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‘SECOND CHANCE’ SECOND HOME

A sculpture representing one man helping another sits outside the original Men’s Second Chance Living home for the Valley nonprofit that helps men succeed in their recovery from addiction. Photo credits: Caitlin Hegwood

Men’s Second Chance Living hopes to purchase second house this summer By Eric Valentine

The Landscape

here’s a saying in the Valley that goes something like this: “One house, two jobs.” Translation: Working class folks need two jobs to afford life along the Big Wood River. Reality: In a resort area—an economic ecosystem that by its nature always has some amount of housing crisis—a near catastrophic level housing situation revises the saying to something like: “Two and a half jobs, one bedroom, if any vacancy exists.” Subject: Amid this landscape, a Valley nonprofit is managing to house up to eight men in a Hailey home. And by this summer, the Men’s Second Chance Living capital campaign may have the $900,000 it figures it will take to purchase a second single-family home that could house up to an additional eight men. Side note 1: The “second chance” in the organization’s moniker refers to those men and their status as recovering from substance abuse disorder. Side note 2: According to the National Center on Charitable Statistics, approximately 30% of nonprofits fail to exist after 10 years, and according to Forbes, over half of all nonprofits that are chartered fail within a few years. Side note 3: If you told Americans that corporations’ and the uber-wealthy’s collective mantra is Gordon Gecko’s “Greed is good,” a majority might believe you. The Blueprints So given that full landscape, how is it that a local “halfway house” only five years old is three-fourths of

the way there to reach a nearly $1 million goal of its fundraising campaign that’s taking place during a pandemic? By the way, it’s a campaign that as of Easter hadn’t even started yet. It must be the success of its recovery program. For Caitlin Hegwood, the administrative assistant at MSCL and “right-hand” person for executive director Sonya Wilander, the peer-to-peer accountability built into the sober-living model and the “above and beyond” features like medical and dental care and educational funding are world class. “This year we’ll have a resident who’s our first to graduate from college while living at the house,” Hegwood said. “He’ll be getting an (Associate of Arts) degree in Applied Science from CSI.” Yet, according to Hegwood, all the benchmarks reached since MSCL launched in 2018 don’t explain the very substantial generosity shown by the Valley community overall and especially this year. There are a lot of nonprofit successes across Idaho and beyond. The trigger is psychologically far deeper: empathy. “Addiction touches everyone. There’s not anyone out there who hasn’t been impacted directly,” whether it’s their own addiction or someone else’s, Hegwood observed. And then add the whole layer of a housing crisis on top of the challenges these men face. “Ironically, part of the reason this community is so generous is because they understand how serious the housing challenge is,” Hegwood said. In September, MSCL leadership identified the need for more sober-living options countywide as substance use rates were rising nationally. And the demand for entry into the current MSCL housing supply (just one house in Hailey) has been increasing, too. In 2021, the

organization received 19 applications, 13 of which were put on a wait list due to a lack of available beds. MSCL House’s current residential capacity simply falls short of the community’s immediate and future needs for sober homes. “At that time, we talked to stakeholders in the organization to see if there was support for a capital campaign. We called that the silent days of our capital campaign and figured if we could get 60% of what we need by May, we’d then go to the public,” Hegwood said. Well, it’s April, and they’re at roughly 75% of their goal. The Location So now the search for the right house begins. And although the group’s parameters are fairly simple, nothing’s easy when it comes to Valley home buying. Stephanie Reed, a local real estate agent, is their lead on the project, and MSCL is hoping she can help them find something like this: • 3 to 4 bedrooms with adequate living space for 6 to 8 men • Access to public transportation • Proximity to a 12-Step meeting location • Close to markets or vendors with healthy food MSCL ‘Building a Better Tomorrow’ Capital Campaign • Goal: Raise $900,000 to purchase a 3- to 4-bedroom home • Progress: To date, $657,000 has been raised • Benefits: Will house up to 8 additional men in recovery • Benefits: Will increase staff by .5 (part-time position becomes a full-time one) • To Donate: Visit msclhouse.org and click on the Building A Better Tomorrow logo

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The story of Wood River High School custodian Johnny Servin is featured in a Sun Valley Museum of Art (SVMoA) exhibition honoring the impact of essential workers that is now on display through June 8. SVMoA invited printmaker Christie Tirado to participate in This linocut portrait is one of several pieces now on a residency in the summer of display at the Sun Valley Museum of Art. Photo credit: 2021 wherein she interviewed a Sun Valley Museum of Art variety of Valley-based essential workers and their families during a free bilingual printmaking workshop she conducted. Participants were invited to respond to a question: Who has been essential in your life during the pandemic? Tirado then made linocut portraits of seven of those essential workers alongside their stories. Created in the Mexican graphic tradition, which has played an important role in shaping North American sociopolitical discourse, the artwork depicts Servin’s wife stocking grocery store shelves. Servin’s wife was one of the first people in the Sun Valley area to contract COVID-19 in March 2020. Her oxygen levels were dangerously low and she had to be transported to a Twin Falls hospital for care. Servin said it was “a really scary” time for his family, although his wife would eventually recover. According to Servin, COVID-19 has been a game-changer for his profession, with the need to wear masks, disinfect spaces and surfaces and follow enhanced cleaning protocols. Tirado, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, has focused much of her work on celebrating her family’s cultural heritage. Recently, she has aimed to highlight the critical, yet often unseen, work of Mexican-Americans in the United States. She created her “America’s Essential Workers” series with that concept in mind as she looked to create art depicting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ketchum Completes Acquisition of Warm Springs Preserve

The City of Ketchum closed on the purchase of Warm Springs Preserve on April 14, a purchase that will keep 65 acres of Warm Springs Ranch as protected open space in perpetuity. The city received over 1,000 donations to make the $8 million purchase possible. Donors of $1,000 or more will be recognized on the donor wall. • The city will preserve its right to develop the preserve to include: • Off-leash dog access • Creek and habitat restoration • New water-conscious irrigation system • Walking trails • Informal gatherings and activities • Nordic ski and snowshoe trails • Public restrooms. The campaign goal was set at $9 million, which includes $1 million to replace the irrigation system and provide essential site improvements. The city needs $92,000 more in donations to reach that goal. The city is now taking next steps to establish the Preserve, detailing a master plan that will guide the final locations of the bathroom, benches, and signage related to donor recognition. The public will be able to provide input on the plan during future open houses.

