ryan starting at 7:30 p.m. at Hard Drive Café, 1110
Maple Way. All ages welcome; $5 at the door. 733-JAVA.
through Saturday at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar on the
west side of the Town Square. 733-2207.
■ The stage is open 7-10 p.m. at Joe’s Garage, every
Thursday in The Lounge at Snow King Resort. No cover.
733-5200.
■ Four4 Productions hosts Disco Night from 9:30 p.m. to
close every Thursday at the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. No
cover. 733-4407.
■ Pianist Keith Phillips plays jazz standards and more
6:30-9:30 p.m. every Thursday in the Teton Pines Dining
Room off the Moose-Wilson Road. No cover. 733-1005.
Film
■ The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival needs your help
immediately. The festival needs prescreeners, office
assistance and moderators in the coming weeks.
Volunteers can earn a full access pass to the festival,
worth $1,200. If interested, contact the office at 7337016 or email [email protected].
Kids & Families
■ Toddler Club meets 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Recreation
Center. 739-9025.
■ Little Rollers Tumbling Class gets rolling 8:45-9:45 in the
Recreation Center gym. 7390-9025.
■ The National Museum of Wildlife Art hosts “Family
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Fundays” 2-3 p.m. each Wednesday through Aug. 22. This
week, families try “Sketching Wildlife.” Free for NMWA
members, $12 per adult for non-members. 732-5435.
■ The Teton County Library’s Summer Reading Program holds
a “Scratch, Spin and Squish Art” craft sessions for kids 5 to
11 years old 3-4 p.m. in the library. Design “surprise art”
with special techniques taught at rotating stations. Free;
advance sign-up required. 733-2164 ext. 103.
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Community
■ Habitat for Humanity welcomes volunteers, 9a.m.-4:30
p.m. every Thursday and Saturday and 4-7 p.m. every
Wednesday. Make a difference, have a part in building a
decent, affordable home for those in need. No experience necessary. Call for directions: 734-0828.
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Music
■ Dark Cheddar rocks out with blues, funk, rock and
country at 10 p.m. at 43 North at the south end of Cache
Street. $3. 733-0043.
■ Phil Round plays finger-pick and flat-pick acoustic guitar and sings a wide variety of styles 6:30-9:30 p.m. in
the lobby of the Amangani Hotel atop East Gros Ventre
Butte. 733-9641.
■ Blues Night with Mick Holiday starts at 9 p.m. every
Thursday and Friday at the Bull Moose Saloon in Alpine,
Wyo. No cover. (877) 498-7993.
■ Judd Grossman plays folk, rock and country 6-10 p.m. in
■ Pam Drews Phillips plays piano and sings 7-10 p.m.
each Thursday in The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, atop
East Gros Ventre Butte. 733-8833.
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Art
■ The National Museum of Wildlife Art celebrates summer
with a special Western Weekend, starting with a reception for the exhibitions “Remington & Russell Revisited,”
“Sketch to Painting” and “Treasures from the Vault” at 5:30
p.m. At 7 p.m. noted scholar and guest curator Brian
Dippie will speak and cowboy poet D.W. Groethe will read
several of his best-known works. Free to members, $7 to
non-members. 733-5771.
■ “Culture of Nature: Uncommon Botany,” an exhibit of
sculptures inspired by nature by Mari Andrews, Michael
Sherrill, Ron Klein, Robbin Oberheu and John Oldani, hangs
through Aug. 24 in the ArtSpace Gallery in the Center for
the Arts, 265. S. Glenwood. 733-6379.
Teton Village EVENTS
JULY 6 - 9
JULY 11
silver car
collector
car show
GTMF
opening gala
celebration
“Come ride the Bridger Gondola
– Couloir is now open!
■ The Teton County Library offers a glimpse into the
Wind River Indian Reservation with a new exhibit,
“Arapaho Photography Project: My Community.” Arapaho
community members ages 3-adult created the 50 black
and white photo exhibit using cameras to document
their community as they see it. 733-2164 ext. 135.
Dance
■ Dancers’ Workshop and Manny Sanchez offer “Latin
Dance Fit” 12:30-1:20 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays
and Thursdays. $60 for five classes, $16 to drop in.
733-6398 or www.dwjh.org.
Film
■ The National Museum of Wildlife Art screens films from
its library and from the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film
Festival at 2 p.m. each Thursday. Free with admission.
732-5435.
Literature
■ The 15th Jackson Hole Writers Conference starts today
and runs through Sunday at the Center for the Arts, 265
S. Glenwood. The lineup of guest writers includes fiction
writer Daniel Woodrell, young adult fiction writer Todd
Strasser and travel writer Daniel Glick. Local writers Terry
Tempest Williams and Alexandra Fuller will offer their perspectives on creative nonfiction and memoir. Reserve
your spot online at www.jacksonholewritersconference.com or call 413-3331.
Kids & Families
■ The Teton County Library hosts Storytime for kids 4-6
years old 10:30-11 a.m. each Thursday at the library.
This week, The Jackson Police Department’s Kiley
Campbell and Andy Pearson will show children 4-6 yearsold how the officers lift fingerprints from crime scene
objects to help solve crimes. 733-2164 ext. 247.
Sports & Recreation
■ Yoga hits the mats 9-10:15 a.m. at the Rec Center.
Community
■ Habitat for Humanity welcomes volunteers 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. every Thursday. Take part in building an affordable
home for those in need. Call 734-0828 for directions.
www.tetonhabitat.org.
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Music
■ One for the Ditch plays original rockin’ tunes at 10
p.m. at 43 North at the south end of Cache Street. $3.
733-0043.
■ Phil Round plays finger-pick and flat-pick acoustic guitar and sings a wide variety of songs 6:30-9:30 p.m. in
the lobby of the Amangani Hotel atop East Gros Ventre
Butte. 733-9641.
■ Blues Night with Mick Holiday starts at 9 p.m. every
Thursday and Friday at the Bull Moose Saloon in Alpine,
Wyo. No cover. (877) 498-7993.
■ Four4 Productions’ Vert-One and Mike Thunder spin
tunes 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. at Eleanor’s Cuvee, behind Plaza
Liquors on West Broadway. No cover. 733-7901.
■ The Sibleys play bluegrass and folk 6-10 p.m. in the
Four Season’s Lobby Lounge in Teton Village. 732-5000.
■ The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch atop East Gros
Ventre Butte hosts Jazz Night 7-10 p.m. with pianist Pam
Drews Phillips, bassist Mike Rossi and drummer Mike
Calabrese. 733-8833.
■ David Rice and Chris Thores play bluegrass at 7:30
p.m. outside on the back porch of Jackson Hole Roasters,
165 E. Broadway. Donations requested at the door.
690-8065.
■ Front St. Productions spins tunes 10 p.m. to closing
every Friday at the Log Cabin Saloon, 475 N. Cache St. No
cover. 733-7525.
■ Texas singer-songwriter Pat Green and his trio perform at 10 p.m. at the Mangy Moose in Teton Village. $25
in advance; $27 at the door. Visit
www.MangyMoose.net or call 733-9779.
through Saturday at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the
west side of the Town Square. 733-2207.
■ Orville’s Christian Coffeehouse hosts an evening of
Christian music, poetry and stories about God 8-10 p.m.
every Friday at 285 W. Pearl St. Show up and make joyful noise. 733-3165.
■ Boondocks gets down with country-blues, electrobluegrass and rock 8-11:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow
at the Silver Dollar Bar in the Wort Hotel, half a block of
the Town Square on West Broadway. No cover. 7332190.
■ Bob Stevens plays at 9 p.m. tonight and tomorrow at
the Virginian Saloon, 750 W. Broadway. No cover. 7399891.
■ Vocalist Juliane Kowski, keyboardist Keith Phillips and
bassist Al Klagee interpret the works of Thelonious
Monk, Miles Davis and other famous modern jazz com-
posers 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Warbirds Café, just north of
Driggs, Idaho, in the Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport. No
cover. (208) 354-2550.
Art
■ Mountain Trails Gallery, 150 Center St., hosts “W is for
Wildlife,” a one-woman show for Jackson painter Amy
Ringholz, today through July 7. Artist’s reception will be
5-7 p.m. on July 5. 734-8150 or www.mttrails.com.
Literature
■ Jackson Hole Writers and the Teton County Library
host a free public reading with writers Daniel Woodrell
and Terry Tempest Williams 7:30-9 p.m., part of the 2007
Jackson Hole Writers Conference. For more info about the
conference, call 413-3332 or visit www.jacksonholewritersconference.com. Contact the library at 7332164 or www.TCLib.org.
Kids & Families
■ The Teton County Library hosts a special summer
Storytime session for kids 4-6 years old 10:30-11 a.m.
each Friday through Aug. 3 at the library. This week, the
Jackson Police Department’s Kiley Campbell and Andy
Pearson will show the children 4-6 years old how the officers lift fingerprints from crime scene objects to help
solve crimes. 733-2164 ext. 247.
Mind, Body & Spirit
■ Teton Sangha Silent Meditation takes place every Friday
6-6:45 p.m. at Zendler Chiropractic, 215 Scott Lane.
[email protected].
Community
■ The deadline to get entries in for the annual Fourth of July
Parade is today. Participants may walk, ride in vehicles,
or drive horse-drawn carriages or buggies. The parade
will line up at 9 a.m. on Snow King Avenue by the rodeo
grounds and will start at 10:30. Judging will take place
as entries pass the Town Square. $25 entry fee. Call
733-3316 ext. 23 or email [email protected].
■ Buy, sell, trade or just come and check out firearms
at the Wasatch Gun Show 2-8 p.m. today, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on
Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday at the Virginian
Lodge, 750 W. Broadway. (801) 466-7556,
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Music
■ Phil Round plays finger-pick and flat-pick acoustic guisee GALAXY CALENDAR page 30
EVENT
SCHEDULE
240 South Glenwood
734.8956
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INFORMATION VISIT
www.jhcenterforthearts.org
AND CLICK ON “CALENDAR.”
Art Association 733.6379
www.artassociation.org
A Plein Air Studio Workshop with Joe
Arnold, August 2-4, 9 am-4 pm, $350
($325 AA members) Students will
spend the mornings in the field and
the afternoon in the Painting Studio.
His many high altitude mountain
panoramas have earned Joe Arnold
the reputation as the “Plein-air artist
of thin air.”
Dancers’ Workshop
733-6398 www.dwjh.org
Wednesday Evenings:
Beginning Adult Old School Hip Hop
with Manny Sanchez. 5:15-6:15 pm.
Come learn some basic moves in this
newbie Hip Hop class.
Intermediate Adult Hip Hop with
Manny Sanchez. 6:15-7:30 pm. This
dynamic Hip Hop class provides students with the latest cutting edge
jazz, Hip Hop and street choreography. Dancers should expect to receive
fast paced progressions and choreography. You’ll be amazed at your inner
diva or B-boy! $16/session.
Off Square Theater Company
733.3021 www.offsquare.org
Crazy Love, June 21 - July 28, Center
Theater, $24.36 or $34.80, plus service fee and tax. This is a regional premiere and a pre-Broadway tryout. It’s
1946 and Johnny Pride, the “Pride of
Broadway” is in Miami. He needs
money to back his new show or he’s
all washed up. Raul Vanidad, the
Cuban Ambassador to America, and
one of the wealthiest men in the
world, is in Miami on business.
Margarita Vanidad (Vanity), Raul’s
daughter, has only one dream: to be a
Broadway star. What happens when
Pride marries Vanity? Rediscover the
glory days of Fred, Ginger and Gene
Kelly in this spectacular musical
homage to the golden age of MGM
movie musicals. Tickets available at
the Center Box Office 733-4900.
Center Theater 733.4900 (Box
Office) www.jhcenterforthearts.org
African Children’s Choir, Monday,
July 9, 8:00 pm Center Theater,
$45.00 all seats. The African
Children’s Choir performs traditional
music and dance throughout the
world bringing hope and joy to
everyone they meet while shining
the spotlight on the plight of
children in Africa. These phenomenal
children, ages seven to eleven, are
world ambassadors for all children
in Africa who have become orphans
because of the AIDS pandemic.
Each year, a new Choir is selected
and the children from the previous
year’s Choir return to their
homelands to attend school. Their
education is completely funded by
The African Children’s Choir.
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All shows start at 9:30pm unless noted
Wednesday 6.27
Eek A Mouse w/ The
b Fountain
Eek A Mouse is
known in his
home country of
Jamacia as a top
charts reggae star.
His own
individual vocal style has placed him
as an international phenomenon in the
world of reggae. His music keeps
the audience excited and his music
is just plain fun to hear.
$18 in advance, $20 Day of Show
Saturday 6.29
Pat Green
As he wears his
emotion on his
sleeve, Pat Green
knows how to
connect with an
audience. His
passionate and
expressive music had sold out shows of
6,000 or more. His unique style of music
makes this musician possible to open for
Kenney Chesney one night and Dave
Matthews another.
$25 in advance, $27 Day of Show
Monday 7.02
Chicago Afrobeat Project
Chicago Afrobeat
Project (CAbP) is a
dynamic musical
collective rooted in
'70s funk and
jazz-infused
afrobeat. CAbP
mixes traditional afrobeat with
other dance-invoking musical
motifs such as Chicago’s electronic
house music, complex West
African percussion rhythms and
upbeat funk. At each performance,
the polyrhythmic groove and sharp
horn lines of CAbP stir up energetic
momentum, sweeping listeners
directly to the dance floor time and
time again.
$10 at the door
Friday 7.6 & Saturday 7.7
Midnight Cowboys
Wednesday 7.11 & Thursday 7.12
Ned Evett Trio
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT:
WWW.MANGYMOOSE.NET
TOBACCO ROW
MOOSE CELLARS & MAIN EVENT
MANGY MOOSE
HOTLINE
733-9779
DINNER RESERVATIONS
733-4913
Knotty Pine
Wednesday, June 27
Albino
Nine piece band from Berkley that
is ON FIRE!
11TH ANNUAL
GOD BLESS AMERICA FESTIVAL
Tuesday, July 3 • 10pm
Chicago Afrobeat Project
Wednesday, July 4
ALL DAY PIG ROAST & FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Miller Sisters
11:30am-1:00pm
Lost Dogs Gathering
1:30-3pm
Chanman’s
Roots
Band
3:30-6pm
On the
One
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tar and sings a wide variety of songs 6:30-9:30 p.m. in
the lobby of the Amangani Hotel, atop East Gros Ventre
Butte. 733-9641.
■ Bluegrass Night starts at 9 p.m. every Saturday at the
Bull Moose Saloon in Alpine, Wyo. No cover. (877) 498-7993.
every Saturday at Eleanor’s Cuvee behind Plaza Liquors
off West Broadway. No cover. 733-7901.
■ Bob Greenspan plays blues, jazz and rock 6-10 p.m. in
■ Citizen O’Kane plays rock at 9 p.m. every Saturday at the
Log Cabin Saloon, 475 N. Cache St. No cover. 733-7525.
■ Jason Fritts Ensemble delivers Latin, swing and acid
jazz 6-9:30 p.m. every Saturday in The Lounge at Snow
King Resort. No cover. 733-5200.
■ Hoosier Highway plays country at 9 p.m. at the Million
Dollar Cowboy Bar on the west side of the Town Square.
733-2207.
