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Help a visitor discover Jackson Hole or rediscover the valley yourself.The library’s Jackson Hole Collection was recently

patrons interested in all things about Jackson Hole and the surrounding Greater Yellowstone region. Featuring more than

hiking guides to oral histories from Jackson natives.

Have you wondered how long Yellowstone’s caldera has been active? A good geological guide of the area will tell you. Or

the Grand or other peak? Local rock climbing histories credit the climbers.

To see all that’s included in the Jackson Hole Collection, visit the library’s website at www.TCLib.org. Look for the button that says “search our catalog” and click on “advanced search.” Once you’re in the advanced search screen, click on “call number browse” and enter the letters “JH.” This will bring up

view the following pages of titles, click on the “next” link at the top or bottom of the screen.

You can also browse the books in one location in the library’s Western Americana room. All items in the collection are available to check out. For more assistance, please call the library’s Computer & Information Center at 733-2164 ext. 106.

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Lasting Light: Grand Canyon Photography with Stephen Trimble. 7-8 p.m. The author of the Smithsonian exhibition’s companion book “Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography,” Stephen Trimble, presents illustrated

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Mother Nature has once again proved how quickly she can dry out the single track. Reports arestreaming in that trails are drying out, and the riding is sweet. That’s great, but this time of the yearcan also bring problems to our skinny little dirt buddies. I know you would never ride on a trailthat’s wet and muddy, but some people don’t know any better. The temptation to go a little fur-ther and explore a little higher can be overwhelming. It’s easy to protect our trails with one rule ofthumb. If there’s standing water, don’t keep going. With that said, here’s the latest Cache Creektrail info:

Putt Putt - dry except for the upper most section.Hagen - mostly rideable with good trail judgment (the water tip above).Cache Sidewalk - buff and good to go.Ferrin’s - rideable most of the way up, but too wet up to or over the top.Game Creek – good except for the divide. No loops yet.Sink or Swim – dry with a little snow walking on the King.If you want ongoing trail condition reports, check out www.jacksonholebikes.com, and follow

the links to “cycling,” then “local riding.”

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CONTENTNews & OpinionSingle Track Report 3Editorial 4Letters 4On Your Right 5Them On Us 6At A Glance: News Briefs 8Mounted Patrol 9FEATURE: Mushroom Man 11

BackbeatBackbeat Calendar 15Music Box 16CD Reviews 17Buddist monk 18Tetons on Tap 19Dine Out 20Know Vino 22Teton Cribs: Bob Morris 23

This & ThatGet Out: Rock diving 24Freewill Astrology 25Redneck Perspective 25Classifieds 26L.A. Times Sunday Crossword 26

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More than six years ago,Planet Jackson Hole arrived asthe valley’s first alternativenews source. Many of us arestill trying to figure out what“alternative” means in a regionof about 20,000 residents andthe ubiquitous influence ofpeople on whose desires wecan only speculate accordingto where they spend theirmoney. (If only we could meas-ure tourist’s remorse.)

The “alt” debate has actuallycaused a devastating geologi-cal event in our office – not un-like the earth-shatteringexplosion that is the fate of theYellowstone caldera, if you takethe point of view of a certainlocal-ish film.

Now “the Planet” is unliv-able for us. The nature of thisevent is uncertain to us – asuncertain, and as possiblymixed, as the metaphor itmight provide for a newspaper,so from the exhaustion of com-ing up with relevant puns,among other reasons such as“because I said so,” we areleaving “Planet JH” behind fora new life as Jackson HoleWeekly, JH Weekly for short.

Not today, my friends – you’llstill see the word “Planet” inour masthead and we’ll stillthrow the word around a bit –but one day, you’ll pick up thepaper to find out what’s hap-pening around town or to

argue with our opinions aboutwhat’s happening aroundtown, and the word will begone.

You may not notice. We hopethat by the time we pull“Planet” from our name, youwon’t notice. Already, we’veeliminated the Planet logo

from these pages. We couldn’tbring it back if we wanted to,seeing as its been destroyed(see cover).

Speaking of new things, youmay notice the rest of thepaper has changed as well.

We’ve been planning a re-design for some time, hopingto launch in a couple weeks,but our printer called us lastweek and for reasons having todo with a new press and oldpaper said, “Now or never”(never being next year, which islonger than we wanted towait).

So we had to throw our artdirector into a well-lit pit withnothing but coffee, energy barsand a basket in which she de-posited the new pages. (It puts

the logo in the basket.)We think she’s done a great

job, but we also think thatshe’ll wake up after some restand say, “What just hap-pened?”

Don’t worry, we always feelthis way on Wednesday morn-ing, but this time may be dif-ferent – I mean, this is ouridentity, our readability. WhatI’m trying to say is that we’llprobably be tweaking thepaper over the next few weeks,so please forgive our dust, as itwere.

What else? We greatly ex-panded our A&E coverage andadded a wine column.

Photos are bigger, and moreplentiful, and we even mademore room for news.

I get a few more words forthis space, as well. Oh, we alsohave more space for letters,and we know that the CompPlan is out of sight for a while,but we bet you have otherthings you can write to usabout, so please do – a goodstart might be what you thinkabout the redesign, and howyou’re going to have a difficulttime thinking of us as JacksonHole Weekly when the otherguys are largely known as “theweekly.”

So, allow me to introduceyou to JH Weekly, JacksonHole’s free independent news-paper. Enjoy. JHW

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A word from our readersL E T T E R S

We won’t be fooled again Mr. Cheney,You sure lay out a persuasive argument against President Obama’sstand against torture, his plans for the Guantánamo detainees, and hisgeneral take on national security. I really have just one question foryou, though: How on Earth do you expect me to trust you after thelies your administration told to justify your preferred foreign policy inthe Middle East? I think you’re lying again and will say anything to un-dermine the current administration and push our country back ontothe disastrous course of the past seven years. Sorry. We won’t befooled again.

– Richard Anderson, Jackson

Non-ApplicableThis letter is in response to the various newspaper and media

items stressing upon the unconstitutional aspect of the alleged tor-ture methods applied by U.S. forces to captured prisoners of waron foreign soil.Please forgive me if I err, but I am of the understand-ing that the framers of such said constitution met with each otherfrom May to September in the year of 1787 in a sweltering Philadel-phia to discuss, debate, compromise and agreeably create a doc-trine of law for the then infant United States of America and itscitizens. Even in their foresighted allowance of amendments, therestill exists no reference to the treatment of foreign prisoners of warin a foreign land. If such alleged acts had actually occurred by U.Scitizens in the uniform of the armed services and are consideredcriminal, it is the responsibility of authorities of the nation in whichthese acts had occurred or that of the governments of the home-land of the alleged victims to prosecute, if warranted. Therefore inthis regard, the U.S. constitution is non-applicable.

Allow me to opine in regard to the aforesaid. First off, the U.S. constitution had been ratified and executed into practice for this na-tion and only within this nation. It is not world law and should notbe assumed to be upheld as such globally. Secondly, I personally as ahuman being, abhor the very thought of exceedingly cruel and un-usual punishment. Thirdly, it is of my opinion that upon this topicand most others, former vice-president Dick Cheney should silencehis redundant voice of arrogance and allow this nation to progressand proceed, minus his annoyance.

– Patrik Troiani, Jacksonian

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LETTER POLICY: Planet Jackson Hole welcomes your letters, but they stand a bet-ter chance of appearing in print if they are 300 words or less and contain sufficientcontact information - full name, hometown and a means of reaching you (an e-mail ad-dess or phone number will do) - in the event that we need to contact you. We reservethe right to edit them for grammar, punctuation, content and length. Also, Planet Jack-son Hole will not publish anonymous letters without darn good reasons; if you thinkyou have a good reason, let us know, but, again, include contact information in all cor-respondence. Email your letters to editor@planetjh.com.

CorrectionsA Planet JH story last week [“One Man’s Mission,” May 20]

needs a few corrections and clarifications. Crazy Horse Jewelry,125 N. Cache, was opened by Jim Darwiche and Gisela Siwek in1978, but Siwek is now the sole owner.

Darwiche owns A Touch of Class, 10 W. Broadway.The story also could use some clarity regarding an arrange-

ment Darwiche has with the town regarding electrical lines,lighting and a dumpster in the alley behind Teton Thai.

In his plan for the Stage Stop development, Darwiche said hewould bury the lines, improve the lighting and remove the elec-trical lines, but he has not done so as of yet.

Wanna make this box look cool?JH Weekly is looking for a summergraphic design intern. Send your resumeto art@planetjh.com.

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As the update to the Com-prehensive Plan crawls inex-orably forward on the publicprocess conveyor belt, resi-dents are starting to pay moreattention, and voices are be-coming shriller. The plan isheading in the right direction,but it will take some bold lead-ership by elected officials.

The Plan’s Community Vi-sion and Themes eloquentlyarticulate the core values ofour community, describing aset of reasonable, though con-flicting, priorities foremost ofwhich is preserving “theunique natural environment.”Of course, the devil is in thedetails. As the plan moves pastvisioning, and starts to presentmore specific future land uses,the uncomfortable trade-offshinted at in the Community Vi-sion come into focus.

The update’s core strategy isto redirect intense develop-ment into existing nodes ratherthan allow it to sprawl. This is ano-brainer. Reduce the nega-tive impacts of growth whilereaping the commercial andtransportation benefits of criti-cal mass density. The danger isthat the outlying nodes will gettoo big, or even worse that weend up with both dense nodesand sprawl.

Town planner Jeff Noffsingerconfirmed the obvious whenhe told me the planningprocess doesn’t happen in avacuum. The future land useplan must take into accountthe current facts on the groundand the desire on the part of

elected officials to avoid “strip-ping away” development rightsfrom current landowners bydramatically reducing their de-velopment potential. But, asthe Conservation Alliance’sFranz Camenzind points out,there is a danger that withoutfirm reductions in overall com-mercial build-out, potentiallythe numbers may not add up,and we may continue to behaunted by extreme imbal-

ances between the number ofjobs we create and the numberof workers we house.

The delicate process of refo-cusing residential develop-ment closer to existing serviceswhile respecting propertyrights is successfully achievedin the plan for long disputedSouth Park which places newdevelopment within three-quarters-of-mile of HighSchool Road.

Unfortunately, the plan up-date seems to have gone offcourse with the dramatic in-crease of the residential foot-print of Wilson; and especiallywith the expansion of townlevel densities at the Aspens.

Wilson has a long history asa cohesive settlement, butbroad expansion of town leveldensities to the south and the

north of Wilson may over-whelm the low-key, village-likecharacter of the GORPer-come-TONY enclave.

The Aspens is one of thoselate 70s suburban sprawl mis-takes that should not be com-pounded with a dramaticexpansion. By elevating theAspens to the level of a quasi-town, the plan update is justgiving us more of a bad thing.We don’t need more soullesstown-like entities to competewith the real town.

The prominence of the“town as heart” theme in thisplan update is welcome, butwe need an even bigger focuson town, and a de-emphasison the Wilson and Aspensnodes.

I’ll admit that it’s a trickybusiness to redevelop ourbeloved town, and I will grudg-ingly agree with the protec-tions found in the draft’slabeling of the square and EastJackson as “stable” areas, butthe rest of town could benefitfrom a great big tear-it-down-and-start-all-over-again. A vi-brant urbanization of townwith, God forbid, four- andfive- story buildings would be abrilliant focus of densities intothe most appropriate location.

With continued vigilanceand input from the public, I’mhopeful we can map out a fu-ture for Jackson Hole that re-flects our common vision, butit’s going to take some guts,brains and bold leadership onthe part of electeds to keep thisprocess on track. JHW

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Jack$on HoleTeton County, Wyo. is the richest county by per

capita income in the nation according to Departmentof Commerce data released last month. And it wasn’teven close.

Many in the nation were caught by surprise. In NewYork City, they demanded a recount. Sorry, PitkinCounty, Colo.; better luck next time. Thanks for playing,Marin County, Calif., and Fairfield County, Conn.

Only New York County, encompassing NYC, crackedthe hundred grand mark. Teton County smoked thefield with the average wage-earner pulling down$132,728 per year.

We found one newspaper that wasn’t shocked by thenews. Times-Union (Albany, NY) staff writer CaseySeiler delivered the news with only regret: “I used to livein Teton County, which includes the town of JacksonHole. It’s a four-year period I remember with greatfondness, despite the fact that my income never roseabove 20 percent of the current per-capita average.Clearly, if I had stuck around, I’d be rich by now.”

