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Fraud cases increase in valleyScott StuntzTVN Staff

Trisha Davis of Driggs has worked with non-profits like the Children’s Miracle Network for years, so when she heard of a way she could make thousands of dollars to help such organizations she was excited, at first.

A friend-of-a-friend came to her house and introduced her to the idea of a “Women’s Circle” and almost immediately she started seeing red flags.

“I’ve been approached by scams before,” Davis said, “and some are really believable.”

The circle worked by women giving a starting gift of $5,000 dollars to the other women above them in the orga-nization; with the promise of greater returns the higher they climbed in the group.

Her husband heard the presentation while siting in another room.

“Not a pyramid [scheme]?” she heard him ask. “I’m not looking at the documents and I can tell it’s a pyramid [scheme].

Davis didn’t feel right about the group but checked with her accountant just to make sure. He advised her not to invest.

Pyramid schemes are not the only frauds threatening Teton County residents. There have been 11 cases of fraud reported to the Teton County Sheriff’s Office in the past three months.

Teton County Sheriff’s Office communications manager Mitch Golden said that while not rampant, fraud has increased lately. He said if you are not sure if you have been a victim of fraud to contact the sheriff’s office, but the agency is not the most appropriate one to call if you just want to report an attempted scam.

“If you’re just giving notice to us, there’s not much we can do because they’re coming from another jurisdiction,” Golden said.

He recommended that people file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. In fact that’s what the sheriff’s office does when notified of a scam.

Davis’ suspicions were confirmed even more concretely when she saw a notice from the Idaho Attorney general’s office warning against “women’s circles,” which also go by names like a “gifting circle” or “women’s wisdom circle.”

“Make no mistake – taking part in these schemes is illegal,” Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said in the notice.

They want to scare you enough to pay right now._______________Jo Ann Lanham

Consumer Affairs officer

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Senior Ariel Bencomo reciting "The Poet at Seventeen" by Larry Levis at this year's Poetry Out Loud competition.

Four questions on why poetry mattersTeton High School Poetry Out Loud 2014Scott StuntzTVN Staff

Teton High School students once again competed in the local Poetry Out Loud (POL) contest, a national program started by the National Endowment for the Arts

and the National Poetry Founda-tion to encourage “the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.”

Below are some thoughts from competitors and judges on why POL is important, as well as samples from one of the two pieces that each stu-dent recited.

what did you miss out on if you didn’t study poetry?

Junior Antigone Southwind fin-ished second. She recited “When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be” By John Keats. “And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,

That I shall never look upon thee more,

Never have relish in the faery power

Of unreflecting love—then on the shore

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Mountain Bike the Tetons chooses new directorScott StuntzTVN Staff

Mountain Bike the Tetons (MBT) has hired Amanda Carey as the group’s new executive Director. Carey is the second person to hold the position after Lin Hef-fner resigned in September.

Carey comes to MBT after manag-ing this summer’s Wydaho Rendezvous Mountain Bike Festival for Teton Val-ley Trails and Pathways. She has also worked as the development manager for the Jackson Hole Land Trust and Friends of Pathways.

In 2008, she took a break from the nonprofit world to mountain bike and cyclocross race full-time, first for Kenda/Felt, then the Stan’s NoTubes Elite team and most recently with Liv/Giant.

She racked up 20 wins on the National Ultra Endurance circuit, and two Nation-al Ultra Endurance Series Overall Cham-pionships in 2010 and 2011, as well as a second place finish in 2012. Carey also took the top spots at the Breck and Trans-Sylvania Epics and at the Iceman Cometh, which is billed as the largest single-day mountain bike race in the US.

Carey said that being a pro racer is all-encompassing.

“It’s how you eat, how you sleep, your everything,” she said.

Carey said she wants to bring that drive to leading MBT.

“In order to have that mindset you have to be doing something that you really enjoy and believe in,” she said.

Also in her pro-racing days, Carey travelled to events across the country and she was able to see what a large race or a successful trail system can do for the economy of a small town.

“I just know we can get there too and it’s pretty inspiring and motivat-ing,” she said. “Really, what I’ve seen is what mountain biking can bring to a community.”

She said the key to building new trails is good, strong relationships with other local groups and with land management agencies.

“What does [Forest Service Trail Manager] Scott Bossell need? What are their needs?” she asked.

Carey’s goals include strengthening those relationships, which includes con-tinuing to work with the Teton Freedom Riders toward a possible merger. She also said she wants to explore starting programs for children, including possibly starting a high school race team.

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Newly appointed executive director of Mountain Bike the Tetons Amanda Carey (on left) get-ting ready to compete in this fall's Moosecross in Victor.


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It starts with growth: Tips and Tools for ParentsWhy is it that some people seem to

thrive and flourish? Is it our DNA, our past experiences and decisions, nature vs. nurture, our attitudes and beliefs, or a bizarre combination of them all? What makes us . . . well . . . us? And, despite all the things that impact and shape us, is it possible to live a life filled with meaning, growth and joy? I believe the answer to this question is yes – and it starts with growth.

When did we Stop Growing?If you have ever watched a toddler

learn to walk, they have a wild-eyed look that says “I can’t believe how awesome this is.” It’s pure joy. If they fall, as long as they don’t bonk their head, they get right back up and go at it. The more they learn, the faster they go . . . and they love it! Can you imagine either of the follow-ing scenarios: (a) a toddler learning to walk who, if she trips, looks sheepishly around to see if anyone was watching? (b) an adult pointing a finger and making fun of that toddler for tripping (only a monster makes fun of babies).

At one point in our life we had undaunted curiosity. Learning and growth were the most natural of activi-ties. We remember what a cool window pane feels like on our tongue, because as little children we ALL put our face on a window. The same goes for the weird dusty metal flavor of a penny in

our mouth. We were not afraid to try new things, because we were learning and growing.

Fixed vs. Growth MindsetIn her 30 years of studying resilient

children and adults, Stanford researcher Dr. Carol Dweck found that an indi-vidual’s growth mindset had a profound impact on their resilience and quality of life. She defines a growth mindset as the belief that our talents, intelli-gence, character, and basic qualities can be developed through dedication and effort. Someone with a growth mindset:

Believes their failures and mistakes do not define them, but are simply oppor-tunities to learn and grow.

Doesn’t need to prove their intel-ligence or talent level to others. The success of others is not a threat.

Knows their value and self-worth is not anchored to their last performance or test, and is not threatened by feed-back.

Someone with a fixed mindset

believes their talents, intelligence, per-sonality, character, and basic qualities are fixed traits. Fixed mindset outcomes:

You spend time comparing yourself to others instead of developing your own talents, skills, and attributes.

You see the world in opposite black-or-white labels (e.g. smart vs. dumb; likeable vs. unlikable; good vs. bad).

You measure opportunities by—Will I succeed or fail? Will I look smart or dumb? Will I be accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or a loser?

(Retrieved 11/26/2012 from: http://mindsetonline.com/changeyourmind-set/firststeps/index.html)

Helping our Children (and ourselves) through Challenges:

As children grow, they will find them-selves in situations they hadn’t imagined possible. It is in these situations that they need to be able to say “I can grow.” It sounds unsophisticated, but the truth is, challenging times are hard, because they are HARD. A growth mindset applies to every facet of our life: when we feel the sting of regret, criticism, and embarrass-ment; when we view damage caused by our own actions; when we are lonely and feeling lost. These are the very times we need to remember that growth is NOT rooted in perfection, but from really looking at our mistakes and saying -

“Wow . . . I really did do that, and it’s a little embarrassing . . . but I can grow!”

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For the birdsI have been rather sad since I

found out that many birds aren’t well taken care of. There aren’t many places where small creatures such as birds can be safe and happy when they have no home.

So, I believe we should get a bird sanctuary here in Driggs.

Because the birds will get the proper care and shelter they need, we should get a bird sanctuary in town. One reason is, I believe all birds need the correct care they deserve and many don’t get it. For instance once I found a big hurt goose on the side of the road. It could barely move. I had no place to take the bird, so I had to leave it there to die. I was so disappointed. Also, if somebody’s bird isn’t correct-ly treated, the sanctuary could take the bird in and give it the right care and comfort. Lastly, if a bird were to get sick or injured the people at the sanctuary could give it the right medicine to keep it healthy.

Another reason we should get a sanctuary is, the birds could have a safe, healthy environment. For instance, the sanctuary can have out-door aviaries so the birds can stay in the comfort of nature. In addition, the birds will be happy if the sanc-tuary made the cages and aviaries

seem like a bird's natural habitat. Finally, having a natural habitat could prevent the birds that haven’t yet adapted to captivity from getting stressed or even sick.

Since people would pay to see the birds, it could provide more for the community. One way the sanctu-ary can make a profit is by taking in adoptions. Also, they can have volunteers to help work there, and they don’t’ need to pay them. Last, if the sanctuary becomes popular, it can make a lot of money for the economy.

There aren’t many places where small creatures such as birds can be safe and happy when they have no home.

So, I believe we should get a bird sanctuary in Driggs. And thank you so much for taking your very important time to ready my essay. I hope you can take this recommen-dation into consideration and make a change in mine and many others' lives. Lita Schultz

Alta Elementary student

Our turnThis is a follow-up to an earlier

letter I wrote about the moose on Teton Pass, from the Idaho state line

to roughly Mike Harris campground. How surprised my wife and I were to see traffic signs placed both east and west warning motorists of potential wildlife in the area. I want to thank Sheriff Tony Liford (although he was totally humble, saying he thought it was us who placed the signs!!!) for making the signs hap-pen. I also would like to thank the Idaho Department of Transportation for their swift action. Who knows, this quick action by these dedicated public servants may have already saved the lives of some wildlife and prevented bodily harm to members of the public.

Now, it’s our turn, let’s please slow down…not only in this area, but anywhere along the pass.

Think about it this way; the total stopping distance traveling at 55 mph will take about six seconds to stop your vehicle and you will have traveled roughly the distance of a football field, 290 feet.

You don’t need to be Einstein to figure out what happens to those distances in snow and ice! It equates to bad news for wildlife and possibly passengers of a stalled vehicle on the road in front of you.

Chuck TaylorVictor, Idaho

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GOT ICE?After the most bizarrely warm

December weather that anyone in the Valley can remember, we are finally making ice at the Kotler Ice Arena in Victor. Hurray!

I have been tracking the number of phone calls that I’ve received in the last two weeks that start with the fol-lowing phrase, “Is there skating at the ice rink tonight?” (I am at 119 calls so far). Though it breaks my heart to answer “no,” it amazes me how many people love and value the opportunity to skate right here in Teton Valley. I already knew that die-hard adult and youth hockey players were itching for the season to start, but these calls were from local families, tourists, and even kids just seeking a fun opportunity to play in a winter environment. Last year we had almost 1000 people a week enjoy the ice arena. So cool!

Our rink staff are busting their der-riéres to try and get the ice ready for the holidays. Before I stepped into the Executive Director role for the Teton Valley Foundation, the only frozen water I understood was in the form of powder underneath my skis; luckily, rink expert Sven Taow has it down to a science. Sven floods the rink with hoses for countless hours through the night until it freezes, and then painstakingly uses the Zamboni to lay down thin layer after thin layer of water so it can freeze into perfect sheets. In the end he will

make over 100 passes with the Zamboni for the ice to become thick enough for skates. It’s a labor of love, no question.

Once we open, we will host open skating for the public on Friday nights, Saturday afternoon and Sunday after-noons. Skates are available for rental in all sizes. We sell affordable season pass-es ($50/individual or $105/family) or you can pay to skate for the day, which is only $4 for kids and $6 for adults. In addition, we offer youth season-long and drop-in ice skating lessons.

Season passes and daily fees are also good for any of our “Stick & Puck” hockey pick-up games. And there is still time—until January 1—for players of all ages to join our Coed, Women’s or Youth Hockey Leagues. For more information about our programs or for the full rink schedule visit www.tetonvalleyfoundation.org.

With any luck we will be able to open for our inaugural “Christmas Eve Fam-ily Skate” from 1-4 pm on Dec 24th. I can’t imagine a more festive way to spend the holiday! We are also having our first “Rockin’ New Years Eve Skate”

from 6 – 10pm on January 31st. And back by popular demand, we will host a veritable party on ice at Friday Night Ice Live on January 9 which will boast live music, local brews, and skating.

Our first priority is to get the rink open for the 2014/15 season. Youth hockey players rely on the ice to learn a new skill and practice teamwork; our schools’ Winter Sports programs take advantage of the subsidized ice time to help students remain active; visitors use the rink to spend time as a family while they vacation in our beautiful valley.

Our second priority is to develop our capital campaign strategy in order to extend the rink to regulation length and install an artificial refrigeration system. This will be a significant fundraising effort, but a cooling system will allow us to offer consistent ice for 4-5 months out of the year. No more begging for mercy from Mother Nature! Once we have reliable ice we can host tourna-ments, which would bring hundreds of visiting hockey players and their fami-lies to the valley. If you are interested in learning more about our vision for the rink and our capital campaign, don’t hesitate to contact me at 208-201-5356 or at [email protected]

In the meantime, I will let Santa know that all I want for Christmas is sub-zero temperatures. See you at the rink.

Erica LinnellExecutive Director, Teton Valley Foundation


Idaho successfully handles case of illegally killed grizzly bearFor the first time since grizzly bears

were listed as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act in 1975, the State of Idaho has success-fully prosecuted a grizzly bear case, demonstrating that it is ready and able to manage grizzly bears as big game animals, said a press release from Idaho Fish and Game.

On May 7, 2014, Kenneth Tyler Sommer, 23, of Newdale, Idaho was with his wife hunting for black bears in Unit 62A near the Rock Creek Girl Scouts Camp. According to a statement Sommer made to the United States Fish & Wildlife Service agent initially inves-tigating the matter, a bear charged he and his wife and he shot it. Only after killing the bear did Sommer identify it as a grizzly. He contacted conserva-tion officers with the Idaho Department of Fish & Game(IDFG) to report the incident. After consultation with the United States Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) it was decided that the State of Idaho would handle the case.

IDFG officers, aided by a USFWS agent, conducted a thorough investiga-tion of the kill-site but found no physical evidence on the ground that the bear had ever charged Sommer or his wife. All three investigators concluded that the bear had likely been “standing still” when Sommer shot and killed it with a single bullet to the center of its forehead.

Sommer was cited for unlawful tak-ing a grizzly bear, plead not guilty, and requested a jury trial. Last week, on December 5, 2014, Fremont County Prosecuting Attorney, Karl H. Lewies, tried the case to a jury. He argued that the bear had not been charging when Sommer shot it, but that Sommer who “wanted to kill a black bear that day, shot first and identified second.” After hear-ing all the evidence, including Sommer’s own version of events, the jury found Sommer guilty of unlawfully taking a

grizzly bear. The grizzly bear that was killed

was a 12-year old adult male weighing approximately 400 lbs. The investigation determined that the bear had initially been shot in the head from 36 yards away with a 7mm rifle and that its tracks never veered toward the Sommers. The bear had previously been collared for study purposes but had never gotten into any trouble with humans.

According to IDFG Regional Con-servation Officer Doug Petersen, one of the investigators on the case, “As a sportsman we have a legal and more importantly, an ethical obligation to make sure and identify our target before we shoot. The responsibility is ours when we pull the trigger on a firearm to know where that bullet is going and where it will stop.”

Magistrate Judge Gilman Gardner

sentenced Sommer to the maximum fine of $1,000 dollars, maximum $400 civil penalties, 30 days in jail, one year hunting license revocation and two years unsupervised probation. The judge sus-pended the jail time and $500 dollars, on condition that Sommer successfully completes his probation.

According to Petersen, “This is the first case in Idaho where there was a successful prosecution in state court of a grizzly bear taken unlawfully. From the officers’ detailed investigation, through partnership with Fremont County’s prosecutor, this sets the record straight that Idaho is prepared to manage grizzly bears as a big game species in Idaho.”

The investigation phases of two unrelated cases regarding the killing of grizzly bears in the Island Park Area in 2013 are complete and still awaiting federal prosecution.

High-schoolers continue college credit traditionStephen HendersonTVN Staff

Teton High School’s senior class of 2014 earned over 800 college credits prior to graduation, and this year’s class is poised to match that figure. Already, seniors have earned 168 dual credits through Idaho State University alone, the university published in a report. Teton High counselor Mary Mello said the numbers from ISU have helped show Teton’s achievements when pitted against rural high schools of similar size.

“It gives us a comparison,” said Mello. “We’re doing awesome.”

For years, students have had the chance to take class-es in the high school taught by high school teachers approved to teach college courses from the College of Western Idaho, the University of Idaho, College of Southern Idaho, Eastern Idaho Technical College and

others. And thanks to Idaho’s new Fast Forward program, high school seniors throughout the state each are given $400 to use toward college credits and juniors have $200.

“Of a senior class of 75, which is an unusually small senior class, 17 seniors are taking college calculus,” Mello said. “That’s amazing.”

Students this year are taking Spanish 101, Introduction to Literature, Cabinetmaking, Introduction to Design and many other courses. The cost per credit hour is $65, and the state contributes 75 percent of each credit’s cost. Students end up paying just over $16 per class.

ISU’s director of the Early College Program, Chelsie Rauh, said the university has been offering the program to high schools across the state now for 20 years and now works with 35 schools.

“We’re so thankful that Idaho is now truly on board with offering [to cover costs],” Rauh said. “That financial

burden can still be there on students. A lot of students don’t even know where their next meal is gonna come from, let alone where $65 is going to come from.”

Mello, who lived in Wyoming for over three decades, said the numbers show that Idaho’s students and teachers are capable of much more than the public has thought in recent years. She cited the fact that school reporting agencies often skew statistics, leaving off the numbers of graduates headed for out-of-state colleges and uni-versities, as well as the fact that large numbers of local graduates defer the start of college to serve LDS missions.

“This is now the beginning of my third year [in Idaho] and there’s no doubt in my mind that we have higher-achieving students with higher test scores [in an area] with much less money and less in terms of resources,” Mello said.

Animal counts using helicopters Idaho Fish & Game

As the winter snows start to push deer and elk onto their winter ranges, IDFG is undertaking some important manage-ment activities that rely on the use of helicopters. Some of the time helicopters will be used to count wildlife, other times they will be used like a cowboy on a cut-ting horse to select animals to be driven into waiting nets. In order to get a bird’s eye view when it comes to monitoring big game populations of deer and elk, IDFG relies on the use of rented airships, mainly helicopters.

According to Upper Snake Region IDFG spokesman Gregg Losinski, “Many people do not realize that IDFG doesn’t own a single helicopter or plane. All our flying is done using hired aircraft.” IDFG uses various types of airships to perform tasks such as big game aerial surveys and animal trapping for research pur-poses. While IDFG flies year-round, the majority of projects take place during the winter when animals move out into the open on winter range. Because wildlife management-related activities require low-level flights (flying at altitudes under 500 feet) that often draw the attention of the public, it is department policy that the public be informed when such activities are scheduled to take place. “Scheduled” is the operative word, because a variety of factors must come together for a flight to occur. Weather conditions and availability of airships can cause plans to be changed at a moment’s notice. Because wildlife related flights involve working at low altitudes and in less than perfect weather conditions, the work is not without risks. Over the past dozen years, two crashes have claimed the lives of three IDFG biologists and two hired pilots.

