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Gov. Little tax cut, Sen. Stennett farewell jolt 2022 state legislative session
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daho’s top-ranking Democrat and one of Ketchum’s longest-serving representatives, District 26 State Sen. Michelle Stennett, of Ketchum, will not be seeking re-election to the office she took over from her late husband and had been consistently re-elected to over the past 13 years. The senator’s decision comes on the heels of two other Democratic shakeups: • Muffy Davis’ move from the Idaho House of Representatives to a commissioner’s seat for Blaine County • District 26’s all-but-certain reconfiguration to include Jerome with Blaine and Lincoln counties starting with the November midterm elections this year, realistically turning the proverbial blue Democratic island in Idaho’s Republican red sea a bit purple
The Blaine County Democrats called the news of the farewell “bittersweet” in a three-paragraph statement the group released Monday. “We are ever so grateful for the many years and many ways that she has served and bettered our Legislative District and the entire State of Idaho. A qualified Democrat will run for her seat, and we know Michelle will mentor all of us during this time of transition,” the statement read. “We should personally thank her for what she has done for our generation and for the generations to come. She is truly an incredible example of someone who listens to and represents everyone, despite the challenges that we all face.” Some folks who reacted to the news articles online threw shade on the Minority Leader and Minority Caucus Chair’s announcement. In one comment, a reader asked Stennett’s supporters to name any of her accomplishments, implying there were none. The criticism, however, doesn’t take into account the senator is just one blue vote in a chamber that’s firmly implanted in the red. In positions like that, often the accomplishments are what’s not easily seen—for instance, the compromises to legislation the minority party can get the majority to make, the contrarian public voice opposing or supporting something the majority party does or doesn’t undertake. In late January, when Gov. Brad Little was boasting about his proposed balanced budget, House members
The Democratic office holders of District 26, from left to right, Sen. Michelle Stennett and Representatives Sally Toone and Ned Burns pose outside the state Capitol building in Boise earlier this year. Photo credit: Michelle Stennett
of his party put forward H436, a bill that would reduce taxes for everyone, including the rich and mega rich. Stennett’s response, issued from her blog, was this: “The House Republicans have passed H436 on a nearly party-line vote despite every constituent who testified in committee opposing it. The bill would give someone with $1 million in annual taxable income an ongoing yearly tax cut of $5,000 on top of a nearly $8,000 one-time rebate. Idahoans with the most modest incomes will receive a rebate of $75. The bill also reduces the corporate income tax rate from 6.5% to 6%.” Stennett then commended her Republican counterparts for increasing the education budget overall, but how that increase still fell short. Despite the governor’s
increase in teacher pay, Stennett said, “When adjusted for inflation, Idaho teachers are now making less than they did in 2009.” Political roadblocks aside, Stennett, a widow to her late husband Clint, had personal business challenges just last year. In March, a prominent building at the corner of River and Croy streets in downtown Hailey and co-owned by Stennett was on its way to becoming much-needed workforce housing before it was completely destroyed by flames March 16. Roughly half a dozen tenants were evicted at the end of 2020 when Continued MAKING LAW Page 2
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Candidate Eric Parker and Sen. Michelle Stennett debated the issues in 2020 for District 26 representation. They won’t be going head to head this year, Stennett has announced. Photo credit: Central Idaho for Liberty Continued from Page 1
Making Law owners announced their decision to revitalize the property. A number of the tenants felt the notice given was not ample, sending a message to some voters that Stennett, ironically, was not advocating for the working class. While all those matters did not prevent Stennett from defeating Republican senatorial candidate and militia leader Eric Parker of Bellevue in the 2020 general election, it did build political confidence in Parker and his campaign. Parker, along with campaign manager Debbie Oneill, has been holding well-attended fundraising events around the Valley and issuing statements through eblasts to raise awareness about the issues he’s campaigning on. Among other matters, Parker told Wood River Weekly in a recent interview that he’d work with fellow Republican lawmakers to create legislation that would allow local jurisdictions to oversee and place limits on the federal government when it takes actions such as declaring someone a domestic terrorist.
Engine 611 directs an initial master stream into the commercial fire Tuesday before dawn. Photo credit: Rune Haavik
Some folks worry that people attending public meetings to protest things like mask mandates or critical race theory are being or could be unfairly surveillanced by the feds. Parker says he’ll be the politician who leads the effort to stop it.
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Make a difference in affordable housing by serving as Executive Director of the Blaine County Housing Authority. You will manage current programs, evaluate the existing responsibilities and duties of the Authority, and propose initiatives to improve its services to the local community. Outreach to community leaders, stakeholders, and nonprofits, and participation in current regional housing strategic planning efforts, will help inform future program priorities for the Housing Authority. The goal is to expand residents’ and workers’ access to safe, desirable, and affordable housing in Ketchum, Sun Valley, Hailey, Bellevue and Blaine County, Idaho. The Executive Director will help the Housing Authority become the go-to source for housing information and services in the County. As Executive Director you will: • Oversee and manage BCHA current programs. • Review and evaluate current programs of the Housing Authority within the county’s current housing needs and services and within Idaho law. • Take an active role with the current countywide multi-jurisdictional collaborative efforts on shared housing goals. • Undertake community interviews and outreach to answer the question: What key housing services should the Blaine County Housing Authority provide to the community? This information will serve as the basis of a strategic plan. Direct outreach will be with 1) local government jurisdictions; 2) community stakeholders who deal with clients who require housing assistance; 3) real estate and housing developers; and 4) major employers and other key stakeholders and partners. • Develop a strategic framework and recommendations for the BCHA Board. As Executive Director you will need: • A knowledge of Blaine County and its housing challenges and the unique housing issues in resort communities in Idaho and the Rocky Mt Region. • A demonstrated track record of leadership, taking the initiative, documenting accomplishments, meeting deadlines, building partnerships, gathering information, doing research, and facilitating strategic planning efforts. • An outstanding record of collaboration, problem-solving and relationship building with Boards, nonprofits, businesses, and local government officials, and documented success working in a multi-jurisdictional environment. • Working knowledge of affordable housing issues, landuse planning, budgeting, staff management, administrative processes of a quasi-local government agency, including Idaho Open Meeting Laws and Housing Authority legislation (or the demonstrated ability to learn). • Excellent writing, computer, and oral communication skills demonstrated through reports and PowerPoint presentations. Social media expertise. As Executive Director you will have: • The opportunity to have a significant impact on an important local issue • A committed and fully supportive Board • Contract for services for our fiscal calendar year, April 2022 to September 30, 2022, with the potential to extend. Qualified applicants should send a cover letter, resume and salary requirements to Nathan Harvill (nharvill@bcoha.org). The Blaine County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will begin reviewing résumés and cover letters from candidates beginning February 15, 2022, and will begin contacting selected candidates for interview beginning March 1, 2022. The Board intends to fill this position no later than April 4, 2022. The Board may, at its discretion, expedite or extend the timeline (above) for interviewing and hiring for this position.