The Kansas City Star managed to lasso our second fa-vorite Jacksonism regarding our tony valley. “Povertywith a view,” plays well with the ‘have-not-enoughs’ butstill good is the one Sublette County assessor JanetMontgomery laid on the Star: “The saying here is, ‘Thebillionaires have driven the millionaires out of TetonCounty.’”

We still put our socks on one at a timeJust when we thought we’d celebrate our declaration

of wealth with a George Jefferson turkey strut, we gotsome sobering news from Gear.com that brought us

back down to earth. Chip Coe, CEO of TEKO, announced Jackson Hole’s

official sock is TEKO. Coe says his “performance socksare the best socks ON the planet and the best FOR theplanet.” Does Aspen have their own socks?

Freestyler Dyer rips and drawsShe hasn’t quit her day job yet even though, by

Lynsey Dyer’s own admission, it might kill her. The 26-year-old professional freestyle skier was interviewed inthe latest issue of Freeskier magazine where she said sheenjoyed last winter’s ski season. “It was awesome! Iskied a ton, traveled a ton, learned a lot, and stayedalive, so that’s always a plus!”

‘Smokahontas,’ as she is sometimes known, is also abudding artist. Dyerdesigned last year’sposter and all promo-tional items for thenow-defunct JacksonHole Film Festival.Her latest work is al-ready all the rage atthe Telluride FilmFestival kicking offthis weekend.

Just what is the se-cret to Dyer’s success on snow or on canvas? “At somepoint, my brain turns off and somehow things just startto click,” Dyer told Freeskier. “With art, it’s often at threein the morning after creating a lot of crap or in skiing,when I’m having fun with my friends and I trust myselfenough not to think too much. They both are an expres-

sion and an outlet for something bigger than myself.”

ClimbingThe use of helicopters in rescue efforts in Grand

Teton National Park is taken for granted today, but itwasn’t always that way. Before Pete Armington, thepractices of short hauls and heli-rappelling were virtu-ally unheard of.

Armington received the Harry Yount National ParkRanger Award last week in Washington, D.C. Armingtonnow is chief ranger at Denali National Park in Alaska.He was the Jenny Lake sub-district ranger when hehelped convert backcountry rescue operations to takeadvantage of helicopters.

As often happens, we got to meandering on the In-ternet while researching this story. We ran across agripping tale of heroic proportions in Sports Illustratedinvolving a daring rescue on the Grand in 1985 duringArmington’s regime.

Herndon conqueredNews 11 in Annapolis, MD ran an interesting piece

that can be found on YouTube. Naval Academy plebes mark the end of their gruel-

ing first year in Annapolis by climbing a greased upphallic symbol called the Herndon Monument. Half-naked midshipmen took part in the long-standing tra-

dition that one interviewee called a “hot, sweaty, nastymess. Is it any wonder why we first caught the newsitem on the gay site Queerty.com?

Congratulations to Schyler Widman, 19, of Jackson;he was the first one to reach the top after one hour and14 minutes. JHW

Rich, jealous towns and climbingJake Nichols

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Tourists on the Town Squarerush for their cameras to cap-ture a memento of the greatAmerican West – a police offi-cer making a traffic stop.

“I’ve probably had a thou-sand people take pictures ofme after I have tracked down amotorist for a violation andhave them pulled over,” Cpl.Russ Ruschill says. Ruschilllooks like your typical Jacksonpolice officer. Nothing abouthim stands out, really. Unlessyou count the spurs and thebig bay horse, Doc, standingpatiently at the end of the 14-foot Mecate lead rope tuckedneatly into Ruschill’s belt as hewrites out a ticket.

What tourists and Jack-sonites and even lawbreakersfind so exceptional aboutRuschill and other members ofthe police department’smounted patrol unit is thehorse, of course.

The unit consists of 28 citi-zen volunteers and five swornofficers – Ruschill, Alan John,Larry Compton, Josh Horsleyand Mark Morzov. The mem-bers often play second fiddle totheir mounts and that’s justfine with the department.

The obvious advantage toputting a portion of the policeforce in the saddle is the publicrelations aspect. A ‘cavalry’ ofsorts might meet expectationsof Jackson Hole visitors hun-gering for a glimpse of Westernlore. Also, mounted officers,despite or maybe because ofthe 1,100 pounds of horsefleshbeneath them, seem friendlier.

“On a horse, I am muchmore approachable,” Ruschill

admits. “I talk to 10 times morepeople when I am a-horseback.When I pull up in a car peoplethink, ‘Here comes the govern-ment, and they are going tohassle me about something.’”

Mounted patrol citizen vol-unteer Robin Siegfried of Wil-son agrees, people areattracted to the horse. “Thereare always the same threequestions,” the oldest member

said. “’May I pet your horse?’‘Where can I go to the bath-room?’ and ‘Where’s a goodplace to eat?’”

For the volunteer force, whoare trained to observe and re-port criminal behavior over theradio, the job often entailsnine-parts ambassador, one-part crime-stopper. But it’s notwithout the occasional excite-ment.

A few years ago, onedrunken fairgoer was caughtbreaking into cars during thedemo derby. A volunteer pa-trolwoman pinned the suspectagainst a chain link fence witha maneuver taught in the 40-hour preparatory class.

Siegfried recalls a night onpatrol when his paint-quarterhorse, Doxie, sniffed out trou-ble. “We were working theWillie Nelson concert. It wasdark, and I rode up on a couplehaving sex under a blanket,”

Siegfried recalled. “The girl waspretty embarrassed. I just rodeaway.”

The flexibility a mounted po-lice force gives a department ishandy especially in rural com-munities like Jackson. In bigcities, the tradition seems to bewaning. The Boston police de-partment recently announcedthey are dissolving the oldestmounted patrol unit in the na-tion this July. A similar divisionin Tempe, Ariz., also facesbudget cuts.

In a resort community likeJackson where population canswell to 100,000 on a typicalsummer, a volunteer patrol canease the strain on a belea-guered force thinned bybudget constraints.

Sgt. Alan John currentlyheads the mounted patrol thatthe late Dave Cameron insti-tuted in 1985. He estimates theunit saves the Town of Jacksonan average of $48,000 per yearin overtime pay and guardsagainst officer ‘burnout.’

Ruschill says for the Old WestDays parade alone he counted21 volunteer riders on dutysaving the town about $2,500in overtime.

For Ruschill, the mountedpatrol introducted him to theJackson Police Department. Heknew one day he would use hiscriminal justice degree to be-come a police officer, but be-fore he donned the badge hetoed the stirrup, joining thevolunteer corps in 2000.

He just never dreamed he’dwind up in so many photo al-bums writing out a trafficticket. JHW

Mounted patrolJake Nichols

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At a glance:N E W S B R I E F S

Business Council, Governor’s summit in JacksonThe Wyoming Business Council will be in Jackson this week to

hear staff grant recommendations and review local community proj-ects during the board of director’s quarterly meeting, according toWBC’s Web site.

Board members will also attend the Governor’s workforce sum-mit, running consecutively, Wednesday through Friday, at Snow KingResort. Governor Dave Freudenthal will address the summit, 12:30p.m., Friday.

A presentation open to the public, Wednesday, in the Antler Innmeeting room, will include reviews and updates of ongoing projects,including the airport terminal enlargement, Home Ranch develop-ment, the parking garage, Old Wilson School preservation, afford-able housing and a small business development center. Afterwards,the board will lead a bus tour of some of these sites.

From 4 to 5 p.m., the Board will return to the Antler Inn meetingroom for open community dialogue.

The rest of the agenda and background information are availableat www.wyomingbusiness.org.

New Head of Conservation Alliance Meet Paul Hansen. The former director of the Yellowstone Pro-

gram for the Nature Conservancy will replace Franz Camenzind asexecutive director of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance.

Camenzind is retiring after 13 years with the Alliance.

1% grants deadlines Applications for 1% for the Tetons 2009 grants are due, 5 p.m.,

June 12. 1% for the Tetons, built off the 1% for the Planet modelstarted by Yvon Chouinard, offers area nonprofits funds for ongoingand new programs that support sustainability and environmentalawareness in the Jackson Hole area. Past winners include the TetonCounty Library, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Snake RiverFund and Teton Valley Community Recycling. Grant applicationpackets are available at 1PercentTetons.org.

Bike alreadyIf you haven’t ditched the 4WD for the pedals, yet – even if you

have – Friends of Pathways gives you more reason to do so, thisweek. Bike Week begins, 2 p.m., Saturday, with the Bike Clean UpParty at the Climber’s Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. Lastingthrough June 6, the week also includes Bike to Work Day, BikeAway From Work Day and National Trail Day. Bikers to Work cancommute together, meeting between 6:30 and 9:30 a.m., June 3 atPearl Street Bagels for some fuel. Bikers away from work will meetbetween 4:30 and 7 p.m. around Snake River Brewery and Fitzger-ald’s Bicycles for a Block Party. And the week ends with trail cleanup for National Trails Day – details to come.

Pissing contestIf you haven’t seen or heard

abut the a-holes peeing into OldFaithful, here’s a photo of one ofthem. The 23-year-old, formerconcession worker at Old FaithfulInn and his buddy were fined,fired and banned. Though wedon’t like to see people punishedtheir whole lives for stupid andselfish acts, we think these kidshave reparation to do, and shouldbe welcomed back to scrub toi-

lets along with other forms of community service.

Best in BusinessThe Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce announced its 2009

award recipients at its annual banquet, May 21, at the MangyMoose. Jim Moses of First Interstate Bank took Citizen of the Year,Franz Camenzind of Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance wonPower of Place, Carrie Pennington of Jackson Hole Ski and Snow-board Club received Rising Star Award, Bob Arndt and Melanie Har-rice of The Jackson Whole Grocer accepted G2G: Green-to-GreenAward, and Jackson Hole Snow Devils were recognized with West-ern Hospitality Award. JHW

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Jackson’s art fans will addanother stop to their Art Walkitineraries when the CIAOgallery, an artist co-op thatbegan in Victor and came toWilson in 2007, moves into anew location on Glenwood St.,in downtown Jackson, thisweek.

Gallery director MichelleWalters said she had not beenplanning on leaving thegallery’s location on Moose-Wilson Road until a spaceopened within a block and ahalf of Town Square for thesame price of her West Bankspace.

CIAO will move into a spacebetween Muse Gallery andGalleries West on June 1, andWalters said she hopes to beready for the First Friday ArtWalk on June 5.

She said the artist collectivewill remain mostly unchanged,other than attracting a fewnew artists.

“For an art gallery, that iswhere you need to be,” Wal-ter’s said about her downtownlocation.

She said that the summer

Art Walks, including FirstFriday, Palates and Palettesand Third Thursday, will pro-vide her gallery crucial expo-sure it lacked on the WestBank.

Now with 14 artists that paya monthly fee to have theirwork shown in the gallery, Wal-ters hopes to add four 2-Dartists and 10 3-D sculptors orcraft artists.

She said the current CIAOmembers were ecstatic about

the move. Most of her artists,she explained, have tried tobreak in to the exclusive artmarket located on and aroundTown Square, but were turneddown by all the establishedgalleries.

“I think it’s almost theirright to have the opportunityto contend with other artists[who have representation] inthe town,” Walters said.

She is confident they willhave a good summer. JHW

CIAO comes to townHenry Sweets

Artist collective and gallery will move to Town Square.

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Local officials will have a“back-and-forth dialogue” withthe federal government to im-plement a new law allowingconcealed weapons at GrandTeton and Yellowstone nationalparks, officials said Tuesday, butregulations will be consistentacross all national parks andmonuments, as well as nationalwildlife refuges.

It is too soon to know, theysaid, how regulations will ad-dress local concerns aboutpoaching and “self-defense”wildlife shootings.

Credit Cardholders’ Bill ofRights Act of 2009, H.R. 627 – towhich the gun bill was attached– puts gun control in nationalparks under state governance,though a Department of Inte-rior spokesperson said her of-fice will provide guidance tostates that allow guns.

Wyoming senators Mike Enziand John Barrasso, and Repre-sentative Cynthia Lummis (allR-Wyo.), praised the bill, signedby President Obama last Friday,in a joint press release citing theSecond Amendment and states’

rights. But Ted Kerosote a Kelly resi-

dent and author of Merle’sDoor: Lessons from a Freethink-ing Dog, spoke out against thebill) in a New York Times forumthat same day the day PresidentObama.