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A grizzly bear was shot and killed illegally on May 7 in the Unit 62A area near St. Anthony, Idaho.


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There were 201 calls for service reported to the Teton County Idaho Sheriff’s Office between Dec. 8 and Dec. 14.

12/08 A reported fire south of Victor turned out to be a prescribed burn in Murphy Canyon by the US Forest Ser-vice.

12/08 A neighbor reported possible van-dalism at the home across the street in Driggs. The reporting party saw a young man and woman make several trips in and out of the house. When deputies arrived, they did not find the couple but saw that the home was full of boxes, possibly for a move.

12/08 A minor fender-bender in Vic-tor was reported. The accident involved company vehicles, so the drivers wanted to report the matter for insurance pur-poses.

12/08 A Tetonia resident reported that a revolver was stolen from their home.

12/08 Two suspicious vehicles were spot-ted in Driggs. Deputies discovered the vehicles belonged to a pair of couples who were just talking to each other. The scene was cleared.

12/09 Another suspicious vehicle was reported in Driggs, parked in an odd place. Deputies talk to the owner who was just returning to the vehicle after attending a local event.

12/09 While driving, a sheriff’s deputy almost hit a deer and possibly made con-tact with the animal. There was no dam-age to the car.

12/09 A search and rescue vehicle hit the garage door at the armory as the vehicle was being moved. The accident was reported, as is county policy.

12/09 Two 10-year-old boys were seen attempting to hitchhike near Tony’s Pizza. The kids were wearing backpacks and winter clothes. Deputies spoke to the boys and determined that they were not actually trying to hitch a ride, but goofing around and making hitchhiking gestures. The deputies advised the children to get home before nightfall.

12/10 A Victor resident spotted a moose in a neighbor’s yard and wanted to let the Idaho Fish and Game Department know. Fish and Game told the reporting party to call back if the animal became destructive.

12/10 After looking for apartments on craigslist, a Victor resident called to notify the sheriff’s office about a fraudulent post. The address was real, but the ownership records did not match up with the infor-mation from the website.

12/10 Former roommates got into an argument after one came back to visit their former residence. After deputies arrived, the parties agreed to separate.

12/10 As a deputy responded to the pre-vious call, an unlicensed driver failed to yield, causing an accident with the deputy. The case was referred to the Idaho State Police for investigation.

12/10 A curator at the Teton Coun-ty Museum reported that a suspicious man had visited claiming to be from the government. He said he was a build-ing inspector and demanded to see the exhibits. As a volunteer showed the man around she asked what agency he was with. The man responded, “a group like

FEMA.” When she asked further ques-tions, the man left in a hurry. Museum management reported the incident for information purposes.

12/10 An officer conducted a traffic stop and field sobriety test that resulted in a man being arrested for driving under the influence.

12/10 A man living at an apartment complex in Victor reported another ten-ant threatened on Facebook to slash his tires if he parked in her spot again. The next day his tires were intact, but there was some minor damage to the car. He reported the matter for informational purposes only, not to file charges.

12/10 A neighbor’s barking dogs kept a Driggs resident from falling asleep. Deputies arrived but could not make contact with the dogs’ owner, so they left a note to contact the sheriff’s office. No more noise complaints were filed.

12/11 A moose was spotted roaming through a local trailer park. It was not causing any damage.

12/11 A different, injured moose was spotted on Pine Creek Pass. Since the animal was actually in Bonneville County, they were notified along with Idaho Fish and Game.

12/11 Two vehicles were spotted along Bates Road near Driggs. The cars belonged to a boyfriend and girlfriend who were hanging out down by the river.

12/12 Deputies saw an empty vehicle with its brake lights still on. The scene was looked at and then cleared.

12/12 A moose, likely the same one from the trailer park, was also spotted at the Broulim’s parking lot. The sheriff’s office notified Idaho Fish and Game.

12/12 A severely injured deer was reported after a collision south of Victor where the car did not stop. An Idaho State Trooper responded and found several dead deer, some from previous accidents.

12/12 A motorist driving a rental car hit a deer in the Tetonia area. They filed a report for insurance purposes. Deputies could not locate the animal.

12/12 A member of the public called in a drunk driver in Victor. A deputy stopped the driver and took her into custody after determining she was intoxicated.

12/12 A vehicle with its door hanging open was reported in Victor. Deputies contacted the owners who said the car was undergoing major repairs and that the door would not stay closed. The wind likely caused it to swing open.

12/12 A Driggs parent reported that their daughter was acting hysterical and was refusing to calm down because of boy trouble. They called police because they were afraid she might get into some medication. Deputies arrived and talked to everyone. The girl said she didn’t want to harm herself and that she only wanted to get some ibuprofen for a headache.

12/13 The adult felony probation officer found drug paraphernalia after conduct-ing a house check leading to charges.

12/13 A probation officer spotted a man shaking a tree at Calvary Chapel. A deputy talked to the man who said he was trying to get a stick out of the tree to play fetch with his dog.


A.W. Burton, 95, of Sugar City, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Home-stead Assisted Living in Rexburg. A. W. Burton was born on September 22, 1919. His mother, Margaret Rosina Winter Bur-ton died giving birth to Burton and he was given to the care of an aunt, Bertha Clark, growing up in Huntsville and Kaysville, Utah. Burton grew up with cousins on a family farm. It was a great life for a boy. His father, Thomas Albert Burton, remar-ried but Burton never became part of that family and Thomas died when he was 15.

Burton graduated from Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah and after 4 1/2 years, graduated with a degree in Voca-tional Agriculture from Utah State Agri-cultural College. He ran track for Utah State, his specialty being the mile. His greatest accomplishment during his time at Utah State was meeting Delores Birch in the library.

As World War II was gearing up Burton decided it was best to join up and have a little more control over his destiny and he eventually joined the Army Air Corp. The later part of his training was in Pyote, New Mexico where he was Captain of a B-17 and given a crew. Delores met him there and Burton and Delores were married July 8, 1943 by the base chaplain. On July 19, 1943 they were sealed for time and eternity in the Logan, Utah Temple. The war was something Burton never spoke much about until his later years. It was a definitive time in his life that filled him with great pride and concern. He served in the Army Air Corp from April 1943 to January 1947 piloting a B-17 completing 28 combat mis-sions over France, Germany, Austria and Poland, 17 as squadron leader. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross twice. He left the Army Air Corp as a Major.

After the war ended Burton found employment as a VoAg High School teach-er in Driggs, Idaho. That was a great part of his life. He loved teaching there and made life-long friends. In 1950 he began teaching at Sugar Salem High School until 1958 when he taught welding and drafting at Ricks College for 25 years. He had a master’s degree from Utah State University.

Not one to sit idly, Burton used sum-mers to work at other things. He contracted with the Forest Service in planting and thinning trees and constructing trails. He retired from Ricks College after 25 years. After retirement he became mayor of Sugar City. That was a turbulent period as many changes were made in the city to bring it up to standards.

His gardens were works of art.A.W. was a lifelong member of the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in a college bishopric, as a high councilman and gospel doctrine teacher.

Burton and Delores were married 71 years. She was the center and love of his life. He always said she was the smartest person he knew. Burton and Delores have five children. Sonia (Gary) Steed, Mark (Sherrie) Burton, KaraLee (Charles) Ricks, Bruce (Laura) Burton, and SueLyn (Bryan) Griffin. They have 26 grandchildren and 56 great grandchildren. Burton lived an eventful and full life. We’ll miss him.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 16th at the Sugar City LDS Stake Center, 315 E 3rd S, Sugar City. The family will received friends Monday evening from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home and again from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services. Inter-ment will be in the Sugar City Cemetery, with Military Rites. Condolences may be sent online to www.flammfh.com.

obituaries______________________________James Alan Crabtree, M.D. 8/25/31-

12/8/14Born the son of James and Faye Crab-

tree on August 25, 1931, in the small town of Cordell, Oklahoma, Dr. James Alan Crabtree is survived by his wife of 52 years, Jean McDermott Crabtree, younger broth-er, Phil B. Crabtree – Ketchum, Idaho; and four children: James M. Crabtree (Tess) – Arcadia, California; John A. Crabtree (Carol) – Granite Bay, CA; Eric P. Crab-tree (Jody) – Pacific Palisades, California; Lynn Dee Crabtree Heras – Santa Barbara, California and ten grandchildren.

The Crabtree family moved to South-ern California when Jimmy was 16. He graduated from Compton Jr. College and finished his undergraduate degree at the University of Oklahoma. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma Medical School, Jim returned to Southern Cali-fornia for his internship and residency at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Dr. Crabtree was an otolaryn-gologist with a specialty in ear surgery. He became a partner of House Ear Insti-tute and left to form the Los Angeles Ear Medical Group. Dr. Crabtree developed surgical procedures and instruments still in use today. He enjoyed teaching and was a clinical professor of otolaryngology at USC. He was a member of the Otologic Honor Society and the Triological Society, a president of the Research Study Club, a board member of Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, consultant to NASA, a worldwide lecturer, instructor, and humanitarian. Dr. Crabtree founded a post-production media company, VID-Film. He was also a patron of the Autry National Center.

In addition to being a loving husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather to his family, Jim was a dear friend to many. His zest for life and adventure, coupled with a wicked sense of humor and hilarious storytelling were adored by all that new

him. Jim was an avid upland game hunter, trout fisherman, global traveler, and (poor) golfer. He loved to entertain, and drink fine wine, collect western and plein-air art, and was also a devoted sports fan, especially to his Boomer Sooner Football team. His passion for all these interests helped him earn the nickname Crabby.

For over a decade, Jim and Jean split time between their primary residence in Alta, Wyoming and wintering at their home in San Marino. Jim battled liver cancer for nearly two years. He passed away at home peacefully surrounded by his adoring family. The family held a private service. There will be a Celebration of Jim’s Life in the New Year.

Say not in grief that he is no more, but say in thankfulness that he was.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to a scholarship fund at his alma mater.

In memory of Dr. James A. Crabtreec/o University of Oklahoma Founda-

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Teton Springs Foundation awards fall grants to local nonprofits

The Teton Springs Foundation recent-ly completed its fall grant-funding cycle, awarding $24,857.00 to local non-profits. This marks 13 years that the foundation has assisted area nonprofits in their efforts to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors to Teton Valley. Since 2001, more than 36 organizations have received funds from the foundation, totaling in excess of $906,557.

These awards have enabled local chari-ties to provide area residents with enhanced services in the following areas; health and human services, education, the environ-ment, art and culture, and sports and rec-reation.

The Foundation is pleased to be able to continue its support of local nonprofits and the critical work they perform in our community.

“There were a record number of grants submitted this session, demonstrating how much our local nonprofits rely on assis-tance from private donations to fulfill their missions. They all provide much-needed services in our community and we’re happy to contribute to their success,” said Teton Springs Foundation Board President Jeff Naylor.

Fall Grant Recipients:

TETON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION - $4,000 – Purchase curriculum materials and resources to pro-vide an English Language Learners (ELL) Program for Grades K-5, to facilitate non English speaking students proficiency in the English language, prior to entering Middle School.

TETON ARTS COUNCIL - $3,097.00 – Purchase new kiln and materials for the Ceramic Studio.TETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST - $3,000 – Purchase two GPS units, a cli-nometer, a camera, and a field tablet for the Stewardship Department.TETON VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH COALITION - $5,760 – To help fund a comprehensive and evidence based skills training group to further reduce adolescent suicide and parasuicidal behaviors.TETON GEOTOURISM CENTER - $9,000 - Support the completion of the Geotourism Center’s Community Gallery, a place for local and regional organizations to offer educational and cultural activities.

Fall Grant Awards will be held at Teton Springs Lodge & Spa at 4:30 p.m. on Mon-day, Dec 15.

Established by the original owners and developers of the Teton Springs Resort, the Teton Springs Foundation is a recog-nized 501c3 that carries out its mission of enhancing the quality of life for valley residents by awarding semi-annual grants to local nonprofits. Funded primarily by proceeds from real estate sales within the Teton Springs Resort Community, the Foundation is governed by a seven-person board made up of local community mem-bers. For more information visit www.TetonSpringsFoundation.org and to make a tax deductible donation to the Founda-tion contact Tamara Sperber at [email protected].

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Dakota Parsons named Rotary’s December Student of the Month

Teton Valley Rotarians intro-duced Dakota Par-sons, son of Russell and Debra Parsons, as the Decem-ber Student of the Month at their Dec 10 meeting. Dakota was selected for his strong academic record and his love of life and all those he meets.

Dakota’s passions are computers and electronics. Having trouble with your smart phone? You can find Dakota dur-ing lunch hour at Teton High School answering questions about smart phones and computers. For Dakota, no challenge is too big.

Dakota shared his joy at being selected Student of the Month in a thank-you note following the meeting. “I liked the oppor-tunity to write a speech and speak in front of the Rotary Club. I felt proud to get the plaque and have it displayed at my high school. Thank you for inviting me to your

luncheon,” he wrote.Rotary congratulates Dakota, Decem-

ber Student of the Month, an inspiration to all of us!

Teton Valley Rotary honors one out-standing senior each month for the months of October through May. Those students are eligible to apply for the $4,000 Rota-ry Honor Scholarship to be used during their freshman year in college. Students are selected from nominations submitted by teachers and Rotarians on the basis of their academic standing, their service to their community, and their contributions to school and family.

Rotary International is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 mil-lion Rotarians belong to more than 31,000 Rotary clubs located in 166 countries.

Teton Valley Rotary meets Wednesdays at The Seniors Center in the City Building at noon. Visitors are welcome. Meetings will resume January 7, 2015.

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The Teton Springs Foundation recently completed its fall grant funding cycle awarding $24,857.00 to local non-profits. Pictured (left to right): Monte Woolstenhulme represent-ing Teton Valley Education Foundation, Kathryn Brown (TVEF), Jeff Naylor (Teton Springs Foundation), Diane Tauer Temple (TVEF), Marianne Sturken (Teton Arts Council), Mona Monroe (TAC), Deb Hinkley (Teton Geotourism Center), Cynthia Rose (TGC), Bill Dell'Isola (Teton Regional Land Trust), Mari Johnson (TRLT), Bonnie Self (Teton Springs Foundation), Doug Gemmell (TSF), Tamara Sperber (TRLT), Adam Williamson (Teton Valley Mental Health Coalition), Tammy Brown (TSF).

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St. Francis ordains newest priest Stephen HendersonTVN Staff

This Sunday Deb Adams will con-clude a 10-year process: she’ll be officially ordained as the newest priest at St. Fran-cis of the Tetons Episcopal Church.

Adams, who has lived in Teton Valley for the past 30 years, said she’s been attend-ing St. Francis since it started just over 20 years ago. For the past 10, she’s been study-ing in the hours off from her job as executive director of the Teton County Library in Jackson, Wyoming.

“This is something I’ve been drawn to for a really long time,” Adams said. “A lot of it comes from the modeling of my parents who were all about service.”

Service, Adams said, was the environ-ment she grew up in. And now, besides delivering sermons and counseling with parishioners, she’ll be able to officiate in the church’s sacraments, which include celebrating communion and performing weddings.

Instead of taking an alternate route of studying at a theological seminary, Adams enrolled in online classes through Church Divinity School of the Pacific and took additional courses and workshops at the Episcopal Church in Idaho Falls.

The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho will be in attendance, as will other area church leaders.

Part of the ceremony, Adams said, is

for the local church members to show their support for her, and for Adams to declare that she’s committing her life to serving them.

“It’s a pretty overwhelming kind of thing,” Adams said.

And if it wasn’t for the local support, Adams feels like she wouldn’t have felt pushed to begin the process.

“I definitely felt drawn to it,” she said. “I just received so much encouragement and support from folks around me. It was definitely a community thing.”

“We wholeheartedly invite the community to be with us as we celebrate this extraor-dinary event in the life of our

church,” Carol Taylor, Senior Warden at St. Francis of the Tetons, said in a press release. “We know that Deb doesn’t belong just to our church, but is there to serve all of us, whatever our need may be.”

Aside from excitement, Adams said she felt humbled by the ordination.

“It just kind of lays me out that there’s this community of people who I love and adore and long to serve and they have this trust in me and they want this from me as much as I want it,” she said. “It’s overwhelming and kind of brings you to your core.”

The ordination will take place on Sun-day, Dec. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis of the Tetons Episcopal Church in Alta. The public is invited to attend and refreshments will follow.

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Robotics team takes WorldTeton Middle School 7th grade students, (L to R):Mason Moore, Nick Dunn,

Ethan Knoblach, and Alexandra (River) Temple won the First Lego League (FLL) World Class competition in Idaho Falls this weekend where students had to program a robot to complete missions and provide presentations to judges on a project and core values. Their project centered on creating a 3-D animated game on the geology and geysers of Yellowstone National Park. Through their accomplishment, the students qualified for the FLL state competition held at Idaho State University, Twin Falls, in January.


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Idaho vs Gregory FleeupDistrict Judge Gregory Moeller sentenced Gregory

Fleeup Tuesday to a sentence of five years—two and a half years fixed-term and two and a half years indeter-minate—for possession of a firearm by a felon. Fleeup was originally charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm, driving with an open container and possession of drug paraphernalia. Fleeup was charged with a felony of possessing and intending to distribute methamphetamines 18 years ago. According to a plea deal, Fleeup plead guilty to the second count

and had the remaining charges dropped. Judge Moeller decided to retain jurisdiction. Fleeup will serve the first 90 days of his sentence in an in-jail rehabilitation for drug dependency. Parole is an option as long as he complies with treatment. “If you’re serious about your recovery, there’s a good chance you’ll get the probation that you’re seeking,” Moeller said. Fleeup will also have to pay a $1,000 fine in addition to court costs.

Idaho vs Marcus MorganWashington resident Marcus Morgan, 52, plead guilty

to one of three counts of grand theft while acting as the treasurer of Jackalope Acres HOA and a dog training club. Prosecutor Chris Lundberg stated that Morgan

stole over $11,000 from both parties and sent the funds to his personal bank account. Though Morgan said that he was in a difficult financial situation after having major health problems, Judge Moeller reminded him of numerous charges on the defendant’s bank statement to objectionable websites. “This was not an isolated incident of bad judgment, but a scheme,” Moeller said. Judge Moeller decided to suspend the sentence of five years, and Morgan was instead sentenced to 30 days total jail time with 5 years of probation, in addition to repayment of debts and 100 hours of community service. Judge Moeller said more jail time was hanging over Morgan’s head if he did not comply with the terms of his parole.