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By Eric Valentine

ack in the day, when a few watering holes simultaneously thrived on Bellevue’s Main Street, folks who were giving the phrase “mountain drunk” some anecdotal legitimacy might describe that section of the street between Oak and Elm as “the Barmuda triangle.” It was a humorous comparison of a patron’s loss of good measure to the Bermuda Triangle—the section of the Atlantic Ocean off North America in which dozens of ships and airplanes are said to have mysteriously disappeared. Right now, an afternoon stroll through Bellevue’s commercial sliver of the Valley’s only real thoroughfare might elicit that moniker, too, as more lease signage adorns the area than people looking to party or eat and drink. And like any good skeptic or member of the free market faithful should do, people are asking this sobering question: Is Bellevue becoming a ghost town? The anecdotal evidence—collected amid a local housing crisis as brutal as any around the country and historic, across-the-board inflation that experts say has and has not been caused by a pandemic and the most violent war in oil-producing Eastern Europe since World War II—is this: • 7 Fuego: Closed for good. Building for lease. • Oak Street Deli: Restaurant closed. Building still being used for catering and other food service projects. • Silver Dollar Saloon: Open. Building for lease or sale. • Mahoney’s Bar & Grill: Open. Building for sale. • Mama Inez: Open. • Lucy’s Breakfast: Open. And since the bullet points above are just anecdotal proof, just south of Bellevue, in Carey, is some metaphorical evidence. On Monday, the Loading Chute building, which used to house a former restaurant and bar, burned to the ground. As of press deadline Tuesday, an investigation relying on things other than anecdote and metaphor was being conducted by the Idaho State Fire Marshal’s Office. A Perfect Storm vs. A Fire Sale For the Valley’s chamber of commerce executive director, Mike McKenna, it’s a perfect storm, not a food and beverage firesale; and the weather’s not as bad as it feels. “This is basically a labor issue. Our housing crisis fueled out the working class,” McKenna said. “If you take an inventory of that section of Main Street from the beginning of the year to now, Bellevue’s only down one (eatery).” Depending on how far up and down the road you go and what timeframe is used, McKenna’s math is right. And a business for sale is far different than a business that’s closed down for good. In one instance, an economically thriving company is more valuable if purchased by a new owner, rather than that new owner investing in and developing something from scratch. Mahoney’s and the Silver Dollar could become someone else’s one day. 7 Fuego is done and gone. But McKenna certainly acknowledges the optics are bad. And, if a restaurant can’t fully staff up to be open at the right time for the optimal amount of time, it likely won’t be able to cover its rent and other operating expenses. “It’s not a drastic change to the culture of Main Street, it’s a trend we’ve been seeing,” observed McKenna, who noted that just a few years ago someone earning $40,000 a year could afford to live in the Valley. “Our cities and county leaders are really doing everything they can and everything right, but I do think they got off to a late start. You can’t stop an avalanche mid-flow. This stuff is cyclical,” and we all need to get better at seeing the cycles come before they go.

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Republican primary hopeful Eric Parker aims to defy past, partisanship

By Eric Valentine

or a man who is seen by many in his state through a lens firmly embedded in his past, Eric Parker sure has a clear idea of the future. And it involves him sitting in the Idaho State Legislature as a Senator sponsoring bills, allowing bills to the floor so he can—in some cases—publicly vote them down, and advocating for the working class by being “transparent and available”—his starting point for what a politician is supposed to be. If all that—or even some of that—happens, the South Valley husband, father, and electrician who also founded The Real 3% of Idaho will likely be able to turn to a “hold my beer” moment he had at the Capitol during the Idaho State Legislature’s session this year. In Under 20 Minutes Long story (medium) short: There was an attempt to repeal the grocery tax—that 6% sales tax we pay on food, something Californians and roughly 40 other states’ residents don’t have to do. We get it back. That is, if you pay your income taxes and check the right box on that form that costs more to fill out than the refund you’ll get for buying food. Anyway, the bill looked like it was lacking enough votes to pass so bill sponsors were going to shove it in the drawer for another year, like bachelor groceries. Parker’s Republican legislature friends were ready to give up, but Parker—who says a grocery tax should be unthinkable when the working class struggles like it does—wanted every politician to at least have to face the public and vote. So Parker, with his thick, dark, Idaho-proud beard, in front of a room full of establishment Republicans, said, “Has anyone asked the Democrats (to send the bill to the floor for a vote)?” Silence. Parker said, “Give me 20 minutes” and headed across the aisle (pretty much literally) to District 26 Sen. Michelle Stennett’s office, who wasn’t returning his text. How did it go when the 2nd Amendment-honoring man who … is not an elected official but spends significant time at the Capitol networking with elected officials telling them the concerns his hopeful-voters are telling him and was arrested and sent to prison at Bundy Ranch for pointing a rifle at federal agents … walked into the senator’s office? “I went in there with a smile and just got to the point,” Parker said. “She was a total pro.” And in that moment Parker and Stennett (OK, mostly Parker, but still) did something very rare in state capitols these days. They chose bipartisanship over the status quo, so they could do what they were sent to Boise to do: Vote on stuff, and even differently from one another if they so choose. It was an anomaly. “And this shouldn’t be an anomaly, this should be what we do,” Parker said.

A Primary Primary In less than a month, Parker will face off against a member of his own party in order to face off against the eventual Democratic nominee in November. It’s the first time he’s had to do that, and one can tell it doesn’t sit entirely easy with him. “George Washington warned us that partisan politics can destroy us,” Parker said. And, he adds, his party’s state platform is “spot on.” And then this is where any uneasiness lifts its face as Parker says some of his Republican colleagues (hint hint) do not seem to legislate that way. How accurate his opinion is on that or whether it will be enough to matter, only May and November will tell. “The labels put on me are not accurate. I’m working for the people,” Parker said. His big issues … correction, what he says are the big issues for the people in the community he talks to (he really is a populist) include: • Lava Ridge windmill project • Labeling citizen parents of public school students domestic terrorists • Tax reforms (grocery tax, property tax relief, and more) Parker feels he has the extra burden, though, to get his story out to the media. Because, here comes the irony of it all, eight years ago the media constantly put his story out there. And in some cases, it wasn’t even his story, it was his image in a photograph, to add color and context to the Bundy story. It doesn’t justify what Parker did—he served time for it—but it reveals the difficult position the media is in whenever Parker is in the news. Can you really tell an Eric Parker story and not use the words: Ammon, Bundy, ranch, rifle, militia,? Perhaps! According to Parker, a reporter at the Idaho Mountain Express—the paper of record for the Valley—had conducted a 45-minute interview with him on Senate Bill 1398. This is the bill that Parker says would—essentially—have protected all Idaho parents of public school children from being labeled a domestic terrorist by the federal government. It’s a bill that last year passed in the House but not the Senate and vice versa this year. Go figure, and Parker says he can explain why, and did so to the reporter. Translation: It’s getting significant support, but because one way to assert one’s 1st Amendment right is to state the opinion that what Parker did at the Bundy Ranch is domestic terrorism, it’s not so easy to look at Parker’s push for this bill as, perhaps, a vindication of sorts. Parker could explain to you until you turn blue in the face (or just turn “blue”) why the two situations are different. And the Mountain Express could justify (and do it honestly) why they journalistically don’t see a news story there, but rather a marketing piece for the Parker for Idaho campaign. But at least the community is making it transparent and available now. Someone had to do it.