In an interview with JHWeekly, Kerosote said that bothanimals and humans deserve arefuge from guns, and in na-tional parks, where wildlife ishabituated to humans, they runthe risk of deadly encounters.

“I fear that wildlife will beshot because of frightened,armed people,” he said. Here,with so many black bears habit-uated to people, and now griz-zlies, I worry about peoplecarrying firearms, using the ra-tionale of self-defense. “

Jeff Ruch, spokesperson forPublic Employees for Environ-

mental Responsibility (PEER),also said that the legislationmay create “some unpleasantsituations” at national monu-ments near his office in D.C. Ina release last December whenPresident Bush failed to pushthrough guns in parks, PEER ex-pressed concern over the in-creased likelihood of poaching,the parks being so large and therangers being so few.

Kerosote said that signage en-couraging park visitors to usepepper spray, which he saysworks better than guns, shouldbe a priority.

GTNP spokesperson JackieSkaggs said that signage waslikely, but deferred to the Na-tional Park Service office inWashington, which directedPlanet JH to the Department ofInterior. Interior spokespersonKendra Barkoff, deferring to anofficial statement, said it hasnine months before the lawwill go into effect, giving itample time to put “publicsafety and the safety of our em-ployees as our foremost con-sideration.” JHW

Guns in local parksMatthew Irwin

National rules and local concerns

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SEE MUSHROOM MAN, PAGE 12

Tucked against the foothills of the Big Hole Moun-tains, Mountain Valley Mushrooms lies on the edge ofexpansive alfalfa and barley fields, over which theTetons rise in the distance. It is a house and a coupleof outbuildings – one, a converted hayshed, and theother a converted dairy semi-trailer.

Tye Tilt, the mushroom man, emerges wearing aball cap with a mushroom embroidered upon it, anecklace with a carved wooden mushroom, a red but-ton down shirt and a red beard that frames hisfriendly face.

“Well, let’s go check it out,” he said, and he led usinto his basement to see his “guest bedroom,” ormushroom lab, full of test tubes, petri dishes, masonjars and some large equipment.

Fresh shiitakes are hard to come by, especially inMarch in the Northern Rockies. But Tilt and his busi-ness partner Scotty Button, self-taught fungal expertswho live in Teton Valley, Idaho, make it possible forJackson to have fresh mushrooms for most of the year.

“You’re lucky I won’t be working in here for anotherweek,” he said. “Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to

come in here.”In order to provide a steady stream of high-quality

gourmet mushrooms to restaurants in Jackson, Tilthas to be extremely careful to not contaminate anystep of his mushroom growing process, or else hun-dreds of pounds of mushrooms could be lost.

Tilt’s fascination with mushrooms began more thana decade ago, when he and Button spent days tromp-ing through the woods hunting wild mushrooms. InTeton County (Idaho and Wyoming), those species areyellow and black morel, chanterelle, porcini and pearloyster.

He and Button began growing mushrooms in Tilt’sgarage in 2000. They took a mycological field trip toCalifornia in 2002, where he and Button toured mush-room farms, hunted wild mushrooms and met a cou-ple of experts. They decided they could start afull-blown (but small, by comparison) operation inIdaho. The pair had already developed a relationshipwith local restaurants by selling chefs wild mush-rooms, and knew that their friends at the CosmicApple Farm, an organic farm in Victor, had already

proven there was a consumer base of folks-mostly inJackson Hole-interested in buying local, organic food.

Tilt sells his shiitake and pearl oyster mushroomsto restaurants in Jackson; Cascade, The Snake RiverGrill, Rendezvous Bistro and Alpenhof as well as at theFarmers Market and the Whole Grocer.

Tilt is part of a growing number of organic produc-ers in Teton Valley, Idaho, which he reckons numbersabout one dozen.

“Agriculture in Teton Valley is overall on the decline,but there are a bunch of new, what I like to call hippiefarmers,” Tilt said. “There are about a dozen of us try-ing to do local, sustainable food.”

The farmers, grocers, and chefs interviewed for thestory said that the national trend to eat locally and or-ganically is especially strong in Jackson Hole.

Steve Michel at the Jackson Whole Grocer said theycan’t get enough local produce to satisfy the demand,and have begun a program highlighting local produc-ers, which he thinks will make the local food an evenhotter item.

Mike Reid, at Paradise Springs Farm in Victor, said

MushroomMan

Hundreds of people swarmed through rows of booths at last month’s ECO-fair, and severalpeople I bumped into told me to go try the “shiitake bacon.” Sure enough, in the middle of themelee was a guy with a beard selling top-quality, fresh shiitake mushrooms and a pan of mush-room bits as savory as bacon.

My roommate bought a pound of his shiitake mushrooms for $10. We sauteed the mushroomsin oil, soy and teriyaki, and ate a few pieces with nearly every dish we prepared for the nextweek. Just a few pieces would add a different dimension to the vegetables, meats, starches – evenbreakfast eggs – that we ate. When they were gone, it was like something went missing.

We went to go visit him last weekend, to check out his operation and hopefully get some tipson picking wild morels, which have completely eluded us this spring picking season.

“Hippie farmer” servesvalley’s specialty tastes.BY HENRY SWEETS

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in an email that after years of persistent work, he willstart selling raw, unpasteurized milk at the WholeGrocer for around $4 per half gallon.

“I recently got milk test results that show my milkto be safer than pasteurized as far as bacterial and so-matic cell counts go. It may be the cleanest milk pro-duced in Idaho or anywhere else,” he wrote.

Long days of hard work and no vacations are thestatus quo for the farming community there.

But what really keeps them alive are eco-mindedJackson Holers taking part of a larger trend: eat or-ganic and eat locally. Tilt said the business wouldn’thave been possible if not for the high-class foodies,holistic moms, and Farmers Market attendees inTeton county Wyoming and Idaho.

In 2002, Tilt and Button began growing mushroomsyear round, after a couple of years of experimenta-tion. Tilt has invested tens of thousands of dollars tolaunch the mushroom operation at his home, whichhas also evolved, Tilt said, with labor trades fromplumber, electrician and carpenter friends.

“I owe a few people mushrooms for life,” Tilt said.He also uses work shares, and trades shares with the

Cosmic Apple, to get labor. In learning what makes oyster pearls and shiitakes

grow, Tilt and Button have gone through the “learningcurve” where failed batches of mushroom crop werereacting to the wrong growing conditions, or less-than-sterile production techniques.

“It’s one thing to grow mushrooms for you and yourfriends, but to have them for a farmers market or fora restaurant, every week, takes a bit of experience,”Tilt said.

Tilt said there is a lot of literature, other farmers tocall and a few classes to take, but there are always se-crets left out.

“People are willing to tell you a lot about what theydo, but they, and the books, always seem to leave outat least one essential fact,” Tilt said.

He hired a consultant, John Donaghue to help himstreamline the operation. He and Button also be-friended one of the most prolific mycological writers,Paul Stanats. Tilt said he hasn’t lost a major batch ofmushrooms in a few years.

Only recently, tilt said, is his initial investmentmoney being recouped. Like other farmers in thearea, he said he makes a living but is “not gettingrich,” by any means. And five years ago Button camedown with Lyme disease after being bitten by a tickwhile hunting wild mushrooms in California.

Tilt joked about the story I’m writing, because writ-ers can’t resist making puns about “magical mush-rooms” when writing about him or his farm, he said.And he said that in doing so they often miss the point;all mushrooms are mysterious, and the same uniquequalities of mushrooms that might scare people, orlead them to make jokes about hallucinogens, are thequalities that, Tilt says, make them so great.

“Mushrooms are fabulous,” Tilt said. “Mushroomsare going to be the saviors of our planet.”

Tilt described mycology as an explorer would de-scribe the last uncharted waters in the globe.

“There are 3 to 4 million species of mushrooms, andonly 20 percent of them have been named or classi-fied,” he said. “Without mushrooms we’d have nobeer, no bread and no wine. And all the plants on theplanet have grown in conjunction with mushrooms.”

Mushrooms exist all the time, lying dormant in thesoil, under the bark of a rotting log or a living tree, ormaybe behind your bathroom wall. The mycelium,the white stuff that Tilt multiplies exponentially eachtime he inoculates a jar or a clear plastic bag, lies in afungal mat waiting to reproduce. The perfect condi-tions of moisture and temperature coax the fruitingbodies – the sexual organ of the organism – out oftheir hiding spot often in quick flushes that take amatter of days, or hours, to propagate mushrooms.

Despite their ubiquity, Tilt said, they are not wellunderstood. The intricate relationships that causefungus to fruit are difficult to recreate, and impossibleto recreate for many species in a lab. He showed us on

a poster some that can’t be reliably cultivated yet, in-cluding morels. Patents are filed, scientists makeprogress, but as of yet no one has pulled it off, Tiltsaid.

Tilt’s operation emulates those perfect conditionsfor pearl oyster and shiitake mushrooms. It’s aprocess that begins in a test tube, and ends with rowsof large bags full of mycelium feeding on a wood chipmixture, with mushrooms jutting out of large holes inthe bags. The fruits will wind up in the bellies of Jack-son Hole diners.

He said the niche market is isolated, and he willlikely never expand his business to other markets. Theonly other market would be Sun Valley. No other townnear Driggs – Idaho Falls, Rexsburg, West Yellowstone– besides Jackson have a high-end culinary scene thatcould support Tilt.

Shiitake’s and pearl oysters are his bread and but-ter, but Tilt hopes to introduce the lion’s mane, andhen of the woods varieties, as well. Two mushroomswith unique appearances and unique flavors. He hasproduced those two in the past, but only in small non-commercial batches.

The lions mane has dozens of tendrils – similar inappearance to bean sprouts, that hang from it, whichhave a delicate, nutty buttery taste. The hen of thewoods mushroom has been featured recently in nu-merous publications for its cancer-fighting, tumor-re-ducing properties, which have yet to be proven in apeer-reviewed journal, though the American CancerSociety at least gives them an expose on their Web site.

All of his mushrooms are matro-nutritional, Tiltsaid, meaning they have health benefits beyond thetypical proteins and vitamins. Shiitakes are high in vi-tamin D and are also thought to have cancer-fightingproperties, and oyster pearls contain a drug that helpsreduce cholesterol.

Tilt said there is enough demand to sell three timeshis current production quantity during summers, butto expand his business he would have to find some-one else with the years of experience that he and But-ton have.

And as far as morel hunting goes, Tilt made us feelbetter that we haven’t found any this year.

He told us two very important things: just when youthink you understand how a fungus works, it tricksyou; and this is a miserable year for morel picking.

“When you go walking the woods and hear thatcrunch-crunch, you know it’s time to hunt for some-thing besides mushrooms,” he said. JHW

The Mountain Valley Mushroom packhouse.

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Step 1: The Lab First, mycelium – the white, fibrous

state of the fungus – from a test tube isplaced on a Petri dish of agar made ofseaweed reduction, malt, barley andyeast. In a few days the dish becomescolonized with mycelium.

Jars full of a rye berry mixture areboiled to 200 degrees in order to kill anybacteria or mold that could be lurking inthem. The jars are cooled, and each is in-oculated with the colonized agar piece.

“I feed the mushrooms the perfectmixture of what they want to eat, and killoff all the competition” Tilt said. “I don’tthink the mushrooms care that it’s or-ganic, but I do and my customers do.”

After a certain number of days orweeks, depending on the species, thosejars become colonized by whitemycelium, and then one jar is spreadinto about five bags containing the samerye berry mixture. Those bags soon fillwith the white, stringy mycelium as well.

Step 2: InoculationAfter the bags of rye mixture colonize,

Tilt hauls them in his wooden cart to hispackhouse. There, he fills bags with amixture of wood chips, straw, organicbran and organic barley – which areboiled (like the jars, but on a much largerscale), to kill mold and bacteria in them.The wood chips come from furnitureshops in and around Teton Valley.

He spreads one bag of mycelium-cov-ered rye berries around the edges of sev-eral bags of the wood chip mixture, andtakes them to the incubation trailer.

Step 3: IncubationThe bags of straw are set in a tempera-

ture-controlled room, an old dairytrailer, where they become fully colo-nized by the mycelium. This can take upto several weeks, depending on thespecies. Once they are ready, Tilt pokesholes in them with a razor-blade arrow-head on a wooden handle. They aretaken to the grow room.

