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In 2013, he joined Altamira Fine Art in Jackson, WY, where his first solo show sold out. Walker has also been a resident artist at the National Museum of Wildlife Art and Vermont Studio Center. He graduated with a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University. He lives in Jackson, WY, where he works as a freelance artist, graphic designer, and arts advocate. when you show any local 2013-14 Season Ski Pass! Indoor runs • Potty breaks • Outdoor playtime • Upgrades available Call to reserve! (307)733-1606 We are located at Spring Creek Animal Hospital across from McDonald’s. Don't just clean your carpet... 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Come visit our Men's and Women's Health Quizzes to unlock the cause! www.menoclinic.com/antiaging • Call for a consultation today! (307) 732-1039 www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 3 J H W E E K LY R E A D E R SCRAPBOOK The new bus garage GuestOpinon By Judd Grossman Your keys, please Sometimes I can be a little oblivious to what’s happening around me. It took awhile, but eventually a 37,000-square-foot building did penetrate my consciousness. I was gate keeping for a ski race up on Snow King when I happened to gaze off into the distance toward the Virginian. I had to blink hard and squint, because though it seemed impossible it appeared that an incredibly huge concrete wall had been erected in Karns Meadow. The monolith seemed as unlikely as if it had been a computer-generated image. It reminded me of one of the newer Star Trek movies in which they drew a starship base atop an Iowa cornfield. However, it appears the massive building going up in Karns Meadow is real. Jackson’s version of a starship base is the new START Bus barn. This giant building, which is initially 37,000 square feet but expandable to up to 150,000 square feet, already ranks among the largest structures in town. It was able to slide through the planning process with nary a peep of mass and scale controversy, while other behemoths like Kmart and Albertsons languished in busybody planner limbo for ages. This massive investment in START will push us further down the road of governmentcontrolled transportation at the expense of individual freedom. I can see the efficacy of buses full of people traveling between bustling commercial nodes within our valley, but as START expands into less cost-effective routes the negative aspects of the push for mass transit start to pile up. Empty buses lumbering down formerly quiet residential streets negatively affect the character of our neighborhoods. (Yes, I’m still annoyed by the new bus route that passes in front of my house on Rancher Street). In order to fill those buses the government will need to make it more and more difficult for us to drive and park our cars. The green war on our personal automobiles, which is enshrined in our new master plan, will cost us money, make us less free, and make it harder for working people to get to and do their jobs. The greeniacs declared war on our incandescent light bulbs and won. That great big structure going up in Karns Meadow is another salvo in their battle to eliminate the personal automobile. Underestimate big green government determination, and you may end up totally dependent on whatever is stored in that giant building as your only source of transportation. Letter to the Editor From Dan Brophy of Wilson Common Core is shrouded in fiction Education bureaucrats and politicians say dismissively, again and again, “there’s so much misinformation out there, opponents are misinformed.” Opposition to the Common Core agenda is growing because opponents have done more homework than the bureaucrats. FICTION: School districts maintain control over curriculum. FALSE, they do not. The US Dept of Education spent $330 million in grants to design SBAC and PARCC, the two national Common Core tests. Extensive research (and common sense) proves that teachers, who are evaluated and compensated on their students’ test scores, “teach to the test.” There will be only one correct answer on the test, which the teacher must drill into the student. Night follows day: national standardized tests require national standardized curriculum. Bill Gates, whose Foundation has spent over $400 million to fund Common Core development and dissemination efforts, bluntly stated: “When the [standardized] tests are aligned to the common [Common Core] standards, the curriculum will line up as well.” Wyoming bureaucrats are not telling the truth. National standards inevitably are national curriculum, local control disappears, stolen by bureaucrats from Wyoming citizens. FICTION: The Federal government had no role in CC development. FALSE. The DoE cleverly disguised its involvement (see above), but the subterfuge is exposed by minimal research into DoE documents. Former Education Secretary Califano states: “The DoE has simply paid others to do that which it is forbidden [by statute] to do.” FICTION: There will be no new, intrusive data collection on students. FALSE. The Governor’s education assistant assured me that the Wyoming education bureaucracy will “enforce all aspects of” FERPA. Conveniently, FERPA was amended in January, 2012, to “allow for greater disclosures of personal and directory student identifying information … [A]n institution may, under certain circumstances, designate and disclose student… unique personal identifiers…. The regulations also provide that a parent or student may not opt out of the disclosure of such directory information… [and also] allow for disclosure of [personally identifying information] without student or parent consent, where institutions have contracted with organizations to conduct studies…” (National Law Review). Look in your mirror and ask whether the same Federal government that has admitted (only under pressure) to spying on your email can be trusted with your child’s private, individual data, and can collect and share it without your consent? And, by the way, as a parent, the law now says you may do nothing to prevent this? FICTION: Common Core standards are superior to existing standards. FALSE. Bill Gates mused in September, 2013, “It would be great if our education stuff worked, but that we won’t know for probably a decade.” Gates’ Microsoft would never roll out a new operating system without millions of hours of beta testing. By his own admission, Common Core is an experiment, but Governor Mead and the Wyoming education bureaucracy tell us they know best and we must accept this monumental, experimental change. And if we don’t, we are “misinformed.” Common Core’s adoption cedes all local control over Wyoming’s curriculum to a rigid, copyrighted, “one-size-fits-all” national educational colossus. It forecloses any current or future opportunity to use in-state or other Wyoming-chosen resources to design or participate in innovative, easily modified, and nationally and internationally superior curriculum. Wyoming students will now march with the crowd into uniformity, rigidity, conformity, and in the end, mediocrity (at best). Parents in this state would never agree to this stunning loss of control, but despite claims of the bureaucracy, they have simply not been told. In one example I researched, the Wyoming Department of Education gave parents 22 days in 2010 to comment on nearly 700 pages of Common Core standards. This is just one of many similar occurences during WDE’s supposed 3-year communication effort. WDE owes citizens something better than a self-serving forum on February 13. Why not defend its views in a debate with informed opponents of Common Core, in front of the entire community? Three renowned Common Core experts are in Cheyenne through February 12. Bring them to Jackson for a real debate, and our local parents can decide for themselves just who is “misinformed.” - 18 Jackson Hole FEBRUARY 12 ac an lm A er Weath REAL ESTATE INTELLIGENCE THIS WEEK Normal High Normal Low Record High in 1994 Record Low in 1942 32°F 8°F 55°F -44°F From meteorologist Jim Woodmencey BUY. SELL. SUCCESS. BomberBryan.com 307-690-2295 Average monthly February precipitation = 1.14 inches • Record precipitation in February = 2.83 inches in 1962 Average February Snowfall = 14 inches • Record February Snowfall = 33 inches (1978) February is normally the driest month of the winter season. Not the case this particular February, as we are well on our way to getting our month’s quota of snow and water, already. (See averages & records for February below). We are not quite over the average threshold yet, but it won’t take but another storm or two to push us over the limit and into the above average precip category this month. The Cool: You can only hope that by mid-February we are getting past the threat of super-cold weather. Not so during WWII here in in Jackson. While our men were off to war in Europe or the Pacific, our women and children were home chopping and burning wood to ward off the 44 below temps on February 18, 1942. High that day was 8 below zero. Cooler than it was in Bataan, I’m sure. The Hot: Thunderstorms in February? Oh yes, and the most intense winter thunderstorm that I can recall here was on Valentine’s Day in 2000. We warmed up to almost 40 degrees that afternoon, before a particularly nasty cold front passed through in the evening, with wind gusts to 66 mph in the valley, hail that then turned to big fat snowflakes or “thundersnow”, and lightning. This storm took out the power grid and forced everyone to have a romantic candlelight dinner. The mountains also received 17 inches of lovely snow from this storm. Jim Woodmencey has been forecasting the weather here for more than 20 years. You can find more info on Jackson Hole weather at www.mountainweather.com. Sponsored by BOMBERBRYAN.COM 4 February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com Stop traversing, take the Fall Line Props&Disses By Jake Nichols IPSSSDR 2014: Why let the dogs out? Yellowstone search-and-destroy policy CHRIS HAVENER Buddy Streeper won the 19th running of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, his fifth title, but the real winners were the communities along the way that depend on the annual event for a shot-in-arm to their winter economies. The “dog-friendly race” conceived by local musher Frank Teasley in 1996 has become a major winter event drawing hundreds of fans to each of the eight towns it overnights in. The race has highlighted the sport of dog sledding as well as spotlighting much of what western Wyoming has to offer visitors. Pedigree Food for Dogs has helped fund the event and market it on a nationwide scale since its involvement 13 years ago. The 2014 running of the IPSSSDR was not without a few noteworthy oddities and firsts. The race had one leg shortened due to lack of snow (Stage 4, Lander) and another cancelled altogether for too much of the white stuff (Stage 7, Kemmerer). Jackson’s own Stacey Teasley, Frank’s wife, also managed to win her first leg ever – the stage-shortened Lander run. She finished a respectable 7th overall, and less than three minutes away from a fifth place spot. None of the 16 Buddy Streeper mushers pulled out and the event saw some strong outings by newcomers like Bondurant transplant and former Teasley employee Alix Crittenden, who finished sixth overall. and behold, those USPS illuminati showed up in Jackson recently to answer to Mayor Barron and Jim Stanford, who led the charge against the rash of undelivered parcels plaguing the 83002. Mafioso bosses from Casper and Denver dropped in to hear the complaints. USPS manager John Hite agreed the Post Office could do a better job of looking up Post Office boxes and matching them to street addresses even though that wasn’t really their problem. It was an impressive coup for town officials considering USPS is waist-deep in letters and losses. USPS has lost $21 billion in the past two years, and the Jackson Post Office receives more than 1,000 packages a day, on average, with more than 10 percent of those addressed incorrectly. Notices have already been distributed to local boxholders informing customers of the new policy. Just to test the waters, I’m having mommy send my customary box of V-Day Sweethearts via General Delivery. We’ll see where they end up. Showdown in the 83002 It was nothing short of David versus Goliath and the little guy won one. With the tiny town of Jackson, WY, up against Washington, DC, and a legacy of red tape and boggy bureaucracy, it was the feds that blinked first. Town electeds made enough noise concerning the Post Office’s “return to sender” debacle over the holidays that they actually corralled Jackson Postmaster Jennifer Grutzmacher at a Town Council meeting and grilled her over everything from “Why don’t we have a mailman in Jackson?” to “Whose leg do we have to hump to get a PO Box lookup on a package we thought was coming FedEx?” Grutzmacher did her best to defer the tougher questions to higher-ups above her payscale. Low GUEST DISS: Peter Moyer’s letter to Yellowstone superintendent Dan Wenk: Yes, there is obviously concern and caring for Yellowstone cutthroat trout. All of us feel that. A number of us have been trying – unsuccessfully – to see the Park implement positive measures to help cutthroat spawning success, which is of critical importance. And on to the need to objectively and professionally monitor the impacts of warming trends, whirling disease, avian predation (pelican resurgence), fires, siltation and habitat loss on cutthroat spawning. And the need to consider the long-term coexistence of the species in numerous regional lakes, which obviously is an important factor. Yet the focus of the Park and its allies instead remains obsessively focused on fundraising to kill wild trout by netting, poisoning and catchand-kill regulations. Beyond all the fundraising hype about “invasive,” “non-native,” and “voracious” trout species, please remember that brown trout are a wonderful and popular gamefish which are native only to Scotland and Germany. Rainbows, cutts, browns, brookies and lakers have been introduced far beyond their native haunts. Should these wild trout be killed when “nonnative?” We are not dealing with Burmese pythons in the Everglades, or rock snot algae, or zebra mussels. 