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Idaho Falls temple will close March 16 through October 2016 Kendra EvensenIdaho State Journal

The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints on Tuesday officially announced its plans to close the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple early next year for “extensive renovation.”

The temple will be closed from March 16, 2015, through October 2016 – more than a year and a half.

The church, which is also temporarily closing the Freiberg Germany Temple for the same reason, has not said what the renovations will entail. Officials with the city of Idaho Falls’s building depart-

ment said they have not yet received any information about the plans.

The 69-year-old Idaho Falls temple serves church members in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming, according to a news release, which adds that those individuals will be encouraged to attend the Rexburg Idaho Temple during the planned closure.

Chris St. Jeor, a regional economist for the Idaho Department of Labor, doesn’t think the temple closure will have a significant impact on the economy. Although there may be fewer people purchasing fuel or stopping to eat while in town – Rexburg will likely see more

in the future – there are still plenty of other reasons for people to visit Idaho Falls, he said.

“I don’t think the impact will be that severe,” he said, adding that people will likely still do their shopping in Idaho Falls as they’re passing through the area.

He said temples do have a significant impact on the economy, but mostly when it comes to increasing property values.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is still planning to keep its Idaho Falls Temple Visitors’ Center open during the renovations.

Although temples, which the church considers to be sacred, are open only to

worthy members, visitors’ centers and chapels are open to the general public.

The Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, which was initially dedicated on Sept. 23, 1945, will be rededicated once the renovations are finished.

“Rededication information will be provided to Church members in the temple districts as the temple renova-tions near completion,” according to a news release.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has more than 140 temples operating worldwide and is in the process of constructing 14 more, according to a news release.


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Victor Meeting notes

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City to change how it applies fees and fines

The city will change some of its minor offens-es from “infractions” to “administrative fines.”

The change is being made because infractions, while below a misdemean-or, still need to be pros-ecuted. Currently things like parking tickets fall into this category. That means that in addition to the fine for the parking violation, citizens have to pay $168 in court costs.

“If I were law enforce-ment, I would be hesitant to issue some-one a ticket that would cost someone 160 bucks before they even walk into the door,” Mayor Zach Smith said.

Among the changes; parking – includ-ing reverse angle violations, open con-tainer and dog at large violations will now be considered administrative fines. That means they can be paid at city hall.

By changing infractions to fines, the council hopes to make it easier for law enforcement to enforce the city’s codes. If the fines are not paid, they can still be prosecuted at the county level.

City encourages business licenses or nonprofits

Victor will look at waving the fee

for a business license for nonprofit organizations to encourage more of these groups to become licensed. Nonprofits are not required to obtain such a license, but the council wants some way to know how many nonprofits are operating in the city.

“I think it’s good data to track,” said councilman Jeff Potter.

Smith said that having that information may help in applying for grants and it may help in drawing more nonprofits to the town.

Victor resident Marian Ruzicka expressed con-

cern that the city was only checking the nonprofits against the list of registered nonprofits with the Idaho Secretary of State. She instead wanted the status of each group checked against IRS records in order to protect citizens.

“No one’s going to shirk out of it to save 100 bucks on a business license,” Smith said.

City attorney Herb Heimerl said that not all nonprofits are registered as 501c3s with the IRS. The 501c3 status just means that donations to groups are tax-deductible.

The matter will be up for a vote at the next city council meeting. That will be next month, the regular meeting on Dec. 24 is canceled because of Christmas.

If I were law enforcement, I

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Beyond a walk in the park If you want Fido to join you in winter fun this year, do things the right way to keep him safe Rebecca Long PyperIdaho State Journal

For those of you whose idea of a good time is taking your dog along on winter escapades, don’t forget to do things the right way. Just because exposure is the obvious winter threat to pets – “if it’s too cold for you, it’s too cold for them,” said Stephanie Adams, who owns Pocatello Pet Lodge with husband, Jason – other elements can be just as dangerous during the winter.

In Idaho, many people incorporate pets into outdoor activities such as cross-country skiing or snowshoeing, but “some-times if (animals) aren’t experienced at doing that or we aren’t experienced at doing these activities with pets, they can get hurt,” Adams said.

One of the best ways to get your dog wintersport ready is to head some-place pet-friendly – that way other winter enthusiasts won’t be frustrated with your dog’s lack of trail manners. Such locations also attract other pet owners who you can ask for tips. “If you’re on that side, you expect that there will be dogs and that you as a person will have to make accom-modations for animals,” Adams said. But that also means you’ll meet people doing a variety of different winter sports with their pooches – ones you’d like to try – and they can provide insights for bringing your dog along.

While the cold will eventually get to a dog, the bigger concern is ice, especially because it can cut and scratch the pads on a dog’s feet. Owners should also be on the lookout for objects under powder; sink-holes can swallow up a bounding dog in no time, so maintain a good grip on your

leash, and always maintain visual contact with your pet, Adams said.

If you’re planning a trip without your dog, boarding isn’t always a must and might not be the best option anyway. Owners should decide what works best for their specific pet because those that don’t adjust well to a boarding facility should stay home instead, Adams said. In that case, an in-home sitter might be just the thing, or for dogs needing less attention (because they’re less likely to destroy the house), paying someone to stop by during the day can work well, too.

And one more caution as the holidays draw closer: “Pets are never a present, and they’re a lifetime commitment, not just for the holiday season,” Adams said. “Unless it’s a family decision that’s been made in advance of the holiday, a surprise puppy is a big headache sometimes,” especially for kids and other dogs who aren’t ready to include another, furry member of the family.

Instead of giving a pet as a gift, con-sider a gift certificate for one; that will allow you and yours time to find the pet that’s right for everyone at a time that’s right, too.

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New ‘vape’ shop opens in DriggsScott StuntzTVN Staff

The Oxford English Dictionary chose “vape” as its 2014 word of the year. Many Teton Valley resi-dents may not know what the word means, but there is now a business in Driggs that can explain it to them.

Sam Felton and Dillon Pflugh are the owners of Teton Vape, located next to Casual Observer and the Phillips 66 station in Driggs.

Felton said the most common question people have asked him about vap-ing is just, “What is it?”

“Vape” according to the dictionary, “means ‘to inhale and exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device’, while both the device and the action can also be known as a vape.”

One of the common questions, or concerns, that the owners have heard is if their devices can be used to smoke pot.

“We don’t want drug culture,” Felton said. “We want to help people.”

Specifically he was referring to e-cigs and vaporizers used as “cessation aids,” or devices meant to help people quit smoking.

Teton Vape sells juice, the liquid that’s heated to produce the vapor, with dif-ferent concentrations of nicotine. The strength varies from 24 milligrams, or the same as a “bold heavy cigarette,” down to no nicotine at all.

“It’s surprising how many people want zero grams of nicotine,” Pflugh said. “They just enjoy the act of smoking.”

Aside from those wanting to quit, Teton Vape caters to vaping enthusiasts. Though flavored cigarettes are illegal, those who enjoy the various flavors of juice often rebuild and modify their vap-

ing devices.When helping custom-

ers decide what product is right for them, Pflugh and Felton ask which of those two camps they fall into. But they ask another ques-tion first.

“The first question is, ‘Can I see your ID,’” Fel-ton said.

He said he has heard some concern from parents that the e-cig companies target minors because of the many flavors available for vaporizers.

The Centers for Disease Control put out a study this year that said 4.5 percent of US high school students had used an e-cigarette in

the past 30 days. Twenty-three percent reported using a tobacco product of any kind in the same time frame, meaning that 90 percent of tobacco use by students is still the traditional, combustible kind.

E-cigarettes and vaporizers are not regulated like tobacco products. Some public health officials have raised con-cerns because the long-term health effects of the products aren’t known.

The owners of Teton Vape, and many vaporizer supporters, claim that vaping is safer because the number of chemicals in e-cigs is much lower than in traditional cigarettes.

Felton said the main focus of their new business is to help those who want an alternative to traditional cigarettes from having to drive to shops outside of the valley.

He also contends that because of their strict policy of checking ID’s, having Teton Vape in the valley will not make it any easier for minors to vape.

“What it’s going to help, is those peo-ple who don’t want to drive to Idaho Falls,” Felton said.


The sign for the newly opened Teton Vape hangs over the former location of Ricochet Jayne's coffee shop in Driggs.


Co-owner of Teton Vape, Dillon Pflugh sits behind the counter of their newly opened store.

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Gigabit Internet comes to Teton ValleyStephen HendersonTVN Staff

Silver Star Communications is calling it the “Gigabiz Community,” and it’s a fitting title. On Monday, the telecom-munications company announced that Tetonia, Driggs and Victor are now part of a network that will accommodate the fastest internet speeds in the world. The valley is now the 51st community in the world to be capable of delivering consis-tent speeds of 1 gigabit per second over fiber optic cable, and the first in Idaho.

“A full gigabit would allow you to download the entire Library of Congress in one minute and an HD movie in under 10 seconds,” Silver Star’s President and COO, Ron McCue told a group gathered in the company’s Driggs office. “That’s the kind of speed you can count on from gigabit.”

McCue said major regions like New York City, Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley still don’t have networks with these speeds. It’s a move that he said would attract business to the valley and accom-modate for future growth in online appli-cations. With the highest speeds possible, users will have greater power to build out private networks, develop software,

hold video conferences and easily transfer large files.

Businesses and private customers can now purchase the high-speed service, with businesses paying $499 per month for a three-year contract and residential customers paying $299. Shorter con-tracts are also available. McCue said the company had already delivered the new service to a couple of area businesses.

Silver Star is also leasing wifi devices capable of sending one gigabit of infor-mation a second up to 500 feet away. The device is capable of re-calibrate its wifi signal based on a user’s location.

The company has already invested over $20 million in the valley’s fiber optic infrastructure, including connections with Jackson Hole over Teton Pass.

“Everyone feeds off of improving busi-ness,” Silver Star’s chairman and CEO said. “Many times communities don’t have the [digital] infrastructure they need and people pass them by.”

Driggs Mayor Hyrum Johnson said the city was excited for the new announce-ment.

“We’re very pleased that you would do this for the community,” Mayor Hyrum Johnson told company leaders Monday.

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Silver Star's new wifi router at the company's announcement meeting Monday.

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Silver Star President Ron McCue demonstrates the company's new Calix router, capable of handling gigabit speeds, to a crowd gathered Monday.

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The Learning academydear Santa,

How have you been? You are a pretty cool guy! You probably already knew that, but, I just want-ed to bring it up. How are your rein-deer? I’m guessing they are doing good. For Christmas I would like some water color paints please. Thank you!

Love,Jimmy (grade 2)

dear Santa,Thank you for giving such won-

derful presents. How are you doing up thar? May I please have a mon-ster Jam Lego Play set and a Nas-car Driver Costuwm and wutever swetshert you can bild and a globe.

Love, hunter (grade 1)

dear Santa, I like that you give presents.

Ples kan I have 7 presents. My mom and dad will have 7 presents each. Santa your pajama giving is very kol.

Love, Stella (grade K)

dear Santa,Are yooou good, May I please

have sum coloring paber and sum markers and sum krens

Love,Zoe (grade K)

dear Santa,How are you dowing. How is

Rudolph and the reindeer. For Christmas can I have a paer of socks and a Lego set a book to and a nija costume to.

Love,ryder (grade 1)

dear Santa,You are very cined. I like

rudophs nose. What do you wont for Christmas santa?

Love,Keira (grade 1)

dear Santa,I like a tramploane I Like train

I lie a ligter car. I like a iurn man I like a pubble I like 30 presents.

Love,Sakari (grade 1)

Dear Santa,May I please hae a lego sit please

and for the poor give the poor stuf. For the poor please. May I please have a remolt-control truck that can go of rod and on rod please.

Love,Tyler (grade 2)

dear Santa,How is Rodoff? May I please

have spirograph and a music play-er? You are the best evere!

Love, mia (grade 2)

dear Santa,May I please have a camal hat,

a Christmas dress, a book please. Thank you for giving presints. Merry Christmas.

Love,Brynlee (grade 2)

dear Santa,Thank you for everything. I like

how you’re a great man. I hope you had a great summer. I would like dog stuff. Hoho!

Love,martha (grade 2)

dear Santa,Please presents.

Love, Ben (grade K)

dear Santa,I like how you give people

presints evry Christmas and santa you are awesome and santa you are nice. Santa, I just want one prezint this year. It is a nerf gun that is what I want this year santa good bye.

Love, roman (grade 1)

dear Santa,I love you santa you are the best

ever santa how are you? Love,

Bodhi (grade 1)

dear Santa,I hope you have a great Christ-

mas. I think it is very nice of you to give everybody presints. For Christmas I wood like a 18 inch girl doll bike and a lelouch girl Christ-mas tree with ornamints.

Love, ella (grade 1)

dear Santa, Thank you so much for always

bringing joy and happiness to chil-dren all around the world every year on Christmas. It makes me very happy to know that children like me are having a merry Christ-mas.

Hope you eat lots of cookies and mile, I bet mine will be the best.

Have a jolly Christmas. Love,

ella (grade 3)

dear Santa,You are one of the most gener-

ous people I know. What’s it like to live with elves? If you are not too busy, for Christmas I would really enjoy a new book, an iPad, Lego set, and an art set. My elf on the shlf did something really funny today. I now hav an elf pet in honor ofyour tradition. Every year I bake cookies for you. Happy Holidays. Eat lots of cookies.

Love, emma (grade 3)

dear Santa,Thank you for all you do for

me and how giving you are. You let me have things I want but what I don’t need. You probably know what I want for Christmas so I don’t need to write that. I

think you’re the nicest person I do not really know.

Do you like hot cocoa, if you do that’s a good thing. Never drink coffee without putting a bunch of sugar in it, take my word.

P.S. I hope you get this letter before Christmas! Happy Holidays!

Love, Tanner (grade 6)

dear Santa,Thank you for being nice and

generous to people who need important stuff like food and water. This year I don’t need a lot of stuff but I really want a few new books and I also want a pair of black socks. Here’s the name of the book I really want I survived the Destruc-tion of Pompei. Did you know that Thomas Etison’s assistant made up the idea of having lights on a Christmas tree? Can you say hi to Mrs. Clause for me?

Love,cameryn (grade 3)

dear Santa,Hi I am Emily and I was wonder-

ing how your days have been over in the North Pole and how Miss Santa is doing? Christmas is one of my favorite holidays because it makes me think of other people. This year I am not going to ask for as much stuff, because my mom says you should only ask for 1 thing you need, 1 thing you want and 1 thing that is learning. So I have made my choice, the learning present is a telescope that you can see under water. What I want is a

pogo stick. What I need are new sheets for my bed, and that is all I am asking for this year. Thanks you and I ophe you are doing well in the North Pole.

Love emily ( grand 5)

aLTa eLemenTarydear Santa,

I want a Lego move set. Ther is a Lego move set at Corner Drg. Last yer you gav me the rong race car.

Love,Palmer Kaufman (age 6)

dear Santa,How many elvs do you have?

I want a remote crntrol lego tran four Crismis. I have ben helpfl wrcking at the wrc site.

Frum,Tyler (age 6)

dear Santa,I want a wiggle care because I

want to ride it. Santa I want a spi-derman shirt. I also want a motor-bike. Sometimes I help my mom and dad get the forks out.

Love, Bryton hibbert (age 5)

dear Santa,I hope you are warm at the

Noth-Pole. When I was writing it remins me of when you gave me the reinder pilo pet. I stil have it. It is Rudof. May I ples have a calendr that I can paint. I have ben god. I hope your render are good render I like your render. I hope your ren-

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Santader are saf and not sick.

Love, Sydney Mitchell (Age 6)

Dear Santa,I wunt a pet shal. Cuz I wuz

being nis to my mom bi making my bed. I wuz cleaning my room. I wunt a elf.

Love,Morgan Green (Age 6)

Dear Santa,I tak good kar uv my pets. Cud

I have a arctic Lego set. Love,

August Behle (Age 6)

Dear Santa,I want a stuffed cat, a rug, a

microwave, butterflies, and dolls. I want a microwave so I can heat up food by my self. I said sorry when I hit my sister on accident.

Love,Harper Christensen (Age 5)

Dear Santa,I want a stuffed Lvoey that is

you in a red suit. I will try to be good. I also want a microwave and and alarm and a real elf for me.

Love,Skylar Hare (Age 6)

Dear Santa,Are you bing squasht by elves?

I want a arctic crcl Lego set becus I’ve been a good boy. Wait! Have I? I also want a toy Oshawatt, Lego movy set and a toy car it with a screemign face.

Love, Gavin Crist (Age 6)

P.S. Do any of the chimnis that you go down have a fire?

DriGGS ELEMEntAry MiSS niCHoLSon (tHirD GrADE)

Dear Santa,This is Gracie from Driggs,

Idaho. I have been very good this year. I have cleaned my room and played with my little brother. I did my homework every day. I also practice my piano.

I want a ceder wood doll in her throne coming dress. I also want a Ashlyn Ella doll with Hunter Huntsmen and a Lizze hearts doll.

Would you give Bennett a Lego set, Mason a new basketball, my dad, Patrick an new fishing rod, and my mom, Elizabeth a pair of new running shoes. I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Gracie Hogan

Dear Santa,This is Britney in Driggs ID. I

wanted to tell you I been good this year. I helped my mom clean up and I was bing a good friend and I always help my dad clean his car. I was letting my sister get all the shirt’s.

For Chistmas I want a walking pet, and book’s of Clifford and I want cards and a ball.

I hope you have a great holiday

and have a fine time delivering presents to everone.

Britney

Dear Santa,This is Judith in Diggs ID. I

want to tell you how good I have been this year. I alway’s listen to my teacher Miss Nicholson and I listen to my family. I helped my Mom and Dad and I do all of my chors I help my friend’s if they need help.

I want for Christmas is a stuff reider and a little stuff snowman and a bell from your reider’s and five new chapter book’s that are my level and if your Elfevs can make me a Santa hat please.

I hope you have a happy holi-day.

Judith Blanco

Dear Santa,This is Kai in Driggs Idaho. I

want to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I’ve been a good frind this year. I’m alweses on task and I’m a good stoodent. I’ve been nise to my frened I’ve be tring to be the smartest in my class.

For Christmas I wod like a Patriots pop pom hat a Tom Brade jersey a blue padigonya long slev shirt, som football gluvs, a start hedwint, a football, race poles and race soot, and a slug tira gun. For Jill a TGR pop pom hat for Dale a patreots reserve gloves. Merry Christmas Santa!

Kai Jones

Dear Santa,This is Deegan in Driggs Idaho.

I wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I’ve never got in any fights in football. I listened to my mom and dad. I hope I get some presents not a lump of coal. I hope my friend Colby get a football. Its been a good year.

For Christmas I want a iPhone4, hunting cloths, remote controlled car, Regie Wyane jersey, D.S, Trent Richardson jersey, Greg Toler Jer-sey, T.Y. Hilton. Mary Christmas Santa.