Step 4: GrowThe mushroom fruiting bodies burst

forth from the bag, and Tilt picks them. That’s it. JHW

Four steps tomushroomcultivationMushrooms in the wildneed the perfect set ofconditions to flourish,and it takes a few carefulsteps to emulate thoseconditions at MountainValley Mushrooms.

Tilt uses four steps:

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On Friday, A Celebration of Rivers Film Festival willfeature the National Geographic special focusing on theneed to preserve western rivers entitled Wild Riverstarring Frank and John Craighead of Jackson Hole.Other films being showcased are Rivers of a Lost Coast,A Russian Wave and Heather and Goliath.

But don’t stay out too late, because Summit on theSnake starts early the next morning. After breakfast,the symposium on Snake River ecology, geology, his-tory, fishing and native culture will take up the rest ofthe day. The fee covers breakfast, lunch and coffee allday.

The Snake River Fund hopes participants will beadequately inspired by the summit to clean the Snakeon Sunday morning. The Snake River Cleanup includeshidden prizes and ends with an after-party at Cutty’s.

The film festival takes place 6:30 to 10 p.m., Friday,at the Teton Science School, Jackson campus, 700 CoyoteCanyon Rd; free. The summit begins, 8 a.m., Saturday,Teton Science School, Jackson campus; $20 advance, $25door. Cleanup begins, 10 a.m., Sunday, at Mad RiverBoathouse, 1255 S. Hwy. 89. 734-6773.

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Wednesday 5.27MUSIC■ Karaoke, 9 p.m., at theVirginian Saloon. 739-9891.No Cover. ■ Open Mike Night 7 to9:50 p.m. on the deck atSouth Side Pub. 734-0866. Nocover. ART■ Life Drawing Open Stu-dio, 6:30 p.m., Art Associa-tion Painting Studio, 3rd floorof the Center for the Arts.Life Drawing Open Studiomeets every Wednesdayevening in the Painting studio,models will be present, bringyour own paper and drawingmaterials. Easels are availablefor use in the studio. $20drop-in. 733-6379 jenny@ar-tassociation.org DANCE■ Dancers’ WorkshopWednesday Classes at theCenter for the Arts. Pilates,8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; Power Jiva-mukti Yoga, noon to 1:15p.m.; Beginning Pilates, 5:15to 6:15 p.m.; Beginning Ballet,6:15 to 7:30 p.m.; BellyDance, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. 733-6398. KIDS & FAMILIES■ Moosley Moves 3:45 to 5p.m. at the Rec. Center. Aclass designed to provide chil-dren of all abilities the oppor-tunity to enhance theirphysical and social selves. Theclass is for 6 to 10yr-olds.$100. 690-0571. SPORTS & RECREATION■ National Senior Healthand Fitness Day 10 a.m. atthe Rec Center. A nationwidehealth and fitness event forolder adults. 10 a.m. FitnessClass, 11 a.m. Dr. Naomi Al-bertson presents tips forhealthy lifestyles, noon lightlunch. 739-9025. MIND, BODY & SPIRITJH Reiki Circle 6 to 9 p.m.meet in Visitor’s Center park-ing lot to share a ride to Cur-tis Canyon. Learn Reiki, TheAncient Art of Healing. Giveand Receive, Group Healing.Exchange: Bring wood for thefire and a dish to share. 733-5683 info@rockin-heartranch.net. COMMUNITY■ Volunteer With Habitatfor Humanity 9 a.m. to 4p.m. call for location info. 734-0828. ■ Senior Fitness & Brunch9 to 11 a.m. at the Rec Cen-ter. 733-9025. ■ JH Chamber BOB: Sur-vive and Thrive 7:30 to 9a.m. at the Wort Hotel. Busi-ness Over Breakfast specialjoint meeting with theWyoming Lodging and Restau-rant Industry: “How JacksonHole and the Wyoming TravelIndustry Can Survive andThrive in a Tough Economy.”$15. casey@jackson-holechamber.com, 733-3316. ■ Coffee With AARP, 5 to 6p.m., at the Teton County Li-

Go Wild for the PronghornThe Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance will throw a home-

coming for the pronghorn this weekend. The fourth annualParty for the Pronghorn, featuring live music from the Ran-dom Canyon Growlers, will highlight the necessary actions tosave the pronghorn’s migratory route from development in apresentation of Pronghorn Passage, by Joe Riis, a noted wildlifephotographer and author. Riis and Emilene Ostlind have at-tempted to curb development of the pronghorn migration corri-dor by documenting the migration along a 170-mile route withphotographs and literary essays.

The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance works with federalland managers and state wildlife agencies in order to perme-nantly protect the pronghorn’s ancient migration. This year itsattempting to build on the success of last year’s Party for thePronghorn when the Bridger-Teton National Forrest Supervisorsigned an ammendment designed to protect the pronghorn mi-gration corridor from further actions by the Bridger-Teton.

The Party for the Pronghorn takes place, 7 p.m., Saturday, atthe Snow King Resort’s Grand Room; free. 733-9417.

Smithsonian author, photos Grand Canyon historian Stephen Trimble will tell

stories, and show photos, of early Grand Canyon pho-tographers at 7 p.m. Friday at the Teton County Li-brary. Trimble is University of Utah’s StegnerCentennial Fellow and the author of “Lasting Light:125 years of Grand Canyon Photography,” the

companion book for the Smithsonian photography exhibition on display at the TetonCounty Library until July 16.

On the following day, Trimble will also give a writing workshop based off of his study ofWallace Stegner, and the connection betwen story and place,10 a.m. to noon, Satur-day, Teton County Library; free. 733-2164, odoherty@tclib.org.

Climb the King KickoffYou’re going to hike the King all summer, anyway, so might as well do it for a

good cause. The Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center begins its summerlong fundraiser, Climb the King, this weekend, with the 4th annual Kick Off Climb.Climb the King participants collect pledges for each summit they make of SnowKing.

Deb Sprauge, Executive Director of JHCCC, said that this year’s Climb the Kingis especially important, because the State of Wyoming, a major source of their fund-ing, made cut backs in the budget that supplies community programs such asJHCCC.

Kick Off Climb starts at 9 a.m., Saturday, at Snow King Resort; free. 733 2046 ,climbtheking@jhcc.org, or climbtheking.org

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Local Jackson students and pARTners have completed their artworks for the 2008-09school year, and they’re ready for display.

Performances by local students, and media presentations covering the creation process ofart projects will show throughout the entire gala. Student artworks made with pARTnerthroughout the year will be on display in the lobby during the presentations.

The highlight of the event, the Community Mural unveiling, will be presented at 7 p.m.The mural was completed by first graders at Jackson Elementary under the influence of artistWendell Field. Following the gala, the mural and student art will sit in the Education Lobby ofThe Center for the Arts until it is relocated to its permanent location at Jackson ElementarySchool before the beginning of the 2009-10 school year.

Matt Daly of pARTners said that last year pARTner projects involved 3,000 participantsfrom local schools in an effort to enrich the Jackson School District learning experiencethrough project based learning.

The Ah-Ha! Gala takes place 4:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the Center Theater; free.733-2565, marylee@edu-partner.org.

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By Aaron Davis

I want to be a teenageragain. This was my firstthought after sitting in on a re-hearsal with new Jackson quar-tet, Thirsty—guitarist-vocalistParker Case, drummer JalayaFrisella-Kunst, bassist-gui-tarist-keyboardist Daniel San-ford, and guitarist-vocalist-bassist Michael Scalabrino.

Fifteen, 15, 14, and 13 yearsold respectively, these guys arefar from a regurgitated versionof late 90s teenyboppers, Han-son. Loud amplifiers, rippingsolos, and youthful energy thatwould make Pete Townsendproud, this is indie-rock.

When I stepped into theirRafter J practice space, itlooked a lot like a professionalband’s setup with high-end in-struments, a full sound system,and an acoustically treated

garage space. How could theseguys be so organized to alreadyhave a repertoire that boasts25 songs? The band founder,manager, coach and song-arranger is Scalabrino’s father,Frank Scalabrino.

“I handpicked all of theseplayers, and I think this is anincredible band,” Frank said,who moved his family fromNew York to Jackson two yearsago. “All of the equipment ismine, so the stipulation is thatthey have to take this bandsomewhere. I do all of thetransposing, set-arranging andteach them what to play foreach song.”

The band committed topracticing twice a week, some-times getting in three re-hearsals a week. It has paid off,and they have a summer ofgigs to look forward to—in-cluding a coveted slot at Music

in the Hole on July 4, and setsat the Art Association’s ArtFairs in July and August.

Each of the four rockers hadtheir own opinions as to whichbands quench Thirsty’s musictastes the most.

“I think we should bringback the 80s,” said Case, whodidn’t hesitate when namingDeath Cab for Cutie and Ra-diohead as two of his favoritebands. Running a Fender Stra-tocaster through a FenderSuper Reverb Amplifier, Casehas the classic Stevie RayVaughn setup.

Sporting a tie-died shirt anda top hat, Frisella-Kunst is themost experienced of thebunch, having crushed thedrum kit for more than sixyears. Led Zeppelin, Beck andVampire Weekend were his topinfluences. When asked wherethis band would be in 10 years,

he answered, “in a garagetwice this size.”

Sanford has been playingguitar for three years, but con-verted to playing mostly bassand some keys when he joinedthe band. The even-keeledmulti-instrumentalist said itwas tough for him to name justtwo, but put Sublime and EricClapton on his top shelf.

Though Michael Scalabrinois the youngest member andhas played guitar just twoyears, he handles most of thesinging and lead guitar work.His family comes from a longline of singers, and his guitarplaying is advanced for a sec-ond year player. JHW

Thirsty jams in its Rafter J practice space.

brary. AARP Wyoming Direc-tor Tim Summers and Presi-dent Les Engelter will discussnational and state health re-form efforts and other issuesduring a session open to thepublic called 1-866-663-3290 ■ Chamber Mixer withGaper Guide 5:30 to 7:30p.m. at the Gaper Guide Of-fices, 145 W. Gill Ave. 733-4626 ■ Compassion AmidstConflict 7 to 9 p.m. at theCenter for the Arts. TheCenter of Wonder hoststeacher Khen RinpocheLobzang Tsetan, an incarnatelama from Ladakh, India, andProfessor David Gardinerfrom Colorado College for athoughtful interpretation ofBuddhism that has relevantapplication in today’s com-plex world. jhcenterfort-hearts.org.

Thursday 5.28MUSIC■ Vert One spins tunes, 10p.m., at Town Square Tavern.No Cover. ■ Open Mike Night 10p.m. at the Knotty Pine inVictor. 208-787-2866.No Cover. ■ Jackson Hole HighSchool Band, 6:30 p.m., atWalk Festival Hall in TetonVillage. Thirsty opens theshow. No cover. ART■ Summer Youth ArtClasses Art Association, inthe Center for the Arts, 240S Glenwood Youth SummerArt Classes and CampsCall toregister 733-6379. Scheduleavailable at www.artassocia-tion.org, 733-6379 DANCE■ Dancers’ WorkshopThursday Classes at the Cen-ter for the Arts. Cardio Kick-boxing, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.;Power Yoga, 8:30 to 9:45a.m.; Tae Kwon Do, 6:15 to7:30 p.m.; Cardio Hip Hop,6:15 to 7:30 p.m. 733-6398. COMMUNITY■ pARTners Ah-Ha! Gala4:30 p.m. at the Center forthe Arts, 240 S. Glenwood.The gala in the Center The-ater Lobby will features stu-dent artwork andperformances from pART-ners projects completed inthe 2008-09 school year, withthe main event being the un-veiling of the Jackson Com-munity Mural Suggesteddonation: $5. ■ Volunteer With Habitatfor Humanity 9 a.m. to 4p.m. call for location info.734-0828 or lauren@teton-habitat.org.

Friday 5.29MUSIC■ Friday Night Jazz, 6:30to 9:30 p.m., at WarbirdsCafe in Driggs. With pianistKurt Reeder and bassist AlKlagge. 208-354-2550. No

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A couple of Canadians with neatly trimmedbeards and honeyed voices, the Junior Boysdesign perfect contemporary pop, taking theappeal of 80s dance music and dressing it inmore carefully constructed, hip electro drumbeats and melodies.

Upbeat but relaxed instrumentals meetthoughtful lyrics in an unabashedly sexy, fu-turistic love sound.

“Dull to Pause,” begins with a banjomelody that is overtaken by a muted churchorgan. “Hazel” is the club banger, with adecadent bass line and lots of harmonies.“Parallel Lines” is a complex, steady-buildingpoignant piece asking questions like “if youfound the words, would you really say them?”

