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Luke McNees (right) looks over the Idaho Basecamp stage where one of two EDM shows he is producing will take place in July. Photo credit: HIE Photography

World-famous DJ slates July 11 Idaho Boho show

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ake that two electronic dance music (EDM) shows slated for the Valley in July. What’s different about the one set for July 11 is that the world’s most famous EDM talent will be the headliner. Luke McNees confirmed last Thursday with “Wood River Weekly” that the biggest name in DJing would be coming to the Valley soon. By Friday, McNees secured the date and posted the news to his Lost River Disco (LRD) page on Facebook. And before the weekend was done, the LRD website said the show was sold out. By midday Monday, however, special combo tickets for $285 were on sale that granted access to the July 23 – 25 LRD festival at Idaho Basecamp that McNees had already been promoting as well as the Diplo show taking place at The Boho Lounge in Ketchum on July 11. “This is the biggest name the Valley has ever had perform here, at least as far as I know,” McNees said.

Who the heck is Diplo? Depending on how you measure fame and prominence and what constitutes a performance, McNees is probably right. Diplo is arguably the world’s most important EDM talent and has helped put that music genre on the map. Diplo is an American DJ, a songwriter and a record producer whose rise to fame began in 2004 with his critically-acclaimed debut album “Florida.” He has composed with Justin Bieber, Sia, Snoop Dogg, Usher, and many more pop music all-stars. And he has street cred in the world of socio-cultural commentators. One case in point: Diplo has been interviewed by Charlie Rose twice, once on the New York set of Rose’s former talk show and once in Havana, Cuba, when Diplo performed a free show outside the U.S. embassy in 2016—the first major concert by an American act since the two countries had begun easing tensions. For some Idahoans and performing arts patrons like Ken Stokes, who sits on the board of directors for the Boise Philhar-

monic and has had longtime family ties to major performances around Sun Valley, the Diplo event is par for the course here. “This goes back to the 1960s when very big names would perform intimate shows. Go take a look at all those beautiful black and white photos in the hallway at Sun Valley Lodge. If you see Frank Sinatra in one of them I can promise you he was singing in the Duchin,” Stokes noted. “Good god, Marilyn Monroe performed in a movie here in the ’50s. It’s all about how you see the evolution of what is star-hood, what is the (music) industry, and what is the Valley.” For McNees, the evolution is about making sure Idaho and the Wood River Valley specifically doesn’t remain a sort of “flyover country” for the music industry. To be fair, especially since the emergence of Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho is less flyover and more stop while passing through. It’s better than no visit by the big names at all, but it’s not enough for the youthful and ambitious McNees

who has been managing tours for acts like Third Eye Blind and Diplo for years. “I want to see the Valley get on the map,” McNees said. What the heck is EDM? If you want the encyclopedic definition, Britannica describes it like this: “Electronic dance music, also known as EDM, is the umbrella term for a panoply of musical styles that emerged in the mid-1980s. Rather than designating a single genre, electronic dance music (EDM) encompasses styles ranging from beatless ambient music to 200-beats-perminute hardcore, with house music, techno, drum and bass, dubstep, and trance among the most-notable examples.” Or, as music purists and classical composers might call it, Stokes said, “Cute.” While EDM is certainly a shortcut to creating a song since it uses synthesized Continued DIPLO Page 4

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melodies and rhythms via a computer, it’s far more than just a mashup of existing songs or a plug-and-play video game experience. EDM DJs, at least ones like Diplo, are songwriters. They make real choices about which melody, which rhythm, which instrument happens when, just like any composer. In fact, in traditional music, a composer might be focused on the song at hand when first penning something down. For a DJ, they’re focusing on that, but also the entire show experience: when will the song be played, what will the light show be like, does it need to play longer or shorter depending on the vibe of the room. Their creativity thrives past the practice room and the stage, it expands throughout the entire venue.

Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, is one of the most dynamic forces in music today. The three-time Grammy-winning artist is as much an international brand as he is a musician/DJ/producer. Year after year, he’s proven himself to be a ubiquitous cultural figure, consistently bridging high and low, mainstream and underground, with remarkable tact and reverence.” Insomniac Magazine

Some within the industry even see EDM evolving more, wherein the audience itself will be part of the creative process, interacting with a show in a way where they control some of the music being performed. To put it bluntly, pianos and guitars and cellos—while stunningly beautiful instruments and here to stay for another millennia—are as archaic as a medieval lute. Digital music production is a direct tap into our imagination and will be the first instrument of choice when humans start colonizing Mars and the moon. In the meantime, the re-opening of the Valley is happening right now. And by July, you’re really going to feel the beat of it all.

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June saw Blaine County School District trustees make two unanimous decisions—one perfunctory, one not—that will impact students significantly next year, especially high schoolers. And both had little or nothing to do with the pandemic. The perfunctory? Approval of what is essentially a preliminary and balanced budget for the 2021-22 school year totaling more than $64.5 million. The unexpected? Approval of using the trimester system at Wood River High School for the 2021-22 school year. Plans for the upcoming school year were to use a quarter system with the goal of allowing certain classes—like band—to continue now and then wrap up at the school calendar’s halfway mark (the semester). The district said management software shortcomings prevented that. Trustees took in staff, teacher, parent and student feedback to determine that a trimester format—breaking the school calendar up into three chunks—was the best alternative. As for the budget, the public can submit comments on the approved budget before the trustees’ July 20 session, wherein the board can make tweaks based on that feedback and other factors.

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t didn’t take long for Valley motorists to be reminded that from Memorial Day through Labor Day, the stretch of time has been dubbed by traffic and safety officials the “100 Deadliest Days.” By last week’s end, a total of three people have now died while driving on Highway 75 in a recent 10-day stretch. If this were a novel virus, there’d be talk of a lockdown by now. In between the bookends of picnics, barbecues and other festivities that mark the 100-day period, fatal crashes nearly double compared to the rest of the year in most years. The cause? A perfect storm of factors all on steroids as simply more people are on the road then. Data shows that the three most common factors in Idaho motor vehicle crashes are aggressive, distracted, and impaired driving. So we can offer the obvious advice: Chill out. Stay focused. Don’t drink and drive or drive high. But, in addition to that, please read what’s below. What follows is information taken directly from successive press releases by the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office. And before the folks mentioned here became names on a police press release, they were just like all of us—just trying to get to a picnic, a barbecue, or some other festivity in June.

On Saturday, June 26, at approximately 2:33 p.m., Blaine County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a two-vehicle head-on collision with injuries on State Hwy. 75 at mile post 110, just south of Bellevue. Crash scene investigation determined that Dalmiro R. Alvarez, age 74, of Hansen, Idaho, was driving a 2015 Volkswagen Passat traveling southbound on Hwy. 75 with passenger Ann G. Alvarez, age 78, also of Hansen. For unknown reasons the Passat crossed into the northbound lane, striking a northbound 2020 Toyota 4Runner driven by Mark W. Mathys, age 52, of Wheaton, Illinois. Passengers in the vehicle were Dennis Dombrowski, age 78, of New Lenox, Illinois, and Danielle P. Mathys, age 50, of Wheaton. Ann Alvarez died as a result of her injuries at the crash scene and Dalmiro Alvarez was transported by ambulance to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, where he later died. The occupants of the Toyota 4Runner were all transported by ambulance to St. Luke’s Wood River. Dombrowski and Danielle Mathys were later flown by air ambulance to a Boise hospital and Mark Mathys was treated and released from St. Luke’s Wood River. All involved in the crash were wearing seatbelts. The crash remains under investigation. On Tuesday, June 22, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Blaine County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a single-vehicle injury crash on Hwy. 75 and milepost 94 near the Richfield canal in southern Blaine County.

