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What’s been said on healthcare
On Your Right: Water
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ON YOUR RIGHT
Bill Sniffin
Water, water
everywhere, but …
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Matthew J. Irwin
What’s been said on healthcare
Over the holiday week, I read
opinions in liberal publications
about healthcare reform that,
coupled with Republican calls to
axe the whole thing and start
over, seriously concern me about
the potential for this needed
change. These opinions reflect
mine that Obama and other
leaders of reform have faltered
by reacting too much to ideological-fueled detractions rather
than by pushing real virtues of
reform through effective policy
changes and elevated debate.
From “Notebook,” in the December issue of Harper’s Magazine:
“So it is with healthcare reform. The debate in Washington
this fall ought to have been about
why the United States has the
worst healthcare system in the
developed world, why Americans
pay twice the Western average to
maintain that system, and what
fundamental changes are needed
to make the system better serve
us. But Democrats rendered
those questions academic when
they decided the first principle of
reform would be, as Barack
Obama has so often explained,
that ‘nothing in our plan requires
you to change what you have.’”
Snow
From “Fighting the Wrong
Health Care Battle,” Sunday
Opinion, The New York Times:
“Let moderate Democrats who
oppose the public option say
they stopped a government
takeover. Liberals should be prepared to give up what is now a
mere symbol for changes in the
bill that would deliver affordable
insurance more effectively and
quickly to the millions of Americans who desperately need it.”
From Editorial, Sunday Opinion, The New York Times:
“Because of intense opposition from conservatives, both
bills shunned a more robust
public plan that would have had
the power to virtually force doctors to serve its beneficiaries – at
Medicare rates that are typically
less than private plans pay
them.”
From “Health Care
Hypocrisy,” Ralph Nader, CommonDreams.org:
“A former supporter of single
payer health insurance (often
described as full Medicare for all
with free choice of physician and
hospital and the elimination of
hundreds of billions of dollars of
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corporate administrative costs
and billing fraud), then-Illinois
state senator Barack Obama predicted, in 2003, that it would be
enacted once Congress and the
White House were controlled by
Democrats. Well, that is now the
situation, but, as President, he
believes single payer is not ‘practical.’”
One important issue on the
cost of healthcare that seems to
have been lost in the grandstanding is that uninsured visits
to the emergency room, which
are more expensive than clinic or
office visits, are covered by taxes,
and folks without insurance go
to the ER for as little as a cold.
My old man would add tort reform to this argument. Though
we differ on how much a health
insurance company should be
able to “profit” as a ratio of what
expenditures it regains through
premiums, I’m aware that some
successful universal programs
include caps on malpractice payouts.
At any rate, it’s clear that
healthcare reform is mired in political posturing and the need to
please everybody, where what we
need is some leadership. JHW
Seems like we have been bombarded with seemingly unrelated
facts over the past two weeks, which individually did not strike any
hot buttons with me at all.
But when thought of in the one context of water, well, these
seemingly unrelated facts got me thinking.
For example: Like the fact that Las Vegas in running out of
water. Should we care? Or that it allegedly takes 1,000 gallons of
water to produce one gallon of milk on your store’s shelf. Is this a
big deal?
Here is where these thoughts came from:
A smart gal named Pat Mulroy, whose job is to keep Las Vegas
faucets running, spoke to a forum in Casper.
She talked about Lake Mead, where we did some boating a few
years ago. It was astonishing to see how much the water level had
dropped back then. It is worse today.
Ms. Mulroy said that full, the lake’s water level is 1,220 feet in
elevation. Today it is 1,092, which is an almost catastrophic level. It
is projected to drop to 1,080 next summer.
It was a big shock to hear that when the level hits 1,050 feet,
the hydroelectric generators at Hoover Dam quit.
The water Las Vegas is talking about starts as melted snow high
in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains, which forms the Green River,
which becomes Flaming Gorge and ultimately merges with the
Colorado River as its biggest tributary.
Ms. Mulroy spoke on a panel that also included Aaron Million,
who wants to siphon 81 billion gallons of water a year from Flaming Gorge and send it to Colorado plus Paula Wonnacott, a Sweetwater County Commissioner. Ms. Wonnacott was far more
popular with this crowd and her comments made much more
sense than Mr. Million’s.
With water on my mind, my next question came from a Forbes
article, which talked about a brilliant vegetarian who plans to figure
out a way to get the planet off its hunger for meat.
Patrick O. Brown contends that 37 percent of all the greenhouse gases in the world is caused by the production of meat,
meaning cattle and pigs, primarily.
Besides consumers, he blames food producers and restaurant
owners for not making fruits and vegetables look more appetizing
to customers so that they buy less meat.
This is a big deal for Wyoming since some 1,360,000 beef cattle
are raised in our state annually.
How do we process this information and come to rational decisions?
If it really does require 1,000 gallons of water for one gallon of
milk, does that make sense in a world that is short of water?
If beef and pigs cause considerable more global warming pollution than all the cars and trucks and power plants, should not
someone be listening?
As a journalist, it is easy to be skeptical of these reports, despite my penchant for repeating them.
It was Benjamin Disraeli who said there are three kinds of lies:
Lies. Damned Lies. And Statistics.
It would be hard to imagine a world without ample amounts of
beef and pork but perhaps we are headed that way. JHW
Cold and snow?
Several years ago during the month of November, my car would not start for over a week due
to below-zero temperatures. This year, I spent many November days rock climbing in the warm
sun. Is Jackson not as cold as it use to be or is this just a different year?
In the past month temperatures have only dropped into the single digits a hand full of days,
making it hard for the low elevation, man-made snow to stick around. Rendezvous Bowl’s depth
maintains just above twenty inches and local skiers hope the snow will soon fly. At least Jackson
Hole Mountain Resort and Grand Targhee have started running some lifts for us.
The change in weather could be caused by El Nino’s warm equatorial Pacific temperatures,
global warming, or any number of crazy theories; at any rate, Jackson’s local mountains are looking a bit dry. Luckily, this could quickly change with a cold storm’s sudden arrival. The few days
before Thanksgiving, several inches of new snow loaded on the upper elevation snow pack. During this storm, skiers reported powder turns and enough snow to ski all the way down Mt.
Glory. The avalanche warning increased, as new snow transported onto leeward slopes. Later in
the week warmer temperatures stabilized the snow, but also kept it limited to the high country.
Even though little snow exists in Jackson’s surrounding mountain ranges, there can still be avalanches. Whenever there is snow, it could slide, so always be aware.
For now, let’s hope for cold and snow, just like in Alaska’s Chugach Range where last week
five feet fell in 48 hours. JHW
– Lisa Van Sciver
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At a glance:
NEWS BRIEFS
By Ben Cannon
Hoback Sports owner Hernando Pardo shows off Smith helmets.
Safety first
Brain buckets standard issue at JHMR and elsewhere.
By Jake Nichols
In what likely signals a trend
toward better-safe-than-sued,
the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort recently announced it would
require certain employees to
wear helmets while on duty.
Staffers working the terrain
parks, halfpipe and patrolling the
backcountry must don helmets
beginning this ski season.
The decision came as a result
of ongoing talks with the
Wyoming Department of Employment’s (DOE) Worker Safety
and Compensation Division,
which takes direction from the
federal Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA).
The resort received a citation in
July from the DOE for failing to
protect ski patroller Kathryn
Miller Hess with a helmet when
she crashed in the Spacewalk
chute on March 13. Hess spent
four days in an induced coma
until she died March 18.
While neither side would say
the new policy is a direct result of
any agreement reached, JHMR
was facing possible fines for the
infraction. To date, the Hess estate has brought no legal action
against the resort for wrongful
death.
“The policy is the outcome of a
series of informal talks with
OSHA,” said resort spokesperson
Zahan Billimoria. “We were
proactive in the meetings. We are
always 100 percent committed to
keeping our employees safe and
helmets can play a part in doing
that.”
Resort President Jerry Blann
said JHMR will also mandate helmets for all top management and
department heads in order to set
a proper example.
Whether by restitution or resolution, the new helmet policy was
hastened into being by the
highly-publicized accident at
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JHMR – the first, and only, death
of a mountain employee while on
duty, according to the National
Ski Areas Association (NSAA) statistics.
At the time of Hess’ death, no
ski resort in the United States had
any helmet policy for employees.
At the time of Hess’
death, no ski resort in
the U.S. had any helmet
policy for employees.
In April, Vail Resorts shook the
industry when it announced it
would require all employees to
wear a helmet when using mountain facilities. Vail Resorts owns
and operates Keystone, Breckenridge, Vail and Beaver Creek in
Colorado, along with Heavenly
in California. NSAA director Dave
Byrd said Aspen is considering
adopting a helmet policy of some
kind as well.
“Vail was the first to mandate
their employees who ski as part
of their job to wear helmets,”
Byrd said. “We are not seeing
other resorts adopting as stringent a policy as Vail. I would not
be surprised to see some resorts
adopt something like Jackson
Hole’s. It is a sensible policy.”
Intrawest recently announced
it too would be putting new helmet requirements in place this
season. The corporation owns
nine ski resorts in the U.S. and
Canada including Whistler,
Steamboat, Stratton, and Copper
Mountain. Intrawest was
stunned following the tragic
death of actress Natasha Richardson at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant
ski resort last season. Richardson, 45, was not wearing a helmet when she fell during a
private lesson at the Quebec resort in March. The wife of actor
Liam Neeson, she later died of a
blood clot.
Starting this season, Intrawest
will make helmets mandatory for
all children and teens enrolled in
ski and snowboard programs and
will also include helmets in all
rental packages. By the 2010–
2011 season, helmets will also be
mandatory in the company’s
freestyle terrain parks.
Still, U.S. ski resorts lag behind
other parts of the world in safety
measures. A new law requiring all
children under 14 wear helmets
on the slopes was been passed
hastily in Austria following the
death of a mother in a highspeed collision with a German
politician last January. Beata
Christandl, who was not wearing
a helmet, became the 17th skier
to die in an on-piste accident in
the Alps last season.
A 2008 study conducted by
University of Washington professor Peter Cummings concluded
that the use of helmets could reduce the risk of serious injury to
a skier or rider in up to 60 percent of all accidents.
According to some industry
analysts, if ski resorts don’t make
helmet use mandatory, insurance
companies will. Billimoria said
JHMR executives have not discussed plans to make helmet use
mandatory for ticket-buyers.
Byrd also denied such a trend
underfoot. “I don’t see this as the
first step to a mandatory policy
for guests,” he said. “What we are
seeing is an increased focus on
safety over the past 30 years. This
is just a logical progression playing out in society.”
Billimoria said JHMR is offering a choice of several models
from helmet makers Giro and
Smith, free of charge. He added
that response so far has been
positive.
Grand Targhee did not respond
by press time regarding any policy changes at the resort. JHW
Jackson Hole public relations firm Base Camp Communications has
merged with Verde PR, a Durango, Colorado, firm. The merged firm,
which will take the Verde PR name, represents 24 companies from the
outdoor industry, including top names like Kona and Osprey
Base Camp, founded by Jackson Hole resident Mike Geraci, brought
clients Kona, Princeton Tec, Scarpa and Backcountry.com through the
merger. Those companies will now be represented alongside top names
like Osprey, Kokatat and Nikwax.
In a statement, Geraci said he and Verde PR founder Kristin Carpenter-Ogden, of Durango, have collaborated on marketing strategies over
the years.
“In exploring this partnership, we realized that each of our agencies
brought different but complementary strengths to the table,” he said.
Verde will continue to maintain an office in Jackson, and Geraci has been
named the firm’s vice president and will direct strategic development.
Some former Base Camp clients, including Gregory Packs and Ryders
Eyewhere, will not be represented by the merged Verde.
Geraci was not available Tuesday to comment on whether the merger
was part of a company buyout.
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New comp plan in Yellowstone a first
A new comprehensive plan for a lodging area in Yellowstone could
set a precedent for the way the park manages infrastructure.
The plan limits any new development around the Tower-Roosevelt
section in northeast Yellowstone. A campground and cluster of cabins,
as well as opportunities in the summer for horseback riding and chuck
wagon dinners, lure fewer visitors than many other Yellowstone areas,
making it an attractive destination for poeple looking for a more rustic
experience off the beaten path, according to park spokesman Al Nash.
“This is an effort for us to begin looking at some of the park’s developed areas and take a hard look at what makes each area unique,” Nash
remarked.
Nash said the plan delineates a clear vision to preserve the character
of the visitor node.
“It’s very rustic,” he said. “The rooms are very spartan. The facilities,
limited. It’s more of a frontier experience.”