Begone Dull Care is more complex and en-joyable than the Junior Boys last album, but itdoesn’t depart from the formula they discov-ered on that popular offering.

- Henry Sweets

Cover. ■ Jazz Night, 7 to 10 p.m.,in the Granary at SpringCreek Ranch atop East GrosVentre Butte. With PamDrews Phillips on piano, BillPlummer on bass, Ed Domeron drums. 733-8833. NoCover. ■ Aaron Davis & TheDocks, 7:30 to 11 p.m., atthe Silver Dollar Bar in theWort Hotel. Americana, rock.733-2190. No cover. ■ Jeremiah James, 9 p.m.,at the Virginian Saloon. Coun-try, rock. 739-9891. Nocover. ■ Heavyweight DubChampions, 10 p.m., at theKnotty Pine in Victor. Dub,electronica. 208-787-2866.$12 at the door. ■ Jet Black NinjaFunkgrass Unit, 10 p.m., at43 North. Bluegrass, funk,rock. 733-0043. Cover TBD. ART■ Summer Youth ArtClasses Art Association, inthe Center for the Arts, 240 SGlenwood Youth Summer ArtClasses and Camps. 733-6379.DANCE■ Dancers’ Workshop Fri-day Classes at the Center forthe Arts. Pilates, 8:30 to 9:30a.m.; Ballet Workout, 9:30 to10:30 a.m. 733-6398. LITERATURE■ Author Stephen TrimbleTalks, 7 p.m., at the TC Li-brary Trimble will discuss“Lasting Light: 125 Years ofGrand Canyon Photography,”the companion book to theSmithsonian photography ex-hibition currently on display inthe library’s ExhibitionGallery. 733-2164.

Saturday 5.30MUSIC■ DJ Thunder and JustKenny, 10 p.m., at 43 North.733-0043. Cover TBA. ■ Aaron Davis & TheDocks, 7:30 to 11 p.m., atthe Silver Dollar Bar in theWort Hotel. Americana, rock.No cover. 733-2190. ■ Pianist Pam DrewsPhillips 7 to 10 p.m. in theGranary at Spring CreekRanch atop East Gros VentreButte. 733-8833. No Cover. ■ Random CanyonGrowlers 7 to 11 p.m. atSnow King Resort’s GrandRoom for the 4th AnnualParty for the Pronghorns. Raf-fles, silent auction, and pres-entation by wildlifephotographer and author JoeRiis. $5 at the door. jhal-liance.org or 733-9417. ■ The Science Rockets,7:30 p.m., at Wind RiverBrewery in Pinedale. Folk,rock, alt-country. No cover. ART■ Summer Youth ArtClasses Art Association, inthe Center for the Arts, 240 SGlenwood Youth Summer Art

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■Dark shades of dub and

electronica will fill the KnottyPine when Heavyweight DubChampions roll through Vic-tor via San Francisco. HDC

consists of three core “sonicshamanistic alchemists”—Resurrector, Patch, and TotterTodd —that adhere to a mis-sion detailed in their self-penned, 70-page booklet LastChampion Manifesto thatwas included with their stu-dio release Survival Guide forthe End of the World. Thegroup originated in themountains of Colorado,where the album won West-word Magazine’s Colorado

Album of the Year. HDC willplay at 10 p.m. on Friday atthe Knotty Pine. $12 gets youin the door.

■Formerly Bottom’s Up

Brewing in Pinedale, thebrewpub has changed handsand names, now going byWind River Brewing Com-pany (402 Pine St.). The wa-tering hole will host localfolk-rock and alt-countrypurveyors The Science Rock-ets —vocalist-guitarist TerryHill, vocalist-guitarist JohnFogerty, Jason Burton onmandolin and fiddle, andbassist Brad Waters — at 7:30p.m. on Saturday. The quartetwill mix original tunes among

a large catalog of songs alaSteve Earle, Drive-By Truck-ers, and Townes Van Zandt.No cover for the show.

■Here’s a head’s up on the

Anne and Pete Sibley showon June 3 at the Center forthe Arts. On the tail of a GreatAmerican Duet Sing-Off winon A Prairie Home Compan-ion and an East Coast tour,the Sibleys will celebratethey’re fifth CD, ComingHome, with this . . . um …homecoming show. More onthe Sibley’s in next week’s JHWeekly, but here are thedeets: $15 at the Center BoxOffice, 733-4900, www.jhcen-terforthearts.org. JHW

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Begone Dull CareJUNIOR BOYS

★★★★Conor Oberst gets a lot of leeway with me.

I don’t mind when he gets sentimental, be-cause his music comes from an authentic needto purge, to understand, to confront, yet with-out conceding, as the mystic Catholic ThomasMerton would say, to despair. I also like hisvoice, his lyrics and his post-indie, retro popsound. Outer South finds Oberst foregoingyouthful angst, lyrically and musically, for moretraditional American forms that allow him tosay what he wants to say without anger.

I haven’t come to love all of Outer South.But most of my favorite albums by my favoritemusicians – Tom Waits, for example – took mea while to really appreciate. And the last thing Iwant from an artist is to be comforted by rep-etition.

“10 Women” seems a real progression, builton Oberst clarity of experience, recognizingthat achieving love with one woman meansfailing with many others.

– Matthew Irwin

Outer SouthCONOR OBERST &

THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND

★★★Sometimes, when musicians reach a cer-

tain stage in their careers and can afford tomake an album with high production values,they succumb to the temptation to pull outall the stops, inviting every guest player theycan think of, recording with string orches-tras and boys choirs, adding google-o-phonic effects.

Not Pete and Anne. On their fifth andmost recent CD, Coming Home, they parethings down. Anne handles lead vocal duties,singing burnished visions of love and loss.Pete strums and plucks along, mostly keep-ing things simple. The chills come when thetwo sing together, harmonizing like the mar-ried couple we all aspire to be – hermeticbut loose and easy going, honed throughyears of disciplined practice but sounding aslaid back as a country Sunday.

– Rich Anderson

Coming HomeANNE & PETE SIBLEY

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Classes and Camps.733-6379.■ Wilson Summer Artsand Crafts Fair, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., on the Banks of FishCreek at the Fish Creek Cen-ter in Wilson. 733-7440. ■ As Rendered in Pastel, 6to 9 p.m., art opening. CiaoGallery, 1921 Moose-WilsonRd. FILM ■ “Caddyshack” @ theSpud Drive-in, 9 p.m., at theSpud Drive-In. A specialshowing of “Caddyshack”with proceeds going to bene-fit the Targhee Animal Shelter.690-9902.LITERATURE■ Saturday Writing Work-shop, 10 a.m. to noon, at theTC Library. Learning fromWallace Stegner. StephenTrimble will use examplesfrom this great Westernwriter’s lifework to explorethe intimate connections be-tween landscape and story.733-2164. . COMMUNITY■ Volunteer With Habitatfor Humanity, 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Call for location info.734-0828 or lauren@teton-habitat.org. ■ Fundraiser for TargheeAnimal Shelter, 6:30 p.m.to midnight, Spud Drive-in,Driggs, Idaho “Caddyshack”at the Spud Drive-In on Satur-day, May 30. Teton GravityResearch fundraiser to benefitthe Targhee Animal Shelter.Come @ 6:30 to meet thedogs and get information.Movie starts around 9 p.m.$10. After Party @ WildlifeBrewery. 690-9902, leacola-suonno@gmail.com

Sunday 5.31MUSIC■ Stage Coach Band, 6 to10 p.m., at the StagecoachBar in Wilson. Old-time coun-try, folk, Western. 733-4407.No cover. MIND, BODY & SPIRIT■ Yoga, 6 to 7 p.m., at theRec Center. 733-9025.

Monday 6.01MUSIC■ Open Mike Night, 6 p.m.,at Elevated Grounds Coffeein Westbank Center. 734-1343. No Cover. ■ Jackson Hole Hootenanny,6 p.m., at Dornan’s in Moose.Musicians may sign-up begin-ning around 5:30 p.m. to playa two-song, 10-minute set.No cover. 733-2415. DANCE■ Dancers’ Workshop Mon-day Classes at the Center forthe Arts. Pilates, 8:30 to 9:30a.m.; Youth Breakdancing,4:15 to 5:15 p.m.; BeginningPilates, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.;Adult Breakdancing, 5:45 to6:45; Intermediate Ballet,6:15 to 7:30 p.m.

By Matthew Irwin

Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tse-tan says that nothing in life iscertain except for death; how-ever, one can prepare for con-flict, beginning with theassumption that a violent orangry response will not achievethe preferred outcome, namelythe serenity and happiness ofall parties involved. A Buddhistmonk in exile, Rinpoche hasfaced much conflict.

“Compassion is the centralethic and philosophical focus ofthe Buddhist tradition,” saidDavid Gardiner, a religiousstudies professor at Universityof Wyoming who is accompany-ing Rinpoche on a speakingtour that will come to JacksonHole. “When you face a difficultsituation or difficult people,deep challenges or suffering,the idea is to shift your thinking

from the adversary point ofview to an understanding of theother’s position, and from theview that you can use compas-sion to solve problems.”

Having studied Buddhism inhis home village from age 13,Rinpoche walked 800 miles at16 years old with his father to

the Tashilungpo Monastery inShigatse, Tibet. There he re-ceived his novice monk vowsand studied with Tibetan schol-ars until he was forced out in1960 by Chinese policies inTibet. He has since traveled theworld studying and teachingBuddhism, including an ap-pointment by the Dalai Lama to

abbot of Tashi LhunpoMonastery in India, which heruns as an exile. He alsofounded the Siddhartha Schoolwith one location in India andone in the U.S., where he hasspent much of the last 15 years.

His travels brought him to theattention of Center of Wonder,which decided to host Rin-poche here after its success, lastyear, with the Buddhist monkMatthieu Ricard, who spoke onmeditation, according to theCenter’s Carrie Geraci.

Gardiner said that the ten-dency to respond angrilydoesn’t serve the individual’sdesire for harmony and con-tentment in relationships. Heasks that people think abouthow it feels when they areangry, and if responding angrilywill resolve that bad feeling ormake it worse by manifesting itwith violence.

The ability to empathize withone’s opponent is difficult, Gar-diner said, and requires medita-tion and training, whichRinpoche hopes to provide onhis tour. He speaks about conflicton a personal level, such as withfamily and coworkers, and onnational and international levels.

Rinpoche, Gardiner said,would agree with PresidentObama’s position that the U.S.need not give up values for se-curity.

“Disrespect for other com-munities in name of our ownpriorities doesn’t create a worldof trust or a world we want tolive in,” Gardiner said. ” JHW

Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tse-tan and Professor Gardiner willpresent Compassion AmidstConflict: Finding Wonder in aComplex World, 7 p.m., Fridayat the Center Theater; free.

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Artspace Gallery/Art Association240 S. Glenwood, 733-6379A Horse of a Different Color60 E. Broadway, 734-9603A Touch of Class10 W. Broadway, 733-3168Astoria Fine Art35 E. Deloney, 733-4016Buffalo Trail Gallery98 Center Street, 734-6904Brookover Gallery125 N. Cache Street, 732-3988Caswell Gallery/Sculpture Garden145 E. Broadway, 734-2660Cayuse Western Americana255 N. Glenwood, 739-1940Center Street Gallery30 Center Street, 733-1115Ciao Gallery1921 Moose-Wilson Rd., 733-7833Diehl Gallery155 W. Broadway, 733-0905DiTomasso Galleries

172 Center Street, 734-9677Fay GalleryTeton Village Road, 739-1006Fighting Bear Antiques375 S. Cache, 733-2669Full Circle Frameworks and Gallery335 N. Glenwood, 733-0070Galleries West Fine Art70 S. Glenwood, 733-4412Gros Ventre GalleryHeriz Rug Co.120 W. Pearl, 733-3388Horizon Fine Art165 N. Center, 739-1540Images of Nature 170 N. Cache, 733-9752

Images West 98 E. Little Ave., Driggs, 208-354-3545Jack Dennis Wyoming GalleryTown Square, 733-7548Jeff Grainger Workshop335 N. Glenwood, 734-0029JH Muse Gallery62 S. Glenwood, 733-0555Legacy GalleryTown Square, 733-2353Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary130 S. Jackson Street, 734-0649Meyer Milagros Gallery155 Center Street, 733-0905Mountain Trails Gallery150 Center Street, 734-8150National Museum of Wildlife Art3 miles north of Jackson, 733-5771Oswald Gallery165 N. Center Street, 734-8100RARE Fine Art Gallery485 W. Broadway, 733-8726Robert Dean Collection

180 W. Broadway, 733-9290Rivertime Designs98 E. Little Ave., Driggs208-351-2045Schmidt’s Custom Framing890 S. Highway 89, 733-2306Shadow Mountain Gallery10 W. Broadway, 733-3162Trailside GalleriesTown Square, 733-3186Trio Fine Art545 N. Cache, 734-4444West Lives On74 Glenwood, 734-2888Wilcox GalleryNorth of town on Cache, 733-6450Wild by Nature Photography95 W. Deloney, 733-8877Wild Exposures Gallery60 E. Broadway, 739-1777Wild Hands70 S. Glenwood, 265 W. Pearl733-4619

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Sweets and Aaron Davis

Flamenco, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.733-6398.