■ Boondocks gets down with country-blues, electro-bluegrass and rock 8-11:30 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Bar in the
Wort Hotel, half a block off the Town Square on West
Broadway. No cover. 733-2190.
■ Pianist Pam Phillips plays 7-10 p.m. at the Spring Creek
Ranch’s Granary, atop East Gros Ventre Butte. 733-8833.
■ Bob Stevens performs at 9 p.m. at the Virginian Saloon,
750 W. Broadway. No cover. 739-9891.
Literature
■ Henry Real Bird leads “Learn to Rhyme in Cowboy Time,” a
7-10pm
*Late Night
Fireworks
Chicago
Afrobeat
Project
208-787-2866
58 S. Main Street, Victor, Idaho
cowboy poetry writing workshop for all ages, at 9 a.m. on
June 30 at the NMWA. Cost ranges from $20 to $$5,
depending on age, membership and level of participation, and registration is required. 732-5438.
Classes, Lectures & Workshops
■ Two acclaimed cowboy poets – Paul Zarzyski and
CHUCKWAGON
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Open Daily 10:00am-10pm
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OVEN
BUFFET
DINNER
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Gift Shop & Adventure Sports
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VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
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FOR UPCOMING EVENTS
Spur Cabins
LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE SNAKE
RIVER WITH TETON VIEWS
733-2522
p.m. Saturday. Take part in building an affordable home
for those in need. Call 734-0828 for directions.
www.tetonhabitat.org.
Outlying
■ Teton Valley, Idaho, hosts its annual Summer Festival today
through July 7 with an old time fiddlers contest, wildflower walk, rodeo, arts and crafts, Fourth of July celebrations and the 25th annual Hot Air Balloon Rally. For
more
detail,
see
page
28,
visit
www.VisitTetonValley.com or call (208) 354-2500.
■ The Teton Arts Council hosts Precious Pals, an art class
for toddlers 18 months to 3 years old, 10-11 a.m. on
Saturdays. $8 per class or $7 with a punch card. (208)
354-4278 or [email protected].
■ Cosmic Apple Garden hosts its annual Farm Party.
Members of the local CSA are invited to tour the farm,
hear live music, meet fellow shareholders, and support
local food providers. (208) 787-2082 or www.cosmicapple.com.
SUNDAY1
Music
■ Western Weekend at the National Museum of Wildlife Art
concludes with a special “First Sundays” program:
“Women of the West: Music, Poetry and Sketching,” at 12:30
p.m. Cowgirl poets Georgie Sicking and Rhonda Stearns,
and musicians Christine Langdon, and Shelley and Kelly
bring their talents to the museum while live cowgirl models will be in the Johnston Hall for everyone to sketch.
733-5771.
■ The mic is open 8:30-midnight every Sunday at 43
North, at the south end of Cache Street. Call to sign-up or
just show up. No cover.733-0043.
■ Judd Grossman plays folk, rock and country 6-10 p.m.
in the Four Season’s Lobby Lounge in Teton Village. 7325000.
■ The legendary Stagecoach Band performs 6-10 p.m. at
the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. No cover. 733-4407.
Music
■ Margo Valiante plays folk and bluegrass 6-10 p.m. in the
PIZZA • CALZONES • PASTA • SALADS
Wine Shoppe & Spur Bar
Community
■ Habitat for Humanity welcomes volunteers 9 a.m.-4:30
MONDAY2
Pizza & Pasta Co.
Open Daily 11:30am-9:00pm
Henry Real Bird – and five noted Western art scholars –
Ginger Renner, Anne Morand, Joan Troccoli, Peter Hassrick
and Byron Price – examine the cowboy, his life and his art
with “Cowboy Poets and Art Scholars: A Light-hearted Look at
Our Love of the West” at 8 p.m. at the National Museum of
Wildlife Art. $10 for NMWA members, $15 for nonmembers. 732-5438.
307-733-2415
12 miles north of Jackson
Moose, WY
Four Season’s Lobby Lounge in Teton Village. 732-5000.
■ The Chicago Afrobeat Orchestra follows in the footsteps
of Fela Kuti at 10 p.m. at the Mangy Moose Saloon in Teton
Village. $10 at the door. Visit www.MangyMoose.net or
call 733-9779.
■ Mammoth Jack plays country at 9 p.m. nightly through
Saturday at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the west side
of the Town Square. 733-2207.
■ The Jackson Hole Hootenanny opens the doors to the
Lodge Room in Snow King Center at 6:15 p.m., when local
and visiting musicians are invited to sign up to perform
two-song sets. Music starts at 7. Full bar service,
patrons are welcome to bring their own food, children
under 18 are welcome with parents or a responsible
adult accompanying them. $3. 733-5200.
Kids & Families
■ Camp Jackson, a summer day camp for kids entering
grades 1-8, runs 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday through Aug. 31 at the Jackson Hole Middle School.
$30 per day. 739-9025.
■ “Young at Art” continues 10:30-11:15 a.m. at the
National Museum of Wildlife Art in the classroom. Toddlers
5 and under will make “Blue Paint Squares.” The program is free for members, $12 for adult non-members.
733-5771.
Sports & Recreation
■ Duplicate Bridge lays ’em down 5:15-8:45 p.m. in the
Recreation Center meeting room. $3. 733-8689.
Mind, Body, Spirit
■ Teton County Public Health conducts free and confidential
HIV testing Monday through Friday at Teton County
Public Health, 460 E. Pearl. For an appointment, phone
733-6401.
Outlying
■ The Teton Arts Council hosts “Mondo Murals,” a class for
6-12-year-olds that gets kids interested in art through
the creation of large-scale murals, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. today
through July 5. Cost is $35 for one day ($30 for TAC
members) or $125 for the entire session ($100 for
members).
(208)
354-4278
or
[email protected].
TUESDAY3
Music
■ Judd Grossman plays folk, rock and country 6-10 p.m.
in the Four Season’s Lobby Lounge at Teton Village. 7325000.
■ The Chicago Afrobeat Orchestra plays at 10 p.m. at the
Knotty Pine in Victor, Idaho. (208) 787-2866.
every Tuesday at the Log Cabin Saloon, 475 N. Cache St.
No cover. 733-7525.
■ Mammoth Jack plays country at 9 p.m. nightly through
Saturday at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the west side
of the Town Square. 733-2207.
■ McCumberland Gap jams string music 8-11:30 p.m. at
the Silver Dollar Bar in the Wort Hotel. No cover. 733-2190.
Dance
■ Dancers’ Workshop and Manny Sanchez offer “Latin Dance
Fit” 12:30-1:20 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays. $60 for five classes, $16 to drop in. 7336398 or www.dwjh.org.
Theater
■ Off Square Theatre Company opens “I’ll Never Be Hungry
Again,” Catherine Bush’s spoof on “Gone with the Wind,”
at 7 p.m. The show repeats on Thursday and Friday,
then alternatives with “Crazy Love every night but
Mondays through July 29, with 2 p.m. matinees on
Saturdays and 3 p.m. matinees on Sundays, in the
Center Theater, 265 S. Cache St. 733-3021 or
www.OffSquare.org.
Literature
■ The Senior Book Club meets 11-noon at the JH Senior
Center, 830 E. Hansen, to discuss “Snow Flower and the
Secret Fan” by Lisa See. New members are always welcome; books provided by Friends of the Teton County
Library. Free. 733-2164 ext. 229.
Sports & Recreation
■ Open gym volleyball spikes it 7-9 p.m. in the Recreation
Center gym.
Outlying
■ The Idaho Falls Arts Council’s free EIRMC Snake River
Concerts series has returned to the greenbelt between D
and E streets in downtown IF. This week, local favorites
Celtic Air return with fiery fiddle music at 7 p.m. (208)
522-0471 ext. 108.
— Compiled by Richard Anderson,
Aaron Davis and Lucille Rice
UPCOMINGEVENTS
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Music
■ Advance discount tickets are now on sale for Big Horn
Community
■ The Cultural Council of Jackson Hole is accepting nomi-
Mountain Festival, set for July 6-8 and featuring 11 bands
including Sons of the San Joaquin, Dry Branch Fire Squad, and
Anne
and
Pete
Sibley.
Visit
www.bighornmountainfestival.com or call (307) 684-5544.
■ The Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation
Department welcomes the Air National Guard Band of the
Northwest 6:30 p.m. July 8 at a location TBA. 739-6789.
■ The Center for the Arts presents the African Children’s
Choir at 8 p.m. on July 9 in the Center Theater, 265 S.
Cache St. Tickets are on sale for $45 (plus service fee
and tax); customers will be limited to six tickets per
order. 733-4900 or www.JHCenterForTheArts.org.
nees for its 13th annual Award for Creativity. The award recognizes a person or persons, a professional, volunteer or
patron, who is enhancing the creativity of Jackson Hole
by acting as a catalyst in support of creative efforts.
Send nominations in by July 9 to Cathy Wikoff, Cultural
Council of Jackson Hole, P.O. Box 3706, Jackson, WY
83001. 733-9677 or [email protected].
Playing
NOW!
Outlying
■ The San Layton Memorial Antique Tractor and Engine Show
Onee andd a
halff blocks
offf the
n Square
Town
Good Eats
■ The long wait is (nearly) over: The Jackson Hole
Farmers Market launches its 2007 summer season on
July 7 – one week early – for a total of 11 Saturdays
through Sept. 15. Fresh fruit, organic food, locally
grown produce, baked goodies, live entertainment,
worthy local causes and all the socializing you can
stand, to boot. 690-2657.
opens at 10 a.m. every day this summer at the Shoshoni
Rodeo Grounds and Travis Park in Shoshoni, Wyo. (307)
332-2231.
■ “Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things From The Pharaoh’s
Tomb,” an exhibit of 126 replicas of the boy pharaoh’s
sacred and personal possessions, is on display through
Sept. 3 at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont. Visit
www.museumoftherockies.org or call (406) 994-DINO.
JUDD GROSSMAN BAND
Starringg Andrew
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thee Broadwayy Tourr off 42ndd Street.
A new
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with
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n amazingg castt off professionall singers,, actorss & dancers.
Funnyy & lively...dontt misss it!
Centerr forr thee Arts
Residentt Theatree Company
Kids & Families
The Teton County Library’s Young Adult Summer Book Club
meets noon-1 p.m. on July 5. Teens entering grades six
through 12 bring current reads to share and earn raffle
tickets for summer reading prize drawings. Snacks provided. Free. 733-2164 ext. 103.
■ The Teton County Library’s Teen Summer Reading program
offers “Roulette Royale” 8 p.m.-midnight on July 6. Teens
entering grades 6 to 12 ring in 007/007/007 in true
James Bond style with an elegant dinner, casino games,
a James Bond movie (rated PG-13) and more. Free. 7332164 ext. 103.
■ In anticipation of the release of the final installment of
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and the release of the
fifth film from the seven-part series, the Teton County
Library and Valley Bookstore host a Harry Potter Party 10
p.m.-midnight on July 20 at the bookstore, 125 N.
Cache. HP fans of all ages are welcome; costumes
encouraged. 733-2164.
Centerr forr
thee Arts
733.4900
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Subscription Packages 733-3021
All performances and classes at
the Center for the Arts
307-733-3021
240 S. Glenwood
Just off Town Square
www.offsquare.org
LIVE MUSIC
8:00 - 11:30pm
Friday, June 29
Saturday, June 30
BOONDOCKS
Tuesday, July 3
Bluegrass Tuesday
McCumberland Gap
Broadway at Glenwood • 733.2190
www.worthotel.com
Lunch ~ Daily at 11:30am
Dinner ~ Nightly at 5:30pm
Billy’s open daily at 11:30am
DININGGUIDE
Happy Hour 5-7pm nightly: 2 for 1 Drinks
(In the bar)
On the
Town Square
733-3279
Open nightly at 5:30 p.m.
A Specialty Grocer & Delicatessen
HAPPY HOUR
2 for 1 drinks
5:30-6:30 p.m.
9:30-11:30 p.m.
Lucas Gilman
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Asian & Sushi
BON APPE THAI Lunch served from 11 a.m.-2:30
p.m. Dinner starting at 5 p.m. Closed for lunch on
Sundays. Take-Out and Delivery Available. WalkIns welcome. Reservations recommended. Across
from the old post office. 245 Pearl, 734-0245.
KOSHU WINE BAR Koshu serves an ever-changing menu of contemporary pan-Asian cuisine, delicious cocktails and a variety of wines by the glass.
The Jackson Hole Wine Company is just outside
our door with hundreds of great wines from which
to choose. Open nightly at 6 p.m. 733-5283.
SHOGUN SUSHI Serving lunch and dinner 7 days
a week. Mon - Fri 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. or later. Sat Sun 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. or later. Take out or Delivery.
265 W. Broadway, 733-9168.
NIKAI Jackson Hole’s favorite sushi bar offers the
finest delicacies from both land and sea. Featuring
innovative sushi & sashimi as well as a creative
asian inspired grill menu. Full service bar specializes in tropical cocktails & offers unique fine sake
& wine lists. 225 N. Cache. Reservations recommended, 734-6490.
THAI ME UP Authentic Thai dishes including
coconut chicken lemongrass soup, drunken noodle and coconut milk curries. Full bar and children’s menu. 75 E. Pearl, parking behind restaurant. Serving Lunch, Mon. - Fri. 11:30 a.m. - 2:30
p.m.; Dinner, 5:30 p.m. - close, Mon. - Sat. Closed
Sundays. Take-out available, 733-0005.
Continental
43 NORTH Serving dinner seven nights a week at
945 W. Broadway • Jackson, WY 83001• (307) 732-CHEF
the base of Snow King. Happy hour specials begin
at 5 p.m. Cozy pub atmosphere and great selection
of whiskies. Live music four nights a week. 645 S.
Cache, 733-0043.
BURKE’S Sample our superior steaks, chops, and
innovative fish, game and fowl dishes in this historic renovated building. Reservations recommended, smoke-free atmosphere. Open nightly
from 6 - 10 p.m. 72 S. Glenwood, 733-8575.
THE BLUE LION A Jackson Hole favorite. Offering
the finest in creative cuisine. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a refurbished older home, or
outdoors on our deck. Ask a local about our rack
of lamb. Also serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks
and vegetarian entreés. Open nightly at 5:30 p.m.
Join us for our off-season special: 20% off your
entire bill between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. with coupon.
Reservations recommended. 160 N. Millward,
733-3912.
DORNAN’S PIZZA & PASTA CO. Gourmet pizzas,
homemade soups, pasta, sandwiches and salads.
Enjoy a relaxing lunch while sitting along the Snake
River enjoying the fabulous view of the Tetons. 12
miles north of Jackson in Grand Teton National Park
at Moose, Wyoming, 733-2415.
307.739.0700
S . U . S . H . I
LUNCH & DINNER 7 DAYS A WEEK
Mon - Fri: Open 11am-10pm (last seating)
Sat - Sun: Open at 5pm
Long lines are gone and the
SOUP’S ON!
TRY our Soup & 1/2 Sandwich Special
Serving up the finest
imported and domestic meats and cheeses
this side of the Continental Divide!
50 WEST DELONEY • TOWN SQUARE • JACKSON
307-734-9420 • (F) 307-734-9430 • BackcountryProvisions.com
THE GRANARY Overlooking the magnificent
Teton Range, offers a casual yet elegant atmosphere. Specialties include elk, Rocky Mountain
trout and fresh seafood flown in from Hawaii.