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Titled “The End of Snow?” the article had to baffle most New Yorkers who’ve had their share of battles with the white stuff, but the author of Deep: The Story of Skiing and the Future of Snow has been connecting climate change with diminishing snow depths for years now. “I was floored by how much snow had already disappeared from the planet, not to mention how much was predicted to melt in my lifetime,” Fox wrote in the piece published February 7. Fox added that 88 percent of American ski resorts now use artificial snowmaking to help them through a winter season. Fox moved to Jackson Hole after graduating college in Vermont. He wrote briefly for the Jackson Hole News before landing his gig at Powder. He now lives in Brooklyn. Justin and Tod Pervus in Driving Blind. Blind ambition Jamaican Bobsled team trains in Evanston. Scotch on the rocks DRIVING BLIND Slopes closed in Oberwiesenthal. A dry future their 13,000-mile journey across America in a documentary called Driving Blind. The film (drivingblindfilm.com) has garnered positive reviews at more than a dozen film festival screenings. Already more than $50,000 has been raised for the Choroideremia Research Foundation. The brothers travelled in and around Jackson Hole, including a stop at Idaho’s infamous Spud Drive-In. After a few phone calls and emails, Skog had nine Jamaicans training in Evanston in 1999. The team ended up finishing in the middle of the pack in 2002. They failed to qualify for the 2006 and 2010 games. Fast forward to the winter games in Sochi. The Jamaican bobsled team is headed back to the Winter Olympics and once again trained in Evanston where team captain Winston Watts has made his home for the past 15 years. Incidentally, the team arrived in Russia last week ahead of their lost luggage, which turned up a day after their arrival. If an Olympic bobsled team from Jamaica doesn’t sound unlikely enough, how about adding the fact that the ragtag bunch of sledders train in Wyoming? An in-depth story in the Star-Tribune confirmed what we already knew to be rumor: That the Jamaican national bobsleigh team trains in Evanston, Wyo. The team debuted at the Winter Olympics in 1992, prompting the 1993 movie Cool Runnings. Leading into the games at Salt Lake in 2002, we heard the tobogganing Rastas were training in Wyoming. Here’s how it all got started. Paul Skog, an Evanston attorney who is known to wear a multicolored Rastafarian hat on occasion, learned that a bobsled track was to open in Park City in 1997 ahead of the Salt Lake games. He thought Evanston, only 75 miles to the north, would make for a great training facility headquarters and would help put the small Wyoming city on the map. So he called Jamaica. STAR-TRIBUNE EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY Cool Wyoming runnings What would you do if you knew you were going blind? If you had a limited amount of time to see what you could before you could see nothing more, where would you go? Brothers Tod and Justin Pervus planned to gain a world of vision before losing their eyesight to a rare disorder known as Choroideremia, recording Planet Jackson Hole writer Kelsey Dayton took us along on a dusty ride in search of a whiskey tasting in the quasi-ghost town of Atlantic City. The opening sentence sucked us in. We’ve all been there. “I started to get nervous when the gas light came on,” Dayton began, describing her trek to Miner’s Delight, a oneroom cabin bar that opens just twice a month for rare single-malt Scotch tastings. “We weren’t exactly lost. We could have reversed direction on the dirt road we’d been driving on for more than a half-tank of gas, but I doubted that we’d make it out of the sagebrush sea before the fumes ran out.” Dayton made it and the rest is her story, which appeared in the Washington Post Travel section last weekend. It tells the delightful tale of Bob Townsend, who bought the bed-andbreakfast inn in the middle of nowhere Wyoming. 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The Wyoming native is founder and president of Geologists of Jackson Hole, a former state geologist and chair of the state’s Geological Survey Board, and a trustee of the American Geologic Institute Foundation. As many questions as the decorated geoscientist can answer about Wyoming’s unique geology including the fascinating Yellowstone area, it’s the ones he can’t that gnaw at him. “Kids get just panic-stricken and they don’t know how to deal with it. They’re just terrorized by it,” Ulrich shared after a recent talk he gave to young students about the supervolcano that lurks quite alive and active at the heart of Yellowstone National Park. “The most heart-wrenching questions I’ve ever had to answer came from these kids. ‘If I have to leave my dog will he be here when I get back?’ or ‘Will I be vaporized?’ It just breaks your heart.” Recent hysteria over off-the-chart readings gleaned from a faulty sensor in Yellowstone set neighbors of the nation’s first national park on edge. In addition, a new study from the University of Utah claims the magma chamber located just three to nine miles below the Earth’s surface is far larger than previously thought: a pocket of hot lava measuring some 55 miles long by 18 miles wide. Frequent earthquake 8 February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com swarms in the Yellowstone region have also alarmed the neighbors. The question on everyone’s lips is the same: Is Yellowstone getting ready to blow? Doomsday scenario: What if it happened? Experts say it’s not only residents in the Rocky Mountain region that need to worry about the slumbering supervolcano; when Yellowstone blows it will alter life on Planet Earth as we know it. Comparisons to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens are often made to help paint a picture of what a major volcanic event in Yellowstone might look like. It’s hardly a fair comparison, and no more accurate than contrasting a firecracker and a hydrogen bomb. The closest experts can get to what a major eruption in Yellowstone might look like is by studying the Krakatoa blast of 1883. On August 27 of that year the island volcano blew its top, launching debris 15 miles into the atmosphere. Using Krakatoa for comparison, a major eruption of Yellowstone’s supervolcano will be easily heard above the din of New York City traffic. Every seismometer in the world will record the initial shockwave. Krakatoa rates a 6 on a scale known as Volcanic Explosion Index. By comparison, Mount St. Helen’s had a VEI of 5. The largest ever volcanic eruption recorded in modern times is Mount Tambora, which burst on April 10, 1815. It rated a VEI of 7 and the resulting ash thrown into the sky blotted out the sun for nearly a year. Global temps dropped an average of five degrees causing worldwide crop failures and earning 1816 the dubious title of “The year without a summer.” How would a Yellowstone eruption compare? Scientists are aware of three major full-scale outbursts in Yellowstone’s history. The latest is an eruption that SEAN CALLINAN / NEWS LIMITED She’s gonna blow! caused the formation of the Yellowstone caldera. It occurred approximately 640,000 years ago. Before that, major eruptions took place 1.3 and 2.1 million years ago. Each blast was slightly smaller than the preceding one – an indication, according to some scientists, that Yellowstone is cooling off. The latest smaller-scale eruption took place some 70,000 years ago, forming the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake. Experts say a supervolcanic event in Yellowstone would be at least 50 times as powerful as the Krakatoa blast and 2,000 times the size of the 1980 Mount St. Helen’s eruption. In short, surrounding communities like West Yellowstone, Moran, and Cody would be Pompeii – buried in more than 240 cubic miles of pumice and ash. They would be the lucky ones. The eruption would last for about a week. The resulting debris thrown into the atmosphere would obliterate the sun for weeks after, probably months. Worldwide famine would take hold, threatening every species on Earth. “I would think it would be quite severe,” said Dr. Michael Rampino. Rampino is a professor at NYU in the departments of biology and environmental studies. “First, it would be a problem to get through the eruption. Areas adjacent to Yellowstone would be destroyed by basaltic lava flows. Volcanic ash would cover the western United States. In the years to come, average global temperatures would plummet. The cooling would be pretty dramatic: 5 to 10 degrees. And that’s Celsius. We’re probably talking 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit lower temps around the world.” Crop failures would result in worldwide famine, Rampino speculated. And there would be nowhere to run. Even tropical regions near the equator would experience frost. Loss of vegetation would result in the Hysteria over the 1,530-square-mile caldera in Yellowstone has peaked in recent years, owed in part to better and more extensive surveillance of the park’s subterranean nether regions. Yellowstone has never been more seismically observed than it is now. Jamie Farrell is a geophysicist at the University of Utah and the lead author of the study that concluded the magma chamber underneath Yellowstone is twoand-a-half times larger than previously estimated. That calculation came as a result of better instrumentation purchased with economic stimulus money in 2010. Up to 35 seismic stations monitor ground shaking activity in real-time telemetry, reporting the data back to the Geologic Hazards Science Center in Golden, Colorado, and to the University of Utah. Lately, some of the data has been made public on the Internet. Readings at one particular site caused a national stir when the Turner Radio Network reported instrumentation malfunction as an impending sign Yellowstone was about to erupt. “What happened was someone was seeing this data on the public side and that someone started panicking,” Ulrich explained. “That person paid no attention to the other data and talked to nobody about it. Look, a computer at Golden monitors everything and even before any human sees any data, alerts are posted to some 70 scientists throughout the world.” One of the first scientists to see seismic readings from some 300 channels coming out of Yellowstone is the USGS scientist-in-charge at the Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory, Jacob Lowenstern. When Yellowstone burps, it’s in Lowenstern’s ear. “Anytime you have data available to the public they are going to interpret it as they want. That’s why we have people trained to disseminate this information,” Lowenstern said, adding that the x-directional, or the channel measuring up-and-down p-waves at Borehole B944, was malfunctioning. “What happened was there was just noise on one of the channels. It was not a real signal.” Channels broadcasting s-waves, or the side-to-side motions of the ground which are not publically available, were reading normal, according to Lowenstern. “If they want to say they think Yellowstone is getting ready to erupt they can say what they want but there is no logic to it. They are simply not using other tools to be self-skeptical. Just looking at nearby seismometers should tell you that there is nothing going on in that in area. There can be cultural noise or weatherrelated noise. In this case, I don’t think we know what the noise was. That particular channel is not working properly and we don’t have the money to go in there, especially during the winter, and get to it.” Lowenstern added, “For one thing, true geological signals don’t look like that. They start with a peak when the rock breaks and then wax and wane. It’s a rich signal. This [faulty reading] is just constant noise and is the kind of thing you see when there are electronic problems. And you can find this kind of aberrant noise signal every day somewhere on any one of the monitors out there. If you want to find one of them you can find them. Wind can get people excited. A car going by can get people excited. This person was clearly not trying to understand anything about Yellowstone but was just trying to get people scared.” from the number of data we have.” Ulrich did point out the work of a colleague, Adam Schultz, whose limited research using souped-up, old school geophysical imaging methods like magnetotellurics shows a differing opinion of what may be occurring as deep as 25 miles below the earth’s surface. Earthquake swarms: Yellowstone breathing Alarmists often point to the numerous earthquake clusters that occur within the park. Is seismic activity a sign of a supervolcano coming to life or is it a naturally occurring phenomenon of hotspots found also in