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July 5-11, 2006 

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last week, briefly 

Boarder to plead guilty to homicide 

Snowboarder Greg Doda, who stood accused of criminally 

negligent homicide in the death of a woman on the 

slopes of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in 2005, will 

plead guilty to the charge and avoid a trial set to begin in 

August, according to a Monday report in the Jackson Hole 

Daily and other media sources. 

The Maryland resident, now 18, is expected to file the 

guilty plea in the coming weeks through defense attorney 

Robert Horn. The charge – which alleges Doda crashed 

into Heather Donahue, 29, at a high rate of speed, sending 

her flying 25 feet and causing the injuries that led to her 

death as her husband looked on – carries a possible sentence 

of one year in jail and a $2,000 fine. 

The story has intrigued the community and the ski 

industry on many levels, combining questions of ski area 

safety, personal responsibility, corporate liability, prosecutorial 

boundaries, the horror of the accident itself, and the 

relative breadth and teeth of existing laws. 

Looking beyond an upcoming sentencing in the criminal 

aspect of this case, will there be a civil trial and what are 

the merits of that potential lawsuit? 

Political profiles on the rise 

Was that Republican State Senate District 17 candidate 

Peter Moyer strolling the lanes and circles of Melody 

Ranch two weekends ago, pamphlets and bumper stickers 

at the ready? It certainly was. 

Though he reports a few harrowing dog run-ins so far, 

for the most part the lawyer turned politician was enjoying 

the campaign trail, surprisingly. Considering himself not 

one to get in people’s faces, so to speak, he said he thought 

going door to door would be difficult for him. Instead he’s 

found the experience not only essential, but rewarding. 

Meanwhile incumbent Grant Larson, Moyer’s formidable 

opponent who is the current president of the Wyoming 

Senate, was also out and about pressing the flesh. He was 

spotted presiding over a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 

Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis on Friday. 

In the race for Wyoming’s sole U.S. House of 

Representatives seat, incumbent Barbara Cubin is in the 

news nearly every day. In the last week or so, for example, 

she was cited in the news for: her appearance at a two-day 

Christian service and seminar in Casper; proudly being the 

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competition. Red blood cells carry oxygen through the 

body. Increasing their numbers allows you to deliver 

crushing blows to your tiny, weak competitors. Endurance 

athletes often train at high altitude for precisely this reason. 

But, hey, if you can get the same results without traveling 

to, say, the Himalayas, why not? 

Athletes can get a boost by injecting themselves with 

erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone that stimulates red 

blood cell production. A urine test for artificial EPO was 

introduced in 1997, but it’s not foolproof. While testable 

traces of artificial EPO disappear from an athlete’s body 

within four days, the hormone’s effects are strongest 

three weeks after injection. Hmmm. 

Next week, our good buddy Tyler Hamilton will revisit 

the old method of boosting one’s bank account. ’Til then … 

by Brian Siegfried 

companies; her vote to approve funding in the fight 

against meth; and, lest we forget during this most patriotic 

time of year, her tireless work to protect condominium livers 

from those pesky flag-hating covenants. 

Gary Trauner, Cubin’s Democratic challenger who made 

most of the headlines in the race during the last few months, 

has been quiet of late. Republican challenger Bill Winney hasn’t 

made a headline, best we can tell, any time lately either. 

Nor has Libertarian Thom Rankin, though he did call Planet 

Jackson Hole a few weeks ago to make sure we knew the 

campaign “truly will be a three-party race this year.” And to 

provide plenty of reasons not to vote for Cubin or Trauner. 

“Cubin’s giveaways in pork barrel spending are definitely 

hindering the nation as a whole and putting our children 

into debt,” Rankin said. “She’s become a millionaire off the 

taxpayer’s dollar.” 

As for Trauner, Rankin says he just doesn’t know what 

he’s talking about when it comes to Wyoming. “I just feel 

he doesn’t have his finger on the pulse of Wyoming as a 

whole,” Rankin said. “Unless you’ve actually ranched, 

worked in the fields, been a farmer – you have no idea 

what it’s like out there.” 

What’s Rankin got going for him? His main concerns 

seem to be veterans’ benefits, keeping gangs out of the 

state, increasing access to Medicare and Medicaid and promoting 

the building of ethanol plants in the state. 

Freudenthal flies frequently 

Apparently there is quite a little political spat involving 

Gov. Dave Freudenthal and his Republican detractors 

involving access to public records and accusations of 

impropriety when it comes to the use of the state jet. 

While it is hard to determine what there is to the story 

beyond partisan bickering, one interesting document made 

available to the public in relation to this issue is the flight 

log for the state plane between January and June of this 

year. Maybe somewhere in there is the name of some passenger 

that shouldn’t have been on a flight, or perhaps some 

other nefarious fact that will take down this administration, 

but just as interesting is a quick glance at the raw numbers. 

The governor has used the state jet 50 times during the 

first six months of the year, with 11 of those flights listing 

Jackson as one of the destinations. Freudenthal left the 

state at least five times, landing in Washington D.C., 

Washington state, Arizona, Montana and California. 

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editorial 

Time has a way of warping our perceptions. Things and 

people from our youth often seem much bigger and more 

powerful when we look back upon them as adults. Bygone 

eras seem better, simpler, more wholesome, thanks to the 

cosmetic effects of nostalgia. Historical figures seem less like 

ordinary men and women and more like unblemished heroes 

and demigods who can live only in storybooks and legends. 

When we stop to think a little harder, however, we 

know none of that is true, of course. The house we grew 

up in was not mansion, just an ordinary split-level in the 

suburbs. The lives people lived in the Golden Age of Jazz 

or the West or the Renaissance were no better than the 

lives we live today; in fact, chances are they were considerably 

worse in many ways. And historical figures were just 

as human as you and I, subject to the same physical and 

moral failings, and more often than not just as confused 

about the state of the world and the nature of the universe 

as we are today. 

That said there seems to be something different about 

the men and women who settled this country and founded 

this nation of ours. In an effort to humanize and understand 

the motives of the likes of Thomas Jefferson, 

Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and other 

Founding Fathers, some modern biographies come across 

as attempts to tear them from their place in our civic pantheon, 

but so far I’ve encountered nothing to diminish 

their courage or their brilliance. 

yourletters 

See Inconvenient movie 

Ah, summer in the Hole … replete 

with a plethora of activities from fishing 

to rafting to climbing and gallery walks, 

but I urge you to do just one thing 

among the recreational and cultural outlets 

that abound in this remarkable valley, 

please go to the movies. See An 

Inconvenient Truth. This is the most 

essential film of our time. Don’t miss it. 

While we have the privilege of enjoying 

the relatively cooler climes of this 

mountain paradise, we are witnessing 

the recession of glaciers in our own 

backyard, in the Tetons and the Wind 

Rivers. The impacts of a warming planet 

are local and global. There is no 

immunity from its effects on human 

health, environmental destruction, and 

catastrophic weather, but there are 

viable solutions, actions and technologies 

that can reverse the influence of 

global warming. And, they are available 

right now. 

This is not a doomsday documentary. 

Rather, it is an accurate, accessible, compelling, 

motivating and necessary film. 

Parents take your kids. Kids take your 

parents. See it. Act. The time is now. 

Also, thank you Frank Londy for giving 

us the opportunity to view it in a 

Seeking today’s Founding Fathers 

community that has great capacity to 

create positive change. 

Amy Brennan McCarthy, Teton Village 

Boycott prepay gas stations 

Shame on you! This statement is 

directed to a local gas station here in 

Jackson and those in Alpine and 

Victor that are now requiring payment 

in advance before being able to purchase 

fuel. 

This policy is a great insult to 99 percent 

of your honest, trustworthy customers, 

and also a great inconvenience 

as well. 

As a motorcycle rider I like to fill my 

tank to the brim in order to get as 

much distance as possible from a 4.2gallon 

tank. Your policy means that I 

would have to estimate the quantity 

of gas, walk over to your counter, at 

times wait in line to pay, fill up the 

pre-paid amount and then if I underestimated 

return to your counter, estimate 

again how much it would take 

standing in line again. Or if I overestimated, 

return to obtain my change, 

and again wait in line. 

I am calling for a boycott of all gas stations 

that require prepayment, and I 

believe the residents of Jackson should 

be on the front line of this protest. Who 

by Rich Anderson 

But still, you’ve got to wonder: Were all those powdered-wig 

types really as smart and righteous and brave 

and virtuous as we hold them to be? And if they were, 

where are today’s smart, righteous, brave, virtuous people 

to lead us out of our many and varied imbroglios? 

I am not inclined to believe that human intelligence has 

lessened over the past 230 years; in fact, I’m more of the 

camp that today’s average Joe in general knows more 

about a wider range of subject than the average Joseph of 

yore. I can only believe that the smart, righteous, brave 

and virtuous people – the ones who temper their brilliance 

with faith in some higher order, temper their faith with a 

tolerance for other ideas, temper their tolerance with a 

sense of what is right, and bind it all together with a 

lengthy measure of common sense – are here among us. I 

have to believe (lest I give in completely to despair) that 

our problems do have solutions, and that our champions 

are just laying low, hiding from the lawyers, the legislators 

and the religious fanatics, waiting for the optimal conditions 

to reveal the truths, great and small, that will allow 

us all to see, think and feel deeply enough to find our way 

out of the dark. I like to think that all or most of the raw 

materials are at our disposal, that the fires are nearly 

stoked to the necessary temperature, and that all that’s 

wanting is a skillful enough craftsman to found the next 

great thing. 

At least, I sure hope so. 

knows, we might with our boycott 

attract national attention and spread 

protests around the nation. 

I’m sure the rationale of this policy is 

to deter people from skipping out after 

fueling up, but how would you feel if 

before shopping at Albertsons you were 

required to pay in advance. I’m sure they 

have more incidents of shoplifting than 

all the gas stations in Teton County 

have gas thieves. 

I have a partial solution to this problem. 

Most stations have cameras scanning 

their gas islands, so if a person 

skips out from paying and is apprehended, 

part of their sentence if convicted 

should be to pay 5 to 10 times the 

amount of fuel stolen, which would be 

paid to the station that was the victim 

of the theft. This would compensate the 

station for any inconvenience that was 

caused by this illegal action. 

Another point I would like to make is 

that gas stations are losing money with 

this policy, because if a customer pays in 

advance they won’t top off their tanks, 

which can cause a dollar or two loss of 

sales of these customers, so I don’t 

believe these stations are really accomplishing 

anything except garnering the 

disdain of their customers. 

Butch Krichmar, Jackson 

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Keep chew out of rodeo 

On behalf of Wyoming Through 

With Chew, I would like to commend 

the Casper Star Tribune for its recent 

editorial urging Casper and the 

College Nationals Final Rodeo to 

reconsider its relationship with the 

U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company 

(USSTC). We commend the newspaper 

for initiating and getting the message 

out to the public that USSTC’s position 

in our community should be carefully 

scrutinized. 

Spit tobacco kills. Wyoming’s rodeos 

celebrate physical fitness and brave 

athletes. Sadly our youth are confused 

by mixed messages when chewing is 

associated with rodeo, and free samples 

are provided to their role models 

and parents. Shouldn’t we consider 

finding alternative sponsorship within 

our communities from civic-minded 

local supporters, not from non- 

Wyoming corporations? Should we reevaluate 

our relationship with a corporation 

who promotes allowing free 

samples and advertising of a product 

that causes cancer? 

The reality of USSTC’s sponsorship 

is that they give a mere $200,000 per 

year to athletes across the country, 

not just Wyomingites. Relative to 

their annual profit of $540 million, 

Wyoming is not a great beneficiary. 

On “Should the press publish 

sensitive information?” 

• Ha! This IS a no-brainer! First of 

all, there IS NO SUCH A THING AS 

TELLING THE PRESS/RADIO/TV 

THAT “THIS IS ??’OFF THE 

RECORD,’”?expecting then to honor 

it. Nothing, absolutely nothing is “off 

the record” once you reveal it. Thus 

there is NO HONOR OF SECRETS for 

the media! So the brainless boobs that 

trust the media with secrets are 

absolute fools! Pure and simple!!! 

“This is sensitive information,” sayeth 

some government highly-placed 

flunky.?I shall close this discussion 

with a quote from famed Civil War 

General Stonewall Jackson. “If’n you 

don’t want somebody to know something. 

Don’t tell them nothing!” He 

didn’t have good grammar but he said 

it all. That’s one of the all-time classic 

statements for security. 

• Last night on MSNBC, the big 

news was “Is Jon Stewart from the 

Daily Show a danger?” This is not 

reporting. It is time for the media to 

start reporting true information, not 

disinformation. Why is the media 

intentionally keeping people distracted 

from the state of our fragile planet 

It is understandable in terms of dollars 

and cents why communities 

would take sponsorship money in 

times of fiscal conservancy. But 

rodeo actually presents an opportunity 

for other Wyoming businesses to 

sponsor the rodeo and advertise 

their products to thousands of 

Wyoming rodeo fans. 

Other states are finding alternative 

ways to fund their rodeos. South 

Dakota State University severed its 

ties with rodeo in 2004, and the 

famous Jackrabbit Stampede has 

thrived ever since. Other states are 

severing their ties with USSTC too, 

such as the Pendleton Round-up in 

Oregon which banned free samples of 

spit tobacco in 1995. 

USSTC is not from Wyoming, and 

the only reason they come here is to 

sell their product and addict new customers. 

Let’s come together as a community 

and look for other, family-oriented 

companies to sponsor our state 

sport, rodeo. Wyoming Through With 

Chew is prioritizing the goal of having 

healthy athletes and healthy fans so 

that rodeo remains an activity that 

can be enjoyed by generations to 

come. We commend the Casper Star 

Tribune for doing their part. 

Mark Hicks, Through With Chew, 

Laramie 

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and human interactions? Media is the 

enemy of those that seek the truth. 

• The feds no doubt have thrown a 

bone to the media. We have to give 

the feds credit for preserving any real 

secrets. I can see reporters going after 

the tiny ad-lib nugget “off the record.” 

Same kind of reporting goes on in 

entertainment media. Reporters keep 

asking questions, just hoping that 

Paris Hilton will tell them what kind 

of deodorant she uses or where she 

ate lunch or what kind of grades she 

got in school. 

• Seems like the only news that is 

sensitive is the news that will cause 

Watergate-like impeachments of this 

administration. The real news about 

these crooks will never make it into 

the mainstream media, cause the 

reporters don’t have the nuts to follow 

up on these stories. 

• This administration is doing all it 

can to limit freedom of the 

press.?Cheney leaked Valarie Plame’s 

CIA connection yet Cheney isn’t being 

held accountable. ?As far as I have 

learned the Wall Street Journal and a 

published book had already made this 

Swift banking deal public. Seems to 

me the New York Times is their target. 

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Inside a writer’s notebook 

Here are some ideas I have been 

carrying around in my notebook for 

some time. Each was originally earmarked 

as fodder for its own column, 

but here goes: 

• 

A couple of years ago when the 

space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 

over Texas, the subsequent news 

events revealed quite a Wyoming connection 

with those astronauts. That 

group of seven had been among the 

first teams of astronauts to learn 

“expedition leadership” behavior from 

the National Outdoor Leadership 

School team in Lander. 

Earlier this year, I attended the most 

recent “graduation” ceremony of a current 

team of astronauts, who attended 

a winter course with NOLS as part of 

team building. The astronauts raved 

about their experiences in the Wind 

River Mountains above Lander in 

February. How cold was it? Not as cold 

as space, but not unlike space, one 

astronaut said, referring to how isolated 

one was and how severe the elements 

could be to the frail human body. 

The astronauts are brave men and 

women with children and hopes and 

dreams. This group is scheduled to 

launch in July. Let’s hope we have no 

more disasters. 

• 

There was a movie last fall about 

the Texas Western (now UTEP) basketball 

team being the first college 

team to win the national title while 

starting five black players. In the 

finals, they defeated an all-white 

Kentucky team, which ironically 

included Pat Riley, who just won the 

NBA title as coach of the Miami Heat. 

The movie was called “Glory Road” 

and featured a white coach named Don 

Haskins, who coached at UTEP against 

Wyoming in the Western Athletic 

Conference action for a long, long time. 

Anyway, ace Sports Illustrated 

columnist Rick Reilly wrote a satirical 

column about the Texas Western victory 

in which he had the winning 

team playing an all-white team called 

the Wyoming State Porcupines. 

Reilly is a very funny guy, but the 

Porcupines? 

• 

There I was, standing in the middle 

of 1,500 goats, as they were munching 

and crunching everything in sight on 

my rural property on the edge of 

Lander last fall. 

A company called Ewe4ic owned by 

Lanny Malmberg uses goats and well- 

trained dogs to mow areas of weeds and 

brush along rivers. The city of Cheyenne 

has used her services for years. I sort of 

inherited her flock as they were chewing 

on someone else’s property and she 

needed a place to move them. 

Next thing you know, the city said 

she could not move them again, so 

they hunkered down on my place for 

a few days. Turned out to be a good 

deal for me – got a lot of nasty brush 

eliminated. 

While among the goats shooting 

some video one evening it occurred to 

me that if I fell down, perhaps they 

would eat me. Or like in the cartoons, 

if I bent over one of them would butt 

me in the backside. 

But none of that happened. They 

just looked at me quizzically, munching 

and chewing. A strange day, that one. 

• 

Saw a cartoon recently in which a 

couple of Hispanic guys were looking 

on as a white contractor was building 

a huge fence between the United 

States and Mexico. 

One turned to the other and said, 

“Aren’t these the same guys who said 

the levees at New Orleans would hold?” 

• 

Meanwhile, try to imagine the 

upcoming gubernatorial race in Texas, 

which features for the first time four 

candidates, including an independent 

named Kinky Friedman. He has written 

23 books and is a famous musician. 

His supporters sport bumper stickers 

that read, “My Governor is a 

Jewish Cowboy.” Mr. Friedman says 

he is the only candidate in the country 

who favors both prayer in schools 

and gay marriage. 

He was recently profiled by “60 

Minutes” and it was hilarious. Mr. 

Friedman said he favored gay marriage 

because gays deserved to be as 

miserable as married heterosexuals! 

• 

Heard this old African proverb while 

listening to the audio book “The World 

is Flat” by Thomas L. Friedman (no relation 

to Kinky). He was talking about the 

speed of today’s business world climate. 

It is called “The Lion and the Gazelle.” 

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle 

wakes up. It knows that it must outrun 

the fastest lion or it will be killed. 

Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes 

up. It knows that it must outrun the 

slowest gazelle or it will starve. 

It does not matter whether you are 

a lion or gazelle. When the sun comes 

up you had better be running. 

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“High Altitudes, Low Multitudes” and “The Best Part of America.” 

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Financial records furor overblown 

The latest furor over the Bush 

administration’s handling of the war on 

terror has many screaming, “Big Brother 

is watching!” The New York Times 

reported on June 23 that the government 

is monitoring certain U.S. bank 

records. This follows the recent uproar 

over the warrant-less operation of the 

NSA listening to private telephone conversations 

of some U.S. citizens thought 

to be connected to terrorism. 

It can be argued that the government 

should have obtained warrants when the 

NSA monitored the phone calls. It is possible 

that the Justice Department has 

enough lawyers to cover the necessary 

paperwork to stay on the legal side. Either 

way, the reasoning for the program is 

sound. It may be one of 

the reasons America has 

not experienced another 

terrorist attack since 9-11. 

The CIA, with the 

help of the Treasury 

Department, is running 

the secret financial surveillance 

program and is 

limiting its watch on 

those believed to be connected to Al 

Qaeda. So far the results have been 

good as they have managed to capture 

a few wanted terrorists as a result of 

the operation. 

After Friday’s NYT article, President 

George W. Bush and the conservative 

talk show hosts lambasted the Times. 

They blew up in a fury unseen since 

President Clinton’s interlude with 

Monica Lewinsky. The publicity of the 

clandestine surveillance program 

would ruin any of its future accomplishments, 

or so they claim. If they 

are right, the NYT article could harm 

our government’s efforts in the war on 

terror. A few questions must be raised. 

First, is the surveillance program 

needed? Looking at history, Leon 

Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin were 

financed so they could overthrow 

Russia’s provisional government in 

1917. Government leadership changes 

and terrorism require money and if 

the paper trail is closely monitored, it 

is possible to slow down or to stop 

impending doom. The same idea 

applies to today’s situation with the 

terrorists. So President Bush’s program 

stands on solid ground and is 

very much needed. 

Second, is the surveillance program 

a true secret? The United Nations 

published a report last year called 

“Unlocking Credit: 2005 Report.” It 

outlined a plan to combat terrorism at 

The terrorists’ 

choices are 

quite narrow. 

by Tom Proebsting 

the financial level, as they stated that 

terrorism is usually connected with 

money laundering, transnational 

organized crime, and the international 

drug trade. Al Qaeda reputedly traffics 

in diamonds and heroin to 

finance their terrorist activities. So 

how do they launder their money? 

Swift, the Society for Worldwide 

Interbank Financial Telecommunication 

is apparently used by terrorists. Wire 

transfers from the Belgium cooperative 

totals about $6 trillion a day between 

roughly 8,000 banks, brokerages, stock 

exchanges and other financial institutions. 

Their activities were monitored by 

the CIA for clues, with some success. 

Neither President Bush nor the conservative 

talk show pundits 

need worry about 

the leaking of the CIA’s 

secret financial surveillance 

program. It has not 

been a secret for years 

for anyone digging up 

the right sources. 

In conclusion, has 

the Times’ reporting 

hampered the program’s efficiency? 

Hardly. The proverbial cat has already 

been let out of the bag. It is likely the 

terrorists will do little to change their 

financial wire transfers of funds. What 

is the alternative, besides trusting a 

courier with a suitcase full of bills? 

Known terrorists and their accomplices 

may have trouble crossing borders 

with satchels of money in order 

to reach their destination. 

The terrorists’ choices are quite narrow. 

The United States can still follow 

the money trail. The surveillance operation 

still works. 

To further gauge the secrecy of the 

program requires looking back as early 

as 1989. That year, the Group of Seven 

formed the Financial Action Task Force, 

which included several recommendations 

such as the freezing and confiscating 

of terrorist’s assets, the reporting of 

suspicious activity relating to terrorists, 

and the criminalizing of financing terrorists 

and money laundering. In 1999 

they enacted the International 

Convention for the Suppression of the 

Financing of Terrorism. In 2001, the 

UN adopted Resolution 1373, which 

established the Counter-Terrorism 

Committee to start action against terrorists. 

Finally, last year they published 

their completed plan of action for all to 

see. The program’s outline has been 

available for anyone who wants to 

know, as early as 15 years ago. 

Tom Proebsting is a resident of Moberly, Mo., who operates a blog called Truthprobe, 

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Counterterrorism has become a 

source of continuing domestic and 

international political controversy. 

Much of it, like the role of the Iraq war 

in inspiring new terrorists, deserves 

analysis and debate. Increasingly, however, 

many of the political issues surrounding 

counterterrorism are formulaic, 

knee-jerk, disingenuous and purely 

partisan. The current debate about 

United States monitoring of transfers 

over the Swift international financial 

system strikes us as a case of overreaction 

by both the Bush administration 

and its critics. 

Going after terrorists’ money is a 

necessary element of any counterterrorism 

program, as President Bill Clinton 

pointed out in presidential directives in 

1995 and 1998. 

Individual terrorist 

attacks do not typically 

cost very much, but 

running terrorist cells, 

networks and organizations 

can be 

extremely expensive. 

Al-Qaida, Hamas, 

Hezbollah and other 

terrorist groups have 

had significant fund-raising operations 

involving solicitation of wealthy 

Muslims, distribution of narcotics and 

even sales of black market cigarettes 

in New York. As part of a “follow the 

money” strategy, monitoring international 

bank transfers is worthwhile 

because it makes operations more difficult 

for our enemies. It forces them 

to use more cumbersome means of 

moving money. 

Privacy rights advocates, with 

whom we generally agree, have 

lumped this bank-monitoring program 

with the alleged National Security 

Agency wiretapping of calls in which 

at least one party is within the United 

States as examples of our government 

violating civil liberties in the name of 

counterterrorism. The two programs 

are actually very different. 

Any domestic electronic surveillance 

without a court order, no matter 

how useful, is clearly illegal. 

Monitoring international bank transfers, 

especially with the knowledge of 

the bank consortium that owns the 

network, is legal and unobjectionable. 

The International Economic 

Emergency Powers Act, passed in 

1977, provides the president with 

enormous authority over financial 

transactions by America’s enemies. 

by Richard A. Clarke and Roger W. Cressey 

A secret the terrorists knew 

There is another 

explanation: It is an 

election year. 

International initiatives against 

money laundering have been under 

way for a decade, and have been aimed 

not only at terrorists but also at drug 

cartels, corrupt foreign officials and a 

host of criminal organizations. 

These initiatives, combined with 

treaties and international agreements, 

should leave no one with any presumption 

of privacy when moving money 

electronically between countries. Indeed, 

since 2001, banks have bee obliged to 

report even transactions entirely within 

the United States if there is reason to 

believe illegal activity is involved. Thus 

we find the privacy and illegality arguments 

wildly overblown. 