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The cast of the Footlight Dance Centre production of Cinderella. Photo credit: Thomas Smiley Photography/Smileys Mt. Photo

Dance Company Gets Back On Stage

Footlight Dance Centre, under the artistic direction of Hilarie Neely, is presenting Cinderella, April 29 through May 1 on the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater stage at the Community Campus in Hailey. The production premiered here in the Valley in 2007 and it’s the first production by the dance company in three years. Cinderella will be played by Lena Gardner, a senior at WRHS, the two stepsisters by Adri Meyer and Keyle Potts, and Dakota Barth will play the Fairy Godmother. All of the students are seniors. “Cinderella isn’t just a movie, it’s a ballet, too, and deserves to be seen in dance form,” Neely said. Visit footlightdance.com for more information about the three performances.

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Sun Valley Community School will welcome author and journalist Diana Kapp on Monday, April 25, as part of Green Week. Hosted by the school’s Green Team—an Upper School student club whose mission is to inspire positive change in order to create a sustainable future for our community— Kapp will talk about her book Girls Who Green the World which spotlights 34 visionaries driving change in clean energy, waste reduction, sustainable food, fashion, ocean health, plastic alternatives, and activism. Diana Kapp. Photo The event will be held at Sun Valley credit: Sun Valley Community School’s Trail Creek Campus’s Community School Theater and is free and open to the public. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. and, in addition to the book talk, a roundtable will be hosted by Sun Valley Community School’s Green Team, followed by an audience Q&A, and a meet-and-greet with the author. At this time, guests are welcome to wear masks, but it is optional; guests will need to complete a health screening.

County Dems Seek Delegates

Blaine County Democrats are asking for help to shape the future of the Idaho Democratic Party by joining them for the 2022 County Convention Caucus taking place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, on Zoom. At the virtual gathering, the organization will elect delegates to the 2022 Idaho Democratic Party State Convention taking place in Boise on Friday, June 17. Delegates constitute a political party’s governing body at conventions. They select nominees at conventions for partisan offices and help develop a party’s official platform.

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Thanks to nearly 200 donors, Mountain Humane is calling its annual medical fundraising campaign “a huge success.” Donations totaling $184,413 were made during the campaign, putting the organization on the path to meeting the annual goal of $329,000. Helping the effort were matching gifts of $25,000 each, set up by Christine Ferguson, Christine Brumback, and the Nancy Eccles and Homer M. Hayward Family Foundation.

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Hailey Seeks Grant For Arboretum

A recent application by the City of Hailey to the Idaho Native Plant Society seeks grant funding for nearly $1,000. If awarded, it will pay for the installation of over 40 plant interpretive signs within Hailey’s Native Plant Arboretum, located at Highway 75 and Fox Acres Road, to help identify and educate the public about native plant species. Established in 1996, Hailey’s Native Plant Arboretum showcases over 50 native tree and plant species.

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ome great news from Wood River Middle School! We headed down to the regional tournament for the Idaho Battle of the Books at Victory Middle School on Saturday. Idaho Battle of the Books, or IBOB, is a statewide voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program open to all Idaho students in grades 4-9, regardless of ability. 32 teams competed in the tournament. The Fruity Kanyes and the Page Turning Potatoes, our school's top two teams, attended. The Fruity Kanyes made it to the quarterfinals, and the Page Turning Potatoes won the tournament!

The Page Turning Potatoes, from left, Reagan Flannigan, Catherine Herrerra, Aoife O'Reilly, Charlotte Brickley, Hayden Barbre and coach Sara Shafer.

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here is a reason the anglers that fish reservoirs get the affectionate name “reservoir dogs.” It is because of their pure passion for all things stillwater. Many anglers may be so caught up in what they do on area rivers, and rivers throughout the world, so much so, that they don’t realize there is an entire group of anglers in fly fishing that could care less about fishing a river. These anglers are your true reservoir dogs. Anglers that fish these stillwaters learn the nuances of these reservoirs, lakes and ponds and understand what is happening subsurface and where it is happening. This helps them establish a pattern where they are able to catch fish when the rest of us can’t. These anglers visualize what is happening beneath the surface the same way that we see what’s happening on the top. One thing that newer anglers to stillwater fishing need to realize is the fish are eating something, somewhere, or are actively looking. These fish are not lazing about the reservoirs waiting for food. They are always actively seeking it. This means that if you are having a lot of down time, you need to switch tactics, switch location and switch your mindset. Putting in days and weeks on world-class reservoirs like Magic will allow anglers to find their own circuit. You may start the day pulling streamers over bass beds or fishing large boulders. You may end up switching to dry flies in the evening or nymphs and emergers in shallow bays. In any case, if you were ever going to keep a journal when fly fishing, keeping one for stillwater fishing makes a whole lot of sense. Keep track of water conditions like clarity and temps. Watch the depths of certain areas you are fishing. Note the weather and wind direction. All these things add up to improved and consistent catch rates. The fish in our local reservoirs grow big quickly. You can fish from a boat, a float tube or just from the shore. Just be willing to be mobile when the bite turns off and on. Please keep in mind that the wind on our reservoirs can be killers. Take the wind into account each and every time you enter the water in a boat or a tube. Never get so far out that you could not get back if conditions changed quickly. Finally, keep in mind that reservoir fish are almost always found in the top 12 feet of the water column. Happy fishing, everyone!