Deegan

Dear Santa,This is Reiley in Driggs Idaho.

I wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I listened to my mom and brushed my teeth, cleaned my room, did my chores, and practiced my piano. I also tried to make new friends.

For Christmas this year I would like a new horse necklace, a Lizze harts doll, a Ashlyn Ella doll with hunter huntsmen. I also want a Broncos joursey.

Will you get my mom a soft blanket. My brother a pear of socks. My dad a pig blanket. I also would like you to get my sister a stuffed animal.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

reiley Johnson

Dear Santa, This is Yaretzi in Driggs Idaho.

I want to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I listen to my perents when they tell me to do something like clean up my room or help them with the dishi’s.

For Christmas this year I woud like a American girl doll a laptop and flipe’s olaf kind and close for my amerian girl doll and a maching pants and shirt and close for me.

yaretzi

Dear Santa,This is Robbie. I live in Driggs

ID. This year I have helped on the Farm putting up 4 grian bins I helped split wood.

If you can I would like a quad-with winch, dirt-bike, dumbougie, and hevy duty golf cart.

Hope you have a nice holiday. You must be realy tiered after delivering all those presents to the children of the world?

robbie t. McCashland

Dear Santa,This is Hali in Driggs Idaho. I

wanted to tell you how I’ve been good this year. I helped my sis-ter find a peese to her yoyo. And I found my sisters swimsouit. And I made a knew friend at a basket-ball game. And I help my teacher sharpen pencils this year.

For Christmas I would like a justice bag, a new pen, and a bra-clet, a neckless, and some more slippers, a stuff animal Rudolph, a American girl doll, a chocolate bar, a little doll house, a frozen Elsa Anna house, some color hair clips and Ashlynn Ella and ceder wood Lizzy hearts, Hunter Hudzmen.

Hali Mangis

Dear Santa,This is Karissa I live in Id. This

year I’ve been good. I have listend to my mom and dad. I have almost

keped my room clean!

For Christmas I want a tablet, a chocolate bar, and a horse snow globe. Can you get my dady some-thing. Canyou get me a pink water bottle. Merry Christmas Santa.

Karissa

Dear Santa,This is Betsy in Driggs Idaho I

wanted to tell you how good I’vw been. I help mom with shorts and I’ve been nice with friends and help mom do the Christmas tree.

I would like for Christmas a bike and a ipad a ded bear a Lego friends, som books and a barbe.

And Have a happy holidays Santa.

Love,Betsy

Dear Santa,This is Jaksen in Driggs Idaho

and what I want for Christmas street hawk hot wheelsdouble sided lite saber. What do you want? Cookies? Milk? What kind of pres-ent would you like.

Would you like a new coat? Would you like anew hat? Would you like a new pair of boots? Would you like a new pair of gloves?

Jaksen H.

Dear Santa, This year I have not been super

good , but since Sparkle Perry-winkle has come I have tried to

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be good. I am writing form Driggs ID. For Chirstmas I would like a book

about you, Rudalph, and the other reindeer. I love learning, but I would give you some things to give to the orphans, I feel bad fro them because they don’t have any parents. Have a very happy happy Chirstmas.

Aceline Scott

Dear Santa,This is Chance I have been good

this year. I have been cleaning the toilets and doing my chors and doing my home work and I listen to my mom and dad.

For Christmas I want SkyLanders trap team and Infinety. I also want a dog and some new chapter books and I want some ants for my ant farm and a Nerf gun.

Chance

Dear Santa,This is Ethan M. From Driggs ID.

I’ve been very gute. By practice my gutare many times without being askt.

I want for cristmes, a new cace for my gutare, a elctrict gutar, race car, football helmet.

Ethan McCombs

Dear Santa,My name is Hailey in Driggs

Idaho. I wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I took out the trash and my mom didn’t tell me to and I didn’t say mean

things to my friends. For Christmas this year I

would like an Ipad and a 3DS and I aso could aso use New socks because my dog charley ate them.

I hope you have a Merry Christmas.

Hailey Bratz

Dear Santa,This is Bode in Driggs

Idaho. I wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I was the third student of the month with 30 kids. I”ve listened to my mom and did chores around the house.

For Christmas I want a Wii, a I-phone 6, and a Patri-ots waist hand warmer and pom-pom hat.

Hope you like the cook-ies and milk. Have a jolly Christmas.

Bode the sports man

Dear Santa,This is Megan in Driggs Idaho.

I wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I listend to my mom, not got into anything and have done my homework.

For Christmas I would like a remote control race car, a dizz do doll, some jewelry, a cute shirt, a toy Rudolph, some under shirts, a cute kitten poster and a gaint suitcase.

Megan DaBell

Dear Santa,This is Leah in

Driggs, Idaho. I am going to tell you how I’ have been good this year.

I have been help-ing my mom , and also trying to be very nice to her. I also have been good by doing my chores.

I would like a new bike, a American girl doll, and a micro-phone with a gui-tar. Also, a ever after high doll. I hope you stay safe on Christ-mas Eve.

Leah S. Lewis

Dear Santa,

This is Will in Victor ID. I wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I’ve helped all my friends when they needed it and I parents with chores.

This year for Christmas I want the Lego bullet train, Hot Weels rides power tread tank.

Will B.

Dear Santa,Hi Santa, how are you? I’m great.

I’ve been good today. I listened to Ms. Nicholson I hae bent a great friend I practice guitar evry Sunday and Saturday to.

For Christmas I will like a mem-bership and a dog also. How many times do you say hohoho? Merry Christmas Santa.

Bradley

Dear Santa,My name is Evelin and I go to

Driggs School and I my writing you because I want to apriciate how muche you work with your rain-derrs and your slaye. This Christ-mas year I would like a soocker ball and a bounce ball and have a Merry Chistmas Santa.

Evelin

Dear Santa,This is Adan in Driggs ID. I want-

ed to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I have goo d manners. I don’t fight brothers and I liked helping

others. I want all third grade detectives

and a Nerf mini gun, nice friend. Adan

Dear Santa,This is Jayden in Diggs Idaho. I

want to tell how good I was because I help my cousin finding her stuff and help my mom if she need help around the house.

For Christmas I want the three ever after high books and a fire HD. A easy bake overn and a ever after high doll’s. The game Jenga and new necklace plus bracelet. A new backpack and new sunglasses. New clothes and safed gear for my four-wheeler. Some new paint and new bored game’s. Some new two beau-tiful dress’s and a piano. A Ameri-can doll bed and a cast, cruches, a wheelchair.

I wish a happy holidays. Jayden Weaver

Dear Santa,This is Kayro in Driggs Idaho. I

wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I leistened to my mom and dad. For Christmas this year I would like a tadlet and 2 pars of pijamas.

I hope you have a wonderful holidays and travel save delivering presents.

Kayro

Dear Santa,This is Colby in Driggs ID. I want-

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ed to tell you how good I’v been this year. Iv been a good friend and wen my friends need help on something I will help them on whatever they need help on and my mom and dad as well.

This is wot I want for Christmas a nerf rapet fire and more nerf, PS7 with a mortol kobat video game power rider 360.

Colby Valdez

Mrs. starkey (seCond Grade)

dear santa,For Christmas I want a PS4 and

PS5, and toys and Happy Christ-mas!

dear santa,My name is Cooper. I wont a

dirtbike, snowbord, dirtbik stuf yo-yo set.

Your friend,Cooper

dear santa,My name is Lucy. I want a poofy

skirt slip, magnet or clip on eir-ings, a a poofy dress that touches the ground.

your friend,Lucy Bates

dear santa,My name is Reece. What I want

for Christmas is a Elsa and a Anna stuffed dolls.

reece

dear santa,My name is Jimmy. I hope you

have a happt Christmas.your friend,

Jimmy Perez

dear santa,My name is conner. For Christ-

mas I want a skylander game called skylanders trap team. Plus

some skylanders please. your friend,

Conner

dear santa,My name is Damian. I want a

phone and I want a snow bord. damian

dear santa,My name is Keaton. For Christ-

mas I would like a wii u and a 2 specil other things. I have been very good and iv been looking forward to Christmas. Thank you for doing your job!

keaton

Mrs BaGLey (seCond Grade)

dear Mrs. Claus and Mr. Claus,

I wut a pate ball gun and I wut a music phone and I wut a monster high doll.

kaitlyn

dear santa,Wut I wat for Christmas is a

pricess doll for Christmas and a teddy bear. And a prices dress and a little dog and a little nexis for my mom.

america

dear santa,I wont a big stuf toy. I bleev in

you. I hope you get wut you wont. elysa

dear santa,I wunt a jilht max remot con-

trol a street hoc and lego set and a police lego set and a tow thruc lego set. I blev in you and thanc you.

Love,ryver

dear santa,I want a remote control car and

I want a bow and arrow.

Gavin

dear santa,You are ery nice and cindfull.

You and your reender give pres-ent’s for good girls and boys. And I want an easy bake for Christmas.

alexa Chase Gormley

dear santa,I believe in you. I wont a bow an

aroowo and a krosboe. Thank you.nick

dear santa,I wish evry wun was nice.

But not evry wyn is nice and you respect that. Evry wun shud get presents and all kids want pres-ents.

Wyatt

dear santa,All like a a phone and a gaitar

and bike and parrot, tedeebear. I believe in you. You’re the best.

amaya

dear santa,I wot a patepois gun and a shaw

bol.

Jordy

dear st. nick,I wunt a gun, and last gun to

and as always a mechanical bull and a krosbow and a bow.

Jake

to santa,Wot I want is a bun and a paint

ball gun and paint balls. And a real care and a real drivers licincs.

kolten

dear santa, What do you wont for crismis.

I no what I want I want my dad to be home when I git babtist.

Love, addalyn

dear santa,Crismas is the best holiday of

the year. All I want for crismas is my family. Because my family is the best in the world.

Ivy

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“Anyone who has received money from participating must pay it back. Fail-ure to do so may result in civil or criminal enforcement action.”

Wasden said groups like these are clear-ly breaking state law and even though they use gifts to try and skirt tax laws, any amount of money made above the initial investment is subject to taxes.

Some of the most common scams lately have been fake posts on Craigslist and phony calls from the IRS claiming that someone is late on their taxes and could be arrested if they don’t pay immediately, usually by sending a pre-paid green-dot card.

Golden said anytime pre-paid credit cards like that are involved, it should be

a red flag.While not one of the calls the sher-

iff's office has seen lately, callers trying to collect on phony debt is a problem that is serious enough statewide that the Idaho Department of Finance sent out a warning about it.

Consumer Affairs officer Jo Ann Lanham said that threats of legal action or arrest, similar to the IRS scam are common. One of the hallmarks of fake debt collection companies she said is the urgency with which they insist you pay.

“They want to scare you enough to pay right now,” she said.

Lanham said if someone receives a debt call they feel is fraudulent, there

are some simple things they should do. First is they should not give out any personal infor-

mation. Next they need to get the name and contact information of the debt collection agency. She said that step serves two purposes. It allows people to check the department of finance’s website to see if the company is licensed to operate in Idaho. Also if the company refuses to give out that information it’s a clear indicator they are not legitimate.

Lastly, people should find out what debt the company is trying to collect on, to verify it’s from a purchase they’ve actually made.

Kriss Bivins Cloyd with the Attorney General’s office said it’s key in understanding the problem to realize that fraud is not an issue unique to the valley.

“The important thing is not that they’re calling Driggs, Idaho,” she said. “They’re calling all over. They’re calling the Attorney General’s Office.”

Fleeing cows remain on the loose in Pocatello Anderson Custom Pack gets hate mail Debbie BryceFor the Idaho State Journal

The owners of a meat processing busi-ness where cows have escaped on two occasions during the past week said they have received hate mail from a number of animal rights groups following the media’s coverage of the incidents.

Cows fled from Anderson Custom Pack at Garrett Way and North Main Street on Friday and Sunday. One of the escaped cows was shot and killed by Pocatello police, another was fatally shot by business co-owner Jesse Anderson, one of the cows was recaptured and, as of Tuesday night, two were still on the loose in Pocatello.

The hate mail from the animal rights groups has come on the heels of coverage of the cow escapes by newspapers and TV stations as far away as the United Kingdom.

Pocatello animal control officers are investigating the escapes and no citations have yet been issued. Animal control offi-cials said Tuesday that they have received no reports of cow sightings regarding the two bovines still on the loose in Pocatello.

Anderson’s owners have told the Journal the cow that fled Friday and was fatally shot by police did, in fact, escape from the business by jumping over a 6 foot fence. But Anderson’s owners claim

the four cows that were reported missing on Sunday were intentionally released from the corral by someone trespassing on their property.

While Anderson Custom Pack has never been cited for animals running at large, Pocatello animal control officers have cited the meat processing business for other reasons.

Animal control officers were at the business over Memorial Day weekend this past May after noticing a dog tied to a cattle trailer there. According to animal control, the dog was on a 20-foot chain and could get inside the trailer for shelter and there was a five-gallon bucket of fresh water left for the dog. The business was closed at the time.

While making sure the dog was OK, animal control officers said they noticed

other problems at Anderson Custom Pack that warranted further investigation.

Animal control officers said they dis-covered a large amount of rotting bread, garbage and debris inside the cattle trailer.

The officers also observed 13 small goats being held in a 13-square-foot pen and a smaller pen containing four goats that were estimated to be about 1 month old.

Three adult pigs were also found penned at the business.

The Pocatello animal control report on the May incident describes condi-tions in the animal pens as unsanitary and the officers noted decaying animal parts, hides and carcasses at the business.

Animal control officers cited Jesse Anderson for not properly caring for animals, failing to properly remove dead

animals and violating the city’s sanita-tion code.

Pocatello Animal Control Director Mary Remer called a veterinarian to the scene in May to examine the young goats. The veterinarian said the goats needed to be fed milk, but Jesse Anderson said the goats were weaned and were being fed grass and bread.

The veterinarian determined that the rest of the animals were not in imminent danger though conditions were poor, reported Pocatello animal control.

Remer said similar problems were found at Anderson Custom Pack in 2013.

In a visit following the May incident, Remer noted the cattle trailer, goats and scattered animal remains had been removed from the meat processing busi-ness.

Jesse Anderson pleaded guilty to the citations from the May incident in Sep-tember, but the animal control report does not mention anything about pun-ishment or fines. The report does say Anderson Custom Pack was informed it could only hold animals at the busi-ness that were set to be slaughtered that same day.

Julie Anderson, who owns the business with husband Jesse, said they left the dog at the business over Memorial Day weekend because he is a “barker” and they feared he would interfere with Memorial Day events at the cemetery adjacent to their McCammon home.

Anderson Custom Pack is inspected quarterly and the business meets all state and federal requirements, its owners said. During its peak season, from August to April, the business employs 10 workers.

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A cow flees from a Pocatello police officer after it escaped from Anderson Custom Pack on Friday.

Of the wide world I stand alone, and think

Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.”“I think it’d be boring and I think peo-

ple wouldn’t be nearly as stimulated. I feel like I would miss being able to expand creatively.”

Is it tough to tackle adult subjects?

Senior Ariel Bencomo recited “The Poet at Seventeen” by Larry Levis. The poem speaks about the experiences of the son of Mexican migrant workers as he grows up. “And the girls I tried to talk to after class

Sailed by, then each night lay enthroned in my bed,

With nothing on but the jewels of their embarrassment.

Eyes, lips, dreams. No one. The sky & the road.”

He said he’s tackled difficult subjects

before.“Well it kind of just gets you out of

your comfort zone, and it’s a way to get out in public without needing to do a public speaking thing. So you’re being yourself, but you’re saying things other people have written.”

What do you look for in a performance?

Judge Thomas Klein is a English Pro-fessor at Idaho State University special-izing in medieval poetry, especially the gory bits like Beowulf.

“What I want at the end of a recitation is a strong sense of the reciter inhabiting the poem.

I just think it’s really to support activi-ties like this. The students obviously work very hard and you know whatever we can do to contribute or at least recognize that [is important].”

Why are competitions like this important?

Judge Matthew Van Winkle is an assis-

tant professor of English at Idaho State University focusing on 19th Century British poetry. Among his publications is “Tennyson’s Tithonus and the Exhaus-tion of Survival in The X-Files,” featured in the book “The X-Files and Litera-ture: Unweaving the Story, Unraveling the Lie to Find the Truth,” as well as the essay, “Mocking Stupendous Mechanisms: Romantic Parody and Frankenstein’s Dream.”

“ I’m often surprised that I’m not more surprised,” he said of the quality of per-formances.

“I think it’s really important to remind ourselves that poetry lives on the voice and not just on the page and this is a wonder-ful opportunity to offer that reminder.”

This year’s winnerCheyenne Schultz won this year’s com-

petition and recited “The Uniform by Marvin Bell.”“Of tactics, I remember the likelihood of shooting

the wrong man, the weight of the rifle bolt,

the difficulty

of loading while prone, the shock of noise.

For earplugs, some used cigarette filters or toilet paper.

I don’t hear well now, for a man of my age,

and the doctor says my ears were damaged and asks

if I was in the Army, and of course I was but then

a wounded eardrum wasn’t much in the scheme.”

Schultz will go on to the regional Poetry Out loud Competition Feb. 22 in Twin Falls. If she wins there, Shultz will have a shot at the state finals in Boise.

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enforcement action. ___________________

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Driggs City Council Notes Dec. 16

Non-Discrimination Ordinance

The city council read through a revised version of the city’s proposed non-discrimination ordinance, which would offer protection from discrimination based on race, sex, nation of origin, sexual orientation and gen-der identity within the city. City lawyer Steve Zollinger reminded the council that no private right of action is created by the ordinance—citizens would not be able to sue others based on dis-crimination—and that such matters would be prosecuted as a misdemeanor offense. Council member Greer Jones voiced concerns that com-munity members have felt, especially that certain groups in the population are getting unnecessary attention. Council member August Christensen voiced her support of the ordinance, saying that it was the council’s duty to help everyone feel wel-come in the city.

“I feel that in our nation we have not stood up to fight for equal rights for all people,” Christensen said. “This is one way that we are able to, as decision mak-ers, take a stand and stand up for people who currently do not have equal rights in our country.”

Driggs Wayfinding ProjectThe Driggs wayfinding sign project is

open for public comment online at driggs.govoffice.com under “Community Development Projects.” The wayfinding project is in its second phase of creating new signage for city landmarks, and community members are encouraged to share their thoughts and feel-ings to questions such as, “What are the cur-rent needs, challenges or deficiencies related to “getting around Driggs” and accessing informa-tion regarding key local and visitor destinations?”

Transit Center GrantThe city received an

$830,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration for a new park-and-ride facility to be built just north of the Ace Hardware in downtown. The city plans to purchase an approximately one-acre lot next to the hardware store for a 110-space parking lot, and plans to build a 1,500 square-foot passenger waiting facility adjacent to the northwest corner of the city building. The site will become a downtown hub for the START bus service, Targhee shuttle and possibly for TRPTA.