So, too, however, are the Bush administration’s 

protests that the press revelations 

about the financial 

monitoring program may 

tip off the terrorists. 

Administration officials 

made the same kinds of 

complaints about news 

media accounts of electronic 

surveillance. They 

want the public to believe 

that it had not already 

occurred to every terrorist 

on the planet that his telephone was 

probably monitored and his international 

bank transfers subject to scrutiny. 

While this was not news to terrorists, 

it may, it appears, have been 

news to some Americans, including 

some in Congress. But should the 

press really be called unpatriotic by 

the administration, and even threatened 

with prosecution by politicians, 

for disclosing things the terrorists 

already assumed? 

There is, of course, another possible 

explanation for all the outraged bloviating. 

It is an election year. Karl Rove has 

already said that if it were up to the 

Democrats, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 

would still be alive. The attacks on the 

press are part of a political effort by 

administration officials to use terrorism 

to divide America, and to scare their 

supporters to the polls again this year. 

The administration and its 

Congressional backers want to give 

the impression that they are fighting 

a courageous battle against those who 

would wittingly or unknowingly help 

the terrorists. And with four months 

left before Election Day, we can expect 

to hear many more outrageous claims 

about terrorism – from partisans on 

both sides. By now, sadly, Americans 

have come to expect it. 

Richard A. Clarke and Roger W. Cressey, counterterrorism officials on the National Security 

Council under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, are security consultants. 

(c) 2006 The New York Times

nationalopinion 

WASHINGTON — Last July 1, 

Sandra Day O’Connor announced her 

decision to vacate the seat from which 

she frequently operated as the swing 

vote on a Supreme Court divided 5-4 

on important cases. Anthony 

Kennedy’s past pronouncements suggested 

he would relish that role. Last 

Wednesday he played it in cases concerning 

Texas redistricting. 

The cases involved several questions, 

the most interesting — because 

it has come to the court before and we 

now know it will again, and because it 

revealed a recurring and worrisome 

kind of judging – was this: Was the 

redistricting by the Republican-controlled 

Legislature such a partisan gerrymander 

as to be somehow unconstitutional? 

The court’s dusty 

answer to this question 

is symptomatic of the 

difference-splitting that 

characterized the last 

years of the Rehnquist 

court. In a plurality 

opinion, Kennedy said 

there may be a “manageable, 

reliable measure 

of fairness” in redistricting, but 

no set of facts has sufficed for the 

court to discover it. 

By leaving open the possibility that 

there is a constitutional answer to the 

question of what constitutes a “too 

political” gerrymander – the position 

seems to be: we don’t know what the 

standard is, but we don’t know that it 

doesn’t exist – the court has again 

practiced “split-the-difference 

jurisprudence.” That phrase is from 

Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson of the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 

writing in the Stanford Law Review. 

Wilkinson identifies differencesplitting 

in some late Rehnquist court 

decisions that resulted in “a series of 

finely spun opinions that increasingly 

constitutionalized” some volatile 

political debates. One decision, in 

2004, concerned political gerrymandering 

in Pennsylvania. Four justices 

said all claims of unconstitutionally 

partisan gerrymandering are nonjusticiable 

because there are no truly judicial 

criteria for adjudicating them. 

Four other justices suggested various 

legal theories for adjudicating. 

Kennedy split the difference: He voted 

to reject the claim of unconstitutional 

gerrymandering, but refused to “foreclose 

all possibility of judicial relief” if 

some “limited and precise” constitu- 

Thus does constitutional 

doctrine become little 

more than temperment. 

tional violation were “found.” 

Where can it be “found?” Inevitably, 

not in the Constitution’s text, history 

and structure but in judges’ intuitions 

about “fairness.” Thus does constitutional 

doctrine become little more 

than the judiciary’s temperament, or 

the temper of the times. But elections, 

not courts, are supposed to take 

the nation’s temperature. 

In some “finely spun” Rehnquist 

court decisions, a monument featuring 

the Ten Commandments on the Texas 

Capitol grounds was not unconstitutional, 

but Ten Commandment displays, 

with other historical documents, 

in the hallways of two Kentucky courthouses 

were unconstitutional. The 

University of Michigan’s policy of giving 

favored minorities 

20 extra points on a 

150-point admissions 

index to achieve undergraduate 

“diversity” was 

unconstitutional, but 

its law school’s use of 

race as a “ ‘plus’ factor” 

to achieve “a ‘critical 

mass’ of underrepresented 

minorities” was 

constitutional – assuming that in 25 

years race-conscious admissions policies 

will not be “necessary.” 

Wilkinson acknowledges that 

“splitting differences has real benefits:” 

“The outcomes of cases are often 

sensible, the court itself is often 

statesmanlike, and the spacious language 

of the Constitution is often 

seductive. Splitting differences allows 

the court to appear simultaneously 

cautious and progressive.” 

Wilkinson warns that “methodology 

matters supremely in the law, if it 

is not to become the kissing cousin of 

politics.” Granted, “split-the-difference” 

jurisprudence can be institutional 

prudence, preserving the 

court’s standing with a public more 

interested in judicial results than judicial 

reasoning. But when political reasoning 

supplants judicial reasoning, 

courts preserve their popularity by 

sacrificing their proper function. 

‘There is,” Wilkinson says, “a thin 

line between the unabashedly pragmatic 

exercise of splitting differences 

and the practice of politics itself,” so 

“splitting the difference ought not to 

be confused with judicial restraint.” 

Eventually, the public will notice, and 

recoil against, courts supplanting 

democratic institutions as arbitrators 

of our differences. 

George Will’s e-mail address is georgewill@washpost.com. 

(c) 2006, Washington Post Writers Group 

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I am writing this Media Watch 

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Resort’s Wi-Fi signal, I have been able 

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Chances are you’ve never seen 

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Saturday in Teton County the 

hills are alive with them. Like 

mountain lions, or the paramilitary 

snipers they imitate, the 

regions more than 100 avid 

paintball players like to keep as 

low a profile as possible. 

But when it comes to concealing 

themselves from the attention 

of land mangers like 

Wyoming Game and Fish and 

Bridger-Teton National Forest, 

they’ve had a little trouble finding 

the right type of camouflage. 

On June 17, after being asked to stop using an 

established playing field near the South Park Boat 

Ramp on the Snake River, Jackson Hole paintballers 

christened a new field on National Forest land near 

Hoback Junction. Instead of spilling champagne 

they celebrated by exploding a few thousand 

rounds of biodegradable paintballs. 

Approximately 25 players, mostly male, ages 

7 to 40, were present. In recent years the sport 

of paintball has been growing as quickly in 

Jackson Hole as it has been nationally, and for 

some it has become far more than a game. 

“I like to tell people that I’m passionate about 

skiing but I’m obsessive about paintballing,” 

said Ben Levin, 21, who has been playing since 

the age of 10. 

After a few inaugural 20-minute rounds of 

paintball, where the winning team “marks” all 

the members of the opposing team with colorful 

blotches of paint fired from CO2-powered 

“markers,” the field was deemed “excellent.” 

Even more satisfying for the group, 

whose members include a team that recently 

placed fourth in a regional tournament and 

will compete for a national title in October, 

was knowing their new playground was on 

more solid legal footing. 

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opening, Game and Fish 

began investigating their possible 

impact. They decided the noise they created 

and their presence was disturbing the wildlife, 

especially during the important spring nesting season. 

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local papers saying paintballing was not 

acceptable in that area. Some paintballers 

were threatened with six months of jail time and 

$400 fines. 

Some paintballers still chafe at the decision, 

claiming not only did they keep the area exceptionally 

clean and well kept but that their removal 

was just another example of a bureaucratic power 

trip that gave the axe to a healthy alternative to 

drugs and alcohol. 

“Paintballing gives something for kids to do and 

it seems like every time they find something good, 

someone shoots it down,” said paintballer Rick 

Bickner. 

The rules for the land in question, 

however, are unambiguous. 

Established in the 1930s, the 

land was given to Game and 

Fish “to be nannied strictly for 

the benefit of wildlife,” said Steve 

Kilpatrick, Game and Fish habitat 

biologist, who explained that more 

than 100 species of birds, moose and 

black bears call this area home. Also, 

many land requests for the South Park 

land have been denied in the past, 

including one for a rock concert in the 

70s, a go-cart course and a large fireworks 

display. 

“I think anyone would be disappointed, 

but I’m thinking, I’m hoping, they understand,” 

Kilpatrick said. “If wildlife could 

speak I don’t think any species would say 

paintballing is an appropriate activity.” 

The paintballers were disappointed but 

not discouraged. Losing that field also 

meant the loss of the many hours of work 

that went into making it playable, but they 

had learned valuable lessons about using 

public land to practice and play their bur- 

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geoning sport. 

Now, on National Forest property, the 

group’s new field conforms more closely 

with the lands established uses. 

“Paintballing is legal in the national forest 

except in developed areas,” said Linda 

Merigliano, recreation program manager for 

the Jackson and Buffalo ranger district, with 

at least one caveat. “Do the activity but 

don’t modify the environment to conduct 

the activity.” 

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In 1970 a man named James Hale invented 

a gun that allowed farmers and ranchers 

to mark trees and cattle with paint. Ten 

years later in New Hampshire a group of 12 

played the first organized game using oilbased 

paint and shop goggles. 

Nowadays, approximately 10 million people 

participate in the sport, according to the 

Sporting Goods Manufactures Association, 

making paintball a $390 million industry in 

2003, according to the Web site 

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Various professional and amateur 

leagues have flourished while utilizing 

many different styles of play ranging from 

“capture the flag” to “last man standing” to 

“speedball,” the version of the game now 

seen on cable sports giant ESPN, in which, 

according to Levin, you basically “shoot as 

much paint as possible.” 

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Reporter Danny Bobbe may as well have a sign 

that says, “shoot me” on his back. 

Suppressor will compete for a $40,000 first 

prize this October at the Scenario Paintball 

Players League finals in Oklahoma. The 

team qualified for the tournament in May 

after finishing fourth in a 15-team tournament 

in Provo, Utah. The team plays a type 

of paintball called “scenario,” in which 

points are awarded for completing various 

objectives like protecting the team’s flag 

and finding hidden objects on the field. The 

games last an hour. Getting hit requires a 

10-minute “resurgent period” during which 

a player is forced to sit on the sideline. 

Lots of work, lots of fun 

Donn Greenwald brought his three boys, 

ages 7, 10 and 13, to the playing field on 

June 17 for a healthy dose of exercise. He 

hopes the activity will continue throughout 

the summer. 

“They get active, run around the woods 

and have fun,” he said. 

But before the first shot could be fired, a 

good deal of time and work went into making 

the field playable. Loads of trash including 

broken glass, beer cans and shotgun 

shells were hauled to the dump. Boundaries 

had to be marked with pink tape and deadfall 

was cleared and stacked into bunkers; a 

practice paintballers say clears undergrowth 

and doubles as a fire safety precaution. 

Though done with the best of intentions, cutting 

trails and removing deadfall are two issues 

paintballers must address carefully. In the big- 

DANNY BOBBE 

I follow my unit through the bush. We trudge a 

swamp and are climbing a hill when enemy fire 

causes a great scramble. I take cover behind a fallen 

log and make myself very small and quiet. I 

wait, preparing to ambush, or be ambushed. Time 

passes and I become too anxious sitting still. A 

noise in the distance draws me. I hop a tree 

stump, dodge a hanging limb before realizing I am 

in the middle of the spider’s web. I am tagged 

repeatedly on my arm, chest and solidly on the 

side of my head. 

“Hit! Hit,” I yell. 

It’s over for me. I take a look at the direction of 

the attack and there sits a small boy hiding behind 

a tree stump. A mask covers his face but his body 

language and hearty chuckle lets me know just 

how easy it was to send me to the sidelines. I look 

down at my chest, surprised at how bright the yellow 

paint is that now covers my body. 

Back at the safe area Windex and paper towels 

remove the paint from my mask. 

It was the fourth game of paintballing that afternoon 

and I still had not managed to tag another 

player. Basically, I was target practice. Experienced 

players offered different pieces of advice, but in the 

Cody Greenwald, 13, shows off his yellow badge of courage. 

end all agreed on one sure-fire strategy: Stick with 

me. So on the next round I do. 

I am to drill up the center of the field with my 

two yellow-armbanded comrades. Three more will 

go hard left and try to flank the enemy from the 

back. The remaining team members will linger 

behind offering cover fire. 

We prepare our starting line and send a message 

to the other team via walky-talky that we are prepared. 

We are ready for war. The countdown begins 

and soon we are rushing to our destinations at top 

speed. The exercise is phenomenal. 

We engage the enemy quickly. I take cover behind 

a thick shrub. Again I am waitinganxiously, but this 

time it pays off. Sure enough, a blue-armbanded 

bastard walks right in front of me. 

No time to think, no time to aim, just enough 

time to spray 20 rounds in his direction. 

“Hit! Hit!” he screams. 

Victory is mine! But satisfaction is short-lived as 

his teammate comes barreling down from above 

and paints me up and down like a picket fence. 

It’s back to the sidelines for me, back to the cars 

and back to the Windex bottles, again. 

– Danny Bobbe

ger picture they are just the latest talking points in an 

ongoing discussion of how paintballers and their sport 

can become established as a legitimate sport in this 

community. 

Paintballers are learning to do their part: No 

trees are singled out for target practice and no 

trash is left behind. To dispel common but inaccurate 

portrayals of themselves as loons stockpiling 

weapons in the hills, players are keen to call their 

guns “markers,” and their projectiles “paint,” while 

stressing their sport is statistically safer than bowling 

and that their paint is entirely ingestible. 

Merigliano said paintballers must not charge fees 

to play, which would turn their activity into a recreational 

event that would require a permit. They 

also must stay clear of developed areas such as 

trailheads, campgrounds and places that become 

“congested.” With a certain amount of common 

sense, the forest manager says paintballers should 

be able to use the land properly and legally. 

“With any of these activities, there’s always a legit 

place to do it. They just need to ask,” Merigliano 

said, though if the activity became too big “we’d 

end up having to deal with it.” 

Have no doubt: Paintball has arrived in Jackson 

Hole and its future is being established by a young, 

deep pool of players supported by a community of 

responsible adults. It’s fun, it’s fast and it’s played 

in the great outdoors. For the time being, however, 

the owner of the best paintball shop in town 

prefers to remain anonymous and no reporter is to 

disclose the exact location of the group’s new field. 

With paintballing, it’s all about keeping a 

low profile. 

Ben Levin’s nickname is “Smiley.” In this picture 

he’s asking his opponents to say cheese. 

GEARING UP 


Paintball gun, more appropriately called a 

“marker.” Cost: $135 to $1,000s. The Tippman 

A5 at $235 comes highly recommended; paintballers 

call it the “backbone of the industry.” 

Face mask. Cost: $38 to $85. More money 

buys a higher degree of peripheral vision 

Paintballs, or simply “paint.” Cost: $30 to $65 

for 2,000 rounds. More expensive paintballs 

fly straighter and break easier. 

CO2 Bottle. Cost: $28.95 for a 20-ounce 

bottle, $3.50 for a refill. 

Camouflage, which can be found inexpensively 

at an Army surplus store. Keep your eyes 

out for special-op camo that disrupts the 

signal from night vision goggles. Seriously. 

Utility belt: don’t get caught in a firefight 

without extra rounds of ammunition. 

Paintball Bazooka: Excessive? Maybe. 

Glorious? Definitely. 

Smoke bombs: If someone’s going to have 

them it may as well be you. 

If their camouflage weren’t so effective, you would be looking at 20 Jackson Hole paintballers, ages 7 to 40-something. 

DANNY BOBBE


Navy summons Jackson policeman to Mideast 

Reservist Cunningham’s 

yearlong tour of duty creates 

hole in family, community. 

Brandon Cunningham has been 

waiting for the call to war since Sept. 

11, 2001. As a reservist in the Navy, the 

Jackson Police Department officer was 

told by his commanders in the days 

after the terrorist attacks that rocked 

the world “it was only a matter of time.” 

That time is today. One day after 

being honored by the community during 

Fourth of July festivities, 

Cunningham leaves for San Diego, 

where he will train briefly before shipping 

out for Kuwait. 

“From there I can’t say or don’t 

know,” Cunningham says, though it is 

assumed the ship he commands will 

head for the waters of Iraq to provide 

“defense and security for coalition 

forces against all water-borne activity.” 

Given 30 days notice, the 41-yearold 

Daniel resident, a father of four 

between the ages of 4 and 18, has 

been scrambling to arrange help for 

his wife Michelle during what will be 

at least a one-year deployment. 

“Obviously, there are a whole lot of 

responsibilities that have to be 

changed,” said Cunningham, whose 10 

acres of land provide no shortage of 

regular maintenance requirements 

from horse care to snowplowing. 

“Only time will tell exactly what we 

will need, but the fact that everyone 

has been so generous in offering to 

help out … it’s been unbelievable,” said 

Michelle Cunningham. “People come 

up to me you wouldn’t even think of, 

people all the way down to Alpine.” 

going 

green 

by Nancy Taylor 

Green Building Consultant 

Ford’s 10-acre living roof 

solves several problems 

I recently toured the Ford Motor Company’s 

Dearborn, Mich., truck plant and was quite 

impressed with its 10.4-acre living roof, the world’s 

largest. The roof is a large expanse of planted 

sedum, broken up by ten 3,000-square-foot glass 

daylighting boxes and 36 skylights. The living roof, 

Cunningham’s deployment also 

leaves a hole in the local law enforcement 

community. The Jackson Police 

Department is currently searching for a 

replacement, said Sgt. Scott Terry, who 

was quick to point out his position will 

remain open to him upon his return. 

“We rely heavily on his experience in 

the department,” Terry said of the sixyear 

veteran who came to the force 

after three years as a Teton County 

Sheriff’s Office deputy. “To lose an officer 

of his tenure is certainly a hardship 

in the department.” 

Knowing a replacement was not yet 

available, Cunningham insisted on 

working right up until the day before 

shipping out, including a full holiday 

weekend, so his fellow officers would 

not have to work extra shifts. He says 

it’s the least he can do for an organization 

that has done so much for him. 

“The level of support I’ve received 

from them has been a humbling experience,” 

Cunningham said. “They’re constantly 

asking me all kinds of questions 

and asking how they can be supportive.” 

Cunningham’s sacrifice was honored 

publicly in two ways on Tuesday. 

Privately, a barbecue attended mainly 

by local law enforcement personnel 

was held at Town Hall after lunch “so 

we could spend a little time with 

Brandon before he leaves,” said Terry. 

Later in the day at the Music in the 

Hole event that drew nearly 10,000 to 

west Jackson, Cunningham was recognized 

by Chief of Police Dan Zivkovich 

and Mayor Mark Barron, who presented 

him with a serviceman bar to be 

worn on his naval uniform. 

Though an experienced policeman, 

Officer Brandon Cunningham 

Cunningham’s Navy training runs even 

deeper. After joining in 1983, 

Cunningham served 14 years of active 

duty before transferring to the reserves. 

During that time he saw action in the 

Persian Gulf as part of operations 

Desert Shield and Desert Storm and as 

an escort for tankers in the region. 

Cunningham has a naval rank of E- 

6, or Petty Officer First Class, and is 

the coxswain, or captain of his relatively 

small boat with a crew of less than a 

dozen. As the driver of the boat he is 

primarily responsible for the safety of 

the crew. Due to security concerns he 

prefers to keep the exact length of his 

boat and the size of its crew vague. 

To keep his high level of training 

current, Cunningham has committed 

much more time as a reservist than 

along with other innovative features, earned Ford a 

Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and 

Environmental Design) designation. 

Ford’s living roof is a great idea for a large industrial 

building. The roof captures storm water runoff 

so that it does not go into the nearby Rouge River. 

It also provides insulation, significantly reducing 

energy costs. The plant is 10 degrees cooler in the 

summer than it would have been with a normal 

roof. Through a biological process called evapotranspiration, 

the plants release water to cool the air. 

There also are vines growing up the sides of the 

building on huge trellises that help to shade and 

cool the building. 

Another neat feature of a living roof is that it 

helps reduce the urban heat effect, tempering the 

building’s ability to create and store reflective heat. 

If you have ever walked around a city at night in 

the summer, you can feel the heat stored in the 

hard surfaces radiating off the building into the 

cooler night air. Living roofs significantly reduce 

NEAL HENDERSON 

most. In April he traveled to South 

Korea for naval exercises. 

“One weekend a month and two 

weeks a year has turned into more like 

two weekends a month and five or six 

months a year in training.” 

Cunningham said. 

Now, after five years of false 

alarms, the reality of an extended 

deployment consumes the 

Cunningham family. A two-way Web 

cam system has been purchased so 

Brandon can share in the growth of 

his children, Nikole, 17, Sierra, 12, 

Dakota, 9, and Bodhi, 5, and they can 

see his face and hear his voice. 

Questions about Brandon’s safety are 

being fielded delicately. Realizing 

important dates, like the first day of 

school, will not be shared in the coming 

year has been difficult to accept. 

“They’re stressed,” said Michelle. 

“You can see it and you can feel it.” 

As for Michelle, the news has sometimes 

been difficult to deal with. 

“When they said you have five 

weeks, I became unglued,” she said. 

“I’m wondering how I am going to be 

a single mom for a year.” 

Lately, however, Michelle has 

stopped worrying so much about herself 

and her kids and started focusing 

on supporting her husband. 

“I don’t want anyone to worry 

about us,” she says. “We want their 

prayers to be with him. We’re tough, 

we’re home, I have all my friends and 

my support system around me. He 

doesn’t. He believes in this wholeheartedly. 

He is a soldier. This is 

about him.” 

– Brian Siegfried 

this phenomenon by storing sunlight in the plants 

and giving off oxygen instead of heat. The plants 

also clean the air by trapping dust and pollution 

and absorbing carbon dioxide, one of the main culprits 

in global warming. 

Most industrial roofs have a short lifespan of 10 

or so years because of the continual contraction 

and expansion of materials. Ford expects its roof 

to last at least 20 years, because the planted roof 

tempers the flexing of materials. A living roof also 

can reduce the number of cracks and leaks that a 

normal roof would have. 

Looking out across the huge River Rouge facility, 

we also could see a 16-acre parking lot paved with 

porous pavers that reduce runoff and prevent 

flooding, and a beautiful orchard with honeybee 

boxes. Ford’s building clearly is at the forefront of 

the next industrial revolution. 

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them ON us 

Reviewing C.J. Box’s latest novel, 

“Out of Range,” for Florida’s Bradenton 

Herald, Fran Barba quotes from the 

book and puts Jackson Hole right in its 

place. The main character is assigned as 

the new game warden in Jackson Hole, 

“Wyoming’s very own California.” 

• 

Cybergolf, a Web site dedicated to 

virtual golfers, announced the grand 

reopening of the very real Jackson 

Hole Golf & Tennis on June 30. The 

course has been revamped by Robert 

Trent Jones Jr., the man who originally 

designed it in 1967, at a cost of 

$4.7 million. 

“I am thrilled to be returning to 

Jackson Hole after 30 years,” Jones 

said. “This has always been one of my 

favorite places.” 

Take notice, those in the plaid 

pants, the course now features deeper 

sand in 66 bunkers. The Web site also 

said Golf Digest named JH Golf & 

Tennis one of the top 10 resort courses 

in the nation. 

• 

Arizona Public Service Company 

(APS), title-holders for the TransWest 

Express Project, which plans to create 

that great western energy pipeline, 

wrapped up its stakeholder’s meeting 

in Jackson Hole last week. The project 

– which will ferry coal and wind 

power via powerline from Wyoming 

through Colorado, New Mexico, and 

Arizona – has been deemed feasible 

and economically beneficial by APS. 

• 

“I’ve heard the town in Wyoming 

called Jackson and Jackson Hole. 

Which is correct?” wrote Gail from 

Englewood to Rocky Mountain News’ 

Wacky Questions. The wacky answer 

was plucked straight from the town’s 

Web site by a wacky columnist. 

“The town, the seat of Teton 

County and a popular tourist destination, 

is known as Jackson. Jackson 

Hole refers to a 50-mile-long valley 

surrounded by mountains that 

includes Jackson.” Wacky! 

• 

Check out a great piece on moose 

tracker Scott Becker in the Casper Star 

Tribune by Whitney Royster. The 

Jackson resident puts the reader right 

in the willows with Becker as she trails 

one of the state’s estimated 11,066 

moose. Best place to find a moose? On 

your car hood, according to another 

Trib article out on July 3. WyDOT 

reports 14 moose fatalities on Teton 

County roads already this year.Going 

to be in the Bay Area over the Fourth 

by Jake Nichols 

Caught in the Web: Gingery, 

Amangani, wacky Hole Qs 

of July week? Grab a copy of 

California’s Mercury News and don’t 

miss Andrew Dean Nystrom’s free 

presentation on killer hikes in 

Yellowstone and Grand Teton 

National Park to be given on July 6. 

Nystrom is the author of “Top Trails 

Yellowstone and Grand Teton 

National Parks.” 