Iceland and Hawaii? “Swarms are very common in volcanic settings,” Farrell said. “In Yellowstone, about half of the total number of earthquakes occur as swarm seismicity; most are very small and last one or two days.” Two such swarms in particular worried some recently. In January 2010, seismic monitors in the Madison Plateau were jumping. Small- to medium-sized earthquakes came faster than could be counted. In all, some 2,500 earthquakes were reported during a See YELLOWSTONE page 10 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Don’t believe the hype sented to the American Geophysical Union late last year, confirmed what some scientists feared: the amount of hot molten rock that is in some type of liquid state is enormous. “We can’t use ground-penetrating radar. The only way to measure the magma reservoir beneath Yellowstone National Park is through seismic waves. S-waves do not travel through fluid,” Farrell said. Lowenstern said the news that Yellowstone was sitting atop a larger pool of lava than previously thought did not surprise him. “I think people expected it before because of the size of the caldera and the heat coming off of it,” he said. “Remember, the magma doesn’t have to be all melt. Not all of the material is highly molten or eruptible. It’s like a sponge down there in a lot of places.” Ulrich said these estimations are just that. More accurate technology is either too expensive or banned within a national park. “No one has been allowed to map it like we do with oil and gas. Mobil and Exxon would use explosives,” Ulrich said. “You can’t do any of this without putting equipment on the ground. We just have to deduce Jamie Farrell COURTESY WALLY ULRICH extinction of numerous species, especially those already threatened. “The tropics might be the worst place to be if we get the effects we think we will get from a mega-eruption,” Rampino said. “There is the threat of drought in those regions and populations there are short on food now. Any species not particularly cold-hardy would be in serious trouble.” New and better science The ability to measure secondary waves, commonly referred to as s-waves, is relatively new to Yellowstone geoscientists. For one, it has allowed Farrell and his team to more accurately map the magma chamber below Yellowstone. The findings, which were pre- Wally Ulrich at Yellowstone Lake. www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 9 JACOB LOWENSTERN From YELLOWSTONE page 10 Jacob Lowenstern swarm that lasted a month. Two years earlier, a 10-day cluster of earthquakes rocked the Yellowstone Lake bed. Nearly 900 earthquakes were recorded in that episode. Still, they weren’t the biggest. In 1985, more than 3,000 earthquakes jolted the region, centered east of West Yellowstone. The swarm lasted more than 70 days. “What all of this tells you is that Yellowstone is very much an active volcanic system, and that pressurized areas underneath are nature’s release valve,” Lowenstern said. “People feel them and nobody likes feeling earthquakes, even if they are small. We watch them carefully and we don’t think they indicate anything larger coming. It’s all a balance that keeps the system from erupting. At least for now.” Farrell agrees. Much of what happens in Yellowstone – from geysers to mudpots to earthquake swarms – is simply evidence of a supervolcano “breathing.” “These releases are just the way a volcano works,” Farrell said. “When we’ve have had some of these larger swarms, we see they tend to occur right when the caldera is going from inflation to deflation. What we think is that these swarms are evidence that fluids or gasses are coming off the magma reservoir and that allows the caldera to go into a deflation episode.” Big bang theory: What would a supervolcano look like? The good news is Yellowstone will not go off overnight. We’ll have warning. Weeks, maybe even months. The bad news is there will be nowhere to go to escape the impending effects, including everything from drastic climate change to economic collapse. In the days leading up to a catastrophic event in Yellowstone, scientists will be looking for a few things. “We’re not exactly sure how it [will go down]. No one’s ever seen one,” Farrell admitted. “But it will likely start with a series of smaller events, ramping up slowly to a major eruption. It may take weeks, months; we aren’t exactly sure. We expect lots of swarms and a huge change in hydrothermal system with major ground deformation.” Swarms in the three range on the Richter scale would give way to legitimate tremblors in the five or six range, according to Lowenstern. It would be a clear indication the crust protecting us from the molten lava that causes Yellowstone to steam away all winter was starting to crack open. “There would be a lot of big earthquakes and people would feel them,” Lowenstern said, describing the end times. “Magma is not going to come out of the ground without earth breaking. We would be looking for ground deformation on the scale of feet. Hot stuff would start intersecting with the park’s hydrothermal system and that would cause explosions. Prior to the last eruption there were lots of lava flows that came out of the ground. So we could possibly see many small ones before a big one.” 10 February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com Brandi’s Grooms Inside JH Feed & Pet 1300 S. Carol Lane Jackson, WY Brandi Bishop 307.699.7388 Do you like to read about Jackson Hole? CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK AT PLANET JACKSON HOLE n n n Sweetheart.... Don’t miss this Special 2-Day Valentine Après at the Alpenhof Bistro from 3-6pm! From the first note of their Smokin’ Rockabilly Beat, Dixie Leadfoot & the Chrome Struts will set your ‘Heels on Fire’ in this rare performance! Indulge your temptations.... Swiss Mountaineers Platter of Tete-de-Moine Cheese, Bresaola, French bread & Goulash with Sparkling Prosecco for $24 or 2 glasses for $10 n See you on February 14th & 15th! FREE WIN 2IFT L TS! I T CKE ALPENHOF 307.733.3242 • TETON VILLAGE www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 11 Help Wanted: REPORTER Planet Jackson Hole (JH Weekly, JH Snowboarder, JH Golfer, JH at Night, Half Off Jackson Hole) is looking for a reporter to add to their team. The right person wil have the unique ability to speak alt-weekly in a one-horse, tourist-heavy town. Duties include writing news, opinions, arts and culture features or whatever comes your way. Our team is small but delivers a good punch and works closely in a casual and trusting work atmosphere. Free speech and standing up to the status quo are our top core values. This is a half-time position with flexible hours that may include late-night breaking news. Must commit to Tuesdays in the office and meet weekly deadlines. The best candidates wil have some news reporting chops and be able to turn a story around quickly. Send resume and some writing examples to: publisher@planetjh.com. DUDe WHere’s my Car? The Town of Jackson’s overnight parking ban has gone into effect. So, if you want to avoid all kinds of hassles, listen up! PARKING RESTRICTIONS Through April 15th, between 3am & 7am, it is illegal to park overnight on Jackson streets, including public parking lots, regardless of weather (rain or shine, snow or bikini.) Crews begin plowing at 3am. Parked cars on town streets make the job of keeping roads clear of snow more difficult. Consequently, cars left on town streets between 3am & 7am will be ticketed and towed by Jackson police. If you’re looking for your wheels in the morning, contact the JPD at 733-1430, during normal working hours, or contact dispatch at 307-733-2331 after 5pm. 12 February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com SHOVELING REQUIREMENTS Additionally, we would like to remind people: Town residents are responsible for keeping sidewalks shoveled. • The TOJ assists with snow removal in the downtown core and along Broadway. • Residents should not put their garbage cans out the night before, but rather after 7:00am on garbage days. • Please keep trash cans, cars, and other obstacles out of the streets and off of the curbs. This saves your property and makes the streets more clear of drifts and snow. • Residents are also encouraged to help keep fire hydrants clear of snow. BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDLY FOLKS AT THE TOWN OF JACKSON ThisWeek Art&Entertainment By Jeana Haarman THURSDAY 2.13 THURSDAY 2.13 THURSDAY 2.13 Work of heart Wild Africa Circ Chamber Mixer Re-live some of your favorite love songs from U2 and others in this upbeat performance featuring talent from the community. Cathedral Voices: Music in Harmony, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., in the Center Theater Lobby. Free. cathedralvoices.org. Admire mighty African animals immortalized in their environment through photos by Nick Brandt. Feast on East African inspired food and sip on safari gin and tonics. Mix’d Media: Elegy, 6 to 9 p.m. at NMWA. Free to members, $5 non-members. wildlifeart.org. Drop by to get a sneak peek into Circ’s new project, Jackson Hole Traveler Guide. Launching in May, the guide will feature storytelling and an interpretive fold-out map. Circ Chamber Mixer, 5 to 7 p.m. at Circ Headquarters. Free. jacksonholechamber.com. FRIDAY 2.14 FRIDAY 2.14 FRIDAY 2.14 Cowboy sing-along A fairytale opera Viva mariachi Join traveling folksinger Hank Cramer, and local John Sidle for a Valentine’s Day singalong. Bring your voice and leave your inhibitions at home. Hank Cramer Concert, 8 p.m. at Dornan’s. $15. dornans.com. Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting Song to the Moon in Dvorák’s soulful fairytale opera. The Met Live in HD: Dvorak’s Rusalka, 7 p.m. in the Center Theater. Adults $20, students $12. gtmf.org. Hear the soulful ballads of Mariachi and witness the rhythmical dances that have delighted audiences for generations. Viva Mariachi, 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium in Idaho Falls.$10 general, $5 students. ifsymphony.org SATURDAY 2.15 SAT. 2.15 & SUN 2.16 TUESDAY 2.18 Walker’s right place Cutter Races Harmony with Gaynor Travis Walker’s exhibit of new works will feature vintage campers, continuing his exploration of surreal landscape scenes in Jackson. Everything in its Right Place: Travis Walker Art Opening, 5 to 7 p.m. at Altamira Fine Art. Free. altamiraart.com Cheer on the horse-drawn chariots and their cowboys pulled by a team of thoroughbreds down the snowy track to the finish line. 43rd Annual Cutter Races, 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Melody Ranch south of Jackson. Free. jhshriners.org. Renowned oncologist Dr. Mitchell Gaynor will discuss holisitic healing and important lifestyle changes that can contribute to leading a long, healthy life. Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Old Wilson Schoolhouse. 213-9839, ehtrust.org. Rethink AR Zoning prugh.com 307-733-9888 CALENDAR Wednesday 2.12 MUSIC ■ Karaoke, 9 p.m. at the Virginian Saloon. Free. 739-9891. ■ Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. at Eleanor’s. Free. 733-7901. ■ Cooltune80, 9 to midnight at The Rose. Jazz, blues. 7331500. ■ Bandwagon, 9 p.m. at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Country. Free. 733-2207. ■ 30th Annual Sweethogs & Swinehearts Ball featuring Infamous Stringdusters, 9:30 p.m. at the Mangy Moose. $25. Bluegrass, jamgrass. MangyMoose.com. ■ PTO, 6 to 9 p.m. at Café Genevieve. Bluegrass. Free. 732-1910. ■ Chanman and Powell Miller, 3 to 6 p.m. at The Alpenhof in Teton Village. Ski bum music, reggae. Free. 7333242. ■ Aaron Davis and Greg Creamer, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Ascent Lounge in Teton Village. Americana, country-blues. Free. ART ■ Wild Wednesday Dinner Series, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Explore the galleries and enjoy a tapas-inspired menu while relaxing to the piano music of Francis Koerber, Teton Virtuoso. RSVP 732-5434. wildlife art.org. COMMUNITY ■ Free Legal Clinic, 4 p.m. at Teton County Access to Justice Center, 185 S. Willow. Working through a divorce or child custody agreement without a lawyer? Free assistance with family law forms. 