New building will have to meet new restrictions including height limits, and any new development must meet requirements for environmental compliance.
This is the first plan of its kind for Yellowstone or any national park,
according to Nash.
“This, in its own way, is a groundbreaking effort and its one we will
work to replicate in other areas of the park,” he said.
The Tower-Roosevelt area is notable for its role in the preservation of
Yellowstone. In 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt camped in the area on
his historic visit to the park.
‘Buffalo Battle‘ premieres on TV
A one-hour
special about
conflicts surrounding Yellowstone bison,
government
wildlife officials
and the activist
group the Buffalo
Field Campaign
will air Saturday.
The show,
called “Buffalo
Battle,” follows
A still from “Buffalo Battle.”
Field Campaign
volunteers and
state and federal officials as each group wrestles with controversial
bison management. “Buffalo Battle” also, according to a press release,
seeks balance by including interviews with livestock farmers and others
on the opposite end of controversy surrounding bison, thousands of
which have been slaughtered over fears about mingling with livestock
when they have left the protection of Yellowstone.
The show is a pilot for a possible new series and was directed and
produced by filmmaker Matthew Testa, a former Jackson Hole resident.
“Buffalo Battle” will air at 10 p.m. Saturday on Planet Green, found
on Bresnan cable at channel 201, or for DIRECTV subscribers, channel
286. JHW
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Ski season’s opening weekend
was upon the Tetons last weekend, with Grand Targhee and
Jackson Hole Mountain resort
opening on Friday and Saturday
respectively.
Although snowfall has been a
bit grim, and everyone knows
powdery opening days are way
better than not powdery days, the
kick-off to the ski season is, without fail, a festive event. It signifies that the lifts are turning, all
the familiar faces are stoked at
the hill, the game is on … and
that big storms and deep days are
on the way.
Despite the low snow accumulations so far, both resorts reported strong skier numbers for
opening weekend. The usual
opening weekend scene ensued
at JHMR, with Teewinot and
Apres Vous lifts open.
Plenty of skiers and snowboarders showed up to usher in
the season of lift-served access,
and see all of the familiar faces
from the ski world. Despite the
fact that only one run was open,
everyone was smiling, and the atmosphere was full of energy.
JHMR snowmakers have been
working hard this fall,
and it showed at the
ski hill over the weekend, with the open
terrain offering pretty
solid coverage.
“Snowmaking conditions have been really good the past
couple of weeks,”
said Zahan Billamoria, communications
manager for JHMR.
Good enough, in
Apres Vous, opening day at JHMR.
fact, that the resort
had enough extra snow to get cre- non Brooks-Hamby.
The resort opened Shoshone
ative, and build two little terrain
parks for some extra festivity. It is lift and several runs to the base.
The sun was shining, and things
the first time the resort built feawere looking like a “pretty typical
tures to complement opening
opening day,” said ski patroller
day.
Dan Pauroso, who was out lap“It just adds another element
ping the chalky snow with the
of fun to early season,” said Bilskiers and snowboarders.
lamoria.
As far as opening more terrain,
The little parks were, of course,
the snow on the upper mountain
a hit. After all, if you can’t ski big
mountain lines, you might as well is in pretty good shape, and according to Pauroso, maybe even
practice jibbing.
just one good storm could fill in
Targhee, which usually opens
the problematic band of thin covbefore JHMR, had decent covererage on the mid-mountain. For
age on the lower mountain, and
now, hiking to powder turns
didn’t step up their usual snowabove the ski area is restricted to
making efforts, which the resort
before or after the lifts are runtries to keep to a minimum, acning (8 am-4 pm). JHW
cording to spokeswoman Shan-
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Still a garage band
After nearly 30 years, THE RECESSIONS
have finally made it. Or not.
DAVID SWIFT
By Ben Cannon
For the crowd of hundreds that attended the Goatstock benefit in September,
the concert was a showcase of the genres of live music often associated with the
small communities of the Rocky Mountains. Various bands performed classic
rock (Mandatory Air), reggae (the Chanman Roots Band) and even a set of somewhat rarer, yet nonetheless fitting, Afro-Cuban music (Calle Mambo).
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DAVID SWIFT
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DAVID SWIFT
Does this sound better? Schwartz, Zajac, Pfaltz and Bigelow trade instruments.
COURTESY JAMIE BIGELOW
Bob Pfaltz hopes the part about a drummer’s curse isn’t true.
Not John Oates? Schwartz, (right), jams with Bigelow. Ex-member Bill Harvey looks on.
12 December 2 - 8, 2009
It was a musical lineup composed of what you might expect for the proverbial mountain town, regardless of whether anyone covered a Grateful Dead
song that day.
But when the band called The Recessions closed their set that afternoon,
they chose to play a signature cover tune that might seem a tad unusual
alongside, say, the all-woman’s conga drumming line that formed later.
“Did you see us?” Andy Schwartz, The Recessions front man and lead vocalist, said off-stage after the set. “We ended with ‘Anarchy in the U.K.’”
The song he was referring to, in case you didn’t know, is the classic 1976
tune by the legendary British punk rock band the Sex Pistols. And while the
song’s nihilistic lyrics (e.g. “I am an anarchist”) nowadays are generally nonthreatening, it’s still seems rather unusual that “Anarchy” would be performed at an event where some adults twirled hula hoops.
It’s also a tiny bit humorous that The Recessions do “Anarchy” when you
consider that Schwartz, who performed the song since the early 80s, is a respected elected official.
Goatstock was the most recent of only a handful of performances by the
band since it reunited in 2007 following a hiatus that lasted more than 10
years. This weekend, The Recessions will again take the stage when it plays
two nights at the Silver Dollar Bar, a venue usually reserved for Americana
and country outfits that beckon some people to the traditionally Western
dance floor. But the band is no punk rock act, despite “Anarchy” and the occasional cover song or two by The Clash.
The story of The Recessions begins nearly 30 years ago. As men in their 20s
and early 30s, the band’s members were part of an early wave of young people relocating to Jackson Hole for the outdoors and easygoing lifestyle. Three
of the founding members – Schwartz, bass player David Swift and guitarist
Jamie Bigelow – are still here.
The passage of time has brought each his own success. Alongside his role
as County Commissioner, Schwartz is a local retailer. Swift, who was a burgeoning Jackson Hole News photographer when he first jammed with this
clique, has published work in books and built what be described as “a very
successful” photography business. Bigelow, a former technician at the Los
Alamos nuclear test site, was recently featured in a newspaper profile about
his latest quirky profession: salon mani-pedicurist.
Ronnie and the Recessions played its first live gig on the deck of the Steak
Pub, a long-gone South Park restaurant in what is now South Side Pizza.
Schwartz and Bigelow worked at the Steak Pub, which had a reputation for
employing a wild and fun-loving staff. Schwartz, a born leader, managed the
kitchen; Bigelow was a line cook. The year was 1982.
“It was one of the better restaurants of the time, but it was also a notorious
party outfit,” Bigelow remembered. “Everybody that worked there would stay
late at night after the restaurant closed and have a good time.”
In those early days of the Reagan administration, America was experiencing a severe recession – not unlike today. But in Jackson Hole, where the nascent tourism and getaway home economies were a sliver of what they are
today, the woes of a nation seemed far away to a group of young men who believed they had found a Shangri-La in the shadow of the Grand Tetons.
Schwartz named the band Ronnie and the Recessions in the same way any
good young liberal might use playful irreverence when referring to a conservative with whom he does not see eye-to-eye. (They later dropped “Ronnie”
from the marquis, effectively kicking him “out of the band,” Scwhartz said.)
Despite the name and the handful of politically edgy songs in the band’s
early repertoire, The Recessions were in it solely for the fun. It wasn’t about
communicating a cynical message to the other ski bums and free spirits, who
likely didn’t feel connected to whatever youthful unrest was occurring in
cities across America anyway.
“David and I would always make certain kinds of jokes, but our left-wing
politics were never the driving force,” Schwartz said.
The band rehearsed underneath a friend‘s arcade, and soon crowds turned
out for regular shows at the Steak Pub, and also venues like the Mangy Moose
and the Calico restaurant.
They performed various arrangements of classic rock and blues rock numbers, and also covered music that was cutting edge for the day. While there
were a few other rock and roll bands, Jackson Hole until that time had seen
mostly country and Western acts. Suddenly, a local band was doing “Psycho
Killer” by the Talking Heads as that band was entering the general public consciousness, and the local crowds ate it up.
“We had to have been the first band in Wyoming covering the Sex Pistols,”
Swift said.
The word about new and underground bands didn’t move as quickly then
as it does now; it had to come from somewhere. And while other members introduced new material and had a say in what songs the band would cover, it
was Schwartz who turned on his band mates to groups like The Clash, Talking
Heads and The Sex Pistols. Schwartz grew up in Washington D.C., where in
the 80s a hardcore punk scene would blossom. Schwartz, who went to Woodstock, was never punk, but he did know people back East who kept him
plugged in
“Andy definitely had the most urbane of our tastes,” Swift said, adding that
his band mate has a no-holds-barred stage manner. “He would bounce
around the stage singing shirtless and drenched in sweat.”
Schwartz, however, dismisses that he ever took off his shirt on stage. But he
said performing live today is still the same catharsis as it was 30 years ago.
“I’ve often described it as an out-of-body experience,” Schwartz said. “It’s
not at all like what I do in my daily life.”
Interviewed separately, all three men recalled one particular gig. It was a
summer bonfire party at the West Table boat ramp on the Snake River. The
band brought in a generator and jammed late into the night. Friends visiting
Schwartz from out of town thought they were lost on a pitch black rural road
until suddenly they came upon the glow of the bonfire and then raging party
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In his dreams an arena rock king: Jamie Bigelow.
in what seemed like the middle of nowhere.
“That was the kind of gig that some people still remember when they
think about the old days,” Bigelow said.
Bigelow came to Jackson Hole in the late 70s as an avid rock climber. A
product of Southern California, he grew up idolizing bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd that ruled the arenas of that era. These days, when
not playing with one of his side projects, he prefers to play Clapton-style
leads while The Recessions hang back a bit on blues rock numbers.
“I learned a lot about music being around these guys,” Bigelow said.
Bigelow, like his bandmates, likes to relate the story of The Recessions to
that of Spinal Tap, the fictional British rock band made famous in the
comedic ‘mockumentary’ of the same name. Like Spinal Tap, The Recessions have lost multiple drummers. At least one and possibly as many as
two have died in skiing accidents. Others simply quit the band.
The band also has a rocky history with women – just not necessarily of
the groupie or multiple ex-wife variety.
“When The Recessions were really falling apart we took on a busty female vocalist who was kind of an extroverted bar freak,” Bigelow said. “A
lot of fans were looking at us like we’d really sold out.” The woman,
Bigelow said he was told later, went on to become an on-air personality for
the QVC cable shopping network.
And, like any good rock and roll band, there have been issues with
band members having bad reactions to stimulants.
On one occasion Schwartz, needing a pick-me-up before a gig, asked
Bigelow if he had anything to help.
“I took some bee pollen Jamie gave me, and then ran off the stage to
throw up,” Schwartz said, referring to the all-natural and totally legal supplement believed to boost energy.
“Andy’s got allergies to just about everything,” Bigelow said. “I gave
him one of my power drinks with banana, yogurt and bee pollen. It didn’t
occur to me that it would send him into, not quite anaphylactic shock,
but digestive revolution.”
The band members don’t go quite as hard as they used to because of the
late hours and hassle of moving equipment. These days the band rehearses at the Driggs, Idaho, home of drummer Bob Pflatz.
“Andy and David both look forward to coming over the pass,” said
Bigelow, a resident of nearby Victor. “Bob’s house has expansive views and
the room we play in is done in hardwood. We’ve gotten accustomed to
having a nice fire going while we practice.”
It’s a big step up from the band’s days of rehearsing in the dank basement of a friend’s arcade. But much remains the same.
“We’re still a garage band,” Schwartz said.
Joining The Recessions at the Silver Dollar this weekend will be another
newer member, vocalist Sue Zajac, who apparently represents that the
band has made peace with female members.
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Swift, 61, is sometimes self-conscious about what it means to play bass
in a rock band with other post-middle age professionals.
“I don’t want to be a cliche,” he said. “But when I’m on stage I go for it. I
don’t care.”
And regardless of how the upcoming gig goes, it probably won’t be the
last this valley has seen of The Recessions.
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Library closes …
the year with a big party
Local artisans sell;
you buy
and Men, a National Book Award finalist, as well
as many other works of fiction and nonfiction.