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FRAN JEWELL

By Fran Jewell

hen I was a kid, it was extremely rare to see homes with more than one dog. In fact, we were the only people in the neighborhood to have a dog! Now, it is commonplace to have at least two dogs, if not more. I have been living with multiple dogs for 25 years. We learn a lot about dog behavior if we keep our eyes open and look through a dog’s eyes instead of our human eyes. One of the biggest problems I see with having more than one dog is the human belief that all of our dogs should be treated equal. Quite often, I go to work with a new puppy where an older dog is enjoying retirement. The older dog is happy to just hang out, sleep on the sofa, or wake up for a walk or treats. The new puppy comes along and the owner feels compelled to allow the puppy the same privileges that the older dog has earned. The puppy is allowed on the sofa, to take a walk without a leash along with the older dog, or eat next to the older dog even if the puppy finishes first then pushes the older dog out. And the puppy is already sleeping in bed with the owners. When I ask the owners why, the response is usually, “How can I make Phoebe stay on the floor if Romeo is sleeping on the sofa or in our bed?” The answer is sometimes hard for humans to accept. In the dog world, life is not fair. Dogs have a natural hierarchy that most of us don’t really understand. In the human world, we are all equals, or at least we strive to be. In the dog world, older dogs should have the respect of a puppy or younger dog. Teaching a puppy to respect an older dog is just as important as it is to teach a puppy to respect people – not bite, not jump on them, not to growl, and so on. The way we treat puppies should make it clear to them that the older dog should be respected. How? We feed the older dog first. The older dog can have privileges they earned long ago such as sleeping in our bed or on the sofa. Go for walks without the puppy. Leave the puppy home when you go to the store, but take the older dog. Feed the older dog first and don’t let the puppy bother the older dog. Give the older dog special time and attention. And for the safety and wellbeing of the puppy, keep the puppy in a crate at night much like you would leave a child in a crib. It’s also important for the puppy’s development to have time alone with you, too. Teach the dog to have a relationship with you alone so the puppy doesn’t learn to depend upon the older dog. If the puppy is always with the older dog, or always with you, you could be set-

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Multiple dogs can be so much fun and so rewarding, but treat your new puppy like a puppy, not like an older dog that already knows the rules. Photo credit: Fran Jewell

ting the puppy up for separation anxiety. If you have had a friend that has had a dog with severe separation anxiety, or experienced it yourself, it can be so overwhelming to deal with and cost a fortune in destroyed items in your home. Remember moderation in all things. The new puppy should spend time alone with you, time with the other dog, and time by itself. In the dog world, all things are not equal. Treat your older dog with special privileges the puppy doesn’t get. Fran Jewell is an IAABC Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, NADOI Certified Instructor and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC in Sun Valley. For more information, visit positivepuppy.com or call 208-578-1565.

LARRY BARNES

SALAMANDER SOLILOQUY

BY LARRY BARNES

manders. She has a master’s degree in wildlife biology and years of experience in that field. She is a working, bonafide “biological scientist.” Her answer was immediate: “Talk about how cute they are!” and then lifted her arms from her sides, fingers dangling, adopting the look of salamander innocence floating motionless in clear water. And that was the most enduring take-home message from the recent salamander encounter that inspired this column. We are surrounded by life forms, some common, others rare, all unique in how they answer life’s problems. Their phenotypes and genotypes dovetail with ours in myriad ways. Our eyes pass over the inanimate and stop at the symmetry of life, such as a small, cute salamander. The late E.O. Wilson recognized this love of life inherent in our species and gave it a word: biophilia. Now is the season when life’s happy hormones such as endorphins and oxytocin rain down on us whenever we go outside and connect with life on Earth.

alamanders are improbable creatures, especially in dry places with narrow windows of amphibian opportunity. But now there is a bit of moisture here in southern Idaho and our only local salamander is making its move. Long-toed salamanders are heading toward small bodies of water to mate and deposit their eggs. Theirs is a perilous journey that may involve road crossings, predators, and drying out through their delicate skin. If they make it to a pond and find a mate, the females can produce well over 200 eggs. They are predators and must capture their wee prey items–insects and worms–to fuel the march through their habitat and their subsequent mating and egg laying. Avoiding predators is another chief concern, but their flashy yellow dorsal pattern suggests toxicity. If you are an easily digestible creature, the rule of thumb is that you will be well camouflaged. But our local salamanders are nowhere as toxic as their coastal kin, the rough-skinned newt, whose Larry Barnes retired from 26 years as a biology teacher at Wood skin possesses a deadly neurotoxin. The long-toeds are innocuous River High School and is now transitioning to spending more time creatures, however, with simple needs; they spend the majority of exploring the natural world. their 8 years or so at rest, hidden in darkness, immobile with their tiny brain and their tiny thoughts in places where they won’t freeze or dry out. If those 200-plus eggs per female all survived and grew into adults, who in turn all produced eggs with similar generosity, and their progeny followed suit, Earth would be knee-deep in salamanders in just a few decades. Clearly, natural selection takes a large share. The eggs that do hatch and become larvae look like miniature adults except for their vertically flattened tails and external, feathery gills that serve them during their aquatic larvae-hood. Also, lacking yellow markings, the larvae are well-camouflaged and taste perfectly fine. I know they are edible because in 1993 I visited 60 small lakes and bodies of water in the Sawtooth National Forest to conduct amphibian surveys. A theme became immediately clear: our three species of frogs and toads and one salamander do not thrive in the presence of super-predatory trout. Some frogs and toads marginally coexist in the same lakes with trout but only in those lakes having emergent shoreline vegetation where the tadpoles could hide and avoid becoming trout food. Salamanders were the most vulnerable and did not occur if trout were present. I only found six locations with salamander larvae. Introducing trout to formerly troutless lakes is a bad deal for native amphibians. I asked my wife for advice on what to write about long-toed salaLong-toed salamander, Bellevue, Idaho. Photo credit: Larry Barnes

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KRISTIN HOVENCAMP

CASH IS KING?