734-9023, TetonJustice.org. ■ Family Origami Master Class with Michael LaFosse, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Teton County Library. Origami skills class designed for families and diverse ages. Ages 4 and up. Free. tclib.org. ■ Bingo Night, 7 to 8 p.m. at the Jackson Elks Lodge. Refreshments available, pubic invited. $17. elks.org. ■ Trivia Night with Crazy Tom, 7 p.m. at Town Square Tavern. Show off your knowledge and win prizes. Free. townsquaretavern.com. CLASSES & LECTURES ■ Become Suicide Alert, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St. John’s Medical Center. Learn four basic steps to recognize persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them with suicide helping resources. Free. tetonhospital.org. MIND, BODY & SPIRIT ■ Shamanic Journeywork Circle, 6 to 8 p.m. at Spirit Bookstore. Participants will be safely initiated into Shamanic Journeying to enter non-ordinary reality through the use of traditional drumming, rattling and singing. Participants will be guided to awaken healing, knowledge, creativity and sense of purpose. Bring blanket, comfy clothing and journal to record See CALENDAR page 14 www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 13 Thursday 2.13 MUSIC ■ Salsa Night, 9 p.m. to midnight at The Rose. Free. 7331500. ■ Bandwagon, 9 p.m. at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Country. Free. 733-2207. ■ The Flannel Attractions, 4 to 6 p.m. at the Mangy Moose in Teton Village. Folk, bluegrass. MangyMoose.com. ■ Justin Smith, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Ascent Lounge in Teton Village. Folk. Free. ■ Disco Night with DJs Just Kenny and The Spartan, 10 p.m. at the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. Free. 733-4407. ■ Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. at the Virginian Saloon. Free. 7399891. See CALENDAR page 15 14 MusicBox THE SHOOK TWINS DIXIE LEADFOOT & THE CHROME STRUTS BEN MOON CALENDAR journey insights. Also either drums, rattles or power objects. $15/person 6-8pm. Max 10 participants. Reserve your space at 733-3382. spiritjh.com. OUTDOORS ■ Winter Sleigh Rides on National Elk Refuge, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Elk Refuge. Visitors purchase tickets at the Visitor Center and take a free shuttle bus to board the sleigh. Reservations available. Adults $19, children ages 5-12 $15, children under 5 are free. 7330277. SPORTS & RECREATION ■ Decision Making in the Backcountry for Women, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Jackson Hole Mountain Guides Office. Women will explore beyond the technical aspects of avalance safety and hone in on the human-factors of traveling in avalanche terrain.$10 donation. Space is limited, register with carisa@shejumps.org. ■ Open Public Skating for all ages, Noon to 2:30 p.m. at Snow King Sports & Events Center. Adults $8, Kids $6, brand new rental skates $5. snowkingsec.com. BLACK UHURU Heart-shaped music box By Aaron Davis There’s a little extra musical love in the air with the Feast of Saint Valentine falling on Friday. You and your sweetie will find pulsing, horn-laced Dixieland band Jackson Six at the Silver Dollar Bar; female-fronted rockabilly with Dixie Leadfoot and The Chrome Struts at The Alpenhof; Shook Twins at The Trap; Hank Cramer at Dornan’s; George Kilby at the Mangy Moose; WYOBass with Cut La Whut at Town Square Tavern and jazz at both Teton Pines Country Club and The Granary. Here are a few of those Valentine options in detail. Post-Zappa rockabilly Fronted by former Frank Zappa and Steve Vai vocalist Suzannah “Thana” Harris, Denver rockabilly trio Dixie Leadfoot and The Chrome Struts will fill your aprèsski sessions on Friday and Saturday at the ‘Hof (Alpenhof Lodge in Teton Village, that is). Harris, who holds down vocal and upright bass duties for the Struts, provided harmony vocal on Zappa’s Them or Us (1984) and overdub vocals on his Sleep Dirt reissue in 1991. Her husband, Bob Harris, played keyboards, trumpet and vocal with Zappa in 1980. Harris said in an interview that she was hired by Zappa to sing because she could imitate the style of a longtime, slightly February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com bored singer in a cocktail bar. “[Frank told] me, when he handed me the cassette with the rhythm tracks and a guitar melody line which I was supposed to learn for the lead vocal, that he had tried numerous vocalists for numerous years and hadn’t found the right one to sing the lyrics to those songs.” Dixie Leadfoot and The Chrome Struts, 3 to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday at the ‘Hof in Teton Village. Free. 733-3242. Twins for a triple Born in Sandpoint, Idaho, and based in Portland, Oregon, The Shook Twins have long self-described their brand of music as “quirky folk.” A staple duo act at the Trap Bar over the last several winters, the Twins have been known to beat box, loop textures, and sing about chickens through telephones, even chicken bocking. Yeah, that’s pretty weird. With their third LP, What We Do (due in April), perhaps they are growing less goofy and a little more introspective with age. Production is crisp, rhythms are indie-folk groovy, and the relatively straight-ahead instrumentation is craftily intertwined with appearances from their bulked-up touring band: Niko Daoussis (mandolin, electric guitar, vocals), Kyle Volkman (bass), Anna Tivel (violin, vocals), and Russ Kleiner (drum kit, percussion). Shook Twins, 3 to 6 p.m., Friday, Satur- day and Sunday in The Trap Bar at Grand Targhee Resort. Free. GrandTarghee.com. Reggae royalty Arguably the most successful of the second-generation post-Marley reggae bands, Black Uhuru (meaning “freedom” in Swahili) has maintained despite numerous personnel changes in its four decade-plus history. A mess of legal battles between founding members ensued in 1996, an era when two separate bands were touring under the name Black Uhuru. That court decision sided with bandleader Derrick “Duckie” Simpson, who now tours with Andrew Bees and Kaye Starr, among other backing members. In 1983, Black Uhuru was the first reggae band to win a Grammy for Anthem. They further broke the mold by touring worldwide with The Clash, The Police and Rolling Stones, among others. After an eight-year break from touring, the band began touring worldwide again in 2011. Opening the show will be Indubious. The Southern Oregon trio is fronted by brothers Evan “Evton B” Burton (keys and vocals) and Spencer “Skip Wicked” Burton (bass and vocals) coining its mix of roots-reggae and electronic as “roots-tronica.” Black Uhuru with guests Indubious, 9 p.m., Friday at the Pink Garter Theatre. $26 advance, $29 day-of-show. PinkGarterTheatre.com. CALENDAR Uncle Stack & The Attack TUESDAY FEB 11; 9:30 P.M. In Jackson Hole’s Historic Wort Hotel LIVE MUSIC Rock & Roll from Jackson’s favorite musicians. Led Zeppelin to Lenny Kravitz, these guys do it all every Tuesday night. Free THURSDAY FEB 13; 9:30 P.M. Whiskey Mornin’ Whiskey Mornin’ brings a non-stop dance party covering hits and rarities from across all genres and decades - $5 COME WATCH THE OLYMPICS! Proper Motion with Cut la Whut and Spartan FRIDAY FEB 14; 9:30 P.M. Proper Motion from Boulder brings the heat to the WYOBASS Valentine Special - $5 FRIDAY & SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14 & 15 JACKSON SIX TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 BLUEGRASS TUESDAY ONE TON PIG $3 Happy Hour 7-9 p.m. DAILY including bottles and drafts Open Daily for lunch and dinner: 11 a.m. Sat & Sun, 11:30 a.m. Mon-Fri. • 20 E. Broadway • 733-3886 BROADWAY @ GLENWOOD 307-732-3939 • WORTHOTEL.COM Wednesday Après from 3 to 6pm Après SPECIAL: A tasty Burger and a Bucket of Beer for $12 Wednesday, Feb 12 Beth Shidner Tickets available from Beth. Call today! 690-1352 Proceeds benefit JH Lions Club Eye Care Program MAW BAND Red Hot Acoustic Driven Rock I’m going to the Ball... Are you? FEBRUARY 22, 7PM AT THE VIRGINIAN - - - - - - - - - - ALPENHOF 733-3242 TETON VILLAGE - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Virginian Saloon • 750 W. Broadway • 307.739.9891 ■ Soulfly, 9 p.m. at the Pink Garter Theatre. $19-$28. Metal. PinkGarterTheatre.com. bers. WildlifeArt.org. ■ Cathedral Voices: Music in Harmony Concert, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Center Theater Lobby. Re-live some of your favorite love songs featuring talent from the community’s five music oranizations. Free. cathedralvoices.org. ART ■ Mix’d Media: Elegy, 6 to 9 p.m. at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Celebrate the new exhibit, Elegy: The African Photography of Nick Brandt with live music from Screen Door Porch, art activities, food and specialty cocktails. Free to members, $4 non-members. wildlifeart.org. COMMUNITY ■ Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism meeting, 2 p.m. at the Town of Jackson Building. Free. tetonwyo.org. ■ Circ Chamber Mixer featuring JH Traveler, 5 to 7 p.m. at Circ headquarters, 215 N. Millward St. Get a sneak peak into Circ’s new project, the New Jackson Hole Travler Guide. Free. jacksonholechamber.com. ■ Youth Origami Master Class with Michael LaFosse, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Teton County Library. Origami skills class designed for children from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Free. tclib.org. CLASSES & LECTURES ■ Free Tax Preparation, 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Ordway Auditorium at the Teton County Library. Frienly volunteers, certified by the IRS are eager and ready to help you file your federal income taxes, determine tax credit eligibility and file the forms digitally. Spanish translators available. First come firstserve. Free. tclib.org. MIND, BODY & SPIRIT ■ Kids Yoga, 3:30 to 4:15 at Inversion Yoga Studio. Linda Whittington introduces lots of fun yoga poses for the kids and incorporates dancing breath work, and a beautiful savasana to end the practice. Children will gain flexibility in both their bodies and spirits. Children 4 years old to 5th grade are welcome. $10 for drop-in. inversionyoga.com. ■ Therapeutic Yoga, 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Teton Yoga Shala. Focus on specific therapeutic needs, holding postures and utilizing breath work. $12-19. tetonyoga.com. OUTDOORS ■ Winter Sleigh Rides on National Elk Refuge, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Elk Refuge. Visitors purchase tickets at the Visitor Center and take a free shuttle bus to board the sleigh. Reservations available. Adults $19, children ages 5-12 $15, children under 5 are free. 733-0277. SPORTS & RECREATION See CALENDAR page 16 www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 15 ■ Suunto Watch Clinic, 6 p.m. at Skinny Skis. Learn more about training and mountaineering watches, how to use them effectively and be entered to win a Suunto Ambit2 R Running Watch. Free. skinnyskis.com. ■ Fat Bike Demo, 6 to 8 p.m. at Summit High School / Middle School Groomed Ski Track. Try out the latest buzz in winter activities with fat bikes with 4” tires that may be ridden in snow, sand and soft surfaces! Teton Mountain Bike Tours will provide the bikes, helmet and staff to explain and educate about Fat Bike use and trail etiquette. Age 18 and over. Register on site. tetonparksandrec.org or 307-7399025. ■ Stretching for Winter Activities: One Night Workshop, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Rec Center. Learn how to add flexibility training to your health and fitness routine to optimize performance, recovery and prevent injury. Dress for stretching and bring a mat to class. $12. Age 18 and older. Register by Feb. 12 at tetonparksandrec.org or 7399025. ■ Open Public Skating for all ages, Noon to 2:30 p.m. at Snow King Sports & Events Center. Adults $8, Kids $6, brand new rental skates $5. snowkingsec.com. ■ Aikido Sessions, 7:30 p.m. at Inversion Yoga. Free. inversionyoga.com. W H AT CO U L D I SAY Helping victims of abuse find safety, shelter and hope. SERVICES INCLUDE: 24-Hour Help Line 733-SAFE (7233) Free and Confidential Crisis Shelter Emotional Support and Counseling Advocacy Support Groups “IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT.” Resources and Referrals Transitional Housing Protection and Stalking Orders Volunteer Junior Advocate Program for Teens Customized Trainings Designed for Any Audience On-Site SafePAWS Pet Kennel 307.733. SA F E ( 7233 ) Co m m u n i ty Sa fety N etwo r k .o rg TO K E E P YO U SA F E ? MEMBER: HUMAN SERVICE COUNCIL Proud participant CompassionMovesMountains.org Working together to of deliver cost effective human services 250390 CALENDAR Jackson Hole Lions Club and Howdy Pardners present the 118th annual Friday 2.14 MUSIC ■ Papa Chan and Johnny C Note, 6 to 9 p.m. at Teton Pines Country Club Restaurant. ‘20s to ‘40s jazz. Free. 733-1005. ■ Jazz Night, 7 to 10 p.m. in The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch. Chris Moran on guitar, Bill Plummer on bass, and Mike Calabrese on drums. Free. 7338833. ■ Bandwagon, 9 p.m. at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Country. Free. 733-2207. ■ Jackson Six, 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Bar. Dixieland jazz. Free. 732-3939. ■ Kris Lager Band, 9:30 p.m. at Town Square Tavern. Blues, soul. 733-3886. ■ The Shook Twins, 3 to 6 p.m. in the Trap Bar at Grand Targhee Resort. Americana, folk. Free. GrandTarghee.com. ■ Calle Mambo, 7 p.m. at the Sublette County Library in Pinedale. Latin jazz, Salsa. Benefit for the library. Sublettecountylibrary.org. ■ Hank Cramer, 8 p.m. at Dornan’s in Moose. $15. Folk. 734-2415. ■ The Miller Sisters, 4 to 7 p.m. at The Handle Bar in Teton Village. Country-soul. Free. ■ Dixie Leadfoot & The Chrome Struts, 3 to 6 p.m. at The Alpenhof in Teton Village. Rockabilly. Free. 733-3242. ■ Black Uhuru with guests Indubious, 9 p.m. at the Pink Garter Theatre. Reggae. $26/ad- 690-1352 690-6238 TICKETS $15: Proceeds benefit JH Lions Club Eye Care Program Available from any queen candidate or $20 at the door Silent Auction Gambling Domino’s Pizza See CALENDAR page 17 16 Beth Shidner Brandy Armajo February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com GRAND PRIZE $1,000 Music by Kenny Bradberry Dance Lessons, 7pm (courtesy of Dancers’ Workshop) Emmy Knoblock & Robert Berlin Jackson Printing Looking past my Pad Kee Mao and out the front window, I expected to see taxi rickshaws, 125cc motorcycles overburdened with families of five, doughy tourists in flip-flops, and rivers of power lines disappearing into heavily leafed monkey pod trees. The vibe inside Thai Plate, the Thai restaurant that took over Teton Thai’s original location in the dead-end, pedestrian-only alley between St. John’s Episcopal Church and Gaslight Alley, is that authentic. Dirt-stained pastel walls. Mismatched furniture. Offbrand Kleenex for