Award-winning wine list. Nightly happy hour spe-
T
he next time you feel like
Since 1983, host Peter Stiegler has offered
guests classically prepared Austrian and
Continental favorites served in the cozy
ambiance of an alpine home.
Serving dinner Wed-Sun, 5:00-9:30pm
At the Aspens on Teton Village Road, 733-1071
DINE IN
TAKE OUT
733-9168
265 W. BROADWAY (next to Mountunes)
ELEANOR’S CUVÉE A favorite of Jackson locals.
Bar open till 2 a.m. Located within Plaza Liquors at
832 W. Broadway, 733-7901.
Try our Thai Lunch Express
from 11:00am - 2:30pm
Authentic THAI Dinner Daily
Doors Open at 5:00pm
“
Austrian Restaurant & Copper Bar
SHOGUN
complaining, remember that your
garbage disposal probably eats
better than 30 percent of the people
in the world.”
— Robert Orben
Take-Out Available
Reservations Recommended
Walk-ins Welcome
245 W. Pearl Ave.
(across from the old Post Office)
734-0245
Owned and operated by three local
chefs with a passion for good food. Trio
features a variety of cuisines in a relaxed
atmosphere. We are known for our
wood-oven pizzas and entrees, daily fish
and game specials and a variety of
specialty drinks. Enjoy a cocktail at the
Bar under the barrel-vaulted ceilings in
front of the open kitchen.
Open for Dinner nightly at 5:30pm
Lunch Mon - Fri 11:30am-2:00pm
Located off the town square at
45 S. Glenwood
Available for private events & catering
For reservations 734-8038
Home of the
“BIG PIG MARG”
EARLY
BIRD
SPECIAL
32oz of pleasure
20% OFF ENTIRE BILL
BETWEEN 5:30 AND 6:00 P.M.
733-3912
160 N. Millward
Since 1969
• Authentic Mexican dishes made from scratch
• Hot chips made fresh all day long
• Choose from 10 homemade salsas & sauces
• Voted “BEST SALSA” Splash Magazine
Dinner starts at 5:30pm NIGHTLY
“Please present coupon to server when ordering”
COUPON GOOD THROUGH JULY 4
• Reservations Recommended •
18% gratuity may be added to your bill prior to discount.
OYG
(307) 733-2966
North of the Town Square
in Downtown Jackson
DININGGUIDE
cials from 4-7 p.m. Jazz Night is on Fridays from
7-10 p.m. and Pam Drews Phillips plays on
Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. An unforgettable
dining experience equaled only by the view.
Serving Breakfast, lunch & dinner 7 days a week.
Reservations suggested. Spring Creek Ranch,
732-8112.
HORSE CREEK STATION Wyoming’s finest
smokehouse BBQ. Food served daily starting at
11:30 a.m. Saturday & Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Weekends - Fresh fish and smoked prime rib.
Smoke free environment. Located at Hoback
Junction. 733-0810.
cucina piemontese-ligure
175 CENTER STREET
734.6161
Old Time Family Dining
Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
6am to 10pm
AWESOME LUNCH SPECIALS
Locals Receive a 10% Discount
733.2492
455 N. Cache Across from the Visitors Center on Hwy 89
INTRODUCING
MCDONALD’S ® P R E M I U M
ICED COFFEE
Q ROADHOUSE BARBEQUE is Jackson’s
hottest new joint on Teton Village Road. If
you’re not in the mood for barbeque, check
out Q’s Roadhouse fare including seasonal
fresh seafood, steaks, chicken, certified angus
beef burgers and a variety of sandwiches &
salads. The wine list features 50 wines under
$50 and a full bar is available. Open
Wednesday - Sunday 5:30p.m. Reservations
739-0700.
RENDEZVOUS BISTRO The Bistro offers something for everyone including salads, sandwiches
& daily plate specials. Our Raw Bar features oysters on the half shell, tuna tartare and oyster
shooters. Appetizers include mussels, gnocchi,
grilled octopus, steak tartare and more. The
entree selection ranges from traditional bistro
Fish & Chips, Meatloaf, Veal Marsala & Coq au
Vin to many other selections including fresh seasonal seafood, pasta & steaks. Open Monday Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended but walk-ins are always welcome.
Located at 380 S. Hwy 89 / Broadway right next
to Albertson’s, 739-1100.
ROUTE 89 SMOKEHOUSE DINER Delicious
breakfasts from homemade French Toast to
Chicken Fried Steak or Corned Beef Hash and
Eggs! Our extensive lunch and dinner menus
offer a variety of BBQ and in-house smoked
meats. Juicy burgers and lunch specials.
Locals, don't forget your discount! Open 7 days
a week from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. 455 N. Cache,
across from the visitors center. A kids’ menu and
full bar are available, 733-2492.
SNAKE RIVER BREWERY & RESTAURANT
America’s most award-winning microbrewery
is serving lunch and dinner. Enjoy the atmosphere while dining on delicious wood-fired pizzas, pastas, sandwiches, soups, salads and
desserts. Happy Hour from 4-6 with $1 giant
soft pretzels, $2.50 pints and $3 nachos. So
stop by the Brew Pub to get the freshest beer
in the valley, right from the source. Free WiFi.
Open 11:30 a.m. - midnight. 265 S. Millward.
739-2337.
SNAKE RIVER GRILL We are fast approaching
our 14th anniversary! A local’s favorite. Whether
you stop by for a pizza and beer, or enjoy our celebrated menu of American and International fare
and our huge wine list, you will be pleased by
Jackson’s most beautiful restaurant and as stated
in The Wine Spectator, the “best!” in town! Open
nightly at 5:30 p.m. On the Town Square, 7330557.
STIEGLER’S AUSTRIAN RESTAURANT & COPPER
BAR Since 1983, host Peter Stiegler has offered
guests classically prepared Austrian and
Continental favorites served in the cozy ambience
of an alpine home. Serving dinner WednesdaySunday, 5-9:30 p.m. At the Aspens on Teton
Village Road, 733-1071.
SWEETWATER RESTAURANT Satisfying locals for
lunch and dinner for nearly 30 years with deliciously affordable comfort food. Award winning
wine list. Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Dinner
5:30-9:30 p.m. Corner of King & Pearl, 733-3553.
TRIO An American Bistro started by three
chefs with innovative flair! Seasonal and weekly specials. One block off the town square.
Serving lunch Mon. - Fri. 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Dinner nightly at 5:30 p.m. 45 S. Glenwood,
734-8038. www.bistrotrio.com.
Coffee House/Internet Cafe
HARD DRIVE CAFE Internet Access: our computers or yours. Organic espressos. Soup, salad,
panini, wraps, philly cheese-steak. Open Mon Sat 5:45 am - 10 pm, Sun 5:45 am - 2 pm. 1110
Maple Way, across from the new post office, 7335282 www.hardrivecafe.biz.
see DINING GUIDE page 34
IN A HURRY?
HAZEL NUT
Open daily
5am to 1 am
•
VA N I L L A
•
REGULAR
FREE WI-FI WITH PURCHASE
DRIVE-THRU SERVICE
1110 W. Broadway
24 HOURS
1 mile west of Town Square
Call ahead and pick up your order at our drive thru window
BREAKFAST • GOURMET SANDWICHES • GOURMET COFFEE
Fishermen and River Runners!
CATCH OUR BROWN BAG LUNCH for only $11
Sandwich, chips, cookie, soda and salad of your choice.
THE COFFEE CABIN
IN ALPINE
BAKERY & INTERNET CAFE
Highway 89 • 307.654.3872
DININGGUIDE
Bring in this coupon and receive
20% OFF
from DINING GUIDE page 29
PEARL STREET BAGELS Open daily 6:30 a.m. - 6
p.m. Two locations to serve you. In Jackson 145
W. Pearl, 739-1218. In Wilson on Ida Lane, 7391261.
Italian
OLD YELLOWSTONE GARAGE
Authentic
Genovese & Piemontese dishes accompanied by a
selection of 100 fabulous wines. Fresh ingredients
simply prepared and presented. Sunday night is
our famous pizza party night. Serving dinner Tues.
- Sat. starting at 6 p.m. 175 Center Street, 7346161.
Mexican
EL ABUELITO Authentic Mexican Cuisine.
Home of the original Jumbo Margarita.
Featuring a full bar with a large selection of
Mexican beers. Open 7 days a week from 11
a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W. Broadway, 733-1207.
THE MERRY PIGLETS Voted Best Salsa in
Jackson! Jackson’s oldest and most rockin’
Mexican restaurant. Choose from over 10 salsas
and sauces, Tex-Mex plates, including enchiladas, rellenos, mesquite-grilled fajitas, salads,
wraps and fire-roasted chicken. Huge margs in 10
flavors. Complimentary chips and salsa. One
block north of the square. 160 N. Cache, 7332966.
PICA’S Fresh and colorful Mexican cuisine made
to order. Great homemade chips and salsas and
dangerous margs. Ask about our party platters
and catering. Visit our Wilson location at the
Stagecoach Bar, 734-4457.
ANYTHING IN THE STORE
90 E. Broadway, SE corner of the Town Square
Jackson • 739-1880
Take-out
BACKCOUNTRY PROVISIONS Jackson’s newest
deli! Serving up the finest imported and domestic
meats and cheeses. 50 W. Deloney Street, 7349420.
TO BE A PART
OF OUR DINING
GUIDE IN PRINT AND
ONLINE
CALL JEN AT
PLANET JACKSON
HOLE
732.0299
WYOMING’S
FINEST
SMOKE
HOUSE
From Burgers to King Crab Legs ...
WE SERVE IT ALL!
The Deck is Now Open!
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
Lunch 11:30am-10pm • Dinner 5:30-10pm
Located at Hoback Junction • 733-0810
LIQUOR STORE OPEN DAILY AT NOON
385 W. Broadway, Jackson
Authentic Mexican Cuisine
(307) 733-1207
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11am to 10pm
~Smokefree Environment~
LUNCHEON COMBINATION
Monday-Friday 11am-3pm
DINNER NIGHTLY AT 5:30 PM
FULL BAR
HOME OF THE ORIGINAL
JUMBO MARGARITA
LARGE SELECTION OF
MEXICAN BEERS
DINNER SPECIALS
733-0557
On the Town Square
in Jackson
Nightly Specials, including Tuesday Wing Night
& All Night Happy Hour on Thursday
Happy Hour Everyday 4:30-7:00 pm!
At Pub Place Centre on Hwy 89, 4 miles south of Jackson
Abuelito’s Special
Jumbo prawns cooked with mushrooms,
sautéed in a tasty sour cream sauce
Sopa Sieta Mares
Delicious soup made with fresh fish, shrimp,
octopus, crab legs, clams and scallops
LUNCH
11:30am-2:30pm
Monday - Friday
DINNER
5:30pm-Close
Monday - Saturday
Stop by one of America’s most award
winning micro-breweries and get the
freshest beer in the valley, right from
the source. Don’t forget to check out some
of our tasty new menu items.
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OPEN NIGHTLY 6-10PM
11:30am until midnight. Families welcome.
Chef Michael Burke, Proprietor
265 S. Millward
739-2337
72 S. Glenwood • 733-8575
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long time.”
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Couloir has a rotating dinner menu.
JACKSON HOLE MOUNTAIN RESORT
Couloir Executive Chef
Wes Hamilton
north, south and east. As the sun began
to set and light reflected off of various
mountain ridges, some of which we esti-
mated to be 50
miles away, we
couldn’t help but
be in awe of our
surroundings.
After a drink at
the
bar
–
equipped with a
television playing
ski and snowboard
movies (it is the
Couloir sits perched at the top the Bridger Gondola in
Village, after all) –
the Bridger Restaurants.
we sat down to at
an elegant table for three for a five- third course, salad, was a little disapcourse meal, valued at $75. Executive pointing with an overly dressed and
Chef Wes Hamilton has devised a well- salty green salad, and a watermelon,
rounded, oft-exotic menu, which will honey, goat cheese concoction that
rotate weekly to offer patrons fresh, didn’t live up to its description.
All in all, however, the experience was
seasonal options.
The menu last week included a vege- satisfying and delicious, enhanced by
tarian option for each course – except gazing out across the valley during a
the entrée. When I asked the server slow, peaceful summer sunset.
On the ride back down the mountain,
about an option for us herbivores in the
house, he assured me there was an the stars began to peek out and very
option available, though its description few lights were visible in the valley.
was less than exciting, essentially a lit- Careful boarding, however: There’s no
attendant up top at night.
tle of this and a little of that.
Couloir is open for lunch – small
Between our table, we tried just
about every first and second course plates, sandwiches, large plates and a
option, enjoying most the duck three bar menu – 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. seven
ways, pea soup with mint crème days a week. It is open for dinner 6-8:30
fraiche, and carrot-ginger soup with p.m. Thursday-Saturday and nightly durcurry. The entrées pleased our palates ing the winter. Reservations are highly
as well as we chose between buffalo, recommended as Couloir only seats 60
pork tenderloin, organic chicken, people. Call 739-2675 or 739-2610 for
striped bass and a New York strip. The group reservations.
The first thing I noticed last Friday night
when riding the Bridger Gondola at the
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort was the
ponds – not visible from the Village Road
– on the golf course under construction
just south of the Village. The second thing
I noticed was how great it felt to be riding
the Gondola once more, memories of ski
season rushing back and beautiful views
of the valley pouring in.
I was on my way up for a meal at
Couloir, courtesy of the Jackson Hole
Mountain Resort, with a couple of
friends in the newly completed Bridger
Restaurants at the top of the lift.
The building also houses the
Headwall Deli, Jackson Hole Sports on
Mountain, a private dining room called
the Cornice Room, and a Servery, which
will only be open during ski season. It is
easy to discern the building’s dual-purpose nature: a lunchtime spot for skiers
by day and a fine dining locale by night.
Exposed steel beams painted a dark
shade of brown give the building a feeling of contemporary yet practical
design.
Walking upstairs to Couloir, you enter
into the now vacant servery area,
though it’s easy to imagine it buzzing
with activity in the winter months. Art by
local painter Dave McNally hangs in this
area as well as inside Couloir.
Inside the dining area, a panoramic
view of Jackson Hole spreads out
behind the broad, tall windows facing
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THEGOODS
Six-foot-six Jamaican talent EekA -Mouse
brings
The
B
Foundation with him for an
evening of reggae and Dancehallstyle music at 10 p.m. tonight at the
Mangy Moose Saloon in Teton
Village.
With a quarter century of global
touring and recording under his
hat, Kingston-born Eek-A-Mouse is
the creator of the reggae subgenre
“singjaying,” combining toasting
and singing in an elastic scat format. He took his name from a racehorse he always bet on. You may
remember him, too, from the 1991
gangster movie “New Jack City,” in
which he played a drug-dealing
Rastafarian, Fat Smitty.
Tickets for the show are $18 in
advance or $20 at the door. Visit
www.MangyMoose.net or call 7339779 for more information.
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When a band claims ZZ Top, Def
Leppard, Charlie Daniels and Merle
Haggard as its primary influences,
you should get ready for a good time.
Nashville-based Mammoth Jack
prides itself on “authentic country
music,” not contrived industry
country. Each member moved to
Music City to pursue his dream of
hitting the big time and met at an
audition.