A U-Haul truck was involved in a three-vehicle accident June 19 on Hwy. 75, killing one of the motorists. Photo credit: Blaine County Sheriff’s Office

Crash scene investigation determined that Carmen Rojas, age 55, of Shoshone, was traveling northbound on Hwy. 75 in a gold 2006 Volvo XC90. Rojas attempted to pass several cars but failed to see an oncoming truck in the southbound lane. When she swerved back into her lane, Rojas lost control of the vehicle, fishtailed, and then crossed back, traveling off the southbound side of the roadway into the sagebrush. Rojas was transported to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. The Volvo sustained significant damage and was towed from the scene. Rojas, who was wearing a seatbelt, was cited for unsafe passing. Continued ‘100 DEADLIEST DAYS’ Page 6

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On Tuesday, June 22, at approximately 1:03 p.m., Blaine County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a vehicle-vs.-motorcycle injury accident on Main Street and 5th Avenue in Ketchum. Crash scene investigation determined that the driver of a 2009 red Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Ronald L. Jenkins, age 67, and his passenger, Debi Sue Brown, age 39, both of Buhl, were stopped southbound on Main Street at the 5th Avenue stoplight behind two vehicles waiting to make a left-hand turn. Jenkins proceeded to pass the two vehicles by pulling into the right lane. The motorcycle collided with a 2016 silver GMC Yukon driven by Lynn K. Van Dokkum with five passengers who were already traveling in the right lane. The collision caused the motorcycle to lose balance and fall over on its right side. Jenkins was transported to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center by ground ambulance for medical evaluation of his injuries. Neither Jenkins nor Brown was wearing a motorcycle helmet. No one else was injured in the collision. Both the motorcycle and the GMC Yukon received minor damages and were driven from the scene. On Tuesday, June 22, at approximately 12:03 p.m., Blaine County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a single-vehicle injury crash with multiple injuries on Hwy. 75 at milepost 102 south of the U.S. Highway 20 Timmerman Junction. Crash scene investigation determined that Samson O. Akwenuke, age 18, of Twin Falls, was driving a 2004 gold Honda Pilot traveling northbound on Hwy. 75 with Andrew J. Shaw, also of Twin Falls, and a male juvenile backseat passenger. As the vehicle descended Timmerman Hill, it went off the side of the roadway for an unknown reason. The driver overcorrected, causing the car to cross both lanes of travel and roll multiple times off the side of the roadway. The backseat juvenile passenger was ejected from the vehicle during the rollover. The driver, Samson O. Akwenuke, was transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center and later released with non-life-threatening injuries. The front-seat passenger, Andrew J. Shaw, age 18, was transported by air ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, with serious injuries. The juvenile male backseat passenger was transported by air ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls in critical condition. The vehicle sustained substantial damage and was towed from the scene. Akwenuke and Shaw were both wearing seatbelts. Deputies were unable to determine if the juvenile backseat passenger was wearing a seatbelt due to his ejection. The crash remains under investigation. On Saturday, June 19, at approximately 8:36 a.m., Blaine County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a three-vehicle fatality crash on State Hwy. 75 near mile marker 103, approximately one mile north of the U.S. Highway 20 junction. Upon crash scene investigation, it was determined that Jeffrey Grondin, age 61, of Isleton, Calif., was the sole occupant of a 2012 Ford E-250 van-front U-Haul truck traveling northbound on Hwy. 75. Jazmin G. Gutierrez, age 30, of Shoshone, with three passengers, was also driving northbound in a white 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee behind the U-Haul truck. David Marquez, age 27, of Orem, Utah, was the sole occupant and driver of a 2015 Toyota Highlander traveling southbound on Hwy. 75. For unknown reasons, the Toyota crossed the centerline and entered into the northbound lane of travel. The driver of the U-Haul truck attempted to avoid a head-on collision by moving to the northbound shoulder; however, the Toyota sideswiped the driver’s side of the U-Haul truck. The impact broke the truck’s dual rear axle and sheared off a section of siding. Despite attempting to avoid the collision, the Jeep then sideswiped the U-Haul truck’s driver side with the Jeep’s driver’s side. The Jeep continued through the barrow pit and crashed into a barbed-wire fence on the east side of the highway. The occupants of the Jeep reported only minor injuries. Grondin was transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. Marquez was pronounced dead at the scene. All three vehicles were towed from the scene with substantial damage. The crash remains under investigation.

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shhh! Tell everybody. Sun Valley Opera will present a Special Signature Salon starring internationally renowned tenor Lawrence Brownlee in concert Thursday, July 8 at 5:30 p.m. The event is the second such performance—wherein individual artists are featured at a private and usually outdoor garden setting for an intimate-sized audience—since the Valley started re-opening to larger events. Brownlee will be accompanied by Sean Rogers on piano. And before they take the stage, a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception will be served. The concert will begin at 6:15 p.m. with a brief performance by Raine Filbert, the recipient of Sun Valley Opera’s Thomas S. Perakos Family Cares Foundation Scholarship. As for Brownlee, his introduction to music he says came through his family’s church in Hubbard, Ohio, where he learned to play bass, drums and piano. Moreover, it’s where he has said he was first exposed to and embedded in Gospel-style singing. In an interview with “The New York Times” in 2011, he described the sound as “free, melismatic” and that it was the perfect practice for his forays into bel canto. Melisma is the technical term for the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession. Music sung in this style is referred to as melismatic, as opposed to syllabic, in which each syllable of text is matched to a single note. An informal term for melisma is a vocal run. After earning a master of music degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Brownlee took part in young-artist programs at Seattle Opera and Wolf Trap before making his professional debut as Almaviva in 2002 Barbiere performances at Virginia Opera. In April 2021 Brownlee was presented with an Opera News Award alongside mezzo-sopranos Janet Baker and Cecilia Bartoli.

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Now in his late forties, Brownlee fully inhabits the role of what Dean Martin would have called a “headliner,” while continuing to find his fullest operatic expression in the music of the bel canto composers. Yet he is clearly too dynamic a singer to exist in just one niche. So, the Salon program has been developed to showcase his versatility, organizers said. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.sunvalleyopera.com or call (208) 726-0991.