napkins. A thin silk cover decorated with sequins over the tissue box and an image of a trundling elephant. An oversized wall calendar over a decade past its prime (1999) and featuring faintly watercolored Chinese landscapes. A peacock rendered in sequins on a wall tapestry. Other Jackson Hole hotspots – such as The Rose, CocoLove, Sudachi, and The Kitchen – also offer transporting experiences, but to much more sexy, swanky metropolitan areas like Manhattan or Los Angeles. Thai Plate transports you, but your destination is more akin to a developing country. And it’s awesome. Thai Plate is the antidote to the valley’s reclaimed barn wood, oxidized steel, log, and artwork-as-expensive-as-anew-car restaurant aesthetic. I do love this mountain modern, as well as the food that accompanies it. But, when carefully curated (not to mention fancy schmancy) is the norm, scattered and scrappy becomes wonderfully special. Thai Plate is wonderfully special, both for its could-care-less décor and its food. We started with the steamed chicken dumplings ($8). Five arrived with a healthy garnish of red and green cabbage slivers. The dumplings themselves were under a mountain of cilantro. Biting into the first one, two things surprised me, both highly positive: First, what I had initially assumed to be toasted sesame seeds on top of the dumpling were really bits of sautéed garlic. I’ve yet to meet any garlic I didn’t like and its heavy application here added sweetness. Second, when Thai Plate says “chicken dumplings” they are not kidding. The innards are solid chicken. The menu mentions shitake mushrooms in addition to chicken, but upon close inspection I found no sign of mushrooms. The chicken was moist, flavorful, and seriously solid. You could get this appetizer as your main course and leave full. Because I like to taste as many things as possible, I did not do this. Earlier, while standing in the restaurant’s tiny entrance and looking directly into the open kitchen, which was no more than three feet away, we saw the dinner that would be our destiny. The plate was piled high with pan-fried rice noodles and all sorts of veggies, looking like the best thing to come out of any kitchen anywhere in the world, ever. (Full disclosure: we arrived at Thai Plate beyond ravenous.) When a table came open five minutes later, we had already decided that dish would be one of our main dishes. “Would it be bad if we got two noodle GERALDINE MISHEV Thai Plate: Authentic and delish By Geraldine Mishev Start with chicken dumplings (top), followed by Pad Woon Sen. dishes?” I asked. The dish we had seen upon arrival was Pad Kee Mao ($14 with chicken). Looking at Thai Plate’s menu, the Pad Woon Sen ($14 with chicken) – glass noodles and chili fish sauce instead of rice noodles and spicy garlic sauce – called to me. But I usually don’t like to order two entrees that are so similar. “Two noodle dishes sounds like the best idea ever,” replied the best boyfriend in the world. I think he was actually telling the truth and not just saying what he thought might fastest staunch the drool dribbling from one corner of my mouth. I was fearfully hungry. Unfamiliar with the spiciness of Thai Plate’s star system (1 through 5), we ordered both at a modest spice level of 2. Next time I’ll go 3. At 2, by the end of the meal, I had only the tiniest inkling of heat staining my lips. I don’t want anything so hot I get the hiccups or start sweating, but I like my lips to feel like they’ve been stung by a bee. I think 3 will do me right. Thai Plate, open Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 9:30 p.m. 135 N. Cache Dr. 7342654; tetonthaiplate.com. ART GALLERIES Altamira Fine Art Gallery 172 Center St. 739-4700 Art Association/Center 240 S. Glenwood, 733-6379 A Horse of a Different Color 60 E. Broadway, 734-9603 A Touch of Class 10 W. Broadway, 733-3168 Astoria Fine Art 35 E. Deloney, 733-4016 Buffalo Trails Gallery 98 Center Street, 734-6904 Brookover Gallery 125 N. Cache Street, 732-3988 Caswell Gallery/Sculpture Garden 145 E. Broadway, 734-2660 Cayuse Western Americana 255 N. Glenwood, 739-1940 Center Street Gallery 30 Center Street, 733-1115 Ciao Gallery 70 S. Glenwood., 733-7833 Circus Gallery 170 N. Main Street, Victor 208-787-1ART Diehl Gallery 155 W. Broadway, 733-0905 Fay Gallery Teton Village Road, 739-1006 Fighting Bear Antiques 375 S. Cache, 733-2669 Full Circle Gallery 335 N. Glenwood, 733-0070 Galleries West Fine Art 70 S. Glenwood, 733-4412 Grand Teton Gallery 130 W. Broadway, 201-1172 Heather James Fine Art 172 Center Street, 200-6090 Hennes Studio & Gallery 5850 Larkspur Drive, 733-2593 Heriz Rug Co. 120 W. Pearl, 733-3388 Horizon Fine Art Gallery 30 King Street, Suite 202, 739-1540 Images of Nature 170 N. Cache, 733-9752 Images West 98 E. Little Ave., Driggs 208-354-3545 CALENDAR FeedMe! Jack Dennis Wyoming Gallery Town Square, 733-7548 Jeff Grainger Workshop 335 N. Glenwood, 734-0029 Legacy Gallery Town Square, 733-2353 Lines Gallery 245 West Pearl Mountain Trails Gallery 155 Center Street, 734-8150 National Museum of Wildlife Art 2820 Rungius Road, 733-5771 Raindance Gallery 165 N. Center Street, #4, 732-2222 RARE Fine Art Gallery 485 W. Broadway, 733-8726 Richter Fine Art Photography 30 King St, 733-8880 Robert Dean Collection 180 W. Broadway, 733-9290 Rivertime Designs 98 E. Little Ave., Driggs 208-351-2045 Schmidt’s Custom Framing 890 S. Highway 89, 733-2306 Shadow Mountain Gallery 10 W. Broadway, 733-3162 Tayloe Piggott Gallery 62 S. Glenwood, 733-0555 Trailside Galleries 130 E. Broadway, 733-3186 Trio Fine Art Gallery 150 Center Street, 733-7530 Turpin Gallery 545 N. Cache, 734-4444 Two Grey Hills 110 E. Broadway, 733-2677 Vertical Peaks Gallery 165 Center Street, #1, 733-7744 West Lives On 74 Glenwood, 734-2888 Wilcox Gallery North of town on Cache, 733-6450 Wild by Nature Photography 95 W. Deloney, 733-8877 Wild Exposures Gallery 60 E. Broadway, 739-1777 Wild Hands 70 S. Glenwood, 265 W. Pearl, 733-4619 vance, $29/day-of-show. PinkGarterTheatre.com. ■ George Kilby, 9:30 p.m. at the Mangy Moose in Teton Village. $7. MangyMoose.com. ■ Murphy’s Law, 9 p.m. at the Virginian Saloon. Country, rock. Free. 739-9891. ■ Judd Grossman, 5 to 7 p.m. at Haydens Post at Snow King Resort. Pop. Free. 733-5200. ■ Anthony Teti, 8 p.m. at Haydens Post at Snow King Resort. Pianist. Free. 733-5200. ■ Kip Attaway Live, 8 p.m. at Eleanor’s. Bring your sweetie to the Valentine show and prepare to laugh and get pick on by your favorite Wyoming singer, songwriter and funny man Kip Attaway. $10. 733-7901. FILM ■ Free Movie: Spoilers of the West starring Tim McCoy. 2 p.m. at the History Museum, 225 N. Cache.Filmed on the Wind River Indian Reservation, this romantic comedy is a delightful western from the silent era. It had been lost for years but was rescued from movie oblivion by JHHSM’s executive director, Sharon Kahin in 1987 when she wrote and directed the Valley of Three Worlds history project for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Free. jacksonholehistory.org. THEATER ■ The Met Live in HD: Dvorak’s Rusalka, 7 p.m. in the Center Theater. The great Renee Fleming in Dvorak’s soulful fairytale opera. Adults $20, students $12. gtmf.org. COMMUNITY ■ 4th Annual Jackson Hole Winterfest, all day around Jackson. Free. jacksonholechamber.com or 307-733-3316. ■ Ice Skating on the Town Square, 5 to 9 p.m. on the Town Square. jacksonholechamber.com. GOOD EATS ■ Valentine’s Day Dinner: Seniors West of the Tetons, 6:30 p.m. in the dining room at the Senior Center, in the Driggs Cicty Center Building. $30 per person / $50 per couple / $135 for a table of six. tetonvalleychamber.com. ■ Wine Tasting, 4 to 7 p.m. at the Jackson Whole Grocer. Free. 733-0450. ■ Wine Tasting, 4 to 7 p.m. at The Liquor Store & Wine Loft. Five wines showcased from a featured region each week. Free. 733-4466. OUTDOORS ■ Ranger-led Snowshoe Hike, 1:30 p.m. from the Taggart Lake parking area. Twohour guided walks offer an opportunity to learn about snow science and winter ecology. Snowshoes are available for a rental fee of $5 for adults and $2 for children, 8 years or older. Reservations required at 7393388. nps.gov/grte. ■ Winter Wonderland Ice Pond, 3 to 9 p.m. at the Town Square Ice Rink. Glimmering See CALENDAR page 18 www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 17 CALENDAR lights, music and hot cocoa greet skaters and on-lookers. Skate rentals available in the Stage Stop for $3. Free to skaters who bring their own skates. jhwinterwonderland.org. ■ Winter Sleigh Rides on National Elk Refuge, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Elk Refuge. Visitors purchase tickets at the Visitor Center and take a free shuttle bus to board the sleigh. Reservations available. Adults $19, children ages 5-12 $15, children under 5 are free. 733-0277. MIND, BODY & SPIRIT ■ Oneness Meditation with Patricia Keel, 7 to 9 p.m. at Intencions Gallery. Donation. intencions.com. ■ Oneness Deeksha Meditation, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., at Akasha Yoga. Experience Deeksha, a gentle meditation using a hands-on energy transmission to physically shift the brain toward a Oneness state of consciousness. May include yogic chanting and breathing exercises. Free. onenessjacksonhole.com. SPORTS & RECREATION ■ Open Public Skating for all ages, Noon to 2:30 p.m. at Snow King Sports & Events Center. Adults $8, Kids $6, brand new rental skates $5. snowkingsec.com. Saturday 2.15 MUSIC ■ WYOBass DJs, 10 p.m. at Town Square Tavern. Free. 7333886. ■ SubRosa with DJ Vert-One, 10 p.m. at The Rose. Free. 7331500. ■ Bandwagon, 9 p.m. at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Country. Free. 733-2207. ■ David Cattani, 4 to 6 p.m. at the Mangy Moose in Teton Village. Folk. Free. MangyMoose.com. ■ Jackson Six, 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Bar. Dixieland jazz. Free. 732-3939. ■ Polyrhythmics, 9:30 p.m. at Town Square Tavern. Afro-beat. $5. 733-3886. 18 ■ The Shook Twins, 3 to 6 p.m. in the Trap Bar at Grand Targhee Resort. Americana, folk. Free. GrandTarghee.com. ■ Tram Jam, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the base of the Bridger Gondola at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Free. Rock, reggae, ski-bum music. JacksonHole.com. ■ Murphy’s Law, 9 p.m. at the Virginian Saloon. Country, rock. Free. 739-9891. ■ Keith Phillips, 7 to 10 p.m. in The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch. Jazz, pop, classical. Free. 733-8833. ■ Calle Mambo, 8 p.m. in the Grand Room at Snow King Resort. Latin jazz, Salsa. Free. 7335200. ■ Red Dress Concert: Viva Mariachi, 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium in Idaho Falls.Hear the soulful ballads of Mariachi and witness the rhythmical dances that have delighted audiences for generatioins. $10 general, $5 students. ifsymphony.org ART ■ Everything in its Right Place: Travis Walker Art Opening, 5 to 7 p.m. at Altamira Fine Art. Often void of humans or animals, a Walker painting distills shapes and landmarks to their essences. The exhibit will include 10 small works featuring vintage campers, continuing his exploration of surreal landscape scenes based in the Jackson area. Free. altamiraart.com COMMUNITY ■ Ice Skating on the Town Square, 5 to 9 p.m. on the Town Square. jacksonholechamber.com. ■ Wild West Classic at Snow King, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Snow King Mountain. The Wild West Classic Elite FIS Series features two Giant Slalom and two Slalom events. Offering a great view of some of the best ski racing talent from all over the world. Free. jhskiclub.org. ■ 4th Annual Jackson Hole Winterfest, all day around Jackson. Free. jacksonholechamber.com/events/ February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com winterfest or 307-733-3316. MIND, BODY & SPIRIT ■ Shamanic Oracle Readings with Teri Gilfilen, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Spirit Bookstore. Obtain insights into concerns, relationships and challenges at hand. Teri work’s through channeling, tracking and the gift of oracle cards It is a fluid flow of information from your Higher Self to my Higher Self thru altered state of consciousness and the gifting of knowledge from the UnSeen Realms, Angels, Guides and Masters. 30 min. $45/60 min./$90 ayni exchange includes Chakra Clearing at session closing. Reserve your space at 733-3382. spiritjh.com. OUTDOORS ■ Ranger-led Snowshoe Hike, 1:30 p.m. from the Taggart Lake parking area. Two-hour guided walks offer an opportunity to learn about snow science and winter ecology. Snowshoes are available for a rental fee of $5 for adults and $2 for children, 8 years or older. Reservations required at 739-3388. nps.gov/grte. ■ Shriner’s All American Cutter Races, 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Melody Ranch south of Jackson. A locals’ favorite event, the community tailgates to catch up on midwinter news. Bring your dollar bills to bet on each race. Cold beer and hot food available. Free. jhshriners.org. SPORTS & RECREATION ■ Indoor Horseback Riding, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the indoor arena at the Teton County Fairgrounds. Free. Reserve additional times at 733-5289. tetoncountyfair.com. ■ Guided Winter Fat Bike Tour in GTNP, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, starting at Teton Mountain Bike Tours Shop at 545 N. Cache. $40. Age 18 and over. Register at tetonparksandrec.org by 9 a.m. Feb. 7. 