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Kevin Wade, Yanna Lantz and Brett Moellenberg perform a play called “The Lifespan of a Fact.” Photo credit: HIM Creative
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his was supposed to be an article about a comeback. Specifically, a small theater company out of Ketchum called The Spot that spent the last two years locked down due, more or less, to the lockdown. And then, headlines like this: COVID-19 Spreading Faster Than Ever Or this: Omicron Seeks Vengeance On Your First Born Finally, the email from The Spot’s creative director Natalie Battistone: “Due to COVID-19 concerns among our cast and creative team, The Spot has made the difficult decision to postpone our production of PASS OVER. New dates have not yet been announced.” It may just be one business, but The Spot represents numerous ones in Ketchum and all over the Valley. It’s not corporate, it’s grass-roots entrepreneurial, and it’s cool and quirky and creative. It’s the kind of establishment that literally establishes a community’s individual culture and separates it from the culture at large. But it’s having a hard time re-opening its doors due to pandemic panic. Whether that panic be overblown, understated or spot on, the data is real. The positivity rate is double what it was last year at this time. Partly because tests are improved, but mostly because the Omicron variant—while often less severe—is more contagious. Nonetheless, there are organizations finding ways to keep open and/or re-open doors. One of them is Sun Valley Community School’s Upper School, which will bring one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, “Much Ado About Nothing,” to Sun Valley Community School’s stage Feb. 10–12. Tickets are available online and will be $10/students and $15/adults. All performances start are at 7 p.m. and masks are required for attendees. The plot of the Shakespeare comedy revolves around something— specifically two romantic pairings between main characters Benedick and Beatrice and Claudio and Hero. Themes of misunderstandings, love and deception, intrigue, and action are sure to entertain audiences. “We’ve updated this story to exist in Southern California in the mid1980s, and audiences will have a blast remembering, rediscovering or hearing for the first time (in the case of some of our younger patrons) many classic songs from the era,” said director Kevin Wade. “Our ‘way in’ for this piece has been through the idea of the rumor mill. We all know how slander, falsehoods and misinformation can have grave consequences, and that idea is particularly accessible to Upper School students. We’ve been exploring that theme as our main access point to this hilarious and touching play. Love conquers all, and can strike us at unexpected moments—this play is about staying open to newness, and being true to ourselves.” The cast includes more than 25 Upper School students on the stage and in the technical booth. Cast members include Charlie Coulter (as Don John), Noah Davis-Jeffers (as Claudio), Emma Desserault (as Hero), Hailey Jackson (as Beatrice), Ava Kowalski (as Benedick), and Cassius Klingenfuss (as Don Pedro). Around the same neck of the woods and on the same day is Sun Valley Opera, which is presenting A Signature Salon and Concert starring tenor Jonah Hoskins and his sister, soprano Mary Hoskins, at 5:30 p.m. Guests can enjoy wine and light hors d’oeuvres catered by Judith McQueen Entertaining at 5:30 p.m. then settle into a cabaret setting for the concert starring the 2021 runnerup winner of the International Operalia Competition, tenor Jonah Hoskins. Jonah will be joined on stage by his sister, soprano Mary Hoskins, for an all-in-the-family concert. Jonah Hoskins is a tenor from Saratoga Springs, Utah. Since winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2020, he has been a member of the prestigious Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. He is thrilled to make his Met debut this winter in Cendrillon as the Dean of Faculty. This past fall Jonah placed second at the International Operalia Competition. We are fortunate to be catching this rising star, while we can. Jonah’s sister, Mary, a soprano, recently had an opportunity to participate at Wolf Trap Opera as a Studio Artist. She was also selected as a semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Mary learned to love singing with her family on long road trips. However, she fell into opera by accident when Jonah signed her up for an audition without her foreknowledge or consent. It was at that program that she fell in love with the art form. Together they will perform beautiful arias and songs they call “car ride favorites.” Tickets can be purchased through Sun Valley Opera by calling (208) 726-0991 or visiting sunvalleyopera.com
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Feb. 10 memorial service set for veteran fire captain, ski patroller
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By Eric Valentine
s the last days of January here brought with them mostly uneventful weather conditions for first responders, a winter storm of dark emotion and conflicting thoughts devastated the Valley’s firefighters, paramedics and law enforcement, who discovered that one of the persons needing protection and service the most was one of their own. By the afternoon of Jan. 31, Wood River Fire & Rescue reported the news that its captain and paramedic Tom White—in an apparent suicide—was found dead in Lincoln County. He was 50 years old. White leaves behind both parents, a sister, a wife, and three children along with an extended family and work families within the first-responder community. In addition to White’s three decades of firefighting service, the Mount Hood, Ore., native also worked the local ski patrol since 2003. “Favorite thing about the job?” reads White’s roster bio for the Sun Valley ski patrol. “First run, last run, everything in between,” White answered. The fire department’s public announcement kept things far more matter-of-fact, simply thanking all the law enforcement agencies in the region for sharing information that enabled WRFR personnel to locate White. “We are also very thankful to our partner fire/ EMS agencies in Blaine County who have stepped up so compassionately to help us staff and serve the county while we heal and make funeral preparations for our brother,” the WRFR announcement said after asking to give White’s devastated loved ones privacy during this time. WRFR later added a thank you to the hundreds of folks who had reached out in various ways, from food to flowers to express their sympathy. By Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 6:43 a.m., that same extended family of White’s could be seen putting out a commercial structure fire at south River Street in Hailey. Fire Chief Ron Bateman said units arrived on scene within minutes and found an active fire in a portion of the structure, extending into a couple of adjacent vehicles. Initial reports received were that a driver was unaccounted for and firefighters made entry to search the structure. The driver was located outside and safe. The fire was knocked down in about half an hour. According to Bateman’s press release, units will remain on scene for most of the day and the cause of the fire is under investigation. The Ripple Effect Within the online resources of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the idea of a pebble being tossed into a pond is used as an analogy. The pebble represents the suicide itself and that first round circular wave is all the loved ones from nuclear family to extended family to longtime co-workers. But that pebble causes far more waves than just that initial one. It’s not a stretch to say an entire community can be forever changed. And according to one recent study, NAMI says, it was estimated that 115 people are exposed to a single suicide. There is no singular solution to this preventing suicide or one’s exposure to it, but NAMI makes it clear the body of evidence suggests there’s one thing that certainly helps: sharing your story. On NAMI’s website, a special page (notalone.
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“Financial literacy has always been my thing. Sharing that knowledge is my passion.” Capt. Tom White. Photo credit: Sun Valley Ski Patrol
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Wood River Fire & Rescue firefighter Colleen Quindlen directs a hose line onto a River Street commercial fire Tuesday morning in the early moments of the incident. Photo credit: Wood River Fire & Rescue
nami.org) is devoted to the sharing of stories (in text, video, or photos) from those impacted by suicide. The stories can be tragic. The stories can end happily. Or, as White himself put it, “everything in between.” Seeing there is a shared experience is the precursor to knowing one is not alone. And perhaps that will be a community’s first response now.