• 

The editor at Climbing Magazine 

and a staffer at the Aspen Times since 

1972, David Bentley is answering the 

call of the wild. He announced his 

retirement the other day and fondly 

recalled his first job out of college – 

on a building crew in Grand Teton 

National Park – where he saw 

President John F. Kennedy, who visited 

in late September 1963. Kennedy 

was assassinated two months later. 

• 

The Independent Record out of 

Helena, Montana, is reporting 11 candidates 

have thrown their hat in the 

City Commissioner ring. Among them 

is Marshall Gingery, retired Grand 

Teton National Park employee from 

1984-94 and former chair of Teton 

County Planning Commission. 

Best of luck, Marshall. 

• 

Wayne Collier, chairman for the 

Independence Day celebration known 

as Freedom Fest in Nacogdoches, 

Texas, is profiled in the July 3 Daily 

Sentinel. We learn Nacogdoches is the 

oldest town in the lone star state and 

Collier, head of the Jaycees there, met 

his wife, Kelonna, while working at a 

Jackson Hole resort. 

• 

Forbes Magazine announced its list 

of the most expensive hotels in the 

United States. While no digs in 

Jackson can compare with No. 1 on the 

list, the Mansion at MGM Grand in Las 

Vegas, at $5,000 a night, the Amangani 

received honorable mention for bringing 

up the ever-escalating rear. 

“The list is getting more expensive 

not just at the bottom, but overall, as 

individual properties increase their 

room rates. Amangani, a sleek Jackson 

Hole, Wyo., ski resort rang in at $700 

a night in 2004. This year, it’s $900.” 

• 

Happen to catch Discovery 

Channel’s terrifying docudrama on 

Yellowstone called “Supervolcano?” 

The doomsday storyline posited the 

next eruption of Yellowstone and its 

effects on Jackson Hole and the 

world. Consensus: Place head between 

legs and … 

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Skeeter wars 

Teton Valley residents, most of 

whom hail from the mosquitoinfected 

marshes of Tetonia, are trying 

to start the process of turning 

Teton County Idaho into a mosquito 

abatement district. 

At a Teton County Commission 

meeting on June 26, commission 

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skeeter population. Trupp said at the 

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The grassroots movement to create 

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Tetonia resident Dan Burr, who has 

paid to have his South Leigh Creek 

property sprayed for mosquitoes for 

10 seasons. 

Another day, another subdivision 

The Victor Planning and Zoning 

Commission approved last month 

the final plat for the 82-lot 

Timberline Subdivision on Baseline 

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the plat and a final development 

plan are passed by the Victor City 

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sold as .5- to .75-acre parcels. A 

bed and breakfast is also to be 

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2,700 residents filed appeals with the 

Idaho State Tax Commission, asking 

for reassessments of their properties. 

Idaho politicians are scrambling to 

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reporting of real estate transactions, 

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As the forests dry out, 

smokejumpers and land 

managers are gearing up. 

By the time raging forest fires 

threaten homes and make the news, 

they may have been smoldering for 

days. Campfires that humans were 

sure had been put out begin creeping 

and crowning until a hiker calls 

9-1-1. Lightning-struck trees, miles 

from any road, smolder until an 

entire drainage is ablaze. 

When fires first setup is when people 

like Lyndsey Lalicker get the call. 

Lalicker is a smokejumper working out 

of West Yellowstone. She is among the 

approximately 420 smokejumpers in 

the country – only 30 are women – 

now on the front lines as the 2006 forest 

fire season begins to heat up. 

“My first jump, in 2003, I had the 

chute lines tangle on me,” Lalicker 

said. “I didn’t panic. With all the 

training, I knew exactly what to do.” 

Of course all Lalicker has to do is 

leap out of a perfectly good airplane 

with 85 pounds of gear and stick a 

landing somewhere in a remote 

backcountry deemed too rugged to 

access by land. And, oh yeah, that 

land is on fire. 

But not all fires receive the immediate 

attention of these highly specialized 

firefighters. Often land 

mangers choose to manage a fire that 

may accomplish resource objectives 

by doing nothing but keeping an eye 

on it, usually in areas that need thinning 

out and are not near structures 

or human activities. Bridger Teton 

National Forest is currently watching 

one such fire in Pacific Creek. 

“We go through a checklist with 

every fire,” Rod Dykehouse explains. 

Dykehouse is on the BTNF fire staff. 

“We look at the fire, weighing fuels 

reduction benefits against any structures 

in the area. We look at the positives 

and negatives of any fire. We 

try to bring in a soils expert, resource 

specialists and archeologists.” 

All reports of fire in the Jackson 

Hole area, whether on national park 

or forest land, are immediately 

turned over to the Teton Interagency 

Dispatch Center. They collect data 

and dispatch an initial attack. This 

could include smokejumpers, a fire 

engine, or simply a couple of park 

rangers. All human-caused fires are 

fought immediately and aggressively 

wherever they are found. 

“We look for things like a lightning-struck 

tree or seared ground 

area,” Dykehouse said. “Sometimes 

sagebrush is torched. Or maybe 

Jumping into wildfire season 

there are indications humans were 

in the area.” 

Chip Collins, Grand Teton 

National Park assistant fire management 

officer, agrees. 

“Once a fire person gets on a 

scene they size it up and consider 

the general conditions,” Collins 

said. “We rewrote our parks plan 

late winter of last year. In the backcountry 

we try to manage a fire for 

its natural role. We have suppression 

zones around high public use 

areas to protect life, property, and 

resources.” 

Lessons of the Green Knoll Fire 

Life, property, and Wilson were 

threatened by the Green Knoll fire, 

which began in Mosquito Creek on 

July 22, 2001. In eight days, an 

unattended campfire scorched 4,500 

acres to the cost of $10.6 million – 

70 percent of the tab was picked up 

by FEMA. When 170 homes in the 

Crescent H and Indian Paintbrush 

subdivisions were threatened, forcing 

the evacuation of nearly 400 

people, a call went out to Boise. 

“Our initial attack was difficult,” 

Dykehouse remembers. “We started 

ordering tankers early on. As soon as 

we saw it was going to exceed a Type 

3 fire, we ordered an incident command 

team. A Type 1 incident command 

team because of the urban 

interface involved.” 

When local agencies need more 

firepower, they first make calls to 

neighboring national forests – 

Shoshone and Caribou. If they can’t 

lend enough support, a phone call is 

made to regional headquarters at the 

Eastern Great Basin in Salt Lake City 

and then, finally, to the national 

level in Boise. 

Joe Carvelho, now retired, 

received the call to fight the Green 

Knoll fire. One of the nation’s most 

experienced Type 1 incident commanders, 

Carvelho had fought bigger 

fires, from Alaska to Florida, with 

fewer resources. But dry conditions 

and relentless winds made Green 

Knoll as nasty as it wanted to be. 

“This fire is as hazardous and 

burning as aggressively as any other 

large fire that I have been on,” 

Carvelho told an AP reporter back in 

July 2001. Thanks to massive air 

support, Carvelho, with help from 

1,300 firefighters, 46 fire engines, 

and eight bulldozers managed to 

contain the blaze with no structures 

or lives lost. A feat celebrated by area 

residents and immortalized by a 

monument in downtown Wilson. 

“The most unique thing about 

Green Knoll was the amount of air 

support,” said Jackson photographer 

Chris Figenshau, who has fought 

and photographed dozens of major 

wildland fires. “You don’t normally 

see that much on a fire that small. 

Acreage-wise, compared to some of 

the more dangerous fires that are 

burning houses ... well, it was wild 

seeing that much metal in the sky.” 

In all, Carvelho managed to commandeer 

12 helicopters and 10 air 

tankers thanks to relatively quiet 

firefighting efforts nationwide and 

intense media attention focusing on 

the million dollar homes in jeopardy. 

Out of the plane, into the flame 

Sometimes the only air support a 

fire sees is Lalicker and a few of her 

“bros,” as they’re called in the hotshot 

game. Park and forest officials 

make regular flyovers after severe 

thunderstorms looking for a wisp of 

smoke that will get jumpers readied 

in West Yellowstone, McCall, 

Grangeville or Missoula. 

Typically, Lalicker, and her skydiving 

ilk pile into a Dornier 228-202 

and wait for the intercom to crackle, 

“Jump spot below.” While the 

jumpers check themselves one last 

time and pair up with partners – 

each pair is known as a “stick” – the 

plane banks low and slow for their 

first look at the infant wildfire. 

A spotter will look for escape 

routes, the availability of water and a 

soft place to fall. Another pass and 

crepe paper streamers are released to 

check for wind characteristics. 

“First stick, hook up ... to the 

door,” the intercom will bark 

“That’s when you grab hold of 

either side of the door and the spotter 

gives you one last check for anything 

amiss,” Lalicker said. The 

jumpers are swathed in head-to-toe 

Kevlar suits, full faceguard helmets, 


The Green Knoll Fire in 2001 was the most recent local example of the power of wildfires. 

and padding. 

“There are no more instructions 

then – just a tap on the shoulder.” And 

Lalicker is free-falling for three to five 

seconds until her chute is deployed 

automatically by a static line. 

Once on the ground, radio contact 

is made to the plane concerning the 

condition of the jump team and they 

watch for a follow up cargo drop 

which contains their food, water, 

and sleeping bags. All smokejumpers 

are prepared to live in the woods for 

a minimum of two days. Then, with 

only compass and map, they head 

for the heat. 

“My first jump, I had to walk three 

miles to the fire,” Lalicker said. 

Jumpers are rarely airlifted out 

after they open the fire to cool. 

Instead, when the job is done the 

team must find its own way out to 

the nearest road under heavy load. 

“Once, I had to walk out 16 and a 

half miles with a 120-pound pack 

with no frame,” Lalicker said. 

Fire Danger 

“This year is pretty green so far, 

but it is drying out fast,” Dykehouse 

says of current conditions in BTNF. 

July is typically the most active wildland 

fire month with numerous dry 

thunderstorms, increased backcountry 

camping and fireworks. 

Fire conditions have recently been 

bumped up to “moderate.” Currently, 

there are no fires burning in GTNP 

or BTNF. Wyoming has only one 

wildland fire burning, 30 miles west 

of Meeteetse. The Venus Fire is at 

580 acres and being monitored by 

23 firefighters for fuel reduction. 

All hikers, bikers, and campers are 

urged to report any signs of smoke 

or fire in the backcountry by calling 

9-1-1. Up-to-date fire activity can be 

found at www.tetonfires.com. 

– Jake Nichols 

C HRIS FIGENSHAU


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A constant complaint heard from 

singles in Jackson Hole is that other 

singles don’t go on dates. But last 

Thursday at the Singles Party sponsored 

by the Planet and Fine-Spotted 

Cutthroat, there were more dating 

men and women in the bar and grill 

than ants in a dirty sock. 

Aside from the lure of free drinks, 

the big draw was several rounds of 

speed dating, in which participants 

had five minutes to talk, woo and/or 

cajole a member of the opposite sex 

before moving on to the next “date.” 

The action was fast and furious, 

with quips coming at a machine-gun 

clip. Among the zingers overheard 

were: “Is that a roll of drink tickets in 

your hand or are just glad to see me?” 

One young lady challenged each of 

her dates with this opening question, 

“Would you watch ‘Brokeback 

Mountain’ on a first date?” 

Another speed dater laughed at 

courting mayhem: “These rounds last 

by Andrew Wyatt & Danne Bobbe 

Still a few singles remaining 

after ‘Singles Night’ party 

Wicky, wicky, wick. 

Can you really read palms? 

ANDREW WYATT 

ANDREW WYATT 

Cheers, good looking! 

for five minutes, and I’ve got enough 

clever lines for three.” 

As the night progressed the crowd 

eased up and put the game show fiasco 

behind them. Some couples took to 

the dance floor and grooved to the 

sounds of DJ El Cap. Others held 

hands and whispered the secrets of 

the universe into each other’s ears. 

Those who remained hovered by the 

hors d’oeuvre table quietly consuming 

any remaining Buffalo wings. 

The evening was not solely devoted 

to men and women trying to por- 

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tray themselves as Jackson’s most 

eligible single. Cutty’s provided a 

nice atmosphere for people to get 

together in groups and talk about 

the latest books and music they were 

interested in. 

While not all participants left with 

their romantic wishes fulfilled, prizes 

donated by local businesses – including 

free dinners, drinks and even a 

new snowboard – may have helped 

ease the sting of rejection for some. 

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Seguidores de ambos candidates 

mexicanos se retiran 

en espera de resultados 

Miles de seguidores de los dos 

principales candidatos en las elecciones 

presidenciales mexicanas 

se retiraron de las calles de la capital, 

sin que se registraran incidentes, 

en espera de los resultados 

oficiales que el Instituto 

Federal Electoral (IFE) difundirá a 

partir del próximo miércoles. 

Simpatizantes de Andrés López 

Obrador, del izquierdista Partido 

de la Revolución Democrática 

(PRD), y del conservador Felipe 

Calderón, del gobernante Partido 

de Acción Nacional (PAN), se 

habían congregado para escuchar 

a sus respectivos líderes, que en 

ambos casos se autoproclamaron 

vencedores de los comicios del 

domingo. 

Lo reñido de la consulta obligó 

al IFE a declararse imposibilitado 

de dar a conocer los resultados de 

un recuento rápido sobre más de 

7.000 mesas electorales. 

Los simpatizantes del Partido 

de la Revolución Democrática 

(PRD, izquierda) se congregaron 

en el Zócalo de la capital, la 

mayor plaza pública del país, para 

celebrar el “triunfo” de López 

Obrador, que dijo llevar una ventaja 

de casi medio millón de votos 

sobre Calderón. 

Los seguidores del PAN se 

reunieron en la sede del partido, 

en el sur de Ciudad de México, 

también para “festejar la victoria” 

de su candidato y rival de López 

Obrador en la carrera por la 

Presidencia. 

Tras escuchar a sus respectivos 

líderes, los simpatizantes de 

ambos candidatos se retiraron de 

las calles de Ciudad de México, en 

espera del avance del recuento y la 

difusión de los resultados oficiales, 

a partir del próximo miércoles. 

La escasa diferencia en los 

resultados impidió también a las 

empresas encuestadoras adelantar 

a las 20.00 hora local (01.00 GMT 

del lunes) un posible ganador en 

los comicios, tras realizar encuestas 

a pie de urna. 

Los colores amarillos de las 

banderas del PRD fueron retirándose 

del zócalo capitalino tras 

aguantar la intensa lluvia que 

cayó durante la concentración. 

Los seguidores de López 

Obrador también celebraron el 

virtual triunfo de su candidato 

Marcelo Ebrard en las elecciones 

by Luis Fernandez-Gates 

para Jefe de Gobierno (Alcalde) de 

Ciudad de México, cargo que el 

partido ostenta desde 1997 y que 

al parecer conservan hasta el día 

de hoy. 

10 millones para La Volpe 

El técnico argentino Ricardo La 

Volpe recibió un salario de casi 10 

millones de dólares en los casi 

cuatro años que lleva al frente de 

la selección nacional mexicana, 

eliminada en octavos de final de 

la Copa Mundial de Alemania 

2006. 

“Con una paga de 2.4 millones 

de dólares al año, el timonel se 

llevó unos 9.6 millones de dólares 

en los cuatro años de su proceso: 

uno de cada 10 pesos de lo que 

recaudó la Federación Mexicana 

de Futbol en patrocinios,” señala 

el diario “El Universal.” 

Según las cifras, La Volpe fue el 

tercer técnico mejor pagado de los 

32 que estuvieron en el Mundial, 

sólo superado por el sueco Sven 

Goran Erikson, de Inglaterra, con 

salario de 7.5 millones de dólares 

al año, y por Jurgen Klinsmann, 

de Alemania, con 2.6. 

Ricardo La Volpe gana más dinero 

que Carlos Alberto Parreira, quien 

dirige al campeón mundial Brasil 

por 2,3 millones y que Luiz Felipe 

Scolari, estratega que llevó a Brasil a 

campeón mundial y ahora entrena a 

Portugal, por dos millones. 

Aunque insistió en que después 

del Mundial se retiraría a trabajar 

con niños futbolistas, la cual dijo 

era su verdadera vocación, luego 

de la eliminación de México en 

octavos de final, La Volpe mostró 

su deseo de seguir al frente del 

equipo nacional, a pesar de no 

haber cumplido sus promesas más 

importantes. 

El estratega prometió ganar 

una medalla olímpica en 

Atenas’04, y México fue eliminado 

temprano, dijo que ganaría la 

Copa América pasada, y fue goleado 

por Brasil en cuartos de final, 

y anunció que jugaría con México 

cinco partidos en el Mundial, pero 

quedó en cuatro, al ser eliminado 

por Argentina en la fase de los 16 

mejores. 

Aparte de sus números negativos 

en torneos importantes, La 

volpe tuvo una pésima relación 

con los medios y causó polémica 

al dejar fuera del equipo nacional 

al delantero Cuahtémoc Blanco, 

uno de los mejores futbolistas del 

país, con quien tiene diferencias 

desde hace años. 



bigpic 

Food fights, frights and delights 

If only food weren’t political. But, of course, food 

is big business, and where there is profit, politics 

can’t be far behind. Alas, where you find politics 

there is usually corruption. 

The news isn’t entirely bad, however. The following 

roundup captures a variety of food-related news 

items to chew on or to better arm savvy shoppers as 

they wield their purchasing power 

Lawsuit protects from pesticide 

A United Farmworkers of America lawsuit forced 

the Environmental Protection Agency to begin 

phasing out a highly toxic organophosphate pesticide 

that contaminates food and poisons farm 

workers. Azinphos-methyl, used on various food 

crops, including potatoes, cranberries, and peaches, 

is a seriously nasty neurotoxin derived from nerve 

agents used during World War II. 

In 2001, despite discovering that AZM posed 

unacceptable risks to farm workers, EPA bowed to 

industry pressure and kept it on the market, according 

to OCA. “This pesticide has put thousands of 

workers at risk of serious illness every year,” said 

Erik Nicholson of the United Farmworkers of 

America. The EPA will phase out AZM over the next 

four years. 

AMA requests salt regulation 

In what is being hailed by consumer advocates as 

an unprecedented move, the American Medical 

Association voted recently to call upon the U.S. government 

to require salt warning labels on food 

products, and to cut salt content in manufactured 

foods by 50 percent within a decade. 

Because overwhelming medical evidence indicates 

high salt intake dramatically increases risk of 

heart disease, hypertension and stroke, AMA, the 

United States’ largest physician group, will also ask 

the Food and Drug Administration to revoke salt’s 

status as a food that’s “generally recognized as safe.” 

Heart disease is the nation’s No. 1 cause of death. 

Foods requiring warning labels would include everything 

from conventional hot dogs to some canned 

soups. The Food Products Association, a food and 

beverage manufacturing industry trade group considered 

among the most powerful lobbies in 

Washington D.C., said the new policy is “misguided,” 

claiming there is not enough scientific evidence 

tying salt to negative health effects. 

Dairies may nix growth hormone 

In response to increasing consumer demand, the 

largest U.S. milk and dairy product retailers and distributors 

may eliminate Monsanto’s recombinant 

Bovine Growth Hormone from their products. 

According to the trade journal Dairy Food and 

Market Analyst, Wal-Mart and Dean Foods are 

pressing suppliers for a larger supply of milk produced 

without rBGH, a genetically engineered synthetic 

hormone designed to make dairy cows produce 

more milk. The controversial hormone is 

banned in Europe and Canada due to links to 

increased cancer risks and antibiotic resistance. 

Despite international bans, 18 percent of U.S. 

dairy cows, especially those on factory-style farms, 

by Jeanne Klobnak-Ball 

are injected with rBGH. Over the past few years, 

millions of consumers switched to milk and dairy 

products from organic farms, which ban the use of 

rBGH and antibiotics. 

Abused livers like coffee 

Coffee may greatly reduce the risk of liver damage 

in those who regularly consume alcohol, according to 

a study published in the journal Archives of Internal 

Medicine. Each daily cup of coffee reduced the incidence 

of cirrhosis, a condition that destroys liver tissue, 

by 22 percent, according to researchers at the 

Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. However, 

Dr. Arthur Klatsky, the leader of the study, cautioned 

that the results “should not be interpreted as 

giving a license to drink without worry, because of 

all the other problems connected with drinking.” 

adding, “the only proper advice is to drink less.” 

Beer may fight prostate cancer 

Raise a yard, mates. Beer may reduce the risk of 

prostate cancer, according to a new Oregon State 

University research study. Xanthohumol, found in 

the hops used to brew beer, belongs to a group of 

plant compounds called flavonoids, which can trigger 

cancer cell death along the prostate gland’s surface. 

However, activating xanthohumol’s curative 

properties would require consuming a case of beer 

per day, researchers estimate, rendering beer’s xanthohumol 

content too low to be of any real benefit. 

German brewers responded by creating and marketing 

a “healthy beer” containing 10 times the usual 

amount of xanthohumol.



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90-daywonderings 

Paper trail ignites at McDonalds 

The Planet made me their paperboy. 

It gave me a headache. If we crossed 

paths on that long, long Wednesday, 

please accept my apologies. 

I woke up at six and was stuffing 

advertisements in the paper by 6:30 

a.m. Originally, this simple task was all 

I had to do, for an hour or so, before 

moving on to other work. Then the 

papergirl quit on short notice. Her job 

was given to me. This is called pulling 

the “intern card,” I was told. My new 

life goal is to have an intern. 

I was given the boss’s car and a list 

of 200 locations in Jackson and south 

of town in Hoback Junction. I recognized 

less than a quarter of them. 

The locations were grouped by area 

by Danny Bobbe 

so if you found one, you had a slight 

idea where the others were. Some also 

came with a clue that was usually 

worthless. For example, the helpful 

hint for finding a dentist’s office read, 

“the receptionist is a nice lady.” Great. 

I’ll ask her for directions once I find it, 

I guess. 

Four hours into the day I developed 

symptoms of road rage. A never before 

seen furrow appeared on my forehead, 

my eyes ached from squinting and 

newspaper ink covered my hands and 

face. The car smelled like oranges, but 

not in a good way. I began craving cigarettes 

and nearly ended my five-week 

clean streak. 

The apex of the agony came at 

McDonald’s. The parking lot was full. I 

left the car running and dropped off 

three stacks of 50 papers. When I came 

back I was nearly boxed in, so I had to 

pull a six-point turn to free myself. 

When I wiggled out, I was near the exit 

but on the wrong side of the road. 

A brand new Ford Excursion pulled 

in, its driver visibly pissed that I was in 

the wrong position. I noticed passenger 

and driver were two beautiful blond 

girls wearing big black sunglasses and 

round silver earrings. Then one of them 

flailed her arms at me and I read her 

lips. “What the hell are you doing, you 

stupid idiot?” she seemed to inquire. 

Completely out of patience, my head 

throbbing, I calmly reached out and 

gave her the finger. She looked like 

she’d never seen that particular digit 

before. Her jaw dropped and her arms 

stopped in mid-outrage as the SUV 

rolled by. 

“Oh my God what have I done?” I 

thought. It was an unusual reaction for 

me, to say the least. I become dizzy so I 

pulled into a gas station, bought a 32ounce 

Gatorade and drank it in a matter 

of seconds. What had I become? I 

hardly recognized myself. 

With a large portion of my delivery 

list left, I put on the soothing sounds 

of Belle and Sebastian and went at it 

again. The paper must go on, of course. 

For the next four hours I flung 

papers like the paperboy in that old 

Nintendo video game: haphazardly. I 

ran into offices, plopping papers in the 

nearest open spot. I stuffed them into 

newspaper boxes on the street and ran 

off like a mad man. 

When I was done, I had a vision for 

a brighter tomorrow, one in which the 

Internet delivers its own damn papers. 

A day when stressed-out paperboys will 

be a thing of the past and some other 

menial task is invented to suck the 

souls from future interns, my interns. 

Evil laugh.

After natural talent – or maybe tied with it – discipline 

is the most important attribute of any serious musician. 

What better place to drum that into a player than in the 

United States Air Force? 

The USAF Heartland of America Band, headquartered at 

Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, proves regimentation 

does not preclude swingingness when it pays a visit to 

Teton County and environs this week for four concerts. 

The 61-piece ensemble will perform free concerts for 

the Grand Teton Music Festival at 8 p.m. on Thursday and 

Sunday at Walk Festival Hall. While the concerts are free, 

tickets are required. 

On Friday, the band will help Jackson Hole celebrate 

National Ice Cream Month when it performs on the 

Recreation Center North Lawn. Bring a blanket or lawn 

chair and enjoy free treats from Moo’s Gourmet, Haagen- 

Dazs and Meadow Gold Dairies at 7 p.m. 

And if none of those dates work for you, on Saturday the 

band plays on at 7:30 p.m. at Kirkham Auditorium at BYU- 

Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho. (208) 496-2230. 

That sounds like a hectic schedule, but apparently it’s 

par for the course for the venerable, 63-year-old ensemble. 

Its commander-conductor, Lieutenant Colonel A. Phillip 

Waite, deploys the squadron in 11 different musical configurations 

– including the country and alt-rock trio 

Nightwing, the Winds of Freedom woodwind quintet, the 

17-piece Noteables big band, the Offutt Brass quintet and 

the Winged Victory clarinet quartet – on more than 450 

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$5 cover 

The USAF Heartland of America Band touches down this week. 