“In the long-term, the facility is essen-tial,” Driggs community development director Doug Self said. “A lot of people don’t even realize there is bus service in town, much less where they should park and meet the bus.”

Grand Targhee Resort is also contribut-ing $25,000 to the project.

I feel that in our nation we have not stood up to fight

for equal rights for all people. This is

one way that we are able to, as decision

makers, take a stand and stand up for

people who currently do not have equal

rights in our country.__________________

August Christensen,Driggs City Council

Bigfoot and human evolution Sarah GlennFor the Idaho State Journal

In the upcoming semester, Idaho State University professor Jeff Meldrum will be teaching an experimental course titled The Relict Hominoid Inquiry. Part of that inquiry will address scientific theories on Bigfoot, alongside other links in the human evolutionary chain.

“It’s not a course about Bigfoot,” Mel-drum said. “What I’m trying to do is address a shift in perception that’s been gaining traction in the anthropological community.”

That shift involves looking at human evolution as a tree in which scientists are discovering new branches all the time.

“Each year it seems like there are more discoveries,” Meldrum said. “The phy-logeny is becoming bushier and bushier.”

The theory is that offshoots of human evolution are recent and could still exist, roaming the earth undiscovered. Therein lies the course’s connection to Bigfoot. Discussion about the Yeti is also referenced in the course syllabus.

“Are we the last hominin standing?” the course description asks. “Or could there be others? … Are these mystery hominoids — the sasquatch, yeti, almas, yeren, orang pendek — surviving branches of a bushy family tree?”

The teacher of the course is also an expert in his own right on the topic of elu-sive, mystery hominoids. A 21-year veteran at ISU and current professor of anatomy and anthropology, Meldrum studies how hominoids made the evolutionary leap to bipedalism. Ancient footprints, archeo-logical records and the science behind legendary creatures have been his life’s work. Meldrum has been featured as a scientific expert on Animal Planet TV specials about Bigfoot. He also publishes a peer-reviewed online journal titled “Relic Hominoid Inquiry,” which explores the

possible existence of relict hominoid species around the world. Bigfoot and the Yeti are assumed by some scholars to be classified as one of those relict hominoid species.

While the class is about human evolu-tion, with only two days devoted to Bigfoot and the Yeti, some faculty at ISU are wary of what it says about their university.

“I tell people it is not a course on Big-foot,” said Mark Austin, chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences at ISU of his conversations with concerned faculty. “It is a course on anthropology.”

Austin is the department chairman who approved the course. He was careful to note that the course was approved on its academic merits, not because of its con-nection to a sensational topic.

“We are going to allow it,” Austin said. “There is an issue of academic freedom that we want to uphold at the university.”

While the experimental course does count toward degree credit, it is considered an elective. Meldrum can teach the course on an experimental basis for up to three years before its content has to be reviewed by the university’s curriculum committee.

“The idea behind it is to propose these new courses to students and give them a variety in the courses they can take,” Austin said of experimental courses.

Any faculty at ISU can propose an experimental course. However, starting in the new year, these courses will receive a preliminary review by an ISU teaching committee, Austin said.

Currently about 12 people are enrolled in Meldrum’s class. The classroom he is planning to use can fit about 30. Meldrum says that most of the interest has come from serious anthropology students.

“If this is successful we can decide to continue offering it on a regular basis,” Meldrum said.

Austin added that student response to the course would be a deciding factor for the course’s future.


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Fat biking continued on B14

First year for winter singletrackScott StuntzTVN Staff

Grand Targhee opened its fatbike rac-ing season this past weekend with a

course that featured something that only a handful of tracks around the country can boast – singletrack snow biking.

The Jolly Green Giants trail was incorporated into both the 8-mile and 16-mile divisions.

For the past three years, Grand Tar-ghee’s fatbike races have been run on its Nordic course. With the purchase of a new custom groomer, this year’s course also featured 6 km of singletrack.

The 30-inch-wide path is laid over the summer route of the Jolly Green Giants trail using the specially-made groomer ordered from a metal-fabri-cator in Wisconsin.

Special Events Manager Andy Wil-liams said the trend nationally is going toward adding singletrack winter trails, to better replicate the feeling of summer mountain biking.

Williams said he rode a section of

singletrack near Jackson last year and was blown away.

“It’s pretty similar [to summer riding] and with the handling of the bike it blows the lid off the fun meter,” Williams said.

Victor-based pro mountain bike and cyclocross racer Amanda Carey won the women’s four-lap division. This was Carey’s second fatbike race ever. She said the addition of single-track terrain made the already stellar track, “so much more fun.”

She agreed with Williams that it made winter biking feel almost exactly like riding dirt in the summer.

“We don’t want to road ride,” Carey said. “We want to be on singletrack.”

Geoffrey Montague came from Provo to claim the top spot in the men’s four-lap race. This wasn’t his first time racing at Targhee either.

“I come up here every year,” Mon-tague said. “It’s really one of my favorite races, period.”

Montague rode a prototype Fezzari fatbike to first place. His victory also gave him a spot in Victor fatbiking vet-eran Jay Petervary’s race later this winter. Montague was fortunate to win a slot in the ride, since entries in Jay’s Backyard

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John Flach of Big Sky, Montana rides the winter singletrack at Grand Targhee.

Fat Pursuit had already sold out.Blaine County, Idaho Recreation District

Trails Coordinator Greg Martin raced in the four-lap category.

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Valley-based, Red-Bull-sponsored cyclist Rebecca Rusch, who came in second in the women’s four-lap race.

Rusch posted on Facebook after the event, “Awesome singletrack race. Lots of falling over in the snow and laughing.”

Carey agreed that there was a bit of slid-

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Far left: Geoffrey Montague, Cary Smith and Jay Petervary fight for first place in the men's four-lap division at Grand Targhee's first fatbike race of the season.

Middle: The winners of the men's four-lap race at Grand Targhee's first get their awards. Left to Right - Cary Smith (2nd), Geoffrey Montague (1st) and Jay Petervary (3rd).

Right: Some four-legged spectators get a little too close to the action during the race.

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A Teton High School wrestler moments before pinning his opponent from Hillcrest.

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At their first home double dual of the year the Redskins scored a good number of pins early-on to beat Hillcrest 65-24 before a tough loss, 58-21, to Bonneville.

“I wanted Bonneville to know they were in for a fight and we fought hard,” coach Richard Berry said.

The Teton squad was considerably younger than the Bees. The Redskins had one senior on the starting varsity roster while Bonn-eville had eight.

Despite the loss, Berry said his team wasn’t intimi-dated and didn’t give up the quick pins that some-times happen when facing a tough opponent.

“They just go to their back and give up, and we didn’t do that,” he said.

Tanner Klinger, Denton Moulton, Jaciel Medina and Bryar Beard all went undefeated at the home dual.

The wins from Klinger, Moulton and Medina actually put Teton up 18-0 in the

early running against Bonn-eville.

Teton will get another shot against Bonneville at the Bonneville duals this weekend Dec. 19 and 20. The JV squad will also face the Bees at the Bonneville JV Tournament this Thursday, Dec. 18.

Before those contests, the Redskins will face Challis and Ririe in a double dual at Ririe.

“I think we can win but we will have to wrestle really well,” Berry said.

Teton scored wins over Challis and Ririe last year, tough teams in their position, which means the teams will be looking for a little payback.

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Girls basketball 8-5 heading into breakTVNandPostRegisterReport

The Teton girls basketball team is 8-5 heading into the holiday break. They don’t return to action until Jan. 9 on the road at Ririe, then jump into the conference schedule on Jan. 14 at top-ranked Sugar-Salem.

This week Teton picked up a win over Firth, last year’s 2A state champions, winning 56-54. Teton scored 23 points in the fourth quarter to com-plete a season sweep of Firth.

Teton trailed after the first, second and third quarters, but free throws and key bas-kets prompted the Redskins’ comeback.

“They shot 6 for 17 in the fourth quarter and we shot 11 for 14 in the fourth quarter (from the free-throw line),” Teton coach Shon Kunz said. “The girls just fought back.”

Bailey Nelson had 20 points and Jacee Jensen added 16 points for Firth. Shelby Kincaid had 20 points and Jenna Abbott added 18 for Teton.

On Tuesday, Dec. 16, Teton traveled to Soda Spring, win-ning 46-37. Teton built a three-point halftime lead and survived second-half turnovers to earn a nonconference win.

Jenna Abbott scored 15 points and Shelby Kincaid added 11 for Teton.

“We handled their press and were just able to outlast them,” Teton coach Shon Kunz said.

Last week on Dec. 10 Teton fell 39-37 to Snake River.


• OnDec.18,1620,the British ship May-flower docked at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepared to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony. That winter of 1620-1621 was brutal, and the Pilgrims struggled to find food and ward off sickness. By spring, 50 of the original 102 Mayflower passengers were dead.

• OnDec.15,1791, Virginia becomes the final state to ratify the Bill of Rights, mak-ing the first 10 amendments to the Consti-tution law. The Anti-Federalist critics of the Constitution believed that it gave too much power to the federal government. The Bill of Rights assuaged their concerns.

• OnDec.17,1944,Public Proclamation No. 21 declared that Japanese-American “evacuees” from the West Coast could return to their homes. In 1942, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were relo-cated to remote internment camps built by the U.S. military.

• OnDec.20,1957, Elvis Presley receives his draft notice for the United States Army. After basic training, he served in 3rd Armor Corps in Friedberg, Germany,

where he attained the rank of sergeant.

• OnDec. 19, 1968,Warner Brothers releases the movie “Bullitt,” starring Steve McQueen, in Sweden, two months after its debut in U.S. theaters. Many critics consider “Bullitt” to be one of the great-est action movies ever made, because of the seven-minute car chase through the streets of San Francisco.

• OnDec.16,1973, the Buffalo Bills run-ning back “OJ” Simpson becomes the first player in the National Football League to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season. After leading the University of Southern California Trojans to a Rose Bowl victory and winning the Heisman Trophy, Simpson was drafted by Buffalo in 1969.

• OnDec.21,1988,Pan Am Flight 103 explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scot-land, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, as well as 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground. A bomb hidden inside an audio cassette player detonated in the cargo area when the plane was at an altitude of 31,000 feet.

50 years agoXmasplayatPierre’sPlayhousePierre’s Playhouse in Victor will pres-ent Charles Dickens’ play, “A Christ-mas Carol” in old fashioned melodrama on December 21, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. A matinee performance will be given Saturday, December 19 at 2 p.m. for grade school children and younger. The complete show is set around a theme of Christmas and is arranged to lend a gala Christmas flavor to all who attend. Pierre’s Playhouse plans to make this an annual event, and all proceeds will be given to some wor-thy charity organization or group that needs funds for some worthy purpose.

20 years ago‘PeepingTom’spottedinDriggsFor the third time in the past month, Teton high school teacher Cliff Davis noticed a suspicious male lurking around his home on Howard Ave. in Driggs. Most recently, on Monday morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., Davis’ 15-year-old daughter noticed the man spying through the front door window. According to Davis, he checked outside and noticed human tracks in the snow circling the house. The fresh footprints were under the bathroom window, according to Davis, which leads him to believe the perpe-trator was peering into the window while his daughter was showering.

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Always Christmas at museumJoyce Driggs EdlefsenSpecial to TVN

A corner of the upstairs in the Teton Valley Museum is dedicated to children and children at heart.

The museum’s extensive collection of toys is exhibited there in a display reminiscent of the wonder of Christmas morning after Santa showed up.

The tree will no doubt prompt memories of deco-rating sessions with worn but cherished tinsel, metal icicles placed just so to reflect the shine of glass ornaments.

Under and around the tree are toys Teton Valley resi-dents and visitors may recog-nized and remember fondly from their own Christmases past.

Dolls of all sizes and ages are tucked into beds, an antique carriage and other spots. The display also includes rocking horses, an old tricycle and well-worn wooden blocks and toy planes, trains and automobiles.

Remember View Masters? They were probably as close as one could come to having a personal slide show. Through special discs with slides, one could view the wonders of national parks or landmarks or even relive a favorite nursery rhyme or story with pictures.

A doll house from the 1930s sits near

the tree, and the family that donated the house recently donated its furniture, as well.

Stop by the museum for a Christmas flashback to show your children and grandchildren what Christmas was like before electronics.

The museum will reopen each Tuesday starting Jan. 13.Edlefsen is a volunteer at the museum.

TVN Photo/Joyce Edlefsen

Old toys are suspended in time around the always-decorated Christmas tree in the Teton Valley Museum in Driggs.

Calvary ChapelTeTon valley53 Depot Street, Driggs

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BiBleteton valley Bible Churchat the corner of Howard Avenue and 2nd Street, Driggs

Pastor Jim OttoYouth MinisterAndy McCuneInfo: 354-8523

Sunday School: 9 a.m.Worship Services: Sundays at 10:30 a.m.aWana: Wednesdays at 6:20 p.m.youth group: Mondays at 6:30 p.m.

CatholiCgood Shepherd Catholic Church 245 S. Hwy 33, Driggs (next to MD Nursery)

Reverend Camilo Garcia DelgadoInfo: 624-7459

SaturDay maSS SCheDule: english at 4:30 p.m., Spanish at 6 p.m. reconciliation: Saturday 3:30–4:14 p.m.WeDneSDay SCheDule: mass: 6:30 p.m., adoration: 12-6:30 p.m., reconciliation: 5-6:15 p.m.

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episCopalSt. Francis of the tetons episcopal Church on Ski Hill Road, Alta WY

Rt. Reverend Brian ThomInfo: 353-8100 Service: Sundays at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

tRaditioNal pRotestaNtour redeemer Church American Legion Hall, Driggs

Pastor Steve GilmoreInfo: 456-3060

Service: Sundays at 10 a.m. (Nursery provided.)Sunday School: 9:20 a.m.

FouRsquaRe Gospelthe Summit30 N. 1st E., Driggs

Pastor Mick [email protected]: 354-8822

Service: Sundays at 10 a.m.

the ChuRCh oF Jesus ChRist oF latteR-day saiNtsteton valley Wards:Driggs I, II & IIITetonia I & IIVictor I & II

Bishop Roy MoultonInfo: 354-8211Bishop Jim DouglasInfo: 456-2765Bishop J. Lynn Bagley Info: 787-2907

Service: Sundays at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.Service: Sundays at 9 a.m., 11 a.m.Service: Sundays at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.

NoN-deNomiNatioNalCalvary Chapel teton valley53 Depot Street, Driggs

Pastor Roger SheaInfo: 354-WORD (354-9673)www.ccteton.org

Service: Sundays at 10 a.m.Child care available at 10 a.m. serviceyouth home Fellowship: Friday 6 p.m. Call for directions.

iNdepeNdeNt Baptisttarghee Baptist Church216 W. Birch St. Victor

Pastor Kevin Anderson

(541) 788-7718Service: Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

pResByteRiaNChurch in the tetonsDriggs Community Center, back-side • 60 S. Main, Driggs

Rev. Karlin Bilcher(208) 354-HOPE (4673)

Service: Sunday at 9:15 a.m.Sunday School during church

seveNth-day adveNtistTeton Valley Seventh-Day adventist ChurchMeet at Episcopal church in Alta

Pastor Dean LifshayCall (208) 709-2917 for more information.

Sabbath School: Saturday at 9:30 a.m.Church Service: Saturday at 11 a.m.

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Sunday• Driggs Al-Anon, 6:30 p.m. at Family Safety

Network.• Driggs AA, 7:30 p.m. at American Legion.

Monday• Driggs AA, 7:30 p.m., American Legion.

TueSday• Driggs AA, noon, American Legion.• Driggs Al-Anon, 6:30 p.m., American Legion.• LDS Family Services Addiction Recovery

Program 7:15 p.m., Driggs LDS Seminary. (208) 787-2749 for info.

WedneSday• Women’s Wisdom–Discovering the best

you 4-5 p.m with Christina Riley, LCSW at Tree of Life Counseling 1300 Arrowhead Plaza Way, Driggs (208) 354-8057 for info.

• Driggs AA, 7:30 p.m., American Legion—Big Book Study

ThurSday• Overeaters Anonymous, 8-9 a.m., American

Legion (307) 699-1140.

• Survivors of sexual assault, 6:30 p.m., Family Crisis Center Office, Rexburg. Children’s sup-

port group offered at the same time.

• LDS Family Services Addiction Recovery Program in Jackson 7:15 p.m., Jackson LDS Church. (208) 787-2749 for info.

Friday• Driggs AA, noon, American Legion.

• Alta AA, 7:30 p.m., St. Francis of the Tetons Episcopal Church.

• Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. at Victor City Hall.

• Reformers Unanimous Addictions Program, 7-9 p.m. at Mtn. View Baptist Church in Jack-son. (307) 733-3604 for info.

SaTurday• Victor AA, 7:30 p.m., Victor City Hall.

JackSon MeeTingSMeetings daily at noon in the basement of Browse and Buy. Many other meetings are scheduled at 8 p.m. and some mornings. Call AA/Al-Anon at (307) 733-5322.

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Kotler Ice Arena to open Dec. 19Stephen HendersonTVN Staff

A few weeks ago, the ice inside the Kotler Ice Arena was thickening by the day. Manager Sven Taow was busy spreading layers of water to form a solid base before the early-December opening day. But with a change in the weather, the ice melted and the calendar was pushed back.

“It was abnormally early and abnor-mally cold,” Taow said. “But then, sud-denly, it got abnormally warm.”

The mercury has since dropped again, and Teton Valley Foundation Executive director Erica Linnell hopes it’s for good. The foundation’s tentative opening day is Dec. 19, ice-depending.

“Never in my life have I cared more about ice than snow,” Linnell said in a press release. “But in my first season

as the executive director, it’s all I think about.”

Now, the rink is taking shape, and the foundation has published a tentative schedule.

Christmas Eve Family Skate will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 24, and a “Rockin’ New Year’s Eve Skate” will take place Dec. 31 from 6 to 10 p.m. On Jan. 9, the rink will host Friday Night Live, family skating to a live band.

Despite the setbacks on ice-making, Linnell said there is a silver lining.

“The “good” news about no ice is that Sven has been working since October to improve the rink, including more perim-eter decking, new warming hut benches, fresh paint, new storage shelves [and] a recycling ‘center,’” she said. “We are excited for you to enjoy the space as much as we do.”

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Area skaters are anxious to take to the ice, but will have to wait a bit longer. The Kotler Ice Arena is scheduled to open Dec. 19, weather permitting. Mild December temperatures have kept the rink from opening.

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Friday, December 19

Trap Bar après Ski featuring Winship & Sneed3 – 6 p.m.

Ben Winship and Thomas Sneed share a unique friend-ship founded in their love of music. They both have had distinguished careers in American folk music. Their duet gigs feature a variety of styles and instruments formed from many nights of late night picking sessions in Teton Valley. The setlists for après ski can cover a variety of songs and tunes from bluegrass, old-time, folk, country, early jazz and Americana fusions.