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Library Talk Aims To Connect Rivers To Communities
Hailey Public Library will dive into the community Winter Read on Thursday, Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. with “Science of Home: Connecting Rivers and Their Communities,” a virtual talk by Dr. Colden Baxter, Idaho State University biological sciences professor and Stream Ecology Center director. RSVP to kristin.fletcher@haileypubliclibrary.org. “Colden has long been fascinated by the science of streams and is a nationally recognized stream ecologist,” commented Kristin Fletcher, HPL programs director. “Recently, he’s been looking at the relationship between rivers and nearby communities and multi-generational science. In this talk he will explore the nature of streams, rivers and their watersheds and how human perceptions and behaviors influence, but are also influenced by, rivers.” During the talk, Baxter will share and discuss descriptions and illustrations of an approach to ecology (the “science of home”) centered on the home streams and rivers of our region—an approach that explicitly connects rivers and their communities, and attempts to do so across generations of scientists. In the spirit of this generational theme, Baxter will draw on his experiences and learning from his predecessor and mentor at Idaho State University, the late Wayne (“Doc”) Minshall. He will also be joined by James Paris, a current doctoral student at ISU who grew up in Hailey along the Big Wood River and whose place-centered ecological research has been conducted in close partnership with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. Dr. Baxter is a professor and director of the Stream Ecology Center at Idaho State University. He grew up ranching and exploring rivers with his family, principally in northwest Montana and northern Idaho. He received training in biology and geology (B.A., Univ. Oregon), ecology (M.Sc., Univ. Montana), fisheries science and philosophy of science (Ph.D., Oregon State Univ.), and food web studies (postdoctoral fellowship, Colorado State Univ. & Hokkaido Univ., Japan).
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OH DEER CREEK ~Jean Hersey
Wood River Fire & Rescue crews battle flames from a May 29 blaze at Deer Creek Ranch north of Hailey. Photo credit: Wood River Fire & Rescue
Ranch property suffers severe fire damage
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he 7,000-square-foot home known as Deer Creek Ranch, located approximately two miles west of Highway 75 out Deer Creek Road north of Hailey, was victim to a five-hour blaze that took more than three dozen firefighting personnel to put down on Saturday. According to Wood River Fire & Rescue fire chief Ron Bateman, a passing motorist called 911 at 12:08 p.m. Saturday, May 29, after observing flames at the property. When the first crews arrived, they observed 10- to 15-foot flame lengths from the rear of the porte cochere (covered driveway) on the west side of the main living quarters. The fire was declared knocked down just after 5 p.m. There were no civilian injuries or deaths because of the fire, although one firefighter was injured and treated and released from St. Luke’s Wood River. “My wife and I were about a half-mile up the Marshall Lakes Trail when the call came in,” said WRFR Chief Ron Bateman. “I didn’t get to the fire scene until 2:30 p.m. By that time, the crews had been working incredibly hard for more than two hours. I am very impressed by the effort and thankful for all the agencies and personnel that helped out.” Crews remained on scene until 9 p.m. and, with the help of a private company, secured the scene. WRFR made checks
on the structure throughout the night. Multiple additional departments had to be called to put down the blaze. In total, more than three dozen personnel with a dozen fire apparatus were on scene. Wood River Fire & Rescue, Hailey Fire Department, Bellevue Fire Department, North Blaine County Fire & Rescue, Sun Valley Fire Department and Ketchum Fire Department were dispatched to the structure fire. The Carey Fire Department was requested later in the incident. Because of the size of the structure and the dollar loss incurred, the Idaho State Fire Marshal’s office was contacted to lead the investigation into cause and origin, Bateman said. The Idaho State Fire Marshal’s office arrived Sunday morning and determined the cause to be electrical in nature. No estimated property loss figure is available. Bateman noted that the deputy fire marshal commented on the “great stop” made by the crews preventing something much worse from spreading across the Valley. “I believe that we took some very specific lessons learned from a fire in East Fork late in 2020 and applied them on this incident with some success,” Bateman said. The property made headlines 30 years ago when the so-called “Donald Trump of the West” purchased it. An article from Aug. 24, 1990, in the “Lewiston Tribune” read as follows:
A host of Valley fire crews were needed to battle the flames from a blaze that severely damaged the main living area at Deer Creek Ranch. Photo credit: Wood River Fire & Rescue
Billionaire California developer Donald L. Bren has bought the 6,800-acre Deer Creek Ranch from Bill Burt. Hailey is located just south of Sun Valley. Bren said he plans to build a home and maintain the property as a working cattle ranch, Burt said. ‘’There were several people who offered me more money who wanted to subdivide,’’ Burt said. ‘’I picked him because he said he was not going to subdivide.”
Bren, 57, the son of the late Hollywood film producer, is estimated to have a net worth of $1.85 billion, making him the 16th wealthiest person in the country, according to Forbes magazine. He is the largest landowner in Southern California, with thousands of apartments, 11.4 million square feet of commercial space and the prevailing interest in a company that owns nearly one-sixth of the land in Orange County.
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Hospital Names Two New Execs
St. Luke’s is bringing on two new high-level executives to its Wood River Valley team. Almita Nunnelee, R.N., BSN, has accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer of St. Luke’s Wood River (SLWR). Angela Brady, MHL, R.N., CEN, NE-BC, will become Associate Chief Nursing Officer for SLWR. Nunnelee has been serving in an interim role since October and was St. Luke’s Center of Excellence Quality Programs director prior to coming to SLWR. Joining St. Luke’s in 2003, she has extensive experience in healthcare and is a proven outcomes-driven leader that excels at relationship building at all levels in order to influence change and advocate for quality and safety. “Over the past few months, I have been impressed with how the team at St. Luke’s Wood River operates,” expressed Nunnelee. “Everyone has demonstrated their dedication to becoming a highly reliable organization, promoting a culture of safety while exhibiting compassion for each other and their patients.” As for Brady, MHL, R.N., CEN, NE-BC, she will become Associate Chief Nursing Officer for SLWR. She has served in numerous critical roles at St. Luke’s Wood River for over 15 years, most recently as Nurse Manager for Med/Surg, Mother/Baby and the Emergency Department. Angela has championed numerous process and safety improvement projects while fostering a collaborative, caring environment. She is a passionate leader and has deep roots in the Wood River Valley.
New Cardboard Compactor Commences Operations
The first day of February saw City of Hailey Mayor Martha Burke and Clear Creek Disposal staff begin operations of a new cardboard compactor, located at the Hailey Park & Ride Lot at River and Bullion streets. The changes have come to the cardboard and glass collection site in Hailey, after decisions were made last summer to clean up the overflow from the cardboard recycling program in Hailey. Formerly, the site housed a massive row of constantly overflowing cardboard dumpsters rather than a single cardboard compactor. Plastics and styrofoam, which commonly come inside cardboard boxes, cannot be recycled. If packing material hidden inside a cardboard box is placed into the bins, the load of cardboard will be rejected as contaminated. That means the extra costs of hauling the cardboard separately from other trash is wasted and the environmental cost is not reduced, but increased. So much cardboard contamination has been discovered that the city and Clear Creek have made a decision to monitor the site through video surveillance. It is only acceptable to leave cardboard and glass at the River/Bullion recycling site. The city has placed a 6-inch slot in the compactor for people to use when the compactor door is locked. The slot will accept cardboard at all times, but the compactor door will be unlocked and operational only during a limited time period each day during which volunteers or staff can be present to oversee the proper use of the larger door. The compactor saves money and carbon emissions. Residential rates include $2 per month for cardboard and glass hauling from Hailey to the Blaine County Recycling Center, a lower price than previous rates. The Hailey City Council also changed the rate structure to reward recycling in other ways. Now, when customers divert recyclable materials from their trash cart to their blue bins (paper, plastic, and tin) or reduce their trash by utilizing the cardboard compactor and glass dumpster, they may save enough space in their trash cart to be able to order a smaller cart. These smaller carts are less expensive and the price per gallon is also less. But,
don’t go too small. Clear Creek reports that their largest increase in billing is due to overflow charges on trash carts stuffed too full. If the trash cart lid is not fully closed, an overflow charge will be applied. Those add up, as does the debris pulled out by wildlife and dogs.