The quintet will perform at 9 p.m.
nightly Monday through July 7 at
the Miller Dollar Cowboy Bar on
the Town Square. There’s a small
cover charge at the door. Call the
bar at 733-2207, and give a listen
to this band’s pop-country at
www.MySpace.com/MammothJack.
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Colorado
string
band
trio
McCumberland
Gap delivers
Americana and “bentgrass” 8-11:30
p.m. on Tuesday at the Silver
Dollar Bar in the Wort Hotel on
West Broadway.
Kort
and
Beth
Siblings
McCumber make up the core of
the band, which put out a self-entitled debut disc that was a finalist
for the Indie Acoustic Project’s
Best Roots CD of 2005. Tom Larson
will join the two on percussion. As
usual, there’s no cover at the Silver
Dollar Bar. 733-2190.
MUSICBOX
Aaron Davis
Original tunes right up
JH music fans’ alley
Every song is its own being. Each is
born from inspiration, grows from a seed
of a melody or lyric, grows and transforms until the songwriter finally cuts from
the vine whatever pleases him most, hoping audiences will find it rewarding, too.
Discover what some of our local troubadours have been reaping at
“Songwriter’s Alley: Volume II,” a
songwriter series geared toward an allages audience in a laid back, listening
atmosphere.
This month’s event, taking place at
7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Hard
Drive Café, 1110 Maple Way, will feature The Miller Sisters, Peter
“Chanman” Chandler and Sean
Ryan, each of whom will perform a 35minute set of their original music.
Sisters Candice and Karee Miller
come from a tight-knit Midwestern farm
family of 10 that used music to endure
the heavy Minnesota snowstorms.
Their father, who was the second oldest of 22 children, played violin and
guitar, and his brothers and sisters had
a family band that would perform at
family functions.
“We played to entertain ourselves,”
said Karee, who plays mandolin.
“Everybody would figure out their own
vocal harmony and where their pitch
would fit. Because of that, harmony
comes second nature to Candice and
me.”
The Miller Sisters have released a CD,
“Live at the Knotty Pine,” and this month
will release a recording of original music
recorded at the Mangy Moose. During a
recent trip back to Minnesota, they laid
down tracks of three original tunes in a
local studio and plan to finish that album
with all new material later this summer.
The sisters also front popular party band
Mandatory Air and the new rock band
One for the Ditch.
Peter “Chanman” Chandler has been
performing for more 20 years in Jackson
Hole and the region. Chanman describes
his music as “ski bum music” because he
often writes about the unique culture of
ski towns and the feelings that skiing can
produce. His songs have appeared in
Stormshow Studio films “Whoopee,”
“Falling Forward” and “Trial and Air,” and
he has opened for The Wailers, The
Skatalites, Robert Randolph, The Violent
Femmes, Damian Marley and many more.
Chanman currently writes tunes and
The Miller Sisters will perform at
Songwriter’s Alley Vol. II on Thursday.
performs with hard rockin’ band Waist
Deep and roots-reggae eight-piece The
Chanman Roots Band. A multi-instrumentalist, he can be found in area resorts and
watering holes playing everything from
jazz standards to reggae.
After I saw Sean Ryan perform for the
first time, I started asking around to figure
out how old he was and where he came
from. Barely, but still a teenager, Ryan is
a Jackson native and student at the
University of Wyoming, where he’s pursuing a degree in chemistry. He also comes
from a big family of musicians, singers
and songwriters, so picking up the guitar
at age 13 made perfect sense.
His percussive guitar style is unique,
and his commanding voice reminds one
of John Lennon and Tom Petty merged
in one.
“I enjoy what music does for people –
brings a smile to their face and gets them
dancing,” Ryan said.
Tickets for Thursday’s Songwriter’s
Alley are $5 at the door and the concerts
open to all ages. The café will be
arranged for concert seating, with standing room in the back. Food and coffee as
well as beer and wine will be served.
Contact Hard Drive Café at 733-JAVA.
■
Recipe for Afrobeat: Get the biggest
mixing pot you can find and throw in
Yoruba music, jazz, Highlife, funk,
polyrhythmic percussion, political
rhymes. Stir and bring it a roiling boil.
Afrobeat’s best-known artist may
have been the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti,
but Afrobeat bands are popping up all
over the U.S., giving props and
respect to the genre decades later.
Two of them will perform in the area
this week: Albino and Chicago
Afrobeat Orchestra
Albino will rock the house at 10 p.m.
tonight at the Knotty Pine in Victor,
Idaho, while the Chicago Afrobeat
Orchestra will take stage at 10 p.m. on
Monday at the Mangy Moose in Teton
Village, and at 10 p.m. on Tuesday at
the Knotty Pine.
Tickets are $10 for the Mangy
Moose show – call 733-9779 or visit
www.MangyMoose.net – and call the
Knotty Pine at (208) 787-2866 for cover
charge information.
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Texas singer-songwriter Pat Green will
perform with his trio at 10 p.m. on Friday
at the Mangy Moose in Teton Village.
Green has been nominated for three
Grammy awards over the course of his
career, which he fully committed to 10
years ago. He caught the ear of Willie
Nelson in 1998 and was invited to perform at Willie’s Fourth of July Picnic, catapulting Green into national recognition.
He has released four major label albums
since 2001, including “Wave on Wave,”
which produced the Top 10 hit of the
same name.
Green, who shares the “Texas country”
tag with Cory Morrow and Robert Earl
Keen, will be opening for Dave Matthews
Band for a few of his summer dates.
Tickets to this week’s Mangy Moose
cost $25 in advance or $27 day of the
show. Visit www.MangyMoose.net or call
733-9779.
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Community. Reinforcement. Inspiration.
These are some of the words used to
describe the importance of events like the
15th annual Jackson Hole Writers
Conference, starting Thursday at the
Center for the Arts, for aspiring and established writers alike.
Initiated by Tim Sandlin, a local author
whose latest work is “Jimi Hendrix Turns
Eighty,” the JH Writers Conference has
grown into fully funded conference where
writers have a chance to pitch their work
to agents and publishers.
“For about the last 12 years of so, the
University of Wyoming Conference Bureau
had been handling the conference,” said
Lise McClendon, administrative director
and faculty for the JH Writers Conference,
and an author herself. “Two years ago we
had a fabulous lineup of authors and not
a very good turnout. We decided we could
do better. So we took a year off to regroup
and rebuild.”
The result this year is more than twice as
many attendees as two years ago, she said.
This rapid growth might be better attributed to this year’s new feature: three special
tracks – Travel and Outdoor Writing, Young
Adult and Teaching – in addition to usual
Creative Nonfiction and Fiction categories.
The JH Writers Conference is unique
from other conferences in that writers
submit manuscripts in advance and
receive three separate critiques from
agents and editors. In addition there are
panel discussions, talks about writing by
the pros, readings, signings and chances
to socialize with like-minded scribblers.
“Writing is a very solitary profession,”
McClendon said. “Most of the time you do
it by yourself. To come to a writing conference and to find out there’s people just
like you, it’s very affirming.”
Daniel Woodrell
Featured speaker Daniel Woodrell
agrees. The author of several novels,
Woodrell struggled for about 10 years
before publishing a book – an average
length of time, he said. He will give a reading at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Teton
County Library along with local author
Terry Tempest Williams – one of the few
events during this year’s conference that
is open to the general public. Woodrell will
read from his latest novel, “Winter Bones,”
and Williams will read from her forthcoming book, “Mosaic: Finding Beauty in a
Broken World.”
Woodrell also will speak to fellow writers
during the conference on Saturday.
“Mostly I’m going to talk about how I
have come to write characters the way I
do,” Woodrell said, “and also a little bit
about the structure of novels … I think it
can save you a lot of time if you have a few
structural notions at your disposal.”
Williams is also a featured speaker at
this year’s conference.
“I am looking forward to a public conversation with [Alexandra] Fuller and Dan
Glick, two dear friends whom I admire
greatly,” Williams wrote in an e-mail from
her home in Utah. “They are truth tellers
and taboo breakers … I am looking forward to discussing what our responsibilities are as writers to community and the
work of social change.”
Other featured speakers are Daniel
Glick, Todd Strasser, Lee Zacharias,
Tiffanie DeBartolo and William Haywood
Henderson.
Despite new specialty tracks, the conference remains true to its roots,
McClendon said.
“It’s writers meeting other writers,” she
said. “We all have the same hang-ups
and problems, the same ambitions, the
same dreams.”
To learn more visit www.jacksonholewritersconference.com/ or call
413-3332.
Off Square spoofs beloved classic starting Tuesday
by Richard Anderson
David is a student at Michigan State
University. One night, instead of cramming for his finals in Southern studies,
he decides to go to a party, where he
has a very good time.
When he wakes up the next morning,
he not only has a serious hangover, but
he also has been transported into the
world of “Gone With The Wind” where,
as a contemporary African American
used to some modicum of equal rights
and protections under the law, he is
forced to accept all sorts of indignities,
not the least being having to play the
role of Sissy.
That in a nutshell is the story of “I’ll
Never Be Hungry Again,” playwright
Catherine Bush’s musical spoof on
Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Victor Fleming’s Academy
Award-winning motion picture, even
Carol Burnett’s famous lampooning of
the Scarlet O’Hara.
Jackson Hole’s Off Square Theatre
Company presents the show at the
Center for the Arts Theater, 265 S.
Cache St., with previews on Tuesday
and next Thursday, July 5, and a gala
opening next Friday, July 6. The show
will alternate with Off Square’s other
summer musical, “Crazy Love,” through
July 29.
John Briggs, Off Square’s producing
artistic director, caught “I’ll Never Be
Hungry Again” last summer at the
Barter Theater in Abingdon, Va. “It was
extremely funny and hugely popular,”
Briggs said. “The audiences there were
just completely taken with it.”
Briggs was taken with it, too. He also
liked the small cast (five actors play 11
characters), which serves as a convenient foil to the enormous spectacle of
“Crazy Love.”
“Hungry” shares a cast with “Crazy.”
Its leads, Michael Ruff and Christine
Zavakos, play Harry Holiday and Benita
Vanidad in the other play. Terry
Schwab, who directs the show, is new
to the valley, but he, too, is familiar from
“Crazy Love,” in which he plays Raul
Vanidad. He also serves as costume
designer for both shows.
Briggs has been working with
Schwab since 1991, when he directed
Schwab in a production of “Phantom”
in Nashville. They’ve been close friends
since 1998 and have worked together
on a half dozen or more shows. When
Schwab and his wife, Tracy, were looking to leave Tennessee, Briggs invited
them to join him in Jackson Hole to
build a professional company. They
arrived in the valley in February.
The rest of the cast – Todd Hjelt,
Jamie Reilly and Eve Bernfeld – are all
longtime stalwarts of the local stage,
and set designer John Wayne Cook is a
long-lost friend of local theater,
returned to the valley to set the stage
for “Hungry.”
The curtain rises on “I’ll Never Be
Hungry Again” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Tickets start at $31. Call the Center
Box Office at 733-4900 or visit
www.JHCenterForTheArts.org.
ARTBEAT
a
Richard Anderson
s
I
I
t
t Last Friday, 283 art lovers joined the
w National Museum of Wildlife Art’s
NMWA fundraiser results in many boxing matches
Idaho, specializes in wildlife and landscape photography. A New York native,
Cullum began studying photography in
the U.S. Navy. After military service, he
worked as a photographer in Hawaii,
traveled the country doing scenic landscape photography, then moved back
Paintbox Society to celebrate the
t fourth biannual Out of the Box Show
and Auction. Over 130 boxes were created by local and national artists and
n auctioned off to raise funds for the
e museum’s adult and youth educam tion programs. The museum had
s set a fundraising goal of $55,000
- for the event, and raised
- $54,000.
e “We’re pleased by the amount
raised and by the turnout, espel cially since there was so much
, happening in the valley on Friday
d night.” said Marketing Director
Zeenie Scholz.
- Some boxes that generated a
, buzz included one by worldrenowned wildlife painter Bob
e Kuhn , which auctioned for
s $5,400, the highest bid of the
e night. Others that garnered high
bids included Ricki Arno’s ,
- “Rosie’s Cowboy Sweetheart,”
l Kathy Turner’s “A Real Gem”
and Julie Chapman’s “Caballo.”
I witnessed several patrons
sparring over a dazzling box created by Shannon Troxler. The
Shannon Troxler’s “Thousand Cranes”
traditional box pictured a crane
nestled in the trees; the backdrop was dotted with red flowers
and gold leaf. The box sold for $360. to New York where he joined the fire
Sandy Faraday said she bid on the box service. He was the first Fire & Rescue
because Troxler had a “wonderful style” Photographer for NYS Fire District,
and was a fan of her work in general.
documenting live calls and training
So how does an artist think outside drills for fire companies and police
the box when designing a box?
departments.
“The challenge is taking a concept,
On Sept. 11, 2001, Cullum witnessed
like a box, and exploring the idea,” said the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade
artist Ben Roth who submitted two Center and was assigned to photo-docabstract metal boxes. “But then you ument the scene while also performing
must also make it sellable and appeal- his duties as a firefighter and rescue
ing to the public; that’s the challenge.”
technician. He donated his 9/11 photos
Look for the next Out of the Box Show to a gallery; proceeds from their sale
and Auction in 2009.
went to funds for fallen firefighters.
— Mary Grossman
A week before Christmas 2001,
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Cullum resigned from the fire service
Ciao Gallery, the artists’ cooperative and left New York for Arizona and then
at 145 N. Main St. in Victor, Idaho, Texas. His interest in wildlife naturally
hosts a reception for photographer led him to Yellowstone and his new
Dell Cullum and painter Kate Miller 6- home in Idaho.
9 p.m. on Saturday.
He recently published his first book,
Cullum, a new resident of Tetonia, “Nature & Wildlife Enhanced Collection:
Volume 1,” which includes images from
Wisconsin, South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, Texas and New York.
Kate Miller’s collection at Ciao
includes landscapes, figurative work,
portraits, Western scenes and even
equestrian work, some realistic, others
with surreal or expressionistic
touches.
Miller hails from southeastern Ohio, where she got interested in art at a very young
age and pursued it through
high school and college, graduating in 2006 with a BFA from
Belmont University in Nashville,
Tenn. She moved to Jackson
Hole soon after, where, when
not doing graphic design work
and painting, she snowboards,
hikes, rides horses and
engages in other outdoor activities.
In addition to art, wine and
hors d’oeuvres, Teton Valley
singer-songwriter Willow Star
will perform during Saturday’s
reception. Contact the gallery
at (208) 787-4841 or [email protected], or visit
www.ciaogallery.com.
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Stare a grizzly in the eyes,
glimpse the secret underwater
life of cutthroat trout, or bask in the
alpenglow of an evening in the Tetons
at “Fin, Fur and Fire,” a show of
never-before-displayed photos by
Madeleine Stikkel , at the Snake
River Brew Pub.
Opening just last week, Stikkel’s
show of medium- and large-format photos may depict subjects we all have
seen a thousand times before, but the
Jackson shooter manages to find a way
to make them fresh. Perhaps it’s the
crispness or drop-dead gorgeous color
her gear is capable of capturing.