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Saturday, December 20

Trap Bar Late night Show featuring B-Side players9 p.m.

The B-Side Players are a 9-piece band part of a new movement in popular music. A band that honors the international cross-pollination that has always made music the universal language. They use any beat that catches their ear, regardless of geography or genre, to create a compelling, horn driven polyrhythmic groove. They continue exploring the multifaceted grooves of Latin America and the Caribbean, incorporating the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil with the funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop rhythms of their homeland, dropping bits of Cumbia, Salsa, gritty street Samba, Son Montuno, Jarocho and Boogaloo into the mix.

Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door

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Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

The hobbit: Battle of the Five armiesHaving reclaimed Erebor and vast treasure from the dragon Smaug, Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) sacrifices friendship and honor in seeking the Arkenstone, despite Smaug’s fiery wrath and desperate attempts by the Hobbit Bilbo (Martin Freeman) to make him see reason. Mean-while, Sauron sends legions of Orcs in a sneak attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As the fate of Middle Earth hangs in the balance, the races of Men, Elves and Dwarves must decide whether to unite and prevail -- or all die.

3 p.m. Dec. 20 and 22 and 7:30 p.m. showings nightly

Tickets: Adult Evening: $7.50, Adult Matinee: $6.50, Child/Senior: $5.00

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December 18-24

olde Fashioned Christmas and Winter Festival

9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Now in its fifth season, the Olde Fashioned Christmas and Winter Festival features cherished seasonal items that include vintage toys, Christmas miniatures and traditional season favorites like nativity scenes, collections of Santa figurines and gingerbread houses. Each year there is a focus on a holiday from another country.

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Thursday, Dec. 18

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Live in hd7 – 11 p.m.

Music Director James Levine conducts a new produc-tion of Mozart’s eternal masterpiece, directed by Richard Eyre, who sets the action in a 19th-century manor house in Seville but during the gilded age of the late 1920s. Dashing bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov, our Figaro, leads a dazzling cast, including Marlis Petersen as his bride, Susanna, Peter Mattei as the philandering Count, Marina

Poplavskaya as the long-suffering Countess, and Isabel Leonard as the libidinous pageboy Cherubino. Designer Rob Howell (Carmen, Werther) utilizes a revolving set to keep the story bubbling along.

Sung in Italian. Approximate running time 3 hrs. 34 min.

Tickets: Adults: $20, Students: $12


Winter Solstice Celebration7 p.m.

Take a break from your hectic holiday schedule and join the Jackson Hole Community Band for this festive concert. Conducted by Jennifer Levanduski, this concert includes traditional favorites including ”Sleigh Ride“ and ”A Christ-mas Festival“ by ”Leroy Anderson“, ”Greensleeves “, and some new pieces including a medley from ”Polar Express.“ Please bring a non perishable food item for the JH Food Cupboard.

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Sneaky pete and the Secret Weapons Cd release party9 p.m.

Local groove-funk outfit Sneaky Pete and the Secret Weap-ons have been filling dance floors in Jackson Hole and throughout the West Coast for over two years and are excited to announce the release of their first full length album. After a year in the making SPSW has compiled a work of booty-shakin’ original material and can’t wait to share their funky tunes with the world. Known for raucous dance parties and a funky good time, Sneaky Pete and The Secret Weapons are going all out for this special album release party. With lots of surprises in the works and a large cast of Secret Weapons to fill the stage, this dance party will be one you don’t want to miss! Doors open at 8 p.m. with an art showing featuring local Jackson artists and DJ Cut la Whut in the lobby. The groovy dance party kicks off at 10 p.m. and tickets include a free copy of the album.

Tickets: $10

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The Rexburg Arts Council presents, for the first time, a community production of ”Handel’s Messiah“! The Mes-siah will be performed at the Rexburg Tabernacle on Dec. 19 and 20. Tickets are available online.

Admission: $5

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Idaho State researchers work on virtual watershed project Researchers in Idaho State Uni-

versity’s geosciences department are working on a virtual watershed project to make better, easy-to-use computer models of Idaho’s and the West’s snowpack to help water users plan better.

“Imagine that scientists get to play with this virtual watershed and they can see what happens if there is a 90-percent snowpack and it all melts in a few days and they can see what the outcomes and conse-quences are of that,” said Donna Delparte, ISU assistant geosciences researcher, who is ISU’s lead on the project. “Scientists will have the ability to start playing out different scenarios in this virtual watershed.”

At ISU, Delparte is working with geosciences Assistant Professors Sarah Godsey and Shannon Kobs Nawotniak. The ISU researchers are in turn working with collabo-rators at University of Idaho, Boise State University and at universities in Nevada and New Mexico, and Danny Marks at the U.S. Agricultural Research Office in Boise.

These multi-state collaborators are in the second

year of a three-year, $6 million project called the Western Con-sortium for Watershed Analysis, Visualization and Exploration (WC-WAVE), a National Sci-ence Foundation project funded through the EPSCoR program.

“We are building a computa-tional model that will ideally be able to be used at other places in Idaho and the U.S. to under-stand how snow is falling and is redistributed and recharging the watershed,” said Nawotniak.

Nawotniak is an expert on volcanoes and the distribution of ash. She is working with Godsey, a hydrologist, to transfer Nawot-niak’s knowledge about the dis-tribution of ash by wind, to how wind distributes snow.

“One of the things we’re really looking at is how wind redistrib-utes snow,” Godsey said. “We have

enough wind that it can really matter on how snow is redistributed and we care about these different pieces of the snowpack model because it influences how much water we have available to us, when it arrives and what kind of vegetation can be supported throughout the

mountains of Idaho.”“This type of model,” said Nawotniak, “gives us

the tools to look forward and see worst-case scenarios, and help us do what we need to prepare. It is not a program that will help us predict something like climate change, but if we are impacted by climate change, if things get wetter or drier, it will help us model those effects.”

Both Nawotniak and Godsey emphasized the visu-alization of the computational model is an extremely important part of this project, and that is where Del-parte’s expertise comes into play.

“We want to make this accessible to users across a variety of backgrounds and skill levels to be able to see what their options are, what the output is and to get fast feedback to interact with the model more directly,” Nawotniak said.

There are many potential uses and users of this project.

“In Idaho, water is king,” Godsey said. “From agricultural users to fishermen, all sorts of people really care about water. A lot of models we have pre-dicting the snowpack and water available are based on the past, but there may be variables outside our experience range that we may want to understand. We might have fire or drought, or what happens if vegetation is gone? That is where the value of a model like ours comes in.”

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2015 Snowscapes field announcedSubmitted by DDCA

The Downtown Driggs Community Association announced the field of par-ticipating teams for the 4th Annual Driggs Snowscapes community art event – part of the Teton Valley Great Snow Fest. Snowscapes is supported by major spon-sors Huntsman Springs, Grand Teton Distillery, Teton Arts Council, Harmony Design and Barrels & Bins.

The 2015 field features many artists making repeat appearances at Snowscapes as well as some new to Driggs snow chal-lengers.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

• Bullshirters,Victor – That Snow Bull. Captain Doug Cassidy – Spon-sored by Guchiebirds

• Team Rotary, Driggs – Under Advisement. Captain Bob Heneage – Sponsored by Allstate of Driggs

• SnowBeDoo,Victor– Daughter of Earth and Sky. Captain Greg Geffner – Sponsored by Sage Realty

• WhoS-nows,Driggs– The Mono-lith’s Alternate Reality. Captain Ramon Olmedo – Sponsored by Heron Glass

• ChefsofVictor,Victor– Sorcerer. Captain Michael Hoffman – Sponsored by Teton Thai

• NorthFremontDreamers,Ashton– Dreamscape. Led by Art Teacher Janine Davidson – Sponsored by The Wardrobe Co

• BonnersFerryCarvers,BonnersFerry– Celebration Dance. Captain Lee Harris – Sponsored by Grand Valley Lodging

• NorthIdahoSnowSculpting,Kel-logg– The Release of Peace. Captain Barb Dunham – Sponsored by Jorgensen Associates

• TeamOregon,Welches,OR– Snow Geese. Captain Leon Laucirica – Spon-sored by Corner Drug

• TeamBumann,Gardiner,MT – To Ski or Not to Ski. Captain George Bumann – Sponsored by High Peaks Physical Therapy

• TeamWyomingwithTheThreeWiseGuys,Laramie,WY – Pending Consideration. Captain Alison Arnold – Sponsored by Liquor Market

• KidsZone&CommunityBlock – Citizens of Teton Valley Collaboration – Sponsored by Peaked Sports

Snowscapes 2015 will begin with

snow stomping on Jan. 16 2015 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Community members are needed to come help form the blocks that will later be transformed into art! Mark your calendars now for this unique Teton Valley experience and RVSP at driggssnowscapes.org/volunteer

Watch the sculptures take shape over the week in Driggs City Plaza Tuesday Jan. 20-23. Join Teton County in kicking off their 100th Birthday Celebration with free hot cocoa, cider and cookies on Friday night from 4:30-6:30 p.m. while seeing the final sculpture preparations.

Saturday, Jan. 24 the finished sculptures will be on full display for all to enjoy. Vote for your favorite piece in the People’s Choice Award, visit with local vendors and take in the great winter scene. Kids will love working on the community block, learning about igloo building with NOLS and picking their favorite sculpture for the Kid’s Choice Award.

Teton Science School hosts Kids Win-ter Ecology program on Sunday, Jan. 25 from noon to 4 p.m. in Driggs City Plaza along with sculpture viewing. Learn more about this and other great winter events that are all part of the Teton Valley Great Snow Fest Jan 23- Feb 1 by visiting teton-valleyfoundation.org/greatsnowfest

Opportunities to assist with making Snowscapes great are available in many forms! Crucial local support from business donations, volunteers, musicians and more all help make this event a winter favorite! To get involved e-mail Lauren at [email protected].

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The sketch for one of the snowsculptures in this year's Snowscapes, "To Ski or Not to Ski," from Team Bumann of Gardiner, Montana.

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The sketch for ”The Release of Peace“ by North Idaho Snow Sculpting from Kellogg, Idaho.


Cougars pounce twice on Teton TVN and Post Register reports

The Firth Cougars got two past Teton in high school boys basketball action this week. The teams met twice this week, first on the road at Firth on Dec. 11 then Teton hosted on Tuesday, Dec. 16, falling 60-56 in overtime.

Teton led 15-5 after the first quarter but struggled the next two periods and trailed by seven going into the fourth. Teton turned it around in the final period. Down three with mere seconds left, Teton’s Josh Phillips launched a 3-pointer and sunk it to send the game into overtime.

Teton couldn’t maintain the magic in overtime, though, thanks to missed free throws, missed layups and turnovers.

“Our kids played really well,” Teton coach Tony Wade said. “We just made some small mis-takes that ended up costing us the game at the end.”

Braydon Adams scored a game-high 21 points for Firth who is 4-0 on the season. Kade Lemieux scored 13 to lead Teton .

In the first meeting Teton fell 41-33 at Firth. Connor Burkhart and Brayden Adams both finished in double figures.

The Cougars led 21-17 at halftime and 29-22 after three, and Firth coach Scott Adams said the Redskins came out with a lot of momentum from the start.

“Teton came in here and played extremely well and stopped us from doing the things we like to do,” Adams said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do.”

Kade Lemieux had nine points for Teton and Justin Wade added eight.

Teton is 2-4 on the season and will host Snake River on Thursday, Dec. 18 then Marsh Valley on Friday, Dec. 19.

FIRTH 60, TETON 56 (OT)Firth 5 17 13 15 10 — 60

Teton 15 7 6 22 6 — 56

FIRTH (60) — Braydon Adams 21, Lucus

Orme 17, Zak Johnson 11, Dallan Bingham 6, Connor Burkhart 2, Jason Jemar 2, Mason Giles 1. FG: 16-40. FT: 24-30. 3-point-ers: 4 (Adams 2, Orm 1 Johnson 1). Total fouls: 24. Fouled out: Bingham, Burkhart. TETON (56) — Kade Lemieux 13, Austin Jacob 10, Justin Wade 9, Spencer Thompson 7, Josh Phillps 6, Stephen Hales 4, Ben Lomo 4, Freeman McCashland 3. FG: 14-42. FT: 21-33. 3-pointers: 4 (Wade 2, McCashland 1, Phillps 1). Total fouls: 20. Fouled out: Lemieux.

FIRTH 41, TETON 33Teton 7 10 5 11 — 33

Firth 15 6 8 12 — 41

TETON (33) — Ben Lomo 6, Justin Wade 8, Freeman McCashland 2, Kade Lemieux 9, Austin Jacobs 6, Josh Phillips 2. FG: 13. FT: 2-5. 3-pointers: 5 (Wade 2, Lemieux 3). Total fouls: 18. Fouled out: Lemieux, Lomo. FIRTH (41) — Mason Giles 2, Brayden Adams 10, Lucus Orme 6, Zak Johnson 4, Dallan Bing-ham 4, Connor Burkhart 15. FG: 16. FT: 8-15. 3-pointers: 1 (Adams). Total fouls: 14. Fouled out: Bingham.

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Austin Jacobs goes up for two during a basketball game against Firth on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in Driggs.

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Steven Hales drives the ball down the floor during a basketball game against Firth on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in Driggs.

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Teton Valley Museum is closed for the winter except on Tuesday, hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Appointments may be made for group tours. The museum volunteers are busy throughout the winter collecting oral interviews, written histories, pictures of the early pioneer families, the infrastructure of the valley and select artifacts. Inquiries on how to help can be made by calling the museum at 208-354-6000 or Kay Fullmer at 208-456-2559.

Teton Valley Rotary Club meets weekly at the Seniors West of the Tetons Com-munity Center in Driggs on Wednesdays at noon.

The Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce meets the third Wednesday of every month at 5 p.m. at 57 S. Main St. in Driggs.

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Driggs Planning and Zoning Commission meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Driggs City Hall.

Driggs City Council meets the first and third Tuesday at the Driggs City Hall build-ing. 7:30 p.m.

Teton District #401 School Board of trustees meets the second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the district office at 445 N. Main St., Driggs.

Tetonia City Council meets the second Monday of every month at Tetonia City Hall, 105 Perry Ave.

Victor City Council meets the second and fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Victor City Hall.

Tetonia Planning and Zon-ing meets the first Monday of every month at Tetonia City Hall on 105 Perry Ave. Start-ing at 7 p.m.

Victor Planning and Zoning Commission meets the second Tuesday of each month at

the Victor City Hall on Elm Street starting at 7 p.m.

Teton County Board of Com-missioners meets the second and fourth Monday of the month in the new courthouse in Driggs. Visit tetoncounty-idaho.gov.

Teton County Planning and Zoning Commission meets the second Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. in the Teton County Courthouse.

The Teton County Fire Dis-trict meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at the fire hall at 2 p.m. in Driggs.

The Teton County Fair Board meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

The Driggs Urban Renewal Agency meets the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Driggs City Hall conference room.

Fridays at the Senior Center.

Teton Valley Cowboy Church every Monday at the Teton County Fair building, 7 p.m.

Teton Valley Chance Meetings: an Entrepreneur Networking Event. Every second Tuesday of the month from 5-7 p.m. at Three Peaks Cafe in Driggs. Centering Prayer Group meets Wednesday, 11 a.m. and Thursday, 4 p.m. All are welcome. St. Francis Episcopal Church in Alta. Call (307) 353-8100 for more information. Community Connections Classes on the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the Seniors West of the Tetons Community Center. These will be life enrichment classes for the whole community.

saturday Morning oil Painting at the Local Galleria. 10 a.m. to noon.

Tuesday night oil Painting at the Local Galleria, 7-9 p.m.

Teton Arts CouncilLife Drawing (drawing from a nude model) is the second and fourth Tuesday of every month in the 2D studio at the TAC Community Arts Center from 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10 fee goes toward paying the model. No instruction is provided.

Printmaking Cards Thursday Eve-nings, 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4 and Dec. 11. More information at teton-artscouncil.com

Bible education Book Club, Monday, 6 p.m. at St. Francis of the Tetons in Alta. Current book series by Capon on the Judgment Parables. Books available. Fun and lively dis-cussions.

Friday Meditation at The Center for Energy Healing from noon -1 p.m. Hosted by Certified Master Instructor So la meé Heneage. Silent meditation is followed by discussion or sharing. Some cushions or chairs available. Donation basket. All levels

of experience are welcome. 60 Ashley St., Suite A, Driggs. www.energy-heals.net.

Women’s Wisdom: Discovering the Best You, Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m. a free, confidential, support group for women 18+ at Tree of Life Counseling, 1300 Arrowhead Plaza Way, Driggs, with Christina Riley, LCSW (354-8057 for info).

Alta Library storytime 11:15-11:45 a.m., ages 2-5. Every Wednesday.

Valley of the Tetons Library in Victor Lap Sit Storytime. Ages 0-2, 11 a.m. and ages 3-4, 10 a.m.

Teton Piranhas swim Club Prac-tice. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 5:30-7 p.m. and Sat. from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Teton County Recreation Center in Jackson. Some carpooling from Teton Valley avail-able. Free one-week trial for kids 6-18 years of age. Call 307.730.7944 for more info or like the Teton Pira-

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Alta Audio Book Club. 7-8 p.m. Ages 8 to adult. This unique book club meets each Thursday at Alta Branch Library to listen to audio-book dramas and adventures for the whole family. Simple snacks and des-serts provided by the group.

suicide survivor support Group will meet the first Wednesday of the month at the Family Safety Network in Driggs at 7 p.m. Contact Adam at (208) 705-7898.

Teton Valley Food Pantry dona-tion day. Every third Saturday of the month at Broulim’s from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Teton Valley Food Pantry will be open every other Wednesday from 6-7:30 p.m. or by emergency need. First and Howard Street. Estaremos abiertos cada dos semanas—Miercoles 6-7:30 p.m. For more information, visit tvfoodpantry.com.

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Thursday, December 18A Christmas Concert and Dance at Seniors West of the Tetons lunch featuring Teton Middle School 8th Grade Choir and Teton Valley Dance Academy. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Lunch, music and dance.

Friday, December 19Good Shepherd Catholic Church Penance service, 7 p.m.

saturday, December 20Last Best Holiday Craft Fair. Driggs City Center. 10-4 p.m. Free admission.

Victor Gateway is hosting a benefit for subs for santa. Raffle. Free kids meal with Santa. Free ice cream. 11-2.

sunday, December 21The Darin and Myra Kerr Family present, “The For-gotten Carols,” written by Michael McClean. 7 p.m. at the Driggs LDS Stake Center. Free.

Tuesday, December 23Christmas Celebration at Seniors West of the Tetons Community Center, Noon.

Christmas Celebration and Feast at Seniors West of the Tetons Community Center, Noon. A lovely buffet and Secret Santa gift exchange.