U.S. Air Force launches ‘Operation Music Festival’ 

EVERY TUESDAY 

NIGHT 

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A new improved 

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-no cover- 

$1 DRAFTS brought to you by DJ 

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EVERY FRIDAY 

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Shows hosted by FRONT STREET PRODUCTIONS 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 

475 N. Cache • Across from the Visitors Center • 733-7525 

musical missions each year throughout a 600,000-squaremile, 

eight-state region. 

The Concert Band, Col. Waite’s largest ensemble, traces 

its lineage back to Oklahoma’s Ardmore Army Air Base, 

where it was created to boost the morale of the troops and 

officers stationed there during World War II. Among the 

musicians in the bandstand were players who, before joining 

the Armed Forces, worked with top symphonies and 

big bands. 

Today the Heartland of American Band also boosts 

morale for civilian audiences with a repertoire that includes 

classical, contemporary, country, rock and jazz. In fact, 

over the years, the band has performed live for literally millions 

of listeners, earning awards and a reputation for being 

one of the finest concert bands in the country, and attracting 

guest artists such as Kevin Mahogany, John Denver and 

Crystal Gayle. 

If that sounds like your kind of gig, you’ve got plenty of 

chances to give the Heartland of America Band a listen. 

And if you like what you hear, and think you’ve got what it 

takes, you might be interested in trying out for one of several 

openings, including lead trumpet, saxophone, piano, 

guitar and bass. 

Contact the Grand Teton Music Festival at 733-1128 or 

www.gtmf.org for free tickets to the band’s Walk Hall 

engagements, and visit www.offutt.af.mil/band for the full 

version of the band’s storied history. —Richard Anderson 

from San Francisco 

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YOUR WEEK 

STARTS HERE 

WEDNESDAY5 

MUSIC 

• Fat Albert lays the soul jazz and funk on 

thick each Wednesday at 43 North, at the 

south end of Cache Street. 733-0043. 

• Stackhouse Perkins gets down and dirty 

at Cutty’s, across the Y intersection from 

Albies. 732-0001. 

• Cutter of Front St. Productions spins 

the jams 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. each 

Wednesday at Eleanor’s Cuvee, behind Plaza 

Liquors. 733-7901. 

• Rebecca Ryan plays jazz standards and 

cabaret 6-10 p.m. in the Lobby Lounge at 

Four Seasons Resort. 732-5000. 

• Pam Phillips plays piano and sings 7-10 

p.m. at the Granary atop East Gros Ventre 

Butte. 733-8833. 

• The Grand Teton Music Festival warms up 

for its 2006 season with a free open house 

hosted by Donald Runnicles, the festival’s 

new music director and conductor of the 

first four weekend orchestral concerts of 

the season. Join Maestro Runnicles for a 

mini-recital and informal Q&A at 8 p.m. at 

Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village. 733- 

1128 or www.gtmf.org. 

• Country singer-bassist Kenny Bradberry 

plays at 9 p.m. nightly through Saturday at 

the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the west side 

of the Town Square. 733-2207. 

• Pianist Keith Phillips solos 6:30-9:30 

p.m. each Wednesday at The Pines on the 

Moose-Wilson Road. 733-1005. 

• For five years, Victor Ragamuffin of 

Pentecost Sound System has rallied the 

faithful for Reggae Night, 9:30 p.m. to 

close every Wednesday at the Stagecoach 

Bar in Wilson. No cover. 733-4407. 

ART 

• Grand Teton National Park’s summerlong 

American Indian Guest Artists Program continues 

9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily at the Colter 

Bay Indian Arts Museum. Ted Moran of the 

S’Klallan demonstrates Northwest Coastal 

carving through Sunday. 739-3415. 

• Painter Robert Grogan is the National 

Museum of Wildlife Art’s Lanford Monroe 

Memorial Artist-in-Residence this month. 

The Idaho impressionist performs painting 

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“Mojito Madness Happy Hour” 5-7 daily 

WHISKEY WEDNESDAY 

Jim “Stackhouse” Perkins 

$1 Shots of Ten High • $1 PBR pints 

OPEN 7 DAYS 11AM - LATE 

All shows start at 10pm • 732-0001 

Across from Albertson’s • Next to Gables Motel 

Smoke Free! 

Wed 

5 

Thu 

6 

Fri 

7 

THURSDAY 

“Electrik Avenue” 

$2 Well Drinks 

Front St. Productions hosts DJ NIGHT 

FRIDAY 

“Bob Greenspan” 

Rockin’ Blues Band 

$3 Margs, $3 Coronas 

SATURDAY 

“Wisebird” 

$2 Micro Pints 

4 N o 

3 

43Nnorth 645 S. CACHE • 733-0043 

FAT ALBERT 

@ 10:00 

CORNBREAD & BEANS 

$1.00 Well Drinks after 10pm 

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Sat 

8 DARK CHEDDAR 

@ 10:00 

Sun OPEN MIC NIGHT 

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HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS 5-7 DAILY 

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Drive with care: artists loose in park 

If you’re planning to travel through 

Grand Teton National Park on Saturday, 

you may want to give yourself a little 

extra time since, in addition to the usual 

bear-jams and moose-jams, you might 

encounter a couple of artist-jams. 

Writer Susan Marsh will be leading 

this month’s “Writers in the Park” workshop 

9-noon on Saturday. 

Also, painter Molly Martin 

Hirschfield will be demonstrating plein 

air painting 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at Susan Marsh 

Oxbow Lake south of Jackson Lake 

Lodge, the latest installment in the summer “Art in the 

Environment” series. 

Both programs are sponsored by the Grand Teton Natural 

History Association, and both are free. 

Susan Marsh hails originally from the Pacific Northwest 

but has lived and written in Jackson for many years. Her 

essays have appeared in Orion, North American Review and 

other journals and anthologies. In 2003, she was awarded the 

demonstrations 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays 

through Saturdays, and leads informal artmaking 

sessions 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays and 

Thursdays. 732-5438. 

THEATER 

• The historic Jackson Hole Playhouse, 145 

W. Deloney Ave., presents “The Unsinkable 

Molly Brown” at 8 p.m. each night except 

Sunday through Sept. 30. 733-6994 or 

www.jhplayhouse.com. 

KIDS & FAMILIES 

• Teton County Library’s Summer Reading 

Program presents “A Horse, Of Course” craft session 

10:30-11:30 a.m. Kids 8 to 11 create 

metal pony portraits and more. Free. 733- 

2164 ext. 103. 

SPORTS & RECREATION 

• Swim lessons are offered 8 a.m.-9 p.m. in 

the Rec Center. 

• Start Smart golf meets 11 a.m.-noon at 

the Rec Center. 739-9025. 

• Co-ed 7-on-7 soccer league takes place 

5:30-9 p.m. at Snow King and on the Rec 

Center field. 

• Men’s recreational softball league plays 

6:15-10 p.m. on the Cow Pasture 1&2 ballfields. 

COMMUNITY 

• Today is the deadline to reserve a spot 

for the Jackson Hole Historical Society and 

Museum and Grand Teton Natural History 

Association’s excursion “Windows to the Past: The 

Homesteading Experience.” Space is limited. 

Suggested donation $45. Bring your own 

lunch. Trip repeated on Aug. 11. 733-9605. 

BEFORE 

AMUSEMENT 

ENTERING 

grand teton national 

PARK 

COURTESY PHOTO 

THURSDAY6 

MUSIC 

• Help yourself to some Cornbread and 

Beans at 43 North, at the south end of Cache 

Street. No cover. 733-0043. 

• Jackson Hole fixture Phil Round plays 

6:30-9:30 p.m. in the Amangani Lounge atop 

East Gros Ventre Butte. 734-7333. 

• Open Mic with Keith Reid and Friends takes 

place 8-midnight every Thursday at Dave’s 

Pubb in Tetonia, Idaho. (208) 345-2789. 

• Singer-songwriter Aaron Davis plays 

acoustic rock, folk and country at 10 p.m. at 

Eleanor’s Cuvee, behind Plaza Liquors on West 

Broadway. Special guest vocalist Seadar 

Rose accompanies for part of the show. No 

cover. 733-7901. 

• Walk down to Electrik Avenue with Front 

St. Productions at 10 p.m. each Thursday at 

Fine Spotted Cutthroat, across the Y intersection 

from Albies. No cover. 732-0001. 




• Pianist Pam Phillips plays it all 7-10 p.m. 

at the Granary atop east Gros Ventre Butte. 

733-8833. 

• The Grand Teton Music Festival starts its 

Thursday-night “Spotlight” series with a 

bang: the U.S. Air Force Heartland of America 

Concert Band performs at 8 p.m. at Walk 

Festival Hall in Teton Village. Concert 

repeats at 8 p.m. Sunday. Free, but tickets 

are required. 733-1128 or www.gtmf.org. 

• Larry Hestand Trio and special guests play 

at 6:30 p.m. each Thursday and Friday for 

diners at Harvest, 130 W. Broadway. 

Reservations recommended. 733-3488. 

• Carl’s Barn Open Mic, hosted by the Miller 

Sisters, starts at 9 p.m. at the Knotty Pine in 

Neltje Blanchan Memorial Award, given by the Wyoming Arts 

Council for literature inspired by the natural world, and she 

recently completed her first novel, “Eye of the Mountain.” 

Marsh will lead a workshop called “Metaphor and 

Memory,” which will feature exercises designed to train the 

mind to play, to delight in unexpected connections, and 

plumb the depth of memory. Workshop participants will 

meet at the Moose Visitor Center, then carpool to some beautiful 

spot in the park to write and read. Bring your writing 

instruments, something to sit on, appropriate outdoor cloth- 

ing and water. Call 733-7135 for more details. 

Hirschfield earned her degree in fine arts from UCLA and 

began working as a graphic designer in San Francisco. In 

1997, she began devoting herself full-time to fine art, and is 

particularly well known in Jackson Hole for her plein air 

work. She currently is a partner in the Trio Fine Art at 545 

N. Cache St. 

She will be painting in the morning to take advantage of 

the light. Local watercolorist Fred Kingwell will serve as onsite 

moderator. Call Kingwell at 733-4027 with questions. 

— Richard Anderson 

Victor, Idaho. (208) 787-2866. 

• Only three more nights to catch country 

singer-bassist Kenny Bradberry at the Million 

Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the west side of the 

Town Square. Music starts at 9 p.m. 733- 

2207. 

• Disco Night is hosted by Four4 

Productions from 9:30 p.m. to close every 

Thursday at the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. No 

cover. 733-4407. 

• The Westside Jazz Trio – pianist Keith 

Phillips, bassist Mike Rossi and drummer 

Mike Calabrese – performs 6:30-9:30 p.m. 

each Thursday at The Pines on the Moose- 

Wilson Road. 733-1005. 

ART • R.A. Heichberger and Michael Albrechtsen are 

spotlighted at Legacy Gallery, 75 N. Cache. 

733-2353. 

THEATER 

•Out of Thin Air, Jackson’s improv comedy 

troupe, makes all sorts of funny stuff up at 

8 p.m. each Thursday through Aug. 31 at 

the Mainstage Theatre, 50 W. Broadway. 

Recommended for ages 13 and up. All seats 

are $15, or try the new Local’s Punch Card: 

See three shows, catch the fourth for free. 

733-3670. 

OUTDOORS 

• The Jackson Hole Land Trust’s 2006 summer 

field trip series continues with a landscape 

photography clinic on the Armstrong property 

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Photographer Kim Fadiman 

leads the excursion to Poker Flats. Lunch will 

be provided; BYO digital camera. 733-4707. 

• The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance leads 

Teton Village EVENTS 

july 5 

XC Wed. 

night races 

UNITED CYCLISTS 

OF JACKSON HOLE 

JULY 7-9 

teton 

village 

antique 

show 

july 12 

XC Wed. 

night races 

UNITED CYCLISTS 

OF JACKSON HOLE

two naturalist-led backcountry boat trips across 

Jackson Lake into one of Jackson Hole’s 

closest roadless forests. Trips meet at 10 

a.m. today and tomorrow at Leek’s Marina in 

Grand Teton National Park. Bring a daypack 

with layers, water, lunch/snacks, sunscreen, 

hat and sturdy walking shoes or boots. No 

black-soled footwear on the boat. Space limited; 

reserve a spot soon. 733-9417 or beverly@jhalliance.org. 

COMMUNITY 

• Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on 

Rena Trail’s future home at 3915 W. 

Andersen Lane, just past Calico on the Teton 

Village Road. Come by for the ground-breaking 

ceremony at 5:30 p.m. RSVP to 734- 

0828, ext. 1, or terri@tetonhabitat.org. 

FRIDAY7 

MUSIC 

• Salt Lake City blues, jazz, funk and 

rock unit Wisebird pays another visit to 

Jackson Hole, bringing air-tight harmonies 

to 43 North, at the south end of Cache 





• Bob Greenspan’s Rockin’ Blues Band does 

what it does best tonight at Cutty’s, across the 

Y intersection from Albies. No cover. 732- 

0001. 

• Four4 Productions’ Vert-One and Mike 

Thunder spin tunes 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. at 

Eleanor’s Cuvee, behind Plaza Liquors. No 

cover. 733-7901. 




• The Granary at Spring Creek Resort atop 

East Gros Ventre Butte hosts Jazz Night with 

pianist Pam Phillips, bassist Mike Rossi and 

sax man Matt Miles 8-11 p.m. 

• Donald Runnicles conducts the Grand Teton 

Music Festival’s opening orchestral concerts – 

featuring Mozart’s Overture to the “Magic 

Flute,” Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “The 

Eroica,” and Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” with 

guest soloist Sarah Chang on violin – at 8 

p.m. today and Saturday at Walk Festival 

Hall in Teton Village. $40. 733-1128 or 

www.gtmf.org. 

• Front St. Productions’ “DROP” series continues 

with Kraddy & Ooah at the Mangy Moose in 

EVENT 

SCHEDULE 

240 South Glenwood 

734-8956 

www.jhcenterforthearts.org 

FOR MORE CALENDAR 

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AND CLICK ON “CALENDAR.” 

Teton Village. Get down with booty-shaking, 

bass-bending hip-hop. $10; imaginative 

dressers discounted at the door. 733-9779, 

www.kraddyodaddy.com, www.ooah.org. 

• Only two more nights to catch country 

singer-bassist Kenny Bradberry at the Million 

Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the west side of the Town 

Square. Music starts at 9 p.m. 733-2207. 

• Anything goes at Joe’s Garage Open Mic 

starting at 10 p.m. every Friday in the Shady 

Lady Saloon in Snow King Resort. Sign up 

begins at 8:30 p.m. No cover. 733-5200. 

• The Silver Dollar Bar welcomes Cowboy 

Jubilee back to its Greenback Stage tonight 

and Saturday. In the Wort Hotel at the corner 

of Glenwood and West Broadway. 733-2190. 

• Friday night is Jazz Night at Warbirds Café, 

just north of Driggs, Idaho, in the Driggs-Reed 

Memorial Airport. This week, vocalist Nicole 

Madison reunites with pianist Keith Phillips 

and bassist Al Klegge. (208) 354-2550. 

ART • Trio Fine Arts, 545 N. Cache, hosts a oneperson 

show and artist’s reception for 

renowned landscape artist Russell Chatham. 

Public reception is 6-8 p.m. Before the reception, 

Chatham will talk about his process; 

reservations required for the discussion. Show 

hangs through July 22. 743-4444. 

• The Muse Gallery, at 745 W. Broadway, 

exhibits “New Works” by Nicole Charbonnet. 

Opening reception takes place 5-8 p.m. 

tonight. 733-0555. 

• The Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs 

and the Art Association host an opening reception 

for “The Fire This Time: Earth and Art in Times 

of Flux” – an exhibit of photography, mixed 

media, paintings and sculpture by Babs Case, 

Jeremy Morgan, Bronwyn Minton, Glo Lamson, 

Thomas Stimpson, Jonathan Long, Suzanne Morlock 

and Susan Thulin – 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the 

Center for the Arts, 240 S. Glenwood. Show 

hangs through Aug. 31. 733-6379. 

• Photographer Ronald Chilcote shows 

images from his next book about Wyoming’s 

Wind River Range at Wyoming Frameworks, 

aka Blackrock Gallery, 150-D Scott Lane. 733- 

5077. 

• Jackson Street Gallery, 130 S. Jackson St., 

hosts its second annual all-women’s show, 

“The 46th Chromosome” July 7-30. Artists’ 

reception will be July 14. 734-0649. 

• Seventy-five dealers from Florida to 

California are expected at the Teton Village 

Antique Show today through Sunday, including 

dealers who have been featured in 

Art Association 733.6379 

www.artassociation.org 

• Drawing Circus with Edward 

Stanton: Seek new ideas through 

experimentation and peer example 

7-10 p.m. on July 11, 10 a.m.- 

5 p.m. on July 12-13. $350; $325 

for Art Association members. 

• Art Fair Jackson Hole: Three 

days of art, entertainment and food 

from around the region and country 

runs 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily Friday, 

July 14- Sunday, July 16. 

• Sculpting the Truth with Simon 

Kogan: Find the hidden balance 

that brings soul to a sculpture 9 

a.m.-4 p.m. July 24-28. $550; $525 

for Art Association members. 

• Session II Youth classes begin 

the week of July 24. Space is still 

available in Youth Clay (age 3-5; 

grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8), Kinderart 

(age 3-5) and Little Hands Little 

Feet (age 18 months-2 years). 

Jackson Hole 

Music Experience 

733-3970 www.jhme.org 

• Rock & Roll Camp: Teens learn 

and hone the fundamentals of 

rocking out with some of Jackson 

Hole’s most experienced professional 

musicians and some out-of-town 

heavy-hitters 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 

daily July 24-28 at the Teton 

Science Schools Jackson Campus. 

Architectural Digest, Ski Magazine, Country 

Home and Mountain Living. (303) 588-1319. 

GOOD EATS 

• July is National Ice Cream Month, and the 

Teton County-Jackson Parks and Recreation 

Department serves up free ice cream from 

Moo’s Gourmet, Haagen-Dazs and Meadow 

Gold Dairies at 7 p.m. on the north lawn of 

the Rec Center. Bring a blanket or lawn 

chairs and enjoy a free concert by the United 

States Air Force Heartland of America Band, too. 

739-9025. 


• The Teton County Library’s Teen Summer 

Reading Program takes teen readers entering 

grades 6 to 12 back to the old days of leg 

warmers and Members Only jackets with an 

’80s Bowl-o-Rama 6-8 p.m. in the Elks Lodge, 

270 W. Broadway. Four4 Production spins 

the ’80s hits. Free, but parental permission 

slip required. 733-2164 ext. 103. 

OUTDOORS 

• The Teton Science Schools’ final Bird 

Banding Breakfast starts at 6 a.m. at the 

Jackson Campus. Join the TSS bird banding 

team as they catch, band and release local 

songbirds for the Monitoring Avian 

Productivity and Survivorship program. $10 

for adults, $15 for students; includes breakfast. 

Limited to 15. 733-1313, ext. 1207 or 

www.tetonscience.org. 

SATURDAY8 

MUSIC 

• Dark Cheddar hosts the melt-down 

tonight at 43 North, at the south end of Cache 





• Wisebird flies in from SLC, lining 

Jackson Hole’s nest with blues, funk, rock 

and jazz tonight at Cutty’s, across the Y intersection 

from Albies. 732-0001. 

• Front St. Productions spins the tunes 10 

p.m. to closing every Saturday at Eleanor’s 

Cuvee behind Plaza Liquors off West 

Broadway. 733-7901. 



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Dancers’ Workshop 

733.6398 www.dwjh.org 

• Dancing Masks: Learn about 

masks from around the world, 

explore movement with masks, and 

tell stories. Culminates in an informal 

performance of “Masks and 

Movement!” 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 

Monday, July 10-Friday, July 14. 

Off-Square Theatre Company 

733-3670 www.offsquare.org 

• Out of Thin Air: Jackson Hole’s 

own hilarious improv comedy 

troupe takes the stage with their 

wacky, high-voltage brand of 

comedy at 8 p.m. each Thursday 

through Aug. 31. 


A NON-SMOKING ESTABLISHMENT 

IN TETON VILLAGE 

All shows start at 10:00pm unless noted 

Friday, July 7 

DROP with Kraddy & Ooah 

Bass-bending, 

exploratory electronic 

beatbreak nastiness 

and mind-expanding, 

booty-shaking good 

times. Get down. No, 

really…get down. Get 

your hands on the floor. It’s part two of the 

Drop summer series, and if you don’t know 

how we do it by now, then you better aks’ 

somebody. DJ/Producers Kraddy (SF) and 

Ooah (LA) build it up, break it down, and 

blow it out. Come be a part of the experience. 

Imaginative dressers discounted at the 

door. $10 @ Door 

Monday, July 10 

Yellowman & 

The Sagittarius Band 

One of the biggest, 

rudest dancehall 

performers of all time. 

After Bob Marley’s death in the 80s, 

Yellowman became one of the most popular 

reggae artists to come out of Jamaica. 

Known for his cheeky, witty, intelligent lyrics 

and sharp melodic style, Jamaica’s 

world-famous albino son is as spirited and 

energetic as ever. This is roots reggae at its 

finest. Victor Raggamuffin opens. 

$20 Advance $22 Day of show 

Friday, July 14 

2 BANDS, 2 SETS … 9PM 

On theOne featuring 

John Staten & Jesse Malloy 

John Staten and Jesse Molloy toured for 

over two years together with Carlos 

Washington and the Giant People. On the 

One is the result of their friendship and love 

of live, funky, soulful music. If you’ve never 

seen John Staten play the drums before, 

prepare to have your mind blown. 

Toubab Krewe 

Asheville, N.C., may not seem like a stronghold 

for African-rooted music, but Toubab 

Krewe has soaked up the patterns and 

rhythms of music from Mali, Zimbabwe, 

Congo, Brazil and the Caribbean. 

COMING UP 

Wednesday, July 19 

Jerry Joseph Band 

(WIDESPREAD PANIC AFTER-PARTY) 

What can we say about Jerry Joseph that 

you don’t already know? This one’s always a 

sell out, so get your tickets now or cry about 

missing out later. The choice is yours. 

Tickets available at Mangy Moose, 

Tobacco Row & Mountunes 

mangy moose hotline 733-9779 

dinner reservations 733-4913


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• Pam Phillips plays jazz, classical, 

Broadway, pop and more 7-10 p.m. at the 

Spring Creek Resort’s Granary, atop East Gros 

Ventre Butte. 733-8833. 

• Donald Runnicles conducts the Grand Teton 

Musical Festival’s opening orchestral concerts – 

featuring Mozart’s Overture to the “Magic 

Flute,” Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “The 

Eroica,” and Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” with 

guest soloist Sarah Chang on violin – at 8 

p.m. at Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village. 

$40. 733-1128 or www.gtmf.org. 

• Tonight’s the night! Country singerbassist 

Kenny Bradberry plays one final night at 

the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the west side of 

the Town Square. Music starts at 9 p.m. 

733-2207. 

• DJ Jay spins ’80s music at 10 p.m. every 

Saturday at the Rancher Spirits and Billiards. No 

cover. 733-3886. 

• The Peace Chorus meets to promote 

peace in the world through song 11 a.m.noon 

every Saturday at the home of Jann 

Levinson, 720 W. Snow King Ave. 733-9357 

or janmusic@blissnet.com. 

ART • With help from volunteers, The Art 

Association will open the ArtSpace Gallery on 

Saturdays through Aug. 19 to allow more people 

to view “Arnold Newman: One World, One People.” 

The gallery will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The 

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Breakfast 7-11 

Lunch 12-3 

Dutch Oven Dinners 5-9 

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12 MILES NORTH OF 

JACKSON IN MOOSE 

show hangs through Aug. 25. 733-6379. 

• Painter Shannon Troxler Thal and jeweler 

Elizabeth Ann Wright-Clark show and sell their 

latest work noon-7 p.m. at Wright-Clark’s 

cabin studio at 2600 N. Fish Creek Rd. 

Wright-Clark’s work continues to change in 

New York City, while Thal will bring canvasses 

painted in France. Refreshments served. 

If you can’t attend, call to set up an appointment. 

(917) 699-6275 or 733-0378. 

GOOD EATS 

• The Jackson Hole Farmer’s Market returns to 

the Town Square with fresh fruit, vegetables, 

flowers, baked good and more 8-11 a.m. 

each Saturday through Sept. 9. Jackson 

Mayor Mark Barron rings the opening bell 

and Four Seasons resorts hosts “Chefs at the 

Market.” Local nonprofits receive 10 percent 

of vendors’ proceeds. 690-6661. 

OUTDOORS 

• Botanist Kevin Taylor leads a half-day 

wildflower hike up Garnet Canyon in Grand Teton 

National Park. Meet at 10 a.m. at the 

Lupine Meadows Trailhead to learn about 

plant identification, ecology, plant/animal 

interactions, edible plants and other aspects 

of ethnobotany. Wear comfortable hiking 

shoes, bring plenty of water, lunch, sunscreen, 

hat, raincoat, and your sense of 

adventure. 733-3776. 