Perhaps it’s that age-old combination
of patience and luck paying off with
just the right moment for her to expose
her film. Or perhaps there’s something
about Stikkel’s own personality that
found its way into her image of swans
resting on ice, buffalo crossing a river
in Yellowstone, or the moon setting
see ART BEAT page 40
Art Galleries
Artspace Gallery/Art Association
240 S. Glenwood • 733-6379
A Horse of a Different Color
60 E. Broadway • 734-9603
A Touch of Class
10 W. Broadway • 733-3168
Astoria Fine Art
35 E. Deloney • 733-4016
Buffalo Trail Gallery
98 Center Street • 734-6904
Brookover Gallery
125 N. Cache Street • 732-3988
Caswell Gallery & Sculpture Garden
145 E. Broadway • 734-2660
Cayuse Western Americana
255 N. Glenwood • 739-1940
Center Street Gallery
Craft Gallery
50 King Street • 734-2747
Davies Reid
On the Town Square • 739-1009
DiTomasso Galleries
Fay Gallery
Teton Village Road • 739-1006
Fighting Bear Antiques
375 S. Cache • 733-2669
Galleries West Fine Art
70 S. Glenwood • 733-4412
260 N. Cache • 733-4525
Gros Ventre Gallery Heriz Rug Co.
120 W. Pearl • 733-3388
Horizon Fine Art
165 N. Center • 739-1540
Images of Nature Gallery
170 N. Cache • 733-9752
Images West Custom Framing Gallery & Gift
98 E. Little Ave., Driggs • 208-354-3545
Jack Dennis Wyoming Gallery
Town Square • 733-7548
Jeff Grainger Workshop
335 N. Glenwood • 734-0029
Legacy Gallery
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary
130 S. Jackson St • 734-0649
Meyer Milagros Gallery
Mountain Trails Gallery
Muse Gallery/Art of Framing
745 W. Broadway • 733-0555
National Museum of Wildlife Art
3 miles north of Jackson • 733-5771
Oswald Gallery
165 N. Center Street • 734-8100
Robert Dean Collection
172 Center • 733-9290
Rivertime Designs
98 E. Little Ave., Driggs • 208-351-2045
Schmidt’s Custom Framing
890 S. Hwy. 89 • 733-2306
Shadow Mountain Gallery
10 W. Broadway • 733-3162
Trailside Galleries
Trio Fine Art
545 N. Cache • 734-4444
West Lives On
74 Glenwood • 734-2888
Wilcox Gallery
North of town on Cache • 733-6450
Wild by Nature Photography
95 W. Deloney • 733-8877
Wild Exposures Gallery - Photography
60 E. Broadway • 739-1777
Wild Hands – Art for Living
70 S. Glenwood / 265 W. Pearl • 733-4619
from ART BEAT page 39
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Dell Cullum’s “Friends”
behind the Grand.
“Fiery Farewell,” a glowing sunset over
Stikkel graduated in 1990 with a BA an alpine lake. The prize carries a
in environmental biology from the State $3,000 purchase award.
University of New York in Buffalo. Over
This isn’t the first success Wilcox has
the past decade she has worked for had at Prix de West. In 2002, he won
Hogan Films as a cinematographer and the Remington Award for “The Fifth
photographer,
contributing
to Season,” depicting melting spring ice
“Yellowstone Wild,” which aired on on Taggart Lake, and in 1987, he won
National Geographic Explorer, and the the highest honor in the show, the Prix
BBC-prode
West
d u c e d
Award, for a
“Beaver: The
painting of the
M a s t e r
sunset
over
Builder,”
the Sleeping
which
was
Indian, “Three
narrated
by
Last Minutes
Sir
David
of
Glory,”
Attenborough.
which is now
In 2002, she
part of the
o p e n e d
museum’s
Professional
permanent
Photo Gallery
collection.
in downtown
This year’s
Jackson with
Prix de West
four
fellow
Show includphotograed more than
phers.
300 original
The Snake
works of art
River
Brew
by more than
Pub is located
100 of the
at
265
S.
nation’s top
Millward St.
artists. Other
■
prize-winners
Jim Wilcox’s “Fiery Farewell”
Jackson
with Jackson
Hole painter
Hole connecJim Wilcox won the prestigious tions include sculptor Gerald Balciar,
Frederick Remington Award earlier this who won the James Earle Fraser
month at the Prix de West Art Show and Sculpture Award for his mountain lion
sale in the National Western Heritage sculpture, “Ledge with a View”; and
Museum in Oklahoma City.
painter Bob Kuhn, who won the Major
The Remington Award goes to the General and Mrs. Don D. Pittman
best painting in the show, which is Wildlife Art Award for “Resting Cat.”
widely considered one of the best art Both are contemporary favorites at the
shows in the nation. Wilcox won for National Museum of Wildlife Art.
Earth Harp attracts, Vista 360° counts down to Fire Fest
side of Snow King and the large resonating chambers set up next to the
Summit Lift. Besides, Day reasoned,
when MASS founder Bill Close played
the thing he was in essence connecting
BRIAN MODENA
the drum kit was spherical, and the
electric violin looked like something
that might have been in a Poison video
While each mountain town around the
in the ’80s. The sound was symphonic
world has it’s own idiosyncrasies, they
world music, which means you probaall face similar pressures from the outbly won’t listen to
side world. We here in
this stuff in your car
Jackson Hole understand
anytime soon. It’s
these challenges, such as the
more about the live
need to protect natural
experience, anyway,
resources from being exploitthe instillation of art
ed, the need to protect our
and dance.
valley’s identity, culture and
By far the greatest
traditions, and the need to be
treat of the weekend
self-reliant.
was the performance
Candra Day, president of
by
the
Ochi
the nonprofit Vista 360°,
Brothers,
two
draws on these parallels to
Japanese
percusform cultural exchanges with
sionists who premountain communities around
formed with tradithe globe. In 2003, she
tional hand drums
brought 23 artists and musiwith shakuhachi (a
cians from Kyrgyzstan to
Japanese flute) playJackson Hole to perform with
er Seizan Matsuda.
local artists here, and in 2005
In addition to sitting
Vista
360°
traveled
to
in with the MASS
Kyrgyzstan to attend The At
Ensemble, they perChabysh Festival, which celeformed on Saturday
brates the Central Asian counafternoon on top of
try’s nomadic horse culture.
Snow King. Each
Vista 360° presented tradisong
progressed
tional cowboy music, a photo
from seemingly outexhibit and films about proof-sync percussion
tecting the American mustang.
into
complicated
Last year, Vista 360° sponrhythms complimentsored an American cowboy
ed by Matsuda’s
show in five Kyrgyze towns to
s h a k u h a c h i .
illustrate what their country
Bill Close, shakuhachi flutist Seizan Matsuda and the Ochi
Eventually, the perhas in common with the
Brothers jam at Snow King on Friday night.
formers
left
the
American West.
Now Vista 360° has set up
another exchange, this time with to and honoring the Earth,
Fujiyoshida, a small city in Japan at the much as the Fuujiyoshida Fire
base of Mount Fuji. The connection is Festival does. And concertgothat both Mount Fuji and the ers watching the MASS
Yellowstone area are international Ensemble’s Friday night show
treasures, both are used as national from beneath the strings of
metaphors, and both are pristine land- the Earth Harp could be said
scapes forged and still influenced by to be connecting and honoring the Earth, too. Instead of
volcanic forces.
This past weekend at Snow King, merely watching a band perVista 360° kicked off a yearlong collab- form on stage, they were
the
performance
oration between the two regions that inside
will culminate with Jackson Hole’s ver- space.
In addition to Close, the
sion of Fujiyoshida’s Fire Festival in
MASS Ensemble consisted of
June 2008.
The weekend’s events included per- five other players, all of whom
formances by the MASS Ensemble of play in other bands as well.
Los Angels and the Ochi Brothers of The concept, music and look
Tokyo. Although the MASS Ensemble is of the band derives from
not from Japan, the group’s main instru- sound sculpture designed
ment, the Earth Harp, proved enough of and built by Close. Every
a spectacle to attract a pretty good instrument on stage was a
crowd to the base of Snow King, with its shape you’ve never seen. The
The crowd gathers for Friday night’s performance
400-foot-long strings anchored to the bass guitar had four necks,
stage and led the audience around the
paths on top of Snow King, ending at a
spot that looked out toward the Tetons.
The drumming stopped and Matsuda
soloed, sending the audience into a
trance-like state until he ended his
performance with a bow to the Grand.
It was an intimate experience for the
small gathering on top of the mountain
on a beautiful afternoon.
The turnout to this introductory festival was not large. And some of the
events, like the “Interactive Musical
Gallery,” were a flop: There were two
instruments in the “gallery” and it was
difficult to interact with either of them.
The MASS Ensemble was responsible
for installing the gallery, but apparently
it only brought two pieces. Of the two
performing acts, the Ochi Brothers’ was
the most interesting, and it should have
been because, after all, we’re having a
cultural exchange with Japan, not L.A.
Did the people who attended walk away
with a better understanding of
Japanese mountain culture or the
meaning of the Fujiyoshida Fire
Festival? I’m not sure. The Earth Harp
clouded the scene.
But I still hope this festival gains
momentum over the year. I think
Jackson Hole could throw a huge Fire
Festival, if we get a grasp of what it is
and how it can help us connect with
Yellowstone, Mount Fuji and the rest of
the natural world. With four sushi joints
and a local drink called The Volcano (I
know – it’s at Chinatown), we’re practically there already, right?
BRIAN MODENA
by Sam Petri
by the MASS Ensemble.
Unpretentious traditional jazz
– for those who could afford it
by Claire Tramm
The ambassadors of New Orleans
jazz, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band,
put on a lively and engaging show last
Saturday night at the Center for the
Arts Theater. The Center for the Arts’
beautiful new Center Theater might easily have been packed for this widely
appealing and upbeat concert, but
about half the balcony and a number of
$60 main floor seats went unsold. The
lucky ones in attendance composed a
convivial welcome wagon for the French
Quarter musicians in honor of their visit
to Jackson.
John Brunious, the current leader and
trumpeter, masterfully led Saturday’s
delegation, which consisted also of the
precocious banjo player and vocalist
Carl LeBlanc, bass player and vocalist
Walter Payton, trombonist Maynard
Chatters, pianist Rickie Monie, drummer
Joseph Lastie and alto sax man Daryl
Adams. Noticeably missing from the
arrangements were the signature clarinet lines of traditional New Orleans
jazz, though both trained and virgin ears
might easily consider Adams’s nimble
sax an acceptable substitution.
boy-booted, hiking-shoed and summersandaled toes were already tapping in
sync with the characteristic driving beat
The Preservation Jazz Hall Band performed on Saturday night.
In keeping with New Orleans’ patently unpretentious brand of jazz, the
musicians eschewed complex solos
and instead opted to stick close to the
infectious underlying melodies. True to
crowd-pleasing form, hundreds of cow-
by the end of the first number. The
musicians’ well-tailored corpulence and
playful between-song banter complemented the buoyant musical tradition,
which Preservationists pride themselves on upholding.
The rousing opener of the second
half, “Tiger Rag,” kicked it up a proverbial notch and even caused a few young
bucks in the balcony to unabashedly
get jiggy with it. Later, Payton nearly
brought down the house when he channeled Louis Armstrong for an exuberant
rendition of “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like
My Sister Kate,” enthusiastically accompanied by all appropriate pantomimes.
Nonetheless, the piece de resistance
was undoubtedly the exemplar funeral
march, “Just a Closer Walk With Thee,”
from which the Preservationists transitioned seamlessly into the hopeful jubilation of “When The Saints Go Marching
In,” accompanied by a horn-led secondline that took the entire audience
around the theater.
Though cheaper than hopping a flight
to Bourbon Street, high ticket prices
and an 8 p.m. show time were clearly
an impediment to attendance for potentially appreciative children as well as
Jackson’s working caste. Nevertheless,
a great time was had by all who could
afford it.
‘Crazy Love’ has all July to buff out rough patches
“Crazy Love,” the “zany” romantic
comedy musical Off Square Theatre
Company is presenting at the Center for
the Arts Theater through July 28, is not
a perfect show. The Sunday matinee I
saw had many minor and even a couple
major technical goofs, the most glaring
being the lack of snow that accompanied the line, “Look! It’s snowing!” The
pit orchestra needs to tighten up and get
that score under control. And while
many of the professional actors, singers
and dancers put in some of the better
work I’ve seen on a Jackson Hole stage,
the production still was marked by a
clunkiness I associate with small-town
community theater, almost as if everyone
was thinking, “Relax, it’s only Wyoming.”
But for those faults and flaws, while
there’s barely an original bone in its
body, while it sticks to a formula as old
as the romantic comedy itself, while
it’s unabashedly corny, “Crazy Love”
is, in the end, packed with charm. It
looks great, contains some genuinely
enjoyable music, and offers a lot of
things Jackson Hole theater goers
haven’t seen on a local stage in a long
COURTESY OF OFF SQUARE THEATRE
Richard Anderson
Erik Floor and Megan Hart Jimenez as romantic
leads in “Crazy Love.”
time (if ever).
Jackson Hole has never
seen the likes of Erik
Floor or Megan Jimenez,
for example, who play the
dancing romantic leads of
Johnny
Pride
and
Margarita Vanidad with
verve and energy. Floor
even bears a passing
resemblance to Gene
Kelly, right down to the
too-cool
hands-in-hispockets dance moves.
We don’t get big dance
production numbers with
canes and tap shoes and
chorus lines in these
here parts, and it’s kinda
fun to experience that a
couple blocks from the
elk antler arches.
Those lucky folks who
saw Off Square’s “Peter
Pan” in March already know
what the new Center
Theater is capable of, but
for those of us who missed,
it, “Crazy Love” is an effective demonstration, as sets
drop in from the 70-plus-foot fly tower or
wheel out from the wings. The size of the
stage and the quality of the scenic work
made for a fine-looking show, as did all
those silky-looking suits and frilly circa1940s dresses.
Some songs worked better than others. The big numbers actually worked
best, more effectively evoking the grand
movie musicals of the ’40s and ’50s, as
was the point of the show. A few of the
smaller numbers also were quite memorable, such as “Love’s Door,” sung by
an uncharacteristically sedate Todd
Hjelt and a delightfully over-the-top
Andrew Black, and Terry Schwab’s “A
Father’s Lament.” But most of the
romantic duets and arias sounded a
wee bit too contemporary to this ear,
bringing to mind Andrew Lloyd Webber
and Stephen Sondheim more than Cole
Porter or Lerner and Loewe.
Most of the wrinkles and blemished
will no doubt be ironed out and cleaned
up as the cast continues to work before
live audiences. But first the entire cast
has to start pretending they really are
on Broadway, and not just South
Cache, if they truly want to transport
audiences beyond Jackson Hole.
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Chukars dominate opening games at new stadium
Friday’s game was the Chukars home opener at the
new Melaleuca Field in Idaho Falls.
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addressed
Chukars fans before the game on Friday.
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Donato Giovanotto (LF) of the Orem Olwz answered
Gonzalez with a homer of his own off a pitch by lefty
Burke Baldwin, who was relieved in the fifth after giv-
SAM PETRI
From the pitcher’s mound at the new Melaleuca
Field, home of the minor league Idaho Falls Chukars,
Mormon Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, dressed
casually with his sleeves rolled up, addressed the
3,622 attendees before the opening pitch at the stadium last Friday.