Readers ready to open their lives, and journals, to the public might find useful the Debra
Gwartney workshop, “Writing Your Memoir,” Friday morning.
Hosted with the Jackson Hole Writers Conference, the workshop will teach how to form an interesting and moving narrative out of memories.
Gwartney is author of the memoir, Live
Through This, co-editor of Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape with Barry
Lopez, and nonfiction writing faculty member at
Portland State University.
Maybe it’s the people, the music, the food, the
venue – the “library party” at the Four Seasons
Resort in Teton Village has a reputation for being
one of, if not the, best annual get-togethers. Last
year, it sold out at 400 guests. They donated
more than $100,000 for library programs, and, in
return, enjoyed snow crab, oysters, sushi,
braised pork and rabbit, all provided by the Four
Seasons.
The Four Seasons promises as bountiful a
spread, this year, with Pam Drews Phillips Quartet providing the entertainment, and a special
one-night rate of $150 for a room (driving home
early is no alternative). – MI
Page to the Podium: Barry Lopez is 6:30 p.m.,
Thursday, at the Center Theater, Center for the
Arts; free. “Writing Your Memoir,” is 10 a.m., Friday, at Teton County Library; free. The Annual Library Benefit is 7 p.m., Friday, in the Cottonwood
Ballroom at Four Seasons Resort (732-5000 to reserve a room); $100. 733-2164 for tickets, waiting
lists, etc.
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ARTS
The mantra “Buy local” is gaining impetus
around the globe. In the valley, Town and
County officials and the Jackson Hole Chamber
of Commerce have increased advertising efforts to propagate this message.
This week, a chance to patronize local artisans happens thrice. First, the Art Association
hosts a Studio Christmas Sale with Teton MudPots and Teton Artlab, Thursday. Items for sale
include ceramics, prints, jewelry, drawings,
paintings and baked goods. At least 35 percent
of sales will go to Art Association programs.
Then, on Saturday, the Art Association hosts
its annual Christmas Bazaar with local and regional art and handmade goods.
Dancers’ Workshop will also host a
fundraiser market place of affordable local art
on Saturday. Goods from jewelry and clothing
to accessories and paintings will be available
from a buck to $99.
Studio Christmas, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Center for the Arts. Free. 733-6379. Christmas Bazaar, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, at
Snow King Ice Rink, $3. 733-6379.
Dancers’ Workshop’s Affordable Art for Christmas, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Center for the
Arts. Free. 733.6398.
Wednesday 12.2
DAVID LIITTSCHWAGER
Attendees at last year’s Annual Library Benefit
answered identically and emphatically, when
asked why they supported the library: “I love the
library.” They cited classes, readings, clubs, guest
speakers, “and, of course, the books.” And most
of it, free – don’t think you can get out of those
late fees.
This week is the library’s biggest of the year
with its free Page to the Podium presentation
featuring nature writer Barry Lopez on Thursday,
a memoir-writing class with Debra Gwartney
Friday morning and the Teton County Library
Foundation fundraiser Friday night.
As is the case for most Page to the Podium
events, the free tickets for Barry Lopez’s reading
have been claimed and the library is holding a
waiting list. If you have a ticket, but can’t use it,
return it, so someone else can go.
Once a landscape photographer, Lopez now
captures the emotional and necessary human
connection to nature with his pen. He urges that
humans are very little without a sense of place.
The Earth has an importance for us perhaps
greater than mere survival, and our meditation
over this shared need can help us confront social
and environmental disparities.
Lopez is author of Arctic Dreams, which won
him the National Book Award, and Of Wolves
ARTS
The writing’s on the wall
Collages yield new perspectives from the coalescence of many singular forms.
Travis Walker of Teton Artlab has been gathering
works on paper from local artists such as Stephen
Glass, Rachel Kunkle Hartz, Benjamin Carlson and
Aaron Wallis, to create a collage-like and tiled aesthetic for the exhibit Wallpaper, opening Friday.
Aaron Wallis’ pimped out paper
A galaxy of moods, mindsets and visions, the
show will expose themed sections of wallpaper with dozens of prints tiling the walls, Walker
said. While in other areas of the Artlab, pieces will be hung to denote “a quilt-like collage of
unique work on paper of various shapes, colors, and sizes.”
Wallpaper not only sews together a bevy of local artistic flavors, but also relies heavily on
the placement of each piece to communicate something larger.
“[The jury and hanging] is much akin to a doing a jigsaw puzzle, but one without an
image to help you solve it,” Walker said. “It reveals itself as you go along. I am also obsessed
with Tetris, which helps this process.” Wallpaper, 6 p.m., Friday, at Teton Artlab. 699-0836.
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Week of 12/2
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with snow possible
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7:41 a.m.
4:46 p.m.
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Moonset
7:42 a.m.
4:46 p.m.
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11:51 a.m.
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Hop on the
OUTDOORS
When armed with the proper wisdom, we can increase our chances of survival during
an avalanche or myriad other backcountry catastrophes.
On Thursday, Skinny Skis hosts its annual Avalanche Awareness night at Snow King.
The fundraiser event, which raises money for the Bridger Teton Avalanche Lab and Search
and Rescue is a community forum of avalanche and weather experts, local mountaineers
and vendors selling discounted avalanche safety gear. Raffle prizes include full season
passes to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Grand Targhee and Snow King.
Avalanche Awareness Night, 6 p.m., Thursday, at Snow King’s Grand Teton Room. $5.
733-6094.
WEDNESDAY
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
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Sunrise
7:43 a.m.
Sunset
4:46 p.m.
Moonrise
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Moonset 12:16 p.m.
Regional Forecast
CITY
Bozeman, MT
Casper, WY
Driggs, ID
Grand Teton N.P.
Idaho Falls, ID
Missoula, MT
Pinedale, WY
Riverton, WY
Rock Springs, WY
Salt Lake City, UT
Yellowstone N.P.
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c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice
Ride the FREE Town Shuttle or the $3 routes
between Jackson and Teton village
Schedule & fare information can be found at www.startbus.com, at each stop, at hotel front desks and on the buses. Questions? 733-4521
COURTESY TETON ARTLAB
By Robyn Vincent
MUSIC
■ Cory Quinn & Open Mic Night,
5 to 7 p.m., at Jackson Hole Bar
and Grill. Folk, rock. Open Mic begins at 7 p.m. Free.
■ Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., at
Southside Pizza and Pub. Hosted by
Peter “Chanman” Chandler. Free.
734-0866.
■ Jackson Hole Jazz Foundation
7 to 9 p.m. rehearsal at the Center
for the Arts. Big Band. Free. 6990102.
■ Anne & Pete Sibley Old Tyme
Christmas, 7 to midnight, The Wort
Free live holiday concert. anneandpetesibley.com, 733-2190.
COMMUNITY
■ Annual Meeting featuring special guest speaker Michael Kinsley of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
John’s Episcopal Church’s Hansen
Hall from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. The
evening will begin with the membership meeting, followed by light
refreshments and live music with
Tom Marshall until 7:30 p.m., then
Kinsley’s presentation from 7:30 to
8:30 p.m.There is a $5 suggested
donation to help cover our costs for
the speaker.
rebecca@jhalliance.org or 7339417.
DANCE
■ Dancers’ Workshop Wednesday Classes at the Center for the
Arts. Intermediate Pilates, 8:30 to
9:30 a.m.; Power Jivamukti Yoga,
noon to 1:15 p.m.; Beginning Pilates, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Intermediate Ballet, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.; Dance
Fitness 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. For a
schedule of junior and teen classes
go to dwjh.org. 733-6398.
CLASSES & LECTURES
■ Library Classes, 8:30 a.m.,
Intro to Excel; 10 a.m. Basic Word
Processing; 6 p.m., Procesador
Básico, 733-2164
HEALTH & FITNESS
■ Senior Fitness and Brunch, 9
a.m., Recreation Center, Water aerobics class followed by brunch in the
recreation center meeting room.
Pre-registration is not required.
739-9025, $7 or punch card.
Thursday 12.3
MUSIC
■ Farris Miller Smith, 7 to 10
p.m., at Q Roadhouse on MooseWilson Road. Folk. Free. 739-0700.
ART
★ Pottery Sale, 10 a.m., Art Association Ceramics Studio in the
Center for the Arts. The Teton Mud
Pots, a group of local potters, will
be hosting their annual pottery sale
and raffle. A percentage of sales
will benefit ceramics classes and
programming. Raffle tickets will be
available and a drawing will take
place at 5 p.m., win art from local
artists as well as national artists
who have taught at the Art Association. 733-6379, jenny@artassociation.org.
■ Holiday Wreath Class, 5:30 to
7:30 p.m., Recreation Center, Meeting Room. 739-9025.
DANCE
■ Dancers’ Workshop Thursday
Classes at the Center for the Arts.
See CALENDAR page 16
15
Music
CALENDAR
Friday 12.4
MUSIC
■ Friday Night Jazz, 6:30 to 9:30
p.m., at Warbirds Cafe in Driggs.
With vocalist Juliane Kowski and pianist Keith Phillips. Free. 208-3542550.
■ Jazz Night, 7 to 10 p.m., in The
Granary at Spring Creek Ranch atop
East Gros Ventre Butte. Free. 7338833.
★ The Recessions, 7:30 p.m., at
the Silver Dollar Bar in the Wort
Hotel. Rock. Free. 733-2190.
■ Cold Fusion, 9 p.m., at the Virginian Saloon. Hard rock. Free. 7399891.
ART
★ Wallpaper exhibit opening, 6
p.m., Teton Artlab, inside the Center
for the Arts, 240 S. Glenwood. Various local artists’ works on paper
16 December 2 - 8, 2009
Bo
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Zumba Fitness, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.;
Family Tae Kwon Do, 6:15 to 7:30
p.m.; Cardio Hip Hop and Breakdancing, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.; Zumba
Toning 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. 733-6398.
KIDS & FAMILIES
■ Storytime, 10:30 to 11 a.m., at
the TC Library. Kids ages 4 to 7 are
invited to join librarians for Storytime featuring a different theme
each week with related tales and
activities. 733-2164.
CLASSES & LECTURES
★ Avalanche Awareness Night
2009, 6 to 9:30 p.m. SnowKing Resort, Grand Teton Room. Gueast
Speaker: Ian McCammon, Ph.D. Beyond the Void: Preventing Fatal Decisions in Avalanche Terrain
Sponsored by Skinny Skis. Grand
Prize: All Mountain Ski Pass to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for
09/10. 733-6094
★ Page to the Podium with
Barry Lopez, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,Center
For The Arts. The Teton County Library and the Library Foundation
present Barry Lopez, award-winning author of “Arctic Dreams” and
countless other books and essays,
in the Center Theater. Free tickets
for the event are available at the
Teton County Library on a firstcome, first-served basis to anyone
who presents a Teton County Library card. 733-2146.
COMMUNITY
■ Wyoming Women’s Business
Center Teton County Roundtable
Program, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. First
Interstate Bank, Basement Training
Room. Lunch and Networking “Integrating Technology Into Your Business and Tips for Helping Your
Business Become Green” First
come, first serve lunch. 734-7373.
■ Teton Toastmasters, noon, in
the County Commissioners Chambers in the Teton County building at
the corner of Simpson and Willow.
Teton Toastmasters meets the 1st
and 3rd Thursday of each month.
Light lunch provided. 699-4882
HOLIDAYS
★ Art Association Studio Christmas Sale, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Center For The Arts. Join the Teton
MudPots, Teton Artlab and the Art
Association Life Drawing group for
a pre-Christmas sale to include ceramics, prints, jewelry, drawings
and paintings, and baked goods.
Raffle drawing at 5 p.m. 733-6379.
Paper Bird
Avant-garde gypsy music
By Aaron Davis
Autumn has been a bountiful
harvest for consumers of hipster
folk, and early winter will maintain the trend. The Denver area
has plugged many of its ensembles into our local sockets, providing a welcomed surge in
distinctive acoustic groups.
The atypical Nawlins’ blend of
a trombone melody over a bed
of hard-strummed banjo left a
great first impression of Paper
Bird. Enter a female vocal, then
two more female vocals to
round out the three-part harmony, all supported by guitar
and upright bass. The Denverbased Americana-jazz septet
produces music that is simply
gorgeous.
“Four of us made a weekend
trip to Breckenridge three years
ago, and we ended up busking
on the street,” vocalist-trumpeter Sarah Anderson explained
of Paper Bird’s organic early
days. “We weren’t planning on
starting a band, but it was too
much fun not to.”
Though it’s hard to pinpoint
which, the band’s music could
easily be of a different time.