11th Annual Baldy Challenge Benefits Seniors, Honors Chris Hilleary
The Senior Connection is the beneficiary of all proceeds (participant fees, sponsorships, and donations) from the 2022 Baldy Challenge, but it’s the memory of Chris Hilleary that will be honored this month. The event kicked off Feb. 1 and wraps up Feb. 28—the final day of the month. Skiers pay $30 at PK’s Ski & Sports, Apple’s Bar & Grill, or The Senior Connection to ski all the runs on Baldy during the 28 days of February and be entered into a raffle for the chance to win fun prizes. Completed run cards need to be turned in to PK’s Ski & Sports by March 1 to qualify for drawings on March 7 for a chance to win great prizes, including a 2022-2023 ski pass. In 2021, the event raised $11,125 for The Senior Connection. The 11th Annual Baldy Challenge is dedicated to the memory of Chris Hilleary who, in 2021, skied over 1 million vertical feet on Baldy. He clocked himself flying down the mountain at 73 miles per hour and skinned up to the top of the mountain, reaching the peak at 9,150 feet. He skied Baldy 68 days, skate skied in the beautiful Sawtooth Mountains 28 days, enjoyed four ski days in Park City, and heli-skied in Mazama, for a total of over 100 days. Hilleary passed suddenly on a highly anticipated fishing trip in Anchorage, Alaska, while with friends and business associates. While celebrating its 11th year in 2022, it was Lee, a.k.a. Leisure Nelson, who was the inspiration behind the concept. He had been doing it for years! Baldy Challenge volunteer committee member Chelle Gourlay shared, “Several old-time Baldy skiers were getting a little bored. We needed a challenge. I was an owner at PK’s Ski & Sports at the time and was looking for a way to support a local nonprofit. We came up with the concept to challenge our own skiing right along with the fun challenge of fundraising in a fun manner. That was 2012 and now here we are in 2022 and it is still going!” Serving on the completely volunteer committee since the inaugural year with Chelle are Janet Appleton and Jolie Dunn. Charlotte Gourlay and Maggie Thurston have joined the committee along the way.
Ketchum Launches Parking Survey
It may not be a crisis-level concern like the housing supply, but how to improve parking supply in Ketchum is getting equal billing—on Survey Monkey at least. The city announced last week another survey for residents to complete, this one specifically on downtown parking that will help inform Ketchum’s Downtown Parking Study currently underway. The city said the study’s outcomes will focus on optimizing operations and improving the overall parking experience for residents, businesses, and visitors. It can be accessed here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KetchumParking
Nordic Cup Returns To Valley
After a two-year, pandemic-caused hiatus, the Papoose Club announced the return of the Nordic Cup Race on Feb. 13, when kids ages 3–13 are invited to spend the morning on the trails at the Quigley Nordic Center in Hailey. Classic and skate-skiing events on courses ranging in distances from 0.5 to 3 kilometers are offered as well as an obstacle course. Established in 2006, the Nordic Cup is staged in partnership with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation and Blaine County Recreation District. The Nordic Cup Race is free to the community. This year’s theme, Gliding on Rainbows, celebrates the returning of the full spectrum of the Papoose Club’s activities. Please dress in costumes of bright colors to glide on your own rainbow. Rainbow beanies to the first 50 signups. Signups can be done and more information can be found online at Papooseclub. org/Nordic-cup
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MONICA CARRILLO
EMPOWERING A SPECIAL LATINA! BY MONICA CARRILLO
OUR VOICE COUNTS I embarked on a new journey this spring semester on my own by taking a study-abroad experience in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Being here at first was very nerve-wracking and daunting, especially as the flights to Puerto Rico started to feel exceptionally long. Nevertheless, these past couple of weeks exploring the island has been tiring, hectic, confusing but overall very, very fun. However, none of this would have happened without the assistance of Mary Fauth, executive director of the Blaine County Charitable Fund, other former members and current members of the Blaine County Charitable Fund, and Herbert Romero, community organizer in Blaine County. I was told of excessive payments after applying, accepting and picking my courses for the university I am attending in Puerto Rico that neither I nor my parents could pay. As an undocumented member in my family, I, like others that apply to BCCF, aren’t used to getting help or accepting it because it’s so unfamiliar. The political system sometimes makes us feel like we don’t deserve that kind of help, especially with financial assistance, whether that be for students like FAFSA or housing assistance because of our lack of Social Security numbers. I am so incredibly thankful for the support I have gotten throughout these past couple of years with my studies and for people like Romero and Fauth who have endlessly helped me grow my leadership, extend my knowledge and experience life in a way I wouldn’t have ever imagined as
an immigrant in a Republican state. NUESTRA VOZ CUENTA Me embarqué en un nuevo viaje este semestre de primavera por mi cuenta al tomar una experiencia de estudio en el extranjero en San Juan, Puerto Rico. Estar aquí al principio fue muy nervioso y desalentador, especialmente porque los vuelos a Puerto Rico comenzaron a sentirse excepcionalmente largos. Sin embargo, estas últimas semanas explorando la isla ha sido agotador, agitado, confuso pero en general muy, muy divertido. Sin embargo, nada de esto habría ocurrido sin la ayuda de Mary Fauth, directora ejecutiva del Fondo Caritativo del Condado de Blaine, otros ex miembros y miembros actuales del Fondo Caritativo del Condado de Blaine, y Herbert Romero, organizador comunitario en el Condado de Blaine. Me dijeron de pagos excesivos después de solicitar, aceptar y escoger mis cursos para la universidad a la que estoy asistiendo en Puerto Rico que ni yo ni mis padres podían pagar. Como miembro indocumentado en mi familia, yo, como otros que aplican a BCCF, no estoy acostumbrado a obtener ayuda o aceptarla porque es tan desconocido. El sistema político a veces nos hace sentir como si no mereciéramos ese tipo de ayuda, especialmente con ayuda financiera, ya sea para estudiantes como FAFSA o asistencia de vivienda debido a nuestra falta de números de la seguridad social. Estoy tan increíblemente agradecido por el apoyo que he recibido a lo largo de estos últimos años con mis estu-
Photo credit: Dolores Vega
dios y para personas como Romero y Fauth que me han ayudado eternamente a crecer mi liderazgo, Ampliar mi conocimiento y experiencia de vida de una manera que nunca hubiera imaginado como inmigrante en un estado republicano.