You can never fully insulate your portfolio against rising inflation. However, you can invest in assets that perform better during inflationary periods. •

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Equities. Owning quality dividend-paying stocks can help protect income-focused investors. Consider investing in companies with pricing power and the ability to increase cash flows. For example, if the price of oil increases, a gas station can increase the cost of gas per gallon, affording some protection against a rise in inflation. Fixed Income. Short-dated U.S. government securities may protect an investor’s purchasing power. Inflation-protected bonds are designed so bond payouts increase with inflation—for example, Treasuries and Treasury Inflated Protected Securities (TIPS). Commodities. If we experience a weakening dollar, the value of gold, copper, and other metals should increase. Similarly, if growers raise the price of crops, such as soybeans, markets will charge more for soybean products. Real Estate. Hard assets such as real estate tend to maintain their pricing power. If the residential real estate price goes up, then the cost of rent goes up, allowing it to maintain its value.

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

Sitting on the sidelines to avoid potential market losses could sound appealing. However, it may not be a strategic long-term investment strategy. Investments that have pricing power or protect purchasing power can help mitigate portfolio risk while providing returns during times of inflation. Kristin Hovencamp is an Investment Executive and Director of Business Development with HAZLETT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC, which is independent of Raymond James and is not a registered broker/dealer. Investment advisory services are offered through Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. Securities offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Investing involves risk and you may incur a profit or loss regardless of strategy selected. Dividends are not guaranteed and must be authorized by the company’s board of directors. Past performance may not be indicative of future results. 675 Sun Valley Road, Suite J1 + J2 Ketchum, Idaho 83340 208.726.0605. HazlettWealthManagement.com

INSPIRATIONS FROM MY HEART

DOVE

JOELLEN COLLINS

Hurry and Hide

BY KRISTIN HOVENCAMP

n 2020, the U.S stock market plummeted and recovered within 60 days. Though the severe market drop ended an 11-year bull market run, stocks finished the year at record highs. Investors who sold their stock portfolio during the early days of the crash may have missed out on the market rebound. Two years later, the inflationary landscape has investors wondering if they would be safer in cash. If you are a long-term investor focused on growing your nest egg, it is good to remember that inflation eats away at the dollar’s value. What actions can you take to stay invested while reducing portfolio risk?

BY JOELLEN COLLINS

n a 1950’s suburban elementary school in Southern California, just as the teacher was about to read a story about King Arthur, a voice sounded over the loudspeaker, “This is Principal Sparks. All students and teachers: immediately get away from windows and hide under your desks. Do not move from those spaces until you hear from me.” Even though it was uncomfortable, the fourth-graders did as expected without fear because they knew this was only a drill: by then they were used to the mandated exercises about what to do if there was an atom bomb exploding nearby. No one really believed that the horrible weapons that resulted in the deaths of about 200,000 Japanese would ever be used in this country. Later, after reading Hiroshima, I had nightmares about seeing my mother’s shadow burned into our front door. Years later, as a young teacher at Santa Monica High school, I rushed home to my family when the Cuban missile crisis was moving even closer to the possibility of missiles being sent to the USA. We thought we might be saying farewell, but this time, no one died after the threat of a bloody war. Yes, in the schools of my youth there were imagined threats from the world outside our borders, but I don’t remember anyone being afraid to go to school. As I mentioned in a recent column, in our current world we can no longer count on places of safety like schools or religious structures. My latest reminder of the dangers children face has been shared by too many parents and families. JoEllen Collins—a longtime Shortly after I recently returned from visiting my resident of the Wood River family in San Francisco, I received a text saying that Valley— is an Idaho Press my grandkids’ school was on lockdown, and all chil- Club award-winning columdren had been ordered to huddle together away from nist, a teacher, writer, fabric windows in their newly locked classrooms. The artist, choir member and rapid release of information now available through unabashedly proud grandma cellphones and texts heightened my fear that this known as “Bibi Jo.” incident might be valid, as I heard more mixed messages and floating rumors. People were told that the same lockdowns had just occurred in three other schools in the city. These swiftly sent texts added to my feeling as if right there but also to the frustration in being too far away. I have always hated seeing children hurt or frightened, and I find the many school shootings are unforgivable: my heart was skipping beats and I felt sick to my stomach each time I heard my phone ding. Luckily, the situation, apparently a huge hoax, ended peacefully. I took several deep breaths, thankful all was “OK.” Nonetheless, one thought overwhelmed: It could have been a horrible ending, where children were lost. I can’t imagine living through that kind of grief. I wish feebly that these events would no longer rob our innocents of a sense of security where it should be. News photos of ruined baby carriages, bikes, and toys in Ukrainian streets illustrate the undeniable reality of a hateful callousness in a world permitting such misery.

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BRYCE ANGELL

PRAYERS ANSWERED WORTHLESS HORSE

BY DOVE

ave you ever considered the timing of when prayers are answered? That is one of the questions in my line of focus frequently. How do prayers get answered, and when? I think they get answered immediately and the answer is always yes but we can’t hear the answers because we become so focused on the how, when, where our answers will appear. We also get attached to a certain outcome and fail to see the multiple answers that are given us. We can so often only see one way, which is not the best or most delightful way. The answer is always there but we so often can’t see it. It requires us to give up an agenda to see the solution before us. As an example, I prayed for snow almost every day this winter and we got instead beautiful sunshine. I was delighted with the sun and walking during the day but I was so concerned about the lack of snow that I did not enjoy the bright days as much as I should have. Now, after my garlic in the garden is up three inches with abundant green sprouts, my picnic tables are out and lawn furniture uncovered, we are getting lovely moisture, so needed in this valley. I bless the snow and I know its timing is perfect for all things. The timing of this snow will make the water last a little longer and I know my garlic can figure out the timing and will still be abundant. Faith is one of the biggest gifts we can give ourselves. If we have faith, we can dismantle doubt and fear and embrace trust. We let go of all the matter and chatter in the head and go to our heart center to find peace, truth and encouragement. Most of what we worry about never happens, so worry and guilt are not functional emotions. I cannot tell you of an instance where worry and guilt improved my life. The ability to trust and have faith has always served me well. Patience is a virtue and when I trust the divine timing of all things, life flows and I am able to perceive answers that were not visible before. Let us all hold onto the feelings we want to experience daily. Find something to be joyful about several times a day and realize that the ego is simply running old fear mantras that circulate throughout the universe. Constantly ask for guidance of how to be the greatest of service to the planet and humanity, your family and, first of all, yourself. If you do not take care of self, there is nothing in your tank to help anyone. Stop, breathe deep, drop your focus to your heart and be at peace. It will give you time to fill your tank and find joy. Give yourself permission to take a nap, read a good book, sit in the sunshine. Maybe that is the greatest thing you can do (be) for the earth. All of us need to stop energizing the agenda of politics and focus on loving each other, animals, trees, plants, rocks, and realize you are in charge of the experiences you are choosing. Choose wisely, look deeply and be true to yourself. Much love, Dove