Live nativity scene at Teton Geotourism Center in Driggs by Teton Valley Bible Church. 6 to 8 p.m.

santa visits Grand Targhee, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, December 24Our Redeemer Church will host a Candlelight Worship service on Christmas eve at 5 p.m. in the American Legion Hall on Wallace Ave. in Driggs. Carols will be sung and the Christmas story will be read from the scriptures. A nursery will be provided.

Good shepherd Catholic Church Vigil Mass Christ-mas eve service, 4:30 p.m.

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Christmas eve service, 6 p.m. Live nativity from 4 to 6 p.m.

st. Francis of the Tetons episcopal Church Christmas eve. Children’s service at 5:30 p.m. Lessons and carols service 9 p.m. Both services will serve Holy Eucharist and will be lead by Rev. Debra Adams.

Calvary Chapel Christmas eve service 6 p.m. 53 Depot Street 354-9673

Church in the Tetons Christmas eve service, 6 p.m. at the Driggs city Center.

Tuesday, December 30Retirement party and spe-cial presentation for Teton County Treasurer Bonnie Hatch. 11:30 a.m. at the Teton County Courthouse Com-missioner’s Chamber Room. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, December 31new Year’s eve Torchlight Parade and Fireworks at Grand Targhee Resort. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Visit grandtarghee.com for more information.

Friday, January 2First Friday Art Walk in Driggs. Evening of free art, food, drinks and community. 5 to 8 p.m.

saturday, January 3Teton Valley Winter Farm-er’s Market at MD Nursery. Handmade Jewelry, cheese, jams, pasta, meats, soups, soap, ceramics, mittens and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Every First and third Saturday of the month.

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Comments for 2015 trophy hunt regulations being soughtFish and Game is drafting propos-

als for the 2015 hunting season, and is seeking public input on proposals to moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat. Those pro-posals are now available for public review and comment.

All of Idaho’s trophy species proposals are post-ed on the Idaho Fish and Game website at: https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/content/webform/2015-16-season-proposals-moose-sheep-goat.

Anyone wishing to comment on the proposals can do so online, or at one of several public meetings to be held throughout Idaho. A list of meetings is also available at the link above. The comment deadline for all trophy propos-als is January 5. Anyone wishing to speak to wildlife staff can set an appointment in their region. Regional contact informa-tion is available at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/about/offices/

Reporting Early May Make Next Year’s Hunt Better

Fish and Game is busy analyzing har-vest information received from hunt-ers filing timely reports for 2014. Most

hunters like seeing harvest estimates well before the application period for fall con-

trolled hunts. The earlier that Fish and Game receives hunter

data, the sooner wildlife managers are able to complete harvest esti-mates. The sooner those

estimates are completed, the earlier hunters can use that data to plan a success-ful trip next fall. Hunters who voluntarily report also

avoid the inconvenience of receiving a phone call from

Fish and Game during the busy holidays.

So far this year, hunters have com-pleted 104,670 reports; a 41 percent completion rate. This is a good start, but managers need more data as soon as pos-sible, to provide the estimated number of hunters and animals harvested in 2014. Wildlife managers will use this data to increase available hunting opportunities in future seasons.

Hunters who file their reports promptly are entered into a February drawing for ten special tags that will allow the winners to participate in the hunt of their choice for deer, elk or prong-horn. Hunters have ten days from the

end of their hunt to file if they want to be entered into the drawing.

Regardless of the special drawing, early reporting is crucial. Promptly received hunter data provides managers a more complete assessment of game populations going into the new year. Without timely hunting and harvest information, managers are forced to be more conservative when making future hunting opportunities available.

Hunters who have not yet filed hunter reports are encouraged to do so as quickly as possible by going to: http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/hunt/?getPage=106 or by calling 1-877-268-9365.

Access Yes! Receives “Open Country” Award

Every year, Outdoor Life Magazine acknowledges individuals, non-profits, corporations and state/government agen-cies with their “Open Country” awards. This year the award for a state/govern-ment agency was given to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game for the Access Yes! Program.

According to Outdoor Life, “Hunt-ers and anglers across the nation consis-tently list one challenge as their primary obstacle to spending more time in the field: access.”

In giving the award to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the magazine praised Access Yes! as “one of the finest access programs…”

Access Yes! provides payment to pri-vate landowners willing to open their ground to public hunting and fishing access. In 2013, Access Yes! provided access to nearly 320,000 acres of private land and an additional 485,000 acres of public land.

To learn more about the “Open Coun-try” awards go to http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/open-country/open-country-congratulations-2014-award-winners

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Ask Fish & Game: Ice Fishing and Two Pole Permits

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Y'stone open to motorsYellowstone National Park will opened to

the public for motorized oversnow travel as scheduled on Monday morning, December 15.

Recent warm weather and limited snowfall has resulted in very little snowpack on many of the park’s interior roads. Until appreciable snowfall is received and conditions on the park’s packed, groomed roads improve:• Visitors will be able to take commer-

cially and non-commercially guided snowmobile trips or travel by com-mercial snowcoach between the park’s South Entrance and Old Faithful.

• Commercial snowcoaches with rubber tracks or large oversnow tires or other high clearance commercial wheeled vehicles will be permitted to transport visitors between West Yellowstone and Old Faithful.

• Commercial snowcoaches with rub-ber tracks or large oversnow tires will be permitted to offer visitor travel on road segments linking Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris, Madison, Canyon, and the northern end of Hayden Valley.The road from the northern end of

Hayden Valley through Fishing Bridge Junc-tion to West Thumb is not currently suitable for any type of guided visitor travel. Travel through the park’s East Entrance over Sylvan

Pass to Fishing Bridge is scheduled to begin Sunday, December 22.

Park staff members will continue to closely monitor conditions and weather forecasts. Additional sections of the park will open to guided snowmobile and snowcoach travel as soon as enough new snow permits.

The road from the park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Mont., through Mammoth Hot Springs and on to Cooke City, Mont., out-side the park’s Northeast Entrance is open to automobile travel all year.

At Old Faithful, the Geyser Grill, the Bear Den Gift Shop, and the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center open for the season on December 15. The Old Faithful Snow Lodge and Cabins and the Obsidian Dining Room open on Thursday, December 18.

The Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, din-ing room, and gift shop will open for the season on Saturday, December 20. The Yel-lowstone General Store, the medical clinic, campground, post office, 24-hour gasoline pumps, and the Visitor Center at Mammoth Hot Springs are open all year.

All communities around and on the way to Yellowstone are open year-round, with local businesses offering a wide range of winter recreation opportunities. Extensive infor-mation and assistance for planning a visit to Yellowstone is available on the park web site at http://www.nps.gov/yell.

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Bridger-Teton seeks commentsSubmitted by BTNF

The Jackson Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest is proposing to authorize Snow King Mountain Resort (SKMR) to replace, extend and realign the existing Rafferty Lift and to construct two associated intermediate ski trails at the resort.

The bottom terminal of the lift would be located on private lands owned by SKMR. The top terminal and ski trails would be located within the existing Special Use Permit (SUP) area on National Forest System (NFS) lands. “Only that portion of the project which is on National Forest System lands requires Forest Service authorization,” said Jackson District Ranger Dale Deiter.

The Bridger-Teton is requesting com-ments on this proposal through January 12, 2015 during this scoping process. Scoping is an early and open process used in determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying the significant issues related to a proposed action. “The process of scoping is an integral part of environmental analysis,” Deiter said. “The results of scoping are used to improve public involvement, refine issues, establish analysis criteria, and explore possible alternatives and their probable environmental effects,” he added.

The existing Rafferty Lift was installed in 1978 and is reaching the end of its functional life. Due to the age of the lift infrastructure, an excessive level of maintenance and upkeep has become necessary and the reliability of the lift to function consistently is a concern. The new ski runs would allow SKMR to develop additional beginner and intermediate skier terrain as well as improve access to the Alpine Slide for the summer months.

The Forest Service is proposing to autho-rize SKMR to extend the top terminal of the Rafferty Lift upslope approximately 1,000 linear feet (increasing the total length of the lift to approximately 3,000 linear feet), which

would increase the lift served skiing approxi-mately 400 vertical feet. The lift would be realigned slightly east of the current alignment to provide better access to the Alpine Slide. The extended lift would necessitate the con-struction of two new intermediate ski trails, totaling 3.8 acres of terrain. Approximately 1.2 acres of tree removal would occur on Forest Service land for the lift corridor. These trails would connect the new top terminal loca-tion with surrounding intermediate terrain. Construction and maintenance access to the proposed lift would use existing roads where possible. Construction of new roads would not be authorized.

Directional felling of identified trees would be required on all trees within the proposed lift line and identified ski trails. No felling operations would be authorized prior to March 1. Tree removal for the proposed chairlift and ski trails would be accomplished using a log skidder or similar equipment over the snow in the spring after winter ski season. Log decks could be situated near the existing mountain access road at various locations for pick-up by a logging truck. Slash, or limbs from the trees would be chipped or burned.

Contingent upon Forest Service approval, SKMR would start construction during the summer of 2015 so that the lift and trails would be operational by the 2015/16 ski season.

“Because less than 5-acres of disturbance are proposed for the lands managed by the Bridger-Teton, I am looking at a Categorical Exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act,” said Deiter. “Right now we are really encouraging folks to comment on the proposal as it is written,” he said. Comments should be emailed to the Bridger-Teton at [email protected] before January 12, 2015. For addi-tional information, contact the Bridger-Teton National Forest at 307-739-5400.



Amanda Carey on her way to winning the women's four-lap division at Grand Targhee's first fatbike race of the year.

WOMEN’S 4 LAP RACE

bib # First Name City Total time place

100 Amanda Carey Victor, ID 1:58:13 1

105 Rebecca Rusch Ketchum, ID 2:09:43 2

112 Tracey Petervary Victor, ID 2:15:52 3

109 Erin Woodrow Helena, MT 2:19:12 4

111 Niki Milleson Alpine, WY 2:32:50 5

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128 Geoffrey Montague Provo, UT 1:39:45 1

127 Cary Smith Wilson, WY 1:40:32 2

124 Jay Petervary Victor, ID 1:43:09 3

120 Paul Nash Jackson, WY 1:56:44 4

115 Greg Martin Ketchum, ID 1:58:33 5

119 Kris Quandt Jackson, WY 2:01:30 6

126 Gabe Klamer Jackson, WY 2:05:22 7

117 Bill McCann Ketchum, ID 2:08:19 8

118 Steve Griffin Victor, ID 2:11:19 9

116 Mike Shane Ketchum, ID 2:11:34 10

125 Brett Tomlinson Alta, WY 2:15:30 11

WOMEN’S 2 LAP RACE

235 Niki Tischhauser Tetonia, ID 1:03:00 1

234 Stephanie Liddlie Idaho Falls, ID 1:20:03 2

233 Jenny Klamer Jackson, WY 1:22:28 3

231 Margot Waters Victor, ID 1:22:28 4

232 Pam Reed 1:23:32 5

MEN’S 2 LAP RACE

243 David Saurman Wilson, WY 1:06:40 1

241 Chris Wilson Big Sky, MT 1:07:42 2

240 John Flach Big Sky, MT 1:19:06 3

242 Ed Gygli Pocatello, ID 1:42:08 4






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ing around. Some of that was due to soft spots created by other riders having to get off their bikes at some points in the course.

She said that at times her cyclocross racing experience came in handy, but ulti-mately it felt like many of the races she does in Teton Valley.

“It’s super hard, but it’s so much fun,”

Carey said.For those wanting to ride a fatbike at

Grand Targhee, on the Nordic trails and on Jolly Green Giants, a $10 a day ticket ($6 for 12-years-old and under) is required or a Nordic season pass.

The next fatbike race at the resort is scheduled for January 17.

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thank you to the Teton Valley community. With your support and donations this past year, we have been able to provide over 3,500 nutritional congregate meals and over 1,000 home delivered meals.

Seniors West of the Tetons is part of Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership and through that partnership we receive a small reimbursement for the meals we serve and deliver. Community donations play a large role in the quality of the meals we are able to serve. We would also like to say thank you to the community members who have volunteered their time during special events and assisted with ongoing programs.

Seniors West of the Tetons provides a

healthy, nutritional, and social connection for seniors in Teton Valley. Many of the seniors look forward to three-day a week lunches at the Senior Center. Seniors West of the Tetons might be the only place for socializing and visiting with other community members. We would like to keep seniors independent in their homes for as long as possible. In order to do this, we must be able to provide an outlet for them to feel comfortable, especially in these long winter months ahead!

We currently offer a caregivers support group, Fit and Fall Proof classes, Tai Chi, and a gentle aerobic/yoga class. These activities require monetary donations as well as dona-tions of time and services. With your dona-tions, Seniors West of the Tetons would like to

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Santader are saf and not sick.

Love, Sydney Mitchell (Age 6)

Dear Santa,I wunt a pet shal. Cuz I wuz

being nis to my mom bi making my bed. I wuz cleaning my room. I wunt a elf.

Love,Morgan Green (Age 6)

Dear Santa,I tak good kar uv my pets. Cud

I have a arctic Lego set. Love,

August Behle (Age 6)

Dear Santa,I want a stuffed cat, a rug, a

microwave, butterflies, and dolls. I want a microwave so I can heat up food by my self. I said sorry when I hit my sister on accident.

Love,Harper Christensen (Age 5)

Dear Santa,I want a stuffed Lvoey that is

you in a red suit. I will try to be good. I also want a microwave and and alarm and a real elf for me.

Love,Skylar Hare (Age 6)

Dear Santa,Are you bing squasht by elves?

I want a arctic crcl Lego set becus I’ve been a good boy. Wait! Have I? I also want a toy Oshawatt, Lego movy set and a toy car it with a screemign face.

Love, Gavin Crist (Age 6)

P.S. Do any of the chimnis that you go down have a fire?

DriGGS ELEMEntAry MiSS niCHoLSon (tHirD GrADE)

Dear Santa,This is Gracie from Driggs,

Idaho. I have been very good this year. I have cleaned my room and played with my little brother. I did my homework every day. I also practice my piano.

I want a ceder wood doll in her throne coming dress. I also want a Ashlyn Ella doll with Hunter Huntsmen and a Lizze hearts doll.

Would you give Bennett a Lego set, Mason a new basketball, my dad, Patrick an new fishing rod, and my mom, Elizabeth a pair of new running shoes. I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Gracie Hogan

Dear Santa,This is Britney in Driggs ID. I

wanted to tell you I been good this year. I helped my mom clean up and I was bing a good friend and I always help my dad clean his car. I was letting my sister get all the shirt’s.

For Chistmas I want a walking pet, and book’s of Clifford and I want cards and a ball.

I hope you have a great holiday

and have a fine time delivering presents to everone.

Britney

Dear Santa,This is Judith in Diggs ID. I

want to tell you how good I have been this year. I alway’s listen to my teacher Miss Nicholson and I listen to my family. I helped my Mom and Dad and I do all of my chors I help my friend’s if they need help.

I want for Christmas is a stuff reider and a little stuff snowman and a bell from your reider’s and five new chapter book’s that are my level and if your Elfevs can make me a Santa hat please.

I hope you have a happy holi-day.

Judith Blanco

Dear Santa,This is Kai in Driggs Idaho. I

want to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I’ve been a good frind this year. I’m alweses on task and I’m a good stoodent. I’ve been nise to my frened I’ve be tring to be the smartest in my class.

For Christmas I wod like a Patriots pop pom hat a Tom Brade jersey a blue padigonya long slev shirt, som football gluvs, a start hedwint, a football, race poles and race soot, and a slug tira gun. For Jill a TGR pop pom hat for Dale a patreots reserve gloves. Merry Christmas Santa!

Kai Jones

Dear Santa,This is Deegan in Driggs Idaho.

I wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I’ve never got in any fights in football. I listened to my mom and dad. I hope I get some presents not a lump of coal. I hope my friend Colby get a football. Its been a good year.

For Christmas I want a iPhone4, hunting cloths, remote controlled car, Regie Wyane jersey, D.S, Trent Richardson jersey, Greg Toler Jer-sey, T.Y. Hilton. Mary Christmas Santa.

Deegan

Dear Santa,This is Reiley in Driggs Idaho.

I wanted to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I listened to my mom and brushed my teeth, cleaned my room, did my chores, and practiced my piano. I also tried to make new friends.

For Christmas this year I would like a new horse necklace, a Lizze harts doll, a Ashlyn Ella doll with hunter huntsmen. I also want a Broncos joursey.

Will you get my mom a soft blanket. My brother a pear of socks. My dad a pig blanket. I also would like you to get my sister a stuffed animal.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

reiley Johnson

Dear Santa, This is Yaretzi in Driggs Idaho.

I want to tell you how good I’ve been this year. I listen to my perents when they tell me to do something like clean up my room or help them with the dishi’s.

For Christmas this year I woud like a American girl doll a laptop and flipe’s olaf kind and close for my amerian girl doll and a maching pants and shirt and close for me.

yaretzi

Dear Santa,This is Robbie. I live in Driggs

ID. This year I have helped on the Farm putting up 4 grian bins I helped split wood.

If you can I would like a quad-with winch, dirt-bike, dumbougie, and hevy duty golf cart.

Hope you have a nice holiday. You must be realy tiered after delivering all those presents to the children of the world?

robbie t. McCashland

Dear Santa,This is Hali in Driggs Idaho. I

wanted to tell you how I’ve been good this year. I helped my sis-ter find a peese to her yoyo. And I found my sisters swimsouit. And I made a knew friend at a basket-ball game. And I help my teacher sharpen pencils this year.

For Christmas I would like a justice bag, a new pen, and a bra-clet, a neckless, and some more slippers, a stuff animal Rudolph, a American girl doll, a chocolate bar, a little doll house, a frozen Elsa Anna house, some color hair clips and Ashlynn Ella and ceder wood Lizzy hearts, Hunter Hudzmen.

Hali Mangis

Dear Santa,This is Karissa I live in Id. This

year I’ve been good. I have listend to my mom and dad. I have almost

keped my room clean!

For Christmas I want a tablet, a chocolate bar, and a horse snow globe. Can you get my dady some-thing. Canyou get me a pink water bottle. Merry Christmas Santa.

Karissa

Dear Santa,This is Betsy in Driggs Idaho I

wanted to tell you how good I’vw been. I help mom with shorts and I’ve been nice with friends and help mom do the Christmas tree.

I would like for Christmas a bike and a ipad a ded bear a Lego friends, som books and a barbe.

And Have a happy holidays Santa.

Love,Betsy

Dear Santa,This is Jaksen in Driggs Idaho

and what I want for Christmas street hawk hot wheelsdouble sided lite saber. What do you want? Cookies? Milk? What kind of pres-ent would you like.

Would you like a new coat? Would you like anew hat? Would you like a new pair of boots? Would you like a new pair of gloves?

Jaksen H.

Dear Santa, This year I have not been super

good , but since Sparkle Perry-winkle has come I have tried to

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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

CITY OF DRIGGS, IDAHOCity Council

Pursuant to established procedure, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat the Driggs City Council will hold a public hearing at theDriggs City Hall, 60 S. Main Street, Driggs, Idaho on Tuesday,January 6, 2015 at 7:30 PM.