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The GOAT Is Gone
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By Eric Valentine
or the past 22 years—more accurately, the past 22 NFL seasons—quarterback Tom Brady had played well enough to be considered by nearly every football expert/historian/Monday morning quarterback the GOAT. The acronym stands for four simple words: Greatest Of All Time. And after somewhat sheepishly announcing his retirement last week, the no-doubt future Hall of Famer will see his legacy grow even more. Because every story evolves over time into something larger than it ever really was. Consider me and my opinion the anomaly, the outlier, or just a football fan who’s got it all wrong. But I don’t consider Brady the greatest quarterback of all time, not even close. And if you bear with me a bit, you’ll see that I’m the guy who’s actually got it right. First the case for why Brady is the GOAT. He retired holding records for: Passing yards (96,969) • Passing touchdowns (707) • Game-winning drives (67) • Fourth-quarter comebacks (51) • Super Bowl wins (7) • Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (5) • NFL Most Valuable Player (3) • Overall wins (277) • • Hottest wife (former supermodel Gisele Bündchen) • After his last Super Bowl win, he got astoundingly drunk on a boat and threw the 7-pound, 22-inch Super Bowl Lombardi Trophy perfectly and safely from the dock to a boat his teammate was on. And it’s important to note career accomplishments that don’t exactly show up in clean numbers, such as: • In his first Super Bowl win, he was a rookie and 24 years old (a record). • In his first Super Bowl win, his team was the clear underdog. • In one of his Super Bowl wins, his team was trailing 28–3 at halftime (a record comeback). • In his last Super Bowl win, he was the underdog and 43 years old (a record). • In the 2019–2020 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a record of 7–9. In 2020, when Brady became a Buccaneer, his team won the Super Bowl. • In the 2021–2022 season, this his last year, Brady nearly beat the team (Los Angeles Rams) who made it to the Super Bowl. And he did it by tying the game at 27–27, after trailing 27-3 after halftime.
There will never be a career like this again. But there will be a quarterback like this again. Brady was drafted in the 6th round after graduating from the University of Michigan where he ended his career as the backup quarterback. While getting drafted by an NFL is a great accomplishment, doing it in the 6th round means that all the football experts who are getting paid to win football games considered nearly 200 other players to be better than him. I mean, can that many NFL minds all be wrong? (Colin Kaepernick doesn’t say a word, just turns the page with one hand and face palms with the other).
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The late pick in the draft is because Tom Brady just wasn’t a physically impressive quarterback. He had good height (6’4”) but was thin and gangly. I’m certain I could beat him in a foot race. It’s true he had a fairly strong and accurate arm, but it was nothing extraordinary and at one point in his career he and his team got busted for deflating his team’s footballs just enough so he could grip the ball better. That’s cheating. And finally, although Brady had success in college when he was the starter (he went 20-5) and even led the team to a couple come-from-behind wins, Michigan was always considered a defensive team with an offense that relied first on—not passing—but running the football effectively. In the NFL, Brady took over a team that was also known for its defense, as well as its head coach Bill Belichick—the GOAT of NFL coaches. The two times Brady’s backup quarterbacks took over for a significant amount of time while Brady recovered from his injuries, they had significant success and qualified for the playoffs. Both the backups were offered mega contracts the next year by other teams. In other words, Brady wasn’t even the best player on his college football team and landed on an NFL team with a now legendary (and still not retired) coach who could simply win games no matter who the signal caller might be. So when the question asked is: Who’s the greatest of all time? Answering Tom Brady means you have little understanding of what makes a football player great. But what’s the other data say? How many Super Bowl wins and MVPs and [insert fave stat here] do the other great NFL quarterbacks have? Very little and very few in comparison to Brady. No one even comes close to accomplishing what he accomplished. And when you tally up the amount of All-Pro or high-draft-pick talent of Brady’s teams compared to other great NFL quarterbacks’ teams, no one even comes close to accomplishing what Brady did with so little talent around him. There will never be a career like this again. To declare that Tom Brady is not the GOAT is not a sign of disrespect to the quarterback nor a failure to understand the game. Rather, it is the ultimate sign of reverence to both.
US Tries To Pass Off Assertions As Evidence By Caitlin Johnstone
The western media are blaring headlines today about a “revelation” by the US government which does not actually reveal anything because it contains nothing but empty narrative fluff. “U.S. reveals Russian plot to use fake video as pretense for Ukraine invasion,” reads a headline from CBS News. “US reveals Russia may plan to create fake pretext for Ukraine invasion,” claims another from The Hill. The claim is that the Russian government is plotting to fabricate a false flag operation using a graphic video with crisis actors in order to manufacture a pretense for a full-scale military invasion. State Department Spokesman Ned Price and AP reporter Matt Lee had an exchange about this claim at a Thursday press conference that you simply must watch if you haven’t already. Please watch this video in which journalist Matt Lee accuses State Dept. spokesman Ned Price of veering into “Alex Jones territory” by making the claim that Russia plans to stage a “ false flag” attack with “crisis actors” -- Price then sneeringly calls Lee a Russian propagandist pic.twitter.com/5xMsbfWYgz — Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 3, 2022 Lee pointed out that claims about false flags and crisis actors were “getting into Alex Jones territory” and asked for the evidence for these extraordinary claims, which one would think is reasonable since extraordinary claims are generally considered to require extraordinary evidence. Price said that the evidence is “intelligence information that we have declassified,” and when Lee asked where the declassified information was Price looked at him like he just asked the stupidest question in the world and said “I just delivered it.” The exchange goes on to reveal that Price really did mean that the completely unverified government assertion he’d just regurgitated is the evidence for the claim being made, meaning the evidence of the government assertion is that assertion itself. Refusing to relent, Lee kept hammering the point that a completely unsubstantiated assertion is not the same as evidence especially given all the government assertions that have proved not to be true over the years. “Matt, you said yourself you’ve been in this business for quite a long time,” Price replied. “You know that when we make information, intelligence information public, we do so in a way that protects sensitive sources and methods.” Ahh, so the evidence is secret. It’s top secret evidence, to protect “sensitive sources and methods”. It sure is convenient how all the evidence of immensely consequential
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE
claims made by a government with an extensive history of lying is always far too sensitive for the public to be permitted to scrutinize. This is the kind of evidence you can’t see. The evidence is invisible. Secret, Invisible Evidence Of Russian Hacking Is Not Actually Evidence “We can’t share the evidence with you because the evidence is classified. It’s secret evidence. The evidence is invisible.”https://t.co/ulgVeTwIXR — Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) December 18, 2020 “You also know that we do so, we declassify information only when we’re confident in that information,” Price continued. “If you doubt the credibility of the U.S. government, of the British government of other governments and wanna, you know, find solace in information that the Russians are putting out, that’s for you do to.” So if you doubt the credibility of governments with a very well-documented history of lying about exactly this sort of thing, you’re at best a useful idiot of Vladimir Putin and at worst a Kremlin operative yourself. Yep, sounds legit. That’s definitely the sort of thing government officials say when they feel like they’re being truthful. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted about the exchange, “This is wild. The State Department’s spokesman can’t comprehend why the Associated Press feels the need to distinguish between a claim and a fact, and becomes visibly offended— and then angered—by the suggestion that his claims may require evidence to be accepted as credible.” Wild indeed. Assertions are not evidence. A government declassifying itself making an unsubstantiated assertion is not “declassifying” anything. This is not the sort of behavior anyone would accept from anyone else, except perhaps a televangelist or a cult leader. If I got on here for example and began drumming up publicity with claims that I have evidence that extraterrestrials are visiting this planet, and then after racking up millions of views and lots of publicity my evidence turned out to be a video clip of me saying “Extraterrestrials have been visiting this planet,” I would be called a liar, a scammer, and a clickbait grifter, and rightly so. I could then claim that I can’t provide any further evidence beyond my own assertion without compromising my sensitive sources and methods, but I’d still quite rightly be called a liar, a scammer, and a clickbait grifter. But if I’m the most powerful institution in the world and have an extensive history of lying about exactly the sort of claim I just made, that’s considered fine and normal within the mainstream western orthodoxy. Wild. Just wild.