733-0712. ■ Open Public Skating for all ages, Noon to 2:30 p.m. at Snow King Sports & Events Center. Adults $8, Kids $6, brand new rental skates $5. snowkingsec.com. ■ Free Nordic Ski Tips, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stilson Nordic Track. Join instructors from the JHMR nordic program for tips on skate and classic techniques. Free. jacksonhole.com/nordic. ■ Gym Jam Open Gym, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Axis Gymnastics & Sports Academy. School aged children welcome. $15. axisgymnastics.com. ■ Moose Chase Nordic Ski Race, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Trail Creek Nordic Center. This premier Nordic race includes a 30k, 15k, 5k, 3k and a free 1k. Athletes can skate or classic ski the course. Cost varies to enter, free to watch. jhskiclub.org. Sunday 2.16 MUSIC ■ Stagecoach Band, 6 to 10 p.m. at the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. Old-time country, folk, Western. Free. 733-4407. ■ The Shook Twins, 3 to 6 p.m. in the Trap Bar at Grand Targhee Resort. Americana, folk. Free. GrandTarghee.com. ■ Tram Jam, 3 to 6 p.m. at The Alpenhof in Teton Village. Ski bum music, rock, reggae. Free. 7333242. ■ John Michael Haynes Trio, 6 to 8 p.m. at Haydens Post at Snow King Resort. Jazz. Free. 733-5200. DANCE ■ Dance Jam: Freestyle Barefoot Boogie, 1 to 4 p.m. at Dancers’ Workshop. Dance like no one’s looking; all ages, styles and abilities welcome. Enjoy a wide variety of music and rhythms from around the world in a judgement-free event. Suggested donation: Adults $10, $5 children or $25 per family. COMMUNITY ■ Wild West Classic at Snow King, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Snow King Mountain. The Wild West Classic Elite FIS Series features two Giant Slalom and two Slalom events. Offering a great view of some of the best ski racing talent from all over the world. Free. jhskiclub.org. ■ 4th Annual Jackson Hole Winterfest, all day around Jackson. Free. jacksonholechamber.com/events/ winterfest or 307-733-3316. ■ Gondola Summit Worship, 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. in the upstairs cafeteria. An interdenominational worship service by Rev. Ben Pascal on ’Spiritual Lessons in Skiing and Snowboarding. jacksonhole.com. OUTDOORS ■ Shriner’s All American Cutter Races, 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Melody Ranch south of Jackson. A locals’ favorite event, the community tailgates to catch up on midwinter news. Bring your dollar bills to bet on each race. Cold beer and hot food available. Free. jhshriners.org. ■ Winter Sleigh Rides on National Elk Refuge, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Elk Refuge. Visitors purchase tickets at the Visitor Center and take a free shuttle bus to board the sleigh. Reservations available. Adults $19, children ages 5-12 $15, children under 5 are free. 733-0277. MIND, BODY & SPIRIT ■ Kids Yoga, 11:15 a.m. to Noon at Inversion Yoga Studio. Linda Whittington introduces lots of fun yoga poses for the kids and incorporates dancing breat work, and a beautiful savasana to end the practice. Children will gain flexibility in both their bodies and spirits. Children 4 years old to 5th grade are welcome. $10 for dropin. inversionyoga.com. SPORTS & RECREATION ■ Open Public Skating for all ages, Noon to 2:30 p.m. at Snow King Sports & Events Center. Adults $8, Kids $6, brand new rental skates $5. snowkingsec.com. Monday 2.17 MUSIC ■ Jackson Hole Hootenanny, 6 p.m. at Dornan’s in Moose. Acoustic musicians sign-up start- ing at 5:30 p.m. to play a twosong set. Folk. Free. 733-2415. ■ Chanman, 9 to 11 p.m. at Pinky G’s. Singer-songwriter. Free. 734-7465. ■ Bandwagon, 9 p.m. at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Country. Free. 733-2207. ■ David Cattani, 4 to 6 p.m. at the Mangy Moose in Teton Village. Folk. Free. MangyMoose.com. ■ Screen Door Porch, 7 to 10 p.m. at Roadhouse Brewing. Americana-soul, country-blues, rock. Local art + music. Free. 739-0900. ■ George Kilby, Jr., 3 to 6 p.m. in the Trap Bar at Grand Targhee Resort. Rock. Free. GrandTarghee.com. ■ Willie Waldman Project, 9:30 p.m. at the Knotty Pine in Victor. Jazz. 208-787-2866. COMMUNITY ■ Wild West Classic at Snow King, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Snow King Mountain. The Wild West Classic Elite FIS Series features two Giant Slalom and two Slalom events. Offering a great view of some of the best ski racing talent from all over the world. Free. jhskiclub.org. ■ 4th Annual Jackson Hole Winterfest, all day around Jackson. Free. jacksonholechamber.com/events/ winterfest or 307-733-3316. MIND, BODY & SPIRIT ■ Women’s Empowerment Circle, 6 to 7 p.m. at Intencions. Open group of local women learning to transform life’s obstacles into success guided by life coach Christie Watts. Donation. 733-0073. christiwatts.com. OUTDOORS ■ Winter Sleigh Rides on National Elk Refuge, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Elk Refuge. Visitors purchase tickets at the Visitor Center and take a free shuttle bus to board the sleigh. Reservations available. Adults $19, children ages 5-12 $15, children under 5 are free. 733-0277. SPORTS & RECREATION ■ Jazzercise Dance Fitness, Noon to 1 p.m. at Teton County/Jackson Recreation Center. Laugh and dance your way to fitness. All new music, moves, same great calorie-burning workout. Strengthen, stretch and tone in 60 minutes. $10 walk-in. tetonparksandrec.org. ■ Aikido Sessions, 7:30 p.m. at Inversion Yoga. Free. inversionyoga.com. ■ Open Public Skating for all ages, Noon to 2:30 p.m. at Snow King Sports & Events Center. Adults $8, Kids $6, rental skates $5. snowkingsec.com. Tuesday 2.18 MUSIC ■ Open Mic, 7 p.m. at Elevated Grounds Coffeehouse in Wilson. 734-1343. ■ Open Mic Night, 7 to 10 p.m. at Village Café in Teton Village. John Verdon hosts. 732-2233. ■ One Ton Pig, 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Bar. Chicken fried prison music, country-grass. Free. 733-2190. ■ Bandwagon, 9 p.m. at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Country. Free. 733-2207. ■ Uncle Stack & the Attack, 10 p.m. at Town Square Tavern. Rock. Free. 733-3886. ■ Screen Door Porch, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Ascent Lounge in Teton Village. Americana, country-blues. Free. ■ Moonshine Mary’s Open Mic, 3 to 6 p.m. in the Trap Bar at Grand Targhee Resort. Free. GrandTarghee.com. COMMUNITY ■ 4th Annual Jackson Hole Winterfest, all day around Jackson. Free. jacksonholechamber.com/events/ winterfest or 307-733-3316. CLASSES & LECTURES ■ Dr. Mitchell Gaynor’s Light, Healthy Reception, 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Old Wilson Schoolhouse. Dr. Gaynor will share his new insights into nutrition and healing. Sponsored by Jackson Whole Grocer, Meno Clinic, and Dr. and Mrs. Eli Sedlin. The location may be changed. For information, please call the Environmental Health Trust, 307.213.9839, ehtrust.org. HEALTH & WELLNESS ■ Community Acupuncture & Chiropractic Clinic, 4 to 6 p.m. in The Aspens, south side of Teton Sports Club. On Blue Line bus route. No appointments necessary. Affordable. 690-9540. tlc2heal@wyoming.com. MIND, BODY & SPIRIT ■ Oneness Deeksha Meditation, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m., at Akasha Yoga. Experience Deeksha, a gentle meditation using a hands-on energy transmission to physically shift the brain toward a Oneness state of consciousness. May include yogic chanting and breathing exercises. Free. onenessjacksonhole.com. ■ Therapeutic Yoga, 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Teton Yoga Shala. Focus on specific therapeutic needs, holding postures and utilizing breath work. $12-19. tetonyoga.com. OUTDOORS ■ Ranger-led Snowshoe Hike, 1:30 p.m. from the Taggart Lake parking area. Two-hour guided walks offer an opportunity to learn about snow science and winter ecology. Snowshoes are available for a rental fee of $5 for adults and $2 for children, 8 years or older. Reservations required at 739-3388. nps.gov/grte. ■ Winter Sleigh Rides on National Elk Refuge, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Elk Refuge. Visitors purchase tickets at the Visitor Center and take a free shuttle bus to board the sleigh. Reservations available. Adults $19, children ages 5-12 $15, children under 5 are free. 733-0277. SPORTS & RECREATION ■ Open Public Skating for all ages, Noon to 2:30 p.m. at Snow King Sports & Events Center. Adults $8, Kids $6, brand new rental skates $5. snowkingsec.com. ■ Zumba with Tammy, 5:10 to 6:15 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Zumba fitness is 70 percent Latin beats paired with easy to follow movement. The cardio conditioning that you achieve is hard to beat. tammyb.zumba.com. – Compiled by Aaron Davis and Jeana Haarman TO HAVE YOUR EVENT INCLUDED IN THIS CALENDAR AND ONLINE, UPLOAD YOUR INFO AT PLANET.COM, EMAIL TO EVENTS@PLANETJH.COM OR CALL JH WEEKLY AT 307.732.0299 Environmental Health Trust presents A special talk with pioneering oncologist DR. MITCHELL GAYNOR Mitchell Gaynor, MD Founder of Gaynor Integrative Oncology Nutrition, environment and cancer – what you need to know 5:30 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the Old Wilson Schoolhouse Devra Davis, MPH, PhD Award-winning author Founder of Environmental Health Trust A conversation with health experts Dr. Devra Davis, Dr. Mark Menolascino and Dr. Kathryn Collins will follow. Featured on CNN, Dr. Oz and Martha Stewart, Dr. Mitchell Gaynor is a cutting-edge oncologist consecutively listed in The Best Doctors in New York since 1997. He is an integrative medicine specialist focusing on the nutritional elements of cancer prevention and environmental threats to health. Light refreshments provided. Raffle prizes include a retro headset, Dr. Gaynor’s Grammy-winning CDs and signed books. Mark Menolascino, MD Meno Clinic and Internal Medicine St. John’s Medical Center This free event is sponsored by Environmental Health Trust, Dr. Mark Menolascino, Dr. and Mrs. Eli Sedlin, Jackson Whole Grocer, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole and Mayor Mark Barron. www.ehtrust.org info@ehtrust.org Kathryn Collins, MD Emergency/Lifestyle Medicine Author of How Healthy is Your Doctor? www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 19 amsed Steu S b s Hot Dog Soups Salads li “The D’lel That ur Rock Yloy” Bel (307) 733-3448 Open 7 days 11am-7pm 180 N. Center Street One block north of Town Square Next to Home Ranch parking lot LARGE SELECTION OF MEXICAN BEERS LUNCHEON COMBINATION Monday-Friday 11am-3pm NIGHTLY DINNER SPECIALS 385 W. Broadway, Jackson Authentic Mexican Cuisine (307) 733-1207 OPEN 7 DAYS 11am-10pm HOME OF THE ORIGINAL JUMBO MARGARITA NEW WINTER MENU! LOCAL & VOCAL Breakfast Lunch Dinner Open daily 8:00am 145 N. Glenwood St. 307.734.0882 Jackson’s ONLY alternative newspaper WWW.TETONLOTUSCAFE.COM A publication of Planet Jackson Hole Find us online at PLANETJH.COM CD REVIEWS Dine Out Asian & Chinese CHINATOWN Authentic atmosphere for your dining pleasure featuring over 100 entrees, including Peking, Hunan, Szechuan and Canton cuisines. Lunch specials and dinners daily. Full service bar. Open 7 days a week. 85 W. Broadway, Grand Teton Plaza. (307) 733-8856. THAI ME UP Authentic Thai dishes including coconut chicken lemongrass soup, drunken noodle and coconut milk curries. Full bar and children’s menu. Serving dinner 5:30 p.m. - close, Tuesday Saturday. Limited Edition beers on tap. Take-out available. 75 E. Pearl. 733-0005. Continental KIM’S CORNER Korean style food including spicy pork, spinach soy ginger beef with purple Rice and Cucumber Salad; rice bowls with veggies, pork, beef, tuna, or shrimp. American food available including: burgers, sandwiches, salads, fries, rice, noodles and more. Specials everyday. Tue. - Thu. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Fri. - Sun. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Snow King Center (307) 200-6544. Take-out and Wi-Fi. THE BLUE LION A Jackson Hole favorite for 35 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a refurbished older home. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entreés. Early Bird Special: 20% off entire bill from 5:30 - 6 p.m. Open nightly 5:30 p.m. Reservations recommended, walk ins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912. www.bluelionrestaurant.com. TETON THAI Serving the world’s most exciting cuisine. Thai food offers a splendid array of flavors: sweet, hot, sour, salt and bitter. All balanced and blended perfectly, satisfying the most discriminating palate. 7432 Granite Loop Road in Teton Village, (307) 733-0022 and in Driggs, (208) 787-8424. CAFE GENEVIEVE Serving inspired home cooked classics in a historic log cabin. Brunch daily 9 a.m., Dinner Monday - Saturday 5 p.m., Happy hour 3 - 6 p.m.: $5 glass wine, $5 specialty drinks, $3 bottled beer. 135 E. Broadway. (307) 732-1910. genevievejh.com. DORNAN’S PIZZA & PASTA COMPANY Gourmet pizzas, homemade soups, pasta, sandwiches and salads. Enjoy a relaxing lunch while sitting along the Snake River enjoying the fabulous view of the Tetons. Twelve miles north of Jackson in Grand Teton National Park at Moose. (307) 733-2415 ELEANOR’S The word is out that the Grill’s new menu is great and one of Jackson’s best values. Try the pulled pork sandwich with whiskey barbecue sauce, cole slaw and sauteed apples, or the flat iron steak salad. The wings may just be the best in Jackson. Join us for Happy hour Monday to Friday 5 - 7 p.m. Open for lunch daily. 