• Join the Sierra Club for a hike and/or 

backpack to Goodwin Lake (880 feet of gain) 

with Steve Deutsch; on Sunday, join Joyce 

Icardo for a walk up Jackson Peak (2,380 

feet of gain). Free. 733-3988 or 690-7161. 

SUNDAY9 

MUSIC 

• Open Mic Night runs 8:30 p.m.-midnight 

at 43 North. This week’s featured performers 

are folksy guitarist-and-vocals duo Patricia 

Roscetti and Matthew Eisendberg. Musicians, 

poets, comedians, etc. are all welcome. Call 

to sign up or just show up. 733-0043. 

• Margo Valiante plays bluegrass, country 

and folk 5-9 p.m. in the Lobby Lounge at Four 

Seasons Resort in Teton Village. 732-5000. 

• The Grand Teton Music Festival presents an 

encore concert by the U.S. Air Force Heartland 

of America Concert Band at 8 p.m. at Walk 

Festival Hall in Teton Village. Free, but tickets 

are required. 733-1128 or 

www.gtmf.org. 

• The legendary Stagecoach Band performs 

6-10 p.m. at the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. No 

cover. 733-4407. 

ART • Molly Martin Hirschfield paints live and in 

person 9 a.m.-noon at Oxbow Lake in Grand 

Teton National Park, the second of this summer’s 

“Art in the Environment” programs of the 

Grand Teton Natural History Association. 

Local watercolor guru Fred Kingwill provides 

color commentary. 733-4027. 

MONDAY10 

MUSIC 

• Dark Cheddar plays extra sharp tonight at 

43 North, at the south end of Cache Street.

733-0043. 

• The Saddle Tramps of Bozeman, Mont., 

dust themselves off at the Million Dollar Cowboy 

Bar, on the west side of the Town Square, 

nightly through July 15. 733-2207. 

• Judd Grossman plays folk, rock and country 

5-9 p.m. in the Lobby Lounge at Four 

Seasons Resort in Teton Village. 732-5000. 

• The one and only Yellowman, Jamaica’s 

famous albino rasta, gets rude tonight at the 

Mangy Moose in Teton Village with his 

Sagittarius Band. Cheeky, smart and sharp. 

Victor Raggamuffin opens. $20 in advance, 

$22 day of show. 733-9779. 

• DJ K-Smooth mixes hip-hop tunes at 10 

p.m. each Monday at the Rancher Spirits and 

Billiards, on the south side of the Town 

Square. 733-3886. 

• The Jackson Hole Hootenanny opens the 

doors to the Lodge Room in Snow King Center 

at 6:15 p.m., when local and visiting musicians 

are invited to sign up to perform twosong 

sets. Music starts at 7. Full bar service, 

patrons are welcome to bring their own food, 

children under 18 are welcome with parents 

or a responsible adult accompanying them. 

$3 cover. 733-5200. 

DANCE 

• Dancers’ Workshop offers “Dancing Masks,” 

9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. today through July 14. 

Learn about masks from around the world 

while exploring movement and storytelling. 

Workshop culminates in an informal performance. 

733-6398 or www.dwjh.org. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

• The Volleyball Club of the Tetons hosts a 

fast-paced weekend volleyball camp today 

through July 12 at Teton High School in Driggs, 

Idaho. Led by 2001 Wyoming Coach of the 

Year Sue Muncaster and Portland State All- 

American Erika Gyselman, the camp will be 

divided into 8 a.m.-noon sessions for girls 

and boys entering 6-8 grade ($50), and 10 

a.m.-4 p.m. sessions for boys and girls going 

into 9-12 grade ($60). (208) 787-2610 or 

smuncaster@silverstar.com. 

CLASSES & LECTURES 

• Central Wyoming College offers a Wyoming 

Hunter Education and Safety class 6-9:30 p.m. 

through July 13. $20. 733-7425 to register. 

• The Teton Literacy Program offers four oneweek 

summer literacy workshops for students 

in grades 1-5 starting today and continuing 

through Aug. 4. Students will 

enhance their literacy skills by creating costumes, 

designing menus and writing plays, 

among other activities 10-noon Monday 

through Friday at the TLP office, 1465 

Gregory Lane, #260. $10. Volunteers needed, 

too. 733-9242. 

HEALTH & FITNESS 

• Teton County Public Health conducts free and 

confidential HIV testing Monday through Friday 

at Teton County Public Health, 460 E. Pearl. 

For an appointment, phone 733-6401. 

TUESDAY11 

MUSIC 

• Live from Boston, hi8us plays jazz and 

funk 10 p.m. to closing at Eleanor’s Cuvee 

behind Plaza Liquors off West Broadway. 

733-7901. 

• Tuesday night is Latino Night at Fine 

Spotted Cutthroat, across the Y intersection 

from Albies. DJ Concord spins Latino dance 

tunes. No cover. 732-0001. 

• Rebecca Ryan plays jazz and cabaret 

favorites 6-10 p.m. in the Lobby Lounge at 

Four Seasons Resort in Teton Village. 733- 

5000. 

• The Grand Teton Music Festival hosts the 

first of six interactive “Inside the Music” programs 

at 8 p.m. on July 11 at Walk Festival 

Hall in Teton Village. Orchestra members 

ponder the question “What is Chamber 

Music?” while performing Brahms’ Trio for 

Clarinet, Cello and Piano, and 

Shostakovich’s Piano Quartet in G minor. 

$17. 733-1128 or www.gtmf.org. 

• Kansas City vintage country string band 

The Wilders visit Wyoming as they tour to support 

their new CD, “Throw Down,” including a 

stop tonight at the Harvest Café. 733-5418 or 

www.wilderscountry.com. 

• PBS – bassist George Porter, drummer 

Russell Batiste and guitarist Brian Stoltz – kick it 

at Knotty Pine in Victor, Idaho, tonight. Doors 

open at 9 p.m., music starts at 10. $18. 

(208) 787-2866. 

• The Log Cabin Saloon at 475 N. Cache St. 

hosts karaoke every Tuesday. 

• The Saddle Tramps of Bozeman, Mont., 

dust themselves off at the Million Dollar Cowboy 

Bar, on the west side of the Town Square, 

nightly through July 15. 

• Singer-songwriter Aaron Davis plays 

acoustic rock, folk and country 6-8 p.m. during 

Tapas Tuesday at the National Museum of 

Wildlife Art. Reservations recommended for 

dinner. 733-5771. 

• Four4 Productions spins from 10 p.m. till 

close every Tuesday at the Shady Lady in Snow 

King Resort. 733-5200. 

• The Buffalo Grass is back in Moran, which 

means fresh bluegrass at the Silver Dollar Bar’s 

Greenback Stage. In the Wort Hotel at the corner 

of Glenwood and West Broadway. 733-2190. 

ART 

• John Potter and Carol Swinney show new 

landscapes at Galleries West Fine Art, 70 S. 

Glenwood. Artists’ reception will be July 14. 

733-4412. 

• Edward Stanton teaches “Drawing Circus” 

today through July 13 at the Art Association, 

240 S. Glenwood. Cost is $350; $325 for 

Art Association members. 733-6379 or 

www.artassociation.org. 

GOOD EATS 

• The Rising Sage Café in the National Museum 

of Wildlife Art offers Tapas Tuesday 5:30-9 

p.m. each week. Museum galleries open for 

free to guests, and area musicians perform 

during dinner. 732-5434. 


• Teton County Library’s Summer Reading 

Program presents a “Bear-y Beautiful” craft 

session 3-4 p.m. for kids 5 to 7. Make a soft 

and cuddly bear that is also a bank. Free. 

733-2164, ext. 103. 

OUTDOORS 

• The Jackson Hole Land Trust’s 2006 summer 

field trip series continues with a 

Flycasting Clinic on the Parker property 1-4 

p.m. Snacks provided; BYO rod and reel. 

733-4707. 

OUTLYING 

• The Idaho Fall Arts Council and Eastern Idaho 

regional Medical Center’s “EIRMC Snake River 

Concerts” continue with Jackson Hole 

pianist/vocalist Pam Phillips at 7 p.m. on the 

Snake River Greenbelt, downtown Idaho 

Falls. Free. (208) 522-0471 or www.idahofallsarts.org 

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upcoming 

ART 

• Art Fair Jackson Hole, the Art Association’s twopart 

summer fund-raiser, brings art, entertainment 

and food from around the region and country 

runs 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily July 14-16 at Miller 

Park in downtown Jackson. 733-6379 or 

www.artassociation.org. 

• Oswald Gallery, 165 N. Center St., throws a 

reception for photographer Roman Loranc on July 

15. Show hangs through Aug. 3. 734-8100 or 

www.OswaldGallery.com. 

DANCE 

• Dancers’ Workshop hosts Thayne Jasperson and 

Eldon Johnson of the Odyssey Dance Theatre for a 

Jazz, Hip Hop and Musical Theater Workshop July 

13-18. 733-6398. 

THEATER 

• The Off Square Theatre Company presents 

“Sylvia,” A.R. Gurney’s hilarious and heartwarming 

tale about a man, his chagrinned wife, and 

his new best friend. The summer shop opens July 

21 and plays Fridays, Saturdays, Mondays and 

Tuesdays through Aug. 19. 733-3021. 


• There’s still time to register for the Jackson Hole 

Music Experience’s fourth annual Bluegrass Camp 

for Kids, taking place July 13-14 at the Center for 

the Arts, 240 S. Glenwood. Faculty is Justin Smith, 

Anne Sibley, Pete Sibley, Dave McCann and Kathy 

McCann. Beginner to advance instruction for musicians 

9-17 years old. $125; some scholarships 

available. 734-2423 or onemadrabbit@yahoo.com. 

SPORTS & REC 

• Beginner and intermediate level runners who 

want to integrate running into their fitness routine, 

develop a regular running habit, or train for 

an upcoming race are invited to join Connie 

Sciolino for eight weeks of drills, speed work, 

stretching, strength training, discussion and more 

5:30-7 p.m. each Wednesday July 12 through Aug. 

30. $60; drop-ins welcome for $10. 739-9025. 

• The Snow King Hill Climb race starts at 8:45 

a.m. on July 22. 

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FRIDAY, JULY 7 

• Teton County Library’s Teen Summer Reading 

Program hosts an ’80s Bowl-O-Rama party from 6- 

8 p.m. @ the Elks Lodge, 270 W. Broadway. Wear 

your best neon colors or leg warmers, and try out 

your dance moves in the break dance competition. 

Music provided by Four4Productions. Pizza and 

’80s-themed prizes provided. Free. 733-2164. 


• Hero’s Comics hosts Game Night at 7 p.m. each 

Saturday at 20 W. Broadway. Free. 733-8858. 

MONDAY, JULY 10 

• The Volleyball Club of the Tetons hosts a fast- 

events 

OUTDOORS 

• The Snake River Fund hosts the first of four summer 

float trips on July 12. Drift down the Snake 

River with a naturalist, enjoy a riverside Dutchoven 

dinner, and finish the evening with a twilight 

float at the take-out. Trip departs at 4 p.m. from 

Barker-Ewing’s office at 945 W. Broadway. $75. 

Other trips planned in August and September. 

Proceeds benefit the Snake River Fund. 690-8532. 

• Jackson-Teton County Recreation Department 

leads a tour of notable Jackson Hole gardens 8:30 

a.m.-12:30 p.m. on July 19. Meet at the Rec Center. 

CLASSES & WORKSHOP 

• Learn how to research your family tree at the 

Teton County Library’s next Lunch ’n’ Learn workshop 

noon-2 p.m. on July 19. Free, with light 

lunch served, but sign-up required at the library’s 

Info Desk. 733-2164, ext. 106. 

COMMUNITY 

• The next Recreation Center Ramble – short, 

easy walks around downtown Jackson for area 

seniors – will take place 9-10 a.m. on July 13. 

Meet at the Rec Center and stroll at a leisurely 

pace for a mile or two in residential neighborhoods. 

Free. 739-9025. 

OUTLYING 

• Jackson favorite Nicole Madison headlines the 

19th annual Yellowstone Jazz Festival July 14-15 

in Powell and Cody, Wyo. Other acts include the 

Craig Olson Jazz Quartet, Soul Creek, the Powell 

High School Jazz Combo, the 18-piece Yellowstone 

Big Band, and Jazziz Magazine’s Critic’s Choice 

Winner Dotsero. http://www.tctwest.net/~yellowstonejazz/ 

or yellowstonejazz@yahoo.com. 

ONGOING 

• Teton County Library displays two literaryinspired 

art projects – “On the Wall,” a playful, 

interactive channel for written and visual work, 

and “Books Unbound,” a gathering of examples of 

altered books – through Sept. 30. Part of the 

Teton Literary Festival. Free. 733-2164 ext. 113. 

ORBIT 

paced weekend volleyball camp today through July 

12 at Teton High School in Driggs, Idaho. Led by 

2001 Wyoming Coach of the Year Sue Muncaster 

and Portland State All-American Erika Gyselman, 

the camp will be divided into 8 a.m.-noon sessions 

for girls and boys entering 6-8 grade ($50), 

and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. sessions for boys and girls 

going into 9-12 grade ($60). (208) 787-2610 or 

smuncaster@silverstar.com. 


• The Young Adult Summer Book Club meets noon- 

1 p.m. at the Teton County Library. Bring your current 

reads to share and earn raffle tickets for 

summer reading prizes. Free. 733-2164 ext. 103. 

To submit events for the Teen Orbit Calendar, e-mail editor@planetjh.com or call us at 732-0299.

Try our Thai Lunch Express 

from 11:00am - 2:30pm 

Authentic THAI Dinner Daily 

Doors Open at 5:00pm 

Take-Out Available 

Reservations Recommended 

Walk-ins Welcome 

245 W. Pearl Ave. 

(across from the old Post Office) 

734-0245 

Bring your family 

and 

sit on our deck! 

SHOGUN 

S . U . S . H . I 

LUNCH & DINNER 7 DAYS A WEEK 

Mon.-Fri. 11am-10pm 

Sat.-Sun. 5-10pm 

DINE IN 

TAKE OUT 

DELIVERY 

733-9168 

265 W. BROADWAY (next to mountunes) 

307-733-2460 

Teton Village Road • Open daily at 5:00 pm 

Between Jackson & Teton Village 


dining GUIDE 

Asian & Sushi 

BON APPE THAI Lunch 

served from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 

Dinner starting at 5 p.m. 

Closed for lunch on Sundays. 

Take-Out and Delivery 

Available. Walk-Ins welcome. 

Reservations recommended. 

Across from the old post office. 

245 Pearl, 734-0245. 

KOSHU WINE BAR 

Koshu serves an ever-changing 

menu of contemporary pan- 

Asian cuisine, delicious cocktails 

and a variety of wines by 

the glass. The Jackson Hole 

Wine Company is just outside 

our door with hundreds of great 

wines from which to choose. 

Open nightly at 6 p.m. Behind 

JH Wine Co., 733-5283. 

SHOGUN SUSHI Serving 

lunch and dinner 7 days a 

week. Monday - Friday 11 a.m.- 

10 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 5 

p.m.-10 p.m. Take out or 

Delivery. 265 W. Broadway, 

733-9168. 

NIKAI Jackson’s favorite 

sushi bar. www.nikaisushi.com 

225 N. Cache, 734-6490. 

OPEN NIGHTLY 6-10:00PM 

THAI ME UP Authentic 

Thai dishes including coconut 

chicken lemongrass soup, 

drunken noodle and cocunut 

milk curries. Full bar and childrens’ 

menu. 75 E. Pearl, parking 

behind restaurant. Dinner 

from 5:30, open Mon-Sat. Takeout 

available. 733-0005. 

Continental 

Chef Michael Burke, Proprietor 

72 S. Glenwood • 733-8575 

43 NORTH 

Serving dinner seven nights a 

week at the base of Snow King. 

Happy hour specials begin at 

5pm. Cozy pub atmosphere and 

great selection of whiskies. 

Live music four nights a week. 

645 S. Cache, 733-0043. 

ALPENHOF 

Serving in the European-style 

Alpenrose Dining Room and 

Bistro Bar. Enjoy the Fondue 

menu and other Bavarian 

favorites. Pair this with an 

award-winning wine list. 

A full bar menu is available in 

the Bistro from 11:30 a.m. to 

9:30 p.m. featuring soups, 

salads, burgers and other 

alpine specialties. Open at 

7:00 for breakfast, 11:30 for 

Open 11:30a.m. Monday - Sunday for Lunch 

5:30p.m. Daily for Dinner 

BILLY’S Open Daily 

Nightly 5-7p.m. 2 for 1 Happy Hour Drinks 

IN THE LOUNGE 

On the 

Town Square 

733-3279 

Reservations Advised 

D.O.G. 

DOWN 

ON 

lunch, and 5:30 for dinner. 

Call 733-3242 for dinner reservations. 

Located in the 

Alpenhof Lodge in Teton 

Village. 733-3242 

THE BLUE LION 

A Jackson Hole favorite. 

Offering the finest in creative 

cuisine in a refurbished older 

home. Join us in a charming 

indoor atmosphere or outdoors 

on our deck. Ask a local about 

our rack of lamb. Also serving 

fresh fish, elk, poultry and vegetarian 

entreés. Open nightly at 

5:30 p.m. Early Bird Special 

gets you 20% off your entire 

bill between 5:30 and 6:00 

p.m. Reservations recommended! 

160 N. Millward, 733-3912. 

BURKE’S 

CHOP HOUSE Sample our 

superior steaks, chops and 

innovative fish, game and fowl 

dishes in this historic renovated 

building. Reservations recommended, 

smoke-free 

atmosphere. Open nightly from 

6-10 p.m. 72 S. Glenwood, 

733-8575. 

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delhi ON GLEN 

Friday - Monday evenings 

6:00 - 11:00pm 

ORIGINAL INDIAN & MORE 

curries, breads, & gyros. 

CALL AHEAD FOR TAKE-OUT 

Free Balloon with every meal! 

733.4422 

25 S. GLENWOOD 

NEXT TO MOUNTAIN HIGH 

GLEN


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DORNAN’S PIZZA & 

PASTA CO. 

Gourmet pizzas, homemade 

soups, pasta, sandwiches and 

salads. Enjoy a relaxing lunch 

while sitting along the Snake 

River enjoying the fabulous 

view of the Tetons. 12 miles 

north of Jackson in Grand 

Teton National Park at Moose, 

Wyoming, 733-2415. 

ELEANOR’S CUVÉE 

A favorite of Jackson locals. 

Eleanor's Cuvee offers wine 

country cuisine in a variety of 

succulent dishes. Open 

Monday - Saturday 5 p.m. – 

10 p.m. for dinner. Bar open 

till 2am. Located within Plaza 

Liquors at 832 W. Broadway. 

733-7901. 

THE GRANARY Overlooking 

the magnificent Teton Range, 

offers a casual yet elegant 

atmosphere. Specialties include 

Elk, Rocky Mountain Trout and 

fresh seafood flown in from 

Hawaii. Award winning wine 

list. Nightly happy hour specials 

from 4-7 p.m. Jazz Night 

is on Fridays from 7-10 p.m. 

and Pam Phillips plays on 

Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. 

An unforgettable dining experience 

equaled only by the view. 

Open Wed-Sat, and breakfast 

only on Sundays. Reservations 

suggested. Spring Creek Ranch, 

732-8112. 

Austrian Restaurant & Copper Bar 

Since 1983, host Peter Stiegler has offered 

guests classically prepared Austrian and 

Continental favorites served in the cozy 

ambiance of an alpine home. 

Serving dinner Tuesday-Sunday, 5:00-9:30pm 

At the Aspens on Teton Village Road, 733-1071 

OYG 

cucina piemontese-ligure 

175 CENTER STREET 734.6161 

HORSE CREEK 

STATION Wyoming’s finest 

smokehouse BBQ. Now serving 

lunch 7 days a week. Deck and 

Patio open 11:30 a.m. to 10 

p.m. Dining room opens at 

5:30. Located at Hoback 

Junction. For reservations call 

733-0810. 

MANGY MOOSE 

RESTAURANT Packed full 

of ambience. Enjoy our menu of 

fresh shellfish, BBQ ribs, steak, 

chicken, pasta and our famous 

salad bar. Teton Village, 

733-4913. 

MILLION DOLLAR COW- 

BOY STEAKHOUSE 

Offering the finest steaks in 

Jackson and local favorites of 

elk, buffalo, trout, and fresh 

seafoods. Try one of our daily 

specials or our casual bar 

menu. Kids menu available. 

Top shelf libations and an 

international wine list. Below 

the World Famous Cowboy Bar 

on the Town Square. Locals 

Appreciation: Locals take 20% 

off your entire bill every night. 

Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. 

733-4790. 

RENDEZVOUS BISTRO 

Appetizers include raw bar, 

mussels, artichokes, steak tartar 

and more. Daily plates, 

rotisserie chicken, lamb, Ahi 

tuna, salmon, halibut, fish & 

chips, pasta and meatloaf. 

Reservations recommended, 

walk-ins welcome. Open nightly 

at 5:30 p.m. 380 S. Broadway, 

739-1100. 

ROUTE 89 

SMOKEHOUSE DINER 

Delicious breakfasts from 

homemade French Toast to 

Chicken Fried Steak or Corned 

Beef Hash and Eggs! Our 

extensive lunch and dinner 

menus offer a variety of B-B-Q 

and in-house smoked meats. 

Juicy burgers and lunch specials. 

Locals, don't forget your 

discount! Open 7 days a week 

from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. 455 N. 

Cache, across from the visitors 

center. A kinds menu and full 

bar are available. 733-2492 

SNAKE RIVER GRILL 

Celebrating our 13th anniversary! 

A locals’ favorite.Whether 

you stop by for a pizza and 

beer, or enjoy our celebrated 

menu of American and 

International fare and our 

huge wine list, you will be 

pleased by Jackson’s most 

beautiful restaurant and as 

stated in The Wine Spectator, 

the “best” in town! Open 

nightly from 5:30 p.m. On the 

Town Square, 733-0557. 

Now serving HOT SOUPS 

TRY our Soup & 1 Now serving HOT SOUPS 

TRY our Soup & /2 Sandwich Special 

Serving up the finest imported and 

domestic meats and cheeses this side 

of the Continental Divide! 

1 /2 Sandwich Special 

50 WEST DELONEY • TOWN SQUARE • JACKSON 

307-734-9420 • (F) 307-734-9430 • BackcountryProvisions.com 

Time For Lunch 

Fast, friendly, affordable 

11:30am – 2pm 

STARTERS 

Spinach Salad – spinach salad with spicy peanut sauce $4 

House Salad – organic spring mix mixed veggies, tofu and peanut sauce $4 

Egg Roll – one deep-fried roll made fresh daily - with Thai sweet sauce $2.50 

Spring Roll – vegetables in rice paper w/ sweet peanut and spicy sauce $2 

Thai Stick – two chicken satae, marinated in coconut milk - peanut sauce $4 

Coconut Shrimp – coconut battered tigers with a sweet and spicy sauce $3 

Tom Kha Gai – coconut soup w/ chicken, lemongrass, kaffir, Thai chili bowl $5 

Tom Yum Goong – hot and sour soup served with shrimp or tofu bowl $5 

NOODLES 

For shrimp add $1 

Chiang Mai Pad Thai - spicy with chicken or tofu $7 

Chef Style Pad Thai – sweet with tamarind – chicken or tofu $7 

Pacific Pad Thai – spicy pad Thai with peanut sauce $7 

Pad See Ew – wide noodles, black bean sauce, soy, egg, chicken or tofu $7 

Pad Kee Mow – wide noodles, oyster sauce, Thai basil, Thai chiles, chicken or tofu $7 

CURRY 

All curries come with mixed vegetables and jasmine rice. Please choose chicken, beef or tofu for your curry. 

For shrimp add $1. 

Yellow Curry – curry in coconut milk – less spicy with turmeric and cinnamon $7 

Green Curry – curry paste in coconut milk – spicy with citrus notes from kaffir leaves $7 

Red Curry – curry paste in coconut milk – very spicy $7 

Massaman Curry – sweet and spicy peanut curry from southern Thailand $7 

OTHER GOODIES 

Pad Kha Phow – ground chicken, oyster sauce, cracked pepper, Thai chiles and thai basil over rice $6 

Larb Gai – chilled ground chicken, cabbage, lettuce, Thai chilies, lime juice and mint served over rice $6 

Seared Ahi Tuna – served rare over a spinach salad with warm peanut sauce dressing $10 

Mixed Vegetable Stir Fry – with shrimp and jasmine rice $8 

Dinner 

6pm – close 

Closed Sunday 

385 W. Broadway, Jackson 

Authentic Mexican Cuisine 

(307) 733-1207 

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11am to 10pm 

LUNCHEON COMBINATION 

Monday-Friday 11am-3pm 

FULL BAR 

HOME OF THE ORIGINAL 

JUMBO MARGARITA 

LARGE SELECTION OF 

MEXICAN BEERS 

DINNER SPECIALS 

Abuelito’s Special 

Jumbo prawns cooked with mushrooms, 

sautéed in a tasty sour cream sauce 

Sopa Sieta Mares 

Delicious soup made with fresh fish, shrimp, 

octopus, crab legs, clams and scallops 

Lunch 

Monday – Friday 

75 E. Pearl • 733-0005

Home of the 

“BIG PIG 

MARG” 

32 oz. of pleasure 

Voted “BEST SALSA” 

Splash Magazine 

Authentic Mexican dishes 

made from scratch 

Hot chips made fresh all day long 

Choose from 10 homemade 

salsas and sauces 

Our margaritas will make you 

happy, but our service 

will make you smile! 