Tuesday 6.02MUSIC■ Open Mike Night, 7:30p.m., at Rock Rabbit inPinedale. No Cover. rockrab-bit.com or 307-367-2485. ■ DJ Thunder and JustKenny, 10 p.m., at 43 North.733-0043. Cover TBA. ■ One Ton Pig, 7:30 to 11p.m., at the Silver Dollar Bar inthe Wort Hotel. Folk-rock,country. No cover. 733-2190. ART■ Silversmithing Open Stu-dio 6 p.m. Art AssociationMulti-Purpose Studio, in theCenter for the Arts, 240 S.Glenwood Silversmithing openstudio meets every Tuesdayevening in the Multi-Purposestudio at the Art Association.The studio includessolderingequipment and various handtools. Some materials areavailable to purchase. $20.733-6379, jenny@artassocia-tion.org. DANCE■ Dancers’ Workshop Tues-day Classes at the Center forthe Arts. Kundalini Yoga &Meditation, 6:15 to 7:30 a.m.;Beginner Ashtanga Yoga, 6:30to 7:30 a.m.; Cardio Kickbox-ing, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.; Ash-tanga Yoga for Everyone, 8:30to 9:30 a.m.; Ashtanga FlowYoga, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.;Zumba Toning, 8:30 to 9:30a.m.; Power Yoga, 8:30 to 9:45a.m.; Ballet Workout, 9:30 to10:30 a.m.; Dance Fitness,5:15 to 6:15 p.m.; Tae KwonDo, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.; Inter.Modern, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.;Capoeira, 7:30 to 9 p.m. 733-6398. OUTDOORS■ Adult Hike Snow King toGame Creek, 10 to 11 miles,rated strenuous. Register atthe recreation center by noon,June 1. $20 739-9025 ■ The Benefits of NativeLandscaping, 7 p.m., Rec.Center Meeting Room 739-9025 $8 COMMUNITY■ Volunteer With Habitatfor Humanity, 9 a.m. to 4p.m. Call for location info.734-0828.UPCOMING■ The Printmaker’s Mode.Ciao Gallery invites printmak-ers to showcase their work ina juried exhibition. Submis-sions are due June 5. Theshow will run from Jun 27 toJuly 24. www.ciaogallery.com,ciaogallery@yahoo.com.

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Center for the Arts presents

Anne & Pete Sibley

Still fresh from their triumph on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion," JacksonHole's favorite folk couple hosts an evening of favorites and originals to celebrate the

May 2009 release of their new CD, “Coming Home.”

june 3WEDNESDAY

8:00PMTICKETS $15all seats

Center of Wonder

pARTners

Wednesday, May 27, 7:00 p.m. "Compassion Amidst Conflict": Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan and DavidGardiner, of Colorado College, present a thoughtful interpretation of Buddhism relevant in today's complex worldin the Center Theater. Free.

Anne & Pete Sibley

Thursday, May 28, 4:30-8:00 p.m. "Ah-ha! Gala": Celebrating another successful year of arts-based projects in local schools, pARTners features student artwork and performances in the Center Theater and Lobby. Free.

Off Square Theatre Company

Dancers’ Workshop

June 4-13, 8:00 p.m. "Starting Here, Starting Now": This funny and poignant look at love and life in the BigCity features lyrics and music by Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, one of the great if overlooked songwritingteams of modern Broadway. In the Black Box Studio Theater. $25-$15.

June 5-14 "Summer Dance Celebration": Ten days of free dance performances and classes in the Center forthe Arts and around town culminates with a performance by New York's Elisa Monte Dance (June 13) and a free Zydeco dance party featuring Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys (June 14).

all programs, artists and dates

subject to changetickets

Center Box Office 265 S. Cache Streetby phone 307.733.4900online www.jhcenterforthearts.org

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Brewing in the Tetons has ayoung, but rich history, andfor the first time three Tetonmicro-breweries are sittingdown together to offer thepublic a taste.

Snake River Brewing, GrandTeton Brewing, and WildlifeBrewing will bring severalbeers to taste, a band willplay and representatives willtalk.

“The idea is just to get thethree local breweries in thesame room and have somefun,” Wildlife owner Ric Har-mon said. “I wanted to let thepublic see us all in one place,taste everybody’s beer andjust see what brewing in theTetons is all about – without acompetition.”

Wildlife, which hopes tohost the event each year, is byfar the smallest and youngestbrewery of the three. Har-mon’s home happened to beon the main drag in VictorIdaho, so six years ago he puta couple of pizza ovens in thecorner of his two car garageand started selling pies. A few

months later he bought brew-ing equipment and after ayear was selling beer.

Last summer and fall, hebusted out a few more wallson his home and expanded itinto a fully functional brew-pub. He’s now putting thefinishing touches on a beergarden, and will eventuallyinstall a bocce ball court, inwhat was once his backyard.

“We just want it to be aplace where people reallywant to hang out ... a real

community hub kind ofplace,” Harmon said.

Harmon said he couldn’thave gotten to where he isnow without the other twobreweries.

“Those guys are veryfriendly to me and have beena big help, whenever I neededadvice, whether it was a miss-ing ingredient or somethingelse,” Harmon said. “Rarelydo you get three local brew-eries that will have a partycollectively. I’m just trying to

enlighten the public thatthere are three great brew-eries in the Tetons.

Someday, he’ll move out ofhis attic apartment, but untilthen the new brewpub is alsohis home. JHW

Tetons on Tap takes place, 5to 8 p.m. Saturday, at WildlifeBrewpub, 145 South MainStreet in Victor. Tickets are $15,which include free beer sam-ples, and food will be availableat regular prices.

Wildlife Brewery, from home to home-away-from-home.

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Asian & SushiBON APPE THAI Lunch served from 11a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Dinnerstarting at 5 p.m. Closedfor lunch on Sundays.Take-Out and DeliveryAvailable. Walk-ins wel-come. Reservations rec-ommended. 245 Pearl,734-0245.

KOSHU WINE BAR Koshu serves an ever-changing menu of con-temporary pan-Asiancuisine, delicious cock-tails and a variety ofwines by the glass. TheJH Wine Company isjust outside our doorwith hundreds of greatwines from which tochoose. Open Wednes-day - Saturday at 5:30p.m. DJ on Thursdaynights. 733-5283.

NIKAIJackson Hole’s favoritesushi bar offers the finestdelicacies from both landand sea. Featuring inno-vative sushi & sashimi aswell as a creative asianinspired grill menu. Fullservice bar specializes intropical cocktails and of-fers unique fine sake andwine lists. 225 N. Cache.Reservations are recom-

mended, 734-6490. THAI ME UPAuthentic Thai dishes in-cluding coconut chickenlemongrass soup,drunken noodle and co-conut milk curries. Fullbar and children’s menu.Serving Lunch, Tue. - Fri.11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.;Dinner, 5:30 p.m. -close, Tue.-Sat. ClosedMonday and Sunday.Take-out available. 75 E.Pearl, parking behindrestaurant. 733-0005.

ChineseCHINATOWNAuthentic Chinese at-mosphere for your din-ing pleasure. Featuringover 100 entrees, includ-ing Peking, Hunan,Szechuan and Cantoncuisines. Lunceon spe-cials daily. Full servicebar. Open 7 days aweek. Located in theGrand Teton Plaza, 850W. Broadway. 733-8856.

Continental43 NORTHServing dinner sevennights a week at the baseof Snow King. Happyhour specials begin at 5p.m. Cozy pub atmos-

phere and great selec-tion of whiskies. Livemusic four nights aweek. 645 S. Cache,733-0043.

BURKE’SSample our superiorsteaks, chops, and inno-vative fish, game andfowl dishes in this his-toric renovated building.Reservations recom-mended; smoke-free.Open nightly from 6-10p.m. 72 S. Glenwood.733-8575.

THE BLUE LIONA Jackson Hole favorite.Offering the finest in cre-ative cuisine. Join us inthe charming atmos-phere of a refurbishedolder home. Ask a localabout our rack of lamb.Also serving fresh fish,elk, poultry, steaks, andvegetarian entreés.Open nightly at 6:00p.m. Join us for our earlybird special: 20% offyour entire bill between6 and 6:30 p.m. Reserva-

tions recommended. 160N. Millward, 733-3912.

DORNAN’S PIZZA& PASTA CO.Gourmet pizzas, home-made soups, pasta, sand-wiches and salads. Enjoya relaxing lunch while sit-ting along the SnakeRiver enjoying the fabu-lous view of the Tetons.12 miles north of Jacksonin GTNP at Moose,Wyoming, 733-2415.

NORA’SIf you like to eat amonglocals, and if you like toeat a lot, Nora’s is theplace to hang out in Wil-son, just 6 miles north-west of Jackson on Hwy22. If you visit us often,you’ll start to recognizeour regulars, who dis-cuss world issues or gos-sip over coffee.Breakfast is especiallygood, pancakes andhuevos rancheros barelyfit on our huge plates.Dinner is served nightlyfrom 5:30 p.m. Wilson.733.8288

Q ROADHOUSEFrom the people thatbrought you RendezvousBistro, “Q,” on TetonVillage Road, serves up avariety of Roadhouse

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fare. Menu items include;Blackened Catfish,Shrimp Jambalaya,Turkey Meatloaf, Organic“Chicken Fried”, Steaks,BBQ Ribs, Pulled Pork &Beef Brisket. Extensivewine list and full baravailable. Open Nightly5:00 p.m. Happy Hoursat the bar only are 5:00 -6:00 p.m. and 8:00 - 9:00p.m. Call for reserva-tions. 739-0700.

RENDEZVOUSBISTROThe Bistro offers some-thing for everyone in-cluding salads,sandwiches & daily platespecials. Our Raw Barfeatures oysters on thehalf shell, tuna tartareand oyster shooters. Ap-petizers include mussels,gnocchi, grilled octopus,steak tartare and more.The entree selectionranges from traditionalbistro Fish & Chips,Meatloaf, Veal Marsala &Coq au Vin to manyother selections includ-ing fresh seasonalseafood, pasta & steaks.Open nightly at 5:30p.m. Reservations arerecommended. Locatedat 380 S. Hwy 89/Broad-way right next to Albert-son’s, 739-1100.

SNAKE RIVERBREWERY &RESTAURANTAmerica’s most award-winning microbrewery isserving lunch and dinner.Enjoy the atmospherewhile dining on deliciouswood-fired pizzas, pas-tas, burgers, sandwiches,soups, salads anddesserts. $7 lunch menufrom 11:30am-3pm.Happy Hour deals from4-6 now include ourtasty hot wings. Stop bythe Brew Pub to get thefreshest beer in the val-ley, right from thesource! Free WIFI. Open11:30am - midnight. 265S. Millward. 739-2337

SNAKE RIVER GRILLCelebrating 15 years!Whether you stop by fora pizza and beer, orenjoy our celebratedmenu of American andInternational fare andour huge wine list, youwill be pleased by Jack-son’s most beautifulrestaurant and as statedin The Wine Spectator,the “best!” in town!Open nightly at 6:00p.m. On the TownSquare, 733-0557.

SWEETWATERRESTAURANTSatisfying locals for lunchand dinner for nearly 30years with deliciously af-fordable comfort food.Award winning wine list.Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 2:30p.m. Dinner 5:30-9:30p.m. Corner of King &Pearl, 733-3553.