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THE “WEEKLY” FISHING REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 9 - 22 FROM PICABO ANGLER An Angler’s Guide to Surviving February
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ebruary is often the toughest month of the year for anglers. The distraction of the holidays has come and gone. We see signs of spring here and there, but inevitably we are set upon by cold nights and winter storms. The days are short and cold and the snowy banks of the rivers challenge us to cover ground without snowshoes or skis. Thank goodness for fly fishing in February! It allows us opportunities and respite to get ready for another crazy fly-fishing season! The fly-tiers are the ones who can really take advantage of this winter month. Using the days and evenings to ready fly boxes for the coming year is a great use of this time. It may mean retying the tried-and-true flies you depend on each season; it may be a case of trying new ideas and testing new theories made under the hot summer sun of the previous year. It may be, for the luckiest anglers and the anglers that plan well, the flies being tied are for saltwater fishing in the coming weeks! February is an ideal time to start traveling to warm-water locations—where tropical fish and flies meet over sandy bottoms and the success of the day may be dictated as much by the quality of the sunset and cocktail as the day’s fishing. February and the following three months can be as much about skipping out on the winter fishing as it is about getting out there and braving it. For the typical winter angler, February can be a meaningful month. Many trout are starting the very beginnings of the pre-spawn season and with this comes movement and staging in certain river mouths and channels. Anglers that know these spots can often find three or four days of the best fishing of the season. Anglers that don’t know these areas can seek them out and try to find these magic haunts where waves of fish can meet solitary anglers for epic sessions. Like most things in life, timing is everything! Do not let February get you down if you’re an angler. There is a lot to do, a lot to look forward to, and before you know it, black birds and robins will be hopping on the river rocks and spring days will be upon us! Happy fishing, everyone!
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IS YOUR DOG AN OBNOXIOUS GREETER? By Fran Jewell
“He’s friendly!” or “He’s only a puppy!” are common chants among those who do not seem to recognize that their dog is about to offend another dog. When a dog or puppy runs up to another dog quickly, then jumps on the other dog, that dog is an obnoxious greeter without greeting manners. Those chants are excuses for lack of training. Even a young puppy can learn to greet other dogs nicely. All dogs have the need for personal space, just like people do. Some need more space than others. That need can be driven by breed or the individual dog. Golden retrievers and Labrador retrievers often have no concern at all for anyone’s personal space, dog or human. On the other hand, many of the herding breeds DO have concern, especially border collies and German shepherds. When the two breeds collide, it can cause a conflict, sometime more severe than others. When a Labrador invades the personal space of another dog by jumping up in the dog’s face or putting his head over another dog’s shoulder, the other dog may respond with a growl or snap, or worse. Most of the time, we humans then blame the growler and call them aggressive when, in fact, the invader was NOT being friendly but is an obnoxious greeter. Put yourself in their paws. If you were sitting on a park bench and some stranger came along, sat right next to you, touching you, then put his/her arm around you or on your leg, you would be offended. How would you react? Do you allow it or do you respond in a negative manner? We all, including our dogs, have a right to personal space. This becomes especially important when an adult obnoxious greeter offends a shy puppy, pushing that puppy to defend itself with a bite or nip. That now sets the puppy up for behaving like that the rest of its life when it is offended by other dogs. It may even be difficult for that puppy to have happy relationships with other dogs forever. If you have an obnoxious greeter, it is extremely important that you do not accept this behavior as acceptable, “friendly” or just saying “hello,” especially with young puppies. It is not any dog’s right to greet in this manner. Teaching your dog to wait, ESPECIALLY as a puppy, for permission from you to greet another dog, is imperative. Ask another dog’s owner if the greeting is okay. Stop the interaction if your dog becomes too pushy with another dog, or if you see the other dog is afraid, showing hackles, dipping its head, mouth closed or tail tucked. Your dog’s behavior in public is your responsibility. Be respectful and courteous.
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Greeting manners should be taught to every dog! Photo credit: Fran Jewell
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
SEEING WITH YOUR NOSE
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he other day, I had the strangest thing happen. I was sitting in school, listening to another person tell a story and, suddenly, I was overcome by the smell of a northern pike. That’s right, a northern pike. If you are unfamiliar with northerns, as my grandparents always called them (or snakes, due to their long bodies), they are a powerful, predatory fish common to the waters of Minnesota where I went as a kid. A northern likes to fight. Once on, your line cuts through the water, reel whining and clicking as the fish moves away and back in, before an invariable and wonderful explosion of snapping, writhing fish that represents both an instant and a snapshot of forever. If you get the fish to the boat, they are a sleek tube of muscle. The ones we caught came out of water the color of flat soda, so they were dark, with beautiful spots. Because of their teeth, we were cautioned against getting anywhere near their mouths, so we ended up clutching them in such a way that our hands smelled rather fishy. Rather northern pikey. And so there I was, sitting in a classroom, at school, in Hailey, Idaho, in the middle of winter, really smelling a northern pike. The smell opened an entire ecosystem in an instant. Pine Creek, a ribbon of water connecting Pine Lake to Trout Lake. Water lilies and muskeg and a quiet dipping of canoe paddles. The subtle hissing and scratching of emergent aquatic plants moving down the side of the boat as we pushed along in a stream whose direction was indecipherable because the water moved so slowly. It is completely impossible to describe the fullness of the memory and its association to that smell. In an instant, I saw a world—rich, detailed, and completely populated with everything from the flora and fauna of Northern Minnesota, to an overfilled tackle box sitting open with its shelves cantilevered out, to my mom and various family members churning along in their canoes. The vividness of this experience lingered when, the other morning, I was standing, without my glasses, in the darkness of my closet. Out the window there is a small aspen tree, a consistent lone figure poking out of the snow. At the base of the tree there was a dark smudge moving around. That smudge is not consistent. I got my glasses and ran back to the window, only to scare off a canid—either a fox or a coyote. Hours later, in the full daylight, when the dogs finally got up, I let Olive, our smallest dog, out the side door. She walked onto the pa-
The northern pike (Esox lucius) is a species of carnivorous fish. Photo credit Jik jik, accessed via Wikipedia.
tio, her nose twitching, then shot up the snowbank, and immediately started barking as a ridge of hair on her back let me know she was barking at one of those things that makes the hair on her back stand up. She stared at the side of the house from which the early-morningsmudge-fox-coyote came, the very end of her tiny, dark nose moving back and forth. Dogs construct a world out of a sense we consider secondary, and yet one that has the power to transport us to entirely different places almost instantly. As Olive patrolled the yard, led by her nose, I remembered that northern. I knew what Olive was smelling. Now, I was wondering, “What is she seeing?” 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, respectively.