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t’s one of those sports that didn’t really start as a sport, it just evolved. “Dressage” is French for “training” and, like many fancy French things, the riding techniques associated with it were never just for show. Just as King Louis XIV used ballet to strengthen soldiers and keep his political enemies entertained, dressage—with its nimble and flowing equine maneuvers—got perfected by the Prussian military to make its cavalry the fastest-moving force in the world. So it’s no wonder the Germans have been the perennial favorites and champions of the sport since the 1920s. And what does all this have to do with the Wood River Valley? It will be two women, both with longtime equestrian ties here, who will be helping Team USA hopefully wrangle at least a few medals out of the German team’s hands when they compete in the dressage events—one as a trainer, one as a rider—at the Tokyo Olympics less than one month from now. Currently training and living part-time in Wellington, Florida—a sort of mecca for U.S. equestrian facilities and talent—is longtime Hailey resident Debbie McDonald who, since 2018, has been the chef d’équipe (fancy French word for “team leader” or “technical advisor”) for the U.S. Dressage Team. Also there, rider Adrienne Lyle, Team USA rider Adrienne Ly who moved to the Valley from the Seattle area Debbie McDonald back in her teenage years to learn under and work for McDonald at River Grove Farm in Sun Valley because, by that time, McDonald was winning marry and raise a family McDonald excelled at accolade after accolade on Peggy and E. Parry Thomas’s chestnut Hanoverian mare named Bren- switched to dressage afte tina. The horse-and-rider duo launched onto the her horse somersaulted breakin international dressage scene spleen, 20-plus years ago when they brae in won individual and team gold “I w medals at the 1999 Pan Amertime an ican Games. And in 2003, Mcanothe Donald became the first Amerbe wor ican rider to win the Dressage continu World Cup. never h But the pinnacle for McDonfor it af ald came at the Athens games in 2004 when, atop Brentina, she won the team bronze and That finished fourth overall indiher hus vidually. The performance friends dubbed her the “First Lady of as that American Dressage.” forever All that paved the way for Thoma Lyle, who by 2006 started when D winning numerous Grand at a dre Prix-level titles, including the Former dressage champion and now 2008 United States Equestrian trainer for Team USA Debbie McDonald. on one whose Federation Young Adult BrenThe T tina Cup. In 2012, she repreGrove sented the U.S. at the Olympics in London, and in 2014 competed at the Alltech FEI World Equestri- wintered in Las Vegas a an Games in Normandy. In 2018, Lyle was select- (the site of the Del Mar F ed to her second World Equestrian Games team track). The with Betsy Juliano’s Hanoveing pa rian stallion named Salvino. there, c That year, Lyle and Salvino tigious competed on all three U.S. with B Dressage Nations Cup teams, were m helping the U.S. earn gold at an enth FEI Dressage Nations Cup daught USA, bronze at FEI Dressage River G Nations Cup The Netherlands, center and silver at FEI Dressage Naitive h tions Cup Germany. decade So how is it that this Valily has ley, known more for competpetitors itive skiing, managed to have time, i this level of impact on interLyle, w national dressage? Well, like ers for the sport itself, it was never “Any intended to be that way, it just this lev sort of evolved. ford to Team USA dressage rider Adrienne The Walk Lyle. Photo credits: Taylor Pence / U.S. ling as ald exp Born and raised in Orange Equestrian Thom County, California, McDonald knew by 14 years of age what she wanted to do on his ranch at the age o in life—to be around horses as much as possible, nancing the development to ride horses as much as possible, and to do it industry. Not a casino, b in as challenging a way as possible. This passion what Las Vegas is today. “Edward Parry Thomas led her to meet an experienced competitive rider in equestrian jumping, which is one of three pre- 26, 2016) was an Americ mier equestrian events (eventing, which combines nance the development o dressage and jumping with endurance challenges, Las Vegas, Nevada. Alon is the third equine event). That experienced jump- ner, Jerome D. Mack, he er was Bob McDonald, who she would eventually Las Vegas into what it is

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Or, as McDonald puts it, “Anyone who lives in the Valley should know about this man and what he accomplished in his life. None of this would be possible were it not for him.” The Canter This brings us to 2021, wherein McDonald and Lyle are now preparing to compete in the Summer Olympics, aka the 2020 Tokyo Games, which got postponed until now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And while the Olympic competition will be as intense as ever, thanks to those German riders and horses (and their Prussian history), who McDonald describes as “kind of unbeatable,” the Olympic experience will be more surreal. “We’re basically in a bubble the minute we get there,” McDonald said. “I’m sad for the riders that they don’t get to experience what it’s like to take in the city and all the fans. But it’s still such an honor to ride for your country. And when you stop and think about how there are only three horses in the entire United States that earn a spot on the team, it’s really humbling.” Also humbling will be the Tokyo summer humidity both horse and rider will have to quickly acclimate to once they all deboard their plane (yes, horses fly). McDonald said the Florida humidity will help them avoid any severe shock, but that it still doesn’t compare to what they’ll experience in Japan. “So much of what makes a horse an elite dressage horse is how well it travels and how comfortable it feels in the new environment once it gets there,” McDonald explained. And isn’t that true of most journeys—ones you saddle up for or not.

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Sept. 12 To See Sobering Comedy

From the street to the stage. That’s the journey of Mark Lundholm—once a self-described homeless, 120-pound criminal, addict-wino who has now performed in 15 countries and all 50 United States, including being featured in TEDx and on Showtime, Comedy Central, and more. Past presidents, current inmates, Fortune 500 companies, rehab residents, huge Mark Lundholm. Photo credit: Mark Lundholm arenas full of comedy fans and millions of social media viewers have experienced the fast-paced, original material and sharp-tongued humor of Lundholm, who will be appearing at the Argyros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum as part of a fundraising effort by Men’s Second Chance Living—the Valley’s all-male sober-living home. The event will take place Sunday, Sept. 12. More information contact Sonya at (208) 481-0182 or sonya@msclhouse.org. Tickets available at www.TheArgyros.org, from $25–$125.

BCSD Summer Programs Hope To Stem COVID Learning Loss

Blaine County School District is offering a wide variety of summer programming to help students avoid potential learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programs offer a way for the district to directly address a concern on the minds of many parents and educators: how to ensure students remain on track during a year when learning took place in different ways than in the past. Enrollment for the programs was by invitation only and is now closed. The first of the experiences began Tuesday, June 15. The district’s summer programming will run through August 5. “Our teachers and staff did a remarkable job to ensure our students continued learning throughout this past school year, despite all the challenges the pandemic presented us. Still, the nature of the pandemic meant it was a disruptive year for many of our students,” said Angie Martinez, executive director of Teaching and Learning in the Blaine County School District. Students will have access to a variety of activities, camps and learning opportunities, including those focused on math and literacy, science and technology, credit recovery, community and outdoor adventures, college essay writing, personal projects and academic enrichment. Additionally, the Wood River Community YMCA is bringing 18 college student interns and two staff members from the College of Idaho, along with two Teach for America educators, to help with their two collaborative programs: SummerBridge and Power Scholars.