TRIOVoted one of “JacksonHole’s hottest restau-rants” Food and WineFeb. 2009. Trio is ownedand operated by localchefs with a passion forgood food. Our menufeatures contemporaryAmerican dishes inspiredby classic bistro cuisine.Daily specials featurewild game, fish andmeats. Enjoy a glass ofwine at the bar in frontof the wood-burningoven and watch thechefs perform in theopen kitchen. One blockoff the town square.Open for dinner nightlyat 5:30 p.m. 45 S. Glen-wood. For reservationscall 734-8038.

. Coffee HouseHARD DRIVE CAFE Internet Access: ourcomputers or yours. Or-ganic espressos. Soup,salad, panini, wraps,philly cheese-steak. Serv-ing Snake River RoastingCompany coffee. Open

Sat - Thu 5:45 am - 3pm, Fri 5:45 am - 10 pm.1110 Maple Way, acrossfrom the new post of-fice, 733-5282.

JACKSON HOLEROASTERSProcuring, roasting andserving the finest coffeein the world, includingorganic, fair trade, bird-friendly, and so on! Lo-cated just off the historictown square in Jackson,Wyoming, we roast onthe premises and shipworldwide. When youcome to our shop besure to try a cup madefrom The Clover, ournew one-cup brewingsystem designed to giveyou the freshest, besttasting coffee possible.Open M-F 7:00a.m. to6:00 p.m. Saturdays 9:00a.m. to whenever wefeel like closing. 165 E.Broadway, 690-8065.

PEARL STREETBAGELSOpen daily 6:30 a.m. - 6p.m. Two locations toserve you. In Jackson145 W. Pearl, 739-1218.In Wilson on Ida Lane,739-1261.

ItalianCAFÉ PONZAItalian Pizzeria and Cafewith gourmet pizza aswell as large NY Slices.Jackson’s only late nighteatery. Pizza, salads andhome-made tiramisu &cannoli’s as well as IllyEspresso. Glasses ofwine starting at $5. Allday cash price special:Cheese Slice and 16ozBeer $5. Open every dayof the year 11:00 a.m. -2:30 a.m. Pink GarterPlaza, Back Alley, 50 W-

Broadway, Call 734-2720for delivery or pick-up.

OSTERIAFrom the folks whobrought us the Bistro, Q,and Bistro Catering.Highlights include Oste-ria’s 12-seat wine bar,eight seat salumi bar,house made pastas,wood-oven fired pizzas,and paninis. In addition,the sausage stuffedolives, fresh fish and vealchop won’t disappoint.Located in the newHotel Terra, come expe-rience Osteria’s outdoorseating and extensivewine list. Walk ins wel-come, reservations rec-ommended307-739-4100. Dinnernightly 5:30-10. Lunchdaily 12-2:30.

MexicanEL ABUELITOAuthentic Mexican Cui-sine. Home of the origi-nal Jumbo Margarita.Featuring a full bar witha large selection of Mexi-can beers. Open 7 days aweek from 11 a.m. to 10p.m. 385 W. Broadway,733-1207.

THE MERRY PIGLETSVoted Best Salsa in Jack-son! Jackson’s oldest andmost rockin’ Mexicanrestaurant. Choose fromover 10 salsas andsauces, Tex-Mex plates,including enchiladas, rel-lenos, mesquite-grilledfajitas, salads, burrito’s,wraps and fire-roastedchicken. Huge margs in10 flavors plus our “BigPig Marg,” a 32 oz origi-nal. One block north ofthe square,160 N.Cache, 733-2966.

IF YOU WOULD LIKETO BE INCLUDED INOUR DINING GUIDEIN PRINT AND ON-LINE, CALL PLAN-ETJH AT 732-0299.

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On the Town Square • 733-3279

LUNCHDaily at11:30am

DINNERNightly at5:30pm

Billy’s OpenDaily at11:30am

Happy Hour5-7pmnightly:2 for 1 Drinksin the bar

While traditionally small,Joel Gott Wines has a reputa-tion for blending excellentgrapes from different regionsof California to produce a verydesirable result. The 2007 zin-fandel is no exception, withgrapes taken from Lodi,Amador, Napa and Sonoma.

Earlier this month, Joel GottWines announced it will boostits marketing and distributionby partnering with TrincheroFamily Estates.

This venture promises toblend some of the most under-stated and brilliant winemak-ers of today with the businessgenius that places so manyrecognizable labels on shelves.Trinchero Family Estates hasmarketed Menage a Trois,Napa Cellars, and SutterHome, among the 23 brands in

its repertoire. In 2005, Gott and Trinchero

also marketed and distributedThree Thieves together.

Genetic research shows thatthe zinfandel grape is relatedto the Italian grape, Primitivo,and to the Croatian grape Crl-jenak Kaštelanski. It made itsway to the United States in themid-19th century, and was allbut lost to prohi-bition. The 1970screated a demandfor white wine fargreater than theavailability ofwhite grapes,which in turn ledto winemakerspressing zinfan-del grapes with less skin con-tact to produce the sweet lightpink wine, known as white zin-fandel, which still accounts for9.9 percent of sales by volumein the U.S.

Joel Gott’s father, Cary Gott,founded Montevina and hisgrandfather was president andwinemaker of Inglenook(noted by the purchase of1,500 acres by Francis FordCoppola in 1975) in the 1960sand 1970s. As if that was notenough, Sarah Gott, Joel’s wife,was winemaker for Quintessa

and Joseph Phelps.The historically fruity and

powerful zinfandel grape isconsistently evident in JoelGott’s 2007 vintage. With a firstnose reflecting plum andjammy notes, the Amador re-gion of California is the firstrecognizable trait. First tasteimparts a deep and powerfulflavor of blackberry and

licorice character-istics of theSonoma Countyzinfandel, and arefollowed by verylight and comple-mentary vanillansand red fruits ofNapa. Finally, adark and juicy fin-

ish, a lasting reminder of theLodi region. As this zinfandelopens, each of the characteris-tics of this wine and the regionthe grapes hail from, blend to aform a more complex andspicy glass that is long and ele-gant.

Joel Gott’s 2007 zinfandel isan example of mastery andnetworking. Gott’s long-estab-lished familial reputation inCalifornia wine-making allowshim access to some of thefinest and still undiscoveredgrapes available. JHW

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385 W. Broadway, JacksonAuthentic Mexican Cuisine

(307) 733-1207OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11am to 10pm

ABUELITO’S SPECIALJumbo prawns cooked with mushrooms,sautéed in our original sour cream sauce

DINNERSPECIALS

SOPA SIETA MARESDelicious soup made with fresh fish,

shrimp, octopus, crab legs, clams & scallops

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The place to hang out in Wilson307-733-8288

SERVING LUNCH11:30 p.m. til 2:00 p.m. Weekdays

SERVING BREAKFAST6:30 til 11:30 a.m.Weekdays

6:30 a.m. til 2:00 p.m.Weekends

OPEN FOR DINNERFrom 5:30 p.m. every evening

Since 1969

North of the Town Square in Downtown Jackson(307) 733-2966

Home of the“BIG PIG MARG” 32oz of pleasure

Authentic Mexican dishesmade from scratch

Hot chips made fresh all day long

Ten homemade salsas and sauces

Our margaritas will make you happy, butour service will make you smile!

VOTED “Best Salsa & Best Mexican Restaurant”in BEST OF JACKSON HOLE 2009

“...Voted one of JacksonHole’shottest restaurants” Food andWine February 2008. Trio islocated right off the town squarein downtown Jackson, and isowned and operated by localchefs with a passion for goodfood. Our menu featurescontemporary American dishesinspired by classic bistro cuisine.Daily specials feature wild game,fish and meats. Enjoy a glassof wine at the bar in front ofthe wood-burning oven andwatch the chefs perform in theopen kitchen.

Open for Dinnernightly at 5:30pm

Located off the town square

at 45 S. Glenwood

Available for private events & catering

For reservations call 734-8038

Serving fresh,award-winning

beer & tasty newmenu items.

$7 lunch

Happy Hour 4-6pm

Open daily 11:30am - Midnight

265 S. Millward307-739-2337

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Try our Thai Lunch Expressfrom 11:00am - 2:30pm

Take-Out AvailableReservations Recommended, Walk-ins Welcome307-734-0245245 W. Pearl Ave. (across from the old Post Office)

Authentic THAI Dinner DailyDoors Open at 5:00pm

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Everyone has something tosay about Capt. Bob Morris.Captain-chatter includes, but isnot limited to, his crusade for $2bills, his tenure with the CIA, hissativa plant endorsements, andhis purported affiliation to acertain tobacco company shar-ing the same last name. The lat-ter, by the way, is false andunnerving, Morris said, consid-ering both of his grandfathersdied from tobacco-related ill-ness.

But alas, the 76-year-old ex-Marine, Yale alumnus, who has

run for both Congress andCounty Commissioner, mustthrive on a little prattle – somewhich also supposes about hismysterious three-level TetonVillage home.

I’ve heard about the cementfloors (many rumors exist as towhy), and the allegedly trans-parent plumbing in the base-ment (most have not attemptedan explanation). After my tour,I can report that the cementflooring does in fact exist, but itserves a noble purpose.

The cool, smooth concretepanels, reinforced by steel, arepart of the impressive solar en-ergy system in the Captain’sdigs. Oh, and the pipes in thebottom level, though at onetime transparent, have beenpainted blue to conceal theirdirty work.

Morris refers to his minimal-ist digs, complete with a con-versation pit and suspendedkitchen table, as “the cementbunker,” which he shares withfour housemates. Besides thesolar heating and cooling, re-liant on brisk mountain air thatspills into the house each night,Morris’ environmental fervor –you will not catch the Captain

driving anything but abike – is also evident inthe Scandinavian homesystem, the Clivus Mul-trum.

After a thorough expla-nation from Morris, I’mpuzzled as to why this allnatural plumbing-venti-lation-garbage disposal-organic compostersystem hasn’t caught onin the States.

“A self-contained, wa-terless, odorless treat-ment system for allorganic wastes,” readsthe 1980 catalogue Mor-ris lent to me for home-work.

The Clivus, as it was re-ferred to by both Morrisand his housemate Chris,involves composting toiletsthat, because of a special venti-lation system, omit little to noodors. Eventually, all of the or-ganic waste materials are trans-formed into potent compostinside the Clivus’ headquarters– a small room in a fourth levelof the home where a white rec-tangular appliance sits.

As Morris showed me aroundmore of his “earthquake safe”crib – a slang word Morris wasmystified by – he commented, abit sadly, on his own gingerlypace. But Morris, beginning hisfourth career as a schoolteacherfor Journeys School at the age of70, will doubtfully be slowingdown anytime soon. JHW

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ElizabethKingwill, MA/LPC

733-5680Now Accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield

Licensed Professional CounselorMedical Hypnotherapist

Practicing in Jacksonsince 1980

BACKPACKING:An extended formof hiking in whichpeople carry doublethe amount of gearthey need for halfthe distance theyplanned to go intwice the time it should take.

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Saturday was overcast and 60degrees. But after some BB pis-tol target practice, my friendDavid and I departed for PhelpsLake to make a video for hisblog (thesnaz.com) about thefirst dive of the season from thejumping rock.

We had been hunting mush-rooms (and shooting BBs) intoo-dry terrain and decided todo something exciting. Whendiving, you throw yourself off acliff, upside down, only to bejolted into a chilly, heightenedstate, climb back up the rock,relax for a while, and do it again.

On our hike out to the rock,we ran into a bearded man witha stringer of six beautiful laketrout, another man who wasnot very memorable and a girlthat was wearing a Hobie wet-suit. She looked like a heart-throb from the 60s version ofFlipper, or Free-Willie, or Ani-mal Planet or something. Andshe had beat me to the firstswim of the season.

We decided the girl’s name

was Persephone, and she wasreturning to some idyllic cabinwith her dad and her unclewhere they would prepare theirfish that evening. We figuredthey were the ghosts of the

Rockefellers - the family whosacrificed their one-in-a-million property so that thepublic could have a world-classpath to a jumpin’ rock.

About halfway to the rock,dirt and grit filled my shoe,grinding into a blister inflictedby ski-boot rub a week prior -skinning through snow piles,pine needles and rocks alongthe shore of Leigh Lake during afailed attempt on Mt. Moran.

I took off my shoes, welcom-ing the soft pain of needlespricking my bare feet. When wereached the rock, the water

looked very cold, dark and blus-tery. It was 50 degrees – wemeasured with a meat ther-mometer. David missed my firstjump, so I went again. A littlestiff from the cold, I screwed upand only got one arm down thattime. The third time I stuck it.