The City Council will consider a Resolution to amend the DriggsComprehensive Plan in order to appropriately guidedevelopment and land uses within the Huntsman Springsplanned unit development.

The City Council will also consider an Ordinance to amend Title 9(Zoning) of the Driggs City Code and amendments to the Cityand Area of Impact Zoning Maps that achieve Title 9conformance with the recommended Comprehensive Plan, inrelation to the Huntsman Springs planned unit development.

The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval ofall of the amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and theZoning Amendments published in the December 2, 2014proposal available on the city website with the following edits tothe Zoning Ordinance:

(Pg 25) 9-10C-3 Special Use Standards item C-2 shallread ¡Èa. No more than 4,000 sqft of net floor area shall beoccupied by commercial uses around the ice rink / fountainfeature, with the exception of buildings used by or for hoteloperations as described in Section 9-10C-3-C-1. b. Nocommercial occupancy shall be allowed in the PlazaCommercial area prior to an occupancy certificate beingissued for the main hotel lodging building.¡É(Pg 28) 9-10C-4-C-4 Plaza Commercial item b. shall read¡ÈBuilding Scale: Individual building footprints shall notexceed two thousand square feet (2,000sf) in gross area.¡É(Pg 24) page 24, 9-10C-2, Table 10-C.A the fifth row intable shall read ¡ÈUp to 4,000sqft net floor area ofcommercial use outside the hotel lodge building when fullyenclosed in a building and not including any drive-up ordrive-through facilities.¡É Removal of the sixth row thatproposed “Up to 4,000sqft of additional commercial use(10,000sqft total) outside of the hotel lodge building¡Ä”

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS:

Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use MapAmendments:

1. Amend the Future Land Use Map to show the HuntsmanSprings Master Plan (propose to use the most recent versionsubmitted to the city), with the recommended land usedesignation of ¡ÈPUD-HS.¡É

2. Amend the Future Land Use Map to show areas outside of thePUD boundary in Section 22 T5N R45E as Estate Residential.

3. Amend the Land Use Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan toinclude a discussion of and policies for Huntsman Springs PUD(¡ÈPUD-HS¡É) land uses.

Amendments to City Code Chapters 9-10 and 9-12 (MUC andMUR):

Convert MUC-1 (Huntsman Springs Mixed Use Commercial) andMUR-1 (Huntsman Springs Mixed Use Residential) tosubdistricts under a new PUD-Huntsman Springs (PUD-HS)zone;

1. Define uses and standards for these subdistricts;2. Create an additional subdistrict (PUD-HS-L) providing for a

resort hotel and related commercial development.

Amendments to Area of Impact Zoning Map and City ZoningMap:

Proposing to change current Area of Impact zoning designationsfor the following properties:

1. Huntsman Springs PUD Golf course and all residential areasfrom A-20, A-2.5, ADR-0.5, R-3, & R-1 to PUD-HS-R;

2. Huntsman Springs PUD Property approximately shown in themap below from A-20, A-2.5, ADR-0.5 to PUD-HS-L.

Proposing to change current City zoning designations for thefollowing Huntsman Springs PUD properties:

1. MUR-1 and MUC-1 would be renamed PUD-HS-R and PUD-HS-C, respectively.

Information pertinent to this application is available for review atDriggs City Hall. The Staff Report can be found on the City¡Çswebsite at www.driggs.govoffice.com one week prior to thehearing.

Written comments must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, December26, 2014, at Driggs City Hall P.O. Box 48, Driggs, Idaho 83422.You may also FAX your written response to 208-354-8522 oremail a response to [email protected]. Verbal andwritten comments will be heard during the public hearing.

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INVITATION TO BIDThe City of Driggs, Idaho is accepting sealed bids at the business

office of the City Clerk, 60 S Main St, until 1pm, prevailing localtime, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 for the West Little Avenueproject. At 1:05 P.M. on the same day all proposals will bepublicly opened and read aloud in the City Hall ConferenceRoom, 60 S Main Street. The project consists of thereconstruction of approximately 759 feet of West Little Avenue,from SH33 to Front Street, in the City of Driggs, Teton County,Idaho, and includes demolition of existing road, curb, gutter andsidewalks; new subgrade, base, asphalt roadway, curb, gutter,storm drainage, sidewalks, lighting, signs, markings, landscapeirrigation, street trees and other landscaping per projectdrawings and specifications. Bid forms, bidding instructions andconditions, contract documents, plans and specifications maybe obtained at Driggs City Hall, 60 S Main Street, for a non-refundable fee of $20.00, or online at www.driggs.govoffice.com(under News). A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at1:00 P.M., local time, on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at DriggsCity Hall, 60 S Main St. Idaho Public Works Licenses are notrequired to bid but are required prior to contract award. Thisproject is partially funded by a Federal grant is subject tocertain non-discrimination, buy American, and Davis BaconWage Act requirements. Bidders and Contractors must complywith the requirements set forth in the project specifications.Please contact the City for clarification and applicability. Anyobjections to the contents or terms of the Specifications shall beraised five (5) days prior to bid opening or it shall be deemed tohave been waived. The City reserves that right to reject anyand all bids.

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File No.: 250687 / Customer Ref No. 330300351

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

On March 24, 2015 at the hour of 10:30AM, of said day, in theoffice of Alliance Title & Escrow Corporation located at 78 NMain St Driggs, ID 83422.

Alliance Title & Escrow Corp., as trustee, will sell at publicauction, to the highest bidder, for cash, cashiers check, certifiedcheck or tellers check, (from a bank which has a branch in thecommunity at the site of the sale), money order, State of Idahocheck or local government check, or cash equivalent in lawfulmoney of the United States, all payable at the same time ofsale, the following described real property, situated in theCounty of Teton, State of Idaho, and described as follows, towit:

Lot 32 of Golf Vista Estates, Phase III, Teton County, Idaho, asper the plat recorded October 12, 2006, as Instrument No.181282.

THE TRUSTEE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF A MOREPARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBEDREAL PROPERTY, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCEWITH IDAHO CODE, SECTION 60-113, THE TRUSTEE HASBEEN INFORMED THAT THE STREET ADDRESS OF: 482Kristen Street, Victor, ID 83455, MAY SOMETIMES BEASSOCIATED WITH SAID REAL PROPERTY.

Said sale will be made without covenant, representation orwarranty regarding title, possession or encumbrances topartially satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to thepower of sale conferred in the deed of trust executed byNicolas T Espejel and Liliana Andraca-Tenorio, as Grantor toAlliance Title & Escrow Corp., as Trustee, for the benefit andsecurity of 2010-1 RADC/CADC Venture, LLC as successorBeneficiary, recorded November 2, 2007 as Instrument No.193091, Mortgage records of Teton County, Idaho. THEABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITHSECTION 45-1506(4)(a), IDAHO CODE. NOREPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARENOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBLIGATION.

The default for which this sale is to be made is failure to:

Pay, when due and before delinquency, the entire balance ofprincipal and interest payments as set forth in such Deed ofTrust and underlying Promissory Note, as modified. Theoriginal loan amount was $73,000.00 together with interestthereon at the rate of 8.5% per annum, as evidenced by(among other things) that certain Promissory Note datedOctober 30, 2007. The loan matured on November 16, 2010and is now in default. The principal balance as of November 3,2014 is $53,535.87 together with accrued and accruing interestthereon at the default rate of 18% per annum. The per diem is$26.77. In addition to the above, there is also due delinquentreal property taxes for part of 2011, 2012 and 2013, togetherwith penalty and interest, and any other real property taxes thatmay become delinquent during this foreclosure, any latecharges, advances, escrow collection fees, attorney fees, feesor costs associated with this foreclosure.

The balance owing as of this date on the obligation secured bysaid deed of trust is $53,535.87, excluding interest, costs andexpenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligationsthereunder or in this sale, as trustee's fees and/or reasonableattorney's fees as authorized in the promissory note secured bythe aforementioned Deed of Trust.

Dated: November 19, 2014

Alliance Title & Escrow Corp.

By:______________________Melissa Ambriz, Trust OfficerPhone: 877-947-1553This communication is on behalf of a debt collector and is an

attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be usedfor that purpose.

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File No.: 250816 /


On March 24, 2015 at the hour of 10:00AM, of said day, in the office of Alliance Title & Escrow Corporation located at 78 NMain St Driggs, ID 83422 .

Alliance Title & Escrow Corp., as successor trustee, will sell atpublic auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, cashiers check,certified check or tellers check, (from a bank which has abranch in the community at the site of the sale), money order,State of Idaho check or local government check, or cashequivalent in lawful money of the United States, all payable atthe same time of sale, the following described real property,situated in the County of Teton, State of Idaho, and describedas follows, to wit:

Lot 2, Wild Horse Subdivision, Teton County, Idaho, as the sameappears on the official plat thereof recorded February 12, 2002as Instrument No. 146744.

THE TRUSTEE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF A MOREPARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBEDREAL PROPERTY, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCEWITH IDAHO CODE, SECTION 60-113, THE TRUSTEE HASBEEN INFORMED THAT THE STREET ADDRESS OF: 13Wild Horse Drive nka 355 Wild Horse Drive, Tetonia, ID 83452,MAY SOMETIMES BE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID REALPROPERTY.

Said sale will be made without covenant, representation orwarranty regarding title, possession or encumbrances topartially satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to thepower of sale conferred in the deed of trust executed by WilliamK Foster a single man , as to an undivided 50% interest andGregory William Foster and Carol Lynn Foster, husband andwife, as to an undivided 50% interest, as Grantor to AllianceTitle & Escrow Corp., as successor Trustee, for the benefit andsecurity of 2010-1 RADC/CADC Venture, LLC as successorBeneficiary, recorded December 17, 2004 as Instrument No.165267, Mortgage records of Teton County, Idaho. THEABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITHSECTION 45-1506(4)(a), IDAHO CODE. NOREPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARENOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBLIGATION.


Pay, when due and before delinquency, the entire balance ofprincipal and interest payments as set forth in such Deed ofTrust and underlying Promissory Note, as modified. Theoriginal loan amount was $385,000.00 together with interestthereon at a variable rate, initially 5.750% per annum, asevidenced by (among other things) that certain PromissoryNote dated December 15, 2004. The loan matured onSeptember 30, 2010 and is now in default. The principalbalance as of November 4, 2014 is $358,700.00 together withaccrued and accruing interest thereon at the default rate of18% per annum. The per diem is $14.95. In addition to theabove, there is also due delinquent real property taxes for partof 2013, together with penalty and interest, and any other realproperty taxes that may become delinquent during thisforeclosure, any late charges, advances, escrow collectionfees, attorney fees, fees or costs associated with thisforeclosure.

The balance owing as of this date on the obligation secured bysaid deed of trust is $358,700.00, excluding interest, costs andexpenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligationsthereunder or in this sale, as trustee's fees and/or reasonableattorney's fees as authorized in the promissory note secured bythe aforementioned Deed of Trust. The portion of the balanceallocated to the aforementioned Deed of Trust is $71,400.00.



By:_____________________Melissa Ambriz, Trust OfficerPhone: 947-877-1553This communication is on behalf of a debt collector and is an at-

tempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be usedfor that purpose.

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T.S. No. 020711-ID NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE On3/25/2015 at 2:00 PM (recognized local time), AT THE TETONCOUNTY COURTHOUSE FRONT STEPS, 150COURTHOUSE WAY, DRIGGS, ID 83422, in the County ofTeton, CASPER J. RANKIN, ESQ., a member of the State Barof Idaho, of PITE DUNCAN, LLP, as trustee, will sell at publicauction, to the highest bidder, for cash, in lawful money of theUnited States, all payable at the time of sale, the followingdescribed real property, situated in the County of Teton, Stateof Idaho, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 69. Block 1, FoxCreek Country Club Estates, Teton County, Idaho, as the sameappears on the official plat thereof recorded June 24, 1983 asInstrument No. 92749. COMMONLY KNOWN AS 4595COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, (FKA 459 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE),VICTOR, ID 83455 The Trustee has no knowledge of a moreparticular description of the above referenced real property, butfor purposes of compliance with Idaho Code Section 60-113,the Trustee has been informed that the address of: 4595COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, , (FKA 459 COUNTRY CLUBDRIVE), VICTOR, IDAHO 83455-5208, is commonlyassociated with said real property. Said sale will be madewithout covenant or warranty, express or implied, regardingtitle, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the obligationsecured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in theDeed of Trust executed by NICHOLAS SHIDNER, ANDBETHANY D SHIDNER, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor(s),to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE CO. as Trustee,for the benefit and security of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A asBeneficiary, dated 10/28/2010, recorded 11/29/2010, asInstrument No. 214479, official records of Teton County, Idaho.Please note: The above named Grantors are named to complywith Idaho Code Section 45-1506(4)(a); no representation ismade that they are, or are not, presently responsible for theobligation. The default for which this sale is to be made is thefailure to make monthly payments when due from 5/1/2014 andall subsequent monthly payments thereafter, includinginstallments of principal, interest, impounds, advances, plus anycharges lawfully due under the note secured by theaforementioned Deed of Trust, Deed of Trust and as allowedunder Idaho Law. The sum owing on the obligation secured bysaid Deed of Trust as of 11/20/2014 is $255,773.67, includinginterest, costs, fees, including trustee and/or attorney fees andcosts, and expenses actually incurred in enforcing theobligation thereunder or in this sale and to protect the securityassociated with the Deed of Trust, as authorized in the Note,Deed of Trust or as allowed under Idaho Law. Becauseinterest, late charges, fees, costs and expenses continue toaccrue, the total amount due varies from day to day. Hence, ifyou pay the amount shown above, an adjustment may benecessary after receipt of funds to satisfy the debt. For furtherinformation, write the Trustee at 4375 Jutland Drive, Ste. 200,San Diego, CA 92117, or call (858)750-7600DATED:11/20/2014 CASPER J. RANKIN, ESQ., a member ofthe State Bar of Idaho, of PITE DUNCAN, LLP,

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Lot 14, Wild Horse Subdivision, Teton County, Idaho, as thesame appears on the official plat thereof recorded February 12,2002 as Instrument No. 146744.

THE TRUSTEE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF A MOREPARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBEDREAL PROPERTY, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCEWITH IDAHO CODE, SECTION 60-113, THE TRUSTEE HASBEEN INFORMED THAT THE STREET ADDRESS OF: 4 WildHorse Drive nka 238 Wild Horse Drive, Tetonia, ID 83452,MAY SOMETIMES BE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID REALPROPERTY.







By:_____________________Melissa Ambriz, Trust OfficerPhone 877-947-1553This communication is on behalf of a debt collector and is an



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By:______________________Melissa Ambriz, Trust Officer

Phone: 877-947-1553This communication is on behalf of a debt collector and is an at-



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On March 24, 2015 at the hour of 11:00AM, of said day, in theoffice of Alliance Title & Escrow Corporation located at 78 NMain St Driggs, ID 83422 .










By:____________________Melissa Ambriz, Trust OfficerPhone 877-947-1553This communication is on behalf of a debt collector and is an



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HERBERT HEIMERL, ISBN 7849HEIMERL LAW FIRM P C217 SOUTH MAIN ST. P.O. BOX 499VICTOR, IDAHO 83455208.787.0337 866.800.9388 [email protected] ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR

THE COUNTY OF TETON

Case No. CV 14-266

SUMMONS

MATTHEW MULLENBACH,

Plaintiff,

v.

GRANT FLEMING,

Defendant.

NOTICE: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED BY THE ABOVE-NAMEDPLAINTIFF(S). THE COURT MAY ENTER JUDGMENTAGAINST YOU WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE UNLESS YOURESPOND WITHIN 20 DAYS. READ THE INFORMATIONBELOW.

TO: Grant Fleming ________________________ Wilson, WY

You are hereby notified that in order to defend this lawsuit, anappropriate written response must be filed with the abovedesignated Court within/ 20 days after service of this Summonson you. If you fail to so respond, the Court may enter judgmentagainst you as demanded by the Plaintiff(s) in the Complaint.

A copy of the Complaint is served with this Summons. If youwish to seek the advice of or representation by an attorney inthis matter, you should do so promptly so that your writtenresponse, if any, may be filed in time and other legal rightsprotected.

An appropriate written response requires compliance with Rule10(a)(1) and other Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure and shall alsoinclude:

1. The title and number of this case.2. If your response is an answer to the Complaint, it must

contain admissions or denials of the separate allegations of the Complaint and other defences you may claim.

3. Your signature, mailing address and telephone number, or the signature, mailing address and telephone number of your attorney.

4. Proof of mailing or delivery of a copy of your response to Plaintiff's attorney, as designated above.

To determine whether you must pay a filing fee with yourresponse, contact the Clerk of the above-named Court.

DATED this 29th day of October, 2014.

CLERK OF THE COURT

(SEAL)

By: ______________________ Deputy Clerk

December 18, 24, 2014January 1, 8, 2015

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Said sale will be made without covenant, representation orwarranty regarding title, possession or encumbrances topartially satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to thepower of sale conferred in the deed of trust executed by WilliamK Foster a single man , as to an undivided 50% interest andGregory Williams Foster and Carol Lynn Foster, husband andwife, as to an undivided 50% interest, as Grantor to AllianceTitle & Escrow Corp., as successor Trustee, for the benefit andsecurity of 2010-1 RADC/CADC Venture, LLC as successorBeneficiary, recorded December 17, 2004 as Instrument No.165271, Mortgage records of Teton County, Idaho. THEABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITHSECTION 45-1506(4)(a), IDAHO CODE. NOREPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARENOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBLIGATION.


Pay, when due and before delinquency, the entire balance ofprincipal and interest payments as set forth in such Deed ofTrust and underlying Promissory Note, as modified. Theoriginal loan amount was $385,000.00 together with interestthereon at a variable rate, initially 5.750% per annum, asevidenced by (among other things) that certain PromissoryNote dated December 15, 2004. The loan matured onSeptember 30, 2010 and is now in default. The principalbalance as of November 4, 2014 is $358,700.00 together withaccrued and accruing interest thereon at the default rate of 18% per annum. The per diem is $14.95. In addition to theabove, there is also due delinquent real property taxes for partof 2013, together with penalty and interest, and any other realproperty taxes that may become delinquent during thisforeclosure, any late charges, advances, escrow collectionfees, attorney fees, fees or costs associated with thisforeclosure.




By: ______________________Melissa Ambriz, Trust OfficerPhone 877-947-1553This communication is on behalf of a debt collector and is an at-


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On March 24, 2015 at the hour of 10:00AM, of said day, in theoffice of Alliance Title & Escrow Corporation located at 78 NMain St Driggs, ID 83422 .










By:_______________________Melissa Ambriz, Trust OfficerPhone: 947-877-1553This communication is on behalf of a debt collector and is an at-



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