Paper Bird is avant-garde
gypsy music, spreading its wings
over folk and jazz with elements
“We weren’t planning on
starting a band but it was
too much fun not to.”
-Sarah Anderson
of ragtime and pop, but not prescribed to any one flight pattern.
Refreshing is what it is, and their
recent decision to throttle full
steam ahead with their music
lives will soon reach a broader
audience.
“We’ve been all over the place
with our separate lives over the
Stop by
The Liquor Store
for the COLDEST
BEER in town
last year,” Anderson said. “But
we recently had a sit-down, put
our heads together and decided
that this is what we want and
need to be doing.”
Sealing the deal, the band invested in a veggie/diesel touring
bus, which is a converted airport
shuttle that had already been
setup for a touring band. Colorado exports a number of veggie oil-powered touring bands,
and the scene continues to
thrive.
“I’m blown away by the music
in Denver,” Anderson said. “Its
totally taking off, and many of
the bands overlap with members. My dream would be to take
all of these bands on tour to represent the state.”
In addition to a full-length
studio release geared for early
2010, Paper Bird released two
EPs in 2008 — A Sky Underground and Live at Twist and
Shout — and their debut album
Nameless and Joymaking was
self-released in 2007. Just three
years of making uncanny music
together recently earned them
the Best Roots/Americana band
of 2009 by The Denver Westword.
They will ramble into town
after a bill with Grace Potter and
The Nocturnals and Brett Dennen in Denver, and preceding a
trio of shows in late December
with Big Head Todd and the
Monsters.
Random Canyon Growlers
will open the show with new instrumentation and guest players. Paper Bird will also
participate in a live interview
and in-studio performance at 6
p.m. Monday on 89.1 KHOL.
JHW
What’s Good Here? Productions will present Paper Bird
at 8:30 p.m. on Monday at
Jackson’s Hole Bar and Grille
(formerly Eleanor’s Cuvee. $8,
with an optional $3 BYO surcharge.
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Mon-Fri 4-7pm
733-2792 750 W. Broadway
CD REVIEWS
CALENDAR
Passing By Behind Your Eyes
Think Free
Fall Be Kind EP
PRETTY LIGHTS
BEN ALLISON
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
★★★★★
★★★★★
This latest from Fort Collins-based eclectic
electronic act Pretty Lights was released back
in early October, but we thought it still warranted a review now for good reason.
For one thing, Pretty Lights has actually
performed in Jackson – it put on one of the
best live shows in memory last April - and
there’s a good chance the band will return
some day in the foreseeable future for an encore. Second, local workhorse deejay Mikey
Thunder, who helped introduce us to Pretty
Lights, just wrapped up a tour with the group
– the umbrella of a multi-talented producer
named Derek Vincent Smith.
A friend who saw them perform at New
Orleans’ legendary House of Blues told me it
was perhaps the most electrifying show he’s
ever seen in that hallowed hall. They played
a lot of material from Passing, which can be
downloaded free (or for a donation) on the
band’s Web site, PrettyLightsMusic.com.
The album should appeal to many with an
interest in the danceable beats that are uniting a variety of today’s hip music listeners.
– Ben Cannon
Chamber jazz bassist-composer-bandleader Ben Allison “wanted a band that
rocked,” so he called upon some long-time
friends and collaborators – including guitarist Steve Cardenas, of Paul Motion’s
thrilling and thoroughly up-to-date sextet,
and violinist Jenny Scheinman, whose magnificent work on Norah Jones’ 2002 debut
barely scratched the surface of her multifaceted talent – to make Think Free, his ninth
disc for the Palmetto label.
If “rock” brings to mind Led Zeppelin, you
might want to recalibrate your expectations.
But if Ben Allison makes you think of finely
wrought musical creations that manage to
combine elfin magic and modern alloys,
you’re still more or less on track. While some
of the eight tracks on Think Free feature a
steady four-to-the-bar pulse – courtesy of
drummer Rudy Royston – and/or a more
burred edge than say Medicine Wheel or
Peace Pipe, the intimate interplay, prog-informed hooks and quirky adventurism remain.
– Richard Anderson
★★★★★
Ten months after their groundbreaking
release, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal
Collective is back with five fresh tracks that
drip with confidence and style. “Graze”
kicks off with a mellow strings-laced feel,
and eventually we slam into a tea-cup ride
of folksy exuberance, not unlike racecourse
music in “Mario Kart.” AC’s leading talent
is innovativeness. Originality is laced
through every track, and every element fits
effortlessly and appropriately.
Whether it’s the glassy harmonics or Avey
Tare’s echoing vocals that sound more like a
layered-in instrument, than the main part
of the song, this EP is here to haunt and
here to please. “What Would I Want? Sky” is
the album’s most melodious, accessible
song, welcoming newcomers and pleasing
those already infected by AC’s novelties.
With another exceptional notch on their
bedpost, AC is ensuring a new genre of
music; one that is messy, pulsing, spontaneous and irrevocably, utterly now. A diamond in the experimental folk rough.
– Andrew Munz
★ = AM RADIO ★★ = SATISFYING ★★★ = COLLECTABLE ★★★★ = MOOD ALTERING ★★★★★ = THE BEATLES
THE
GOODS
Dinner will be available preshow, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
■
The Q Roadhouse is becoming
a lively after-dinner destination
on the West Bank. Thursdays
now feature folk trio Farris Miller
Smith—three vocalists (Tim,
Candice, Justin), two acoustic
guitars and a mandolin is their
foundation, topped with crafty
originals alongside bar favorites.
The three Bootleg Flyer band
mates are a big presence in the
local music landscape.
“Candice has one of the best
JUSTIN SMITH
At a recent engagement in a
small mountain town in North
Carolina, a man that I had just
met asked, “You ever heard of
Anne and Pete Sibley? I saw them
at Merlefest and now I listen to
them on my iPod when I work
out!”
That goes to show you that
The Sibleys are imprinting their
warm and fuzzy folk-grass stamp
in every little nook of America.
Following a stint through the Pacific Northwest in October, the
duo ventured East for a short
tour through their Connecticut
homeland as well as Virginia.
Their annual two-night run at
Dornan’s is this week, at 8 p.m.
next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tickets are $15 and available at
Valley Bookstore and Dornan’s.
voices in the business and it will
be a great pleasure to back her
up,” Smith said.
FMS will perform 7 to 10 p.m.,
Thursdays, through the winter
season at Q, where a two-for-one
happy hour sweetens the deal, 5
to 6 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m.
■
Don’t forget about the Annual
LIVE MUSIC 7:30 - 11:00pm
Library Benefit, which will feature Pam Drews Phillips Quartet.
Proceeds benefit The Teton
County Library Foundation, established in 1982 to enhance library programs and services. The
elegant benefit sells out its allotted 400 tickets each year, which
are priced at $100 and include
food and libations. Tickets are attainable at the library’s front
desk or online at TCLib.org/libraryparty. There will also be a
raffle to win a Kindle.
A free shuttle will be provided
for ticket holders to the Four
Seasons Resort from 6:45 to 11
p.m. A special $150 overnight
rate at the Four Seasons is also
offered. Call 732-5000 to reserve,
or 733-2164 ext. 217 for more information. – AD
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■ Winter Solstice Fine Crafts and
Jewelry Show, 6 to 9 p.m., CIAO
Gallery, 66 S. Glenwood. 733-7833.
THEATER
■ Improv Comedy with the Laff
Staff, 8 p.m., Black Box Studio in
The Center for the Arts. Jackson
Hole’s upstart improv comedy
troupe. Donations welcome! 7334900.
DANCE
■ Dancers’ Workshop Classes in
the Center for the Arts. Intermediate
Pilates, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; Ballet
Workout 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.;
Zumba Fitness 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
For a schedule of junior and teen
classes, go to dwjh.org. 733-6398.
FILM
■ Swift. Silent. Deep. - Special
Showing, 6:30 p.m., at Pink Garter
Theatre. The Story of the Jackson
Hole Air Force. The film was produced locally and has only been
shown in Jackson once before. Raffle, cheap beer and pizza available
for purchase. Film at 7 p.m.; doors
at 6:30. $12/ $10 in advance at
Cloudveil. 690-9401.
CLASSES & LECTURES
★ Writing your Memoir, 10 a.m.
to noon, Teton County Library Auditorium. TCL and Jackson Hole Writers Conference host Debra
Gwartney for “Writing Your Memoir,” a writers’ workshop. Call to
sign up. 733-2164 ext. 135.
COMMUNITY
★ 7th Annual Library Benefit, 8
to 11 p.m., Four Seasons in Teton
Village. Tickets on sale at Teton
County Library’s front desk or
tclib.org. Ticket costs not only provide a festive evening, it also supports an array of Library
Foundation-sponsored events, programs and even green energy at
the library. $100. 733-2164.
HOLIDAYS
■ Santa’s Workshop
Mommy&Me, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Twigs on 890 S. Hwy 89. 739-9025
★ Jackson Women’s Hockey Unveils New Calendar, 6 p.m., Teton
County Fair Building. Jackson Hole
Women’s Hockey, Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary and JH Weekly
are teaming up to celebrate the art
of women’s hockey with an unveiling of the new 2010 women’s
hockey calendar by photographer
Heather Erson. Women’s hockey
fans can meet some of the models
and get their calendars autographed. 801-580-7123.
Saturday 12.5
MUSIC
■ Tram Jam, 10 a.m., at the base
of Bridger Gondola at Jackson Hole
Mountain Resort. Ski bum music.
Free.
★ The Recessions, 7:30 p.m., at
the Silver Dollar Bar in the Wort
Hotel. Rock. Free. 733-2190.
■ Cold Fusion, 9 p.m., at the Virginian Saloon. Hard rock. Free. 7399891.
■ Judd Grossman, 4 to 8 p.m. in
the Four Seasons Lobby Lounge.
Folk, rock. Free. 732-5000.
■ Pianist Pam Drews Phillips, 7
to 10 p.m., in the Granary at Spring
Creek Ranch atop East Gros Ventre
17
Butte. Free. 733-8833.
THEATER
■ Improv Comedy with the Laff
Staff, 8 p.m., Black Box Studio Center for the Arts, The Laff Staff is
back! Donations welcome! 7348956.
DANCE
■ Dancers Workshop Classes at
Pilates, 9 to 10 a.m.; Zumba Fitness,
9 to 10 a.m. 733-6398.
OUTDOORS
■ Sierra Club Hike Flagg Ranch.
Come join the Sierra club for a
cross-country ski to Flagg Ranch in
GTNP. The trip is 8 miles round trip.
The pace will be slow with an easy
elevation gain. Call for hike details.
733-7288,drpitman50@msn.com.
HOLIDAYS
■ 10th Annual Living Gift Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., American Legion Hall (1 block north of the
Square, corner of Cache & Gill) 10th
Annual Living Gift Market To benefit
Heifer International HUGE Bake Sale
and Live Animals Give a gift of
hope. Empower women. End
hunger and poverty. 733-0788,
690-3172
★ 45th annual Christmas
Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Snow
King Center For 45 years, the Art
Association’s Christmas Bazaar has
heralded the approach of the holidays. This year, come hang out with
Santa Claus, too. $3 admission.
733-6379.
★ 2nd Annual Affordable Art for
Christmas, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Center Theater Lobby. Fifteen vendors
will be selling jewelry, paintings,
bags, and knit items such as fingerless gloves, neck warmers, and
hats, with a proceed of their sales
going to Dancers’ Workshop. Everything for sale will be between $1
and $99. 733-6398.
Sunday 12.6
MUSIC
■ Stage Coach Band, 6 to 10
p.m., at the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. Old-time country, folk, Western. Free. 733-4407.
■ Judd Grossman, 4 to 8 p.m., in
the Four Seasons Lobby Lounge.
Folk, rock. Free. 732-5000.
■ Jackson Hole Chorale performs G.F. Handel’s “The Messiah,” 3 p.m., Presbyterian Church
of Jackson Hole, 1251 South Park
Loop Rd. Twelve choruses from the
Christmas portions of the “Messiah”
will be performed, including the
popular “Hallelujah” chorus. Seven
soloist from the Chorale will also
perform. 734-9048.
ART
■ Wild About the Season, 1p.m.,
National Museum of Wildlife Art,
Join us at the Museum for our popular Wild About the Season First
Sunday Celebration! 732-5418.
FILM
■ Sunday Funday Film Series:
CHOPS, at Lyndsay McCandless
Contemporary. CHOPS tells the story
of a group of kids with extraordinary musical ability. Film shows at
noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., and 9 p.m.
$6. Whats.good.here.productions@gmail.com.