“There’s nothing that says America and American
family like baseball,” Romney said, stating the obvious. While he spoke for less than two minutes, made
little reference to any political agenda, and only
briefly shook hands with people in the bleachers just
off the first base line before disappearing as the game
started, his presence lent an air of significance to the
inaugural game at Idaho Falls’ new baseball stadium,
and the Chukars’ first home game of the season.
On the other hand, if Romney wants to gain votes,
he’s going to have to do better than he did with last
Friday’s surprised and captive audience. A few spectators booed, others cheered, but in the stands no
one mentioned Romney’s cameo after the first pitch
against the Orem Owlz of Utah. And by the bottom of
the second – when Chukar clean-up batter OD
Gonzalez (RF) smacked a home run over the center
field fences, scoring the first official run on
Melaleuca Field in excellent style and setting up
momentum for the Chukars eventual victory – the
appearance of the political player had been totally
upstaged by the ball players.
The Chukars – the Kansas City Royals’ affiliate in
the eight-team Pioneer League, which also includes
the Casper Rockies, Helena Brewers, Missoula
Osprey, Ogden Raptors, Great Falls White Sox and
Billings Mustangs – opened their 2007 season on
June 19 and will play ball nearly continuously through
Sept. 9.
Their dominance in their first home game series
was clutch to breaking in Melaleuca Field (the
name of which, incidentally, and as near as we can
tell, is taken from the genus of plants that includes
the tea tree, whatever that has to do with Idaho
Falls or baseball).
Formerly known as
McDermott
Field,
which nearly closed
its doors in 2006 due
to lack of funding, a
$3.35 million upgrade
outfitted Melaleuca
Field
with
every
accommodation that
Major League fields
have – only the beer
is slightly cheaper
and comes in larger
sizes.
Next
time
you’re in Idaho Falls
make sure you see a
Chukars game, after
you hit up Target, Walmart, and Sam’s Club,
of course.
In
the
fourth,
SAM PETRI
by Sam Petri
ing up four hits and one run over four and a half
innings.
With the game tied 1-1 coming into the seventh, the
Chukars demolished right-handed relief pitcher
Tremayne Holland with a home run by Clint Robinson
(1B) who batted in Gonzalez. Later, Chukar Nick Van
Stratten (CF) stole home, and after little action in the
final two innings, the final score rested at 4-1
Chukars.
The Chukars carried their momentum into
Saturday’s game, too, winning 5-4, but lost to Orem
on Sunday 5-9, breaking a winning streak and leaving
the Chukars with a 5-1 record for the season so far.
“Life is too short
to pick flowers anywhere else.”
- Jerry
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Former Planet writer
turns into star triathlete
by Sam Petri
When Melissa Davidson worked as
a reporter for Planet Jackson Hole
she was a hard-nosed whiskey-drinking smoker like most of us. Now that
she’s been living and working over in
Victor, Idaho she has rehashed her
passion for triathlon competition,
something she first tried 10 years ago
in college. Now in her second season
Davidson, 33, is seeing success having qualified for the National Age
Group Championships in Portland,
Ore. this Saturday, June 30.
For amateur racers to qualify for
the
National
Age
Group
Championships, they must place in
the top 33 percent, or top 5 racers,
which ever is greater, in their age
group at a USA -Triathlon event.
Barring that, racers must place in the
top 10 percent, or place first, in at a
non-USAT
sanctioned
event.
Davidson has done both, having won
her first USAT triathlon of the season
in late May, and placing first in her
Rustic Home
and Landscaping
age group (ninth overall) in the Janet
Clarkson Memorial Triathlon in West
Yellowstone on June 16.
Of
course
the
National
Championships will have a higher caliber of athlete competing. Despite
Davidson’s recent top finishes that
make her high caliber; when we
spoke she was exited to race in the
event but wary that she may not place
well. This will be her first time at the
National Age Group Championships.
“I just really like to compete,” said
Davidson, the modest champion. “It
keeps me out of trouble and lets me
burn off energy.”
The race will follow a familiar
triathlon format with a 1.5k swim, 40k
bike, and a 10k run and will take
place around Henry Haag Lake. The
swim and the run are both there-andback format, while the bike race circumvents the lake. Davidson will be
competing as an individual, not on a
team. We’ll keep you posted on our
old drinking, I mean, writing buddy’s
results when she returns
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June 30
10:00- 3:30 PM Driggs Main St. Park
11th Annual Old Time Fiddler’s Contest
Presented by Teton Valley Foundation
Fiddlers from all over the country will converge in
Driggs to compete for thousands in prize money and
the coveted Fieseler silver buckle
Registration 9:00 A.M.- 9:45 AM
2:00 PM Wildflower Walk in Horseshoe Canyon
Presented by Hole Hiking Experience and TV Chamber
7:00 P.M. Tetonia Rodeo Grounds Teton Rodeo
Presented by Tetonia Saddle Riding Club
July 1
6 - 9:00 PM Busch Hanger, Driggs Airport
26th Annual Pilots & Sponsors Community Dinner
Presented by Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce
Public is welcome to attend the festive 26th Anniversary Pilots and Sponsors Opening
Festival Dinner. Dinner tickets are $20 per person. No host Bar.
Tickets are available at Victor Emporium, Beverage Shoppe, Big Hole Music, Horn
Gallery, Corner Drug, and Teton Valley Chamber Office at 29 North Main Street, Driggs.
Join in welcoming the pilots to the Hot Air Balloon Rally.
Sponsors of this event are:
The First Bank of the Tetons, August Busch III, Watkins
Distributing Company; Golden Eagle Sales, Guadalajara
Restaurant, Broulim’s Deli, KIDK 3, Q102 FM, the Teton
Valley News, Post Register, and the Teton Valley Chamber
of Commerce. For more information call 354-2500
July 2 /3/4
5:00 AM Breakfast by Teton Valley Seniors at
Teton County Fairgrounds Building
6:00 AM 26th Annual Hot Air Balloon Rally
Presented by Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce
Hot Air Balloon Rally
The Hot Air Balloons are back for their 26th Anniversary in Teton Valley!.
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5:00 AM in the Fairground Building.
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when you arrive at the Fairgrounds by 5:45 AM.
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include Teton Ace Hardware, American Realty West, The Beverage Shoppe,
Fremont Associates, Chapin Cabins, Teton Valley Realty, Broulim’s Supermarkets,
Corner Drug, the Teton Valley News, Pinnacle Real Estate Group, and Key Bank.
July 4
7:00 AM Breakfast in Victor City Park, Victor Crafts Fair
10:30 AM Independence Day Parade Presented by City of Victor
6:00 PM Music in the Park, Driggs Presented by Teton Valley Foundation
DUSK Fourth of July Fireworks, best seen from Driggs City Park.
Presented by Teton County Fire Protection District.
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using numbers 1 to 9.
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each row, column, and
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and process of elimination to solve the puzzle.
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(easiest) to Silver to
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ACROSS
1 In front
6 Rod Stewart’s ex
11 Groggy response
15 Reach across
19 Useful opener?
20 Link
21 Part of a playground argument
22 Type of sax
23 Valuable deposits
24 Beef up advisory boards?
27 Weather follower, perhaps
29 “Chronicles of Narnia” lion
30 Certain triathlete
31 Little help
32 Revolution period?
34 Slaughter whose “Mad Dash”
won the 1946 World Series
36 Mocking birds
37 Sylvester, to Tweety
38 MPAA ratings
39 Poorly built Asian strings?
43 First name in rags-to-riches fare
46 Land of Dublin
47 Cuban title
48 Kind of acid in protein
50 Baghdad native
52 Not in the bk.
54 Bart rides his bus to school
55 “Shrek!” author William
56 Ennui indicator?
61 Frolic
63 Pachelbel work
64 Organic burger ingredient
65 __ Mahal
68 Type of mall
70 Early medium-range missiles
72 Locale that’s just like home?
74 How-__: instruction books
75 L-Q bridge
77 Parts of a whole
79 Treats again, as an inflammation
80 Good memory for bad weather?
83 Controlling straps
84 Car sticker no.
88 Wee, to Burns
89 Weena’s race, in a Wells novel
90 Onetime Montana copper town
91 Events with tents
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Met number
Snigglers’ traps
Microwave carousel emanation?
Kareem, once
Cartoon Network parent co.
__ Sports Bureau, baseball’s
official statistician
__ even keel
Grace follower
Circus gasp
__ points
“That is ...”
Few and far between
Really cheap ogres?
Central Florida city
Grandson of Abraham
Marquee topper
“You __ one”
Draft choice
Beret site
Georgetown athlete
Snooped (around)
Acts obsequiously
DOWN
1 Good to go
2 Hype
3 Successful burglary sting operation?
4 “Ain’t She Sweet” composer
5 Theater floor debris?
6 Tiny colonist
7 “The Merry Widow” composer
8 Line of symmetry
9 Cell centers
10 Suspiciously
11 Holm who played Bilbo Baggins
12 XCIV years hence
13 G.I. Joe’s group
14 N’awlins subs
15 California birthplace of Merv
Griffin
16 Nice
17 Corp. memo directive
18 Two-year-old’s responses, often
25 Japanese mushroom
26 Longtime CORE chairman
28 Arcade name
33 Take __ at
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Immunity builder
Respond heartily to, as a joke
Principle
Raise a stink?
Smash letters?
Pizza topping
Camaro __-Z
Tie at an old royal race
Mindanao peak: Abbr.
Heston title role
City on the Rhône
“Lorna __”
How teriyaki may be served
__ effort
Souvenir at the NFL’s big event?
Salon request
Warehouse facilities kept secret?
“I was freer when I didn’t have
__”: Tyson
Roberta Flack hit
Outback critters
Less original
Rank below capt.
Spin doc
Liqueur flavoring
Pulitzer-winning critic Jefferson
French city near the Belgian border
Pt. of 84-Across
MS. enclosure
Mississippi rodent, say
Introduction
Guardian Angels founder Curtis
Ancient region south of Aeolis
“Born Free” author
Pot pie veggies
Disappear
Totally digs
Ring combo
Longtime film critic Crowther
Hedge fund expense?
Muse of memory
Stop on the way home?
Cyberspace auctioneer
Skunk River city
Call __
Something to see
Pitching stat
Actor Beatty
¡ASKAMEXICAN!
Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: A friend asked me
years ago to come up with a Spanish
word or phrase that contains fewer
syllables than its English counterpart.
After years of thinking about this, the
only one I could come up with is
“Tengo sed” (three syllables) compared to “I am thirsty” (four syllables).
This could be directly translated as “I
have thirst,” though, which would
make it three syllables. Can you come
up with any others? Point is: Why do
wabs have to use so many goddamn
syllables just to say, “Yes, I will clean
your toilet for $6.50 an hour?”
Long in the Dong
Dear Gabacho: This spicy column
has tackled questions about dwarves,
anal sex and anal-sex-loving dwarves,
but this is by far the strangest pregunta I’ve received. Not to mention ignorant: You don’t even have to think of
another phrase to fit your requirements, pendejo! If you further conjugate Tengo sed, you can create
¿Tiene sed? (Is he thirsty?) and
¿Tienes sed? (Are you thirsty?). As for
Spanish words with fewer syllables
than their English translation, a random selection that took about a
minute of half-deliberation includes
lentes (eyeglasses), papa (potato) and
tonto (Guatemalan). That’s all I’ll give
you, Long Dong. Sorry, but there are
more important issues to debate
besides multisyllabic words and why
Spanish has longer words than
English (it’s the Latin, stupid). Point is,
how can you think about long-winded
wabs when your elected officials
would rather fret about Mexicans than
the chaos in the Middle East?
Dear Mexican: Too bad you and
your crowd didn’t get amnesty. F*ck
you and your illegal alien-loving
ass. You suck and should leave the
country, you race-hustling professional Chicano turd.
Piddle in the Middle
Dear Gabacho: First off, it’s professional Mexican turd. Secondly, guess
what Congress
mulling again?
is
Dear Mexican: This past winter, I
was walking around in Boston with a
Mexican guy I work with. I was the
only person in Boston wearing
shorts, but it brought to mind a question I have had for many years. I
asked him why Mexicans always wear
pants regardless of how hot it is. It
blows me away when we have the
sweltering humid days of summer
that these Mexicans don’t wear
shorts. Is there some sort of religious
restriction that precludes them from
wearing shorts? Strangely, he admitted that he owns no shorts other than
the ones he wears when he goes
swimming or scuba diving.
Short in the Fort
Dear Gabacho: Can you and every
other gabacho who wonders why
Mexicans don’t show much flesh cut it
out with the religious explanations
already?! Not everything having to do
with Mexican modesty is a result of our
ingrained Catholicism. Take your shorts
question. If hombres faithfully followed
the tenets of Mexican Catholicism, we’d
live our lives as gloriously half-naked as
the crucified Jesus. Besides, Mexican
men don’t need shorts. Half-pants are
for wussy gabachos who can’t take the
heat or chicas calientes looking to draw
wolf whistles.
¡ASK A MEXICAN CONTEST! Want a
free, autographed copy of my book?
Send a picture to the e-mail below of
yourself or an amigo reading the Mexican
while standing outside your local Mexican
consulate. Photo must clearly show the
consulate and the newspaper (or printed
Web version) in which you read this
pinche column. One winner per consulate
only, so the first picture from each region
gets the book (no more entries from San
Diego, Yuma, Houston, Mexico City and
the Czech Republic, por favor)! Don’t live
close to a consulate? Don’t worry – the
Mexican invasion will bring one to a
neighborhood near you soon!
Got a spicy question about Mexicans? Ask the Mexican at [email protected].
Those of you who do submit questions: they will be edited for clarity, cabrones.
And include a hilarious pseudonym, por favor, or we’ll make one up for you!
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ADVICEGODDESS
Gapes of wrath
My wife of six months is the love of my life,
and everything I want in a woman. We’ve been
together two years, and have a 6-month-old
son. The problem is, and always has been, my
looking at other women. I don’t usually realize
I’m doing it, but my wife catches me and is
now just waiting to catch me. Honestly, when I
look at them, I don’t have any sort of intentions, it’s just something I do. Yet, my wife is
now threatening divorce because she believes
it means I don’t love her. I realize I’m doing
something horrible, and I’ve mostly quit, which
takes a lot of conscious effort, and that’s
what’s worrying me. Is something wrong with
me? Should I get professional help?
— Wandering Eyes
You’re only looking at women, not chasing them down
telling them you’ll meet them behind the bowling alley …
just as soon as you can park your stroller-bound son
with somebody you trust – say, that guy lying in the
doorway with the sign, “Will baby-sit for gin.”
Okay, so, if you’re with your wife, and your head
swivels around like that girl’s in “The Exorcist,” you
have, let’s say, a few manners issues. Think about
how you’d feel if your wife were always walking down
the street with a cartoon dotted line from her eyes to
every passing guy’s package: “Woohoo! There’s a
big’un!” But, as for the idea that you need “professional help” because your eyes are drawn to beautiful women – that’s kind of like running off to a shrink
all worried that you keep wanting to eat lunch.
The truth is, after millions of years of evolution, the
impulse to ogle comes factory standard in men. At the
recent Human Behavior & Evolution Society conference
in Williamsburg, Va., I cornered Dr. David Buss and
asked him about your question. Buss told me that when
men ogle women the reward centers of their brain light
up. “So, it’s just inherently pleasurable for men to look.”