Some time ago I had a horse, a kind of dappled gray. His father was Arabian; his mother, who can say? His real name was India, we never called him that. We named him Indie just for short. We should have called him Brat! His body was magnificent. He walked with head held high. Yet he was scared of his own shadow, and we never found out why. One day while riding on the trail, that horse thought he’d skedaddle. He whirled around and took a leap with me still in the saddle. Thank heaven for that big pine tree that stopped us in the air. If it wasn’t for that conifer, we might have died right there. Well, Indie made it back again without a single scratch. I lost my coat and saddlebags. That horse was quite a catch! The other riders said to me, “You should let Indie go. The next time that you’re riding him, he’ll stomp you, don’t you know?” I said I’d give him one more try. Each horse deserves a chance. I’d see if he would come around. I had to take that stance. It wasn’t but a day or two, a doctor friend and I, were riding on the river’s edge. Who knew my time was nigh? Well, all at once a deer jumped out. Old Indie leaped up high. I came down on the saddle horn. I tried hard not to cry. My doctor friend rode up and said, “Hey, Bryce, are you all right?” I said, “I’ll sing soprano if I make it through the night.” He checked me over, spoke again, “I have some stuff for pain.” I moaned, “No thanks, just shoot me now before I cuss in vain!” Well, Indie’s gone. I sold him cheap. I think I got a deal, ‘cuz he was bound to spook again. Next time I might not heal. Goodbye old horse. Good riddance. Your owner’s been informed. Although you are a beauty, your mind must be deformed. A skittish one like Indie, you don’t forget, of course. And I wonder how they’re doing—new owner and old horse. So I check the papers every day. The obits I peruse. And thank the Lord that neither one has made the daily news. – Bryce Angell Bryce Angell - The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I’m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoying life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.

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Pass The Popcorn, Pass The Wand BY KEN STOKES

t’s Easter, but this year resurrection isn’t limited to the religious. For the multitudes of those who have had quite enough of quarantines, masks and mandates, its variants-be-damned and back to the cineplex, as the godless entertainment industry has been more than happy to oblige by unleashing the first in a six-month parade of would-be blockbusters designed to heal our scarred social psyche and reverse their own fortunes. That the fantasy genre would be chosen to lead the charge is simply good sense, no matter which way you look at the situation. That a proven franchise would have that same honor, well, ditto. And that’s where the real cinematic surprises begin. Warner Brothers clearly spared no expense in creating Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third FB installment, which themselves are prequels to the beloved Harry Potter franchise. But like the Star Wars prequels, this film is far from fantastic. In the Harry Potter movies, every time the words “Ministry of Magic” were invoked, I cringed, “Oh crap, here we go again.” Watching the kids grow up was fascinating, and the “fantastic beasts” of the original series served multiple storytelling purposes. Enduring the intrigues within the MoM was a major buzz kill (outdone only by the Bambi 2.0 opening of this movie). Consequently, the end of the original franchise left me cold.

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As for FB: TSoD, oh crap, here we go again. Sad to say but I prefer good ol’ Trump fascism over the stuff served up in this film because the Trump shenanigans are inherently more entertaining. Although I must admit the art direction and costumes are glorious—in the movie, that is. I still have nightmares about the white tie and tails Trump wore at Buckingham Palace. And since the creators chose to shove Dumbledore out of the closet, it didn’t seem necessary to go down the ‘I wish I could quit you’ backroad yet again. Oh, for the days when fantasy, fun and feel-good could coexist in harmony. Well duckie, those days are back. They just didn’t come from where you expected. Do you enjoy fantasy films? Yes? Then you’ll love the jaw-dropping Everything Everywhere All at Once. Did you enjoy Crazy Rich Asians? Yes? Then you’ll adore this flick. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill? Ditto. The Matrix, A Fish Called Wanda, Ratatouille, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the entire Monty Python oeuvre? Ditto. Do you enjoy the occasional drag on a doobie or micro-dose of LSD? Ditto. Have you endured the humiliation of an IRS audit and lived to tell the tale? Do you now or have you ever had parents or children? You get my drift. How this is even possible, … Don’t overthink it. That’s the whole point of the movie. I’m not giving you the setup or plot points or themes or any of that malarkey because the less you know, the more fun you’ll have. How many times have we heard the term “genre-bend-

Seed Library To Host Earth Day Seed Exchange

The Wood River Seed Library (WRSL) and the Upper Big Wood River Grange are celebrating Earth Day with the annual Seed & Plant Exchange. The event will be held at the Grange Hall on S. 3rd Ave. in Hailey on April 23 as part of Earth Day Fest 2022, organized by the Climate Action Coalition of the Wood River Valley. Local gardeners are invited to come and share seeds and plants. The event is an opportunity to meet other local gardeners, get inspired to grow delicious and nutritious food for your family, flowers that attract pollinators, and indoor and outdoor plants that beautify our landscape. Locally produced seeds are adapted to our local environment and weather. By preserving and sharing these seeds, our seed library maintains a vibrant and diverse supply of open-pollinated varieties for local gardeners. This becomes an asset for a resilient community. Bring your own saved seeds, potted plants and starts, and dig up perennials from your gardens to share with the community. Anyone looking for locally grown seeds is welcome to stop by the Grange and pick up the varieties they are hoping to plant this spring. The WRSL seeds are distributed free of charge, but donations are appreciated. And, mostly, gardeners are encouraged to save seeds from their crops, and return some to the seed library. At the event, the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience will show how to make seed pods using native pollinator seeds. There will be a booth at the event for knife and tool sharpening, by Pioneer Edge works. Knives can be sharpened onsite for $1 per inch of blade. Tools will have to go to the shop and will be returned another day. The Wood River Seed Library (WRSL) will be sharing the seeds grown and harvested by local seed savers. Gardeners are encouraged to plant these seeds, learn the basics of seed saving, harvest the seeds from the plants they grow and return their surplus of locally harvested seeds to the WRSL in the fall. To get more information or to sign up to receive the

ing” with near-reverence? The cinematic magicians known as The Daniels don’t stop at bending. They operate in a paradigm that mashes up the manufacture of saltwater taffy with the blending of vegetable smoothies and the baking of everything bagels—a major metaphor in the movie. The movie not only defies classification, it challenges the basic tenets of traditional screenwriting. And a warning to you film aficionados fresh off time spent at the Sun Valley Film Festival: the more you analyze the film as you watch it, the more you’ll completely ruin the experience. Which, once again, is the point. This is a roller coaster of the first order. Park the physics. Relax into the wildest ride you’ve ever had in a movie theater. And all of this is window dressing for a message so focused, so simple, so true and so moving that, during the credits, more than a few audience members broke out their cellphones and called their parents/children to schedule a family viewing. But hire a babysitter; this is All in the Family, not all-family entertainment. I’d be remiss not to give shout-outs to the dazzling Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis, who both give career-best performances (and watching JLC role-reverse from her Halloween days is an absolute hoot). The wand is passed. Long live everything this fantastic.