COMMUNITY
■ Soroptimist of Jackson 24th
18 December 2 - 8, 2009
HEATHER ERSON
CALENDAR
Do not fear the light, turn yourself around Ms. Hockey Player.
Steel beauty
By Robyn Vincent
When it comes to the age-old,
dainty image of what it means to
be feminine, Jackson Hole
women have pulverized the notion.
This area’s concept of womanly beauty is dictated more by
the myriad roles local females
slip in and out of on any given
day than by appearances. Take
the females of Jackson Hole
Hockey for instance. Their
strength stretches to each aspect
of life – they are athletes, mothers, business owners, mentors
and philanthropists.
They also happen to appear
naked in an annual calendar.
Time has come again (a long
anticipated, excitable time for
some) when all the roles, all the
equipment is peeled away, to reveal these women in their true,
naked skin.
Altamira Fine Art Gallery
172 Center St. 739-4700
Artspace Gallery/Art Association
240 S. Glenwood, 733-6379
A Horse of a Different Color
60 E. Broadway, 734-9603
A Touch of Class
10 W. Broadway, 733-3168
Astoria Fine Art
35 E. Deloney, 733-4016
Buffalo Trail Gallery
98 Center Street
734-6904
Brookover Gallery
125 N. Cache Street, 732-3988
Caswell Gallery/Sculpture Garden
145 E. Broadway, 734-2660
Cayuse Western Americana
255 N. Glenwood, 739-1940
Center Street Gallery
30 Center Street, 733-1115
Ciao Gallery
766 S. Glenwood., 733-7833
On Friday, the Jackson Hole
Women’s Hockey Team will celebrate the release of their well-received, provocative annual
calendar at the Teton County
Fair Building as a part of Lyndsay
McCandless’ First Friday event
going mobile.
“the women I met on the
hockey team
encompass traits of a
jackson hole woman.”
- Heather Erson
This year McCandless, who
played hockey throughout
school and plays tournaments
with the JH women’s team and
weekly with the rec leaugue, also
makes an appearance in the calendar, shot at the LMC gallery.
The stylish eye-candy display
ART
GALLERIES
Diehl Gallery
155 W. Broadway, 733-0905
DiTomasso Galleries
Fay Gallery
Teton Village Road, 739-1006
Fighting Bear Antiques
375 S. Cache, 733-2669
Full Circle Gallery
335 N. Glenwood, 733-0070
Galleries West Fine Art
70 S. Glenwood, 733-4412
Gros Ventre Gallery
Heriz Rug Co.
120 W. Pearl, 733-3388
Horizon Fine Art
not only showcases the player’s
curvy, feminine form, often disguised by clunky padding and
nondescript helmets, but also
the gusto of a female valley photographer. Local shutter fly
Heather Erson photographed the
2010 calendar of slick black and
white figures that are decidedly
not what you would expect once
the gloves, pads and helmets are
shed. Erson said she used all the
disrobed equipment to accentuate the femininity of the players.
“I wanted to convey that each
of these woman are beautiful
and feminine in their own way,”
she said. “I was trying to contrast
the graceful curves of the nude
figure and smooth skin with the
textured hockey elements of
skates, sticks, pucks, and net.”
Erson offers a mysterious perspective to portrait photography
through the use of shadow and
light. While too much is never re165 N. Center, 739-1540
Images of Nature
170 N. Cache, 733-9752
Images West
98 E. Little Ave., Driggs, 208-354-3545
Jack Dennis Wyoming Gallery
Town Square, 733-7548
Jeff Grainger Workshop
335 N. Glenwood, 734-0029
JH Muse Gallery
62 S. Glenwood, 733-0555
Legacy Gallery
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary
130 S. Jackson Street, 734-0649
Mountain Trails Gallery
National Museum of Wildlife Art
3 miles north of Jackson, 733-5771
Oswald Gallery
165 N. Center Street, 734-8100
RARE Fine Art Gallery
485 W. Broadway, 733-8726
vealed in any one photograph,
Erson lends us just enough polished skin and soft edges; candid
photos that reveal confident
women who place themselves
beneath the spotlight of many of
life’s arenas.
“All of the women I met on
the hockey team encompass
what I think are traits of a Jackson Hole woman: independent,
confident, intelligent, athletic
and sensual,” Erson said. JHW
Jackson Hole Women’s Hockey
calendar release party, 6 p.m.,
Friday at the Teton County Fair
Building. There will be a silent
auction of unique prints followed by a performance by hiphop, nu jazz band The Outfit
and turntablist The Amorphic.
Appetizers and beer and wine
will be served. $5 suggested donation. Calendars will be available for $20. 413-4331.
Robert Dean Collection
180 W. Broadway, 733-9290
Rivertime Designs
98 E. Little Ave., Driggs, 208-351-2045
Schmidt’s Custom Framing
890 S. Highway 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
60 E. Broadway, 739-1777
Wild Hands
70 S. Glenwood, 265 W. Pearl
733-4619
CALENDAR
Nearing the end of the beginning
By Andrew Munz
The 50,000th word was placed
at some point between the hours
of 4:30pm and 5:20 p.m. on Nov.
24, 2009. It should have been
the keyboard tap heard around
the world, but honestly I didn’t
even notice until I checked my
word count and it read 50,108
words. Hey! Ecstatic, I shut my
computer immediately, punched the air
Plot
with a muted “WooHoo” under my breath
(I was in the library,
after all) and then
went on to text everyone I’d ever met. After
years of writing stories that
never lasted longer than 10K at
the most, it was one hell of a personal achievement, and I finally
get to feel that payoff.
However, the quest to write a
novel is far from over.
I knew the purpose of National Novel Writing Month was
to write 50K words in a single
month. But that many words
only amount to about 175 pages,
which is a relatively short book.
And although I’ve hit that goal,
the plot of my novel still hasn’t
wound down to a decent ending.
But I’m getting there! I should be
done with my first draft in an-
other week, and then it’s on to
draft number two where the
dreaded editing process takes
wing. I’ve read over all that I’ve
written and am almost embarrassed at how many inconsistencies and mistakes I’ve already
made.
To think I’ve spent the past
four weeks on this project, constantly thinking about my characters and plot and
sitting at my computer
every afternoon boggles
my mind. I’ve always
heard the only way to
write something is to
just sit down and do it.
Don’t think. Just write.
And it worked. I could have
spent my whole life wanting to
write a novel, when all it really
took was an unhealthy obsession, subdued hunger and 24 afternoons of non-stop writing.
Ta- da!
As for where the story stands
at this point, I’ve not strayed far
from my original ideas, but I’ve
definitely encountered some
surprises. Characters I planned
to become friends morphed into
sworn enemies. Towns were renamed. People were killed off.
Memories faded. Light bulbs
blew out. Facts became lies, and
vice versa. The story I con-
LI NE S
STRESS
LEVEL
WORD
COUNT
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
62,830
45,906
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
structed began changing before
my eyes, and I’m satisfied with
how things are coming together.
I would love to be able to publish A Good View of the Mushroom Clouds one day, but I’m
not necessarily rushing that
“one day” deadline. I know it will
take a few more months to turn
my novel into something that
actually makes sense and is
readable. Now that November is
over and my quota has been
reached, feeling that sense of
freedom from literary abandon
is unbelievably refreshing. All
that chaos paid off, and nothing
could feel better.
April, as it turns out, is Na-
JUDD
GROSSMAN
BAND
Teton County Library presents
THURSDAY
FREE
tional Screenplay Writing
Month.
100 pages of script in 30 days.
Hmm…
EXCERPT:
When things like this happened, the Monitor felt like less
and less a friend to me. Or at
least the kind of friend who
pushes you down, laughs and
then helps you back up, only to
push you down again. Seeing
how she was the only person I
could talk to, I couldn’t get very
picky. Unless of course I found
another way out of the Playback
room to talk to someone else. I
had to find someone else.
And of course, later on, I
would regret it. JHW
december 3
3:00 p.m.
Page to the Podium: Barry Lopez
The Teton County Library and the Library Foundation present Barry Lopez, award-winning author
of "Arctic Dreams" and countless other books and essays, in the Center Theater. The San Francisco
Chronicle called him "arguably the nation’s premier nature writer." Free tickets available at the
Teton County Library on a first-come, first-served basis. 733-2164.
Anne & Pete Sibley
Art Association
Thursday, Dec. 3, 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.: Studio Christmas Sale – Join the Teton MudPots, Teton Artlab and
the Art Association Life Drawing group for a pre-Christmas sale to include ceramics, prints, jewelry, drawings and
paintings, baked goods and raffle. A minimum of 35% of sales goes back to Art Association programs. 733-6379.
Art Association
Saturday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.: 45th Annual Christmas Bazaar – Scores of local and visiting artists
and artisans display their clothing, artwork, home furnishing, jewelry, holiday decor, specialty food items, toys
and games, and more. Hang with Santa Claus 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 733-6379.
Jackson Hole Chorale
Sunday, Dec. 6, 3:00 p.m.: Jackson Hole Chorale Holiday Concert – The Chorale tackles G.F. Handel's
immortal "Messiah" at the Presbyterian Church. Program repeats at 7:00 p.m. on Dec. 13 at Teton High School in
Driggs, Idaho. Free.
Jackson Community Theater
Wednesday, Dec. 9, and Monday, Dec. 14, 6:00-9:00 p.m.: "Cumberland Blues" Auditions – JCT holds
auditions for its February musical, a tale of hard luck in an old mining town with songs by the Grateful Dead.
Email jill.callaway@gmail.com for additional details.
tickets
Center Box Office 265
S. Cache Street
307.733.4900
www.jhcenterforthearts.org
by phone
online
all programs,
artists and dates
subject to change
B u s i n e s s L e a de r s
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BOOKING
FOR HOLIDAY
PARTIES.
307-690-4935
juddgrossman.com
Download Judd Grossman
songs from iTunes.
Annual Christmas Tree Festival,
11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Virginian
Convention Center. This fundraiser
will include a champagne brunch,
live entertainment by the Sibleys,
raffle drawings and a live and silent
auction. Over 60 decorated Christmas trees, wreaths and other holiday treasures will be on display and
up for bid. 739-9541.
Monday 12.7
MUSIC
■ Paper Bird, 6 p.m., interview
and in-studio performance on 89.1
FM KHOL. Jhcr.org.
■ Jackson Hole Hootenanny, 6
p.m., at Dornan’s in Moose. Musician sign-up at 5:30 p.m. 733-2415.
★Paper Bird, 8:30 p.m., at Jackson’s Hole Bar and Grille (formerly
Eleanor’s Cuvee). Random Canyon
Growlers open. $8; $3 BYO surcharge. Whats.good.here.productions@gmail.com.
ART
■ Young at Art, 10:30 to 11:15
a.m., Museum of Wildlife Art,
Chrystie Classroom. Art classes for
toddlers ages five and under, accompanied by their caregiver. Cost
of Museum admission. 732-5435.
DANCE
■ Dancers’ Workshop Classes at
Pilates, 8:30 a.m.; Beginning Pilates, 5:30 p.m.; Intermediate Ballet, 6:15 p.m.; Intro to Flamenco,
6:30 p.m., Flamenco 7 p.m.
dwjh.org. 733-6398.
Tuesday 12.8
MUSIC
■ Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., at
Rock Rabbit in Pinedale. Free.
rockrabbit.com or 307-367-2485.
■ Bootleg Flyer, 7:30 p.m. at the
Silver Dollar Bar. Free. 733-2190.
■ Jackson Hole Symphony Orchestra, 7 to 8:30 p.m., rehearsal
at the Center for the Arts. 4130458.
★ Anne and Pete Sibley, 8 p.m.
at Dornan’s in Moose. Folk, bluegrass. $15 at Valley Bookstore or
Dornan’s. 733-2415.
ART
■ Art After Hours and Tapas
Tuesdays, 5 to 9 p.m., Museum of
Wildlife Art. 7:30 p.m. film, Rare
Bird, in Cook Auditorium Eat dinner
before or after the program in the
Rising Sage Café. Attend a program
and receive a discount in the Café.
Reservations, 732-5438.
COMMUNITY
■ December Lite Lunch, noon to
1 p.m., Moose/Wapiti Classroom at
St. John’s Medical Center St. John’s
will present “Integrative Therapies
for Optimal Health” with Mark
Menolascino. He will discuss optimal therapy for hormone balance;
thyroid and adrenal/stress therapy;
how to optimize immune system
strength; as well as how to prevent
a heart attack. 739-7380.
– Compiled by
Kristin King & Aaron Davis
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Serving fresh,
award-winning
beer & tasty new
menu items.
recommended. 160 N. Millward,
733-3912.