On the way back, a couple ofbarefoot detours around light-ning-felled trees reminded meof shoeless jaunts through thewoods of eastern Tennessee,mulling the words of HenryDavid Thoreau – “simplify, sim-plify.”

My ear attuned to the woodsis, now, a bit calcified by ever-present cynicism and my mod-ern, chemical life that causes it.But diving, each dive, each doseof courage, erased thosethoughts. JHW

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By Clyde Thornhill

The past couple weeks allyou hear around town isJonathan Schechter’s articlethis, Jonathan Schechter’s ar-ticle that. Jonathan is not evenfrom Hog Island, yet peoplehang on his every word. I de-cided to read the column my-self and see what all the fuss isabout.

For the uninitiated,Jonathan’s discourse, CorpusCallosum, reads like you wouldexpect from a column namedafter brain structure. (CorpusCallosum is the part of thebrain that decides our beerpreference as well as ourpredilection toward blonds.)

I find his habit of usingproper punctuation annoying.It’s a pompous attempt to de-grade those of us who make in-dependent grammar choices.Writer whim punctuation car-ries a certain vogue that econ-omists don’t understand.

He also fills his column withfacts. Boring! Hasn’t he everheard of cable news? Using se-lective semi-facts and sort-of-truths inventiveness relievesthe reader from having tothink and increases ratings.

One of the biggest dangersof Jonathan’s column is its useof terminology that if mis-placed, can have a negativeaffect on your love life. Once Itried to explain economiccross-elasticity, a term fromone of his articles, to a womanI was dating. “Watching foot-ball is free,” I explained usingmy best intellectual tone. “De-mand for other types of

amusement loses value whencompeting against a zero costbasis. Therefore, the $125 costof taking you to dinner atKoshu rises to infinite ex-pense.”

Unfortunately, she had noconcept of economic theoryand raged about social appli-cations that have no bearingon economics. I spent thenight alone. Damn commu-nist.

As I continued to readJonathan’s column, I wasovercome by a sense of hisinner tragedy. He actually ad-mits to being obsessed withBEA reports on income dataon a per-capita basis. I under-stand obsession, but for me itinvolves beer, shotguns andhot Asian women. For a mo-ment, I considered sendinghim a copy of the 2008 Na-tional Electrical Code. If he isfixated with economics hewould be besotted by suchstirring prose as “Hard con-version is considered achange in dimensions orproperties of an item into newsizes that might or might notbe interchangeable with sizesused in the original measure-ment.” I decide not to send it,lest it’s more excitement thanhis heart can handle.

After crossing out all wordsover three syllables, all graphs,and any reference to anythingGerman, I was able to makesense of his column.

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coming week, Leo. The DramaQueen or Drama King archetypeis threatening to possess you,and I suspect you’ll have to actforcefully to keep it away. Ifyou’re successful, you’ll be vis-ited by a far more congenial ar-chetype — the Social Butterfly.And that would prove to beamusing and productive.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Most of you Virgos have built-insafeguards that ensure youwon’t abuse power. That’s why Ifeel uninhibited about advisingyou to grab all the new authorityand influence you can get in thenext few weeks. It’s one ofthose phases in your astrologicalcycle when you’re more likely tobe in line for promotions, newprivileges, and increased clout. Ihope you won’t be shy. You mayhave to be uncharacteristicallyaggressive as you claim yourrightful potency and rewards.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Inthe coming days, the surpriseand delight quotient will be wayup. I bet you’ll be more pronethan usual to uttering exclama-tions. There may also be a con-founding “aha!” and amind-wobbling “What thefrack?!” mixed in there, althoughI think the emphasis will be ondevelopments that educate andentertain you. Since you willprobably be ushered in the di-rection of the frontier, I thinkyou should find new ways to ex-press your amazement. Insteadof cliches like “Jesus H. Christ!”or “Holy crap!”, why not trysomething fresh, like the follow-ing: “Great Odin’s raven!” . . .“Radical lymphocytes!” . . .“Frosty heat waves!” . . .“Panoramic serpentine.” Anyother ideas?SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):As I was driving out in the coun-try, I spied a curious statementwritten in large crooked letterson a homemade sign: “I haveseen the truth and it doesn’tmake sense.” I’m guessing youmight feel that way yourself rightnow, Scorpio. You have sum-moned the courage to see thedeeper reality beneath the offi-cial story, but that has made youmore confused than you werewhen you only possessed asmattering of iffy facts. So you’resmarter and better informed,but are nonetheless feeling lesssecure. Don’t flee back into thefake comfort of comfy delusions.If you can maintain your poise inthe face of the raging ambiguity,you will be rewarded with a bigdose of cathartic clarity.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): “Wisdom is knowing I amnothing,” said Indian philosopherNisargadatta Maharaj. “Love isknowing I am everything. Andbetween the two my lifemoves.” According to my calcu-lations, Sagittarius, you’ll bemore on the “knowing you are

everything” side of the polarityfor the next few weeks. That’sbecause a flood is imminent. Iexpect you’ll be on the receivingend of a massive outreach fromthe universe — an influx of invi-tations, inquiries, and offers tomake connection. You shouldalso be prepared for the dizzyingpleasure that comes from seeinghow profoundly interlinked andinterdependent you are.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19): This is my pledge to you,Capricorn: I promise to use allmy otherworldly connections toget your karmic debt reduced inthe next few weeks. In return, Iask that you make these pledgesto me: You promise not to be aself-pitying martyr or a willingvictim of rank manipulation. Youagree not to just follow sloppyorders or passively capitulate assome bad guy with a nice smiletries to lower your standards.And finally, you swear to feed areally healthy desire that will ulti-mately help give your other de-sires more integrity and nobility.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):“We all have a blind spot inlove,” says astrologer JessicaShepherd at moonkissed.com.“Never simple to figure out andeven harder to see head on, ourblind spot is as unique and com-plexly layered as we are.” Butit’s not a hopeless cause, I wouldadd. In fact, you may ultimatelybe able to discern the contoursof your special ignorance aboutromance; you may find a way tofix the unconscious glitch thathas undermined your quest formeaningful intimacy. How shouldyou proceed? Well, you will needskillful ingenuity, a willingness togaze upon a flustering truthabout yourself, and maybe a littlemiraculous grace. And nowhere’s the very good news,Aquarius: It so happens that allthese things are available to youright now.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’sa ripe time to revise and reworkyour past, Pisces. I’ll trust you tomake the ultimate determinationabout how best to do that, buthere are some possibilities. 1.Revisit a memory that hashaunted you, and do a ritual thatresolves it and brings you peace.2. Return to the scene of anawkward anomaly that remainsunsettled, and finally do a dutyyou neglected. 3. Make yourway back to a dream you wan-dered away from prematurely,and either re-commit yourself toit, or put it to rest for good. 4.Dig up and contemplate a secretthat has been festering, andcome to a decision about whatyou can do to heal it.

FREEWILL ASTROLOGYROB BREZSNEY’S LOCAL SATIRE

freewillastrology@sbcglobal.net © 2008 Rob Brezney

WEEK OF MAY 28, 2009

REDNECK PERSPECTIVE

Summer tourists are havinga hard time finding a hotelroom, elbowed aside by sol-diers and national guardsmen.

The soldiers began movinginto Jackson when the “lostHubble tapes” were found lastweek.

Video footage taken eightyears ago from the Hubble tel-escope shows an extraterres-trial advancing ship, armedwith Earth-boring missiles. Au-thorities with NASA said thealiens could be mining energyfrom our planet, because theirmuch-more-advanced societylives on a planet whose moltencore is cooling down.

The footage on the tapes wasrecorded in 2001, and was lostin a crevice of the telescope.Then the telescope was aban-doned for eight years, duringwhich time the aliens ad-vanced considerably towards

Earth – sending messages theentire way asking for peaceand some magma.

Thinking Earth was ignoringit, the alien ship is evidentlyirate

The Army National Guard isusing Jackson as a staging areain an operation that will coverthe entire Yellowstone calderawith an impenetrable, flameretardant shield made ofwoven Kevlar and titaniumalloy. The shield will protectthe caldera from a potential at-tack by missiles that could, sci-entists estimate, unleash thepower of seven supervolcanos.

“I have no idea what isgoing on,” Johnny Gayheartfrom Minneapolis said. “I justwanted to learn about the OldWest, and all a sudden, I haveto deal with aliens?” JHW

*This story is fictional andmeant for entertainment only.

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ACROSS1 The Tide5 Fundamental10 Fly to fear16 __-Rhin: Stras-bourg’s department19 Algerian seaport20 “Ooh, send me!”21 Blowhard’s output22 Peak overlookingKnossos

23 Munchkin femmesfatales?26 Boxer’s warning27 Baker Street trans-ports28 “The Virginian” au-thor Wister29 Closed the gap on31 HBO alternative33 Slip into34 Off! ingredient

35 Dish sometimesserved with wasabi36 Workplace brag-gart?41 Last Hebrew letter42 No longer an item43 Pulitzer poet Mari-anne44 Crosby and Como48 Prong49 Rewards for playing

well50 Repeatedly52 Little bit53 Des Moines hrs.55 Inferior pomade?58 __ anglais: Englishhorn59 Cocktails with triplesec63 Frequent morningsurprise

64 Slithering66 At the theater67 Diamond surface69 20-20 observation?71 Gold digger72 Country singerHaggard74 Busch partner75 “Yadda yaddayadda”: Abbr.76 Like sturdy chairs?80 Grasshopper’s an-tithesis, in a fable81 Reformer Jacob83 Drones, e.g.84 Result of an egg-toss miss86 Dots on la carte90 Clementi work92 “Nature’s softnurse,” to Shakespeare93 Conductor’s aid94 __-pitch softball95 Standing ovation?99 Little Dipper star102 Charles II’s royal ar-chitect103 Golden age, e.g.104 H.S. dropout’s goal105 ’40s-’50s MarshallIslands trials106 Pricey107 Domed hall110 VW predecessors?111 Queen Henrietta’spersonal account ofCromwell’s treachery?116 Peewee117 Hoity-toity118 Milk a scene119 Row in a bowl120 Lenten symbol121 Be a big brother to122 Rib shots123 On the main

DOWN1 Curtain call re-

sponse2 D-backs, on score-boards3 1978 Village Peoplehit4 “My Way” song-writer5 Competes to buy6 Ghostwriters’ nomsde plume, say7 Like a big loser?8 Ticket sellers: Abbr.9 Film studio site10 Home shoppingnetwork?11 Site of a 1976 anti-apartheid uprising12 School since 144013 Angus’s topper14 Tuscan hill town15 Che, really16 Jazz lovers on theMississippi?17 Relevant, in law18 Tony-winning Man-hattan restaurateur24 Finish by25 Lerner’s partner30 “Can you give me__?”31 Satchmo’s singingstyle32 Southwestern pot-tery maker34 Back: Pref.35 Arrive en masse37 Go ahead of38 Former frosh39 Georgetown player40 One-__: uninter-rupted play45 Switch positions46 Raw recruit47 Lighter on one’sfeet49 “L’__, c’est moi”:Louis XIV50 Eye blatantly

51 Pledging site54 Accessory for anold-time flying ace56 Track contestant57 City on the Ruhr59 Suzanne of “Step ByStep”60 Ab __: from the be-ginning61 Detective usin’taps?62 Money-saving car-peting choices65 Big name in beach-wear67 Actress Soleil Moon68 Yodeler’s range70 At __: nevertheless73 Zhou of China74 Wouldn’t hurt __77 Bordeaux buddy78 “Hold Me”Grammy winner79 Cartel acronym82 Casa areas85 Desire87 Four-time Olympic

diving gold medalist88 Gaelic tongue89 Tourney ranking91 Largest of theBritish Virgin Islands92 Hägar’s dog93 Subject for Eric Par-tridge96 Suit fabrics97 Landfall for Noah98 Lops and tops99 Elbows, maybe100 Four Holy Romanemperors101 __ Malvinas: theFalklands106 Half of MXIV107 San __, Italy108 “All right, already!”109 Base material?112 Security guard re-quests, briefly113 In the know114 Mark to improve115 Gershwin of Broad-way

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Properties Currently Pending 58Properties Pending Last Week 51

Last 12 Months (05.23.08-05.22.09) Number of Sales 212Days on Market 163List Price Volume Sold $398,488,183Median List Price Sold $1,195,000Average List Price Sold $1,879,661

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