Since 1969 

(307) 733-2966 

North of the Town Square 

DOWNTOWN 

JACKSON 

Idalia Organic Bakery 

WHOLEGRAIN ARTISAN BREADS 

Fresh Bagels • Muffins • Scones 

and the Valley’s Best Sticky Buns 

105 E. Johnson Ave. Driggs • 208-354-5900 

Next to High Road Biodiesel 

Under new ownership. 

Bringing you hearth-baked breads six days a week. 

Tuesday-Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-1pm 

Stop in, say hello and give your senses a treat! 

VOTER REGISTRATION - NOTICE 

Fondue 

7:00am Breakfast 

11:30am Lunch 

5:30pm Dinner 

Near the Tram 

in The Alpenhof Lodge 

IN TETON VILLAGE 

733-3242 

DINNER NIGHTLY AT 5:30 PM 

733-0557 

On the Town Square 

in Jackson 

PRIMARY ELECTION 

AUGUST 22, 2006 

VOTER REGISTRATION FOR THE AUGUST 22, 2006, PRIMARY 

ELECTION WILL CLOSE MONDAY, JULY 24, 2006, AT 5:00 P.M. 

TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION YOU MUST BE REGISTERED. 

PLEASE COME TO THE TETON COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE AT 

200 SO. WILLOW AND BRING YOUR CURRENT PICTURE ID. IF 

YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE BY JULY 24, 2006, YOU 

WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ELECTION DAY AND REGISTER AT 

YOUR POLLING PLACE. PLEASE REGISTER EARLY. REGISTERING 

AT THE POLLS CAUSES DELAYS AND LONG LINES. IF YOU ARE 

ALREADY A REGISTERED VOTER IN TETON COUNTY, YOU DO 

NOT HAVE TO RE-REGISTER. 


dining GUIDE 

smoking. Open year-round at mesquite-grilled fajitas, sal- 

5:30 p.m. 62 S. Glenwood, ads, wraps and fire-roasted 

733-3717. 

chicken. Huge margs in 10 flavors. 

Complimentary chips and 

salsa. One block north of the 

square. 160 N. Cache, 

733-2966. 

STIEGLER’S 

AUSTRIAN 

RESTAURANT & 

COPPER BAR Since 1983, 

host Peter Stiegler has offered 

guests classically prepared 

Austrian and Continental 

favorites served in the cozy 

ambience of an alpine home. 

Serving dinner Tuesday-Sunday, 

5 – 9:30 p.m. At the Aspens on 

Teton Village Road, 733-1071. 

SWEETWATER 

RESTAURANT Satisfying 

locals for lunch and dinner for 

nearly 30 years with deliciously 

affordable comfort food. Award 

winning wine list. Lunch 11:30 

a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner 5:30- 

9:30 p.m. Corner of King & 

Pearl, 733-3553. 

TRIO An American Bistro 

started by three chefs with 

innovative flair! Seasonal and 

weekly specials. One block off 

the town square. Now open for 

lunch Mon. - Fri. 11:30 a.m. - 

2:30 p.m. Dinner nightly at 

5:30 p.m. 45 S. Glenwood, 

734-8038. www.bistrotrio.com. 

Italian 

ANTHONY’S ITALIAN 

RESTAURANT An institution 

in Jackson since 1977. 

Reasonably priced 3-course 

dinners from $13.00 (including 

soup, salad and limitless garlic 

bread)! Classic northern and 

southern Italian dishes. Full 

bar, children’s menu. Non- 

Now open for lunch. 

CALICO ITALIAN 

RESTAURANT & BAR 

Italian fare served from an 

open kitchen. Lively bar. Deck 

now OPEN. Open nightly 5 p.m. 

- 10 p.m. Teton Village Road, 

733-2460. 

OLD YELLOWSTONE 

GARAGE Authentic Genovese 

& Piemontese dishes accompanied 

by a selection of 100 fabulous 

wines. Fresh ingredients 

simply prepared and presented. 

Dine Italian Family Style at the 

Garage. Sunday night is our 

famous pizza party night. 

Serving dinner Tues. - Sat. 

starting at 6 p.m. 175 Center 

Street, 734-6161. www.oyg.com 

Mexican 

Three chefs with innovative flair 

Seasonal & weekly specials 

Wood-fired oven 

Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30am-2:30pm 

Dinner nightly at 5:30 p.m. 

45 S.Glenwood 

One block off town square 

734-8038 

EL ABUELITO Authentic 

Mexican Cuisine. Home of the 

original Jumbo Margarita. 

Featuring a full bar with a 

large selection of Mexican 

beers. Open 7 days a week from 

11 a.m. to 10pm. 385 W. 

Broadway, 733-1207. 

THE MERRY PIGLETS 

Voted Best Salsa in Jackson! 

Jackson’s oldest and most 

rockin’ Mexican restaurant. 

Choose from over 10 salsas 

and sauces, Tex-Mex plates, 

including enchiladas, rellenos, 

733-3912 

160 N. Millward 

PICA’S 

Fresh and colorful Mexican cuisine 

made to order. Great 

homemade chips and salsas 

and dangerous margs. Ask 

about our party platters and 

catering. 1160 Alpine Lane, 

Jackson. Or visit our Wilson 

location at the Stagecoach Bar. 

734-4457. 

Take-out 

BACKCOUNTRY 

PROVISIONS Jackson’s 

newest deli! Serving up the 

finest imported and domestic 

meats and cheeses. 50 W. 

Deloney St, 734-9420. 

www.backcountryprovisions.com 

DOMINO’S PIZZA 

520 S. Hwy 89, K-Mart Plaza, 

733-0330. 

HARD DRIVE CAFE 

Espresso, internet, sweets. 

Restaurant delivery. Open 5:45 

a.m. - 3 p.m. 520 7-10 split. 

110 Maple Way. 

SUBMIT YOUR 

RESTAURANT LISTING 

TO DINING@PLAN- 

ETJH.COM OR CALL 

OUR SALES TEAM AT 

732.0299 

OPENING AT 5:30PM NIGHTLY 

EARLY 

BIRD 

SPECIAL 

20% OFF BETWEEN 

5:30PM - 6PM 

Please present coupon or mention this ad to server when ordering. 

18% gratuity may be added to your bill prior to discount. 

Old Time Family Dining 

Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

6am to 10pm 

AWESOME LUNCH SPECIALS 

Locals Receive a 10% Discount 

733.2492 

455 N. Cache Across from the Visitors Center on Hwy 89


bring in this coupon and receive 

20% OFF 

anything in the store 

90 E. Broadway, SE corner of the Town Square 

Jackson • 739-1880 

Come into your Jackson Hole McDonald’s ® 

and See What's New! 

Try our new Asian Salad, a mix of succulent mandarin oranges, snow 

peas, edamame, red bell peppers and fresh premium greens all topped 

with warm orange-glazed grilled or crispy chicken, served with 

Newman's Own Low-fat Sesame Ginger salad dressing and slivered 

almonds on the side. 

Try one today at your 

Jackson Hole McDonald’s 

Free Wi-Fi with purchase 

Open Daily 5:30am to Midnight. 

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food 

In the summertime, you need 

some place to cool to go. The 

newest, coolest place in Jackson 

Hole is the new Hard Drive Café, 

which just reopened a week ago in 

Steve Dynia’s 1110 Maple Way 

building. 

While Hard Drive owner Ruth- 

Ann Petroff said she was still putting 

the finishing touches on the 

new space – the windows still are 

coated with construction-site 

grime, and there’s some furniture 

that hasn’t come in yet – business 

was bouncing. Modern jazz played 

over the stereo for a cutting-edge 

hipness highlighted by the electric 

lime-green walls and dozens of 

paper globe lamps of various sizes 

floating like bubbles at the top of a 

glass of beer. 

Out the south door, on a small 

patio, a couple of patrons took 

advantage of three or four tables, 

chairs and umbrellas. The roomy, 

open feeling, with high ceilings and 

walls of glass, doesn’t make you feel 

like you’re taking up too much 

space. And the big bay window area 

at the north end of the space contained 

stylish, comfy armchairs, has 

a living room-like feel where you 

might be tempted to while away 

more than just your lunch break. 

Which would be fine, Petroff 

said. “What we were trying to be 

like is a little Italian place,” she 

said, “like the bars in Italy where 

you can have some coffee, have 

NEWS 

Hard Drive Café reboots 

some lunch, but also like a family 

hang out.” 

The new home has allowed 

plenty of changes. 

Although they tried, “We never 

really were geared to do food,” 

Petroff said, referring to the café’s 

old space in the Kmart Plaza, which 

she gave up in April. “We ere mostly 

set as a coffee bar, and that’s 

mostly what people came in for.” 

Now, however, she’s got a nice 

big kitchen, allowing her to expand 

her panini selection and add pastas 

and lasagna. “And we’ve got a brand 

new, kick-ass espresso machine,” 

she said. “I think we upped the 

quality of everything a level.” 

As the name implies, Hard 

Drive Café also is an internet café, 

and the new location serves that 

purpose better, too, since it’s closer 

to a tower and its T1 line is 

much faster. 

Mostly, however, it’s the same 

old Hard Drive, including six – 

soon to be seven – of her old 

employees behind the counter. 

While she puts the finishing 

touches on the new space, hours 

will be 5:45 a.m.-3 p.m., but sometime 

in the middle of July – 

Petroff was loathe to put a specific 

date on it – she would host a grand 

opening, whereupon hours would 

extend to 10 p.m. 

For more info or to call in a 

deliver, call 733-JAVA (5282). 

— Richard Anderson

musicbox 

by Aaron Davis 

Hoedown alert: The Wilders play Harvest 

Harvest Café gets Wilder 

Every so often a band comes 

along that you have to shout 

about-like The Wilders. With a 

vintage sound wrapped in 

upbeat country-honky-tonk 

swagger, their energy is liable 

to instigate a full-on hoedown. 

The Wilders – featuring Betse 

Ellis on fiddle, Ike Sheldon on 

guitar and lead vocals, Nate 

Gawron on bass, and Phil Wade 

on banjo, Dobro and mandolin – 

give a performance at 8:30 p.m. on 

Tuesday at Harvest Café, 130 W. 

Broadway. Tickets are $15, if you’re 

lucky to score one. Get them early at 

Harvest or Mountunes 

Their new album, “Throw Down” 

(Rural Grit/2006). With half the 

tracks original tunes, the new disc is a 

progression the band is really proud 

of. “Throw Down” was co-produced, 

engineered, and mixed by Old-Time 

music icon Dirk Powell in his studio, 

The Cypress House, near Breaux 

Bridge, La. 

“Dirk is one of my musical heroes,” 

fiddler Ellis said. “Our first time in 

Jackson, we weren’t playing originals, 

so it’s a new aspect … even a little 

scary to see if they stand up against 

Hank Williams tunes. But so far we’ve 

had great responses to the new tunes 

and everyone in the band has their 

own specialty in songwriting style.” 

Doors open at 6 p.m. for dinner, 

wine, beer and pre-show chillin’. Call 

733-5418 for more information. 

If you can’t wait until the Harvest 

gig, catch the Wilders at the Bighorn 

Mountain Bluegrass Festival this 

Friday and Saturday in Buffalo, Wyo. 

Peruse www.bighornmountainfestival.com 

and www.wilderscountry.com 

for more info. 

thegoods 

Salt Lake City-based Wisebird is a 

four-piece free-form rock ’n’ roll band 

that has its roots in jazz, funk, and 

classic rock. With major influences 

from The Band, John Mayall, Frank 

Zappa and Stevie Wonder, Wisebird 

has re-birthed the musical spirit of 

these classic performers with highenergy, 

well thought-out arrangements, 

and a tendency to stretch 

things and improvise. 

Catch them at 10 p.m. on Friday at 

43 North or at 10 p.m. on Saturday at 

Cutty’s. No cover for either show. Call 

The Wilders 

Buffalo Grass spread 

over some new terrain 

Local bluegrass-country-swing 

ensemble Buffalo Grass has been 

roaming the valley for years. 

Tennessee banjoist and fiddler Jack 

Salee, rhythm guitarist Wayne 

McKenny, guitarist-mandolinist 

Jerome Young, bassist Patty Marshall 

and vocalist Jenny Murdock – also 

have jazzing up Beatles tunes, cowboy 

songs and traditional instrumentals. 

Buffalo Grass will play the Silver 

Dollar Bar in the Wort Hotel 8-11:30 

p.m. on Tuesday. 

“Jack and I have been playing 

together since 1990,” said Young, who 

grew up around bluegrass music in 

Virginia before being turned on to the 

beauty of Wyoming. “We first met at 

Stippy [Wolfe’s] ranch in ’85. Now he 

lives 100 yards behind my house in 

Moran, so we get to play together 

quite a bit.” 

Young added, “I’m glad to see that 

the Silver Dollar Bar has made the 

effort to re-establish what it used to be.” 

Call 733-2190 for information. 

Positively Bitchin’ Sounds 

Nobody funks better than P.B.S.: 

George Porter, Russell Batiste and 

43 North at 733-0043 or Cutty’s at 

732-0001. 

• 

Why buy a $20 ticket for a guy 

named Yellowman? Because he’s one 

of the biggest dancehall performers of 

all time. 

After reggae hero Bob Marley died, 

Yellowman became one of the most 

popular reggae artists to come out of 

Jamaica, releasing more CDs than any 

other reggae artist to date. 

Because of his albinism, Yellowman 

had a rough childhood and acquired a 

bold, cocky attitude. This is roots reggae 

as genuine as it comes. 

Experience it yourself when Yellowman 

and the Sagittarius Band take the 


Brian Stoltz, three musicians who 

have been taking rock-funk fusion 

to the limit. 

Get down all night with P.B.S. and 

a healthy smile at 10 p.m. on Tuesday 

at the Knotty Pine in Victor, Idaho. 

Combining all the elements of 

their pioneering Funky Meters project 

and topping it off with balls-out 

rock and wise improvisation, P.B.S. 

has been carving a new niche that 

puts a capital “P” in Power Trio. 

Three-part vocal harmonies top off 

incredible instrumentals. It’s safe to 

say this will be one of the best shows 

of the summer. 

Tickets are $18. Call the Knotty 

Pine at (208) 787-2866 for tickets 

and information. 

Sunday night open mic 

adds featured local acts 

At the south end of Cache Drive, 

43 North’s Open Mic Night has 

become a valley music staple. Now it 

will add a weekly side dish – a featured 

local act. 

Starting at 8:30 p.m. every Sunday, 

the open stage will spotlight a local 

act at 9:45. The event also is all-ages 

until 10 p.m. 

The first featured performers will 

be Patricia Roscetti and Matthew 

Eisenberg, who met one another 

working at JH Sports in Teton Village. 

New York-native Eisenberg is a talented, 

self-taught 12-string acoustic 

player who was heavily inspired by the 

Aussie band the John Butler Trio. 

For Maine-born singer-songwriterguitarist 

Roscetti, it’s the intimate life 

experiences that trigger the pen to 

the page, as her originals “Circle” and 

“My Own Way” testify. 

Call the bar at 733-0043 and sign 

up to show off your great talents. 

Yellowman 

stage at 10 p.m. on Monday at the 

Mangy Moose in Teton Village. 

Tickets are $20 in advance or $22 

the day of the show. Call the Moose at 

733-9779. 

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GTMFhighlight 

At 25, Chang already is a veteran of GTMF 

Violinist Sarah Chang has been visiting and performing 

in Jackson Hole since she was 9 or 10 

years old. 

“Jackson Hole is the first place I paraglided,” the 

25-year-old sensation said, speaking from the San 

Francisco airport where she was waiting to board a 

plane to fly to Taipei for the opening concert of an 

Asian tour. “It was so much fun! Although, I remember 

the orchestra manager pleading with me, 

‘Couldn’t you go after the concert?’ ” 

This week, Chang returns to the valley and Walk 

Festival Hall in Teton Village for the first time since 

2001. On Friday and Saturday, she will perform 

Vivaldi’s best known work “The Four Seasons” with 

the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra. Donald 

Runnicles, the festival’s new music director, will 

play harpsichord on the piece. 

Also on the weekend orchestral program are 

Beethoven’s heroic Symphony No. 3, and Mozart’s 

Overture to “The Magic Flute.” 

Chang vividly remembers asking to play the violin 

at the age of 4. Her mother, whom she described 

as “very enthusiastic,” had her taking gymnastics 

and ballet and horseback riding at a young age. She 

started playing piano at three and a half years old, 

but, “I wanted something smaller and more 

portable,” so she asked for a violin. 

“Of course when you’re that young you don’t 

necessarily think, ‘This is what I’m going to be 

doing for the rest of my life,’” she said. “At that 

stage, you’re lucky if you do 10 minutes of practicing 

a day … plus, it was just one out of six other 

things I was doing.” 

For a while there she was more interested in gymnastics. 

In fact, the first time she appeared on television, 

at the age of 5, was not as a violinist, but was 

with her gymnastics team at a state championship. 

The violin won out, and she devoted more and 

more time to it – with astonishing results. 

GTMFgracenotes 

Meet Director Runnicles 

at free open house 

Tonight, the stage at Walk Festival 

Hall will be set for the Grand Teton 

Festival Orchestra. But those 100 or 

so seats won’t be filled by violinists, 

horn players or percussionists; they’ll 

be reserved for the audience. 

The Music Festival hopes to provide 

concertgoers with a different 

perspective when Donald Runnicles, 

the festival’s new music director, 

steps up to the podium at 8 p.m. to 

host a free open house. In addition 

to an informal, interactive discussion 

with the Grand Teton Music 

Festival’s third music director in 45 

years, Runnicles will perform a short 

piano recital. Light refreshments also 

will be served. 

At five and a half, she auditioned with the 

Juilliard School of Music and got in. “I went to normal 

school, and Saturdays we went up to New York 

to take classes” with revered violin teacher Dorothy 

DeLay, whose pupils included Itzhak Perlman, Cho- 

Liang Lin and Gil Shaham. At age 8, auditions for 

Sarah Chang 

Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti, lead to engagements 

with the New York Philharmonic and 

Philadelphia Orchestra. Soon she was touring. At 

the age of 9, she became the youngest violinist ever 

to make a professional recording. 

Today, she is recognized around the globe as a 

gifted performer. She has collaborated with 

Pinchas Zukerman, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yo-Yo 

The event is free, but tickets are 

required. Call 733-1128 or visit 

www.gtmf.org. 

Jeff Woodruff brings 

festival to the airwaves 

Grand Teton Music Festival regular 

have known it for years: The music 

produced each summer inside Walk 

Festival Hall in Teton Village 

deserves a much wider audience. 

This summer it gets it as KBYI 

Rexburg, an affiliate of Idaho Public 

Radio, airs eight one-hour radio programs 

twice weekly – once at noon 

on Sunday, and again at 11 a.m. on 

Monday. The series started this past 

Sunday. 

Produced and hosted by Jeff 

Woodruff, former artistic administrator 

for the Grand Teton Music 

Festival, each program will highlight 

the upcoming weekend’s orchestra 

concerts, featuring interviews with 

the festival’s new Music Director 

Donald Runnicles, guest conductors 

and soloists, festival musicians, 

recordings by featured performers, 

and insightful notes and anecdotes 

about the music to be performed 

that week. 

In Jackson Hole, the programs can 

be heard at 104.9 FM. For more 

information, or for broadcast information 

in your area, visit the KBYI 

Rexburg Web site at 

www.byui.edu/kbyi/. 

Program invites newbies 

‘inside’ chamber music 

Do the words “chamber music” 

strike fear into your heart? Would 

you prefer staying home and hiding 

in your closet to taking the risk of 

looking like you can’t tell your 

Brahms from your Beethoven? Do 

by Richard Anderson 

Ma, Lynn Harrell and the late Isaac Stern; given 

recitals at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the 

Barbican Centre in London and the 

Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; worked with such 

conductors as Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, 

Lorin Maazel, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, 

Leonard Slatkin and Michael Tilson Thomas; and 

soloed with most of the major orchestras in Asia, 

Europe and the Americas. Chang performs on a 

1717 Guarneri violin that once belonged to 

Alexander Schneider. 

Chang is working to expand her repertoire. 

She’s had a “big Shostakovich year,” this being the 

100th anniversary of the Russian’s birth – and is 

working with composers on several commissioned 

works she hopes to premiere next year. 

“It’s fascinating,” she said of working up the contemporary 

pieces. “I grew up with Brahms and Sibelius … 

and pieces that are well-known and popular, but, you 

know, you don’t get to talk to [the composers]. I love the 

whole work-in-progress thing. You’re part of that whole 

creation, which is astonishing.” 

Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” is actually new to 

Chang. “I’m having a lot of fun with that piece 

right now,” she said. “What’s interesting to me is 

you have … a lot of liberty. There are specific 

notes written out, but you are free to ornament 

and write your own cadenzas. Vivaldi was one of 

those composers who didn’t say his writing was 

the gospel, so every version is different. … that’s 

very different from Brahms and Beethoven, who 

are very scored, and you try not to wander.” 

Donald Runnicles strikes up the band at 8 p.m. 

on Friday and Saturday in Walk Festival Hall at 

Teton Village. Harpsichordist Paolo Bordignon 

offers free pre-concert talks at 7:15 each night. 

Tickets to hear Runnicles and Chang cost $40 for 

adults, $10 for students 6-18 or with valid college 

ID. Call 733-1128 or visit www.gtmf.org. 

you still wonder why flutes are 

grouped with the woodwind section 

when they are clearly made out 

metal? 

Then come by Walk Festival Hall 

on Tuesday night as the Grand Teton 

Music Festival inaugurates its new 

chamber music (breath deeply, now) 

series, “Inside the Music.” You’ll get 

to hear some of the country’s top 

musicians not only perform works by 

Brahms and Shostakovich, but also 

explain a little bit about the music 

and how they make it. 

This week’s casual concert takes it 

from the top by asking “What is 

Chamber Music?” at 8 p.m. On the 

program are Brahms’ Trio for 

Clarinet, Cello and Piano, and 

Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G 

minor. What in the world does that 

mean? Buy a $17 ticket and get your 

chance to ask a pro at long last.

cdreview 

‘Organic Vibes’ 

Joey DeFrancesco 

Concord Records 

With the passing Jimmy 

Smith, king of the 

Hammond B-3, there’s a 

throne that is conspicuously 

empty. It’s too early to say 

for sure, but judging from “Organic Vibes,” 34-yearold 

Joey D. is a contender. And not just because he’s 

grooving on Jimmy’s vintage ’59 instrument. 

Released by Concord Records, this disc might be the 

closest thing to a perfect album I’ve heard in years. 

It’s got a bit of everything – standards, originals, 

burners, ballads, new talent and living legends. 

The living legends alone are reasons to pick it up. 

In fact, if you didn’t know better, you might guess 

the date belongs to the vibes player, none other 

than Bobby Hutcherson. With young hotshots like 

Stefon Harris enjoying the spotlight, old timers like 

Hutcherson are in danger of being upstaged. But 

“Organic Vibes” proves the man still has a lot of 

fresh music in him. His tone can be robust or languid, 

his chops seem as sharp as ever, and he has no 

problem matching whippersnappers like 

DeFrancesco lick for lick. He flies out the gates on 

the opener, “The Tackle,” breathes vigor into his 

own “Little B’s Poem” and makes his instrument 

sing on “I Thought About You.” The organist, who 

speaks reverently of his mentor Jimmy Smith, 

clearly has respect for his elders, and here’s why. 

Also in the legend catagory is George Coleman. 

Students of Miles Davis will recall that for a short 

period of time, between his first great quintet and 

his second great quintet, Davis employed the tenor 

player on a couple of albums, including the beloved 

“Live at the Blackhawk” session. Well, Coleman is still 

around and kicking it. His ripping take on “Speak 

Low” sounds like a solo by a man half his 70-plus 

years. I only wish he’d played on a few more tracks. 

Which is not to say I begrudge 40-something sax 


by Rich Anderson 

and flute man Ran Blake his lead on the rest of the 

disc, particularly on the jaunty “Down the Hatch.” 

Equally impressive is guitarist Jake Langley, a 30year-old 

Canadan phenom who masters all sorts of 

noise on his axe – I could have sworn it was John 

Scofield when I first spun the disc – all in devoted 

service to the music. And drummer Byron Landham 

channels Jack DeJohnette on his kit, with edge-ofyou-seat 

time keeping and adventurous polyrhythms. 

He also contributes a couple of beautiful 

numbers, including the lovely “JeNeanne’s Dream.” 

But in the end it is DeFrancesco’s project. It may 

sound like a backhanded compliment, but it speaks 

volumes for the young organist that his strength on 

this album is his ability to underplay. He takes some 

ripping solos, yes, throwing in runs that would set 

the fingers of lesser keyboardists on fire, but he’s 

not above vamping for Hutcherson or Coleman – or 

even his peers for that matter – and he knows that 

the softest voice sometimes has the most to say. 