Community Library To House Sheep Festival Archives

The Trailing of the Sheep Festival, which is celebrating 25 years in 2021, has gifted its historical archives to The Community Library in Ketchum. A special ribbon-cutting and dedication event will be held on June 30 at 5 p.m. at the library to recognize and celebrate the gift of the estate of Patricia Crandall Lane, which helped make this project possible. This event is open to the public. The Community Library will own, curate and maintain the Trailing of the Sheep Festival archives, and an internship program has been established to help work on the project. The inaugural Patricia Crandall Lane Trailing of the Sheep Festival Archives intern is Kaili Smith, a Wood River Valley local of Basque descent. A graduate of the University of Redlands with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and anthropology, Smith is next starting her graduate degree at City University of London where she will be completing an MSc in library sciences. This summer, she will be processing part of the Trailing of the Sheep Festival archive that is now a part of The Community Library collection. ​

IN BRIEF of the 60 days we identify it is not in the public’s best interest to pursue the purchase, we can back out without any penalties or costs.” The mayor convened a special Hailey City Council meeting on Monday, June 21, 2021, at 4:30 p.m., to consider a counteroffer. The counteroffer was reviewed in a short executive session followed by open-session deliberation and a motion to set the final purchase price at $950,000. The city also authorized an agreement for inspection of the building, launching the analyses and due-diligence period.

Valley-wide Leaders Try To Limit Potential For Wildfire

From north Valley to south, leadership is heeding the advice of fire officials to implement bans on fireworks sales and to take other measures in the hopes of preventing what could be a devastating wildfire season given the drought conditions here. Under an emergency declaration of Mayor Martha Burke, the Hailey City Council approved an immediate fireworks ban that will remain in effect through the Fourth of July holiday and up to 180 days thereafter, until otherwise rescinded by the Hailey City Council. According to Burke and Hailey Fire Chief Mike Baledge, prohibiting the sale of fireworks in Hailey did not go far enough. Consumer fireworks stands are only allowed to sell non-aerial fireworks in Hailey. Aerial fireworks have always been illegal within the city limits. But when residents travel to buy fireworks, they buy what’s available, much of which is illegal in Hailey, Baledge said. The only legal use of fireworks in Hailey this year will be the community fireworks display put on by the City of Hailey on July 4, after the conclusion of the Days of the Old West Rodeo. Later in the week, the City of Ketchum implemented a similar ban. Meanwhile, Blaine County commissioners last week passed two measures—a fireworks ban and a prohibition of shooting of exploding targets—that will be in effect through the end of October. The latter move makes it a misdemeanor crime for any person who isn’t a peace officer to “discharge a firearm into or towards any explosive device” during Idaho’s fire season.

Long-term Care Advocates Back In Action

Idaho’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman, who are available to protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents residing in a facility, are open to the public again. The program has had many challenges over the last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Facilities were locked down, and residents experienced unpreceded loneliness. The Ombudsman Program can again provide in-person visits with our vulnerable clients, and advocate for the rights of residents. The program performs 55 facility visits in the Magic Valley and are always in need of volunteers to help us in this vital work. The Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 guarantees nursing home residents their individual rights, including but not limited to: individualized care, respect, dignity, the right to visitation, the right to privacy, the right to complain, and the right to make independent choices. The Ombudsman duties are to: • Advocate for the rights of residents • Investigate complaints • Provide education • Provide consultations • Be accessible to residents and make routine visits to facilities The Ombudsman Program for South Central Idaho is located at the CSI Office on Aging in the County West Building at 650 Addison Ave. West, in Twin Falls. It serves the Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls areas. For long-term care questions or concerns, or to become a Volunteer Assistant Ombudsman, contact the local Ombudsman at (208) 736-2122.

Hailey To Explore Purchase Option For Downtown Property

The Hailey City Council is allowing for a 60day feasibility study on the potential purchase of some prime Valley real estate. The property comprises a quarter of the city block at 116 South River Street in Hailey at the corner of River and Croy streets. The parcel size is exactly the same as the parcel upon which the current Hailey City Hall/ Library building stands. It currently houses a building occupied by Copy & Print, which was constructed in the mid1960s for use as a post office facility. The agreement sets an evaluation period of 60 days during which the City of Hailey may examine the feasibility, benefits, affordability and public sentiment of a potential purchase. Hailey officials learned a few weeks ago that property had been listed for $1.1 million. In pursuing the matter, Hailey also learned that the seller is willing to enter into a 60-day purchase and sale agreement that allows Hailey to perform due diligence and explore the viability of making the purchase. “This is a generational opportunity for the City of Hailey,” said Mayor Martha Burke. “We are very grateful to the seller for setting aside 60 days in a hot real estate market, allowing Hailey to deliberately and methodically consider whether or not the public good can best be served through this purchase. If during or at the end

Art on Fourth program Ketchum has two new sculptures thanks to its so-called Art on Fourth program. On Fourth and Main streets in Ketchum is “Minced Oaths” by Portland artist Anthony Heinz May (pictured here), and in Town Square there is Stephen Landis’ “Snowy Owl.” These new installations were made possible by the Ketchum Arts Commission. Photo credit: City of Ketchum

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ADVERTORIALS BETTER HOMEOWNERS NEWS

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KIWANIS PARK SUMMER KICKOFF! By: Monica Carrillo

OUR VOICE COUNTS With many people around the community already vaccinated and excited for summer break, Kiwanis Club kicked off the summer with a Children’s Day Carnival at the Balmoral Kiwanis Park in Hailey. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Kiwanis Park was filled with activities, food, music and more to celebrate what has been a rough year for many people and was put together by Herbert Romero, member of the Kiwanis Club. “We want to be able to celebrate the kids,” Romero said. “Let them have some fun and also pass out resources about the vaccine, food resources and just reconnect with the community.” Many kids wandered around the park, laughing, sliding up and down the water slides, jumping in the bouncy houses and eating all kinds of delicious food, while parents did the same and enjoyed various musical performances around the day. With many people staying until the end to continue to hear musical numbers and let their children have some outdoor fun, we can say this was a successful way to start the summer. NUESTRA VOZ CUENTA Con muchas personas alrededor de la comunidad ya vacunados y emocionados por las vacaciones de verano, el club Kiwanis comenzó el verano con un Carnaval del Día del Niño en el Parque Balmoral Kiwanis en Hailey. De 10 a.m. a 6 p.m., el Parque Kiwanis se llenó de actividades, comida, música y más para celebrar lo que ha sido un año difícil para muchas personas y fue reunido por Herbert Romero, miembro del Club Kiwanis. “Queremos poder celebrar a los niños”, dijo Romero. “Deje que se diviertan y también que pasen recursos sobre la vacuna, los recursos alimentarios y que simplemente vuelvan a conectarse con la comunidad.” Muchos niños deambulaban por el parque riendo, deslizándose arriba y abajo de las resbaladillas de agua, saltando en las casas hinchables y comiendo todo tipo de deliciosa comida, mientras que los padres hacían lo mismo y disfrutaban de varias actuaciones musicales durante el día. Con muchas personas quedándose hasta el final para seguir escuchando números musicales y dejar que sus hijos se diviertan al aire libre, podemos decir que esta fue una forma exitosa de comenzar el verano.