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Airport To Extend Nonstops For Multiple Cities This Summer, Fall

Fly Sun Valley Alliance (FSVA), in partnership with Sun Valley Resort and Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN), has set the SUN airline flight schedule for the 2022 summer and fall season. This year, SUN will offer nonstop flights to six cities: Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle, with extended service to Chicago, Los Angele and San Francisco. For the past three years SUN has had United Chicago (ORD) service in the winter, and now, with travel demand back on the rise, United is adding two weekly flights on Saturday and Sunday from late June through early September for a total of 22 flights for the season. The extended service to this major United Airlines hub will provide more one-stop connections from SUN to hundreds of U.S. and international markets. In addition, United is extending its nonstop Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO) flights to run twice weekly, on Wednesday and Sunday, in September instead of ending on Labor Day. All the new flights are available for booking and the detailed 2022 summer/fall schedule is available at FlySunValleyAlliance.com. Fly Sun Valley Alliance Director Carol Waller noted that pilot shortages remain an ongoing challenge for airlines and SUN is fortunate to continue to maintain good air service levels while other airports have lost service. The overall SUN scheduled seat capacity for the 2022 summer/fall season, May through October, is down 12% from 2021, due to the airport closure for part of May and a reduction in SLC flight frequency from summer 2021. SUN seats were down substantially in summer 2020 due to the pandemic and then up significantly in 2021 due to an increase of three to four daily Delta SLC flights, Waller noted.

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Lucca Villa, nicknamed “The Running Man” by the kids who see him each morning as they ride the Carey School bus, became Idaho State Wrestling Champion in the 10-year-old, 86-pound division. Attending school online during the day since the beginning of the pandemic, Villa spent his late afternoons and evenings at jiu-jitsu training facilities from Jerome to Hailey. Photo credit: Mario Villa

GRETCHEN STINNETT

Vote Stinnett For Blaine County Clerk!

By Gretchen Stinnett

orn and raised in the Wood River Valley, I have always taken pride in our hometown and all we have to offer with our beautiful views and our community members. It was an honor that in 2017 I was asked to join the Blaine County team as I possessed the traits they were looking for in a deputy auditor. After five years of learning the unique budget of Blaine County and the clerk’s role, coupled with my previous 20 years of audit and budget practices, I am ready to serve. I have the experience needed for our success as we navigate the usage of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and election integrity. I serve Blaine County in a variety of roles, such as monitoring spending, tackling persistent problems and offering solutions that have been integrated into our practices, improving efficiency and audit preparedness. Affordable housing is at the forefront of the challenges our community is facing. As the Blaine County Clerk, I would support the local organizations that are actively seeking effective solutions and bringing quality of life back to our valley workforce. Giving back to the community is one way I currently help support our residents. I am an avid volunteer for local organizations, including ARCH, a local affordable housing developer, Camp Rainbow Gold, and many local events to raise funds for programs and events we need to succeed and thrive. Our valley is growing and I want to see it happen responsibly. I want to represent your local voice.

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BY MARY KAY FOLEY, PT, CHTP/I, GCFP, St. Luke’s Clinic – Rehab

ou can’t stop stress; it’s a natural part of life. Stress can actually derive from positive events, such as a new job, moving or marriage as well from difficult events, such as illness, loss of a loved one or juggling multiple responsibilities. Stress has been a normal biological reaction to threats, real or perceived. Reactions tend to be “fight, flight or freeze.” Your brain releases hormones to fuel your capacity to respond. When the threat passes, the body is intended to return to a normal state. The pressures in today’s world often lead many to operate in a constant state of stress which, over time, can lead to serious health consequences. We were not meant to, and do not have to, live in a perpetual state of high anxiety. Fortunately, there are many tools we can develop to deal with and manage stress. What counts is how you react to stress—by reducing it when you can, and building resiliency to recover from stress when it can’t be avoided. The first step is monitoring your stress levels and making it an ongoing goal to practice stress relief. You can take steps to be less stressed: • Focus on the present moment instead of past events or future worries. • Relax your mind by writing things down. • Slow down, scale back, and do something you enjoy. • Practice gratitude every day by identifying something that gives you joy or that you’re thankful for. • Build and strengthen your relationships to ensure you feel supported. • Take a break from your electronic devices and enjoy nature. Ease stress in… • 5 minutes: Listen to music, relax, slow your breathing. There are apps and/or playlists that can aid in relaxation and even with quieting your mind to help fall asleep. Breathing exercises: Try these 3 options to increase depth of breathing and to slow pace of respirations: Place hands palm up on thighs while seated in a comfortable chair, 1) take 3 conscious breaths, 2) try breathing in sync with slow opening and closing of one or both hands, 3) exaggerated exhale. There’s an app for that too: Pranayama • 15 minutes: Meditate, stretch, pray. Meditation resources: Calm: one-minute meditation: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=F7PxEy5IyV4 Headspace: Let go of stress: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=c1Ndym-IsQg • 60 minutes: Take a yoga, tai chi, or qi gong class. Take a walk, or get a massage.