842 W. Broadway. (307) 733-7901. FULL STEAM SUBS The deli that’ll rock your belly. Jackson’s newest sub shop serves steamed subs, reubens, gyros, delicious all beef hot dogs, soups and salads. We offer Chicago style hot dogs done just the way they do in the windy city. Located just a short block north of the Town Square. Open daily from11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 180 N. Center Street. (307) 733-3448 McDonald’s® February LOCALS SPECIAL ONLY $ 99 “...Voted one of Jackson Hole’s hottest restaurants” Food and Wine February 2008. Trio is located right off the town square in downtown Jackson, and is owned and operated by local chefs with a passion for good food. Our menu features contemporary American dishes inspired by classic bistro cuisine. Daily specials feature wild game, fish and meats. Enjoy a glass of wine at the bar in front of the wood-burning oven and watch the chefs perform in the open kitchen. 4 Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally FRESH FOOD at reasonable prices, is a always a FUN PLACE to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel RIGHT AT HOME and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit. + tax Reservations by phone at (307) 733-4913 3295 Village Drive • Teton Village, WY www.mangymoose.com Open for Dinner nightly at 5:30pm Located off the town square at 45 S. Glenwood ® Large Specialty Pizza $ 13 99 Available for private events & catering ADD: Wings (8 pc) Medium Pizza (1 topping) Stuffed Cheesy Bread Get a Quarter Pounder with Cheese®, Medium Fries and a Medium Soft Drink for $4.99 plus tax during the month of February. Fast, Affordable and On Your Way! for an additional $5.99/each For reservations call 734-8038 20 (307) 733-0330 520 S. Hwy. 89 • Jackson, WY February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com 1110 W. Broadway • Open daily 5:00am to midnight • Free Wi-Fi CD REVIEWS Dine Out LOTUS CAFE Serving organic, freshly-made world cuisine while catering to all eating styles. Endless organic and natural meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Offering super smoothies, fresh extracted juices, espress and tea. Full bar and house-infused botanical spirits.Open daily 8 a.m. Breakfast until 2:30 p.m., lunch and dinner. 145 N. Glenwood St. (307) 734-0882. tetonlotuscafe.com SNAKE RIVER BREWERY & RESTAURANT America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying woodfired pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. $8 lunch menu from 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Happy hours from 4 - 6 p.m. includes our tasty hot wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11:30 a.m. - midnight. 265 S. Millward. (307) 7392337. snakeriverbrewing.com SUBWAY The #1 subshop. Breakfast starting at just $2.50! Daily 6 inch special only $2.99! Lots of $5 footlongs! Come in for breakfast, grab lunch to go. Don’t forget to order your party platters. Locally owned and operated. Located in the K-mart Plaza, Jackson &Alpine. SWEETWATER RESTAURANT Satisfying locals for lunch and dinner for over 36 years with deliciously affordable comfort food. Extensive local and regional beer list. Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. features blackened trout salad, elk melt, wild west chili and vegetarian specialties. Dinner 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. including potato-crusted trout, 16 oz. ribeye, vegan entrees and wild game specials. Call for reservations or visit sweetwaterjackson.com. Follow us on Twitter@sweetwaterjh (307) 733-3553. TRIO Owned and operated by local chefs with a passion for good food. Our menu features contemporary American dishes inspired by classic bistro cuisine. Daily specials include wild game, fish and meats. Enjoy a glass of wine in front of the wood-burning oven and watch the chefs in the open kitchen. Serving dinner nightly from 5:30 p.m. 45 S. Glenwood. Reservations (307) 734-8038. JWG Org Cup ca Strawbanic erries 6 count kes $6.9 $4.99 lb 9 Lobster Tail s 4-5 oz 2 for $12 Italian CALICO A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965, the Calico continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of really good food, (much of which is grown in our own gardens in the summer), friendly and competent service staff, and a reasonably priced menu. Also, a large selection of wines available at great price points. Our bar scene is eclectic with a very friendly and welcoming vibe. If you are looking for great food and drink with fair prices and friendly service, the Calico Restaurant is for you! Dining room and bar open nightly at 5 p.m. 2560 Moose Wilson Rd. (307) 733-2460. www.calicorestaurant.com. Mexican EL ABUELITO Authentic Mexican Cuisine. Home of the original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection of Mexican beers. Luncheon combinations served weekdays 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Nightly dinner specials. Open 7 days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207. Bars love oz o c o Ch .9-3.2 2 $3 2 for iotor au R ml e t a Ch e 750 Ros 16.99 $ 974 West Broadway • 307.733.0450 • www.jacksonwholegrocer.com LOCAL & VOCAL Authentic Mexican dishes made from scratch Hot chips made fresh all day long Ten homemade salsas and sauces Our margaritas will make you happy, but our service will make you smile! the Home of RG” MA IG P IG “B pleasure EARLY BIRD SPECIAL 20% OFF ENTIRE BILL Good between 5:30-6:00pm. Open nightly at 5:30pm. 733-3912 (307) 733-2460 2560 Moose Wilson Road • Wilson, WY Dining room and bar open nightly at 5:00pm 160 N. Millward ••••• A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965 TETON VILLAGE, WY 307.733.0022 Reservations recommended Reserve online at bluelionrestaurant.com DRIGGS, IDAHO 208.787(THAI).8424 Open Mon - Sat 11:30am - 9:00pm Lunch Specials Daily 11:30-4:30: $7 Slice, Salad and a Soda $5 Slice and a Tall Boy 1/2 Price WINGS Sunday Open Late • Take Out • Delivery (307) 734 - PINK (7465) 50 W. Broadway Jackson Hole, WY WALK PAST THE STAIRS IN THE PINK GARTER PLAZA cafe Korean & American Food Takeout available, order ahead (307) 200-6544 100 East Snow King Avenue (in the Snow King Center) Tuesday-Thursday 10am-6pm, Friday-Sunday 10am-4pm 2 fer tuesday! 2-4-1 12” pies dine or carry out DaILy Lunch Special Slice, Salad or Soup, & Soda $8 open daily 11am - 9:30pm • 20 West Broadway, upstairs • 307.201.1472 Thanks for making Chinatown your favorite Chinese restaurant in Jackson Hole! VOTED “Best Salsa” in BEST OF JACKSON HOLE 2012 OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK LUNCHEON SPECIALS and DINNERS DAILY 32oz of Jackson’s ONLY alternative newspaper North of the Town Square in Downtown Jackson (307) 733-2966 FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT PIZZAS, PASTAS & MORE HOUSEMADE BREAD & DESSERTS FRESH, LOCALLY SOURCED OFFERINGS TAKE OUT AVAILABLE A publication of Planet Jackson Hole Find us online at PLANETJH.COM CHINATOWN RESTAURANT 850 W. Broadway • In Grand Teton Plaza Call 733-8856 for take out www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 21 CD REVIEWS Dine Out THE MERRY PIGLETS Voted Best Salsa! Jackson’s oldest authentic Mexican restaurant and a local favorite. Choose from over 10 salsas and sauces, Tex-Mex plates, including mesquite-grilled fajitas, wraps and fire-roasted chicken. Stop in and let Merry Piglets serve it up. Huge margs in 10 flavors plus our “Big Pig Marg,” a 32 oz original. 160 N. Cache, (307) 733-2966. Pink Garter Theatre One ticket to Soulfly for $14 ($28 value) One ticket to Black Uhuru for $14.50 ($29 value) Off Season Jackson Hole $50 voucher towards already discounted All Inclusive Yoga Retreat for $25 Kim’s Corner Cafe $10 voucher for $5 The Boardroom One Snowboard or Ski Tune for $25 ($50 value) Illuminati Snowboards One Evolver 161 Snowboard for $250 ($500 value) One Herotwin 153 Snowboard for $250 ($500 value) Revolution Indoor Cyling One Drop In Class for $8 ($16 value) Pizzeria Caldera $12.50 voucher for $6.25 Quiznos $10 voucher for $5 Reincarnation Medical Spa Pizza DOMINO’S PIZZA Hot and delicious delivered to your door. Hand-tossed, deep dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style and artisan pizzas; bread bowl pastas, and oven baked sandwiches; chicken wings, cheesy breads and desserts. Delivery or carry out. 520 S. Hwy. 89 in the Kmart Plaza. (307) 733-0330. PINKY G’S The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012 and 2013. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, strombolis, calzones, salads and many apps to choose from. Try the $7 “Triple S” lunch special including a slice, salad, and soda. Happy hour from 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sunday - Thursday. Text the word PINK to 71441 for special discounts and alerts. Delivery and take-out available. Open 11a.m. - 2 a.m. daily. 50 W. Broadway. (307) 734-PINK. pinkygs.com PIZZERIA CALDERA Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. Try our Bisonte pie with bison sausage and fresh sage. Great lunch specials daily featuring slices, soup and salads. Happy hour specials from 3 - 6 p.m. Take-out available. 20 W. Broadway (upstairs just off the Town Square). Open daily. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (307) 201-1472. pizzeriacaldera.com. QUIZNOS Quiznos sandwich shops offer flavorful chef-inspired menu items, including grilled flatbreads, salads and wraps. We also offer all-natural chicken, freshly-sliced deli meats, artisan breads and cheeses. Perfect for a quick lunch. Let Quiznos cater your next event with party platters, flatbread trays, salad bowls, and box lunches. Conveniently located in the Smith Plaza and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cocktail Bar ENOTECA SICULA The wine and cocktail bar features a selection of Italian and New World wines, imported and local beers, as well as premium spirits and specialty cocktails. Try our signature local favorites: Spaghetti Western© and T-Sue© and Nani’s full menu. 2 for 1 happy hour 5:30 - 7 p.m. featuring well drinks, cocktails, beer, wine and select appetizers. 242 N. Glenwood. 733-3888. nanis.com. To be included in our Dining Guide in print and online call (307) 732-0299. www.PlanetJH.com LIVE MUSIC with Matt Donovan & Friends this Sun 3-7pm Live Music Mondays & Thursdays Open Mon-Sat 5pm, Sun 10am 2550 Moose Wilson Road • 307-739-0700 • www.qjacksonhole.com One Full Bikini Laser Hair Removal Session for $197.50 ($395 value) Full Steam Subs $10 voucher for $5 www.halfoffjh.com Home of Melvin Brewing Company Modern Thai Cuisine in a relaxed setting with 20 Craft Beers on Tap and an $8 Wine List! Open daily 5:00pm til late 75 E. Pearl (307) 733-0005 22 February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com 92.3 Listen to your favorite tunes n Weekend Special Mill Iron Ranch Valentine’s Guests will enjoy a horse-drawn sleigh ride, views of the native wildlife and picturesque mountains before sitting down in the lodge with one of Chancey’s Special T-Bone Steaks. Afterward, enjoy BARN DANCING to the live music of COLT ANGEL COUNTRY & WESTERN BAND Sleigh Ride, Dinner & Barn Dance: $150 per couple Dinner & Barn Dance: $100 per couple and discover new talent. Stream from imixjackson.com (Special offer available Friday AND Saturday • Gratuity Included) n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n me Welco er Cutt ! s Racer n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Call for reservations and information (307) 733-6390 or (888) 808-6390 Are you a LOCAL ARTIST? Promote your artwork on the cover of JH Weekly/The Planet Carol Bocker David Gonzales Sarah Webber LOCAL ART INITIATIVE JUDD GROSSMAN BAND You need not have a degree, nor a C.V. with fancy gallery listings. Just send us your work, and we’ll drop it in the hopper for consideration. Send digital images (9.5” wide by 8” tall) to art@jhweekly.com. Works chosen will appear on the cover along with a brief bio and details on where to learn more about the artist and their work. The object of this campaign is to promote local artists, so there will be no payment for selected works. Photo by David Swift n Chocolate Covered Strawberries (Friday only) Cash Bar • Happy Hour 4-6pm • Open Nightly 307-690-4935 juddgrossman.com Download Judd Grossman songs from iTunes. www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 23 WELLNESS C OMMUNIT Y THESE BUSINESSES PROVIDE HEALTH OR WELLNESS SERVICES FOR THE JACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY AND ITS VISITORS Sacred S paces, LLC NURTURE YOUR NATURE... through your internal & external environments “Mary W endell” L ampton Spiritual/Intuitive C ounselor Home & L andscape C onsultant 307.413.3669 • www.sacredspacestetons.com JACKSON HOLE'S PREMIER FUNCTIONAL AND NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTICE JAMES RANIOLO, DO • Board Certified in Family Practice and Anti-Aging Medicine • Expert in Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement for Women & Men • We identify and correct the underlying causes of your symptoms and disease, and often eliminate them Call now to schedule your free 15 minute phone consultation with Dr. Raniolo! (307) 200-4850 • www.wycoh.com 140 E. Broadway • Jackson, Wyoming We meet you where you are MAY 11-JUNE 4: 200 hour Teacher Training (registration open now with special early bird pricing) Therapeutic instruction for all ages and abilities. www.tetonyoga.com • info@tetonyoga.com • Located behind the Aspens Market Yogic Life Intensive: June-July 2014 Can be done in separate modules for the invested student or all 200 hours to become a yoga teacher. Professional and Individualized Treatments • Sports/Ortho Rehab • Neck and Back Rehab • Rehabilitative Pilates • Incontinence Training • Pelvic Pain Rehab • Lymphedema Treatments Norene Christensen PT, DSc, OCS, CLT Rebekah Donley PT, DPT, CPI Mark Schultheis PT, CSCS No physician referral required. (307) 733-5577 1090 S Hwy 89 Early registration discount! 