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home warranty is a service contract that protects your home’s appliances and some systems from repairs or possible replacements. A convenient benefit of a home warranty is that when you report an item, they will assign a service provider to evaluate whether it should be repaired or replaced without the owner having to act like a middleman. Homeowner’s insurance is required by most mortgage lenders when there is an outstanding loan. This coverage protects the structure and the dwelling and the homeowner’s personal prop-

erty from named occurrences like theft, natural disaster or accident. Homeowner’s insurance does not cover the systems and appliances for repairs or replacements due to normal wear. The fees for home warranties can vary based on deductibles and how much of the risk the homeowner is willing to accept. Additional items can be included in the standard coverage to include pool, spa, additional refrigerators, septic tanks, and other items. There may also be some named items that are not covered that could include sprinkler systems, window air conditioning units or other specific items.

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Contracts usually are for a oneyear period, may have a waiting period, and usually will not include preexisting conditions. The premium or fee is paid in advance. Many homeowners learned about this type of service when they bought a home. It was provided by the seller and probably gave some element of peace of mind. Home warranties can be purchased even when the home is not being sold and by the current owner. Even rental property owners are using this type of coverage to manage the repairs and replacement expenses.

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Canada Thistle

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ome plants are so invasive they can be found on every property we visit. Every once in a while we will have a new crew member ask what Canada thistle looks like and promptly tell them to grab every weed in the transect, and when they scream out in pain, they have found the Canada thistle. Canada thistle is so resilient that people mow them every week, and they still come back. Canada thistle is an aggressive, colony-forming perennial weed that reproduces by seed and deep, extensive horizontal roots. Flowering occurs from June through August. The flowers are urn-shaped, purple (sometimes white), and male and female flowers occur on separate plants with heads ranging from 1/2 to 3/4-inch in diameter. Fruits are about 1/8 inch long and brownish with a tuft of hairs at the top. Stems are typically 1 to 4 feet tall with alternate, oblong, or lance-shaped leaves divided into spiny-tipped irregular lobes. Canada thistle is a native of southeastern Eurasia and was introduced in gardens, flowerbeds, pastures, cultivated fields, rangelands, forests, riverbanks, ditches, and roadsides. Canada thistle can tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions but requires good light intensity for optimal growth. It is highly competitive with crops and, in heavy concentrations, effectively prevents grazing. Only two insects are approved for release—Urophora Cardui and Hydroplontus Litura. Hydroplontus Litera is a biological control agent

that attacks Canada thistle stems and rosettes. Adults feed on rosette leaf foliage in spring, and larvae consume tissues while mining within the shoots. At low densities, larval and adult feeding does not significantly impact the populations of Canada thistle directly. Feeding does cause secondary damage, however, as pathogens and other organisms enter the stems of Canada thistle via holes made by exiting larvae. At high densities, feeding by Hydroplontus Litura will reduce the vigor of both rosettes and flowering stems to the point of deterioration. Overwintering weevils emerge from soil litter and feed on leaf and stem tissue in early spring. Eggs are laid in spring within Canada thistle’s bolting shoots, with hatching larvae mining in the stems and root crowns of Canada thistle throughout spring and summer. Multiple larvae (up to 20) can be found in individual stems. Mature larvae tunnel out of the stems, drop to the soil surface, and pupate in the soil. Adults of the new generation emerge in August and overwinter in soil litter, and there is one generation per year. The weevil does best in open but moist areas with scattered Canada thistle plants. We hope this article helps you to understand Canada thistle better… on how they are spread through fields and how hard they are to remove. If you are aware of a new outbreak of Canada thistle on public land, please call Kay Draper with the Blaine County Weed Department, (208) 727-7221. She can assess the situation to see if biological control is a viable option.

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ithout question, one of the most fun things about angling around the Sun Valley area is the emergence of the Trico Spinner Falls. This tiny little insect shows up in such huge numbers that the fish literally group up into pods underneath the best feeding lanes, and they eat and they eat and they eat. This event can last an hour—or sometimes three, or more! The Trico emerges in the early-morning hours, normally in darkness. In the morning, the Tricos come back to mate and drop their eggs and die. This is when the fish really get going. So, when you tell your friends you are going to fish the Trico hatch, you better be up early. It is the Trico Spinner Falls that we are fishing and that matters. It matters because the bugs are dying and coming to the river from the air. They have spent wings laying flat in the water. Hatching insects go from water to the air in a completely different cycle. They have upright wings and can’t wait to use them! Silver Creek is seeing the start of these big Spinner Falls. The water near Point of Rocks and the Willows is a great place to fish the Trico. The Nature Conservancy is also really picking up steam with this little bug. Mix in some Baetis toward the end of the morning Trico and it makes for an outrageously fun morning. The Big Wood, the Upper Lost and the Lower Lost all have their own versions of this event and it is really the same, with the Big Wood Trico being slightly bigger than most and the Lost River Trico slightly smaller. Fishing a Trico in a size 20 is a good starting point, but be ready to go to 22 or 24 as need be. Early season, you can fish the Trico with a 10-foot leader and 5X, or even 5.5X for you TroutHunter fans out there. In a few more weeks we will fish longer leaders to 12 feet and 6X tippets. We don’t fish 7X because if they aren’t taking your fly on 6X, it is your drift and presentation, not the fly or the tippet size. Fish short drift down and across to your target. When they eat, simply lift the rod— do not “strike” the fish; you will break off. Now get out there and have fun on one of the best events of the fishing season. Happy fishing, everyone!

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while back, a flight attendant was bitten by an Emotional Support Animal (ESA)—in this case, a dog—and required five stitches. This is a travesty for all dogs, service dogs, the flight attendant, as well as the general public. Being exposed to—with nowhere to escape inside an airplane—an aggressive dog is a horrible experience. Yet, consistently, people claim their pet dog to be an ESA by buying a doctor’s prescription online, and a vest. Anyone who does this is not only being fraudulent, but they are exposing themselves to legal liabilities from anyone bitten, as well as the airlines. Yes, just because you call your dog an ESA does not relieve you of responsibility for damage your dog does. ESAs are not required to have any training or evaluation for temperament. What is

Baewulf was a highly trained hearing assistance dog. I spent two years training him every day until he was placed with a deaf woman. He could walk through a grocery store and not even sniff the meat or fish! Photo credit: Fran Jewell