Coordinating The Sale And Purchase Of Your Home sually, it is easier to buy a home than to sell a home but that isn’t necessarily the case currently. In today’s market, it can be scary to sell your home before buying another because you could find yourself without a home. Most sellers will not accept a contingency on the sale of a buyer’s home in today’s market. So, let’s look at some of the alternatives that homeowners are using to facilitate the transactions. If you have the income, credit and cash available, the replacement home can be purchased with a new 80-90% loan-to-value mortgage and sell the existing home after you have moved into the new home. This would require making two payments for a while but probably gives the seller the least amount of pressure to find the replacement property before the existing one is put on the market. If the mortgage on the new home has the option to recast the payment, additional down from the equity in the previous home after it sells would lower the payments without causing any additional expense to refinance. Another alternative may be available if your home has enough equity to borrow against it in a Home Equity Line of Credit or a bridge loan. This type of loan is generally made by banks who will loan qualified owners up to 80% of the appraised value less the current mortgages on the property. Freeing up the equity in your existing home will give you a down payment for purchasing the new home before you sell the previous one. If a seller has assets in qualified retirement pro-

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grams, it is possible to do temporary loans against them to facilitate the interim purchase. There can be penalties on some of these if they are not repaid in a timely manner. It would be good to investigate with your tax professional to see if this is a viable option. Hard money lenders provide a source that will be more common to investors than homeowners. These types of loans are generally approved and funded quickly, have less requirements than bank loans and provide funding for projects that cannot be financed elsewhere. Interest rates are higher than bank loans, are written for short terms (1-2 years), and usually require 25-30% down payment or equity. Power Buyers and iBuyers offer to purchase your home for cash and provide a quick closing. Deeper investigation into these options may reveal that you will not receive the full equity of your home because they have to discount the home to cover the expenses they will incur as a seller. In today’s very complicated market, the value of a real estate professional representing your best interests, providing you advice, options and experience, has never been greater. While there are similarities in transactions, each one is unique, and you certainly need a professional to be guiding you through the process. Agents are trained and experienced in coordinating the purchase and sale of homes. This can be especially beneficial in navigating unfamiliar waters.

Remember to maintain a healthy lifestyle to help manage stress — eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly and get enough sleep. Having a healthy lifestyle will help you manage periods of high stress. Talk to your primary care physician or call St. Luke’s Center for Community Health, (208) 727-8733, if you think you might have symptoms of a mental health condition. The staff will take the time to understand your needs and let you know what resources are available. Download Get Help! a mental health resource guide for the Wood River Valley, www.stlukesonline.org/gethelp. Available in English and Spanish.

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OUR VOICE COUNTS Perhaps a better name for Earth Day might be “Thank the Earth Day.” Earth Day celebrations have been going on formally in the U.S. for 52 years and the Wood River Valley is just starting to make it an annual event. This year brings together more than 20 community groups and individuals who are providing activities and fun events to share our growing awareness of our shared responsibilities to the Earth while celebrating our appreciation of the bountiful gifts of nature. Earth Day Fest, April 21-25, 2022, is being organized by the Climate Action Coalition of the Wood River Valley and has gathered events taking place from Thursday, April 21, through Monday, April 25, to present some of the solutions that we can each make to protect the Earth and slow global warming. No one has to travel far to join in one of the events and most of them are free. From a talk at the Hailey Public Library on Friday that reminds us of the dangers to local wildlife when we plant yew trees or shrubs in our yards, to Saturday’s Earth Day 5K, starting at Hailey Town Center, to all the events following at Town Center, the Blaine

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NUESTRA VOZ CUENTA Quizás un mejor nombre podría ser “Gracias al Día de la Tierra.”Additional Events Balmoral/Kiwanis Park Seed & celebraciones Plant Exchange, 10:00 am, del The Grange - 3:00estado ocurLas Día de la Tierra1:00han Shoshone-Bannock Salmon Presentation, Recycling Hope!! riendo formalmente en los Estados Unidos durante 52 4:00 pm, Community Library & online Family, food, games and music años y el Valle de Wood River está empezando a convertirlo en un evento anual. Este año reúne a más de 20 gruWW.CACWRV.ORG pos comunitarios e individuos queWestán proporcionando actividades y eventos divertidos para compartir nuestra

creciente conciencia de nuestras responsabilidades compartidas con la Tierra mientras celebramos nuestra apreciación de los abundantes dones de la naturaleza. El festival del dia de la tierra, el 21 al 25 de abril, está organizada por la Coalición de Acción del Clima (Climate Action Coalition) del valle de Wood River y ha reunido eventos para el 21 hasta el 25 de abril para presentar soluciones para proteger nuestra tierra y lentar el calentamiento global. Nadie tiene que viajar lejos para participar en uno o más de estos eventos y la mayoría de los eventos son gratuitos. Desde una charla en la Biblioteca Hailey el viernes que nos recuerda los peligros para la vida silvestre local cuando plantamos tejos o arbustos en nuestros patios hasta el Día de la Tierra 5k del sábado, comenzando en Hailey Town Center, hasta todos los eventos que siguen en Town Center, County Court House, The Grange y Kiwanis Park en Balmoral para una tarde de diversión familiar, actividades, música y comida. Para saber más sobre estos eventos ve a CACWRV.org y unite a nosotros para celebrar el día de la tierra de 2022.

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“Stephanie Andujar is a shining example of what it means when we give kids an opportunity to find their path to success.” That’s what Laura Rose-Lewis, the executive director of the I Have A Dream Foundation (IHDF) Idaho, said as she introduced Stephanie to a crowd at The Community Library in Ketchum recently. Stephanie first got involved with IHDF when she was a young girl growing up on the tough streets of New York City. Now 35, she is a successful actress, including playing major roles in the Academy Award-winning film, Precious, and popular TV shows like Blue Bloods, Law & Order and Orange is the New Black. Stephanie attributes her success to the two pillars of support she has had in her life: her mom, Carmen, and the I Have A Dream Foundation. “I’m standing here today thanks to I Have A Dream,” Stephanie said, as she fought back emotions. “If it wasn’t for them, this little Puerto Rican girl wouldn’t be here.” IHDF was officially founded in 1986, but was actually born several years earlier. When successful businessman Eugene Lang was asked to speak to sixth-graders at his old East Harlem elementary school, he planned on telling them that hard work was the key to success. But when he found out that only about 25% of them were likely to graduate from high school, he changed his speech. Instead, he promised to help pay the college tuition of any kids who would go on to graduate. Eugene made 61 new friends that day, and nearly all of them went on to graduate from high school. There are now over 200 IHDF programs across the world. The nonprofit foundation helps assure that all children, especially those from underserved backgrounds, have the opportunity to pursue higher education, fulfill their potential, and achieve their dreams. IHDF provides academic, social and emotional support from elementary school through college, along with post-secondary tuition assistance. Stephanie started with IHDF in third grade and stayed with the foundation all the way through

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