(Kind of like taking a bong hit of hottie). Your wife, on the
other hand, wouldn’t get the same buzz from eyeballing
hot men, because, Buss explained, there aren’t corresponding reward centers that light up in women. And, he
said, contrary to your wife’s fears, your inclination to eyegrope doesn’t mean you don’t love her. Buss’s book,
“The Evolution of Desire,” which details how standards
for female beauty are actually cues to women’s reproductive fitness, may help both you and your wife under-
Amy Alkon
stand your look-arrhea for what it is – an
evolutionary knee-jerk
reaction.
Now, it’s one thing for
your wife to expect you to
be faithful to her, but visually
faithful? What are you supposed
to do, say, “Oh, no! Scarlett Johansson’s coming down
the street! Better hide”? Your real problem is your
wife’s real problem: She’s irrational and insecure. That
isn’t something you can change, but you can tell her
you love her very much and think she’s hot and show
her, too. If your eyes regularly bug out for her, maybe
she’ll be less bugged if she occasionally catches them
wandering down some other girl’s cleavage. And stop
being such a wimp. Tell her, “Look, we have a kid, and
we’re going to have a marriage, and not one that
revolves around you looking to see if I’m looking.” And,
remember, all men look. The smart, kind ones look
without getting caught. Some do this with practice,
some wear wraparounds, and some develop an affinity for tiny portions of Jell-O with a side of chickpeas –
whatever it takes to keep going back to the salad bar
for another helping of bazooms.
Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, No. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail [email protected] or visit her Web site at www.advicegoddess.com.
© 2007 AMY ALKON DIST. BY CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
Week of June 27
© 2007 Rob Brezsny
[email protected]
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Welcome to Part Two of your
outlook for the second half of 2007, Aries. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term
tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that by
now you’re seeing how much you have to learn. This
has been and will continue to be an ideal time to act like
a student in every phase of your life. But I also hope
you’ve started to realize how much you have to offer as
a role model, mentor, and guide. Amazingly, this is a
year when you can generate unpredictable magic as
both a student and a teacher.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Welcome to Part Two of your
outlook for the second half of 2007, Taurus. We’re
checking up on how you’re progressing with the longterm tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope
that by now you’re beginning to infuse your life with
more of the wildness you need. I trust that you’ve been
enjoying a host of thrilling adventures and ingenious
experiments — especially the kind that serve your highest ambitions.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Welcome to Part Two of your
outlook for the second half of 2007, Gemini. We’re
that you’ve been working hard to upgrade your skills in
the art of relationship. Have you taken any workshops
or read any books that have helped you become a better lover and collaborator? Have you meditated on
cracking open the secrets of inspired and inspiring
sharing? Even if you haven’t done much, there’s still
time to accomplish miracles. Through the end of
December, you’ll continue to attract cosmic luck whenever you break any bad old habits that have hurt your
ability to give and get the best from your intimate
alliances.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Welcome to Part Two of your
outlook for the second half of 2007, Cancerian. We’re
that by now you’re better organized and more disciplined than you’ve ever been in your life. The astrological omens suggest that the year’s best rewards will
come if you’re relentless in clearing out clutter, working
with maximum efficiency, and having precise and wellformulated plans. If done right, your intense attention to
detail will help win you access to profound new levels of
inner peace.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007. We’re checking up on
how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you
were assigned six months ago. I hope you’ve been capitalizing on the fact that this is the Year of Well-Earned
Luck in Higher Love. It has been over a decade since
your romantic evolution has been as ripe for rapid
progress as it is now. Remember, for best results, keep
your priorities screwed on straight: Always focus more
intensely on the pleasure of giving the beautiful love you
have to offer than on your hunger for the love you have
always wanted to get.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your
outlook for the second half of 2007, Virgo. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term
tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that by
now you’re at least midway through a transformation of
your relationship to family. That might mean you’re
leading a revolution to reinvent your family of origin. It
might mean you’re making decisions about how to
shape the family of your future. It could involve you
working hard to ensure that you have a close-knit group
of people, not necessarily related to you biologically, to
serve as a reliable source of emotional sustenance. Or
all of the above.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your
outlook for the second half of 2007, Libra. We’re check-
ing up on how you’re progressing with the long-term
tasks you were assigned six months ago. So let me ask
you: Have you been practicing discernment as you’ve
explored the mysteries of variety? Have you been trying
a host of different alternatives, but without dissipating
your focus? The danger is the opportunity; the opportunity is the danger: In the next six months, you’ll either
refine your intelligence or waste your intelligence as
you experiment with combining things that have never
before been combined. You’ll either embody the archetype of the promiscuous dilettante or the archetype of
the versatile master of improvisation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Welcome to Part Two of your
outlook for the second half of 2007. We’re checking up
on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you
were assigned six months ago. I trust that by now
you’re supremely composed as the changes whirl
around you and within you. I mean, you will always be
the zodiac’s master of transformation; you’ll always
thrive on going through ceaseless, deep-seated shifts
that would terrify most of the other signs. But if you’re
taking advantage of this year’s cosmic opportunities,
Scorpio, your eruptions of bracadabra! are being
buffered by a profound grace. Your experiments in turning lead into gold and garbage into treasure are proceeding with a generous-spirited poise. Now you’re
ready to take it to the next level of relaxed elegance.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Welcome to Part Two of
your outlook for the second half of 2007, Sagittarius.
We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the
long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I
hope that by now you are cashing in on the fact that this
is the Year of the Supercharged Libido and the Spiritual
Orgasm. Not only do you have extraordinary reserves of
physical energy available; you also have access to what
amounts to a kind of metaphysical lust, whose primal
power can enable you to smash long-standing mental
blocks and break on through to the other side of anything you want to break on through to the other side of.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Welcome to Part Two of
your outlook for the second half of 2007. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term
tasks you were assigned six months ago. By now
you’ve probably figured out that it’s the Year of Secrets.
Truths that have long been hidden from you are emerging, and if you keep on probing, the rest will spill out
between now and December. Certain feelings you have
been concealing from yourself are also bubbling up into
your awareness. Fuzzy understandings that have previously hindered your ability to see the big picture are
finally coming into focus as well. Don’t fear or resist
these developments, Capricorn. They will free up a lot of
blocked energy.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Welcome to Part Two of
your outlook for the second half of this year, Aquarius.
We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the
tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope by now
you’ve guessed that this is your Year of Harvest.
Projects you’ve been working on for many moons will
be reaching their full ripeness in 2007. Trends set in
motion more than a decade ago are culminating. Keep
this exciting news in the forefront of your awareness
between now and December. Like a great artist in the
last stages of a masterwork, be intent on finishing up
this long-term cycle with a flourish.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Welcome to Part Two of
your outlook for the second half of 2007, Pisces. We’re
checking up on how you’re progressing with the longterm tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope by
now you realize that this is your Year of Getting Your
Career in Gear. It may or may not be a time when you’ll
climb to the top of the heap and score fresh privileges
and new clout. But it’s definitely a time when you can
move closer to making a living from doing what you love.
Homework: Make a prediction about what your best accomplishment will be in the second half of 2007. Testify at RealAstrology.com; click on “E-mail Rob.”
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• 10% discount off total bill for non-profit organizations.
• PJH is not responsible or liable for any claim made by a classified ad in this paper. PJH is not
responsible for errors made by a classified advertiser.
TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD: CALL US AT (307) 732-0299 OR GO TO PLANETJH.COM
AND CLICK ON “CLASSIFIEDS” TO PLACE AN AD ONLINE. CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED.
Classified Deadlines: Monday by noon for the following Wednesday’s paper.
HELP WANTED
COURIER WANTED: Hole Fish Co.
is looking for a Courier to travel to
Grand Teton National Park
Monday and Friday afternoons
for light delivery. Clean driving
record. Must have own vehicle
capable of carrying up to 50 lbs.
Please Call 307.734.8448.
Carpenters and Carpenter’s
Helpers Needed in Pinedale, WY.
Call 307-367-9880 for more info.
Planet Palate, an organic café and
bakery seeks interesting, health
conscious people for all front and
back of the house positions.
Please call Amy @ 690-0194.
Pete’s Grand Bar & Grill seeks
energetic, fun people for wait-
staff, bartenders and kitchen
staff. Starting Now. Lunch and/
or dinner shifts available.
Flexible hours. Please call 7334398 or Pete’s cell 847-5293460.
Backcountry Provisions is looking for reliable, part-time, fulltime, seasonal and year-round
employees. Room for advancement. Pay D.O.E. Call 734-9420
or stop by.
The Moving Company is now hiring for permanent, full-time positions. Looking for responsible,
hard-working
employees.
Experience helpful, but not necessary. Please call (307) 690-6683
for more information.
Skinny Skis has some great job
opportunities—-both full and parttime. Stop by the shop for an
application or email resume to
[email protected].
Love theatre and want to help it
be successful, volunteer one
night this season or once a
month, we’re very flexible. For
more information call the Off
Square Theatre Company at
(307) 733-3021.
The Wagon Wheel Liquor Store is
seeking friendly, personable
sales associates! Must be 21. F/T
& P/T nights available. Starting
$10/hr. Fun work environment,
employee discount. Must be honest, dependable and self-motivated! Apply at 475 N. Cache (next
to the Log Cabin)
FOR RENT
Conveniently located on West
Broadway, across the Flat Creek
Bridge on East Gros Ventre
Butte. 2 bedrooms, 1 full bath
w/space for laundry upstairs
and a ? bath below. Nice open
living area, lots of light, long one
car garage, and within walking
distance of town. One year lease
requested, no pets, no smoking,
$1,200/mo plus utilities. Call
733-2736.
Florida Condo For Rent:
Sarasota, Florida; newly decorated 2 bd, 2 bth unit, year round
lanai, overlooking golf course; 15
minutes to ocean; monthly
rentals only; $2900/month prime
season, less for multi-month
r e n t a l s ;
[email protected]
LAND/LOTS
318 Lava Street: 1/2 Block from
Green Belt, Snake River and falls
in downtown Idaho Falls; Fishing,
boating, arts & entertainment,
medical center and freeway.
$650,000. (208) 529-2898.
AUTOS
FOR SALE: 1985 Chevy Truck,
3/4 ton heavy-duty, 2 wheel drive,
needed in the Jackson area for summer employment
Bresnan Advertising Sales has an immediate opening
for an Account Executive in our Jackson Sales Office.
This position would be calling on local businesses in the
Jackson area. Position includes mature account list,
successful sales experience preferred. Please submit
resume and cover letter to: Michael D’Ambra, Bresnan
Advertising Svcs. 2001 11th Ave. Helena, MT 59601.
Service Technician 3:00pm - 1:00am shift
We are fully committed to and strive for diversity in
our workplace and encourage all individuals to apply.
Evans Construction is now accepting applications for the
following positions to work in the Jackson Area:
Heavy Equipment Operators
Mixer Truck Drivers
(Tools & CDL Required - immediate hire)
Mechanic
(Tools and experience required - immediate hire)
MOTORCYCLES NEW & USED
Experience preferred, but training positions are available.
Evans Construction Company offers competitive pay,
bonus opportunities, paid vacation opportunities
and healthcare - 401K benefit package.
Apply in person at Evans Construction Company in Jackson, Wyoming
8 miles south of Jackson on Hwy. 89, (307) 733-3029.
Evans Construction Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
committed to a drug free workplace. M/F/V/D
Jackson Hole Cycle
3510 S. Park Drive • Jackson, WY 83001
307-733-4684 • Email: [email protected]
M-F 9-6 Sat 9-4
WE CAN DELIVER!
clean, unbroken windshield, wellmaintained. RUNS GREAT!!
Come test drive - $999.00. 4134503.
5thWHEELS/CAMPERS
/TRAILERS
500 Watt Champion - $299;
5,500 Watt Champion - $795.
Open Sundays. Stalkup’s RV
Superstore: 501 W. Yellowstone,
Casper, WY 1-800-577-9350 •
www.stalkupsrv.com.
4 – 2007 Excel Limited 5th
wheel, super special, Dealer Cost.
Trades Welcome. Open Sundays.
Stalkup’s RV Superstore: 501 W.
Yellowstone, Casper, WY. 1-800577-9350
•
www.stalkupsrv.com.
Kennel Technician
The Jackson/Teton County Animal Shelter is looking for a
Kennel Technician to become part of its caring and hardworking animal services team. The primary responsibilities
for this position are cleaning and maintenance of the
Animal Shelter. Duties include, but are not limited to, daily
cage and kennel cleaning and animal care. Must be able to
handle large, strong dogs, lift heavy objects, tolerate loud
noise and offensive smells, and utilize cleaning agents.
Applicants must also be capable of providing quality
customer service. Ability to adjust to a variety of animal
temperaments is frequently rewarded with dog kisses and
cat purrs. This is a part-time position, 20-30 hrs per week.
Qualified applicants must be available Saturday through
Wednesday mornings, including Sundays and holidays. The
hiring range is $11.15- $12.87/hour DOQ. No additional
benefits are associated with position.
For an application:
visit www.townofjackson.com,
email [email protected],
call (307)733-3932 or
stop by Town Hall at 150 E. Pearl St.
Position will remain open until filled.
The Town of Jackson is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Trailer Sale of the Summer!
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Jayco 806 tent trailer, loaded $7,900
21’ Jayco Feather, $15,900
29’ Layton, ultra glide, $14,900
31’ Cedar Creek, 2-bedroom, ultra glide, $18,900
24’ Fleetwood, orbit glide, loaded, $18,900
27’ Salem, ultra glide, $19,900
Airstream, loaded, $22,900
28’ Jayco, ultra glide, $17,900
28’ Laredo, 2-bed, ultra glide, $21,900
26’ Captiva, 4-season package, loaded, $19,900
30’ Crossfire, toy hauler, glide, loaded, “trades”.
19’ Jayco Octane, toy hauler, has it all, $27,880
23’ Outback, loaded, $19,900
23’ Sunset, Built for Wyoming RV’ing, $24,900
WE BUY RV’S!
STALKUP’S RV SUPERSTORE
501 W. Yellowstone Hwy., Casper, WY
1-800-577-9350 • www.stalkupsrv.com
2006, 8 1/2 Palamino Popup, self
contained, jacks, $8,900. We Buy
RV’s. Open Sundays. Stalkup’s
RV Superstore: 501 W.
Yellowstone, Casper, WY. 1-800577-9350
•
www.stalkupsrv.com.
MUSIC & BANDS
Judd Grossman Music is a full
service music agency providing
all styles of music for all occasions - solos, duos, trios, dance
bands, country, rock, folk, jazz,
and classical. Live musicians and
DJs available. (307) 690-4935.
ALL OCCASIONS MUSIC: Live
music for any event. Professional.
Experienced. Inquire at 699-0102.
SERVICES
Prugh Real Estate LLC specializes in commercial and residential sales and service. Visit
prughrealestate.com to search
listings, rentals and MLS. For
more information, please call
307.733.9888
Rally’s Pet Garage – The service
center for your pet! Self-service
pet wash, full-service grooming,
toys and accessories, Natural
Life pet food, Doggie Day Care,
and pet obedience classes.
Located in the Kmart Plaza.
(307) 733-7704.
Water”, a new literary journal of
Western Wyoming and the
Greater Yellowstone Area. Short
fiction, essays, poetry and blackand-white photos or artwork that
captures the tensions and/or synergies of the changing West.
Submit or query to P.O. Box 677,
Jackson, WY 83001.