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uman minds are built on a simple fact—in the great trophic pyramid, we are prey. This means that we spent our early days (as a species) doing a whole lot of looking around. And not the casual, side-to-side, measured patient looking around of things like tigers and bears, but rather the twitchy, nervous, back-and-forth looking around of things like mice. Do you ever wonder why you are so good at picking out a snake in the grass, or zeroing in on a wasp that hovers nearby, or snapping into convulsions at the faintest feeling of an insect crawling on your neck? It’s called stayin’ alive, baby. Watch anyone’s eyes and you will notice they are constantly scanning the world. Sure, we are looking for snacks and loved ones, but we are also looking for that telltale something indicating things are amiss—the bent piece of grass, the shadow at the base of the bushes, or that slightly different smell in the air. History is hard to shake. Since we have moved, mostly, into a more predatory role, this constantly alert brain can be put to more casual pursuits, like, “Hmmm, there was something about that grouse that didn’t totally make sense.” And so it was, in the late-afternoon light, that a grouse skimmed across the sage and made its normal, inelegant landing in the brush. Penelope said, “Is that a grouse?” I said “Yes,” but with an inkling of uncertainty that had me up and heading for my binoculars. Everything seemed pretty grouse-y: heavy bird, dark feathers, sagebrush. Then, in finding the bird in my binoculars, two things

critical is that many dogs are not emotionally equipped to cope with the stress of air travel, huge numbers of people in very close proximity or the conditions of altitude change during flights. When we only think about ourselves and our desire to have our dog with us while flying, we tend to not think about whether is it fair to the dog and his/her stress level and ability to cope. Yes, some dogs are very graceful about this type of travel, but many are not. When I train real service dogs, it takes over 300 hours of practice before this dog feels comfortable and trusts the handler enough to participate in air travel. A potential service dog has been thoroughly evaluated for their solid temperament, lack of aggression and ability to perform their tasks in very distractive and unusual situations before I ever consider taking them on a plane. I do believe there is a place for ESAs, but I do believe that most people have no idea of the personal liability they take when traveling on a plane with a dog, and they pay little regard to the stress it causes their dog. Never have I had anyone approach me and ask me to evaluate their dog for air travel. The other thing that is so critical is to understand the difference between ESAs, therapy dogs and service dogs. An ESA is NOT granted the rights of public access to ANY PLACE besides public housing and some airlines. Many airlines will not allow them at all anymore, which is incredibly sad, but we knew that was coming. A therapy dog is evaluated by national organizations for their appropriateness to visit, when INVITED, facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes and schools. These organizations will cover you and your dog with liability insurance policies to protect you in

The GISS-t were immediate—a red eye and a hooked beak. These features were decidedly nongrouse-y. Sitting a hundred yards away was a northern goshawk; only the second one I have ever seen, and the first I had seen near my house. Over the next three nights, he or she returned to perch, momentarily, on a sagebrush, before jumping to the ground and running, very Velociraptor-esque, across the ground. By the third night, I was casually saying, “The goshawk’s back,” having easily encoded it into my mind. This ‘it’ was the specific bird and also, more generally, what birders call the GISS— the general impression of shape and size. This is the algorithm for trying to figure out what you are looking at. Was it the size of a robin or a chicken? Did it undulate like a woodpecker or fly straight like a crow? Were its wings long and narrow or short and stubby? Now, my general impression of a big bird swooping in across the sage in the evening includes a goshawk. Our brains were forged over millennia as we tried to do two things—reproduce, and stay alive until we reproduced. The ones that made it, well, were the ones that made it—the ones that did not meet some untimely demise. This iterative process has given us the remarkable ability to pick up seemingly imperceptible changes in our environment. In this case, to catch a fleeting glance of an assumed bird and reveal it as something altogether different and unusual. I then got to sit back with my brain and enjoy this predator as it stalked through sage, no doubt looking for prey, taking even the slightest break from looking for it, continu-

the event of an unforeseen or accidental bite incident. These organizations require that the dog possess excellent temperament and obedience skills to handle the stress of doing therapy work as a team with their handler. Therapy dogs are there to provide pet therapy to OTHERS, not the owner/handler. A therapy dog is NOT granted the rights of access to any place the public is invited because they provide therapy to OTHERS. They are only allowed into places they are invited. They are NOT service dogs. Service dogs are highly trained dogs that can perform tasks to mitigate someone’s disability. If you are not disabled, your pet can NOT be a service dog. Idaho now has very strict laws enforcing fake service dogs and some severe penalties for this fraudulent behavior. Service dogs do have the right of access to any place the public is allowed. But, as highly trained animals, their manners should be impeccable. Again, the owner/handler is STILL liable for damage a service dog does. A service dog is NOT a dog to be socialized with. Doing so could cause the dog to miss providing a service to its handler, which could be disastrous or life threatening. Please do not distract a service dog or pet it! While we all love our dogs, let’s love them enough to consider them and their comfort level when taking them places, not just our own comfort level. Let’s also know the laws that govern animals in public and realize the responsibility if your dog should injure someone. 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.

HARRY WEEKES

Northern goshawk is a medium-large raptor. Photo credit: Harry Weekes

ing the ongoing dance, this time in the underbrush of Indian Creek. Harry Weekes is the founder and head of school at The Sage School in Hailey. This is his 50th year in the Wood River Valley, where he lives with Hilary and one of their three baby adults—Simon. The other members of the flock, Georgia and Penelope, are currently fledging at Davidson College in North Carolina and Middlebury College in Vermont.

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KRISTIN HOVENCAMP

A MEME STOCK? By Kristin Hovencamp

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f you are wondering what a so-called meme stock is, you are not alone. Meme stock mania has made certain stocks household names. However, there is no need to research the stock’s long-term investment viability. A meme stock seldom has one. Morningstar’s Ruth Saldanha describes meme stocks as “Stocks that see dramatic price increases, mostly fueled by people on social media. These stocks rarely have company fundamentals that back the rise in price and are often volatile.” Investors who want to stay clear of meme stocks should be leery of companies with the following characteristics: Struggling or close to bankruptcy. If a company is viewed unfavorably by analysts or rated a sell and the share price unexpectedly spikes, you might want to investigate why. The most infamous examples are GameStop and AMC. Publicized on social media platforms. Retail traders target specific stocks and create a buying frenzy around them. If a dying company becomes an overnight sensation in online forums such as Reddit, avoid purchasing it. It screams of meme stock. Elevated short interest. Meme stocks are often bought by retail traders who want to run up the stock price and hurt short sellers such as hedge funds. By driving up the price, speculators attempt to squeeze the short sellers, forcing them to buy back shares at a higher price. Meme stock Kristin Hovencamp is an Investtraders have coined this move, David versus Go- ment executive and director liath. of business development with High trading volumes. Meme stocks trade on HAZLETT WEALTH MANAGEmomentum. Millions of meme stock speculators MENT, LLC. will pile into a trade for short periods, vastly inflating the share price. According to Vanda Research, meme stocks saw $1.27 billion of inflows in two weeks. Unusual volatility is frequently a telltale sign that something is amiss. Commission-free trading, noise on social media platforms, and the fear of missing out are helping fuel meme stock’s feverish rise to fame. Huge returns delivered by meme stocks can just as quickly turn into huge losses. Long-term investors may do well to stay clear of companies with meme stock characteristics. HAZLETT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 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. 675 Sun Valley Road Ketchum, Suites J1 + J2, Idaho, 83353 208.726.0605. HazlettWealthManagement.com.