Asian & Sushi
2 FOR 1 FAJITAS
(Beef or Chicken Only • Dine-in Only)
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Everyday from 5-7pm
$7 lunch
Happy Hour 4-6pm
Open daily
11:30am - Midnight
the
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“BIG PIG
VOTED “Best Salsa” in
BEST OF JACKSON HOLE
2009
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32oz of pl
265 S. Millward
307-739-2337
www.snakeriverbrewing.com
North of the Town Square
in Downtown Jackson
(307) 733-2966
OPEN NIGHTLY
at 6:00pm
BLU KITCHEN
We offer the freshest ingredients, an
open kitchen and a beautiful outdoor
deck. Small plates include caramelized
eggplant with fresh mozzarella, and
grilled asparagus with olive bread
crumbs. Appetizers include luxury
shrimp and pan seared red deer with
cherries and shiitakes. Large plates include a kobe beef strip loin, air chilled
chicken breast with truffled mac n
cheese and our giant pastrami burger.
Full bar, sakes and tequilas. Nightly at
5:30 p.m. 155 N. Glenwood. Reservations. Walk-ins welcome. 734-1633
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. 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 JH Wine
Company is just outside our door.
Wednesday - Satruday. at 5:30 p.m.
DJ on Thursday nights. 733-5283.
NIKAI
Jackson Hole’s favorite sushi bar offers the finest delicacies from both
land and sea. Featuring innovative
sushi and sashimi as well as a creative
asian inspired grill menu. Full service
bar specializes in tropical cocktails
and offers unique fine sake and wine
lists. 225 N. Cache. Reservations are
recommended, 734-6490.
OPEN THRU
THE OFF-SEASON
West Bank Center
on Teton Village Rd
New Style Sashimi &
Traditional Sushi
Dinner Tues-Sun
5:30pm
307-733-0557
On the Town Square
307.734.SUDA (7832)
SUDACHI
Open through the off-season. New
Japanese cuisine. Sudachi sushi
serves the freshest fish from around
the world. Our seasonal menu features tuna carpaccio, citrus pepper
salmon, shiitake salad, broiled black
cod, kobe beef strip loin, and sushi
sushi sushi. Enjoy specialty rolls such
as our bru-ho, kichigai, and the famous monster roll. Full bar, fine
wines and Japanese sakes. Open at
5:30 p.m., Tuesday - Sunday 3465
North Pines Way, in the Aspens.
Reservations 307.734.7832 or sudachijh.com.
THAI ME UP
Authentic Thai dishes including coconut chicken lemongrass soup,
drunken noodle and coconut milk
curries. Full bar and children’s menu.
Serving Lunch Tuesday-Friday, 11:30
a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; Dinner, 5:30 p.m. close, Tuesday-Saturday. Limited edition beers on tap. Take-out avail. 75
E. Pearl. 733-0005.
Chinese
CHINATOWN
Authentic atmosphere for your dining pleasure. Featuring over 100 entrees, including Peking, Hunan,
Szechuan and Canton cuisines. Lunch
specials daily. Full service bar. Open
7 days. Grand Teton Plaza, 850 W.
Broadway. 733-8856.
Continental
43 NORTH
Serving dinner seven nights a week
at the base of Snow King. Happy
hour begins at 5 p.m. Cozy pub atmosphere and great selection of
whiskies. Live music four nights a
week. 645 S. Cache, 733-0043.
THE BLUE LION
A Jackson Hole favorite. Offering the
finest in creative cuisine. Join us in
the charming atmosphere of a refurbished older home. Ask a local about
our rack of lamb. Also serving fresh
fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entreés. Open nightly at 6:00
p.m. Off season special is 20% off
your entire bill all night long. Good
through Decemer 17. Reservations
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 GTNP at Moose. 7332415.
NORA’S
If you like to eat among locals, and if
you like to eat a lot, Nora’s is the
place to hang out in Wilson. If you
visit us often, you’ll start to recognize our regulars, who discuss world
issues or gossip over coffee. Breakfast is especially good, pancakes and
huevos rancheros barely fit on our
huge plates. Dinner is served nightly
from 5:30 p.m. Wilson. 733.8288
Q ROADHOUSE
From the people that brought you
Rendezvous Bistro, “Q,” on Teton
Village Road, serves up a variety of
Roadhouse fare. Menu items include;
Blackened Catfish, Shrimp Jambalaya,
Turkey Meatloaf, Steaks, BBQ Ribs,
Pulled Pork & Beef Brisket. Extensive
wine list and full bar available. Serving
Two for One entrees Oct. and Nov.
Open nightly 5:00 p.m. Happy Hours
at the bar only are 5 - 6 p.m. and 8 9 p.m. Reservations 739-0700.
RENDEZVOUS BISTRO
The Bistro offers something for
everyone including salads, sandwiches and daily plate specials. Our
Raw Bar features oysters on the half
shell, tuna tartare and oyster shooters. Appetizers include mussels,
gnocchi, grilled octopus, steak
tartare and more. The entree selection ranges from traditional bistro
Fish & Chips, Meatloaf, Veal Marsala
& Coq au Vin to many other selections including fresh seasonal
seafood, pasta & steaks. 20% OFF
before 6:30 p.m. Open nightly at
OPEN FOR DINNER
From 5:30 p.m. every evening
SERVING LUNCH
11:30 p.m. til 2:00 p.m. Weekdays
JACKSON HOLE
ROASTERS
“Life
COFFEE
HOUSE
expectancy
307-733-8288
SERVING BREAKFAST
6:30 til 11:30 a.m.Weekdays
6:30 a.m. til 1:30 p.m.Weekends
would grow
by leaps
and bounds
if green
vegetables
FRESH ROASTED ORGANIC COFFEE
by the cup or by the pound
pastries • sandwiches • wireless access
145 E. Broadway
699-3984
The place to hang out in Wilson
OFF-SEASON SPECIAL:
15% OFF total bill w/purchase of $40 or more
25% OFF total bill w/purchase of $100 or more
(Lunch & Dinner / Must present ad / Limit 16 per table)
smelled as
Remodeld bar with 8 EXCLUSIVE beers on tap
good as
Come try out our expanded menu!
bacon.”
LUNCH Monday - Friday 11:30am - 2:00pm
DINNER Tuesday - Saturday 5:30pm - close
(Closed for Dinner on Sunday in the off-season)
~Doug Larson
75 E. Pearl at the Ranch Inn Hotel • 733-0005
20 December 2 - 8, 2009
Bring in this
coupon and receive
5:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended. Located at 380 S. Hwy
89/Broadway. 739-1100.
SNAKE RIVER
BREWERY & RESTAURANT
America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Enjoy the atmosphere while
enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas,
burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads
and desserts. $7 lunch menu from
11:30am-3pm. Happy Hour deals
from 4-6 now include our tasty hot
wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free
WIFI. Open 11:30am - midnight.
265 S. Millward. 739-2337
# OPEN EVERY DAY
20%
OFF
3 P.M. - LATE
Pick up or Delivery
# #
ENTIRE PURCHASE
#
NEW SPECIAL: Slice+2 Coors Lights $6 or Slice+Beer+Shot $8
90 E. Broadway • Jackson, WY
SE Corner of the Town Square
739-1880 (Coupon applicable with cash purchase only)
SNAKE RIVER GRILL
Celebrating 15 years! Whether you
stop by for a pizza and beer, or
enjoy our celebrated menu of American and International fare and our
huge wine list, you will be pleased
by Jackson’s most beautiful restaurant and as stated in The Wine Spectator, the “best!” in town! Open
nightly at 6:00 p.m. On the Town
Square, 733-0557.
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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.
Now serving
breakfast and lunch
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
TRIO
Voted one of “Jackson Hole’s
hottest restaurants” Food and Wine
Feb. 2009. Trio is owned and operated by local chefs with a passion for
good food. Our menu features contemporary American dishes inspired
by classic bistro cuisine. Daily specials feature wild game, fish and
meats. Enjoy a glass of wine at the
bar in front of the wood-burning
oven and watch the chefs perform in
the open kitchen. Open for dinner
nightly at 5:30 p.m. 45 S. Glenwood.
307-733-0365
365 W. Broadway
Supports local economy
Environmentally friendly
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208-787-2082
Stop by
any day
from 7 am
to 9 pm
185 Scott Lane, 734.9024
Pepper Popper
Bike Delivery
11am-2pm
Happy Hour 2-4:00pm
Don’t know what a pepper popper is?
Come in for a free sample.
(please place order before 10:30am with larger than 5 sandwiches)
Integrative Therapies
for Optimal Health
With Mark Menolascino, MD, MS, ABHM of the
Integrative Medicine Healing Arts Center
2 for 1
ECO-FRIENDLY
lite lunch series
Topics:
- How to Prevent a Heart Attack
- Optimal therapy for Hormone Balance
- Optimal Thyroid and Adrenal/Stress Therapy
- Optimize Immune System Strength
50 WEST DELONEY • TOWN SQUARE • JACKSON • 307-734-9420 • (F) 307-734-9430 • BackcountryProvisions.com
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
HOME OF THE
ORIGINAL
JUMBO MARGARITA
FULL BAR
LARGE
SELECTION
OF
MEXICAN
BEERS
385 W. Broadway, Jackson
Authentic Mexican Cuisine
(307) 733-1207
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11am to 10pm
From Noon-1pm
Moose Wapiti Classroom
St. John’s Medical Center
LUNCHEON
COMBINATION
Monday-Friday
11am-3pm
St John’s Medical Center
ABUELITO’S SPECIAL
Jumbo prawns cooked with mushrooms,
sautéed in our original sour cream sauce
DINNER
SPECIALS
SOPA SIETA MARES
Delicious soup made with fresh fish,
shrimp, octopus, crab legs, clams & scallops
St. John’s Medical Center
625 E. Broadway
307 739 7380
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From DINE OUT page 21
For reservations call 734-8038.
Coffee House
OFF SEASON SPECIAL
20% OFF
ENTIRE BILL
Good ALL NIGHT
Dinner starts at 6:00pm
733-3912
160 N. Millward
Please present coupon to server when ordering.
Coupon valid through December 17.
• Reservations Recommended •
18% gratuity may be added to your bill
prior to discount.
“...Voted one of Jackson Hole’s
hottest restaurants” Food and
Wine February 2008. Trio is
located right off the town square
in downtown Jackson, and is
owned and operated by local
chefs with a passion for good
f o o d . O u r m e n u f e a t u re s
contemporary American dishes
inspired by classic bistro cuisine.
Daily specials feature wild game,
fish and meats. Enjoy a glass
of wine at the bar in front of
the wood-burning oven and
watch the chefs perform in the
open kitchen.
Open for Dinner
nightly at 5:30pm
Located off
the town square
at 45 S. Glenwood
Available for private
events & catering
For reservations
call 734-8038
HARD DRIVE CAFE
Internet access: our computers or
yours. Organic espressos, soup,
salad, panini and wraps. Serving
Snake River Roasting Co. coffee.
Open Mon. to Fri. 5:45 a.m. to 2
p.m., Sat. and Sun. 6:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. 1110 Maple Way, 733-5282.
JACKSON HOLE ROASTERS
Procuring, roasting and serving the
finest coffee in the world, including
organic, fair trade, bird-friendly, and
so on! We roast on the premises and
ship worldwide. When you come to
our shop be sure to try a cup made
from The Clover. Open Monday - Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m.
to close. 165 E. Broadway, 690-8065.
PEARL STREET BAGELS
Open daily 6:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Two
locations to serve you. In Jackson
145 W. Pearl, 739-1218. In Wilson on
Ida Lane, 739-1261.
Italian
CAFÉ PONZA
Italian Pizzeria and Cafe with gourmet pizza as well as large NY Slices.
Jackson’s only late night eatery.
Pizza, salads and home-made
tiramisu and cannoli’s as well as Illy
Espresso. Glasses of wine starting at
$5. All day cash price special:
Cheese Slice and 16oz Beer $5.
Specialty
Open 3 p.m. ‘til late. Pink Garter
Plaza, 50 W. Broadway, Call 7342720 for delivery or pick-up.
OSTERIA
Highlights include Osteria’s 12-seat
wine bar, eight seat salumi bar, house
made pastas, wood-oven fired pizzas, and paninis. The sausage stuffed
olives, fresh fish and veal chop won’t
disappoint. Serving Two for One Entrees Oct. & Nov. Walk ins welcome,
reservations recommended 307739-4100. Dinner nightly 5:30-10.
Lunch daily 12-2:30
Mexican
EL ABUELITO
Authentic Mexican Cuisine. Home of
the original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection of
Mexican beers. Open 7 days a week
from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W.