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FEBRUARY 9 - 22, 2022
ON LIFE’S TERMS
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CRYPTO COLLAPSE OH, THE OLYMPICS O I BY KRISTIN HOVENCAMP
BY JOELLEN COLLINS
f the current volatility in the cryptocurrency market is any indication of what is to come, we are in for a bumpy ride. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Bitcoin recently plunged almost 50% from its highs. Bitcoin rose to nearly $70,000 in value in November before falling below $35,000 in January. Unlike traditional financial markets, crypto trades 24 hours a day, and with prices moving nonstop, investors have little time to absorb the news. What is destabilizing the global crypto markets?
bsessively tuning in to Olympics coverage, whether in winter or summer, is not unfamiliar to someone like me. I followed track and field from my high school in Burbank and then Occidental College, which occasionally won a track meet against USC, a powerhouse. My boyfriend was a sprinter, and I was a bridesmaid in the wedding of Ron Morris, my schoolmate who went on to take the silver medal in pole vaulting in the Rome Olympics. He had managed to make the transition from a bamboo pole to the newest aluminum one. I maintained that interest in viewing the Olympics, and recall how proud I was when Rafer Johnson, a friend from UCLA, carried the flag in the L.A. festivities. Moving to Idaho, I learned about the athleticism of winter sports. I was never a good skier, but at least my falls stimulated respect for the superhuman abilities of friends, students and neighbors who were graceful and powerful skaters and skiers, conquering this slippery environment with the sense of balance, skill and devotion I never possessed in terms of physical challenges. Stuck at home with the Omicron variant of COVID, I am watching lots of the current Games, and I admit to a broad smile when the USA team came in, with the same pride I always had as someone who grew up in the America I did with blinders to my country’s flaws. It is fun to root for someone: for example, I miss the thrill of watching UCLA succeed as it used to when I was young. I think being proud of our athletes is a positive activity. From my English teaching days, I know how hard they JoEllen Collins—a longtime work. This year, however, I am more aware of things in my resident of the Wood River Valley— is an Idaho Press beloved country, which may be tearing down the place of Club award-winning columsecurity I felt from my 20th-century upbringing. I rec- nist, a teacher, writer, fabric ognize that the athletes from other countries marching artist, choir member and in the opening ceremonies have also devoted their youth unabashedly proud grandma to a disciplined approach to their sport. Some have cer- known as “Bibi Jo.” tainly achieved their successes in less hospitable environments than should be available for these young citizens of the world. I am not saying that our amazing athletes from the USA don’t deserve every single cheer and accolade available for their efforts, character, and devotion to their sports, but I also feel a need to honor other athletes who have worked so diligently to be in the Olympics. I will still feel the lump in my throat for American winners, but I do notice that so many of the athletes there seem to honor rival competitors in their specialties. I cheer spectacular effort from whatever nation it has emanated. Athletes are humans who can succeed whether they are governed by tyrants or benevolent rulers. We’ve just all been through a two-year marathon of intense emotions, including grief, fear, disappointment, and unexpected political rage. Maybe if we could dedicate similarly Olympian efforts to treating each other in positive ways we could be happy even with a bronze medal!
Investors who have not bought into the crypto craze argue that Bitcoin is not an asset class but trades like risk assets. As economic growth slows and inflation rises, investors generally move money into less precarious investments. Nick Metzidakis, research lead at Tyr Capital, noted that Bitcoin’s emerging behavior as a risk asset implies that investors buy when they take an optimistic view of the economy or sell when they are nervous. Cryptocurrencies are increasingly trading in line with equity markets, and investors are doubting the use of Bitcoin as a portfolio diversifier or inflation hedge. U.S. equities were recently in correction territory, and cryptocurrency prices followed. For example, the selloff of technology stocks caused a ripple effect in the crypto markets. Technology stocks often trade on future earnings, and a rise in interest rates could stall Kristin Hovencamp is an Ingrowth and create volatility. vestment Executive and Di-
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ometimes we are gifted with little pieces of magic that take a moment from your life and all its distractions and make you appreciate the now. We had one such experience yesterday. Four months ago we bought a new car and after that amount of time we had never received the title. We checked with the auto dealership as to its location and they stated it had been sent to the DMV. In checking with the DMV, they said they mailed it to a certain box number. It was not our box number and the title had not been returned to the DMV. After four months we get a call from a strange number we don’t know and for some reason my husband picks it up, which we don’t usually do. It was a lady saying she had just gotten here and got her mail from two months ago and found she had the title to our car. She kindly took the time to look us up in the phone book, called us, and we met with her and retrieved our car title after this extended length of time. The envelope had the wrong box number, and the address on the document was also incorrect, with a different box number. When something is yours, it will come home to you. We are so grateful for the energy this stranger gave to us. Let’s all take time to reflect on the moments someone has gone out of their way to give assistance, and make a list. Put that list somewhere where you can see it. It will remind you of the goodness of people and give you hope that we will evolve beyond the current status of avoiding contact with our fellow humans. I giggle whenever I am on the bike path, walking. Whenever you meet someone, for the most part they can’t wait to have a conversation, including me. Things are not always as they seem, and we all need to dig a little deeper for truth. A wise man stated that there are three kinds of people: those who just jump through all the hoops placed on them without question. Then, if there is a mistake, they do not have any responsibility. After all, the authorities said this was the best plan. What if the authorities do not have your best interest at heart but only their agenda? The others question the authority, but in order to keep a job and feed their family, they acquiesce to the agenda of the authorities, but have resistance. Then there are those who do their own research and come to their own conclusions and resist at all costs. It is time to decide what camp you want to live in—to be totally controlled by an outside source or to be true to yourself and your own knowledge, thus keeping your freedom. Keep looking for the best in all things and that is what we will create. Value freedom above all else, for without it we are slaves to a system. Look deep. Things are not always as they seem. Much love for truth, Dove
The winter, 1963, I was barely 10 years old, and learning how to milk our cows, night and morning, in the cold. I poured the grain and watched them eat, each cow in her own stall. Their stomachs churned away down low, forming cud into a ball. That cud then slid back up their throat. It seemed a little crude. And when I quizzed my dad, he said, “It’s undigested food.” I thought it seemed a little strange to belch up all that food, then start the process once again with stuff that had been chewed. My father said, “Don’t worry, son. These cows know what their doin’. It’s in their genes to ruminate. They just keep on a’chewin’.” “The hay and grain they’re eating is what makes the milk each day. We take it and we sell it. That’s how we get our pay.” He then gave me a warning, “Watch those cows that have a cough. If you’re anywhere behind them, try to stand a distance off.” That’s all he said about the cough. He didn’t elaborate. But what he was implying was about to be my fate. I walked behind old Flossy. She coughed and out it flew. The speed with which it hit me must have been at least Mach 2. So, the food that cows are chewing is changing as it flows. What don’t make milk or muscle, well, out the back it goes. It hit with such a splatter that my eye was matted shut. I’ve had some worse things happen, but I can’t remember what. My father laughed and said, “Too bad! This ain’t a time