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Sadness, The Soul, And Gentle Smiles

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y last column mentioned the memorial celebration I was about to attend in California on June 12. Since then, I have contemplated what I learned from that experience. A week later, I attended another ceremony for a stellar member of our community and realized I had opened my mind and soul to a different way of looking at the passing of those we love and respect. You may be uncomfortable that I am examining these issues about death, but let me reassure you that this piece is about the surprising comfort we can gain from our recent sad farewells. Lately, I have seen more obituaries than I could imagine, partly reflective of the pandemic but also because they are reminders of the now-absent lives of my generation. We who have survived COVID-19 and decades of life have to confront the pending and natural next step we face. We are sad at the loss of loved ones but also must face our expectations about what awaits all human beings. So, while I cannot speak for the closest mourners, whose grief is intense, I wish to share my later-life reflections around the positives of my attendance at these two gatherings. The main aspect I noted was that both of the subjects of celebration lived exceptionally meaningful lives. In the first ceremony, my cousin quoted the saying he grew up hearing, “Leave the world a better place for your having been in it.” That was my mother’s mantra and an inspiration for me to be caring and honorable, and this philosophy was exemplified by the tributes paid to the deceased in both services. JoEllen Collins—a longtime These two lives were ones of positive achievements, strong resident of the Wood River marriages, close relationships with children, grandchildren Valley— is an Idaho Press and community, and with true concern and care for others. Club award-winning columThe garden party memorial in L.A. celebrated a life of un- nist, a teacher, writer, fabric assuming accomplishments. Many of the invitees were from artist, choir member and other parts of the world or of varied ethnic groups whose unabashedly proud grandma lives had been changed by this family’s aid in helping them known as “Bibi Jo.” obtain visas, educations and more productive lives, spanning generations. The day was one of love, acceptance and a sense of fulfillment through unselfish living on this earth. I left with a gentle smile and overwhelming gratitude for having been able to spend my life close to this family. The second service, in Ketchum, was surprisingly comforting because I have been privileged to know the mourned and his wife for many years: both embodied kindness, generosity, intelligence, senses of humor, and dedication. In addition, their positive actions of faith were evident and shared by most congregating. As we left the chapel singing “When the Saints Go Marching In,” I sensed joy in the way we had bidden our friend farewell. I was reminded that honoring the great events of life, like birth, marriage, parenthood and death, is not only proper but a source of satisfaction for the soul and a way to remind ourselves of the richness of living such productive lives.

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e are so blessed to live in this valley. We can sleep with blankets at night with the windows open and no air conditioning. The freshness clears your soul. One of the blessings of being retired is my husband and I have time and energy to say a prayer together at night. We both take our turns talking to our higher self, or God, or whatever force we deem as pure and good. It is like talking to your best friend. We state the things we are so grateful for, such as good health, the ability to be retired after working almost 60 years. We bless the high mountain air and truth. We ask for our country and the world to come into truth, justice and integrity for all of humanity and we ask how we can be of service. It is a beautiful, peaceful way to go to sleep. As an example of the blessings of this valley, my husband was walking our son’s geriatric 16-yearold dog, who still loves life, down the bike path about a block from our home. She collapsed, and within moments four cars stopped to offer help. Where can you find that kind of caring from strangers in a moment’s notice? Here, in this valley! I have a theory about living here. No one lives here because they have to if they are over 18. You live here by choice and that makes a huge energy difference in the vibration of the area. It raises the quotient of joy that radiates throughout this area. If we can all take time to be the giving stranger in someone’s life, we can raise the vibration even higher. As I have stated in the past, I am a gardener and this year I decided to try the impossible, as I live up north and my house is 10 degrees colder than much of the valley. Frost comes to our area much longer, so if the weather says the low is going to be 42 degrees at night, I must cover the garden because that

means I will be freezing. My impossible dream is I planted corn!!! I love fresh corn right out of the garden and with great optimism I put the corn seeds in the ground. My grandfather always said corn must be knee-high by the Fourth of July if it is to mature. Well, I believe that I can have fresh corn from the garden. I will let you know in September. Find something, anything, that brings you joy. It can be as simple as a fresh breeze, but appreciate it, marvel at it. Do this every day and the little things can build into magnificent energy. Let’s keep this place we call home blessed and the only way to do that is to use your thoughts of gratitude. Express them often. Much love, Dove

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We loaded up the horses, then we headed for the hills. We were gonna spend a week outdoors with no more daily frills. I glanced down at the clock. The red light brightened up the dash. The clock said two, so then I checked my wallet for some cash. We drove into McDonald’s, ate their pancakes on the run. We had waited for a year, and now were out to have some fun. We traveled most the night, then pulled into our camping spot, when Mother Nature made a call—I call it her cheap shot. So now I felt the doggone urge to crouch behind a bush. I still had old-time modesty. “Ain’t showin’ my old tush.” Each cowboy made a dash behind a boulder or a tree. I was prayin’ they had tissue ‘cuz I needed mine for me. We commenced to set up camp and every cowboy knew his chore. But the building of a privy sure was what we needed more. So, one fellow dug a hole and then he cobbled up a seat. He wrapped a tarp around it and we called it our new Suite. Now it sure ain’t rocket science how we sleep the whole night long. But the minute you see sunshine that old feeling comes on strong. I hurried down to our new Suite. But there a line ensued. One cowboy yelled, “Back to the rear!” and said it kinda crude. The times goes by so slowly when you’re waiting for the throne. So, we entertained ourselves by listening to our bellies groan. Thank heaven for one cowboy—he’s the builder of the bunch. He said, “I’ve done some thinking and for dang sure got a hunch.” We cowboys aren’t the brightest, but we all can count to two. Now we call our Suite,“Two-Holer,” cuz there’s room for me and you. — 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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Editor’s Note: Allie Larson is a 21-year-old Idahoan who recently graduated from Boise State University with a degree in business administration and a minor in nonprofit management. With all the coverage of “housing crises” and “labor shortages,” we felt some firsthand observations of someone looking for a career job and a new place to live were in order.

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t’s supposed to be the most exciting time of my life— the summer after my graduation from university. It should be a time to backpack Europe or hike the islands of Hawaii before launching full force into my independent adulthood and professional career. But … I need to find a way out of my parents’ basement first. Let me be clear: I do not actually live in my parents’ basement. I live in my childhood bedroom, under the roof of a modest suburban four-bedroom home you could purchase for just $100,000 two decades or so ago and start building that “generational wealth” we Americans are supposed to get to do. I’m not complaining; I love my parents. It’s just that I didn’t plan on spending adulthood living with them. And I’m not even freeloading! I pay my own bills—well, except for rent—and for meals and laundry and cleaning we all pretty much fend for ourselves these days, especially ever since my brother moved out. Lucky guy. My folks get it. Things are not the same today as they were for them at this stage of their life. They understand when there’s all this talk about a “labor shortage” it’s not necessarily for jobs in business administration—the subject of my bachelor’s degree. The open positions are abundant and paying better than ever in fast-food restaurants, pubs and hotels. That’s great for some, but they’re not exactly the jobs I spent four years and $30,000 in student

loans going to school for. Mom and Dad even realize that the only thing crazier than housing prices in Idaho right now are rental rates, if you can even find a place. My parents even understood when, just a month ago, I decided against taking a paid internship, within the industry I had studied for! It just didn’t feel right. And while the “trust your gut” approach may not be the best way to get ahead of my financial challenges that lie ahead, trusting my instincts is something I’m willing to bank on for the long-term. Nonetheless, looking back just one month after graduation, it has been a learning curve. Perhaps, even a culture shock of sorts. I’ve always excelled in school and in life outside of school. Naturally, I assumed as a college graduate with a prestigious degree I’d be able to find a position in no time. But now, at times, I feel what’s called “imposter syndrome”—doubting oneself, and feeling like a fraud. Or worse, that maybe the fraud was paying for a degree that isn’t yet paying off. And then there’s “FOMO”—fear of missing out, and that makes me look at my peers and the accomplishments they are making moving forward in their careers, even though I know in my gut that will not help me move forward, it will only halt my potential. The objective truth is not all my peers have it all together, and most are handling the same difficulties that I am. Some of us are lucky enough to have connections and enough experience needed for the positions available today. I don’t necessarily know anyone couch surfing or unable to have a roof over their head, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. Most of my peers who don’t have a childhood home to live in as they figure out their lives are paying an excessive amount for rent to have a roof over their heads. They make it work, barely. Most have to have two jobs or several roommates—if they can fit.