Answers to this week’s
Sudoku and Crossword puzzles
PERSONALS
THINK YOU’RE PREGNANT? 24hour confidential hotline 1-800395-HELP. Crisis Pregnancy
Center (307) 733-5162.
MISC.
WANTED: Submissions for “Oil &
JACKSON
DODGE • CHRYSLER
733-6777
BARGAIN BLOWOUT WEEK!
1989 CHEVROLET 2500 EXTCAB TOPPER 4X4 ONLY $3,995
1993 CHEVROLET1500 EXT CAB TOPPER ONLY $6,995
1994 FORD F150 4X4 NEW TIRES LOOKS BAD RUNS GREAT ONLY $1,995
1998 CHRYSLER SEBRING COUPE. GREAT ON FUEL SPORTY, ONLY $1,995
1994 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED ALL OPTIONS, ONLY $4,995
2001 MITUBISHI MONTERO SPORT ONLY $8,995
1991 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LOW MILES, ONLY $1,295
1995 DODGE RAM 2500 CLUB CAB 4X4 - LONG BED ONLY $8,995
2001 FORD F150 SUPERCREW 4X4 XLT MUST SEE & DRIVE ONLY $13,995
2002 BUICK PARK AVE LIMITED LOW MILES ONLY $9,995
TRADES WELCOME!
PARENTS & FRIENDS OF
EX-GAYS & GAYS
www.pfox.org
Evergreen Tree Care
Accepting applications for
light landscaping and tree care.
Excellent wages, fluent English, good
attitude and motivated. $17/hr
Call 690-5352
PREVIEW AUTOS AT 1330 S. HWY 89
www.planetjh.com
WINDSHIELDS
UP TO
$100.00
CASH BACK
* Some restrictions may apply.
InterMountain
Fact: Teton Motors is jackson’s ONLY
Full Service Dealership!
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We work with all insurance companies
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Monday - Friday 9-6 • Sat 9-4
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FLIPSIDE
SALES
For too long, the focus of science has
been on the extraneous facts. While some
may find Copernicus’ discovery of planetary revolution and Newton’s work with the
affects of gravity amusing, most of us have
deeper concerns. It is time mankind
applied the scientific method toward an
analysis of seduction and its related disciplines.
I would like to present a theoretical
analysis of seduction science as it pertains to the female homo sapiens or femin
psychotic beautus. The female body, in its
most basic form, is simply mass consisting of matter. According to the theory of
scientific determinism, predictions on the
behavior of feminine matter can be made
when stimuli are introduced and variables
are taken into consideration.
Seduction stimuli exist in two classes:
general and specific. An example, if you
wish to engage a redneck girl in seduction experimentation, a new one-ton
Chevy truck, belt buckle and adequate
quantities of ethanol are all specific
stimuli. Specific stimuli for a Vermont
girl would be a degree in peace studies, a Greenpeace T-shirt and a kayak.
Your personal appearance, financial
status, social standing and perceived sexual prowess are examples of general stimuli. Plainly favorable stimuli would have
her take you home for a wild night of passion and make you biscuits with sausage
gravy for breakfast, while unfavorable
stimuli would have her throw a drink in
your face. (Note: If she is from Utah, stimuli are unnecessary for seduction.)
Of course femin psychotic beautus is
just half of the equation. Say, one evening
you observe a femin psychotic beautus
who appears to be predisposed to seduction. Unfortunately it’s a Monday and the
Denver Broncos are playing. Seduction
probability is a factor of the ratio between
A Redneck
Perspective
by Clyde Thornhill
the woman’s combined bust and hip
dimension divided by the square of her
waist measurement and whether Denver
has a shot at the playoffs. Linear time, as
described by Einstein’s special theory of
relativity, factors into the equation as well.
Each day since the last time you engaged
in seduction decreases the relative influence of football and can drastically
reduce the waist-bust measurement factor.
While seduction science works in the
laboratory, in practice it is not so clear cut.
The famous Greek mathematician
Pythagoras discovered the difficulty in
applying practical theoretical formulas
when dealing with femin psychotic beautus. One morning, Pythagoras’ wife asked
him if her toga made her butt look fat.
Being a mathematician and a rational
thinker, he told her it was not the toga that
made her butt fat. She screamed and
threw a pot of olive oil at him. Later that
day, he found that some numerical expressions could not be solved mathematically,
such as √2 and ?. In honor of his wife he
called them irrational. Tragically, irrationality as it regards to femin psychotic beautus
still plagues seduction science.
Pythagoras’ discovery chipped at the
very foundation of scientific determinism, but it was the German physicist
Werner Heisenberg’s study in the field of
quantum mechanics, specifically his discovery of the Uncertainty Principle, that
finally caused the house of scientific
determinism to crumble. The Uncertainty
Principle supposes that any individual
femin psychotic beautus’ response to
stimuli cannot be predicted; her reaction
can only be measured in probabilities.
Of course those of us with real life
experience could have told Heisenberg
all about uncertainty and saved him a lot
of time. For instance, suppose you’re
rich. There is a half drunken femin psychotic beautus at the bar. You would
think that your wealth would be positive
stimuli, however if you made your money
in the oil business and she is a tree hugger, her reaction might not be as you
anticipated if you’re still using models
based on outdated cause-effect analysis.
The Uncertainty Principle has blended
science and philosophy to a degree
unimaginable a few decades ago. Some
students of seduction science have gone
so far as to attend “couples counseling”
or “couples retreats.” Based on the
results, this excursion into the realms of
psychotherapy is little more than an exercise in the illogical.
There is no telling what the future holds
for seduction science, what new methods
are waiting to be discovered. In the meantime buying her a couple shots of tequila
can help to overcome the irrational in
women and make the Uncertainty
Principle a little more certain.
Local artist to create antler arch miniature
To coincide with the City of Jackson’s
July 4 dedication of its new elk antler
arch, local avant-garde miniature replica
enthusiast Lil’ Simone announced this
week he will unveil his own 1:16 scale
replica of the Town Square icon.
But if the elk antler arch is famed partly for its use of an unusual building material, Lil’ Simone hopes his choice of
medium will gain him some acclaim as
well.
“It’s actually made of belly lint,” Lil’
Simone said from his East Jackson studio, which triples as a bedroom and bathroom.
A man of an indeterminable accent, Lil’
Simone came to Jackson a year ago to
carve out a niche in the miniature replica
art installation community here. Perhaps
most famed for his replica of the Grand
Teton made from toe nail clippings, the
artist prefers to present his art “renegade
style” – around unexpected downtown
corners – rather than the conventional
gallery spaces. Often, his work takes visitors by surprise.
“I was walking through that alley
behind Skinny Skis when I glanced up at
a windowsill and it looked like someone
had glued a bunch of their toenails
together,” a female passerby said. “I
almost threw up in my mouth.”
“I want to make art that really affects
people, that really might change their
day,” the artist said between drags of a
Kool cigarette.
Lil’ Simone, who has taken to wearing
a patchy wool sweater through June to
help engender more belly lint for his latest project, is tight lipped about his rendering of the new elk antler arch.
“Will it look exactly like the ‘original’
one?” he asked, his finger quotes dramatically lingering on the word ‘original.
“Maybe. Maybe not. Who knows, this
might end up in some unexpected place
or it might have a place of honor on the
mayor’s desk.”
Art Hazen
Real Estate LLC
“We are Wyoming”
Locally Owned
SCOREBOARD
TETON VALLEY
WEEK OF 06.17.07 TO 06.23.07
Total # of Sales:
Week’s top sale:
SF421
Two Master Bedroom Suites with two additional
bedrooms in this 2,885 square feet attractive and well
appointed Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Estate home
located on Cottonwood Drive. Large lot (1.29 acres),
sunny and private south facing decks, fenced south
yard, large lot, hardwood floors, recently updated and
remodeled kitchen, & more.
$1,495,000 Contact: Timothy C. Mayo
SF416
Four bedroom home featuring knotty hickory floors,
slate and travertine tile, river rock gas fireplace, jetted
tub, custom knotty alder cabinetry, doors and trim,
stainless steel appliances, bonus room, tongue and
groove pine ceilings, wired for automation in addition
to wiring for surround sound and CAT 5E lines, smoke
detector system, and much more!
$1,465,000 Contact: Kristin Vito
LL220
Three acre elevated building site on the West Bank
just a couple minute drive from Wilson, offering an
open building site for your guest home and a
wonderfully Aspen filled secluded site for your main
residence. Valley views, first sunlight of the morning,
privacy, and simply the best value on the West Bank
for the summer.
$895,000 Contact: Timothy C. Mayo
Residential
Building Site
Multi-Family
Farm & Ranch
Commercial
8
$457,500
Total #
of Sales
Average
Sold Price
2
6
0
0
0
$447,500
$189,000
$0
$0
$0
Last 12 Months (6.23.06-6.22.07)
Number of Sales
Days on Market
List Price Volume Sold
Median List Price Sold
Average List Price Sold
948
185
$255,858,998
$209,895
$269,893
12 Months - A Year Ago (6.23.05-6.22.06)
SF401
Bordered by a conservation easement and with the
Hoback River running through the property, this
custom home is spectacular. Sitting on 5 acres of horse
property in Bondurant, the home has 3 bedrooms and
2 1/2 baths. It also includes a formal dining room,
home office, utility room, and an oversized 2 car
garage. Enjoy 360 degree views from the wrap around
porch! $749,000 Contact: Michael Christman
LL224-226
Own a piece of Wyoming without breaking the bank.
These three parcels are located in Merna, Wyoming
and are mere minutes from National Forest and BLM
land. Whether snowmobiling, skiing, hunting or
fishing is your game these properties are for you.
Mineral rights are owned by seller. $160,000/lot
Call Zach Smith or Joe Meserole!
LL223
By far one of the best lots located in Star Valley
Ranches Golf Resort in Thayne with seasonal stream,
mature trees, views and access to National Forest.
$97,500 Contact: Penny Gaitan
Art Hazen
REALTOR OF THE WEEK
A native Jacksonite, Zachary enjoys
just about every activity that Jackson
Hole and Teton Valley have to offer. A
degree in Economics gives Zachary an
edge when it comes to knowledge of
the Real Estate Market. Zachary is also
the exclusive Virtual Tour photographer
for Art Hazen Real Estate LLC.
733.4339 or 800.227.3334 Fax 307.739.0766
804
169
$196,445,593
$190,000
$244,335
Current Inventory
Active Listings
Listing Inventory Dollars
Average List Price
Average Days on Market
785
$402,832,784
$513,162
192
See outside back cover
for Jackson Hole Scoreboard
Zach Smith
LL219
PRICE REDUCTION! Perfect Location to build a home
for your family! .34 acre lot located in Cottonwood
Park. Close to schools, the bike path and amenities.
Only Cottonwood Park lot available! $425,000
Contact: Courtney B. Campbell
Number of Sales
Days on Market
Lis Price Volume Sold
www.jhrealestate.com
*In the event the week’s Top Sale is
erroneously reported it’s listed price is used.
** Some information above is derived from the
Teton County MLS system and represents
information as submitted by all Teton County
MLS Members for Teton County, Wyoming and
is deemed to be accurate but not guaranteed.
Art Hazen Real Estate LLC advertising and
promotional ads, products, and information
are the sole property of Art Hazen Real Estate
LLC and may NOT be reproduced, copied,
and/or used in whole or part without the
prior expressed written consent of Art Hazen
Real Estate LLC.
[email protected]
Art Hazen
Real Estate LLC
“We are Wyoming”
Locally Owned
SCOREBOARD
JACKSON HOLE
WEEK OF 06.17.07 TO 06.23.07
Total # of Sales:
Week’s top sale:
CC91
A growing ski and bike business with a great
reputation in wonderful Jackson Hole. This ski and
bike shop is the perfect opportunity for a sports and
business minded buyer. The bike and ski lines in this
shop are outstanding and have been chosen for
their quality in all price ranges. Owner is a licensed
Wyoming Real Estate Agent.
$600,000 Contact: Ila Rogers
SF390
Enjoy spectacular Teton Views from this 3,780 square
foot beautiful log home in Buffalo Valley. Amenities
include a steam shower, 2 story ledgestone wood
fireplace, a full saloon in the basement, and incredible
granite, polished limestone, and marble countertops.
Property is two one acre parcels. The house and barn
sit completely on one of the parcels.
$899,000 Contact: Kristin Vito
LL213
All the exclusivity of Stilson Ranch, on a 1.08 acre site
with spectacular 360 degree views. Cul-de-sac
location for additional privacy, and a year-round
pond provides a unique setting for recreation and
serenity.
$1,150,000 Contact: Ed Minczeski
Residential
Building Site
Multi-Family
Farm & Ranch
Commercial
8
$4,150,000
Total #
of Sales
Average
Sold Price
5
2
0
0
0
$251,800
$2,075,000
$0
$0
$0
Last 12 Months (6.23.06-6.22.07)
Number of Sales
Days on Market
698
134
$863,417,795
$748,000
$1,236,988
12 Months - Year Ago (6.23.05-6.22.06)
LL228
With a private off- road location, this site offers all the
beauty of the Tetons and Gros Ventre mountains, on a
spacious 2.55 acre Moulton Ranch parcel.
Conveniently located near the Grand Teton National
Park, and minutes from town. Horses are allowed.
$980,000 Contact: Sarah Kerr
TC168
This 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath townhome has Flat Creek
frontage, access to hiking and biking trails, in-town
location and a 2-car garage.
$780,000 Contact: Penny Gaitan
SF423
Attractively priced 3,300 square foot West Bank home
on 5.29 acres, located in River Hollow subdivision.
Built in 1995 this home features two second level
bedrooms with Jack & Jill bath, Master Suite with
exceptional Master Bath, isolated guest suite with
three-quarter bath, sunroom, cover porches,
attractively landscaped, & more.
$1,695,000 Contact: Timothy C. Mayo
FEATURED
LISTING
LL230
Grand Teton and Sleeping Indian views make this lot a
special location with a wonderful building site. The 2
1/2 acre lot is ready for a comfortable home, guest
house, barn for your horses or whatever your needs. It
is located with easy access to town and the airport.
$995,000 Contact: Ila Rogers
Number of Sales
Days on Market
771
145
$856,584,466
$695,000
$1,111,004
Current Inventory
Active Listings
420
Listing Inventory Dollars $1,510,552,420
Average List Price
$3,596,553
Average Days on Market
170
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for Teton Valley Scoreboard
Absolutely gorgeous ranch
property, situated on 5.10 acres.
Beautiful log home, plus detached
log guest house with outstanding
views in all directions. Top of the
line appliances and granite
countertops. This is the perfect
home for a gentleman rancher.
Outstanding workmanship and
quality throughout. Must be seen
to be truly appreciated!
$1,800,000
Contact: Will Garson
*In the event the week’s Top Sale is
erroneously reported it’s listed price is used.
** Some information above is derived from the
Teton County MLS system and represents
information as submitted by all Teton County
MLS Members for Teton County, Wyoming and
is deemed to be accurate but not guaranteed.
Art Hazen Real Estate LLC advertising and
promotional ads, products, and information
are the sole property of Art Hazen Real Estate
LLC and may NOT be reproduced, copied,
and/or used in whole or part without the
prior expressed written consent of Art Hazen
Real Estate LLC.
SF420
733.4339 or 800.227.3334 Fax 307.739.0766
www.jhrealestate.com
[email protected]

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