for blamin’. The next time you’re behind a cow, give heed to where she’s aimin’.” So back he sent me to the house to get a real quick shower. My mother saw me, laughed, and said, “You smell just like a flower.” My mother opened up the door and handed out to me, a hot wet towel to wipe my eyes. I still could barely see. But the towel was frosting over. It was almost 10 below. She said, “Keep on a wiping, son. I’ll fill your tub. Now go!” The years went by. I milked the cows, so faithful, twice a day. I’ve had some time to ruminate and now I’ll have my say! Seemed most my days were milking cows. I can’t say I was bilked. But no matter how hard I tried, those cows would not stay milked. – 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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ran across an article recently by DailyCaring on the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout when it comes to the caregiver. Caregiving is an all-consuming responsibility that can put you at risk for compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue is a side effect of caring for someone in need. It can cause physical and emotional exhaustion and often reduces our ability to empathize with those we care for. It is common in doctors, nurses, and other health professionals and also with caregivers, like me and many of you. Compassion fatigue and burnout have very similar symptoms, but there are some key differences. Burnout usually develops over time. Top signs of burnout include emotional and physical exhaustion, feelings of negativity and indifference, and feelings like you are not getting the job that needs to be done for your loved one’s safety and care. Compassion fatigue happens when you become traumatized by your care receiver’s suffer- Shawna Wasko, M.OLP ing. It can come on more quickly than burnout. CSI Office on Aging You feel empathy for your loved one and want (208) 736-2122 to help but you can quickly feel overwhelmed swasko@csi.edu by the symptoms. This, over time, can lead to burnout also. Common symptoms of compassion fatigue include: • Physical or emotional exhaustion (or both) • Reduced feelings of sympathy or empathy • Dreading taking care of someone and feeling guilty about it • Feeling irritable, angry, or anxious • Headaches • Trouble sleeping • Isolating yourself • Feeling disconnected • Reduced sense of accomplishment or meaning in caregiving • Trouble making decisions • Problems in personal relationships Burnout symptoms: • Withdrawal from friends, family, and other loved ones • Loss of interest in activities previously enjoyed • Feeling blue, irritable, hopeless, and helpless • Changes in appetite, weight, or both • Changes in sleep patterns • Getting sick more often After reading the article, I realized I felt both burnout and compassion fatigue. As I cared for my mother with Alzheimer’s disease, I became overwhelmed with her failing health, her failing memory, and her failing to be able to do basic daily activities. My compassion fatigue was overwhelming. I found myself having more headaches, dreading seeing my mother in this condition, I could not make even easy decisions, and the anger I felt at everyone made me unbearable to be around. I became both physically and emotionally exhausted. Burnout has happened to me also, but not with my mother. Burnout has happened as I continue to care for my dad. He is cranky and demanding. He feels I never do enough for him, while my mom, until she was unable to talk, was always grateful for whatever you did for her. My dad has developed cataracts in each eye. The left eye is the worst. My dad, at the ripe old age of 85, refuses to put his drops in his eyes. When you have cataract surgery you have to have drops in your eyes three times a day. So, I go over morning, noon and night and put drops in my dad’s eyes. This is a six-week process. His left eye had the worse cataract and so, therefore, his eye had a swelling problem, which required another eye drop that had to be administered a half hour after the medicated drop in his left eye. Dad squints his eyes and shuts them when you try to put a drop in his eye. I am forced to pull the eyelid up and the lower eyelid down, which he resists and tells me I am hurting him. Did I mention six weeks? Dad needs more care than I can give him but refuses to go into assisted living. I am sick more often, haven’t slept through the night in years, have gained weight, and finding joy is difficult most days. This article I read talked about self-care, but any caregiver knows that the minute you sit in a hot bubble bath, the phone will ring, and it is your loved one wanting you to go to Norm’s Café and buy them some chicken noodles for dinner. I work hard at being extra nice to my dad. It is the only advice I can give you. The crankier he is, the sweeter I talk to him. It takes a lot to do this, but it is harder on both of us if I lose my temper, too. I will end this by insisting that if any of you cannot put drops in your eyes, to buck up, figure it out, stop being a baby and learn how to do it before you have cataract surgery! We need to do for ourselves as much as we can, for as long as we can. Again, did I mention six weeks? Sincerely, Shawna Wasko, M.OLP CSI Office on Aging swasko@csi.edu
Why A Home Should Be Your First Investment R BY ANNA & MICHELLE
eal estate has been described as the basis of all wealth. Without considering income or investment property, buying a home to live in is an incredibly powerful way to build wealth or financial net worth. A home is an asset measured by the size of the equity. Equity is simply the difference between the value of the home and the amount owed. There are two powerful dynamics at work to increase the equity, which include appreciation and amortization. Appreciation occurs when the fair market value of the home increases. The shortage of available inventory coupled with high demand has contributed to an 18% increase in value in the past year on average for homeowners in the U.S. Most mortgage loans are amortized with monthly payments that include the interest that is owed for the previous month and an increasing amount that is paid toward the principal loan amount so that if all the payments are made, the loan would be repaid by the end of the term. A 30-year mortgage at 3.5% interest on a $400,000 loan amount would have a principal and interest payment of $1,796.18 every month for 30 years. After the interest is applied from the first payment, $629.51 would reduce the loan amount, thereby increasing the owner’s equity. Each succeeding payment would have an increasingly larger amount applied to the principal and a decreasingly lower amount applied to interest. Recently, CoreLogic reported that homeowners with mortgages have seen their equity increase 29.3% since the second quarter of 2020. Equity rich is defined as when combined loans secured by a property are no more than 50% of estimated market value. ATTOM reported that 42% of mortgaged homes in the U.S. are considered equity rich as of the fourth
quarter of 2021. Another advantage of this powerful asset is that borrowing money against the equity of your home is a non-taxable event. Regardless of whether it is a refinance or a home equity loan, the borrowed money is not income and not taxable. A homeowner could stay in the home for years and, as the home increases in value due to appreciation, they could borrow against their equity as many times as the value will justify. They could continue to pull money out of their home for decades and, under the current tax law, they could die and will the home to their heirs, who would receive a step up in basis and the taxes would never have to be recognized. Lastly, let’s consider the home as an investment by looking at the rate of return. Obviously, it is a personal asset that the homeowner will be able to live in, enjoy, raise a family, and share with their friends. In calculating the rate of return, we consider a $375,000 home with a 3.00% 30-year FHA mortgage with a 3.5% down payment. Using an annual appreciation of 3% and normal amortization, the $13,125 down payment in this home turns into a $148,062 equity in seven years. The rate of return calculated is over 40% per year for the seven-year holding period. Even if you discounted the ROI by half for all the unforeseen other expenses that may affect the real equity, it is still a 20% return on investment, which could easily justify why purchasing a home should be your first investment. It is challenging, particularly in some markets with low inventory, multiple offers, rising prices and increasing interest rates, but the advantages of owning a home are significant. Wouldbe homeowners need the facts about their market and how to get into a home. Start with downloading the Buyers Guide and make an appointment with a trusted real estate professional.
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