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So, to any fellow graduates reading this, know that it’s more than OK to still be living at your parents’ house after graduation. In fact, it’s a privilege, and something many families have done at other times in our history. We will struggle, but we will also find the path that brings us joy and quality of life. And how lucky we are when that path is one that can start at the front door of our childhood home. Lastly, to the parents of fellow graduates who I’m sure wanted to be experiencing the “empty nest syndrome” a little earlier in life, you may find yourselves on the opposite end of a housing crisis and labor shortage one day later in life. The kind that happens in hospitals and retirement homes sometimes. May your kindness, generosity and sacrifice be returned to you tenfold when that day comes, offered to you by the same kids you say “sleep tight” to tonight.

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lenn Greenwald has a new article out titled “Questions About the FBI’s Role in 1/6 Are Mocked Because the FBI Shapes Liberal Corporate Media” about the backlash against right wing media highlighting the incredibly suspicious fact that rank-andfile participants in the January 6 Capitol riot have been harshly prosecuted while its actual leaders and organizers have not been. Greenwald goes over the FBI’s extensive and well-documented history of using undercover agents and informants to entrap easily manipulated individuals into participating in “terror” plots that they themselves initiated and then swooping in to save the day, how unlikely it is that such informants and undercover agents would not have been active in the groups responsible for the Capitol riot, and how unacceptable it is that so little is known about what the FBI and other government agencies were actually doing with regard to these groups in the lead-up to an incident they absolutely knew was coming. Greenwald also ridicules the way the mass media have used punditry by literal FBI veterans to mockingly dismiss these points as crazy conspiracy theories using fallacious arguments. Questions About the FBI’s Role in 1/6 Are Mocked Because the FBI Shapes Liberal Corporate Media https://t. co/wuHhoj5zSB — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 18, 2021 Journalist Whitney Webb also has a new article out titled “Who Is A ‘Terrorist’ In Biden’s America?” about the White House’s new government-wide strategy for confronting the latest big scary boogie man the US public is being trained to fear, namely “domestic terrorism”. Webb flags how the strategy is framed as an approach to countering widely loathed groups like white supremacists, but the White House document describing what it actually does makes it clear that it intends to operate in “an ideologically neutral, threat-driven manner,” as the law “makes no distinction based on political view—left, right or center.” “However, the document itself puts ‘anti-government’ or ‘anti-authority’ ‘extremists’ in the same category as violent white supremacists in terms of being a threat to the homeland,” Webb writes. “The strategy’s characterization of such individuals is unsettling.” “For instance, those who ‘violently oppose’ ‘all forms of capitalism’ or ‘corporate globalization’ are listed un-

der this less-discussed category of ‘domestic terrorist,’” Webb adds. “This highlights how people on the left, many of whom have called for capitalism to be dismantled or replaced in the US in recent years, could easily be targeted in this new ‘war’ that many self-proclaimed leftists are currently supporting. Similarly, ‘environmentally-motivated extremists,’ a category in which groups such as Extinction Rebellion could easily fall, are also included.” (This lines up with an assessment by the ODNI released in March in which the US intelligence cartel places “anarchist violent extremists” and “anti-government/ anti-authority violent extremists” on the same level as racially motivated extremist violence. The document says that activism and mere advocacy of political or social positions “may not constitute violent extremism, and may be constitutionally protected,” which of course implies that it “may” not be.) Webb describes the dangers in the White House strategy’s “call to essentially fuse intelligence agencies, law enforcement, Silicon Valley, and ‘community’ and ‘faith-based’ organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League, as well as unspecified foreign governments, as partners in this ‘war,’ which the strategy makes clear will rely heavily on a pre-crime orientation focused largely on what is said on social media and encrypted platforms.”

ginning and has been used to advance preexisting agendas from day one is a bit odd. If maybe, just maybe, the fact that the incoming Biden administration had already been working on adding new domestic terror policies before January 6 should raise a few eyebrows. If maybe, just maybe, the fact that Biden has often boasted that he was the original author of the Patriot Act is not irrelevant to the timing of all this. If maybe, just maybe, the fact that the Capitol riot was immediately used as an excuse to target the left should have been seen as a warning of things to come. If maybe, just maybe, the leftists who jumped aboard the CNN narrative about the Capitol “coup” in the hope that it could be used to rally the left were misguided and should now adopt a more critical posture. If maybe, just maybe, the agenda to sustain an unsustainable economic model and an unsustainable empire is expected to require a few more screw turns than the public is likely to accept voluntarily, and precautions are being put in place to prevent a meaningful backlash. If maybe, just maybe, there was an agenda to implement frightening new “domestic terror” laws to keep Americans from mobilizing against their rulers, and an excuse was cooked up to manufacture support for that agenda.

NEW for TLAV- Far from being a war against “white supremacy,” the Biden administration’s new “domestic terror” strategy clearly targets primarily those who oppose US government overreach and those who oppose capitalism and/or globalization.https://t.co/JR0V88RSRA

Patriot Act 2.0 will be rolled out with a lot of mindless bleating about white supremacists and fighting fascism and the actual policies and laws put into place will have virtually nothing to do with any of those things.

— Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) June 18, 2021 And you can call me a crazy tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorist if you like, but I can’t help wondering if these two stories might perhaps be related somehow. If maybe, just maybe, the FBI’s suspicious behavior before and after the Capitol riot has something to do with the agenda to implement authoritarian measures designed to stomp out any revolutionary impulses that might emerge in an increasingly impoverished and oppressed population. If maybe, just maybe, the opaque government agencies who run America in alliance with the plutocratic class are deeply afraid of the rising discontent of the masses who greatly outnumber them. If maybe, just maybe, the fact that the mainstream narrative about the Capitol riot has been full of plot holes, outright falsehoods and narrative spin from the very be-

— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) January 10, 2021 I know I’m being a crazy, mentally ill conspiracy theorist here by using this space to wonder about these things. I know it’s practically against the law to voice theories about what conspiracies might be taking place behind the thick walls of government secrecy which prevent us from seeing anything. I know we’re not supposed to speculate, and are supposed to instead trust that these known liars and abusers are doing the right thing until they see fit to inform us that they are not. I know we’re supposed to wait patiently until all the facts come in from institutions which we all know will never give us the facts. I am behaving badly. I am breaking the rules. But hey, don’t mind me. I’m just your friendly neighborhood lunatic.

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