307.699.7370 150 E. Hansen www.akashyogajh.com www.fourpinespt.com A couple who have been receiving couple’s coaching from Erica J Burns reported, “Doing counseling with Erica by Skype is so much easier for us because we can schedule our time for meeting more flexibly.” Erica J. Burns, Licensed Counselor (307) 734-5352 or (208) 456-3086 • www.ericajburns.com Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. They come to us now knowing this truth. We are at our best when they give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work. ~ Albert Schweitzer To advertise in the Wellness Directory, contact Jen at JH Weekly at 307.732.0299 or jen@jhweekly.com Promote your artwork on the cover of JH Weekly. Just send us your work, and we’ll drop it in the hopper for consideration. Send digital images (9.5” wide by 8” tall; 300 dpi) to art@jhweekly.com. Submit three images cropped to the required size. Works chosen will appear on the cover, along with details on where to learn more about the artist and their work. The object of this campaign is to promote local artists, so there will be no payment for selected works. 24 February 12 - 18, 2014 l www.planetjh.com The sound of prevention CultureMatters Pioneering oncologist talks nutrition, alternative healing By Kelsey Dayton Cancer will touch one in three women and affect two out of every three men. Everyone is at risk for developing it, or at least will know someone who has had it, said Dr. Devra Davis, local epidemiologist and founder of Environmental Health Trust. It’s a scary statistic and one that should inspire people to attend a talk about nutrition by New Yorkbased oncologist Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, who also created a hit album using sound to heal and treat patients. How one can live a healthier life and prevent cancer is of interest to all people given the growing rates of cancer and its widespread impacts, Davis noted. Gaynor is best known for his research on the impacts of sound on the brain, how it can impact healing and how it can be used in his oncology practice alongside conventional treatments, Davis said. The author of The Healing Power of Sound, Gaynor teamed up with singer, songwriter and composer Jon Regen to create the album Change Your Mind. While sound has been used for thousands of years in different cultures to promote healing, Gaynor is the leading contemporary doctor studying sound as it relates to health and stress reduction. “He’s a pioneer in this,” Davis said. Gaynor will speak Tuesday at the Old Wilson Schoolhouse. His talk will broadly cover nutrition, the environment and cancer. Gaynor not only studies how sound can impact the brain, he’s a key science advisor and recognized as a “cancer doctor’s doctor,” meaning if an oncologist gets cancer they go to him, Davis explained. His work includes more than just evaluating what we eat, or what toxic chemicals or radiation to which a person is exposed. He also looks at the sound around us and evaluates everything from hearing to touch to smelling, Davis said. His work has produced a state-of-the-art method to treat cancer with sound and nutrition, as well as modern medicine, in a detailed, sophisticated and personalized way that promotes better outcomes. After Gaynor speaks, doctors Mark Menolascino, Kathryn Collins and Davis will discuss the talk. Collins is the author of How Healthy is Your Doctor? Their discussion will be a question and answer session. Sponsoring the free talk is the nonprofit Environmental Health Trust, which Davis founded in 2007 in Teton County. It provides basic research and education about environmental health hazards and promotes constructive policies locally, nationally and internationally. Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18, Old Wilson Schoolhouse. Free. www.ehtrust.org INFORMATION FOR ALL MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES WEEKLY CALENDAR JOB OPENINGS SOLICITATIONS FOR BIDS PUBLIC NOTICES Elizabeth Kingwill, MA/LPC Licensed Professional Counselor • Medical Hypnotherapist Counseling: • Individual • Premarital • Marriage/Family • Anxiety, Stress • Anger Management • Pain Relief • Depression • Stop Smoking 733-5680 Practicing in Jackson since 1980 • www.elizabethkingwill.com Flexible Hours - Evening & Weekends • Now Accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield AND OTHER VALUABLE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE W W W .T E T O N W Y O .O R G The public meeting agendas and minutes for the Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission can also be found in the Public Notices section of the JH News and Guide. www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 25 RedneckPerspective CLASSIFIEDS Muffins, Socrates and whips By Clyde Thornhill Kidding Pool by Mike Peluso • Sunday, February 16, 2014 Alice, my Republican lover and sponsored ambassador for CollarNcuffs whips, as well as creator of an online newsletter for lash aficionados she calls The Flogger Blogger, has been out of a job since her tenure ended as vice chair of Image Promotion and Perception Awareness for the Liz Cheney campaign. “I got a new job,” she told me. “I’m teaching at The Pioneer Classical School. We offer students a classical education, teaching them what is beautiful, good and true and what is not so they can think for themselves.” “What did you teach today?” I asked, assuming that, as classical means ancient history, her class involved an illustrated history of galley slave whips, their appropriate usage, care and maintenance. “Today we studied Zeno’s arrow paradox,” Alice said. “It states that an arrow shot from a bow must have continuous motion, but as no time lapses in an instant, then at any given instant the arrow is motionless. If everything is motionless at every instant, and time is composed of instants, then motion is impossible.” “Sounds like grammar class,” I said. “All the rules have exceptions, all the exceptions have rules and none of them make sense.” “That’s the point,” she exclaimed. “We examine the impossibility of physical experience and debate the reality of our existence. It’s highly educational for those wishing to enter a life of philosophical reflection or become surrealist painters.” “We also teach the Socratic method of rhetoric,” Alice continued. “Ask me a question pertaining to anything under the cosmos.” Since Shades closed, there’s only one question worth asking. “Where can I get free day-old muffins?” “Is muffin substance in and of itself, or is it a composite of other substances?” Alice asked. “It’s a composite,” I answered. “And as flour and baking soda are by themselves unpalatable, is not then the muffin larger than the sum of its parts?” “I dare say.” “And does not each muffin depend not only on the quality of the ingredients, but on the skill of the baker as well as the oven temperature?” “So it would seem.” “So the idea of muffin is an abstraction, an ideal form, unchanging and absolute in truth while the muffin we experience is imperfect in form and texture, as if a shadow in a cave.” “That depends if it’s a cream-filled muffin or a worthless bran muffin,” I replied. “And what does that have to do with free day-olds?” “If we call justice that which is just, and call injustice that which is unjust, then is it just to receive muffins for free?” Alice parried. I replied: “If a perfect muffin is an abstraction, then should not an imperfect muffin be free? And if no time lapses in an instant, and time is composed of instants, at any given instant does not the muffin remain uneaten? And if we accept the impossibility of physical experience and even of our own existence, is not the muffin’s existence also impossible, thereby making the idea of a free muffin being unjust an absurd contradiction?” “Look,” she said. “I will buy you a muffin from Persephone if you will let me try out my new Pipedreams Fetish Fantasy Cat-O’-Nine-Tails Whip on you.” I cringed. “Make it two muffins.” Classified Line Ads: $14 per week for 25 words or less. $.25 for each additional word. Classified Box Ads: $14 per column inch per week (logos/photos $5 each). JH WEEKLY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM MADE BY A CLASSIFIED AD IN THIS PAPER. FOR RENT Florida Condo For Rent: Sarasota, Florida; newly decorated 2 bd, 2 bth unit, year round lanai, overlooking golf course; 15 minutes to ocean; monthly rentals only; $2900/month prime season, less for multi-month rentals; bauerhome@ameritech.net FOR SALE Fischer RC4 kids racing ski boots, Size 22 (I think), $25; Dynastar 64 kids racing skis with bindings, 130cm, $50; Boss Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay RPS-10, $100. Call 307-690-4935. I’m looking for a used harmonium and a set of used tablas. Call 690-4935. MUSIC & BANDS Judd Grossman Music is a full service music agency providing all styles of music for all occasions - solos, duos, dance bands, country, rock, folk, jazz, and classical. Live musicians and DJs available. (307) 690-4935. Help Wanted: REPORTER Planet Jackson Hole (JH Weekly, JH Snowboarder, JH Golfer, JH at Night, Half Off Jackson Hole) is looking for a reporter to add to their team. The right person will have the unique ability to speak alt-weekly in a one-horse, tourist-heavy town. Duties include writing news, opinions, arts and culture features or whatever comes your way. Our team is small but delivers a good punch and works closely in a casual and trusting work atmosphere. Free speech and standing up to the status quo are our top core values. This is a half-time position with flexible hours that may include late-night breaking news. Must commit to Tuesdays in the office and meet weekly deadlines. The best candidates will have some news reporting chops and be able to turn a story around quickly. Send resume and some writing examples to: publisher@planetjh.com. 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Take away a woman’s right to choose and she’s left to take matters into her own hands. - PAID FOR BY THE KCR COALITION FOR PRO-CHOICE KRISTYNE CRANE RUPERT WWW.NARAL.ORG www.planetjh.com l February 12 - 18, 2014 27 © The Real Estate Scoreboard www.therealestatescoreboard.com Lowest Priced Single Family Home Townhome or Condo Building Lot $365,000 $210,000 $225,000 Current Inventory Active Listings 495 Average Days on Market 459 Median Price $1,175,000 Jackson Hole - Week’s Top Sale $950,000 Residential (List Price) Total # of Sales 4 YTD Sales (2.10.13-2.09.14) YTD (Year Ago) Sales (2.10.12-2.09.13) Residential Building Site Multi-Family Farm & Ranch Commercial 1 2 1 0 1 Total # of Sales Sales Under $1,000,000 Median Price Sold Sale Price to List Price Average Days on Market Total # of Sales Sales Under $1,000,000 Median List Price Sold Sale Price to List Price Average Days on Market 561 417 $638,500 92.88% 333 457 292 $600,000 93.38% 353 *In the event the week’s Top Sale is erroneously reported it’s listed price is used. **The Real Estate Scoreboard© was created by Timothy C. Mayo. Some information for the The Real Estate Scoreboard© is derived from the Teton County MLS system and represents information as submitted by all Teton County MLS Members for Teton County, Wyoming, Teton County, Idaho and Lincoln County, Wyoming and is deemed to be accurate but not guaranteed. The Real Estate Scoreboard© is the sole property of Timothy C. Mayo and may NOT be reproduced, copied, and/or used in whole or part without the prior expressed written consent of Timothy C. Mayo. Timothy Mayo 690-4339 SF621 Listed @ $995,000 by Doug Herrick • South Park Ranches • 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2.5 acres • Exceptional horse property • Log Home Remodeled in 2009 • Private Pond CC117 Listed @ $495,000 by Doug Herrick • Commercial property • Main Street location • Victor, Idaho • Great development potential SF610 Listed @ $699,500 by Doug Herrick • Log sided home • Large fenced in yard • Open floor plan • 3 bedroom/2 bath • Quiet location SF613 Listed @ $997,500 by Timothy C. Mayo • 3.25 acres Moose-Wilson • Horses welcome • NO CC&Rs • Large shop-garage • Mountain views LL401 Listed @ 2,200,000 by Doug Herrick • Salt River meanders through • Ponds/springs • 360 degree views • Private /10 minutes to Alpine • Beautiful homesites SF616 Listed @ $799,000 by Zach Smith • Green/Low maintenance Construction • Reclaimed beams from a 12 mile bridge that spanned the Great Salt Lake for 100 years! • Truly a work of art and built to last! • Located in Victor, Idaho Jack Stout 413-7118 Penny Gaitan 690-9133 Kurt Harland 413-6887 Zach Smith 690-3674 (800) 227-3334 or (307) 733-4339 www.jhwy.info 140 LL408 Listed @ 399,000 by Penny Gaitan • 15 acres • Bench property overlooking snake river • Panoramic views of Teton range • Horses allowed N.LL392 Cache 83001 Listed • @ Jackson, $52,500 by ZachWyoming Smith LL410 Listed @ $350,000 by Penny Gaitan • Secluded getaway • Treed lot • Close to National Forest • 1 acre • County maintained road • 3.93 acres • Only 4 miles south of Jackson • Beautiful views of canyon, Munger Mountain • Horses allowed • Access into National Forest Jennifer Reichert 699-0016 Brokers of Jackson Hole LLC Doug Herrick 413-8899 Courtney Campbell 690-5127 Nicole Gaitan 732-6791 Karin Sieber 413-4674