Broadway, 733-1207.
THE MERRY PIGLETS
Voted Best Salsa in Jackson! Jackson’s
oldest and most rockin’ Mexican
restaurant. Choose from over 10 salsas and sauces, Tex-Mex plates, including enchiladas, rellenos,
mesquite-grilled fajitas, salads, burrito’s, wraps and fire-roasted
chicken. Huge margs in 10 flavors
plus our “Big Pig Marg,” a 32 oz original. One block north of the
square,160 N. Cache, 733-2966.
Bread Basket
La Canasta Del Pan
Ready for something different? Visit
the Bread Basket of Jackson and experience an authentic cultural experience. A mix of French and Mexican
specialties including baguettes, bolillos, croissants, Pain au Chocolat,
Marzipan croissants, conchas, empanadas, Ham and Swiss croissants,
Elephant Ears, hot and cold drinks including our famous French Hot and
Spicy Chocolate and more. Also, the
most affordable place for lunch with
its $5.00 and $6.00 menus including
a savory, a desert and a drink. Offering as well a wide variety of sandwiches ranging from $1.50 to $6.00
… Hard to beat!! The Bread Basket
open 7 days a week from 7a.m. to 9
p.m. 185 Scott Lane, 734-9024
Atelier Ortega
Artisan chocolates, fine pastries,
croissants, crepes, gelato and more.
See our ad on the next page for
FREE chocolate with any purchase.
Monday - Friday. 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.,
Thursday - Saturday 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. j
or later, Sunday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 150
Scott Lane. 307-734-6400
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LUNCH
Daily at
11:30am
Get Two Cheeseburgers, Medium Fries and a
Medium Soft Drink for only $4.49 + tax
during the month of December.
DINNER
Nightly at
5:30pm
Billy’s Open
Daily at
11:30am
Happy Hour
5-7pm
nightly:
2 for 1 Drinks
in the bar
On the Town Square • 733-3279
Authentic THAI Cuisine Daily
Mon - Sat 11:00am - 9:30pm Sun 5-9:30pm
Try our Thai Lunch Express
11:00am - 2:30pm
Take-Out Available
Reservations Recommended, Walk-ins Welcome
307.734.0245
245 W. Pearl Ave. (across from the old Post Office)
22 December 2 - 8, 2009
1110 W. Broadway
Open daily 5:00am to midnight.
Locally owned & operated for 27 years.
ONLY
4
$ 49
+tax
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artisian chocolates • fine pastries • gourmandise
chocolates • croissants • gelato • crepe
BEN CANNON
Warm up a cold day or
finish your holiday shopping.
Whole Grocer’s roasted veggie alley, with the tonic bar in the background.
We ship anywhere.
7 am to 8 pm Monday thru Wednesday
7 am to 9 pm Thursday thru Saturday
9 am to 5 pm Sunday
A growing, and healthy-feeling nook
By Ben Cannon
Like many Americans, I
overindulged during the long
Thanksgiving weekend. It wasn’t
just the piles of leftover ham,
turkey and refrigerated lamb
chop popsicles that gave me a
woozy feeling. There were helpings and re-helpings of
casseroles that would be too rich
for the table at any time other
than the holidays. What’s more, I
was back in the Deep South, and
it seemed like everywhere you
looked was the stuff of a dietitian’s nightmares.
For example, we went out for
sushi one night, and much of it
was fried. Someone at the table
ordered a roll filled with deepfried tempura flakes. But fortunately you won’t find “creamy
tuna” on the menu at one of our
local sushi houses.
And then there were the fried
chicken biscuits, an artery-clogging breakfast phenomenon that
has really taken off since I moved
out of the south more than six
years ago. We picked up chicken
biscuits – a deep-fried ‘breast’ inside a greasy biscuit – at a place
called Bojangles, found in towns
throughout the southeast. The only
sweet tea I drank on the trip came
one morning as part of a Bojangles
breakfast combo with round hash
brown patties that smelled nauseatingly of onion rings.
I won’t even get into the part
about the various airport food I
endured during the long day of
travel on the way back. But my
doc, who has warned me about
my cholesterol, would not have
been proud.
While it might be overdoing it to
say I now need to face a nutritional
penance, the gluttony is over – for
the next few weeks, at least.
So this seems like a good time
to write about a place that has
One thing I like
about Whole Grocer is
what a buzzing scene it
has become.
been part of my routine for many
months, although I never saw the
right angle until recently. Sometimes it just takes some time to
see what’s right under your nose.
I’m talking about the ready
foods area at Jackson Whole Grocer – the corner of the store
where you find the salad and
tonic bars, the sandwich counter
and more.
The salad bar especially has
become part of my routine in recent months. It offers a rich and
colorful variety of raw, often organic, vegetables; proteins like
roasted chicken and tofu; and a
counter of prepared sides like
roasted beets and marinated
lentil salad.
But I’m not here to extol the
Whole Grocer salad bar as finest
in the valley. It might be just that,
although I’m certain there are
other beloved local salad bars in
the running.
One thing I like about Whole
Grocer is what a buzzing little
scene it has become. Go there a
few times a week and you’ll
begin to recognize the faces of
some regular customers. And
there’s a good chance you’ll
bump into someone you know
who ran in to grab soup, salad, or
a large bottle of flavored
sparkling mineral water or other
drinks nearby. It’s not uncommon to see that person within a
few feet of where you crossed
paths in the store the last time.
Sure, Jackson feels like a small
town, and running into people in
itself is nothing unusual. But
there seems to be a growing legion of regulars who seem to really like Whole Grocer for the
variety, ease and value, surely, a
growing stock of healthy options.
Or maybe it’s for, as a friend I
ran into there the other day said,
“the cheapest coffee in town.”
Whole Grocer has been Jackson Hole’s “organics” store for
some time, but it feels like its finally become a great community
nook. The question is: has it
come around, or have I? JHW
Jackson Whole Grocer. is at
974. W. Broadway, 733-0450.
www.jacksonwholegrocer.com.
Soup (and oatmeal until 10
a.m.) for $5 per pound; salad bar
$8.79 per pound.
OFF SEASON SPECIAL
20% OFF
YOUR ENTIRE BILL
Good ALL Night.
733-3912
160 N. Millward
18% gratuity may be added to
your bill prior to discount.
Dinner starts at
6:00pm nightly.
Coupon valid thru
December 17.
Please mention
coupon when ordering.
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Elizabeth
Kingwill, MA/LPC
Now Accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield
733-5680
“The power of love to
change bodies is legendary, built into folklore,
common sense, and everyday experience. Love
moves the flesh, it pushes
matter around …
Throughout history,
‘tender loving care’ has
uniformly been recognized
as a valuable element in
healing.”
RANDY SHACKET
Licensed Professional Counselor
Medical Hypnotherapist
QUOTE …
– Larry Dossey
Practicing in Jackson since 1980
Kathie Chandler with her husband, Peter
BUILDING PHENOMENAL FAMILIES
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Enliven your senses with aromatherapy
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Massage Gift Certificate Sale
December 2 - December 15
1 hr Deep Tissue Massage - $85
1.5 hr Hot Stone Massage - $125
1 hr Couples Massage - $160
Winter Wonderland Package:
(4) 2 hr massages - $500
By Teresa Griswold
Whether taken internally or
used fragrantly, spices and herbal
fragrances can boost spirits and
health during the holidays.
Kathie Chandler, CR, a Jackson-based reflexologist who
trained in aromatherapy at Ege
University in Izmir, Turkey, regularly uses spice-infused oils for
healing. According to Chandler,
oils have a powerful energetic frequency, and spices offer a range
of health promoting benefits.
Aromatherapy is both a preventive and non-invasive healing
treatment that utilizes naturally
extracted aromatic essences from
plants to balance, harmonize and
promote health of the mind,
body and spirit, according to the
National Association for Holistic
Aromatherapy (NAHA).
Basil is one of Chandler’s favorite essences, because it is
multi-faceted. It relaxes muscles,
fights infections and is a calmative. She recommends brewing
up a pot of traditional spaghetti
sauce and dousing it with basil,
thyme and oregano oils just after
cooking to retain the medicinal
properties of the spices. It creates
a beautifully fragrant meal that is
relaxing and healing.
For a stimulant, she recommends uplifting peppermint.
Simply inhale the fragrance by
putting one drop of peppermint
essential oil on a cotton ball. She
said it will help keep one awake,
think more quickly and stay alert
and focused – especially effective
this time of year when facing bills
and holiday shopping. It is also a
flavorful ingredient to use when
baking festive cookies.
Cinnamon, cloves, eucalyptus
and lemon are all helpful remedies for colds and flu, according
to the NAHA. Chandler said a formula from Youngliving.com
Basil relaxes
muscles, fights
infections
and is calmative.
called “Thieves Essential Oil” is
the number one blend to support
the immune system incorporating these essential ingredients.
Citrus fragrances work wonders as anti-depressants according to Chandler. Lemon,
tangerine and orange elevate
feelings of joy and happiness. She
said it is no coincidence that we
often use cloves and oranges as
decorations around Christmastime.
Old fashioned, citrus pomanders are a festive way to freshen a
room and liven the senses during
the holidays. They can be easily
made by piercing the peel of a
whole orange, lime, lemon or
tangerine with a sharp skewer
and inserting whole cloves,
closely aligned together in decorative patterns. For even more
fragrance, shake the pomander in
a bag with aromatic spices such
as cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg,
ginger and ground cloves. Use
powdered orrisroot or sandalwood oil as a natural preservative. Add a decorative bow, then
hang in a doorway, arrange in a
bowl, or share as a gift. Once
dried, pomanders will last about
one year.
Other ways to incorporate aromatic stimulants in your holiday
decorating and provide an uplift
are to make herbal wreaths with
eucalyptus, bay laurel, vanilla
bean, cinnamon sticks or licorice
root pieces, adding sensory
pleasure to a holiday home. Incense too, widely used throughout history in rituals for prayer
and ceremony add a sense of reverence to the season. Try frankincense and myrrh.
A good source to purchase high
quality, medicinal essential oils is
www.youngliving.com, according
to Chandler. A sponsor number is
required for purchase: use 7797
when prompted. JHW
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ROB BREZSNEY’S
WEEK OF DECEMBER 2, 2009
FREEWILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
When Carolee Schneeman
was a kid, her extravagant
adoration of nature earned
her the nickname “mad
pantheist.” Later, during her
career as a visual artist, she
described her relationship
with the world this way: “I
assume the senses crave
sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and
expansion towards materials of complexity and substance.” I hope that you’re
attracted to that perspective right now, Aries. To be
in most productive alignment with the cosmic
rhythms, you should be in a
state of nearly ecstatic
openness, hungry to be
stretched — like a mad
pantheist.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
“Dear Rob: Last night my
son and I were star-gazing.
When we focused on the
constellation Cassiopeia, an
owl started hooting. Then a
brilliant shooting star
zipped by as a huge bat
flew right over our heads.
Was this a bad omen? Bats
are creepy — associated
with vampires. And in
Greek mythology Cassiopeia got divine punishment because she bragged
that she and her daughter
were more beautiful than
the sea god’s daughters.
But I don’t know, maybe
this blast of odd events was
a good omen. Owls are
symbols of wisdom and
shooting stars are lucky,
right? What do you think?
Are we blessed or cursed? Spooked Taurus.” Dear
Spooked: The question of
whether it’s good or bad
luck is irrelevant. Here’s
what’s important: You Tauruses are in a phase when
the hidden workings of
things will be shown to you
— the mysterious magic
that’s always bubbling
below the surface but that
is usually not visible.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
The week ahead will be a
ripe time to pull off magic
reversals. May I suggest
that you try to transform
dishwater greys into
sparkling golds? Or how
about recycling the dead
energy of a lost cause in
such a way as to generate
raw fuel for a fresh start?
I’m confident, Gemini, that
you’ll be able to discover
treasure hidden in the
trash, and that you’ll find a
way to unleash the creative
zeal that has been trapped
inside polite numbness.
Now ponder this riddle,
please: Do you think there’s
any mystical significance in
the fact that the word
“stressed” is “desserts”
spelled backwards?
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Lately you remind me of the
person Robert Hass describes in his poem “Time
and Materials”: “someone
falling down and getting up
and running and falling and
getting up.” I’m sending
you my compassion for the
times you fall down, and
my admiration for the times
you get up, and my excitement for the times you run.