King Jimmy taught him well.


ART Galleries Chatham, Charbonnet, Center 

for the Arts make for busy Friday 

Artspace Gallery/Art Association 

240 S. Glenwood • 733-6379 

A Horse of a Different Color 

60 E. Broadway • 734-9603 

A Touch of Class 

10 W. Broadway • 733-3168 

Astoria Fine Art 

35 E. Deloney • 733-4016 

Buffalo Trail Gallery 

98 Center Street • 734-6904 

Brookover Photography 

125 N. Cache Street • 732-3988 

Caswell Gallery & Sculpture Garden 

145 E. Broadway • 734-2660 

Cayuse Western Americana 

255 N. Glenwood • 739-1940 

Center Street Gallery 


Craft Gallery 

50 King Street • 734-2747 

Davies Reid 

On the Town Square • 739-1009 

DiTomasso Galleries 


Fay Gallery 

Teton Village Road • 739-1006 

Fighting Bear Antiques 

375 S. Cache • 733-2669 

Galleries West Fine Art 

70 S. Glenwood • 733-4412 

260 N. Cache • 733-4525 

Gros Ventre Gallery Heriz Rug Co. 

120 W. Pearl • 733-3388 

Horizon Fine Art 

165 N. Center • 739-1540 

Images of Nature Gallery 

170 N. Cache • 733-9752 

Images West Custom Framing Gallery and Gift 

98 E. Little Ave., Driggs • 208-354-3545 

Jack Dennis Wyoming Gallery 

Town Square • 733-7548 

Jackson Street Gallery 

130 S. Jackson St • 734-0649 

Jeff Grainger Workshop 

335 N. Glenwood • 734-0029 

Legacy Gallery 


Meyer Milagros Gallery 


Mountain Trails Gallery 


Muse Gallery/Art of Framing 

745 W. Broadway • 733-0555 

National Museum of Wildlife Art 

3 miles north of Jackson • 733-5771 

Oswald Gallery 

165 N. Center Street • 734-8100 

Robert Dean Collection 

172 Center • 733-9290 

Rivertime Designs 

98 E. Little Ave., Driggs • 208-351-2045 

Schmidt’s Custom Framing 

890 S. Hwy. 89 • 733-2306 

Shadow Mountain Gallery 

10 W. Broadway • 733-3162 

Trailside Galleries 


Trio Fine Art 

545 N. Cache • 734-4444 

West Lives On 

74 Glenwood • 734-2888 

Wilcox Gallery 

North of town on Cache • 733-6450 

Wild by Nature Photography 

95 W. Deloney • 733-8877 

Wild Exposures Gallery - Photography 

60 E. Broadway • 739-1777 

Wild Hands – Art for Living 

70 S. Glenwood / 265 W. Pearl • 733-4619 

“Renaissance Person is too big a 

label for me. Leonardo Da Vinci was 

one for sure, but I’m just someone who 

has trouble sitting still.” 

So says painter-lithographer-writeroutdoorsman-publisher-restaurateur 

Russell Chatham, who makes his 

return to the Jackson Hole art market 

this week. 

Trio Fine Art, at 545 N. Cache – a 

partnership of artists Kathryn Mapes 

Turner, September Vhay and Lee Carlman 

Riddell – will be Chatham’s new 

Jackson Hole gallery. Turner, Vhay and 

Riddell will welcome him with an opening 

reception 6-8 p.m. on Friday. 

I wonder if, given the chance to read 

Chatham’s palm – particularly that central 

vertical crease predicting destiny – 

a palmist would caution the artist to be 

careful what he wished for, because it 

might come true. Chatham’s bio is a 

study in choosing alternative paths. 

But in so choosing, with every 

turn, he gains more success in 

the eyes of an “establishment” 

he is wary of. 

Such is the irony for so many 

successful artists. You can’t 

stomach what’s offered, so you 

make your own recipes, which 

are so good your reservation 

book fills months in advance. 

Chatham’s paintings and lithographs 

are only available to 

view in a few public arenas, as 

Chatham says he’s never tried to 

“cultivate a career in the ordinary 

sense.” He insists on 

preparing his own, carefully chosen 

venues. Philosophically at 

odds with much of the art world’s 

marketing practices, he has 

stayed away from Jackson Hole 

galleries for years. 

But his long friendship with 

local artists Lee and Ed Riddell 

has brought him back. “I feel 

that any enterprise with which 

they would be associated is 

bound to be smart and grounded,” 

Chatham said. “My work is 

very simple and honest and does 

not lend itself to a pretentious 

environment. And from what I 

can determine, even at this early 

stage of development, Trio Fine 

Art is anything but.” 

The grandson of famed 

California artist Gottardo 

Piazzoni, Chatham has been 

painting since early childhood. 

“I’m driven to do that as my 

primary means of expressing 

myself,” he said. “But even as a 

boy I craved reading, so that in my mid- 

20s I decided to learn to write, something 

I made my living at for about 15 

years, before paintings became developed 

enough to sell consistently.” 

Years back, Chatham had a New York 

publisher for his books, but he developed 

disdain for that metropolitan publishing 

scene. So he created his own Clark City 

Press, which now publishes his writings 

and those of others. A back-lobe/front 

lobe benefit is that Chatham not only has 

a place for writing, and writers, but he 

also has learned to improve each book’s 

design. 

Though he is noted particularly for 

his Montana and Missouri series, 

Chatham encountered difficulty transitioning 

after leaving California’s sexy 

light and landscapes. An essay by Todd 

Wilkinson notes that Chatham’s new 

Montana home had to work its way into 

the artist’s consciousness. Once it did, 

“a flood of dreamily spare works [resulted], 

each new one resonating deeper 

within himself and his viewers than the 

last. Winter views, portrayed in his lithographs, 

were chilly yet solemnly tran- 

(above) Russell Chatham’s lithograph “Fall Moon Rising.” 

(below) Nicole Charbonnet’s “Horses #7.” 

quil; summer pastorals romantic but 

tinged with a slightly winsome melancholy; 

autumn vistas timelessly alluring, 

visceral, fleeting.” 

Chatham’s new work, the artist 

arts 

observatory 

Tammy Christel 

feels, is the best he’s ever done. “A 

few years ago I crashed and burned 

emotionally and had to do … hard 

work to turn that around; however, I 

did, and now all [that wasted 

energy] has been refocused 

into my work.” 

In addition to Friday’s public 

reception, Chatham will host a 

one-hour conversation on making 

lithographs, 5-6:00 p.m. at 

Trio Fine Art. Reservations are 

required. Call 734-4444. 

• 

Also on Friday, the Muse 

Gallery, at 745 W. Broadway, 

welcomes Nicole Charbonnet’s 

“New Works” with an opening 

reception 5-8 p.m. 

She’s been everywhere, 

man, but growing up in New 

Orleans – that steamy, mysterious, 

cauldron of tradition, liter- 

acy, and music – is a primary 

force behind Charbonnet’s 

atmospheric, layered works. 

They come at you like messenger 

horsemen, out of a painterly 

mist. 

I love her titles – “The 

Drama You Crave,” “One 

Thing I Know,” “A War 

Between,” “Tell The Truth, 

But Ride A Fast Horse.” 

Whether she’s painting cowboys, 

landscapes or a romantic 

kiss, her mixed media art 

is at once temporal and timeless. 

Memory serves Charbonnet 

well. “Painting for me [is] a 

metaphor for the phenomenon 

of recollection,” she 

said. “My process of painting 

mimics … the process of 

remembering, with all its layers 

and numerous textures ... images 

that come out of our cultural memory 

will result in paintings that will ... illu- 

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minate the past [and] encourage interpretations.” 

A note about this gal: If you want to 

understand her inspirations, you are 

well served to look up some pretty heavy 

cats. Charbonnet references psychoanalyst-writer 

Adam Phillips when she tells 

us her art is connected to his statement: 

“Remembering ... is a process of 

redescription; the echo can be different 

each time. The past is in the remaking.” 

Charbonnet’s works are, by her own 

account, textural and layered. Her 

pieces, she says, incorporate “loose, 

watery washes of paint and veils of 

translucent fabric or paper [which] ... 

retain or reveal a ‘memory’ of preexisting 

stages or structures.” 

Charbonnet’s layering creates a 

palimpsest – a papyrus, or parchmentlike 

fabric with multiple strata of media. 

Some layered images are discernible; 

others are less so. The result is mesmerizing, 

with colors taking on new depth. 

Call the Muse at 733-0555. 

• 

“The Fire This Time: Earth and Art in 

Times of Flux” – an exhibit of photography, 

mixed media, paintings and 

sculpture by Babs Case, Jeremy 

Morgan, Bronwyn Minton, Glo Lamson, 

Thomas Stimpson, Jonathan Long, 

Suzanne Morlock and Susan Thulin – is 

now on display at the Center for the 

Arts, 240 S. Glenwood and hangs 

through Aug. 31. 

This new exhibit explores artist 

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• 

In other art news … Lanford Monroe 

Memorial Artist-in-Residence Robert 

Grogan will produce his landscapes in 

his “studio” – the National Museum of 

Wildlife Art’s lobby – beginning today 

and continuing through July 29. 

Grogan is an Idaho plein air oil 

painter whose style mixes impressionism 

with realism. He’s been at it fulltime 

over a dozen years. He will offer 

painting demonstrations 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 

Tuesdays through Saturdays and lead 

art-making sessions 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays 

and Thursdays throughout the month of 

July. For more information, phone the 

NMWA at 733-5771. 

• 

Just a few days after the Art 

Association’s opening for Arnold 

Newman’s “One World, One People” 

photography exhibit, Newman passed 

away. So the Art Association has 

rounded up volunteers to staff the 

gallery on Saturdays during July and 

August. This week, the gallery will be 

open 10 a.m.-4 p.m., but check the 

calendar each week for weekend 

hours, or call 733-6379. 

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98 Center St. 

P.O. Box 4657 

Jackson 83001 

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HOME IS WHERE 

THE TART IS 

My husband and I have “date night” every 

Saturday after we get our kids to bed. He’s 

told me numerous times that it would really 

turn him on if I’d dress trashy. Over the years, 

he’s bought me many provocative outfits I’ve 

never worn (leather miniskirts, leather pants, 

a tartan schoolgirl skirt, chain belts, stilettoheeled 

boots, “Daisy Dukes,” midriff-baring 

tops, etc.). When I try to explain that flabby 

thighs in miniskirts and a tiny cropped top 

plus a tummy bulge are not sexy, he just tells 

me I’m hot. Why can’t he see that I’m not as 

svelte as I used to be? — Reality Check 

He’s thinking “Woo-hoo!” You’re thinking 

“Mooo, mooo!” Even if you are a bit of a 

heifer, is it really in your best interest to correct 

him? 

Like a lot of married people, when you 

pledged “‘til death do us part,” you probably 

didn’t give much thought to how, exactly, 

you’d make that happen. It starts out promisingly. 

On the first date, everybody dresses like 

they want somebody to want to have sex with 

them. And it often works. Then they land the 

person, and they dress like they want somebody 

to want them to fix their toilet. And it 

often works. 

It doesn’t help that women waste weeks, 

months, or years of their lives staring into 

the mirror and bemoaning their ugly elbows 

or freakishly-enlarged pores. If your husband 

is even aware that you have pores, I’ll give 

you $5. While there are “leg men,” “butt 

men,” and “boob men,” most men don’t disassemble 

the women they care about into 

their individual figure flaws. Most men don’t 

want stick figures, either. In studies by psychologist 

Paul Rozin and others, men consistently 

preferred women with a bit of meat on 

them — just not so much that they need to 

be hoisted out of bed by three orderlies with 

a Hoyer lift. 

If you want your husband to be there 

through thick and thin (or thick and thicker, 

as the case may be), you’d better work on 

seeing yourself through his eyes. Chances 

are, when he’s begging you to put on that 

Catholic schoolgirl uniform, what’s on his 

mind isn’t how little time you’ve spent in 

Pilates. What should be on your mind is slipping 

into a sexy little French thing called 

“bien dans sa peau” — being comfortable 

in your skin, much like all the hot black and 

Latina secretaries I used to see when I lived 

in downtown New York City. A lot of them 

were fat, but they wore bright, tight, sexy 

clothes, and strutted around like they were 

fat and proud. 

Of course, with all the bulges and folds 

you purportedly have in your skin, getting 

truly comfortable in it might take some doing. 

Fake it until you make it. Pick some hussy 

from the movies and play her on date 

night...and beyond. No, you don’t have to 

dress like you’ll be the featured stripper at 

the PTA meeting, but would it kill you to throw 

on a low-cut top, a skirt, and cute shoes 

before the hubster comes home? The guy’s 

been patient with sexual vanilla for quite 

some time, probably because he loves you. He 

does have his faults. Like, maybe he’s blind. 

Maybe he’s dangerously nearsighted. And 

maybe you should count and recount your 

lucky stars. Whatever you’ve got, he happens 

to want. Can’t you run with that? I mean, as 

fast as you can go while being chased around 

the bed in a Catholic schoolgirl uniform and 

thigh-high stiletto boots. 

THE WEIGH TO 

THE DOOR 

amy alkon 

I’m a health and fitness freak, and find 

disregard toward the body to be incomprehensible, 

bordering on unforgivable. 

Recently, I fell for a wonderful guy who rapidly 

gained 10 pounds — when he already 

stood to lose a good 15. Despite my efforts to 

be kind and encouraging, he takes no steps 

to diet or exercise. How do I get him to understand 

that he needs to do something, lest I 

fall into the arms of the next triathlete who 

asks me to dance? — Gut Feelings 

Here you are, a girl for whom “disregard 

for the body” is practically cause for bringing 

a guy up on charges at The Hague. Yet, you 

fell for a guy whose idea of doing crunches is 

probably power-eating Doritos. What happened, 

you tripped over his empty KFC buckets 

while rushing out to the gym? Get up, 

dust off the remains of Extra Crispy, and get 

real: As wonderful as this guy might be, you 

can’t reprogram your lust for washboard abs 

into a lust for abs by Kenmore. You can, however, 

help him drop some weight — approximately 

122 hard-bodied pounds of a girlfriend 

who’s trying to “get him to understand,” 

when she’d be happiest getting a 

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with a treadmill. 

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“BEFITTING” By LOUIS JEFFREYS 

ACROSS 

1 Emcee’s opening 

6 Barks 

10 Campus letter 

15 Start of a French protest 

19 Like fine netting 

20 Check out shamelessly 

21 Swear words 

22 Maryland athlete, for short 

23 Admire one’s stable? 

26 “__ Said”: Neil Diamond hit 

27 “Look what __!” 

28 Baseball’s Maris, to pals 

29 Computer unit 

30 Sussex sanitation worker 

32 Criticize Hollywood decadence? 

35 Old U.K. carrier 

36 Serpent tail? 

37 Summer N.C. setting 

38 Jump-starting org. 

39 Golfer Woosnam 

40 “What’s happenin’?” 

42 Substitute for forgotten words 

43 Favoring Mideast unity 

45 Sharply outline 

46 Up 

49 What a mad man sees? 

50 Circular 

52 Mid third-century date 

55 Wooley of country 

56 Cheesy boyfriend? 

59 Float __ 

60 Chopper’s destination 

62 Debit’s opp. 

63 Young amphibians 

65 Work in a theater, slangily 

66 __ Bridge: Bronx-Manhattan- 

Queens span 

67 Intimate 

69 East, to Eduardo 

71 Poppycock 

72 Word on a penny 

74 A-line designer 

75 “For sale” sign placer 

76 Fur man 

78 Necklace industry supplier? 

81 “Alfred” composer 

82 Cry out 

83 In the least bit 

84 Took the cake? 

85 Eye sores 

86 Deserve 

88 Cat’s asset 

91 Mug filler 

92 Hockey showdown, familiarly 

95 Decent grade 

96 Full house sign 

97 Alternative to dial-up, briefly 

100 Chemist’s suffix 

101 Indiana city of song 

102 Yogi and Boo-Boo writing Latin 

verse? 

105 Weather map features 

107 Wimbledon champ, 1976-80 

108 “I see it now!” 

109 Grunts of disgust 

110 Defaulter’s risk 

111 Make monarchs? 

115 Disney lioness 

116 “You’re __ talk!” 

117 Muslim leader 

118 Request to a dealer 

119 Proof mark 

120 Big name in home selling 

121 Math ratio 

122 Basilica rooms 

DOWN 

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2 Nice way to feel 

3 Summer top 

4 ’70s sitcom spin-off 

5 Olive __ 

6 Artist with the album “Vivaldi’s 

Cello” 

7 Disco-era phrase 

8 Like birds and bees: Abbr. 

9 Tesla, by birth 

10 Honeybunch 

11 Fabled braggart 

12 UFO crew 

13 Investor’s concern, familiarly 

14 Relieved 

15 Busy 

16 Nation of optimists? 

17 Versace rival 

18 Parlor instrument 

24 A bit of wish fulfillment, to Freud 

25 Doglike scavenger 

31 Many a bagpiper 

33 Like a bowstring 

34 Railroad bridge 

35 Billie Joe creator Gentry 

40 Male deer 

41 O.T. book 

42 __ Bourguiba, Tunisian president f 

from 1957-87 

43 Stew morsel 

44 It’s hard to get around one 

46 Place for butts 

47 “I say love, it is a flower, and you 

its only seed” song 

48 Act the misanthrope? 

49 Stronghold 

51 Carry out, as laws 

53 “No more after this” 

54 Permanently exists 

56 Building with big doors 

57 Breakfast pan 

58 Aqua __: gold dissolver 

59 Tibet site 

61 Serve, as coffee 

64 Rare trick taker 

68 Tab grabber 

70 Make rhapsodic 

73 Trifling 

77 Norway’s patron 

79 Pilot’s nos. 

80 Last of a series 

83 University of Michigan site 

85 Tart plum 

87 Capital on the Dvina River 

89 Harsh 

90 Verne title word 

91 Bellowing 

92 Stone memorials 

93 Vote out 

94 Fictional burglar Lupin 

96 Bubble, e.g. 

97 Numbers 

98 Collaborate sneakily 

99 Glasgow girls 

102 Line remover of a kind 

103 Elegant dress 

104 Amsterdam bloom 

106 Skiff or scow 

107 Key letter 

112 Diamond or emerald 

113 “That’s more than I need to hear!,” 

briefly 

114 D.C. mortgage insurer

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Three years before Dan 

Brown’s The Da Vinci Code came out, my book The 

Televisionary Oracle was published. In it, I riffed extensively 

on Mary Magdalene’s role as Jesus’s consort, collaborator, 

and co-creator of Christianity—similar in 

ways to Brown’s themes. Sales of my tome are 

approaching 10,000, while Brown’s have topped 61 

million. Why the contrast? His work is a linear detective 

story, while mine is an experimental blend of magical 

realism, prophetic philosophy, and oracular poetry. His 

characterizations and plot hew to established conventions 

of mainstream fiction, while mine spring from my 

muse and real life. The difference between our 

approaches is comparable to the choice you have 

ahead of you, Aries. You can opt for greater popularity 

and loyalty to convention, or you can choose to be more 

of a secret as you rigorously follow the promptings of 

your inner voice. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Once you open a can of 

worms, the only way to re-can the buggers is to use a 

larger can. So says Zymurgy’s First Law of Evolving 

Systems Dynamics. I urge you to keep that in mind during 

the coming week, Taurus. You or someone close to 

you may suffer from a blissful mania or temporary 

insanity that leads them to think that liberating the 

canned worms is a wise idea. Maybe it will ultimately 

prove to be the right thing to do, but it could cause a 

ruckus in the short run. In any case, make it your job to 

have a barrel-size can on hand for the re-containment. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Recently a team of a thousand 

workers spent a week scraping off 600,000 wads 

of chewing gum that had become bonded to the surface 

of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. If you choose to accept 

it, Gemini, your assignment in the coming week is to 

carry out a procedure comparable to China’s massive, 

intricate effort to wipe the slate clean. It may be timeconsuming 

and a bit excruciating—the equivalent of 

shuffling around for hours on your hands and knees— 

but in retrospect I think you’ll be very glad you did it. Its 

surprisingly cathartic effect will make you smarter and 

wilder and kinder and trickier. 

CANCER (June 21-July 22): This will be an excellent 

time—maybe one of the best weeks ever—to try 

herding cats, coaxing hermits to do karaoke, and getting 

anorexics to eat veggie burgers with all the fixings. 

In other words, Cancerian, the once-inconceivable 

may become likely. The adventures you swore you 

would never have the courage to attempt are suddenly 

within your capacity. You can at least partially dissolve 

the one fear you’ve always believed would hobble 

you forever. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to the Bible, the 

apostle Thomas did not immediately accept the other 

disciples’ reports that Christ had survived his crucifixion 

and come back to life in a resurrected body. 

“Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my 

finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his 

side,” Thomas said, “I will not believe it.” Later 

Christ appeared in person to Thomas and invited him 

to put his hand in the actual wound. Moral of the 

story: The person who doubted was given a special 

privilege. Let that be your guiding thought in the 

coming week, Leo. Demand proof. Seek actual evidence 

to bolster your faith. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): July 4, 1776 is generally 

regarded as the day the 13 American colonies issued 

the Declaration of Independence, thereby asserting 

their right to be free of Britain’s rule. But the fact is 

that only two members of the Continental Congress 

signed the document on that day. Most of the other 54 

men waited until August 2. In a similar way, Virgo, a 

process you thought was fully climaxed this week will 

not reach its full ripening until early August. I suggest 

you reserve making your final conclusions until then. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your patron saint for the 

month of July is Dublin professor James Mays. A few 

years ago he made a major splash in the literary world. 

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While researching the work of Libran poet Samuel Taylor 

Coleridge (1772-1834), Mays discovered 300 previously 

unknown poems written by the co-founder of 

England’s Romantic Movement, doubling what had 

long been thought to be his total output. I predict that 

in the coming weeks, Libra, you too will make a breakthrough 

that will give you access to a fresh trove of creative 

resources that have been hidden from your view. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Like a bird, you seem to 

have the ability to defy gravity lately. You’re acting with 

the expansiveness that comes from having a wideranging, 

high-in-the-sky view of life. Sometimes you 

remind me of a thunderbird, which among Native 

Americans was a mythical raptor that carried messages 

between spiritual beings. Its eyes unleashed 

lightning and its enormous wings beat so hard that 

they spawned storms. But sometimes, Scorpio, you’re 

more like a nightingale—a small, graceful songbird 

that sings beautiful, complicated songs at night when 

no other bird is singing. Congratulations on your versatility. 

Only you could pull off being half-thunderbird and 

half-nightingale. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A garbage strike 

turned out to be a lucky break for two people in Illinois. 

Brother and sister Ezekiel and Karen Garnett had 

bought a lottery ticket but then carelessly thrown it out. 

Many days later they heard that the winning $10.5 million 

ticket remained unclaimed. Was it theirs? They 

sifted through two weeks’ worth of trash, which 

remained uncollected outside their house because sanitation 

engineers had walked off the job. Voila! They 

found the precious ticket. Now I predict you’ll be visited 

by a comparable sequence, Sagittarius—a glitch 

that leads to a happy ending. It may be that an asset 

you’ve neglected or squandered will return to you 

because of an inconvenience. Or perhaps you’ll realize 

how valuable a certain experience is only after you’ve 

lost it, whereupon you’ll recover it against all odds. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you usually wear 

your baseball cap backwards, this will be a favorable 

time to turn the peak toward the front. If it’s normally 

facing forward, I suggest you turn it around. In fact, 

everything you try in the coming week will have extra 

luck and grace if you approach it a bit askew or do it 

the reverse of your customary habit. The cosmic tables 

have turned, and the best way to capitalize is to flipflop 

yourself. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Iran made a strong overture 

of peace to the United States in the spring of 2003. 

According to The Washington Post, the Iranians offered 

to recognize Israel, promised to stop supporting terrorist 

groups, and asked for diplomatic talks concerning 

their nuclear technology. Tragically, the Bush administration 

ignored the proposal, missing a chance to cool 

down tensions that have led to today’s crisis. My analysis 

of the astrological omens suggests that you now 

have a comparable window of opportunity in your personal 

life, Aquarius. Peace feelers are appearing. You’ll 

soon have a fresh opportunity to dissipate simmering 

stress before it erupts into conflict. Even better, you’ll 

be in a good position to negotiate pretty favorable 

terms for yourself. Don’t imitate Bush and company. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If I’m reading the astrological 

omens correctly, this would be an excellent time 

for you to apply for a job as a crocodile trainer, audition 

for a supporting role in a TV soap opera, or give motivational 

speeches to five-year-olds. For that matter, it 

wouldn’t be outlandish for you to use a chainsaw to 

create sculptures from dead trees, make a home video 

of yourself entitled “The Dancing Chef” or “The Wise- 

Ass Guru,” or write a research paper on orca whales 

and quantum physics. In other words, Pisces, consider 

trying things you’ve never considered before. Ask yourself 

if maybe you possess hidden talents that you 

haven’t even begun to cultivate. Be receptive to the 

possibility that your destiny is more open-ended than 

you’ve ever imagined. 

spacetime 

JULY 5 

1968 – John Lennon sells his psychedelic 

Rolls Royce. 