It has probably become
clear to you by now that
the falling down isn’t a
shameful thing to be
cursed, but rather is an instrumental part of the
learning process that is
teaching you marvelous secrets about getting back up
and running.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I
burn for no reason, like a
lantern in daylight,” writes
poet Joseph Lease. I think
that’s a succinct formulation
of one of your central issues, Leo. Burning for no
reason, like a lantern in the
daylight, can be the cause
of either failure or success
for you, depending on subtle differences of emphasis.
This is how it can be failure:
When you’re mindlessly
and wastefully burning
through your prodigious reserves of fuel without any
concern for the benefits it
may provide you and others. This is how it can be
success: When you are exuberant and self-disciplined
in shining your light and radiating your warmth just
because it feels so good
and so right and so healthy,
and without any thought
about whether it’s “useful”
to anyone.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
In one of his short poems,
John Averill describes a
scene that I think captures
the essence of your current
astrological omens: “Today
is the day of the photo of
moonrise over Havana in a
book on a shelf in the
snowbound cabin.” Here‘s
a clue about what it means:
The snowbound cabin is
where you are right now in
your life. The moonrise over
Havana is where you could
be early in 2010. How do
you get there from here?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
An estuary is a bay where
the salt water of a sea
mixes with the fresh water
of rivers. These days you remind me of such a place.
You are two-toned, Libra.
You’re dual-purpose and
double-tracked. You’re a hybrid blend of the yes and
the no, the give and the
take, the extravagant and
the traditional. And somehow this has been working
out pretty well for you.
You’re not so much a dysfunctional contradiction as
an interesting juxtaposition.
You’re not being crushed by
a squeeze of opposites so
much as you’re getting
massaged by the oscillating
throbs of complementary
influences. Keep doing
what you’ve been doing,
only more so.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Big shiny egos with flashy
tricks may be mucking
around in everyone’s business, calling narcissistic attention to themselves as
they pretend to do noble
deeds. Meanwhile, I hope
you’ll be doing the hard,
detailed work that must be
done to serve the greater
good — quietly and unpretentiously improving people’s lives without
demanding major tribute.
That approach will stir up
some sleek, silky karma
that will come in handy
when you undertake the
building of your masterpiece in 2010.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): “Dear Rob: I love
to be proven wrong. That’s
not an ironic statement. I
actually get excited and feel
creative when I acquire
new information that
shows me I’ve been operating under a misunderstanding. One of my very favorite
life moments occurs when I
am convincingly liberated
from a negative opinion I’ve
been harboring about
someone. As you can tell,
I’m quite proud of this quality. The way I see it, emotional wealth and
psychological health involve
having so much self-respect
that I don’t need to be right
all the time. -Sagittarian
Freedom Fighter.” Dear
Freedom Fighter: Thanks for
your testimony. The capacity
you described is one that
many Sagittarians will be
poised to expand in 2010.
And this is an excellent
week for them to start getting the hang of it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): In an early version of
the tale of Pinocchio,
friendly woodpeckers chiseled his nose back to its
original size after it had
grown enormous from his
incorrigible lying. From a
metaphorical perspective,
Capricorn, a comparable
development may soon
occur in your own life. A
benevolent (if somewhat
rough) intervention akin to
the woodpeckers’ assistance will shrink an overgrown, top-heavy part of
your attitude, allowing you
to proceed to the next
chapter of your story with
streamlined grace.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): “There is light enough
for those who wish to see,”
wrote French philosopher
Blaise Pascal, “and darkness
enough for those of the opposite disposition.” I’m
hoping you will align yourself with the first group in
the coming week, Aquarius.
More than ever before,
what you choose to focus
on will come rushing in to
meet you, touch you, teach
you, and prompt you to respond. Even if all the smart
people you know seem to
be drunk on the darkness, I
encourage you to be a
brave rebel who insists on
equal time for the light.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
White dwarfs are small and
extremely dense stars.
They’re typically no bigger
than the Earth but as heavy
as the sun. You currently
have a resemblance to one
of those concentrated balls
of pure intensity. I have
rarely seen you offering so
much bang for the buck.
You are as flavorful as
chocolate mousse, as piercing as the scent of eucalyptus, as lustrous as a
fireworks display on a
moonless night. Personally,
I’m quite attracted to your
saucy and zesty emanations, and I think most people with strong egos will
be. But some underachievers with lower self-esteem
may regard you as being
more like astringent medicine. My advice: Gravitate
toward those who like you
to be powerful.
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“SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES” BY DAN NADDOR • DECEMBER 6, 2009
L.A. Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
26 Go for the bronze?
1 Works out
27 Food container
9 Like the shore,
28 What “I believe in,”
often
in a Beatles title
15 Chapters in history 29 Cunning sort
19 Bridge opening
33 Perot of politics
20 School for Torah
36 Latin 101 word
study
37 Electronics mes22 Court plea, for
sage
short
44 Bag
23 Airline message
46 Kindle downloads
26 December 2 - 8, 2009
15 Personalize, at the
jeweler’s
16 Car salesmen’s offers
17 Inter __
18 Apt company found
in 37-Across
21 Soviet cooperative
24 Old Banca d’Italia
unit
25 Prefix with -nautics
30 Town on the N.J.
side of the George
Washington Bridge
31 Louisville’s river
32 Crosses (out)
34 Thin Japanese noodle
35 Muzzle
38 Bring to mind
39 Old times
40 Arkie’s neighbor
41 Pac-10 powerhouse, for short
42 Sporty car roof
43 Reject
DOWN
44 Super Bowl’s __
1 Goes for
Lombardi Trophy
2 “Paper Moon”
45 Void
Oscar winner
48 Rabin’s predeces3 Kid’s picking word sor
4 Chi follower
50 English horn rela5 Apt company found tive
in 66-Across
51 Timber defect
6 It paves the way
7 Child expert Lein 116-Across
Shan
54 Film critic Roger
8 Stew
57 One in line at an
9 Close way to win airport
10 Sushi choice
58 DXX ÷ X
11 Visual communica- 61 Bill: Abbr.
tion?: Abbr.
63 Stone monument
12 Bok __
64 ER test
13 Queen’s home
67 Apt name for a fi14 Saint Laurent of
nancial planner?
fashion
68 Chiang __-shek
94 Kept going
96 Building blocks
98 Automotive message
103 Phil or Card
104 Brains behind this
puzzle’s theme messages?
105 California prison
city
109 “My Point...and I
Do Have One” author
114 “Evil Woman” gp.
115 Sine __ non
116 Cosmetics message
123 Relaxing venues
124 It’s about 10% of
the Earth’s surface
125 Agitated
126 Construction site
marker
127 Practicing
128 Contest in which
you try to get your opponent on your side
47 Toledo-to-Valencia
dirección
48 “Rebel Without a
Cause” actor
49 Intimidate
52 Ear projection
55 Peek-a-boo player
56 Feminine ending
57 Plot inventors
59 It gets the ball off
the ground
60 San Luis __
78 Bush tour
62 It may be pediatric: 81 Mischief-maker
Abbr.
84 Perfect
63 Dieter’s unit
85 Casa chamber
65 Hyper toon pooch
86 Env. enclosure
66 Shipping message 87 Something to turn
75 Razz
over
76 House-warming
90 “Brokeback Mounpresence?
tain” director Lee
77 Cambodia’s
91 Last
Lon __
92 “Right back __!”
69 Prime letters?
70 Fen-__: banned
diet aid
71 “Under Siege” star
72 Cockamamie
73 Fast food drinks
in 23-Across
78 Concrete section
79 Westernmost Aleutian island
80 Lesser of two evils,
metaphorically
81 “Tadpole” actor
Robert
82 Pinochle combination
83 “The Taming of the
Shrew” setting
85 Female oracle
88 Comedy first baseman
in 98-Across
91 Pic, commercially
93 Everything before
the last resort
95 It’s read often at
conventions
97 “What’s the __?”
99 __’clock scholar
100 Bordeaux brother
101 Island south of Borneo
102 Part of the conspiracy
106 __ Valley: 1960
Winter Olympics site
107 “I’m __ here!”
108 Oscar __: deli
brand
109 Fam. tree member
110 Really big show
111 Sign on for another
tour
112 1950s-’60s Chief
Justice Warren
113 Make laugh in a
big way
117 “__ was saying ...”
118 Fall from grace
119 Serengeti grazer
120 Capture
121 That, in Toledo
122 Justice Dept.
raiders
TM
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JACKSON HOLE
WEEK OF 11.22.09 TO 11.28.09
SF453
This quaint log cabin is great for vacationers or
year round owner. Plenty of rooms for guests.
Very sturdily built. House sits on one acre.
$187,500 Contact: Dena Luthi
SF491
Lots 11, 12, & 13 of the Hall Second Addition make
up over half an acre of prime east Jackson residential
property located on the southeast corner of Redmond
and Kelly Avenue with Cache Creek flowing
through the property. Property features a well
maintained 2,380 square foot home, wonderful
large log garage and shop and mature landscaping.
Call Timothy Mayo for a showing appointment.
$1,595,000
SF513
South Park Home newly remodeled with the best
finishes, thoughtful & intelligent design, antique
beams, mature landscaping, Grand Teton & Teton
Mountain Range views, oversized three vehicle
garage, large well maintained barn with RV bay
and door, 3.16 acre parcel, completely fenced for
horses…and the rest you will need to see yourself.
$1,990,000 Contact: Timothy C. Mayo
Total # of sales
Week’s top sale
0
$0
Properties Currently Pending
Properties Pending Last Week
71
69
Residential
Building Site
Multi-Family
Farm & Ranch
Commercial
Total #
of Sales
Average
Sold Price
0
0
0
0
0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Last 12 Months (11.28.08-11.27.09)
LL223
LL244
With access just steps away to National Forest,
you feel very secluded in Star Valley Ranches.
Seasonal stream, aspens, pines, and views are
yours. $75,000 Contact: Penny Gaitan
Great lot in a great neighborhood! Located on a
quiet street in Brookside Hollow, this building is
close to a neighborhood park and within Victor
city limits. Protective CC&R’s insure Brookside
Hollow’s continued desirability. $59,000
Contact: Kristin Vito
LL299
Looking for a reasonably priced fishing property?
LOOK NO FURTHER!!! High-end building site in
Swan Valley close to the South Fork of the Snake
River. $90,000 Contact: Zach Smith
Number of Sales
Days on Market
List Price Volume Sold
Median List Price Sold
Average List Price Sold
186
189
$249,624,034
$759,000
$1,342,064
12 Months - Year Ago (11.28.07-11.27.08)
Number of Sales
Days on Market
List Price Volume Sold
Median List Price Sold
Average List Price Sold
325
155
$599,637,985
$1,095,000
$1,845,039
Current Inventory
LL305
With Salt River flowing through the east end, this
60 acre property offers access to fishing. The west
hills are just across the road for great wildlife
viewing! Superb! $750,000 Contact: Dena Luthi
TC190
RARE OPPORTUNITY AND TREMENDOUS VALUE!!!!
Two Weeks (Pre-Christmas, Week 50 Fixed and
Prime Ski Week #4 Floating. In a Teton Club
Three Bedroom 3 bath ski in/out, luxury slope
side condominium located between the Jackson
Hole aerial tram & the Bridger Gondola at the
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Ownership includes
ski passes while in residence and golf membership
at Teton Pines.
LL306
Can you IMAGINE 35 Acres bordering Grand
Teton National Park…bordering BLM lands…
bordering the Gros Ventre River…bordering
open Lucas family ranch lands protected by the
Nature Conversancy. Tract 14 is located east of
Spring Gulch road providing for seclusion, stunning
views, protection, preservation, and worth…truly
a once in time opportunity. Call Timothy Mayo
$9,900,000
TC185
Totally remodeled 2 bedroom condo with granite,
tumbled travertine, bamboo floors, alder, doors,
stainless steel appliances, tongue and groove ceilings,
track lighting, large deck, outside storage shed, full
size washer & dryer and great mountain views.
$469,000 Contact: Kristin Vito
CC102
Green River Outfitters is a year round wilderness
outfitter. A historic gold miner’s cabin at the
permanent base camp and a second reserved
site, they provide horseback riding, hunting,
snowmobiling, fly fishing and more. US Forest
Service Permits for 1200 user days, BLM hunting
& fishing permits. Areas include the Wind River,
Gros Ventre and Grey’s River Mountains.
$495,000 Contact: Jennifer Reichert
CC108
Two 700 square feet 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartments
above 1400 square feet of commercial space
zoned Business Park. Built in 2005, seven parking
places allowed. Convenient in-town location.
$795,000 Contact: Richard Choate
Active Listings
848
Listing Inventory Dollars $2,134,689,007
Average List Price
$2,517,321
Average Days on Market
279
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