1983 – A baby girl is born in Virginia 

to a woman who had been brain dead 

for 84 days. 

1989 – Rod Stewart hits his head 

onstage during a concert and knocks 

himself out. 

JULY 6 

1747 – John Paul Jones is born, which 

would put him at 224 years old when 

“Stairway to Heaven” is released. 

1964 – “A Hard Day’s Night” premieres 

in London. 

1965 – Jefferson Airplane forms. Two 

decades later, having devolved into 

“Starship,” the band crashes and 

burns with “We Built this City.” 

JULY 7 

1980 – Sandra Day O’Connor 

becomes the first woman nominated 

for the U.S. Supreme Court. 

1980 – A solar powered airplane crosses 

the English Channel (in the air). 

1987 – The Kiwanis Club starts 

admitting women. 

JULY 8 

1777 – Vermont becomes the first 

state to abolish slavery. 


by Ed Bushnell 

1838 – Count Ferdinand Graf von 

Zeppelin, inventor of the rigid dirigible, 

is born. (Maybe Led Zeppelin should 

have called themselves “Rigid 

Dirigible.”) 

JULY 9 

1955 – “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill 

Haley and the Comets hits #1. 

1970 - Nancy Bushnell gives birth to a 

mutant child whom she names 

“Heather.” 

1972 – Wings tours for the first time; 

millions of Beatles fans are astounded 

and dismayed. 

JULY 10 

1890 – Wyoming becomes the 44th 

state. 

1892 – Bellefontaine, Ohio, completes 

the first street paved with concrete. 

1914 – The BoSox acquire Babe Ruth 

from Baltimore. 

JULY 11 

1936 – The Triborough Bridge opens in 

New York City. 

1969 – David Bowie releases “Space 

Oddity”; the Stones release “Honky Tonk 

Woman.” 

1979 – Skylab falls into and around 

Australia.


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Front Desk 

FT or PT/Seasonal or YR Position with Benefits 

Revenue Manager 

FT/ YR Position with Benefits 

Executive Housekeeper 


HVAC Engineering Tech 


Engineering Tech 

FT / YR Position with Benefits 

AM/ PM Host- FT /Seasonal 

Sales Manager 


Group Coordinator/ Reservations Asst. Manager 


Reservations Agent 

FT or PT/Seasonal or YR Position 

Male/ Female Spa Attendant 


Spa Manager 


Spa Concierge/Receptionist 


Female Massage Therapist 


Please come in and fill out an application or you may 

email your resume to grant.hendren@rockresorts.com 

or fax your resume to 307-732-6054. 

Snake River Lodge & Spa provides Equal Opportunity 

without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, 

sex, age, marital status or disability. 

HELP WANTED 

Victor Valley Market: Clerk needed 

Part-time and/or Full-time. Applicant 

must be available nights and weekends, 

must be team player and have 

previous register experience. Duties 

include stocking, cleaning, and running 

of register. Please email resume 

to: jillkhaworth@yahoo.com or fax to 

(208)-787-7002. 

Victor Valley Market: Meat Counter 

person needed Part-time. Applicant 

must have previous experience with 

safety, sanitation and handling of 

meat and fish; must have good customer 

service and organizational 

skills. Please email resume to: jillkhaworth@yahoo.com 

or fax to 

(208)-787-7002. 

Victor Valley Café: 

Cashier/Server/Sandwich-prep person 

needed Part-time. Applicant must 

have previous restaurant experience 

and be available to work days, 

evenings and weekends. Please email 

resume to: jillkhaworth@yahoo.com or 

fax to (208) 787-7002. 

Full-time/Part-time retail photo 

gallery sales. Evenings/weekends, 

wages plus commission. Call Scott @ 

Wild Exposures Gallery. (307) 739- 

1777 or email 

wildexposures@wyom.net. 

Horse Creek Station is currently taking 

applications for summer servers. 

Apply in person @ 9800 S. Hwy 89. 

Moosely Seconds is seeking sales people 

for our Dornan’s/Moose location 

beginning in May. Hiking, backpacking 

and climbing familiarity important. 

Previous retail experience helpful 

but not required. Contact Steve at 

Skinny Skis for an application. 

The Edge Sports looking for sales person, 

will train. Call Jared, 734-3916 

River Rock Lodge, Wyoming’s finest 

Independent and Assisted Living 

Community located in Jackson Hole, 

is accepting applications for yearround, 

PT or FT: LPNs, CNAs, 

Receptionist & Waitstaff. Email 

resume to riverrocklodge@aol.com or 

fax to (307) 734-5075. 

Planet Jackson Hole is looking for a 

Delivery Driver 1 day/week for next 3 

weeks. Wednesday mornings from 

7:30am-until the job’s done (approx. 8 

hrs). Good hourly pay + mileage. 

Driver must have valid driver’s 

license. Call (307) 732-0299 x6 for 

more info. 

Help Wanted. Hole Fish, Wyoming’s 

only locally based seafood distributor 

in Jackson, is seeking a detail-oriented, 

outgoing person for order processing 

& deliveries. Must have clean & 

valid driver’s lic. Part/Full time. 

Email: jack@bristolbaysalmon.com 

Backcountry Provisions is looking for 

reliable, part-time, full-time, seasonal 

Evans Construction Company 

is now accepting applications for 

Heavy Equipment Operators ~ Truck Drivers 

in the Jackson,Wyoming and Victor, Idaho areas. 

Field Mechanic - Tools and experience required 

Welder 

Experience preferred, but training positions are available. 

Evans Construction Company offers competitive pay, 

bonus opportunities, paid vacation opportunities and 

health care - 401K benefit package. 

Apply in person at Evans Construction Company in Jackson, WY 

8 miles south of Jackson on Hwy. 89, (307)733-3029 

Evans Construction Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

committed to a drug free workplace. M/F/V/D 

“FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED SINCE 1972” 

OUR ENTIRE INVENTORY 

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2007 TAHOE’s IN STOCK 

Excellent selection 

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 

IN INVENTORY 

AVAILABLE EVERY DAY 

and year-round employees. Room for 

advancement. Pay D.O.E. 

Call 734-9420 or stop by. 

FOR RENT 

Commercial Space: Upstairs office 

space, new carpet, repainted, includes 

utilities, 900 sq. ft. 565 W. Broadway, 

Jackson. Call (307) 733-2736 

FOR SALE HOMES/LAND 

TETON VALLEY HOMESITES: How do we 

make the communities in which we 

live feel like home? At Mountainside 

Village we strive for the elusive goal 

of sustainability in all that we do. 

Check us out on the web @ 

www.mountainsidevillageidaho.com or 

call (208) 787-6873 (MST). A great 

place to call home! 

WYOMING HOME & RANCH CO. 

Affordable Quality Homes for sale in 

Alpine! “For every season there is a 

reason…” to visit Alpine & Star 

Valley. Stop by and see us @ 100 HWY 

89, Alpine, WY 83128. (307) 654-7898 

CAMPERS/TRAILERS 

The Big Bang Sale! Best Prices & 

Selection! Teton, Excel, Big Horn, Trail 

Runner, Mobile Suites, Titanium, 

Jayco, Outback, Cruser, Cross Terrain, 

Cross Force, Summit, VR1, Sunlight, 

Komfort, Weekend Warrior, Travel 

Supreme, Challenger, Tahoe, Danali, 

Side Track, Ameri Lite, RKS Outback, 

Surveyor and Kipor & Honda prtable 

generators. Huge selection of preowned. 

Retail prices are in all new 

RV’s, no gains on trade-ins. The 

Rockie’s largest RV outfiiter and 

accessories store. Sales open 

Sundays. Stalkup’s RV. 501 W. 

Yellowstone, Casper, WY.

(800) -577-9350. 

http://www.stalkupsrv.com/ 

Super Cabin Office, etc. New 12 x 40’ 

Country Manor Park Home, loft, fully 

furnished. Rocky mountain ready. Now 

$39, 500. Will Trade. Sales Open 

Sunday. Stalkup’s RV. 501 W. 

Yellowstone, Casper, WY. 

(800) 577-9350 


1999 11’ Lance, electric jacks, excellent 

conditions. $11,900. 

Offers/trades. Sales Open Sunday. 

Stalkup’s RV. 501 W. Yellowstone, 

Casper, WY. (800) 577-9350. 


WE HAVE 5TH WHEELS. 1) 2003 21’ 

Rockwood, loaded, mint condition. 

$11,900. 2) 1989 40’ Teton, 2 glides, 

loaded. $14,900. 3) 2003 33’ Tahoe, 

toy hauler, generator, loaded, mint 

condition. Offers/Trades. Sales open 

Sunday. Stalkup’s RV Superstore. 501 

W. Yellowstone, Casper, WY, (800) 

577-9350. http://www.stalkupsrv.com/ 

2006 VR1 by Keystone Sale. Factory 

Sponsored, Super Savings. 1) 29’ 

Ultra glide, loaded. $24,900. 2) 27’ 

Glide, loaded. $24,500. Sales Open 

Sunday. Stalkup’s RV Superstore, 501 

W. Yellowstone Hwy, Casper, WY. (800) 

577-9350. http://www.stalkupsrv.com/ 

SERVICES 

Happy Happenings Daycare at 225 S. 

Willow St. is now accepting children 

ages 2-5 and small infants. 

Call 733-5115 or 733-0754 for details. 

Tattoo Shop Now Open: Featuring special 

guest artist Keith Roice. Now taking 

appointments for June 14-19. 

Sub-Urban Tattoo & Piercing – 265 W. 

Broadway (inside Mountunes) 

(307) 733-3736. 

Windermere Real Estate/ Jackson Hole 

online at windermere.com or call 

(307) 734-7325. Located in Eagle 

Village next to Smith’s. 

Spring Creek Animal Hospital: 

Specializing in dogs, cats, birds and 

exotics. 24 hour service. 

(307) 733-1606 or 

www.springcreekanimalhospital.com 

Peace of Mind for non-profits through 

consulting assistance. Reasonable 

fees. Greg Zeigler of Zeigler & 

Associates. (307) 734-1053 

greg@gzeiglerassociates.com 

Assurance Home Inspection: Certified, 

licensed and insured home inspection. 

Service providing thorough preclosing 

home inspections. A complete 

written report provided on same day 

as inspection. (307) 413-1003 or 

email ckschmid@earthlink.net. 

HOME DECOR/FURNITURE 

ART EFFECTS: Beautiful, unique furniture, 

home accessories, objects and 

gifts at reasonable prices 120 W. 

Pearl Ave. (307) 733-3388. MON-SAT 

10am-6pm. BEST DEAL IN TOWN! 

MUSIC & BANDS 

Need a violin? Tired of renting? This 

3/4 size model is like new! Perfect for 

middle-schooler List $600. $300 

OBO. Call Phil 733-4552. 

Judd Grossman Music is a full service 

music agency providing all styles of 

music for all occasions - solos, duos, 

trios, dance bands, country, rock, folk, 

jazz, and classical. Live musicians 

and DJs available. (307) 690-4935. 

Need live music or live sound? Rock, 

jazz, country, folk, funk - from solo to 

six-piece band and everything in 

between. Soundman services as well. 

(307) 413-2513. 

MISC. 

Check out our ever-changing array of 

household items, furniture, clothing, 

sporting goods, etc…Great Stuff at 

Great Prices. Forget Me Not located at 

410 W. Pearl. Open Tues-Thurs 10am- 

4pm/ Wed, Fri & Sat 10am-3pm. 

HOT TUB: Caldera 6pp lounger, redwood, 

2 covers, starter chemicals. 

Very good condition. Buyer responsible 

for transportation. $750 OBO. 

733-8040. 

WANTED 

Demo Derby Car: Planet Jackson Hole, 

the region’s best free weekly, is looking 

for a 2006 Teton County Fair demolition 

car to sponsor, or co-sponsor. 

If you are looking for sponsor and 

have a kick-ass-tank-of-a-car, give 

us a call: 307-732-0299, ext. 6. 

Looking for a kid’s bike that will fit a 

tall nine year old girl. (307) 690-4935 

PERSONALS 

THINK YOU’RE PREGNANT? 24-hour 

confidential hotline 1-800-395- 

HELP. Crisis Pregnancy Center 

(307) 733-5162. 

PARENTS & FRIENDS OF 

GAYS & EX-GAYS 

idoexist.net 

inqueery.com 

livehope.org 

lovewonout.com 

regenbooks.org 

gaytostraight.org 

pfox.org 

The Town of Jackson, Wyoming is 

accepting applications for the full 

time position of Network Engineer. 

This is an excellent opportunity for 

team-oriented professional. The 

Town of Jackson seeks a highly qualified, 

motivated individual to support 

a local govenernment on the cutting 

edge of technology and service delivery in 

the Rocky Mountain region. This is a responsible 

staff person with oversight of IT systems and security, and 

assignments in infrastructure management, long range planning 

for infrastructure hardware, software, system layout and 

peripheral equipment, and technical support for all departments. 

The salary range is $54, 325 - $73,339 annually and 

the starting salary is DOQ. This position has full benefits currently 

offered by the Town of Jackson including health, vision, 

and dental insurance and Paid Time Off (PTO), which covers 

holidays, vacation and sick leave. Any combination of education 

and experience providing the required skill and knowledge 

is qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to: A 

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field, five 

(5) years of information technology experience, preferably in 

the local government and advanced IS training, including specialized 

certifications in network operating systems, network 

hardware and security and, network applications. Application 

and job description available at the Town Hall at 150 East 

Pearl or call or write to the Personnel Department, Town of 

Jackson, P.O. Box 1687, Jackson, WY, 83001 (307) 733- 

3932 or e-mail: jsteiner@ci.jackson.wy.us. The application 

is also available at http://townofjackson.com/jobs1.htm. A 

completed application must be recieved by Wednesday, 

July 12, 2006 to be considered for the position. The Town 

of Jackson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

ANSWER TO THIS WEEK’S 

CROSSWORD & SUDOKU PUZZLES 

july 5, 2006 

The view from 

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Monday, Wednesday 

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June 4 - Sept 24, 2006 

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Yellowstone National Park Tour 

Join us for a complete narrated tour of the 

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Sunday, Tuesday 

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June 5 - Sept 25 

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PRIMARY ELECTION 

AUGUST 22, 2006 

ABSENTEE BALLOT - NOTICE 

ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION WILL 

BE AVAILABLE IN THE TETON COUNTY CLERK’S ELECTION 

OFFICE AT 200 SO. WILLOW ST., ON FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006. 

YOU MAY COME IN AND CAST YOUR BALLOT, MONDAY 

THROUGH FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. 

AND 5:00 P.M. THROUGH AUGUST 21, 2006, OR YOU MAY 

CALL AND HAVE A BALLOT MAILED TO YOU. FOR MORE 

INFORMATION CALL 733-7733 OR EMAIL: 

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Chef’s Table will 

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seafood from 

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starting this week … 

Chef Joy’s Sushi 

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Wednesday through 

Saturday come in and get 

this incredible sushi. 

and don’t forget … 

our picnic baskets and 

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In the hillside building 

under the huge American Flag 

flipside 

wormhole 

Super Grandma returns 

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s 

Superman. And what do you know, he’s 

from Iowa. 

Well, of course, he’s from Iowa – 

where else? Allow me to explain: 

Actually, the actor who plays the new 

Superman, Brandon Routh, is from a 

small town near Des Moines and about 

40 miles south of Corn Cob, my hometown. 

We know that the real Superman 

came from the planet Krypton to a 

small town where humans raised him. 

And where was this small town? You 

know where it was. 

Imagine the state of Iowa as a big 

square bathtub with a drain in the center. 

That would be Corn Cob County. I 

know for a fact that there are strange 

vortexes here. Harmonic convergences 

rattle the Corn Cob air, and hidden away 

in some dark corner – maybe behind the 

Elks Club – is the pathway to Middle 

Earth. 

Like water circling a drain, everything 

comes here and occasionally 

backs up. Remember that this is farm 

country: The air is full of head-spinning 

vapors, weird animal viruses and 

methane gas from all that cow poop. 

Who needs Krypton? The pig farms 

alone would knock you dead. 

This is also tornado country, and 

those evil, swirling clouds carry more 

than houses, trees, little girls in blue 

gingham dresses and the occasional 

cow. Who knows where those winds 

come from and where they go? 

Remember that cornfield in “Field 

of Dreams”? People were going in and 

out of there like it was Wal-Mart. That 

was in Iowa, and Corn Cob County had 

lots of corn. There is a reason 

Superman was sent from Krypton to 

live in the Corn Cob Triangle; he was at 

home there. 

Now, I have a number of questions 

for Superman. For starters, if he is a flying 

object, does he have to register with 

the FAA? Does he have to file flight 

plans? How about airport fees and landing 

space? When he flies with Lois 

Lane, does she have to fasten her seat 

belt and put up her chair back and tray 

table? Where is her tray table anyway? If 

Superman flies over Roswell, New 

Mexico or Area 51, will the Discovery 

Channel investigate him? 

While we’re at it, does he have to go 

through security? In that tight suit, he 

couldn’t be hiding much, but I’d like to 

pat him down and find out. When 

Christopher Reeves was Superman, his 

suit was baggy, but Brandon Routh’s 

suit must be sprayed on. Spiderman’s 

suit is all stretchy and full of rips, but 

this guy doesn’t even pop a seam. The 

suit would have to be heat proof, 

because those reentries would be murder. 

Does he wear his Clark Kent clothes 

over that suit? Where’s his underwear? I 

know he used to change in a phone 

booth, but today’s phone booths don’t 

have doors, and he’d have a hell of time 

changing at the phone in front of 

Albertsons. Or maybe not. 

Let’s talk immigration issues. Is he 

an undocumented alien? Where’s his 

green card? Do we have trade agreements 

with Krypton? Has he got an 

intergalactic passport? How about an 

Iowa driver’s license? A flying license? 

Got some dirt? E-mail grandma@planetjh.com 

Fringe arts groups plan activities in Grand Teton 

With a nod to the highly successful “Writers in the 

Park” and “Art in the Environment” programs (see page 

24), several other Jackson Hole arts organizations will 

show off their talents in Grand Teton National Park in the 

coming weeks. 

“Dada in the Tetons,” for example, plans to execute its 

inaugural happening Saturday morning at Signal 

Mountain Lodge. Jacques Shelacq, organizer of the valley’s 

burgeoning Dada and Surrealist community, said 

plans called for him and his troupe of fellow anti-artists to 

pose in various highly visible spots around the lodge and 

campground holding dismembered mannequin parts 

and/or wear silly things on their heads. 

“For instance,” Shelacq said in a terrible imitation of a 

French accent, “I will be wearing a tray of raw meat.” 

“Mimes on the Snake,” meanwhile, will offer a silent 

lecture-demonstration at several boat put-ins and takeouts 

along the Snake River on Saturday afternoon. Alfonse 

“Pip” Squeak of the Jackson Hole Mime Cooperative 

galloping 

grandma 

Local Grandma speaks out! 

Is the INS after him? Is Lex Luthor with 

the INS? I think we need to know. 

National security is at risk here. 

And how about leaping tall buildings? 

Tall is relative, after all, so are we 

talking 1940 tall or 2006 tall? Anybody 

could jump over the Bankers Life building 

in Des Moines, but how about the 

Sears Tower? Is it just PR spin? Also, 

what about that kid in the newspaper 

office, Jimmy something – or maybe I 

shouldn’t go there. 

Men have always wanted to fly, and 

God never gave us wings and probably 

won’t in the near future, so all we can 

do is to tie a towel around our neck and 

practice jumping off the couch or the 

front steps, hoping that some day we 

could go up, up and away, leaping tall 

buildings in a single bound and rescuing 

maidens in distress. 

explained via a beautiful though complicated series of 

gestures that members of his group will pantomime 

aspects of the natural history of trout, aquatic invertebrates, 

eagles and other members of the riverine habitat, 

including rafters, kayakers and fishermen. Either that or 

that he had accidentally set his pants on fire and was 

choking on a bagel. 

Finally, the Frustrated Artists of Jackson Hole League 

will gather next Friday afternoon, July 14, to mope around 

several popular trailheads, looking sullen, hating the world 

and arguing about how being inspired by nature was cliché 

and insipid. Steve Jones, a member of the FAAJHL, said he 

plans to station himself at Lupine Meadows and bemoan 

the fact that his parents failed to give him a cool name 

more befitting his artistic brilliance. Meanwhile, Sarah 

Jasperson hoped to complain loudly about how other park 

users “just don’t get it” and “are so blind and stupid.” 

“So, everyone should come on out,” Jasperson said, 

“because it’s really important to support the arts.”

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This custom-built 

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spruce siding, cedar 

shakes, quality 

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breathtaking views 

surrounded by the Wyoming and Wind River Ranges. 

This 35 acres and home in Sublette County contains 

rolling sage with Marsh Creek running through property, 

horses are welcome. Close to New Fork Lake. 

$540,000 Contact: Chris Moran 

SF358 

Bordered by a 

conservation easement 

and with the Hoback 

River running through 

the property, this 

custom home is 

spectacular. Sitting on 

5 acres of horse property 

in Bondurant, the 

home has 3 bedrooms 

and 2 1/2 baths. It also includes a formal dining room, 

home office, utility room, and an oversized 2-car garage. 

Enjoy 360-degree views from the wraparound porch! 

$895,000 Contact: Michael Christman 

SF401 

Westbank River 

Hollow Home 3,350 

square feet plus, built 

in 1995, five plus (5+) 

acres, 3-bedroom, 3bath, 

guest wing with 

bedroom and bath, 

sunroom /breezeway, 

storage room, 

attached garage, 

beautifully 

landscaped, sprinkler 

system, heavily treed 

lot, built-in vacuum system, access to Snake River and 

more. $1,595,000 

Contact: Timothy C. Mayo 

All the exclusivity of 

Stilson Ranch, on a 

1.08-acre site with 

spectacular 360-degree 

views. Cul-de-sac 

location for additional 

privacy, and a yearround 

pond provides a 

unique setting for recreation and 

serenity. $1,000,000 Contact: Ed Minczeski 

Two Rustic Log 

Cabins, Teton views 

and just minutes to 

Grand Teton National 

Park and the ski 

slopes - what more 

could you want? 

Desirably located on 

Teton Village Road, 

this grandfathered 

multi-use property has an excellent rental history. In 

addition, the usage may be converted to a single-family 

home and guesthouse. With 3 bedrooms and 4 full 

bathrooms, the larger cabin has an upgraded kitchen 

and heating. Decks complete the private outdoors 

experience. Clean and secluded, the smaller cabin 

contains 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and backyard 

privacy. A shared well is located on the lot to the east. 

SF377 $750,000 Contact: Sarah Kerr 

SF391 

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Locally Owned 

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640 Acres, one 

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surrounded by BLM, 

on a county road. 

Sublette County Road 

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the property. Road 

maintenance to begin this summer. Mountain views, a 

seasonal stream, and water dams on the property. 

$1,350,000 Contact: Gordon Reno 

RR324 

With a European flair 

and an artist’s touch, 

this exquisite 5+ 

bedroom home has so 

many features such as 

the farmhousedesigned 

kitchen with 

breakfast room, a 

living room that has a 

2-sided fireplace with a hearth designed by Robert the 

Bruce in Scotland and made with 2000-year-old stone 

slabs from La Via Apia in Rome, cathedral ceilings with 

picture windows and unobstructed views of the Teton 

Mountain Range, Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, and 

mahogany cabinets, master suite with a reading alcove 

and large deck, studio mother-in-law suite with steam 

room, a professionally landscaped yard with heated 

walkways, fabulous decks, 4+ stall garage and so much 

more. $2,100,000 Contact: Penny Gaitan 

SF400 

REAL ESTATE 

SCOREBOARD 

WEEK OF 06.18.06 TO 06.24.06 

JACKSON HOLE 

Residential-Single Family 

Number of Sales 7 

Average Days on Market 148 

Week’s top sale $7,200,000 

Square Footage 3,371 

Week’s Average Sale Price $1,078,000 

% of Sold Price to List Price 

Residential-Condo/Townhouse 

99% 



Week’s Top Sale $650,000 


Week’s Average Sale Price $447,000 

% of Sold Price to List Price 

Building Sites 

97% 



Week’s Top Sale $1,000,000 

Acres 5 

Week’s Average Sale Price $1,000,000 

% of Sold Price to List Price 99% 

VICTOR-DRIGGS-TETONIA IDAHO 

All Residential 



Week’s Top Sale $725,000 



% of sold Price to List Price 98% 

Building Sites 



Week’s Top Sale $1,600,000 

Acres 160 


% of sold Price to List Price 99% 

* In the event the week’s Top Sale is erroneously 

reported its listed price is used. 

** Some information above is derived from the Teton County MLS 

system and represents information as submitted by 

all Teton County MLS Members for Teton County, 

Wyoming and is deemed to be accurate but not guaranteed. 

Art Hazen Real Estate LLC advertising and promotional ads, products, and 

information are the sole property of Art Hazen Real Estate LLC and may 

NOT be reproduced, copied, and/or used in whole or part without the 

prior expressed written consent of Art Hazen Real Estate LLC.

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